counterpart in geneva about the conflict in ukraine.in qatar and nato has a conference on how to control weapons of mass destruction and the meeting is a month before u.n. wants to reach a deal to show nonproliferation agreements from nonnuclear states and u.n. breaks down mass destruction into four the nuclear, biological and chemical and missiles in 2004 u.n. security sill said all states should stop providing any form of support to non-state actors trying to acquire this and eight countries declared they posses nuclear weapons and israel said they do and five are part of the nonproliferation treaty and tom reports arms control is facing new challenges across the globe. >> reporter: last week's annual army day parade in moscow some had a mock up of the cruise missile to be delivered personally to obama, international tensions are far from approaching the dark war when the nuclear shadow hovered over every super power clash. but the long-term goals of nuclear disarmament by president obama when he entered the white house are relegated

we will go straight to the geneva motor show. >> that is right, the cars are the stars in geneva todaywe have seen them recover in the past year, i suppose we have seen sales increased i .6% in the eu last year to 12 point 5 million vehicles, but that is still well below their peak of 16 million back in 2007. genie, we have the stock market that i will give you before we continue on with geneva, this is the picture of the european markets here at lunchtime, this tuesday, we've seen a fallback to a record high, that is where we saw the american markets hit a record high in trading on monday. i will move back onto geneva motor show, the european car market does need to be recovering, but it is so far off the peak of cars we saw back in 2007, carmakers hoping to build on that progress. among them is nissan. we spoke earlier to the chairman of nissan in europe, his name is paul wilcox, and i asked him about economic prices in europe how it was affecting their sales. let's take a look at what he had to say. >> within my region, it includes russia and ukraine and there are two impacts. the f

in geneva has released on human rm terms in ukraine. barnaby phillips, al jazeera geneva. >> both ukraine and the rebels say they are acting in line with the agreement made last month in minsk. john hendren has more from donetsk. >> the machinery of war keeps rolling through a fragile ceasefire. the silence is broken daily by the sound of small arms fire and mortars. that's ours he says. >> translator: in principal the ceasefire is holding but there's regular small arms fire so complete ceasefire can't exist. before you arrived here several small shells landed on our side. before we fired back there were grenade launchers firing on us. >> reporter: as occasional volleys continue to violate the ceasefire, separatists say it is ukrainian forces who are violating the ceasefire. >> we are not just trying, we are upholding it completely. the firing yesterday started to open fire. >> a year a into the conflict in eastern ukraine the death toll continues to rise, on a landscape transformed by the war. and with each passing day the front line c

bloomberg is there as well. -- geneva today. our man on the ground our petrol head of the day, hans nichols. who have you spoken to so far? >> well, with spoke to a lot of c.e.o.s, guy. i'll tell you who i haven't spoken to. some of the scantily clad models draped over some of the automobiles here. i can't find a reason to approach them. we're going to keep this clean because it is a family program. we're going to talk about the russian market and currency exchange. there are a lot of things on people's minds here. what is going to happen with the russian model? i asked him a question on russia and he didn't seem overly confident. >> we saw the markets slow. it dropped from 2013 to 2014. i have to say at the moment the market is holding up but i think some of that is pept up demand and pricing hasn't moved as fast it is a ruble is devalued. people are still buying automobiles. the longer it goes on then clearly i think the more difficulty will come into the marketplace. i hope there is a political solution and the market can tur

and was asked to endorse the geneva community. it is the main document endorsed internationally, and they said no, and said that bashar al-assad needs to stay in power. the reason iran was not included - they were invited, they were not included, it refused to recognise the legitimate aspirations of the syrian people. story. for months i have been asking how does it end. is bashar al-assad in power, is syria a state, is there a kurdistan carved out of iraq. do the enemies retreat to neutral corners after the threat is turned back or do they go after each other. good answers have been in short supply. i try again after the break. still ahead on "inside story". >> heavily armed combat tactics >> every little podunk wants their tank and their bazooka... >> with s.w.a.t. raids on the rise... >> when it goes wrong, it goes extremely wrong... >> what's the price for militarizing our police >> they killed evan dead >> faul lines, al jazeera america's hard hitting... >> today they will be arrested... >> ground breaking... >> they're firin

and was asked to endorse the geneva community. it is the main document endorsed internationally, and they said no, and said that bashar al-assad needs to stay in power. the reason iran was not included - they were invited, they were not included, it refused to recognise the legitimate aspirations of the syrian people. story. for months i have been asking how does it end. is bashar al-assad in power, is syria a state, is there a kurdistan carved out of iraq. do the enemies retreat to neutral corners after the threat is turned back or do they go after each other. good answers have been in short supply. i try again after the break. still ahead on "inside story". >> today on "the stream". >> i'm here at south by southwest where the latest innovations in technology are making a huge splash. get a glimpse into the future on "the stream". >> "the stream". today, at 1:30 eastern. only on al jazeera america. >>> you're watching "inside story" from al jazeera america. i'm ray suarez. we've been looking at the deepening humanitarian crisis i

coming up, heading back to geneva. we will be talking to opel's chief executive. ♪ manus: you are watching countdown. time to check in on the foreign exchange markets. again, we have jpmorgan saying that rates will rise in june. this morning, goldman sachs and morgan stanley said they are more likely to hold off. the chief economist at glusken said that the fed will remain patient and wait until next year. the dollar is down by an eighth. but this is one of the biggest one-day gains for the australian dollar. the central bank left rates unchanged. what you have here is again the rba jawboning but having no impact. we need a lower dollar. the most accurate forecasters said that the rba will get to 1.5% by the third quarter. inflation will remain subdued. there is a real debate about whether you get to 1.5% or 1.75%. i want to bring you dollar-yuan. the one -- the yeauan is add two-year highs. right now it is on the cusp of 2%. the view from the market is that there is a reserve requirement cut coming and the central ban

john kerry's address to the human rights in geneva. the u.n. said that more than 6,000 people have died there since fighting in april. >> i reiterate the urgency of russia's leaders and separatist that they back implementing the full measure of the commitments under the minsk agreements, and to implement them everywhere, including in debaltseve, outside of mariupol and other key strategic areas. i underscored this morning that if that does not have happen, if they continue to be these broad swaths of non-compliance or there continues to be a cherry picking as to where heavy equipment will be moved back from without knowing where it's been moved to, or if the osce is not able to adequately be able to gain the access necessary then there would be inevitably further consequences that will place added strain on russia's already troubled economy. >> well, sergei lavrov fired back saying ukraine must do nor to pursue a course towards peace peace. >> the grave you man tearan situation should be given the highest priority to insure the fund mental righ

. >> we have more now from geneva. >> we saw yet again in geneva how differently the united states and russia interpret the conflict in eastern ukraine. really from diametriccally opposite positions. sergei lavrov spoke about tangible signs of progress and the implementation of the minsk agreement and withdraw of heavy weaponry. john kerry was more guarded and spoke about cherry picking on the part of the armed separatists. they were withdrawing from some parts of the front line, their weapons. in other areas they were not allowing osce observers to see what was going on. he reiterated the possibility of the united states imposing further economic sanctions against russia if it felt the minsk agreement was not being closely followed in the coming days. >> for more on the u.n. human rights council in geneva let's now speak to kenneth rolf. thank you very much for being on al jazeera. we'll talk about the situation in eastern ukraine in a moment, but first i want to get your reaction on the comment made by john kerry the u.s. secretary of state today in geneva who accused the human u.n.

barnaby phillips has more from geneva. >> at a lake side hotel in geneva, another round of talks between john kerry and sergey lavrov. they know each other well but they seem to be having a dialogue of the death. mr. lavrov says the minsk agreement is starting to have a positive influence in ukraine. >> translator: the ceasefire is starting to take hold. those calling for weapons deliveries to ukraine will bear a heavy responsibilities for breaking the peace process. >> john kerry says the minsk disagreement was being selectively implemented and threatened more economic sanctions against russia. >> if there continue to be these broad swaths of noncompliance or there continues to be a cherry picking as to where heavy equipment will be moved back from, without knowing where it's been moved to, then there would be inevitably further consequences, that will place added strain on russia's already troubled economy. >> debaltseve is one of several places where fighting continue ed after the minsk agreement. john kerry was critical of what he called a lack of clarity in the agreement as to what

in geneva kerry met once again with the iranian foreign minister looking for a deal that would shut down the nuclear program. the talks with iran are the focus of benjamin netanyahu's trip to washington. the israeli prime minister will address a joint session of congress tomorrow. he is speaking at the initiation of house speaker john boehner, who did not consult with the white house. still, kerry insists there is no problem between the administration and israel. sec. kerry: i talked to the prime minister regularly including yesterday. we don't want to see this turned into some great political football. obviously, it was odd, if not unique, that we learned of it from the speaker of the house and the administration was not included in the process. alix: kerry says the u.s. and

and they lived in geneva, switzerland. >> so do you start dating him? and where are you dating him at the time? >> well, he was in and out of dallas. texas. but he was asking me out and i kept turning him down. >> but at this point is, you did go out with him? >> i finally went out with him and i told him i would go to lunch. and that was the first day. >> and you know, how long did you date him and what was your take on him? >> well, in the beginning, he was very nice. and i was going through a divorce. and he listened. he was a great listener. but i guess we went out for a few months and then he would be in and out of town. finally in august he -- we had a -- he came over and made me very nervous. >> how and why? >> well, my son answered the door, my 19-year-old, going to smu, he opened the door. and met him. and bob came in and set down. and i came in and the phone rang. so i went back and answered the phone, and went back and bob had my purse and he was standing up. he was holding my purse and rummaging through it. and i said, bob, what are you doin

we're live from geneva with the head of aston martin and plenty of other top car executives.

walid phares, ambassador we start with the geneva negotiations now.o you expect a deal to be formed 29 iran and u.s., and so-called member of the 5 plus one? >> i think it dependso what you call a deal, my guess is they will come up with framework by the end of the deadline tomorrow. but, it likely to have a lot of gaps in it. it is not going to be in writing, it will be innoringal or directal. i think that will be very hard to find an enforce indocument thatanine forcible document.>> your expectations? >> similar to ambassador, looking at the iranian regime, they would like to gain time, they gained a lot of time. they wanted to use that time to achieve goals on the ground in iraq and syria and lebron and yemen, for me to say the iranian leadership is signeded -- read first a signed document, i don't think it is the case. lou: yemen that battle has intensified. is it your judgment this will be successful. president saying he would like to see a truce now what do you make of it. >> this has been a festering story for a number of years saudis have trie

a year after i saw the coptic codex in geneva, the egyptian owner took it to new york city and triedll it there without any success. >> the owner then departed to the codex in a bank vault. it stays there for nearly two decades until another buyer finally persuades him to sell. >> here i am, opening again that safe. all the pages were glued together. and fragments of the pages were floating around. >> still uncertain what the manuscript is, chacos takes it to yale. >> i say, do you know what you have here? this is something that's only been hinted at in antiquitantiqr the first time ever we're laying eyes on the actual gospel of judas. >> but there's bad news. restoration will cost a fortune. chacos needs someone with very wealthy contacts. enter manuscript dealer bruce ferrini. >> i was told that bruce ferrini was a very reputable manuscript dealer. and that he had bill gates as a client. that sounded good. >> seeing the chance to make a quick profit, ferrini decides to i boo the manuscript himself and sell it on. >> ferrini writes two checks totalling $200 million for the gospel of

our efforts must be based in harmony with the first geneva conference. where those whose happened are tainted with the blood of the syrian people should be ruled out and excluded from taking part in syria's future. we hope that syria will restore stability and security with respect to weapons of mass destruction, our stance is clear. we endorse the call to make the entire region free of nuclear weapons, and weapons of mass destructions. our efforts of development - economic and social is a priority. it comes onof our agenda and we hope this summit will be able to list all the discussions and proposals made in this respect, and re-emphasise the calls for the established of free trade zones in order to build on resolutions and proposals made in the past in this report. -- respect. and propose economic and develops forums or summits be combined in order to cause a paradigm shift in the work ability of the joint arab access including the reconstructing and development of the league of arab states in order to be able to cope up with the knew developments and

in geneva, u.s. secretary of state, john kerry discuss the ongoing crisis with his ongoing -- with his russian counterpart. each offered his own warnings. >> we have made progress in the implementation and the cease-fire is stable. heavy weaponry has been pulled back and is under supervision. anyone who ignores that fact and demands weapons the delivered to ukraine is destroying the peace process. >> i reiterated the urgency of russian's leaders and separatists that they back implementing the full measure of the commitments under the minsk agreements, and to implement them everywhere, including outside marriott pull and other key strategic areas. >> also warned moscow that if rebels broke the truce, there would be inevitable consequences -- a reference to further sanctions the eu and the u.s. are working on. >> for many, sky diving is a dream come true, but for one australian that dream almost became a nightmare. >> you can see why in a the other that has already racked up 3.5 million views online. >

meeting with his counterpart at a geneva ahole ahead of the attacks -- hotel ahead of the attacks. secretary kerry warning of more consequences for russia if the current peace deal falls apart. >> i reiterated the urgency of russia's leaders and the separatists that they back implementing the full measure of the commitments. >> reporter: russian foreign minister also expressing kemp over the -- concern over the conflict but says the latest cease-fire agreement is starting to work. >> translator: heavy wechs are being pulled back under control. those who try not to notice this and call for increasing armses control, breaking the settlement. >> reporter: infrastructure hit hard by the fighting. 400 people have been without power, heat or easy access to food for more than a month. the death toll surpasses 6,000 people. >> there has been a escalation in civillies in -- civilities in january and the first part of february,. >> reporter: the fighting has tapered 0 of recently after last month's peace deal but they say that contract is still being violated. in london, amy kellogg, fox new

nations on what such a settlement should look like, but the countries were unable to agree at the genevarence. so we have to go back and make sure everyone agrees on the international framework. the second part and no one has achieved this, there is going to have to be an agreement on the part of the regional states pumping in the weaponry that they will sngs the sides that break the agreed interpretational framework so there is a prays -- a price for not paying attention to what the international community wants to see happen. >> woodruff: steve heydemann, does that sound like the right approach to try to break through the stalemate? >> i think we should focus on what the opportunities might be to revive the process now. there's indications the internal support for the regime is eroding. we've seen very little success on the battlefield on the part of regime forces. we know that the proxy states russia in particular which has been an active supporter of iran is beginning to show signs of fatigue in sustaining that relationship. while i do agree that the general approach ambassador ford

this intriguing document enters the shady world of the antiquities black market and surfaces in geneva's the glitziest black market you've ever seen. stephen emell, a specialist in ancient languages arrives in switzerland to investigate. the egyptian government doesn't give permission to remove artifacts unless they've been part of an archaeological undertaking. so we assume that the manuscripts are illegal, the whole feeling of the meeting was a bit clandestine. the egyptian man whom i understood to be the owner of the papyri gave me the impression of being very tense and very wired and keyed up. i had the impression that he might be the kind of person who would carry a gun. >> emell and his colleagues are being pressured to decide their value even without knowing exactly what these pages are from. >> i began to see the name judas, and it was in a coptic that i wasn't familiar with. we were interested in buying them. what was the price? and then came a bombshell. the man wanted $3 million. >> this is far more than they can afford. >> the egyptian man signalled to his associate to clos

the true test of time is here in geneva, switzerland.it's home to the most expensive wristwatches on the planet. and the king of luxury watchmakers -- patek philippe. for the first time ever, patek is allowing an inside look at their top-secret watchmaking lab. this is beyond rare access. we're entering the brain room of patek. it holds industry secrets and watches worth millions. you know it's serious when even patek's president puts on booties and a lab coat to get inside. >> we are here in a part of patek philippe who has been never seen before on tv. >> thierry stern is dressed like he's going into an operating room. that's because the work here is like surgery. it's so precise, they have air filters to prevent even a single speck of dust from getting inside a watch. and watchmakers in this room can spend years making just one timepiece. but we're here to see patek's masterpiece being built. price tag -- $2.6 million. it took 100,000 hours to develop. over 1,300 parts, each of the tiny pieces are handmade and measured in micrometers.

geneva geneva, but the international community is putting all of its weight behind a settlement.ause their concern is if the fighting continues they will slip towards more anarchy. groups like islamic state of iraq and the levant are taking advantage and libya neighbors europe, and this is the biggest concern for the international community. this is why they came to the realization that it is in the interest of the international community and the libyans to have the two governments make concessions, have a deal and move forward. >> hashem thank you. ♪ >>> now the u.n. has approved the u.s. drafted resolution which condemns the use of chlorine as a weapon in syria. 14 countries voted in favor of the resolution. it does not, however, place any blame on any particular government or group for the use in syria. but it paves the way for sanctions to be imposed if its use isn't stopped. our diplomatic editor james bayes has been following the developments at the united states. hi, james. just how awkward was the atmosphere in the room? >> reporter: it was very strange, because you had t

-backed congress on disarmament in geneva that the parties have made more progress this year than they have in the past 10 years combined. right now, talks are focused on limiting, not stopping iran's ability to enrich uranium. when we come back, west african leaders reach out to the international community for help. >> after hour one minute break we have iberia's president saying significant resources aren't needed to help the region recover from the ebola crisis. >> a look at business and more coming up after the break will stop stay with us. -- after the break. stay with us. >> the dw media center. see it live, find it again, here more of it. discover it. video and audio podcasts and language courses in the dw media center. >> welcome back. african leaders at an ebola conference in brussels have called for a marshall plan to rebuild economies hardest hit by the disease. >> liberia's president, ellen johnson sirleaf , said recovering from the epidemic would require significant resources from the international committee. the conference gathered african leaders and delegates from aroun

. >> john kerry has defended israel in geneva previously live images of kerry speaking at the council. he accused the council of focusing disproportionately on allegations of abuse by israel. kerry is in the city for the latest round of nuclear negotiations. earlier, he met with his russian counterpart. the pair discussed iranian negotiations as well as the ongoing conflict in syria as well as in ukraine. the meeting came less than a week after kerr accused moscowy of lying about its involvement in the ukrainian conflict. united nations now says more than 6000 people have died in the less than a year. christine joins us from kiev. the united nations says the death toll in the ukrainian conflict has passed 6000 in less than a year for the violence continues despite a cease-fire agreement. >> the u.n. is saying that 6000 number, it could be much higher than that. that is only what they could keep track of. much of the violence in the report was due to the violence in january and february around the donetsk airport when the rebels took control of it as well as the important strategic tow

he will be jetting off to geneva earlier -- later.e going to run off together for a panel discussion about the internet of things and the keys to the connected car. back to you in the studio. guy: caroline -- guest:francine: caroline, thank you. guy: that brings us to our twitter question. will samsung's new phone rival apple's iphone? we will see you in a moment. ♪ francine: the year of easing continues as china shows its determination to fight a slowdown. guy: joining us now from our is stephen engle from hong kong. stephen, walk us through what prompted this and why now. >> the economy, basically the slowing economy is deepening faster than they expected. the interest rate deposit rate cuts came as manufacturing was showing further weakness. the inflationary environment is quite benign. disinflation in cpi, wholesale prices in deflationary territory . authorities are looking to stoke some growth i had of the annual session of parliament that kicks off on thursday in beijing. it is almost a foregone conclusion that the premier will

the geneva motor show.biggest and most diverse events will open their doors to the media today. that's happening now. growing signs of recovery in europe they will be concerned by the growth in the emerging markets. let me show you the numbers. car sauls in the eu rose for the first time in six years. hello. hooray. sales were up 5.7% selling over 12.55 million vehicles. now, also good news of course in the united states where auto makers sold more than 16.5 million vehicles. that is up 5. 9% on 2013. however, there's always a but. growth in china halved last year as the economic expanse slowed. sales rose by 7% in 2014 compared to growth of nearly 14% a year earlier. we have the chairman and ceo -- good to have you with us on the program. let's start with what you described as a blood bath. what is it russia the third largest market. i'm wondering, is that keeping you awake at night? oh, i don't think he can hear. >> i'm not hearing well. >> can you hear me? can we move on? we'll see if we can get that sou

government and for that geneva process, the u.s. and russia were the guarantors, but this would be a little different. i think the reason he's talking about this now is they have had a lot of faith in the plan focusing on aleppo, trying to get a freeze or ceasefire in aleppo. over the last week in new york at the united nations diplomats believe that plan is stalled probably dead. instead that have bottom up approach they know believe it's back to trying for a talk down approach getting all the key actors around the tail. that's where the two things we're talking about could become linked, because if they reach an historic deal here on the iran talks, there's a possibility that iran could be at that table, negotiating about syria in fact in the last few days, the eu high representative described it as a unique and historical opportunity to remake the framework of the middle east, if they got a deal here. of course that remains a big if. >> it does. thank you, james bays reporting from lausanne. >> the first a teams have reached the

these are the latest pictures from geneva where the u.n. rights commission is updating inquery to 2014 war between gaza and israel and follows a signal by the obama administration it's undertaking a reassessment of relations with israel. normally washington defends israel at the 47 member forum. u.n. special envoy to libya says peace talks between the two rival governments will continue despite recent freighting by tripoli and says there could being ament on a unity government in days. negotiations nearly collapsed after the u.n. recognized they launched air rides on tripoli killing a senior rival commander. syrian rebels have captured several government crew members after their helicopter crashed in the northwest of the country pictures on social media showing the helicopter going down in the providence syria's state agency said the helicopter had a mechanical problem and syrian military accused of using helicopters to drop bombs on rebel held towns and neighborhoods. lebanese military says it doesn't have enough weapons to take on islamic

. >> reporter: lake geneva and a lake side hotel the building behind me the setting for crucial talksen john kerry and iranian counterpart sharif and met twice on monday and resumed talks on tuesday and could well talk until wednesday when john kerry is due to leave for saudi arabia and they are nervous and need to be reassured as talks with iran reach essential stage and john kerry in geneva yesterday said the clock is ticking and remarks no doubt intended to talk about israel they are back in the united states and stressed a bad deal would be much worse than no deal at all. >>> plenty more still ahead on al jazeera including no where to go, thousands left homeless as fire ravages one of manila's poorest districts. ♪ ♪ welcome back let's take a look at the top stories here on al jazeera, mourners in russia lining up to view the body of murdered opposition leader boiris nemtsov and was shot in a drive-by shooting in moscow on friday. combined force including iraqi army shia malitia and peshmerga are taking control of the mountain range overlooking the city. u.s. secretary of state joh

the meeting on the -- just by lake geneva as you can see there, they are trying to reach a framework deal by the end of march. let's here now from our correspondent who sat those talks. >> reporter: a beautiful day on the shores of lake geneva. the building behind me the setting for these crucial talks. they met twice on monday evening. they resumed talks on tuesday, and they could well talk up until wednesday that's when john kerry is due to leave to saudi arabia. they are the other nervous ally in the middle east that the americans need to reassure. after talking with iran reach an absolutely essential stage, john kerry said the clock is ticking, and in remarks that were no doubt intended to reassure israel saudi arabia and the people in the united states he stressed that a bad deal would be much worse than no deal at all. >> iraq's army says it has regained territory from the islamic state of iraq and the levant in the battle for tikrit. the operation to recapture the city and surrounding areas was launched on monday. militias and tribal fighters have joined the campaign to try to

i can tell you they are not hearing that message from geneva. in fact if you look at the response of the iranian foreign minister it underscores the need for the letter in the first place. because he made it clear that he does not understand our constitutional system. he thinks inter national law can override our constitution. >> senator, are you planning to contact any other of our adversaries around the country for example, do you plan to check with the north koreans to make sure that they know that any deal has to be approved by the congress? >> bob right now i and most every other senator wants to stop iran. it's important that we communicated with message straight to iran because they're not hearing from geneva this is not parliamentary democracy. they have been killing americans, hundreds of americans for 35 years in iraq and lebanon and saudi arabia. they killed jews around the world. >> schieffer: how does it make america stronger to tell them that any agreement they make with this administration may not be worth the paper it's written o

i mean based on the geneva communique, and as -- as a security -- national security council which -- other security council resolution related to such syrian -- to syrian crisis. and we can start -- really we need to get negotiation to stop such a channel of blood in syria. but the problem is the regime. when the regime doesn't like to start -- when he doesn't like to start the negotiation as we like, he is consistent to go in military solution. this is very big problem. to us he call the military group came from iran and iraq and from afghanistan, it means he -- he's not really think to solve the problem. he's just -- his policy to continue killing the people and -- until he believes that he can win the war. which is impossible. after four years it is big message to the world and all of the syrian people that the revolution will continue until we reach to achieve our goals, which is dignity and -- and dignity and freedom. >> all right. vice president of the syrian national coalition, many thanks. >>> still to come here on the news hour no signs of relief. migrant arriving in greece

and iran echoes still hovers over the two countries' nuclear negotiations in geneva.t year we were able to take a rare look inside the former u.s. embassy in tehran where 52 americans were held for fourteen months. we have a photo gallery that depicts the eerie scenes frozen in time and other oddities that are now on display in what's been converted to a museum. find that on our website, pbs.org/newshour. and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we talk with the director and producer of "the hunting ground," a new documentary that explores rape on college campuses. i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you on-line, and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us here at the pbs newshour, thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> lincoln financial-- committed to helping you take charge of your life and become you're own chief life officer. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of thes

have been briefed, and jamal benomar joins us live from geneva. the sad fact is that wherever there is conflict human rights take a plunge don't they. it's the ordinary people who suffer. >> yes, and as you said there's a humanitarian crisis in libya, and a human rights crisis. many abuses are linked to the fighting. there are conflicts taking place at the same time in various parts of libya, with associated abuses. such as attacks on people they are abducted because they belong to one side or the other. as they are exchanged prisoners are tortured. this is one aspect that is particularly concerning. today, we are publishing a report to highlight another grave development. and that is the situation of human rights activists, human rights defenders and other social activists facing the worst repress since the revolution. we are talking about people individuals and organizations that are monitoring or denouncing abuse, and who have been attacked physically. some have been killed others harassed in various ways for example, through threats by text me

human rights council in geneva. he talked about the journey being a difficult one, it had its challenges and talked about the crisis in syria and iraq and human rights violations there. let's bring in barnabie phillips live from geneva and on the sidelines of the human rights council meeting that john kerry spoke to his russian counterpart sergei fedorov and the relationship between sergei fedorov and kerry has been strained because of the crisis in ukraine but both continue to interpret the conflict very differently. >> reporter: yes, they do. they absolutely see things 180 degrees differently. if you were listening in to sergei fedorov he spoke about an hour ago, he spoke really about how events in ukraine had been set off by a coup in kiev and how neo nazi groups were carrying out ethnic cleansing in the eastern part of the country and heard john carry later talking about torture, people being persecuted for religious beliefs and so on in the east of the country and in crimea and he is pointing the finger quite f

the previous plan remember was always of those geneva plan and that was a top-down plan.ne very senior official said that approach now needs to be revisited. but rather than getting the two sides together as they tried to do repeatedly in geneva they should get all of the key countries with interest in the region, in particular iran and saudi arabia among others to sit down and have talks. there are talk of further talks to take place in moscow. russia has its own process that it is pursuing. the norwegians often involved in middle east peace efforts are also getting involved. so that looks to be the direction things are now moving in. >> james thank you very much for that. >>> iraqi government forces are retaken villages on the outskirts of tikrit but not yet launched an assault against isil fighters inside the city. the offensive which includes shia militias and sunni tribal fighters is aimed at driving isil out of tikrit. >>> meanwhile a series of bombings in the iraqi capitol have killed at least 11 people and injured 19 others. one bomb ripped through an market in an

speaking just today in geneva, secretary of state john kerry blasted the u.n.human rights council for what he calls an obsession and bias against israel. the council is expected to release a report in the coming weeks on potential war crimes in israel's u.s.-backed gaza assault last summer. for more, we spend the hour today with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author, noam chomsky. he is written over a hundred books most recently, "on western , terrorism: from hiroshima to drone warfare." his forthcoming book co-authored with ilan pappÉ, is titled, "on palestine," and will be out next month. noam chomsky is institute professor emeritus at massachusetts institute of technology, where he has taught for more than 50 years. noam chomsky, it is great to have you back here at democracy now! >> delighted to be here. amy: let's start with netanyahu's visit. he is set to make this unprecedented joint address to congress, unprecedented because of the kind of rift it is demonstrated between the republicans and the democratic president, president obama. ca

secretary of state john kerry has been holding talks with foreign minister in geneva and world powers a march 24 deadline to reach framework agreement on iran nuclear program and consistently denied it wants to build a bomb but countries say it wants the capacity to make one and conservative politicians are trying to scuttle the deal and republicans in u.s. congress are pushing for more sanctions against tehran and iaea says iran has been slow to cooperate with an investigation into its nuclear program and tie -- tehran is talking more about research and barnabie joins me and any developments there? >> any developments jane we can give you is telling you talks resume this morning about an hour and a half or hour and 45 minutes ago and you heard in tom ackerman's report john kerry talking about the necessity of these negotiations which of course are now at a crucial stage taking place behind closed doors and he has been good to his word and have not been leaks whatsoever. we know that john kerry and his iranian counterpart ners met twice yesterday evening and will carry on in the hotel

robert: other foreign ministers other than secretary kerry were planning to come to geneva if an agreementd reachable in the near future. perhaps that is a positive sign they are making progress and they can anticipate an agreement on this framework. mark: last month, you wrote an op-ed piece in the new york times which read "banding in richmond and dismantling iran's existing enrichment facilities would be the best negotiated outcome but such an agreement is not obtainable." as we approach the deadline have your views changed? robert: no. it has been clear fromor quite some time that banding infringement -- banning enrichment was a bridge too far. they have become totally committed to it. no one a class -- no one across the political spectrum would except such a deal. a good agreement can be achieved without dismantling the nuclear infrastructure. permitting a limited but heavily monitored enrichment program. mark: one of the things i noted i believe iran was one of the original signatories of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and therefore they believe they have a right to peaceful nuc