. >> the international envoy for syria, lakhdar brahimi, has told the un security council that the country possible war is worsening and that syria faces a growing food prices. he has been on the job now for just three weeks -- food crisis. he has been on the job now for just three weeks. >> he said there is little prospect of finding an immediate solution to end the conflict. his briefing to the un security council comes as the violence inside syrian cities such as aleppo continues. >> 3 children were killed in an explosion in aleppo, all members of the same family. activists say least 60 people died in attacks across the country on monday. syria is under the spotlight at the un headquarters in new york. special envoy lakhdar brahimi briefed the security council ahead of his address to the general assembly. >> good afternoon to you. i think there is no disagreement anywhere that the situation in syria it is extremely bad and getting worse, that is a threat to the region and the threat to peace and security in the world. >> he wants to return to syria soon to flesh out ideas for a new peac

lakhdar brahimi is expected to visit damascus in a few days to meet with president bashar al assad. brahimi met egyptian president mohamed morsi and arab lgue secretary general in cairo. brahimi says 5,000 people died in august alone. >> translator: the dangerous situation in syria will lead the whole region to collapse into turmoil. >> brahimi says he's ready to present a new peace plan to the government and opposition forces. he says the objective is to create a cease-fire and to bring stability, but he says he needs cooperation from four regional powers, egypt, saudi arabia, iran, and turkey. >>> a general who defected from syria says he's against foreign military intervention. instead, former brigadier general talas is calling on other countries to provide material support for opposition forces including weapons. talas is one of the most senior commanders to defect from the assad regime. he spoke in an interview with a french tv network. talas said as government leaders kept lying, he came to believe in opposition calls for democracy. he fled to france in july with the help of f

lakhdar brahimi, a veteran algerian diplomat, issued the warning in his first address to the u.n. general assembly since replacing kofi annan. >> the death toll is staggering. the destruction is reaching catastrophic proportions. and the suffering of the people is immense. mr. president, and looking for it to my visit to damascus in a few days' time and also, when convenient and possible, to all the countries who are in a position to help the syrian political process become a reality, hitting to a transition that respects the aspirations of the syrian people and enables them independently and democratically to determine their own future. >> lakhdar brahimi spoke as the disclosed a record 100,000 refugees fled syria in august and activists claimed some 5000 people were killed during the same timeframe. in afghanistan, at least 25 people were killed on tuesday when a suicide bomber struck a funeral in the eastern province. dozens more were left wounded. it was one of the worst attacks and afghan civilians in weeks. key u.n. agencies are warning that surging prices could spark a repe

extremely bad and getting worse -- that is how lakhdar brahimi, the new international envoy to syria, described the situation after a briefing to the un security council. the president still has his supporters. our chief international correspondent has gained rare access to the government's side. she filed this report from the village. >> this woman is burying her husband today. "the light of my eyes is gone," she wails. her husband was in the army. so was her brother. she buried him not long ago. this 26-year-old died when his helicopter crashed. the military has brought his coffin home. the entire village turns out. men fired guns. the women through rice -- threw rice. it is the 17th time this village has lost one of its own. in this area, not a day goes by without a funeral. this is the heartland of president assad and his community. there is space to mourn his troops. the syrians who die at their hands do not get that chance. this lieutenant makes his final journey up the steps of his family home. his mother waits. in this war, grief is not just personal. he is not her son, nor mi

turn has rejected any talks until assad is removed from power one thing and peace envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi the former foreign minister who replaced kofi annan this month has recently given quite a pessimistic view of the situation describing the peace mission in the region as nearly impossible. it is called the coalition for peaceful change and it is opposed both to two to bashar al assad's regime and to the rebels that are fighting the president of the country so what's your view out do you see the solution of the problem in the country if you oppose both i think there is a kurd or some part of the. position politics parties. what we call it here. and there is also on the part which we are as a for with inside it call it a collection more after what are you assuming i think if russia might to speak. with there was a syrian regime that it was very aborted to begin a negation between. the side of interior. dabs. we ask that the syrian diplomatic. minister to go on this way as i was in the wrong before about one man's there is organization coated centrifugal so she asked him about it in of w

to hint they might sidestep the un altogether meanwhile the new international envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi warns that any military intervention would be the death of peace efforts professor paul sheldon ford from california state university says that for some it's not about ending the violence. it's a pretext it's still another way to divide and take over the country using the united nations as your vehicle that playbook worked in libya they want to try the same playbook and do it doesn't work anymore well there is no desire. at the west nato to have a negotiated settlement the only purpose of this exercise is to make sure that there is no competition in the middle east or pipeline such as syria iran and other places i think the people in the west to be very happy that ended up with a massive civil war and a breakup of their country and the lack of competition of lifelines they claim that they care one bit about humanitarian concerns as it is a gross war. every week thousands of refugees flee syria escaping both a relentless army and the often unpredictable travels but the continuous strea

in other news from around the world, the un and arab league peace envoy lakhdar brahimi says that the deadly conflict in syria is getting worse. he was speaking as he arrived on his first official trip to the country since he took up his job. during his three-day visit to syria, he is expected to hold his first meeting with president bashar al-assad and to speak to members of the syrian opposition. an official report into the sinking of the caustic and 40 off the coast of italy earlier this year -- the coast the consortia -- the costa concordia earlier this year off the coast of italy but most of the blame on the ship's captain -- an official report into the sinking of the costa concordia earlier this year off the coast of italy puts most of the blame on the ship's captain. british defence secretary philip and says he is reassured that political leaders are not -- phillip hammond says he is reassured that political leaders aren't taking steps -- >> this is one of afghanistan's few success stories -- a competent, well-equipped army, trained by british and other western forces. there ha

completely bypass the un if the conflict worsened meanwhile the new international envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi said the. any intervention would end all peace efforts professor paul sheldon foote from california faith university fullerton believes that for some it's not about ending the violence. that's a pretext it's still another way to divide and take over the country years seeing the united nations as your vehicle their playbook worked in libya they want to try the same playbook and do it doesn't work anymore well there is no desire. where near the negotiated settlement the older purpose of this exercise is to make sure that there is no competition in the middle east or pipelines such as by way of syria iran and other places i think that people in the west to be very happy that ended up with a massive civil war and a breakup of that country is the lack of competition of life or. they claim that they care one bit about humanitarian concerns as it is a gross war two more bomb blasts have had to mask is going off almost simultaneously near the headquarters of the joint chiefs of staff state t.

peace envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi who made the statement just a day after taking the baton from his predecessor kofi anon and as artie's oksana boyko reports it's a position echoed by moscow. russian foreign minister officials have already commented on this latest development the deputy foreign minister get out a good deal of sad that rats like these is a direct result of be irresponsible policy to arm syrian rebels in the meantime his boss russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov was talking to you students here in moscow thank you once again reiterated that if international players are really interested in trying to put an end to bloodshed that they should apply pressure on both sides of this conflict. those demanding the capitulation of just the government forces in syria while at the same time urging the opposition continue fighting zits this position is based on the feeling that these forces are ready to pay an extra price which would be a huge number of human lives to go abroad he also sad that when it comes to goals international goals in syria russia has absolutely no disagre

s new diplomatic envoy, lakhdar brahimi. 78-year-old former algerian diplomat replaces kofi annan, who resigned last month after his peace plan failed to halt the country's civil war. in damascus, the syrian information minister voiced hope that brahimi will succeed. >> ( translated ): syria welcomed the appointment of lakhdar brahimi, and will offer him every possible help, the maximum assistance the way we did with kofi annan. we will make sure his mission will not lead to a blocked wall like what happened with kofi annan, when the external sides did not respond to his mission and international role. >> holman: meanwhile, the new head of the international red cross arrived in syria. he planned to appeal for greater humanitarian access to civilians caught in the fighting. thousands of syrians have become refugees, death toll and opposition groups say 5,000 were killed in the conflict in august-- the highest monthly death toll yet. the u.n.'s children's fund-- unicef-- estimates 1,600 people died last week alone. a nato sold

reaffirmed its commitment to peace efforts in syria's foreign minister sergei lavrov un special envoy lakhdar brahimi on the sidelines of the gathering and promised full support for his mission and commenting on the western proposals in syria voiced at the un done for calm holland from foreign policy in focus a persistent call for regime change that brought the situation to stalemate in the first place. you cannot call for the replacement of a regime and then expect to have a degree magic solution so when president obama said also has to be replaced well then who used to do the negotiating team to meet with the solution here was the regionally basically the one that both russia and china oppose which he is that you get a cease fire you don't talk about regime change and discipline batched part of the negotiation as part of the diplomatic process and i don't see that happening. and as the united states and france and turkey and the gulf cooperation council particularly daryn so you radio are trying to initiate in engineer regime change in the world discouraged about where it's going to go from here bu

in peace envoy lakhdar brahimi has started his syria mission kicking off with talks with the egyptian and arab league leaders his predecessor and former u.n. chief kofi annan quit because of the divisions at the security council on ending the daily bloodshed bremer's mission isn't likely to be an easy one syria's largest city aleppo is witnessing escalating fighting the rebels intensify the attempts to take control the city has also been wrong to go home bombed and killed at least thirty civilians and injured forty others a few hours earlier a jordanian militant leader who is linked to al qaeda threatened to launch deadly attacks to president assad a model from the syrian social club ex-pat group things the country's become fertile soil for terrorists. it has turned into a more regional wider conflict krapp's even some sort of an international war on syrian soil the guy pushing the weakest first. demonstration in the seven made in front of the eleven. for muslim extremists this year in between wanting shouting very clearly islam only and that doesn't need any explanation does it so it

the ground on the ground in syria is just getting worse as a matter of fact joint special envoy lakhdar brahimi just briefed the security council a day ago on the circumstance against syria he said it is going from bad to worse right now there's no new plans in place on how to scale down the violence and how to lead both sides to a peaceful path in addition to syria president obama spoke very heavily about the anti-american demonstrations that are blazing through the muslim world demonstrations that were sparked on september eleventh when he addressed the matter of this muslim video that was made in the u.s. and posted on you tube calls it a crude and disgusting video that sparked outrage of the muslim world and said the u.s. government had nothing to do with that video and does not endorse that video in any way as a matter of factness officials have condemned it nonetheless there's no video you know words that can justify. on u.s. embassies or consulates or the killing of an american ambassador and three other american officials in the view of u.s. president barack obama he believes that it's.

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov will be hosting a bilateral meeting with joint special envoy lakhdar brahimi who recently came back from syria and brief the security council on the situation there he made that briefing on monday telling the security council that the situation in syria is extremely bad and getting worse at this point the international community still working on the six point peace plan that was put forth by joint special the previous joint special envoy kofi annan who resigned at the end of august but. experts are saying that it's not going on notice that the rebels in syria have been carrying around carrying out attacks over the past year and a half a major attacks to coincide with major events this is coming as the world body is gathering together in new york we should remember we do remember that the massacre in houla occurred just days before kofi annan visited syria so many believe that it is no coincidence that these huge attacks are taking place as the international community is gathering together and of course going to be discussing the situation in syria just syria b

my dear and peace envoy lakhdar brahimi has started his syria mission kicking off with talks with egyptian and arab leaders his predecessor and of former u.n. chief kofi annan quit because of divisions at the security council on ending the daily bloodshed for him is a mission is unlikely to be any easier syria's largest city aleppo is witnessing as completing fighting as the rebels intensive by the attempts to take control but it is also being rocked by a car bomb that killed at least thirty civilians and injured forty habits a few hours earlier jordanian militant leader who's linked to al qaeda the retina to launch deadly attacks to oust president asad amount of work from the syrian social club expert groups things the country has become fertile soil for terrorists but has turned into a more regional wider conflict crapsey even as some sort of an international war on syrian soil really i personally. witnessed first. demonstration on the seventh of may two thousand and eleven. the mystery mists outside the syrian regime in london shouting very clearly. only. doesn't need any explanation do

radicalize the armed opposition the panel presented its findings as the new un envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi wrapped up his first visit to the country admitting he still has no plan on how to end the conflict. three people have died and more than one hundred injured in a rail collision in southeastern pakistan one train was hit in the rear by another not far from the city of karachi the road that work in pakistan has been facing serious challenges for some time due to an aging infrastructure and financial mismanagement. now a man that once celebrated as an icon of bravery after surviving the seven seven london bombings is now facing deportation from the u.k. immigration authorities say a second citizenship in australia could be enough to see him kicked out artie's laura smith investigates in the days after the seven seven terrorist attack in london john tulloh bloodied face was a familiar sight in newspapers and on t.v. screens sitting opposite mohammad sidique khan when he detonated his deadly bomb he credits his suitcase with saving his life seven years on tulloch a university professor is

peace envoy lakhdar brahimi started his syria mission kicking off with talks with egyptian and arab league leaders his predecessor and former u.n. chief kofi annan quit because of divisions at the security council about ending the deadly bloodshed but his mission isn't likely to be any easier syria's largest city aleppo is witnessing escalating fighting as the rebels intensify their attempts to take control the city has also been rocked by a car bomb killed at least thirty civilians and injured forty others a few hours before the jordanian militant leader. linked to al qaeda threatened to launch deadly attacks to oust president assad or for deeper inside the store does not talk to a different chief of the syria tribune dr ali mohammed dr mohammad thanks for being on the line there from dubai kofi annan had huge experience of working in the u.n. he failed to fix the syrian situation now is already started by calling this mission nearly impossible will he be able to make any impact do you think. i'm not very optimistic just like what we said regarding and. only if the countries backing their

attacks independently office four day visit of the country the new international envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi admitted he still has no concrete plan for how to end the war. a suicide car bomber struck near back in dad's heavily guarded green zone killing seven and wounding eleven others including a member of parliament the area also known as the international zone houses government offices and foreign embassies earlier this month insurgents launched a string of attacks across the country killing nineteen two with al qaeda claiming responsibility and promising quote black days ahead now once a poster boy for british courage john tulloch is now battling to remain in the in the one country that he loves and having narrowly survived the two thousand and five london terrorist attacks he now finds himself at the mercy of the u.k.'s mushed criticized immigration system or smith has the story. in the days after the seven seven terrorist attack in london jordan toilettes bloodied face was a familiar sight in newspapers and on t.v. screens sitting opposite mohammed sidique khan when he detonated his de

syria peace envoy lakhdar brahimi is in egypt trying to make warring parties cease fire a marble calf a member of a syrian social club ex-pat group so there has been a pattern of rising violence ahead of any diplomatic meetings aimed at finding peaceful solutions. to whatever the security council met on syria there was an atrocity before that i think the most infamous one was the supposed massacre on the fourth of february when we remember russia and china use a double veto against the resolution in the security council condemning syria and this trend has continued in a sense we've seen in the massacre taking place when kofi annan was about to meet prisoners of the next day and so on and so of course the western powers have for a long time seen this conflict as the same model with the same you know if you bring in point just like they did with have learned three decades ago the western powers have given these jihadists these extremist memes the opportunity to win a certain war they've held them to them they funded them they gave them weapons and they won a war and they didn't think th

the ground on the ground in syria is just getting worse as a matter of fact joint special envoy lakhdar brahimi just briefed the security council a day ago on the circumstances in syria he said it is going from bad to worse right now there's no new plans in place on how to scale down the violence and how to lead both sides to a peaceful path we do know that russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov will be meeting with joint special envoy brahimi later on tuesday but the u.s. is standing firm in its position on syria and that position is that bashar al assad must go. president obama's speech was also in dissipated in connection to a growing and american sentiment in the muslim world what do you have to say on that. his speech was very much based around the anti-american sentiments that are blazing around the muslim world and beyond as a matter of fact when he addressed the matter of this muslim video that was made in the us and posted on you tube he calls it a crude and disgusting video that sparked outrage of the muslim world and said the u.s. government had nothing to do with that video and doe