divided equally twenty percent to each of the literal states the states with the shoreline on the caspian sea if it's a sea then you have to abide by the united nations convention on the law of the sea which basically means that your share of the assets and the resources under the body of water is dictated according to the length of your shoreline essentially so the if it's if it's a lake then it benefits those with short shorelines if it's a sea then it benefits those with long shorelines what we understand though is that the definition that is going to be agreed on at this summit is that it's not quite one or the other it's not a lake because it's so huge and it's not a sea because it's shut off from the ocean so they're coming up it seems with some sort of fudge really that allows them to move on to reach this agreement and to keep on discussing things essentially now to meet putin in his opening statements they're called this modern and balance documents that they're about to sign and president rouhani of iran suggested that this isn't going to be the end they do have to talk about more t

the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian sea are meeting in the cousin port city of act how they've signed a convention on the legal status of the sea but so far no details on what they decided have been released it's all over now much of the caspian sea country can claim as their. russian president vladimir putin said an agreement was crucial to regional security and beyond. bizarre brussels to the un security is very important and this is what underpins our agreement which is this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east so this really affects the basic interests states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality. iran's president said support from the caspian sea countries for the iran nuclear deal was a good sign for an agreement on sharing the areas natural resources here for isn't as bad a drum borne of honor the five countries efforts to support the iran nuclear deal is a good step towards expanding regional cooperation and the betterment of relations

but this is the impression of course following the years long discussions and negotiations on the caspian sea status stanislav russia had long objected to resolving this issue about the caspian so what has made them more agreeable now is that the same sions from from the us or is it the trade competition from china or is it both. i think that it was not just about issues which you mentioned this is mostly about the. to finish this long term process for us this is important to have a clear and transparent legal environment in the south borders of russia to have their pragmatic and transparent framework for cooperation and in security and fishing and shipping in this region and that is why russia was one of the countries we. are insisting each time and trying to to prove in these negotiation process so a breakthrough happened last december when there was a ministerial meeting in moscow in december two thousand two thousand and seventeen when mr lavrov after these negotiations of this meeting said that definitely a summit will happen in the first part of two thousand and eighteen saw police deep

segment this issues was covered quite well from the international law professor perspective if caspian sea is regarded as a sea than literal countries will have around twelve nautical miles of territorial waters and this will apply also to see bit from the. from the lake perspective earrings that has been insisting there will be shared use of it reaches so to speak i'm saying this as an old lawyer but this is the impression of course following the years long discussions and negotiations on the caspian sea status stanislav russia had long objected to resolving this issue about the caspian so what has made them more agreeable now is that the same sions from from the us or is it the trade competition from china or is it both. i think that it was not just about issues which you mentioned this is mostly about the. to finish this long term process for russia this is important to have a clear and transparent legal environment in the south borders of russia to have their pragmatic and transparent framework for cooperation and in security and fishing and shipping in this region and that is why russ

resources that the caspian sea has for. the second point i think which is important is that iran has joint ventures that both. john with regard to. energy related in the. pipelines and different types of activities and iran's expertise in these areas given the fact that iran has been in business for many decades now much longer than the two other countries is going to benefit iran as about i think the third point is the relationship that we're seeing between iran and russia. as you describe at the end of the day interested in the sacrement for some years they were not but now their interests. after the issue of the nuclear actually made after the u.s. sanctions and after the fact that the europeans are not really going to be able to do much with regard to them if it actually meant is looking towards. looking towards not russia and these other countries are for and i'm sorry for it i'm sorry interrupt you but let me let me let me just for it sorry to interrupt you but let me just pick up another point because after the agree

and how it will be divided up now the caspian sea is landlocked which raises the question whether it is indeed a sea or a lake five countries share its coastline and that's led to the dispute over which the country lays claim over to the caspian and how much of it if an agreement is reached to legally designate because spain and lake it would be divided up equally between the five nations so twenty percent each. if it remains to see the territory would be split between those countries according to how much coastline they share their fault would receive the smallest. that's been the major sticking point in negotiations because the caspian lies above one of the world's largest collections of oil and gas some forty eight billion barrels of oil alone really challenge is following the story from moscow. well is it a lake or is it a sea the definition of the caspian sea has been a sticking points for the five countries with caspian sea coast lines for more than twenty years now and the definition affects the different countries in different ways if it is a lake then the sea is divided e

resources that the caspian sea has for. the second point i think which is important is that iran has joint ventures that both talk of the sun and john with regard to. energy related in the. pipelines and different types of activities and iran's expertise in these areas given the fact that iran has been in business for many decades now much longer than the two other countries is going to benefit iran. i think the third point is the relationship that you're seeing between iran and russia. as you describe at the end of the day interested in the sacrement for some years they were not but now their interests. after the issue of the nuclear actually made after the u.s. sanctions and after the fact that the europeans are not really going to be able to do much with regard to them if it actually meant is looking towards you know is looking towards not russia and these other countries are for and i'm sorry for it i'm sorry interrupt you but let me let me let me just for it sorry to interrupt you but let me just pick up another point

iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian have met in the cars at port city of a towel on the convention on the legal status of the sea but so far we've yet to hear exactly how that will work it's all about how much of the caspian each country can claim as their as the russian president vladimir putin said an agreement was crucial to regional security and beyond. bizarre brussels to the un security is very important and this is what underpins our agreements in this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east so this really affects the basic interests states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality you know iran's president said support from the caspian sea countries for the iran nuclear deal was a good sign for an agreement on sharing the areas natural resources here for isn't as bad a drum borne of honor the five countries efforts to support the iran nuclear deal is a good step towards expanding regional cooperation and the betterment of relations between us the natural resources of the caspian sea belong to the five countries bordering it so to preve

two years of talks an agreement has been signed which could settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan and iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian are meeting in the port city of tal they've signed the convention on the legal status of the sea but so far no details on what they decided had been released it's all about how much of the caspian sea each country can claim as there is well the russian president vladimir putin said agreement was crucial to regional security and beyond. bizarre persisted a un security is very important and this is what underpins our agreements and this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east so this really affects the basic interests states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality iran's president said support from the caspian sea countries for the iran nuclear deal was a good sign for an agreement on sharing the area's natural resources here for example as about a drum borne vonage the five countries efforts to support the iran nuclear de

one thing they've also decided in this summit the fifth of these caspian sea summits he's that the the area is basically going to be a kind of lock out zone exclusive to the countries that share its shoreline no other power is going to be allowed to have any military presence there so they don't want any any other people mess and messing in these waters essentially so the united states europe nato china whatever they're all out of it this is just belonging to the countries that surround it ok rory thank you. well some of the thousands of saudi arabian students order to return from canada appear to be pushing back the kingdom wants them home as its diplomatic dispute with canada simmers along fintan monica has this reports. saudi students in canada or caught up in a diplomatic conflict they've been ordered by their government to leave the country in the middle of their studies it blows count as call for jailed human rights activists in saudi to be released the universities say transferring so many students will be a logistical nightmare and could leave many with nowhere to go if there i

big step towards resolving it is that because we have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens a wide perspective for the tight cooperation of the caspian states for solving economic and transport issues these questions will improve the living standards of our peoples have cheney and that he has some admonish and we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of fairness although we did not determine the borderlines we mark that the countries with the coast of particular significance should take a special position that includes iran the dispute is centered on whether the largest inland body of water in the world is a lake or a sea defining it a lake would mean the caspian should be divided equally amongst the five countries but if it's a sea then each state gets a share in proportion to the length of its shoreline the new agreements is that it's not quite either not a lake because of its size and not a sea because it's not connected to the world's oceans so the surface will largely be ope

resources that the caspian sea has for you. the second point i think which is important is that iran has joint ventures that both talk of the sun and john with regard to. energy related industries and pipelines and different types of activities and iran's expertise in these areas given the fact that iran has been in business for many decades now much longer than the two other countries is going to benefit iran as about i think the third point is the relationship that you're seeing between iran and russia. as you describe at the end of the day interested in the sacrement for some years there or not but now their interests. after the issue of the nuclear after the u.s. sanctions and after the fact that the europeans are not really going to be able to do much with regard to them if it actually meant is looking towards. looking towards not russia and these other countries are for and i'm sorry for it i'm sorry interrupt you but let me let me let me just for it sorry to interrupt you but let me just pick up another point because aft

big step towards resolving it is that because you have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens a wide perspective for the type cooperation of the caspian states for solving economic and transport issues these questions will improve the living standards of our peoples have cheney and that he has some admonish and we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of fairness although we did not determine the borderlines we mark that the countries with the coast of particular significance should take a special position that includes iran the dispute is centered on whether the largest inland body of water in the world is a lake or a sea defining it a lake would mean the caspian should be divided equally amongst the five countries but if it's a c. then each state gets a share in proportion to the length of its shoreline the new agreements is that it's not quite either not a lake because of its size and not a sea because it's not connected to the world's oceans so the surface will largely be open

big step towards resolving it is that because you have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens a wide perspective for the type cooperation of the caspian states for solving economic and transport issues these questions will improve the living standards of our peoples have cheney and that he has some admonish and we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of fairness although we did not determine the borderlines we mark that the countries with the coast of particular significance should take a special position that includes iran the dispute is centered on whether the largest inland body of water in the world is a lake or a sea defining it a lake would mean the caspian should be divided equally amongst the five countries but if it's a c. then each state gets a share in proportion to the length of its shoreline the new agreements is that it's not quite either not a lake because of its size and not a sea because it's not connected to the world's oceans so the surface will largely be open

taken a great amount of time and what this will do is probably facilitate the unlocking of the caspian sea full economic potential because it means that all of these issues that have been holding back the extractive exploitation of the sea can finally there is be resolved and these countries can move on with their security concerns being settled and their energy concerns as well of course twenty years or twenty years a long time to negotiate something like this but of course there were other problems and does in the way the negotiations were normally between iran and the soviet union soviet union doesn't exist anymore. yeah well that was a thing like when the soviet union was around there were just two states who were doing the the negotiating and having their agreements or disagreements but following the collapse of the soviet union that fragmented of course into. a literal situation around the caspian sea where there were five countries doing the negotiating which basically mean this meant that it devolved into a bit of a mess so over the years there have been more than two decades worth

two years of talks an agreement has been signed which could settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian are meeting in the port city of a towel they've signed the convention on the legal status of the sea but so far no details on what they decided have been released it's it's all about how much of the caspian sea each country can claim as theirs well the russian president vladimir putin said an agreement was crucial to regional security and beyond. bizarre persisted a u.n. security is very important and this is what underpins our agreements in this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east so this really affects the basic interests states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality meanwhile iran's president said support from the caspian sea countries for the iran nuclear deal was a good sign for an agreement on sharing the air as natural resources here for isn't as bad a drum borne vonage the five countries efforts to support the i

near the lake north sea a five nation agreement sets terms on how the caspian sea resources will be shared . this isn't the first time there has been a delay in the supply of chemotherapy drugs but it is the first time that this hospital is cancer patients away because it treats. gaza runs out of drugs for treating cancer patients and it's not just because of the israeli siege plus. taking ballet to the masses a graceful treat from motorists stuck in traffic in the mexican capital. is the first anniversary of the violent protests in charlottesville that brought long running racial tensions in the u.s. out of the open the far right protesters outside the white house were vastly outnumbered by counter protesters thousands of anti fascist demonstrators and members of the group black lives matter turned out to oppose what was dubbed a white civil rights rally mike hanna reports for supporters of the extreme right. wing gathered outside the d.c. metro station good at by a number of onlookers but the release principle organizer insists he simply asserting the right to freedom of speech white peo

the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian sea are meeting in the present port city of act now they've signed a convention on the legal status of the sea but so far no details on what they decided have been released it's all over how much of the caspian sea each country can claim as their. russian president vladimir putin said an agreement was crucial to regional security and beyond. bizarre busses to the un security is very important and this is what underpins our agreements in this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east so this really affects the basic interests states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality millions have started voting in a runoff presidential election present it brahim boubacar katter won the first round with forty one percent of the vote but opposition candidate somalia seasick uses him of fraud. three attackers thought to be behind a bombing in jordan have been killed in a police raid security forces stormed this building in salt where seve

centered on whether the largest inland body of water in the world is a lake or a sea defining it a lake would mean the caspian should be divided equally amongst the five countries but if it's a sea then each state gets a share in proportion to the length of its shoreline the new agreements is that it's not quite either not a lake because of its size and not a sea because it's not connected to the world's oceans so the surface will largely be open for joint use whereas the floor will be divided between russia iran turkmenistan azerbaijan and kazakstan though the exact size of each country's lot is still to be agreed. at stake are several trillion dollars worth of oil gas and pipelines for years the full economic potential of this has been blocked by the lack of a settlement the u.s. government estimates caspian gas could boost global production by twenty seven percent over the coming decade but it's not just about energy. which it which to security is very important and this is what underpins our agreement this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east this really affects the basic interests of

centered on whether the largest inland body of water in the world is a lake or a sea defining it a lake would mean the caspian should be divided equally amongst the five countries but if it's a sea then each state gets a share in proportion to the length of its shoreline the new agreements is that it's not quite either not a lake because of its size and not a sea because it's not connected to the world's oceans so the surface will largely be open for joint use whereas the floor will be divided between russia iran turkmenistan azerbaijan and kazakstan though the exact size of each country's lot is still to be agreed at stake are several trillion dollars worth of oil gas and pipelines for years the full economic potential of this has been blocked by the lack of a settlement the us government estimates caspian gas could boost global production by twenty seven percent over the coming decade but it's not just about energy. which it which to security is very important and this is what underpins our agreement this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east this really affects the basic interests of ou

across the levant and western parts of asia and for the most part is looking fine so the side of the caspian sea just a chance of one of two showers otherwise we've got a brisk when they're picking up so i think it could be some dust around through iraq down towards q eight and down through the gulf region we've lost the showers to the caucasus on the eastern side of the mediterranean is all looking draw and find plenty of sunshine expected here temperatures for beirut there it's thirty degrees celsius so down into the arabian peninsula on the western side temperatures into the low forty's i mean on the eastern side the wind is picking up a bit so the humidity is dropping and i think certainly through monday fine conditions in doha with a high of forty three degrees so move on into choosing not a great deal of change here but i think there's quite a high risk of some showers and thunderstorms in fact down through the mountains of saudi arabia just extending into yemen and that little shower symbol there gives an indication of potential for some isolated but still pretty potent storms let's head

covering both europe and asia nations bordering the caspian sea have signed a historic agreement after more than two decades of talks russia iran. turkmenistan and the countries surrounding the world's largest body of law unlock water reached a diplomatic breakthrough on trade security and environmental issues while they were putin called the summit a milestone event adding that the accord limits military presence in the caspian sea only to certain agreed upon areas close to the shore the end of the summit the leaders release the baby sturgeon into the water mark of friendship and solid aren't. lots of stories for but trumps wall as seen from both sides next in our documentary you're watching r.t. international. when lawmakers manufactured him sentenced him to public wells. when the room in closest project themselves. with the famous merry go round lives only the one percent. nor middle of the room sick. the real news is really. serious.

stretching across europe asia nations bordering the caspian sea have signed a historic agreement after more than two decades of talks russia iran kazakstan turkmenistan the five countries surrounding the world's largest body of water reached a diplomatic breakthrough on trade security and environmental issues like the mirror putin called the summit a milestone if it the accord limits military presence in the caspian sea only to certain agreed upon is close to the shore of the end of the summit the leaders released baby sturgeon into the water as a mark of friendship solid dorrit. all right more of the week's top news stories with me in just over thirty minutes hope to see you then but do you stay tonight for some great art program right ahead. this is. the church secret indeed just like priests accused of sexually abusing children can get away with it quite literally i like to call this a do graphic solution so what the bishop needs to do then he finds out that the priest says is a perpetrator is simply moves him to a different spot where the previous standard is not the highest ranks

be thirty five towards the west still a fair amount of cloud here between the black sea in the caspian sea and they could be a few more showers as we head through monday and into tuesday a little bit further towards the south it's hot in baghdad as you'd expect at forty two degrees at the moment and pretty hot here in doha fortunately at the moment though the winds are coming down from the northwest so the air is quite dry it's not humid and that's the way it's going to stay for monday and tuesday to the south coast of oman little bit more cloud there building as we head through choose day and that will again be giving us some drizzle down towards the southern parts of africa and here there's plenty of fine weather to be found but there is a bit more cloud just in the southwest that's been giving us a fair amount of rain and there's another batch edging its way towards us so you might be warm under that cloud a maximum temperature just of thirteen degrees around some of the coast is likely to give us some drizzle further inland of course it is warm as you'd expect force invent hope will be

be thirty five towards the west still a fair amount of clouds here between the black sea and the caspian sea and they could be a few more showers as we head through monday and into tuesday little bit further towards the south it's hot in baghdad as you'd expect at forty two degrees at the moment and pretty hot here in doha fortunately at the moment though the winds are coming down from the northwest so the air is quite dry it's not humid and that's the way it's going to stay for monday and tuesday to the south coast of oman little bit more cloud there building as we head through tuesday and that will again be giving us some drizzle down towards the southern parts of africa and here there's plenty of fine weather to be found but there is a bit more cloud just in the southwest that's been giving us a fair amount of rain and there's another batch edging its way towards us so it will be warm under that cloud a maximum temperature just of thirteen degrees around some of the coast is likely to give us some drizzle further inland of course it is warm as you'd expect force invent top will be twenty

big step towards resolving it is that because we have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens a wide perspective for the type cooperation of the caspian states for resolving economic and transport issues these questions will improve the living standards of our peoples have cheney and that in some admonish and we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of fairness although we did not determine the borderlines we mark that the countries with the coast of particular significance should take a special position that includes iran the dispute is centered on whether the largest inland body of water in the world is a lake or a sea defining it a lake would mean the caspian should be divided equally amongst the five countries but if it's a c. then each state gets a share in proportion to the length of its shoreline the new agreements is that it's not quite either not a lake because of its size and not a sea because it's not connected to the world's oceans so the surface will largely be open fo

centered on whether the largest inland body of water in the world is a lake or a sea defining it a lake would mean the caspian should be divided equally amongst the five countries but if it's a sea then each state gets a share in proportion to the length of its shoreline the new agreements is that it's not quite either not a lake because of its size and not a sea because it's not connected to the world's oceans so the surface will largely be open for joint use whereas the floor will be divided between russia iran turkmenistan azerbaijan and kazakstan though the exact size of each country's lot is still to be agreed. at stake are several trillion dollars worth of oil gas and pipelines for years the full economic potential of this has been blocked by the lack of a settlement the u.s. government estimates caspian gas could boost global production by twenty seven percent over the coming decade but it's not just about energy. which it which to security is very important and this is what underpins our agreement this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east this really affects the basic interests of

head through saturday and sunday you see them they stretch from the black sea across towards the caspian sea and some of them have been rather heavy more of them are expected as we head through sunday away from there it's largely fine and dry with beirut up at thirty degrees and it's rather hot in baghdad put it around forty three it's hotter in kuwait the air here is a bit dry so forty seven degrees will be our maximum here in doha we've also got dry air at the moment it's not too sure of it so our temperatures will be comfortably above forty for the south more cloud over here over parts of a man and into yemen and that could be squeezing out one or two showers particularly along the south coast of oman a round. if we head down towards the southern parts of africa we're seeing more cloud now in the southeastern parts that's just taken off to give us a few outbreaks of rain particularly in the durban area eventually as we head through saturday and into sunday that begins to break up and for many of us it will be a dry air and warmer one so for jo'burg we'll get to around seventy nine for dur

and azerbaijan but open the way for exploration of the caspian sea vast gas and oil resources roy chalons reports. with the signature of five leaders more than two decades of troubled waters could be receding into history the disputes over the legal status of the caspian sea has been churning since the collapse of the soviet union in fact aoun kazakstan four of the u.s.s.r. successor states and iran took a big step towards resolving it is that because you have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens it why.

of russia iran and three former soviet states of signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea it means they can now share the body of water and its oil and gas resources. counting is underway in mali to the presidential runoff vote president abraham but kater is pitted against opposition leaders. the opposition accuse the ruling party of fraud during the first round on sunday they claimed further violations. u.s. president donald trump's decision to reimpose sanctions on iran is expected to have an impact on its neighbor iraq it shares a fifteen hundred kilometer border with iran with goods and people crossing the. any attention of the name reports now from the border district of pens when in iraq . each day trucks slowly wind around treacherous roads in the zagg gross mountains carrying goods from iran to iraq since the u.s. announced it was reimposing sanctions against iran rumors and uncertainty are also traveling back and forth across the border iranian bus driver rahman a bella is worried soon the border will close and his job of six years will disappear. as a bit of wash

the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which ordered the caspian sea met in the kazakh port city of act how they signed a convention on the legal status of the sea paving the way for more energy exploration and fight crime projects how to divide the area between the countries which has been the biggest cause of the dispute will require additional agreements . tamale now if people are voting in a presidential runoff likely to return the incumbent abraham boubacar catered to power despite criticism over his handling of security and corruption the first round of voting in july was marred by violence with three election workers killed in voting materials destroyed opposition leaders somalia's to say who won nearly eighteen percent in the first round alleges voting fraud some six thousand additional troops have been deployed mohamed vall has more the government is not taking any chances according to their own statements and ultimately said that they are you kreis the number of security personnel from their thousand to thirty six thousand and they have been

the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian sea are meeting in the kazakh port city of act how they're expected to sign an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea and how it will be divided up. to begin voting in the presidential election runoff president. won the first round with forty one percent of the vote but opposition candidate somalia sisi accuses him of fraud. israel's palestinian minority leader mass protest in tel aviv against the controversial nation state law it officially affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it turns jewish minorities into second class citizens thousands turned out to show their anger at the bill which was passed last month. and he faces protesters have marched through the streets of charlottesville a year after the violence that killed one person this time the demonstration is peaceful amid a heavy police presence last year president trump refused to speak out against the white supremacists but on saturday he tweeted he condemns all forms of racism well more rallies are expected

together to combat the threat of terrorism and transponder criminality this summer it's also makes the caspian sea a lock out zone these leaders don't want anyone else meddling in their waters no country that doesn't share the shoreline will be allowed a military presence there will reach allan's al-jazeera moscow a polling station worker has been killed in an attack by an armed group in northern mali this is people vote in a presidential runoff like each returning commented brand boubacar cater to power the first round of voting in july was marred by violence with three election workers killed and voting materials destroyed opposition leaders somalis to say the one nearly eighteen percent in the first round alleges voting fraud man laval has more from the capital. the final hours of sunday have seen a little better turnout here in this polling center where i'm standing in. part is some two earlier in the day and also to what we saw on july twenty ninth body has a bad history of turnouts and this one is not different a part of the opposition has been largely demoralized by the that is many of the

azerbaijan kazakhstan and turkmenistan have signed the convention on the legal status around in the caspian sea iran though says additional agreements will be needed in a territorial dispute over the sea the caspian lies above one of the world's biggest collections of oil and gas reserves while iran's president said support from the caspian sea countries for the iran nuclear deal was a good sign for an agreement on sharing the areas national resources for isn't as bad a drum borne of the five countries efforts to support the iran nuclear deal is a good step towards expanding regional cooperation and the betterment of relations between us the natural resources of the caspian sea belong to the five countries bordering it so to prevent any dispute in the areas we have not negotiated we must avoid any unilateral exploration of the natural resources in this area people in mali have started voting in a runoff presidential election the president abraham boubacar kato won the first round with forty one percent of the vote but opposition candidate somalia seasick uses him a fraud the first round vote wa

the nation's bordering the caspian sea have signed an historic agreement after more than two decades of talks russia by john iran kazakhstan and turkmenistan reached a breakthrough on where to draw territorial lines the caspian sea bed is rich in oil and gas or. they also agreed to prevent outside countries from having a military presence in the caspian at the end of the summit the leaders released baby sturgeon into the water as a mark of friendship and solidarity. and it doesn't for me more weekly coming up at the top the hour stay with us. a.j. is national camera. roughly once the show and some will leave for them. to. shoot your own cool videos and so on with the roughly string of apps. down more on string i don't roughly don't t.v. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see that. previously on the great american folk image so much has changed since that first. i noticed a longer funnel imam link and a blanket futurama go oh i think they're dumb guns in their wake up and i looked

covering both europe and asia nations bordering the caspian sea have signed a historic agreement after more than two decades of talks russia azerbaijan iran kazakhstan and turkmenistan the five countries surrounding the world's largest body of landlocked water have reached a diplomatic breakthrough on trade security and environmental issues president putin called the summit a milestone event adding that the accord limits military presence in the caspian sea to zones close to the shore at the end of the summit the leaders released baby sturgeon into the water as a mark of friendship and solidarity. that's a recap of just some of the stories that shaped this past week and that's all for me as well but if you're not my colleague you know neil will be here at the top the hour. when lawmakers manufactured them sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the famous merry go round. the one percent. we can all middle of the roots to. the real news is really. just financial survival get. customers go buy your stuff. then else well reduce some lower. that's under

iran can extend as a by john and turkmenistan have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea it means they can now share the body of water and its oil and gas resources. counting is underway in mali after the presidential runoff vote president. is pitted against opposition leader so male a c.c. . our hospitals in have run out of vital drugs for treating cancer patients israel's land air and sea blockade has delayed medical supplies from reaching the coastal strip before but the u.n. says international funding cuts and the rift between palestinian groups have made the situation worse than ever char strafford reports from gaza one. hundred was diagnosed with breast cancer five months ago. has come to this gaza hospital for the seven to eight potentially life saving chemotherapy sessions but the drugs she needs have run out and they aren't available in any of the hospitals in gaza either. the treatment for this kind of disease cannot be delayed i blame anyone who is in any way responsible for this i've pain in my neck my shoulders i have trouble breathing my sons have to help me

also some showers between the caspian sea in the black sea across the caucasus and eastern side of mediterranean generally looking dry and fine fine day in beirut there temperatures of thirty degrees celsius so you see the showers around the black sea still persisting is ahead on through into wednesday meanwhile further south patchy cloud across the reagan potential very fine temperatures in the low forty's for the most part here in doha we're looking at a high of forty three degrees they get enough breeze to keep the community values relatively low heading into wednesday not a great deal of change expected salada somewhat cooler highs of twenty seven and touchy low cloud crossed into southern parts of africa are largely fine picture chance a few showers for cape town for the press winds here but otherwise it's a largely fine pictures ahead on through into wednesday when took in the maybe of their sunshine highs of twenty eight for central parts of africa so the showers quite a long way north across parts of sudan chutney share and then further towards the west also looking quit

big step towards resolving it is that because you have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens a wide perspective for the type cooperation of the caspian states for solving economic and transport issues these questions will improve the living standards of our peoples have cheney and that in some admonishing we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of fairness although we did not determine the borderlines we mark that the countries with the coast of particular significance should take a special position that includes iran the dispute is centered on whether the largest inland body of water in the world is a lake or a sea defining it a lake would mean the caspian should be divided equally amongst the five countries but if it's a c. then each state gets a share in proportion to the length of its shoreline the new agreements is that it's not quite either not a lake because of its size and not a sea because it's not connected to the world's oceans so the surface will largely be open for j

hundred forty five mile five point two billion dollars pipeline could carry natural gas from the caspian sea to italy but the pipeline has been controversial like many pipeline seem to be all over the world five star leaders in italy have pledged to oppose the measure but now some say that their earning power in italy that some are thinking they're backing off from that position all this comes at the same time we spoke about this on the last broadcast that there's a landmark deal related to the five nations bordering the caspian sea the largest landlock body of water in the world the deal was struck on sunday regarding the legal status of the body of water which borders russia iran and three other nations the agreed. it's anticipated to reduce regional tensions and could quicken the development of profitable oil and natural gas projects as the caspian is estimated to hold some forty eight billion barrels of oil and two hundred ninety two trillion cubic feet of natural gas and here to talk about all of that in about pipeline safety and the high end unfortunate number of spills is the director

now a deal to settle the legal status of the caspian sea has been reached after more than two decades of debate this agreement is due to be signed in kazakhstan on sunday the caspian is the world's largest body of water and it's a rich in oil and gas kazakhstan azerbaijan iran russia and turkmenistan all of caspian shores a key point of the disagreement was whether the caspian was a sea or a lake which would inform how its wealth could be distributed international treaties govern seas where have no global laws and there's also a lot at stake the seabed holds trillions of dollars worth of hydrocarbons which amounts to about fifty billion barrels of oil and nearly nine trillion cubic meters of natural gas. for more on this i'm joined by and the board who is an associate fellow in the russia and eurasia program at chatham house thank you very much for coming in to speak to us so they've been debating this for two decades what's finally happened to make them come together and actually have some sort of an agreement this takes a ha it's been two decades in the making in more than fifty one

and turkmenistan have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea that means they can now share the body of water and its oil and gas resources and vote counting is underway in mali's presidential runoff election the choosing between current president of the home. and opposition leader . now u.s. president donald trump's decision to re-impose sanctions on iran is expected to have an impact on its neighbor of rock a fifteen hundred kilometer border with iran with goods as people crossing daily and going to reports from the border district. in iraq. each day trucks slowly wind around treacherous roads in the. goods from iran to iraq says the u.s. announced it was reimposing sanctions against iran rumors and uncertainty are also traveling back and forth across the border iranian bus driver. is worried soon the border will close and his job of six years will disappear. really i don't know because you can expect anything here the politicians have made any agreements if they make an agreement it should be for the sake of the people of iran is iraq's. second largest trading p

combat the threat of terrorism and transparent re criminality of these summits also makes the caspian sea a lot count jones these leaders don't warms anyone else meddling in their water is no country that doesn't share the shoreline will be allowed a military presence there reach allan's al-jazeera moscow. the turkish lira has plunged to a new record low of seven point two four to the dollar in early asia pacific trading and lesser worry over the state of the economy and deteriorating ties with the united states are continuing to drag down the currency the layer has lost about forty percent of its value this year of turkey's president says the u.s. gave turkey a deadline to release a pastor being tried by a turkish court addressing supporters ratchet typer to one reveal details of negotiations between the two countries saying washington had threatened sanctions if turkey refused to release andrew brunson by last wednesday but since then the u.s. has doubled tariffs on turkey is to let alimony i'm important. and explosion in northern syria has killed at least thirty six people including ci

together to combat the threat of terrorism and transparent criminality this summer it's also makes the caspian sea a lockout zone these leaders don't want anyone else meddling in their water is no country that doesn't share the shoreline will be allowed a military presence there rory chalons al-jazeera moscow. the turkish lira has plunged to another record low amid concerns of rising inflation and newly imposed u.s. tariffs the lira fell to seven point four against the dollar in early monday morning trading in the asia pacific that there has lost about forty percent of its value this year. to his finance minister says he will start implementing a new economic plan to invest concerns from monday. while turkey has blamed the free foreign currency on a plot to attack its economy turkey's president says the us had given him a deadline to release an american pastor being tried by a turkish court on terrorism charges. the one says washington threatened sanctions if refused to release andrew bronson by last wednesday. to yemen now we're at least eleven people have been killed in fighting between governme

the mistake they made in the caspian sea, they are really pulling the rug under their feet. the regime can make mistakes, all in all, including a europe. airbases in iran. >> it that a mistake for the survival of the iranian regime? or is it a survival for the iranian national interest? >> the regime did that because they need russia. they are ready to fail iran? >> they don't care about iran. they care about staying in power. it's like a mafia. >> during the high of the demonstration, you do these things and are now telling the public that you are not only corrupt, but are also in the pockets of the big powers, like russia. >> that vindicates the argument. the islamic republic of iran is a poor guardian of the iranian national interest. the united states does not have issues with that the national interest of iranian. it has issues with the way the leaders of the islamic republic acts on those issues. this is the greater talking point. >> i think the biggest mistake the regime could make is when it comes down to the time it has to make a major decision on massive use of for

hopes the southern gas corridor has expanded but who could eventually help deliver gas to be the caspian sea to europe for example from thirty men to stand but other countries in the region would have to agree including russia. the chief political editor. has been following the teslas visit such as says the countries who are unlikely to be met. as german chancellor angela merkel leaves us about john's capital back who where many public buildings are named after the presidential family. she leaves behind countries that expect a lot in terms of economic cooperation but in the case of georgia feel disappointed still not having a fixed date in terms of when they could potentially join nato or the european union here in azerbaijan the president was challenged on the very question of human rights president aliyev himself claims that those rights are respected german chancellor navigated the interests of the european union in diversifying its all and gas supplies through afghanistan with the very european values she stands for calling on the president to cooperate more when it comes to for instance

hopes the southern gas cord or is it spending but who could eventually help deliver gas to be the caspian sea to europe for example from thirty minute stand but other countries in the region would have to agree including russia. and when the siga is back as such today's results are in let's have a look at them boucher. got this season off to a winning stock ghouls from you and us hoffman and fabio so off label crews and two new league's new comers just hold off and nuremberg both lost their opening games while front foot got back to winning ways of to musing in the cup last week but a man came from behind to draw against hanover fulls bug and left to mates to beach elko while sunday's suits took guts in my eyes and don't let him take on life champions by munich kicked off this season with a big win against hoffenheim on friday. after the need season break and despite tricky conditions in belgium lewis hamilton has picked up right where he left off the championship leader had his work cut out for him as heavy rain flooded the track but again he showed his quality clocking the fastest lap of th