minister lavrov: alright. don't ask what the country can do for you, ask what you can do for the country. in other words, a slogan a long time ago. we are blamed not only for interfering in the american election, sweden is also worried russian hackers will be involved in your elections. the french talked about that and many other countries. we are accused of trying to block the implementation of the though 90%ment, even of these things need to begun by need to beng got -- done. now we are accused of the problems in the syrian peace process. fortunately, there has been less talk about that recently. probably, we will be made responsible for the north korea nuclear program issue. i don't think it's reasonable to say it will be up to russia whether the 2020 conference will be effective and whether it leads to results. we see here someone who can tell you in detail about that. but the understanding we reached on how to launch negotiations on the creation of a nuclear free zone in the middle east, all the component

lavrov: you cannot strengthen something you don't have. they do not have a mandate to verify this section. this reflects the consensus with the position of the eu and the security council, that the changes to any part of this consensus requires support from all members of the five plus one and iran, of course. i am convinced, as are our colleagues in europe, that any attempts to do so can put an end to these talks in terms of the iranian nuclear program. >> very good sir. >> can you say two words about yourself? it works. it works. >> i am a retired military officer from pakistan. >> that is impressive. [laughter] >> the best part was still to come. in my own days, i handled some very complicated affairs. nowadays, frankly, i am in the business of peacemaking. no longer re-armament. but a possible disarmament. my question was about the stumbling blocks. you have referred to them. which are coming in the way for nonproliferation regime to achieve its core objective. usually on such occasions, one has heard very often, we hope it will happen

lavrov agreed to answer another few questions. >> thank you. when speaking a few weeks ago, it is not enough to work and at the level of administrations of russia and the united states to maintain arms control, but to also work with the congress? what is your view? >> i would say that the number of players needs to be even greater. the number of actors needs to be greater. when we talk about the issues of nonproliferation and strategic stability, it is not just for eign ministries. it is also done together with the ministers of defense in russia. also federal securities services are involved. certainly, it depends on how our interests are presented in the package we are proposing. and of course, the action of the parliament depends on that. i see the administration of the u.s. president trying to work with parliament with her congress. we see parties that try to use the congress to create unsurmountable obstacles for the american administration. as long as these negotiations, talks continue, i don't think we will receive any specific reaction f

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov tells his u.s. counterpart rex tillerson america must return illegally seized russian diplomatic property warning of retaliatory action. the battle for survival continues in syria despite islamic states retreat from the eastern province of their resort we speak to two young sisters who have lost everything in the war. their. facebook criticism is failing to do enough to police fake news the company security chief saying social media giant mustn't turned up becoming a nineteen eighty-four style ministry of truth. warned a number of us media outlets operating in russia they could be sanctioned in retaliation for growing pressure in the states of america. this is our national russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has told his u.s. counterpart rex tillerson that america must return illegally seized russian diplomatic property to get more of the story. kelly we know there's a phone conversation between the two diplomats what was said. yes in the phone conversation that took place earlier u.s. secretary

lavrov will answer another few questions. >> thank you. when speaking a few weeks ago, to work andough administrations of russia and the united states to maintain arms control, but to also work with the congress? what is your view? players is toof be even greater. the issues ofbout strategic stability, it is not just for militaries. it is together with the ministers of defense in russia and federal securities services are involved. it depends on how effective in thets are presented package we are proposing. course, the action of the parliament depends on that. i see the administration of the u.s. president trying to work with governments. we see parties that try to use the congress to create unsurmountable obstacles for the american administration. continue, these talks i don't think we will receive any specific reaction from the congress. the scope have been saying for quite some time. we have beena saying for quite some time. >> i am the ambassador for disarmament from sweden. we all agree about how crucial the agreement is. wondering, a

well secretary minister lavrov is a polished diplomat he reiterated russian policy but he clearly showed the deep concern that the russians have about the elements of unpredictability that are creeping in to nonproliferation in general but it was respect to iran and north korea in particular. like veiled in a veiled way criticize the united states for playing around with the iran's deal for threatening it and he said that anything that at this point removes that critical deal from the table can threaten the whole nonproliferation regime in the whole world and particularly upset possibilities for any kind of go seeded settlement in north korea so in this respect this conference brings together an awful lot of people it's all the people who are engaged in nonproliferation studies activities military intelligence diplomats academics and of course are giving set piece speeches but whatever is happening around. the chemistry that must be taking place here in this hall maybe we may really contribute to a better you know some movement in these areas. well there's a bunch of them initially but t

usenet yarran now joins us live with more days well hi there that you so what did mrs that again lavrov have to say. well and surprisingly kate the present the press conference earlier today the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov was posed questions about the only going fight against islamic state in of our can steer ia and also has a particular emphasis on the recent liberation of the syrian city of rocker iraq which was liberated just days ago had been under siege of islamic state for about four months acted as the stronghold of eisel in syria and also the headquarters in the country now on saturday the us president donald trump boasted that the u.s. had done more in the fight against islamic state in the polish nine months than to his administration there have been under barack obama in recent years and he also touched upon what might be the next role of the u.s. in syria and he curiously spoke about quote a political transition that honors the will of the syrian people now it's curious because this is news to the syrian government they have an authorized any political transition

with the russian and saudi foreign ministers on the visit of king solomon to russia today sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister said that talks between king solomon and president putin were conducted in a very friendly and constructive manner they spoke of improving cooperation between the two countries in trade and cultural links and in a number of spheres all together sergey lavrov also hailed the agreements that were signed today as documents that pave the way for better relations between the two countries also revealing that the middle east was addressed in frank talks between the two leaders underlining that the fight against terrorism should take precedence now r.t. is facing unprecedented pressure in the united states with authorities there intimidating not only employees but even those cooperating with the network this was revealed by artie's either during chief margarita simonyan speaking at a parliamentary committee meeting. and you don't know him until recently no active measures except those targeting our reputation has been taken against us in the u.s. specifically new

from the syrian foreign minister were made during talks with his russian counterpart part sergey lavrov and of course moscow has also in the past question america's intentions and the fact of this in the region the activities over u.s. led forces raise many questions in some cases the forces of courage to the terrorists to attack strategic positions rightfully regain but the most because well they have deliberately engaged in bloody provocations against our forces well jackie some strong allegations there but is there any evidence to support that well there's been little indications that are sort of piling up at this point on wednesday the russian defense ministry actually claimed that three hundred or three hundred islamic state terrorists in pick up trucks freely past arizonan in syria's . region where the coalition has a base and has determined an explanation from the u.s. side given that in the past any investment on that base or any movement in that area has been met with very strong reaction from the u.s. but these militants seem to a pastoral untouched a ditch additionally in the

met with foreign minster sergey lavrov of russia in geneva.l of that meeting was actually to establish this thing called "the reset." >> i wanted to present you with a little gift, which represents what president obama, and vice president biden and i have been saying. and that is, we want to reset our relationship, and... >> let's do it, let's do it together... >> so we will do it together. >> one of her staff members had the idea to actually memorialize the reset with a physical handing-over of a reset button. >> yeah, it's this, it's this plastic button that says, "reset," and it was just, it was kind of a gag gift, but it was also symbolic of what hillary clinton's trying to do. >> we worked hard to get the right russian word... >> foreign minister lavrov looked at it and said, "that doesn't say, 'reset,' that says, 'overcharge'." >> you think we got it? >> you got it wrong. >> i got it wrong. >> so, misspelled... that might have been prophetic. my russian's a little rusty, and i trusted somebody else-- i won't say who. >> it should be "per

and we heard from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov who really worried about. the. appearance of the united states withdrawing from the. nuclear weapons treaty with iran and the ratcheting up of tensions with north korea and he. especially worried that if the iranian agreement should collapse in the coming months if if if if that would have a diary effect on the nonproliferation regime in general and on hopes of stabilizing events in the north and north korea in particular so it's an extremely extremely worrisome undertone that we hear today from the russians. and israeli officials says saadi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin visited israel in july according to the news agency f.p. is a saudi official denied on twitter that the crown prince had visited israel to promote a stalled peace process as israel's a communications minister. said that relations between the two countries are under the radar and unofficial because of the sensitivity of middle east relations. the white house chief of staff john kelly has defended the u.s. presence reported remarks to the widow

the russian foreign secretary and foreign minister sergey lavrov is warning that abandoning the iran nuclear deal could undermine the chances of curbing north korea's nuclear ambitions was speaking at a nuclear nonproliferation conference in moscow attended by u.s. and north korean delegates u.s. president donald trump has been denouncing the iran deal as the same time applying pressure to north korea and its nuclear program. u.s. president barack obama and george w. bush have appeared to have taken swipes at president donald trump well they neither directly refer to trump by name but he commented on the growing divines within american society folks don't feel good right now about what they see. that they don't feel as if our public life reflects our vast. instead of our politics reflecting our values. we've got politics infecting our communities after. instead of. looking for ways to work together and get things done in a practical way. we got folks who are deliberately trying to make folks saying. to demonize people who have different ideas. are identity as a nation one point many

so i will, i would say that lavrov and putin, probably mr. lavrov, will give a condemnationover the proposal very eloquently -- of the proposal. i don't think they'll immediately withdraw their proposal for peace keeping. peace keeping process is very interesting, by the way. soon after this crisis broke i and a few colleagues met with russian scholars, unofficial discussion on how to politically resolve this question. the putin proposal that we're kind of tentatively welcoming now bears a very strong resemblance to some of the ideas that were suggested at that meeting. what happened? we came back to find a mccarthyist manifesto denouncing us arguing that we had negotiated on behalf of the ukrainian government. that's absurd. i'm an academic. i don't negotiate on behalf of countries. but i'm glad to see that this dipmatic thing is on track. i think the diplomatic solution is the only solution. i think the greatest threat to ukraine is whether the reforms will go forward in a robust and significant way, and there are people like anders here wh

law this is what this is what survey lavrov had to say about the controversy regarding r.t. . the much pressure to register as a foreign agent in the united states if such a move against the most means you. have to retaliate applying the same restrictions on american outlets in russia but it was against the. taxpayers' money. now as you just heard loud rob said that there could be countermeasures against the u.s. media operating in russia in response to what's being done to our t. now at this time we understand that there are three channels from the united states that have been given a notice by the russian government that they could face some similar measure if he continues to face this harassment now nothing is being done to them at the moment they've simply received a notice from the russian guy. that similar things could be done to them now the law that is being threatened against r t is the foreign agents registration act and essentially if you were forced to register under that they could be forced to turn over all kinds of information the information of the employees th

russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is urging u.s. president obama trump to keep the iran's nuclear deal in place that's after reports president trump could soon declare the deal is not in the u.s. national interest the agreement saw the easing of international sanctions against iran in return for curbs on its nuclear program white house sources say trump is expected to decertify the nuclear deal soon that would leave the republican controlled congress to decide whether to reimpose sanctions trump has long criticized the pact which was one of the major policy achievements of his predecessor barack obama international monitors have found that iran is fulfilling its side of the bargain trump however says that's not the case the iranian regime supports terrorism and exports violence bloodshed and chaos across the middle east that is why we must put an end to iran's continued aggression and nuclear ambitions they have not lived up to the spirit of their agreement and well for more now on this story we're joined by professor mohammad maran

regional parliamentary vote hold independence if madrid goes ahead russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has warned that abandoning the iraq nuclear deal could and by the chances of curbing north korea's nuclear ambitions us north korea delegates are out of moscow conference and what could be a rare opportunity for dialogue between the two sides also twenty one year old irish egyptian citizen has been released after four years behind bars in egypt the news of him bringing her hours for these was welcomed by his family last month he was acquitted of charges linked to the for the boston restrictions twenty thirteen . the chief executive of kenya's election board is taking three weeks of leave just ahead of the presidential rerun next week the initial vote in august was an old by the supreme court citing irregularities those were the news i'll be back with more in thirty minutes. i'm also attached to my phone my computer my tablet. and it amazes me how in just twenty years they've completely changed the way i live and communicate. our devices are sleek and elegant. we store our lives in a b

battling militia in the same area and that a bridge has been blown up russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has warned that abandoning the iran nuclear deal could undermine the chances of curbing north korea's nuclear ambitions he was speaking at a nuclear nonproliferation conference in moscow the u.s. sectors they rex tillerson has criticized the four countries imposing a blockade on qatar for refusing to engage in talks to ease the crisis he's kicking off a week long overseas trip with stops in saudi arabia and qatar. the chief executive of kenya's election board is taking three weeks if leave just ahead of thursday's presidential election rerun. says he's taken a personal decision to take the leave the opposition was demanding he be fired before the rerun of the initial vote in august was an old by the supreme court citing irregularities it comes as kenya celebrates heroes. day a public holiday honoring freedom fighter is our reporter katherine sawyer joining us from nairobi with so much uncertainty surrounding the election and the celebrations now going on behind you do we first of all

good morning once again, carl good morning, everyone here's what's happening at this hour sergey lavrovs he sees nothing wrong with a former campaign adviser to president trump reaching out to a kremlin-linked think tank. court documents say george papadopoulos was approached by people claiming tie it is to russia and offering him dirt on hillary clinton. lavrov called those accusations groundless >>> at least 15 people were killed in air strikes in an eastern libyan city late last night. those attacks continued for about an hour and hit a hillside area outside the city. another 17 were wounded. all of the victims appeared to be civilians military officials declined comment. >>> hillary clinton was in a chicago suburb monday for her book signing hundreds of supporters came out to see her as she signed copies, she briefly reacted to the mueller indictment, saying she has a great chapter on russia in her new book >>> the olympic flame was officially handed over to the organizers of the pyeongchang winter games the 2018 games will be held in south korea, and they begin on february 9th >>>

secretary of state rex tillerson and russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov discussed several issues however what seems to be the main. focus of the phone call was russia's foreign minister making clear that the properties of russia the diplomatic properties which were illegally seized must be returned and that there could be a possible retaliation in response to the illegal seizure of russia's diplomatic properties by the united states now for what we understand syria and korea were also discussed on the phone call with russia emphasizing the need for a diplomatic solution to both situations both syria and korea now this comes and let's also know that after the phone call ended there was a statement from russia's foreign ministry and the statement from russia's foreign ministry given in the direct aftermath of the phone call made clear russia reserves the right to undertake illegal action and retaliatory measures now let's go over recent events we know there are accusations of russian meddling in the u.s. elections we know that trump did sign some new sanctions on russia and then th

day after that oval office meeting or whatever someone told him about what the president said to lavrov don't know whether he decided not to take notes on those things because he thought thadicate end up being part of an investigation. we don't know whether these notes will be central or not. >> we don't know, and we don't know if he was physically present in every conversation the president had related to russia, even if he was available to take notes, never mind choosing not to. you were right to know that, but you would imagine if you're in bob mueller's position, somebodies who had walk-in privileges to the oval office and was constantly meeting with the president at this time would be somebody you would want to talk to. >> absolutely, and thank you very much, david chalian. our political director. >> trump tonight blaming puerto rico for aid not getting from the base where it was dropped off to the people who need it. so whose fault is it? we're on the ground again tonight. >>> and jeanne moos on forbes magazine declaring truffle's new net worth. over cable for 17 years running. bu

. >>> russian foreign minister lavrov meeting with a syrian opposition meeting in moscow lavrov hailed him for creating conditions for a direct dialogue hand political settlement of the syrian crisis. >>> back here at home, the university of north carolina has avoided major penalties after the ncaa said it could not conclude that there were academic violations on irregular courses taken by its athletes. the ncaa released its report earlier this morning. >>> and delta airlines' app will automatically check in passengers for their flights airline says the future is in response to customer demand. passengers will get their boarding passes automatically 24 hours before takeoff >> that's the news update this hour brian sullivan is here with what's ahead here on "power lunch. hi, brian. >> thanks, sue the president talking about the iran deal and likely to decertify it we'll be taking that live. there you go, empty podium we'll take that right into "power lunch" and, of course, give you basically the wrap-up on this. what it might mean for oil and your money also, could you say good-bye to e

we have fresh reaction in the george papadopoulos plea deal, from sergey lavrov. russia's foreign minister. >> translator: if the meeting was about russian-american relations i don't see anything illegal or about it. i'm looking with skepticism and lack of interest of new and continuous reports how donald trump won the presidential elections. reporter: meetings minister lavrov cite those taken by george papadopoulos, low level foreign policy advisor to then candidate donald trump and professor overseas who introduced the younger man to figures advertised as having strong kremlin connections. this led to papadopoulos to arrange a meeting an initiative trump campaign rebuffed. the professor told defendant papadopoulos as defendant papadopoulos described to the fbi, that they the russians have dirt on her, hillary clinton. the russians have e-mails on clinton. they have thousands of emails. today the telegraph newspaper identified this professor as joseph misuod teacher professor at scotland in may whose online rest may is sketchy defined and expressions of support f

russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has warned that abandoning the iran nuclear deal could undermine the chances of curbing north korea's nuclear ambitions he was speaking at a nuclear nonproliferation conference in moscow u.s. and north korean delegates are at the meeting in what could be a rare opportunity for dialogue the u.s. president donald trump has been denouncing the iran nuclear deal while at the same time applying pressure to north korea over its nuclear program but with these additional mission with but in tackling the nuclear program on the korean peninsula we must prevent an armed conflict that would inevitably bring about a humanitarian economic and environmental disaster all parties must show restraint and reserve let me remind you that in every u.n. security council resolution on the korean peninsula its side sanctions their statements about the need to return to negotiations there is no alternative to a diplomatic settlement well fred ware joins us now he's in moscow for us it was this thing into what sergei lavrov had to say i mean that the foreign minister has had

it's not just lavrov.ign minister of china, people watching in north korea, people in europe. this devalues or diminishes the role of secretary of state. think about jim baker when he was 41 secretary of state, there was no daylight between them. and everybody knew that the secretary of state spoke with the full backing and authority of the president of the united states. quite honestly, i don't think anyone in the world thinks that rex tillerson speaks with the full backing and authority of this president. as a result, his chances of succeeding are modest. so i think the president needs to change his ways. i don't know if it's too late for rex tillerson. i kind of think it is. if he's going to hire somebody else, that individual is not going to do any better unless this president changes his way of doing business. >> well, you basically answered the next question i was going to ask. you think it's sort of too late for this relationship to be fixed. but if they do decide they want to fix this relationship,

the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov speaking and in moscow after meeting. with a cell the foreign minister. sergey lavrov speaking of many things of the trade and trust between the two countries he also welcomed the establishment of what he called a russian selbie military cooperation council which he said will made shortly he also spoke of their interests and energy saying that they're not restricted to bilateral relations that opec plus is and what will we will bring you more on this meeting that's taking place in moscow and the rest of the day's news in the next bulletin coming up in just a couple of minutes. for the. journey to work. or. i prefer to live down. to the chance of life and limb on a dangerous journey. to derail a nearly died. for our children go to school and live because of a great risk to the democratic republic of congo at this time on al-jazeera until now the coverage of latin america and most of the world was about. we're taking you back to moscow now where as we're been saying the russian and foreign ministers have been missing let's

and new york city sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister expressed regret over the rise in tensions that he says was not started by russia and those closures really did signify an all time low in u.s. russian relations and while tensions seem to have cooled at this point we can only wait and see if the departure of these last few diplomats will be the last word on the matter. president among the omicron has been hit by a fresh wave of criticism off to cutting taxes for the wealthy he's responded by saying his latest tax reform the same just encouraging investment and promoting talent in the country however many people in paris don't agree warning the new leaders already becoming a president for the rich and reform will only worsen inequality in france a correspondence that depends. how do you know when you not just rich but your filthy wage. your cars and race horses a definitely signs that eve more than a pretty penny to spend right. well not so much in france where the toys of the rich and famous no longer eligible for tax and that's causing quite a stir if you think this is a poo

russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov weighed in stressing that international security would be threatened if the u.s. scrapped the agreement and that the north korea crisis could worsen. but you've missed the point is clear that the failure of the way iran deal one of the five plus one members especially one of its most active members is essentially the leader of the group would be an alarming signal to the architecture of international security including the settlement of the nuclear issue on the korean peninsula if you want to negotiate with kim jong un and your goal is to avoid war and try to be able to have a diplomatic resolution the worst thing you can do is first threaten to destroy his country in the united nations and secondly screw around with the deal that has already been made because the message is don't make a deal with the united states they won't keep their word last week because the us president announced he would decertify the deal that means the u.s. congress now has sixty days to decide whether it wants to reimpose sanctions against iran or agree on new legislation rel

and saudi arabia have agreed to work together to fight terrorism russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and herself a counterpart at an algae bear held a news briefing in moscow and it comes after a meeting between saudis can tell mom and russian president vladimir putin they discuss regional conflicts going on yes it's obvious that the fight against terrorism means that we have to fight extremist ideologies which are well known to saudi friends and we wish we very much that our contribution to these efforts will lead to good cons great contributions by russia to peace and stability in the islamic world and also to good work on the islamic council. iraqi government forces have recaptured the northern town of had a two week battle with prime minister heather in a bar they called it a victory when a body was in paris where he's meeting france's president and manual mccrone has offered to help with mediation efforts between iraq central government and kurdish leaders those are the headlines on al-jazeera the stream that's coming up next thank you for watching. we understand the differences

ukrainian conflict do not envision road mending a peacekeeping force in ukraine russia's foreign minister lavrov said that was a close proposal limits the blue helmets role to protecting they say mission only what is ukraine insists on a broad mandate of peacekeeping forces if that were widely the minsk agreement. well i think you know the protection. of the the money to is it's essential so that they can do their job and that everybody agrees on the facts but it's it's an open ended process without end in sight if they are not broad measures and so i think there is some merit in the ukrainian position to want something more than just the protection and so that's what negotiation and diplomacy in the security council. is for and is useful for there's will be a long list of tasks that the ukrainian side will put forward there will be a short is put put forward by the russian side and i think with clever diplomacy one can find cream and suggest they like the main street to become something symbolic when it comes to negotiating peacekeeping forces. well i think the format is important i think in an

from the syrian foreign minister were made during talks with his russian counterpart part sergey lavrov and of course moscow has also in the past questioned america's intentions and the fact of this in the region the activities of u.s. led forces raise many questions in some cases the forces of courage of the terrorists to attack strategic positions really regain but damascus where they have deliberately engaged in bloody provocations against our forces attacking some strong allegations there but is there any evidence to support that well there's been little indications that are sort of piling up at this point on wednesday the russian defense ministry actually claimed that three hundred three hundred islamic state terrorists in pick up trucks freely past or a zone in syria's. region where the coalition has a base and has determined an explanation from the u.s. side given that in the past any investment on that base or any movement in that area has been met with very strong reaction from the u.s. but these militants seem to a pastoral untouched a ditch additionally in the end of septembe

bigger surprise to the syrian government itself so earlier today the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov was of course asked for a response to these comments here's what he said. when we hear about the new u.s. line in syria which is stand which is local councils on sovereign syrian territories this raises concerns we put this question to washington and expect to receive an honest and clear answer. now while these recent victories are indeed a very important milestone in the fight against islamic state in syria these latest developments show that there is still a very distinct lack of clarity over what the u.s. the u.s. ultimate goal in syria really is. we wait to see what that is nicky aaron thank you very much. we while in neighboring iraq r.t. is continuing to run a campaign to bring russian speaking children back home their parents of god missing or have been killed fighting for islamic state one boy as i read is about to be reunited with his family. it was. kind of. you wal mart you know it was a lawyer. it's. just that i was. told much more what. i was going there with mr sulu and

washington fell out with moscow over this and i remember back then the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov multiple times called on the international community for an in-depth independent investigation of it while investigations of reports of other chemical attacks including those on government controlled territories in syria were never even begun on her. son. i don't know who. the. hell am. i. doing. in the meantime the investigation into april skeptical attack in the it looked province continues by a team of experts from the un and a un backed chemical watchdog but no experts have actually been sent to the sea and that's why the. it has been criticised by moscow the results will be presented to the un security council in a week and if. the efforts of the mission as moscow has threatened to suspend their backing of the mission's mandate as a permanent member of the u.n. security council. lawmakers are once again at odds over the country's role in syria in a debate in the house of lords the questions were raised over funding of the syrian opposition and what exactly taxpayers' money is rea

russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov stated that the u.s. led coalition in syria needs to focus more of its attention on to not just are you still. we have long been trying to draw the international community's attention to the fact that the u.s. led coalition before the russian military had started its anti-terrorist campaign in syria was quite possibly citing eyesore and not striking out newsroom at all after russia launched its operation the coalition became more active strikes against isis but even after the new u.s. administration stepped in we haven't seen the coalition making any serious efforts to target al nusra. a check of the places to catalonia. leaders to declare the regions independence from spain on top of the local palmer there's no announced the date for what's going to happen next let's cross live turns to censure canary barcelona other last year it's all really coming to a head now they say they're going to announce a day it could be the end of this week beginning next week yeah that's. right kevin i mean anybody and every

that's the second strongest insurgent group in syria after iceland russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has stressed the importance of not overlooking describe. we have long been trying to draw the international community's attention to the fact that the u.s. led coalition before the russian military had started its anti-terrorist campaign in syria was quite possibly fighting high school and not striking out newsroom at all after russia launched its operation the coalition became more active strikes against arsenal but even after the new u.s. administration stepped in we haven't seen the coalition making any serious efforts to target our newsroom. and this week has also seen significant gains against those who are also courtesy of russian forces as our correspondent told us earlier and i start this week a limited several key figures and left the group of the the leader of the group out of mohamed el jelani critically injured which could deal a major blow to operations and also to the morale of the this were a terror group giuliani could almost be the poster boy of terrorism you know he

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov tells his u.s. counterpart rex tillerson that america must return illegally seized russian diplomatic property warning of retaliatory action. while the battle for survival continues in syria that despite islamic states retreats from the eastern province of their resort we speak to two young sisters who have lost everything in the war. very bad get passed over. a little i know. and facebook hits back criticism.