and so the malay since un secretary ted is strictly can out talk with wanting to get bites and he's joining us from brussels while jack and the need to meeting that john terry will be attending will be at focusing heavily on afghanistan. now we know that nato troops are going to pull out from the country by the end of next year so that is killing it away. what a sense of urgency around this gathering. let's try the sense of urgency and the reason that joan kerry is he is because of. peace agreement that was dropped to do with afghanistan. over a long period which was agreed to by both sides which posture the afghan national assembly overwhelmingly supported by the afghan national assembly. i'm in the las minute was jettisoned by afghan president karzai he said he'd leave it to whoever came into office often enough that next year's elections in april. really up setting the apple cart because the entire first millet re process in afghanistan resides at home. this agreement being put into place at the moment as you mentioned of all major u s forces. involving combat operations even if it's not in

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anticipating especially among the opposition dedication that is exciting clean quiet as you mentioned the un the us and russia on one of the parties' of meeting today to nail down the steep hills we know that bringing the fence will talk to a decree the russian foreign ministers sat and had focused on all santa just an off hand down the secretary of state for political affairs for the united states when the showman and then they will be meeting representatives of the five permanent members of the human security council as well as neighboring countries of syria including eleven on jordan iraq and turkey and there will also be teaching with the eu and have a clique of representatives. so we hope that by the end of today's meeting that will become of coming up with a list of anticipation especially among the opposition forces and also upon a month of the snow countries for instance will iran eventually people in the tall and with the saudi arabian will be able to sit next to me upon in these discussions and then think about my changing india will get back to anfield minutes the run and six allied powe

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the us. it's very predominant is the most high school was most colleges in the us. if you talk to mostly americans who did so well with model un with the more you know about standing in europe. in taiwan it's only roughly cannot call for thirteen years old um so i was very fortunate to have been one of the first but the first batch of taiwan while your students that do not spread to the other parts of greater china already shone like the hong kong or china until maybe ten years to consider in asia so relatively young idea. i was in taiwan my first one episode before we were the elite club of its kind in the new inter country but now you know ten twelve years later it said many of the university's it's starting to go into many of the major high schools in taipei and starting to go outside of taipei. so as to where we were very optimistic on it's it's it's a very fundamental limitation or the un international stage but how one it's going very very rapidly. and i would say what the next five or ten years that should give the very very stable growth phase where most high schools most colleges and one know what it is funny since th

using others as human shields. and russia once again draws the un's attention to evidence that the syrian rebels have used chemical weapons to set up the government and points deep flaws in the work of investigators. other headlines uncertainty hangs over ukraine still tonight as the e.u. says it's frozen trade talks while keeping up pressure on the president and blaming moscow for meddling. also to amnesty international condemns the torture of detainees including children in bahrain well rights workers there say the scale of the abuse is even worse than the latest report suggests. and a british energy company finds a massive wind turbine sprawled across the entrance to his drilling site a gift apparently from anti fracking activists caught up in the christmas. just past eleven pm no you're moscow my name's kevin zero in this is r.t. international and our top story a disturbing story to start this hour as mentioned terrified residents of the syrian town say they've seen entire families being murdered by rebels and civilians kidnapped and used as human shields. is just outside damascus was stormed by al qaeda linke

the day. cos breaking news top twenty. so much either or situation. stocks while. good news. two deaths in north korea. uncle peter kim jong un is executed for what pyongyang calls acts of treachery us and south korea condemn them. clear and convincing evidence. un inspectors from its report confirming the use of chemical weapons in several locations in syria. and i am in is set to be the first eurozone country to pull out of the bailout plan. our business editor stephen carroll is in dublin. he examines the country's economic downfall. thanks for joining us now false thank anna molly home. first he was removed from power earlier this week and now north korea has announced the execution of the uncle of leader kim jong un. qian ying branding the veteran politician a traitor for all ages. james suntec was a portly put to death on thursday immediately following a special military trial. u s and south korea have both voiced concern that the accounting sudden move hawkins reports. and shakes it to the nation according to north korea's state news agency. and some tackles and he tipped off ten minutes each time you had a bike in town and found him guilty of trying to ccp in thailand note a

are swept up in the surveillance from what information they have on us the house to cure those databases to do it is that information being shared with other countries like that the us the un and asean and other countries beyond that to the survey say what is happening in so far the government has been really tight lipped. i mean they won't tell us what's happening here and the fact that we hear now that some of the spying is going on and comfort for the pastry then say is telling our country what to do to spy on qantas makes the concerns grow even stronger. stay with god the five hundred authors who are calling on the un to pass this new international charter to protect civil liberties in the digital age when you think something like that looks like and how does that jive with overseeing on a country by country level like brazil trying to wall off its internet with its new avenues here that which one should we take which one would work which one doesn't work yellow i think that we get clean domestic legislation time it has been really in most countries around the world to rein in the surveillance i think that it's had a staff with decent basic understanding and accent pie

but then kim jong-un showing to the world that if you mess with me, i'm going to give you this reckless public execution. we know very little about kim jong-un. i used to know his father's regime. this is just an assessment. but this erratic behavior is troublesome. >> how troubled are you by the way he's ramping up tensions with south korea? >> that is what is troubling. all it takes is a little in cinder a spark -- incendiary spark, a shooting, some kind of mistake, for north and south korea to increase tensions, to start popping each other, which i think is very unfortunate. that brings the united states in. the reckless behavior is being coupled with reckless statements like they made to south korea. of course, south korea has to be prepared. they've called national security meetings. tensions rise. this is what is troubling. i would like to see china play a more constructive role with their neighbor, north korea, and their client, and push them to be more responsible. >> does kim jong-un seem very different from his father who you knew? >> yes, he is very different. there was something productive -- predictable about kim jong- il. he would deta

the situation is knitted in various parts of the country as the fighting has spread to the us the un to tennessee to provide protection to civilians is questionable. peacekeepers to spread thinly and late last week and under the mentorship of iran a un base in africa but don't be a state killing two peacekeepers at around twenty team to people. linda duncan woodside through snow back in my routine we spent a short while ago on the beach humanitarian situation on the ground in south sudan there is a growing sense of frustration that within the un camps housing summit that displaced people that say kitty pee. this place that people residing in the camp by the apple around ten thousand people that i didn't get back to kampung two consecutive days. no suspects in secret last night by phone but i tried but did not let it be. when that happened at expressing restoration us and them saying that but not being fed at school and others also did plenty about the fact that up in a shelter against the backdrop of the sun is starting twelve hours a day now the un says it is beginning to address th

who are now once again facing increased resistance from islamist rebelsone of the un team charged with investigating the use of chemical weapons in syria. his final report to secretary general on chemo in on thursday the report cites what it says is credible evidence that chemical weapons were used in at least find places in syria. bond called the use of chemical weapons an offence against the universal values of humankind. un inspectors went to syria in september to investigate the alleged attacks. north korean leader kim jong hoon had his uncle and mentor jack and some take executed at the end of the week. state media said jan was a traitor to the nation and involved in corruption gambling and inappropriate behavior with women. two of his aides had already been executed. in pyongyang the reaction i got the o. well um i'm in love. he's in the evolution of this group of traders who can destroy now single party unity execution is too lenient going into the rubbish bin of history or lasagna digital cinema. john was considered the second most powerful figure in the secretive regime and always sick inside. just

the government tonight's from the un has now airlifted stephen injured civilians out of the town board as fears grow that ethnic violence the final out of control. the us military is also preparing for possible further evacuations the un estimates one thousand people have been killed in the past week and one hundred thousand forced from their homes to see us three of fifty million euro to help tackle the humanitarian crisis. the un generate secretary general and he was expected after security council to deploy additional peacekeepers to suffer then they would strengthen the seven thousand soldiers and police already on the ground but also vowed to bring those responsible for the violence to justice. his fleece hat. the lord is watching. or side is selfish what tax so studios and the un peace keeping it in peacekeepers deployed to protect them. most this season the meat gets me the united nations to investigate reports of grey version and rice but it is and crimes against germany goal is this possible. at the cenotaph in bb head was hurting all come tumbling and face the consequences. anti government protesters are not backing down in thailand's thousan

and the us. un when cooled down. i've never though that the media. this weekend and yesterday the interest in them of the lanterns to move to the store. yellow yellow sauce you about the risks involved. has it that says its attitude to try new tribes that stockpile of weapons into canada and the trade of the people wondering whether that sector put lives at risk. and for good and bad. he throws it at you when we do that would include identity than just material better than his age and at the machine. of course people are going to stick to the store when the sheep. we love you very carefully these. when you when you click the start of a job to find. my issue. he carefully she looked as though i knew it as a student at the nw to ne at the end of december to receive it. i don't know for sure use to deny you your computer. you are publishing he's ready to say to them the construction of up to it nice nice nice the staff at the state department. youtube will but i know i don't see that. easy is that he's going to be met. we're probably looking at him. usu

good reason that people so that the car idea what came up but that does not include the un sec gen he'd be one of the us because today on a given but emotional events of the united nations last week when the news broke that the announcement at a loss to wales so of visiting them and they listen to the dentist but yesterday he spoke to reporters but he's not usually someone was given a demotion but top hockey did show that the bus in sight to the emotional side to him in the presence of when he spoke about nelson mandela. how does his own life. dr john reid bringing you don't feel the need to know that chinese vice president shall instead of reading barack obama the former us presidents read robin's house for the cuban president of. i mean what does this mean for it goes far beyond the sentiment of the individual mostly this means something for south africa as a as a country as a people. right and justice as well as to what it means beyond the bus and of itself i'm such a celebration serve many different cities the more rose to more or less serious. he's standing up to some extent it's not me well the fo

the us is one of only three countries that have not ratified the un's convention on the rights of the child. and the us rules on child labor in agricultural haven't changed in over 40 years. >> some legislators have tried to raise the minimum age for farm workers. the care act of 2009 would have brought it up to 14, the same as it is for every other industry. however, this bill was opposed by the farm lobby, so after it was introduced to congress, it was referred to committee, where it died. >> we've come to washington dc to talk to one of the biggest lobbies for agricultural interests, the american farm bureau federation. spending close to $6 million on lobbying for agriculture in one year, it's a major player keeping government regulation off of farms and big agro businesses. i'm meeting kristi boswell, the director of congressional relations. she works on labor and immigration. >> why is it that agriculture is the only industry that needs an exemption to the minimum age requirements? >> frankly it's the nature of our industry. this is a way of life. this is not a job. it is not a t

the small town outside damascus described to r.t. how antigovernment islam is have been burning civilians in other and using others as human shields. and russia once again draws the un's attention to evidence that the syrian rebels have used chemical weapons to set up the government and points out deep flaws in the work of the investigative. also headlining this morning uncertainty still hanging over ukraine as the e.u. says it's frozen trade talks while keeping up pressure on the president and blaming moscow for meddling. amnesty international condemns the torture of detainees including children in bahrain while rights workers there say the scale of the abuse is even worse than the latest report suggests. also a british energy company finds a massive wind turbine sprawled across the entrance to the drilling site a gift apparently from anti fracking activists caught up in the christmas spirit we report. for a good morning for me kevin i would here in moscow this hour if you just joined us this is r.t. and we start with disturbing news terrified residents of a syrian town say they've seen entire families being murdered by rebels civilians kidnapped and used as human sh

with the un now replacing the euro is the world's second most widely used currency for trade we hear expert opinion on what this means for international finance also. the. world i came to the choice between eating or heating the government advice to brits who are too poor to pay their bills where next to pull over his house whole bill with rocket amid rapidly dropping temperatures we've got more on these stories very sick. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. things says change the world. to picture. from around the globe. look to. what defines a country's success. faceless figures of economic growth. for a factual standard of living. color welcome back with the euro still trying to find its feet china's un has lead to become the second most used to trading currency its share of world trade is now almost nine percent rising from just one percent last year the u.n. success marks china's efforts to influence the world's economic arena as financial analysts gather monny explains. clearly it's a big victory for china. to get the number two spot this is this the

said that the syrian government allowed the un investigators to enter hide the areas in question without delay so he's asking that the syrian government. i had used weapons of mass destruction why would it ever peter leek and immediately called for international investigation into why would it have killed by its own soldiers which the un report clearly shows that soldiers were among five victims of the id chemical attacks. now a serious toxic agents continued to be moved out of the country. russia has announced that it will be providing its own meet the six steps to support vessels that are carrying the chemical weapons or weapons will eventually be transferred to the heights to shift the uk its aids is outfitting where the bulk of the work will be done to destroy the cocoa substances online month's eu russia might consider a decade long ban on genetically modified foods on a website scientists said. you cover the container he is now to study the effects on humans about this controversial set of problems it causes the wedding story but man they want a gizmo to study also he has done is that yemen's parliament votes to bad my mood strikes and see

the government acting as a political media to the country has seen the eighteen can use it in about fifty or sixty years it's not the un is unusual that the ministry takes on a more political role in the country. so the monitors to speculation about what they said trees cou be all these talks could be a witness. now maybe later on in the evening. but so far yes tre iome talk that the ministry has taken some kind ofedia truro for the concerns that there will be some kind of a need that sort of standing down upon entry to moxie in the country a little bit too soon to say that's not the ascetic practices of the money they lost the cord and spun into them up they say and do not give them the audio that the ruling that they need an apple they should be appointed people's council of the premise that use already said that it's t possible under the constitution that's going to happen and we'll have to be some extra constitutional him in interference. well wolf there reporting from bangkok. but tent city has come up in the ukrainian capital of kiev at demonstrators there are state and around the clock protests demanding that go

the prewar population needs 8, 11 million people. -- needs aid, 11 million people. we are joined by a spokeswoman in damascus. can you tell us -- the un's secretary-general says the situation in syria has to steer your agent -- has deteriorated beyond all imagination. can you give us an idea what people in syria have to deal with now? >> it is the third year of this conflict. it is wearing people's ability to cope out. in damascus, every time i come, i see a more difficult situation. people are queuing to get daily rations of bread. prices have skyrocketed. now, more than 100% price increase from the same time last year. over the last three months, prices have gone up i 60%. most of the people are displaced three or four times. yesterday, a woman who was displaced for the 10th time, i met. 10 times, she changed her location. in addition, thousands and thousands of people are living in unfinished houses -- no windows, no doors. a difficult housing situation for the people in unsafe areas. extreme worry about people in the siege to areas, which we do not have access to. we worry about what the situation is like for these people. it is so

dunlop in protest against the interest of high ranking diplomat in the un equal the body in the us the dealer house and the bottom and meta c'mon and national security adviser to some command and accounts is a busy schedule of meetings to be met with indignation on monday. called the dingoes deputy constant and that in new york was handcuffed and subjected to a new meeting strip such upstanding arrested by dropping the daughter to school the fifty nine you'd like to not let austin said that the continents and substance abuse is slated to be the fall of last week india's foreign minister said mom she saved the best of all that idea was to be the unacceptably and the matter is being taken to eighty cst. that puts them off on the off the office for being subjected to go back full of indian it is for us completely unacceptable. and up to their fall. i can only say this to you with whatever needs to be done. is being done. it is already uploaded the in process. washington has a kiosk on the day off onto the soft keys of the domestic cat. in the neck speed autos in auburn which is much lower

european allies have repeatedly blamed damascus for the use of chemical weapons and nearly started a war over it russia maintains that the findings of the un report does not give enough ground to definitively prove the position taken by the west moscow and maintains that gas and projectiles used in the attacks many were whole made by the syrian opposition while addressing the media russian ambassador vitaly churkin also reminded reporters that following the march nineteenth attack in aleppo the syrian government immediately called for an international investigation but it was significantly delayed by western countries following the august attack in damascus ambassador churkin said that the syrian government allowed the un investigators to enter the areas in question without delay so he's asking if the syrian government had used weapons of mass destruction why would it ever pete earley and immediately called for international investigations why would it have killed its own soldiers which the un report clearly shows that soldiers were among the victims of the chemical attacks now moscow maintains that the syrian opposition could have purpose

the un from perhaps replacing the u.s. dollar then is the major currency that the world uses. well i think you'll see that gap closing and i think that. simply in terms of trade and the other extremely important thing will be how the w t o t o meeting goes in bali later this week and if they can actually achieve some. agreement on the doha round then i think you're going to see a tremendous acceleration in trade and that means a lot of investment coming from china and also the brits for example the selling of tremendous a range of goods and services into china. british goods in the fashion extremely popular in china so quickly to see an increase in trade and just finally kate when could you expect the un to rival the u.s. dollar because that is king isn't it we shouldn't expect that to change anytime soon yes but if i knew that i'd be a very rich man and i don't think i'm going. ok whatever i predict i suspect right through wrong or right thank you very much we do have to leave it there that sir keith boy feel the research fellow from the research fellow at the center for poli

using others as human shields. and russia once again draws the un's attention to evidence that the syrian rebels have used chemical weapons to set up the government and points deep flaws in the work investigators. other headlines uncertainty hangs over ukraine still tonight as the e.u. says it's frozen trade talks while keeping up pressure on the president and blaming moscow for meddling. also to amnesty international condemns the torture of detainees including children in bahrain well rights workers there say the scale of the abuses even.

the un is doubling the number of peacekeepers in south sudan where violence has killed thousands in the past ten days. the us twosome sending marines close to the country to help evacuate its citizens welcome to negate that i really dislike the seventies note i have discovered oil that it was also one of biggest champions of censored and recent independence. also the story joe cole who was in the gate and stood in the school during the nineteen nineties expense we wanted the us wanted another country on the world map. united states was basically the midwife for south sydney's independent united states and israel were opposed to the khartoum based government not least because it was seen as being anti israel and was perceived as being pro palestinian. not only that but there is oil in sudan and the portal is in this album is called out to the norm. and then there's the china questioned the chinese state oil company is deeply invested in south sudan in foiling the chinese was also seen as the school room which could be accomplished through the independence of the session was upset that chevron felt that it wou

>> i think since the french were allowed by the un to use whatever means necessary, quote unquote, tore order, they will not hesitate to use force because selica might have felt threatened president the president said that they failed to restore order, hence he must leave. so this has heightened tension. >> okay. let's just break the frenchman date down for a second, because there is one part -- there is the military challenge, and then there is the challenge to restore order in the central african republic. what do you understand the frenchman date to be? and can they do it within the six-month time frame that they have laid out? >> i think the time frame might be too short, so it might be extended. i think it's definitely going to be expanded because the task is huge. it is forced to fill the gap between and january or even later when the interafrican force comes into play. and the interafrican force, which currently totaled 2,400 troops is going to be increased to 6,000 with an interim period where there is going to be 6,300 troops. they come from different countries, need training

welcome back now with the euro still trying to find its feet china's un has leaped to become the second most used trading currency its share of world trade is now almost nine percent rising from just over one percent last year the un success marks china's efforts to influence the world's economic arena as financial analysts got a money explains. clearly it's a big victory for china. to get the number two spot this is this the big objective obviously of the of the government in beijing to further internationalize the redmen beer that you want they have been working on this for quite some time and will tell it to some extent as china seeking its own place in what it believes to be its own rightful place in the global economy whether it's these or be the united states or whether it's a reserve the japan or the rivalry that it has an asia both in strategic terms but also on economic and financial terms and also of a europe as well so clearly there is a desire for china to to to exert greater influence and to have a larger position in global that just the trade markets but in the global financial mark

un peacekeepers in south sudan and the violence there escalates. the giving ammunition to south korean troops. officials in tokyo say this is the first time japan is using its peacekeeping operations wall to provide the un with weapons. defense ministry it's notable that i and senior officials of the self defense forces decided to supply south korea with about ten thousand rounds of rifle ammunition. sds personnel taking part in the south sudan mission. all the ammunition. and she ate this decision was based on the situation on the ground the urgency of this issue and humanitarian concerns. then received a request from south korean troops deployed in the restive eastern state of joan delay. the self defense forces are the only members of the un mission to retain the same entity as the south koreans. fighting erupted in cheers of more than a week ago. the train south to the soldiers lowered to the present sell bikes here and it's those supporting former vice president. we wish our. the violence has spread to other regions armed groups assault that a un facility and johnny blaze last week killing at least a dozen people including peacekeepers from india t

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the global economy because a report on. it will showing all seem to nationalise good to have you with us let's move on the un is doubling its peacekeeping mission in south sudan with some muslims are believed to have died in the recent unrest the u.s. is also sending marines close to the country to help evacuate its citizens the walls youngest country. getting rid of the commanders from the north to get is a go at is now on the brink of civil war a power struggle between the president of he. has inflamed tribal tension that america has been engaged in the region says the seventy's when all giant chevron discovered oil that was at the helm for push sudan's independence author and historian gerald horn was amusing to sit in a civil war during the eighties explained why the us wanted another country and that while the. united states was basically the midwife for south sudanese independence united states in its real world posed to the khartoum government not least because it would seem as being anti israel and was perceived as being pro palestinian not only that but there is oil in sudan and the oil in the south in this part i

us access the pentagon couches the doctrine the lovely sounding phrase responsibility to protect skeptics say it's actually just license to kill richard fuld princeton professor over international law and. un human rights report really great speech why does the us always make so much resistance from people who supposedly quote protecting this is a great deal of suspicion around the claims of humanitarian intervention is actually. magnifies the. trial and it has the opposite effect of what is in the opas it's effect of what was intended in syria reports reuters may become a watershed for the us league talks between america and al-qaeda last week revealed washington's no longer insisting on bridge change their reports america's all good partners saying america's next if they were in syria appears to have got even a little nervous for the doc to get out as phone calls interventionism just murder by another name get a joins us it's great to speak to you so if the u.s. stops intervening what about all the other poor people in the world waiting for the u.s. to bomb and save the intervention isn't. it a recipe. disaster and this is something that we see in iraq. and i've got to be let to let. peo

entire system of management of tepco infected the entire nuclear industry of japan has been to rely on unskilled uneducated un special us to be the workers the guys that pick up off the street and are brought in and paid a daily wage wouldn't have and some of them don't even realize they're going into a radioactive circumstance well it's not professional it's a comedy of errors and the attacks are just one of many many structures that were built originally without expertise without consulting him or national specialists it's fair to say that it's a big mess and it will get worse the real problem is that the government has but so much energy in hiding the information that at this point i could i think it's fair to say that nobody knows what's really going on and some other stories now from around the globe in age of three prominent secular assonance from the twenty eleven uprising have been convicted of holding an unauthorized a rally and attacking police the move was the first use of a controversial law restricting demonstrations all three x. of us received three year jail terms and were fined iran seven thousand dollar

the new base. tomoko kamata, nhk world. >>> a tokyo-based news outlet says north korea's supreme leader has used the state-run media more actively. kim jong-un has appeared more often in the media than his father, the late kim jong-il. korean central television showed kim on friday handing out medals to military officials and posing for photographs for him. tokyo-based radio press monitors the north korean media. it says it counted 224 reports on the young leader this year. the late kim jong-il was cited by the media 161 times at most in 2010. radio press says during the past year kim jong-un was in the director of the people's army general political army. che made 148 appearances, compared to 56 times for kim's uncle, jang song thaek, who was purged and executed this month. >>> ron madison is here with more, ron? >> as you know, there's a lot of hesitation and caution about using nuclear power after the 3/11 disaster, and now tepco is saddled with the huge responsibility of getting it all cleaned up, not to mention the compensati compensation. the operator of the fukushima daiichi power plant has submitted a ten-year business plan to the go

un peacekeepers in south sudan and the violence there escalates. the giving ammunition to south korean troops. officials in tokyo say this is the first time japan is using its peacekeeping operations wall to provide the un with

some extent as china seeking its own place in the global economy with the un not replacing the euro is the world's second most widely used currency for trade we hear expert opinion on what this means for international finance. dramas to be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. food since changing the world. so picture of today's. from around the globe. what defines a country's success. faces three years of economic growth. or a factual standard of living. ante militia rages in govt another libyan town a mob of protesters and has reportedly driven out an armed group of islamicists libyans are furious at lack of government control which has allowed militias to run rampant throughout the country meanwhile the embattled authorities in tripoli have given separatists in the country's east a ten day deadline to stand down militias have formed the self-proclaimed autonomy there seizing more than half of libya's oil supplies the crisis has already seen the export of crude from the country plummet to just ten percent of previous levels or libya's no longer able to satisfy even its own domestic needs for oil producing just half

it to happen by overriding every single un security council resolution if you go sitters were to a library they they gladly and proudly mention how many times the us has vetoed un security council resolutions there can be no change when there's no will and one of the most important factors is israel has a need to expand it because it wants to embrace more and more people at the moment you know we were talking talks may go somewhere but the children of gaza the people of gaza are walking in sewage to go to school if there's a school to be found because there's no fuel why is there no fuel in one thousand nine hundred nine there was no massive amounts of gas in gaza british gas was going to explore israel put a stop to it sharon said i will never buy gas from gaza they want to own it they want to own the water in the region because the if you expand and you have land people need water you make import fuel but you can't do it with water so they wanted to get water from turkey and in order to do that iraq and syria has to be eliminated so that there's no stop to this and own as you say you hear things on israeli television you don't hear in america an

five people died in clashes between police and rock throwing protesters on friday during the un resecured forces used water cannon and tear down to break up crowds and arrested more than two hundred people. in iraq prominent member of parliament. has been arrested after the army and security forces launched a raid on his house five people were killed including our brother and guards the reason for his detention remains unclear but he is an outspoken critic of the shia community and supporter of sunni arab anti-government protesters. in southern india a fire on an express train has killed at least twenty three passengers including two children over sixty people were on board when the place called marriage early on saturday and it's believed most of the victims suffocated and officials say the thick smoke has been hampering rescue efforts because of the fire and still. max kaiser is next with all the scandals behind the financial headlines but if you're watching from the u.k. it's george galloway with. a summer break a time when all students rejoice and most importantly relax but in russia summer break

un's earth day. .- birthday there will be expanded interaction. it will depend on the eye of the beholder whether that game and spectacle will be one to help us -- help enhance the standing -- enhance the standing of kim jong-un. host: we go to california, the independent line, good morning. caller: thanks for taking my call. my question is regarding north korea and what their role is in -- do those islands or japan have the ability to shoot down an icbm? interestingis an set of questions. north korea has not figured in the island dispute between china -- china and japan. the u.s. got involved with vietnam and it is possible to imagine north korea might try to find ways to take advantage of the existence of other disputes in the region to further its own interests. it intersects in terms of the thative priority of issues u.s. leaders bring with them when they visit and talk with chinese leaders. the u.s. has to prioritize. is it more important to address that issue or the north korean issue? to using those islands as a way of striking down any kind of icbm from north korea, there are already other assets in place that are being notloped that would ne

probably void has the details of the draft law and now joins us live from london polly why is the u.n. so upset with britain give us some details. well what's the un's refugee agency so concerned about well this proposed immigration bill contains measures that would make the landlords liable to fines if they're found to be renting out properties to illegal immigrants that would also banks from opening bank accounts for people who are in the country illegally and it would also make temporary migrants liable to payment for medical for medical treatment on the national health service now all this according to the un's refugee agency would contribute towards a climate of misunderstanding and ethnic profiling in the u.k. now in practice they're simply worried that for landlords and for banks it's extremely difficult to tell the difference between a legal asylum seeker and an illegal one and sometimes it's very difficult to see through the documents to understand these documents and understand migrant status is and they're worried that some people here in the country genuinely who are in a genuine need for these services for housing are simply going to be

happen by overriding every single us security council resolution if you go to the jewish virtual library they they gladly and proudly mention how many times the us has vetoed un security council resolutions so there can be no change when there's no will and one of the most important factors is israel has a need to expand it because it wants to embrace more and more people at the moment you know we were talking talks may go somewhere but the children of gaza the people of gaza are walking in sewage to go to school if there's a school to be found because there's no fuel why is there no fuel in one thousand nine hundred nine there was no massive amounts of gas in gaza british gas was going to explore israel put a stop to it sharon said i will never buy gas from gaza they want to own it they want to own the water in the region because thus if you expand and you have land people need water you make import fuel but you can't do it with water so they wanted to get water from turkey and in order to do it that iraq and syria has to be eliminated so there's no stop to this and their own as you say you hear things on israeli television and you don't hear in america and

happen by overriding every single us security council resolution if you go to the jewish virtual library they they gladly and proudly mention how many times the us has vetoed un security council resolutions so there can be no change when there's no will and one of the most important factors is israel has a need to expand it because it wants to embrace more and more people at the moment you know we were talking talks may go somewhere but the children of gaza the people of gaza are walking in sewage to go to school if there's a school to be found because there's no fuel why is there no fuel in one thousand nine hundred nine there was no massive amounts of gas in gaza that british gas was going to explore israel put a stop to it sharon said i will never buy gas from gaza they want to own it they want to own the water in the region because thus if you expand and you have land people need water you make import fuel but you can't do it with water so they wanted to get water from turkey and in order to do that iraq and syria have to be eliminated so that the there is no stop to this and their own as you say you hear things on israeli television and you don't hear in

the piping to go officials say they will continue to investigate why massive amounts of radioactive substances were released and how it happened un weapons inspectors have spent months studying whether fighters in serie a used chemical weapons. they say they found evidence of such attacks in multiple locations chief investigator paul case elvstroem submitted his team's final report to un secretary general fund human the experts examined the sights of seven attacks they studied the victim sentenced and spoke to witnesses. they say they believe chemical agents were used in four places including a suburb of aleppo. the team had already found hse signatures of its air and gas just outside damascus eight hundred people were killed there in august syrian government troops and to opposition forces have accused each other of using chemical weapons. the un inspectors say they could not determine who was responsible for the attacks. the un secretary general made a fresh call to abolish the weapons. we need to remain hesitant to show that the door for reference i mean a t nagar and syria. but every day. pond said till brief the un security council next monday. protesters in bangkok are standing their ground they say t

hoping that they will have knowledge of us towards questioning that status quo that little bit more by having edward snowden talk to them about privacy today. the un is doubling the number of peacekeepers in south sudan where violence has killed thousands in the past ten days the us too is sending marines closer to the country to help evacuate its citizens washington's been engaged in fact in the region since the one nine hundred seventy s. will join chevron discovered oil there it was also one of the biggest champions of south sudan's recent independence author of storage old hornet was a mediator in the sudanese war during the one nine hundred eighty s. explain to me why the us wanted another country on the world map. united states was basically the midwife for south sudanese independence united states in its real world posed to the khartoum government not least because it would seem as being anti israel and was perceived as being pro quo stonier not only that but there is oil in sudan and the oil in the south in this part out there going to war and then there is the china question the chinese oil company is deeply invested in south sudan and fo

the west on political parties tried to build up. new front for a new cold war that is true and they used the un's in kiev to. buy propaganda russia and in this situation it was wise to take the girl from president putin to release this prominent prison are to show everybody especially in germany especially interim many that he that russia is not interested in a cold war. russia wants a peaceful coexistence. inside europe and is not interested in build up new confrontation that was quite wise. let's hope that all to the players in the west in berlin and in other capitals will follow this course of of understanding and coexistence. could mr hodder cause skis release and his presence in germany now affect current russian german relations. it's view of two spheres in german russian relations the one sphere is politics the others fear is economics in economics talking about business relations. the atmosphere is quite good all the loss leaders german businessmen know that they can trust in russia that they can make good business with russia saw on this pie on this part of the table there are no problems the proble

the war. un estimates half of the country's pre war population the day that's some eleven million people more of this we're joined now on the journal by give us the spokeswoman of the year that ethan was in damascus right now. welcome to the program you can eat chelsea un secretary general ban ki moon says the situation in syria has quote deteriorated beyond all imagination can you please give us an idea of what people in syria are having to deal with right now. when it's the putting it into the mic and its manning be attending a kit called out and then there'd been on that and that that would mean to them. and everytime i come i see them all into the capitulation to win over the bow and got a beanie and in on a batch of bread i know that no more than hundred and ten. my niece the mean time i get over there not being man i'm gonna like sixty percent and will repeat button on this place. not once but twice but he would find him at a yet to make a woman with that thing with that in mind seachange had medication that invention. here are some in the oven to heat but i'm knitting and finished with it and know when that will avoid admitting that th

be transformed into a slogan every few weeks the national body to stop to what one does god let the un and us president to stop. i was up all state institutions and to the tune to move out what the starting but not too sweet not too deep and not to hide their next up is who you are saying and then extends across a general strike for her for a preview that lets you fight something don't you feel. work with this. tension of an empathy with ukraine's president because on the one hand he's got the result of the opposition. on the other hand on. basically if you didn't sign on the dotted line that the eu. he knows that gazprom russians would turn off the top russia which all already charges that gazprom which are just three times more to ukraine and it does to neighboring bella rose for its natural gas. i get sick of this feather the nest and i were a kid need to have sand in an email in this and say that i think he maintains places along the way they go pee on the phone and under twenty one. and an antique piece was handled and nic said um you know at the end of the game the problem is that it is