peace talks in syria he talked about the format which includes turkey russia and iran and also the small group which includes germany france and also the u.s. he said that those two formats would be uniting forces and now we have to see what that means going forward and one other thing that russia had wanted to achieve was aid for government controlled areas of syria that's something that germany has very much spoken out against it's not clear whether there was any movement on that putin simply said that they had discussed the fact that france had provided aid to some assad controlled areas and we'll have to see whether germany plays ball on that i mean you obviously as you were describing there are some shared goals the booth to russia show on the syria question but they do have sometimes different and even competing interests what are they. well absolutely actually russia and turkey on on are on opposing sides of this conflict with russia supporting the syrian government of the assad regime and and turkey supporting the rebels the opposition but they have actually been working very closely together i think you cou

it's calling for a new constitution for the war torn country the leaders of turkey russia germany and france said a constitutional committee should be convened by the end of this yet at least three hundred sixty thousand people have died in the syrian conflict. you're watching the news thanks for watching. the lead. sleep. carefully. looking at least simply. to get. discover her. legs. subscribe to. documentary to. get the. the e.u. and the italian government were on collision course this week the conflict was showcased by an attack by a right wing italian m.e.p. symbolically trampling on qana me commissioner pierre moscovici says notes the stunt came after the european commission took the unprecedented step of rejecting rome's draft budget because it increased government debt beyond e.u. rules that is respected they have to respect joint rules as all e.u. countries are done for ten years with policies that are left or right or elsewhere that holds us together in the euro zone but also because when all the problem is that rome proposes to borrow three times more fresh cash than promis

these four nations what do you think about the involvement of france and germany were used to having russia and turkey involved here what confronts and germany bring to the table i think this is very important meeting although i don't expect an agreement between them because there are deep differences between these four countries of course i mean russia and to a key both are having significant military power in syria and they are actually the arm holding the cards especially concerning the ceasefire in but germany also is having the money germany is the e.u. and without the e.u. we don't expect any sort of meaningful. reconstruction process to start in syria the russians are in fact focusing mainly on the construction on retaining of that if you g.'s before any political settlement is each in syria that is not the position of the germans and that is not the position of the french that is indeed the position of the turks the turks they would want very much to agree on a road map to reach a final settlement in syria that is not on on on the table for the russians at this particular stage for

reform and fresh elections in the war torn country meeting in istanbul the leaders of turkey russia germany and france also said a truce around the rebel held best of it live should be extended but that has been repeatedly violated and it's still a long way before peace talks or other before peace takes hold on the ground in syria first you see them then you hear them. syrian government rocket fire rains down on the town of kafir hama this is supposed to be a crucible. on the growth white helmets wage war against the rubble and their search for life. and the end they can only pray as the five year old girl from what was once her was just the latest victim in this low unforgiving war. one hundred million dollars. it is against the backdrop of such bloodshed that therefore we summit convened in istanbul overcoming their differences to try to finally find a settlement for peace in syria. hours of talks produced a unanimous backing for a new constitutional committee backed by the united nations and followed by free elections. as they presented their agreement the german chancellor acknowledged

counterpart my phone failed to discuss syria a nuclear deal with iran and relations with russia germany's charm offensive in the us comes amid repeated verbal attacks from president donald trump on his long time ally prior to his departure for the united states said good relations between the two nations remain quote non-negotiable. the royal swedish academy of sciences in stockholm has announced this year's nobel prize for chemistry the three rip recipients are francis an old and george smith of the u.s. and britain gregory went to us the nobel committee said they've been given the prestigious award for their work in developing proteins athol for human kind chemical problems the california institute of news updates this hour head office will be up next with your business in just two minutes but we'll leave you with some music from germany's unification celebrations beethoven's. conducted by daniel button boy enjoy. the. first. joint direct attack on her journey to freedom.

the leaders of turkey russia germany and france get together to move the syrian peace process forward some issues that will lead the discussion. also this hour multiple deaths are confirmed by police in a shooting at a synagogue in the u.s. state of pennsylvania the gunman has been detained. and the european court of human rights throws out an appeal which sorting used the freedom of speech to defame the prophet muhammad we put the issue here up for debate. we should have free speech and he goes as far as saying in some instances that. would become of a low people to use and then be used to become racist demonize a group called. thanks for joining us r.t. international just gone now ten pm now here in moscow i'm daniel hawkins welcome to the program. now it's been a significant day for syria last four key players with differing views russia turkey germany and france have met in his thumble for the first time in an attempt to move along a peace settlement for the conflict. sides discussed plenty of issues including constitutional reform and elections as well as humanitarian aid to the

well that was a joint press conference there in istanbul by the leaders of russia turkey france and germany quite a lengthy conference a lot of topics covered a lot of questions leaders emphasizing that despite their differences on syria that topic of course dominated the conference a joint statement had been reached with the syrian constitutional committee to be formative by the end of this year that was one of the key points agreed upon by all the leaders there. the syrian national congress is working on that the leaders of russia and france the president's marquardt and putin never saw any provocation in the province of course where that the escalation zone is would lead to action they reserve the right to take action should there be provocations there from either side it's all leaders also emphasizing the humanitarian aspect the importance of returning refugees of enabling you know the aid and the infrastructure to facilitate that return of refugees both within syria and without as well merkel summing up the joint point of view there by saying that free transparent elections work either

a four way summit between russia germany and france is underway in a bid to find a solution to the syria crisis and the u.s. department of justice charges a suspect for sending a string of past importance to senior u.s. democrats and he could face more than fifty years behind bars. to come on our feet in the european court of human rights an appeal which sought to use the freedom of speech to define the prophet mohammed we put the issue. we should have free speech and it goes as far as saying in some instances that was very wrong would become of people to use and abuse to become demonized a group of people. are welcome this is our international start with that breaking news this hour because there's been a shooting at a synagogue in pittsburgh in the u.s. state of pennsylvania policeman say that the shooter has been detained and confirm to you that there have been multiple fatalities three policemen were also shot witnesses said a gunman had walked into the synagogue during a morning service. started to open fire there have been unconfirmed reports on the number of dead with claims up to

month supposed person for the turkish president edge of time to once said that the leaders of russia germany and prince will also take part among the issues will be how to politically resolve the conflict in syria and coordinate efforts. european union's top court has ordered poland's right wing government to immediately suspended decision that effectively imposes early retirement on judges appointed under the previous government last month the european commission said the controversial move was in violation of poland's obligations to the e.u. treaty. and an official memorial ceremony is being held in the russian an extent crimea for the victims of a school shooting that left twenty people dead the region is observing three days of mourning russian media are calling the attack in the black sea port of capture by an aide. teen year old gunman the russian call him by. treasury secretary steven nugent will not attend a major saudi investment conference next week that's in reaction to the controversy surrounding saudi journalist jamal called g. turkish state media are reporting that employees of

the leaders of turkey russia germany and france get together in an attempt to move the syrian peace process forward some say issues will need further discussion. multiple deaths confirmed by police in a shooting at a synagogue in the us state of pennsylvania gunman has been detained. and the european court of human rights throws out an appeal which sought to use the freedom of speech to defame the prophet muhammad put the issue of the debate. we should have free speech and he goes as far as saying in some instances that it was wrong but we cannot people to use and abuse to become greece is demonized a group of people. here in moscow watching our international law daniel hawkins you are thanks for joining us this hour. and while the conflict in syria appears to be in its final phase people in the water one country still have a long way to go before finding reconciliation that's why the leaders of france germany and russia discussed the situation in istanbul this weekend we know live now to our correspondent who's in the thick of things there at the press conference . a lot of questions asked

to special purpose vehicle is a deal between china russia germany the u.k. and france all of the other countries that were part of the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal aside from the united states which donald trump pulled out of the deal what it's supposed to do is to allow companies to trade with iran. and well to be cut out from the u.s. is basically it would essentially allow those companies that are doing business with iran to trade under the same rules as if they were doing business say inside the european union it's being put forward and back to massively by the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs federica mockery me her name is threw out they said in fact throughout the iran deal she was crucial to getting that signed back in twenty fifteen one of the key architects of it's taking it very very personally she says this will allow legitimate deals to be able to be done however not everybody is as confident the reason they're not as cold is because the united states have said if you do business with iran you don't do business with the united st

a four way summit between russia germany and france is underway in a bid to find a solution to the syria crisis and the u.s. department of justice charges the suspect sending a string of past importance to senior u.s. democrats and warns he could face small.

a spokesperson for the president said the leaders of russia, germany and france will take part. amongst the issues, how to resolve the conflict in syria politically. prosecutors in turkey are said to be questioning saudi consulate employees over the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi. it is now over two weeks since he went missing after entering the consulate. the saudi royal family is struggling to critically -- credibly deny their involvement. authorities to their search for a body outside istanbul. >> the forest outside istanbul. according to anonymous officials, police e are searchig here for the remains of the missing journalist jamal khashoggi. officials say a vehicle was tracactor the daday he entered e consulate on octotober 2. a second vehicle was t tracked o a nearbyby city. saudi arabia has denied allegations by turkish officials who said coach reggie was killed inside the -- who said khashoggi was killed inside the consulate. these images are s said to show the workers. the turkish governrnment is pointing the finger of blame at riyadh. >> jamal khashoggi di

the leaders of russia turkey germany and frogs get together in an attempt to kickstart serious peace process but serious differences remain over how exactly to tackle extremist groups in the north of the war torn country if radical militants opposed this if they make provocations from inside the lives own but russia will reserve the right to help the syrian government eliminate this threat of a military offensive by the syrian regime and its backers. would have an acceptable security and few minutes here in consequence also this hour multiple deaths by police in a shooting at a synagogue in the u.s. state of pennsylvania the gunman has since been detained. on the european court of human rights throws out an appeal which sought to use the freedom of speech laws to defame the prophet muhammad. for the way. we should have free speech and it goes as far as saying in some instances that the fed was wrong but we cannot i'm old people to use and abuse to become greece is demonized a group of people. who are things about the law from moscow just quoting what i am here in a capsule and i know

the leaders of russia turkey germany and france need to lay the groundwork the peace the inferior serious differences remain over how to tackle extremists groups in the northwest of the war torn country if radical militants opposed this if they make provocations from inside the russians will reserve the right to help the syrian government eliminate this threat of a military offensive by the syrian regime and its backers. would have an acceptable security and humanitarian consequence. gun monk bursts into a synagogue in the u.s. state of pennsylvania shooting dead eleven people and wounding six of those. and the european union the european court of human rights rules that insulting the prophet muhammad is not protected by freedom of speech upholding a conviction against an austrian woman we get reaction to the decision we should have free speech and it goes as far as saying in some instances the professor was very wrong when we come up a lot of people to use and abuse them to become racist demonize a group of people. a warm welcome you're watching on t.v. international with me if you are i

now our top story the leaders of russia it's. germany and france have called for syrians to take center stage in their country's peace process and stressed the importance of preserving syrian sovereignty the statement came following a summit in istanbul and it finding ways of ending the country's devastating seven year long conflict. for. a full sized discuss constitutional reform and free elections the humanitarian aid and stake stream is functions entrenched in a province if a train car reports from istanbul. first of all even though we are in november the foreign leaders hope that a committee to draft the syrian new constitution will be more before the end of this year here's another one of the heads of state did to discuss the personal favor of syria's president barbara starr hall assad and besides this nobody is flushing the rights of the syrian people to decide who is still to be in charge of the country next time plus whatever it wants to start firing guns need serious problem with for trades in the area it could explode at any ti

the leaders of russia turkey germany and france get together to kick start serious peace process but serious differences remain over how to tackle extremist groups in the northwest of the water one country. if radical militants opposed this if they make a sions from inside the it. will reserve the right to help the syrian government eliminate the military offensive by the syrian regime and its backers. would have an acceptable security and humanitarian consequence. also this hour multiple deaths are confirmed by police in a shooting at a synagogue in the u.s. state of pennsylvania the gunman has since been detained. and the european court of human rights throws out an appeal which sought to use the freedom of speech to defame the prophet mohammed and put the issue up for debate. we should have free speech and it goes as far as saying. it was wrong with me come up a lot of people to use and abuse to become racist demonize a group of. international life with me. thanks so much for joining us on the program. it's been a significant day for syria us four key players with very different v

counterpart mike to discuss syria the nuclear deal with iran and relations with russia germany's charm offensive in the u.s. comes amid the pitted verbal attacks from president donald trump on his long time ally prior to his departure for the united states said good relations between the two nations remain non-negotiable. the royal swedish academy of sciences in stockholm has announced this year's nobel prize for chemistry the three with recipients of francis arnold and george smith of the u.s. and britain gregory winter from the nobel committee said that given the prestigious award for their work in developing proteins the soft humankind's the chemical problems that you and the. next is here to tell us more about the nobel committee's decision and also what this prize really means so these researchers work in different fields so why are they sharing this prize all three harness the power of evolution that's how the nobel prize committee described their achievements they actually brought kind of evolution to chemistry but also to evolution itself because they took control of evolution

in istanbul later this month a spokesperson for the turkish president at a time the leaders of russia germany and france will also take part among the issues that will be how to resolve the conflict in syria politically and coordinated efforts. prosecutors in turkey are said to be questioning a saudi consulate employees of the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi it's now been more than two weeks since the washington post columnist went missing after entering the consulate in istanbul they saudi royal family struggling to credibly did not have reports of khashoggi was killed by an assassination squad with close ties to the crown prince on friday turkish investigators took west search for the body for a body outside istanbul. belgrade forest nearest campbell according to anonymous turkish officials police are searching here for the remains of missing saudi journalist. officials saying a saudi consulate vehicle was tracked here the day. and the consulate on october second a second vehicle was tracked to a nearby city. saudi arabia has denied allegations by turkish officials who said she

today in istanbul turkish president which of time aired on his meeting the leaders of france russia and germany they're also expected to discuss access to humanitarian aid the drafting of a constitution and reconstruction of the war torn country. on friday seven people were killed when syrian regime forces shelved southeastern is live in the deadliest attack since the deal was reached to prevent a wide scale offensive on the province. seven years of war in syria at least three hundred fifty thousand killed and a country in ruins now the rebel stronghold faces a siege the next humanitarian crisis is imminent. it is the last part of syria not under the control of president bashar al assad many of his opponents have fled here but it is only a question of time until his troops and his allies retake the region in northern syria. turkey and europe see that a majority of the three million people living here will try to flee initiating another refugee crisis preventing this will be the main goal of the political summit in istanbul. the syrian conflict is dominated by foreign powers mainly russia iran a

the leaders of turkey russia germany and france get together to move the syrian peace process forward some issues that will lead the discussion. also this hour multiple deaths confirmed by police in a shooting at a synagogue in the u.s. state of pennsylvania.

shapiro talks about his family's life from persecution against jews and communist russia and germanyore they settled in japan where mr. shapiro came of age during world war ii. in the postwar era at age 14, he became an interpreter for the u.s. military. later he immigrated to the u.s. the strand bookstore in new york city posted this 45 minutes event.

steps towards a political solution to the country's seventy year civil war turkey hosts russia france and germany for a summit in istanbul. and another key vote for a german chancellor angela merkel a shaky coalition of germany's conservatives are bracing for another blow this time in the central state of pessah we have the latest on sunday's election. welcome to the program i'm mary in evanston. u.s. authorities say the man arrested over a series of mail bombs sent a prominent democrats has a history of criminal history rather and is also a fervent supporter of president donald trump but officials are yet to disclose a motive fifty six year old florida residents is our say york was tracked down with the help of fingerprint evidence investigators say they're looking into new suspicious packages thought to be connected to the case. u.s. or thirty's believe they've got their man investigators allege fifty six year old sees as sayaka is responsible for the pipe bomb packages which have been sent to high profile democrats police also seized what they believe to be the suspects van emblazoned with far

steps towards a political solution to the country's seven years civil war of turkey posts russia france and germany for a summit in istanbul. and then going to sleep a song kerberos to dortmund are back in action today and looking to extend their unbeaten streak this time they're up against parents of berlin who are writing their own weight of success. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us. u.s. authorities say the man arrested over a series of mail bombs sent to prominent democrats has a criminal history and is a fervent supporter of president donald trump but officials are yet to disclose a motive fifty six year old florida resident says our psyop was tracked down with the help of fingerprint evidence investigators say they're looking into new suspicious packages thought to be connected to the case. u.s. or thirty's believe they've got their man investigators allege fifty six year old sees as sayaka is responsible for the pipe bomb packages which have been sent to high profile democrats police also seized what they believe to be the suspects van emblazoned with far right paraphern

notjust turkey and russia here, but leaders from france and germany.ose involved in the process of bringing a lasting solution for syria as broadly as possible. they talked very significant time here, several hours. we are all told at this ottoman mansion here at istanbul that recep tayyip erdogan had emerged to say these were effective talks, constructive talks. there were key issues on the agenda. first of all the situation in idlib, that last rebel—held stronghold in syria, where just a that last rebel—held stronghold in syria, wherejust a reminder go, russia and turkey agreed a ceasefire deal. involved in the store so they said it was important for that ceasefire to be consolidated and to be spread. but there was a point of difference there between different in the russian leaders. but it did and said that russia had the right to step in against what he called provocations by terrorist to support the syrian military if there were violations of the ceasefire. the french president said that would be absolutely unacceptable. on the political process,

ok we just interrupted our programs that because of the needs of russia turkey france and germany in our addressing the press following this summit in istanbul they have been working on finding a solution to the syrian conflict so let's listen to what they have to say. and. the special envoy for syria to the united nations security secretary-general mr stuff on the. distinguished members of the premise i would like to salute you will start to filter motions. and with respect it gives us great pleasure to be able to host. friends in istanbul on the occasion of this very important meeting. also would like to thank president mccone president putin and chancellor merkel just for having positively responded to our invitation to come to stumble to have these important constant stations as my personal self and i'll be on for the entire nation. is an improvement that our meeting along with the decisions that we have made. will eagled suspicious results for syrian brothers and. there's that. our fundamental cruelties in this process is to ensure a full ceasefire in the field and render it pre

found a four way summit between russia turkey germany and france gets underway and. in a bid to find a solution to the syria crisis. for the welcome it's five pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the u.s. justice department has charged a man over the recent wave of parcel bombs targeting senior political figures officials identified seize a say up from his fingerprints and d.n.a. on one of the envelopes he allegedly sent since being revealed to he had a number of previous convictions the media has been stressing the suspects strong support for donald trump. this is the face police have tied to the anonymous explosive devices mailed this week to prominent democrats and apparently mad bomber has been targeting president trump's favorite targets for his invective cesar say they are calling sign this is c.n.n. socks as well as a lot of other nonsense and there he is at a trump rally and the fifty six year old florida resident today was arrested and charged with sending a series of explosive devices well fifty six year old is indeed known to be a trump

now russia france germany and to meet on saturday to try and get the syrian peace process back on track we'll have a look at that. right. join me every thursday on the alex simon shore and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see your. priest who raped me when i was fourteen years of age was known to be a sexual abuser when he was ordained a priest the church knew about his offending behavior and they are going to continue to abuse from his ordination right through his entire career as a priest. oh again now after years of bloody war in syria the country is slowly beginning to look to the future on saturday russia to see france and germany do meet in the attempt to get a lasting political settlement back on the agenda the u.n. envoy to syria staffan de mistura has also said he'll be briefing the meeting on the current situation in the country well earlier i talked to ilya a member of the orthodox community in syria about hopes for tomorrow's gathering. well i think each one is looking for his part of the cake which means his problem fr

during a summit on syria just on saturday it was decided by france germany russia and turkey that the ceasefire in italy province should be preserved and the region is the last militant stronghold in the entire country fearing a resumption of hostilities many of the three million civilians are currently live in it live i continue to flee on a daily basis. we were living in a camp life was difficult there was no aid no bread no water everything was scarce the situation was terribly bad well look here is barely any shelter in winter and in summer you would suffer from the heat that was our life. well. particularly concerned about the possibility of escalation. of violence in that there are up to three million people living in this province. there would simply result in a humanitarian disaster. we have all known for a very long time that this. continues to be the war conflict that we see very very long and yet there doesn't appear to be sufficient political convergence to bring this conflict to an end so i truly hope that we will now see the end of this conflict so that humanitarian aid

the leaders of turkey germany russia and france gather for a first of its kind summit in istanbul to thrash out a solution to the syria crisis with the conflict now into its final stage. i welcome it's just gone three pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. international now the u.s. justice department has named and charged the man suspected of sending a string of mail bombs to senior democrats fifty six year old sees a sale from florida was arrested after his fingerprints were found on one of the past sources since been revealed he had a number of previous convictions while the media has stressed his strong support for donald trump. this is the face police have tied to the anonymous explosive devices mailed this week to prominent democrats and apparently mad bomber has been targeting president trump's favorite targets for his invective cesar say they are calling sign this is c.n.n. socks as well as a lot of other nonsense and there he is at a trump rally and the fifty six year old florida resident today was arrested and charged with sending a series of explosive devices well let's ha

the real significant meeting is that it was held at all and in this format of russia and turkey germany coming together for the first time in this format was also parroting the u.s. to the. but the very fact that she attended. some hopes for the longer they will participate in the recovery. key and russia have settled issue as a result of the meeting russia and have drawn closer together. the future of syria would have to be due thought idea by the syrian people alone so he has come off to the issue and that has. lead to. shoes flying at speakers all banged on podiums they do make the occasional appearance in politics and now after the e.u. rejected italy's proposed new budget it was the turn of an italian m.e.p. to put his foot or rather put his chute down. it is the first time the european commission has rejected any member states budget proposal the block has given of rome three weeks to revise its spending plans and all quarter of the disputed. brussels is sharpening its knife in preparation for a new battle with rome for the first time the e.u. has flat out rejected a member states

predecessor barack obama was widely condemned by the international community countries such as russia france germany china and the u.k. all said it was wrong for the trumpet ministration to withdraw from that nuclear accord now the judgment today has been welcomed by turan with the foreign ministry stating that in its judgment that means that iran is right and the sanctions imposed by the u.s. on its people and its citizens are cruel and illegal is also being a reaction from the foreign minister of iran on twitter. another failure for the sanctions addicted u.s. government and a victory for the rule of law it's imperative for the international community to collectively counter malign u.s. unilateral isn't. well this decision or whilst being a binding and not able to be appealed will be particularly difficult to enforce now that's because back in the one nine hundred eighty s. the united states decided to withdraw from being compulsorily are subject to these jurisdictions in fact it will take them on a case by case basis we're still waiting at the moment to get reaction from the white house from the

is the first summit of its kind you have russia and turkey members of the asked in a process sitting with members of the so-called small group france and germany and russia and turkey really said that this was a diplomatic win for them they've got europe on the table but what we saw is that there is little consensus in the differences really were out in the open first on the first and most importantly france and germany came to this summit hoping that they would get some sort of a guarantee or commitment from russia and from turkey that the it live deal the deal to create a demilitarized zone in the northwestern province of syria will turn into a permanent and lasting cease fire they didn't get that in fact we heard mark ok repeat i think twice even say that i hope and i hope that this deal will lead to peace in libya and there will not be a humanitarian catastrophe europe is worried that any offensive in it will create a refugee crisis a massive influx of refugees to europe so this is their concern but russia and turkey really holding the cards what they want is europe to commit to reconstructing syria to help reconstruct this syria by provid

the leaders of russia turkey germany and france needs to lay the groundwork for peace in syria but serious differences remain about how to tackle extremist groups in the northwest of the war torn country if radical militants oppose this if they make the cations from inside the ad lib so that russia will reserve the right to help the syrian government eliminate this threat of a military offensive by the syrian regime.