receiving any evidence and without waiting for the investigation to finish russia has the audacity to lecture this security council about how to stop the use of chemical weapons of mass we were the strongest advocates for an investigation a professional investigation not an imitation of russia all on its own killed the mechanism we had specifically tasked to dinner fired those responsible for using chemical weapons in syria knew the joint investigative mechanism which has ceased its work has failed in its mission the probe did not stand up to any scientific scrutiny it became an instrument for political manipulation it was russia's complicit in the assad regime's atrocities you could not have lost when you know some countries are still trying to force the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or to put the blame on damascus they do not understand that in doing so they are undermining your thora city of this respected organization. yeah a lot of to and fro here dave a lot of blaming each other do you see any way out of this standoff after that. well no not unless there's a will to get to the bottom o

security council to carry out that investigation into what is happening in syria but of course that vetoed by russia eleven times over this investigation means that the u.n. security council has in many ways had its hands tied and the hope is clear that perhaps what will happen in this group will help put more pressure on the security council and russia to try and do more to make sure that that passes broken. and i should nations security council has been meeting to discuss the chemical weapons situation in syria speak to christmas so they were here with the u.n. in russia cold this meeting of the security council so why is that well it was a very last minute decision to hold this meeting called by russia an open meeting it seems to be in direct response to the accusations coming from the united states holding russia accountable for recent chemical weapons attacks united states in accusing russia of being responsible for these attacks is referring to those eleven vetoes of resolutions that had to do with the conflict in syria three of them specifically russia vetoed to extend the investigative mecha

only two sources saying this and both are notoriously pro-rebel this whole blame russia game continued at the security council and that is a mickey haley statements were more about russia than anything else she even accused russia of killing the joint investigative mechanism but at the meeting russia said that the joint investigative mechanism became a political tool and called for an impartial investigation into all cases of chemical weapons use including the joint investigative mechanisms new reports we're not going to accept any russian proposal that undermines our ability to get to the truth or that politicizes what must be an independent and impartial investigation to naturism so the fact that the us dismissed all proposal right from the start reveals the truth that they do not need an impartial investigative mechanism so even though several other member states supported the proposal of a new impartial investigation the us rejected it saying that it's ready to bring back the old joint investigative mechanism quote but all other suggestions are unacceptable. samir khan reporting there while the mechanism

to be a subject matter with the security council which is responsible for international peace and security and it wasn't just france it was also russia sudan a number of other nonpermanent members of the security council the us spawn it's quite isolated adding to this whole string of setbacks at the united nations where because that under plummeting efforts of the us the us is using your national credibility and you know threatening to allies or iran randy europeans have the sensible approach of engaging iran expanding trade and fulfilling their obligations with the nuclear arsenal contrary to do you work as a dragging its feet deeper failing to implement some of its own obligations which incidentally is responsible for some of the economic bottlenecks facing the tehran government today and yet you have the us ambassador sharing crocodile tears with the iranian people ignoring the fact that the us this continuing sanctions on iran which are quiet and just and all the other pressures are partially responsible for the economic problems facing iran today why is it you think european countries like france for example went with china and

fighter deal and closer military ties with russia are related to the range of crisis after what happened in rakhine and the discussions at un security council china russia flatly said that they would support him so this is something that i am on that issue especially knows that can't count on. analyst david matheson feels that even though the two nations are providing for me and more now investments in defense assistance there is a long term problem they do in a western diet because the chinese and the russians are going to provide health and education and issues they want to sell weapons and they want to extract natural resources. right now most of the people of myanmar are not aware of any negative impact that the range of crisis might bring but some think that there will be a cost if there's further distancing from the international community and that could impede the progress of reform after years of isolation it's got harder al-jazeera yangon. well there been protests in the philippines against a chinese research expedition to an underwater region called venom drive as an important marine area and the for the pain say with untapped res

responsible for similar attacks and the un security council has met to discuss chemical weapons and the situation in syria christian salome reports from new york. russia called this last minute security council meeting on the issue of chemical weapons in syria to defend itself against attacks coming from the united states alleging that russia was ultimately responsible for ongoing chemical attacks in syria because it had failed to authorize ongoing investigations by the u.n. into those attacks the u.s. and russian ambassador were quite friendly on their way into the meeting but once the meeting took off into formal statements they went on the attack the russians said they are all for accountability in syria when it comes to chemical weapons but past investigations they say. unscientific and politically motivated those past investigations found evidence that syria and eisel both have used chemical weapons syria of course denies that they have used chemical weapons russia suggested that the recent attack being talked about and eastern ghouta was actually being manufactured or somehow exploited by the west suddenly this is not seem strange to anybody tha

security council to carry out that investigation into what is happening in syria but of course that vetoed by russia eleven times over this investigation means that the u.n. security council has in many ways had its hands tied and the hope is here that perhaps what will happen in this group will help put more pressure on the security council and russia to try and do more to make sure that that pass is broken. well in the last hour the united nations security council has been meeting to discuss the chemical weapons situation in syria speak to kristen salumi who is at the u.n. because they feel quite confusing of course the washer agreed in twenty thirteen that they would remove the chemical weapons from syria but now they've called this meeting why well it's interesting this was a last minute meeting called by russia and it appears to be in direct response to the accusations coming out of paris by the americans in particular russia took the opportunity to defend itself against these allegations that they are somehow responsible for chemical attacks in syria and to say that they are very open to a new

and russia clash of the u.n. security council over the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria's rebel on klav of duma. the first member of donald trump's cabinet is questioned over a possible collusion between the u.s. president's campaign and russia. and the love story of a cleaning woman and an amphibian humanoid lead to the oscar nominations. egyptian military has detained its former chief of staff just days after he said he would run for president in an election this march sami on and had been seen as the main challenger to president of the father of sisi but he's now called off his campaign muhammad has the latest. just days after he announced his candidacy in his country's upcoming presidential elections egypt's military has arrested former egyptian armed forces chief of staff sami. in a televised statement the military said imam committed violations when he announced his presidential bid without obtaining permits from the armed forces he's also accused of committing forgery to be included in the voter database there are

kosovo has not been recognized by two out of the five members of the security council -- china and russiait is about who is going to make political gains. at the moment, it looks like the ambition of kosovo and its supporters that it will become a genuinely accepted country. on the other hand, belgrade is not in a very strong position to dream of reintegrating kosovo into serbia's constitution. so they are fighting four inches, without any significant political improvement. kosovo is now poorer than it was 20 years ago. so there are two options. intmmigrate, or join the organized crime syndicates and make a living. brent: thank you very much for taking the time to talk with us tonight. we appreciate your insights. here is a look now at some of the other stories that are making headldlines around d the world. bangladesh agrees with myanmar about repatriating more than 60,000 muslim refugees over the next two years. the agency warned that it is essential that the refugees only be returned voluntarily. pope francis has held the papal mass in front of thousands in the chilean capital of santi

about serenity corso has not been recognized by two out of the five members of the un security council but china and russia and five of the twenty eight states do not recognize kosovo as an independent state either so it's about who is going to make political games and the moment it looks as if the ambition of kosovo and all the supporters that it has in many western countries that it will become soon a generally accepted country also in the un is not going to be fulfilled so soon on the other hand belgrade these north you know very strong position through even dream of reintegrating kosovo into serbia's constitution so they're fighting for inches and there has been no significant political improvement while the social economic situation poverty has increased. poorer than it was twenty years ago so for young people there are two options one is to emigrate very many do it because oil has lost about seven percent of its albanian population in the last two or three years all and a number a significant number of people in the region there is join the organized crime syndicates and make a living out of drug smu

security council to carry out that investigation into what is happening in syria but of course that vetoed by russia eleven times over this investigation means that the u.n. security council has in many ways had its hands tied and the hope is clear that perhaps what will happen in this group will help put more pressure on the security council and russia to try and do more to make sure that that pass is broken. coming up here on the news. the conflict in the democratic republic of congo has left three million people at risk of starvation. in kenya allegations of. the flagship hospital. coming up to russia's unofficial team until. justice department has confirmed that the attorney general jeff sessions was questioned last week alleged collision between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia sessions was interviewed for an inquiry led by a former f.b.i. director it is believed to be the first time a member of president trumps cabinet has been questioned by the inquiry trump has described the accusations of collusion is fake news and as a witch hunt is joined. at the white house how significant

for receiving any evidence and without wait some investigation to finish russia has be audacity to lecture the security council about how to stop the use of chemical weapons he told which of us we were the strongest advocates for an investigation a professional investigation not an imitation. russia is complicit in the assad regime atrocities you can visit some countries are still trying to force your organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons but the plane went to moscow it's not on the stand and in doing so on the mind of your door see if this respected organization. this came after secretary tillerson accused assad of perpetrating a chemical attack that supposedly happened on monday let's take a quick look whoever conducted the attack russia ultimately bears responsibility for the victims in the us and countless other syrian targeted with chemical weapons since russia became involved in syria this whole blame russia game continued at the security council on that same nikki haley statements were more about russia than anything else she even accused russia of killing the joint investigative mechanis

dialoguef our security between the secretaries of the security council's of russia and japan, we would like to receive more substantial assurances on that. we are not aware of any cases anywhere around the globe where the united states would deploy its weapons, and then would hand over control over those weapons to the host country. and i really doubt that the inted states would make -- the case of japan. we are open to dialogue. we would like to have a dialogue on missile defense, something that we suggested years ago. we want to start. we want all of us to see clearly that this missile defense system -- we have a number of questions on what the united states does in this regard. we don't want these systems to destabilize. the international system so far like the obamars evisceration and the bush administration before them, will obama administration and the bush administration before them will tell us the systems will not be used. reporter: estonian television. estonian newspaper. lavrov, in 2014, you signed an agreement on the border with estonia and with your counterpart. it took pl

fact france when we brought it up before the emergency meeting of the united nations security council joined with russia and china and said this isn't a fit subject to bring up yeah you will have to answer for their behavior we are some of our experts but our reaction to america's stand on iran historically the united states has tried to stay out of least publicly stay out of any internal oppressed was going on within iran happened in one thousand nine hundred nine to happen again in two thousand and nine but with the change in the administration the ministration accord mistress and trump administration must take more of a hard line against iran and don't lend its support to the uprising and when you it sort of has a mentality where if you don't agree with us you must be against us and therefore you must be punished and that might not be the most prudent course of action when dealing with some of our allies especially our longest standing allies in europe what is so surprising about some people coming out to destry to come plaining about you know that economic issue if you look at france itself since mi

fact france when we brought it up before the emergency meeting of the united nations security council joined with russia and china and said this isn't a fit subject to bring up yeah they'll have to answer for their behavior. ok we're joined now by a pool hero he's the matter of the u.s. city of massachusetts state thanks for joining us on the program say good to have you with us today what exactly do you think the cia director meant i mean is this some sort of indication is going to be consequences of some sort for european countries. well historically the united states has tried to stay out of least publicly stay out of any internal oppressed was going on within iran happened in one thousand nine hundred nine to happen again in two thousand and nine but with the change in the administration the administration the current administration trumpet ministration want to take more of a hard line against iran and you know lend it support to the uprising and when you it sort of has a mentality where if you don't agree with us you must be against us and therefore you must be punished and that might not be the mo

security council meeting but iran and russia criticized the u.s. for cooling the meeting saying the protests are a domestic matter mudslides and terentia rainstorms have left at least forty four people dead in the congolese capital kinshasa or forty say victims were killed by collapsing rules by drowning many homes in the city of ten million a built on hillsides where a lack of drainage systems makes them vulnerable to flash flooding. two jets collided on the ground at a toronto airport on friday setting the tail of one of the aircraft ablaze about his presidency in response to questions raised in the book about his fitness for office child described himself in a tweet as quote a very stable genius u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson also disputed claims in the book saying he has never question the president's mental fitness but in the meantime the book titled foreign fury has already begun flying off the shelves the book the u.s. president could not stop from hitting the shelves sold out within minutes and many stores deeply critical it depicts

security council meeting but iran and russia criticize the u.s. for calling that meeting saying the protests in iran are a domestic matter mudslides and tarantula rainstorms have left at least forty four people dead in the congolese capital kinshasa authorities say victims were killed by collapsing walls and by drowning many homes in the city of ten million are built on hillsides where a lack of drainage systems makes them vulnerable to flash flooding two jets collided on the ground at a toronto airport on friday setting the tail of one of the aircraft ablaze have a look at this. and i witnessed on board capture the moment when part of the plane exploded no injuries were reported and an investigation into the incident is underway. well the new tell all book about donald trump's presidency is flying off the shelves in the united states the book titled fire and a fury has been published four days ahead of schedule and that's despite attempts by the president's lawyer to stop it u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson rejected characterizations in the

security council meeting but iran and russia criticized the u.s. for calling the meeting saying the protests are a domestic matter. mudslides interventional rain storms have left at least forty four people dead in the congolese capital kinshasa authorities say victims were killed by collapsing walls and by drowning many homes in the city of ten million are built on hillsides where a lack of drainage systems makes them vulnerable to flash flooding. two jets collided on the ground at a toronto airport on friday setting the tail of one of the aircraft alight and eye witness on board one of the planes captured the moment when part of the plane exploded no injuries were reported and an investigation into the incident is under way. now hungary's prime minister has issued fresh criticism of american policies on migration mr orban was a guest at the party conference of the c.s.u. which is the german chancellor's conservative sister party and said migrants with no reason to be in europe should be sent home his remarks come as merkel prepares to start explor

security council meeting but iran and russia criticized the u.s. for calling the meeting saying the protests are a domestic matter in syria at least seventeen civilians have been killed and sixty injured in as strikes on a rebel held area near damascus that's according to the syrian observatory for human rights the region is one of the last remaining opposition strongholds in the country and is the target of almost daily air raids by the syrian government and russia. scuffles broke out in bethlehem as at the greek orthodox patriarch for the holy land arrived to celebrate orthodox christmas protesters clashed with police and churchgoers as the office the third made his way to the church of them city palestinians accuse the greek patriarch of setting land to israelis in favorable deals and a north korean lympics official has suggested the country may send a delegation to the winter games in south korea souls also believed to be open to athletes from the north competing the two sides that used to hold talks on the matter on choose day now u.s. preside

security council meeting that iran and russia criticized the u.s. for calling the meeting saying the protests are a domestic matter. scuffles broke out in bethlehem as the greek orthodox patriarch for the holy land arrive to celebrate orthodox christmas protesters clashed with police and churchgoers as thier follows the third made his way to the church of the nativity palestinians accuse the greek patriarch of setting than two israelis in favorable deals. and us president donald trump has rejected claims made in a new tell all book about his presidency in response to questions raised in the book about his fitness for office trump said that he would not just qualify as smart but genius and a very stable genius at that well a us secretary of state rex tillerson also disputed claims in the book saying he has never question the president's mental fitness but in the meantime the book can titled fire and fury has become an instant bestseller the book the u.s. president could not stop from hitting the shelves sold out within minutes and many straws deeply

within the next half hour there will be a closed door meeting among security council members it would appear to be a last gasp effort by russia to persuade to the u.s. not to bring this motion to the security council floor in public however if it does go ahead there will then likely be an objection from russia made publicly and a demand that a procedural vote be held now what that means is that the u.s. ambassador will need at least nine of the fifteen members to agree to discuss the issue of iran in public within the council chamber now iran has not been on the agenda in the past so certainly what she is attempting to do is get it on the agenda get discussion going not just about the recent events in iran but also moving it forward to issues like the philip and to ballistic missiles all those issues that the u.s. has expressed great concern about in recent weeks and months but we will only know within the hour whether or not she's going to get those nine votes that she needs to go ahead with this public discussion nic let's assume that she does would we then expect any council action on iran. well there would be no immediate