process started in syria 16 months ago, this is the third time russia and china have vetoed security council resolutions. the council has always wherein divided on syria, with the west insisting on regime change and russia especially on assad's side. even after the vote, both sides accused each other for failing to unite the security council. >> translator: the sponsors of this project that just failed have attempted to fan the flames of confrontation in the security council. the draft which was just voted on was biased. >> frankly, it is impossible to understand why china and russia felt necessary to veto this text. they were stuck on opposition to chapter 7 for no convincing reasons. >> mickey, there are 300 u.n. peacekeepers stationed in syria right now. what's their fate? >> the team has been there for three months, but their mandate is going to expire july 20. this is why the security council had to pass a resolution to extend their mission and to specify the mandate. technically, once a mandate expires, a mission has to pack up and leave the country. there's only a little more than 24

the united nations security council once again postpones a crucial vote on a draft resolution on syria this as the showdown continues looming on the western draft that could eventually lead to intervention. the german parliament has to decide whether to hand over a massive bailouts of spain's banks with angela merkel putting her reputation on the line by trying to convince m.p.'s to back their rescue. the b.b.c. is gagged by a court order preventing it from airing a documentary about last summer's riots that the country. is a pleasure to have you with us today here on arts. and life in moscow the un security council to determine the future of its peace effort in conflict stricken syria however the voting has just been postponed for the second time in twenty four hours a western backed draft resolution calls for the extension of the observer mission to the country which does expire on friday for the it is now let's cross over to new york speedwalking standing by live good to see you today at the voting at the council was was due to start any second but as we understand it it's been post

the security council and it's. not going anywhere so we are going to seek other measures and this really opens the door in front of the international public opinion for probably a unilateral move from those states in the name of saving the syrian people from bloodshed which would definitely lead to a lot more blood being spilled in syria. while staying. the syrian crisis some of the bloodiest of the conflict that's how both the government and rebels dubbed the period following yesterday's deadly bombing in damascus the attack wiped out three senior members of assad's government including the defense minister heavy armed clashes across the country followed killing over one hundred fifty people according to reports the free syrian army of seized the border crossing on the country's northern front to turkey is also reporting that rebels have gain control over iraq syria border points meanwhile syrian t.v. has counted speculation over president assad's health and whereabouts by showing the leader welcoming the newly ap

in the current resolutions already passed and improved resolutions of their security council. i am referring to a impacting trying to influence all the warring parties including the opposition in syria and those who did not even try to use their authority and influence while dealing with those heavily armed opposition troops yet to be true these people cannot. but be. but is of us held responsible for over in compliance with twenty forty two and twenty forty three resolutions before we speak of any. weight should implement all the provisions of the resistance twenty forty two and twenty forty three. we should try to in fact all the parties without any unilateral claims such claims are necessary and we set them forth but. let's not pretend that the opposition sides should not be subject to such pressure and russia and china alone should not be held lots of should not be blamed for the situation and there are we can hear threats that russia and china will pay for what is going on which goes beyond any reasonable limits which so far the syrian people pays for their. lack of imple

security council the u.s. and european powers namely and of course with the syrian national council leader calling for the the u.n. security council to consider a military solution it doesn't really seem like that's going to boost the argument here we were we wound the clock back and had more powers at the table more dialogue with different factions within syria perhaps things could have turned out differently i mean if we look at the regional players here a saudi arabia namely and iran they have never been brought to the table formally a by the powers in the u.n. that was one of the proposals actually that the russian government had come out what they offered to host the talks right here involving more regional players trying to sort of get all the muscle power possible to try to resolve this conflict peacefully but again it really seems like all the sides have dug in and are really changing from their positions perhaps diplomacy really won't be the answer here but let's certainly hope it won't come to that w

security council and what are the chances of them accepting that proposal. that's right russia also drafted a resolution extending the u.n. supervision in supervision mission in syria for another three months but russia to day said that they're not going to even bring that resolution to a vote because they don't have enough support for it because western countries said that they will not support any resolution that isn't tied to pressure and consequence against this syrian government and they are specifically referring to chapter seven of the un un charter which of paves the way for sanctions and ultimately it could be the way for military intervention into syria just as we saw unfold in libya you know about it you know about a year and a half ago a little less so russia said they're not going to bring their draft resolution for a vote because they don't want to create another circumstance where the media is saying how the security council has failed to help those in syria and said russia is trying to find a common ground it says where everybody all fifteen

in the security council details from new york. meanwhile rumors are run rife over the fate and future of the embattled syrian president himself. true or false it is. ready to step down as president of syria and john thomas in moscow and coming up we sort out all of the details. with. the streets of spain. posed on the country in return for a rescue by the e.u. . it's a pleasure to have you with us here on our t.v. today i'm live for you in moscow now the u.n. observer mission to syria expires later on friday but the security council still split over a resolution to extend it another vote is expected shortly after russia and china yesterday vetoed a western backed draft which they considered unacceptable in new york is. standing by live for us now to join us here on the program good to see you marina so what's russia claiming is at stake if indeed the observer mission is not extended today. i didn't hear your question in its entirety but with respect to the observer mission there is another showdown taking place at the security cou

mission in syria for at least another thirty days but at this time he said it's time for the security council to begin working together is up with the western members of the council who have presented unacceptable and unworthy statements should have at least done something to persuade a dialogue between the warring sides in syria and prevent the further militarization of the crisis instead of provoking the activity of extremist and terrorist groups these zealots are pushing their own geo political goals which have nothing in common with the interests of the syrian people and this has only served to escalate the conflict even further in truly tragic proportions. while marina as you mentioned the u.n. observer mission to syria is set to expire in less than twenty four hours now does it look like there's still any hope left a tool for kofi annan peace plan. well at this point there have been reports that the u.k. is putting together a resolution that would extend the u.n. supervision mission in syria for thirty days that is according to various reports and there may be a vote on that resolution

security council resolution that would have slapped new sanctions on the syrian regime has been vetoed by russia and china unlike many mainstream outlets that report on syria's civil war from the comfort of other countries news rooms r.t. has been on the ground in syria covering the conflict firsthand riff and osha has more from them ask us. the news about blasts has come at a very tough time for the syrian capital in the last four days damascus has been seen for what the opposition and free syrian army have dubbed the final battle for damascus a decisive battle for the syrian capital shootings have been heard in very different parts of the syrian capital also seen black smoke drifting over the city skyline and we've also been hearing helicopters not only flying over one of the oldest continuously inhabited capitals in the world but also firing we can see some smoke even now in actually many different neighborhoods of damascus many countries have closed their embassies here in syria and have withdrawn all personnel in this neighborhood alone turkish embassy over the saudi embassy this

resolution iran is working its way through the security council . who knows which way it will but i suspect the lesson of iraq is such that it will be very difficult to imagine the kind of coordinated military response with a large number of countries involved iraq in the case of iran in the absence of proper security council authorization for that sounds thank you thank you very much . mr is that so much to play do you think you should be sitting on the mark when the arab spring finally coming down as the protest to gross to reach. in the fall but she appears to have limited options with the control. nearly a billion people in the world for knowing countries every day. in the united states even our trash cans are filled with food you just have to go get it all of these perfectly good eggs because one was cracked didn't even get all over the other ones just threw them all the way rotten cheese from the german alps you clearly like. a profile. in the dumpster at one am this morning three pm this afternoon on the grill the cake is made from one dozen.

. >> of the security council has failed utterly. in its most important task on its agenda this year. this is another dark day in turtle bay. >> the suicide bomber it targeted a bulgarian bus full of israeli tourists. a video emerges the day after the deadly attack. he has overcome the odds after emigrating from cuba, now this u.s. gymnast is hoping to power his way onto the podium in the london olympics. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. tonight, there are fast-moving developments on the ground in syria while the united nations veto has drawn a harsh rebuke from a western powers prefers fighting continues in damascus the day after the attack which killed three of the president's inner circle. rebels say they are in control of key border crossings. >> syrian rebels seize one of the crossings into turkey, dismantling the portrait of president bashar al-assad. something similar was reported on the border with iraq. it is a sign of great weakness. rebel fighters are still shooting in the center of damascus.

that they face consequences if they don't stick to the peace plan as the one envoy urges the security council to get them to adhere. to international news live from moscow this is our sea with me u.s. ship of allah thanks for joining it's a u.s. based trade and security organization is urging similar blocks not to isolate perich why in the wake of last month's ousting of president fernando lugo some have suspended the country saying such an institutional coup threatens democracy is across the americas oxys tannish language channel talks to fernando lugo in his first a major interview since he was deposed again and she cannot report. many describe what happened in pair of wires a quick and quiet revolution the country's democratically elected president was voted out of office by the parliament in a trial which lasted a few hours for poor performance as the opposition said paraguayans neighbors in latin america called it an institutional that threatens democracies around the region just three hours and paraguayans predominantly right wing parliament voted for an on a little out of office analys

resolutions on syria. >> the security council has failed utterly. this is another dark day in turtle bay. one can only hope that one day, before too many thousands more die, that russia and china will stop protecting assad and allow -- >> western nations are expected to try to dlaft another resolution to extend the mission of the u.n. cease-fire observers. u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon regrets the security council's failure to agree on a resolution. he argues that other nations have a collective responsibility to the syrian people and says the u.n. will continue to try to end the violence and human rights violations in syria. >> russia's u.n. ambassador says his country vetoed the original resolution because it would have helped to lead to external military involvement in the syrian conflict and the man in charge of nato forces ruling out that kind of intervention. secretary general rasmussen tells nhk a political solution is the only way forward. we spoke to rasmussen around the time of the u.n. security council vote and he expressed concern a

security council action on syria. russian has expressed support for the al asad regime.bviously china has done these things, too but in the sense that russia seems to be following and is taking the lead on this life was in moscow at the very end of june and was able to talk to various russian experts on this as well as the journalists. i hope to share some of those. but the real question is why are the russians backing us not so strongly? why of the russians the game? their of the nefarious reasons cited for this. people have mentioned the russian arms relationship with syria that might lose. russian investments in the syrian petroleum sector. there are the naval facilities that russia has, the only russian naval societies are the former soviet union, and i think that these are important reasons for moscow to support the fear of losing all these but if none of these things existed, if there was no russian base, no russian arms sales to syria, no russian oil companies i think that russia would still support the assault regime coming and talking to the russians about the q

security council resolution that will not be based on geneva agreements little girl which we spent the whole day and the whole night in geneva to get their agreement on specific wording because to make a defiant of scum bag their idea that it was the western partners had in the beginning we reach a compromise in geneva and it is reflected in our draft resolution if our muslim a partner has still the work you do it would like to block our resolution by any means bam the u.s. mission will not have the mandate and will have to leave syria and they do it will be very saddening and would not have. would another thing that our western partners haven't done sions to shut down this mission as it was the case with the league of arab states mission i do not think so after that it's all co-sponsors solved west turmel's resolution would like to. take from syria their objective more niches. but if it is not the case then they should agree upon their range of this very important mission of monitors this way in which you can actually pull away when you're ready for that technical renewal to dead opti

security council that was our correspondent marina pour in iowa. but pretrial hearings underway in the case of army private bradley manning he is accused of leaking massive amounts of classified information to the whistleblower web site wiki leaks he's being charged with aiding the enemy his supporters held him for being a hero for exposing government secrets and revealing the truth behind us foreign policy jailed for over two years now and reportedly tortured supporters say he has already faced cruel and unusual punishment and sets a chilling example of what becomes of government whistleblowers are the correspondent abbie martin is in jessup maryland where the court hearing took place today and she joins us now live for the latest hi abbie so anything noteworthy come out of the hearing today. yes today you know this is day three of what will be a five day pretrial hearing for private bradley manning who's coming up on eight hundred days of military jail now liz being held without charges what happened today mostly was an assessment of impact of th

>> well, he is reporting not to us but to the security council. >> rose: you are on the security council the last i checked. >> he is having conversations with the them, he is making some points to them, some of the elements of their behavior he is, he also has some problems, again the opposition and dialogue, we urge them to be responsible, to realize that the balance must stand, to realize that they must be serious about dialogue with the opposition and also we hope that the opposition finally will enter dialogue. >> rose: with all of the violence the world abhors, correct? including russia and including china who voted against increasing the sanctions. a word from your government that it is over would mean to him it is over. >> i don't think so. i don't think so. i don't think so. this is an aim less perception he is sitting this like waiting for the phone call from moscow to tell him what to do. >> rose: it is not that. it is just if moscow says you should go he has no more options. he has nobody -- >> this is not the case, no. >> rose: you are the only one on his side. >> we do not

security council will extend the mandate of the u.n. observer mission. they have been monitoring violence by the assad administration and opposition forces. the vote on the expansion is set to take place on wednesday. western countries insist that the u.n. security council should impose sanctions on syria and assad should step down. russia and china strongly oppose this stance. they have strong military and economic ties with syria. they also fear that antigovernment protests could flare up in their own countries as it is very difficult to bridge a gap between the two positions. resolutions submitted by either side is likely to be vetoed. if the mandate for the observer mission is not extended, the u.n. monitors will have no choice but to leave syria. this may lead to further escalation in the syrian war and mass killing of the citizens. >> as you mentioned, the countries remain divided over syria. given the circumstances, what can they do? >> with so many people killed by the assad administration i believe it is no longer possible to resolve the conflic

security council details from new york coming up. meanwhile rumors run riot over the fate and future of the embattled syrian president himself . true or false is a bashar al assad ready to step down as president of syria and john thomas in moscow and coming up we sort out all of the details. police greed angry crowds with tear gas and rubber bullets in the streets of spain as the public rages against the latest wave of austerity imposed on the country in return for a bank rescue by the e.u. . it's a pleasure to have you with us here on our to today. live in moscow the u.n. observer mission to syria expires later on friday but the security council still split over a resolution to extend it another vote is expected any moment now after russia and china yesterday vetoed a western backed draft which they considered simply put is unacceptable and with more from new york. now joins us live here on the program good to see you so so what's russia claiming is at stake if indeed the observer mission is not extended today. well of russia and i

and the un envoy urging the security council to force the regime and rebels in syria to stick to the peace plan consequences will calm if they don't come by. my from moscow here with archie where it's three pm our top story a washington based trade and security group is refusing to follow similar blocks and what they see as paraguay's isolation in the wake of last month's ousting of president logo some suspended the country saying such an institutional coup friends democracies across the americas spanish language channel talk to fernando lugo in his first major interview since he was to post. reports. many describe what happened in pair of wires a quick and quiet revolution the country's democratically elected president was voted out of office by the parliament in a trial which lasted a few hours for poor performance as the opposition said paraguayans neighbors in latin america called it an institutional that threatens democracies around the region just three hours and paraguayans predominantly right wing parliament voted for an on a little out of office analysts say it's partly beca

that they face consequences if they don't stick to the peace plan has begun on board urges to security council to get them to out here. russia and around the world this is all see with me our thanks for joining us and washington based trade and security group is refusing to follow similar blocks in the world they see as part of wise isolation in the wake of last month's ousting of president lugar some have suspended the country saying such an institutional crew threatens democracies across denmark is a spanish language channel talk to fernando lugo and he's fast a major interview since he was deposed or she's going to check on our reports. many describe what happened in pair of wires a quick and quiet revolution the country's democratically elected president was voted out of office by the parliament in a trial which lasted a few hours for poor performance as the opposition said paraguayans neighbors in latin america called it an institutional that threatens democracies around the region just three hours and paraguayans predominantly right wing parliament voted for an on a logo out of office an

security council to help the people of syr syria?ll, certainly andrea, today's action by the russians and the chinese puts a punctuation mark on their refusal to allow the security council to play an effective role in trying to stop the violence there. as i said when i spoke before the security council today, for the united states part, we will continue to work toward a peaceful political transition. we'll continue to support the peaceful opposition in syria and to provide nonlethal support to the military opposition. we'll continue to provide robust humanitarian support and we will work with other countries outside of the security council increasingly to put further pressure on assad. >> what about a no-fly zone or some other steps that have been demanded by john mccain, by lindsey graham, by others, by critics in the senate in both parties? >> well, a no-fly zone implemented quite clearly it would have to be outside of the scope of the security council is one of many options that some have talked about. i think they've oversimplifi

security council finally reaches consensus on syria details from new york coming up . meanwhile rumors run right over the fate and future of the embattled syrian president. true or false is a bashar al assad ready to step down as president of syria i'm sean thomas in moscow and coming up we sort out all of the details. police greet angry crowds with tear gas and rubber bullets on the streets of spain as the public rages against the latest wave of a stir he imposed on the country in return for a bank rescue by the e.u. . live from our new center here in the russian capital this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day all members of the u.n. security council a vote in favor of a resolution extending the observer mission to syria the mandates been given the final thirty days but could be renewed if certain conditions are met. has the latest from new york. brush ambassadors of the united nations vitaly churkin says he's a very pleased with the way the vote out friday with his security council unanimously approving a u.k. draft resolution that extends the u.n. supervision

is working its way through the security council. who knows which way it will but i suspect the lesson of iraq is such that it will be very difficult to imagine the kind of coordinated military response with a large number of countries involved a lot iraq in the case of iran in the absence of proper security council authorization for that sounds thank you thank you very much. there are those who desperately need it to survive. the spoken is the time to give money to look. good when the fish. and the suppresses the prize the rights of the good for. those who don't get their share of the cage. good by god's. grace i mean old dos but not the one not us if you call me you know about it i mean look at it from the company from. those who suck it out to prosper. it's sad to see things. from you not from. some. nice licensed. no one can live without it in one of the largest blood banks in the world . blood of nigeria. on r.t. . breaking news on r.t. at least eighty seven people killed and thousands of homes devastated as torrential rains tri

but there was a security council resolution. that is working its way through the security council . who knows which way it will but i suspect the lesson of iraq is such that it will be very difficult to imagine the kind of coordinated military response with a large number of countries involved a lot iraq in the case of iran in the absence of proper security council authorization for that sounds thank you thank you very much. supporting the syrian regime as the u.s. . for a multi-million dollar overhaul the. closure of the facilities seems more unlikely . groups funded from abroad. move opposition parties say could be used to. nation old ears breath at wimbledon of course it's all going and i. just want to settle. it's all going on right. but the have your company visit sports a plenty have including all this and more. laughs on the grass significant advance cancer arena williams stormed into the ladies' final of wimbledon. fighting fits moscow get to surprise us famous athletes including kickboxing star but to house a golf lineup to take public training sessions at the city's legend

security council has delayed a crucial vote on a new syria resolution which could see sanctions being imposed on damascus and as the death toll grows diplomacy is struggling to make headway well let's get more news from artie's marina porn she's joining me live now from new york the u.n. missions mandate expires on friday yet little has been achieved in terms of stemming the violence so why isn't diplomacy working. well diplomacy isn't working bill because the major powers within the u.n. security council remain very much divided as you have been discussing the vote that was supposed to take place in a few hours that was delayed for a day was a vote on a u.k. drafted resolution on renewing the u.n. supervision mission in syria now this u.k. drafted resolution is under chapter seven which means that it also calls for the renewal of the u.n. mission in syria for forty five days but it also threatens sanctions against a mask is if the syrian government does not seize the use of heavy weapons and withdraw from heavy populated areas within ten days as we have been reporting russia has stoo

but there was a security council resolution iran is working its way through the security council . who knows which way it will but i suspect the lesson of iraq is such that it will be very difficult to imagine the kind of coordinated military response with a large number of countries involved a lot iraq in the case of iran in the absence of proper security council authorization for that sounds thank you thank you very much. as the idea of multicultural society. sharing the motherland r.t. . oh sure is that so much of a given to you that israel apparently trying to hide from the mark when he's been here a brain finally coming to sudan as the protest movement grows the regime of all bashir appears to have limited options with the control. line in russia soon which brightened if you move about someone from phones to persian. whose friends don't talk t.v. don't come. here in the. homes as the. shelling and shooting in the syrian syrian city of homes as the death toll continues to rise that's as iraq's foreign minister confirms al qaida militants are flowing from his country into syria

but there was a security council resolution iran is working its way through the security council . who knows which way it will but i suspect the lesson of iraq is such that it will be very difficult to imagine the kind of coordinated military response with a large number of countries involved a lot iraq in the case of iran in the absence of proper security council authorization for that sounds thank you thank you very much. as the idea of multicultural society. sharing the motherland r.t. . shelling and shooting in the syrian city of homs as the death toll continues to rise as iraq's foreign minister confirms al qaida militants are flowing from his country into syria to stage terrorist attacks. meanwhile we queue weeks promise to shed new light on the syrian conflict as the group begins to release millions of e-mails from the country's politicians agencies and associated companies but the leaks claims the materials will expose the west's hypocrisy and dealing with damascus. and washington reportedly plans to invest millions to upgrade the military base in a tourist spot all day tha

but there was a security council resolution iran is working its way through the security council . who knows which way it will but i suspect the lesson of iraq is such that it will be very difficult to imagine the kind of coordinated military response with a large number of countries involved a lot iraq in the case of iran in the absence of proper security council authorization for that sounds thank you thank you very much. as the idea of multicultural society. sharing the motherland r.t. . is it. the. us secretary of state hillary clinton has once again lashed out at rush up for what she sees as support for they also had regime the comments came less than a week after international powers agreed on a peace plan for syria which did not support outside interference or regime change . meanwhile wiki leaks has begun to fulfill its promise said new light on the syrian conflict the first batch of e-mails from the country's politicians agencies and associated companies have been released and there are many more calls because he claims the material will expose the west hypocrisy in dealin

resolution iran is working its way through the security council . who knows which way it will but i suspect the lesson of iraq is such that it will be very difficult to imagine the kind of coordinated military response with a large number of countries involved a lot iraq in the case of iran in the absence of proper security council authorization for that sounds thank you thank you very much. oh that. looks a little blue. that's the. perfect. little. misleading good. amount of vitamin a very little of the. top stories this on our team or the hundred people killed and thousands of homes devastated as torrential rains triggered flash flooding in a popular southern russian resort area. libya's first election in half a century gets up to a turban start with cheers in the capital contrasting sharply with boycotts and attacks across the country. and a deadline set for june in the sun his extradition to sweden expires in just a few hours but the whistleblower remains in the safety of acquittals london embassy waiting for to his side i'm playing. up about th

i think is important right now for the united states to take actions beyond the security council. finally, the transition in syria i don't see any indications for and managed transition in syria unfortunately because the northern part of syria, which mainly, concentrated there. those -- groups or military groups that now control different areas. the free syrian army or differing groups within the free syrian army control many areas in northern polar syria, and there is no political authority.

resolution iran is working its way through the security council . who knows which way it will but i suspect the lesson of iraq is such that it will be very difficult to imagine the kind of coordinated military response with a large number of countries involved a lot iraq in the case of iran in the absence of proper security council authorization for that sounds thank you thank you very much. one needs of spir time to obtain inner peace and spirituality. pressman chip and creativity requires special conditions. are met accuracy and knowledge are the attributes of some of the two tier. those who are behind bars good freedom of salt expression. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. the death toll rises further in the southern russian resort devastated by flash flooding on friday one hundred forty one people now reported to have lost their lives since five months worth of rain fell in the space of just twenty four hours. tension overshadows libya's first election in half a century with

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