along political careers because there is now a rumor in moscow that sergei lavrov for example the foreign minister asked for his retirement several times because as much as he had i seen lost his job it is quite tiring there was also speculation that put in wasn't planning on the calming back to power or running for presidency again in two thousand and twelve but the events in libya and the murder of moammar gadhafi the disintegration of libya afterwards made him change his mind i wonder to what extent western policies are responsible for keeping those perhaps not fully appreciated individuals in power for so long well those two room as you mentioned. may be a conspiracy theorist but i suspect the origins of some of those rumors think this is all part of trying to make russia feel weak about. and the information war it's ruthless and ongoing thing against against russian stability but let me come back. what what makes them special i remember even when i was forty seven years ago and certainly in my subsequent twenty five years as a diplomat the smartest people in russian embas

about these sorts of things ok so sergey lavrov said that some western states are trying to prevent a transition to a multi-polar world through the use of political pressure and. brute force so what exactly is he referring to gosh what a mystery i mean he didn't name the state question so i guess we have no idea who he meant obviously meant the united states and the countries we call allies who are really our satellites and vassals i look i have noticed. mr lover of tends to be very diplomatic very polite very gentlemanly in his expression but i did notice a certain level of impatience today that he i think his patients has been tried one time too many yes we are talking about whether or not we will we will continue down this road of the united states seeking. in a very sterile way in destructive way to hold on to this notion of global hegemony or whether there will be a peaceful and national natural transition to a more more multi-polar world so far we don't see the people making policy in washington willing to make that transition and i think that is something extremely dangerous an

general assembly on friday with a blistering attack on western foreign policy sergey lavrov condemned what he called the parochial self-serving ambitions of a small group of countries. john you know there's up with a number of western states a seeking to preserve the self-proclaimed status of the global leaders and prevent a natural transition to a multi-polar world order to that when they spend means including political blackmail economic pressure and brute force diplomacy a culture of negotiation and compromise have been replaced by a unilateral restrictions the un security council approval we heard a lot from the russian side on friday before their departure it was. his big press conference and spokeswoman marie as hard as exclusive interview to r.t. as well the press conference began with a bit of sergey lavrov humor so there is a policy new policy now of the land expression in south africa that the that they're implementing it's a parliamentary process people could lose their farms without compensation and there's talk that russia is trying to take the get the fuel and some of th

locate you were just watching foreign minister sergei lavrov giving a q. and a session a media conference after a fire speech to the u.n. general assembly he covered and all for a lot of ground there he talked about different relationships with the venezuela south africa talked about both the koreas talked an awful lot about syria iran amongst others now if we look at what he said about syria. that. you know there was no room for terrorists in syria we will be pushing towards and being very cautious to form a constitutional committee he said that there was no deadline to form that committee was about getting the right players involved there and about iran he said for. and china and green have decided on mechanisms to discuss economics and how third parties should not interfere with these mechanisms he also acknowledged that firms were leaving iran about and others replacing them and europe realizing that the was the situation what he said someone actually asked about belittles trends the future of the u. n. he said that the united nations' future would be

has been you're guilty all we need from you is to explain whether it was an order or an accident sergey lavrov said it was pointless to continue discussions at such a level stressing that russia is still ready for serious dialogue but not based on the presumption of guilt human rights advocates craig murray told us he believes the u.k. spirit of events does raise questions. on the timing was given by the british government and shown them a c.c.t.v. footage they could not have used to screwballs house if they went there was no evidence they did but if they were they could have not got there before noon earlier the script also left the house at nine fifteen am and it's never previously been suggested they went back to the house again before the little. boy and fifteen am when they left her house was spotted heading north east would out of souls by three different c.c.t.v. cameras it was spotted coming back into soulsby one fifteen pm. from a north westerly direction so how did the they manage to touch the door knob which could come to be inflicted before noon so really doesn't add up with the do

participation at the un general assembly on friday with a searing attack on western foreign policy sergey lavrov condemned what he called the parochial self serving ambitions of a small group of countries and said those states are undermining the organization and its principles are. reports now from new york. the number of western states is seeking to preserve the self-proclaimed status of global leaders and prevent a natural transition to a multi-polar world order to that means including political blackmail economic pressure and brute force such activities lead to devaluation of international law sergey lavrov saved all here in russia had to say to the rest of the world for his final day in new york the foreign minister kept himself within the boundaries of diplomatic language however his criticism and told the war. the international community has paid dearly for the self-serving ambitions of these countries diplomacy a culture of negotiation and compromise have been replaced by unilateral restrictions like un security council approval such actions are not just illegal but also just ineffective

committed rasa file back in twenty seventeen it was his job to meet up with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov now however when he happens to be speaking in washington he says he regrets it all very much and it was a fool's errand and to quote something he once said about his own views that in europe his view on russia appears to have been like a supermarket trolley as well so quite an extreme reaction from the former foreign secretary why does the view of a former cabinet minister even matter well he is widely tipped by the bookmakers to be potentially the next conservative leader so clearly his views are getting a lot of their time also. the current lead to resume a prime minister her spokespersons rubbish the interview that alexander the traffic did with r t saying that the account provided by the two alleged attackers is an insult to the public's intelligence and outright lies so downing street wasn't having any of it foreign ministry spokesperson maria zahar of earth was unimpressed with downing street's response questioning why london immediately dismissed petroff account forty minutes a

sorry to cut into that story but russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is now addressing in the general assembly we're going to listen in here and controversial stage. today we're all witnesses to a collision of two divergent tendencies on one hand we see the consolidation of the foundations of the world order new centers of growth arising in sustainable fashion nations seeks to preserve their sovereignty and choose those models of development that correspond to their national cultural and religious identity on the other hand a number of western states seek to preserve their self-proclaimed status of global leaders and impedes the inevitable and objective formation of a multi-polar world order to that and the spare no means including political blackmail economic pressure and brute force. and low full of sugar to lead to devaluation of the international law which is the very foundation of the post-war world also we hear deafening voices it will not only question the legal power of international agreements and treaties but also the clear the priority of self-serving unilateral approach is

to the russian top diplomat this claim is absolute law is this year at last nobody was asking sergei lavrov about russia's alleged attempts to interfere and the u.s. election campaigns but he was asked about the claims that china was doing the same thing in response the russian foreign minister said that it's been proved many times that it is washington that keeps making such attempts around the world time and again. earlier i also mentioned my exclusive interview with the foreign ministry spokeswoman marie harf she agreed to share her thoughts on some of the other highlights of this week here at the united nations h.q. in new york for many years korea was in medieval and this country and. the leaders of this country and the country itself and the people of this country it was mentioned as the world's hugest problem and evil was the world which was used to describe the country and now yeah and now i think that you heard mr. think several times north korea so what happened to the city. not north korea has changed nothing like that happen but united states changed their position then their po

area thank you so much this is indeed a special moment because we're just minutes away from sergey lavrov this big press conference after an entire week at the united nations general assembly so indeed we have to rush with the foreign ministry spokeswoman marie is a horror so to see their. press conference in just a couple of minutes. thanks doing a great job was reporting for live from new york talking to russian foreign ministry spokesman maria. the seventy third general assembly as you mentioned before is coming to an end with politician from all across the world taking these to the state to address the nations russian foreign minister. used his time in the spotlight to raise concerns over some countries trying to hijack the united nations principles. the number of states to seek you to preserve the self-proclaimed status of the global leaders and prevent a natural transition to a multi-polar world order through that means including political blackmail pressure and brute force so objectivity is lead to devaluation of international law the international community has paid dearly for the

russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is visiting bosnia and herzegovina and it's republican serbska that's the so dominated semi autonomous region the trip comes just a few weeks ahead of elections there lavrov is emphasizing russian links to bosnia sir population it has three presidents with equal powers one serve one crowd and one bosniak and it's designed to defuse ethnic tensions there. is live for us in. so what can we expect from this visit from the russian foreign minister . while all sergey lavrov has arrived when you look at just a few minutes ago and immediately we were told to come here to the. government building because all the meetings and the press conference will be held here he is currently at the first location he was supposed to visit and it is a construction site for the serbian russian orthodox church and this church is going to be built as a part of the russian cultural center authorities of this boston and tittie republika srpska stated that this was an idea. old a hundred years and that they decided to do this just now because as they stated it is going to be

the consequences russia has also reacted to this new round of sanctions russia still diplomat sergei lavrov has said that what the it's doing the essentially are pushing more school towards reducing its dependency on washington and especially on the exchanges in dollars in the u.s. currency has also added that this is something that other countries are learning from these sanctions to love reasons that featured a blonde with russian roots who was not too offensive to the i who has an instagram page filled with pictures of her in a bikini is who was claiming that just minutes away from the restaurant that sergei script holland his daughter yulia had been visiting in another italian restaurant she and her husband she claims were poisoned by vladimir putin who was going after them and wanted her killed and that story of course turned out to be something that was on the front page of the sun as well as several other tabloids and is now being treated as a hoax and this is what the son had to say on this like any news paper we were keen to talk to those at the center of the incident and in this c

here is sergey lavrov on friday. >> translator: speaking about the legal syrian government, they have the full right to protect their sovereignty and to liquidate the terrorist threat on their territory. this is the main problem about idlib. in this area which was marked a deescalation zone, there might be separation between armed opposition which is ready to hold dialogue with the government and the el nusra terrorists. >>> u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo gave this response on twirts, sergey lavrov is defending syrian and russian assault on idlib. russians and assad agreed not to permit this. the u.s. sees this as an escalation. >>> former president of brazil will not run in october's presidential election. the top electoral court has ruled that de silva is not eligible to run. he has been in jail since april and serving a 12 year sentence for corruption and money laundering. he served as president between the years of 2003 and 2011. >>> remembering a war hero and the dedicated public servant. the late u.s. senator john mccain is back in washington, d.c. for more memorials before

of undermining the international order sergey lavrov made these comments in a speech at the un general assembly he said attacks had been launched by the u.s. against the basic principles of the middle east peace process the world trade organization and climate agreements lavrov also vowed moscow will do everything possible to save the iran nuclear deal well earlier china's foreign minister used his speech at the u.n. to tell world leaders that beijing is open for business and pointed remarks aimed at u.s. wangi warned against protectionism his comments come at a time when a trade war between the u.s. the u.s. and china has been deepening in a tit for tat tariff. ball who threw john three hundred which protectionism will only hurt one self and unilateral moves will bring damage to all regarding trade frictions china stands for a proper settlement based on rules and consensus through dialogue and consultation on an equal footing china will not be blackmailed or yield to pressure. still ahead for you on the program a show of unity from the german and turkish leaders as they continue to pa

military action russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says talks to resolve a four year standoff between pro moscow separatists and the ukrainian government are no longer possible it follows the assassination of alexander the russian backed leader of the rebels in the don yes going to he was killed in a blast at a cafe he claims government has denied any involvement. there's been a lot of infighting between armed groups in libya after several days of battles that left almost forty people dead and more than one hundred injured most of the casualties are civilians gun battles and shelling of course serious damage to residential and commercial areas around maytag an airport near tripoli uganda's pop star turned opposition politician bobby wine is on his way to the u.s. for medical treatment he boarded a flight on friday night after the government allowed him to leave the country wine says he was beaten while in detention he's been charged with treason brazil's former president lula da silva has been officially blocked from running in october elections the majority of judges of the electoral

sanctions against north korea were described as outdated by russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov he added that it would be better to support korean efforts rather than impose further restrictions he spoke to a lawyer and a korea peace campaigner who says that despite obvious progress relations me stall unless there's a compromise. it's time to step back a little bit and not assume that the north koreans are just going to lay down their weapons out of trust for the united states because the u.s. has broken promises on numerous occasions over decades as the north koreans that trust has to be built up one step at a time and so this is a situation in which for the first time we have the two sides really dialogue and it will be a chance to build trust through exchanges but there needs to be a give and take on either side of. an emotionally charged hearing on thursday donald trump's supreme court nominee brad cavanagh and the woman who accuses him of attempted rape thirty six years ago testified before the u.s. senate judiciary committee it was a big draw on t.v. across the country with t

committed rasa file back in twenty seventeen it was his job to meet up with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov now however when he happens to be speaking in washington he says he regrets it all very much and it was a fools that there is a chemical attack there will be a much stronger response than ever before contrary to earlier pledges to leave the country. now looks into how america's approach in syria is exact the deeper the u.s. gets sucked into the syrian conflict the more the continuity of time seems to change when it comes to decision making in washington back in two thousand and thirteen when allegations of chemical attacks arose barack obama was still in the hot seat and time still seemed linear. we intend to investigate thoroughly exactly what happened. obviously in syria right now you've got a war zone we have to make sure that we know exactly what happened what was the nature of the incident what can we document what can we prove our commonsense review the evidence and attack if justified later the idea that investigations require time those were the good old days but two thousand

the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov say sanctions against north korea are dated it would be better to support korean efforts rather than impose further restrictions on the country. from lawyers for at the militarization and peace in korea sees that the spike the obvious progress unless there's compromise from both sides relations and they stole. it's time to step back a little bit and not assume that the north koreans are just going to lay down their weapons of trust for the united states because the u.s. has broken promises on numerous occasions over the decades as have the north koreans that trust has to be built up one step at a time and so this is a situation in which for the first time we have the two sides really dialogue going and it will be a chance to build trust through exchange of said but there needs to be a give and take on either side. to another big story of the week in an emotionally charged hearing donald trump supreme court nominee and the woman who accuses him of attempted rape thirty six years ago testified before the senate judiciary committee on friday. i reca

committed roster file back in twenty seventeen it was his job to meet up with his russian counterpart sergey lavrov low quality. according to the russian reconciliation center preparations for the supposed attack were made near the syrian town of culture could where an alleged chemical assault occurred on april fourth last year it said filming took place in a nearby village where there is also a chemical stockpile washington rejected the warning some russian at the white house directly involved in staging the attack insisting there's no evidence to support that there's a battle for the province looms the u.s. is pouring troops into syria warning if there is a chemical attack they'll be a much stronger response than ever before contrary to earlier pledges to lead the country of these. terrible because approach in syria has changed direction. the deeper the u.s. gets sucked into the syrian conflict the more the continuity of time seems to change when it comes to decision making in washington back in two thousand and thirteen when allegations of chemical attacks arose barack obama was still in the hot

coming to an end with politicians from around the world taking the stage russian foreign minister sergey lavrov raised concern over some countries trying to hijack u.n. principles. john you know there's a. number of western states are seeking to preserve the self-proclaimed status of global leaders and prevent a natural transition to a multi-polar world order through that means including political blackmail economic pressure and brute force such activities lead to devaluation of international law the international community has paid dearly for the self-serving ambitions of these countries diplomacy a culture of negotiation and compromise have been replaced by unilateral restrictions like un security council approval such actions are not just illegal but also just ineffective. political scientists café a frosty r.p. told us he believes that america's belligerence on the wall stage is harmful to western interests based spectacle that we witnessed the united nations by the u.s. officials this week there's little room for optimism i'm afraid we are on a slippery road toward greater tension and wars

the consequences russia has also reacted to this new round of sanctions russia still diplomat sergei lavrov has said that what these acts are doing they essentially are pushing more school towards reducing its dependency on washington and especially on the exchanges in dollar and the u.s. currency has also added that this is something that other countries are learning from these sanctions to lover of as also said that this new round of sanctions aimed against russia's arms exports is viewed by moscow as an act of dirty play in what is supposed to be a fair game ruled by competition because on securing your sins are true those sanctions are obviously yet another demonstration of dirty competition once again we see that the dollar based system has discredited itself completely and trust in the dollar is falling dramatically as more and more countries are thinking about how to avoid any dependence on this international finances. and this is a whole other twist in this story because the as you thirty five fighter jet in the as four hundred missile defense system are the most advanced pieces of

rescue group the white helmets and are to be used in a false flag attack russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov explained motivation behind that plot. chemical weapons prove a case in which is being prepared is aimed at keeping al nasra they're counting on using it against the so-called regime as they called it following the alleged goot a chemical attack russia's warning that rebels will try to stage as similar incident in egypt to draw the u.s. france and britain in get them to hit a sad again russia says an incident is imminent especially after the u.s. and the allies jointly stated that they would act if it looks like as had launched another chemical attack that's almost an invitation to do so says moscow. now when the u.s. is steering the situation around we want to know how can damascus have chemical weapons if the u.s. france and great britain destroyed them last year you know what the us own says we never said that france did its do or dive for the jihad ists rebels nowhere left to run nothing left to lose and their sponsors the west the gulf which have pumped billions upon billions of

new one general assembly walls in new york a million to train from the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says sanctions against north korea row data doubting it would be better to support north korean efforts rather than impose further restrictions on both countries erik so it came from the lawyers for demilitarization and peace in korea believes that despite the obvious progress unless there is compromise with the north relations may still stall yet. it's time to step back a little bit and not assume that the north koreans are just going to lay down their weapons out of trust for the united states because the u.s. has broken promises on numerous occasions so it's as the north koreans that trust has to be built up one step at a time and so this is a situation which for the first time we have the two sides really dialogue and it will be a chance to build trust through exchanges said but there needs to be a give and take of neither side. with a huge headline in that emotionally charged hearing donald trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh in the week and the woman who accused him of a

rouhani flanked by his foreign minister and also we've heard a shot of the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov listening but listening very intently of course the russians were involved as well in the a standard process not so much engaged with perhaps. the geneva process when that was at the vanguard of trying to get some sort of peace deal or negotiations on the ground in syria mr rouhani earlier saying as well we will not impose our wishes about self determination he also said we are aware of other concerns from other people involved in the conflict taking into account the consequences of fighting terrorism he said to sum up we are fighting for peace he said we want to help the people of syria we want a pulling out of foreign forces from syria he said democracy cannot be imposed by guns and he also went on to say that our role model the iranian role model of cooperation can be applied across different conflicts in the region then he went on to talk about the conflict in yemen of course that's a whole different news story that's a whole different conversation let's have a listen in now to th

we're just listening there to a press conference a joint one between the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and also his german counterpart hiker mass they were answering questions at the end of that from journalists of course the scrip our case and the situation it came up on the script our case mr lavrov made it very clear that he thought the u.k. was not acting within the norms of international law in fact he said they were engaging in loud speaker democracy where they make assertions and allegations without providing any evidence on the issue he said great measures are being taken at the moment to try and ensure the limit civilian casualties the escalation zones are being proposed along with facilitating local agreements between moderate rebels and also the syrian government and also humanitarian corridors are being discussed he said all these factors were actually not discussed when the u.s. led coalition bombed raca and also mosul to liberate those towns and cities from terrorists and he said that caused a great humanitarian catastrophe and doesn't seem to concern the international co