they are identical there in fact the same and sergey lavrov at today's meeting in moscow with his turkish colleague says that we want the so-called constituents know can meet here or syrians which comprises both their position members and their representatives of the government we wanted to start working as soon as possible in geneva as for russia's role in syria look russia does not have a russian minority in syria historically syria was never a part of russian empire so we don't want to force anything on syrians what we want to avoid is that syria become said base for some kind of a islamist terrorist organization or islamist terrorist state. like isis tried to be let me remind you of that thousands of russian citizens unfortunately who became militant islamists they. emigrated to syria and they took part in the fighting against. the syrian government russia condemns these people. of course ok so all of what russia wants is that the syrians should rebuild their own country the syrian government should control the territory that is the unite here they want and we and we see n

they are identical they're in fact the same and sergey lavrov at today's meeting in moscow with his turkish colleague says that we want their so-called constituents no can meet here or syrians which comprises both their position members and their representatives of the government we wanted to start working as soon as possible in geneva as for russia's role in syria look russia does not have a russian minority in syria historically syria was never a part of russian empire so we don't want to force anything on syrians what we want to avoid is that syria become said base for some kind of a islamist terrorist organization or islamist terrorist state. like isis tried to be let me remind you that thousands of russian citizens unfortunately who became militant islamists they. emigrated to syria and they took part in the fighting against. the syrian government russia condemns these people. of course ok so all of what russia wants is that the syrians should rebuild their own country the syrian government should control the territory that is the unite here they want and we and we see now

sergey lavrov and kim john are talking behind this wall we were asked to wait in this room so let's just have a walk around and take a look what is. to offer a. dark north korean chocolate i can tell you that it tastes just like any other dark chocolate anywhere around the world some lemonade. so this is how suddenly you get treated to cranberry juice looms residents. i can barely remember being given such. locations around the world we were just told. the president which is just outside the doors. of the. city of. movie and given the fact that we're inside the residence of the north korean leader kim jong un again i'm just going to say i'm absolutely shocked. and. it is really disappointing that we won't be able to find out exactly what's being said behind these stories but just a few hours before mr kim and mr lavrov met the one foreign minister said making the korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons is a very delicate issue maintains that the interests of all sides must be respected. in the world. so that said it all ended with. inviting kim john to rush up so let's see whether the n

now from covering the story for syria just run three what has provoked these comments then from sergey lavrov. andrew holo well first of all earlier this week the number one diplomat in america says that russia has sixty days to stop breaking the rules of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty the american side claims that russia has to get rid of one of its missiles with a range that's longer than allowed by this treaty here's the ultimatum that they put forward. either you rip the system rid the launcher or change the system where it doesn't exceed the range it is all about the missile with a name that only contains letters and numbers it's called the nine seven two nine moscow has been saying may. any times that it can't fly for longer than five hundred kilometers this is the i.n.f. treaty red line however the americans insist that the range is actually much greater than that but surrogate lavrov once again said that this is false and also said that washington has failed to provide russia with any kind of materials that show that russia has been breaking this rule. but that you knew

begin early next year kicking off a political peace process in syria russian foreign minister sergey lavrov made the comments in a joint statement after a meeting with un special envoy. in geneva. belgian prime minister charles michel has announced his resignation michel was forced to set up a minority government last week his right wing coalition partners have quit in protest over belgium backing a new win pact on migration and inquiry into zimbabwe's july presidential election has found the army's use of live bullets to stop violence was disproportionate and unjustified six protesters were killed and dozens injured in the unrest emmerson in gone became the first elected head of state in zimbabwe in thirty seven years america's top public health officer has called for action to curb the use of electronic cigarettes by teenagers and adolescents surgeon general jerome adams said young people's use of the devices at. exploded to epidemic proportions he urged adults to educate youth about the dangers of they. were now to china it has been forty years since china opened up to world markets and

begin early next year kicking off a political peace process in syria russian foreign minister sergey lavrov made the announcement in a joint statement after a meeting with un special envoy stuff under mr and geneva. america's top a public health officer has called for action to curb the use of elec tronics cigarettes by teenagers and adolescents surgeon general droom adams said young people's use of the devices had exploded to epidemic proportions he urged adults to educate youth about the dangers of the. japan's government has approved a major increase in defense spending and weapons capability in the coming years the country will get its first aircraft carrier since world war two and it will place a large order for advanced fighters from the us took us says it's a meeting to counter chinese moves to expand its military presence in the area which is so obvious government said it's also aims to address continuing tensions with north korea. while this comes at the end of a year that saw john yang make moves to improve ties with its other arch enemies the united states and south korea. the un

begin early next year kicking off a political peace process in syria russian foreign minister sergey lavrov made that announcement in a joint statement after a meeting with un special envoy stuff on demist in geneva. japan has approved a major increase in defense spending the country will get its first aircraft carriers since the second world war and it will upgrade submarines and air defenses . government says it's aiming to counter chinese moves to expand military presence in the air question president vladimir putin says that his country can easily make and deploy land based intermediate range missiles if the united states quits a key arms control agreement and u.s. accuses russia of violating the treaty and warns that it will tear it up if washer does not return to comply it's america's top public health officer has called for action to curb the use of electronic cigarettes by teenagers and adolescents surgeon general jerome adams said that young people's use of the devices had exploded to epidemic proportions he urged adults to educate me about the dangers of the. well it is internatio

the americans on the trip met with sergei lavrov, russia's minister of foreign affairs, and dimitri rigosin. who is a putin deputy. after she sent a message to the russian central bank official to whom she basically reported as part of this alleged foreign the agent scheme. her message had two translations in the plea agreement. the first translation about these nra officials going to moscow in december, 2015, said, quote, we should let them express their gratitude now. we will put pressure on them quietly later. the second translation, the alternate translation in the plea agreement according to "the daily beast" said, quote, we should allow them to express their gratitude now and then quietly press. so, again, that was a trip to meet with russian government officials in moscow in december, 2015. senior people in the nra. we will put pressure on them quietly later. let them express their gratitude now. that nra trip in december, 2015, that was at the exact same time that trump national security adviser mike flynn was also in moscow, sitting with vladimir putin at a gala dinner the russian

all the stops to portray most of threats in his televised interview russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov distilled the challenges russia has faced this year. needless to say it's been a difficult year groceries on the constant pressure from those who see it as competitive or some kind of dominant position in world politics we see this in the way the u.s. behaves they talk openly about the need to restrain russia and china and they don't like iran or north korea either. we would like to see a european colleagues showing independence through their practical actions fortunately they're not entirely ready for this the fall of the united states even when it clearly runs counter to their interests let me give you an example the vote on a russian resolution in support of maintaining the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty we had more concern from europe than anywhere else on the decision by the united states to unilaterally withdraw from this treaty but the entire european union voted against our proposal so in effect they voted for the i.m.f. treaty to be terminated and the so once again

their homes in syria's north speaking to media following the meeting russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has specifically mentioned the work being done regarding syrian constitutional committee that plays a very important role in a political solution to syria's crisis for let's take a listen. during the talks we specifically mentioned that russia and turkey with the batiste patient of iranian colleagues did everything promised to create a syrian constitutional committee this is being done by all states as mediators between the syrian government and opposition and we hope that those including our western partners he called us down a group to finish his work as soon as possible would not interfere in his continued work oh no there was a feeling that both sides both russia and turkey are right. they're optimistic on how things develop on the ground and they have expressed their hatred and believe that the new year will bring more positive changes to syria and maybe a long awaited peace will finally return to this war torn country meanwhile turkish armored vehicles have reportedly been seen

russian foreign minister sergey lavrov made that announcement in a joint statement after a meeting withhe u.n. special envoy in geneva. belgian prime minister charles michel has announced his resignation. michel was forced to set up a minority government last week. his right-wing coalition partners had quit in protest over belgium backing a u.n. pact on migration. an inquiry into zimbabwe's july presidential election has found the army's use of live bullets to stop violence was disproportionate and unjustified. six protesters were killed and dozens injured in the unrest. emmerson mnangagwa became the first elected into state in zimbabwe in 37 years. japan's government has increased, or approved a major increase in defense spending in weapons capability for the next coming years. the country will get its first aircraft carriers since the second world war and it will place a large order for advanced stealth fighters from the united states. tokyo says that it is aiming to counter chinese moves to expand its military presence in the area. but shinzo abe's government says it also aims to add

sergey lavrov and kim john are talking behind this small we were asked to wait in this room so let's just have a walk around and take a look at what they. dark chocolate i can tell you that it tastes just like any other. anywhere around the world. so this is how suddenly you get treated to. residents. i can barely remember being given such. a location is around the world we were just . at the present which is just outside the doors. of the city. and given the fact that we're inside the residence of the north korean leader kim jong un again i'm just going to say it absolutely shocked. it is really disappointing that we won't be able to find out exactly what's being said. but just a few hours before mr kim and mr lavrov met the russian foreign minister in making the korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons is a very delicate issue maintains that. must be respected. so that said it all ended with. russia see whether the north korean leader will accept the invitation for now we're heading back to the airport in the russian foreign minister's motorcade. right. and. you know one of. the mo

as it happened during the era we want to say situation meanwhile the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov on saturday will be meeting with his turkish counterparts to discuss the situation in the region and specifically in syria now lavrov has already commented on the growing tensions and he has said that he feels that the allied forces will need to bear the brunt of the american withdrawal from syria so it seems like washington wants to shift responsibility onto its called partners in syria and put additional financial burden on its allies in the region now as the situation continues to escalate on the ground we are bracing for potential showdown between the united states and turkey amongst others all spoke to security political analyst. who believes that the kurdish crisis could only be resolved with a political solution. the syrian army is you know can be flexible and inflexible at the same time it can be flexible if there is a situation that can create stability there is an agreement to morrow is a decisive day foreign minister lavrov will meet with his counterpart from from turkey it

visit moscow this saturday to discuss the situation with syria's ally russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is also commented on the situation in the region warning that allied forces will have to bear the brunt of the u.s. withdrawal. so. it seems like washington wants to shift responsibility to its coalition partners in syria and put additional financial burden on its allies in the region. the co-founder of the online networking site linked in has apologized for funding a discredited pro democratic party operation it created more than a thousand fake russian language twitter account designed to look like they backed a republican rival last year the operation was tasked in the us with tracking fake russian occams but to be the very one creating them instead one against the of report. well that was embarrassing to say the least and here i thought you could get away with blaming russia for anything nowadays apparently not but it does set a new low for democrats making think russian boughts to win elections is the irony i find the tactics that have been recently reported highly disturbing for

meanwhile the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov on saturday will be meeting with his turkish counterparts to discuss the situation in the region and specifically in syria now lavrov has already commented on the growing tensions and he has said that he feels that the allied forces will need to bear the brunt of the american withdrawal from syria. so. it seems like washington wants to shift responsibility onto its called partners in syria and put additional financial burden on its allies in the region. now as the situation continues to escalate on the ground we are bracing for potential showdown between the united states and turkey amongst others. ok thanks for walking us through that paul is live in tel aviv. last hour i spoke to a regional affairs research and political analyst in damascus who believes that both turkey and the u.s. have used the kurds for their own gain. i think that turkey feels that. because a very not able to go on is a good deal a. political solution only object because for both sides i took. us to deliver a syrian uprising is very using. the using of course to achiev

to visit the north korean leader's palace ahead of a meeting with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. we were told to leave most of our belongings and all our mobile devices because they're taking the subway. so we're here in this just one photographer and myself following a lot of say. this is completely deserted and it looks like we're in circling something that appears to be the palace. if only someone told me where exactly we are right now but we are being told to fold a small. group. i don't really know what exactly this place this but it looks to be the area where it came john will be. and the reason why i think so is because just through this door i saw sister and she was having some sort of conversation with the guards but nobody speaks english here hello. and as far as i understand this is circular. i believe this is a bit of a historic moment. and talking behind this wall we were asked to wait in this room so let's just have a walk around to take a look at what they have to offer a. dark north korean chocolate i can tell you that it will taste just like any other dark choco

that was the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov speaking in geneva where russia and russia turkey and iran have just said that they've agreed. to make efforts aimed at convening the first session of the syria constitutional committee early next year that is according to a statement that was just read out by the russian foreign minister back to james bay is joining us from the united nations so james this constitutional committee how much of it would be a starting point for actual political progress when it comes to syria. it could be but look at who is standing there the turkish foreign minister the russian foreign minister the iranian foreign minister parties on either side of the syrian conflict shaking hands at the end of that news conference who is not standing there stefan de mistura the u.n. special envoy he had been meeting them maybe it's a protocol issue that he wanted them to speak and he'll speak separately but the word we're getting behind the scenes is there has been a disagreement between the russians and the syrians let me just remind you what this is all about long

quibbling by the assad government over the names of the members this week russian foreign minister sergei lavrovtravel to geneva with seventeen new names for the committee names the u.n. couldn't accept as they would have given the committee a pro regime bias i'm told this led to an angry phone call between mr lavrov and the u.n. secretary general despite all this as ever in the security council mr de mistura put a positive spin on things so let's be frank i know we always look at the cloth full of empty there has been and there is real progress we really have a lift the rules they'll procedure become a little be clear but we need to go that extra. remarkably mr de mistura made no mention of the most significant recent syria development the withdrawal of u.s. troops something the further strengthens the position of the syrian government and of russia in the ongoing diplomacy the u.s. special envoy for syria james jeffrey was supposed to be in new york for this meeting he canceled his trip presumably because part of his policy has now been dismantled by the president the u.n. the u.s. allies even

as it happened during the euro we want a safe situation meanwhile the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov on saturday will be meeting with his turkish counterparts to discuss the situation in the region and specifically in syria now lavrov has already commented on the growing tensions and he has said that he feels that the allied forces will need to bear the brunt of the american withdrawal from syria so it seems like washington wants to shift responsibility to its coalition partners in syria and put additional financial burden on its allies in the region now as the situation continues to escalate on the ground. operating for potential showdown between the united states and turkey amongst others told us later than our last hour of the folds of a form a techie bassa to the united states who explained the motivation behind taking actions in the region. to related but different perspectives one his that turkey declared official policy is supportive of. the territorial integrity and national unity of syria and. its industry and work membership as the territorial to syria that republic turkey'

next year and that should kick off the political peace process in syria russian foreign minister sergei lavrov made that announcement in a joint statement after a meeting with the u.n. special envoy stuff on de mistura in geneva belgian prime minister charles michel has announced his resignation the show was forced to set up a minority government last week his right wing coalition partners had quit in protest over belgium backing a u. win pact on migration. and inquiry into zimbabwe's july presidential election has found the army's use of live bullets to stop violence was disproportionate and unjustified six protesters were killed and dozens injured in the unrest emerson. became the first elected head of state in zimbabwe in thirty seven years. japan's government has increased or approves a major increase in defense spending in weapons capability for the next coming years the country will get its first aircraft carriers since the second world war and it will plays a large order for advanced stealth fighters from the united states tokyo says that it is aiming to counter chinese moves to expand

arms reduction treaty known as start that's a concern expressed by the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. one gets the impression that the ground is being late for the eventual terminations of star three well earlier this week the number one diplomat in america said that russia has sixty days to stop breaking the rules of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty the american side claims that russia has to get rid of one of its missiles with a range that's longer than the one allowed by the treaty i think the system. or change the system where it doesn't exceed the range all of this is about a missile with a name that only contains letters and numbers the nine m. seven two nine moscow has said many times that it's only been tested within the range of five hundred kilometers that's the i.m.f. red line however the american intelligence insists that its range is actually far greater than that well. once again said that this is false and also added that washington's never show russia anything to prove their claims. the u.s. has identified the missile and claims that it was tested at a dis

we want a safe situation meanwhile the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov on saturday will be meeting with his turkish counterparts to discuss the situation in the region and specifically in syria now lavrov has already commented on the growing tensions and he has said that he feels that the allied forces will need to bear the brunt of the american withdrawal from syria so it seems like washington wants to shift responsibility to its coalition partners in syria and put additional financial burden on its allies in the region now as the situation continues to escalate on the ground. op waisting for potential showdown between the united states and turkey among stipends. let's get more on this now from autumn unfruitful olu who's a film a turkish ambassador to the united states welcome to our team could have you with us syrian forces say that remember to the request of the cuts they're expecting an offensive by taki what do you think's going to happen next i think you have to look at the situation from two related but different perspectives one is that turkey declared the official policy

begin early next year kicking off a political peace process and syria russia and foreign minister sergei lavrov made the announcement in a joint statement after meeting with un special envoy staffan de mistura in geneva . president vladimir putin says russia can easily make an the poor boy land based intermediate range missiles if the united states quits a key arms control agreement the u.s. accuses russia of violating the treaty and warns it will tear it up for sure does not return to compliance. japan's government has approved a major increase in defense spending and weapons capability in the coming years the country will get its first aircraft carrier since world war two and it will place a large order for advanced stealth fighters from the u.s. tokyo says it's aiming to counter chinese moves to expand its military presence in the area which is so obvious government said it also instead address continuing tensions with north korea. and all this comes at the end of a year that sop yong yang make to improve ties with its other arch enemies the united states and south korea. the unified team ko

but not tends to happen from time to time we just crossed over sergey lavrov wrapping up just speaking really on the. on what came out of that meeting in geneva as i said the heads of the foreign ministries of iran at russia and turkey coming together to trying to get some fulfilling on lasting settlement so that i lections can take place the constitution was to be written they want to iron we will try and go back to the foreign minister see what he had to say we'll get some snippets some cuts from his speech to be very interesting what comes out of that as we approach the end of stuff mr at the u.n. special envoy to syria at the end of his term after four four and a half years to see what comes out of that ok moving on for the. investment bank goldman sachs is facing criminal charges in malaysia over the loss of billions of dollars from a state investment fund while a financial services giant seized a former government in kuala lumpur is to blame claiming it light to the bank bushell investigates whether the company will face any consequences and if they do last thing will be. the ind