news. >> is syria heading for a ceasefire? the death toll at 30,000, the government says it is ready to stop the fighting for the holiday of eid. >> if the initiative succeeds, we hope to build on it and import and lasting and solid ceasefire. >> welcome. also coming up, recognizing generations of hurt for the roma community in germany, but will it help the roma of today? and a scandal that is testing the bbc's reputation for independence and trust. it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. i washington, and in damascus, there is a flicker of hope that a ceasefire, albeit a temporary one, could be brought about by the end of this week. there is a sign of readiness from some programs to halt the offensive during the holiday of eid, which begins on friday. >> following my recent visit to damascus, i would like to tell you that the syrian government has agreed to a cease-fire eid.g the i believe they will issue a statement to this act either today or tomorrow. most of the fighting groups our accepted to observe a ceasefire. this modest i

there are farmers, tailors, electricians, and determined to bring social justice to syria. >> the new syria will be a syria without corruption, without bribery. we are not going to have a system like under the old regime where everyone is corrupt. >> but will the new syria and keep women in seclusion? >> this remains a deeply conservative islamic society, even after years of will by the baath party. many are afraid that if and when the regime collapses another fight will break out as one side of the country decides to impose its it by you on others. the west has refused to arm the web -- the rebels as it fears the weapons could fall under extremists and. here they say those fears are baseless. they are moderates. >> it is up to the west and the rest of the world what we will do with assad. for the west not helping, that is creating extremists. >> this place has seen so much martyrdom, no one is sure how long talks of reconciliation can survive. the what they are sure of is more death. so sure, they now big graves in advance, the victims on known. -- and now david graves in advance, the vict

syria back. how do you facility economic and social policy between the two so that once assad is finally toppled that the transition to a new unified syria is easier? >> so with the emergence of the local counsels, they have established their own governance structures, they have committed to working in collaboration with whatever transitional government does emerge. we are securing agreements from the community as they develop as they empower themselves. so i think there's a very positive outlook and the fact they took the initiative to do this the fact they are getting international support and facer various forms i think indicates they're moving toward post assad more cohe'sive formula. >> can i just add and say that as there are a number of groups that now associated with the administration counsel these include groups that have freely formed, i'd like to name one which is a group of -- it's called the reconstruction group. a group of engineers, civil engineers, architects, qo have basically decided to go around the damaged area assessing the amount of damage trying to put together the sort of, you know, prior to putting

the new syria, after the new egypt, god willing. i cannot stay here, to reiterate that egypt will work with these irrigation's for syria to -- with this arab nation to occupy its place in this world, an integral component of national security, of a larger home land that extends from the arab gulf to the atlantic ocean. there is a huge field of opportunity for cooperation and interaction with the countries of the arab world. egypt also considers the extremely valuable contribution of the arab world within the wider islamic sphere is of vital necessity to promote joint action within the organization of islamic cooperation. egypt will make every effort to make sure that the next oic conference due early next year in egypt, egypt will make sure that it will strengthen understanding between egypt and the countries of the arab world and precipitate dialogue and eliminate the causes of misunderstanding. employed by fanatics on both sides to improve the differences between us -- to prove the differences between us are great and to achieve po

in syria a new wave of attacks erupted today as rebels battled government forces once again. aleppo, syria's largest city, has been the site of fierce fighting this weekend. holy williams has more. >> reporter: the syrian rebels are targeting the government's air-bases. this video was posted on-line and claims to show opposition fighters firing at a military airport just outside of aleppo. their goal is to weaken the regime's air force. government warplanes have bombarded rebel positions, and their lightly armed opposition is normally powerless to stop them. but much of the fighting is still at street level. this internet video appears to come from darra where the rebels and regime are fighting for control of city blocks. and this is aleppo's med evil market, part of the world heritage set a blaze during fighting and now reduced to a charred skeleton. opposition groups say that syria's bloody civil war has claimed more than 30,000 lives. these bodies are said to have been discovered in damascus, a dozen men dead but we don't know who they were or why they were killed. the regi

the family of a journalist who's been helping russian news outlets in syria has told r.t. that she's been kidnapped near the city of homes there is a scene of intense fighting between government forces and the opposition a correspondent in the region or an english is following the story tonight. the husband. question of a has contacted r t and saying that she was abducted on hard courts knew i was working in syria she has been there for almost a year and now she has been to all the major hotspots in this country torn by the civil war her reports have largely been known for being very critical of the rebels her colleagues as well as the russian consulates russian diplomats in syria are working on establishing a what exactly had happened to the car and where whereabouts would be now of course the. journalists. well known are going to zation reporters without borders have come out with an open letter to read to the free syrian army they have said and i'm quoting that while the organization has been drawing attention to the regime's tight grip on the news and information in sy

in the weeks other news syria bans turkish civilian flights from its airspace after all cut off for so many syrian passenger plane over a suspicion it happened russian weapons on board a conflict torn nations neighbors meanwhile are bolstering their military song and borders. and one of the pussy riot palm group members walks free but her two bandmates stay behind bars the women were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism over their feet all star. weekend sports update is next with kate. hello welcome to the latest sport this sunday and here's what's coming up. the monster no i don't have it saves a five match points before ending andy murray's two year run as champion with a thrilling monster's final victory in shanghai while top of the world sebastian vettel produces a dominant victory in the korean grand prix to overtake the no longer at the top of the drivers' championship all races to go. under four from for fabio capello's russia aim to keep up their one hundred percent record as the group leaders prepare to host azerbaijani in the world cup qualifier on tuesday. but fi

and have received reports from the news of syria's pro-government media who are saying that they have been increasingly becoming targets of abduction and murder of targets of opposition groups while foreign journalists are also reporting that they are being targets of death threats from opposition groups of course he will be keeping a close eye on the situation in regards to the journalists missing in syria the syrian opposition is being increasingly held relate to this the rebels say fighters from the islamist front hoping to attack and seize new defense space on the outskirts of the major city of aleppo just starbird from executive intelligence review magazine says rebels growing links with terrorist groups should ring alarm bell for their foreign supporters. the syrian opposition is increasingly being dominated by the same al qaeda linked jihadi networks that just recently assassinated an american ambassador and three other american diplomats in benghazi libya the opposition has clearly run aground in terms of any military capacity to overthrow the assad regime so the opposition is

but next the family of a journalist who's been helping russian news outlets in syria has told us that she's been kidnaps near the city of holmes the area is the scene of intense fighting between government forces and the opposition a correspondent in the region are really going on the story. the husband. question of a has contacted r t and saying that she was abducted on hard courts to i was working in syria she has been there for almost a year and now she has been to me all major hotspots in this country torn by the civil war as well as russian diplomats in syria are working on establishing what exactly has happened to car and where for whereabouts could be we have also been contacted by one of her colleagues and this is how she described the situation where you know the time hard went home to help a group of fresh and journalists who weren't since then. and haven't been need to retrain her cell phone then through channels learned that she was captured by a group of people not far from home syria remains a highly unstable ground for work for journalists well known organization report

and have received reports from the news of syria's pro-government media who are saying that they have been increasingly becoming targets of abduction and murder of targets of opposition groups while foreign journalists are also reporting that they are being targets of death threats from opposition groups of course he will be keeping a close eye on the situation in regards to the journalists missing in syria. tensions are rising between syria and its neighbor turkey damascus has announced it has banned turkish civilian flights over city of syrian territory meanwhile is refusing to release a cargo confiscated from a syrian plane it forced to land earlier this week saying the shipment contained russian made weapons moscow has strongly denied these claims log on to r.t. dot com for more on this diplomatic standoff. britain is failing to honor its own heroic veterans who saved countless lives during the second world war they risked themselves on perilous journeys to help their brothers in arms artie's explains what has been stopping their valor from being properly recognized. worst journey

that was addressed was by presenting very clear principles that should guide the emergence of a new syria. principles of pluralism, tolerance, rejection of revenge, rejection of exclusion, rejection of collective punishment for the acts of individuals. a whole set of principles and guidelines and values that should communicate to constituents which remain uncertain that there are credible groups within the syrian opposition who are determined to rebuild syria along line that is will provide space for all itself components to participate. not that those who perpetrated crimes will be exempt from justice. not that victims will be denied the opportunity for justice, but that there will be values, principles, strategies that guide the construction of a new syria, that offer all components of syrian society hope for something better than they have now and it was precisely because this fear of change was seen as such an important barrier that those issues were so central in the document. >> addressing their fears basically. >> i want to speak to this as well because from our recent encounter wi

turkish military have carried out a new on syria targets against syria despite calls from damascus not to violate its sovereignty target had earlier fired on the volatile state in returning to shelling from syria which killed find civilians. considering whether to also wise cross border military operations and. the f.b.i. has charged eleven people by acting as secret agents for moscow allegedly selling millions worth of restrictive technology to the russian military. the center plans a boost to its own budget a big spans of austerity press states while in west take greece an increased number of families can't even afford to raise their children. international news life from moscow this is on she was nice and was start with breaking news turkey's retaliation against syria isn't ending anytime soon and doing anytime soon i should say as the country's military has launched a fresh our series tries against the war torn state has earlier fired over the border in response to that shelling from the syrian side which killed five turkish civilians and as she is middle east correspondent paula c

look for it starting wednesday on nbc "nightly news." >>> the bloody civil war in syria is likely to be a topic. a taxi loaded with explosives blew up near a police station, 13 people were reported killed and 29 wounded, and in neighboring lebanon, new protests about what re syria might have played in the death of a top lebanese intelligence official friday. stephany gosk has the latest from beirut. >> reporter: protesters rushed the prime minister's offices ripping up barbed-wire and hurling rocks. troops responded with warning shots and lots of tear gas. the air was so bad, some passed out and were dragged away. this has turned into a standoff right now, between the protesters and the military, the leader of the opposition has called active people to pull back and go home. but this was never how this day was supposed to begin. the day began with a top member of the political regime was killed. it is believed the syrian government orchestrated the attack. >> there's a serious conflict going on between the country and the government. >> reporter: lebanon's president told the country t

. >> breaking news from syria. let's go to jummy olabanji. >> several news outlets this morning are reporting that the death toll has risen to 40 and could continue growing. and we have new video just into the newsroom out of syria. there are reports this morning that a deadly explosions were caused by three different suicide bombers who detonated explosive-packed cars near an officer's club in the northern city of aleppo. dozens of people trapped under some of the rubble. we are hearing there's possibly a fourth explosion detonated a few hundred meters away from the initial explosions. witnesses on the ground said that it felt like a series of earthquakes. once again, we are hearing up to 40 people have been killed in the explosions and dozens more injured. back to you. >> thank you. president obama and mitt romney meeting for their first debate before the november election. >> baxter night. it will focus on foreign-policy and several issues. -- that is tonight. brianne carter has a preview. >> both candidates have

no future among us that is why france will recognize a provisional government representing the new free syria once it's been formed but if assad goes it's almost guaranteed that the carnage will continue. to shut us out protect minorities including the christians that have lived in syria for hundreds of years even the strictest estimates of the situation we're see from our west european partners says that it least one third of the population still back assad regarding him as a person destined not to let syria turn into a country impossible for minorities to live in. and no more than ever syria's instability threatens the security of neighboring lebanon and here to the u.s. has made it clear it supports a new government it was a false hope that the lebanese intelligence officer was killed that murder prompted widespread condemnation and of course for the international community to stay out of domestic affairs a message the international community would do well to heed a phony to prevent the region from forming into for the chaos today we're seeing the a western and g.c.c. led counter revolutio

click syria at least opted to accept a new leadership to seek new leadership.t now it will be. >> very briefly it is worth repeating that these documents stress the principle of the equality of all syrians regardless of ethnic origin and sectarian affiliation. you are right, there are fissures in the opposition, but there is far more common ground than you might think, which includes the establishment of a civil and democratic state in syria. so i think to our overplaying divisions of the opposition, you are overplaying the support from the regime. i want to repeat, correct me if i'm wrong. civil servants also have salaries cut if they do not show to the demonstration. you may have seen fit to live in damascus, the schoolkids are happily away from school. they go to demonstrate. so the supported the regimes is far, far less than you might think. >> let's move on. if there are questions from the web or twitter, past and a and will try to integrate inter conversations, sir. >> joe guggenheim, just an interested citizen and want to commend you for the good work yo

news." >> turkey's retaliation against syria continues. a response after five turks died in the syrian attack across the border. a burial takes place and nato condemns the assad regime. welcome to gmt. david eades. coming up, with an audience of 50 million to impress, as romney gained ground on obama in the first of the televised presidential debates? >> it is not moral for my generation to keep spending more than we take in, knowing those burdens of will be passed on to the next generation. >> i promised i would fight every single day on behalf of the american people, the middle class, and all those striving to get into the middle class. kept that promise. >> also -- ♪ ♪ you know i love you >> 50 years since the beatles released their first single. it's midday in london, 7:00 in the morning in washington, 2:00 in the afternoon in turkey where the parliament is in an emergency session over a bill of the rise across borders military operations in syria. turkey has already retaliated to the mortar attack that killed five people in a border t

news. >>> in syria the violence continues this morning. activists say syrian troops bombed a northern town at the border with turkey. nobody is claiming responsibility for a car bomb. it killed four people. the side bomber attacked a compound yesterday in a remote town controlled by the kurds. dozens of others were wounded. foreign affairs was the topic of an opinion piece mitt romney wrote for today's "wall street journal." he critiqued president obama's handling of the events in the middle east. romney said president has misapplied americans understanding. he wrote we must restore our economic strength, our military strength and the strength of our values. both candidate are prepping for their first debate against each other this wednesday in denver focusing on domestic issues. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. susan, good morning to you. >> reporter: the president enters the final month before the elections within reach of the number of electoral votes needed to win but he continues to battle criticisms over how the white house

not good news for those in the region in syria and not good news for the united states.onathan: andrew, i hate to side with the syrian government but isn't there a point that how you do a cease-fire with a group when there are so many different groups involved? >>guest: the opposition in syria is reacting to the regime's massive and brutal crackdown on the opposition which was at first peaceful so the amended opposition is giving the bashar al-assad regime the resistance it cannot deal with, with if it had one person assad would try to chop it off. they will not give him the pleasure so when his back is against the wall, it is very difficult for him to negotiate his way out of it. that is a complication of the crisis. it is in keeping, you are right, we have well over 100 different commanders in different parts of the country and remain ad groups, i doubt they will all agree but in the end the reason why the ceasefires in the past have not worked and why this will not work assad regime has no intention of implementing it and the opposition knows that. >>shepard: we have

syria right now. i think the same the same mistakes and the same approach is to you. i think critically can one. almost new good one just we were just at the beginning of the. first syria and said well. that's a good you know like the dismissive way it's like we decide who should be president bush not the president instead of the time that those. of trying to find consensus among groups with the government with its a thing or two and somehow for. a new beginning for syria instead of that we went from one is born of escalation and now it's probably too late should he go though at this point because the how could he really reconcile with his people after everything that has happened how could he ruled syria even if he was to win which is very unlikely it is up to the syrian people to decide. the syrian people are simply on both sides you know you still think it's if you don't mention it's well we don't know how would you do side it's fifty fifty if you do not have elections just last question so having experienced libya egypt pakistan now syria afghanistan what are the lessons that the americans have learned

breaking news and also the turkish military have reportedly carried out new on syria at times against syria despite calls from damascus not to violate its sovereignty and they launched everytime a show strike on the volatile state after shells were fired from syria leaving by your civilian. the i has charged eleven people for acting as secret agents from moscow allegedly selling millions was a restricted acknowledgement that the russian military. power center plans a boost to its own budget expands i will stare at you press dates while it was tape agrees to an increased number of families can't even afford to raise their children . this is also you coming to live from moscow hello and welcome to the program turkey's military has launched fresh artillery strikes against syria find on the war torn state and retired to the shining coming from the syrian side which killed five turkish civilians several syrians were also reported dead as a result of the unprecedented military exchange and aussies middle east correspondent joining us now live with more hello paula so looks like turkey's ret

turkish military have carried out a new are syria tanks against syria despite calls from damascus not to boil a day sovereignty turkey has fired on the volatile state there retaliating to charlotte from syria which killed five civilians and grey is now considering whether to authorize calls aboard a military operations in the area and. the r.b.i. has charged eleven people planting it secret agents for moscow legibly setting millions of why the restricted technology to the russian military. power center plans a boost to its own budget at the expense of austerity press days one was hit greece an increased number of bomb leads can't even afford to raise their children. in russia and around the world this is aussie with me here thanks for joining us talk is returning nation again syria isn't ending any time soon as the country's military has launched fresh artillery strikes against the war torn state had earlier fired over the border in response to the shelling from the syrian side which killed five turkish civilians and he's a middle east correspondent for the nato member state is now cl