russia talks about the evidence that it has, but it has not revealed what the evidence is. instead they are relying on dubious sources of information. one of the sources cited by lavrov is a syrian nun who was nowhere near the site of the attack. her monastery is a hundred kilometers away. >> president obama has told the iranian president hasan rouhani that they will find a stalemate over its nuclear program. it has exchanged letters discussing ways to resolve the dispute. it is accused of building nuclear weapons, something that it denies. >> we're ready to talk bilaterally with iran if iran is willing to engage substantively on this matter. >> the u.s. justice department said it's getting ready to take control of the a manhattan building because it's owned by the iranian government. federal judge ruled the ownership violated sanctions against iran. iran is reported to have freed eight political prisoners including a prominent human rights lawyer. she was arrested in 2010 and jailed for six years on charge of acting against national security. president rouhani took preside

has it been postponed? >> that has not been confirmed by our sources yet. hard to get a hold of anyone at the security council at the moment, to tell you the truth. this is going in all kinds of directions. we will have to wait and see. >> thank you very much for that. the former german date -- ambassador to the united nations. we asked for his assessment of how washington has handled the syria crisis so far. >> to answer this question, you really have to be aware of the difference between two very different things. one, should we meddle into the syrian civil war? the obama administration, from the very beginning on, has been quite skeptical. because they believe there are so many uncertainties, and without the u.n. resolution, which is not inside, one should not probably do it. the other question, which is very different from this first one, is, what do we do with this breaking of a taboo? the taboo of not using chemical weapons. as we all know, there are 189 states that have ratified the chemical weapons convention. and of course, it is absolutely importa

has more. it's billed as europe's economic success story but german voters feel a country is split between the haves and the have nots germans are rich yeah ten percent of germans are only fifty to sixty percent of the capital and the gap is getting bigger than a mention our society is divided on here pretty soon in germany like here in the world that are so poor the streets are industry and the theaters have to shut down this town is broke in india and for most people this is the financial situation isn't good which isn't the image many of germany's european partners have of the federal republic. and i think if you were to ask someone from spain they would tell you germany is an economic the land of milk and honey with all of that just isn't the case perhaps thirty years ago after reunification in the pressures of staying competitive globally in those days or. one of the ways germany has stayed competitive is by trying to keep wages low. plenty of spaniards and greeks who come to our alina loo

would be targeted no group has claimed responsibility for the. a suicide car bombing has killed at least fifty people in the shiite stronghold of saddam city in the iraqi capital baghdad the explosion occurred close to a funeral service more than sixty were also wounded there's been a rise in sectarian violence in the country in recent months more than five and a half thousand people have been killed since the start of the year. clashes have continued for a second day in indian controlled kashmir amid ongoing protests over the killing of five people in paramilitary shootings the shopping region has also ground to a halt after a general strike was called in reaction to the deaths here has been under curfew for the past two weeks following the killings. so that brings up to date for the moment the news team and more in just over half an hour from now and meantime stay with us for the five hundredth episode of the kaiser report when next tell us some light on the sometimes disastrous winds of key players in the world of finance that's often the. we'

the eu has a vested interest. the central bank has promised an extended time of lowered interest rates to stimulate the economy. >> the markets are not complaining one bit about the fed's decision. it goes straight into the stock market to push up those prices. that is what is happening on the dow. it is currently up just over one percent. we will see what happens on thursday. the euro stoxx 50, the closing number. the euro making some very solid gains. the dollar slipping as a result of that. the stimulus will continue around one dollar 35. >> the european commission wants to bring down the regulatory hammer on financial markets. specifically, on benchmarks. >> the scandal last year about libor, another financial jargon. this is the referenced interest rate that is set every day by a panel of bankers in london which is meant to reflect the true rates they used to lend money. some banks were trying to rig it. >> now, the eu would like to bring supervision and some kind of transparency to this process. >> libor is

it has to be comprehensive. it has to be verifiable. it has to be credible.t has to be timely, and implemented in a timely fashion. and finally, there ought to be consequences if it doesn't take place. >> back at the white house president obama was optimistic. >> i am hopeful that the discussions that secretary kerry has with foreign minister lavrov as well as some of the other players in this, can yield a concrete result. >> but from russia a sign it may not be easy. putin stood by his assertion that the assad regime wasn't responsible for the attacks. he writes . . . american officials were quick to respond. and are trying to shift the burden of success for the talks on to russia. >> russia is assads patron and protector. and the world will note whether russia can follow through on the commitments it has made. >> in congress weight game. no votes and little debate on syria as the geneva talks go on. >> i have real doubts about the motives of the russians and president assad in offering this current path. >> and john, these talks could go on to into the week

in doe ha, the top stories right now.he deal on syria's chemical weapons we have reaction from beijing and the streets of syria. the patients the israeli army won't talk about, why syrians are being treated in israelin't hows. >> reporting from southern philippines where philippine government forces continue to battle it out, with more national liberation front fighters. and why raising the costa concordia is going to cost a fortune. we will go life. >> first he sealed it now he has to sell it. u.s. secretary of state is going to israel from the deal to get syria to give up its chemical arsenal is going to be discussed. calming fears that the plan will do more harm than good. syria must submit a formal list of its chemical weapons stocks and locations within one week, international inspectors must be allowed to begin that work inside syria by knot. the goal is to have eliminated all of the chemical weapons by the middle of 2014. while channa is among the latest to welcome the man, china has blocked attempts to sanction th

and it has many positive influences. (but) though while china has benefited from the policy, it will have to pay for it. the policy has cost china much, and from a long term perspective the problems it has brought about will have quite severe consequences." >> supporters claim that since it went into effect in 1980, china's family planning policy has prevented some 400 million births. and that without it, the country would now be reeling with more than 1.7 billion people. but critics argue that parents were already having significantly fewer children on their own, and say the policy has been an unnecessary hardship. >> "in 1970, the fertility rate was 5.8, nearly 6, meaning a woman at that time would give birth to 6 children in her lifetime. this was the peak of fertility in our history. but by 1980, the fertility rate had dropped below 3. before 1979, family planning was not enforced by the government. but the decrease occurred nonetheless." >> renowned demographer liang zhongtang was a strong supporter of china's famil

the responsibility for this the blame for this has never. been attributed in the mainstream media in the united states to those who are responsible and that is those who created this war the bush administration and all of its agents with no group having claimed responsibility for these attacks why do you think the a silencer hoping to achieve with the assaults well i think that there appears to be. a continuity of interest between those who carried out the attacks today and those who are trying to destroy the government in syria who are trying to bring down the government and who operate under the name of the islamic state of iraq and the levant and i think it's quite clear that there aspiration is to create a new state under very reactionary and backward laws. of terror and that if they had their way they would like to create this state that would include the whole region or as much of the region as they could secure control over this is to look at all of us troops from iraq sectarian violence has arisen do you think the pullout was maybe p

it has to be real. it has to be comprehensive. it has to be verifiable. it has to be credible.t has to be timely and implemented in a timely fashion. and finally, there ought to be consequences. >> and tony -- and tony, all of those points, the timeliness, the effectiveness, and possibility of consequences are all things we have been hearing around the continent today, from london, pairs, and officials within the state department, and those three points are things that the russians have also dug their heels in about, so this is only the beginning of these talks in geneva, and there is a lot on the table, and there will be an awful lot to discussion, whether they can find the middle ground will be a very tall order. >> i wonder if nifb there is talk about how to actually end syria's civil war? >> tony, that has been at least floated here. it's -- it's -- as i mentioned -- i mean there an awful lot to talk about, not only whether or not there can be some sort of un resolution that all sides can agree upon, but how to implement it, and both delegations have arrived with an awful l

that really has not been made public. no reason has been given yet. the capitol police are very much dedicated to rejecting the capital -- to protecting the capital. case ofrible interchurch fighting -- inter- turf fighting. thank you. and in response to debbie's reporting, we now have a statement from the united states capitol police saying that because of these questions, they will be conducting an independent review into what happened surrounding that shooting. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, a dangerous new drug is causing major problems in south africa, where communities are being torn apart. in light of this week's shooting at the u.s. navy yard here in washington, d.c., the issue of gun control is again raising its head. the debate is spilling over to starbucks, the store you usually go to for your latte. it is in the center of a route -- row over whether customers should be allowed to bring weapons inside. the company issued a statement saying they would appreciate it if weapons were not brought into their establishme

but the line has not moved. there are little children who have been sleeping here for 72 hours. >> reporter: with more storms on the way the government is now racing against time trying to get supplies to where they're needed the most. >> david, this is a very difficult operation for the authorities because not only have they got to get stuff down to those who need it in the sturm-hit areas, but they got to cope with those who have come where you are to get away from it. >> reporter: well, that's right. what's interesting here, what's going to be proving to be an incredibly difficult for them is bringing assistance to those people who need it. there are reports down where we were yesterday, where acapulco is located, there are villages that are trapped. there is one area which received a heavy landslide where 18 people have been found dead, and there is potentially up to 18 more people who have not been located who could also be in trouble from that landslide. what's really challenging is getting to these areas.

one has to assume that there has been fierce resistence from whatever al shah bob are left inside. the military services have been seen on the ground. there are casualties in the hospital. the military ministry are saying ten of their soldiers have been injured. we've seen one transferred through an ambulance. that was the earlier stages of this operation. no one knows, obviously, what is happening inside. but from what i can see here there are many troops cowering for cover on the exterior of the area. clearly whatever fire is inside the building, it may be an oil supply, something like that, some combustible material at the scene, which is spreading by the looks of it. it's eternal not going out. any form of control, the government says it has full control of the building, it has not patented out because of what i can see here. there may be access from the back, but it is unlikely. that fire is burning out of control. >> the government is saying that it managed to get pretty much all of them out of the building. we haven't seen any proof of that. is there any clear idea of how ma

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now that voyager has gone where no man has gone before scientists are waiting for news of alien contactbefore they shut down permanently in 2025. >> we'll have more news for you on "france 24." >> to the france league, and hoping the stars have enough in the tank when they found -- head south to take on board though. they opened with a pair of draws. the new coach hopes the international schedule will not have taken too much out of his squad. >> i think we will have to take into account the level of fitness all of the international players that have come back, one after the other in, let's be honest, not great shape. that is to be expected. silver, morris maxwell came back late as well. one of them has not come back yet. he will join us in bordeaux. we have to take this into account. it is true that maybe those players will not be on top form to play. we will see. the manager is hoping the team is not too stretched. the brazilian defender is likely to play and he has total confidence in the plane staff -- playing staff and the manager. >> it is always tiring for the international, trips

has set the stage, the possibility of<military action has gone away5 + for now.he diplomatic track will only be pursued if there are quick and concrete results. >> another point of agreement seems to be whether to bring this resolution under chapter seven of the u.n. charter. explain that for us. >> this is a key point. that means that there could be punitive action taken against the assad regime. it means ultimately, they could use the threat to force against theqñ+m ret tully comply with the new resolution. we already know that the russian's president putin said this idea of handing over the syrian weapons can't be did you with the threat of force. i suspect this will be the key point of disagreement and unless they can come up with some common ground, oneci side, eitr the western nations on one side or russia and china on the other give ground, there is a real danger that this whole initiative that started just over 24 hours ago could falter on this point. >> james bays at the united nations, thank you. barney phillips is in moscow for us. the russian preside

has been so radicalized. my comments are going to address what is the likely reaction by the regime in the opposition and tried to take a more nuanced look at some of the various opposition forces and how dynamics have changed over the course of the two years. starting with the reaction by the regime, a lot of this will go back to the exact objectives we are trying to achieve. if this is meant to be a punitive measure, in order to send a message through the regime, you're likely to see the inverse of that. you could see an empowered assad to say the americans attacked us and we are still here and we survived and spend the narrative to a position of power. it could have a debilitating psychological impact on the opposition and the civilian population. i think there, does need to be some considerable thought given to the psychological impacts that an attack will have and what the regime what is likely to do with that attack. we have been tracking very closely the repositioning of assets and the hopes of the fra

has some rouhani also took the chance to call on israel to join the nonproliferation treaty has the latest from new york. the iranian leader said that israel is the only non party to the n.p.t. in the middle east and encouraged israel to join the pact to ensure that the region remains a nuclear weapons free zone he said no nation should possess nuclear weapons and there are no right hands for these wrong weapons the iranian leader went on to say that any use of nuclear weapons is a violation of the un charter and a crime against humanity he said there are only guarantee is total elimination now rouhani was speaking about nuclear weapons he said that this is he also called i'm sorry he also called for a conference a high level conference to be taking place on nuclear disarmament within. every five years and what we're seeing here is this new iran iranian leader that has come to new york to engage with the international community really seizing every opportunity he can to try to show that iran is being transparent is trying to be a key player and apparent willingness to resolve international

waffles governing body has expressed concern at the revelations and the u.n. agency said qatar is violating an international ban on the use of forced labor r.t. spoke to the general secretary of the international trade union confederation that's leading a campaign against migrant worker abuse tyrus a slave state that's the extreme thing to say i know in the twenty first century but that's the reality work has exploited from the moment they are forced to pay money to recruitment agencies in the poor india philippines other asian or african nations they sign a contract they go to the often the context torn up and they paid as little as four hundred dollars a month. many of them skilled workers they are forced to live in squalor nobody has been to those labor camps where you have ten twelve sometimes more to a room. except and certainly no c.e.o. would accept their son or daughter living in those conditions then of course they are often abused underpaid the work is dangerous more than one worker a day will die and and yet even if they want to leave they can't lea

has the details. as the n.s.a. spying scandal continues to undermine america's global standing one u.s. ally is not willing to forgive and forget brazilian president dilma rousseff who has canceled her scheduled visit to the white house next month and pulling out of what was supposed to be the first official state visit of u.s. president barack obama's second term it would have also been the first for a brazilian president in nearly two decades in addition to breaking dates for cilia is also taking steps to divorce itself from the u.s. centric internet while seeking its own sovereignty in cyberspace president rousseff has ordered a series of measures aimed at greater brazilian online independence including storing citizens data locally to protect from n.s.a. snooping according to reports the brazilian government is also planning to lay underwater fiber optic cable directly to europe and also link to all south american nations currently most of brazil's global internet traffic passes through the united states now ex

skeptic issues has even called for a withdrawal from the euro zone. and living on to the true finns in finland they may share populist rhetoric with other nordic parties its supporters to are opposed to the e.u. and globalism now the party leader hundreds sieved the highest number of personal votes for any candidate in the party has one thousand percent of the seats in parliament well the movement for a better hungry entered parliament for the first time three years ago now the group describes itself as a radically patriotic christian party but it's described in a local pressed as neo fascist and in the far right national alliance brings together a coalition of conservatives ethno nationalists and economic liberals with fourteen seats in the legislature it's the country's fourth largest political party now at the same time some of the countries which do have notable far right parties there is a fairly even split between those that have seen an increase in support and those which haven't and as you can see right here support for right wing movements ha

and no future date has been set now it's believed that syria has one thousand tons worth of chemical weapons dotted around the country making it logistically difficult for this process to be carried out president bashar al assad was quoted in made awake saying that the process could take over a year just about over a year of course under that deal struck in geneva syria has until the middle of two thousand and fourteen to complete the process for the united nations are set to discuss a possible u.n. resolution in new york next week on the syrian crisis that will give a legal backing to the deal struck in geneva however the two sides have slightly different views on the wording of that possible resolution with the united states britain and france king for the threat of military intervention to be on the table to remain on the table if damascus fails to comply with the u.n. resolution and russia saying that any threat of military intervention is counterproductive and not needed in the initial resolution russia says that only if damascus fails to comply should the matter then be taken b

agent's job and what damage has kerry suffered through this. well the u.s. washing relationship is really at perhaps one of the lowest point since the fall of the soviet union doing the entire period of boris yeltsin as you know larry when i served in the government there were problems between president clinton and boris yeltsin's sometimes between george bush and the first george bush and boris yeltsin but there was a firm commitment to make the end of the cold war have meaning for the rest of the world between those two leaders and there was if not a friendship a partnership of a kind with a lot of putin in power that partnership days are long and this is someone who doesn't see america as a partner who frankly has made his decisions apparently by deciding what would in his view harm the united states not necessarily by what would be best for the future of u.s. russian relations so thing too bad that's why president obama canceled his meeting with president putin that hasn't happened since the cold war. and right now i don't see russia playing a constructi

it has to be real. it has to be comprehensive. it has to be verifiable. it has to be credible.has to be timely and implemented in a timely fashion. and finally, there should be consequences if it does not place. diplomacy is and always has been president obama costs first resort. and achieving a peaceful resolution is clearly preferable to military action. president obama has said that again and again. it is too early to tell whether or not these efforts will succeed. but the technical challenges of trying to do this in the context of a civil war are obviously amends. -- immsense. despite the difficulty, with collaboration and compliance from the assad regime, we believe there is a way to get this done. we have come here to define a potential path forward that we can share with our international partners. together we will test the assad regime's commitment to follow through on its promises. we are serious, as you are, about engaging in substantive negotiations, even as our military maintains its current posture to keep up the pressure on the assad regime. only the credible thre

has been called a worthy negotiating partner the appointment has been seen by some as an olive branch to the white house another optimistic development came in july when one hundred thirty one members of the u.s. house of representatives wrote a letter to u.s. president barack obama encouraging him to use the opportunity offered by president rouhani for the improvement of bilateral relations this comes as the ron's new moderate leader who has promised more freedoms at home and constructive engagement with the world travels to new york for the united nations general assembly debate however on the heels of mr rouhani as a rival the u.s. government is preparing to seize a thirty six storey meant hotton skyscraper that prosecutors say is secretly owned and controlled by the iranian government a u.s. judge has ruled that the owners of this fifth avenue building known as the alvey foundation and asset corp transferred rental income and other funds to an iranian a state owned bank a violation of u.s. sanctions this seizure could not come at a worse time considering that the leaders of the u.

assad has been, for many years, the devil that israel has known.e they clearly are very upset about the way he's been treating his own people, they make no secret about the fact that they are rather nervous about what may follow. there has been a lack of stability on the occupied heights in recent months, there has been sporadic shells landing there. but a midst some criticism, even from israel at home, israel has refused to accept refugees across that border, which is surprising given how many have crossed borders to syria's other neighbors. but as we discovered just a few days ago, stephen in a hospital in northern israel, there has been some enthusiasm to allow a limited number, about 200 200 wounded syrians cross the border and get treatment in israeli hospitals and that's been a new initiative. the army brings them to a hospital 40-kilometers from syrian territory. most are too badly hurt to know where they are. but 96 syrians have been treated here in the northern israeli city this year. the army won't say how or where their journey starts. i

the change has started goes has grownmobile data more than one third.the fcc has a lot on its plate when it comes to our what our airways. on thenew sec emotional communicators tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. serious was a of large part of today's white house briefing. we'll will show you as much as we can do for the house returns at 4:00 p.m. >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here. for thed to wait remarks starting the briefing. breeding wef this have that national security visor tony blank and who many of you know. donnie is here today because while many of us were traveling, tony and the other senior ministers you officials were engaged in the effort to provide detailed information to members septembers about the -- the chemical weapons attacks 21.yria on october he is engaged in the overall outreach efforts that so much of the demonstration is persuading them now. what i would like is for tony to provide to you a summation of the presentation that he made together with other officials, then he will take a few questions and th

that has -- that building has now collapsed. within an hour of those two attacks, the pentagon was hit now we're told by a plane. an untold number of casualties there. president bush has been on the air. he was in florida at the time saying apparently this was a terrorist attack. everyone believes that carefully coordinated from the air. the consequences of it in terms of human loss and the effect on this country are still to be determined. >> we want to go now to kathleen who's with nyu downtown hospital. they have been treating some of the injured. kathleen, can you hear me? >> yes, i can. >> can you tell me about the injuries you're seeing and the numbers of people you've been treating? >> we've seen a steady stream of patients for approximately an hour and a half. many appeared to be superficial injuries, but i can tell you that i've seen the most serious ones because i believe they're going into the ambulance bay so we have a very high level of activity here. our first priority is on the care of those patients. and we do no

iraq has more than 171,000. our correspondence have been meeting some of these refugees in lebanon, the camp is home tom thousands of palestineian refugees. zania, it's going to be talking from the refugee intie and khan. >> sa b ra refugee camp in lebanon. it's unusual because most of the refugees in lebanon have been absorbed into the population. haven't they? >> reporter: well, no. there are no official refugee camps in lebanon. there are unofficial camps close to the border, but most of the syrians integrate into society. they become part of the population. as you can see here, this poor i am prove ri impoverished neighborhood t they can't afford and they are getting little help. the problem is that this is causing tensions. talk to any lebanese here, for example, and they will tell you that the syrians are taking our jobs. they expect to work for less. so there is this resentment. and then you talk to a syrian, and then they say, yes, we totally understand. we know we don't feel welcome but we have no other

but it has to be swift. it has to be real. it has to be verifiable.t cannot be a delaying tactic. >> ambassador ginsburg, i think you might have just heard howard dean say, he thinks that this process will be a little smoother than john kerry just outlined? >> well, you know -- optimism can spring eternal here. but the fact that of the matter its that we, what else do we have to hold on to, lawrence? the clear goal here for the russians is to give assad the opportunity to live to fight another day. and any american attack, no matter how limited the president may have had that attack limited, could have upset the balance of power sufficiently with unintended consequences. and lawrence, the dirty little secret is the administration doesn't want assad to disappear that quickly either. for fear of of what may happen -- vacuum in syria. already dangerous enough for the united states. what is missing here, not so much what the russians may or may not do. but after we reach some sort of u.n. resolution, if it ever, emerges, the light of day in the security c

he has spent time in syria. the has been done enormous amount of time working with them and helping to understand is dynamic. i just do not agree that the

he has also been lauded for speaking out about the conflict in his country. >> he has made repeated efforts to show the international community that what is going on in the congo is not an ethnic conflict but won over resources, and one which is partly fueled by western interests. >> he has called on the outside world to do more to end the conflict. the foundation said he and other winners had been chosen for their work in securing the fundamentals of human life. >> all right, austria is heading to the polls this week and to elect a new parliament. >> and there was a stunning comeback in the americas cup. >> this and more when we come back. stay with us. >> don't go away. >> welcome back, everyone. it was an issue that many will tell you decided last week's election -- the promise of raising taxes on top wage earners. >> germany's social democrats and greens both campaigned on that promise and lost votes to chancellor angela merkel, who rode to victory partly on the promise of keeping taxes exactly where they are. >> but now they need a coalition partner, and guess what is suddenly back on

it's fascinating. >> now the via voyager has now e where no other probe has gone before, what could be next? >> well, there are also other spacecraft that are leaving the space, the solar system already, and well, it is interesting to see that we can produce spacecraft that can travel beyond and away from the solar system because we know in the very long term human kind has to do the same thing. in millions of years to come we know the solar system will come to an end, and human kind will have to find another home. these are the very early stages of developing technology to travel beyond the confinement of the solar system. >> you mentioned before about the day athe data that the voyad be collecting. what could we see in the next few deck glades not few decades, now it's power has been depleted. it was receiving 200 watts, and now in the next ten years it will come to nothing. they will be one by one commission, and then the vowager will be completely silent. we still have a few more years of receiving data, not images but just data about cosmic ray energies coming from outer space, an

has to stay in place.n the second part of the plan, has to do with the highly radiated water. this is water that has been used to cool the melted nuclear reactor. and this is water that is accumulating daily at about 400-ton as day. ten that has to be stopped. what the government wants to do is remove some of the radiation from that water because it has already admitted that this may have to be discharged into the ocean. the current processes the current technology that is available to them may not be sufficient, but they are trying to develop more efficient systems. >> now, florence, you said this wall of frozen earth, has this been done before. >> welt, this is technology that is apparently used to construct underground tunnels. but it has not been used on such a huge scale on what they have to do in fukushima. and also the we don't know how long it will take to decommission the plant, and to s long as 100ghly contaminated years. this means that this frozen wall has to stay in place for at least 100 year

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has to be a credible threat of force behind that, and there has not been one.think that we can turn that around unless there's actually some sort of strike. otherwise they called our bluff on this. the only way you can avert that is if you actually see action. altman and discussions will happen when they don't think forceful, and it. lou: i think rather than force, would personally see everyone say this is a giant mistake and move on in the national interest and set aside all of the bellicosity about striking a nation of 22 million people which you no collateral damage would be greater and likely greater if it is a strike of is significant size. > the 1300, 1400 people killed by chemical weapons. it is madness. let me turn, speaking of madness, to joe biden and his refer -- reference to the republican party as neanderthal and declaring that he knows -- i love this line -- vice-president says he knows the senate budget and any man or woman who has ever served there. >> we have not seen him for a while. i was almost beginning tell miss him, wondering where he was

it has to be real it has to be comprehensive it has to be verifiable it has to be credible it has to be timely and implemented in a timely fashion and finally there ought to be consequences so the military option is not off the table back in syria president bashar all openly agree to handing over chemical arms in his first interview with reporters since news of a possible agreement came out he says he will begin submitting data on his chemical arsenal one month after signing an international chemical weapons ban but kerry says that's simply not enough. r.t. is one of the only news stations to have a reporter on the ground in syria correspondent maria for an ocean or and her team are in the historic christian town of the lula which has been the scene of some of the most brutal fighting as of late one of her crew members was actually injured as a result of all the chaos for more from the ground here's where if an ocean. we're at. the tail of. the mood is cheerful soldiers are smiling and relieved the jihadists have been booted out you know what some of them were killed some of them esc

welcome back a report on the use of chemical weapons in syria has been sent to u.n. member states after secretary general ban ki moon made a statement to the security council the document confirmed that un inspectors are certain that the weapons were used during an attack on a damascus suburb in august meanwhile russia's foreign minister says the syrian opposition should be forced to sit down for peace talks with the government will artie's more important i joins us now for more on this we've heard hey we now understand that chemical weapons were used we're still waiting for the full report to come out what more do you think we will learn from this. well what we know is the statements that have been released thus far the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon is supposed to address the media within an hour but he has already spoken to members of the security council behind closed doors the u.n. chief says that the u.n. mission has now confirmed unequivocally and objectively that chemical weapons were used in syria on august twenty first in the area of damascus suburb cal

see where has asked the world body to prevent american aggression is maria finnell has been finding out how the escalation of the situation is affecting syrians. tomorrow next week next month series wondering if only when america's missiles will strike and what the aftermath will be but for many people here it doesn't pay to linger on what tomorrow will bring because the resolve ready award today. the how it went on the money we are like we've been at war for two years with bombs falling in our hands just a few kilometers from here cruise missiles or apples what is the difference in the us i could get the shot every day every hour every minute tween der bombardment we have bombs and terror attacks shelling it's not very hard to face america after dealing with a jihadi us for so long you know michelle will lead not his real name has a nice apartment in an upmarket area of damascus but a year ago he moved into the hotel his running for safety reasons after family member was kidnapped by what he says were members of an al qaeda linked group we don't feel safe of course not because of. of.

which has a track record of jumping to bombs as a first option or the international community which has a real interest in resolving the crisis in syria and making sure that the weapons are not used again and despite the international community in bracing the chance to end the diplomatic standoff over syria russia says it's designed and proposal will only work if plans are scrapped all together all she's a nice an hour has more on the view from moscow. syria has agreed to give up its chemical weapons this is a game changer it's a way out for the u.s. and also a chance for diplomacy in the syrian crisis something that seemed almost impossible just a week ago but according to russia in order for it to work the threat of force needs to be taken off the table. it was literally a positive move because that i mean we've heard a positive reaction from syria to the chemical weapons destruction offer we're now hoping that our syrian colleagues will make a responsible decision to put their stockpiles under control agreed to destroy them enjoying the chemical weapons nonproliferation treaty no dou

has the details. two weeks ago it seemed like the united states are ready to essentially strike syria then it looks like things are going to ease up just a bit and now again russia seems to be facing some sort of alley masi especially head of the un general assembly which is to take place in new york next week so the russian foreign minister in an interview to russia's channel one has used the points that he's made before but in a very different or rather harsh manner especially when talking about the way that the west is approaching the syrian crisis. and i remember compartments are starting to blackmail us to see if russia does not agree to egypt the seven resolution in the u.n. to see stop working with the chemical watchdog in the hague is completely counter to what we agreed on was john kerry namely the chemical watchdogs decision and then are supporting your solution from the u.n. a c. but without a chapter seven. the russian foreign minister said that the team of u.n. experts who were in syria l

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to be a settlement and it has to allow the people to peacefully return and he has to be a society that respects diversity religious differences and can be a society at peace with itself. british jeremy called live from london mr corbin thank you very much indeed for your insights web rachet you very welcome thank you. and i would like to hear all she is saying about this arrest of a military strike on syria and on our website where asking will ban the game well look like it goes ahead with intervention plans and let's not have a look at our online poll and right now more than half of those who hop producer payton and a devastating region wide conflict will break out as the from both who voted see levy as a blueprint for what could happen next fifteen percent believe washington wouldn't to hit out at sea or on its own and just a small number only eight percent agree any strike would be short and precise so do go to r.t. dot com and cost you around. martin employment tax evasion by the richest of the rich and the eurozone heading down a dead end pundits in germany believe those are just

been confusing and has raised lots of questions that is as it was building the case for strikes the u.s. wanted the support of the you when but would refuse to take classified evidence that washington supposedly has against the syrian leader to the u.n. security council also to u.s. lawmakers secretary of state john kerry would make arguments like if congress does not support strikes in syria u.s. ally saudi arabia and carter according to john kerry would certainly fund the more extremist elements of the syrian opposition of course many asked what kind of an argument is that why are they even your allies if you admit that they're willing to fund terrorists we're almost used to this one day president obama says he has made his final decision on strikes the next day he says he has not made his final decision at a time when he has confused virtually everybody in the international community and among the american people and nobody knows where he's standing right now the president is still expected to try and sell the strikes against syria. american people in his tuesday night address an

has it lived up to the worst expectations? >> i believe it has. have seen taking my daughter to school, and she is a pre-k student listening to what the other parents had to say, it was a very rough transition. my daughter's school was a welcoming school, and the classroom size went from 18 students to 37 students. it's impossible to educate 37 students with one teacher and no assistant with the budget they gave the school. >> so you have a little, little girl. you don't want her to accept her into the environment you understand her school turned out to be. was it matter of getting to school? >> my issue comes from me being very involved at the school she was at. i transferred my dauther from that school. the school was within two blocks of my home walking distance. i transferred my daughter to a school which is probably four or five miles away from our home, and i did this because when i initially enrolled my student, it was due to the environment, and with the new system -- with the new school year, when you walked your child to school, you scen

your original question, has he put his credibility on the line? yes, he has. the repercussions of a loss are bigger than syria. >> not only syria, it goes into everything. look at the agenda this fall. after that, does immigration go down in the house? cr?r that, what about the >> let's talk about the ghosts of iraq. nott is limited, does involve boots on the ground. this is not iraq and not afghanistan. >> iraqi is as big a mess now as it was then. that was senator john mccain getting an earful from a constituent out a town hall meeting. we will get to the public opinion polls in a few minutes. your thoughts about how iraqi and afghanistan have limited the presidents options abroad. shadow of the second more indirect, the lies about the fact that saddam did not have the weapons of mass destruction, are a huge drag on this debate. everything john kerry says, it has to be footnoted 15 times, and then people are looking to shoot bullets through those footnotes. it is a huge drag on the argument because the public, rightly, has a very high bar when it comes to be

let me say it has been a terrific success. billion loan portfolio has had 2% of default. fund at theeserve congress excels -- itself put aside for what they considered risky technologies. utility scale, solar energy has been a beneficiary of that. the department's initial loan guarantees got the first project going. since then send large projects have gone forward with completely private financing. a third element is the president has articulated what is called the "all the above" strategy. reducing co2ted to emissions. that is the starting point. constraint of lowered co2 omissions we are working to put forward all the investments we need so that all energy sources are part of that future. we have committed to a billion- dollar loan guarantee program for advancing also energy with lowers omissions. i could go on. there are a lot of these. we have major responsibilities both today in terms of rulemaking and also preparing the technology future with economically competitive low carbon technologies. furthermore, the second pillar of the president when was this one of adapta

it has to be real. it has to be comprehensive. it has to be verifiable. it has to be credible.s to be timely and implemented in a timely fashion. finally, there ought to be consequences. if it doesn't take place. diplomacy is and always has been president obama's and this administration's first resort. achieving a peaceful resolution is clearly preferable to military action. president obama has said that, again and again. it's too early to tell whether or not these efforts will succeed. but the technical challenges of trying to do this in the context of the civil war are obviously immense. but despite how difficult this is, with the collaboration of our experts, and only with the compliance from the assad regime, we do believe there is a way to get this done. we have come here to define a potential path forward that we can share with our international partners. and together we will test the assad regime's commitment to follow through on its promises. we are serious, mr. prime minister, we are serious as you are, engaging in substantive meaningful negotiations, even as our milit

while many syrian christians feel president obama has abandoned them, they know god has not. >> obamahe cares less for the christians in syria and the christians around the world. but we know god has given promises that god is going to protect the christian community in syria. and our trust is not in any power -- not in the regime, not in the u.s. our trust is in god himself, that he sees and he hears the cries of the christians. >> reporter: and that's why it is crucial, this pastor says, that christians pray for their syrian brothers and sisters in christ. because it is more than a battle for the survival of the syrian church. >> this is a battle between jesus christ and the enemy himself. and what is happening to the christians in the middle east will happen eventually to many christians around the world. >> reporter: so syrian christians say pray. but they know the outcome is not in the hands of bashar al-assad or those who oppose him. >> god is not going to go work with anybody's agenda. god is going to work for his own agenda, and the purpose of the growing of the kingdom of god

washington has responded in kind. u.s. senator john mccain, who was enraged by the article, has had his own opinion piece published here in russia. we are told it was published here. let's see if we can find a copy. you don't have it. [speaking russian] , either.not have it this may come as a bit of a surprise to john mccain, but these days in russia, cannot that publication anywhere. mr. he solved. i have now found john mccain's article online on a russian website, so not the famous newspaper. what was he saying? nothing very pleasant about vladimir putin, that's for sure. the article is entitled "russians deserve better than putin." says he rules russia by corruption and violence, and it criticizes the leader for backing a sawed and says that support has destroyed russia's global reputation. strong words from senator mccain, but it's unclear how many russians will actually see them, and how many will be influenced by them. >> steve rosenberg in moscow there. senator mccain's colleagues were busy holding a confirmation he