after twenty two years of negotiations the leaders of russia iran kazakhstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea this means that the five countries can move ahead with sharing out the resource rich inland body of water which is the largest in the world ari chalons has the details from moscow. with the signature of five leaders more than two decades of troubled waters could be receding into history the disputes over the legal status of the caspian sea has been churning since the collapse of the soviet union. in kazakstan four of the u.s.s.r. successes states and iran took a big step towards resolving it is that because we have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens a wide perspective for the tight cooperation of the caspian states for solving economic and transport issues these questions will improve the living standards of our peoples have cheney and that he has some admonish and we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of

after twenty two years of negotiations the leaders of russia iran kazakhstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan have scientific we meant on the legal status of the caspian sea it means the five countries can now move ahead with sharing out the resource rich in land body of water which is the largest in the world or a challenge has this report from moscow. with the signature of five leaders more than two decades of troubled waters could be receding into history the disputes over the legal status of the caspian sea has been churning since the collapse of the soviet union. in kazakstan four of the u.s.s.r. successes states and iran took a big step towards resolving it is that because you have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens a wide perspective for the type cooperation of the caspian states for solving economic and transport issues these questions will improve the living standards of our peoples have cheney and that he has some admonish and we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of

were outnumbered by thousands of anti racism protesters and other news the leaders of russia iran kazakhstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea the deal open the way for exploration of its oil and gas resources polls have closed in mali's presidential runoff and vote counting is underway what is the choosing between president cater and opposition leader so major sisi. at least thirty nine people have been killed in an explosion at a weapons in sylvia's province the cause of the blast is unclear but opposition activists suspect a rebel arms death was detonated the syrian government and its allies have been preparing for an offensive to recapture the last remaining opposition on clay. the turkish lira has plunged to another record low but concerns over rising inflation and newly imposed u.s. tariffs there fell to seven point two four against the dollar in early monday morning trading in the asia pacific then the euro lost about forty percent of its value this year turkey's finance minister says he'll start implementing a new economic plan to invest

to the program our top story off to twenty two years of negotiations the leaders of russia iran kazakhstan azerbaijan and menaced on have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea it means the five countries can move ahead with sharing out the resource rich in a body of water the largest in the world or a challenge reports now from moscow. with the signature of five leaders more than two decades of troubled waters could be receding into history the disputes over the legal status of the caspian sea has been churning since the collapse of the soviet union. in kazakhstan four of the u.s.s.r. successes states and iran took a big step towards resolving it is that because you have passed the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens a wide perspective for the type cooperation of the caspian states for solving economic and transport issues these questions will improve the living standards of our peoples have cheney and that he has some admonish and we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of fai

but they were outnumbered by thousands of anti racism protesters the leaders of russia iran kazakhstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea that means they can now share the body of water and its oil and gas resources and counting is underway in mali after the presidential runoff president. is pitted against opposition leader. now a chinese state run newspaper says increased security and region has helped stop what it calls a great tragedy it's the first chinese reaction to a u.n. panel which said it received a credible reports that a million ethnic we are being held in secret internment camps have been reported be forced into political indoctrination camps. editorials in the chinese newspaper. say criticism about human rights record and shouldn't gag is aimed at creating trouble and destroying stability. in the european union has all saudi arabia for more details about the arrests of female human rights activists and what charges they face saudi arabia has detained several women's rights activists in recent months some of them have campaigne

the leaders of russia iran kazakhstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan signed to the grievance on the legal status of the caspian sea it means that they can share the resource rich in the body of water. an explosion in northern syria has killed at least thirty six people the cost of the blast is unclear but opposition activists suspect arms depot was detonated. now one of now says most ambitious space missions has blasted off. the parkers solar probe will fly into the atmosphere that's closer than any previous satellite the probe will travel at speeds of seven hundred thousand kilometers an hour and brave temperatures of more than eight thousand degrees the numbers are staggering the probe will travel one hundred ninety kilometers per second for the next seven years that'll make it the fastest moving manmade object in history it will get as close as six million kilometers from the sun the previous record was forty three million kilometers and it will have to endure temperatures of a thousand three hundred degrees celsius well for more on this i'm joined via skype by dr c. alex young from na

two years of negotiations iran says edition agreements will be needed in a territorial dispute over the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian sea are meeting in the port city of a town where they're making speeches right now open to the media well the caspian sea is landlocked which raises the question whether it is indeed a sea or a lake five countries share its coastline russia iran kazakhstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan and that's led to the dispute over which country lays claim over the caspian and how much now if an agreement is reached to legally designate the caspian a lake it would see it divided up equally between the five nations with twenty percent each if it remains c. though the territory would be split between those countries according to how much coastline they share iran and therefore receive the smallest claim and that's been the major sticking point in these negotiations because the caspian lies above one of the world's largest collections of oil and gas some forty eight billion barrels of oil will reach islands is following the story from moscow for us roy it's taken twenty years

after twenty two years of negotiations the leaders of russia iran kazakhstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan have signed agreements on the legal status of the caspian sea this means that the five countries can move ahead with sharing out the resource rich inland body of water which is the largest in the world already chalons has this report from moscow . with the signature of five leaders more than two decades of troubled waters could be receding into history the disputes over the legal status of the caspian sea has been churning since the collapse of the soviet union. in kazakstan four of the u.s.s.r. successes states and iran took a big step towards resolving it is that peace is not for us the security and stability on the caspian sea are determined by the convention which we have signed naturally it opens a wide perspective for the tight cooperation of the caspian states for solving economic and transport issues these questions will improve the living standards of our peoples have cheney and that he has some admonish and we have shown in this convention that we stick to the principles of

caspian sea have reached a landmark deal on its legal status the convention signed by russia iran azerbaijan kazakhstan and turkmenistan ends decades of dispute over the walls of largest enclosed body of water and its huge oil and gas reserves. dividing up the seabed would require additional agreements. both have closed in mali in west africa in the second round of presidential elections incumbent. is expected to win security was tight after violence overshadowed the first round of voting. the celebrated british also serbia sniper all has died at the age of eighty five ball was born in trinidad in one thousand nine hundred to two parents of indian origin you know dozens of books many of which dealt with colonialism and its legacy and won many of the pictures most prestigious awards including the nobel prize. and also has launched a groundbreaking mission to unlock the secrets of ahsan after twenty four due to a late technical problem in the pocket solar probe finally lifted off from cape canaveral in florida this spacecraft is named after physicist eugene paca who predicted the existence of the solar w

which will settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian have met in the cars at port city of a towel on the convention on the legal status of the sea but so far we've yet to hear exactly how that will work it's all about how much of the caspian each country can claim as their as the russian president vladimir putin said an agreement was crucial to regional security and beyond. bizarre brussels to the un security is very important and this is what underpins our agreements in this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east so this really affects the basic interests states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality you know iran's president said support from the caspian sea countries for the iran nuclear deal was a good sign for an agreement on sharing the areas natural resources here for isn't as bad a drum borne of honor the five countries efforts to support the iran nuclear deal is a good step towards expanding regional cooperation and the betterment

will settle the territorial dispute over the caspian sea well the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian have met in the port city of tire well they've signed a convention on the legal status. the sea but so far we're yet to hear exactly how bad the work it's all about how much of the caspian each country can claim as there is what russian president vladimir putin said an agreement was crucial to regional security and beyond. bizarre person is to un security is very important and this is what underpins our agreements in this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east so this really affects the basic interests states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality and iran's president said support from the caspian sea countries for the iran nuclear deal was a good sign for an agreement on sharing the area's natural resources here for example as about a drum borne vonage the five countries efforts to support the iran nuclear deal is a good step towards expanding regional cooperation and the betterment of

of the top stories here on al-jazeera after twenty two years of talks the leaders of russia iran azerbaijan kazakhstan and turkmenistan have sung the convention on the legal status around in the caspian sea iran says additional agreements will be needed in the chariot territorial dispute over the sea the caspian lies about one of the world's largest collections of oil and gas reserves. have started voting in a runoff presidential election president ibrahim cato first round forty one percent vote but opposition candidates and maybe a c.c. accuses him of for the first vote was marred by violence as mali struggles against armed groups. and israel's palestinian minority as a mass protest in tel aviv against the controversial nation state law that officially affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it turns non jewish minorities into second class citizens thousands turned out to show their anger at the bill which was passed last month. now three attackers thought to be behind a bombing in jordan have been killed in a police raid security forces stormed this building in salt with several suspec

which could settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian are meeting in the port city of a towel they've signed the convention on the legal status of the sea but so far no details on what they decided have been released it's it's all about how much of the caspian sea each country can claim as theirs well the russian president vladimir putin said an agreement was crucial to regional security and beyond. bizarre persisted a u.n. security is very important and this is what underpins our agreements in this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east so this really affects the basic interests states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality meanwhile iran's president said support from the caspian sea countries for the iran nuclear deal was a good sign for an agreement on sharing the air as natural resources here for isn't as bad a drum borne vonage the five countries efforts to support the iran nuclear deal is a good step towards expanding regional coopera

reached to settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea now the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian sea are meeting in the catholic port city of act now they're expected to sign an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea and how it will be divided up now the caspian sea is landlocked which raises the question whether it is indeed a sea or a lake five countries share its coastline and that's led to the dispute over which the country lays claim over to the caspian and how much of it if an agreement is reached to legally designate because spain and lake it would be divided up equally between the five nations so twenty percent each. if it remains to see the territory would be split between those countries according to how much coastline they share their fault would receive the smallest. that's been the major sticking point in negotiations because the caspian lies above one of the world's largest collections of oil and gas some forty eight billion barrels of oil alone really challenge is following the story from moscow. well is it a lake or is it a sea t

the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian sea are meeting in the cousin port city of act how they've signed a convention on the legal status of the sea but so far no details on what they decided have been released it's all over now much of the caspian sea country can claim as their. russian president vladimir putin said an agreement was crucial to regional security and beyond. bizarre brussels to the un security is very important and this is what underpins our agreement which is this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east so this really affects the basic interests states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality. iran's president said support from the caspian sea countries for the iran nuclear deal was a good sign for an agreement on sharing the areas natural resources here for isn't as bad a drum borne of honor the five countries efforts to support the iran nuclear deal is a good step towards expanding regional cooperation and the betterment of relations

the caspian sea have signed a historic agreement after more than two decades of talks russia azerbaijan iran kazakhstan and turkmenistan the five countries surrounding the world's largest body of landlocked water have reached a diplomatic breakthrough on trade security and environmental issues president putin called the summit a milestone event adding that the accord limits military presence in the caspian sea to zones close to the shore at the end of the summit the leaders released baby sturgeon into the water as a mark of friendship and solidarity. that's a recap of just some of the stories that shaped this past week and that's all for me as well but if you're not my colleague you know neil will be here at the top the hour. when lawmakers manufactured them sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the famous merry go round. the one percent. we can all middle of the roots to. the real news is really. just financial survival get. customers go buy your stuff. then else well reduce some lower. that's undercutting but what's good for markets it's not good for the global

which could settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which ordered the caspian sea met in the kazakh port city of act how they signed a convention on the legal status of the sea paving the way for more energy exploration and fight crime projects how to divide the area between the countries which has been the biggest cause of the dispute will require additional agreements . tamale now if people are voting in a presidential runoff likely to return the incumbent abraham boubacar catered to power despite criticism over his handling of security and corruption the first round of voting in july was marred by violence with three election workers killed in voting materials destroyed opposition leaders somalia's to say who won nearly eighteen percent in the first round alleges voting fraud some six thousand additional troops have been deployed mohamed vall has more the government is not taking any chances according to their own statements and ultimately said that they are you kreis the number of security personnel from their thousand to thirty si

which could settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian sea are meeting in the present port city of act now they've signed a convention on the legal status of the sea but so far no details on what they decided have been released it's all over how much of the caspian sea each country can claim as their. russian president vladimir putin said an agreement was crucial to regional security and beyond. bizarre busses to the un security is very important and this is what underpins our agreements in this region has an influence on afghanistan on the middle east so this really affects the basic interests states and we need to pull together to combat the threat of terrorism and trans boundary criminality millions have started voting in a runoff presidential election present it brahim boubacar katter won the first round with forty one percent of the vote but opposition candidate somalia seasick uses him of fraud. three attackers thought to be behind a bombing in jordan have been killed in a police raid security forces stormed

reached to settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran turkmenistan and azerbaijan which border the caspian sea are meeting in the kazakh port city of act how they're expected to sign an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea and how it will be divided up. to begin voting in the presidential election runoff president. won the first round with forty one percent of the vote but opposition candidate somalia sisi accuses him of fraud. israel's palestinian minority leader mass protest in tel aviv against the controversial nation state law it officially affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it turns jewish minorities into second class citizens thousands turned out to show their anger at the bill which was passed last month. and he faces protesters have marched through the streets of charlottesville a year after the violence that killed one person this time the demonstration is peaceful amid a heavy police presence last year president trump refused to speak out against the white supremacists but on saturday he tweeted he condemns all forms of raci

check of the headlines here al-jazeera after twenty two years of talks the leaders of russia iran azerbaijan kazakhstan and turkmenistan have signed the convention on the legal status around in the caspian sea iran though says additional agreements will be needed in a territorial dispute over the sea the caspian lies above one of the world's biggest collections of oil and gas reserves while iran's president said support from the caspian sea countries for the iran nuclear deal was a good sign for an agreement on sharing the areas national resources for isn't as bad a drum borne of the five countries efforts to support the iran nuclear deal is a good step towards expanding regional cooperation and the betterment of relations between us the natural resources of the caspian sea belong to the five countries bordering it so to prevent any dispute in the areas we have not negotiated we must avoid any unilateral exploration of the natural resources in this area people in mali have started voting in a runoff presidential election the president abraham boubacar kato won the first round with forty one percent of

sunday the caspian is the world's largest body of water and it's a rich in oil and gas kazakhstan azerbaijan iran russia and turkmenistan all of caspian shores a key point of the disagreement was whether the caspian was a sea or a lake which would inform how its wealth could be distributed international treaties govern seas where have no global laws and there's also a lot at stake the seabed holds trillions of dollars worth of hydrocarbons which amounts to about fifty billion barrels of oil and nearly nine trillion cubic meters of natural gas. for more on this i'm joined by and the board who is an associate fellow in the russia and eurasia program at chatham house thank you very much for coming in to speak to us so they've been debating this for two decades what's finally happened to make them come together and actually have some sort of an agreement this takes a ha it's been two decades in the making in more than fifty one working groups and now of the convention that's due to be signed on sunday will clarify the business environment and allow investors to go ahead. the. the building of a trans caspian

which could settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea the leaders of russia kazakhstan iran when a stand in azerbaijan which border the caspian met in the fourth city of act now they have signed a convention on the legal status of the sea paving the way for more energy exploration and pipeline projects but touted divide the area between the countries which has been the biggest cause of dispute needs further agreement. dozens of activists and residents have gathered in the u.s. city of charlottesville to protest against racism a year off to a white supremacist rally turned deadly there last year white supremacists and counter protesters clashed in the city streets before a car was driven into the crowd killing a thirty two year old woman this year the city is holding a rally against racial hatred meanwhile over in washington d.c. hundreds there are expected to gather for what's being dubbed a white civil rights rally. a polling station worker has been killed in an attack by an armed group in northern mali this is people vote in a presidential runoff likely to return the incumbent abram because it's a p