after the two foreign ministers of qatar and moscow had a meeting. they had a meeting and talked about a number of things. at first it seemed like it was going to be about business because that's what lavrov talked about, but what was clear the top of the agenda was coming to some sort of resolution to the five-year conflict in syria. they also touched on iraq and bringing resolution and some sort of stability to the region in general. al jazeera peter sharp has been listening in as well. is this a natural partnership between the two countries? >> reporter: they certainly did agree on the major issue at this conference of the it's the first time that the qatar foreign minister came to moscow and they worked solidly as one when it came to trying to sort out the road map and the syrian problem. the qatary foreign minister said that the transitional government is the key to peace in the region. he stressed time and time again that the political process has got to move forward if they're going to bring about some sort of peace in syria. he also linked it

doesn't involve moscow and that was part of the goal. now, russia's not going to match the influence in the middle east that it had during the cold war era, but at the same time, it forceful intervention in syria is designed to insert it as a player, show not only the syrian but other states in the region that russia is a force they can turn to they can rely on, in particular if they want to balance against the united states. we have seen this in the relationship that's developed over the last year or so, at least until the bombing over sharm el-sheikh between russia and egypt. egypt had been identified with the pro western camp under mubarak. after the ouster of mubarak there was a sense among the egyptian elet that the united states turned its back on the country in its time of need and when the new government under sisi son solidated its, the fact that the united states is a kind of fair weather friend, and so while egypt is not shifting out of the united states camp, the fact it has engaged in diplomatic overture to moss scour, there

this refers to the believe in moscow that america will somehow be forced to cooperate with moscow in syria and elsewhere that this is not inevitable by any means. those in the west who may calculate that at a time when russian hostility for the west is rising it's much better for the west bogged down and middle eastern conflict. the obama administration does not think in such michael verland terms. a recent visit by secretary kerry to moscow during which he reportedly backed off from washington's previous admission that the assad has to go agreeing with moscow's position that the same people should decide prince said. in john kerry's defense i like to say he and mr. lavrov clearly have different expectations about what it is that the syrian people will decide about assad but it obviously is a change in approach and when the moscow welcomes. this leads me to the observation about putin's call for broad alliance against isil. everyone is familiar with the adage vietnamese my enemy is my friend but there's another adage about alliance that goes as follows. on the premise of an alliance

annette: thomas, reporting from moscow, thank you.oving on, saudi arabia has announced 34 nations that have agreed to form a new islamic military alliance to fight terrorism. the alliance has joined operations centers based in riyadh. has nationsition like pakistan, turkey, egypt, libya, and molly. -- mali. >> there will be a support in fighting terrorism in many parts of the islamic world. today there are a number of countries focusing on terrorism. iraq,ample, syria and li,ai, yemen, libya, ma liberia, pakistan. without a doubt there will be court nation in these efforts. annette: i am joined now by a saudi specialist based in dubai. theodore, what do we know about this coalition? is it going to include ground troops? i think we seem to be having technical problems with our guest. let's see if we can get back to him a little bit later in the bulletin. news coming in in the last hour or so, 29 euro man linked to the november 13 attacks in the french capital has been arrested in the paris region. french media outlets are quoting a jud

america will somehow will be first to cooperate with moscow in syrian elsewhere. this is not inevitable by any means. those in the west may calculate when russian hostility to the west is rising, it's much better for the west if it's russia and not the west that's bogged down in middle eastern conflict. many would argue, of course, that the obama administration does not think in such terms, that the recent visit by secretary kerry to moscow during which reportedly backed off from washington's previous position athat -- that assad has to go. now, i think in john kerry's defense, i would like to say that they clearly have different expectations what the syrian people will decide about assad but that obviously this is a change in approach and one that moscow welcomes. this leaves to observation of putin's call to broad alliance against hitler against world war ii. everyone is familiar with the the men my of my enemy is my friend. but there's another adage about alliance. when a purpose of alliance comes to an end, the alliance itself comes to an end. when hitler was

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but in 2014, the court of ordered the government moscow to pay damages to shareholders. khodorkovsky now lives in london, where he still slams putin's system. >> threats of repression are only postponing the arrival of revolution. reporter: khodorkovsky also created the pro-democracy movement in russia. their offices, as well as the apartments of several employees, were raided by police on tuesday. annette: the wooing has begun. the center-right party is looking for ways to remain in power after it won the most votes in the election but still fell short of a majority. first smiles and a firm handshake -- terse smiles and a firm handshake before tough talks get underway. mariana rajoy's -- mariano rajoy's party failed to win the majority. the meeting ended with an outright refusal. >> we will vote against the popular party continuing at the helm of government with mariano rajoy as prime minister, because we feel this is how we can respect the mandate the spanish people have given us. reporter: but will the socialists lead a rejected alliance? somewhat a three-way coalitio

i lived in moscow. there was a meeting in moscow about the turkish russian people and the relationships. there were russian and turkish speakers. they were cautious of the optimism activity. [inaudible] there was almost very high optimism that for people who define the u.s. china relations usually use the wrong concept. they were saying the relations are so high, especially energy,. [inaudible] there's a high volume of trade. the russians are probably the highest in the region when you compare them to the different countries. there cautious optimism about the statements. we have to find a way to contain this crisis. in five months, they met twice in moscow. actually they are supposed to meet yesterday. in st. petersburg they were going to meet. a month before this, both the foreign ministry organized an event in moscow. they discussed how to contain possible fallouts in the relation because of the disagreement in syria. some of our colleagues, they want to discuss the tragic relations,. you have to impr

this refers to the believe in moscow that america will somehow be forced to cooperate with moscow insyria and elsewhere that this is not inevitable by any means. those in the west who may calculate that at a time when russian hostility for the west is rising it's much better for the west bogged down and middle eastern conflict. the obama administration does not think in such michael verland terms. a recent visit by secretary kerry to moscow during which he reportedly backed off from washington's previous admission that the assad has to go agreeing with moscow's position that the same people should decide prince said. in john kerry's defense i like to say he and mr. lavrov clearly have different expectations about what it is that the syrian people will decide about assad but it obviously is a change in approach and when the moscow welcomes. this leads me to the observation about putin's call for broad alliance against isil. everyone is familiar with the adage vietnamese my enemy is my friend but there's another adage about alliance that goes as follows. on the premise of an alliance c

moscow is helping [inaudible] >> a couple of comments. if a coalition of military forces in sufficient numbers cannot defeat eastern syria, what has this world come to? do we think local indigenous forces are going to be able to do the job if professionals cannot do it? there was an article in the "washington post" the other day about the effects of sustained russian bombing in the northern syria not far from the turkish border how this is abstract and rather decisively the inflow of humanitarian assistance to the needy series ends at the worst time of the year at the onset of winter. this is her for a thick debate could -- horiffic. these are obviously very interesting discussions but they dominate this process to the protection of the series and civilians is excluded from the discussion. it is excluded from american russian diplomacy the process i'm sad to say he would go nowhere. the focus as anybody could agree on the islet like to thank everybody. we are a couple minutes over and we need to reconvene at 11:20 legal seawall in 15 minu

has gotten involved, moscow says that it has only contributed to instability. and that includes in favor of uncontrolled chaos and it will emerge in its place. given that background, that only in part, possibly in small part, this has been a very reliable partner from moscow and there is an interest in preserving the rule to some extent. but i think that there is a bigger set of issues here for intervention. one is about maintaining the coherence and the institutions of the syrian state whether they are ultimately going to be headed or not. so i think that the fate of the sherman act as a bargaining chip that it's seeking to play in ways that help to secure its own larger interests. the same time it's not only about establishing or reasserted control in the syrian state institution but also about asserting moscow's role as it was vertical ward at a time in its relations with the west and the united states in particular. so what the military intervention has done and i think it also playing the overall interest of syria and iraq and iran and saudi arabia and oth

but so far moscow does not see a need. without moscow doing something serious.and i am confident but the interesting pain if they fail that test and is on the defensive again? and to give us this morning a possible solution to put real military presence on the ground. and it would have to involve turkish troops for sure and very important a clear understanding and to put their own troops on the ground. it is not six months the 24 or 36 months. >> as a work that the u.s. commission the my question to the arab perspective on this panel. to look at the positive benefits to benefit directly taking of that intervention with those that have been displaced since october. and as a result to beat the russians to targeted in the area. and they did not say it was created but what tsa with the measures to control their people. >> we will take three questions. it is related to the solutions. but isis exist with the new recruits coming mostly from europe and they are supposed to cross the border. would now be easier? >> i am the european union's senior fellow at brookings. bu

moscow had the long history that ankara has not. and on the coverage of this story it shows. >>> on the download now, the viewers weigh in on the dualling narratives on the conflict between turkey and russia. >> this is part of classic russian strategy to go for the jugular. thing. >> it is possible. no one is bringing it to account. we shouldn't forget about this victory against turkey. it can be turned on at the drop of a hat and turned off at the drop of a hat just as easily. >> the channels are very professional and experienced in propaganda making. and the agency and trt levels are beginning to learn the croft. >> this is part of the code with the propaganda making. what the anna tollia newsagency and the channels do is that they emphasise ankara's point of view, in an overt way. the turkish opposition ourselves nick. >>> other media stories that are on our radar this week, egyptian journalists living outside the country wonder iring if it's safe to go home should take note of this cautionary steal. tale. this man is based in t

kerry is in moscow trying to find way to say narrow the differences over syria.ht after meeting with his russian counterpart, kerry emphasized that both sides are committed to ending the civil war. >> even when there have been differences between us, we have been able to work effectively on specific issues. >> kerry's meeting with the russian president this morning can set the tone for a meeting on friday about syria at the united nations. washington and moscow differ on the roles syrian president bashar al assad should play in any political transition. al jazeera has more from moscow. >> i think despite the encouraging remarks from both sides before the talks got underway, no one is underestimating the difficulties that lie ahead, both russia and united states will try and narrow down their differences over the next set of diplomatic talks. basically, the future which president assad and also trying to bring together opposition politicians and militias who are prepared to sit down at the table and continue the process. now, that is set on paper, any way, for fri

our correspondent live from moscow. as soon as we see president putin take to the pod um and start his address, we will go to that and find out what he is saying, but in the meantime let's talk about the spat, the continuing spat, between the foreign ministers as we speak. there we see president putin then striding into this hall and about to start his annual state of the nation address. we're going to listen to this and find out what he has to say. >>> members of the state, citizens of russia. >> translation: i want to begin this year's address with words of gratitude to russian servicemen fighting terrorism. today in the hall the history or historical hall honoring russian bravery, we have par advertise pants present who fought in the anti terrorist coalition. they are particularly remembered here, particularly those who fell in combat. we honor you, you and all your families. so i would ask you to rise and honor the memory of our so soldiers, all those russian citizens who died, who perished at the hands of terrorist

katty: john kerry speaking in moscow. for more on u.s.sian relations i spoke with andrew who is now at the carnegie endowment for national peace. who is in the driving seat? russia or america when it comes to these negotiations? andrew: they are trying to work together. john kerry is trying to organize a multidimensional process. there are efforts underway with the russians and the saudi to organize the syrian opposition which will go to these talks. there is an area in jordan where people are coming up with a list of -- with groups they can work with. the russians do not want to see syria blow up. they do not want to see the threat of islamic terrorism spread into their country. we already have the bombing on the sinai peninsula a month and a half ago. the russians, is this all about the western effort to push out the assad regime, or is it isiding disaster am a which it collapsing, refugee flows, and more terrorism. hasy: what happens to assad been a stumbling block. what did they agree to today? . we don't know. we know that john kerry

moscow says an amnesty report lacked evidence of the human rights body said that russia committed war crimes in syria. >>> the prime minister of georgia resigned. >>> and a remarkable tale of survival in china. a 19-year-old found after 61 hour60 hours trapped beneath the landslide. >>> residents in syria say they've seen government forces using chemical weapons. five people are said to have been killed southwest of damascus. government helicopters fired missiles containing the nerve agent sarin, one of the world's most lethal chemical weapons. last year a weapons watchdog said that the last had been shipped out to be destroyed. >> this is not the first time that there have been reports of gas used as weapon in syria. opposition sources say these people were exposed to gas when government helicopters fired missiles in the residential area of a rebel-held neighborhood that has been a battle grown for some time now. it is also under siege by government forces. >> these rockets were carrying sarin gas, and as a result five people were killed, including a 12-year-old boy. and more than 30

an effective demonstration in a moscow's ability to project power in the middle east. peter sharp, al jazeera, in moscow. >> a british government review into egypt outlawed muslim brotherhood concluded that the membership of or linked to the group should be an indicator of extremism. the group will be scrutinized by the government. >> the long awaited internal review of the workings of the muslim brotherhood in britain concluded that it's members and it's associates should be considered, quote, a possible indicator of extremism. prime minister david cameron said that the government will maintain the status quo by continuing to review refuse visas, to ensure charities with the links to the muslim brotherhood within the u.k. are not misused to support it directly, and intense scrutinize of the muslim brotherhood in the u.k. and groups associated with it. in the past, senior muslim brotherhood figures have rejected violence, a statement that the muslim brotherhood in egypt said that the government's review unfairly condemns millions of muslims around the world, while lawy

nonetheless moscow is going to do the necessary.they also want to use the role in syria as a way to persuade the europeans to ease up on ukraine. that's not going to happen in january. they took the positions of the g. 20 summit but now they are looking at the june and july. the statements give moscow hope that this will work but so far they do not necessarily see the need to do the necessary in syria. we see them falling over themselves to welcome them without moscow doing something scary is. dennis laid out a very clear the test of conventions that they would fail that test but the interesting question would be what happens when they failed that test if the process is going nowhere and they start to be on the defensive again in the russian air power alone will not do it. fred gave us this morning a possible solution to this and dennis also gave us a partial solution to this which is "-begin-double-quotes a military presence on the ground. that, however, requires troops on the ground although the public is changing after the attack

from moscow, st. petersburg, siberia, the arctic circle and the caucus, they're all taking turn to read from the opus. a great granddaughter of tolstoy and one of the driving forces behind this project. >> it is uncomfortable for the russian society because he questions a lot of key rules of the--how society is--he questions the power, the government when you read "war and peace," the battles are--we understand that war is the awfullest thing in the world. >> he described "war and peace" not as a novel. less of a poem, and still less historical chronicle. what it is epic. over four volumes it tells th the author's interpretation of napoleon's effort to take over russia. it does not limit to the timeless quality. >> russian litter does not generally give answers. it asks questions, and we're still trying to solve them. >> it feels like he's still nearby advising us on life. in the book there are simple people and politicians, and he those off a crane of mistakes that everyone makes mistakes, and we sho

he has been listening in moscow. when it comes to turkey, it seems the hostility from the two countries, from the russian side remains. >> that's absolutely right. when vladimir putin mention the incident of the shooting down of that suk ov fighter, he is generally angry and remained that way. he says that the incident was basically a stab in the back. he's repeated that so many times and warned there has been repercussions. he's talking about tourism, the economy and says that the border is open. he says the border is open to i.s.i.s. and the jihadists, proceeding through turkey and to the caucuses, where they'll become a serious security problem for russia. there is great unhappiness there. i can't see anything reprushment there. >> when it comes to syria, little in russia's stance. when it comes to elections and the role that the government has in it. >> that's right. when the talks begin tomorrow in new york, vladimir putin was signalling that there has to be compromises to be made. there's only one way out of th

then, on tuesday, secretary kerry will head to moscow for talks with russian president vladimir putin and foreign minister sergey lavrov. the discussions come at a tense time between the u-s and russia... as the u-s is only targeting isis in syria... at some syrian rebel groups....as moscow is working to help syrian president bashar assad maintain power. lavrov says: "to decide the fate of bashar al assad ? this is of course raises a big question and there's a grey area between our point of view and that of our partners" meantime, kerry and lavrov are working together to try and start peace talks between assad's government and the syrian opposition. kerry says he's pleased with ongoing progress that syrian opposition groups have been making ...trying to form a united front to negotiate with assad. kerry says: "there are some questions and...kinks to be worked out and i'm confident they're going to be worked out." in moscow secretary kerry will talk with president putin -- not only about the ongoing syrian civil war... and isis... but also the instability in ukraine. in jerusalem, john

with us is dimitri babich live from moscow. thank you for being with us. very interesting this year that the president chose to go straight to the questions and not give his traditional opening remarks, which usually last 30 minutes. why is that, do you think? >> well, i think that putin just wants to seem as open as possible, and in general i must say the general view of putin in the west is some kind of dictator who goes to the public and not able to answer direct questions. this is wrong. he likes to answer tough questions. usually he picks up the most hostile journalists from the audience and asks them to pose their questions. the problem is he never changes his opinions and when people ask him, "what did you do wrong? ", he never says, 'i did this wrong", or "i did that wrong". he finds the reasons why he behaved that way and way it was the best way to behave >>> the first question wasn't a very tough one. it began with a compliment to the president and then the journalist went on to ask about the economic crisis russia is facing. russia, of course, i

december 29, 2012, moscow, russia.dash cam is driving down a highway. >> dashboard cameras on the road always seem to start the same way, everything's going fine, we're on the road, just driving along. when you see a dashboard camera you know, wait a few seconds, something will happen. >> that something is a commercial plane crashing on approach to the airport. it slides off the runway at more than 100 miles per hour. >> all of this debris is on the highway hitting cars. >> you can hear pieces of the plane dropping as it breaks apart. >> and in one case, what looks like a wheel from the landing gear slides right on to the road and hits a car. >> i mean, it was probably one of the things you're driving down the highway and your car's careening toward the wall and wondering what just happened. >> many of us have been in a situation where we have to act quickly on the road. but very few of us have been in a situation when debris plane is crashing and debris is coming at us. >> you see seats from the plane and you don't kn

and the us tanks causing irritation among pro-moscow bulgarians.ask our children about their dreams -- more often than not, their eyes light up as they paint an optimistic picture of th

secretary of state john kerry is in moscow to talk to sergey lavrov. kerry emphasizing both sides are committed to ending the civil war. >> even where there have been differences between us, we have been able to work effectively on specific. >>> >> within the hour, kerry plans to meet with russian president vladimir putin. that discussion could set the tone for a meeting on friday about syria at the united nations. washington and moscow at odds over the future of syrian president bashar al assad and what role he might play in any political transition. >> a senior fellow at the cato institute center for liberty and prosperity was vladimir putin's chief economic advisor and personal representative before the g-8, thanks for being with us. how optimistic should web about this meeting between secretary kerry and russian president vladimir putin and what do you expect? >> it depends what you would consider optimistic. on the part of mr. putin, definitely it's quite a substantial breakthrough, because the so-called isolation or semi isolation in which united

assad who is important to moscow but the principal and if you can topple the government by supportingritory the same may happen tomorrow of the territory over the former soviet union so for putin it's a matter of principle and not personal relation to us or to the syrian government in total. >> clarify this for us then dimitri is this a message to turkey or is this a message for the syrian opposition? >> i think it's more of a message to turkey and probably most likely two of the so called islamic state because the modern syria opposition they visited moscow many times and they are welcome here again and the russian foreign minister keeps inviting them, the problem is usually they come, they meet with the syrian government officials and there is never any compromise that gets out of the meetings, this is really unfortunate that the situation is becoming worse and worse every month because this inability for compromise. >> thank you so much for sharing your insight and dimitri the political analyst in moscow. the u.n. refugee agency has appealed to jordan o -- to allow people across th

rory challands is live from moscow. what more have they be saying? >> it's all very personal, this defense ministry briefing. i was there listening to it and the waiting media and foreign military attaches were shown images of what russia a little is a direct turkish involvement of the sale of stolen oil. it's an industry that makes some $2 billion a year for isil. turkey is the main buyer of this illegally stolen oil, stolen from the countries of syria and iraq. the russians say there are three main smuggling routes by which this oil flows out of syria and iraq into turkey and is then sold on from there. the flow of finances is channeled back in mercenaries, arms and ammunition. the most intendry allegation contained was not all that stuff, but actually what they said about who is responsible, because the russians are now saying that it is president erdogan, the turkish president himself and his family that have directly involved in this trade and financially profiting from it. >> the relationship between ankara and moscow is at its lowest point in

that will happen later on today in moscow. and that is extremely important, because it's very hard to judge unless you are here, meeting face to face, what exactly mr. putin wants, what he plans, and where is he going in this strategy? >> and jill, certainly the role of president bashar al assad, is really the main stumbling block, but the other issue is whether russia is targeting moderate rebels or the isis militants. how might discussions on that issue go down? >> reporter: you know, that's a very complicated issue, actually. it's become more complicated in the last couple of weeks. here's how. russia, for a long time was saying we're hitting isil. and that's it. we are hitting the terrorists. now, the united states has said, you are not hitting isis as much as you are hitting opposition forces. and low and behold, recently russia has started saying our air strikes are meant to help the free syrian army, fsa, which is opposition. so i think that's a place where they have to really drill down and say, who are the fsa people

qatar's foreign minister has been meeting russian counterpart with moscow with syria on top of agendao agreement over the president bashar al-assad and sergei fedorov helped a press conference with his counterpart a day after china and syria agree to framework for up coming peace talks in geneva and hopes for increased cooperation with qatar in the situation in the middle east. >> translator: we discussed in detail what is necessary to be done, to implement the agreements on the syrian settlement reached within the framework of the international support group of syria and the u.n. security council. >> translator: we agree with russian party the worsening of this crisis does benefit the interests of neither party. we are aware that the delays in the solution of this crisis is harmful to all the parties and first of all to the syrian people. >> reporter: al jazeera's peter sharp is live from moscow and as you see it what was the take away, the headline from this meeting? >> well, i think it's fair to say that russia and qatar have agreed to disagree over the future of president assad. t

against his government. >> that was our former moscow bureau chief jill dougherty speaking from moscow. >>> bomb experts are checking a suspicious device that forced an air france flight to make an emergency landing. the flight to paris was diverted to mum bass mombassa, kenya. a passenger noticed the device in a bathroom and notified crew. all 459 passengers and 14 crew evacuated safely of. >>> you're watching "cnn newsroom." still to come, the u.n. security council has agreed to push for peace in syria. but russia says it is prepared for more war. details on that story ahead. plus, at this moment, spaniards are voting. we'll tell you why this is the most uncertain spanish election in four decades. stay with cnn. right when you feel a cold sore, abreva can heal it in as few as two and a half days when used at the first sign. without it the virus spreads from cell to cell. only abreva penetrates deep and starts to work immediately to block the virus and protect healthy cells. you could heal your cold sore, fast, as fast as two and a half days when used at the first sign. learn how abre

they: so in response to prior finding -- they shut their moscow operations. they significantly wound down. they do have some presence there. they have a program or they are doing increased vetting of new clients. the bank is taking this very seriously. they are cooperating with the investigation and so forth. the interesting thing is a lot of this was uncovered by the bank itself. they went in and looks. obviously no bank wants to go find $10 million in trades that weren't vetted properly. seem to be taking responsibility. they are taking action. what about the u.s. regulators? sinceas been going on october 2014? that is where the big issue for deutsche bank and other banks on wall street getting looked at for similar types of issues is -- once you have prosecutors looking into this, then you can go through the process where you may actually have to plead guilty to something, you might have to settle. we've seen a number of multibillion dollar fines with banks on wall street over various infractions and putting sanctions violations and interest rate rigging.

i want to go live to moscow and bring in jill dougherty. jill, the handshake shows the two parties are talking. there is so much work to do. where is there common ground here between the united states and russia on the serious issue? >> reporter: i think you have to say the common ground is to have some type of political transition in syria and end that war by putting the transition together, having the syrians write a new constitution. eventually have elections. it all seems very much in the future. right now, the country is deeply at war. that's the task. so, secretary kerry has been meeting with minister lavrov and then this afternoon, the very important meeting with president putin. sitting down eye to eye talking about president putin's vision of where they should go. as you said, there are numerous issues. i would point out one, what about the opposition? the opposition have been fighting the assad regime. now somebody will have to sit down and work on some type of transition. who will they be? russia is very critical of the oppositio

rory reports now from moscow. but he said it was unrealistic, to solve problems with russia, in just one meeting. >> these meetings are important, both sides to not want to escalate the tensions both sides want to repair, we have different positions but turkey wants to narrow down the differences. i am sure once the mentality is left behind, common sense will prevail, and i hope we will have good relations again, like in the old days. >> is and russia it seems hasn't received the remorse it is looking for, for the downing of a russian bomber last week. >> we met with the minister on his insist request, we heard nothing new. the turkish minister and the prime minister of the republican of turkey. >> in moscow, vladimir putin delivered his state of the nation address. something he has done 12 times now. in the world's conflicts, after a moment of silence, for rush servicemen and civilians killed abroad, hery it rated a call for global action. >> we need to set aside all arguments and differences to create one powerf

since turkey shot down a russian plane for allegedly entering its airspace 10 days ago, and with moscow defending economic and military -- ourerine: let's bring in guest for a closer look at where the islamic state group gets its money from. you are a security specialist. hopefully, you are well placed to tell us a bit more about this issue. one key question, i think, is how much money do we think the islamic state group is likely to oil?rning from >> you can't say exactly. you have many figures. what is probably right is that trafficking in oil is about 25% of the resources, about 25% of the resources. all the figures that you can find -- catherine: so, it is very hard to measure. >> yes, but i think that is changing every day. there is a fight against trafficking in oil, which gives results. tracks from the border of turkey to territory controlled by isis. the situation is moving. the figures are very difficult. catherine: what about the customers? who are they selling this oil to? turkey, trafficking in turkey, because they need to to buyl and they need gas for the engines. you have

we know the version of events from one side, from moscow. according to the details of the version of events, the russians are saying that the russian ship was very close with the approaching turkish fishing ship. it was actually about 550 meters between the two. the russians said they tried to establish communications and that didn't work. then they used visual signals and other means to persuade this ship to go away. then according to the russians, they have to fire some small arms after that. the turkish ship went away. the russians that have were very angry and imposed economic sanctions on turkish borders. there is heated rhetoric between the two countries and things could escalate. >> syrian and russian jets have targeted and killed dozens of people in the east. it was in response to rebel mortar attacks which hit neighborhoods in damascus. is. >> in this moment of sheer panic and desperation, talk of a truce is irrelevant. bloody bodies clutter the floor of a temporary basement clinic. in this rebel-strong hold outside damascus, infant

punishing moscow for another six months. the eu has agreed to keep sanctions in place against russia until july of next year. a possible breakthrough according to u.n. diplomatic forces. an agreement for a security council resolution endorsing a transition political in syria. we will be getting all the latest from our correspondent in new york in just a moment. the british prime minister, david cameron, says he is confident -- sorry. let's talk about rwanda because the leader has been seeking to attend -- extend his term in office. a referendum was held today. clear, is given the all he could stay in power until 2034. host: good evening. eu leaders wrapped up their two-day summit in brussels today, their first meeting since the paris attacks. in the aftermath of the deadly anacks, leaders called for uncompromising fight against terrorism. they also called for a series of measures in beefing up security and a crackdown on weapons trafficking. according to forces in brussels, the leaders today agreed to keep sanctions in place

moscow says an amnesty report is fake off it claimed russia may be guilty of war crimes in syria. >>>a requests an international arrest warrant for the kremlin critic. >>> and a remarkable tail of survival from china. the 19 year old found after more than

his e-mail said, we avoid international media scandals related to the moscow championships. he suggests using a sports marketing firm to try to ensure that 2013 events will pass with no controversy. he wrote that he wanted to know what russian skeleton there might be in the cupboard, as if the guilty ones are not competing, then we might as well wait until the event is over to announce them. the journalist to first exposed russian doping exposed the e-mails on twitter, and was received with a response that he was only brainstorming, and that there was no involvement. the secretary has now stepped aside for an investigation into the e-mail. the russian federation was suspended in february for the doping scandal. was the skeleton known about two years ago? why was not more done then? brent: when we see you, it has to be dirty. yesterday it was world soccer. today it is athletics. ben: it is never ending. pretty much every day for the past three or four, five months there has been something new. nick davies, he is not a big denver, he always came across as a straightlaced guy.

he's in moscow. talk us through what he hats to say about syria. >> basically, rhetorically he asked a question about what is asking. how long will the army remain in syria. he made it clear that russia's army will remain in syria, as long as the army continues its offensive, and will not pull out before then. talking about bashar al-assad. he said nothing has changed there. russia never agrees that anyone from the outside should determine who should rule another country and stressed in his alignment that vladimir putin has been making that only the syrian people can determine their future, and that will be part of the political settlement, the third stage of this, which is going be convened by sergey lavrov, the foreign minister in new york, tomorrow and friday. >> not budging when it comes to turkey, he lashed out at the turks. what is the resolution there. did he put anything forward as far as that is concerned in. >> i think, really, it's an icebox. no one is going near, despite the fact that the

as soon as that happens we will take you there live to moscow. so do keep it here on al jazeera. in the meantime continuing with the days news. 20 people have been killed in overnight clashes with the taliban in helmand province. for days the army has been trying to push the armed group out of the district. the u.s. is helping afghan troops with air strikes. our correspondent is in the helmand province close to the fighting. he told us afghan forces are struggling because of lack of support from their own government. >> reporter: afghan army and afghan police always complain about lack of air force and for the fight in afghanistan, it is very important support for the troops here, for the afghan troops because taliban are - before they were not able to attack any location with a big number because when naturive forces were involved in fighting, especially in helmand province, they always had air support and it was very effective against taliban. now that afghan forces are suffering from a lack of air force, they're complaining and they're saying that the reason they're losing so

in moscow. joining us from washington d.c. is bill courtney, senior fellow at the rand corporation, a former u.s. ambassador to kazakhstan. thank you for joining us. >> you are welcome. >> the global dialogue focussed on syria, how much is this trip about the u.s. not losing site of ukraine's troubles? >> well, this trip is precisely for that reason. vice president biden has a couple of messages. one by his presence, in ukraine, and the messages he'll carry, showing russia that there's no responsibility of a grand bargain by which they return for cooperation. vice president joe biden will underline support, economic and military from the united states to ukraine. for example, congress passed a defense bill, which authorises $300 million in military assistance to ukraine. third, vice president biden has a message of tough love for petro porashenko and others on economic reforms. there have been no privatizations of state-owned corporations in the ukraine, and that's one of the major sources of co

moscow say a surveillance vessel fired warning shots to avoid a collision with a turkish fishing boat. the ministry said small argument were used against the boat after it failed to respond to radio contact and also warning flares were used. for more on this, omaral sala is in turkey gathering more information. what else have you learned? >> first of all, we spoke with the turkish foreign ministry. they confirmed the attache was summoned. when we asked for details from the turkish side, they said no comment. according to the russian version of events, early this morning, around 9:00 a.m., moscow time, a turkish fishing ship came close to the russian surveillance ship and the russians had to fire some rocket flares and visual signals trying to persuade them. the russians say they tried to establish communications with the approaching turkish vessel. that also apparently failed and then they had to file small arms. they came close, about 550 meters from each other. after the russians fired those small arms, the turkish. i sped away. >> can you put this hundred perspective for us against

secretary of state john kerry in moscow meeting with president vladimir putin and his return counterpartgei lavrov. he's talking about a civil war and the forces of bashar al-assad and the opposition forces on the ground. the thinking is if you can negotiate a cease-fire there, then you can negotiate more on the fight against isil. but first there is that political transition. that's his mission. you heard him praising russia's efforts saying that russia has been a cooperative and constructive partner in that effort. that's diplomatic speak, of course. and the other secretary abroad is secretary ash carter who is on the military track. and of course u.s. and russia are at odds in the bombing campaigns in syria, both having very different agenda there is. carter is trying to get countries in the region to do more. his first stop was turkey. the u.s. would like turkey to do more to seal the border there, and they would like all the countries in the region who talk about fighting isil to do more to fight isil. the secretary said he'll be calling on each country to give their strongest and m

but so far moscow does not see a need. without moscow doing something serious.and i am confident but the interesting pain if they fail that test and is on the defensive again? and to give us this morning a possible solution to put real military presence on the ground. and it would have to involve turkish troops for sure and very important a clear understanding and to put their own troops on the ground. it is not six months the 24 or 36 months. >> as a work that the u.s. commission the my question to the arab perspective on this panel. to look at the positive benefits to benefit directly taking of that intervention with those that have been displaced since october. and as a result to beat the russians to targeted in the area. and they did not say it was created but what tsa with the measures to control their people. >> we will take three questions. it is related to the solutions. but isis exist with the new recruits coming mostly from europe and they are supposed to cross the border. would now be easier? >> i am the european union's senior fellow at brookings. bu