his work won him a nobel prize in 2001, but his attempts to solve the crisis in syria as united nations arab league envoy failed. when he left in august, he said the syrian people desperately need action, but there continues to be finger-pointing and name- calling in the security council. my colleague talked to him earlier this week about the future of syria and his career at the united nations. >> what are you most proud of in your 50-year career at the un? >> i think making it to the top without really expecting to get their because no staff member had ever made it to the top. the organization always look outside for a leader, but i was extremely pleased with the work we did to fight poverty around the world. >> david cameron address the general assembly. the blood of these young children in syria is a terrible stain on the reputation of these united nations. >> i hope when prime minister cameron says this, it is a blood on our reputation, we, the member states, not the bureaucrats. >> with the members of the security council, we know that russia has been supplying hardware for assad. we u

the country russia has come to the fore in the media atri role it has said that it hopes the united nations arab envoy to syria will be coming to moscow house later this month and may today hope that both sides will express caution moscow also saying that these cross border incidents are completely unacceptable. his policy reporting right there and in the meantime author and journalist afshin rattansi who says that damascus will retaliate if indeed pulled into a broader conflict. this kind of flashpoint is the kind of flashpoint it can create world war three. some people have it this is a false flag operation we're getting these reports of this continued as it were a reaction from the turkish government ok so one will face political problems at home but then why were they speaking with the iranians talking about how this needs a diplomatic solution not a military one if turkey continues down to the agreements we didn't vote this would draw in the situation a wider fears here over the war and risks expanding it the people of syria and the people of turkey will not benefit from this major says tha

country russia has come to the fore in the media a tree role it has said that it hopes the united nations arab envoy to syria will be coming to moscow perhaps later this month and they too they hope that both sides will experts caution moscow also saying that these cross border incidents are completely unacceptable. after turkey's parliament authorize troops to launch cross border operations against syria the country's prime minister warned that ankara will not shy from war if provoked author and journalist option read tons of believes a damascus will retaliate if pulled into a broader conflict this kind of flashpoint is the kind of flashpoint that can create world war three. as some people have it this is a false flag operation we're getting these reports of this continued as it were a reaction from judge government ok so one will paste political problems at home but then why were they speaking with the iranians talking about how this needs a diplomatic solution not a military one if turkey continues under the agreement. this will draw in a way to situation a wider fears here of war and risks

the country russia has come to the fore in a mediator evolve it has said that it hopes the united nations arab envoy to syria will be coming to moscow perhaps the later this month and they too they hope that both sides will express caution moscow also saying that these cross border incidents are completely unacceptable the republic of in this planning for glorious comeback supporters of the nation independence from italy are gathering for relative to demand the region goes it alone tired of being saddled with rooms austerity is the latest in a number of european regions to consider him to dependents including scotland and got the lumia the inside let's be to dr. deal as a political and strategic analyst joining us live here in r.t. good to have you with us now there is an overwhelming support for independence in venice as some seventy to eighty percent according to recent data so if it was to break free do you think the region will be able to also freed self from economic downturn. listen this idea of venetian independence is as poor old as the league party who actually fares in very bad water

country russia has come to the fore in the mediate tree role it has said that it hopes the united nations arab on boy to syria will be coming to moscow perhaps later this month and they too they hope that both sides will express caution moscow also saying that these cross border incidents are completely unacceptable. by paul thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update policy reporting there. police have a used water cannon and tear gas to disperse hundreds of foreign demonstrators in bahrain's capital monella young risk a mass protesters marched in a funeral procession for an activist who died in prison after allegedly being denied proper medical treatment people in the crowd began throwing rocks and petrol bombs when security officers tried to stop them authorities have been cracking down on the opposition for twenty months but many continue hitting the streets demanding equal rights and and and to the sunni around eighty people have been killed and thousands arrested including prominent human rights activists the village op is now serving three years in prison for attending an illega

. >> united nations and arab league envoy organized the tuesday for the festival. government and opposition forces agree to lay down their arms from friday through monday. they agree to lay down arms from friday through monday, but arm commanders say they reserve the right to retaliate against rebel attacks. the head of the opposition forces military council says he's skeptical that government forces will stick to their word. >> the two sides kept up the fighting. several place as head of the truce. government forces are said to have reinforcements. neither side respected a cease-fire in april. buddhists and muslims in western myanmar have taken up their fight against. at least 56 people have been killed. nearly 2,000 homes destroyed. government has declared a state of emergency in the region. government officials say the fighting there begin to escalate on sunday. 90% of myanmar's population is buddhist. the minority have grown frustrated with being discriminated against. at least 90 people died in clashes between the two groups in june. u.s. state department spok

the united nations and arab league envoy, lakhdar brahimi, has held talks with the syrian president,o broker a ceasefire during the festival of eid—al—adha, which sta rts the festival of eid—al—adha, which starts on friday. syrian state television said president assad was open to finding a peaceful solution to the crisis, provided there was no foreign intervention. just a few miles from their meeting in the capital, damascus, at least ten people were killed by a car bomb. state media said a car bomb targeted a police station in a christian neighbourhood of the city. the authorities injordan say they've foiled a major terror plot to attack shopping centres, residential areas and western diplomatic missions in the country. state television says eleven people have been arrested — all of them jordanians. a wake—up call for the jordanians. a wake—up call for the jordanian government that troubles him and syria are spilling into the cd. ina him and syria are spilling into the c d. in a news conference, the information minister announced they intercepted a major al-qaeda attack. translation

. >>> in other news, the united nations and arab league envoy to syria called for a ceasefire to observe the three-day muslim holiday of eid al adha beginning friday. and, in a show of solidarity with the syrian people, the vatican announced plans to send a delegation of top church leaders to the country, including new york cardinal timothy dolan who is also head of the us conference of catholic bishops. the delegation will urge both sides to end the year-long conflict. more than 30,000 people have died and 300,000 have fled the violence. >>> when president obama addressed the clinton global initiative in new york last month, of all the topics he might have chosen, he singled out the scourge of international sex trafficking. >> i am talking about the injustice, the outrage of human trafficking, which must be called by its true name, modern slavery. we have a report today from fred de sam lazaro on father shea cullen, an irish catholic priest in the philippines who has devoted his life to rescuing thousands of young girls who had been swept up in sex trafficking and prostitution. >> repor

failing to hold fire as between government troops and the rebels and the talks in moscow united nations and arab league envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi stated that some of the violence against civilians during the cease fire over the holiday was committed by a terror groups not belonging to the opposition russia believes before his state should take responsibility for their functions and syria they support and convince them to lay down arms but as all his point is clear reports for the western nations not more time to change their stance more chaos could. things have gone from bad to worse in a region powered by the hope of change not so long in libya one year after the revolution i guess shells and artillery reportedly be used against peaceful civilians lebannon is on the brink of civil war and syria is already one someone. there is a process of another reformatting of the geopolitical map of the middle east when various players try to secure their political position we consider this counterproductive such measures imposed from outside can never give a stable long term result. this is the result

the convoy appointed by the united nations and the arab league warned that the conflict could spill over the borders and in golf the entire region. they propose a four-day cease- fire beginning next week to mark a muslim holy day. >> the invitation, if successful, will allow us to build upon it a real truce, eventually building a process that will allow the syrians to solve their problems and build the syria vague dream of. -- the dream of. >> rebel forces have yet to agree. the civil war has been going on for 20 months with some of the worst fighting occurring in recent weeks. a syrian activist group estimates that more than 30,000 people have been killed. the conflict has been called "catastrophic." >> the search is on for the man police say shot and killed another man in a bar. daryl anderson opened fire on a man on july 8th. gamble suffered multiple gunshot wounds and later died. anderson is 185 pounds with a muscular build and multiple tattoos. if you have any informations, please call baltimore county police. the most serious charges have been thrown out of the case of the two poli

syrian official says president assad welcomes in principle the cease-fire proposal by the united nations and the arab league. syria's deputy foreign minister faisal mekdad made the remarks on monday in an interview with nhk. president assad met with the united nations and envoy lakhdar brahimi sunday in damascus. brahimi called for a cease-fire between government and opposition forces starting on friday, the first day of aislamc eid al adha, a muslim holiday. deputy foreign minister mekdad attended the meeting. >> the president said in principle we welcome all these ideas, but we should discuss them with the relevant parties. two or three days there will be a very clear position by the syrian leadership on this issue. >> mekdad stressed the port-au-prince of a commitment by opposition forces to stop the violence. he also criticized saudi arabia and turkey for supporting anti-government forces. he called on these nations to stop funding and arming the opposition. >>> syrian's faced another flare-up of violence as those cease-fire talks went on. a car bomb exploded in damascus. it killed 13 people and

forces continues in some parts of the country despite a four-day cease-fire proposed by the united nations and the arab league. the cease-fire took effect on friday, which marks the beginning of the muslim holiday of eid al adha. anti-government activists in the central city of homs say the military violated the truce, killing four people. heavy fighting was also reported in the northern city of idleb. reports from daraa province in southern syria say government opened fire to disperse demonstrators. the syrian government has warned that troops will respond to any attempts by the rebels to attack or expand areas under their control. >>> people in afghanistan are grieving on a day they should be celebrating. a suicide bomber targeted a mosque in the country's north. the explosion killed at least 36 people and wounded many others. it happened as muslims around the world marked the eid al adha holiday. police say a man detonated the explosives friday outside a mosque in maymana. witnesses say the attacker was wearing a police uniform. no one has claimed responsibility. afghan security forces are trying to

between governme and opposion foes continues in some parts of the cease-fire prosed by the united nations and the arab league. thcee-reooefct on friday, which marks the beginning of the muslim holiday of eid al adha. anti-government activists in the central city of homs say the li, kiinfo pplavfiti w ao poed t nte reports from daraa province in troops opened fire to disperse attempts by the rebels to attack or expand areas under their control. >>> in northern afghanistan, a suicide bomber targeted a mosque as people celebrated the eid al adhahoda th eloonilled at least 36 people and wounded many others. poceay a m detonated the explosives friday outside a mos income maymana.tnsesathatck w wearing a lice unifo. no one has claimed responsibility. afghan security forces are trying to stem the violence. they're looking to take control with the withdrawal of troops by the end of 2014. >>> a new opinion pl sges mitt romney has topped among 50% with voters. it's the first time he hit that pollsters for abc news and "the washington post" surveyed about 1,400 likely voters from sunday through wednesday. 50% of

united arab emirates. she'll be treated here by nhs, the national health service, a publicly funded hospital. ly that bill will be passed on to the united arab emirates, who have stepped up on this occasion, who feel this case is so important and symbolic for women's rights in pakistan and as a stand against the taliban who have repeatedly threatened her since way back since she started this blog and criticized the closing of girls school right back in 2007. eventually the taliban were kicked out of the area in 2009 and she sort of went on to become a kind of almost a spokeswoman for women's rights in that area and for children and then last tuesday was so brutally shot. >> and these men who decided to pick off school children on a bus have vowed that if she survives this, she withey will k to end her mission. let us know if things develop. >> i want to take you to syria where an international envoy has arrived, desperate to find any solution. this is a mosque in aleppo, considered extraordinarily important. it caught fire during a fierce gun battle between government and rebel troops. just we

arab middle east. politics. ok let's see if i go back to you in london i'll be quite honest with all of us quite appalled by mr obama's address to the united nations i mean is a very american centric view of changes in the in the arab middle east here and it was very much out of american interest which of course you know we can expect that from the president ok but you know again kind of monopolizing the idea of democracy and human rights etc and that's what was your reaction to the president's speech. and there was lots of nice sounding rhetoric and words you think you go as usual and you have to given that this is an election year you have to make excuses in some ways because he he has to pander to the right slightly because of all the accusations it's made against him so i think he's he's thinking about the reelection he's thinking about how he's perceived in terms of his position with regards to israel and palestine so he's making statements that are a lot more right wing than you might expect from a from a liberal in any other year not election year and within that you can see the grand narrative which you presented was again this this clash

laid at the foot of the general national council a reminder that for many the arab spring turned out to be a very cold winter. here r.t. beirut. russia has called on the united nations security council to the libyan authorities to resolve the bani walid conflict peacefully the proposal however was blocked by the u.s. which of course took part in the bombing campaign last year under the guise of protecting civilians from the then leader. the report now from new york city's marina portnoy. while the united nations has focused much attention this week on the ongoing conflicts in syria and mali russia's efforts to address the death and destruction taking place in libya was blocked by the united states washington refused to support a security council press statement drafted by russia calling for the resolution of violence in bani walid which has been under siege for weeks the u.s. delegation cited a further need for consultations but meanwhile the russian ambassador to the u.n. the tali churkin says that it's quite strange the u.s. would block a press statement condemning the use of force in dealing with libya's political problems just one month after i deadly at

the foot of the general national council a reminder that for many the arab spring turned out to be a very cold winter here r t beirut. now russia has raised the issue at the united nations members to take peaceful steps to stop the bloody is sold on the people but he will lead the motion how it was shot down by the u.s. which ultimately spearheaded the humanitarian war against libya's leader moammar gadhafi. from new york with more knowledge portnoy. while the united nations has focused much attention this week on the ongoing conflicts in syria and mali russia's efforts to address the death and destruction taking place in libya was blocked by the united states washington refused to support a security council press statement drafted by russia calling for the resolution of violence in bani walid which has been under siege for weeks the u.s. delegation cited a further need for consultations but meanwhile the russian ambassador to the u.n. churkin says that it's quite strange the u.s. would block a press statement condemning the use of force in dealing with libya's political problems just one month after a deadly attack in benghazi claimed the lives of four diplomat

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. >> we paid $seivet,000 to run ads in arab television, apologizing for this and went to the united nationsmbarrassed by the first amendment. >> sean: now we are getting lectured, trip transpire, that we need blasphemy laws in merge, part of them come from this president of egypt, whom we are giving how many millions of dollars -- billions, excuse me? >> sean, look. it's clear that there wasn't enough protection of the ambassador. there were four people died because there wasn't enough security. -- >>> wait a minute. but the president keeps saying, this was spontaneous -- >> it doesn't matter-- >>> why are they lying? >> you guy it's [overlapping dialogue] >> it doesn't matter if it was spontaneous or if it was-- >>> it does if the president tells us something that is factually inaccurate! >> it doesn't, sean. the fact is, security wasn't there. there wasn't enough security. why wasn't it there? that's what-- >>> it is okay that the president lies?! he went out there -- [overlapping dialogue] >> sean: just answer the question [overlapping dialogue] >> when is the president going to own up o