u.n. sectaryener ban ki-moon regrets the security council's failure to agree on a resolution. he argues that other nations have a collective responsibility to the syrian people and says the u.n. will continue to try to end the violence and human rights violations in syria. >> russia's u.n. ambassador says his country vetoed the original resolution because it would have helped to lead to external military involvement in the syrian conflict and the man in charge of nato forces ruling out that kind of intervention. secretary general rasmussen tells nhk a political solution is the only way forward. we spoke to rasmussen around the time of the u.n. security council vote and he expressed concern about the failure of countries to find common ground as the violence in syria appears to be escalating. >> the fact that the u.n. security council has not been able on a legally-binding resolution sends a very, unfortunaty, dangerous signal. >> he says nato won't be intervenes in syria something it did last year during the conflict in libya and says it could trigger unintended consequences, g

u.n. security council the u.s. and european powers namely and of course with the syrian national council leader calling for the the u.n. security council to consider a military solution it doesn't really seem like that's going to boost the argument here we were we wound the clock back and had more powers at the table more dialogue with different factions within syria perhaps things could have turned out differently i mean if we look at the regional players here a saudi arabia namely and iran they have never been brought to the table formally a by the powers in the u.n. that was one of the proposals actually that the russian government had come out what they offered to host the talks right here involving more regional players trying to sort of get all the muscle power possible to try to resolve this conflict peacefully but again it really seems like all the sides have dug in and are really changing from their positions perhaps diplomacy really won't be the answer here but let's certainly hope it won't come to that we

u.n. security council will extend the mandate of the u.n. observer mission. they have been monitoring violence by the assad administration and opposition forces. the vote on the expansion is set to take place on wednesday. western countries insist that the u.n. security council should impose sanctions on syria and assad should step down. russia and china strongly oppose this stance. they have strong military and economic ties with syria. they also fear that antigovernment protests could flare up in their own countries as it is very difficult to bridge a gap between the two positions. resolutions submitted by either side is likely to be vetoed. if the mandate for the observer mission is not extended, the u.n. monitors will have no choice but to leave syria. this may lead to further escalation in the syrian war and mass killing of the citizens. >> as you mentioned, the countries remain divided over syria. given the circumstances, what can they do? >> with so many people killed by the assad administration i believe it is no longer possible to resolve the conflic

u.n. security council has voted on a draft resolution on syria that. could pave the way for intervention is an outcome strongly opposed by russia again these are live pictures right now of the u.n. security council meeting in new york now as i was saying russia has vetoed another western backed resolution at the u.n. security council but syria with the new sanctions could at the end of the day pave the way for military intervention again live pictures right here already stepping up to a veto in. china have both vetoed this u.n. resolution against syria. the b.b.c. has by a court order preventing it from airing a documentary about. lawyers for the broadcaster and now considering an appeal. to decide whether to one hundred. putting her reputation on the line by trying to convince m.p.'s to back the controversial. sit down with economics professor wilhelm explains why he thinks the euro is driving europe into a financial. here is skepticism is in fashion these days but are today's guest was against europe's common currency before it even came into being pr

u.n. security council other western investors also pointed direct fingers at russia and china using their veto power of russian ambassador to the u.n. the tally churkin said that it's time for the security council to stop bickering and. adding a blame game with one another and it would be best for them to just agree on a tactical resolution that would extend us supervision mission in syria for at least another thirty days the western members of the council have presented unacceptable and unworthy statements should have at least done something to persuade a dialogue between the warring sides in syria and prevent the further militarization of the crisis instead of provoking the activity of extremist and terrorist groups these zealots are pushing their own jew political goals which have nothing in common with the interests of the syrian people and this has only served to escalate the conflict even further in truly tragic proportions time is of the essence because if nothing is extended within the next twenty four hours that means the un loses a verifiable group in syria that will not be able

u.n. security council but russia has said that it would like to see an extension of the u.n. observer mission to syria but at the moment is a visible impact so far what is the point in keeping the mission alive when so far it's failed. what do what would be the point of the other party was saying that at least we have a more chance to get objective information if it's there or if the situation we have to improve there will be on the ground already so they will be able to participate more actively in the in the political process and also the in dealing with a humanitarian situation so pulling the model. is going to entail negative consequences and one to avoid that unfortunately now here on we seem to be undergoing another sort of a little diplomatic battle now we're going to have a discussion of making it the technical role without loading it with political conditions and implications thank you very much indeed we will leave it there vitaly churkin we really appreciate your show and russian ambassador to the u.n. thank you very much indeed for explaining the situation during

u.n. resolutions on syria. >> the security council has failed utterly. this is another dark day in turtle bay. one can only hope that one day, before too many thousands more die, that russia and china will stop protecting assad and allow -- >> western nations are expected to try to draft another resolution to extend the mission of the u.n. cease-fire observers. the failure of the original resolution isn't a surprise. russian and chinese leaders made it clear they didn't like the draft. still, top united nations officials tried to change their minds in the days leading up to the vote. they've since gone from hopeful to critical. >>> the u.n. secretary-general expressed regret, arguing that other nations have a collective responsibility to the people of syria and that the u.n. will continue to try to end the violence there. special envoy kofi annan says he's disappointed the security council could not unite to take a strong and concerted action he's been pushing for. catherine kobayashi spoke to united nations's respond. >> there was no breakthrough at the

u.n. security council on this issue. well but in reality you know what are the prospects for the international mediation efforts there. well again it's a really tricky situation on one hand the sounds of the proposal that would make sense on the other hand you have some fairly staunch opposition from the u.s. and european governments some members of the u.n. security council who are now actually just passing up attentional use of authorization under chapter seven of the u.n. security council charter which would allow them to authorize actions ranging from diplomatic and economic sanctions to military action the force a situation that nobody wants to see in the region but it is being considered at the moment the other thing we have to keep in mind here is that the u.n. security council is not the only interested party in these talks we were just looting saudi arabia and iran to critical regional players and of course russia has proposed a new talks that would include those powers in order to come to a peaceful resolution

u.n. security council decision which would which would sort of include chapter seven. resolution but seeing as as far as i've seen from the russian foreign minister. russia is against the supporting such a resolution but what i have seen today when when prime minister was there in the press conference i was a little bit surprised when i heard from the turkish prime minister saying that he was supporting the geneva accord which was also the exactly what russians are saying while they are saying that let's let's talk about the genie way accord and let's not talk about any sanctions including chapter seven. resolution. being discussed at the u.n. and certainly with the british foreign secretary william hague he suggesting that today's violence in syria suggests the urgent need for chapter seven article seven to be implemented to therefore pave the way for military foreign intervention. from the gym where you have newspaper thank you very much indeed for coming on thank you very much as privileged to be there with you thanks thank you. now russia's foreign minister said he

u.n. security council decisions greens. well those syrian people it's a lover of mention they are the ones that russia wants to see decide the future of the country that have been claims that russia is supporting the assad government these were dismissed out of hand by. a business with those and they tell us that we need to convince asad to step down voluntarily that is simply unrealistic but this is not about our preferences likes or dislikes he will not step down not because we came up but because he has the support of a significant part of the country's population. foreign minister lover of the setting out russia's stall when it comes to the ongoing crisis in syria all of this of course coming as kofi annan is in the midst of his all important visit to moscow to discuss the future of the conflict ridden middle eastern country correspondent peter all of the reporting for us there from central moscow ok let's get some reaction of brushback you should we use national coordinator of the. coalition brian high so russia says i

u.n. security council in deadlock those two resolutions on the table that could be voted on one of those was put forward by russia and we would see an extension of the u.n. monitoring program on the ground in syria the the second of those resolutions put forward by western countries and would focus on assad only and on the assad government saying that they have ten days in which to adhere to the kofi annan peace plan otherwise action would be taken now since the resolution only focuses on one side which is something that russia said be done it's extremely likely and almost definite in fact that if that goes to a vote russia will use their veto so it's interesting to note though that every time we've seen one of these major diplomatic meetings be it said the security council photo kofi annan coming here to moscow we see a spike in violence on the ground in syria this time no different we're seeing fresh fighting close to the capital damascus and it just seems that every time as long as the foreign powers calm to greet all in a solution of how to tackle syria how to go forward on syria it's th

u.n. security council well certainly we've seen that in the past look what happened in the case of yugoslavia there too the united states and the western powers when they couldn't get the u.n. to go along with the overthrow of the are the breakup of yugoslavia they resorted to the use of nato the united states can use nato turkey of course is the eastern flank of nato it too can invoke nato treaty obligations to bring in other partners and it has other regional allies in this case saudi arabia and the gulf states so i think we're heading towards foreign military intervention by if the assad government stays the course is able to hold on in spite of the extreme pressure it's facing growing let's try to pick up most of this says it's unrealistic to make president go voluntarily because he's supported by a significant part of the syrian regime but isn't it possible to that is that his resignation could end the violence what do you think. well i mean perhaps but then

u.n. security council finally reaches consensus on syria details from new york coming up . meanwhile rumors run rife over the fate and future of the embattled syrian president. true or false it is a bashar al assad ready to step down as president of syria i'm sure thomas in moscow and coming up with sort out all of the details. police great angry crowds with tear gas and rubber bullets on the streets of spain as the public rages against the latest wave of a stir he imposed on the country in return for a bank rescue by the e.u. . live from our new center here in the russian capital this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day where we start with our breaking news story this hour all members of the u.n. security council have voted in favor of a resolution extending the observer mission to syria the mandates being given a final thirty days but could be renewed if certain conditions on that. has the latest now from new york what's the russians reaction to this motion does moscow feel its concerns have been taken into account. the level of violence must be. one question of course i

u.n. security council would be the best solution to the syrian crisis in a short position of this opposition group the main one in syria or mainstream it more or less the same they want the removal of assad a before a dialogue takes place the the chair of the council reiterated that statement again essentially calling for talks with people who are not responsible in his words for the killings and crimes of president assad. bosco's actually put together a draft resolution that was circulated yesterday that essentially suggests extending the e.u. and observer the british mission for another three months of that vicious supposed to run alger round judge allied twentieth twenty first and of course the mission was to oversee a cease fire that has largely cease to exist there has not been a ceasefire in syria and so what the russians are proposing is that the u.n. monitors focus reshift their efforts on looking for a political solution political transition to syria as opposed to laundering and to the fighting that has been taking place as of yet there are now discussing the possibility of a new re

u.n. security council of the vote on the latest draft resolutions taking place. saying it's now less than six hours before the u.n. observer to syria expires and the vote in new york is a that extending that there are two resolutions on the table today and one drafted by the u.k. another by. the last one is to extend the mission by forty five days and that proposal is being backed by russia the british calls for a one month extension the vote has just been made we'll get you more details on that as they come to us here and i'll see let's return now to all these marina portnoy in new york and i do apologize for interrupting you just a big apologies if you continue where will you just now. i was explaining what would happen if the mandate was not extended it would be a big blow to any kind of international process that is helping to monitor the crisis in syria the vote did just happen rory as you mentioned i wasn't listening to it we do see that all the security council members are now leaving the chambers i have imagine that they voted either on the u.k. draft or t

u.n. security council that would authorize the use of either new diplomatic and economic sanctions to even potentially the use of force which would of course extremely complicate the situation we'll have to keep in mind that the u.n. security council isn't the only party are interested parties to these talks we have regional players like iran and saudi arabia the russians have actually called for a new proposal that would hold talks here in russia in bringing saudi arabia bringing iran to the table but even that prospect was again dismissed by the opposition groups as. national council here in moscow so again it really just seems to be like a difficult difficult diplomatic situation with no resolution in the immediate sight. reporting right while our next hour here on our tio we interview michelle kilo the leader of another anti assad group in syria he says the syrian national council simply put cannot speak for the entire opposition. group is capable of toppling a despotic regime such as the syrian government specially if they haven't got the public on their side and then we have some peo

u.n. security council won't give us what we want we should work out some of the security council. at the u.n. that indeed whether if they need international law the need will come into power which. i wish we had more time for this we really don't have professor of middle eastern history and the politics of university thank you for joining us live from ankara today thank you very much. still ahead for you this hour here on our war for some but for others. it's really something you want to see if. there isn't a direction to see if. we report why a vantage point on the israeli border with syria has become a tourist mecca for people with binoculars cameras. and kids human cloning the grim discovery of a five month old fetus is dumped in a forest in central russia that's also coming up here on our team. now there is a glimmer of hope for whistleblower julian assange it's after news that a long time demand he's been making which he believes will help refute allegations against him could now be that the ecuadorian embassy in london where he's currently taking refuge says swedish authoriti

u.n. security council resolution on syria which doesn't rule out for military intervention. one of the points which russia and china are strongly against and we're now even getting right specifically from the u.s. secretary of state clinton said that if russia and china don't change their position on syria they will be the violence in syria is continuing and war lives on civilians and ordinary people are lost every day. well let's get more analysis on that from jacob one blogger he's founder and president of the future of freedom foundation and libertarian washington advocacy group says he hopes world powers will reach a compromise on a u.n. security council action there in syria do you share his optimism how do you see this compromise. when it looks as if jacob is actually talking to me but unfortunately he can hear me but i call him jacob maybe maybe could try this there with a phone you have me but we didn't hear you do you have a question oh yes can your mean you know yes go ahead sort of you know i don't serious optimism i mean you've got to intractable forces here one

u.n. the security council the international community loses any verifiable reporting and the verification that is taking place in syria there are three hundred unarmed u.n. officials in syria while they suspended activities in june there is still a presence there that is able to assess the situation on the ground and report back to the united nations if you lose that mission in syria there would be essentially no kind of objective force in syria to report back to the international community and that could only make the syrian crisis worse reporting live from new york thank you very much indeed for that now on the way here this. report in the dark the b.b.c. is planning to appeal a court ruling that banded from showing a film about last summer's u.k. violence all the details for you just a few minutes from now and gloves come off in georgia a report on how the government tightens its grip on power oppressing the opposition ahead of parliamentary elections. all that still to come but first an explosion that hit a bus carrying israeli tourists at an airport in the bulger and city of burgas on

u.n. security council saltash all of that out here to discuss it with me is christopher swift fellow at the university of virginia law school center for national security law because our thanks so much for joining us tonight good to be ok disregard everything i just said with all of those topics that we'll get to them but first you just got back from yemen and so i want to talk about that because you know from what you've written about it from what you've said it's basically it's quite the opposite from what i've heard from a lot of people from what i've seen reported you know by a lot of other journalists out there in the sense that you make the argument that our drone strike policy is not the number one thing that's fueling the rise of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula so tell us more about that there's been an argument . articulated in the u.s. press in other places that u.s. drone strikes are the proximate cause they are the driving cause of al qaeda is recruitment in the last three or so years has gone from about three hundred people when you have been to about a thousand people and so

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u.n. security council has been delayed. it could possibly happen now on thursday. are you expecting any change in that vote because of what has happened in damascus? >> no way. nothing will change in the security council, and even if they did change, the two sides have decided to fight it out. >> russia has decided to use its veto power? >> yes, it will. even if it did not, the two sides would continue fighting. there is no diplomatic way right now to stop the country from entering a civil war. the only question is -- how long will it take? >> the white house says it now does not know the whereabouts of bashar al assad. what does that tell you? is it possible he has left the country? >> i do not think so. he will remain in the country. he has no place to go. his family has no place to go. he has so many supporters in the country that he has to take care of that i think there is no way out. i think the american government simply does not know where he is. the information that the americans and western allies have on the situation on the ground is not very good, and t

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u.n. security council tried to slap new sanctions on syria but failed. anent security council members china and srurussia, they keep saying. why do they continue to go against the u.n. security council? will they be able to do anything as long as russia and china continue to veto sanctions? what do you say about that, general? >> the united nations has been able to do something. frankly, it's minimal and essentially

u.n. security council which threatened syria with new sanctions and could have paved the way for military intervention russia's also canceled a vote on its own draft resolution which was aimed at extending the u.n. observer mission to syria says western countries refused to even consider the text of. the b.b.c.'s gagged by court order preventing it from airing a documentary about last summer's riots that engulfed england. and also reporting that the german parliament has decided to grant one hundred million euros in rescue cash to spain's battered banks going to put a reputation on the line by trying to convince some m.p.'s to back the controversial bailout. i'll be back with another summary in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime we talked to economics professor wilhelm henkel who explains why he thinks the euro is driving europe into a financial abyss. here is skepticism is in fashion these days but are today's guest was against europe's common currency before it even came into being professor william hanka a prominent german economist is joining us now on r.t. thank you very much fo

u.n. security council over syria. they are trying to win approval for a tough new package of sanctions against the administration of bashar al assad. the conflict between the syrian army and anti-government forces has dragged on for 16 months. nhk obtained a draft document outlining the proposed sanctions. it addresses the u.n. observer mission in syria. it demands an end to all violence and condemns the government for its continued attacks on civilians despite agreeing to a u.n. cease-fire plan. the draft threatens the assad administration with sanctions if it does not comply with the cease-fire within ten days of the resolution's adoption. it also calls for a 45-day extension of the u.n. cease-fire monitoring mission. the mandate expires on july 20th. the heavy violence forced observers to temporarily suspend their activities. this new draft revolution counters another one russian representatives circulated tuesday. that document calls for the u.n. to extend its observer mission by 90 days without the threat of sanc

u.n. security council consideration of the syrian situation once again by things the national amnesty they are day knowledge that not only the government breached human rights in syria but the opposition. also in torture and killings all the special forces forces representatives little bit of and now it will fall on the second protocol of the geneva convention and given the statement all the red cross can we take going back to the transit tragedy i believe that investigation should be continued and we. are looking at tentatively at everything we get from that as they are investigating your colleagues mass media also keep working people and step up all the. horrible conditions and wat was shown in the report by her very serious things evidence from the witnesses and they should be taken into account. other things have given that you know today just a bit for stalling the developments so i believe that she will have talks with kofi annan today. and he will meet the president as well but as of today there is information from the context of the visit of mr annan to masters and his meeting with

u.n. security council and individual countries. they include a trade embargo on nuclear related materials and a ban on financial transactions linked to iran's nuclear program. iranian leaders are warning more international pressure will only harm negotiations. >> new sanctions would only add to the complexity of this situation. sanctions are not solution for this problem. >> people in iran are used to doing without or paying more for imports. they've lived with economic sanctions for more than three decades. but this concerted international effort to isolate their country is taking its toll. iranians are facing higher prices for food and medicine. they are also facing safety risks. nhk world's sanati reports from tehran. >> reporter: an iran air passenger jet made an emergency landing at a tehran airport. the plane managed to land without its front wheels. it could have been a disaster. the captain told nhk what was going on in the cockpit. >> translator: i told the co-pilot to deploy the landing gear. but the instruments showed so

u.n. security council tried to slap new sanctions on syria but failed. anent security council members china and srurussia, they keep saying. why do they continue to go against the u.n. security council? will they be able to do anything as long as russia and china continue to veto sanctions? what do you say about that, general? >> the united nations has been able to do something. frankly, it's minimal and essentially very hapless at this point. they have 300 unarmed advisers. essentially administrators in country under the head of a two star. so there's an international body that is there to observe what's going on. they're essentially holed up at various hotels and protected and out of the way. so they're achieving no in-state, although the united nations did just extend their presence in country. so the united nations is not going to resolve this issue. what has to happen in parallel, and secretary rice indicated this will happen -- or am bass tkar rice indicated this will happen, is that the united states will work with other partners chart tore try to

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u.n. security council vote in deadlock this two resolutions on the table for discussion one of those put forward by russia that would see the u.n. monitoring program on the ground in syria prolonging the second resolution put forward by western countries says that the assad government has ten days to adhere to what was laid down in kofi annan peace plan otherwise they face action no juice to the fact that this resolution only focuses on the government forces doesn't touch on any of the opposition troops at all would suggest that if this goes to a vote it's extremely likely that russia would use the veto so it's interesting to note though that every time we've seen a major diplomatic meeting whether it be discussion in the u.n. security council or kofi annan coming here to visit moscow to discuss things further we see a spike in violence in the country and we're seeing this right now we've seen fresh terror attacks as well as new fighting close to the capital city of damascus says the crisis in syria continues to exit bloody violence all over the middle eastern country. one of the peace how many

u.n. security council vetoing a resolution to pet pressure on president assad. you're seeing a live look at the u.n. right now on your screen. here's the situation. ssia and chihina s sikikg dodo the rsolutiononeaeangng manynyononring watatss t nene sp for the.. if anything right now? the resolution put nonmilitary sanctions against assad's government. at this time that will not happen. now to syria. rebels are closing in on the capital city of damascus. in fact they're already there. one day after a brazen bombing killed three senior members of assad's regime. government forces reportedly striking back with attack helicopters and shelling. meantime president assad, at least at this time, seems to be in hiding although syria's state-run media reported that assad attended a swearing-in ceremony for the new defense minister who replace the minister killed in yesterday's blast. some suggesting that blast is a turning point in this 16-month long uprising. activists estimate since the crackdown began more than 17,000 people have been killed. most of the dead said to b

u.n. security council russia and china again veto western bank syrian resolution aimed at further tightening the screws on the regime. also riots and rallies and regime spain as the public takes a stand against cuts with thursday's million strong endeavor is hitting a new milestone in the fight against his charity. and to israel rounds on the run over the bulgarian suicide bombing which killed seven hundred five israeli tourists but some analysts accused tel of ego of using it to gain international support the . next a quarter of an hour in the company of one of the fire brands of british politics m.p. george galloway a thorn in the sides of the main parties he founded his own respect party and secured a seat in a by election win that's been described as the most sensational victory in british political history teaching for that. today i mean the parliamentary office of george galloway and p. who around three months ago one surprise election victory in his constituency of bradford west george galloway thanks very much for talking to us today now your election your victory was a surprise to m