i want to now paraphrase what sergei lavrov said than in general. while he said certainly he and the russia government support those talks, he still says that the united states is not being helpful. he says that in fact the united states quite plainly is really following a mentality of military confrontation. they're acting as if it is inevitable, and that this could have catastrophic consequences. and that he wants the conditions for talks to begin and for the united states really to stop acting as if military confrontation is inevitable. they are proposing what china has said is a freeze for freeze. if north korea freezes its nuclear development, its nuclear development, that the united states and south korea will freeze their military movers. i want to point out something else, though. when we were talking about the iran deal, sergei lavrov wanted to make a fine point of the fact that if the united states wants to pull out of an iran deal and renege on an iran deal, what hopes do they have getting a nuclear deal with north korea? because they con

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on meanwhile russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has also lashed out at the us accusing washington of issuing ultimatums and ignoring the views of other world leaders of or of many of the comments that his annual press conference in moscow he said threats coming from washington and twenty seventeen have seriously aggravated tensions in different parts of the world including in north korea and iran lover of said moscow would not support u.s. attempts to modify the landmark nuclear deal with tehran. these latest announcements are intended to sabotage the implementation of the comprehensive joint action plan on iran's nuclear program but they also give no reason to be optimistic about stability. unfortunately now our american colleagues and their allies aim to do business on the basis of pressure and ultimatums. they do not want to listen to other global political centers opinions. and that means they do refuse to accept the reality of the multipolar world that is taking shape. and that was russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov speaking there some sports news now and the australian

influence around the world today russian foreign minister sergei lavrov accused washington of refusing to recognize the multipolar geo political world that is taking shape pointed to trump's promise to torpedo the iran nuclear deal as an example of a trump white house that wields only ultimatums and dictates and then there is turkey today turkish president erda one warned that he will use military force against a planned the us backed and kurdish led border force in syria along the border with turkey or one considers the kurdish k.-k. party to be terrorists and armed confrontation could potentially see two nato members clash something unheard of until today. syrian government forces fired on rebel fighters in and that this some verified footage was posted online by the syrian government the syrian observatory for human rights say the army has captured dozens of villages in the past three days and is closing in on rebel forces for the new with turkey has threatened to attack the kurdish held town with a free monitoring group say shelling has already begun ankara had been hoping for wash

let's talk a little more about sergei lavrov's comments and the developments involving north and southbob barrons, a former political analyst, senior correspondent clarissa ward. bob, let me start with you. before we get to the russian issue, i want to talk about north korea. i want to talk about what condoleezza rice, the former u.s. secretary, said. listen to this. >> i think kim jong-un is turning out, much more so than i thought, to be actually pretty clever. the approach to the south koreans was clever. the decision to go to the olympics is clever. i think he is more isolated than his father was, certainly more reckless. i wonder sometimes if he really believes it when he says, i can destroy the united states, because anybody who tells him something he doesn't want to hear seems to get killed. >> so you agree with her assess sn assessment? >> i agree completely. it is cutting u.s. policy. the north koreans have their missiles, have their bombs and are saying, let's be friends again. if we lose the south koreans on this, we don't have much. >> that's an important point. clari clari

russian foreign minister sergey lavrov held a news conference in moscow. foreign-policyir priorities and answered questions about syria's civil war. relations with the yachts under the trump administration and the future of the iran nuclear deal. the news conference lasted almost three hours. mrs. an hour and a half portion. -- this is an hour and a half portion. >> colleagues, good morning. we begin our traditional press by russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. .-sergey lavrov please be brief in your questions so that we can take as many questions as possible. conference ins russian, but you will have some translations into other , and in the broadcast is available on our website and social media. good morning ladies and gentlemen. hope you had a good holiday season. and we are very grateful to you for taking part in our annual press conference. i don't think i should spend a lot of time on my introductory remarks. just recently, the president year press of the conference. a few days ago, president putin met with the editors in chief of russian media ne

turkish president says as this week or is it going to take a longer time russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says we'll continue to work towards a peace process in syria with all major players. oh for this one. we plan to facilitate the syrian process and unify all players so that the parties with an interest in syria should be able to put them forward so i have reasons to believe that russian turkish and iranian initiatives that allowed the start of the istana process to create an area of the escalation the process is still there and useful and the istana process stimulates the work of the un so i hope that the syrian national dialogue an initiative to lead the un to step up their work as well as we would like to facilitate the negotiations in syria we mention this to the un and countries that are taking part in the syrian peace process with the palestinian teenager i had to meet me as expected to find out whether she gets bail after a video of her slapping and hitting israeli soldiers went viral she was arrested a month ago and faces a possible ten years in prison for assault stone throwin

syrians should be allowed to decide their own future with elections and russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov promised the creation of a one hundred fifty member constitutional committee which would include groups not in attendance or the event was boycotted by the leadership of the syrian opposition the u.s. person and france were not there either they support a separate un mediated process which itself has failed to get anywhere some data gets heckled the russian foreign minister when he read a statement from president vladimir putin accusing moscow of killing civilians and some opposition delegates refused even to leave sochi airport for the talks because syrian government flags were displayed in the terminal that. if the reform did comprising the government of the. republic the league asian along with the wide represented opposition. for drafting a constitutional reform with that would result votes as the this result of the creation of the constitutional committee will be handed over to the united nations the work of this new institution the syrian constitutional committee will be organiz

europeans are not the only ones who think this deal is very important the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov had this to say about it. will continue to defend the viability of this program and its major importance in securing regional stability and solving the issues of nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction ok. giving russia's position the russian you seem to be pretty much on the same page there but the e.u. russia they disagree with the trumpet ministration on the nuclear deal or are there other issues at play right now in iran and max that could effect this is there any call in ground between brussels and washington on iran policy. there's more than you might expect there to be given the current well atmosphere between washington and brussels and the different member states of the european union for example regarding the role that iran is playing in the region proxy war against saudi arabia just talk about gammon talk about syria also the ballistic missile test that iran apparently is conducting at the moment those are things that the european union doesn't like just like the am

in new york has been discussing afghanistan among the participants the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov peace now addressing the media let's listen in. doing something not. abiding by our obligations in any other situation where we are blamed accused of all sorts of things including interfering into the domestic affairs of all states around the world we are never presented any facts we are being told yes we have information but it is confidential. and. we remember that one of our favorite actors are not schwarzenegger said it always said trust me without you know because i'm going to facts. you do want to work according to this principle i don't think of achieving marge by doing so so let us have rules and principles we need facts to talk about things and if we go back to the core of your issue. you and sanctions there's a special committee at the united nations security council that reviews all kinds of. all kinds of complaints coming from member states but there are no complaints i cannot comment on that. lack of a channel first. thank you mr lavrov for this opportunity today pentagon

so we've already heard we've just heard in fact from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov who well he made his comments and the the bottom line of this was the despite the new defense strategy focusing in targeting mainly russia russia is still looking to cooperate with the united states and russia is not going to be shying away from dialogue we spoke just in the last hour to a guest gregory koppel who suggested that this really was about the u.s. playing catch up trying to make its own forces as as modern as russia certainly has and also in china and that's that's a word modernization that was used by the u.s. defense secretary what is the doctrine actually promising well another word used by the u.s. defense secretary was fundamental. this is how he characterized this modernization that he's been talking about and mostly the pentagon is going to be focusing on space on cyber security and on its nuclear program so in terms of cyber security there are going to be overhauling the whole thing really we don't know the details yet but obviously big big big changes are coming up especia

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said the us was striving to prove its global leadership throughbeijing accused washington of having a cold war mentality. turkey has begun a new intervention in the conflict in syria by launching an offensive against kurdish—held territory near its border. ankara, which has long fought kurdish separatists within its own country, is now shelling kurdish militia in the afrin region. it's threatening an all out ground offensive. from inside syria, our chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. warning shots across the border. the target isn't really syria, it's the kurdish militia now controlling the land all too close to turkey. tanks and troops are also moving into position, the de facto start of a ground invasion — that's what turkey's defence minister calls this. its sights are set on afrin. syria's kurds have been in charge for the last five years. they are vowing to keep it. "we will fight to the last drop of blood," they declare. "we will stand with afrin." turkey calls them terrorists, linked to its main enemy at home, the turkish

and we heard from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov bare their positions between europe and the u.s. differ on the nuclear deal that much is clear but if there are common ground on iran policy in general. you there is more common ground than you might think for example especially the germans again but the europeans as a whole have recently criticized and repeatedly criticized the role that iran is playing in the whole region destabilizing it for example with its proxy war with saudi arabia and yemen or in syria they have criticised also the ballistic missile tests that iran is conducting so there the americans and the europeans are completely in agreement where they differ is that the europeans say these are different things and we can't mix them up they're separate things and we need to keep them apart and the americans say we need to use the nuclear deal to have more leverage on the other issues that are bothering us those are the main differences one of those issues max is this comes at a time where iran has been witnessing a swell of anti-government protests will that be

and that to some other stories making news around the world russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has lashed out at the u.s. accusing it of issuing ultimatums and not listening to the views of other countries lavrov said threats from washington and aggravated tensions throughout the world including iran and north korea. in germany social democrat leader martin schultz has started his push to persuade party delegates to support talks on forming a new government with america's conservatives on sunday delegates will vote on whether those talks should go ahead many in the s.p.d. oppose another grand coalition and want more concessions from the conservatives. gamblers headed to an offshore casino ship had to jump from their shuttle boat when it caught fire off the florida coast about fifty passengers and crew managed to reach safety after the captain ran the burning boat aground authorities say nobody was seriously injured. and north and south korea have begun talks on next month's winter olympics delegations from both sides met in the border truce village of paan moon joam the north has p

speaking there russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has also lashed out at the u.s. accusing washington of issuing ultimatums and ignoring the views of other world leaders made the comments at his annual press conference in moscow he says that threats coming from washington in twenty seventeen had seriously aggravated tensions in different parts of the world including in north korea and iran said moscow would not support u.s. attempts to modify the landmark nuclear deal with tehran through a mezzanine floor overlooking the main lobby of the indonesian stock exchange in jakarta has collapsed injuring about seventy people and no deaths have been reported the building was the target of a car bombing by islamist militants back in two thousand but police have ruled out a bomb attack this time for video captured the moment of the collapse visiting student standing on a mezzanine had no time to react. miraculously no one on the landing or in the lobby below was killed. i'm the patient with the most serious injury has a bone fracture another three people were also suspected

russia also denounced the coalition's plans at a news conference in moscow russian foreign minister sergey lavrov warned the move could lead to syria's partition. even if we take into consideration that i yes hasn't been completely destroyed as the americans say because some groups still remain. in the current us actions shows that they don't want to maintain syria's territorial integrity. super cute. or need to be there in the. despite being on opposing sides russia and turkey have recently supported each other in a bid to bring peace to syria it's unclear how tonight he's threats against a free and might affect that cooperation in the future the militant islamist group boko haram has released a video which purports to show some of the girls kidnapped from the nigerian town of chibok nearly four years ago in the video one of the young women pledges her allegiance to boko haram she also says that she pities the girls who were returned to their families following talks between the government and the militants about one hundred of the girls are still thought to be in captivity. for more on this now

their own future russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said the congress also agreed to create a one hundred fifty member committee to discuss changes to the syrian constitution which would include groups and not in attendance. the kenyan opposition movement has been declared a criminal group by the government following the symbolic swearing in of leader writer dhingra the staged integration was an act of protest by adding those supporters who say he is kenya's legitimate leader they argue that her kenyatta as presidential election was neither free nor fair kenyatta was sworn in himself in december after you won a rerun of august original vote donald trump will give his state of the union address to congress later on she's a kicking off his second year in office u.s. president will lay out his agenda as he seeks to rally a deeply divided nation and sagging approval ratings. the united nations children's fund is warning that around sixty thousand children are at risk of starvation in north korea with the situation made worse by international sanctions ots it from the team here in lond

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has said that the "unprecedented russiaphobia" from the westhan it was during the height of the cold war. in an interview given after his latest visit to new york, he said that at least the cold war tensions came with ‘some decorum.‘ now, if you like chocolate and you also like shoes, then take a look at this: yes, these high heels really are made from edible chocolate. they're just some of the creations on show at a festival in rimini in italy. you can also pick up an edible viking, something more fruit—based, or even a solid—chocolate bag. wouldn't it be lovely to find out if they taste as good as they look? afghan officials say the number of people killed when a group of militants launched an attack on the intercontinental hotel in kabul has risen to 18. all of the gunmen also died, but it took the security forces several hours to bring the situation under control. from kabul, zia shahreyar reports. the final moments of a fight that had lasted all night. gunfire and explosions, as afghan special forces battle to regain control of the interco

russian politicians and businessmen including prime minister dmitry me to be deforming minister sergey lavrov and russian ministers now in total there are one hundred fourteen politicians and ninety six a businessman those businessman whose fortune is over one billion dollars and they've got business in europe or the united states are also according to the u.s. treasury department and the inner circle of the russian president now the publication as. saying sions bill which was signed by u.s. president donald trump back in august last year but the u.s. treasury department denies that it is a sanctions list. it is not a sanctions list and the inclusion of individuals or entities in this report does not and in no we should be interpreted to impose sanctions on those individuals or entities the us ambassador to russia has already called for the russian side not to react emotionally to this publication kremlin spokesperson said that this list does not represent anything in particular but they will still look into it a possible impact on the russian companies some of their russian politicians have

officials like to be true medvedev and sergey lavrov as well as ten story almost one hundred richest businessmen doesn't mean receiving some sort of punishment but then you may wonder what's the point something to do with sanctions but not actually sanctions the press secretary of law dmitri peskov who by the way also found his name on the list said that the treasury document doesn't mean anything while some other russian officials perhaps even had a little laugh about it like the deputy prime minister arkady dvorkovich who said that washington basically released a book that you may call the book who's who in watching politics one russian senator thought of it as sharing the kremlin phone book with everyone anyway back to putin's first public reaction to the list he said that the american officials wall. and the u.s. russian relations any favors with it. with the muscle to get used to union. i don't understand the logic behind this move but it's definitely a hostile one and further complicates u.s. russian relations in the security services share intelligence that helped prevent terr

there let's listen exactly to what sergei lavrov said. these latest announcements are intended to sabotage the implementation of the comprehensive joint action plan on iran's nuclear program but they also give no reason to be optimistic about stability. but unfortunately our american colleagues and their allies aim to do business on the basis of pressure and ultimatums. they do not want to listen to other global political centers opinions. means they do refuse to accept the reality of the multipolar world that is taking shape. and why these are very critical words what does that statement say about the current current their relationship with washington. well that to me was one of the main takeaways from today's press conference of rough repeatedly criticize the u.s. and talked about the u.s. in a very negative way. and he said also that he thinks that the u.s. thinks it has an exceptional status in the world but actually there's a shifting order at the moment and that's what he means by this multi multi-polar world that actually the u.s.

slangs in the terminal building where the meeting was finally opened by russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov. today we have all conditions to turn the tragic page of syria's history considering all the latest achievements a dialogue between various syrian factions is necessary to reach a political solution with the u.s. backed mediation. well on the ground in syria the government is continuing to attack the rebel held on plave of eastern guta at least six people have been killed and dozens injured in the fighting nearly four hundred thousand people have been living under a government siege for nearly five years well we'll be talking to stephanie deck in a moment to use in the last man on the turkey syria border first let's go to rory chalons in sochi and of course. one of the main things was of course speech from. he had some pretty poignant things to say what was said in addition to what we've just heard. or heard from two people in the opening remarks the opening ceremony we heard from a syrian government representative to basically had a strong message his message was hands off syria fore

on trading have you ever been accused of speaking like a russian foreign minister sergei lavrov because this is exactly what he would say . i'm trying to be impartial. offering it you know you see the middle ground my sense is that this is being appreciate that by both sides by both sides or by all sides it's of course more complicated it's more than just the use and the best. security narrative. in the stop in the last twenty years you see clearly different narrative you see also the narrative. countries they have a different view of different security narrative. and i think we see. a platform that provides a space for dialogue. to all sides this is a very interesting question as far as the always purpose is concerned because when our going to zation was created during the cold war as the east last four on the trust between the sides was also very low but at that point of time the right to their own. worldview was recognized i wonder if in a certain way you are actually talking about taking the always see to its very own regions when this organization would be a forum for negotiating t

minister dmitry medvedev is named dozens of members of his cabinet including foreign minister sergei lavrov also on the list are almost one hundred russian oligarchs each thought to have fortunes in excess of a billion dollars the document doesn't trigger sanctions yet russian president vladimir putin criticized the list as hostile. this definitely isn't a friendly act it complicates russian american relations which are already complicated and it harms international relations in general. we are not interested in ending relations to the contrary we want to develop our relations with the united states so. people across the whole world will breathe a sigh of relief if they see that the two largest nuclear states build their relations in a modern way and with respect to each other. less was ordered by the u.s. congress following allegations of russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election campaign cia director mike pump a.o. want today that he also expected russia to attempt to influence this year's midterm elections of course. i have every expectation that they will continue to

at a news conference in moscow, russian foreign minister sergei lavrov warned the move could lead toia's partition. lavrov: even if we take into consideration that i.s. has not been completely destroyed, as the americans say, because some groups still remain, current u.s. actions show they do not want to maintain syria's territorial integrity. halida: despite being on opposing sides, russia and turkey have recently supported each other in a did to bring peace to syria. it is unclear how turkey's threats might affect that cooperation in the future. brent: strong language there. for more, we go to correspondent dorian jones. good evening to you, dorian. we have erdogan threatening to use military force against the u.s.-backed order force in syria. how much of this is bully to bully bellicose talk, versus a threat of armed conflict between nato allies? dorian: well, i think certainly that is what washington will be asking. it is true that president erdogan has made this threat many times before, but this by far seems to be the most serious, and that is because turkey has been building i

russian politicians and businessmen including prime minister dmitry me to be deforming minister sergey lavrov and russian ministers now in total there are one hundred fourteen politicians and ninety six a businessman those businessman whose fortune is all for one billion dollars and they've got business in europe or the united states are also according to the u.s. treasury department and the inner circle of the russian president now the publication as. saying sions bill which was signed by u.s. president donald trump back in august last year but the u.s. treasury department denies that it is a sanctions list it is not a sanctions list and the inclusion of individuals or entities in this report does not and in no we should be interpreted to impose sanctions on those individuals or entities the u.s. ambassador to russia has already called for the russian side not to react emotionally to this publication the kremlin spokesperson said that this list does not represent anything in particular but they will still look into it a possible impact on the russian companies some other russian politicians

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says syrian militants now have the means to produce their own chemical weapons and made the statement during a u.n. security council session on the situation in syria. religions are not only using chemical weapons but they also have their own technological and manufacturing capacity to synthesize toxic substances for military purposes i wasn't. speaking of united nations security council in his remarks he emphasized that while allegations against the syrian government regarding chemical weapons considered to be the focus of western leaders at the same time the extremist forces that want to topple the syrian government are finding their capacity to develop and use chemical weapons but i'm working on british leaders are there envoys to the united nations they repeated the same old saw the syrian regime has repeatedly used chemical weapons against its own people the syrian regime have repeatedly used chemical weapons in syria regrettably it has been russia that has gone to great lengths to prevent the assad regime from being held accountable of cou

russia also denounced the coalition's plans at a news conference in moscow russian foreign minister sergey lavrov warned the move could lead to syria's partition. even if we take into consideration that i yes hasn't been completely destroyed as the americans say because some groups still remain. in the current us actions shows that they don't want to maintain syria's territorial integrity. super cute. to do that and it's almost musudan despite being on opposing sides russia and turkey have recently supported each other in a bid to bring peace to syria it's unclear how to he's threats against a free might affect that cooperation in the future. next up we are heading to the united states with monica jones and the detroit motor show andy to we asked sara and of course twenty seventeen was a difficulty a of a car dealers in the u.s. with dwindling sales especially when handling german brands why the focus on diesel scandal still weighed on consumer sentiment and donald trump's attack on german com makers accusing them of unfair trading practices didn't help either but you won't find to do and gloom o

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says syrian militants now have the means to produce their own chemical weapons he made the statement during a un security council session on the situation in syria. really you can religions are not only using chemical weapons but they also have their own technological and manufacturing capacity to synthesize toxic substances for military purposes i wasn't. speaking of the united nations security council and his remarks he emphasized that while allegations against the syrian government regarding chemical weapons considering the focus of western leaders at the same time the extremist forces that want to topple the syrian government are expanding their capacity to develop and use chemical weapons but i'm working and british leaders are there envoys to the united nations they repeated the same old saw the syrian regime has repeatedly used chemical weapons against its own people the syrian regime have repeatedly used chemical weapons in syria regrettably it has been russia that has gone to great lengths to prevent the assad regime from being held acc

this is foreign minister sergei lavrov says that syrian militants now have the means to produce their own chemical weapons. but you can use the militants are not only using chemical weapons but they also have their own technological and manufacturing capacity to synthesize took six substances for military purposes leave established far reaching channels to access chemical weapons precursors. make that statement during the latest u.n. security council meeting go to more point was falling session in country two inches long from new york kaleb bit of context please then to the foreign ministers warning yes the russian foreign minister is here in new york and attended the meeting of the united nations security council and in his remarks he talked about how while u.s. leaders continue to focus on accusations against the syrian government accusing them of maintaining chemical weapons using chemical weapons while that's the focus of the usa and britain it seems like forces on the ground the insurgent groups that are fighting against the syrian government are increasing their ability to produ

sergey lavrov said it was disruptive and a chinese spokesman said to reporters how can you sort out theto that issue aren't present. thanks very much, sophie. we‘ll talk to sophie again soon. cape town could become the first major city in the world to run out of water as soon as april. south african officials are warning the city‘s worst drought in living memory could force them to shut off taps and impose emergency water rationing. each person would get a maximum of 25 litres of water a day. experts predict that there is just over 90 days of water left in the city. sarah corker reports. there may be water all around cape town, but little of it is drinkable. the south african city is suffering its worst drought in more than a century. democratic national after three years of very low rainfall, western cape dams are now less than a third full. and the authorities are warning of a day zero, the day the taps run dry, it could come as soon as the 22nd of april. if that happens there will be emergency water rationing. i do hope that the government is doing something to prevent day zero becau

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has said that the "unprecedented russia—phobia" from the westrse now than it was during the height of the cold war. in an interview given after his latest visit to new york, he said that at least the cold war tensions came with "some decorum". thousands of people have lined the streets of limerick in ireland to pay their respects to the cranberries singer, dolores o'riordan, who died at the age of 46 on monday. large crowds gathered at stjoseph‘s church in her home city to view her open coffin, ahead of her funeral on tuesday. now, if you like chocolate and you also like shoes, you need these. these high heels really are made from edible chocolate. they're just some of the creations on show at a festival in rimini in italy. you can also pick up an edible viking, something more fruit—based, or even a solid chocolate bag. wouldn't it be lovely to find out if they taste as good as they look? north korean officials have been inspecting winter olympic venues in south korea. it's the first such trip by a delegation from the north since south korean pr

message from president vladimir putin to the delegates syrian opposition members yelled out at sergei lavrov your jets above our people. will slow you've got to walk today we have all conditions to turn the tragic page of syria's history considering all the latest achievements a dialogue between various syrian factions is necessary to reach a political solution with the un backed mediation. kenyan opposition leader rollo dingoes taking an unofficial oath he's calling himself the people's president and says victory in the twenty seven thousand election was stolen from him the attorney general had warned challenging the official president who can yet or amounts to treason. facebook is set to deliver more local news to its u.s. users in an effort to curb the spread of misinformation the changes come as the social media giant seeks to address charges that it failed to prevent the spread of fake news especially during the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election those were the headlines of course is here with the al-jazeera news grid in thirty minutes to stay with us. this is really an attack on

now to some other stories making headlines around the world russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has lashed out at the u.s. accusing it of issuing ultimatums and not listening to the views of other countries lavrov said threats from washington had aggravated tensions throughout the world including iran and north korea. north and south korea have begun talks on next month's winter olympics delegations from both sides met in the border truce village of pun one germ the north has promised to send athletes to the games and john chang of the south but the talks are limited to the north's plan to send an arch troop including singers dancers and an orchestra. gamblers headed to an off shore casino ship a jump from their shuttle boat when it caught fire off the florida coast about fifty passengers and crew managed to reach safety after the captain ran the burning boat aground authorities say nobody was seriously injured. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has accused israel of ending the middle east peace process he said israel's actions mean that the osce low accords no longer exist those

russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has said that the "unprecedented russiaphobia" from the west is during the height of the cold war. he was speaking in an interview with the russian daily kommersant after a two—day visit to new york. he said that at least back during the tensions that dominated the second half of the last century, there was "some decorum". authorities in afghanistan say 18 people, including 1a foreigners, are now confirmed dead after gunmen attacked a luxury hotel in kabul. afghan troops fought through the night, over more than 12 hours, to free those trapped inside. the taliban says it carried out the attack. zia shahreyar has the story. the final moments of a fight that had lasted all night. gunfire and explosions, as afghan special forces battle to regain control of the intercontinental hotel. 0ne soldier throws a grenade. he moves away, then the explosion. the room is soon on fire. evidence of the struggle that had taken place. the afghan national flag waving from the roof, proof that the building has been reta ken. we are in the area. you can see the hotel in