u.n. security council sanctions or threats. he says his country rejects the sanctions imposed in retaliation for its nuclear and missile tests. sin's news conference was the first in three years by a north korean envoy to the u.n. the last came in 2010 when diplomats defended the north following the singi isinking ofh korean warship in the yellow sea. >>> they're discussing the merits of the sites nominated for world heritage status. they spent the first three days looking at nominations. people in japan are hoping they'll approve mount fuji. committee members got together in the cambodian capital phnom penh. they approved eight sites as national properties. those include the region of western china and mount etna in italy. observers say committee members could endorse mount fuji as early as saturday. the mountain is a candidate for recognition as a cultural property. it's 19th on unesco's list. committee members first have to get through nominations for natural properties and sites that are natural and cultural. >>> lawyers fo

u.n. security council where russia is a permanent member of the u.n. security council and clearly will be very active in. assessing the situation this is. very satisfactory to us. more skill come some more lots of. victoria pretty hard to please my name during the summit. we heard some statements will say read that and the media reports and we had a feeling you were one against seven or seven plus one but not at all eight at least in syria is that the way you fold were you lonely there no not at all probably someone wanted this to be presented in this way but it wasn't a tool the case and i take full responsibility and my colleagues will reiterate that we had a very good descriptor discussion we had to disagreements that is true but i never felt lonely on russia and never. was on its own. in. making a statement again and again. in regards to syria clearly someone to have more details others less but. it was a joint discussion with great interest demonstrated people who wanted to find a very effective a joint and common solution to the syrian problem. an

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u.n. security council has demanded that they refrain from such activities. but they say they'll move ahead. they'll use it for peaceful purposes. members of the atomic energy agency expressed their concerns. they said they had failed to provide them with sufficient information about their plans >>> chinese authorities say they've condition taped the expansion of the bird flu outbreak. no new infections have been confirmed recently. health officials sade on sunday that in march the h7n9 virus had infected three people. by april, 126 people had become infected. but in may, the number had decreased to 4. government measures to stop the spread of the infection have been working well. officials say the ban on the trading of live birds has produced the desired results. but experts are concerned about the possible increase of infections now that the resumption of live bird trading has already begun in some arias. >>> a chinese court has sentenced the brother-in-law of a nobel peace prize to prison for fraud. he was arrested and charged with fraud earlier this year.

u.n. security council resolutions. >>> a group of farmers in the u.s. state of idaho are suing a biotech giant they say genetically modified wheat was o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o oregon. no genetically engineered wheat has been approved for u.s. farming. japanese farm ministry officials suspended wheat imports after last month's discovery. japan is one of the largest importers of u.s. grain. the idaho farmers say the japanese restrictions are inflicting heavy losses on the u.s. wheat market. thousands of farmers have been affected. representatives told nhk the strain was only found on one farm and never entered the food chain. a consumer group and farmers in the states of washington and kansas have filed similar suits. >>> tokyo stock prices plummeted, investors rushed to curb their risks as the yen has shot up. the nikkei average finished at 12,445, the lowest level since april 3rd, that's before the bank of japan unveiled its large scale stimulus measures. by close the index plunged 6.35% posting the second biggest loss this year. the tokyo stock ma

u.n. security council resolutions. >>> the head of the united nations is painting a grim picture of life for children in conflict zones. ban ki-moon says children face unprecedented threats. the u.n. secretary-general releases an annual report on children and armed conflict. the latest says syrian government forces have made children walk in front of them as human shields and it says opposition fighters have forced children to fight alongside of them. the report says armed groups in northern mali have done the same thing, kidnapping boys and using them as soldiers. >> we would like to see parties take their responsibility to ensure that children are not paying such a high price. >> the report says children are more vulnerable in recent crises because there are no clear front lines and combatants are hard to identify. >>> turkish tayyip erdogan speech in the capital ankara on thursday. he said the government's patience is at an end. despite the prime minister's ultimatum, thousands of demonstrators in istanbul remained in the country's square and the adjoining park through the night. >>> euro

u.n. security council resolutions. >>> a group of farmers in the u.s. state of idaho are suing a biotech giant. they say genetically modified wheat developed by monsanto was found in the western state of oregon. no genetically-engineered wheat has been approved for u.s. farming. some imports were suspended after last month's discovery. japan is one of the largest importers of u.s. grain. the idaho farmers say the japanese restrictions are inflicting heavy losses on the u.s. wheat market. they say thousands of farmers have been affected. monsanto representatives told nhk the strain was only found on one farm and never entered the food chain. a consumer group and farmers in the states of washington and kansas have filed similar suits. >>> the government agency in charge of helping victims of the nuclear disaster in fukushima plans to punish one of its senior officials for making inappropriate remarks on twitter. the reconstruction agency says in march the official tweeted that a group of citizens demanding ways to minimize exposure you are to radiation we

u.n. security council have adopted a statement condemning violence against young people. demanding warring groups respect the rights of young children. the council heard from the special representative of children in armed conflict. >> the evolving nature and tactics of armed conflict have created unprecedented threats for children. >> she says armys in the country such as syria have recruited children to fight. the security council remains divided over how to address the civil war there. an impact on the regime of president bashar al assad, leaders in russia and china say sanctions are not the answer. >>> drivers in cairo often feel they're going nowhere fast. traffic seems to get more congested by the day. the demonstrations during the so-called arab spring and the protests since have made things worse. so now egyptians are turning to the same technology to help them pressure for political change more than two years ago. nhk world has the story. >> reporter: cairo is home to 18 million people. many of them often stuck in traffic. it's time for commuters to head home. al

u.n. security council decided unanimously to establis its first-ever offensive combat force. this breaks with the principle of neutral peacekeepers. this month the offensive peacekeepers become duties. >> force intervention brigade will actually be going after the armed groups to persuade them to surrender. we do think we will be able to have a positive influence on the situation. >> reporter: as the war continues, so does the suffering of thousands of congolese women. they want to see if the peacekeepers with their new mandate will be able to protect these women. yu kobaashi, congo. >>> fed chairman ben bernanke said the u.s. central bank may start to wind down its asset-buying program towards the end of this year. that's if the economic recovery continues. the fed had upgraded its outlook for the american economy, and this prompted investors to buy the dollar. the u.s. currency is stronger against major currencies. dollar/yen right now at 97.94-98. euro/dollar right now is at 1.3207-3208. let's turn our attention to the stock market. now the possibility of the fed tapering

u.n. security council table? >> it appears not. this was the crucial meeting and the body language said everything. president putin looked like he wanted to be somewhere else. president obama fidgeting nervously as he listened to the opposite numbers speak. there were no new points of greement, no new initiative. >> you do have differing perspectives on problems but share an emphasis in stopping the violence and securing hemical weapons. >> of course our opinions do not coincide but all of us have the intention of stopping the violence in syria and of stopping the number of casualties from rising and of solving the situation peacefully including by bringing the parties to the negotiating table if geneva. we've all agreed to push the bodies to that table and that includes by bringing the parties to the negotiating table in geneva and that's what we've agreed to do, to push the parties to that table. >> it's pretty clear there's been no breakthrough on syria. in fact, no progress at all. they will continue to discuss the crisis over

u.n. security council resolutions but the surprise invitation from the north says there will be no preconditionsor demands to give up its nuclear assets unless the u.s. does the same. >>> and now to the vatican where hundreds of bikers found themselves in hog heaven. the tattooed leather clad harley-davidson riders celebrating the 110th anniversary of the harley in rome yesterday. well, pope francis blessed them in st. peter's square even though engines were still roaring when he began the open air mass. >> the pope does it all. >>> russia's president is denying reports that he stole a super bowl ring from new england patriots owner robert kraft but vladimir putin says he'd be willing to buy kraft another ring as a gift. the simmering international dispute. >> reporter: availabvladimir pua lot of thing, judo master, thrill seeker. what he's not, the kremlin says, is a theft. they're denying he stole a ring from robert kraft. the two met in 2005. both sides agree that kraft showed him his super bowl bling reportedly worth over $25,000 and agree putin left with it. kraft issued a statement at the

u.n. security council but reset it any intervention with the approval of the international community. they say that this is unlikely so for now there is no clear indication coming from the. next step in terms of action they want to take all of them are saying they want to wait for more information and what's interesting again is a scaled back of the u.k. and france's statements on these and foreign ministers will be meeting about a week's time to discuss this further plans to develop a park in istanbul that calls to weeks of protests across turkey have been put on hold and will be left to a court to decide whether they're legal five people died in the often violent demonstrations the decision came after the prime minister held a meeting with activists although there was no agreement on how to end discontent the protests started because of a plan to cut down trees and build brags that in gives the park these sunni evolved into anti-government demonstrations with crowds rally against the country's prime minister the european follow many heavily criticized turkey for is disproportionate

u.n. security council with very said that any intervention had with the approval of the international community and they say that this is. unlikely so for now there is no clear indication coming from the. next step in terms of action they want to take all of them are saying they want to wait for more information and what's interesting again is a scaled back of the u.k. and france's statements on these and foreign ministers will be meeting about a week's time to discuss this further. well europe is already dealing with the fallout of conflict in syria at least twenty eight thousand syrians are seeking shelter there from the ongoing bloodshed among those are bearing the brunt is germany as artie's peed all of a report from berlin. these protesters behind be in pearl in a campaigning for better rights for refugees here in germany and the number of refugees in the country could be set to rise by around ten thousand now that's the number of people escaping violence in syria that's expected to come here to germany when it comes to the international response to the own going crisis in the embattled mi

those are matters i think those that were international security council -- u.n. security obviously. rather, they must begin to discuss those matters. what is it that you are going to say are important criteria to say this country can come so that we help the process? because if big countries are not talking about it you then allow the process to stay there. >> and we have been listen to go a joint news conference with president obama and south african president jacob zuma. he and the first lady to meet members of nelson mandela's family. he and the first lady will be the honored guest at an official dinner with president zuma. you heard the president say he will visit rodham island. we now take you to the rachel maddow show. the court agreed with him on the idea of the difficulty of having a nonuniform standard, but they made the decision opposite to what he was asking them to do. those decisions, those supreme court decisions this week, ended up putting the u.s. military, members of the u.s. military right in the middle of this now patchwork of legal rights for g

u.n. security council resolutions. ks and we've learned about the government's data mining and surveillance program. now the national security agency is defending its data collection. in a document released to congress, the national security agency argues that in recent years, dozens of terrorist plots in more than 20 countries have been disrupted and is by having billions of phone records, officials searched the data base fewer than 300 times last year. the agency hasn't-judge repeatedly said that it only collect the data. phone number, phone call duration their locations of the two parties. no names or addresses. >>james: apple says its received between four and 5000 requests from u.s. law enforcement for customer information between december of last year and may 31st of this year. apple said the request came fromal state and local authorities and equitable criminal investigations and national security matters. but the company wanted to make it clear how much access the government has. in a statement, apple said " we

u.n. security council because more sanctions on belarus the double standards a glaring if you're in a tell you can actually get away with murder and i think that one has been emboldened by that a mixed signals too and you're still reporting that his deputy had said that he wants to meet with the protesters the protests is there for hoping that maybe something could be sorted out reasonably amicably and then today we see this force absolutely i think go home field really that there's no real pressure on him to actually negotiate to meet with the protests why should he because he's got the backing of nato and the u.s. the u.s. will do everything to stop him from falling from power and i think that's what that's a very important factor the other thing is of course elections are here in turkey for two more years the opposition is divided so he thinks he's in a very strong position is a compromise possible at this stage between the parts. i think the problem is the opposition is a distro united then had a common program there were disparate groups and i think as i said before feels in a strong

u.n. security council sanks. >> according to accords, they weren't supposed to be violating anything and ithave been abrogated. but the administration wanted to make sure that the treaty powers were never touched. so the state department and justice were always opposed to us. >> eric: can't they do something about this and say, look, tehran, have you not -- you have not abided by international accords and we are scraping this and we are going to sue. >> we would have hoped. but it never did. the accords have been obrogated so many times. but that's water under the bridge. we have been told over and over again. we have been through this -- for the past 17 years now, trying to get some measure of justice. it hopefully, this is a new way of approaching the problem. this new law, justice for americans held hostage in iran is a unique piece of legislation. it doesn't have the taxpayer pay a dime. actually, we are taking a surcharge on all iranian sanctions against iran. so with that money, we will be able to get compensated and it will not hurt the american public at all. >> eric: the bill isn't

u.n. security council but when you look at the internal problems.had around 21% of the 200 million population living as a lower middle-class. in eight short years, that number has grown to 54%. if you think about 54% of 200 million people living lower middle-class, that is the problem. credit crunch has come to brazil. you combine that with the pride that they have in wanting to host a very successful world cup, i think they have gone too fast and spent too much and people are noticing. >> gregg: the president there initially praised the demonstrators, she was proud of her people for fighting for a better country but when it became violent, then she sort of reversed course. she is vowing to restore order. do you think the original strategy backfired because it encouraged millions more brazilians to take to the streets and protest? >> it may have backfired, but more importantly she acted too late. she has a lot of power in brazil. presidency really controls a lot. she should have acted faster. brazil has won the world cup five times. it's a very prou

u.n. security council with the race that any intervention had with the approval of the international community and they say that this. is unlikely so for now there was no clear indication coming from the new what next step in terms of action they want to take all of them are saying they want to wait for more information and what's interesting again is a stale back of the u.k. and frances statements on these on foreign ministers will be meeting about a week's time to discuss this further and still to come on r t in a couple of minutes as the u.k. reportedly blocks alyssa laura word snowden from going to the country of the cia man's revelations looks set to test relations between the u.s. and china details still to go. when the president does it means it's not illegal these are the words of richard nixon barack obama appears to be saying the same defending massive you would chronic surveillance of citizens all over the world defenders of prism in some form and claim these programs protect lives but who is looking out for protecting our rights. more news today violence is once again flared up. th

u.n. security council regulations and ends the nuclear program. and around and around they go. >>> we learned a private jet carrying president george w. bush was forced to make an emergency landing. it was flying philadelphia to dallas following a charity event. someone on board reported smoke inside the cockpit. the gulf stream jet was diverted to louisville, kentucky to check it out. it landed safely. a spokesperson for the former president telling us mr. bush was on board, but says he never saw or smelled smoke. the plane was quickly cleared, resumed flight, landed safely in dallas a short time later. >>> right now, the most destructive wildfire in colorado state history as we have been calling this is slowing down, but the frustration setting in for so many people waiting to return to their homes, no idea when they'll be able to. hot spots are still burning. gusty winds are now back in the forecast. we will have a live report. >>> in terms of credibility, i don't think he has credibility. >> opening up today, former vice president dick cheney

u.n. security council. >> neil: that's a low bar. know that. >> put you have here something with enormous potential. you have basically the top wealthy democracies of the world, plus one outliar, russia, and they have a format where they could do a lot. the biggest problem, it's very unclear what the u.s. is really trying to do, apart from retreat, lead from behind, waffle, equivocate. >> neil: we have video conference calls itch don't mean to triflize permanent meetings and powerful people. the leaders of the richest nation on earth getting together. but i wonder if it's overdone and overtrumped is and if you don't have a clear agenda what you do when you get there and still have no idea what you're going to do, whether it was worth the trip to do something you're not doing? >> this one certainly did seem ritual. they sort of decided they would pursue tax evaders. think that's not the crisis the world is facing. >> neil: right. a very good point. they always pursue items that -- i used to cover these things all the time. economic su

u.n. security council resolutions but the surprise invitation from north says there will be no preconditions or demands to give up its nuclear assets unless the u.s. does the same. >> protesters facing off with police across turkey after a brutal clash over the weekend in istanbul. as officer uprooted demonstrators, the prime minister held his own rally to defend his crackdown. abc's alex marquardt is right there in istanbul. >> reporter: it is the worst violence turkey has seen in decades. running battles between police and the anti-government protesters. suffocating amid vast clouds of tear gas. protesters refused to leave this park for over two weeks. despite repeated angry warnings from turkey's prime minister he would clear the park. he made good on the promise. the protesters blame prime minister recep tayyip erdogan for the police brutality acting like a dictator. and april long list of undemocratic grievances. erdogan one of america's best friend. a key regional ally for the war in syria and against iran's nuclear program. at a massive rally, a defiant erdogan made no apologies telli

u.n. security council resolutions. that ultimately result in the north giving up its nuclear program. >>> new this morning, the wife of nelson mandela is thanking the public for their thoughts and good wishes as her husband remains hospitalized. mandela is now spending his tenth day in the hospital for a recurring lung infection. he remains in serious condition, but doctors said over the weekend they're seeing some improvement. in a new statement issued this morning, mandela's wife said in part, quote, so much love and generosity have come our way to lighten the burden of anxiety, bringing us love, comfort and hope. >>> new this morning, apple revealing the number of security requests law enforcement agencies are making for its customer data. the cupertino company announced this morning, it's received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data in the last six months. microsoft and facebook both made similar announcements last week. in a statement released on its website, apple said the security requests include

u.n. security council resolutions on syria. he's watered down many more. we're not going to get cooperation, it's unrealistic. i think richard is right we haven't had a real discussion about the stakes in syria. and the president has to address this issue. because for all the things she saw on the front lines, this is a regional mess. someone needs to talk through -- >> we only have 30 seconds left. i have not seen any indication from the president that he is willing to go out there and make a case for intervention in syria. >> he doesn't want to. with that toe in the water, he's in. >> thank you very much. >>> up next, a messy week on capitol hill and wall street. and a big week ahead at the supreme court. the round table weighs in on all of that when we come back. all business purchases. so you can capture your receipts, and manage them online with jot, the latest app from ink. so you can spend less time doing paperwork. and more time doing paperwork. ink from chase. so you can. help the gulf recover, andnt to learn from what happenedg goals: so we could

u.n. security council. the u.s. decision to authorize military aid followed a finding outlined yesterday at the white house. in a late-day statement, deputy national security advisor rhodes said: "the assad regime has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale against the opposition multiple times in the last year." today, the syrian government charged the u.s. findings were full of lies and based on fabricated information. what's more, syrian state television claimed it had an intercepted phone call between rebels showing they are the ones using chemical weapons. >> ( translated ): everyone is now using masks, our heroes want to attack the pigs with poison gas. >> brown: russia-- the syrian government's main weapons supplier-- also rejected the chemical weapons claim, and the move to arm the rebels. >> ( translated ): there is little doubt that the decisions made regarding additional supplies of weapons and military equipment to illegal armed groups will increase the level of confrontat

u.n. security council resolutions that result in the north giving up its nuclear program. >>> a wild video of a florida teen hitching a ride on the back of a 30-foot whale shark is sparking controversy. the risky stunt has become an online sensation. 19-year-old chris craze says he spotted the whale shark in the gulf of mexico. whale sharks are considered the gentle giants of the sea. kras jumped into the water, grabbed on to the fin and held on for about nine seconds. >> awesome! >> i thought, you know, i should maybe try and swim with him, because i might not be able to do it again. >> not so awesome, according to biologists. they say the incident could have a potentially negative health impact on the fish. we'll hear from an expert and what kras says he would do differently next time coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00. >>> here's another surprising one. your driveway may be making you sick. >> here is jane king with the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. general motors recalling nearly 200,000 more suvs and warning drivers to park them outside until they're fixed becau

u.n. security council resolution to come clean on the illicit nuclear prospect he will find a partner in us but to get to that point we need for him to live up to the obligations on the nuclear program and if he does, i think there's a great opportunity for iran and the people of that strd country to have the kind of future that they would think, justifiably, want glt white house announced last week we now will give some armses help to the syrian rebels. just overnight, egypt's president says egypt is now ready and wants to see a no-fly zone over syria. are you going to now go back and rethink whether you ought to do more now, as you're seeing this kind of reaction from the arab world, that maybe we should do more than just small arms, or whatever it is we're going to send? >> again, i don't think we've gotten into the individual puts and takes. what we have said is the scope and scale of our assistance-- which has been robust here to for, to the syrian opposition council, as well as the syrian military council, actually the fighters on the ground, that assistance will expand, the scope and

u.n. security council de facto president obama and all his military might absolutely nothing. he lived in london thank you very much indeed good to talk to you as always on r.t. . well now. on screen to. paper factory in russia. will soon make way for a brand. but a national problem nature reserves are only part of the major project and get the full details of the multi-million dollar plan of all to you don't people. still think these are the pictures from a volatile well actually hundreds of youngsters were. charged with pictures on. the first part of a long awaited addition to russia's sea fleet has been unveiled in some petersburg the stern of the heavyweight ship will now be sent to france to be fully assembled . explains what this naval deal means for. miss strong always been a strong and usually cold wind in her eyes but it might also be a wind of change when it comes to places that will shut. her. up but to find the ground according to the deal signed two years ago this shipyard in st petersburg will play a vital role in the fabrication of vessels the section built here

u.n. security council we should start with the syrian people and then winds if diplomacy. hopefully the u.n. security council buff but if not, some process, either switzerland or norway but there are a number of other actors that might be able to negotiate a peacened to this crisis. so with that i'll conclude and handed officer to mark. thank you. [applause] >> i'd like to thank you for coming out here on an extremely hot friday afternoon at the end of june, and i'd like to thank rob for inviting me back here. he says he doesn't usually host debates but oddly everytime i come here i'm in the middle of one. and i'd like to thank andrew for the hard work he has been doing on this issue over the last few years. rob and andrew alluded to the many, maybe workshops, events we have been involved with and one of the things that the most impressive thing about andrew and i think a number of other people who i see around in this room, they have been focused on trying to solve the problems in the area instead of having the bipartisan base and trying to deal with syria and trying to fi

u.n. security council i think we should start with the syrian people and then and with diplomacy. pefully the u.n. security council but if not we would have to have some other kind of diplomatic process and for example switzerland and norway but their number of other actors that might be a list step in and help us negotiate a peaceful and hopefully stable and to this horrific crisis. with that i will conclude and handed over to marc. >> thank you. [applause] >> i would like to thank all of you for coming out here on an extremely hot friday afternoon in the end of june and i would like to thank rob for inviting me back here. he says he doesn't usually hope post-debates but oddly every time i come here and up in the middle of one. i'm not sure what that is exactly and i would have to thank andrew for the hard work has been doing on the syria issue over the last two years. both rob and andrew have alluded to the many many workshops and events and discussions we have been involved with in one of the things that most impressed me about andrew and i think a number of other people you mig

u.n. security council or u.n. security council, rather. they must begin to discuss those matters. what is it that you are going to say are important criteria to say this country can come so that we help the process? if the countries are not talking about it, you then allow the process to stay there and people saying also some things. if in the smallest country right to say something but then expecting to be there and they may have no contribution to make. i'm not saying other countries can't. they can. but we are talking about an institution that takes very decisive decisions about the life of the globe. i am just saying, i would be happy if this matter is pushed quicker so that final decisions are taken. on question regarding whether we discussed what the united states could do to help africa in the processes that it is trying to help itself, economically, security situation, et cetera, we discussed that and we have agreed and i'm very happy, the agreement is very clear that africa has said we need the african-led kind of processes, and that other should help support the process

u.n. security council resolution, get some diplomats out of the there to negotiate a way out, and eventuallyparate the sides, get disarmament in there, and give these people a chance to have a country again. >> general wesley clark, thanks for joining us, as we await to see the obama administration's options they will pursue. >>> in louisiana, essential employees are work to work. grief counselors are also on hand when a blast injured more than 75 workers. zachary green was killed in that explosion. and in a statement this morning, officials with plant operator williams said they're closely monitoring the condition of one employees and seven contractors who are still in the hospital. our nick valencia is outside the plant. nick, what is the latest on this investigation? >> reporter: brianna, a company spokesman was supposed to meet us a short time ago, but he hat yet to arrive, though the company says they do have company representatives trying to figure out who happened and why. >> i was pacing by on a delivery. we saw big flames in the air shooting up. next we looked over, the whole unit w

the national security council says talks with north korea would require it comply with the u.n. il resolutions and live up to international obligations. >>> nelson mandela appears to be improving from a recurring lung infection. family members continue to visit him daily at a hospital in pretoria. the former south african president was admitted nine days ago after falling ill. >>> crews are making progress against wildfires in colorado. the most destructive fire in state history is now more than halfway contained. almost 500 homes have been destroyed by that fire. today some of the tens of thousands of evacuees are being allowed to go home. >>> turning to iran now, where the streets of tehran were packed with thousands of people just a few hours ago celebrating the election of a new president. hassan rouhani, a moderate cleric, took home more than 50% of the total votes, security a landslide victory. let's go right to nbc news tehran news chief aaliyah ruzi. >> hassan rouhani, the great clerical hope for reformist voters swept to victory last night with over 50% of the vote. as s