the leaders of syria and saudi arabia have called on lebanon's rival shiite and sunni communities to avoid turning to violence during their visit to the country it's over reports a u.n. tribunal will indict members of the hezbollah movement for the killing of lebanon's former prime minister rafik hariri the shiite group has been our syria's main ally while saudi arabia is deeply involved in the sunni community it's the syrian president's first visit to the country since two thousand and five when beirut blamed damascus for the assassination. what is close up team is often its travels once again taking you to some of russia's most interesting and overlooked regions. becoming a region may be unknown to some but it's just two hundred kilometers away from the russian capital it's a center for scientific research but it's hoping to make a mark in the agriculture industry for years as a fields where the news didn't neglected but now locals have decided belief is the way forward with the help of american cattle breeder's the region hopes to supply the whole country with top quality steaks t

perhaps because fallujah is a predominantly sunni muslim town and the government is overwhelmingly shiite muslim. state government warns people in fallujah not to take part because they said it was being carried out by terrorists, the study. >> even if it is possible to produce watertight scientific proof that american weapons were responsible for the problems in fallujah, it will be impossible for the people that suffered to get any redress. american legislation makes it extremely difficult for foreigners to seek -- sued the u.s. government over acts of war. >> the bbc has invited the pentagon to comment, we have had no response. no hesitation on the subject of north korea. we are targeting the leadership and their assets. that was the message from hillary clinton today as she announced further sanctions against north korea. tensions in the area have been rising, our correspondent has the report. >> hillary clinton was given her first of close glimpse of north korea. the u.s. secretary of state's visit to the heavily fought -- heavily fortified border was a part of the symbolism of this

barely a year later, in july 2006, the militant shiite movie -- movement, has a lot, triggered a war with israel, which was thought of as a triumph. syria's stock rose, too. two years later, hezbollah turned against the root. the message was that hezbollah was the strongest influence in the land. it strained relations with saudi arabia, patron of the sunnis. last year, tensions eased. there were reconciliation talks between saudi arabia and syria. that led the way for the libyan prime minister to visit damascus as well, despite his earlier accusations that syria killed his father. his visit to beirut carries that normalization an important step forward. but it is more than just a practical visit. the hezbollah leader has reacted furiously to suggestions that an international tribunal may soon imp -- may soon indict some members.ollah that is why the site of the leaders of those two countries is very reassuring for many lebanese. they hope it will lead to an easing of the tensions currently prevailing here. bbc news, beirut. >> the u.s. senator who is to chair a congressional inquiry

a double car bombing has killed 20 shiite pilgrims traveling to a religious festival in southern iraq. aimed at people going to the festival, the city is one of the main religious festivals often targeted by bombers. in pakistan a suicide attacker has gone to the house of an anti-taliban minister. at least eight people are known to be dead. the minister was unharmed. the army in iovanna says that the african prime minister has no choice but to go on the offensive against islamic insurgents. in response to the bombings this month from an islamist group. a 21-year-old german woman injured during a stampede at a festival over the weekend has died in hospital, bringing the death toll to 20. police say that the number of injured stands at 511. 42 people are still in hospital, said to be critically ill. there is a sense of justice done, but it has taken time. three decades since the atrocities committed in the killing fields of cambodia, a war crimes court has found a man imprisoned guilty of crimes against humanity, sentenced to 30 years in prison, he has already served 11. the first senio

i sought the advise of the head shiite in north pakistan. before you pass judgement on him, he's the good guy. very noble compassionate visionary man and he said, well let me find out and he wrote a letter to the counsel to seek clarification as to what to do with this crazy american in their midst trying put girls in school. i was summond to the intersank tum of the inner mosque. it was intimidating. there was 8 of them with their black turf bonns on anbens and a box. and in that was a letter in the persian script and said dear compassion of the poor we reviewed your case and in koran education is inor encouraged for all children. it encourages all people to have knowledge and seek knowledge. well, um... with that letter, started getting dozens of proposals especially for girls schools. why is girls education so important? i've gone to the extent now where i say you can drop bombs and build roads or put in electricity but until the girls are implicated, society won't change. several global studies show if you educate a girl to fifth grade l

lebanon's prime minister they pledge solidarity joining a time of heightened tension between the shiites and sunnies communities it's maybe clashes as a u.n. tribunal is reportedly to indict members of the hezbollah movement for the killing of lebanon's former prime minister rafik hariri is the syrian president's first visit to the country since two thousand and five when they reach their damascus for the assassination. brings up state for the moment i'll be back with a look at the headlines in just over ten minutes from now but in the meantime martin andrews takes you on a tour of russia's historical golden ring of ancient cities that's moscow well next on r.t. . hello and welcome to. the capital of the ancient rules tell lies the force of russia it's always there and it's i was as it's one of the closest golden ring cities to moscow it's a popular day trip enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of tourists every here. people have lived in this area of russia over twenty five thousand years the city was founded in eleven o eight by order of law to be a match for the city gets its name of a ne

in southeastern iran among the dead are members of the revolutionary guard explosion happened when shiite worshippers came to mark the birthday of the prophet muhammad's grandson no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. after almost three months an oil leak in the gulf of mexico has temporarily been stopped over b.p. the oil company responsible for the accident says it's too early to claim success it's not checking if a new cap installed earlier this week can hold oil without it blowing another leak the environmental disaster happened in april after the deepwater horizon rig exploded and the search for spilled nearly seven hundred million liters of oil into the sea. four men have been shot dead in northern mexico. blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs police believe they were the victims of a turf war between rival drug gangs and the nephew of the governor elect has been killed during a botched kidnapping. the dean was shot in the back as he tried to flee more than twenty three thousand dollars in the country since the two thousand and six crackdown on drug car

at least 21 people were killed and 100 wounded in 2 suicide bombings at a prominent shiite muslim mosque. the dead included members of the powerful revolutionary guard. a sunni rebel group has claimed responsibility for the attacks. >>> a wave of gay weddings is expected, now that argentina has become the first country in latin-america to approve same-sex marriage. the law was passed, dit pitt a strong effort from the catholic church and evangelical groups. >>> triple-digit heat in southern california isn't making the battle against wildfire any easier. some evacuations have been ordered. many of the fires were sparked by lightning from severe storms yesterday. erratic winds are also pushing the flames. >>> and now, for this morning's weather from around the country. it will also be very hot today in the northeast, with severe storms bringing 70-mile-per-hour winds, hail and flash flooding from new york to new england. but the major cities will be spared. also thunderstorms from the carolinas to atlanta. and from memphis to wichita. >> a scorcher out west. phoenix soars to 114. sacrament

explosions occurred on a road regularly used by shiite pilgrims targeted who were traveling to a festival to take points and religious holiday in a separate incident six people died and movement does more injured in the attack on the bank than that. severe flooding and landslides called by the ventral rains continue to sweep across southern china more than seven hundred people have been killed in the country's real hundred studious of water levels along the upper parts of the country's largest river the density highest since one thousand eight hundred seven the same all heavy rains are expected this week of. the european union has adopted tougher sanctions against iran's energy sector an effort to block its nuclear program if you include a ban on the setting of equipment and technology the new measures will come into force in the next few weeks. we've heard saudi predators decision to also impose sanctions against. iran has long been suspected of trying to develop nuclear weapons accusations tonight by. israel's defense minister is visiting washington to talk to u.s. officials about iran'

the blast struck a shopping area near a shiite mosque demolishing buildings and setting cars on fire it was the third attack this week in the diyala province which has been known as an insurgent stronghold iraq has seen recently of a sustained violence and is still without a new government five months after inconclusive paula mentary elections in march. venezuela's president hugo chavez has called off diplomatic ties with a neighbor colombia over claims he's harboring and leftist guerrillas giving its ambassador three days to quit a colombian dossier alleging evidence of rebel camps presented to the organization of american states in washington sparked the furious reaction colombia says up to fifteen hundred militants could be launching attacks from venezuela both chavez says its evidence is bogus the radical reader believes the accusations are part of a plot to justify a u.s. military invasion of this country. the route between north and south korea is center stage at the sea and summit in hanoi it's the first meeting both koreas really turn together since the sinking of the seller

former lebanese prime minister rafiq hariri a concerned new clashes could break up between lebanon's shiite and sunni communities if the international tribunal implicates members of the shia islamist group in harry's death it's the first time syria's president has visited lebanon since two thousand and five when beirut blamed damascus for the assassination. well time now to head off russia's beaten path with our close up team. because the region may be unknown to some but it's just two hundred kilometers away from the russian capital it's a center for scientific research but it's hoping to make a mark in the agricultural industry for years ten years of fields well unused and neglected but now locals have decided beef is the way forward with the help of american cattle breeders the region hopes to supply the whole country with top quality stakes to the country and river has more. for tourists so you are going to escape the crowd and wander off the beaten track big got a little girl region could be just the ticket well it's close to the capital only eighty kilometers south of moscow and there

former lebanese prime minister rafiq hariri concerned new clashes could break out between lebanon's shiite and sunni communities if the international tribunal implicates members of the shia islam is group in hariri death it's the first time syria's president visit lebanon since two thousand and five when beirut blamed damascus for the assassination. for all time now to head off russia's beaten path with our very own close up team. the region may be known to some but is just two hundred kilometers away from the russian capital it's a center for scientific research but it's hoping to make a mark in the agriculture industry for years hector's of fields were unused and neglected but now locals have decided that beef is the way forward with the help of american cattle breeders the region hopes to supply the whole country with top quality steaks within a quarter of a has more. colorless sparkling possed. bright future from exploring space to feeding the whole nation with neat guides show tourists places where the inventor of the rocket leaked but few know of the region's reach and with cultural

you still have a situation however, where a shiite majority has now taken power. they're not particularly interested in the rights of the sunni minority, and so there are a lot of fundamental issues, the relationship with the kurds is particularly strained these days. um, the--uh, how to share the oil revenue, all of that goes into making a society where you can have some sharing of not only political power but economic power that's essential for stability, and that takes a long time to work out sometimes in any country. but i think it's particularly problematic where you've imposed a situation as we have in iraq through our military action. >> i might, i might add, ralph, that the balkans is another case example, case study of this. and we still have military forces committed to the balkans, not just the united states, but the europeans do, uh, to insure that the peace does not break down while the peace building is, is on, on the way to growth. but it's a very problematic, uh, enterprise to undertake. >> you know, i want to ask, it's good that you mention the fo

into kabul last in the wrong city of kabul the explosions occurred on the road regularly used by shiite pilgrims targeted were traveling to a festival to take part in an interest on the day in a separate incident six people died and more than a dozen wounded in the news channel. severe flooding and landslides caused by terentia rains continue to sweep across southern china of the seven hundred people have died as a result of weather conditions in the country to see and hundred students and water levels alone the parts of the country's largest for the ganci the highest since one thousand to seventy four costa say more heavy rains are expected this week. and the european union has adopted tougher sanctions against iran's energy sector in an effort to block its nuclear program it would include a ban on the sale of equipment and technology new measures will come into force in the next few weeks in these move coincides with a ton of this decision to also impose sanctions against iran. on has long been suspected of trying to develop nuclear weapons. accusation tonight. israel's defense minist

in southeastern iran among the dead are members of the revolutionary guard explosion happened when shiite worshippers came to mark the birthday of the prophet muhammad's grandson no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. after almost three months an oil leak in the gulf of mexico has temporarily been stopped however b.p. the oil company responsible for the accident says it's too early to claim victory it's not checking if a new cap installed earlier this week can hold oil without it being another leak environmental disaster happened in april after the deepwater horizon rig exploded on a sofa spilled nearly seven hundred million liters of oil into the sea. a somali extremist group responsible for seven days lost in the galley there which killed seventy six people have promised more follett's in the region shabab insurgents alleged to have links with al qaida accused uganda of funding the troops of sinhalese western government ugandan police have reportedly arrested suspects in connection with the bombings. targeting is of public. record. goldman sachs the world's most famous in

the lebanese prime minister they pledged solidarity during a time of heightened tension between the shiite and sunni communities and tension has risen as a u.n. tribunal is reportedly due to indict members of the hezbollah movement for killing lebanon's former prime minister rafik hariri in two thousand and five. to the country since then when they were blamed damascus for their destination. and back with the headlines at about ten minutes time but first it's time for a special edition of moscow where martin anders escapes from heat of the city to explore some historical sites in the golden ring. hello are welcome to bloody hear. the capital of the ancient rules here lies the force of russia it's or is it and it's i was as it's one of the closest golden ring cities to moscow it's a popular day trip enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of tourists every here. people have lived in this area of russia five or twenty five thousand years the city was founded in eleven o eight by ota allowed to be among the mosques and that's where the city gets its name of a new research suggests the city is even o

. >>> in iran, a sunni insurgent group carried out a double suicide bombing outside a shiite mosque killed at least 27, wounded 300 more. >>> we have learned a terrible statistic in this country this week. it is a grim new record for america. in the month of june, 32 suicides among u.s. soldiers. it is part of a significant uptick since the start of the year. it's happening in the midst of two wars that the u.s. army is fighting. and despite a huge campaign to stop it. our report tonight from our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. >> reporter: in april, army specialist jesse huff went to the veterans medical center in dayton, ohio, seeking help. instead, the 27-year-old iraq veteran, suffering from combat wounds and deep depression, shot and killed himself on the front steps. for the army, it's an agonizing trend. last month alone set a tragic record for suicides -- more than one per day. multiple combat tours, a bad economy and family troubles all create incredible stress on today's soldier. >> in a six-year period a young man or a young woman can have as many stressors as a normal

explosions occurred on the road regularly used by shiite pilgrims those targeted were travelling to a festival to take part in fourteen religious holiday in a separate incident six people died and more than a dozen were injured in an attack on a news channel. but also online twenty four hours a day at ati dot com three hundred twenty other stories for you to discover what's lined up at the moment rush is snail mail comes in to. check reveals twenty percent express most liveries still arrive late. on a box for one to three beats the czech republic says the facility helps save lives some clarity countries mothers to abandon their babies. had to wanting to. muscovites are struggling in the worst heatwave for more than one hundred years with temperatures approaching forty degrees celsius what's making it worse is found smelling smoke from burning peat and forest fires and the spreading of the city was in reference to teams trying to bring the flames under control jacob agree port's from moscow sweltering streets. is cool down slightly at the moment but yet today was you said it was a reco

of former lebanese prime minister rafik hariri the two leaders fear new clashes between lebanon's shiite and sunni communities could break out if the international tribunal implicates members of the shia islamic group in her wrist death is the first visit of syria's president to lebanon since two thousand and five when damascus was accused of the assassination by beirut. a mexican drug lord is being killed in a raid by military forces in the western city of guadalajara ignacio nacho coronel was known as the king of christophe for his control over the production and smuggling of drugs to the u.s. the raid is being seen as a rare a major victory for mexican or thirty's the battle against drug cartels in the country has claimed almost seven thousand lives this year alone. more than three hundred people are being killed in pakistan over the last three days during floods triggered by monsoon rains thousands were left stranded as emergency services struggle to reach remote villages nearly four hundred thousand have been to place so far and the provincial government has declared a state of emer

blinded by a car bomb near the northern iraqi city of baquba the blast struck a shopping area near a shiite mosque demolishing buildings and setting cars on fire it was the third attack this week in the diyala province which has been known as an insurgent stronghold iraq has seen a recent wave of sustained violence and is still without a new government a five months after inconclusive parliamentary elections in march. was sweeping across southern china bringing more to russia will reign to the country the storm comes after severe flooding and landslides that have left more than seven hundred people dead and around three hundred fifty missing roads bridges and houses have collapsed with the cost of damage from the disaster put at over twenty billion dollars it's china's worst flooding in over a decade. the u.s. senate has thrown a lifeline to unemployed americans with a new bill extending welfare for a further three modest two and a half million people who have been without financial support for seven weeks will now get relief from the thirty four billion dollars package delayed negotiations

going on between the iranian backed hizbollah and the druze and the christians in lebanon or with the shiite militias in iraq or or the taliban in afghanistan have anything to do with the palestinian israeli conflict i mean that's just simply patiently absurd because you think you know something about one thousand nine hundred i mean dan dan if i could jump in here dan if i could tell me where general petraeus set is much. mr well let's let's see if he did the fairness he did yes he did comment to the senate mr patricia mr portrays himself said on the record transistor patris general petraeus himself said general petraeus himself said on the record that his words were completely distorted by a politically charged government representatives following his testimony to the senate and what mr patris said which is that if the israeli the israeli palestinian conflict is won and you can check the protocols of what i'm telling you here go to google and check out what he said is one of a number of different problems in the middle east now you know extremely well that in fact the majority just answer

both sides and it could change the landscape because syria is a keystone in the radical -- radical shiiteanana, so i call it. >> charlie: but you know what their price is for a peace agreement, which is the return of the gerulaitis to the 1967 borders. >> -- the return of the golan heights to the 1967 borders. >> both sides understand the price and it is the effort on both sides to find the right timing and circumstances, hopefully not deep into the future. i basically say that the issues -- it's true about the syrians, it's true also about the syrians, it's clear in which an agreement should be achieved and it's about courage, leadership, and readiness to take decisions, sometimes painful decisions on both sides in order to achieve it. we have our security worries. we want normalcy. we want peace. we expect that if there is a breakthrough with the syrians it will be followed by the dismantling of hezbollah and put an end to the conflict with lebanon. we don't have any claims about lebanese territory and probably weaken the influence of iran in the region, and clearly will weaken hamas be

the blast occurred at an emotionally i am above ridged shiite slum. elsewhere a military helicopter protecting pilgrims crashed in a sand storm killing all five onboard. >>> in china a huge gas explosion at an abandoned plastics factory killed ten people today and injured hundreds of others. the workers dismantling factor buildings hit and ruptured a gas pipe and a nearby driver then started his engine. hundreds of firefighters battled the flames which destroyed houses 300 yards away. one nearby resident said she thought the blast was an earthquake. >>> and in spain, catalonia became the country's first province to ban bullfighting. regional lawmakers in barcelona passed the ban with help from separatists parties that want autonomy from spain. they pushed for the ban and called bullfighting barbaric. the blood sport still enjoys strong support in many parts of spain where it is a centuries- old tradition. >>> the serious military landmark of the south bay has closed up shop. what's next for the blue cube? >> . >> today was the end of the line for a pi

the third shiiteing was after 1:00 again and was again on ban onway. kraig debro just talked to a neighbor at the scene, so kraig, what do you find out? >> good morning, dave, police crime scene technicians are gathering evidence -- [ inaudible ] >> -- lined up in a row as if they are collecting them. you do see one guy out there taking pictures. police are trying to determine if these shootings are connected. we did speak to a neighbor. he said he heard six shots that sounded like cannons. >> my son came in to the back and said, dad, somebody got shot outside in the front and i didn't believe him. you know, at first. and then he said department you hear the screaming? we heard screaming and crying. [ inaudible ] >> -- casually though. police say he is a 20-year-old antioch man. no further id was given. police say they got a call from neighbors about shots being fired around midnight. some neighbors call and said they heard fighting going as well. police arrived. they found knee 20-year-old man in the street. he was transported to a local hospital wher

the blast occurred at an emotionally i am above ridged shiite slum.lsewhere a military helicopter protecting pilgrims crashed in a sand storm killing all five onboard. >>> in china a huge gas explosion at an abandoned plastics factory killed ten people today and injured hundreds of others. the workers dismantling factor buildings hit and ruptured a gas pipe and a nearby driver then started his engine. hundreds of firefighters battled the flames which destroyed houses 300 yards away. one nearby resident said she thought the blast was an earthquake. >>> and in spain, catalonia became the country's first province to ban bullfighting. regional lawmakers in barcelona passed the ban with help from separatists parties that want autonomy from spain. they pushed for the ban and called bullfighting barbaric. the blood sport still enjoys strong support in many parts of spain where it is a centuries- old tradition. >>> the serious military landmark of the south bay has closed up shop. what's next for the blue cube? >> and chief meteorologist bill martin will be b

after an inconclusive election last march, both maliki, shiite's bloc and alawi's alliance backed by sunnis claimed the right to form a new government. today a kurdish leader, president talabani also met with vice president biden. but there was no mention of any new proposals by the u.s. all of this as iraq's political vacuum has raised concern that insurgent kos reignite widespread sectarian fighting. the vice president took note of these fears and remarks on sunday and sounded a note of optimism. >> this nation once embroiled in sectarian strife and violence is moving toward a lasting security and prosperity with a government that represents the interest of every member of the community. because until they get that straight, and they are getting straight, there's no real shot they can become what they are capable of. >> woodruff: mr. biden also reaffirmed u.s. plans to officially conclude combat operations at the end of august. drawing down to 50,000 american troops from the current 77,000. still, last night insurgents fired mortar rounds into baghdad's green zone where the america

in lebanon thousands of people marched in south beirut for the funeral of the country's top shiite claire i can, the grand ayatollah. the sea of mourners filled the streets as the ayatollah's coffin was carried from his home to a mosque for burial. he died sunday at 75 after a long illness. he had denied being a spiritual leader of the militant group hezbollah. those are some of the day's major stories. now back to gwen. >> ifill: inside the white house, two allies try to patch up their relationship. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president obama had a full agenda on tap for today's oval office meeting. but after months of public disagreement over settlement construction and the blockade of gaza, fences had to be mended first. >> the bond between the united states and israel is unbreakable. it encompasses our national security interests, our strategic interests, but most importantly the bond to of two democracies who share a common set of values and whose people have grown closer and closer as time goes on. >> reports about the demise of the special u.s.-israel relations ..

the target was a shiite mosque in the southeastern city of zahedan. iranian news reports said a number of elite revolutionary guards were among the dead. a sunni rebel group claimed responsibility. it said the bombings were retaliation for the recent hanging of its leader. u.s. forces in iraq have handed over the last prison under their control. camp cropper is on the outskirts of baghdad. at one time, it held members of saddam hussein's ousted regime. in the handover ceremony today, the u.s. general in charge of detainee centers gave the iraqi minister of justice the symbolic key to the prison. but he said the u.s. will still hold some detainees. >> in the 200 we are holding, there are former regime elements, there are al-qaida, there are some very dangerous detainees. and the government of iraq at this point in time has asked us to continue to hold onto them. we both, in partnership, are very interested in a safe and stable iraq. and so timing is everything. >> sreenivasan: u.s. officials have handed over 55 former members of saddam's regime in the

two bombs exploded inside a shiite mosque on thursday in southeast iran. more than 20 people died, including members of the governor's elite revolutionary guard, and more than 160 people were wounded. today, west virginia governor joe manchin is expected to name a temporary replacement for the late senator robert byrd. byrd died last month after serving more than 50 years in the senate. firefighters are battling at least 12 fires sparked by lightning in southern california in lake elsinore. at least one house burned to the ground. strong storms hit the detroit area thursday, flooding roads, downing trees and leaving more than 100,000 people without power. and a big scare on thursday for pink when the singer fell from a har n harness during a performance. she was rushed to the hospital and later tweeted nothing was broken and she would be fine. it's now 21 minutes past the hour pacific time. let's go back to you, matt, meredith and al. good thing she's okay. >> we're going to look at it again apparently. >> she tweeted to her fans that she hoped everybody t