russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov tells his u.s. counterpart rex tillerson america must return illegally seized russian diplomatic property warning of retaliatory action. the battle for survival continues in syria despite islamic states retreat from the eastern province of their resort we speak to two young sisters who have lost everything in the war. their. facebook criticism is failing to do enough to police fake news the company security chief saying social media giant mustn't turned up becoming a nineteen eighty-four style ministry of truth. warned a number of us media outlets operating in russia they could be sanctioned in retaliation for growing pressure in the states of america. this is our national russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has told his u.s. counterpart rex tillerson that america must return illegally seized russian diplomatic property to get more of the story. kelly we know there's a phone conversation between the two diplomats what was said. yes in the phone conversation that took place earlier u.s. secretary

[applause] sergey lavrov: thank you. ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased to be here at this conference, this nonproliferation conference. i can see a lot of familiar faces here, my colleague diplomats, representatives of foreign states, leaders of previousairman of conferences and events on nonproliferation. thank you so much for coming your today. i would like to express special gratitude to the central for energy and security and the director who is cooperating, who has been cooperating with the foreign minister for quite some time and will continue to do so. over the years of your work, this forum has become an important platform for the discussion on nonproliferation issues with united experts for representatives, leaders, and all those who deal with such an important aspect of nonproliferation as the anti-development and arms control. in june next year we will be , marking the signing, the anniversary of the signing of the nonproliferation treaty, the npt, which is the main part of the nonproliferation regime. and

between the two countries in trade and cultural links and in a number of spheres all together sergey lavrov also hailed the agreements that were signed today as documents that pave the way for better relations between the two countries also revealing that the middle east was addressed in frank talks between the two leaders underlining that the fight against terrorism should take precedence now r.t. is facing unprecedented pressure in the united states with authorities there intimidating not only employees but even those cooperating with the network this was revealed by artie's either during chief margarita simonyan speaking at a parliamentary committee meeting. and you don't know him until recently no active measures except those targeting our reputation has been taken against us in the u.s. specifically new around so if we ever experience the kind of pressure that we experience today in the u.s. to the point eventually being forced out of the country. joins me now in the studio with more on this story now respond what kind of pressure has our channel faced in the united states well ever si

and we heard from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov who really worried about. the. appearance of the united states withdrawing from the. nuclear weapons treaty with iran and the ratcheting up of tensions with north korea and he. especially worried that if the iranian agreement should collapse in the coming months if if if if that would have a diary effect on the nonproliferation regime in general and on hopes of stabilizing events in the north and north korea in particular so it's an extremely extremely worrisome undertone that we hear today from the russians. and israeli officials says saadi arabia's crown prince mohammed bin visited israel in july according to the news agency f.p. is a saudi official denied on twitter that the crown prince had visited israel to promote a stalled peace process as israel's a communications minister. said that relations between the two countries are under the radar and unofficial because of the sensitivity of middle east relations. the white house chief of staff john kelly has defended the u.s. presence reported remarks to the widow

the russian foreign secretary and foreign minister sergey lavrov is warning that abandoning the iran nuclear deal could undermine the chances of curbing north korea's nuclear ambitions was speaking at a nuclear nonproliferation conference in moscow attended by u.s. and north korean delegates u.s. president donald trump has been denouncing the iran deal as the same time applying pressure to north korea and its nuclear program. u.s. president barack obama and george w. bush have appeared to have taken swipes at president donald trump well they neither directly refer to trump by name but he commented on the growing divines within american society folks don't feel good right now about what they see. that they don't feel as if our public life reflects our vast. instead of our politics reflecting our values. we've got politics infecting our communities after. instead of. looking for ways to work together and get things done in a practical way. we got folks who are deliberately trying to make folks saying. to demonize people who have different ideas. are identity as a nation one point many

russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is urging u.s. president obama trump to keep the iran's nuclear deal in place that's after reports president trump could soon declare the deal is not in the u.s. national interest the agreement saw the easing of international sanctions against iran in return for curbs on its nuclear program white house sources say trump is expected to decertify the nuclear deal soon that would leave the republican controlled congress to decide whether to reimpose sanctions trump has long criticized the pact which was one of the major policy achievements of his predecessor barack obama international monitors have found that iran is fulfilling its side of the bargain trump however says that's not the case the iranian regime supports terrorism and exports violence bloodshed and chaos across the middle east that is why we must put an end to iran's continued aggression and nuclear ambitions they have not lived up to the spirit of their agreement and well for more now on this story we're joined by professor mohammad maran

the regional parliamentary vote hold independence if madrid goes ahead russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has warned that abandoning the iraq nuclear deal could and by the chances of curbing north korea's nuclear ambitions us north korea delegates are out of moscow conference and what could be a rare opportunity for dialogue between the two sides also twenty one year old irish egyptian citizen has been released after four years behind bars in egypt the news of him bringing her hours for these was welcomed by his family last month he was acquitted of charges linked to the for the boston restrictions twenty thirteen . the chief executive of kenya's election board is taking three weeks of leave just ahead of the presidential rerun next week the initial vote in august was an old by the supreme court citing irregularities those were the news i'll be back with more in thirty minutes. i'm also attached to my phone my computer my tablet. and it amazes me how in just twenty years they've completely changed the way i live and communicate. our devices are sleek and elegant. we store our lives in a b

now, russian foreign minister sergey lavrov on the iran nuclear in agreement. nonproliferation conference held in moscow. this is about 30 minutes. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased to be here at this conference, this nonproliferation conference. i see a lot of familiar faces here, my colleague diplomats, representatives of foreign states, leaders of conferences and events on nonproliferation. thank you so much for coming your today. i would like to express special gratitude to the director for cooperating with the foreign minister. over the years of your work, this forum has become an important platform for the discussion on nonproliferation issues for representatives, leaders, and all those who deal with such important aspects of nonproliferation, nuclear development and arms control. in june next year, we will be marking the signing, the anniversary of the signing of the nonproliferation treaty, the npt, which is the main part of the nonproliferation regime. and we have to say that the treaty that has laid down the foundations of nonprolifer

battling militia in the same area and that a bridge has been blown up russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has warned that abandoning the iran nuclear deal could undermine the chances of curbing north korea's nuclear ambitions he was speaking at a nuclear nonproliferation conference in moscow the u.s. sectors they rex tillerson has criticized the four countries imposing a blockade on qatar for refusing to engage in talks to ease the crisis he's kicking off a week long overseas trip with stops in saudi arabia and qatar. the chief executive of kenya's election board is taking three weeks if leave just ahead of thursday's presidential election rerun. says he's taken a personal decision to take the leave the opposition was demanding he be fired before the rerun of the initial vote in august was an old by the supreme court citing irregularities it comes as kenya celebrates heroes. day a public holiday honoring freedom fighter is our reporter katherine sawyer joining us from nairobi with so much uncertainty surrounding the election and the celebrations now going on behind you do we first of all

the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has warned that abandoning the iran nuclear deal could undermine the chances of curbing north korea's nuclear ambitions he was speaking at a nuclear nonproliferation conference in moscow and north korean delegates are at the meeting in what could be a rare opportunity for a dialogue u.s. president donald trump has been denouncing the iranian nuclear deal while at the same time applying pressure on north korea over its nuclear program fred we're following the story for us and joining us from moscow to tell us what more the foreign minister had to say about the deal. well secretary minister lavrov is a polished diplomat he reiterated russian policy but he clearly showed the deep concern that the russians have about the elements of unpredictability that are creeping in to nonproliferation in general but it was respect to iran and north korea in particular. like veiled in a veiled way criticize the united states for playing around with the iran's deal for threatening it and he said that anything that at this point removes that critical deal from the ta

secretary of state rex tillerson and russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov discussed several issues however what seems to be the main. focus of the phone call was russia's foreign minister making clear that the properties of russia the diplomatic properties which were illegally seized must be returned and that there could be a possible retaliation in response to the illegal seizure of russia's diplomatic properties by the united states now for what we understand syria and korea were also discussed on the phone call with russia emphasizing the need for a diplomatic solution to both situations both syria and korea now this comes and let's also know that after the phone call ended there was a statement from russia's foreign ministry and the statement from russia's foreign ministry given in the direct aftermath of the phone call made clear russia reserves the right to undertake illegal action and retaliatory measures now let's go over recent events we know there are accusations of russian meddling in the u.s. elections we know that trump did sign some new sanctions on russia and then th

russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has warned that abandoning the iran nuclear deal could undermine the chances of curbing north korea's nuclear ambitions he was speaking at a nuclear nonproliferation conference in moscow u.s. and north korean delegates are at the meeting in what could be a rare opportunity for dialogue the u.s. president donald trump has been denouncing the iran nuclear deal while at the same time applying pressure to north korea over its nuclear program but with these additional mission with but in tackling the nuclear program on the korean peninsula we must prevent an armed conflict that would inevitably bring about a humanitarian economic and environmental disaster all parties must show restraint and reserve let me remind you that in every u.n. security council resolution on the korean peninsula its side sanctions their statements about the need to return to negotiations there is no alternative to a diplomatic settlement well fred ware joins us now he's in moscow for us it was this thing into what sergei lavrov had to say i mean that the foreign minister has had

the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov speaking and in moscow after meeting. with a cell the foreign minister. sergey lavrov speaking of many things of the trade and trust between the two countries he also welcomed the establishment of what he called a russian selbie military cooperation council which he said will made shortly he also spoke of their interests and energy saying that they're not restricted to bilateral relations that opec plus is and what will we will bring you more on this meeting that's taking place in moscow and the rest of the day's news in the next bulletin coming up in just a couple of minutes. for the. journey to work. or. i prefer to live down. to the chance of life and limb on a dangerous journey. to derail a nearly died. for our children go to school and live because of a great risk to the democratic republic of congo at this time on al-jazeera until now the coverage of latin america and most of the world was about. we're taking you back to moscow now where as we're been saying the russian and foreign ministers have been missing let's

and new york city sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister expressed regret over the rise in tensions that he says was not started by russia and those closures really did signify an all time low in u.s. russian relations and while tensions seem to have cooled at this point we can only wait and see if the departure of these last few diplomats will be the last word on the matter. president among the omicron has been hit by a fresh wave of criticism off to cutting taxes for the wealthy he's responded by saying his latest tax reform the same just encouraging investment and promoting talent in the country however many people in paris don't agree warning the new leaders already becoming a president for the rich and reform will only worsen inequality in france a correspondence that depends. how do you know when you not just rich but your filthy wage. your cars and race horses a definitely signs that eve more than a pretty penny to spend right. well not so much in france where the toys of the rich and famous no longer eligible for tax and that's causing quite a stir if you think this is a poo

russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov weighed in stressing that international security would be threatened if the u.s. scrapped the agreement and that the north korea crisis could worsen. but you've missed the point is clear that the failure of the way iran deal one of the five plus one members especially one of its most active members is essentially the leader of the group would be an alarming signal to the architecture of international security including the settlement of the nuclear issue on the korean peninsula if you want to negotiate with kim jong un and your goal is to avoid war and try to be able to have a diplomatic resolution the worst thing you can do is first threaten to destroy his country in the united nations and secondly screw around with the deal that has already been made because the message is don't make a deal with the united states they won't keep their word last week because the us president announced he would decertify the deal that means the u.s. congress now has sixty days to decide whether it wants to reimpose sanctions against iran or agree on new legislation rel

russia and saudi arabia have agreed to work together to fight terrorism russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and herself a counterpart at an algae bear held a news briefing in moscow and it comes after a meeting between saudis can tell mom and russian president vladimir putin they discuss regional conflicts going on yes it's obvious that the fight against terrorism means that we have to fight extremist ideologies which are well known to saudi friends and we wish we very much that our contribution to these efforts will lead to good cons great contributions by russia to peace and stability in the islamic world and also to good work on the islamic council. iraqi government forces have recaptured the northern town of had a two week battle with prime minister heather in a bar they called it a victory when a body was in paris where he's meeting france's president and manual mccrone has offered to help with mediation efforts between iraq central government and kurdish leaders those are the headlines on al-jazeera the stream that's coming up next thank you for watching. we understand the differences

surprisingly kate the present the press conference earlier today the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov was posed questions about the only going fight against islamic state in of our can steer ia and also has a particular emphasis on the recent liberation of the syrian city of rocker iraq which was liberated just days ago had been under siege of islamic state for about four months acted as the stronghold of eisel in syria and also the headquarters in the country now on saturday the us president donald trump boasted that the u.s. had done more in the fight against islamic state in the polish nine months than to his administration there have been under barack obama in recent years and he also touched upon what might be the next role of the u.s. in syria and he curiously spoke about quote a political transition that honors the will of the syrian people now it's curious because this is news to the syrian government they have an authorized any political transition with the help of the u.s. whatsoever so unsurprisingly the russian foreign minister was asked for a response to the u.s. presiden

comments from the syrian foreign minister were made during talks with his russian counterpart part sergey lavrov and of course moscow has also in the past questioned america's intentions and the fact of this in the region the activities of u.s. led forces raise many questions in some cases the forces of courage of the terrorists to attack strategic positions really regain but damascus where they have deliberately engaged in bloody provocations against our forces attacking some strong allegations there but is there any evidence to support that well there's been little indications that are sort of piling up at this point on wednesday the russian defense ministry actually claimed that three hundred three hundred islamic state terrorists in pick up trucks freely past or a zone in syria's. region where the coalition has a base and has determined an explanation from the u.s. side given that in the past any investment on that base or any movement in that area has been met with very strong reaction from the u.s. but these militants seem to a pastoral untouched a ditch additionally in the end of septembe

bigger surprise to the syrian government itself so earlier today the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov was of course asked for a response to these comments here's what he said. when we hear about the new u.s. line in syria which is stand which is local councils on sovereign syrian territories this raises concerns we put this question to washington and expect to receive an honest and clear answer. now while these recent victories are indeed a very important milestone in the fight against islamic state in syria these latest developments show that there is still a very distinct lack of clarity over what the u.s. the u.s. ultimate goal in syria really is. we wait to see what that is nicky aaron thank you very much. we while in neighboring iraq r.t. is continuing to run a campaign to bring russian speaking children back home their parents of god missing or have been killed fighting for islamic state one boy as i read is about to be reunited with his family. it was. kind of. you wal mart you know it was a lawyer. it's. just that i was. told much more what. i was going there with mr sulu and

washington fell out with moscow over this and i remember back then the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov multiple times called on the international community for an in-depth independent investigation of it while investigations of reports of other chemical attacks including those on government controlled territories in syria were never even begun on her. son. i don't know who. the. hell am. i. doing. in the meantime the investigation into april skeptical attack in the it looked province continues by a team of experts from the un and a un backed chemical watchdog but no experts have actually been sent to the sea and that's why the. it has been criticised by moscow the results will be presented to the un security council in a week and if. the efforts of the mission as moscow has threatened to suspend their backing of the mission's mandate as a permanent member of the u.n. security council. lawmakers are once again at odds over the country's role in syria in a debate in the house of lords the questions were raised over funding of the syrian opposition and what exactly taxpayers' money is rea

russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov stated that the u.s. led coalition in syria needs to focus more of its attention on to not just are you still. we have long been trying to draw the international community's attention to the fact that the u.s. led coalition before the russian military had started its anti-terrorist campaign in syria was quite possibly citing eyesore and not striking out newsroom at all after russia launched its operation the coalition became more active strikes against isis but even after the new u.s. administration stepped in we haven't seen the coalition making any serious efforts to target al nusra. a check of the places to catalonia. leaders to declare the regions independence from spain on top of the local palmer there's no announced the date for what's going to happen next let's cross live turns to censure canary barcelona other last year it's all really coming to a head now they say they're going to announce a day it could be the end of this week beginning next week yeah that's. right kevin i mean anybody and every

it that's the second strongest insurgent group in syria after iceland russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has stressed the importance of not overlooking describe. we have long been trying to draw the international community's attention to the fact that the u.s. led coalition before the russian military had started its anti-terrorist campaign in syria was quite possibly fighting high school and not striking out newsroom at all after russia launched its operation the coalition became more active strikes against arsenal but even after the new u.s. administration stepped in we haven't seen the coalition making any serious efforts to target our newsroom. and this week has also seen significant gains against those who are also courtesy of russian forces as our correspondent told us earlier and i start this week a limited several key figures and left the group of the the leader of the group out of mohamed el jelani critically injured which could deal a major blow to operations and also to the morale of the this were a terror group giuliani could almost be the poster boy of terrorism you know he

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov tells his u.s. counterpart rex tillerson that america must return illegally seized russian diplomatic property warning of retaliatory action. while the battle for survival continues in syria that despite islamic states retreats from the eastern province of their resort we speak to two young sisters who have lost everything in the war. very bad get passed over. a little i know. and facebook hits back criticism.

russia and saudi arabia have agreed to work together to fight terrorism russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and herself a counterpart alger bear held a news briefing in moscow it comes after a meeting between saudis king and russian president vladimir putin and they discuss regional conflicts. that the fight against terrorism means that we have to fight extremist ideologies which will never. be friends. we very much that our contribution to these efforts will lead to good contribution by russia to peace and stability in the islamic world and also to good work on the islamic council in iraq a government forces have recaptured the northern town of her after a two week battle with i saw prime minister heather in a bar they call it a victory but a body was in paris where he's meeting france's president and manual mccrone has offered to help with mediation efforts between a rock central government and kurdish leaders those are the headlines on al-jazeera the stream that's coming up next thank you for watching. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no

that's the second strongest insurgent group in syria off to iceland russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has stressed the importance of not overlooking this group we have long been trying to draw the international community's attention to the fact that the us led coalition before the russian military had started its anti-terrorist campaign in syria which quite sas of late citing high school and not striking our newsroom. after russia launched its operation the coalition became more active strikes against isis but even after the new u.s. administration stepped in we haven't seen the coalition making any serious efforts to target our newsroom and this week has also seems to if it can gains against those who are also courtesy of russian forces let's talk this week in a minute to several key figures and left the group of the leader of the group of a mohamed al jelani critically injured which could deal i'm a job. low to operations and also to the moon rock love be on this for a terror group giuliani could almost be the poster boy of terrorism you know he for u.s. troops in iraq he quickly ro

comments from the syrian foreign minister were made during talks with his russian counterpart part sergey lavrov and of course moscow has also in the past question america's intentions and the fact of this in the region the activities over u.s. led forces raise many questions in some cases the forces of courage to the terrorists to attack strategic positions rightfully regain but the most because well they have deliberately engaged in bloody provocations against our forces well jackie some strong allegations there but is there any evidence to support that well there's been little indications that are sort of piling up at this point on wednesday the russian defense ministry actually claimed that three hundred or three hundred islamic state terrorists in pick up trucks freely past arizonan in syria's . region where the coalition has a base and has determined an explanation from the u.s. side given that in the past any investment on that base or any movement in that area has been met with very strong reaction from the u.s. but these militants seem to a pastoral untouched a ditch additionally in the

must be returned that is the message of russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has for us secretary of state rex tillerson warning retaliation may be in the works. the battle for survival continues in syria despite islamic states retreated from the. criticism that it is failing to do enough to police fake news with the company's it security chief warning against enforcing one nine hundred eighty four style control. warned a number of us media outlets operating in russia that they could be sanctioned in retaliation for growing pressure in the states on america. we'll be back next hour with a full report on today's top stories with my colleague that does it for me though it's crosstalk. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle russia gate continues unabated without any hard facts to back it up will catalonia take the next step and declare independence also will trump be called a deal breaker when it comes to a red. cross talking real news i'm joined by my guests here in moscow exactly a morrow he's the founder founder of the center for political strat

forty six thousand dollars if israel does not return seized equipment the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is warning that abandoning the iran nuclear deal could undermine the chances of curbing north korea is transitions or speaking at a nuclear nonproliferation conference in moscow attended by u.s. and north korean delegates much that's it for now for news coming right up. is there a way forward in afghanistan taliban attacks this week have killed more than one hundred twenty afghans nationwide despite the u.s. air force flying more missions and dropping more bombs both u.s. strategy and the afghan government's capabilities are again being questioned this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm james bays u.s. president donald trump unveiled a new american strategy in afghanistan two months ago since then there's been no letup in violence nationwide and the last few days alone have seen a dramatic surge in taliban attacks on thursday the taliban killed nearly sixty afghan security forces in a wave of attacks across the country forty of them died when an army camp in souther

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov tells his u.s. counterpart rex tillerson america must return illegally seized russian diplomatic property warning of retaliatory action. the battle for survival continues in syria despite islamic states retreat from the eastern province of their result we speak to two young sisters who have lost everything in the war. their pass over. a little i lost only to watch. facebook hits back at critics.

more on this russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov a stated that the u.s. led coalition in syria needs to focus more of its attention on al nasra not just are you still. with us but we have long been trying to draw the international community's attention to the fact that the us led coalition before the russian military had started its anti-terrorist campaign in syria was quite possibly citing eyesore and not striking hour news retaught after russia launched its operation the coalition became more active force roosting it strikes against i saw but even after the new u.s. administration stepped in we haven't seen the coalition making any serious efforts to target al nusra. catalonia as leader has vowed to declare the region's independence from spain in the coming days seems on wednesday the local parliament will announce the exact date of that declaration alison said churkin has been following events than in barcelona she still. it's quite uncertain as of yet whether or not on which particular day this declaration of independence that the catalan leaders have