netanyahu will address the un's general assembly on tuesday.today, it was the turn of syria's foreign minister, among others. this a few days after adopting a resolution ridding the country of chemical weapons. he said those who were fighting the regime are terrorists and that they are being supplied with chemical weapons. >> there is no civil war in syria. it is a war against terror. this very city, new york, and its people, have witnessed the devastation of terrorism. they were burnt with the fire of extremism and bloodshed the same way we are suffering now in syria. how can some countries hit by the same terrorist acts that we are experiencing now in syria claimed to be fighting terrorism in all parts of the world while supporting it in my country? >> moving onto the latest political crisis in italy, the prime minister is battling to save his coalition after silvio berlusconi pulled his ministers from the cabinet. enrico letta will go to parliament for a confidence vote and he said he will resign if he does not win. henry brown has the story

nuclear ambitions said nearly been drowned out by the friendly face of aidan's rouhani at the un general assembly well israel now stand alone will it strike singlehandedly. the land of contrast and conflict israel has achieved its right to exist even though in isolation. it's used to dictating its terms that's not to conform knowing the u.s. is always there by. how things change for israel is their big friend drifting carried away by its own fights and failures israel. up to the top of the fed to get self. so our guest today is israel's deputy foreign minister. thank you very much for being with us on this program that benjamin netanyahu his visit to the united states doesn't seem to have produced the desired result for its row so is america less of a friends now. i have to say this was a very interesting visit i accompanied the prime minister and we visited new york and washington. should do it but it is too early to talk about specific results at this point because israel's goal is very simple. we wanted to discuss some issues with our american friends and allies and in addressing the un genera

general assembly today. john terrett has more from the un now.ohn, can we trust the prime minister will also talk today about iran? >> reporter: i think that is likely to be his number one topic. he hasn't stopped talking about its since he left the airport on sunday. he met with president obama, and he went there with the anticipation of stopping what he thinks is diplomatic nonsense between washington and teheran. he got no concession from that yesterday, from president obama, but the two men did agree that iran must not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and all options are very much still on the table, including the military option. so now we come to today and he's going to make the last speech of this general assessably. the israelis have chosen to do that, so what that means about how they are going to couch the speech, we just don't know. but it is likely to be similar to what we heard at the white house yesterday. that the president of iran is a wolf in sheep's clothing. >> john can you give us a big picture for a minute. in terms of sta

it is important the current un general assembly to draft an inquiry to find out what is happening intate and other parts of burma where muslims are facing attack. where um commission of inquiry to find out the true fact what is [ inaudible ] it can bring those who -- those responsible to justice and stop further attacks against muslims of burma. and also [ inaudible ] party and east [ inaudible ] should not be allowed to participate in international funds. those as long as they are involved -- as long as they are involved organizing and protecting against muslims. >> okay. we're going to have to leave it there, just for time sake. but the president of the burmese organization in the uk. thank you so much for your time. >>> the champions league continues on wednesday. robin has got all of the details shortly. ♪ what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating ♪ >>> welcome back. now the world's biggest architecture awards are taking place in singapore this week with buildings from around the world competing in 29 different categories. among those short listed at the world

. >>> we're waiting for benjamin netenyahu to bring us the closing address to the un general assembly. ♪ now this is just day one of the first government shutdown in more than 17 years. and right now there's no indication of how long it will last. more than 800,000 federal workers have been furloughed and thousands of employees are still on the job without pay. many government facilities are closed. members of congress are back at work, but there is no signs of an agreement on a funding bill to reopen the government. libby casey joining us live on capitol hill. libby can we expect any real movement today or is this likely to drag on? >> that's a good question. so far nothing knew on the horizon. it is up to the house republicans to come up with new legislation. what house republicans have said they want to do is have a conference, meeting between a small groups where they would come and sit at a table and hash things out. that's not meeting with any interest from the senate democrats. harry reid said, look, we wanted to see down with you for months now to talk about the budget and rep

notification of the order has been received just last week my daughter canceled his speech at the un general assembly claiming his life would be in danger in new york or america and venezuela certainly have a long history of difficulties and have been without ambassadors in each other's capitals since two thousand and ten. neo nazis sentiments been gaining strength across the e.u. with the european commission expressing quote great concern over the rise of anti semitic incidents across the bloc. reports from hungary where the far right neo nazi party is currently enjoying massive support. emotions in tackles flew high in what was meant to be a friendly full game and budapest between hungary and israel but in the stands emotions were even more fierce local fans booed israel's anthem. and chanted fascist leaders names. at another football game several months later the leader of hungary's anti-racist movement was attacked by hooligans. heard a bunch of fans chanting the nazi slogan. i asked them to stop but they ignored me then after the game they attacked me one of them hit me in the face and broke my

beyond and after the break in and the peacemaker is that possible he steals the show on the un general assembly floor stay with us. with the averting of war with. syria at the last second and the opening of some kind of dialogue with iran it would appear washington's neo-cons an armchair generals are falling on hard times ever since the end of the cold war washington has always been in need of an enemy talking to iran certainly is one of their worst nightmares so is there a plan b. . i know c.n.n. the m s n b c news have taken some slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's close and for the truth from the right think. it's because when full attention and the mainstream media works side by side with joe actually on here is going to be coming back. at our teen years we have a different breed. ok. because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not how. you guys talk to the jokes well handed to me i said i've got to. and i would think. welcome back to t

notification of the order has been received just last week my daughter council to speech at the un general assembly claiming his life would be in danger in new york america venezuela had a long history of difficulties and have been without those in each other's capitals since twenty eight ten. now over half a century since the holocaust anti semitism remains rampant and in recent years it has been on the rise and that's even the sentiment in europe despite its legacy of world war two and painful memories of genocide. the reports from hungary where the far right neo nazi party is now enjoying major support. emotions in tackles flew high in what was meant to be a friendly full game and budapest between hungary and israel but in the stands emotions were even more fierce local fans booed israel's anthem. and chanted fascist leaders names. at another football game several months later the leader of hungary's anti-racist movement was attacked by hooligans. deception heard a bunch of found chanting the nazi slogan. i asked them to stop but they ignored me then after the game they attacked me one of them h

we wanted to discuss some issues with our american friends and allies and in addressing the un general assembly to show the whole world a simple truth to present israel's facts based position regarding iran's nuclear program atmosphere at the week before our visit there was an atmosphere of euphoria all the iranian president had to do was to say a few words on the whole world immediately for god that the concept of the reigning democracy is quite unusual they elect a president from a list of candidates approved by spiritual leaders many candidates are basically bared from running the world seem to have forgotten about iran's military nuclear program which is still under way and this is not just israel saying so the i.a.e.a. and other international agencies gathering intelligence on this program say so. so what these really prime minister did is basically he put a mirror in front of the whole world. will have to wait and see what kind of effect this may have. to shoot well heard this speech he made at the united nations and he also clearly sat in that speech said israel will stand alone against

doctored up the famous shot of the pm drawing an all manesar red line through a bomb at the un general assembly this time it's a rather attractive pair of feminine blue jeans that of course speaking of coding censorship some skaters took to the internet posting their clothing item of choice blue jeans wearing them proudly and it's not just the fabric that's remarkable it's the content of the couture that's explosive correct me if i'm wrong but that's an american flag on the t. shirt and here you can see a whole collection of blue jeans men in iranian mosque wearing blue jeans now in his blog on the israeli newspaper ha'aretz website david writes about the gaffe. saying iranians not wearing blue jeans wasn't the prime minister's only memorable moment in the interview he says netanyahu got out just two words in the persian language one that translates roughly to soccer and the other means nonsense which basically sums up quite a bit of this entire episode. dr mohammed has some kind of from a. university says of the gaffer she is a big gap in the israeli prime minister's knowledge of iran. iran is

still running on a cold war mentality or maybe just the cold war grudge case in point tuesday's un general assembly vote to finally bring an end of the fifty year old economic embargo against cuba this is the twenty second year in a row the u.n. voted to condemn this blockade but this time the vote was especially in store in an unprecedented roll call the u.n. g.a. voted one hundred eighty eight to only two and a favor of ending the decades long embargo that is largely isolated the small caribbean island and guess who were the only two may vote yep none other than the good old us of a are inseparable partner in all things undiplomatic israel and even though the overwhelming majority has already been tallied twenty one times before every time it does the u.s. government knocks it down faster than you can say crippling economic sanctions following the vote cuba's foreign minister spoke out about the embargo to the general semele by saying quote seventy six percent of cubans have lived under its devastating effects since the day they were born it provokes hardships and is a mass flagrant and systemati

case in point tuesday's un general assembly vote to finally bring an end of the fifty year old economic embargo against cuba this is the twenty second year in a row the u.n. voted to condemn this blockade but this time the vote was especially in store in an unprecedented roll call the u.n. g.a. voted one hundred eighty eight to only two and a favor of ending the decades long embargo that is largely isolated the small caribbean island and guess who were the only two may vote yep none other than the good old us of a are inseparable partner in all things undiplomatic israel and even though the overwhelming majority has already been tallied twenty one times before every time it does the u.s. government knocks it down faster than you can say crippling economic sanctions hope following the vote cuba's foreign minister spoke out about the embargo to the general somebody by saying quote seventy six percent of cubans have lived under its devastating effects since the day they were born it provokes hardships and is a mass flagrant and systematic violation of human rights the foreign minister also

the old israeli choose not to be un general assembly as prime minister benjamin netanyahu says iran cannot be trusted after a thaw in relations between tehran and washington. britain considers pulling out of the european human rights convention with senior politicians claiming rights rulings a standing in the way of justice top developments this hour on. live from our studio center here in moscow where it's just turned eleven pm this is r.t. . the us government has partially ground to a halt for the first time in seventeen squabbling democrats and republicans couldn't find a way to agree a new budget clashing over the current administration's high profile reform of the health system now the essential elements of the government such as the military and national security will continue to operate but eight hundred thousand workers are being put on unpaid leave and over a million are being forced to work despite their pay being delayed experts estimate the political stalemate could cost the economy up to fifty five billion dollars now that is as much as the effects of hurricane katrina back in

running on a cold war mentality or maybe just appalled more grudge case in point tuesday's un general assembly vote to finally bring an end of the fifty year old an economic embargo against cuba this is the twenty second year in a row the u.n. voted to condemn this blockade but this time the vote was especially a story in an unprecedented roll call the u.n. g.a. voted one hundred eighty eight to only two and a favor of ending the decades long embargo that has largely isolated the small caribbean island and guess who were the only two navy vote seen yep none other than the good old us of a are inseparable partner in all things undiplomatic israel and even though the overwhelming majority has already been tallied twenty one times before every time it does the u.s. government knocks it down faster than you can say crippling economic sanctions hope following the vote cuba's foreign minister spoke out about the embargo to the general semele by same quote seventy six percent of cubans have lived under its devastating effects since the day they were born it provokes hardships. and as a mass flagrant

the old israeli choose not to be un general assembly as prime minister benjamin netanyahu says iran cannot be trusted after a thaw in relations between tehran and washington. britain considers putting out of the european human rights convention with senior politicians claiming rights routings a standing in the way of justice talked about the sound. of life from a.

our determination in bringing that about, building on the diplomatic progress made during the un general assemblye having a agreed a number of important steps today. first we agreed that we would put our united and collective weight behind the un-led geneva two process, which lead to establishing a transitional governing body with full executive powers. by definition mutual consent means that it can only be agreed with the consent of the syria national coalition, so assad would play no role in that future government of syria. second, despite the enormous challenges faced by the syrian opposition, we urge the national coalition to commit itself fully to the geneva two process, and lead and form the heart of any opposition delegation. geneva offers the syrian people the best hope to improve their lives. third we agreed with them that we will provide the intensive political and practical support that will be required to give the geneva two process the best chance of success, and forth we agree to a set of principals attached to today's communique, which has just been issued that underline the unity

. >> the un general assembly completed its meeting last week. next, the remarks from some who addressed the assembly, beginning with benjamin netanyahu. >> i have great pleasure welcoming the minister of public affairs. benjamin netanyahu, and i invite him to address the assembly. >> >> thank you. it is a pleasure to see the -- i feel deeply honored and privileged to stand here before you today representing the citizens of the state of israel. we are an ancient people. yearse back nearly 4000 to abraham, isaac, and jacob. time.e journeyed through we have overcome the greatest of asked -- we and we reestablished our sovereign states in our ancestral homeland, the land of israel. thejewish people's august through time has started to things. up hope. always remain vigilant. hope charts the future. vigilance protects us. today our hope for the future is challenged i a nuclear armed nuclearchallenged by a armed iran that seeks our distraction, but i want you to know that wasn't always the case. 2500 years ago, the great theian king cyrus ended babylo

next to cuba the un general assembly is pressing for the 22nd time for the u.s.o end its embargo against the country. china's foreign minister says the american policy which has been in place for 53 years is barbaric and amounts to genocide . the economic damage has caused more than a trillion dollars. 188 countries voted for lifting the embargo. is row was the only country that join the u.s. and voting against it. and over to russia where the country has broken in zero ways to pledge for the upcoming olympics it was the centerpiece of russia's bid to host the games. it pross the cleanest olympics ever by not dumping construction waste. the associated press went for a visit and reports that tons of construction waste is being dumped in an illegal land fill. that could even possibly contaminate the water were the gains will take place. evidently russia's budget did not provide a full treaty construction waste. next up, tiger taken out. the newest p.g.a. golf tour video game will not include them. he is just not "money" enough. wait until you hear the details. the

at the un's general assembly last month, he and u.s. president obama did not manage a handshake as they did speak on the phone, the first direct contact between the two countries leaders since 19 79. >> i don't believe this difficult history can be overcome overnight. the suspicions run too deep. we cano believe that if resolve the issue of iran's nuclear program, that can serve as a major step down a long road toward a different relationship. promisingting beyond words will require hard negotiation to geneva and beyond about iran's nuclear program. what its real purpose is. the program itself is spread between a number of sites throughout the country. there is a heavy water plant, used as part of a nuclear program, as well as a reactor currently being built in the south. centrifuges a facility. thousand spend to enrich uranium that can be used to make fuel for a nuclear reactor or weapons. iran was also forced into thousand nine to reveal yet another secret enrichment facility hidden in the mountains, increasing suspicio

in addressing key international issues, the general assembly should be empowered to represent the general will of the entire membership, in particular the un security council resolutions affecting peace and security. sanctions and the use of force should be used only under the approval of the u.n. general assembly. is instances where the u.n. being abused as a tool of strategic -- should never go unchallenged. under the manipulation of the forced rules, the adoption last january of the unfair sanctions resolution was conducted by making an issue of our legitimate satellite launch for peaceful purposes. what was conducted as recognized by international law this is a --. council is a key -- ensuring full representation of developing countries in its composition. mr. president, today in the democratic people's republic of korea, the entire people are engaged in an all-out campaign to build a thriving socialist state in the nearest possible future under the wise leadership of the respected marshall kim jong loan. the superior leader of our continues on the guidance across all parts of the country, and giving right connections and innovative wa

a new un report is being submitted before the general assembly it reveals that u.s. strikes have killed far more people than the u.s. government has acknowledged. kristin is at the united nations in new york. and the pakistani government quick to come out and deny that they had any prior knowledge of drone strikes. why did they do that? >> reporter: well, i think it's in response to some recent media reports here in the united states which show that the pakistani government was actually discussing drone targets with the united states government even as it was publicly complaining about the strikes inside its country, that also the pakistani airstrips were used to launch some of these drone attacks. the ambassador to the united nations in this country apparently very embarrassed by these reports, which did not come as a surprise to many in washington, when this has long been a poorly held secret. but the pakistani official today came out and again denied that his government was not giving its consent. >> let me also state authoritatively that no explicit or implicit c

general assembly will be debating the use of remotely piloted aircraft now in a separate report a un investigation looked at thirty three drone strikes around the world not just in pakistan that violated international humanitarian law and also resulted in hundreds of civilian casualties that report also calling for more transparency and accountability from the united states reporting from moscow i'm lucy catherine of well the u.s. won't be shooting itself in the foot with some sort of investigation that's according to phyllis bennis with the institute for policy studies so now she wants an international probe into america's ongoing drone activity so the u.s. has a consistent position in refusing to allow its highest officials whether political or military officials to be held accountable for the consequences of wars that are themselves fundamentally violations of international law international law in the united states unfortunately is too often only applied to other countries and not to ourselves one of the big problems with the drone war is that we don't have good information it ma

general assembly will be done. bating the use of remotely piloted aircraft now in a separate report a un investigation looked at thirty three drone strikes around the world not just in pakistan that violated international humanitarian law and also resulted in hundreds of civilian casualties that report also calling for more transparency and accountability from the united states reporting from moscow i am lucy catherine of and we're also spoke to the head of the drones report she says people in pakistan fear the unmanned aircraft the same way as they do the time ban and. what we have done it's conduct painstaking research into a specific time period in pakistan where u.s. has carried out drone strikes and that's a very recent eighteen months in a very particular part of the country in north waziristan this is one of the most neglected remote areas of the world. ordinary residents suffer abuse from armed groups also disappearances and torture obviously detention for the focused on and. on top of that out of the skies. they are being attacked by u.s. drone strikes. in some cases that some of those some of the killings ha

general assembly will be done. bating the use of remotely piloted aircraft now in a separate report a un investigation looked at thirtythree drone strikes around the world not just in pakistan that violated international humanitarian law and also resulted in hundreds of civilian casualties that report also calling for more transparency and accountability from the united states reporting from moscow i am lucy catherine of . you're watching l.c. would bank off to a very short break was more news including. his children in one of the richest countries of the world living in a type of war zone. the u.k.'s most vulnerable are in danger of being left out in the quarter as they try. a threatened with closure. no way becomes the latest e.u. country to sound along over its citizens joining they see when jihad as always loathed a global hunt for two teenage girls still to have gone to syria to fight alongside the islam is that the full details in just a few minutes. one of the new will come in a lot of these new policies i describe you. a pleasure to have you with us here on our t.v. today i release you should. write the street

general assembly will be do. bating the use of remotely piloted aircraft now in a separate report a un investigation looked at thirty three drone strikes around the world not just in pakistan that violated international humanitarian law and also resulted in hundreds of civilian casualties that report also calling for more transparency and accountability from the united states reporting from moscow i am lucy catherine of . well shortly i had to be talking to a former three star general from the pakistani military over this drone strike issue that's in just a moment but in the meantime this is all t. we'll be back after a short break with more for you including. children in one of the richest countries of the world living in a type of war zone the u.k.'s most vulnerable are in danger of being left out in the cold as the charity's protecting them a threatened with closure. and washington falls out with its age old ally from the historic friendship of the mind body n.s.a. spy scandal suggesting millions of french people had their phones tapped full details for you in just a few minutes from now. germany's finance minist

. >>> we're waiting for benjamin netenyahu to bring us the closing address to the un general assembly♪ now this is just day one of the first government shutdown in more than 17 ye

general assembly begins on the 20th of september. >> the expansion of the un security council, the permanent membership, continues to remain an important priority for india. the prime minister would the -- would be taking up this issue with key leaders, including at the u.n. general assembly. >> the indian prime minister would meet the u.s. president on the 27th of september in washington, and the pullout of troops from afghanistan could dominate the agenda. the prime minister is visiting the united states from thursday, september 26th to monday, september 30. the prime minister will meet president obama on september 27th at the white house in washington, d.c. i, which has invested billions of dollars in afghanistan since the taliban was ousted from power, fears that the taliban will come back to power when the united states withdraws its troops at the end of 2014. arch rivals india and pakistan have long waged a power difference in afghanistan. many see this struggle intensifying after the withdrawal of most international forces by the end of next year. world leaders are also likely to disc