has a twenty four hour around the clock monitoring system off of facilities mr ban ki-moon can watch it from his office at the united nations so i think that is just a great courteous gesture on behalf of iran to invite him to to the facility is to bind ki-moon does recognize the fact and he has said so that iran is a key player in the region and nothing much really can be solved if our security participation now i'm sure that the united states and israel good likeness to ban ki-moon to come down hard on iran but he's also aware of the fact there's two thirds of the countries that belong to the united nations are member countries of the nine aligned movement the united states state department likes to say many things and i think it's precisely because they do tend to be very aggressive in their foreign policy towards certain countries in particular although i think they have the whole goal in mind they would love to be a global hamonic power that the nonaligned movement now is one hundred percent coming together to resist this kind of aggression to resist this kind of double standard

the united nations secretary general ban ki moon has arrived in tehran to take part in the summit of the nonaligned movement that's a book of countries that don't consider themselves in union with the u.s. washington has voiced criticism of the u.n. chief's visit to iran and of the gathering in general what can we research and talk to our u.n. correspondent understand you're going to for some insight into this we have the united states really screaming at the top of their lungs weeks before the summit started that ban ki moon doesn't need to go that it's really on becoming for somebody in his position to go to the summit because it's being held in tehran and we've heard this from israel from the west everybody says. so we've heard it from the from the fairly standard groups israel the u.s. you know he has america not attending a global summit but we know that in the past it's been hosted in venezuela it's been hosted in bolivia now it's entire on and all the alarms go off and surround it with heart about it is that this is a rotating summit this is the sixteenth time i think that it'

and the fact that ban ki moon is supporting this and going there that iran is hosting it that they're talking about issues that the u.s. would like to have more control of think that's everything is making the u.s. nervous but also it's quite enjoyable dare i say it's the western media the whole western media reaction to this summit has been all this controversial summit because it's happening in iran you know on the global stage with the united nations with nato with this summit of the nonaligned movement in tehran you would hope that the global players would all work together to find a peaceful resolution in syria to find a peaceful resolution to iran's alleged nuclear program but he would appear to some we have a grouping of the west versus the east and they're just going head to head every second of every day you know very good points and just bringing up the whole controversy issue that i think it's really the favorite word of the u.s. media sometimes and in this particular case it's not really clear what this controversy stems from because we have country. that make up the gener

secretary general interim ban ki moon is taking part in the gathering of nations in the city lot of line with the u.s. washington has voiced criticism of the u.n. chief visits and of the gathering in general. and ukraine's former prime minister will not walk free of the country's high court rejects her appeal against a seven year sentence for abuse of power and to machine who was sentenced last year for her role in the green gas deals with russia. what next his promise to form a french intelligence agency in the region hit by the arab spring shares his views on what's happening in depth interview next. in the news. room. well today we're joined by claude many places a former member of the french intelligence services also an officer and founder of the european strategic intelligence and security center that's a brussels based think tank specializing on terrorism as security issues thanks very much for the same money for joining us today do you spend a lot of time in north africa the middle east so looking at the arab spring did you see it coming where you would suspect in this sense how

chief ban ki-moon who's at the meeting despite u.s. objections says iran can be much help in resolving the syrian crisis at the same time a special group of inspectors has been created by the united nations to monitor iran's nuclear facilities sort of pour over it thanks to iran is being courteous. the i.a.e.a. has a twenty four hour around the clock monitoring system off the facilities mr ban ki-moon can watch it from his office at the united nations so i think that is just a great courteous gesture on behalf of iran to invite him to to the facility mr blankenhorn does recognize the fact and he has said so this iran is a key player in the region and nothing much really can be solved q flowers hurons participation and now i'm sure that the united states and israel good likeness to by human to come down hard on iran but he's also aware of the fact there's two thirds of the countries that belong to the united nations are member countries of the nine aligned movement the united states state department likes to say many things and i think

gathering to iran to look for global solutions un secretary-general ban ki moon will also attend in this part attempts by washington to play down the importance of the game. without another summer in fifteen minutes when i mean time we also foreign affairs expert and leftwing german politician why he thinks berlin is adopting double standards over the syrian conflict. as one of the world's major economic and political power houses germany has a lot of influence which it can exert over global situations not to talk with me a little bit more about what germany is doing on the global stage right now i'm joined by. the foreign policy spokesperson for the left body here in germany thanks very much. syria is of course the major flash point in the world right now what's germany's view on situation moment. i would love to know i know what my position is in syria and i think i'm the only side i can take that those people are still peacefully demonstrating for the right for the democratic and human rights. but the german government officially they don't take sides i mean sure of the. human rights

united nations secretary-general ban ki moon is in tehran to take part in the summit of the non aligned movement that's a bloc of countries that don't consider themselves in union with the u.s. which intimates voice criticism of the u.n. chief's visit to iran and of the gathering in general well let's discuss this with author and journalist should return see he's joining me live from london russian washington didn't want ban ki-moon to go to iran at all but he's not just attending the summit he's also meeting with the country's president mahmoud ahmadinejad as well as top officials including the supreme leader ayatollah khamenei so what are his intentions here. well certainly the leaks we're guessing or people from the state department desperately tried to get in touch with ki-moon that he didn't go to tehran i have to say this is a moment of great courage by blanking moon as the united states tries to ramps up the pressure along with nato countries because he and one hundred eighteen hundred twenty nations are all showing that courage by going to tehran and saying look we don't want to

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secretary-general ban ki-moon said he accepted annan's resignation with deep regret. he will start looking for a possible successor. his departure prompted more finger pointing. officials are blaming russia and china for his mission's failure. jay carney says this highlights the lack of support the two countries gave to security council actions against president assad. they vetoed three resolutions. carney repeated the obama administration's call for assad to step down. russian president vladimir putin regrets the resignation calling him a brilliant diplomat. putin is not directly announcing criticism of the divisions. he says he hopes the international community will continue efforts to end the violence. the violence seems far from reaching its conclusion. syrian opposition forces have added some of the assad regime's heavy weaponry to their arsenal, they captured a tank and turned it against government troops in aleppo. a uk-based government rights group atcked a city near the northern city of aleppo. opposition forces have been operating within the troops. they see

secretary-general ban ki-moon says he accepted annan's resignation with deep regret and will start looking for a possible successor. the united states and russia blamed each other for annan's resignation. u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice said some members blocked the security council's actions and caused annan's mission to fail. russia and china vetoed resolutions against syria three times. russia's ambassador to the united nations renewed his criticism of the u.s. and the council's european members. >> some members of the council continue their routine of the past 15 months, the government fighting against the population, using force against its population. this is just a propaganda line. >>> u.s. president barack obama is starting his day off sifting through a mixed bag of economic data and trying to find out how it will affect his re-election campaign heading into the fall. the latest employment data is out. the jobless rate inched up to 8.3% last month. it's been stuck around the 8% level for the last few months. the brighter spot involves nonfarm payroll. u.s. labor de

united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon called on the country's leaders to improve cooperation with atomic energy watchdogs. the diverging positions have also frustrated and other iranian goal -- to establish the non-allied countries as an alternative to the united nations security council. this will not get the backing of most of the other non-aligned states. >> some of them would rather take a seat in the security council. that certainly applies for the larger countries like india. possibly also indonesia and others. many of the non-allied countries have no interest in any form of confrontation with the great powers. >> signs are that within the non-aligned states, iran will remain what it has been -- an important regional power whose political goals are not shared by most other members. >> more and more children are being caught up in violent conflict, both within states and between states. we will have that story when we come back. >> that's right. we will also be looking at the difficulty of reporting in china, and we've got some sports news for you, so stick around. >> don't g

secretary-general ban ki-moon accepted annan's resignation with deep regret and will start looking for a possible successor. the united states and russia blamed each other for annan's resignation. u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice said some members blocked the actions and caused annan's mission to fail. russia and china vetoed resolutions against syria three times. russia's ambassador to the u.n. renewed his criticism of the u.s. and the council's european members. >> some members of the council continue their routine of the past 15 months, the government fighting against the population, using force against its population. this is just a propaganda line. >> but the violence seems far from reaching its conclusion. syrian opposition forces have added some of the assad regime's heavy weaponry to their arsenal. they've captured a tank and turned it against government troops in oleppo. a uk-based human rights group says the free syrian army used the tank to attack an army base near the city. opposition forces have been operating with fewer weapons than the well-armed governme

the un secretary-general ban ki moon has condemned threats by the u.s. and israel to strike iran this comes off to tehran rejected the latest report by the un's nuclear watchdog as a political move the report claims the country has doubled its uranium production at the fulda facility three draitser who's a geo political analyst for stop imperialism dot com has told me that he believes iran can't be blamed for standing up for itself in the face of u.s. israeli pressure. the iranians do it partially for self-preservation they also do it for propaganda purposes and to lend themselves clout on the world stage they have the inherent right according to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty that they have the right to have a nuclear program so long as it's for peaceful purposes as it is now accepted international law so i think that's the first one the second one of course is the geo political reality that they look around them you look at the map and they see that they are surrounded literally on all sides by the united states or various allies of the united sta

secretary general ban ki moon is taking part in the gathering of nations in the city not aligned with the u.s. washington is voiced criticism of the u.n. chief's visit and of the gathering in general. and ukraine's former prime minister will not free as the country's high court projects are appeal against a seven year sentence for abuse of power given to a shrink over sentenced last year for her role in agreeing to gas deals with russia . today for the moment next a former french intelligence agent to serve in the region hit by the arab spring shares his view on what's happening there that's next on r.t. . poll today we're joined by drug money is a former member of the french intelligence services also an officer and founder of the european strategic intelligence is a kurd center it's a brussels based think tank specializing on terrorism and security issues thanks very much for the same money for joining us today do you spend a lot of time with her a little so looking at the arab spring did you see it coming were you expecting this and how much of it. is a product of people going agai

that they are so powerful that ban ki-moon would go to iran to address the summit.plicable. it's a mistake for ban and the u.n. megyn: a diplomat says ban should not turn his back on a member was one member challenges their right for israel to exist. >> sometimes i like to say when you go across first avenue into new york to go into the u.n. compound you are entering the twilight zone. because it's only there that that cause of statement doesn't cause people to break out in rage. he doesn't need to go to tehran to see ahmadinejad. ahmadinejad is coming to new york next month for the opening of the general assembly. the impact in tehran is to say we don't have anything to fear from the u.n. we don't need to worry about things. we have the whole movement in tehran with us. megyn: some believe this there shorten the course to war. could it be that significant? >> i don't think so. i think israel will make its we digs based on physics and not politics. by that i mean nell look at what they think the state of play is with iran's program. and they will attack when they th

continuing to push for him stepping down it's unclear what's going to happen to the plan we do know that ban ki moon is currently in the process of speaking with the arab league trying to find a successor for kofi annan we're going to have to wait and see who that person is going to be and how that person will handle this particular crisis and of course we also have the you want to serve a mission expiring on august twentieth unclear whether or not it will be extended we will have to wait and see we certainly know that this is something that russia is strongly rooting for. journalist patrick ames believes the countries that promoted the latest u.n. resolution are failing to see the dangers of supporting the rebels i think in general it's being used to try and step up the pressure on both russia and china to start to take a stand against the sides and effectively what it's doing is saying that we disrespect the sovereignty of syria and we don't want the syrian people to determine their own future as william hague suggested he's going to offer that only for late he hasn't given specific details of thi

secretary general ban ki moon has decided to attend despite pressure from washington and its allies which have been accused of trying to play down the importance of the summit asia times correspondent have escobar believes now western attempts to undermine the gathering wealthy. just look at the map it's very simple who is into run at the moment this is the real international community trying to find solutions to pressing problems such as the running nuclear dossier and the war in syria and the coverage i have to talk about journalism here as a journalist to cover it in american mainstream media ranges from the that sick to the upsurge of the only talk about iran trying to use credentials and show that it's not isolated it was never isolated in the first place this is a figment of the imagination of the ability ministration and the european goals the allies and the g.c.c. but your monarch is in the middle east so this is a real very important meeting this is how to implement diplomacy works at the highest levels you have to find a solution involving the main partners in the region in a so

secretary general ban ki moon also attending despite attempts by washington to downplay the importance of. time to get the sporting action with kate. hello welcome to the sports and here are the headlines. real deal tottenham agreed to sell croatian midfielder luka moggridge to round the dread for a fee of a round forty seven and a half million dollars. plus looking up to sky go forth with a three zero win over clearly a set up while a sudden ok so late in brain health and he'd be more debut in the russian premier league. and watching maiden and then pick champion andy murray kickstart his quest for a first grand slam title against russian alex popov one of the us open this monday . best football though an english side tottenham have reached an agreement with spanish champions relevant to sell star midfielder luca moderates for a fee of around forty seven and a half million dollars the croatia playmaker has arrived in spain for a medical before signing a five year contract the twenty six year old joined spurs in two thousand and eight from dinamo zagreb and made over one hundred fifty

secretary general ban ki moon he's also attending despite attempts by washington to play down the summit's importance joseph chang a political analyst from hong kong city university says the u.s. is losing losing ground on an international level. the fact that the summit is now in iran and well as members of the non allied rules and states including countries like. egypt and so on certainly is very much against the first scenario the united states washington d.c. actually says understand that it is. tool excerpt pressure on didn't on. and since it has acted up to be worth about you certainly doesn't look good on the obama administration and there's certainly the fracs that brought strain of countries desiring more independence more influence than i've seen most foot will go to the man's understand that i see fully following the american nine they made mastic support. ten minutes past the hour moscow time seventeen afghan civilians have been beheaded by insurgents for taking part in a music event in a taliban controlled area this amid two days of violence which left a total of twenty nine d

secretary general in tehran ban ki moon is taking part in a gathering of nations in the city not aligned with the u.s. washington has voiced criticism of the u.n. chief's visit and of the gathering in general. but also reporting the sound off to ukraine's former prime minister will not move free is the country's high cool rejects her appeal against a seven year sentence for abuse of power to get to the shrink it was sentenced last year for her role in the greek gas deal with russia. with a news team with more on those stories other stories too for you in half an hour from now in the meantime a debate on the nature of recent international conflicts and what lies behind world disorder. and crossed. more news today violence has once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of kenya that. operation to rule the day. it is. a low in welcome to cross talk i'm futile about wars revolts revolutions occupations and regime change are among the most important elements that are making and remaking our world today is there any logic or design behind these th

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are ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital the united nations secretary-general ban ki moon has arrived in terror on to take part in the summit of the nonaligned movement it's made up of countries that don't see themselves as part of any global power block such as nato one hundred twenty states are represented that's around two thirds of the un's members and washington and israel have called on the international government officials and the u.n. secretary general himself to ignore the summit they say that is hindering the diplomatic and economic isolation of iran which they accuse of attempting to create nuclear weapons well it deserves a bigger conversation than what i have for you let's head over to patrick henderson a geo political analyst from the web site a u.k. call and live in london such a pleasure to see you today there certainly some talk of this gathering being an opportunity for iran in what ways patrick do you think it could be beneficial. for i remember this gives them a diplomatic stage it puts them on equal footing with other competing nations that enormously

chief ban ki moon has factor the presence of international monitors in syria as the current observers mandate runs out in a week's time this as foreign powers led by the us fall piling more pressure on damascus bypassing the un. washington and turkey have set up a joint work to facilitate regime change the u.s. and its allies have also pledged even more multimillion dollar support for the syrian rebels london being the latest to weigh in but international powers having little unity over syria those working in the country's public sector are fearing for their lives as oksana boyko reports. it's a fixture in any public office in syria but if you buy a ticket or get a driving license president assad will be watching for those working here it's not a political statement rather a sign that that company belongs to the state your design is now becoming a death mark for an increasing number of state employees. but. this call in the middle of the night cost him a brother. was one of syria's most experienced civil pilots years educated a lot more than twenty thousand hours around the globe he w

hundred nations of the us together in tehran to the global solutions general ban ki moon will also attend despite attempts by washington to play down the importance of the gathering . with a news team with more on those stories and plenty of others for you fifteen minutes from now in the meantime it's the latest sports with kate. i don't welcome to the monday night school round up on day one of the us open head on. real deal croatian midfielder luka moderate signs a five year contract to join while madrid taught them for a fee of around forty seven hundred million dollars. while top tossed around by moscow prepared to have gone to the right for the playoffs losing be a why do you like to milk. this title fights defending champion some starters that makes a winning starts to the defense of the u.s. i crowd is day one gets underway at flushing meadows. first a football in the commodities has passed his medical and signed a five year deal with spanish champions real madrid the stall midfielder completed his transfer from top them for a fee of around forty seven and a half million dollars the

caught our attention because of the international response that it's created un secretary-general ban ki moon said the now he will quote be remembered for his exceptional leadership and advocacy on african issues within and outside the continent president obama added that he deserves recognition for his contributions to his country's development including his quote unyielding commitment to ethiopia support jose manuel but also president of the european commission also offered his condolences praising the now we as a respected african leader now is interesting about the statements made by world leaders is a lack of attention to the darker side of the now his legacy aside that includes ethiopia being criticized for years by human rights groups for the government's strict control i spoke more about this with the answer coalition that mike prize nor any first shared his thoughts on the reactions of these world leaders. well it's not surprising at all i mean the u.s. government is very very good at telling us who our friends are and who our enemies are which countries and which leaders they shower

secretary general ban ki-moon compared the war to the genocides in bosnia and rwanda. there was major fighting in the capital, damascus, today. and in syria's largest city, aleppo, rebels with rifles are battling one of the largest armies in the middle east. it was a year-and-a-half ago that a popular uprising began to challenge the 42-year-old dictatorship of the assad family. the regime is trying to keep reporters out, but our charlie d'agata slipped in, where he met one family suffering terrible losses. >> reporter: syria's brutal war has torn the country apart, family by family. ahmed hameda buried his younger brother on monday. two days later, he buried another. "god willing," he said, "i will see them in heaven." abdu died fighting the syrian rebel in aleppo. alou was killed in a shoot-out, with the feared government militia. "he called me to say he had been hurt" he told us. "i am dying, i am dying, he said. and then he was gone." between them, the two brothers left five young children behind to be raised by the family. in syria, dying has become a way of life.

is attending the gathering the first egyptian leader to visit iran in over three decades general ban ki moon will also visit despite attempts by washington to play down the some its importance joseph chang political analyst from hong kong city university says the u.s. is losing ground internationally. the fact that the summit is now around and well and members of the nine allied rules mainstays including countries like. egypt and so on certainly is very much against it the first scenario the united states washington d.c. actually understand that it is rather flawed. excerpt. on didn't on my money and since it has acted up to be worth about you certainly doesn't look good on the obama administration and there's certainly we frac stop brought train of countries desiring more independent owns more influence then i think most foot world governments understand that by three fully following the american line they may mastic support. seventeen afghan civilians have been beheaded by insurgents for taking part in the music event and the taliban controlled area this image to those events which left a

israel have openly disapproved of the conference and even the united nations secretary-general ban ki moon to ignore it however he still decided to attend despite the pressure and media campaign aimed at playing down the importance of the summit let's get some more on this now joined by our joys of chairing a political analyst from hong kong city university good to see you today sir the name itself of normal life it's just a certain amount of neutrality but the summit seems to be turning into a counterbalance to a particular global force would you agree. yes. well as we all know the movement started by small countries which did not want to be long to denmark and nor to dissolve it during the cold war era and they believe. by coming together they would like to have more room over but so does small or neutral countries and a moment of cause they certainly see they have been threatened by the letters m of the united states or swell as pie is sole superpower status and the certainly again would like to work together to see more our influence and more room. for themselves as as as you say they'

secretary general ban ki moon will also visit despite attempts by washington to downplay the summer to portland's the joys of chairing a political analyst from hong kong city university says the u.s. is losing ground internationally. the fact that the summit is now in iran and well and members of the non allied rules mainstays including countries. each year and so on certainly is very much against it for the scenario of the united states washington d.c. actually sued understand that it is rather fluid tool excerpt pressure on didn't on my money and since it has to be worth about you certainly it doesn't look good on the obama administration and there's certainly we fracs the brought train of countries desiring more independence more influence than i've seen most fertile governments understand that by three fully american nine. mastic support. what you are to you now are seventeen afghan civilians have been beheaded by insurgents for taking part in a music event in a taliban controlled region in the mid two days of violence which left a total of twenty nine dead in afghanistan earlier o

multibillion dollar support for the syrian rebels london being the latest to weigh in all this is un chief ban ki moon has backed the presence of international monitors in syria as the current observers mandate runs just a week also for people in syria the situation remains as dangerous as ever with public sector workers in particular fearing for their lives covering that six and a boy. it's a fixture in any public office in syria whether you buy a ticket or get a driving license president assad will be watching over those working here it's not a political statement rather a sign that that company belongs to the state your design is now becoming a death mark for an increasing number of state employees. but. this call in the middle of the night cost here my brother. was one of syria's most experienced civil pilots u.s. educated more than twenty thousand hours around the globe he was coming home from the airport when gunmen attacked his car. radical islam. is the worst enemy of radical islam when you were rounded using your age you're trying to estimate what's going on. his brother a plastic surgeon als