the arab league suspended syria's membership in the arab league and at that time lebanon did not take a position on that. the country is too rise stand any position by the government will only bring more problems, it says. the prime ago minister was criticized for his position on syria, saying that positionrees and says p is stated only by the foreign minister. >> in kenya, under the elections officials from across the country have been flown into the capital nairobi to help count the votes. more than 300,000 ballots from monday's election were ejected for failing to follow strict voting guidelines. that is delaying the announcement of the results. let's go to our correspondent in nairobi where young kenyans are using technology to monitor what is happening around the country. what is the latest? when do we expect results? >> we just heard from the iebc with a statement saying 53 of those returning officers are now in nairobi. the rest of them are still to arrive. we are expecting them hereby road and by air. once they arrive, they will give their results, which will be verified and m

thank you for joining us here on arts here i'm real research and moscow the arab league has given the green light for its members to send to syrian rebels despite fears that the syrian opposition is being increasingly infiltrated by foreign and she hottest fight has a bio me as a kiwi the editor of the pan-african news wire he says the arab league is pursuing its own agenda and extending support for the rebels we also have to understand the political composition of the arab league it has been dominated a little last several years by the gulf emirates these elite forces. operating in countries that are not democratic themselves therefore they have no real moral basis for criticism of the government in damascus also on these arab emirates in the gulf heavily with the united states and the north atlantic treaty organization so it's really not surprising that in kata you would have a situation where the syrian government would be attacked and that you would have these opposition forces who are heavily divided themselves who have no real program for the future of syria and who have been re

the arab league summit currently underway in qatar has affirmed the right of member states to give military support to the syrian rebels and that is according to the gathering's draft resolution britain france and recently been pushing for direct arms supplies to the opposition let's get more now from the editor of the online blog the syria tribune dr ali mohamed. the gulf states have been allegedly sending arms to syria's rebels for a long time now anyway will official resolution actually change anything. the mother of the girl. they wanted to be. the two for the opposition they could only have been saying they were things in large quantities and they have been sending him sam. i don't think they can do any more if they were just keeps him they were they have been sending. and media coverage at the moment the show is that what they are doing is legal and covered by the arab league would also mean perhaps if it is now legal that would get more weapons coming from those states and would it make any difference to what's going on in syria and now they have been sending as much as they could fo

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the arab league has given the syrian seek to the opposition council. one of many countries to recognize them as the legitimate representatives of the syrian people. we are just the sight of the meeting. >> the meeting is ongoing, but i can say that an arab official attended based on the seats from the syrian national coalition. remember in march the call on and now theon were kind of forced for some several months i would say to you the back seats. another thing to talk about as the prime minister and concern that the leader of the syrian national coalition in the therim will be attending arab league summit on tuesday and wednesday. >> how do you see these developments out of the arab league? developing and impacting those countries in syria? i am not sure it will have a direct impact on the ground, but definitely on the diplomatic front at least there is some sort of community within arab states. i need to mention those three countries from the meeting being represented by the foreign minister in algeria and lebanon, either the state or the expression

and we take a look at why the arab league is backing a move to send more weapons to syria's opposition despite reports rebel forces are increasingly infiltrated by radical islamists this more after a short break. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of kandahar. operation to rule the day. when their own country can't offer them a living loving mothers sometimes have to leave their children behind. it's the dream of millions of migrants the children might choose their own motherland. i want my children to win over moscow. russia has become this stepmother land. to find a way home. the world. series technology innovation called the list of elements from around russia. the future covered. the arab league has given a green light for its members to send arms to syrian rebels despite fears the syrian opposition is increasingly infiltrated by foreign jihadist fighters the main opposition groups also been granted syria's official representation at a summit and katara in a symbolic move as a kiwi from the pad african newswire says the arab lea

also we'll tell you why the arab league allies sending arms to the syrian rebels that and more after a short break stay with us. please . join thousands of gadgets into the mobile world congress in barcelona for research and handset makers try to get their groove back. and software super chargers hope to spin preview success forward turns up the heat on google and despite a new twist on infotainment it's not just fun and games the overlooked video engine is pretty well this streaming clover just to the palm of your hands and there's a new player in town looking to show that is in fact better than one. like. fifty minutes past the hour thanks for staying with us the arab league has given a green light for members to send arms to syrian rebels despite fears the syrian opposition is being increasingly infiltrated by foreign jihadi fighters. editor of the pan-african newswire thinks the arab league could be pursuing its own agenda in extending support for the rebels. we also have to understand the political composition of the arab league has been dominated a little last several years by

another made to member turkey asked for the arms embargo to be lifted nor did protest when the arab league gave the go ahead for weapons supplies and more recently when the u.k. said it could veto the use arms ban the us of a no objections everyone knows that. if it were to tell saudi arabia or qatar or turkey or whoever of its friends there that they should stop well everyone knows that but he would prevail instead the u.s. has decided to watch from a safe distance played a crucial role in starting the americans can't fix this problem syrians have to fix this problem is genuinely surprising after telling years seventy thousand deaths a million people displaced tough sanctions imposed on syria dozens of countries within nato and the arab league can damn in assad and urging him to go and after so much money and weaponry invested to achieve this to hear america's ambassador to syria saying that only syrians can fix their problems perhaps there was a time when syrians could have resolved things on their own but pressure from the outside has been relentless and now it could simply be too late

the speaking to us from arab league meeting in doha. let's go back to our top story in the bank bailout of cyprus. many of the wealthiest depositors in cyprus are russians. joining me from moscow is emma hayward. what is the general reaction in russia to the deal? reactionhas been some from the russian prime minister. he says they keep stealing what has already been stolen. not expect positive reaction to the deal. when the original deal was put on the table last week, the report was critical saying it was unfair. -- vladimir putin was critical saying it was unfair. there is much russian investment in cyprus. about 1/3 of all deposits are said to be of russian origin. there could be large financial losses for some russian investors on the island. -- tell usof our what the relationship is between russia and service. why are they so close? >> the russians have been investing in cyprus for around 20 years. lots of investment on the island. you do see signs of that investment on the island. the big question will be, what will the russians d

we also have to understand the political composition of the arab league has been dominated a little last several years. the gulf emirates these elite forces. operating in countries that are not democratic themselves therefore they have no real moral basis for criticism of the government in damascus also on these arab emirates in the gulf heavily with the united states and the north atlantic treaty organization so it's really not surprising that in kata you would have a situation where the syrian government would be attacked and that you would have these opposition forces who are heavily divided themselves who have no real program for the future of syria and who have been reluctant and even obstinate in regard to negotiate any type of political settlement to the conflict in syria to be seated as a legitimate government of syria. and how the syrian conflict is increasingly spreading beyond its borders finding itself for the crossroads of foreign interests all of that for debate with love elena's cross talk team that's coming your way in about an hour and fifteen minutes. syria is being. su

the arab league has lifted a ban on weapons, deliveries to the syrian rebels and has offered the syrian opposition to take a seat as the representative of the syrian people in the organization. >> rebels say they can get rid of the regime of the syrian president if they get better equipment. the conflict has claimed more than 70,000 lives, and the number of refugees who are fleeing is continuing to climb. >> these assyrian refugees have made it to safety in tripoli, lebanon, but there living conditions are difficult, and have little prospect of finding work -- these syrian refugees. the number of refugees now tops 1 million. rebels seeking to oust the president want weapons. in brussels, the free syrian army's chief of staff says if his troops were better equipped, the regime would be gone in days. >> we need weapons and ammunition. to stop killing, to defend ourselves, and to defend our citizens. >> while the arab league says members can provide weapons, the european union has an arms embargo in place. some countries are providing non-legal support. britain says it will deliver armored

the arab league welcoming these syrian main opposition leader into the fold. hello from doha. this is the world news from al- jazeera. more protests in cyprus. the banks remain closed and now, word of resignation from the bank of cyprus. building a new order. south of africa hosting a summit from the world's leading emerging economies. china roaring back to the no. 1 spot. --it feels good right now tireder roaring back. i was crawling from iphone of all the people who have textrted name with all the messages that say thank you. >> we begin meant breaking news out of cyprus. ward is commander that the chairman of the bank of cyprus has submitted his resignation. we're going to go straight to one of our correspondents about this, john, what can you tell us? are we talking central bank or one of the commercial banks? the governor of the biggest commercial bank in cyprus, the bank of cyprus, not the central bank. -- >> this is the governor of the biggest central commercial bank. he is reported to be saying that the refinancing and restructuring plan that the bank of cyprus, which

weight is so doubtful are given this syrian seat in the in the arab league this is like. who does not giving them who does not deserve. i think if we examine the image carefully we will see that this is no hope for them at any level because the person who was who was sitting is actually resigned he has not. taken his resignation you have the person next to him who is supposedly. the interim prime minister was rejected by all the fighting. so they are they wanted to look like. in reality it is. back now to a story in covering them obey whether u.s. military's admitted that the number of hunger striking detainees at the prison camp has risen to twenty eight but officials continue to deny allegations that most of the hundred sixty six people held at. sells to death well us federal public defender close warner who represents one of the guantanamo detainees joins me now live call us when's the last time you spoke to your client and how did he say the situation is. actually i have late breaking news from the island it came in just a few moments ago from colonel when guard if yo

we also have to understand the political composition of the arab league it has been dominated a little last several years. the gulf emirates these elite forces are operating in countries that are not democratic themselves therefore they have no real moral basis for criticism of the government in damascus also on these arab emirates in the gulf heavily with the united states and the north atlantic treaty organization so it's really not surprising that in concert you would have a situation where the syrian government would be attacked and that you would have these opposition forces who are happily divided themselves who have no real program for the future of syria and who have been reluctant and even absent in regard to negotiate any type of political settlement to the conflict in syria to be seated as a legitimate government of syria france and germany have demanded an explanation from russia concerning a series of ongoing checks into non governmental organizations operating in the country and he's in a going to has more on the story. france and germany are basically concerned with the

be making a lot of ground and it looks like they got to get even more support now following the arab league summit earlier this week. yes of course we have we have this that illusion of the. latest one that allows every state of the arab state to provide weapons to the rebels simply without offending back to that oblique and without making any decision or going back to the need for the resolution from the greek or any other institution and this means that it will get smaller planes from. saudi arabia they used to give weapons but now they have a kind of legitimate cover in order to continue supporting this russia has saved clearly that that this kind of act is not. should not be continue and it's going to increase the bloodshed of. syria and that's very much a message coming from various countries who are criticizing the fact that the arab league is supporting the rebels not least of course coming from moscow from the foreign minister lavrov his regret at the move saying that military backing to the rebels is both a lawful and encourages more bloodshed this is what he had to say. we believe

their delegates have taken the country's seat at a summit of the arab league. qatar and sheikh tully invited opposition to take the place of the syrian government. the head of the syrian national coalition was leading the group. members of the temporary government plan to administer areas held by opposition forces. the man elected prime minister was also in the delegation. hatib thanked members of the league for their support. he said the true representatives of the syrian people have finally taken their seat. the arab league suspended syria's membership two years ago, to protest against president s assan's crackdown o protesters and 15id its an error to give a seat held by a sovereign state to what they call an unreal group. >>> the latest north korea exercise on the east coast was on a grand scale. the north state media said its leader supervised the drill. the spokesperson told reporters and the north's army and navy to part without the air force and the north appears to be mbining with more military exercises and south korea is on alert for additional provo

the arab league has given a clear signal of support to this jury and the national coalition -- to the syrian national coalition. in its annual meeting, they've also agreed to arm the rebels. 24th arabrt of the league summit, leaders honored -- trying to find a solution to many regional issues. the spotlight was on this man. invited him to represent syria at the summit. the summit on behalf of the syrian people. >> we thank all of the government to supported us. the role to be played by the united states is much bigger. nato s.requested allies of innocent civilians. we do not wish to fight, we want to protect innocent civilians. >> the war in syria has dominated the summit. qatar called on the war to act. >> -- on the world to act. internationalthe conscience to pretend to the bloodshed. to hold the syrian regime responsible for the crimes committed against its own people. >> it could be a game changer. the move will boost the syrian opposition as it could indicate the end of the regime in the eyes of arab leaders. their sense -- there seems to be a consensus among arab countries to ba

mplts the arab league that is authorized its members to provide military support to syrian opposition forces. the decision is raising concern that more weapons moving into syria will intensify the fighting. the league approved a proposal by ka tar's leader to fill the empty chair. the league suspended syria's membership two years ago to protest president asad. he said there is a ne mplts the united nations has chosen a swedish scientist to lead its investigation into allegations of chemical weapons use in syria. he is an expert in disarmament and international security. okai selstrom is an expert in disarmament and international security. selstrom has worked as a u.n. inspector before. he helped search for weapons of mass destruction in iraq. the syrian government and opposition forces have accused each other of using chemical weapons. members of assad's administration say opposition forces launched a chemical attack last week near the northern city of aleppo. opposition forces say the assad administration launched two chemical attacks. one in aleppo and another near damascus. they sa

tolds the arab league them they should feel free to do so? ,> they said all assistance including military -- >> the un is preparing to send a team into syria to investigate claims of chemical warfare. both sides have accused each other of using the weapons in an attack near aleppo this week. our diplomatic editor, james bays, has been following that story. amid claims and counterclaims, the un has stepped in, saying it will send an investigation team. have decided to conduct a united nations investigation on the possible use of chemical weapons in syria. >> the controversial part of all of this is the scope of any inquiry. >> the investigation mission is to look into the specific incident brought to my attention by the syrian government. i am, of course, aware that there are other allegations of similar cases involving the reported use of chemical wet and. .> -- chemical weapons >> he was not prepared to clarify further. things deliberately ambiguous because he knows this is a deeply controversial issue. in recent days, there has been disagre

. >> the arab league invited the syrian opposition to take a seat at the organization summit in qatar. the syrian delegation leader praised the arab league decision, allowing members to provide military aid to rebels, while expressing disappointment at the west for holding back. >> in the name of our oppressed people, we are calling for full support, especially in the right of self-defense, a seat at the international organizations, and the return of funds stolen from the syrian people. they must be kept for building and reconstruction. oppositionsyrian remains divided between the national council and rival groups. many western nations are watching with concern, as radical islamic militia's gain power in parts of syria and in the outskirts of the capital of damascus. opens in social forum tunisia. it is the first time the gathering was held in an arab country. the focus of this year's conference was women's rights. the host nation became one of the first arab countries to guarantee gender equality half a century ago. but the islam that led government of teenager wants to roll back pro

reck fligs the arab league, acceptance from the united nations is next on its list.the ambassador in waiting has been telling us what it would mean to be able to take a seat at the security council. >> one day after the opposition took syria's seat at the arab league and now they are turning their attention to the u.n.. this is the man who would be ambassador. but now he can only come into the building with the tourists through the visitors' entrance, but he has a plan to replace the consistently loyal voice of the damascus regime. >> the next step is to tell all of these countries to extend full recognition to the coalition and allow them to take over the syrian embassy. that is the second one. the third step is to contest it. >> what would it mean having the u.n.'s seat here? is it just symbolic? >> i think it would mean more. that is a war. 192 countries here. you're able to talk to all of them. you're able to make your point. definitely through the general assembly. >> it will be a long, slow process to try to become the recognized government of syria. the earlie

include new members if the quarter it ceases to exist though what's going to replace it during arab league summit a lot of arab countries proposed to exclude the arab peace initiative from the existing legal framework for a peace settlement and we were against it because we don't see any alternative just think about it there are three possibilities war no war no peace and peace how do the arabs want to go to war no if the reason no war but no peace it will only bring more misery the arab peace initiative introduces opportunities to secure peace but how can we secure peace we now have a viable initiative for the first time since one thousand nine hundred forty eight that israel hasn't responded to it yet and the arabs didn't bother to promote it hammer it's home to these railways and the americans no arab state took the trouble to tell the world well here's the arab peace initiative please read it it's only one page long and then many people could have realized that yes it is in fact a peace initiative but if the arabs had been serious they would have made sure that mass media all over the

and that's what our allies will tell us, the arab league allies who are trying to do something about this. now is a chance to try to repair some of the damage, and position ourselves to be in a better outcome when assad does go-- and he's going to go. we just don't know when. >> rose: if you looked tat today, apart from the chemical weapon debate, what's the win component. >> the win component to me-- if you look at our national security interest-- is to make sure all of those sophisticate weapons system stay there. and that chemical weapons as well. candidly, charlie-- and i've come a long way on this-- i argued, listen, if we want a diplomatic solution, the russians will probably have to be a part of that. they're the one folks that could walk into the room with assad and say, "come on. you're coming with me. this thing is over." and not have a chaotic breakdown. a fundamental chaotic society breakdown that costs us any chance of securing weapons systems. i think that ought to be the number one priority of the united states going into this now. saving those lives and securing those

i'm also hasn't ruled out supplying the the rebels with weapons in the future also on wayne state arab league ministers said that arab states are free to offer military support to rebels fighting the forces of syrian president bashar assad if indeed that is what they wish the arab league secretary general also said that the ministers have invited the opposition syrian national coalition which is the umbrella body for and political and rebel groups to occupy the seat of syria at the league now what this does mean is more political as well as a more diplomatic support for the rebels earlier my colleague bill dodd spoke with our tease correspondent a really good loucheux about the ramifications of the increased foreign backing for radical syrian rebels. we do know where they get their arms from at least there has been plenty of information to deduce that from we do know that saudi arabia as well as qatar as well as turkey libya and the united states have all offered some sort of aid financial or military in one way or another to the syrian rebels we don't know exactly how much has been shipped t

this is the subject of concern at the arab league summit and also for the u.s. and eu, who had pinned their hopes on a unifying figure in the syrian opposition. >> joining us now in the studio for some analysis is a representative from the institute of international and security affairs. what is behind the surprise announcement? and will we see arms flowing into syria? >> we already see arms flowing into syria. i think this is a move to legitimize dot these movements, especially on the part of the qataris and saudis. >> there is not an abstract painter, but we already see a regional escalation. the government in lebanon, just to give you an example, broke down last week. hezbollah is hardening its stance towards its opponents in the country, so we already see a regional escalation. we also see it in iraq. >> we have not talked about iran in terms of this escalation yet. how do we expect syria's key regional ally, iran, to react to this development? >> i was told that they would do their utmost to keep the assad regime in power. we will now see if that was seriou

this is the subject of concern at the arab league summit and also for the u.s. and eu, who had pinned their hopes on a unifying figure in the syrian opposition. >> joining us now in the studio for some analysis is a representative from the institute of international and security affairs. what is behind the surprise announcement? and will we see arms flowing into syria? >> we already see arms flowing into syria. i think this is a move to legitimize dot these movements, especially on the part of the qataris and saudis. >> there is not an abstract painter, but we already see a regional escalation. the government in lebanon, just to give you an example, broke down last week. hezbollah is hardening its stance towards its opponents in the country, so we already see a regional escalation. we also see it in iraq. >> we have not talked about iran in terms of this escalation yet. how do we expect syria's key regional ally, iran, to react to this development? >> i was told that they would do their utmost to keep the assad regime in power. we will now see if that was seriou

into hasn't also not ruled out supplying the rebels with weapons in the future also on wednesday arab league ministers say that arab states are free to offer military support to the syrian rebels fighting the syrian president bashar assad if they so wish the arab league secretary general also say it and that the ministers had invited the opposition syrian national coalition which is an umbrella body for and he said political of liberal groups to occupy the seat of syria at the league this essentially means more political and more diplomatic support for the syrian rebels paula thanks very much indeed for that live update thats artie's paula slipper let's not talk to middle east blogger culture sharon he joins me live now here on r.t. cole i understand that obviously we're talking about syrian rebels here being behind the seizure of u.n. staff isn't there a danger that these rebels could isolate themselves or they be rejected by members of the international community that are supporting the rebel opposition. actually that's the most obvious thing about. the first. role is while the rebel leade

up next, no end in sight for the syrian civil war, but a rebel leader is at the arab league table. technology. arrival. with hertz gold plus rewards, you skip the counters, the lines, and the paperwork. zap. it's our fastest and easiest way to get you into your car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed: the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪ >> john: secretary-general ki-moon man asked swedish scientist to investigate allegation semicall weapons were used in syria. this comes as clashes between regime forces and rebels continue and before the transition has become deafening. chief white house correspondent ed henry has more for us. >> at the arab league summit in doha today, new calls for the u.s. to get more invol

million people displaced tough sanctions imposed on syria dozens of countries within nato and the arab league condemning assad and urging him to go and after so much. money and weaponry invested to achieve this to hear america's ambassador to syria saying that only syrians can fix their problems perhaps there was a time when syrians could have resolved things on their own but pressure from the outside has been relentless and now it could simply be too late for anybody to fix this. knotty mosco. now it's a story worthy of a hollywood blockbuster it features a ukrainian journalist held hostage by bandits in syria of a million dollar ransom and a daring escape. at some point i realized that you dared be killed by the army as i was held in a location from where the bandits were firing rockets or be killed by the rebels in an exclusive interview to r t r question of oz that he had to cross the fifteen kilometers of mountainous terrain on foot to before finding shelter find out more from the journalists account at r.t. dot com. he's seen by many as one of the world's most renowned whistleblowers bu

and without making any decision or going back to the need for the resolution from the arab league or any other institution and this means that it will get smaller planes from arab states like saudi arabia they used to give weapons but now they have a kind of legitimate cover in order to continue supporting this russia has stated clearly that. this kind of act is not. enough we continue and it's going to increase the bloodshed of. syria so it looks like syria's future is something that's being determined outside syria at the meetings between foreign countries and the external opposition the opinion of those who think that the government and internal opposition also carries weight is totally ignored. you know that the solution we should have a solution from inside syria not from outside syria and this everyone in damascus believe that this is this is the only way for solution if you are depending on outside only you should you could not find a solution permanent solution because there are many of power that interfering in this. security services in the u.k. say scores of brits are figh