u.n. artie's that people of l. and it's cost of gas but the organizations credibility under scrutiny the full program coming up in the next hour has a creepy. if it's a proposed hypothetical the tomorrow the united states of the united kingdom decide to go on a war and the united nations security council doesn't give that you know there's a russia or china or whoever vetoing that particular decision then they decide to step so the united nations and go to war regardless what can the united nations do in reality they can do absolutely nothing and that is where the problem is we were absolutely i agree with you entirely because if i don't know that i should like to . yeah because i do think before we become made to reduce this to a debate about whether colonialism still persists in attitude or fact one should not neglect the other half the other three quarters of the united nations which is doing humanitarian aid around the world where the united nations is the central organizing mechanism for the delivery of food ai

u.n. artie's people about his cross talk death but the organizations credibility under scrutiny the full program is coming up in some ten minutes from now here's the point. if you were to propose a hypothetical that's a more the united states or the united kingdom decide to go on a wall and the united nations security council doesn't give that you know there's a russia or china or whoever vetoing that particular decision then they decide to step so the united nations and go to war regardless what can the united nations do in reality they can do. ok apologies for outside technical area let's take a brief look now at some other world news around the globe the yemeni ministry of defense announced its u.s. terrorist mastermind are lucky he was allegedly involved in a number of attacks on america including at the failed times square bombing last year on the fort hood shooting rampage in two thousand and one. well our lucky had was said to be on the cia's pirating target if that is death follow the number of failed attempts on his mind like the rest of. venezuelan president hugo chavez is denying rumo

u.n. security council artie's peter lavelle and cross talk gas but your organization's credibility into question for a program coming up at seven am g.m.t. is a preview. the united nations the global body in search of a mission often derided as incompetent and ineffective the un is also accused of being a fig leaf protecting and extending the interests of the rich powerful west while few call for its demise most see the need for drastically form at the un to serve the interests of all. the. a lot of sion fever due to grab russia with december's parliamentary vote followed by the presidential runoff in march next year president medvedev who does not plan to compete for a second term outlined his view on what the election means for russia as he spoke of the country's major media outlets. it's up to the citizens to elect and those are just words it's the truth any politician could lose an election along with his or her political party in the country's history as well as other countries that's what's happened in the us anything can happen pre-determination let the citizens disseminate it as moral au

u.n. peacekeepers in bosnia artie's and he has this report. what was an archive never before seen video footage of that interview before r t published it some two weeks ago very serious claims there and really that's what makes it so shocking that the tribunals missed this what could be very important evidence in the trial archie of course will fully cooperate and hand over that video footage to help with the ongoing proceedings in the hague i just want to give you an idea of what exactly was said in that interview one of the strongest statements as we see it and i'm quoting here is instead of disarming the muslim formations as they had committed themselves to doing the united nations forces turned those safe areas into terrorists and fundamentalists bases from where our villages and towns were attacked now malott it also goes on to say that he believes the un was smuggling weapons into demilitarized zone so you can see the severity of these claims and how they could possibly be very important evidence and again shocking really that the hague

u.n. resolution looms large. mrs arty's eight pm right now here in moscow my name's kevin owen with a top story for you tonight and italy is taking a beating from ratings giant standard and poor's which downgraded the country school by one notch today it says its growth outlook is negative two prime minister silvio berlusconi criticize the decision as being the result of media hype was out of touch with reality less than p. said it was driven by its at least poor growth and concern over rome's ability to reduce spending despite the budget cuts it just approved it's pushed up italy's borrowing costs with the threat of contagion now once again hanging over the entire euro zone the time over in greece the e.u. and the i.m.f. of issued a final warning to rampant budget cuts there if it wants to avoid going bankrupt very soon there was an leaders are already holding back the next eight billion euro bailout decision until october this comes to react. to this developing news today that for a break your own played pool knuckle is o

u.n. membership in the general assembly on friday so he'll submit a request letter after his speech there but the threat of an american veto still hangs in the air artie's miniport explains the u.n. players positions. if global politics were a sport. the united nations would be the grand arena. and september would be opening season nearly two hundred of the world's most powerful and not so powerful players descend on new york city gathering in one room for a week's worth of speeches and a chance to grandstand on the international stage nearly ten thousand delegates and two thousand journalists are in town for the general assembly debate but in reality five countries are the ones who really matter russia china france the us and britain the permanent security council members with veto power the real power in the united nations resides in the security council and it requires a consensus among the five permanent members and as long as the want one or one or more of the permanent members won't go along with something the un's ability to act is limited no resolutions can succeed if opposed by any of the big five case in point the current palestinian campaign

in the general assembly by pointing out progress in the country coming out story today artie's miniport was at the u.n. . palestinian campaign for a u.n. membership and statehood is purse percy thing and this is despite the massive amount of pressure the u.s. has reportedly been putting on the palestinians to stop this bid now the majority of the u.n. members do you support palestinian u.n. membership and statehood that's approximately one hundred thirty three countries if not more but it is because of the u.s. that that measure may not go through the u.s. as we've been reporting has threatened to officially veto a palestinian membership to the united nations if i asked you because the u.s. believes that should go back to the negotiating tables with israel but russian foreign minister sergei lavrov spoke to the media and said that no country should stand in the way of palestine's ambitions. to play the middle east quartet will not meet in the near future the recent meeting with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has shown that the u.s. would not like to see the palestinian question raised at

u.n. also has agreed to lift some of the sanctions imposed on the khadafi regime artie's guy has more from washington. one of the things that the new resolution envisions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help in what they claim it insists is essentially a political operation it would give advice on restoring security but would concentrate on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue promote national reconciliation and generally help the government in libya organize the lections and write a new constitution and that kind of u.n. participation is welcomed by all members this is something that washes and going to the united nations was talking about saying it's a u.n. responsibility to help create some kind of a law and order system that would put an end to the chaos there as a result of the failure to properly implemented previous u.n. resolution aiming at protecting civilians the country found itself in a full scale civil war with civilians suffering most also the resolution expresses the security council's determination t

artie's policy or has the story. so you know significant findings of this u.n. report deal with the way the israeli commando unit handled the raid on board the mother that was the largest vehicle that took part in that first photo and it was the very thought on which nine turkish citizens were killed to quote the report it did of the israelis have behaved in an executive and reasonable manner and that the loss of life was unacceptable now the report says it has forensic evidence that points to the fact that those who've been killed was shot multiple times in the past and at close range and it criticizes the paces that the israelis said mrs not adequately accounting to this report also says that the way the crew and passengers were dealt with these rate five israeli after the raid and was what they call significant mistreatment it says that they were basically in this handled it says it was intimidation harassment and that they belongings and justifiably confiscated it on the other hand the source also says that israel's controversial is located on gaza it is not

u.n. security council to condemn violence in the country and artie's daniel bushell has this report. you has a new round of sanctions targeting syria's oil industry and it comes into force only on the fifteenth of november because italy has asked for an extension to allow its existing contracts to be completed the e.u. does import ninety percent of syria's oil which accounts for a quarter of the country's income so. to the country now there's really syria economically libya's oil reserves have been secured over this week because we've seen boy power so experts here say the e.u. can safely go ahead and cut off its syrian supplies without affecting deliveries to europe as well as sanctions the e.u. also plans to expand the list of people. traveled by another four top officials have been added to that list and the u.s. wants stronger u.n. resolution condemning the violence in syria russia is against any resolution of such kind it insists on social and economic reforms in the country there have been reports western reports that some two thousand people killed since since march in anti-go

artie's marino portnoy. good to have you with us so with more talks expected of the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly over the palestinian statehood bid where does the issue stand at this point marina. well at this point the palestinians show no sign of backing down from their campaign for you and membership this is despite tremendous pressure coming from the united states u.s. president barack obama addressed the general assembly a few hours ago and said that peace in the middle east cannot come through stick through statements or through resolutions from the united nations he said instead the united nations all members should be encouraging the palestinians and the israelis to get back to the negotiating table what we do know as we've reported is that the majority of countries at the u.n. are supporting the palestinian bid for statehood and that includes russia the u.s. has threatened and said it would use its veto power in the security council to prevent the membership from going through russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said of course would be better to get both parties bac

u.n. mission in ramallah saying their peaceful demonstrations will continue until palestine becomes a member state as artie's poorness their appalls the whole region is in a state of buildup to the. well the palestinian authority officially launched its campaign for statehood and in a formal written to the un secretary chief banki moon it urged the international body to recognize tellus fenians just demolished and what we understand is that the campaign will involve a series of events in the run up to the opening session of the un general assembly on september the twentieth it has been dubbed the national campaign for palestine state one hundred and one thousand and to launch its one hundred palestinian high ranking officials and activists gathered at the un headquarters in ramallah for a short ceremony of both the israeli government as well as the obama administration is against the stick aeration and the u.s. has into a formal request to the palestinian president mahmoud abbas asking him not to go ahead with it but a bus has rejected because we are hearing some rumblings behind the scenes that israelis and

committed suicide and accuse the authorities of a major coverup artie's laura emmett has more from london. more than eight years since the death of u.n. weapons inspector david kelly and still no inquest following his own masking as the source of a report saying tony blair's government knew iraq had no weapons of mass destruction before person invaded the country kelly was found dead in woods near his home a verdict of suicide was recorded despite what many see as conflicting evidence no one's ever said questions under oath about kelly's death and all medical and scientific reports relating to it were secretly classified something which has never been legally explained but it hasn't gone away this week talked to david how pain is demanding that the question of holding an inquest be reopened he's challenging a decision by attorney general dominic grieve who ruled out holding a coroner's inquest in june citing what he called overwhelming evidence that the u.n. weapons inspector committed suicide but david help him and a group of other doctors are distinctly underwhelmed by the evidence kelly's supposed to of pain killers and slashed hi

to block the move in support of its ally israel but as artie's marine important i reports palestinians could still gain an elevated status at the u.n. . what the palestinians would need would be nine out of fifteen of the security council members to support this application no vetoes but us president barack obama did state last week when he was addressing the general assembly that the only way there could be an independent palestinian state is through direct negotiations and and peace talks between the israelis and the palestinians washington said it would cast a veto if it had to but let's remember that u.s. credibility and influence in the middle east is at stake here u.s. president barack obama has been seen supporting the so-called arab spring that to metion the libyans the egyptians and so for the u.s. to cast a veto now against the aspirations of the palestinians would be as some critics have said hypocritical the palestinians do have another option and that would be to take the vote before the general assembly where they do have the majority of support that would only raise palestine's status at the u.n. to observer state a

his supporters to accept an extended deadline for surrender as artie's group reveals the secrets of the ousted leader on the ground city. a u.n. investigation slams a deadly israeli raid on a gaza bound aid for till last year is unacceptable but finds israel's walking out of the region is legal. the international war crimes tribunal turns to our t.v. for assistance and the trial of former bosnian serb general rock obliged by asking to provide a unique interview with the genocide suspect. this is r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm marina josh welcome to the program now time is running out for kerlikowske and his loyalists to agree to a peaceful surrender the libyan rebels have extended their deadline for his forces to lay down arms to avoid further bloodshed nato has vowed to stay in the country until the end of conflict and urge lidia's interim authorities to negotiate a peaceful solution western leaders discussing levy's future in paris have agreed to unfreeze that office as it's clear the e.u. say it will lift some of the sanctions imposed on the country meanwhile colonel get out the whose whereabouts are still unknown has

u.n. security council members to demand an end to the violence in syria and prevent the uprising descending into another live event sonari artie's investigating who is really behind the bloodshed and how much is. the rebels are poised to cross the last pockets of resistance from kind of gadhafi supporters with time's running out for the loyalists and lay down on. the israelis of stays their biggest ever anti-government protest against the living standards of the three hundred thousand people gathered nationwide to get the government to spend more on social programs instead of settlements on the military. ukraine turning up the heat in its gastrell with moscow mourning that previously agreed price is a cost but refusing to make any concessions russia maintains complies with international requirements and cannot be revised in the trees. and live pictures as we see international armies in harmony yes this is my coverage red square which is ringing to beat sound of military music right now where annual to two is soon to be russian capital is also celebrating its eight hundred sixty fourth birthday today which culminates in a record

u.n. enormous crowds a lot of the streets of ramallah and across the palestinian territories to listen but as artie's policy reports what began as a joyous celebration was soon marred by clashes. oh there has been overwhelming support among palestinians for this historic good for statehood at the united nations they have been celebrations for the last few hours here in ramallah as well as in the all the major palestinian cities in hebron nablus before him to carmen what those palestinians and i've been talking to by and large say is that they feel that years and decades of struggle have finally borne fruit and this bird at the united nations is that food really for palestinians it's a done deal but certainly tensions are running high on both sides of the borders both the israelis and palestinians all concerned that what we saw today friday is just the beginning of what will come in the next days and months and what we saw today was one palestinian killed in clashes between palestinians and say this they are reports of israelis who have been killed in clashes so all of these kind of reports just point

u.n. recognition the u.s. also opposes the bid and there has been intense diplomacy to avert a crisis over the move artie's out of stasi churkin reports on the counter efforts that russia is taking to see the palestinian plan go through. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov held an urgent meeting with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton now members of the delegation are telling us that even though this is a closed door meeting the assumption is that lavrov and clinton were negotiating the future of top. israeli palestinian leaderships the palestinian bid for statehood at the united nations security council is really stealing the show this year we know that palestinian leader mahmoud abbas is expected to present palestine's bid for recognize statehood to the u.n. secretary general ban ki moon in the next days to come and this is something that we know israel and the united states are really not fever and they have been calling for the whole to negotiations between israel and palestine to kick start again on a bilateral level this is something that palestine is already seems to be tired so it is taking

u.n. later this month tel abuse claims it's trying to prevent bloodshed by arming settlers in the west bank for self-defense artie's a policy is across the relevance there. in some quarters there is talk of a into florida that some will say will be as bloody and as violent as the two seculars of whom there is some four hundred thousand living in a man's that has some two and a half million palestinians in the west bank are bracing themselves for violence as is the israeli army and the israeli police and not for several months the israeli army has been preparing in an operation it calls operation some is seeds and it's now in the final stages of putting the finishing touches in place to this end we're being told that they have the most hated aides resigned around everything from them to the waste bank and what this means is that palestinians who approach beyond that red line will be shot at by soldiers who have commissioned to do this now there also has been intensive training in terms of security groups within the state women's they have been participating in girls but on these being undeserving says' even provided

u.n. later this month tell of these claims it's trying to prevent bloodshed arming settlers in the west bank and self-defense artie's policies across developments there. in some quarters there is talk of a into florida that some will say will be as bloody and as violent as the first two seculars of whom there is some three hundred thousand living in a land that has some two and a half million palestinians in the west bank all bracing themselves for violence as is the israeli army and the israeli police now for several months the israeli army has been preparing in an operation called operation ease and it's now in the final stages of putting the finishing touches in place to this end we're being told that they have taken a line around every statement in the west bank and what this means is that palestinians who approach so that beyond that red line will be shot at by soldiers who have commissioned to do this so now there also has to be intensive training in terms of security groups or in these to commence they have been participating in the roles that the army's been undergoing safety and provided so i'm going aids w

u.n. it's an atmosphere of jubilation is government services and schools were closed to allow people out onto the streets and demonstrate artie's policy or has more. it's being high so it's right across the west bank is this to make sure that some twenty thousand people have taken to the space of a much less people took off work the schools closed early and many of the businesses shut down on standing in all minot which is really the focal point of the milo and in this area the businesses the shops and restaurants have been opened so that people can really celebrate what is most accountable atmosphere now this does kickstart three days of peaceful demonstrations of the palestinians and the sponsors they will be folding in the run up to the palestinian president mahmoud abbas making their third on friday for statehood at the united nations we've seen some of the such celebrations across the west bank in hebron there were an estimated seventeen thousand people turning out for parties and connell's today some similar scenes unfolding in bethlehem and in nablus they wanted to isolated incidents of violence that did change it will h

extended deadline to surrender meanwhile artie's crew visits the alsa leaders underground station which has been one of the hearts of his escape route from tripoli to. a u.n. investigations of the deadly israeli raid on a girl's about eight it's in the last year as on except of all but the review finds the israel's blockade of the region is that legal. in sascha war crimes tribunals on t.v. for assistance in the trial of former bosnian serb general rath time knowledge by also interviewed unique interview with the genocide suspect in that interview knowledge accused the un peacekeepers of smuggling all of them to bosnia in the nineteen months since. visits the capitals libraries not. to trace the impacts of russian actions. great. comfortable. unique. so different but the whole new. moscow. hello and welcome to the program on this week's show will be taking a look at the various venues and locations connected with the impressive list of russian oh it's out of office monuments libraries restaurants it's easy to see the great impact that legends as tolstoy and das e.s.p. have had al has on russian cultural society so joining author elders as we blast into th

u.n. claims that more than sixty annals of people have died since the anti ration began in march but some including the syrian government say the reports about the conflict are far from reality artie's everything news goes along a few international journalists on the ground here or she. asked murder tarion catastrophe a country on the brink of a revolution this is what you see every time syria pop. up in the headlines what is really happening in a country where hardly any foreign journalists are present there's even been the implication that some of the images we're being shown have been digitally nipples manipulated and there have been reports about that are available online that you can watch of of their lives that was taken in bahrain and said to be taken in hama and it's showing the same footage and on different stations with different backgrounds digitally druggy and so there are some very strange things that are going on right now an example of such manipulation is the case of palestinian refugees in the coastal city of latakia the stadium i'm not talking about in the center of the controversy when according to various reports anywhere from several hundred several thousand peo