determined there was never any arms of mass destruction and it was proven and trying to respect the united un nations responsible for carrying on with iraq we ha many, many constructive negotiations, discussions debate among all leaders and try to come up with a sound solution. it was not reached. >> we're talking about iran. should we stay out in your opinion? >> i think so. the united nations should be involved in there. we should make sure thata5 uni nation is responsible for problems that might exist between nations or within a nation. >> what are people outside this country saying when they hear that iran might be next on the list? here they go again. >> not yet because it's not developed up to that point but latin america you'll find many people that will remember history and learn the many interventions that united states have in latin america and that's why this is. i think we can build up a much better world through other means and ways. built up regions of the world like united nations of europe and european union. it's an example of how 26 or 28 nations work together. >> up next on our sh

in the west of the country which is preparing for the arrival of a powerful cyclists the un is with united nations has called for them to be evacuated from the region because many live in ramshackle camps in vulnerable low lying areas. the operation is planning to spend nearly one hundred sixty billion pounds over ten years on new military equipment a large chunk of the money will go towards a new class of nuclear submarine but the project faces serious problems at the subs nuclear reactors malfunctioning and well it's too slow to go to war on reports of the high tech weaponry which is far from state of the. cutting edge in military technology. every decade tens of billions of pounds in the making these of britain's new class of hunter killer submarines and they've been making waves that lead to. serious problems from ground to. corrosion this is. the astute and. the damning description is a far cry from what persons ministry of defense has hailed as one of the most technologically advanced machines in the world as impressive as she sounded on paper. launch into the public sphere it's not been an

russia's efforts for a peaceful resolution of the syrian conflict save the backing of the united nations a week un secretary-general ban ki moon stressed that an international conference involving the syrian government and opposition should be held as soon as possible. has been following developments in. well after meeting with russia's leadership the un secretary-general ban ki moon agreed that the conflict in syria could only be resolved in accordance with international law without any foreign military intervention and with the full respect of syria's territorial integrity he also agreed to the idea of putting together this joint conference which would include both the syrian rebels and the authorities now they were also able to establish the list of current stumbling blocks concerning this idea and well first of all currently the opposition is still quite divided it's unclear who would be able to represent it as a whole at such a conference secondly moscow wants to see all the regional players taking part in such a conference including iran which may cause problems with washington and also if t

a new report from the united nations suggests that mobile phones will soon outnumber the world's population. the un predicts that mobile phone subscriptions will surpass 7 billion and the agency says more than 60% still has no access to the internet. >> are you a one phone woman? >> i am a two phone guy. i am surprised by that number. 7 billion phones. that is stunning. the un says it so i guess it is true. >>> tomorrow we will hear from the national federation of independent business. we will have a report on the rising number of auto loan delinquencies and data on import prices for april. that and more is tomorrow right here on nbr. >> for tonight that's it for us for "nightly business report." thanks for joining us. >> have a great evening. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. daniel mansergh: (♪ upbeat theme music ) (♪) (♪) daniel mansergh: imagemakers is made possible by a grant from: celebrating the vitality and power of the moving image. and by the: (♪ loud drums )

the german cabinet has signed off on the united nations arms treaty, paving the way for ratification. that treaty passed by the un general assembly in april regulates commerce in conventional weapons. it must be ratified by at least 50 member states before it takes effect. >> one of the jailed members of russian rock band pussy riot has gone on hunger strike. she told a court be a video link that she was protesting not being allowed to personally attend her parole hearing. she has sought release from prison to care for her five-year old son. >> in london, a young man thought to have been a soldier has been killed in with the government is treating as a terrorist attack. police shot and killed two men believed to have been involved in the incident. the assault took place near a military barracks in southeast london. today marks the 200th anniversary of retired doctor -- richard wagner's birth, and opera fans around the world are celebrating including in his hometown of leipzig. the town unveiled a new statue. >> it shows him as a young man. the city is hosting numerous events to honor his achievements. celebration

the german cabinet has signed off on the united nations arms treaty, paving the way for ratification. that treaty passed by the un general assembly in april regulates commerce in conventional weapons. it must be ratified by at least 50 member states before it takes effect. >> one of the jailed members of russian rock band pussy riot has gone on hunger strike. she told a court be a video link that she was protesting not being allowed to personally attend her parole hearing. she has sought release from prison to care for her five-year old son. >> in london, a young man thought to have been a soldier has been killed in with the government is treating as a terrorist attack. police shot and killed two men believed to have been involved in the incident. the assault took place near a military barracks in southeast london. today marks the 200th anniversary of retired doctor -- richard wagner's birth, and opera fans around the world are celebrating including in his hometown of leipzig. the town unveiled a new statue. >> it shows him as a young man. the city is hosting numerous events to honor his achievements. celebration

. >> united nations diplomats are saying that loch arbour he me wants to resign as the un arab league envoy to syria -- lackdar brahimi wants to resign. if he does, he will be the second diplomat to throw in the towel. to athens now where police have used tear gas to prevent the nationalist golden dawn party from distributing free food to greek citizens only in defiance of a municipal band. >> once a marginal group, the golden dawn has seen a meteoric rise and is now the third most car dealer party as the economy contracts. >> its members have repeatedly been accused of involvement in violent attacks against immigrants. here is more. >> it did not take long for the so-called charity event to devolve into a fight with riot police. the mayor of athens had banned the right-wing extremist party from giving out food in the central square, calling it a soup kitchen of hate. but the party moved its operation over to its headquarters and continued to hand out free food. the big crowds that showed up for evidence of just how desperate many greeks are. >> i could not afford to have easter this

united nations has branded the treatment of detainees at guantanamo bay is torture un human rights office says indefinite detention and force feeding constitutes inhumane treatment and violates international law when it comes as more prisoners join the grueling three month hunger strike at the u.s. facility in cuba the american military admits that the total number of protesters is now over one hundred but go is for the captives have always maintained this twenty three detainees are now being force fed a procedure that said to be extremely painful when any of my colleague kevin owen spoke to cindy pony we represents one of the inmates she says washington is failing to take the steps needed to defuse the crisis. the prisoners are kind of vital that has been on strike since february sixteenth chosen not to eat not to speak any of the cards in protest against ransom forcing someone to do what they don't want to do and now strap in their words here and sticking to their nose is. no liberty you have it walk with. you but you don't love to do that anywhere and most places in the world to to kil

capital on marina joshing welcome to the program of the united nations has brand of the treatment of detainees at guantanamo bay is torture the un human rights office says that indefinite detention and force feeding constitute inhumane treatment and violate international law this comes as more prisoners join the grueling three months hunger strike at the u.s. still and in true by the american military admits that the total number of protesters is now over one hundred lawyers for the crowd have said all along that an chill figure is even higher twenty three detainees are now being force fed a procedure that said to be extremely painful well earlier my colleague kevin irwin spoke with cindy who represents one of the inmates and she says washington is failing to take the steps needed to diffuse the crisis and guantanamo. the prisoners are crying over and over and on strike it's february sixth he has chosen not to eat any of the cards and. as to its intention forcing someone to do what they don't want to do or tying them down or strapping them to chair and sticking to their nose is depriving them of their liberties and you have a wa

united nations building, triggering a gun battle with police. officials say eight people were killed, including five insurgents. a number of untaff members were injured. french magistrates have decided not to place imf chief christine lagarde under a formal investigation after she went through two days of questioning to a a payment made businessman during her time as french minister. she has denied wrongdoing. here in germany, we might be seeing life successful immigration can look like. high unemployment in southern europe has seen many packing, looking for work in germany, and a new study shows that immigrants are arriving with impressive resumes and skills and getting the jobs. , andr a new study shows that immigrants are arriving with impressive resumes and skills and getting the jobs. manual laborers, but a new study shows drastic changes have taken place with now nearly half high educated and highly trained. >> i am doing research here for my phd. i'm leaving in august, but i would love to return. >> the eurozone crisis has led many to try their luck in germany, where the economy is booming manual laborers, but a new st

also demanding action from the un security council the league says that there has been a dangerous a violation of an arab state sovereignty article two of the united nations charter bans of the use of force against the territorial integrity of any state and u.s. white house spokesman meanwhile said that obama feels israel is justified in its concerns over the threat from hezbollah or he's going to change a can in washington and probably boyko in london told us more about the reaction coming from the u.k. and the united states. the u.k. foreign secretary has said that this latest israeli air strike is making the case stronger for lifting the e.u. arms embargo on the syrian opposition according to william hague this recent escalation of the conflict shows that there's a real risk that the violence could spread outside of syria and into the wider middle east of course this isn't the first time that the u.k. has called for an end to this e.u. arms embargo in fact it's become somewhat of a regular occurrence this is just the latest reason that they're citing for providing extra assistance to the syrian opposition and we know that germany has to provide extra w

five hundred military personnel as part of a united nations force which will be deployed in mali in july it will be the country's largest ever contribution to a un mission more than six thousand african troops are currently in the country but the u. one has called for thousands more to bolster the force. the u.s. state secretary john kerry and his british counterpart william hague have both arrived in israel for talks on restarting peace negotiations with palestine john kerry this is their fourth visit in just four months in office by him the breeze prime minister netanyahu he praised they tell yahoo what he called a c. word approach to the negotiations it wasn't so rosy for haig though there's a rival was met with criticism from israel's intelligence minister who warned him against lecturing tel aviv on settlement policy. at least thirteen people including eleven police officers were killed in a bomb attack in the pakistani city of quetta the taliban have claimed responsibility for the blast the targeted a police truck traveling through the city's outskirts explosives were planted in a rickshaw and detonated remotely remotely according to inves

brigade which is the group that detained for filipino un peacekeepers earlier this week they have been released we're being told that the united nationsnegotiated a safe passage with the syrian army forces in the area meanwhile we are receiving reports that the free syrian army which is the main opposition to the syrian president bashar assad is losing five who's as well as capabilities is the most says inside syria in some cases reportedly entire units of the f.s.a. have defected and they've moved to jump. which is and as long as organization with links to al qaida what we're being told is that the main reasons for the defections are better conditions ammunitions and of weapons but it certainly does present a dynamic for the united states britain and other governments who provided support to the syrian rebels and also considered arming them with weapons the entire situation is of course also of great concern to israel which is just next door this is why many of these talks between russia and britain to see what they will yield policy r t tel aviv. coming up a big brother equipment design the high volume the boston tower the u.s. citi

five hundred military personnel as part of a united nations force which will be deployed in mali in july it will be the country's largest ever contribution to a un mission more than six thousand african troops are currently in the country but the un has called for thousands more to bolster the falls. through our state secretary john kerry and his british counterpart william hague have both arrived in israel for talks on restarting peace talks with palestine it's already kerry's fourth visit since he took office in february and he praised the israeli leaders serious approach to negotiating hake so was met with criticism from israel's intelligence minister who want him against lecturing about settlement policies. and at least thirteen people including eleven police officers were killed in a bomb attack in the pakistani city of cats at the time about have claimed responsibility for the blast that targeted a police truck travelling through the city's outskirts the explosives were planted in the weeks show and are native to remotely according to investigators sectarian violence in the city mainly targeting the local share minority led to an increase

dickey to chief of staff for the united nations peacekeeping force in the area and he says that they are definitely remaining there this follows the kidnapping of four filipino un peacekeepers who are being held in a ceasefire between syria and the israeli side of the golan heights now that is almost a no man's land not the israeli nor syrian forces can go operate in that area what we do know is that they were abducted while on patrol the u.n. does say that efforts are under way to secure their release and according to the u.n. chief banking moon he has strongly condemned the abductions and he has called for the immediate release of these peacekeepers a syrian group by the name of the martyrs of yarmouk published a photo that is the portuguese showing the four main who have been held they also say that they're being held to quote for their own safety now according to this group look clashes and heavy shelling in the yarmouk valley which is in the south of the separation zone it is important to make the point that back in march it was the same group that detained twenty one u.n. opposite of those from the philippines before releasing them three days later now al

military personnel as part of a united nations force which will be deployed in mali in july it would be the country's largest. it's the largest ever contribution to a un mission more than six thousand african troops are currently in the country but the un has called for thousands more to bolster the force. your state secretary john kerry and his british counterpart when you hey you could both arrived in israel for discussions on restarting peace talks of palestine it's already kerry's fourth visit since he took office in february and he praised the israeli leaders serious approach to negotiations take that was met with criticism from israel's intelligence minister who wanted against lecturing about settlement policies. brings up today for the moment i'll be back with a news team with more in half an hour from now the meantime we have a financial guru pulling no punches on the dark side of the world's finances that's after a break. could you take three. three. three. three. three. three. four year media project. r t v dot com. welcome to the kaiser report imax kaiser mirror mirror on the wall who's the blue mist stock market of the moment it's the narc

very bad that the united nations which has been able to probe in all the afghan police stations and detention facilities and it's huge various reports on mishandling of to attorneys the un does not have access to the british or indeed american to tension sanity's the only outsiders who do are the international committee of the red cross and as you know they have a policy of not talking publicly about individual cases so whatever they found they've kept quite to themselves not to themselves they have discussed it with the british government but not to the wider public by the minister david cameron's hailed the afghanistan mission a big success how does that fit in with what we're hearing now. being used as a detention facility. well it obviously isn't a success because britain's been involved twelve years you know afghanistan since the overthrow of the taliban and one of the reasons the. pretext they gave for being there was to say we're trying to sort of modernize afghanistan bring it into the twenty first century and improve the governance improve health improve education improve police arrangements of prison arrangements if after twelve years it's still there's widesp

very by the united nations which has been able to probe in all the afghan police stations and detention facilities and it's huge there are reports on mishandling of the attorneys that the un does not have access to the british or indeed american to turn to the senate is the only outsiders who do the international committee of the red cross and as you know they have a policy of not talking publicly about individual cases so whatever they found quite to themselves were not to themselves they have discussed it with the british government but not to the wider public some lawyers have compared camp bastion to guantanamo are they the same or rather fundamentally different as you see it one similarity is the lack of access to the lawyers to do the the lack of information the indefinite detention whatever the conditions are like even if they're not being tortured by the british they are being held in internal limbo with no access to lawyers family or anybody how justifiable is that it is not justifiable at all. they ought to be charged or released or to seal with me but earlier on soon we'll tell you how the past masters of secret detention have been tracked themselves that you c

united nations' independent commission of inquiry on syria told swiss t.v. on monday that there is evidence suggesting that rebel forces and not president assad's army might have been the ones using chemical weapons the un distance itself from those remarks saying that they have not yet reached a conclusive evidence on the use of chemical weapons in syria so obviously a lot of information is unfolding in the country right now to help break it all down our to correspondent on a stasia chair going to join me earlier from new york and i first asked her to tell me what came out of the talks today between john kerry and his russian counterpart sergey lavrov. well that may get us certainly what came out of the talks was quite unexpected in a sense because while the war drums are beating here in the united states with certain lawmakers proposing bills that would indicate following steps of u.s. heavy involvement in syria we did hear more lighter talk come out of these negotiations in moscow earlier today basically what we heard was that. john kerry has said that the u.s. and russia have similar positions on the syrian crisis and that they both believe the two countries that sold the syrian crisis everybody nee

united nations. commission of inquiry on syria just told swiss t.v. on monday that there is evidence suggesting that rebel forces and not president assad's army might have been the ones using chemical weapons the un itself has actually distance itself from this remarks saying that they have not yet reached conclusive evidence on the use of chemical weapons in syria so obviously a lot of information is unfolding in the country right now to help me break it all down our to correspondent honest also what you're going to hide their honest aasia talk about the timing of this proposed bill with the israeli airstrike this past weekend and the u.n. inquiry ongoing in syria. well megan this proposed bill certainly comes at a time when the finger pointing is at a peak and the war drums seem to be beating the super loud over syria especially when it comes to the united states of course this proposed bill not only does it provide offered to provide direct support of arms to the syrian opposition but it also would create a two hundred fifty million dollar fund to help the transition process on the ground as well as would provide washington d.c. with power to impose sanctions on individuals said to be providin

united nations wants you to eat more bugs. the agency says edible insects are low fat high protein food for people pets and live stochblingt unug will reduce green house gas emission. they are everywhere obviously. reproduced quickly and leave a low environmental footprint. wasp and beetle particularly under utilized. quick comparison. caterpillarer 28 grams of protein and 26 milligram of iron. grass hopper and pwooelingts more than 30 million gram of calciu calcium. all favor better than beef two bill people already supplement the die wet insect. now united nations concedes that increasing that number will be difficult in western country as people if place like this have more aversion to eating insects. i suspect that's quite true. and on that note the high cost of beef behind mcdonald's plans to add 3 new quarter pounders to the menu. they will replace the angus burger which are third of a pound are meaty and more expensive. major set back for facebook. remember last month facebook launched new phone the htc? first pre-loaded with a series of mobile app. million people down loaded the app but only 15,000 bought the phone. a

> next year a special review on human rights in no. 3 will be presented to the united nations with the possibility of the unouncil taking up issue appeared the u.s. envoy. this is just over one hour. >> good afternoon. thank you for this opportunity robert keen. forecame the special envoy human rights issue in november 2009. this is on the human rights and affairs. capitol hill for 25 years. toof those as chief of staff the congressman from california. step concurrently this affairs of the foreign committee of the united states house of representatives. he holds the international relations from the law and diplomacy and has authored five books and more than 40 articles on international relations. and northl address korea's human rights issues. >[applause] much for thever opportunity to be with you here today. i appreciate the opportunity of talking with you. i appreciate the invitation for the chance to be here and talk with you. ince november 2009 when assumed the position for special envoy, we have seen very cigna began changes. the death of kim jong-il, the rise of consolidation and power. notrtunately o

hence, the united nations hardly comes out with bold famous, but the un human rights commission came out with an unprecedented statement saying the chinese government ought to solve the issue of tibet. they have made requests to visit tibet to find out the real situation. unfortunately, the chinese government has denied them permission. they have made several recommendations on how best to improve the human rights condition, and the chinese government has yet to consider in england those recommendations. hence we are in a stalemate. host: our guest is the tibetan government in exile prime minister, lobsang sangay. he is based out of india and is never had the opportunity to go to do that himself, despite the leadership role. he is the political successor, essentially, to the dolly lama. -- dalai lama. one of our followers on twitter says he is facebook friends with the dalai lama. talk to us about the popular culture role of the the lie llama. -- dalai lama. we see him at visiting universities and with hollywood stores sometime -- with hollywood stars sometimes. he is one of the frie