there as a moderate abroad a day of former director never talked about united nations security council resolutions and only talked about the technical issues at hand the new the new report by. a year brings out the political issues that france which is not the job that they are even more still because our task is technical and scientific it is supposed to inspect money talk and report about nuclear program of of various members states to the board of governors so in that sense the are ye a report on tone have moved in a very decisively political direction which in my view actually here's the critical to why you're here because as a as i said the task of the agency is not to talk about political issues leave them alone for united nations security council and the international community rather just talk about the ticket called issues. two people have been wounded after stepping on a land mine planted by syrian troops on the northern border with lebanon and syrian authorities say it was mine to prevent illegal settlements of arms ammunition and military supplies which increased over the l

security council is reviewing palestine's bid for u.n. membership in new york the motion was filed in september too much euphoria in the west bank and the deciding vote may come as soon as next week. weighs up palestine's chances palestinians have resigned themselves to the fact that it's unlikely they going to get the two thirds majority they need in the united nations security council for the statehood but what this means is that they will not become full members of the united nations and the united states will not be forced to exercise its veto rights there are eight countries amongst the security council who have indicated that they will vote in favor of the palestinian bid these include russia china india south africa brazil levanon nigeria and gabon both the british and the french have announced that they will abstain from the vote they will abstain alongside portugal and bosnia while germany and colombia might either abstain or vote against it alongside the united states now this really leaves the palestinians with two options the

security council if they're going to get very, very isolated now. if they do that, a lot of sides are digging in, frankly, and we don't know where it's going to go, but it doesn't look like it's going to go to any kind of peaceful solution anytime soon. >> thanks, jon. meanwhile, e.u. government in brussels have reached a preliminary agreement to extend sanctions against syria to more individuals associated with the crackdown on dissent in syria. the british foreign secretary has been speaking in brussels today about ways in which e.u. countries can try to put more pressure on the assad government. >> we would offer a ban on imports of syrian crude oil into the european union. we've already adopted sanctions against 56 individuals and 19 other entities, 75 people and entities in total, including the commercial bank of syria. so, we have taken very strong measures in the european union. as i say, i think we can add to those. but i don't see any other more specific proposition that we can react to. of course, we would like to discuss things further at

security council. we are looking for the right time. we hope that something will come out of the arab league on saturday with those on the security council who did not let the security -- but the resolution passed the last time. this is a matter that the u.n. security council should be dealing with. we would hope that russia and china, in looking at how the assad clique has refused all attempts of mediation for mothers would now realize that -- from others. it is time for the security council to act >> i follow through a little bit on this effort -- on the question of the u.s. security council. one can certainly come up with a rationale for the russians that may have something to do with arms sales, a rationale for the chinese position which is fairly consistent with their foreign policy. but i really struggled with brazil, india, and south africa. i asked the ambassador to come in my office and talk about the indian position on this. and she said to me when i think others have said and i would like to

security council is considering palestine's bid for full state recognition with a vote.

but then we will come back to the security council.ur ultimate goal is the full admission of palestine as a full member of the un >> you have a step that the and then the nation's bitter unesco has recognized palestine. washington has come to the aid of the organization. >> it is very unfortunate that the u.s. reacted the way they did. the u.s. was in the minority in the general assembly of unesco. the overwhelming majority of the members of the unesco international community are with palestine as a full member. that is why i think the united states and israel have isolated themselves. >> many find it hard to support the palestinian bid because hamas controls the gaza strip. many view hamas is a terrorist organization. >> this month there is a meeting between president abbas, and the head of hamas. we hope that the two sides will manage to find a common denominator. this will, of course, help the palestinian cause to have unified palestinian position. >> do hamas and fatah see eye to eye on the application for statehood? >> well, it is

agency is not to talk about political issues and leave them alone for united nations security council and the international community what they're just talk about the technical issues and as i say they're used to all of you actually hasn't yet but what the reporters actually resulted in clearly a very strong reaction from the u.s. the international community and indeed israel now what israel's call for an attack on iran many say is just political rhetoric but we we have actually seen them strike nuclear facilities in iraq i cannot you know if you want in syria back in two thousand and seven do you really think a military strike could be imminent do you think that's realistic. i don't i don't believe it is over an attack iran i think before the report. was publicized about the poor israeli forces in the united states tried to hype up the report in order to get the international community to agree to much tougher sanctions but is itself never attack iran and inflate the damage that will be lasting all they can do is attacking iran let's say and one day and maybe bomb a few places beyond

security council president called on iran to totally respect international obligations when it comes to protecting diplomatic property and personnel. the speaker of iran's parliament called the u.n. hasty for its handling of the embassy attack. the iranian parliament on wednesday, the speaker said the police did all they could to stop the protesters and added the security council's actions could lead to global instability. >> the first reduction since december 2008. it will cut to 21% from 21.5%. the cut is effective from monday. into europe's credit crisis. lowering the reserve ratio would help commercial banks to increase their lending. in order to curb soaring prices. the policy has slowed down real estate transactions and put them on smaller. by shifting the monetary tightening policy to ease credit strains, the chinese central bank seems to be trying to prevent the economy from slowing down. >>> public sector workers went on a 24-hour strike in britain on wednesday protesting the government's plan to change their pensions. british media say up to two million workers may particip

the iaea fails to report the country to the un security council. tens of thousands take to the streets in egypt, demanding the military give up power. a fire at an australian nursing home. a male nurse is charged with murder. welcome to bbc news. broadcasting to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the dali lama has said he is worried about the number of tibetan monks and nuns setting themselves on fire. police have reopened the investigation into the mysterious death of the hollywood star natalie wood. welcome once again. the united nations' nuclear watchdog has passed a resolution censuring iran. the resolution has stopped short of reporting the company to the un security council. >> suspicions about the nuclear work of iran are increasing. a recent report by the un nuclear agency iaea said iran has carried out tests relative to the development of a nuclear device. the agency wants tirane to clear up its questions without the lead. its board of governors has passed a revolution -- a resolution which expressed increasing concern. ir

that it's unlikely they going to get the two thirds majority they need in the united nations security council for the statehood but what this means is that they will not become full members of the united nations and the united states will not be forced to exercise its veto rights there are eight countries amongst the security council who have indicated that they will vote in favor of the palestinian bid these include russia china india south africa brazil eleven aren't nigeria and gabon both the british and the french have announced that they will abstain from the vote then they will abstain alongside portugal and bosnia while germany and colombia might either abstain or vote against it alongside the united states now this really leaves the palestinians with two options the one is that they can still next week demand that the security council vote on the statehood bid this will force those countries who are not supporting it to publicly justify it. vission and the palestinians michael are here with us although they know that they are not going to get their commission into the security council

security council. and also the possibility of an israeli military strike against iran. this is an hour and a half. >> ladies and gentlemen, i would like to welcome you to the second session of this conference day. i'm fiona hill. and before i begin, just a couple of logistical things i want to run through because i'm on schedule is a little tight today. first of all i wanted to also mention -- this is -- with the central united states and europe but also with our arms control initiatives here at brookings that my colleague steve piper runs. and as a result of that we also show a word of thanks to some of the people who have made this and some of the research that surrounded this event possible, the carnegie corporation of new york that provides us some funding. looking where the united states and its allies and other countries. iran being one of those rising power issues. and also something that we have, work an arms control. iran is one of the critical issues. something i wanted to mention is immediat

debate over palestinian statehood bands with deadlock at the un security council with the quest for sovereignty fuelling tension and clashes over israeli settlements on the west bank. and closer team travels to russia's black sea coast to see how the popular resort is attracting growing numbers of daring water sports fans. in the russian capital you're watching r t with josh welcome to the program leaders from the asia pacific region are gathering for a summit in sunny hawai but the dark clouds of european financial turmoil thousands of miles away are likely to dominate proceedings although we can gathering is focused on establishing a pacific wide free trade zone for the euro crisis and its implications are a step to money the pacific waters arches in a city tribune reports from honolulu. basically even though the primary primary goals of the apec summit are improving the trade relationship an economic relationship all countries that make up the asia pacific because of the extent of the european financial crisis this is certainly a headache that's looming over leaders having gathered here and

security council resolution to suspend its activity. the good news though is that the iea has a counter -- but the bad news is doesn't have any confidence about the county for any undeclared facilities or materials. so, summing all this up and looking at what i think is probably the best news so far is that iran's to benefit from staying inside the tree. iran has an interest in not stimulating its neighboring states from acquiring similar nuclear programs and provide breakout capabilities of the weapons programs. so i think what we need to do is to find ways to keep iran in that system and have it apply not just two additional protocol, but go beyond that in places where we have more confidence as to what's going on with this program. if iran says this is truly a peaceful program, it's clear in our interest to show that it is a peaceful program by becoming more transparent and getting proper access. so let me stop at that point, ken come and we could go back to other things later. >> thank you charles. i think we will come back to that.

security council president called on iran to fully respect its international obligations when it comes to protecting diplomatic property. foreign embassies in iran had been targets before tuesday's attacks. a group of students stormed the -- took hostage after the islamic revolution in 1979. the students demanded the handover of the shah of iran who had gone into exile in the united states. the hostage crisis lasted for 14 months and the two countries cut their diplomat ties. britain had to close its embassy after shots were fired at its compound in 2003. two years later, students threw stones at the embassy to go against the adoption of revolution urging iran to halt its uranium enrichment. in 2006, a rally was held in front of denmark's embassy after a danish newspaper published caricatures of muhammad. more than 20 people were injured in that incident. >>> in other news, eurozone finance ministers have bought themselves some breathing room. tell us about the latest move to deal with the european debt crisis. >> well, 17 years on to get more support for debt-strapped nations. they've

security council as you mentioned before bush and china were really opposed resolutions in the past and i've just heard in these really even higher it's russian ships are going to syria in international waters the international situation is to print though the west will not risk a confrontation with russia and china either at the u.n. security council or in battle in syria this being said of course people would like the regime to collapse but the regime itself seems to be on the brink of collapse for domestic reasons so a desire for military intervention is there anything the political conditions are not great but such an intervention just to reiterate russia's position of russia says it's going to take a cautious position at the security council which is divided on this resolution is apparently isn't it moving through the un human rights committee instead now i just want to get your thoughts on that doesn't that need a higher level of scrutiny than we human rights committee yes the final decision will have to be taken by the security council and their distribution is blocked. that's wh

here is some of what he had to say. >> members of the security council condemn attacks against united kingdom's embassy to iran. >> the u.n. security council president called on iran to fully respect its international obligations when it comes to protecting diplomatic property and personnel. foreign embassies in iran have been targets of violent protests before tuesday's attacks. a group of students stormed the u.s. embassy, took about 50 officials hostage shortly after the islamic revolution in 1979. the students demanded the handover of the shah of iran. the two countries cut ties. britain had to shut the embassy after shots were fired in 2003. two years later, students threw stones to protest the international atomic agency adoption of a resolution urging iran to halt its uranium enrichment. britain took the initiative to have the resolution adopted. in 2006, a rally was held in front of denmark's embassy after a danish newspaper published caricatures of muhammad. more than 20 people were injured in that incident. >>> american airlines is heading for an overhaul. what's their plan

it is up to the un security council to ensure that they subject him to the charges. the prosecution has been in contact with different sources reporting multiple victims of sexual violence carrying a letter to the committee by gaddafi forces -- there are allegations of crimes in committed by nato forces carried -- crimes committed by nato forces. including civilians suspected to be mercenaries and killing of the combatants and. as well as obligation -- allegations of additional crimes committed by gaddafi forces 3 these allegations will be judged impartially and independently by the office. >> that is the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court. we are going to take you to the port of oakland in california, the fifth largest port in united states. the occupy wall street movement in the city of new york is across the globe and in various cities carried these are pictures we have. police estimate about 4500 people have taken to the streets of oakland this wednesday. they are protesting against the excesses' of capitalism. the have been trying to disrupt th

security council. for those of you to come to the russian capital for business we have the ultimate guide moscow is next. she's telling. me. dynamic. friends. a. trusted secretary that a welcome to the show this week will be taking a look at business facilities and locations in the russian capital every week thousands of business women come to moscow for various meetings conferences. and most by arriving here. there are three international airports in moscow in the north to the south and to the southwest of the capital he comes from the city center each though all served by express trains major highways . if traveling by car the way of traffic journey time spent a great deal to move these transport hubs depending on the time of day says the nine hundred ninety s. with globalization compares interest from western companies. to do business in russia has increased dramatically thousands of foreign companies have moved here i mean to gain profit in the country's developing markets this terminal in sheremet

security council resolutions. peron has continued a record of deceit and deception -- iran has continued a record of deceit and deception. in september of 2009, the united states, france, and great britain blew the whistle on a covert facility which did not allow iran to have that as an option. iran is the only member of the npt that has not been able to convince the international community that its nuclear program is for people purpose -- is for peaceful purposes. they are utterly unable to convince the international community of its peaceful purposes. its deceit has continued to raise questions and doubts about this. this culminated in the report we talked about earlier. the united states did what we said we would do with broad support of the international community where we have increased pressure on the iranian government. our approach as the multi dimensional. it has included five distinct yet mutually reenforcing lines of action. one, we have led the way organizing and unprecedented an array of sanctions and

introduced into the discussions and in the security council. >> is is really justified in believinghran has a nuclear weapon and is a threat? >> well, the aim of sanctions is not to hit the population but to hit those involved in the nuclear program. therefore, maybe one idea is to look into the bank accounts of those people involved in the nuclear program and other research taking place in iran that is related to the nuclear weapons issues. >> there is a lot of talk right now about tough sanctions against tehran. what could the country looking at? >> yes, i think so. it is hanging over israel. i do not believe that iran would attack israel with nuclear weapons out of the blue. but the crucial question is crisis prevention or crisis management. if there is a conflict in this region with iran or hezbollah or other terrorist organizations, it is possibly very problematic to keep control. moreover, if there's only one single nuclear warhead that would explode in israeli territory, that would most likely mean the end of the state of israel. therefore, for israel, it is really a threat.

security council has been told that some people may be trying to help saif al- islam escape from libya. they are investigating evidence about rebels and allegations against the former rebels and nato forces. >>> occupy protestors have all but shut down the port of oakland in california, one of the biggest container ports and all of the u.s. protestors and some union members blocked boats to disrupt operations. thousands of others have been taking part in rallies across the that states -- in the united states. we have the latest on the demonstrations in oakland. >> about 4000 of them gathering around the port. it began at 7:00 p.m. local time, about 20 minutes ago. the idea was to prevent the ship's from coming on. this is a day of general strike. it the intention was for people to go on strike in oakland. the unions did not take part in it, but people went to the streets, it was a peaceful day perr. last week there were some clashes between the police and protesters. at one of them, an iraqi war veteran, was hit by what was believed to be a canister of tear gas that has suffered -- tha

security council to achieve -- 2006, then 2007 then 2008 then 2010.and believing in it would not arrive before the beginning of 2014 at the u.n. level which is consistent to the initial reactions of both russia and china. that said, the only consequence i draw from it is that with have to be continually engageing with the rest of the international committee not going too far on the national -- because in trying fuel the kind of reflection that you leading to in beijing, the cost of national consumption for me compared to the u.n. sanctions -- more universal. we have also to make the calculation and the calculation is in many cases not so easy to make. i think it is a true concern we have to keep in mind. on your question about the other options, i think there are two other options which are to remain on the table. one i briefly described which is to keep -- to show to the rest of the world that the door remains open for iran, would iran wish to reengage? and i said it has to remain on the table mostly for reasons of principle because we don't believe.

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now just last month when european powers introduced a draft resolution against the syrian security council russia and china vetoed that resolution arguing that the mistakes that western powers made in libya should not be repeated in syria or russia believes that the syrian authorities and opposition groups need to come to a point of negotiation and peaceful dialogue to come up with an ultimate solution that would be best for this internal conflict and according to russia russia and other countries i should mention the security council believe that any outside military intervention into syria did not happen and is considered unacceptable and clearly pressure is growing on syria one of the troubled countries in the region why isn't that. that is a good question it's a question that many observers and experts are asking because today at the united nations syria was all the focus we also heard turkey's prime minister come out for the first time saying that president bashar al assad of syria should step down western powers are increasing their campaign against the syrian government and doubling

there as a moderate abroad a day of former director never talked about united nations security council resolutions and only talked about the technical issues at hand the new the new reports by. a year brings out the political issues that france the evidence that it presents actually not very convincing a lot of it is a speculation the report itself uses the board's alleged everywhere in the uses the words who may be might possibly could have been things of that sort so in that sense the our. reports and tone have moved in a very decisively political direction which in my view actually has the credibility of i.a.e.a. because as a as i said the task of the agency is not to talk about political issues and leave them alone for united nations security council and the international community rather just talk about the technical issues. well remember you can always find more stories on our website including five am the wall street bull. new york police detained to. their accomplice dressed as a matter dora tampa to attract the attention. to see how this fight and. also a dream destination a b

now just last month when european powers introduced a draft resolution against syrian security council russia and china vetoed that resolution arguing that the mistakes that western powers made in libya should not be repeated in syria or russia believes that the syrian authorities and opposition groups need to come to a point of negotiation and peaceful dialogue to come up with an alternate solution that would be best for this internal conflict and according to russia russia and other countries i should mention the security council believe that any outside military intervention into syria should not happen and is considered unacceptable. or not reporting right there from new york what are you without so you are still to come through this claims of. europeans wonder whether they have a financial future at all. russell's mode about having to tighten their own balance . minutes past the hour here in moscow poisoning a bipolar political outcry it's not exactly five years since the russian former security agent alexander litvinenko died on british soil in a spy saga that gripped the global

and debate over palestinian statehood bid and that was deadlock out the un security council with the quest for sovereignty fuelling tension and clashes over israeli settlements on the west bank. what are you coming to live from moscow i'm reading joshua leaders from the asia pacific region are gathering for a summit in. dark clouds of european financial turmoil thousands of miles away are likely to dominate proceedings weekend gathering is focused on establishing a pacific wide free trade zone but the euro crisis and its implications are set to muddy the blue pacific waters are jesus is here to work in a reports from honolulu. basically even though the primary primary goals of the apec summit are improving the trade relationship and economic relationship all the countries that make up the asia pacific because of the extent of the european financial crisis this is certainly a headache that's looming over leaders having gathered here and many are seeing this as sort of a continuation of the g twenty summit without the participation of the european states we are expecting the leaders ga