heels of mr rouhani is a rival the u.s. government is preparing to seize a thirty six storey many one skyscraper that prosecutors say is secretly owned and controlled by the iranian government a u.s. judge has ruled that the owners of this fifth avenue building known as the alvey foundation and asset corp transferred rental income and other funds to an iranian state owned bank a violation of u.s. sanctions this seizure could not come at a worse time considering that the leaders of the u.s. and iran could possibly meet face to face next week reporting from new york or in a fortnight r.t. . that's not the only news coming out from iran in an interview with n.b.c. news president rouhani pledged to tear down barriers that prevented iranians from surfing the internet freely he said he believes all people should have the right to access the free flow of information and have a platform for dialogue he also went on to say about his country will not pursue nuclear weapons so a lot of promises are coming out from this new president b

general assembly next week rouhani since taking office six weeks ago. he said a lot of positive things a lot of people in washington were saying well that's all well and good but we don't know if he's actually going to be able to deliver prime minister of israel netanyahu said he smiling while he's building a bomb he's a wolf in sheep's clothing and yet what we found is that rouhani over the past six weeks has managed to convert these positive words into positive actions is demonstrating that he can deliver. he has a little bit of space right now he's not going to have an infinite infinite amount of time to do so because there are hard liners in iran who don't want any sort of approach model with the u.s. but there is time right now the question is is obama going to be able to do the same thing and hold off hardliners here in washington from sabotaging potential talks so he gave us examples of some of those physical things that he has actually changed or not the things that he's necessarily just talked about well you know one of the main campaign promis

heels of mr rouhani arrival the u.s. government is preparing to seize a thirty six storey many one skyscraper that prosecutors say is secretly owned and controlled by the iranian government a u.s. judge has ruled that the owners of this fifth avenue building known as the alvey foundation and asset corp transferred rental income and other funds to an iranian state owned bank a violation of u.s. sanctions this seizure could not come at a worse time considering that the leaders of the u.s. and iran could possibly meet face to face next week reporting from new york or in a fortnight r.t. . and that's not the only news coming from iran on the eve of newly elected president hassan rowhani his visit to the united states iranian authorities unexpectedly freed eleven of the country's most prominent political prisoners from jail the list of freed people includes journalist author of activists and attorneys most notably so today a human rights lawyer who represented several activists who protested against the iranian government als

of bilateral relations speaking of letters iran confirmed this week that president rouhani and president obama exchanged written correspondence where contact between the leaders of two nations that cut off diplomatic ties in one thousand nine hundred eighty in his letter to mr obama indicated that the u.s. is ready to resolve the nuclear issue in a way that allows iraq to demonstrate that its nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes and on wednesday iranian officials released prominent iranian lawyer nasreen sick today from prison after being jailed for three years for her. human rights work in the past the u.s. fought actively of course a today's release in addition iranian media reports that thirteen other political prisoners rounded up for involvement in the two thousand and nine anti-government protests had been released this comes as he launched a new moderate leader who has promised more freedoms at home and constructive engagement with the world travels to new york for the united nations general assembly debate however on the heels of mr rouhani as a rival the u.s. gov

heels of mr rouhani is a rival the u.s. government is preparing to seize a thirty six story many cotton skyscraper that prosecutors say is secretly owned and controlled by the iranian government a u.s. judge has ruled that the owners of this fifth avenue building known as the alvey foundation and asset corp transferred rental income and other funds to an iranian state owned bank a violation of u.s. sanctions this seizure could no calm at a worse time considering that the leaders of the u.s. and iran could possibly meet face to face next week reporting from new york very important i am artsy. well discuss the situation further we're joined now by professor side mohamad aranda from the university of tehran thanks for joining us here today on our team now iran has always said that it wouldn't to construct nuclear weapons so one of the of the apparent enthusiastic reaction from call it that from the u.s. now. well it's hard to say it really. should be asked why the united states has not responded earlier because this is what th

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heels of mr rouhani is a rival the u.s. government is preparing to seize thirty six story men cotton skyscraper that prosecutors say is secretly owned and controlled by the iranian government a u.s. judge has ruled that the owners of this fifth avenue building known as the alvey foundation and asset corp transferred rental income and other funds to iranian state owned bank a violation of u.s. sanctions this seizure could not come at a worse time considering that the leaders of the u.s. and iran could possibly meet face to face next week reporting from new york marina fortnight artsy well terry koval the research or the institute for international relations in paris says iran is ready to be flexible with the u.s. but only to a point. nuclear issue you have the question of the relationship between iran and the u.s. and. so i think you know the two countries have been really nearly. seventy nine revolution so they just need to talk to you know the fact that. a return to late to. ensure the fact that you know that they really n

an unexpected appearance from what we're being told it wasn't clear whether iranian president hassan rouhani would actually be speaking at the un high level meeting on disarmament but he did and he called on israel to join the nuclear nonproliferation treaty now that treaty requires all countries who have nuclear programs or nuclear weapons to acknowledge them in this way the international community can monitor each country's a way of using its nuclear program or its stockpile of nuclear weapons now while many countries most countries believe that israel does have nuclear weapons does possess them israel has never acknowledged it nor has it signed to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty now the iranian leader said that israel is the only non party. in the middle east and encouraged israel to join the pact to ensure that the region remains a nuclear weapons free zone he said no nation should possess nuclear weapons and there are no right hands for these wrong weapons the iranian leader went on to say that any use of nuclear weapons is a violation of the un charter and a crime against humanity

personally i'm not surprised because i know human rights improvement is under president rouhani. his think tank so for strategic research in the past. he is more of thinking president rouhani has not delivered by the release of i think that your number is or were a dozen prisoners including journalists bloggers and reformist politicians such as . doers been in jail since the controversial. election so this is a very concrete and tangible signal about the new administration's determination to expand personal liberties and improve the human rights conditions and to d.c. acutely thighs the political environment so iran could enjoy from an expansive political society what can you say about the timing of these releases are because president rouhani will be in new york for the u.n. general assembly next week won't say so do you think there is a link i think so but it's an indirect link because it fits in with the pattern of mr rouhani which i just mentioned nevertheless you know mr rohani it's not an automatic thing for him he had to lobby for this and his you know a trip to new york i

iran are repairing ties according to reports mohamed jaafari believes rouhani should have turned down the phone call conversation until the u.s. government shows more sincerity towards iran but nonetheless president rouhani is dancing to the beat of his own drum and i say that because recently he requested that aviation authorities study the possibility of resuming direct. flights have been halted since one thousand nine hundred seventy nine for the israeli prime minister such sentiments and such a quick thawing of relations between the u.s. and iran could be something of a nightmare let's remember that for decades israel has been warning that iran is steadily marching towards development of a nuclear weapon last year there's really private us are presented a cartoon diagram of a bomb to the united nations general assembly claiming that iran would enter the final phase of weapons production by two thousand and thirteen since then of course israel has backed off of that assessment of a during his speech the u.n. on tuesday netanyahu is once again expected to argue that israel and the w

statements and we do know that rouhani has a much more mellow approach in a sense at least on words that we're seeing for now when it comes to the relationship with the west so this speech is in fact expected to be a follow up to what barack obama said earlier because it seems that both countries are ready to continue some kind of better negotiations we do know that the rainy and foreign minister said earlier this week that iran is ready to return to negotiations the six party talks so certainly this is the speech that's being made today is expected to show that we could see a better dialogue between the u.s. and iran in the time to come well thank you for all of those developments we will check in with you later for more of that was our team correspondent honest. it wasn't too long ago that we learned through a series of disclosures that the u.s. national security agency had been spying on both the leaders and citizens of several countries one of those countries brazil took these revelations very seriously so much so that brazilian president dilma rousseff actually canceled a state visi

president hassan rouhani pledged a completely peaceful nuclear future for his country promising not a single atomic bomb will be produced on iran's soil will statement has been generally welcomed by the international community and is seen as a step by toronto boards a more moderate stance in the global political arena let's have a look at what iran's nuclear activity has already done to take pressure off the country's relations with the western world while he's vowed no military ambitions for iran's nuclear program has become terrans latest move to establish warm relations with its critics and earlier a renowned lawyer and human rights activist has been set up a day it was released after spending three years in jail reign in media reported that ten other political prisoners were freed as well another sign of a new approach the country's leader exchanged letters with barack obama they turned he described the tone of the correspondence from his counterpart as positive and constructive way appointment of western educated mohamed zarif i should say as a foreign minister has already been d

president rouhani calls all obama to join efforts and work together to bring peace to the middle east party takes a for a look at just what they might have to overcome to achieve that. and a bleak future for europe twenty five million more people living in poverty in a dozen years from now that's the number estimated by the new reports which claims the aggressive financial cards supposed to shore up the news economy. a story still to come but first caracas has declared america's decision to deny airspace to the venezuelan president is nothing short of an act of aggression nicolas maduro was on route to china for a state visit when he was reportedly turned away from puerto rican airspace more than that venezuela says its delegates could potentially be done right american visas ahead of a major u.n. meeting next week well let's cross now to. who's following the story for us there in new york bring us up to speed on the latest developments what is happening here . well the story has unfolded in a different direction in a matter of hours after initially denying airspace to the venezuelan

and we start with a historic conversation between president obama and iranian president rouhani earlier today the white house confirmed the two men spoke with each other over the phone about a nuclear deal this marks the first time a u.s. president an iranian leader have spoken and more than thirty years there was the president addressing the significance of this call. the very fact that this was the first communication between an american and iranian president since one thousand nine hundred seventy nine underscores the deep mistrust between our countries but it also indicates the prospect of moving beyond that difficult history meanwhile at the united nations in new york city it's been a busy week for the general assembly but as we reach friday night the diplomats the labors are starting to bear fruit thursday evening we learned that the five permanent members of the u.n. security council had agreed to a draft resolution put forward by the united states and russia that compels syria to give up its chemical weapons stockpiles and official vote in the security council is expected any mi

heels of mr rouhani is a rival the u.s. government is preparing to seize thirty six story men cotton skyscraper that prosecutors say is secretly owned and controlled by the iranian government a u.s. judge has ruled that the owners of this fifth avenue building known as the alvey foundation and asset corp transferred rental income and other funds to iranian state owned bank a violation of u.s. sanctions this seizure could not come at a worse time considering that the leaders of the u.s. and iran could possibly meet face to face next week reporting from new york marina r.t. . a brief look at some other world news now in mexico the death toll from massive floods schools bahari tropical storms which was in the eighty dozens of people still missing tens of thousands were forced to flee their homes which had been cut off from power supplies along with a deluge of mudslides have also hampered rescue operations world forces have started evacuating estimated ten thousand tourists from the tourist destination. to egypt now where a se

much indeed for joining us today thank you for coming up here winds of change in iran the president rouhani seems to be steering this country to a more moderate future releasing political prisoners and promising new nuclear weapons and still ahead. with. its technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future covered. it was. very hard to take. her back with that her take care. of the. iranian president hassan rouhani a pledge to completely peaceful nuclear future for his country the statement has been generally welcomed by the international community and is seen as a step by terror on towards a more moderate stance on the global political arena some of the cuts i want to iran's new acted leader has already done sound honeys valid he has no military ambitions for iran's nuclear program has become terror on latest move to establish warmer relations with its critics an area renowned lawyer and human rights activist has been since our day was released from prison along with ten other political prisoners another sign of a new approach the country's leader exchan

and we start with a historic conversation between president obama and iranian president rouhani in just the last hour actually this afternoon the white house confirmed that the two men spoke with each other over the phone about a nuclear deal and this marks the first time a u.s. president and iranian leader i've spoke to spoken in more than thirty years here was the president addressing the significance of this call. the very fact that this was the first communication between an american and iranian president since one thousand nine hundred seventy nine underscores the deep mistrust between our countries but it also indicates the prospect of moving beyond that difficult history meanwhile at the united nations in new york city it's been a busy week for the general assembly but as we reach friday the diplomats labors are starting to bear fruit thursday evening we learned that the five permanent members of the u.n. security council had agreed to a draft resolution put forward by the united states and russia that compel syria to give up its chemical weapons stockpiles in official vote in th

well rouhani is different and his history with the nuclear issue in iran is really quite clear there's a very dramatic story here that i have been researching for my own book on the iranian nuclear program what i call the nuclear scare. because when when he took over as the person in charge of the nuclear issue the policy as well as the goshi ations for the supreme leader in two thousand and three it was a situation where the iranian policy really did have some ambiguity about it the ambiguity was with regard to whether there could be any work on nuclear weapons by individual scientists or engineers. there was clearly not a focus on the question of cleaning up all of the. research and saying absolutely no research could go forward that had anything to do with nuclear weapons and when rouhani came in in two thousand and three to that position of coordinator he immediately took action which ended. sent a circular route saying that all the research that had to do with the nuclear issue had to be reported in full to the central government and he also made it clear that there could not be a

his son rouhani also took the chance to call on israel to join the nonproliferation treaty to put knives got the latest from new york. the iranian leader said that israel is the only non party to the n.p.t. in the middle east and encouraged israel to join the pact to ensure that the region remains a nuclear weapons free zone he said no nation should possess nuclear weapons and there are no right hands for these wrong weapons the iranian leader went on to say that any use of nuclear weapons is a violation of the un charter and a crime against humanity he said there only guarantee is total elimination now rouhani was speaking about nuclear weapons he said. this is he also called i'm sorry he also called for a conference a high level conference to be taking place on nuclear disarmament within. every five years and what we're seeing here is this new iran iranian leader that has come to new york to engage with the international community really seizing every opportunity he can to try to show that iran is being transparent is trying to be a key player and apparent willingness to resolve intern

are coming out you know wind of change and iran hasn't rouhani it seems to be staring us into a more moderate future releasing political prisoners and missing the nuclear weapons still ahead. wealthy british style some time to find the right. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. a comeback now iranian the preston their son rouhani pledged to completely peaceful nuclear future for his country the statement has been generally welcomed by the international community and is seen as a step by terror on towards a more moderate starts in the global political arena let's have a look at turn on iran's nuclear lector the leader has already done. so on his vow he's no military ambitions for iran's nuclear program has become tehran's the latest move to establish woman relations with its critics every now and lawyer and human rights activists nasreen day it was released from prison along with ten other political prisoners another sign of a new approa

president rouhani hold on obama to join advocates and work together to bring peace to the middle east takes a new and just what they might have to overcome to achieve that. and a bleak future for europe twenty five million more people living in poverty and doesn't get it from years from now than the number estimated by a new report which claims that a progressive financial concept supposed to shore up the u.s. is a easy use economy. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. well see british study all. the time because. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on r g. here will janelle she is good to have you with us let's move on now tasers are increasingly being used by british police to take down people viewed as dangerous on threatening and shocking new statistics show the number of people hit by the high voltage weapons has increased threefold in just three is that is also has lower smith reports a string

mr rouhani has been the leaders representative in the national supreme national security council for a long time and so they know each other for some forty years and therefore it is a high degree of confidence and the president by the supreme leader transitions people apparently prone to those western sanctions is the u.n. going to listen. i hope so you know that i think that the president is counting on among other things the. hundred and twenty three countries that are member of it and it's being led by iran these days that have thrown their weight behind the iran question and the justness. and now with all these significant gestures and overtures by the. you know nuclear transparency and more cooperation with the eye and so on and so forth it would be very hard for the other side to throw monkey wrench and to torpedo the process around sparking for the syrian regime has not gone very well though in in many western camps how to run justify what it's doing. well you know today president rouhani elaborated that from iran's point of view there is two parallel processes or conflicts go

and he was concerned about the consequences of a story phone call between hassan rouhani and barack obama well. joins me live from new york with more on this simmering that he he's going to be addressing the u.n. general assembly but what's his plans for today. well israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is in washington d.c. at the moment for a meeting with u.s. president barack obama and netanyahu is expected to bring something of his own offensive warning the u.s. leader not to be fooled by tehran's new leadership israel believes that iran's new president hassan rouhani has been using conciliatory words and gestures as something of a smokescreen to conceal tehran's intentions on building a nuclear bomb and netanyahu is expected to deliver also according to reports new intelligence that his accusations that israel is going to try its best to persuade the u.s. to maintain its tough economic sanctions against iran sanctions that have caused the distance to suffer for many many years and if the u.s. and its western counterparts achieve some progress with iran in the next couple of month

here we sold this deal this deal proved elusive with ahmadinejad at the helm what changes now that rouhani is there. well sam i look like we're finally beginning to see some baby steps take place between iran and the u.s. trying to kind of finally approach each other that a highly anticipated meeting that we were looking forward to seeing between obama and rouhani would have been the first in over three decades between the u.s. and iranian president that meeting did not take place but yes tomorrow kerry and has iranian counterpart will be holding talks and those should certainly shed more light on whether or not we could see some kind of improvement between these relationship between these two countries and of course you know the reason that people are being optimistic that something might actually come out of this is because over the last eight years especially when mahmoud ahmadinejad would come here the previous president lots of fiery speeches controversial statements aimed at the west and the west of course for years now the united states and the west have been concerned about iran's

iran's new president hassan rouhani seems to be persistently knocking on the u.s. door urging washington to break more than three decades of diplomatic silence between the countries though the white house is still sending mixed signals whether it will kind it has recently hinted there is a possibility for a change of heart well let's take a look at how to run is trying to win over the sympathies of the u.s. president rouhani drew global attention when he vowed iran will never seek a nuclear weapon saying the strictly civil atomic program is the subject of national pride he also reached out to the white house through an article in the washington post according to leave frosty relations in the past and focus on warming them up and sticking to the election pledges of a moderate approach also released around a dozen political prisoners including prominent human rights activists and finally he exchanged correspondence with president obama later describing it as positive and constructive. while assistant professor at the university mohammad hassan carney joins me live fr

welcome back an iranian president hassan rouhani pledged to completely peaceful nuclear future for his country the statement has been generally welcomed by the international community and is seen as a step by terror and towards a more moderate stance on the global political arena let's have a look at taiwan's iran's newly elected leader has already done. so on his value has no military ambitions for iran's nuclear program has become tehran's latest move to establish former relations with its critics earlier a renowned lawyer and human rights activist has been sitar day was released from prison along with ten other political prisoners and another sign of a new approach the country's leader exchanged letters with barack obama which was later described as a positive and constructive move the appointment of western educated mohammed sorry for his foreign minister has already been praised as artie's report now reports some of washington's actions could jeopardize the prospects of open dialogue. the great empire and its favorite nemesis for decades relations between the u.s. and iran have be

six years after speculation that obama and rouhani might be able to meet on the sidelines of the why of this did not happen but this meeting will be the first in six years where some kind of outline for the steps ahead will be set forth so we're definitely expecting to get more details on iran as well will on this issue we did hear from iranian president rouhani talk to the general assembly session on nuclear disarmament he called for a nuclear weapon free world is there anything we can take away from his speech today this morning that can give us insight into how these meetings this afternoon between that you mentioned between kerry right his iranian counterpart might go definitely sam because you know these are these are not just empty words that these are in fact it seems indications of change having come after the change of presidency in iran these are kind of repetitive note that we have been hearing from tehran in the last several days that they are in fact willing to be more open about their specifically uranium enrichment program but also we've heard from our rouhani say that

of bilateral relations speaking of letters iran confirmed this week that president rouhani and president obama exchanged written correspondence rare contacts between the leaders of two nations that cut off diplomatic ties in one thousand nine hundred eighty in his letter mr obama indicated that the u.s. is ready to resolve the nuclear issue in a way that allows a launch to demonstrate that its nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful purposes and on wednesday iranian officials released prominent iranian lawyer nasreen day from prison after being jailed for three years for her human rights work in the past the u.s. actively force a today's release in addition iranian media reports that thirteen other political prisoners rounded up for involvement in the two thousand and nine anti-government protests had been released this comes as the bronx new moderate leader who has promised more freedoms at home and constructive engagement with the world travels to new york for the united nations general assembly debate however on the heels of mr rouhani arrival the u.s. government is preparing to s

well certainly if no meeting between obama and rouhani is taking place this week we will be keeping a close eye on the meeting between kerry and the iranian foreign minister because it is likely and this is unusual for them to meet face to face considering the tensions over the last several decades absolutely will quincey dentally rouhani is also addressing the u.n. general assembly today what can we expect out of that speech well that's certainly something that expected that is expected to be very curious in the sense that this will be the first time that rouhani will be addressing the united nations general assembly as iran's new president we have to remember that over the last eight years it was mahmoud ahmadinejad with quite a controversial personality and controversial status here in the united states and that the u.n. g.a. he's certainly year after year been causing much outrage with his controversial statements and feisty behavior every time we would see u.s. and western delegations walk out of the general assembly hall to watch show that they're ignoring the what they thought

iran's new president hassan rouhani seems to be persistently knocking on the u.s. door urging washington to break more than three decades of diplomatic silence between the two countries though the white house is still sending mixed signals as to whether it will answer in kind it's recently ended there is a chance for a change of heart let's take a look at how terran is trying to win over the sympathies of the u.s. president rouhani drew global attention when he vowed iran will never seek a nuclear weapon the saying strictly civill showing the strictly civil atomic program is a subject of national pride he also reached out to the white house for an article in the washington post calling to leave frosty relations in the past and focus on warming them up sticking to the election pledges of a more moderate approach he also released about a dozen political prisoners including a prominent human rights activist and finally he exchanged correspondence with president obama later describing it as positive and constructive as assistant professor at the university mohammad has

are enormous but if he's not prepared to do this you know whatever nice meeting he might have with rouhani next week in new york whatever other nice exchanges there might be that's not really going to be substantive well we will certainly be watching very closely next week in new york thank you so much for your analysis like i said in the spotlight next week very much so iran and the u.s. people experts will be watching very closely to see if possibly a step towards diplomatic relations is possible reporting from washington and he said no way r.c. . and over to our web site u.s. drone attacks have caused outrage because of the number of civilians they kill but according to a former u.s. air force general the one thing they can't target as successfully as enemy aircraft we've got the story for you online. plus on the in motion section of the website you can see the full version of this dramatic footage of a fire and golfing in oklahoma chemical plant after a series of explosions you can get all that and more at our. right from the scene. first street view and i think the jury. on our report

iran's new president hassan rouhani seems to be persistently knocking on the u.s. still urging washington to break more than three decades of diplomatic silence between the countries though the white house is still sending mixed signals whether it will answer in kind it has recently hinted there is a possibility for a change of heart or let's take a look at how to run is trying to win over the sympathies of the u.s. well present rouhani drew global attention when he recently vowed iran will never seek a nuclear weapon saying the strictly civil atomic program is the subject of national pride he also reached out to the white house through an article in the washington post according to leave frosty relations in the past and focus on warming them up sticking to the election pledges of a moderate approach also released around a dozen political prisoners including prominent human rights activists and finally he exchanged correspondence with president obama later describing it as a positive and constructive well assistant professor at the university in toronto how much ou

iran's new president hassan rouhani seems to be persistently knocking on the u.s. to war urging washington to break more than three decades of diplomatic silence between the countries though the white house is still sending mixed signals whether it will in kind it has recently hinted there is a possibility for a change of heart well let's take a look at how to run is trying to win over the sympathies of the u.s. will president rouhani drew global attention recently when he vowed that iran will never seek a nuclear weapon saying that the strictly civil atomic program is the subject of national pride he also reached out to the white house through an article in the washington post according to leave frosty relations in the past and focused on warming up sticking to the election pledges of a moderate approach he also released around a dozen political prisoners including prominent human rights activists and finally he exchanged correspondence with president obama later describing it as positive and constructive what assistant professor at the university mohammad hassan

president rouhani called on the bomber to join efforts and work together to bring peace to the middle east party takes a thorough look at just what they might have to overcome to achieve that. the standoff in the arctic russia's coastal guard captures a greenpeace ship and the rest all on board saying they threaten the lives of all right workers by trying to disrupt their work those stories and others coming up shortly. the first caracas has declared america's decision to deny airspace to the venezuelan president is nothing short of an act of aggression nicolas maduro was on route to china for a state visit when he was reportedly turned away from puerto rican airspace. more than now it's venezuela says is dead or gets could potentially be denied american visas head of a major u.n. meeting next week. is following the story for us. after initially denying airspace to the venezuelan president the us did an about face and granted approval for mr nicolas maduro to fly over puerto rico on his way to china a spokesperson for the u.s. state department so the u.s. initially denied them as well

president rouhani calls on the balance a joint efforts and walk together to bring peace to the middle east policy takes a hundred and just one they might have to overcome to achieve that. on the big future for europe twenty five million more people living in public say in a dozen day is from now that's the number estimated by a new report which explains the aggressive financial counts supposed to shore up the e.u.'s economy. is the media leave us so we leave the media love to see bush and see your. play your party is it the. issues that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from. politic you. choose your language. make it with. some of. the consensus. choose the opinions that you think are great. choose the stories to. choose be access to. this isn't see welcome by iran's new president hassan rouhani has reached out to obama through an article in the washington post urging him to join hands and work together towards a peaceful middle east is the latest in the recent a ray of steps taken by him to run to saudi currently ice relations with washington but this is like

this week star hassan rouhani reach out but also defend tehran from political attacks iran is an anchor of stability in unstable region the iranian threat is imaginary and is used as an excuse for the misdeeds of others iran poses absolutely no threat to the world or the region ronnie made it clear that iran does not want nuclear weapons and that it wants peace but also to be treated as an equal a rainy and u.s. officials praise high level meetings that took place on the sidelines of the general assembly and the country's president spoke over the phone for the first time in over three decades but what would it take for a would be photo op to become a new u.s. approach towards iran but as has our very tied there his hands are tied that there are people and lobby groups in the united states that do not want to see the united states and iran after thirty four years of demonizing the country to have relations the u.s. is in a tough spot it has to keep from north. relations in the middle east and now the alienation of the arab muslims in general against the us is mostly due to the commitment

iran's new president hassan rouhani seems to be persistently knocking on the u.s. door urging washington to break or than three decades of diplomatic silence between the two countries though the white house still sending mixed signals but i will answer in kind it's recently ended there is a possibility for a change of heart it's take a look at how terror on is trying to win over sympathies of the u.s. president rouhani drew global attention when you about iran will never seek a nuclear weapon saying the strictly atomic program saying it's strictly civil atomic program is a subject of national pride he also reach out to the white house who an article in the washington post calling to leave frosty relations in the past and focus on warming them up sticking to election pledges of a moderate approach he also released about a dozen political prisoners including prominent human rights activists finally he exchanged correspondence with president obama later describing it as positive and constructive. system professor at emory university mohammad husain conny says both oba

president rouhani calls on a bomber to join efforts and work together to bring peace to the middle east he takes a thorough look at just what they might have to overcome to achieve that. first israeli security forces of seized an emergency aid convoy accompanied by a delegation of european diplomats these supplies were intended for citizens of a palestinian village whose homes were demolished by the army after a court ruled that people didn't have proper building permits and that's a good mornings from ortiz paula slayer so put up what exactly happened here between these diplomats and the army. well this particular incident happened on finding from the information we have a group of european diplomats were driving in a truck when they were fired at by the israeli army now they say that they were targeted by sound grenades that a french diplomat was literally yanked from the truck before the army drove away the diplomats had inside the truck tents as well as emergency supplies that they were trying to deliver to a bed one community that earlier in the week had seen its homes its kinderga

plus love and loads a mixed welcome for ron's president rouhani on his return from new york with opposition crowds furious with the idea of ties with the us. this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital marina joshie welcome to the program now the olympic flame for the twenty fourteen winter games has been lit in the limpia the birthplace of the legendary event that is from there that the torch will travel thousands of kilometers to next year's host city in russia under farmer was the ceremony in greece and a shared some of his impressions with me as well as to ban would say who is in sochi for us. lympics flame for sorcery twenty fourteen has been lit will probably be able to see it just behind my left shoulder there and it also we will see here at olympia the birthplace of the games the longest torch relay in elim pick history just a few moments ago the lighting of the flame ceremony took place it was basically a step back in time winding back the clock perhaps two and a half thousand years is sore not trist stressed as the high priest s light the flame using the powers of the

president rouhani of iran received a mixed welcome in tehran on his return from his headline stealing attendance at the u.n. general assembly in new york rouhani supporters welcomed his return while dozens of opponents chanting anti-american slogans threw eggs and shoes at his car they oppose the president's softening the islamic republic's stance towards the u.s. and change of tone on nuclear weapons that follows the historical phone call between rouhani and obama the first direct talks between u.s. and iranian leaders for three decades after the call president obama voiced hopes for progress over tehran's atomic ambitions but said that serious obstacles remain america's top ally in the middle east israel remains skeptical of iran's less confrontational approach at the u.n. labeling it a smoke screen norman solomon from the institute for public accuracy says that the white house is under pressure from israel to be more hardline in its policy towards tehran. the u.s. government is under great pressure from the hawks in washington many of whom want the united states to either attack or

president rouhani calls on obama to join and walk together to bring peace to the middle east as he takes a sunday to adjust what they might have to of touching that. the standoff in the arctic russia's coastal guard captures agreed to pay. it's shaped and arrests all on board saying based westerners the lines of oil rig workers by trying to disrupt that what content more attention right. this is a media legal so we leave the media by the sea pollution securely play your party there's a bill. for shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from. politicking. are to. choose your language. killing the killer though if they feel some of. the consensus get to. choose the opinions that degrade to. choose the stories get him the money. choose the access to your office. this is coming to live from moscow welcome back iran's new president has some reality has reached out to bronco bamma through an article in the washington post urging him to join hands and work together towards a peaceful middle east and the latest in the recent r.a.o steps taken by tehran to fall the cur

and we start with a is storage conversation between president obama and iranian president rouhani in just the last hour the white house confirms the two men spoke with each other over the phone about a nuclear deal this marks the first time a u.s. president and iranian leader have spoke spoken in more than thirty years the president expressed optimism that an agreement can be reached meanwhile at the united nations in new york city it's been a busy week for the general assembly but as we reach friday the diplomats labors are starting to bear fruit thursday evening we learned that the five permanent members of the u.n. security council had agreed to a draft resolution put forward by the united states and russia that compel syria to give up its chemical weapons stockpiles and official vote in the security council may come as soon as this evening. throughout these negotiations the main point of contention centered on chapter seven measures which allow for military and nonmilitary actions now three of the five members of the security council the u.s. france and u.k. wanted a resolution t

are enormous but if he's not prepared to do this you know whatever nice meeting he might have with rouhani next week in new york whatever other nice exchanges there might be that's not really going to be substantive well we will certainly be watching very closely next week in new york thank you so much for your analysis like i said in the spotlight next week very much so iran and the u.s. people experts will be watching very closely to see if possibly a step towards diplomatic relations is possible reporting from washington and he said now way. still ahead a series of shocks from the police and. human rights activists say the apparently non lethal use of tasers on suspects is proving to be anything but their report i'm not sure why. do we speak your language or not advance. your music programs and documentaries in spanish matters to you breaking news a little too much of angle is good news stories. for you here. to ensure it all to spanish to find out more visit. wealthy british sign and sign some time to write. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mi

mixed welcome then for iran's president rouhani and his return from new york with opposition crowds furious with the idea of ties with the united states. even chief you just joined us just after eight pm now here in moscow watching the weekly a round up of the top stories of the last seven days here on out with me kevin now in first the limpid flame for the twenty fourteen winter games has been lit in the limpia earlier the birthplace of the legendary event of course it's from there that the torch will travel thousands of kilometers to next year's host city and russia. spoke to r.t. to andrew farmer at the ceremony in greece and also to buy much say in sochi. lympics flame for sorcery twenty fourteen has been lit will probably be able to see it just behind my left shoulder there and it also we will see here at olympia the birthplace of the games the longest torch relay in elim pick history just a few moments ago the lighting of the flame ceremony took place it was basically a step back in time winding back the clock perhaps two and a half thousand years is so we're not trying as a high prie

and angry mob pelted to rouhani is car with ads and shoes as he returned from the u.n. general assembly in new york for tasks or as were particularly outraged by the historic phone call with barack obama which marked the first direct talks between the country's leaders in three decades norman solomon from the institute for public accuracy thinks it's crucial hardliners are kept a base for diplomacy to succeed the u.s. government is under great pressure from the hawks in washington many of whom won the united states to either attack or wink and nod towards israel launching an attack on iran within the next year or so the role of the us i think is now to see what's possible diplomatically and i think it's a combination you know it takes two to dance that was not possible under argument in a job it would not be possible under president romney or president mccain for instance i think that is the very important factor the combination and it's a matter of timing. but it will be very important for the grassroots leaders as well as the powerful in both iran and the united state

from four other countries to talk about iran's nuclear program earlier today iran's president hassan rouhani called for the complete abolition of nuclear weapons all around the world. no nation of all you should possess nuclear weapons. since there are no right hands for these wrong weapons as you mr secretary general have rightly put it. he's determined. to make every effort to reenter the vision. within. world without further delays also today the general assembly heard from palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas regarding palestine's efforts toward permanent membership at the u.n. and the prospects of peace with israel joining me now from our new york studios for the latest on all of this on a stasia churkin a thank you want to start here let's start with the u.n. security council we're hearing reports that a deal may be reached on syria a russian foreign and foreign minister sergey lavrov addressed reporters just within the last hour what did he say and what are you hearing in regard to this deal and well our family can finally confirm that a diplomatic breakthrough has finally be

the previous i thought of mr rouhani was not helping at all from a legal standpoint your own feels that it has done everything it could if there is anything it wants to gain public opinion it knows that the need to wage a war against that it has verified it is the revolution and it has portrayed it in a position of a threat to the international community now it is trying to make a case to the international public opinion and they have changed the tone. now should barack obama go on trial for crimes against humanity that's what's the president of the levy is calling for he exclusively tells our t.v. what's behind this harsh accusations that's coming. almost daily das people crammed into filthy shacks and long workdays and toward air this is the dark side of bringing qatar's football world cup dream to life the gulf state is being hit with criticism for human rights violations as it turns dove into what some described as a miracle city the government brought in a raft of immigrant workers to get the capital ready for the twenty twenty two event but and investigations revealed labor is hav

the previous i thought of mr rouhani was not helping at all from a legal standpoint your own fear that it has done everything it could if there is anything you want to gain public opinion it knows that the need to have waged a war against that it has verified it is that devolution and it has portrayed it in a position of a threat to the international community now it is trying to make a case to the international public opinion and they have changed the tone. obama going trial for crimes against humanity that's what the president of believe he is calling for exclusively tells our kids what's behind his harsh accusations that's up soon here on our team. now russian journalists are protesting against the detention of a photographer who took pictures of the greenpeace activists attempt to scale an oil rig in the arctic ocean is being held in remand with the environmentalist most of whom will remain in custody for two more months pending an investigation that has to count as more on the story. the court in the russian city of mormons decided that twenty two people were onboard the arctic su

elected president has offered to oversee talks between the syrian government and the opposition hassan rouhani addressed the western world in an editorial for the washington post calling on countries to focus on the future and not past frosty relations the apparent readiness of iran's new leader to engage has given hope for a thaw in relations with washington that's not an easy goal to achieve let's take a look at the tensions between the two in the past decade or so a year after the cia accused iran of having one of the world's most active nuclear programs then president george w. bush named iran in his infamous axis of eagles eat of evil speech causing outrage in tehran in two thousand and five came the first of several statements in which bush hinted at the possibility of using force three years later president bush described iran as the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism saying action was needed before it was too late in two thousand and ten the u.s. and israel stepped up cyber war efforts aimed at disrupting one of iran's main nuclear power plants in summer two thousand and twelve

and the international community over his country's nuclear program some rouhani was a gave a news. conference in new york in the past hour the spirit of diplomatic optimism at the u.n. also extended to rare encounter which saw the u.s. secretary of state meet is a radiant counterpart for their country's highest level talks in decades their meeting centered on surrounds atomic program and fell within the framework of the seven nation ago ca should this shift in tones widely be welcomed both sides remain cautious though saying actions will speak louder the words end of the day international law professor of middle east expert told me iran's trying to win the hearts and minds of people worldwide like now. you know around feared a fairly comfortable position and they felt that the policy of. the previous letter after mr rouhani was not helping at all from a legal standpoint your own fears that it has done everything it could if there is anything you want to gain public opinion it knows that the media is waged a war against it it has verified it is the revolution and it has portrayed it