now on u.s. strategy with north korea. former u.n. ambassador and new mexico governor bill richardson, and former south korean ambassador donald gregg discuss current u.s. policy and seeing a way to encage north korea in nuclear talks and this is about at the asia society and about an hour and 25 minutes. >> now to korea, and a personal note to begin with. i am a relative newcomer here. i started in the fall and i was a journalist for nearly three decade before that. in thinking about tonight's program i was reminded about something that happened fairly frequently when you were on the international desk as i was for many years and something that happened to international news editors the world over. you would get a call, often, well, it might be during the day but more likely it was middle of the night wake-up call, kim jong-un or kim jong ill said before he wants to rain fire on south korea. he wants to destroy the american aggressors. he wants to take a shot at japan. sometimes it was a lot more than rhetoric. a vessel had been sunk. south korean vessel. a missile had bee

booktv.org. >>> and now roger lipsey talks at his biography of the former u.n. secretary-general and nobel peace prize winner dag hammarskjold who died in a plane crash. this is about 45 minutes. >> it is a custom in occasions such as this to demonstrate one's awareness of the eminent people in the room, and i can certainly say that as an ambassador i am so pleased that you are here. thank you for speaking. and nicole, i am so pleased that you invited me to come here. and then all of you, vice president and presidents, thank you very much. i wanted first to tell you about what we are going to speak about. i will take about a half-hour and then we can stick together for 15 minutes or so. our topic, as i see it, is diplomacy, particularly ulin diplomacy with the purpose of establishing or re-establishing peace and justice, peace with justice. to speak in hammarskjÖld's terms as a profound cultural act. a profound, cultural and creative act. that is how he lived it and how he intersect and talked, because he was often in a very understated way teaching of the human community how he viewed al

of the u.n. preamble, it was created, quote, to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women of nations large and small.? if confirmed, your focus at the united nations will no doubt be on the crisis du jour -- the middle east, syria, iran, north korea, afghanistan, pakistan, china, increasingly north africa, and the nature of nations that emerge from the arab spring. but i would encourage you to also keep your focus and task your staff to what is happening off the front page as well as on it, what may be happening on freedom of expression in latin america, fighting hiv/aids, malaria and polio in africa, on the status of talks to resolve the 66-year- long question of cyprus, on women's rights in pakistan, labor rights in bangladesh and human rights in sri lanka. the u.n., for all its faults, has a great ability to serve as arbitrator, a neutral fact- finder and overseer of peace. i urge you to harness its strengths in the interests of our nation and -- not coincidentally -- in the interest of fulfilli

u.n. team to come to damascus. so, it is important and significant in this regard. however, we will really need to wait and see the outcome of the meeting when it happens between d team investigating allegations of chemical weapons with the syrian government. because what the u.n. is asking for is that access to all areas in syria in which the opposition are staying and claiming that the government forces used, cool weapons. at the moment, the government is allowing the u.n. to go to one area in which the government accuses the opposition of using chemical weapons against its own forces. we really need to wait and see the outcome of the meeting when it happens next week. >> how has the opposition reacted to the news? spoke with the syrian national coalition -- a spokesman for the syrian national coalition welcomed to visit and he said forces are willing to cooperate with the u.n. team to investigate the allegation of comical cool weapons being used by the opposition in the liberated areas. he did call on the u.n. to conduct a thorough, professional and comprehensive investigation, a

disagreements in u.n. security council can lead the institution quote ineffective. following his remarks, there was a panel discussion on u.n. conflict relation, syria, somalia, and mali. this is 90 minutes. >> it is my honor to welcome you to the brookings institution this morning. we are going to hear from a friend of this institution. a friend and a colleague to a number of us in the room, jeff feldman. he is, as you know, the undersecretary for political affairs at the united nations. this is a post he has held for a little over a year. jeff, i suspect, it feels rather longer than that. he has participated in many much our forums, including the u.s. and islam foreyums. today he will talk about some tough areas of the world that need the very best diplomacy there is. both on the part of the united nations and on the part of a number of countries represented here in this room today. i will come to one of those in particular in a moment. jeff brings to his present job the experience of 26 years as a foreign service officer. he has had many tours. i think it is safe to say, none of them

u.n. preamble it was creative quote to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights and the dignity and worth of the human person of equal rights of men and women of nations large and small. if confirmed your focus on the united nations will no doubt be on the crisis du jour the middle east area iran north korea afghanistan-pakistan increasingly north africa and the nations that emerged from the air of spring but i would encourage you to also keep your focus and castor staff to what is happening off the front page as well as on it. what may be happening on freedom of expression and latin america fighting hiv aids malaria and polio in africa, the status of talks to resolve the 66 year long question of cyprus women's rights in pakistan labor rights in bangladesh and sri lanka. the u.n. for all its faults has the credibility great ability to serve as an arbitrator factfinder and overseer of peace. i urge you to harness and strengthestrengthe n the interest of our nation and not coincidentally in the interest of fulfilling the stated purpose of the united nations which is to unite our stren

, 2010, the combination of the u.n. diplomacy, mediation, peace keeping saw the number of wars in the world go from the peak of 30 in 1992 to six in 2010. from an average of roughly a million people a year killed in civil wars to about 10,000 in 2010. now, syria spikes the numbers up again, but, overall, globally in the post war period, a huge reinstruction in the number of levels of war in the world for which u.n. and peace keeping play a central role, not exclusive, but central. it's always worth bearing that in mind when the attention goes to big failures, but part of the story. >> i could only choose a few topics to address in the remarks today, but i look at things where the u.n. had real success, that i believe prevented what could have been violent, violent outcomes and conflict. the nigeria border, who thinks about that? serious dispute, almost finished working to demarcate the entire border, probably a ceremony in december to note this. this is something that ten years ago looked like it was a dangerous war or conflict. the legislative elections in giewny. they looked to be a

handed up in washington. mixed feelings between the syrian national coalition and the u.n. security council to the rebel group for weapons with us. from a studio in moscow to this is. a day so these are live pictures from egypt thousands of egyptians are out on the streets throughout the country and in qatar where these pictures are coming from for and against the ousted president mohamed morsy two people were killed as demonstrators clashed in alexandria and a bridge has been. dozens of injuries have been reported true from egypt's capital. now we have had clashes here in the capital in an area called supra which the peak moment is where from where i'm standing here what happened was why evil marches accidentally cross and angry citizens and up during rocks at each other people still had a lot of violence outside the capital in the nile delta government dummy access and we saw again why the protest because fighting inefficiencies that comes to city of alexandria where they support his opponents all found to be to mohamed morsi supporters in the main running points you see the very

are discussing the humanitarian aspect of wars for third john holmes former u.n. emergency relief coordinator and currently the u.k. chair for the international rescue committee sir john i've been covering the conflict in syria for more than two years and obviously you're come across a lot of horrible stories of human suffering but. i got an impression that human suffering in itself has not only big become a rallying cry for many parties but almost a goal in itself because the more trust it is you've got the easier it is to justify certain policy actions well i hope not because because no one should use humanitarian suffering and the need for humanitarian aid as an argument for a particular political or security action we have to deal with the suffering as it is whoever is responsible for it as i said the suffering is extremely great now and getting greater almost whatever happens in this terrible civil war is going to get worse i fear and therefore there is a big responsibility on all the international community to try and do something about that humanitarian situation whatever y

u.n. for more on this is go live to washington correspondent and you can bring us up to speed if you would know a little bit more about what's come out here what was found. kevin as you remember the u.n. investigation into the use of chemical weapons and near aleppo never materialized the syrian government requested such investigation but so. do you want officials demanded access into all syrian facilities which syria denied insisting on the investigation of that particular incident anyway that u.n. investigation never happened but nonetheless the u.s. came forward and said it had evidence that the syrian government used chemical weapons but there were a lot of questions as to the sources to which they got the evidence washington brushed up all reports that rebels could have been behind the attack the syrian government wanted the incident clarified and requested russian experts to look into what happened in khan near aleppo which they did and based on that analysis russia says there is every reason to believe that it was the armed opposition fighters who used chemical weapons in

hour russia's u.n. envoy vitally vitaly churkin announced today that samples have been collected from the site and were chemical weapons were used in syria those samples have been analyzed and are now being handed over to the u.n. in an attempt to prove that rebels and not the syrian government were the ones using chemical weapons. and reports. the u.n. investigation into the use of chemical weapons near aleppo never materialized the syrian government requested such investigation but some you want officials demanded access into all theory and facilities which syria denied insisting on the investigation of that particular incident anyway that u.n. investigation never happened but nonetheless the u.s. came forward and said it had evidence that the syrian government used chemical weapons but there were lots of questions as to the sources through which they got the evidence washington brushed off always ports that rebels could have been behind the attack the syrian government wanted the incident clarified and requested russian experts to look into what happened in qana sol near alepp

china sea. the department of foreign affairs in manila on tuesday said the u.s./u.n. tribunal convened last week. the philippine government says china's claims run counter to international law. it's calling on china to settle disputes in line with the u.n. convention on the law of the sea. but china argues that territorial issues should be dealt with between the nations involved. beijing has shown no intention of responding to the proposal from the philippines. >>> russia's president vladimir putin wants to speed up development in the kuril islands including areas that japan claims as its territory. putin visited russia's far east to observe a large-scale military exercise. the week-long exercise began saturday. about 160,000 personnel from the army, navy and air force are taking part. military leaders have deployed around 1,000 tanks and armored vehicles, plus 130 aircraft and 70 naval vessels. putin later met with officials to discuss development in the province. the local government ministers four islands that russia controls but are claimed by japan. analysts say putin see

the screws on u.n. data protection regulations it comes off an avalanche of criticism and anger over what some see as the government's failure to deal with a scandal sparked by snowden's revelations exposed role in massive u.s. led surveillance but many in germany view the move as a simple attempt to win back political points ahead of september's general election . reports from berlin. two of germany's most senior cabinet members have written to the e.u. counterparts to try and get them to push the united nations to change their current privacy legislation all seems well and good especially when you consider that the current privacy legislation was written way back in one thousand nine hundred sixty six long before things like mobile phones facebook the internet all of those things that the n.s.a. being apparently looking into now this could be a genuine effort by the by the german ministers to try and help the privacy of the people of the european union or it could be something of a smokescreen and a bit of damage limitation i have to consider that germany was one of the major

asking for you when support, thinking they have the more -- u.n. support. they think they have more legitimate claim. hard to findt is an entry point. we might not be able to look out x isee that country having an ethnic problem in one corner of the country that seems to be spreading and we get a warning. that government, that member state of this organization that i served might not think it has a problem or may not think it needs a solution or wants to -- or does not want to internationalize a solution. we are an organization based on membership. there is a sovereignty reality we have to accept as a member state-based organization. what do you try to do? you try to find mediators -- intermediaries that have legitimacy on their own. you might send out somebody who you knew was close to certain government leaders from another country who could talk quietly behind closed doors without a big deal. graduatere is a u.n. resident coordinator on the ground that could target an entry point. you always have to be looking at this. one of the reasons i want to make sure we have brought a fina

representatives of the u.n. security council speaking about the conflict in the african great lakes region. then a look at how states and the federal government are meeting the october deadline for open enrollment of health insurance exchanges. after that we're live from the center for american progress with a debate on the role of debt and deficit reduction and economic strategy. and later, the senate returns at 2 p.m. eastern for general speeches followed by more debate on funding for transportation and housing programs and the nomination of james comey to be the next fbi director. >> at a recent u.n. security council meeting in phi, secretary of state john kerry and u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon discussed the ongoing cop flick in the african great lakes region as well as humanitarian assistance in the area. other speakers included the president of the world bank and the be u.n. special envoy to the african great lakes region. [inaudible conversations] >> the 7,0 11th meeting of the security council is called to order. the provisional agenda for this meeting is the situation in the

the peace. the u.n. deploys more than 12,000 troops. we will have a report from the capital. thousands brave the rain in hong kong on the anniversary of its handover to china. you are watching al jazeera. a reminder of our top stories. the u.s. has again been accused of spying on its allies. ericatest revelation from spillman claims the agency spied on dozens of embassies. germany has described the claims as unacceptable and reminiscent of the cold war. protesters in egypt have stormed the national brotherhood's national headquarters. at least 16 people have been killed in two days of protests across the country. 19 firefighters who died trying to put out wildfires in the u.s. state of arizona. the fire started friday and quickly spread because of high temperatures and wind. it is the worst incident of its kind in 30 years. the u.n. is launching one of its biggest ever peacekeeping missions. over 12,000 peacekeepers have been deployed to mali. will take over from french forces who have been fighting rebels in the north. james was in the capital for the handover ceremony. >> a formal ce

crisis as the u.n. and others try to get aid to refugees and citizens still inside the country. >> woodruff: and the world got its first glimpse today of the new royal heir. we get an update on the one-day- old prince of cambridge and his family. >> brown: then the obama administration is pressing young adults to enroll in health insurance plans. ray suarez gets two views on the benefits and the drawbacks. >> woodruff: a california program takes guns away from those who legally bought them, but are now barred from owning them. spencer michels has our next story on stopping gun violence. >> this is an ak47 assault rifle. this is a 500 caliber revolver. all of them have been confiscated within the last six months. >> brown: can elderly patients with dementia consent to sex? we talk to bloomberg reporter bryan gruley about his series of stories. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social a

the group meets with the u.n. security council for the first time. and u.s. authorities break a cyber a fraud scam worth hundreds of millions of dollars believed to be largest ever they are now seeking decades in prison for the hackers. it is two pm in moscow you're watching our team with me marina joshua welcome to the program. it's been a deadly night in cairo but there are conflicting reports on the number of victims the muslim brotherhood claims that more than one hundred people were killed in clashes while the health ministry confirms only twenty nine deaths most of the casualties are apparently supporters of the ousted president morsy with some reports suggesting they were deliberately targeted by gunmen local media also claims that sounds were injured during what is believed to be the largest protest egypt has seen in two and a half years as in cairo for us. it was a very bloody night here in egypt as clashes erupted in many parts of the country and continue into saturday morning off to these nationwide going through protests both in support and against the else needed mohamed

says u.s. will sign u.n. treaty on arms regulations despite lawmakers' opposition. >> in that he is talking about secretary of state john kerry, and he's speaking about the u.n. arms trade treaty. >> a treaty that was approved by the u.n. general assembly back on april 2nd. chief kessler believes that the treaty will limit his right to bear arms. >> secretary of state john kerry, that piece of [ bleep ] traitor, and who is he to decide what we can and can't own, and who are the u.n. to decide what we, the american people, can own. >> that is the video that upset a lot of people, because he uses profane words in reference to our secretary of state, and also people are offended, because this man is a public official, but now, let's go back to the apology that he wrote. >> for all of the people out there who cried and cried and about oh, i use profanity, go [ bleep ] yourself and get some more. >> well, maybe the message has been sent by chief kessler, no, he comes back for more. >> go [ bleep ] yourself again. >> and he comes back with another firearm. >> you. >> and this guy is the p

relationship has always been very strong. thehe previous parliament, bone of contention was a u.n. meeting in rio de janeiro. bhutanese prime minister met the chinese prime minister. that rattled india and a lot of people in bhutan. it was picked up by the opposition as to what the particular position was of bhutan and its relationship with china and india. ofrecent days, subsidies kerosene, andnd, subsidies for electricity have been removed raising prices and ifding bhutanese to wonder they have been punished for preliminarily talking to china. they got twice as many seats as the outgoing party. they have little experience in government. the country could be in for big changes. >> yes. they performed their election campaign on the word change. we have heard it across many campaigns since barack obama won his first term. change does seem to be the word even here. the incoming people's democratic party is a very young party. most are in their 30's to early 50's. most have no ministerial experience. vibrant, a newg, who wantn of bhutanese to make a difference and say we can make a difference. t

agrees to take part in the peace talks of the group meets with the u.n. security council for the first time. and u.s. authorities break a cyber fraud scam worth hundreds of millions of dollars believed to be the largest ever they're now seeking decades in prison for the hungers. thanks for tuning in this hour on to see cough and of and of course you're watching our team well we begin with our breaking news from egypt it's been a deadly night in cairo where up to one hundred twenty people have reportedly been killed in clashes according to local doctors now most of the casualties are apparently supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsy with some reports suggesting they were deliberately targeted by gunmen local media also claims that thousands were injured during what's believed to be the largest protests in egypt that the country has seen in the past two and a half years now r.t.l. true is in cairo for us. it was a very bloody no here in egypt as clashes erupted in many parts of the country and continue into saturday morning off to these nationwide why do protests broken support

the group meets with the u.n. security council for the first time. and u.s. authorities break a cyber fraud scam worth hundreds of millions of dollars believed to be the largest ever they are now seeking decades in prison for the hackers. thanks for joining in the saturday i'm lucy captain of an of course you're watching our t.v. well we begin with our breaking news from egypt at least eighty people have been killed in overnight clashes in cairo this is according to the muslim brotherhood now most of those casualties are apparently supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsy with some reports suggesting they were deliberately targeted by gunmen unconfirmed reports i should add local media also claims that more than a thousand people were injured during what is believed to be the largest protests in egypt over the past two and a half years r.t.l. true isn't cairo. it was a very bloody night here in egypt as clashes erupted in many parts of the country and continue into saturday morning off to these nationwide why who protest vote in supports and against the old city to moham

bringing the united nations to their own localities. the race went to san francisco where the u.n. charter was drafted. he went to london where they met for the first time. it went to mackinac island or the nation's governors had their conference in 1945. went to new york, which contained the base of operations for the site searching teams who would determine the outcome. it went to potential sites, especially in the northeast, including philadelphia. while the civic boosters were running their own race race to win a private no one had announced, the world's diplomats were on their own parallel track, a more deliberate of course of determining whether the balance of power would lie in europe or the united states of trying to get an international organization off the ground in dealing with a very serious issues of transitioning from war to peace, all the while with the american boosters nipping at their heels. we have had some serious substantial lessons learned from all of us, and it is about the ways that local and national and global identities are formed and it is about the way

national coalition and the u.n. security council a day to beat rebel group bargaining for weapons with the us. live from studio center in moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day. these live pictures from cairo tens of thousands of egyptians are out on the streets there and throughout the country in rival rallies for and against the else did president mohamed morsy two people were killed as demonstrators clashed in alexandria and in a bridge has been set on fire dozens of injuries have been reported has more now from egypt's capital. now we have had clashes here in the capital in an area called supra which the peak moment is where from where i'm standing here what happened was why evil marches accidentally cross and angry citizens and up during rocks at each other we've also had a lot of violence outside the capital in the nile delta government dummy after we saw again why the protest be spiking inefficiencies that comes to the city of alexandria where they support his opponents all founds leader mohamed morsi puts in the main running point you see the very heavy deployment

n.s.a. which is. tracking what is actually happening in his own back yard. at all to call. the u.n. secretary general ban ki moon has said that more than one hundred thousand people have now been killed in the syrian conflict and he's urging a stop to the peace process this comes as the head of the visit of the syrian national coalition to new york where is expected to meet with the u.s. secretary of state in the u.n. security council on porn are joining me live now with more on the story so what does the coalition plan to achieve by this trip to new york. well it's no secret that the syrian opposition wants to receive the weapons and military aid that the obama administration has promised to provide to rebels fighting against president bashar al assad and this is likely going to be the main topic that will be discussed between the u.s. secretary of state john kerry and the syrian delegation visiting the u.n. which is being led by the president of the syrian national coalition the new president ahmed jarba now the issue many experts are raising here is the fact that the group has n

. a discussion now on u.s. strategy toward north korea. former u.n. ambassador and new mexico governor bill richardson along with former south korean ambassador donald gregg discuss foreign policy and necessary changes to engage north korea denuclearization talks. this was posted by the asia society in new york city, it runs 1 hour and 25 minutes. >> now to korea and a personal note, to begin with, i am a relative newcomer here. i started in the fall as a journalist for three decades before that and in thinking about tonight's program i was reminded of something that happened fairly frequently when you were on the international desk as i was for many years and something that happened to international news editors the world over. you would get a call, might be during the day but quite often in the middle of the night, wake up call. kim jong un or kim jong il, has said he wants to rain fire on south korea. he wants to destroy the american aggressors, he wants to take a shot at japan. sometimes it was a lot more than rhetoric. vessels have been sunk, self korean vessel, missile h

the u.n. >> reporter: malala yousufzai arrived at the united nations to a personal greeting from secretary-general ban ki-moon. then birthday wishes from the packed chamber. [ applause ] >> happy birthday to the most courageous girl in the world. [ applause ] >> today is the day of every woman, every boy, every girl, who have [ indiscernible ] raised their voice for rights. >> reporter: a few months ago she was fighting for her life after an attack by the pakistani taliban. today to a standing ovation, she delivered her first public speech at the u.n. >> now it's time to speak up. >> reporter: nearly 1,000 young faces filled the room invited from 90 countries on a shared mission. 57million children around the world never go to school. in light of that struggle, the u.n. everyone as officially declared this in lal ledee. she had been an outspoken advocate for girls education in pakistan a position that made her a target for the taliban. last october she was shot in the head. it stunned the world. she recovered to activism quickly. >> courage was born. [ applause ] >> reporter: tal

in any way a breach of u.n. security council sanctions. the news of the seizure was announced by panama's president ricardo martinelli in a radio interview. he said authorities had found what he called sophisticated missile equipment. the 35 crew members resisted efforts to redirect the ship into port. investigators have detained them. they said the ship's captain tried to commit suicide. defense consultants with ihs janes intelligence analyzed military hardware. they identified the equipment as high-performance radar for surface-to-air missiles. u.s. state department spokesperson patrick ventrell said the ship has a history of involvement in drug smuggling. he said u.s. officials strongly support panama's decision to inspect the vessel. the acting u.s. ambassador to the u.n. said the shipments of arms or related material to and from north korea violate security council resolutions. >> obviously, this shipment, if it's confirmed to have what we suspect, would be of interest to the sanctions committee. >> dicarlo commended the panamanians for the seizure. she said they have a resp

>> shocking u.n. figures, 5000 syrians are dying every month in the country's civil war. hello there. also on this program, the egyptian president swears in a new cabinet. the muslim brotherhood says it is illegitimate. breaking the embargo. a ship is seized on the panama canal carrying missiles being smuggled to north korea. and families of close to 6000 people presumed dead in india's floods refused to give up hope. the united nations says 5000 syrians are being killed in the country every month. the u.n. also warns it is getting to be increasingly difficult for people fleeing the conflict to find a safe refuge. this is said to show victims near the capital of damascus. nine people, including a child, were shot dead. and there is the assistant secretary general for human rights at the u.n., and he says growing religious intolerance is fueling the violence. >> of the great problem with the situation is that we have an escalation of sectarianism, and our data speak about it. we have cases of sectarian massacres, and we have an escalation of the hate speech, but in the sermons a

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initiative to upgrade to a u.n. privacy regulations to snowden revealed a better leans close ties with the n.s.a. i think it's too early to judge and we have just heard before it's still unclear if this is just talk only or if we will see really results and we have to we have to judge on the results and not on what is said at this point in time before the elections but we also should not forget it's not only about the u.n. privacy laws it's also the bald by literally agreements between germany and the u.s. and other countries so more has to be done than just starting a process about the u.n. privacy although this might be a step in the right direction but we would expect a lot more talk to christian executive director said john branch of anticorruption group transparency international thank you very much indeed several speaking to. unemployment in france reaches a record highs sparking a scramble by the governing socialist policy to contain a crisis that's forcing many of the country's young people to rely on home doubts from older generations. people's wages that going doll the mount

private data. plus the syrian national coalition plans an unofficial summit with the u.n. security council on bringing peace to the country after bargaining for weapons with the u.s. and reports say that they might actually get. live from studio center in moscow this is r t with the twenty four hours a day tens of thousands of egyptians are all in the streets throughout the country in rival rallies for and against the ousted president mohamed morsy demonstrators have clashed and xandra and the capital karo where a bridge has been set on fire dozens of injuries have been reported we hope to get the latest from our correspondent bill true who is in cairo in just a few minutes from now but first of all. let's get more on the developing situation live with saeed she's a spokesperson for british egyptians for democracy she's in london for the military they've issued an ultimatum saying to the muslim brotherhood they've got to sit down and have in just a matter of days do you think the muslim brotherhood will actually listen and do that. that's an interesting question you posed when sisi

exactly the same thing but even the u.n. chief is trying to distance himself on the international body as on his more important reforms in nations secretary-general ban ki-moon is urging nations to protect the integrity of diplomatic missions on their soil the u.n. chief's comments common made allegations that the u.s. has been spying on the european union and other allies over port by german weekly der spiegel says that the national security agency blog to the e.u.'s mission in washington d.c. and also popped into its computer system to be able to access e-mails and other internal documents the e.u. delegation at the united nations was reportedly subject to similar surveillance citing classified documents leaked by n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden the weekly says that france italy and greece are among the thirty eight u.s. surveillance targets now while the news has blindsided and shocked many european leaders u.s. president barack obama has downplayed the surveillance story saying that it's basically political protocol between friends they're going to be trying to understand the w

agrees to take part in peace talks as the group meets with the u.n. security council for the first time. and u.s. authorities break a cyber fraud scam worth hundreds of millions of dollars believed to be the largest ever are now sitting decades in prison for the hikers. thanks for joining in this saturday i'm lucy and of course you're watching our team but we begin with our breaking news here on our t.v. in egypt the muslim brotherhood says at least thirty one people have been killed in cairo with another seven reported dead in alexandria during what is believed to be the largest protests egypt has seen in two and a half years clashes between supporters and opponents of the ousted president mohamed morsy have erupted across the country some reports claim that promo suit morsi muslim brotherhood demonstrators were specifically targeted by gunmen are true has more from cairo. it was a very bloody night here in egypt as clashes erupted in many parts of the country and continue into saturday morning off to the summation wind trying to protest both in support and against the ousted leader mo

. and the u.n. chemical weapon team a sub syria's invitation to conduct a fact finding mission in aleppo after russian investigators say they found evidence that the rebels or not the regime have used toxic gas there. thanks for tuning in it's noon here in the russian capital i'm lucy catherine of and you're watching r.t. . well more americans consider edward snowden to be a whistleblower than a traitor a highly cited poll have found that fifty five percent of respondents were actually sympathetic about what mr snowden did while about a third were less forgiving washington is pursuing espionage charges against snowden for leaking the details of the n.s.a.'s surveillance systems it's a network that involves almost all u.s. telecom giants but one internet provider is standing firm refusing the n.s.a.'s advances and so far managing to get away with it or have an open spoke to the owner of x. mission pete ashdown. we have had situations where people inside the attorney general's office of slandered my business and said that we're supporting criminals we absolutely do not support crimi

between the u.n. security council and the anti assad leadership. here gas clashes with police thousands of protesters converging on capital and rage by the assassination of a prominent opposition party leader. hello good morning it's nice to have your company you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me and very far. now whigs are edward snowden's revelations of the united states mass snooping operation against infuriated e.u. citizens germany is taking steps to address threats to previous see it wants to update u.n. data protection regulations with some top officials also calling for a suspension of the data exchange treaty between washington and the skeptics though suspect it's little more than general election campaigning as peter all of the reports from berlin. so two of germany's most senior cabinet members have written to the e.u. counterparts to try and get them to push the united nations to change their current privacy legislation all seems well and good especially when he comes said that the current privacy legislation was written way back in one nine hundred six

the u.s. secretary of state on thursday and discuss matters of peace with the u.n. the next day well that says the world body secretary-general ban ki moon put the death toll from the civil war to more than one hundred thousand. it's no secret that the syrian opposition wants to receive the weapons and military aid that the obama administration has promised to provide to rebels fighting against president bashar al assad and this is likely going to be the main topic that will be discussed between the u.s. secretary of state john kerry and the syrian delegation visiting the u.n. which is being led by the president of the syrian national coalition the new president ahmed jarba now the issue many experts are raising here is the fact that the group has no official power and lacks support and recognition inside of syria the syrian national coalition was founded in doha and is based in is stamboul many see this group as outsiders lobbying for more arms to import into serious already bloody civil war and several u.s. lawmakers have publicly opposed providing any weapons to the syrian rebels