the fall the u.n. resolution on libya the arab league coming and conveniently almost all of those who voted were from the gulf cooperation council in support of the no fly zone in libya what the arab league mission is trying to accomplish is get enough evidence concrete evidence about human rights abuses on the part of the assad regime to then take that to the u.n. and the evidence will be so strong that even russia and china will feel compelled to what but as of now one month after this mission started they seem to know that the monitors seem to know more about what's going on the ground than they did at the beginning and so it all looks like you know we're going back to square one john albright thank you very much thank you. wealthy british style sun it's time to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy which might stronger the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on our. i've. heard. admission of free credit patient free transp

the u.n. security council rejected russia's proposal to investigate civilian deaths from nato strikes in libya but members of. the ongoing conflicts and i'm more important . well you know first of all it was not rejected the fact of the matter is that a number of security council delegations including the russian delegation raise the need to have some clarity about civilian casualties as a result of nato bombings because for months we heard from made from nato that they are adopting all those measures in order to make sure that there can not possibly be any civilian casualties and then we had on december eighteenth of this a disturbing investigation published by the new york times which showed that there were dozens at least civilian casualties so it makes sense to us and seems to be a pretty obvious thing that they have this matter investigated in an impartial. and it's a political but also humanitarian case if there are people who became victims of those strikes maybe injured people or their

today straight to that of syria the u.n. security council is set to negotiate a new draft resolution later on tuesday what do you think we should expect to see by the end of the day do you expect any action on this well hopefully we will be able to see here because i believe that we need to have a united position by the security council and its member states but perspectives are not there good because the draft resolution has been the give a route to that has been drafted to result the russian participants participants result take into account our concerns and the major concern is still that these draft resolution is addressed just towards one part in the call flip namely mr his government in order to force them to resign and there is no review undermines any perspectives for a political solution for this crisis so it is interesting how you bring in the fact that that undermines russia's view here because russia had actually earlier vetoed a well. back resolution on syria and then we just had comments from british prime mini

the u.n. to bring pressure on sir why. the sir i don't know tprpb minister accuses them of blatant interference in syria's internal affairs. >> they came up with a draft resolution, a political one, and now we said in advance that we would not accept because it is a latant resolution that harms syria's sovereignty and it is an interference in syria's internal affairs. this means that they haven't discussed the report in detail despite the work on the ground for one month and satisfying the mission on syrian bans and all syrian provinces. >> let's talk to our correspondent who is following the story from beirut. jim, let's take a closer look. there's been an outright rejection of the demands quite a defiant reaction. >> that's right, yes. the syrians basically are objecting to -- what he said is certain arab states and he was talking about the gulf states, saudi arabia, qatar especially singled out for blame, that they ignored the report of the observer mission on the ground in syria, which syr

arsenals of post conflict libya how are they being made secure how is the u.n. stopping any of those weapons maybe ending up in syria. while they may be ending up in various places the best thing i can report of this point is that we're told that the most dangerous of those weapons in terms of terrorist use the so-called manpads man carried anti-aircraft weapons have so far not been detected outside of libya so we hope that this concerted effort of the international community together with the libyan authorities can be successful in the containing the danger of spread of weapons from out of that country something else i'd like to ask you said libyan militants known to operate in syria what does that say about the nature of the syrian unrest that we've seen so far and why indeed does it appear that the u.n. members seem to be holding back from denouncing that what's happening there two weeks ago the russian delegation introduced a draft the security council resolution to the council trying to encourage the political process encourage the league of arab states mon

about the nature of the syrian unrest that we've seen so far and why indeed does it appear that the u.n. members seem to be holding back from denouncing that what's happening there two weeks ago the russian delegation introduced a draft the security council resolution to the council trying to encourage the political process encourage the league of arab states money during mission which is being deployed now in syria but. we have basing our proposal proposal our new draft resolution on the presidential statement which was adopted by consensus in the by the security council in august street which called on everybody to stay while also syria and which stated that the only solution to the syrian crisis could be found through a syrian led all inclusive political process had all the members of the security council had all the influential members of the international community been guided by the principles of that presidential statement i believe the conflict would have been over in the months ago but what we see is that there are some who are trying to stir up trouble and as things would usua

first of all the u.n. security council is at the moment considering a new resolution on syria with opinions differing on how to stop the bloodshed how likely is there to be an agreement on the motion. i think it's very unlikely that there's going to be an agreement mostly because this motion seems to have a lot of vague wording in a particularly as it relates to what happens if the syrian government doesn't agree to it the motions of course based on. the cc's resolution on yemen which stop president saleh is supposedly going to transfer power to his deputy and it seems like they're trying to do the same thing in syria. the problem is. exactly what the arab league's going to do if syria refuses which so far they have. now you mentioned vague wording let me get right back to that wording if you if you don't mind for a moment the currently what they're discussing it says that president assad has to go or face tough action what do you think the west is actually envisioning in backing this motion. well. unfortu

and the battle over syria now shifts to the u.n. security council in new york as its members are set to negotiate a resolution on syria backing the arab league's peace plan. has a preview. the united nations security council will hear a report from the arab league today detailing findings from its recent monitoring mission in syria this of course coming as an arab european drafted resolution on syria is already circulating among council members the draft calls in part for syrian president bashar al assad to transfer powers his powers to his deputy this draft resolution also says the security council could quote adopt further measures if syria does not comply with the terms of the resolution in the meantime russia has said it cannot accept the draft resolution in its current form because it simply ignores moscow's position in addition russian officials say they would like time to study the arab league's report in detail and not act so swiftly or too swiftly now on monday the russian foreign ministry did invite members from the syrian

western powers step up their pressure on the u.n. security countystill sill to act on the violence in syria. a fiscal pact is signed in a summit in brussels. now spain's supreme court has decided to put on trial one of the country's most eminent judges accused of breaking a law which bans anyone from investigating alleged crimes during the civil war. despite arguments from both the prosecution and defense to dismiss the charges the supreme court has refused to drop the case. our correspondent joins us from madrid. tom, this is a fascinating case. complex. explain what happened today. >> well, essentially the judges here in the supreme court here more pressure from the people in the background, the judges have decided to go ahead with the case against the judge and try him for overstepping his powers as an investigator when he tried investigate alleged crimes under the franco under the spain's civil war. there were rumors spinning around this he might drop the case as there were two other separate trials and it was thought this partic

live in moscow the u.n. says that four hundred people have been killed in syria since arab league observers arrived late last month to assess the implementation of a peace plan the claims come off to president assad delivered his first public address in months saying he still has the people support in fighting against foreign funded terrorism a sad repeated his previous claims that no orders have ever been given to fire on peaceful protesters the president also turned his venom on the arab league saying it has failed to protect arab interests and he promised to hold a referendum on a new constitution within two months russia has reiterated support for the league monitoring mission and stressed it must observe all sides in the conflict let's not get some insight from political science professor usually ws joining me live now. from beirut so a sad as promised to crush what he calls the foreign funded terrorist threat and says he will continue democratic reforms is he going about the right way to solve this con

no marina real quickly why is the u.n. security council seemingly able at this point to go from words to actions. because as i just began discussing you have countries such as russia china india brazil that believe that there is a conflict that two sides are involved in syria and both of those parties should be addressed now russia has drafted a resolution on syria but according to reports and according to what members told me it does not include the cohesive or punitive measures against syria that western countries are looking for in the russian draft hold both parties accountable the assad government and the opposition groups and says both parties need to come to the negotiation table it does cause it doesn't call for any type of regime change and that is something that russia and china we saw three months ago vetoed a western draft resolution that could impose possibly regime change in syria india also doesn't support any kind of government change imposed by the international security so that's the difference there is t

well liz as we speak the u.n. security council meeting is underway where our top top notch diplomat spearheaded by u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and her british and french counterparts are trying to push through this very tough resolution on syria at the security council they're talking right now these negotiations are expected to continue today tonight as well as tomorrow with a possible expected results are vote on thursday and now it's important like you mentioned that a battle a very serious one looks likely to be under way because as you said russia and china the veto holding members of the security council do not back this resolution now specifically what they stand against is the rigi regime change that this resolution initiated by the arab league and backed by the u.s. in the west is calling for and it basically says that the syrian probe the president needs to step down if this does not happen the international community if this does not happen within fifteen days the international community wou

clear regional support, the u.n. security resolution gives them the dowdy and legitimacy. >> very briefly, the obama administration says military intervention is still out of the question but do you see that this could change? >> this is where the arab league is important. if there is a shift in attitude within the region, that puts other things in play better not there right now. dozens of protesters have stormed the syrian embassy briefly occupying the building in egypt. they were taken away by security officials. of the occupation came as thousands of egyptians stopped in tahrir square to mark the anniversary of the day of rage, on an important milestone in the uprising. 32 people have died after a blast in a mainly shi'a area of baghdad. witnesses said the blast was caused by a suicide bomber driving a car laden with explosives. >> grief for a much loved father and grandfather. the latest victim of the heart drug that has cost -- cost so many lives. relatives from pakistan and britain gather today to say a last g

of discussion taking place primarily because a european arab draft resolution was circulated to the u.n. security council members in which it calls for the syrian president bashar al assad to transfer power to his deputy while a unity government is formed and prepared for new elections cording to reports his draft text calls for a political transition in syria it also says the security council could quote adopt further measures if syria does not comply with the terms of the resolution now of course this is just a draft text that was written up by france and britain in consultation with morocco germany portugal the united states and qatar this is a draft that is just beginning to be discussed by the security council members we do know that the russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin expressed . deep disappointment with the draft indicating that he does not believe that the international community should impose an outside solution on syria in terms of the conflict taking place there and he also rejected the idea of an arms embargo or the use of force speaking imposed on sy

rexx u.n. involvement question china remain firmly opposed to a resolution that would leave the door open to foreign military intervention and in a far cry from previous schools the dialogue qatar and saudi arabia is no tool to the opposition and these this fit cost even more lives say many nice lead to find rebel groups who have to work with the other side working with the other side uses them to instead of targeting the f.s.a. say they have little choice but to use weaponry to protect civilians. who have this main square here in town where people come out and protest. for the security forces trying to come in but we protect them but this is what's happening here but it remains a precarious situation in a moment of confusion the crowd gets nervous and starts to run at one point gunshots heard still says where they've come from or from i know you can favor that a lot of confusion here on the face even if you are reading in a different direction not exactly sure what's going on that really you k

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country's pullout former u.n. . is there and reports for us now. saying they get by and heading home it's said it's from the gulf states leave the airport their mission incomplete leaving behind a country in a deepening crisis is never going to be easy so you want the arab league monitors to stay i don't want right from the word go the missions prove problematic the opposition accused the monitors of being too closely aligned with the government the government's now accused of being part of a foreign conspiracy and they will it just tickle complaints to the observer seemed ill equipped on the ground and there were concerns that they were simply too few numbers to undertake such a major task but if things were bad at the beginning now they seem even worse following in saudi arabia's footsteps all the gulf states withdrew their observers after damascus rejected their recent proposal that included president assad cede power to a deputy and form a unity government what's interesting is that these countries is very interested in democracy and they have

>> i don't think that it is the u.n. that is at stake. i think it is the real shame of bashar al-assad that is at stake. what the arab group an international community is trying to accomplish is a way to make a political transition to resolve this question with a minimal reference to the use of force. -- i think it is the regime of bashar al-assad at stake. i think what the foreign minister said, what he was implying, that was that it could be counterproductive. please leave it to the arabs to solve the problem. in order to do that, we want the entire international community to get behind us. >> even if the resolution is passed, will president assad actually care? >> it is the best chance. the pressure has been mounting. the economic sanctions, the disapproval of his fellow arab countries. now, if the greater powers align themselves also against the way he is behaving, perhaps the message will get through. i think your point is taken in the sense that he has been hanging on stubbornly and at the moment, at least, what it looks like is tha

is working quite harmoniously on a range of issues pertaining to the conflict situation in libya the u.n. mission is there supported by the security council the security council is working under the resolution which was adopted by at russia's initiative on a looking into the dangers which are there in terms of spreading weapons out of libya which were left on of them that in the course of of the conflict. helping the libyans to rebuild their political and economic structures so a lot of harmonious work is going on in the in the security council of the united nations on libya even though we can. some ideological and political difficulty is as to whether his allusion nine hundred seventy three was properly implemented or bust you touched on it just i want to pick up the. arsenals of post conflict libya how they being made secure how is the un stopping any of those weapons maybe ending up in syria. while they may be ending up in various places the best thing i can report of this point is that we're told that the most dangerous of those weapons in terms of terrorist use the so-called manpads

u.n. security council with a new resolution against syria drawing harsh criticism from russia. thousands of angry protesters and cry out against an international online piracy that targets the basic rights of internet users. the e.u. takes yet another pounding this time with credit rating downgraded by more european nations as its leaders try to soothe concerns of the world economic forum. focusing live twenty four hours a day this is r.t. . russia has opposed a new arab european draft resolution on syria saying it can't be used as a basis for resolving the crisis the country's ambassador to the u.n. says moscow will carry on searching for ways to end violence there. has been following the latest meeting at the u.n. security council in new york. there has been a lot of discussion taking place primarily because a european arab draft resolution was circulated to the u.n. security council members in which it calls for the syrian president bashar al assad to transfer power to his deputy while

the u.n. says it is concerned about the conditions in which some eight thousand five hundred people are being held in libya's detention centers several people have reportedly died after being tortured by the militias or denied medical most of them were accused of supporting the top old regime. and attempting to mutiny in new guinea is. up to twenty soldiers put the defense chief under house arrest and demanded the reinstatement of a prime minister who was in use when he went for medical treatment abroad the man who replaced him said the crisis is making the country a joke among the international community is the latest incident in a power struggle between the two men claiming the south pacific nations top job. to high rise buildings have collapsed in the center of rio de janeiro three people have died at least twenty one is still missing emergency teams are working on the scene as we speak searching for survivors of months of rubble i wouldn't say spoke of a strong smell of gas on that explosi

a no go notion russia rejects a new u.n. resolution on syria saying it's unacceptable and do nothing towards ending the bloodshed. thousands of angry protesters in warsaw cry out against an international online piracy act they make it targets the basic rights of internet users. plus the e.u. takes yet another pounding this time with credit rating fitch downgrading five more european nations even as its leaders to sooth concerns as well the moment for a new. deal with r t r very warm welcome to today russia as opposed to a new arab european draft resolution on syria. it saying it can't be used as a basis for resolving the crisis become trees ambassador to the u.n. says moscow will carry on searching for ways to end violence there. has been following the latest meeting at the u.n. security council in new york. there has been a lot of discussion taking place primarily because a european arab draft resolution was circulated to the u.n. security council members in which it calls for the syrian president bashar al assad to transfe

a fierce battle is unfolding at the u.n. security council where discussion is underway on a new resolution on syria western and arab diplomats are launching a major offensive to overcome russia's strong opposition to a text calling for president assad to go it also doesn't rule out the use of foreign force. is monitoring developments in new york for us marina what exactly are the sides not seeing eye to eye on. well bill the reality is that russia has maintained a position on syria in which it believes that both sides of the conflict need to come together in dialogue and russia has said that it will not support any use of force into syria on syria now according to the arab european draft resolution that's now being presented to the u.n. security council it calls for syrian president bashar al assad to step aside hand over his powers to his deputy while and national unity government is formed but most importantly it in at the end of this resolution is is a paragraph that says that the security council can decide to review syr

mission in the country a team of u.n. nuclear inspectors may now prolong their stay in iran beyond the initially planned three days the minister was optimistic about a possible renewal of nuclear negotiations saying the i.a.e.a. visit is a step towards easing the tensions however american radio host ralph shell amana is skeptical about the tox as he thinks the u.n. body is under too much western influence is the very idea that iran is somehow obligated to open its front gears to inspectors who are essentially penetrated and permeated by the central intelligence agency in the mossad this imperialist genda which takes countries syria has been targets now concentrating on iran expresses the permanent war that is waged against subject peoples by american corporate capitalism this united nations has forever been an instrument of such imperial policy first attempt to cut off iran's your own trading capacity its ability to in import replaced with equipment for its refineries then they want to tie you up as a banking union to pre

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