the geneva conference was originally set for june.ing the delay, thousands more syrians have died. james bays, al jazerra, at the united nations. >> security forces in sudan have opened fire on protesters who have taken to the streets in anger over an increase in fuel costs. human rights groups say at least 50 people were killed in the crack down, the government says 29 people have died. harriet martin is live for us. so harriet it seems from the numbers of people killed police were using live ammunition but there are conflicting casualty figures, aren't there? >> reporter: yeah, and it's impossible for us to really verify exactly how many people have been killed. the government has admitted to 29 people. amnesty in a report issued recently said at least 50. whereas mel sources here across the country are saying between one and 200, maybe even more. >> and harriet, in the past in 1964, 1985 there were popular revolution that his led to the presents being ousted s that what we might be lining a lookie on is this on a different scale, d

the geneva conference was set for june and during the delay thousands more syrians have died. >> we are joined by charles dell fer a former u.n. chief chemical weapons inspector and top cia officer who directed the investigation of saddam hussein's weapons of mass destruction programs. mr delfer thank you for coming in. good morning. let's begin with what is the first step to actually destroying these chemical weapons. i'm talking about once the inspections are done. the actual destruction of the weapons, what is the first phase. >> the first thing that has to happen is inspectors have to get there and go to sites where key equipment is located. the highest area for them to get to is production equipment. it can be destroyed ease lip. these are the reactor vessels and the manufacturing equipment which can be destroyed relatively easily because it doesn't have the sarin or mustard agent. you can run over it with a tractor and you'll have hobbled the syrian chemical capability. >> when it comes to the chemicals and the chemical weapons themselves i understand there are basically two optio

the advent of a brilliant future for syria by doing everything it can to rapidly organized the geneva conference and we welcome the announcement by the secretary general that this conference could be held as early as that. the sacred union between permanent members of this council, which led to the adoption of this resolution, should be maintained, should be maintained to bring all the parties, the government and the opposition in syria to commit to a constructive dialogue to launch a political transition process in this country. the transition government's roadmap, the roadmap we could adopt should sellout the urgent have to be carried out including providing security to the population, launching a syrian reconstruction process on a new basis. our council will also have to bear in mind and pay attention to the terrorists violations committed in syria which threatened the country at a time when the terrorists are vying with each other in creativity to seize new errors to attack the population, build secular multi faith syria to contribute to rebuilding the social fabric, tested by the current co

the geneva conference was set for june. during the delay thousands more syrians died. >> the resolution does not allow for military strikes or sanctions if syria does not comply. at russia's encystance, they make clear there needs to be a second resolution to that. syria must submit chemical weapons data within a week, including names, components, types of munitions and locations of chemical weapons facilities. syria must destroy production equipment by 1 november and all of syria's existing chemical weapons material and equipment must be destroyed within the first half of next year. >> iran's president hassan rouhani is back in tehran after a busy week into new york and an historic phone call with president obama, the first time in three decades that the leaders spoke to each other. some see it as a sign of progress, others say there was no justification for the call. >> this was the moment the often angry relationship between iran and the u.s. moved on. the u.s. president on the phone with his iranian counterpart, the fir

that will enable more diplomacy to really get some traction and for us to get moving on the geneva conference proposal which has been on the table but which is full of course into abeyance as a result of the conflict but the evidence if assad agrees to that propose on there all indications are that the government is willing to accept it. i think the successful implementation of this plan will depend a great deal on the western ability to secure cooperation on the rebel side making sure that the x. parents can operate safely in syria that the chemical weapons convoys are not attacked by the rebels do you think that part of the deal can be secured by the west at this point of time given the unflinching support for. the position that western countries have demonstrated so far was going to be incredibly difficult to implement from every possible point of view including that which you've just described and it clearly is going to require. military people on the ground to protect those inspectors and to protect the process. of getting syrian agreement to that is going to be a crucial precondition fo

compliance on the part of the syrian rebels because we can discuss the possibility of geneva conference or we can discuss this new chemical weapons proposal but ultimately if the opposition of the militarized opposition that is openly aided by a number of western and arab countries continues on its path there would be absolutely no political or any sort of solution to this war. we can continue the blame game backwards and forwards it's not a great game of whether it's obvious that this is a problem obviously obviously obviously there are real problems on the rebels because there's very bad guys mixed up there with what we would say are quite good guys and the difficulty of distinguishing between them and the difficulty of controlling the behavior of the bad guys on the rebels it is really really acute and that's one of the reasons why there's been resistance to using any military means in the past because you just don't know you know where this stuff will lead and whether it could possibly make things better but if we are going to go down the diplomatic path which the russian government

every time the mandate was canceled we were also the organizers of the geneva conference. we saw a communique coming out of it and everyone says that this is the bible the blueprint for the geneva settlements we've been talking about the geneva two conference. and as we. agreed we've. convinced. mr r. sounded who said she was ready to send.

the geneva conference was originally set for june. during the delay thousands more syrians have died. al jazeera at the united nations. >>> thousands of people have marched through bar rain's capital in solidarity with a politician. don mccain a reports. >> reporter: a protest over the arrest of a prominent politician. this was the scene late on friday. tens of thousands of people marching through the streets in the largest such demonstration for many months. the crowds express solidarity with the deputy head of the main opposition party. he's been in detention since september 17th, held on suspicion of inciting violence through his speeches. >> translator: the crowds here are thirsty for freedom and democracy. they must understand the methods that we are still peaceful and remain peaceful as it started. >> september has seen an increase in protests and arrests across bahrain. just over a week ago, hundreds gathered in the capital for another demonstration in supp t support. at the time the head of his party had a defiant message to t

every time the mandate was cancelled we were also the organizers of the geneva conference and we saw were a communique coming out of it and everyone says that this is the bible so it is least a blueprint for the geneva settlements we've been talking about geneva two conference . and as we. agreed we've. convinced. mr are started who said she was ready to send a delegation to such a conference. to implement all of the items of the communique but we're not seeing the same signals from the opposition and the opposition was just. under the influence of. the. people in the countries of the region in countries which are staunch opponent of larry king. if you don't want any conference they are aligned with the military. and that's why the opposition don't want anything they want this toppling of the regime they don't have the forces of their own that's why they demanded military intervention from the west and that's why they've been inspired by the u.s. statements. due to certain facts which. are which is evidence of the use of chemical weapons attack her by the government regime that they w

united nations trying to forge a path forward to agree on a date, on a timing for a peace conference in geneva to bring the optio opposn and the syrian government together to reach a solution. when you have rebels on the grounds saying they no acknowledge the opposition politicians it begs the question when will represent the syrian opposition at that geneva conference. the person who gains to stand from it, of course, bashar al-assad. >> thank you very much. >>> when we come back, the latest on that deadly earthquake that has killed hundreds. a massive shock creating it's own island. >> in pakistan the death toll is now climbing following that powerful earthquake that has left more than 300 people dead. thousands more have been injured. 7.7 magnitude quake shaking the southwestern coast of macstan. it was so powerful that it created a small island. we report from baluchistan. >> reporter: houses flattened and hundreds wounded. it was the epicenter of the earthquake which hit southwest pakistan. >> it all happened within a minute. everything was destroyed. when we went back even the little pla

that mr lavrov and others will use this as a lever to try and get people to the table for a geneva two conference but one in which the united states is going to have to drop its very foolish condition that it has to go at the beginning of any process if there's going to be a political process moving forward it is going to be a political process that engages the syrian government with bashar as its head i think this is bad for the opposition i think it's bad for some of the opposition supporters like the saudis. i think this is you know very positive for russia very positive for china it's boosting their influence within the security council and internationally i think it's also basically positive for iran because iran as a result of its own histories the victim of chemical weapons. yes indeed has a lot of sensitivities on this on this issue and i think this is this is positive for russia china and iran it's positive for sharia law it's bad for the syrian opposition and it's bad for actors like saudi arabia that have invested so much in the opposition where do you think they're going to give up yo

that mr lavrov and others will use this as a lever to try and get people to the table for a geneva two conference but one in which the united states is going to have to drop its very foolish condition that it has to go at the beginning of any process if there's going to be a political process moving forward it is going to be a political process that engages the syrian government with bashar as its head i think this is bad for the opposition i think it's bad for some of the opposition supporters like the saudis. i think business you know very positive for russia very positive for china it's boosting their influence within the security council and internationally i think it's also basically positive for iran because iran as a result of its own histories the victim of chemical weapon. yes indeed has a lot of sensitivities on this on this issue and i think this is this is positive for russia china and iran it's positive for sharia law it's bad for the syrian opposition and it's bad for actors like saudi arabia that have invested so much in the opposition where do you think they're going to give up yo

and a new date for the much-delayed geneva peace conference. >> we have agreed and it been expressedthe secretary general that the aim, i don't remember exactly the wording, was mid november. >> reporter: the problem with that is that the syrian opposition have never said they'll attend the geneva conference and the syrian ca regimregimeseem to be assist asn president no matter what happens. during the delay, thousands more syrians have died. james bays al jazerra united nations. >> it does not allow for military strikes or sanctions if syria does not comply. an historic phone call between two sides that haven't talked in more than 30 years, president obama spoke by telephone with iranian president hassan rue happruehappy friday. a report on the significant development and it's a possible implication for his syria. >> reporter: in an address from the white house an expression of respect for the iranian people from president obama. we have a unique opportunity to make progress from with the new regime in iran. >> reporter: a sign from that thing are changing. >> in speaking with europ

does that give you hope that they are willing to negotiate if and when there is a geneva conference? > i am frankly more encouraged about getting to geneva ii that i was a few months ago. we have heard the syrian government talk about the stalemate and a need for a cease-fire. we have heard the opposition coalition that doesn't represent all factions, i realized that, but expressed over the past couple of days a willingness to go to geneva. the the cameras panned conference on the opening day of the conference, wendy syrians look at the -- when the syrians look at the opposition delegation, they will be able to say that yes, that is the representative, inclusive delegation. are we about to see a remarkable transformation? i'm talking about the welcome that iran's president, hassan rouhani, can expect as he meets with other world leaders at the general assembly in new york in a few hours time. it is expected that his speech will be less controversial than that of his -- than those of his predecessor, mahmoud ahmadinejad. a conservative with a pragmatic political streak come was elected

americans will meet in new york at the end of september and disk -- plan a date for the next geneva conference. .> thank you very much for that we had some technical difficulties. sporadic clashes broke out in egypt after friday prayers. tookrters of mohamed morsi to the streets. police dispersed protesters and anti-morsi demonstrators. forsands gathered in cairo a rally. they had yellow signs to represent the pro-morsi camp that were shut down last month by security forces. heavy fighting has broken out between government and rebel forces in the philippines. it shatters a plan to cease-fire -- planned cease-fire. muslim separatists took hostages. in this mainly catholic country, it is cost hundred 50,000 lives since the 1970's. lives since the 1970's. police in mexico swept through a square using tear gas, flash grenades and water cannons. almost 30 people were injured. after weeks of near constant disruption by the teachers. haveean finance ministers called for better global coordination in the fight against tax fraud on a second day of talks in the lithuanian capital. ministers remain sharp

head of the national syrian coalition has said that the group is very who attend a proposed geneva conference to end the civil the civil war if it talks about a transitional government perhaps have you been hearing anything about this in the u.n. so far well let me give you know the geneva two are meeting would be a natural laws next step after the united nations security council here in new york is able to put on the table a resolution for a vote so the geneva two conference is something that we are expecting to take place after first of all a resolution is put together something that the security council namely russia in the united states can agree upon and we do want to of course know that this is been you know whether or not to include the use of force any mention of it in the text has been a major point of contention between russia and the u.s. after syria has agreed to move its chemical weapons under international control but for now what's key and what's most certain to expect in the days to come is for one a meeting were expecting tomorrow between russian foreign minister sergei lavro

he said it is a good chance to go forward and maybe do a step towards the geneva conference not only on chemical weapons but on the solution for syria in general. >> is there a sense of optimism that these talks might lead to a breakthrough? >> well, they want to find a solution to do a step forward. i think there is a will on both sides. we think that there is a possibility and the fact that they are able to stay here for at least two days underlines that they take the time to talk and not only to interchange opinions. >> thank you very much. if there is some sort of agreement at the diplomatic level, implementing the plan to put the chemical weapons under international control could prove tough. >> those in the u.s. and russia have been decommissioning the old stockpile of chemical weapons but they do have the techncal expertise. the logistics of the mission could be long and complex. >> the facility in western russia set up to destroy the country's cold war stockpile of chemical weapons. the gas is burned or neutralize chemically. ruia has the know-how. >> the assad government is

goes on because remember a great deal of time was spent in the last hour or so on the peace conference, on the genevaference. >> i was going to ask you about that because i wonder that there is now more optimism that this geneva conference will go ahead given there has been these agreements between the u.s. and russia. >> and i think really this is the most important point that emerges out of the russian, american agreement in the last 48 hours, the americans and russians seem to be fully committed to find answers to the tragedy and the like inside syria. i will argue this is a first step. both americans and russians realize that chemical weapons are only one critical element of the equation. as you said yourself, in the last few minutes we estimate more than 100,000 syrians have been killed and fewer than 1500 syrians have been killed by chemical weapons. so even if chemical weapons are dismantled now the war goes on and the killing goes on and that is why in the next few days and next few weeks in the united nations you will see a serious effort on the part of the united states and russia to conven

by suggesting that it would even condone the idea of bringing iran into this equation at the geneva conference and in effect, show that the political settlement is ultimately the goal of this administration. that may make it easier in the long run to accomplish the policy, because after all, as e. j. just said is more than an american policy to maintain credibility than it is anything else. >> i think it is important that the president give a big speech everyone is talking about. and i think the administration is going to argue that ultimately what their purpose here is, is to push the russians, to push assad into negotiations. and also, to encourage the people, the saadis, pushing them into negotiations. i think the ambassador is right. you are going to get more democratic votes if this attack is seen as an effort to move this process along and to say to the russians, you can't just keep backing this guy, assad. because he is doing things that you don't want him to do. >> you know, lawrence, can i also get a word in there on that? >> go ahead. >> because you know, i think it is really interes

syria is signatory by the geneva conference. bound by the stipulation that chemical weapons should not be used. unfortunately there is a bit of disagreement as to whether this also applies to internal use and what the united states is attempting to do right now ask to push through as much as possible the evidence that syria has violated its obligation under this treaty. one of the more interesting aspects of this of course is the fact that the united states has very little legal leg to stand on when it comes to intervening. after all the security council of the united nations is not going odo that because russia and china will not grant the united states the right to do that. therefore, the united states is going in without united nations backing. >> thank you very much, professor galvan thank you very much for joining us this morning. >>> former egyptian president mohammed morsi will stand trial. morsi is accused of inciting violence, are 14 other members of the muslim brotherhood are to be tried beside him. morsi has been kept

president assad then the military strikes could be part of a military strategy that gets us to a geneva conference or gets us to a close, but if the strikes are detached from the diplomacy or separate tracks or disconnected then i'm not sure if the strikes in and of themselves will do more than continue the war. >> well engaging th engaging tha question, andrew saleedy, thank you for joining us. >>> i'm dave warren. we are start being out west, the focus is thunderstorms, they bring needed rain but also the lightning. the problem is the lightning and rain, some of it veap evaporates before it hits the ground. flash flood warning in effect. and montana, wyoming, idaho there's that lightning, it does come with rain. one or two showers moving through the midwest, much of the country is dry and cooler. here is this line, you can see it right there pushing south. there's a front bringing in cooler air and dry are air. -- drier air. chicago is at 60, 63 in minneapolis. new york, philadelphia, washington, d.c. aural in the mid 60s, that could change in the next few mornings. temperatures could drop into

we have secured the damascus commitment to send a delegate to the geneva conference. our counterparts have so far failed to do the same. >> they also said the syrian opposition doesn't seem so eager to get to the negotiating table. some scuffles have happened sporadically ofe the past several years. and we must not forget the fact that there are numerous groups in syria itself which are supposedly fighting for the opposition but they're at the same time openly with al qaeda and should that be in fact put in place, that would mean complete and total mayhem in syria, something we have already seen happening in countries such as libya. >> and although the u.s. might apparently push more moderate ribbles toward the negotiating table, it's not in control of those fighting government troops, according to a syrian political analyst we spoke to a little earlier. >> they do have an influence or they seem to have an influence on the politicians who say they represent the syrian opposition or form the syrian opposition or some of them at least. but where america doesn't really h

conference. is this going anywhere? >> john kerry said that he and his russian counterpart, mr. sergei lavrov, will meet on or about the 28th of this month for a possible date for a geneva peace conference. this depends on progress on the chemical front. even though if there is progress on the chemical front, you still have the basic iceberg problem. if the program of mass terror continues, and it looks like it is resuming after a brief hiatus since the 21st of august when the chemical attack took place, if that continues, the prospect of a geneva peace conference is zero. absolutely zero, because you cannot get the opposition to show up and negotiate while these outrages continue. their credibility would not last 30 seconds with people inside syria under these circumstances. workussians have a lot of to do with their clients beyond chemicals. >> thank you for joining us. has seen new graphic evidence of atrocities being carried out in the syrian civil war, this time by rebels. i should warn you, this contains strong images. oldthe family of the 65-year- -- 64-year-old grieve over his body. they say he was killed by a government mortar. a typical week can see 1000 peopl

conference. is this going anywhere? >> john kerry said that he and his russian counterpart, mr. sergei lavrov, will meet on or about the 28th of this month for a possible date for a geneva peace conference. this depends on progress on the chemical front. even though if there is progress on the chemical front, you still have the basic iceberg problem. if the program of mass terror continues, and it looks like it is resuming after a brief hiatus since the 21st of august when the chemical attack took place, if that continues, the prospect of a geneva peace conference is zero. absolutely zero, because you cannot get the opposition to show up and negotiate while these outrages continue. their credibility would not last 30 seconds with people inside syria under these circumstances. workussians have a lot of to do with their clients beyond chemicals. >> thank you for joining us. has seen new graphic evidence of atrocities being carried out in the syrian civil war, this time by rebels. i should warn you, this contains strong images. oldthe family of the 65-year- -- 64-year-old grieve over his body. they say he was killed by a government mortar. a typical week can see 1000 peopl

will allow it to improve that here to implement a long term initiative of the geneva conference in order to fully implement those agreements that had been made in geneva communiqué all share it is june two thousand and twelve we. have met. together with john kerry and with mr brahimi. we have a common understanding with france we have no disagreements with france on the. calling for this conference more over. back in june. when it was discussed when we were discussing the syrian issues president suggested that aid would. specific date for the conference and to put pressure on the potential participants so that they would. divert from this event the president put in a supportive suggestion but some other members of the g eight. believed it was not reasonable where willing to set the date even immediately because. we are convinced that the government has. that there brady to send the delegation the delegation is already announced the key point for us now is for the opposition to do exactly the same thing. we appreciate the efforts undertaken by our american partners and by our other collea

problem that we have here, a very divided syrian opposition that was the main reason why this geneva conference did not take place. it wasn't because the assad regime of all people were not prepared to attend. and so the key here is to deal with the very problem that most people have been raising during these hearings, abby, and that is the fact that you have a very divided syrian opposition of -- composed of very bad guys on one side and less bad guys on the other. >> yeah. take a listen to the president insisting that inaction would cut against the international law barring chemical weapons. >> this attack is an assault on human dignity. it risks making a mockery of the global prohibition on the use of chemical weapons. >> ambassador, i think bombing without a security council authorization also cuts against international law. do you think it's overselling the case for war here to suggest that only the hawks have international law on their side? >> well, ari, i just refused to use the word war here. this is not war. we can parcel this out any which way and i'll throw something else out at you

transition to the whole syrian crisis as was agreed to engineer a previously they will have another geneva conference geneva two where they will try to find a political transition via negotiations of all sides involved in the conflict hopefully that works out as efficiently as these diplomatic negotiations have here in new york city so we get a major breakthrough in the end of the first week here at the u.n. g.a. then we have all the other week next week on a saucer turkana reporting from new york thank you. refer a lot of americans no other food item quite says college like top brahman with many teens going to college at a time of rising tuition rates tight budgets have led to some on healthy food choices choices that the incredibly wealthy don't have to make for a look at college christine ranging from the unhealthy to the delicacy of the residence laurie harvest. in college he week remen noodles and beans straight out of the cayenne because you're broke starved for time and well perhaps not of sound mind all the time college food is supposed to be the best pluckiest food right plan according to a

they question the hope of a breakthrough at a plant peace conference in geneva. eaking to the bbc in new york addressing the un's general assembly, he said the conference turkey, qatar,le and others continue to supply weapons. with more, jeremy bowen. is biggerd crisis than the war in syria. it may be too late to stop the killing and definitely too soon for any side in the war to admit defeat, but countries, including britain, are trying to arrange a peace conference in geneva. foreign minister here in new york for the u n general assembly says syria would go to geneva, but the conference would never work while saudi arabia, qatar, and turkey continued to aid the armed rebels. geneva,he success of committing itself to refraining from supplying army and financing, smuggling all of these terrorists. >> in the netherlands, u.n. inspectors are leaving for serious to find and neutralize serious chemical weapons. 's chemical weapons. some of the sites are in territory controlled by the rebels. we will do our best in our circumstances to cooperate. outside world necessar

they question the hope of a breakthrough at a plant peace conference in geneva. speaking to the bbc in new york addressing the un's general assembly, he said the conference turkey, qatar,le and others continue to supply weapons. with more, jeremy bowen. is biggerd crisis than the war in syria. it may be too late to stop the killing and definitely too soon for any side in the war to admit defeat, but countries, including britain, are trying to arrange a peace conference in geneva. foreign minister here in new york for the u n general assembly says syria would go to geneva, but the conference would never work while saudi arabia, qatar, and turkey continued to aid the armed rebels. geneva,he success of committing itself to refraining from supplying army and financing, smuggling all of these terrorists. >> in the netherlands, u.n. inspectors are leaving for serious to find and neutralize serious chemical weapons. 's chemical weapons. some of the sites are in territory controlled by the rebels. we will do our best in our circumstances to cooperate. outside world necess

> the problem with that is that the sirrian opposition never said they'll attend the gepp -- geneva conference, and the syrian regime demands that bashar al-assad be president no matter what happiness. the original conference was set for june, during the delay thousands more syrians have died. >> another earthquake hit south-west pakistan. it's the second in a week. this one was 7.2 magnitude and was centered in the balochistan region. they are dealing with the aftereffect of tuesday's earthquake, killing 500. >> kamal hyder reports from where that quake first hit. >> even though the district of awaran and the adjoining areas saw 16 aftershocks after the deadly earthquake on tuesday, the government is now reporting that this particular earthquake was a new one. the epicentre this time, south-east of iran, and we are told that it was at a depth of about 14km, which would make is a considerably strong earthquake. we are getting preliminary reports that there may have been damages to villages in the adjoining districts as well. we are trying to assess the situation to see whether there are report

by doing everything it can to rapidly organize the geneva conference. we welcome the announcement made by the secretary general that this conference could be held as early as mid november. the sacred union between the dependent members of this council, which led to the adoption of this resolution should be maintained to bring other parties and to the opposition of syria to commit to a constructive dialogue to launch a political transition process in this country. the transition government road map for the road map that you could adopt should spell out the urgent tasks to be carried out in putting providing security to the population and launching a reconstruction and reconciliation process. our council will also have to bear in mind and pay attention to the violations committed which threaten the country at a time when the terrorists are fighting with each other in both order and creativity to seize new areas to sell terror against the population and among the population building a secular multi faced syria will contribute to rebuilding the social fabri

as after this resolution is voted on by the security council, we will be looking forward to a geneva conference were all parties involved and negotiators will try to proceed with a political transition taking place in syria in a peaceful diplomatic manner hoping that all sides will be able to negotiate this process calmly and politically. in terms of the timeline how much is going to -- will it take to serve this crisis is a huge question that remains but where going to have to wait and see. this is definitely a big development because countries have been butting heads over this for very long time. >> you spoke exclusively with the syrian foreign minister today. how is syria planning to carry out what they have signed up to in terms of the chemical weapons being put under international control western mark >> all this is being done under a tight watch of experts from the u.n. and the international community being the key negotiators that came up with this agreement, namely russia and the u.s.. we do know that speaking with the syrian foreign minister today, he did tell us that the syrian govern

american initiative on may seventh we have secured the mast this commitment to send delegation to geneva conference. american partners so far failed to do the see the talks with the opposition it also looks like according to sergei one of that the syrian opposition doesn't seem to be so interested in getting to the discussion table on top of that it is notoriously dishrag mantid with some inner scuffles happening sporadically over the past several years as a matter of fact and also we must not forget about the fact that there are also numerous groups within syria itself which are fighting supposedly for the opposition but at the same time they are openly affiliated with al qaida and of course issued a military involvement being in fact put in place by states such as the united states or france or the united kingdom of course that would mean a complete and total mayhem in syria something which has we we have already seen happening in countries such as libya. b. used to be alarm over the influx of refugees from syria well officials say the stream of asylum seekers has been manageable so far there are

york they'll try and do it at the end of september to try and agree upon a date for a second geneva conference we'll keep you posted on that here in the meantime though representing a half of the world's population the shanghai cooperation organization over looking at how it can lend its weight to peace in syria and for that to happen though it's thought that iran will have to play a major role still to come here on r t we report on that organization's summit it starts today including one. now for the meantime the director of intelligence in america has said the wide ranging leaks on the n.s.a. spy program have fueled an important debate on the trade offs between privacy and national security but he says he's worried there are more revelations from whistleblower edward snowden still to come earlier i spoke to renowned former hacker kevin mitnick right here in our moscow studios and while he believes that snowden's secret leaking can indeed be criticized he still feels the revelations were crucial for americans to understand. i have some mixed feelings that he did cross the line when he reveale

american initiative on may seventh we have secured the master's commitment to send the legation to geneva conference. american partners have so far failed to do the same in the talks with opposition and besides it's very difficult to define the opposition there's so many splinter groups and one of the predominant of them of course is our pride. and the claims that cruise missiles strikes will help advance the peace process and not only ridiculous the irresponsible meanwhile syria has made a step towards implementing the chemical design and plan broken by russia and the us by starting to detail its toxic arsenal they hate the base chemical weapons watchdog has received partial data on the stockpiles with more details expected within the next few days on his polls god has one. well under the deal of brokered between washington and moscow in geneva last weekend a syria has until saturday to disclose its arsenal of chemical weapons and the process has begun the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons or o.p.c. w for short a spokesman for that organization says we have received part of the v