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

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

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

has offered an economic and political partnership to kazakstan with the concept of the new silk road us economist bush will call for to. so the new silk road is also an oil road for china in return beijing is building the infrastructure necessary for kazakhstan's development. it. it is. but in the village of ken near the oil fields of the chinese oil company the promise of affluence made by president nazarbayev has already been moved back to twenty fifty. clearly not much of the money for the new silk road gets as far as the small towns in the steps are saying look one of the other there's money here but nobody will give us work. they all goes there it's not easy for us in the village they're not doing anything for us king told him not among us and you can see the state of the road over there the chinese don't employ anyone from here they employ other people how can we be satisfied with that and as i'm as an investor i don't manage to. end up today the regional capital the headquarters of the chinese oil company occupy the most impressive building in town. the style of the building m

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

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

whether it's indeed a sea or a lake now five countries share its coastline they include russia iran kazakstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan and that's led to the dispute over which country lays claim over the caspian and how much if the agreement is reached to legally designate the caspian in lake it would see it divided up equally between the five nations with twenty percent each if it remains a see the territory would be split between those countries according to how much coastline they share iran would therefore receive the smallest claim that's been the major sticking point in negotiations because the caspian lies above one of the world's largest collections of oil and gas some forty eight billion barrels of oil alone well challenge has been following events for us from the russian capital moscow where we were waiting for this day agreement document convention but we still don't really have any details to it. well we have the agreement we know that it's been signed and the details of course will be released in due course but we do understand a bit of what the five countries have agreed of c

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

for joint use whereas the floor will be divided between russia iran turkmenistan azerbaijan and kazakstan though the exact size of each country's lot is still to be agreed. at stake are several trillion dollars worth of oil gas and pipelines for years the full economic potential of this has been blocked by the lack of a settlement the u.s. government estimates caspian gas could boost global production by twenty seven percent over the coming decade but it's not just about energy. which it which to security is very important and this is what underpins our agreement this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east this really affects the basic interests of our states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and transponder criminality this summer it's also makes the caspian sea a lock out zone these leaders don't want anyone else meddling in their waters no country that doesn't share the shoreline will be allowed a military presence there will reach allan's al-jazeera moscow a polling station worker has been killed in an attack by an armed group in norther

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

russia iran kazakstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea it means they can share out the results rich in the end body of water the largest in the world. a polling station official has been killed in an attack by an on group in northern mali this is mali and vote in a presidential runoff likely to return the incumbent to bramble because to power. a more than one hundred people are demonstrating against racism in the u.s. city of charlottesville a year after a white supremacist rally turned deadly. when other stories we're following the israeli prime minister has reacted angrily to a mass protest in tel aviv against the nation state law tens of thousands of people took part in the protests led by israel's palestinian minority laura fishley affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it tuns non jewish minorities into second class citizens who took particular aim at the presence of palestinian flags among crowds. why don't more of their lives are so full of billy bush and we saw the palestine liberation organization flags

want to kazakstan is responding very negatively but so do several other countries in central asia on the one hand these countries want investors in the other they have their own economic interests they don't want foreigners to own greater shares in their companies than they do powerful us we have to create a win win situation that countries invest in and that allows the population to participate financially to only open borders on the whole you. in two thousand and sixteen a law on the sale of agricultural land triggered anti chinese demonstrations of first in a country in which every kind of protest gathering is forbidden following the demonstrations to tell you off was arrested because he filmed the event and disseminated the footage. snow you think i said well see it was here you made the site is the southeast you can not tell there was. nothing that if someone we have. almost a full of serious will see this all our resources can be sold our people know this but turn a blind eye kazakhs are patient they say never mind let's wait there's no war at least we have food this attitude w

have reached a landmark deal on its legal status a convention signed by russia iran as a by john kazakstan and. decades of dispute over the world's largest and close body of water and its huge oil and gas reserves iran says dividing up the seabed will require additional agreements. jordanian security forces have pulled the bodies of three suspected militants from the rubble of their collapsed hideout following a deadly shootout four soldiers were also killed when the assailants opened fire at a set of explosions late on saturday the clash west of the capital amman is one of the deadliest in recent years. voters in mali excuse me voters in mali went to the polls on sunday in a presidential runoff marred by reports of violence security sources say an election official was shot and killed by jihadists in the north of the country incumbent ibrahim. cast his vote in the capital bamako and he's up against so my let's just say one small loss to kate in twenty thirteen claims the west african state has become even more insecure indicators rule extremists killed three polling station workers and se

in ghettos that's very different now much of russia's immigration comes from the so-called stance kazakstan to. stand and you're a famous or infamous or referring to london as well which you have to agree carries some juror to kind of tell it isn't majority vote in the us whereas it sounds. the reason i called london last little on the start is because to me it's completely fallen to the control of the most lemaire can he is spectacularly useless at his job under city can there are some statistics that i'm sure neither you nor i could argue about in the sense that our murder rate is now higher than new york in the sense that our staff rate is just going up by twenty five percent in the number of acid attacks that are happening sixty moped attacks a day with hammers and machetes that life in london is start under the muslim and what i see from that is the lack of control a lack of law and order a political islam religion and politics are integrated and people vote according to their faith and that is not democracy for what you describe him to have to be free to be controlled and your situati

they're actually another set of twins that took bronze alexandra and you capturing an image from kazakstan china took gold in the men's team to see it as well but only after the favorite south korea crashed out a gnostic on this one they missed out on a medal together china beat hong kong to take the title. their emotional scenes in a step back to malaysia for from behind to beat host indonesia in the men's regular final with a spectacular winning point lots of tears on show as they ended a twenty four year gold medal drought at the asian games last time they won gold as a russian macgames way back in one thousand nine hundred four. but the best of the action of the day was in the men's badminton doubles where there was an all indonesian final watch this amazing rally and see if you can spot the moment one of the players in red runs off court to change racquets. i. i incredible well the philippines basketball team are on their way home without a medal even though the sport of really popular that many people feel the height is holding the country back but could a growth spurt be about to ch

as to whether it is indeed a sea or a lake now these five countries share is cosigned russia iran kazakstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan and that's led to a dispute over which country lays claim to the caspian and how much of it if agreement was reached to legally designate the caspian lake it would see it divided up equally between the five nations so each one would get twenty percent if it remains to see the territory would be split between those countries according to how much coastline they share and iran would therefore receive the smallest share that's because the major sticking point in the negotiations and because the caspian lies above one of the world's largest collections of oil and gas some forty eight billion barrels of oil alone that's what's at stake let's get more this summer rory challenge has been following events in moscow and rory this whole meeting has taken what over twenty years has been more complicated by the fact that when it first started it was a conversation between two countries now it's a conversation between five. yes so wind the clock back a quarter of a cent

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

grandfather my father's father earned his living there in a mine he started a family and moved to fertile kazakstan together with other german seeking to start over. there was a mine here to. live. life to. the story of the deep. potations the new beginnings the stories of the mind those were the fairy tales of my childhood the moral of the story work hard work a lot and do no wrong. the germans lived in the russian empire for five generations they kept their culture and language alive even though they faced persecution and discrimination. then communism collapsed and half of the town left the fact that nobody was allowed to take along any money for their new beginning in germany didn't stop anyone those who stayed experience because it stands economic collapse very directly. no water no light no security. the ninety's were a dark time for car a town the abandoned houses were mined for anything that could be either burned or put to use. in an impulse of the survivor state run the mom own we knew he was dying my mother my sister and brother was sitting next to him i was younger and was playing in th

for joint use whereas the floor will be divided between russia iran turkmenistan azerbaijan and kazakstan though the exact size of each country's lot is still to be agreed. at stake are several trillion dollars worth of oil gas and pipelines for years the full economic potential of this has been blocked by the lack of a settlement the u.s. government estimates caspian gas could boost global production by twenty seven percent over the coming decade but it's not just about energy. which it which to security is very important and this is what underpins our agreement this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east this really affects the basic interests of our states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality these summits also makes the caspian sea a lockout zone these leaders don't want anyone else meddling in their waters no country that doesn't share the shoreline will be allowed a military presence there rory chalons al-jazeera moscow. dozens of activists and residents have held a vigil in the u.s. city of charlottesville

status of the caspian sea has been churning since the collapse of the soviet union in fact aoun kazakstan four of the u.s.s.r. successor states and iran took a big step towards resolving it is that because you have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens it why.

the leaders of russia iran kazakstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea it means they can now share the body of water and its oil and gas resources turkish lira is plunged to another record low on concerns over rising inflation and u.s. tariffs it fell to seven point two four against the dollar in early monday trading in the asia pacific region the nearest lost about forty percent of its value so far this year turkey's finance minister says he'll start carrying out a new economic plan to ease invest the concerns on monday. at least thirty nine people have been killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in syria's province the cause of the blast is unclear but opposition activists suspect a rebel arms depo was detonated the syrian government and its allies have been preparing for an offensive to recapture the last remaining opposition enclave. counting is underway in mali are the presidential runoff vote president ibrahim cater is pitted against opposition leader so male a c say in yemen at least eleven people have been killed in f

hello there we're still got lots of clouds lingering over the southwestern parts of kazakstan you can see it on our satellite picture here gradually fading as it works its way northwards but this region has been unsettled for weeks now and we're going to see the showers just transfer a bit further towards the west as we head through the next few days so yet more showers over the northern parts of turkey and stretching east towards the caspian sea this region seeing yet more rain as we head through saturday in fact on saturday looks like they'll be even more showers around a bit further towards the south and it is generally fine unsettled force in beirut to thirty degrees and hot in baghdad put it around forty four here in doha it's also really quite hoped with the air is quite dry and will continue to be so as we head through the next few days the winds are firing down from the northwest so our temperatures around forty five degrees but as i say not so humid temperature for the south but that's where we'll see more cloud across the southern parts of oman and into yemen and of course t

there are actually another set of twins that took bronze alexandra and you capturing an image from kazakstanchina took gold in the men's team pursuit as well but only after the favorite south korea crashed out a nasty one this one they missed out on a medal together china beat hong kong to take the title. there are emotional scenes in the sepak takraw malaysia for from behind to beat host indonesia in the men's regular final with a spectacular winning point lots of tears on show as they ended a twenty four year gold medal drought at the asian games last time they won gold as a russian macgames way back in one thousand nine hundred four but the best of the action of the day was in the men's badminton doubles where there was an all indonesian final watch this amazing rally and see if you can spot the moment one of the players in red runs off court to change racquets. thank you. thank you i. guess. thank you. incredible well the philippines basketball team are on their way home without a medal even though the sport of really popular them many people feel that height is holding the country back

welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories now the leaders of russia iran kazakstan azerbaijan and menaced on a ball signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea it means they can share out resource rich in body of water the largest in the world. there's just a few hours left in mali's presidential runoff which pits president abraham boubacar cater against opposition candidates to say security is a major issue with some six thousand troops deployed for the vote. and hundreds of protesters are gathering in washington d.c. where white supremacists are staging a white civil rights rally it comes on the anniversary of deadly violence at a white supremacist rally in the u.s. city charlottesville in which one woman was run over by a car. now taliban fighters have attacked police headquarters and other government buildings and gaza me as the battle for the southeastern afghan city enters its third day u.s. aircraft have conducted at least four as strikes in support of afghan national forces who insist the city is not under the threat of collapse but lawmakers from gaza n

of our top stories after twenty two years of negotiations the leaders of russia iran azerbaijan kazakstan and turkmenistan have signed a convention on the legal status surrounding the caspian sea iran says additional agreements will be needed in a territorial dispute over the sea the caspian lies above one of the world's largest collections of oil and gas reserves. mullins have been voting in the runoff presidential election president ibrahim karkare won the first round with forty one percent of the vote but opposition candidates the money as he said them afford the first from vote was marred by violence as mali struggles against armed groups. and israel's palestinian the minority has led a mass protest in tel aviv against the controversial nation state law it officially affirms israel's jewish character the critics believe it turns it on jewish minorities into second class citizens thousands turned out to show their anger in the veil which was passed last month. a prominent saudi arabian scholar has been arrested in the latest crackdown on dissent obama is extremely popular on social med

there are actually another set of twins that took bronze alexandra and you capturing an image from kazakstan. china took gold in the men's team pursuit as well but only after the favorite south korea crashed out a gnostic on this one they missed out on a medal together china beat hong kong to take the title. their emotional scenes in a step back to malaysia for from behind to beat host indonesia in the men's regular final with a spectacular winning point lots of his own show as they ended a twenty four year gold medal drought at the asian games last time they won gold as a russian macgames way back in one thousand nine hundred four but the best of the action of the day was in the men's badminton doubles where there was an all indonesian final watch this amazing rally and see if you can spot the moment one of the players in red runs off court to change racquets. us. i. guess to thank you old. incredible well the philippines basketball team are on their way home without a medal even though the sport of really popular then many people feel the height is holding the country back but could a grow

ghettos that's very different thing now much of russia's immigration comes from the so called stance kazakstan to. stand and you're a famous or infamous for referring to london as london which you have to agree carries some pejorative connotation and majority vote. yes well it sounds. the reason i called london last little of the star is because to me it's completely fallen to the control of the muslim air can he is spectacularly useless at his job under city can there are some statistics that i'm sure neither you nor i could argue about in the sense that our murder rate is now higher than new york in the sense that our staff rate is just going up by twenty five percent in the number of acid attacks that are happening sixty moped attacks a day with hammers and machetes that's life in london is stan under the muslim and what i see from that is the lack of control a lack of law and order and a political islam religion and politics are integrated and people vote according to their faith and that is not democracy for what you describe it in to have to be free of the. whole regime and your situatio

hello there we're still got lots of clouds lingering over the southwestern parts of kazakstan you cansee it on our satellite picture here gradually fading as it works its way northwards but this region has been unsettled for weeks now and we're going to see the showers just transfer a bit further towards the west as we head through the next few days so yet more showers over the northern parts of turkey and stretching east towards the caspian sea this region seeing yet more rain as we head through saturday in fact on saturday looks like there were even more showers around a bit further towards the south and it is generally fine and settled for us in beirut to thirty degrees and hot in baghdad put it around forty four here in doha it's also really quite hope but the air is quite dry and will continue to be so as we head through the next few days the winds are firing down from the northwest so a temperature of around forty five degrees but as i say not so humid temperature for the south but that's where we'll see more cloud across the southern parts of oman and into yemen and of course t

question whether it is indeed a sea or a lake five countries share its coastline that's russia iran kazakstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan and that led to the dispute over which country lays claim over the caspian and how much well if an agreement was reached to illegally designate the caspian lake it would see it divided up equally between the five nations with twenty percent each if it remains a see the territory be split between both countries according to how much coastline they share iran with therefore receive the smallest claim and that's been the major sticking point in talks because the caspian lies above one of the world's largest collections of oil and gas and that's some forty eight billion barrels of oil alone . now u.s. president donald trump's decision to reimpose sanctions on iran is expected to have an impact on its neighbor iraq it shares a fifteen hundred kilometer border with iran goods and people cross it daily reports from the border district of pender and in iraq. each day trucks slowly wind around treacherous roads in the zagg gross mountains carrying goods from iran to

for joint use whereas the floor will be divided between russia iran turkmenistan azerbaijan and kazakstan though the exact size of each country's lot is still to be agreed. at stake are several trillion dollars worth of oil gas and pipelines for years the full economic potential of this has been blocked by the lack of a settlement the u.s. government estimates caspian gas could boost global production by twenty seven percent over the coming decade but it's not just about energy. which it which to security is very important and this is what underpins our agreement this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east this really affects the basic interests of our states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality of this summit also makes the caspian sea a lockout zone these leaders don't want anyone else meddling in their waters no country that doesn't share the shoreline will be allowed a military presence there rory chalons al-jazeera moscow. in syria dozens of people have been killed in an explosion at a weapons deaf a province