syria completes the first step of its chemical disarmament plan while russia u.s. diplomatic progress on the issue was overshadowed by fresh exchanges over who's to blame for last month's poison gas attack near damascus. amid reports of moderate opposition fighters joining the extremist ranks we look at the aftermath of a rebel siege of an ancient christian village where people were forced to flee their homes to protect their fate. polls are about to open in germany's parliamentary election which looks set to see chancellor merkel securing a third term a growing social and economic difficulties leave many disillusioned. and as germans cast their ballots greece awaits the outcome we'll look at the just how the decisions made in berlin will echo in athens. you're watching our t.v. live from our studios in moscow and thanks for joining me. syria has fulfilled one of its key obligations as part of a chemical disarmament plan handing over a list of its talk six stockpiles to the international watchdog the deadline said today russia u.s. deal hammered out last saturday w

syria completes the first step of its chemical disarmament plan while russia u.s. diplomatic progress on the issue is overshadowed overshadowed of fresh exchanges over who's to blame for august's poison gas attack attack near damascus. amid reports of moderate opposition fighters joining extremist ranks who really look at the aftermath of a rebel siege of an ancient christian village where people were forced to flee their homes to protect their faith. polls are about to open in germany's parliamentary election which looks set to see chancellor merkel securing a third term and growing social and economic difficulties leave many disillusioned . and as germans cast their ballots greece awaits the outcome look at how the decisions made in berlin will echo in athens. you're watching are two live in moscow i'm lindsey france thanks for joining me. syria has fulfilled one of its key obligations as part of a chemical disarmament plan handing over a list of its talks six stockpiles to the international watchdog the deadline set in a russia u.s. deal hammered out last saturd

plans for developing russia u.s. relations in even though this visit did not take place i think all the work that went into preparing these papers will not be in vain and whenever we have a chance whenever we have an opportunity and the russian and u.s. presidents come together we can sign all those agreements so i think that's a very good senator. but i don't have any more we should just were finished. ok. you. are having fun. so no military solution but a diplomatic one inspections and further destructions of syrian chemical weapons stockpiles foreign minister sergey lavrov and secretary of state john kerry has praised the corporation as they've had a very fruitful day of talks on the syrian crisis in geneva and they have agreed to bring syrian chemical weapons stockpile under international control and called food joint effort of international institutions including the yuan to cooperate with the syrian government and they also invited the syrian opposition to join in so all sides can be involved in astonishing pea

hope that following the government of syria the opposition will also construct a response to the russia u.s. initiative the syrian crisis should not oversight on the topic of the task of addressing the palestinian problem we expect that israeli and palestinian leaders will stand up to the level of their responsibility for the future of their people at this current critical stage when the parties have resumed direct talks after a lengthy interruption julie recognizing u.s. efforts in the middle east settlements we believe it is necessary to intensify the i pivot of the quartet which remains the internationally recognized mechanism mechanism of assistance to the peace process in the region on the basis of the relevant decisions of the un the madrid principles and the our peace initiative much of it is also important to ensure that up close involvement of arab countries in the activities of the courts out even if i were you approached is based on a gutsy asian are required as well with respect to other situations including the iranian nuclear program and the nuclear problem. the korean peninsu

u.s. and russia agreed to avert a possible u.s. strike on syria. it calls for the country to destroy its chemical weapons stockpile by the middle of 2014. the syrian government has also officially agreed to join an international convention banning chemical weapons. joining me now from boston, gary samore, he served as senior advisor on non-proliferation issues at the national security council during president obama's first term and david sanger, the chief washington correspondent for the "new york times." i'm pleased to have both of them on this program at this time. i just asked this question of both of you. take a look at the implications of the united nations report and tell me what it means and what impact it has. gary, first you. >> well, charlie, i think the u.n. report really will help strengthen the agreement that the u.s. and russia have reached. we now have a good agreement on paper. no doubt chemical weapons were used. frankly, very little doubt that it was the syrian government that was responsible. syrian government has now of course a

syria completes the first step of its chemical disarmament plan while russia u.s. diplomatic progress on the issue was overshadowed by fresh exchanges over who's to blame for last month's poison gas attack near damascus. amid reports of moderate opposition fighters joining extremist ranks we look at the aftermath of a rebel siege of an ancient christian village where people were forced to flee their homes to protect their fate. polls are about to open in germany's parliamentary election which looks set to see chancellor merkel securing a third term a growing social and economic difficulties leave many disillusioned. and as germans cast their ballots in greece awaits the outcome we'll look at the just how the decisions made in berlin.

well it seems like russia and the u.s. are a bit closer to seeing eye to eye on the syria crisis russia's deputy foreign minister says an agreement on the u.n. security council resolution the text requiring syria to dismantle its chemical weapons stockpiles is in fact likely by the end of this week now the actual text of the resolution will according to him include a reference to chapter seven of the u.n. charter which allows force but it should be stressed that there will be no automatic trigger for chapter seven measures and another resolution in fact would be needed if syria fails to comply the text of the resolution as many resolutions is usually a point of contention between russia and the u.s. russia always has a tend to have any kind of text which allows for military intervention in the u.s. more often pushing for blatant military intervention in an interview with the washington post foreign minister sergey lavrov pointed out u.s. double standards when it comes to dealing with rebel forces and the conflict in syria i

security council is expected to draft a resolution for the russia u.s. brokered deal on syria but france the u.k. and the u.s. have already said that they will be seeking our strong resolution under chapter seven that would allow for military intervention if the syrian government fails to hand over all of its chemical weapons reporting from new york. are to. a prominent group of former u.s. security officials have warned the white house about intelligence reports from the war zone indicating that a radical rebel factions are in possession of chemical weapons one of them pentagon veteran michael maloof gave details. i have. a report from a source who has direct connections with two to classified information it's one one page i mean expecting others it's classified secret no foreign it's from the n.g.i. sea or the national ground intelligence center the u.s. military did an assessment based upon fifty indicators and clandestine interviews that the sourcing siren originated out of iraq into turkey before some of it was confiscated in may in turkey and that t

breaking news an aussie russia's foreign minister says washington is trying to blackmail moscow the u.s. has threatened to suspend work and serious chemical design and if russia does not support a u.n. resolution that allows the use of. the sour seaward complete defiance stamp of its chemical design the plan while russia u.s. diplomatic progress on the issue is overshadowed by the friendship changes over there is to blame for last month's poison gas and top of its. polls open in germany's parliamentary election which except to see chancellor merkel securing a said time but growing social and economic difficulties and leave many is illusion . and this dream is part of that balance greece awaits the outcome we're getting now decisions made in berlin will echo in the country where there is growing anger and this severe austerity measures. the latest news on the week's top stories you're watching the wiki on l.c. with me and we'll start with breaking news this hour on the u.s. is threatening but the international chemical watchdog will stop its work on sea whereas weapons harmed if moscow d

counterpart john kerry they will be discussing the russia u.s. brokered deal on syria and to put syria's chemical weapons under international control we know that the u.s. and its european allies have been drafting a resolution to be voted on in the security council to cement this deal that moscow and washington have which. together we'll see how that goes as well the security council might vote on it this week it might not we know that russia is opposed to any any text in that resolution that would say that if the syrian government doesn't abide to to handing over its chemical weapons in certain timeframe then there could be military intervention that's what the u.s. and europeans particularly britain and france are pushing for moscow is very much against that so there's a lot of negotiation still to be had but of a lot of interesting speeches to be looked looking forward to the media and we are looking forward to hearing them all ok marina thank you very much indeed for that obviates and we'll be bringing you the live on drugs from the brazilian

u.s. and russia is pretty small. only about 2% of russia's total trade is with the u.s. ssia ist issue for whether it can liberalize the economy to make it more attractive to foreign investment , especially when it comes to natural resources, which continue to dominate the economy but over which the state has a lot of control. host: we have a democratic caller. theer: i want to say that saying on the president is getting a little ridiculous. there is a lot of different groups in syria, and a lot of them are pretty moderate. .t's not all radical islamists if this guy launches another chemical attack, how are we going to feel? tweet -- how will the russians react if one of their citizens is killed in these serious attacks we are planning? guest: that's a very good question. the answer would be, quite negatively. russia has chosen not to evacuate all of their citizens from syria despite the violence going on. they sent a couple of warships into the mediterranean in the last couple of weeks when it appeared that military action was likely. the most trouble reason for that was

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handing over a list of its toxic stockpiles to the international watchdog the deadline set in a russia u.s. deal hammered out last saturday was also met this apparently surprised american officials with some saying the inventory was more complete than they expected but despite serious compliance so far not everything has been smooth on the diplomatic front this week artie's innocent has the details. as kay often violence continue in. syria so does the diplomatic battle surrounding the conflict this week a un investigation concluded chemical weapons were used on august the twenty first environmental chemical and medical therapies that the u.n. investigators collected provide clear and compelling evidence that the surface to surface rockets used in this attack contain the nerve agent sarin we know the regime possesses. and there is not a shred of evidence however that the opposition does please this isn't complicated when we said we know what is true we meant it but the u.n. report doesn't blame the assad regime for the attack or mention other chemical weapons attacks allegedly carried out t

handing over a list of its toxic stockpiles to the international watchdog the deadline set in a russia u.s. deal hammered out last saturday was also met this apparently surprised american officials with some saying the inventory was more complete than expected but despite syria's compliance so far not everything has been smooth on the diplomatic front this week artie's innocent has the details. as chaos and violence continue in syria so does the diplomatic battle through round in the conflict this week a un investigation concluded chemical weapons were used on august the twenty first environmental chemical and medical therapy that the u.n. investigators collected provide clear and compelling evidence that the surface to surface rockets used in this attack contained a nerve agent sarin we know the regime possesses. and there is not a shred of evidence however that the opposition does please this isn't complicated when we said we know what is true we meant it but the u.n. report doesn't blame the assad regime for the attack or mention other chemical weapons attacks allegedly carried out this

u.s.-russia relations. vladimir putin is attending to the summit. from the brookings institution, this is one hour and a half. >> hi. brookings the institution. thank you for coming out on a august day to talk about u.s. russia relations. we have a really great panel today. i will give a brief introduction of them. they have more accomplishments in your biography panel. it is an all brookings panel more or less that we are proud of. is steve right .tivers, the director he held virtually every position in the government -- and ambassador in the ukraine. the author about new opportunities for armed control. directorht is angela, of the center on russia, asia, and eastern europe. at georgetown. also a senior fellow here. she has a book coming out in january called "the limits of partnerships." a more substantial book than this. to have 85 years worth. very impressive. i look forward to it. on my left is chris -- cliff. a senior fellow here at brookings and the offer of two recent and important books you should read. the first one is a sort of psychoanal

u.s. and russia agree on a plane to eliminate syria's chemical weapons but it will work. margaret brennen is in geneva, elizabeth palmer in damascus of course, and holly williams in istanbul. we have stories of narrow escapes after record flooding. the race to clear a massive molasses spill in hawaii is threatening marine life and baffling cleanup crews. and fighting spirit-- terrell brown talks to a man from the front line of new jersey's board walk fire. >> the radio goes off, and we don't hesitate. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" >> glor: good evening, everyone. i'm jeff glower with a western edition of the broadcast. the deal came together quickly. the implementation will not. the u.s. and russia say they have an agreement that will avert american airstrikes by removing or destroying all chemical weapons in syria. the deadline-- the middle of next year. in the meantime, the pentagon is keeping the same level of forces in the region, and the u.s. will continue arming the opposition. the deal was struck in geneva, switzerland, and margaret bre

syria completes the first step of its chemical disarmament plan while russia u.s. diplomatic progress on the issue is overshadowed overshadowed by fresh exchanges over who's to blame for august's poison gas attack attack near damascus. amid reports of moderate opposition fighters joining extremist ranks we look at the aftermath of a rebel siege of an ancient chris. village where people were forced to flee their homes to protect their faith. polls are about to open in germany's parliamentary election which looks set to see chancellor merkel securing a third term and growing social and economic difficulties many disillusioned.

most of the world support of the syrian chemical disarmament deal which russia and the u.s. shook hands on in geneva last week investigative journalist says washington is trying to take all the credit for itself and downplay moscow's crucial role the diplomatic breakthrough. they're worried about history she is trying to steal all the credit for everything that's going on from the russians when in fact they're going to present seat was saved by display which is not only a russian this is a plan that was discussed in detail the romance the russians and this serious when we were all the brink of war weekend to see what was going to happen in even before obama you know last minute ploy decided to pass the bolt of congress so the old well up presidency essentially it was saved by the syrians the renters and the russians and now they're claiming the credit for themselves. and a certain opposition will meanwhile get more help from western governments as announced by the french foreign minister and his counterparts from the u.s. and the u.k. and a british defense study has found th

u.s. and russia as it pertains to syria. and britain are praising a plan to get rid of chemical weapons. the stockpile in syria. the agreement reached by the u.s. and russia calls for an aggressive time line, but as the russian foreign minister says nothing is said about use of force. let's talk about how this might be enforced. senior international correspondent matthew chance joining us live from geneva. matthew, you have the president's statement and they're dangling the carrot that the u.s. may have some military action as a consequence, but give us an idea what the framework would say. >> it is a statement rather than a carrot from a syrian point of view. the americans made it clear they retain the right to unilaterally strike at syria if they fall into noncompliance. they want to get the chemical weapons out of syrian hands into international control. any kind of threat isn't part of this agreement. remember, the russians who are strong allies of bashar al assad in syria were further opposed to the idea of a country li

russia the u.s. and other power players are supposed to be trying to bring both parties to the negotiating table for the geneva two meeting for the peace talks where they're supposed to be a transitional government formed that would then help and at the crisis this civil war in syria up until this point the opposition the rebels in syria have not agreed to come to the negotiating table i think all parties involved are hoping that with this deal brokered maybe we will now see members of the syrian government members of the syrian opposition come to the table so they can discuss a transition they can discuss a way a path to lead syria eventually back to peace would considering this would be you know one of the most challenging undertakings in the history of arms control does this seem like this timeline might be a bit ambitious to some it does seem like this timeline is a bit ambitious looks critics say that this is not going to be possible many skeptics believe that first the government of bashar al a

the russia-u.s. agreement calls on the syrian government to allow thepectors in by november. all chemical weapons would have to be destroyed. the international organization is based in the hague. it's a global watchdog that will implement the chemical weapons convention. more than 100 international experts act as inspectors. they have conducted missions in 86 countries, including libya and iraq. the investigations often involve considerable personnel risks. >> we need to know what kind of agent you encounter. it can be a chemical agent or toxic agent. the most important thing is that you have an indication what you might encounter. >> reporter: collected samples are preserved in double and sometimes triple-sealed containers. the researchers verify the results of analysis conducted at multiple facilities around the world. officials say the mission in syria is the first time the inspectors have worked in the middle of a civil war. >> it's a mission which has never been before been contemplated by the opcw. it's an extraordinary challenge. >> reporter: experts from the organizat

russia. frankly, what ever the u.s. says about how it targets these systems, and historically it says very little, but even if it was to publish documents, the assumption would be getting these all made up. that would be the first issue. imaginend issue, let's use a cpgs system against iran, and russia sees its launch and coming roughly in russia's direction. and because it would be unpredictable and an observable, -- and not observable, russia and italy have the u.s. were about where to go -- russia would only have the u.s.'s word on where it is going. it is not risk free. there are risks associated with not doing it. there are risks associated with doing it. my goal with this project is not to make any grand conclusion. but it is to break that analysis of, to highlight all of the different areas of risk, associated with both proceeding and not proceeding, and then let other people argue about how we get there together. >> any others? ok, again, let me thank you all for coming and ask you to thank james for providing t

u.s. and russia.es is a researcher association at the foreign policy center and joins us from london. welcome to al jazeera. once again, james, how big of a break through is this deal? >> yes, it is a pretty significant diplomatic break through. there must be something in the water in geneva. we saw an incredible amount of friendliness between kerry and las of. a week after some suspected would have cruise missiles heading to syria. 12 party that wasn't there today, of course, was bashar al-asaad. within the chapter seven resolution. >> exactly, what happens if there is a violation and the u.s. and russia and the rest of the u.n. security council can't agree on what to do? >> well, this is what generally addressed from the free syria army, was speculating on just after the kerry press conference, he said the whole thing is a game the regime is looking to buy time. the fact that the russians and americans have found a common ground as to what stocks the syrians have, gives them very very clear metrics

u.s. and russia agreed to the design meant of syria's chemical weapons to differences than a match and russia's foreign minister said moscow was being blackmailed by the u.s. which was trying to find a pretext for military action in syria. six minutes since i confirmed government troops as storms this shopping mall in nairobi as a deadly siege ended its fourth day the country's interior ministry announced that security forces have taken control of the center releasing all the captives but the al shabaab militant group denies that saying they're still holding hostages inside meanwhile kenya's foreign minister says three americans and a british citizen or. among the al qaeda linked insurgents that are tox the shopping mall and there are reports that a british a woman some on foot leave wait may have been they must a mind of that time she converted to islam as a young woman and married a man who was later a london seven seventh's a sign boma said to be among the militants killed in nairobi however this information is out confirmed at least sixty two people have been killed in the hostage crisis th

u.s. and russia are giving the regime a green light to kill its own people. [gunshots] a u.s.onsulate attack in western afghanistan and 8 people have been killed. also ahead in india the four men found guilty of raping and killing a student on a bus have been sentenced to death. and twitter is on the stock exchange and some investors think it may be worth $10 billion. ♪ john kerry and sergie are known to get along well and paying off in geneva and will meet in new york to revive an effort to end the syrian crisis and talking about how to get rid of syria's chemical weapons arsenal and this is what they said in the last hour. >> i will say on behalf of the united states that president obama is deeply committed to a negotiated solution with respect to syria. and we know that russia is likewise. we are working hard to find the common ground and be able to make that happen. and we discussed some of the homework that we both need to do, we are not going to go into it in any detail today. we both agreed to do that homework and meet again in new york around the time of the u.n. gener

syria issue he's been with president obama they they don't have good chemistry yet russia is very important that the u.s. and russia on arms control on trade on energy on syria that we have a better relationship i don't think he has the edge but it's reached a point larry where it's very hard to trust whether he's serious does he really want to help with a diplomatic solution urge he just stalin for time to help his client state syria is he trying to influence the congressional vote by saying ok there's a diplomatic solution so congressmen and senators can vote no saying we may have a chance for a settlement could very crafty guy he hasn't played it straight but he's you know he's somebody that is he's a big player here and what about the un's role of diplomacy does prevail the u.n. is going to have a new mission there in syria long hidden arsenal in that country crossfire both sides who is on those who was the who's in power who's not who's with the rebels where's all is going with the u.n. involvement. well the u.n. becomes very important al-arian so the main question is is russia going to veto anythi

u.s./russia agreement. assad said his government will guarantee the safety of the inspectors. >>> chemical weapons aren't the only threat to stability in syria. militants affiliated with al qaeda are exploiting the turmoil and attacking both government and opposition forces. islamic militants and opposition free syrian army share the goal of overthrowing the assad government but don't agree on what should replace it. >> the militants are mainly foreigners. they're expanding their control of areas in northern and eastern syria near the borders with turkey and iraq. last week extremists took control of the northern city that had been held since last year by the free syrian army. >>> foreign policy chief catherine ashton says iran's foreign minister will meet this week with kournts parts from six major powers. ashton met with iran's president on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly. >> we talked about a number of important issues, but focused on the nuclear issue. we had a good and constructive discussio

u.s. strike plans eclipsing global financial concerns with pretty extensive coverage of the major summit. also russia publishes a damning report showing syrian rebels were behind a chemical attack last march with evidence that the weapons used near aleppo were no from the government stock. u.k. record labels are set to break the pirate code as they look to revive the railing industry by crushing free downloading using values that. follow very good even if you just joined us it's kevin owen here in moscow tonight our top story leaders of the world's top twenty economies have gathered. for the g. twenty summit to tackle some of today's biggest challenges. sushi is in our g. twenty students in petersburg with the latest updates on what's going on let's cross to have now again rory. hello kev nice to hear from you again made big hi see you and every one of the aussie teams in moscow oh we're here live for the g. twenty summit it's basically wrapping up day one of the g. twenty here in st petersburg although i do understand that there are still some high level behind closed doors meetings going on but tho

u.s. and russia and certainly between the u.s. and syria, and what they want to see here are not just words, they want to see action, and their timeline for this is very tight. they will want to see something real and hard, the outline of an agreement in these next 48 hours. very crucial timing. jake? >> jim sciutto live from geneva, thank you so much. on the eve of this meeting, vladimir putin made it clear the u.s. and russia are coming to the table from very, very different sides. putin having scored a diplomatic coup -- the administration hates that word, i'm sorry. having scored a diplomatic upset by essentially forcing president obama to negotiate after he called for strikes. putin couldn't just leave it there. he penned an op-ed for the "new york times" claiming that it was the rebels, not syrian regime forces, who used chemical weapons. then he closed the op-ed by attacking the ideal that president obama mentioned in his speech on syria, that the american people that we are exceptional. putin writes quote, it is extremely

security council tries to finalize a russia u.s. deal to destroy syria's chemical weapons artie's paul scott has the latest on what's hampering the diplomatic efforts at the moment. the main disagreements seem to be over the un report that was published earlier this week on the chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of damascus on august the twenty fifth the united states along with the united kingdom and france believe that that u.n. reports or the technical details in that u.n. report point to the fact that it could only have been the syrian government that carried out those attacks however russia say that the evidence isn't strong enough to draw any conclusions and that they have their own evidence to suggest that it was the opposition forces who carried out a chemical weapons attack on that date as an act of provocation now is the diplomatic wrangling is continue here's what u.s. secretary of state john kerry had to say to the state department on thursday the environmental chemical and medical fair bulls that the u.n. investigat