or the bashar al-assad forces, or both? >> well, we are saying that we are going to hit terrorists. >> who are the terrorists? >> well, in the recent view, vladimir putin says he doesn't know about the decision, and the role of terrorists. but it could be approach also the - bashar al-assad opposition forces too, especially would be easy to attack, at least idea logically the al nusra front, since it's affiliated with al qaeda, and the opposition is more of a direct threat to the bashar al-assad regime, forcing us than i.s.i.s. >> to clarify. they'll target bashar al-assad forces and i.s.i.l. if there are going to be air strikes against i.s.i.l., will russia coordinate with the u.s. and the coalition partners who have been lunching air strikes against i.s.i.l. >> yes, the fact that there'll be coordination not to bump each other in the skies. russia could concentrate in the palmyra region where i.s.i.s. forces are actually standing against bashar al-assad people. that would be most likely where we'll con sen trait. and be a

bashar al-assad, at the center of the clash, president obama said bashar al-assad must go. vladimir putin says there's no alternative to him. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin was not in the room when he heard president obama call him out over his annexation of crimea and involvement in eastern ukraine. but he did have a message for president barack obama when it comes to who should remain in power in syria. >> translation: we think it's an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate with the syrian government and its armed forces. we are valiantly fighting terrorism face to face and should acknowledge na no one but the kurd are fighting the islamic state. >> reporter: in his first speech vladimir putin called for a broad coalition including troops. it's unlike lay to include the u.s. as president obama on monday said bashar al-assad must go. the overtures hampered by criticism over the u.s. arming rebels, whom he said joins the group's ranks. >> it's not clear whom and using whomfor the benefits of goals, and the lat moderation in syria is the best example. we refu

the fate of bashar al-assad is really the apple of disagreement between vladimir putin and barack obama. a belgian paper says bashar al-assad is at the heart of the general arm wrestling going on in the middle east. "the new york times," in their editorial, outline these between differences putin and obama on syria. putin says it would be an and or miss mistake not to work with bashar al-assad's forces, whereas barack obama described him as the tyrant who killed children, and he said assad needs to go. this is an interesting article from a jordanian paper. there are two different visions of what to do in syria. you have barack obama looking a lot like a cowboy. notice his gun. it is a toy gun with a little bit of a cork stuffed into the edge. it says that he wants to spread democracy in syria. that you have vladimir putin looking like a more serious soldier. he wants to back up the legitimacy of the syrian states. two very different visions about what to do in syria. first of all, from "the washington post," making fun of -- a cartoon making fun of vladimir putin's political strategy in

bashar al-assad has been bombing. he says one thing, but the weapons systems that he brought to the field now. says that heel fight a non-conventional force with. they are arms to protect bashar al-assad. >> is what he's doing going to destabilize horrific situations. >> no question. >> he's outflanked the u.s. now, which doesn't have a policy on what to do in syria. it sends a message, unfortunately, we lack a strategic occurrence. would we have done this. the troops in iraq following the war. what would the de-terns have been for him not to do it. you look back in the past, switching the conversation. n.a.t.o. had a tremendous force. would he have done the same thing. had he had a large number of troops. he's pushing the envelope. it's a mutually assured destruction. >> to that point. is mike correct, that the international community does not seem to have a real plan about what to do with the area, and is vladimir putin taking advantage of that? >> absolutely. i would agree with mike on this completely. unfortunately

that is, a syria still led by bashar al-assad? nd james are still with me, certainly that's part of russia's calculation, right? they want a syria led by an assad when this is all over. >> absolutely and there are many reasons for this. first of all, if any other government that comes after assad is not going to be friendly to the russian regime, that's the last thing vladimir putin wants right? they're not going to forgive his support for assad. ultimately though this is not just with about syria for putin. this is about control of the middle east, it's about pushing the west, the united states out of middle east. we like to think of win win scenarios for putin. if we just sit around the table we can work it out and everybody can win. but putin doesn't look at it that way. it's zero sum, i win, you lose. that's what he's trying to do. >> to get enough of an outcome to walk away from the table happy? >> anna expressed that very well, the goals of american policy is, the goals are what are causing us a problem. certainly a new regim

loyal to president bashar al-assad. rwanda's supreme court said it will hear a case challenging plans for the president to run for a third term. protesters in lebanon demonstrate outside parliament. m.p.s are meeting to address the issue leading to a protest movement called you stink. it's been campaigning over uncollected rubbish. there's a growing movement against corruption. >> >>> like many, this boy is not enrolled in schools or college. he blames the government. accusing officials of trying to get rich, rather than serve the people. he is one of several activists who started a hunger strike last wednesday. they vn camped outside the minister are of environment. they are part of a protest movement demanding the resignation of the minister. initially over the rubbish crisis and now over a wide er corruption crisis. six days into the hunger strike, he fainted and was taken to hospital. there the police paid him a visit. >> i lost consciousness. they brought the ambulance. when i got to the hospital, they put me on a

the western powers before had said no, bashar al-assad must go. his days were numbered. his ship sinking. now they are saying look, realism dictates "let's talk to bashar al-assad, and see if he could stay for six months or so." the united nations is talking about bashar al-assad, with basically constitutional - no, he would be basically a figure head. i mean, some of the ideas that he put on the table. the russians are more concerned about preserving state institution, preserving syria, the country. the question is - that is the question. can you reserve state institutions while really getting rid of bashar al-assad. russia and iranians say you can't do so. if you do, the whole state will relapse and i.s.i.s. and al nusra front will come in. united states is saying, no, let's talk about a transitional faith and give the opposition and syrians help to they coalesce against i.s.i.s. in terms of looking at a possible transition period that could include president bashar al-assad, how does that need to be handled. how important is it that you don't have u.s. and russia at th

he said isis is directly a result of bashar al-assad, a creation of bashar al-assad, this coming against a backdrop of the russians warning the united states to get out of that area and keep military flights out of that area. tense times in the middle east. >>> let's talk about leadership and what is happening overseas. benjamin collins is here. we will talk about afghanistan, but in the immediate, what is your reaction to what mccain had to say? >> he is right. we gave up the leadership positions in the middle east and leadership hates vacuums and someone stepped in and it happened to be putin. when you have a triad of countries like syria with assad and the ayatollahs in iran and russia that are are coming together and putin reached out to saudi arabia to create some ties there it is alarming. any influence we had five or six years ago evapated. >> as a veteran and someone that served the country how does that feel? >> it is myopic. you have to have a long view of this. i think putin is playing chess in that region and president obama is playing checkers. we are looking at -- we forgot

the russians have been allies of the government of bashar al-assad. but the u.n. has constantly warned moscow not to provide concrete support for bashar al-assad's government, as it fights a war. the u.s. is concerned that the presence of additional troops could be destabilizing. because of its ongoing fight against i.s.i.l. meant that the u.s. and the syrians agreed not to engage. the presence of a large and powerful military force in the form of the russian military could aggravate tensions and cause something that the u.s. does not want to the have to respond to. there's this. the russians have long had a longstanding military presence at a military installation. it's the russians only access to the mediterranean sea. the u.s. government has been concerned about anything that would help bashar al-assad stay in power and certainly the support of a very powerful nation's military could help bashar al-assad achieve that. >> a defense analyst and columnist joins us via skype from moscow. good to have you with us. as you know, there's a series of pictures on social m

let's say we tried to depose bashar al-assad. we are involved in a civil war, the bashar al-assad army and isis and we -- the syrians are still getting in and the president has an operating base in syria. the question to me is what is the end game for the united states? i have not heard back from john mccain when he was begging us to get involved in syria. i haven't heard this from barack obama. no one has provided an answer, having to look at the iraq war, was an old enough for vietnam. >> is more complicated in the last few hours. and we had a tight alliance. bashar al-assad is denying good on the ground in russia. and whatever moves we make we need to do that before russia put it hands in this even more. not saying it is impossible, nothing is. >> the newest grumbling in the face of between donald trump and carly fiorina, the claim that he is the victim of a gender double standard. wait until you hear what he told sean hannity. we will be right back. .. trust safelite. our exclusive trueseal technology means a strong reliable b

putin is saying bashar al assad should stay and obama saying he should go. >> reporter: i think if we looked at this a couple of days ago, there was a language that assad is a figure and we can get beyond him, there was a nuance with russia and u.s. and europeans and iran, something could be worked. that notion really at the moment on the face of it seems to have gone up in smoke. when you look at how you can tackle isis, promiesident obaman a way will find him on the back of the issue. you will see the discussions about bolstering support for libya. the u.n. is trying to bring the two halves together. when you look at isis in syria, they will continue to grow and certainly it seems. until you have a political agreement on the future of bashar al assad, isis have an area where they can continue to recruit and attract people. over the past year, compare to the past year, president obama injected political capital to get many of the nations at the u.n. to agree to limit the foreign nationals to syria. while more fighters have gone from the countries to join isis in syria. that is not wo

ail of them want to see bashar al-assad out of power. it's a sticking point for supporters of bashar al-assad. conditions of moving them from power. i'm not sure if many will see signs of optimism. he told television that he hopes there could be a coordination between the u.s. and russia to avoid conflict over the goal of defeating i.s.i.l. there is a concern that there could be some find of situation they could try to go after the same people, the fighters getting in etch other's way. it's a complicated situation russia share with syria. the role has to be discussed. they discussed the crisis, what did kerry have to say about that. >> kerry reiterated that europe needs to do mar over what he calls a humanitarian catastrophe. we have seen those reports in the last few hours, and so many of those came from syria. ultimately the answer is not to let everyone into europe, but tackle the root problem, which is the violence in syria. they'll push for europe to do more to come up with a quota system. britain will not be part of it, saying it wi

john kerry has said that bashar al-assad has to go in the long term. doesn't have to be day one, or month one. that is the sticking point for russia and friends of bashar al-assad, before negotiations can start. it's not clear how that pushes things forward. nonetheless, john kerry is clear, he's determined that things will speed up politically and militarily. >> there's an urgency not just to fighting i.s.i.l., but to renewing everyone's efforts to produce the political settlement to bring peace and stability to security. keeping whole and unified. >> john kerry has been discussing the refugee crisis, a humanitarian catastrophe. he's been leading on european governments to do more, to take more refugees, perhaps get together and agree the quota system, passed by the european parliament. we have seen how little unity there has been. there's definite stories. so many coming from syria. john kerry said the long-term solution is stopping the violence in syria. that is on how to stop the war in syria. where he'll meet angela merkel, who agreed to take in s

is coupled by bashar al-assad's ambassador. it would be a coalition, including the bashar al-assad government. and on its terms. >> the u.s. would never accept that, but if some of its western allies are moderating their position, floating a compromised idea that perhaps he could stay on for a bit in the phase transition to a new government. >> realism dictates that compromise will be needed to end the fighting and stamp out i.s.i.l. realism requires a managed transition away from bashar al-assad and to a new leader, and an inclusive government that recognises there must be an end to the chaos and syrian people can rebuild. >> reporter: that idea seemed to be dismissed by france, and the first gulf country qatar, to speak. >> translation: a considerable amount of effort is boning made to incorporate bashar al-assad in the process. they can't work together and put together victims and the people that are meeting them. it's the origin of the problem, it's can't be part of the solution. >> reporter: in damascus, there may be concer

again, the russians backing bashar al-assad and not exclusively fighting isil, which is the aim of the coalition. carter saying this is an illogical contradiction tantamount to throwing gas on the fire backing bashar al-assad. and then the who. walk right up to t richelle, saying they were not striking isil and in fact, they were striking other forces. he didn't want to confirm that, but he said that it does appear that they were dropping their bombs in areas where there were no isil forces. so a big problem there, a lot of contradiction, and again all of this happening while the u.s. and russia were in the middle of trying to plan these talks to get together to deconflict their forces and assure there was no military-to-military conflict that could lead to obvious problems between the forces of the united states and the coalition forces led by the united states and russian military forces that as of today are launching airstrikes to back the assad regime. >> so now the russians and the americans have no choice but to, for lack of a better word, coordinate, if you will, if russia is no

we hate bashar al assad and we have to turn around and take bashar al assad out? or do we let them fight it out and figure out how to pick up the pieces after and push bashar al assad out? or are we the ones -- >> how are we able to do that? >> here's how you do that. like i said, 18 months ago, you push back, you push isis back out of iraq. you can do it. >> push them -- i think do you fix ra syrian assad -- >> you said send them out if they're in charge and they've been seated at the dining table all of a sudden, all of a sudden the u.s. is at the kids' table -- >> we used to be the world's policeman. maybe we don't want to be the world's policeman any more. you want to make sure there's at least the -- >> i said i want to be the world's policeman. i didn't say we didn't want to. i suggested maybe we don't need -- >> there's genocide and homicide going on around the world in other places. >> of course, but i can't believe you say leave assad in place, that's politically easy to say let's leave him there he's a bad man, he used chemical weapons against his own peo

they were like bashar al-assad to be out of the picture, but there will be a transition. concerns of, "let's not forget that bashar al-assad is the butcher of damascus, and let's not keep him out of our crosshairs. many migrants and refugees coming into europe are from syria. a lot of papers are focusing on the migrant crisis, particularly the situation in hungary, where authorities have sealed off the border with serbia. flo: you can see in "the wall street journal" it says hundreds of serbians. cutting off the surge of migrants includes a new law, a controversial law that makes it illegal entry into hungary a crime punishable by up to three years in prison. you can read more about it. as is really a new era. what is interesting to note is that the united nations refugee agency -- genie: the doors to europe seem to be closing, but yet people are still coming and coming. "thein "the guardian," fortress in europe is still bringing up their drawbridges." there is a touching piece in "the guardian" by an anonymous syrian refugee. evolves the people smugglers, overcrowded lorr

the white house is saying it was a losing proposition for bashar al assad, a losing proposition for vladimir putin as its main ally there and assad losing ground. that is what has forced putin's hand but forced a dramatic recalculation on the part of the obama administration on how to approach this problem, whether to try to bring russia in in some way to coordinate them in the fight against isil while at the same time not bolstering bashar al assad, so a very tricky diplomat dance here, a lot at stake, a lot on the table, stephanie. >> mike viqueira reporting from the united nations, mike, thank you. let's get more into this meeting between obama and putin with a professor at nyu center for global affairs. mark, good morning, thank you for your time. where could presidents putin and obama find common ground? >> this is the difficult point. on the one hand, putin is going to be offering some kind of coalition against islamic state, but clearly he doesn't really care about syria, or that much about islamic state, he is looking for some kind of deal over sanctions over ukraine and so forth, wh

the white house rejected that as unworkable. >> while there's no agreement on the fate of bashar al-assad between the united states and russia, and the question is hypothetical, the white house used the term a managed transition from the bashar al-assad to pa new government. leaving wiggle room that could be the basis for future cooperation. >> mike viqueira, thank you. >> ukranian president petro porashenko fired off serious allegations against russia at the u.n. general assembly. the russian delegation walked out wh petro porashenko accused russia of unprovoked aggression and using a veto on the security council as a licence to killment. -- kill:. >> the ukranian portion walked out yesterday when vladimir putin spoke as well. he came out swinging, calling the u.n. charter broken, accusing the security council of undermining world piece and without mentioning him by name left vladimir putin, no doubt what kiev thinks of involvement in eastern ukraine. >> hoping to place the conflict in ukraine atop a long list of priorities, ukraine's president petro porashenko went and spoke to the gene

from the fact that it has supported the bashar al-assad regime and is sending weapons. on alitary jets are part runway in northern syria. according to russian media, moscow has deployed over 7000 men to fight along bashar al-assad's troops. that is what the organization's secretary-general told "france 24." a substantial russian buildup in syria with different kinds of capabilities -- some fighter planes, air defenses. is responsible for the atrocities, killing his own people. >> wednesday, damascus announced it had used for the first time russian and fighting rebels. the following day, moscow conducted drills in the eastern mediterranean, involving several ships. vladimir putin is calling for the creation of a new coalition that would include bashar al-assad's army fighting the islamic state group. >> to pursue the to fight -- the defeat of isil, without pursuing a political transition, is to fuel the very kind of extremism that underlies isil. and if that is the russian view, it is a logical contradiction. >> monday, president putin and his american counterpart, barack

investigating syrian president bashar al-assad over alleged crimes against humanity. that inquiry is made on graphic syrian armyen by a photographer who defected two years ago. iconcoming up, a fashion steps aside. in business, we will look at what is next for ralph lorenz and the brand that bears his name. in the centralg african republic continues to we will look at that country's biggest export, diamonds. that and more on the way. first, our top stories. first, the russian parliament has just voted to give -- to allow president vladimir putin to send russian troops to syria. the kremlin was quick to play down that decision, saying it will only use its air force, not ground troops. sean walker told us the latest. >> vladimir putin, when he was in new york earlier this week, was clear that this is only about airstrikes, that it is not going to be troops on the ground for ground operations. reiterated, only airstrikes. we did not get numbers of how involved,s would be how much russian support would be on the ground in syria, if they are not taking part in active comba

is occupied by bashar al-assad's ambassador. it would be a coalition including the bashar al-assad government, and on its terms. the u.s. would never accept that, but even if western allies are moderating the fewer, floating a compromised idea that they could stay on for a bit. >> realisism dictated that compromised would be required in a fight it tamp out i.s.i.l. rail ix requires a managed transition away from bashar al-assad to a new leader and an inclusive government that must recognise this transition so the syrian people could be rebuilt. >> reporter: that idea appeared to be dismissed by france and qatar, the first gulf country to speak. >> is there a tyranny in the world to allow an alternative to develop under its shadow. >> i can see diplomatic efforts made to incorporate bashar al-assad, but you can't work together, put together victims of people that are killing them. bashar al-assad cannot be part of the solution. >> in damascus, there may be some concern about the speech made by their staunchestally. iran said it wa

the loss of the air base is a major blow to the bashar al-assad regime and caps a summer of losses by bashar al-assad's forces in northern syria. >> what about the province, that borders the nikoloz basilashvili heart land. >> it absolutely does. the rebel - the rebel strategy seems to be to encircle the forces and force him to withdraw. once the capital was lost, and the area in north-west syria was liberated by rebel forces, you saw a push, a renewed pushily the rebel forces to enter the gateway of the coastal heartland where a significant portion of the regime's constituency lies. this is certainly a military and politically embarrassing laws for bashar al-assad. >> what do you make then of the renewed focus from outside players, from the australians, for instance, from france. who are now determined to up their attacks on i.s.i.l., and now in syria, they have confined their operations to attacks on i.s.i.l. and iraq. will this affect the balance of the war on the ground? >> well, it could. to clarify, the rebel coalition that tweeted the bashar al-assad's forces in this air base,

russia is arguing we must support bashar al-assad to beat isil. but the reality is assad barely chose himself to fight isil. >> as the terrorist came through raping and murdering the syrian regime didn't try to stop them. instead they focused the military power on moderate opposition groups who were fighting for a voice in syria. make no mistake. the answer to the syrian civil war cannot be found in a military alliance with assad. but i am convinced that it can be found. it can be found through a broadly supportive diplomatic initiative aimed at a transition that has been accepted by participants and consistent with the geneva report that will u t unite all. i call on all concerned governments, including russia and syria, to support a u.n.initive to broker a change of power. if we can succeed in marginalizing the terrorist in syria and bringing the country together we can do exactly what the security council patience and this institution were set-up to do. we could strike a blow against violent extremism, not only in syria, but also in iraq, and ac

and bashar al-assad, but if they use it to strengthen assad is bad. are we -- is the united states just not being clear enough with the russians and with the world as to what they're trying to do there? >> right, i think there is this internal contradiction, in our policy. we simultaneously want two things. we want the assad regime to go and we want i.s.i.l. to be defeated. but as the russians point out, assad for all his faults and, you know, admittedly as general petraeus said, his existence does inspire some jihadis they are fighting i.s.i.l. that's essentially the russian he' point. we are banding together with everyone who is really serious about fighting i.s.i.l. in their minds it is syrians the iraqis and the iranians. >> even up to the setup of the two leaders, after the meetings, consume after the meeting reports say that it was split 50-50 between ukraine and syria. so is russia clearly setting the agenda? >> i think the russians have some advantage in setting the agenda. look, they're the ones who have made these moves and we're kind of pus

the united states calls on iran to reason with bashar al-assad to step down. premed students prove they are paying attention when they save the lives of a professor. stay with >>> secretary of state john kerry said in london that syrian president bashar al-assad is at the heart of the syrian rev ge -- refugee crisis. he and british's foreign secretary agree that syria cannot be part of the future. both men want negotiations to a political solution and believe russia should help to brink bashar al-assad to the table. it comes days after russia's involvement in syria is stepped up. roxanna saberi is here with more. this is concerning u.s. officials. >> it is. according to secretary kerry, there's more than 60 countries involved, carrying out air strikes against i.s.i.l. the u.s. welcomes the commitment to join the fight against i.s.i.l., as the build up of heavy equipment is raising concerns that the u.s. and russia could accidentally engage. >> clearly the presence of aircraft with air combat capacity and air - surface to air missiles raises questions, which is

have this power play that putin is making in syria adding men and material to aid the cause of bashar al-assadso a lot on the table as these two presidents meet, richelle. >> these two men have very different opinions when it comes to bashar al-assad. president obama says he must go, has publicly said that many times, and it has been clear that president putin thinks he should stay and be propped up, his position he says is about stabilizing syria. is there any common ground that these two men could possibly have when it comes to syria? >> richelle, that's the big question, because this is such a recent and unexpected development. the white house was caught a little bit flat footed. russia sending those arms, and tanks into syria, not to mention there could be an accident between the u.s. and russia. but putin has made many times that bashar al-assad should stay. and meanwhile, president obama talked about the attitude towards the middle east on the part of many in the west. let's listen. >> part of our job, together, is to work to reject such extremism that infects too many of our young peopl

it has captured the airport after a 2-year battle with forces loyal to bashar al-assad. the fall of the base is expected to increase pressure on government-held coastal areas. the u.k.'s foreign secretary caused cof say saying -- caf cav say saying bashar al-assad could stay in power. philip hammonds insisted the long-term aim is to get him out of office. >> certainly it's a clear change from what the u.k. said in the past. their passion has been firm, bashar al-assad must go. now there is the talk that the u.k. might be prepared to let him stay. the within it's going on, they are trying to find a way to get movement in syria. last time they agreed on anything, that talk about the governing body that would run syria, that transitional body would be decided by mutual consent and the bashar al-assad government. would he stay behind a transition. the government says he has to say. he's the president of syria. the opposition says it's not a fair election, and he shouldn't be able to be part of this. at the moment the special envoy hags taken and possibly would change detail i

syria, and they're not simply there to prop up assad. >> that's the main concern, trying to move bashar al-assadut of power, and the softens, as it were, would be the idea that if there is an negotiated political transition that bashar al-assad would get a little bit of time during that transition to remain as president, but then he would have to leave. the airstrike it is being wildly assumed in washington are very much accelerating that collar or perhaps putting off the negotiations for a political settlement, which is what the u.s. has says it ultimately wants to see inside syria as a way trying to end civil war. but really it comes down to right now making certain that these two separate military operations one carried out by russia, the other by the u.s.-led coalition don't get in each other's way even though they all agree that they want to go after isil. >> thank you, ros, another suggestion being that assad remain with 20% geographically of his own country. we're nowhere near at the moment. if you want to get the headlines. you want more of what is behind the headlines, too, go to www.al

bashar al assad. and we have a very precise position about it. ink that supporting bashar al assad and presenting him as the solution for the future not only for moral point of view is not acceptable because he's a criminal against humanity. >> reporter: so, as he was saying, morally, they consider assad a criminal, has committed crimes against humanity. but from an efficiency point of view he also said any more strikes on civilians or the more moderate opposition or the opponents of bashar al assad will simply drive more people into the arms of isis. so on day one after russia told president obama and all the assembled leaders here that they were going to fight isis, on day one of their military operations, we see where they are going. brooke? >> i have one more for you, christia christiane. let me turn on that point to elise. you know, one day, two days after. did president obama get played by putin? >> well, certainly president putin was holding his cards close to his chest. but this is what secretary carter was basically saying. this is the ru

thing they can do, if they are serious about getting after the syrian networks is to stop aiding bashar al-assad, the same ban, by his own brutality and violence on his own people, allowed i.s.i.l. to grow and spread in his own country. >> that is the state department's main point na bashar al-assad is not really confronting i.s.i.l., he's the one that helped to cause the problem in the first place. >> jamie mcintyre for us at the pentagon. >> turkey is blaming kurdish rebels for an explosion on a mini bus leaving 14 police officers dead. no group claimed responsibility for the attack, following turkish air strikes on p.k.k. targets. we have more from bagram. >> the police officers were in a bus targeted by a roadside bomb, as they were taken to a customs checkpoint on turkey's eastern corner border with armenia. this is the second serious large-scale attack on the security forces in the last few days. on the weekend 16 soldiers were skilled in another roadside bomb attack. the kurdistan workers party, the separatist p.k.k. claim responsibility for that. in response, the turkish military launche

"and the russian president sas s that syrian president bashar al assad asked for the attack. and president obama is calling for the end to assad's presidency, but the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says that the administration is now calling for what he describes as therderly managed transition. a while ago kerry responded to russia's growing involvement in syria, and whether it is committed to stamping out isis. >> if russia's recent actions and those now ongoing reflect a genuine commitment to defeat that organization, then we are prepared to welcome those efforts, and to find a way to deconflict the operation, and thereby multpy pli the military pressure on isil, and the affiliated groups, but we must not and will not be kon fconfus the fight against isil for the support of assad. and moreover, we have made it clear that we have grave concerns that russia should strike where isil and other affiliated groups are not operating. that type of attack would question russia's protection of isil and assad's regime. >> and so what were the air strikes today, and what are the imp

bashar al-assad must leave power. the german chancellor first demanded that he must've down in 2007, along with her french and british counterparts. now, however, merkel says negotiating with his side could bring an end to the conflict that started four years ago. angela merkel: we have to speak with many actors, including a ssad but others as well. also in sunni countries like saudi arabia. >> other governments are also softening their stance on the syrian regime. saturday, secretary of state john kerry said the timing of a shar al-assad's departure have to be decided during negotiations. said a sod could play a ite for transition for france's president disagrees, and maintains his original stance. >> france's position is that syria's future cannot include bashar al-assad. a successful transition can only happen after his departure. syria's biggest ally, pushing for military cooperation with the u.s. against the islamic state group, it seems more options are on the table than ever before. news, at leastld 25 people w

for the destruction of bashar al-assad's chemical weapons. protectively, he continues to use chemical weapons to the day. and russia? rapidly increasing support for bashar al-assad, tanks, personnel, and fighter jets. when president obama back down, russia and iran doubled down. syria amongnexus in russia, iran, and bashar al-assad has all but assured the failure of this administration's plan to coax bashar al-assad from power. theconflict has created worst refugee crisis since world war ii. roughly half of syria's population has been displaced. over 4 million have fled to horton, lebanon, and turkey, and europe. turkey,rdan, lebanon, and europe. how heartbreaking was it when we all watched a young three-year-old boy face down on the beach of turkey? it brought reality home. the situation only appears to be getting worse. finally, i think we should work with our allies to establish a no-fly zone over northern city -- syria. this safe zone with stem the flow of refugees and allow sanctuary for the syrian rebels to take on isis, al qaeda, affili

he's propping up bashar al assad. he wants to protect his base there to make sure that is secure, and he doesn't care who he has to kill in order to do it. you just mentioned that we have reports of air attacks on homs where a number of men, women and children have been killed. >> we are playing some of that video right now as we speak. senator, i wanted to play the deputy national security advisor, ben rhodes, speaking at the atlantic conference today. because the white house and other officials at the state department are trying to downplay this russian move. let's watch. >> everybody's looking at putin as if this is some offensive maneuver. again, they've had basis in syria for a very long time. this is their principle state in the arab world. he's trying to prop them up. i think that's hardly someone in a strong position. >> is vladimir putin in a weak position as you've heard testimony from david petraeus saying he's broke, spending money on military engagements and he could be going to the banks for more money w

this started as a resolution by the syrian regime that wanted to get rid of bashar al-assad. now they are cutting a deal on the syrian regime and bashar al-assad. will the opposition abide by anything that worked out. >> that's correct, they, in a way, are a veto player, they could scuttle diplomatic efforts. and the position is one that divides the european powers, with david cameron saying he would be amenable to something like that, but france and angela merkel opposed to that. they are issues that remiain to be worked out. i think they are workable. and i think a solution could be reached. i'm a cynic. >> this conflict dragged on for years, what suddenly made powers, international powers feel that they can, at least, try to find common ground. is it the increased russian support and role? >> i think it's a number of factors that are coming together at this hotel. i think for the first time now european states, and european populations and economies are feeling the syrian crisis on their shores, with the refugees pouring in, and that's a serious political issue, seriously,

if you take his comments here at fast value, he is, in fact, trying to bolster the position of bashar al-assad. a lot of speculation that he was simply positioning himself to have a position of influence within syria on the inevitable situation where the assad regime were to collapse. and in fact, the assad regime has suffered losses in recent days. if putin is to be taken as face valuabl value, he's calling for enforcement of the assad regime. something that is unlikely to happen. >> we'll bring someone in the discussion, th a former british diplomat, what did you hear? what stood out from vladimir putin's speech. >> i'm fired by the sub text of these speeches, tones that are not explicit but are there. the beginning of his speech referred back to the second world war. you felt a kind of tone of regret that those were the good ol' days when the soviet union was on top of the world, and we had a state-based

victims of the regime by bashar al-assad.because the syrian tragedy started with the revolution . which wanted to oust the dictatorship of bashar al-assad at that time there were no terrorists. there were no fundamentalist groups. there was a dictator shi dick dp for syrian people. an the refugees in the camps, the displaced people. millions of them. men, women and children, it's not that they're fleeing a war. not only that they are fleeing a war, have been fleeing a war for a long time, but for three years, they are fleeing the regime of bashar al-assad. and to date, the self-same regimes which is dropping bombs on the civilian population, innocent civilians, it's not because that we have a terrorist group which itself massacreless, kills, rapes, including the heritage of human kind, that that would mean that there was a pardon, amnesty issued for the regime which created the situation. it would seem, then, that the terrorist group which commit cos unimaginable atrocities could bring in something good. no, that is not true. all of this, women, children, and men, are victims of the trajtragedy, no solution could e found outside of a po

bashar al-assad has asked for help from the russians and has welcomed their decision. move is likely to increase tensions between russia and the west. the international community has criticized president vladimir putin for russias increasing military presence in syria. moscow insists, though, that no ground troops will be deployed. >> translator: we are talking about syria, specifically and not about the pursuit of some political goals or ambitions which we are regularly accused of by our western partners. >>> after more than four years of fighting in syria, control has changed hands many times. the political vacuum left the door open for the islamic state of iraq and the levant to make huge gains, most recently in the central corridor. the syrian opposition controls large parts of the north and southwest. there have also been advances by the al-nusra front in the northwest most recently. and the ypg have also been battling isil for control of their territory. this is what government forces control, so little that in july president bashar al-assad conceded that his tro

he said the future of syria can't include bashar al assad. >> i am here in new york, together with my minister of foreign affairs. i will be meeting with all of the partners and stake holders on what is called the syrian conflict, a conflict that led to some 250,000 deaths and for which bashar al assad is the main person responsible. even though now and the for the past few months, isil has been responsible for terrible atropicaatrocities. >> a solution requires all be involved without excluding anyone. that being said, france considers that the future of syria cannot be with bashar al assad. >> there certainly be talks taking place. there are no negotiations at this stage and that's because i think it's very clear that different players have different priorities, vladimir putin making it quite clear that he believes everything he's doing, sending forces to syria, is totally legal, because he says they're invited in by the government of syria that holds the seat here at the united nations and that's the government of bashar al assad. he says what others are doing, like the u.s., train

that being said, france considers that the future of syria cannot be with bashar al assad. >> james bays is in new york. there are two differing opinions on the future of bashar al assad. is there any consensus on how to proceed here? >> no, i don't think there is. and there's certainly a debate on which enemy to fight first, particularly among the western countries. most of them say that isil was in effect created by president assad. he created the conditions in syria that allowed isil to flourish. president putin in that u.s. interview making it clear that what he's doing is legal under international law and the u.n. charter because he said russia sends ships to syria because they are invited in by the legitimate government. the government holds the seat here in the united nations and that is assad's government and the says the troops trained by the u.s. and coalition over the skies of syria bombing isil led by the u.s. does not have that permission, and so is illegal. in that same u.s. t.v. interview president putin is asked about his speech in 24 hours time to the j general assembly.

it's parts of a larger coalition fighting to bring down the bashar al-assad government. unlike al qaeda, it doesn't knowingly target foreigners or foreign interests. it is fighting i.s.i.l. in syria. a senior fellow at the washington institute for middle east policies says future policies must involve the removal of bashar al-assad. >> the announcement of the turn over the weapons of force is a maj major disappointment, but it's not the first time they had though contend with al nusra and it's oftentimes weapons moved into syria that they do have to be handed over to groups. more bad news. any solutions in syria, a whole country solution has to have bashar al-assad stepping down. if we want to accept that syria is a divided country, it would be something else. the longer i stood there. >> saudi arabia is drawing to an end. it's the last day of the stoning of the devil, which takes place m mina. thursday, 717 people were killed in a stampede near to where the ritual takes place. the the kingdom is investigating. the health minister says crowds failing to obey instructions

the west is saying there is no way it could include bashar al-assad. the question is whether there could ultimately be space for a solid -- for bashar al-assad at the beginning of a transition. flatly ifnot saying that would be impossible. intense talks at the general assembly, u.n. peacekeepers have been high on the agenda. dozens of countries have vowed to lend their support to the international force, which relies on voluntary contributions by member states. reporter: coming together for a stronger, more capable u.n. peacekeeping force. brock obama: at this summit, more than 50 countries are making commitments totaling more than 30,000 new troops and police. by the end of the meeting, world leaders pledged 40,000 new troops on top of the over 106,000 currently involved the globe.ons around two decades ago, 40% of them came from a european nations. now that number is down to 7%. just 78 troops but provides nearly 30% of the over 8 billion dollar budget. china has become a significant player. pledged 8000 a fund to thatup includes a 100 million dollar

with moscow supporting bashar al-assad, they should admit those fleeing. the article is critical of the u.s. reaction to the refugees crisis in europe >>> "the times" of london offers this editorial cartoon, showing refugees lined up outside buckingham palace, in front of a sign saying "migrants queue here, loads of room", in the background queen and prince philip looking on with the caption - we are not amused >>> mma, mixed martial arts, is a multi-million business and gaining popularity across the u.s. so much the detroit pistons wrapped up a week of mma training. in one corner of the world, they are trying to shine a spotlight on the sports' roots. we have this report from myanmar. >> reporter: it was once considered the martial arts of hooligans. but myanmar's traditional self-defence form cleaned up its act. no longer considered the preserve of village folk, it's embraced in towns and cities too. this person is a former fighter, and founder of a boxing club that not only trains professionals, but offers classes to enthusiasts. it's been compared to t

the kremlin, and iranians back bashar al-assad. if he is forced from power, they may want more influence over who takes over. the u.n. investigator says only a political solution will bring peace. >> i have an example, the mill oso vich case. he was president. and it was a peace negotiation. as soon as they reached an agreement, miloso vic was prot. in the end justice could be done. >> reporter: 240,000 have been killed in the war. indiscriminate bombing is fuelling support for i.s.i.l. if you can find a route leading to i.s.i.l.'s removal. the white house believes it would then be weakened. >> the pentagon said coalition air strikes killed two key targets. officials say a senior i.s.i.l. leader died nearly two weeks ago. mead been a member of al qaeda. and a national, an al qaeda bombmaker was also killed in a strike near ghms nigeria >>> joining us a senior fellow from the new america foundation. let's start with the bad news. general petraeus says the president obama administration failed to take necessary steps, and campaigns o

our failure to stop bashar al assad's slaughter of his own people now over 230,000. a no-fly zone. we need to tell bashar al assad we are going to shoot down any of his aircraft that bomb these people. i would imagine that tens of thousands have been killed by the barrel bombing which has made conditions impossible for these people and that's why they're fleeing. it's an abdication of american responsibility which has caused this tragedy and it's on the hands of barack obama. >> what would you say to those in both republican and democratic parties in congress who don't want boots on the ground, who don't want to send troops in, and who frankly don't say that they can't distinguish among which rebel groups to arm because of the potential of blowback. >> sure. if that's your view, then you're responsible along with barack obama for the situation as it is today. for four years. lindsey graham and i have been saying look, this is going to happen, this is going to be a catastrophe. whenever a person like bashar al assad slaughters his own people, the other people are goin

then bashar al-assad is weakened over the last months. all of those things, in addition to the united nations summit. and the idea that the leaders will be there creates a kind of opportunity, a moiment of opportunity for increased efforts >>> france launched its first air strikes against i.s.i.l. in syria. france carried out the strikes as part of a coalition in iraq. number now, it avoided syrian attacks because it didn't want to strengthen the position. >> francis hollande said the action was taken because civilian populations must bet protected from all forms of violence, that of i.s.i.l. and other terrorist groups, but also the murderous bombardment of bashar al-assad. >>> catalans have started voting in an election one of the most important. pro independence parties say victory will be to separation from spain. jonah hull is live outside the regional parliament in barcelona. does it look like the pro independence parties will pull this off. >> early indications are that turn out is high. that could favour the pro-independent side. t

on the tail, vladimir putin now trying to play king maker in syria, making bashar al assad, slid filing his political and military position. no one needs to be reminded that it is the official policy of the united states and president obama that bashar al assad must go. obviously, we know it's been a tricky situation, the results of u.s. policy have not been good, some 10 million displaced people both within and without syria, the refugee crisis now in full swings, the coalition and the president's efforts to build and train a fighting force among many of the dissidents, the so-called opposition, the vetted opposition in syria has really been a debacle by most people's estimations. there is criticism from the usual quarter here domestically, john mccain and others. the president's just announced a plan to meet with vladimir putin today, viewed as an admission that vladimir putin cannot be isolated. what's going on here is vladimir putin has had the situation in ukraine, the international community, particularly united states and europe hand-in-hand in imposing sanctions, trying to enact