policy in syria. other topics include russia and turkey's influence in the region and the need to address human rights abuses. from the hudson institute, this is an hour and a half. >>> good afternoon and welcome to hudson institute. welcome to this debate about next steps for the u.s. strategy in syria. my name is jhonas. i'm a nonresident new fellow here at hudson. i've been working in these topics of syria and what happens next. so welcome to our audience. welcome to the viewers out there. we have the pleasure of being covered by c-span today. it's not just our audience here but broader is part of us. i have a stellar panel with me up here to talk about our questions. i have next to me representative for the syrian opposition coalition and a founding member of the syrian women's political movement. you're al i have my colleague mike doran. e he he's a great expert on this and worked inside and outside of the institute. we have georgetown and senior fellow on international religious freedom jomana q

strategy on syria. just weeks ago our nation commemorated a somber anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks and among the many consequences of that strike on the united states was the increased recognition of the dangers posed by a violent ideology targeting our nation and its allies and partners. those dangers remain. for decades, the syrian regime has been known for barbarity and terrorism. five years ago, islamic state in iraq and syria arose from the remnants from al qaeda in iraq. isis killed and pillaged. the goal of isis was to develop syria as a base of operations for the global terrorist network. isis has some initial success, the group quickly seized territory including eastern syria and while the united states continued to speak out against the atrocities of the syrian government, they posed a possiblist ruthless anti-american terrorist group controlling a large and important region. therefore the united states insisted all of those fighting isis and there have been some important victories

in northern syria the u.s. is working with the nato coalition partner turkey to ensure stability and security in the region. we remain committed to a sustainable arrangement that ensures continued stability and addresses turkish concerns. the united states is working with turkey to promote local governance and security elements acceptable to all parties. including the people of mandates. we expect their concerns and are aligned in seeking an end to the syrian conflict and security with a resolution 2254 that respects the rights of all citizens and addresses the humanitarian crisis caused by the conflict. we welcome reports of a turkish russian agreement to form a demilitarized zone but never the less remain gravely concerned over the potential for a major military offensive by the syrian regime backed by russia and iran that could increase the prospects of the use of chemical weapons and put civilians at risk. turkey shares these concerns. it remains to be seen if the effort to dissuade russia from supporting a

want to be syria where it was. other things that people in here i mean everything we've talked about just over the last few minutes sounds desperate but other things you've seen that give you hope i think what give hope to people that we syrian has syria during history if we go back to the syrian history all over the thousands of years syria was always the middle point of fight between superpowers up to the. one nine hundred twenty we could see that there was a big fight in the middle east in syria between the british and the french even like we say you know which was between the free after six because they still forth between each other but syria was rebuilt damascus was the twice by the french in one thousand twenty five and one thousand nine hundred two one they bombed damascus completely but it was rebuilt i think the syrian people has a strong feeling of survival they will rebuild it they will do it but the time that the people abroad they should leave us alone and i think till now some people don't believe th

rippling effect on syria. a couple of other comp two other pieces of legislation that are important to the house resolution 1667 otherwise known as the caesar built on the note assistant for a site i picked this up and bipartisan, ongoing for quite some time. the house of pushing it. it's really meant to sanction for up to five years any contract regardless of what if it's russian, chinese, i mean, et cetera that any significant financial transaction with the regime. the aim of this issue to cripple the machine for anyone who may be looking to do with the region especially in this time of quote-unquote restructuring with the contemplation of reconstruction. eventually to deter into the entities that may be considering that. it went to senate, modified, the senate foreign relations committee did some modifications and now sending it to the sent to vote on and he will have to go back to the house. if it's not done within this particular time before congress is out of session again it may start all over again but

emerge and reconstruct and get a comprehensive and inclusive syria not. listed here he didn't see the syrian. regime him what i noticed is you could be equal to that is acting in a concrete way but it's not going to contribute to the stability and the security of that little syria nine months after the sochi some into the constitutional committee had not yet been formed and until the end of this year we open pray that the lists will be approved for the prospective members of the constitutional committee so that they can have a summit but it doesn't depend on the four of us we have the will in place for that to be possible and we want an inclusive political solution to the march of the people of the syrian people will determine their fate off they have to have a say. in the matter is that a free and transparent election should be conducted under the provisions of the international community i mean we haven't seen any just a series in that regard or any favors in that regard which are the concrete. fact that we are trying to mobilize the international commu

news live from berlin and fresh efforts to find peace in syria today's summit in istanbul a step towards a political solution to the country's seven year civil war turkey's president. says russian french and german counterparts we go live to our correspondents for the latest also coming up a criminal record and a passion for you was president donald trump details emerge about the man suspected of sending a series of mail bombs to prominent democrats fingerprint evidence that tracked down the florida man in question as investigators scrutinized more suspicious packages believed to be linked to a sponsor. and here in germany it's another key vote for a chance or shaky coalition countries conservatives are bracing for a blow in state elections and has so we take a look at what's at stake in sunday's vote. thanks for joining us i'm marrying evans dean. turkey says they will push for concrete steps to resolve the syrian conflict during a four nation summit it's hosting today in istanbul turkish president which of time aired on his meeting the leaders of france russia and germany they're also

installations in syria as and that there is no intention to move those elements out of syria until as one individual from the pentagon put it all iranian elements are out of syria and he added perrin that ickle a and isis and other elements like isis or thoroughly defeated so that tells me that regardless of what president trump might want to have as a policy which i think is to eventually leave syria substantially we're there we're very much there we talk more about that what is the current american goal in syria because under obama it did seem like america didn't quite know what it wanted to do exactly the strength now what he wants there. it's a good question it's a question i asked my students about everything from u.s. russia policy to u.s. policy with regard to venezuela no one knows and this is the mystery of this administration it's a conundrum what trumps policy is from monday to tuesday to the end of the week so it's very difficult other than listening to strident voices like those of john bolton the neoconservative nutcase in my view or mike pompei o who is not far from tha

also in the program a fresh pasta fight in syria to president demands a new constitution for the war torn country he's been hosting his russian french and german counterparts at a summit in istanbul as the meeting between a political settlement to syria's civil war. the line. i'm christine one globe welcome to the program officials in the u.s. city of pittsburgh say they're all multiple fatalities following a shooting at a synagogue have confirmed at least four people were killed us pray say that that figure could be higher and six injured when a gunman opened fire inside the house of worship for responding officers were among the wounded a suspect is in police custody. the scene of the crime a synagogue in the neighborhood of screw hill pittsburgh shortly after the shooting many questions remain but what's clear is that several people are now dead and several more are injured including police officers who were quick to move in and surround the tree of life synagogue. the scene is very bad inside. there are multiple fatalities there are at least six injuries to include four police of

this is news line from berlin fresh efforts to find peace in syria today's summit in istanbul is aiming for a political solution to the country's seven year civil war turkish president rejected even aired on hosts u.s. president donald trump details the man suspected of sending a series of mail bombs to prominence democrats fingerprint evidence helped track down the florida man in question as investigators scrutinized more suspicious packages believed to be linked to his blog. and why germany is long hot summer is now spending calles for the country's shipping industry it's not just water levels that have dropped so have revenues climate change experts explain what it means for the future offering. money thank you for joining us turkey says it will push for concrete steps to resolve the syrian conflict during a four nation summit it's hosting in istanbul now to fish president on is meeting the leaders of france russia and germany they're also expected to discuss access to humanitarian aid the drafting of a constitution and reconstruction of the war torn country. on friday seven people w

really for our freedom and security and a better journalist but as a billy has been on the ground in syria where the u.k. ministry of defense told this program the u.k. is bombing every single day according to latest figures joins me via skype from bordeaux in france for his thanks for going back on before we get to your latest revelations from your reporting in syria your reaction to the resignation of the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley of the sea back war now southerners call the moderates in the new york times for instance well a moderate neo con for sure i mean the clamor of approval various israeli entities following her. resignation. i guess all of us thought that after samantha power it couldn't get any worse and then nikki haley arrived basically justified they israeli aggression against the palestinian protesters. tried to justify falsely iranian involvement in the yemeni war that justified of course the u.s. supply of cluster bombs and other nations to the saudi coalition to effectively korea a genocide against the yemeni people. and of course has supported. coercion can

also in the program a fresh pot to find peace in syria to he's president and wants a new constitution for the war torn country he's been hosting his russian french and german counterparts at a summit in istanbul to me saying is seeking a political settlement to syria's seven year old war. i'm christine one welcome to the program officials in the u.s. city of pittsburgh have confidence that eleven people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a synagogue six people were injured including four police offices and the suspect himself president donald trump has condemned the attacks a no tolerance for anti-semitism in america. a synagogue in the neighborhood school hill pittsburgh a place of worship today a murder scene many are now dead and several injured including four police officers who took on the attack inside the tree of life synagogue another mass shooting in america. these incidents usually occur in other cities today the nightmares hit home here in the city of pittsburgh the synagogue of vulnerable targets on a day like today the door was open it's a religious service you coul

also in the program a fresh pause to find peace in syria president dumond's a new constitution for the war torn country he's been hosting his russian french and german contrapositive summit in istanbul the meeting is seeking a political settlement to syria's seven year civil war. i'm christine welcome to the program officials in the u.s. city of pittsburgh have confirmed that eleven people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a synagogue six people were injured including four police offices and the suspect himself he sustained multiple gunshot wounds president donald trump has condemned the attack saying there must be no tolerance for anti-semitism in america. the scene of the crime a synagogue in the neighborhood of school hill pittsburgh shortly after the shooting many questions remain but what's clear is that several people are now dead and several more injured including police officers who were quick to move in and surround the tree of life synagogue the scene is very ad inside. there are multiple fatalities there are at least six injuries to include four police officers the po

syria your reaction to the resignation of the us about so the u.n. nikki haley of see back warn us southerners called a moderate in the new york times for instance well a moderate neo con for sure i mean they clamor of approval from various israeli entities following her shock resignation. i guess all of us thought that after samantha power it couldn't get any worse and then nikki haley arrived and basically justified they israeli aggression against the palestinian protesters. tried to justify falsely they are rainy and involvement in the yemeni war that justified of course the u.s. supply of cluster bombs and other munitions to the saudi kurdish and to effectively korea a genocide against the yemeni people. and of course has supported. they u.s. coalition campaigning for regime change inside syria that is resulted in an eight year war and the collective punishment of the majority of the syrian people who support their state and their army in their defense of their homeland against the coalition terrorist forces that haiti has provided cover for if y

russia and syria maintain there was no attack. but the uk, us and france launched missile strikes on syria in response to what happened in douma. the war of information between those who believe there was a chemical attack and those who deny it escalated. it's outlandish as well as outrageous, there's no basis for it whatsoever. it's a matter of enormous regret that, instead of putting pressure on the syrian authorities not to use chemical weapons, the russians seem to be concocting stories to defend them. international weapons inspectors visited the site. their initial report says that chlorinated chemicals were found. work is continuing to establish their significance. in a war zone it's very hard to categorically prove that the syrian government carried out a chemical attack in douma. but the eyewitness testimony and footage echo exactly what we've seen repeated throughout our research. an opposition area. chlorine gas — dropped from the air. and it came at the close of a final bombardment. ending a siege. haitham and his fam

impact on syria their influence on syria what i propose we do is remove all foreign troops from syria i believe this is crucially important. and the second thing i want to say. is this. week. it isn't very important for us. to find a way for a political resolution of the conflict in syria. please i'd like to first like to note the u.n. that the u.n. channels are very important and the channels we've mentioned here today are also very important. as well as the conversations we've had in vienna and. i hope that the existing formats within the u.n. will continue to function because they are the basis for long term corporation. and syria. interfax news agency russia. so today has been a very important day for energy. and right now we have just signed a very important agreement you have also talked about this during the russian energy a week in both cases. hugh mentioned north stream to project. he said that russia will implement the project whatever happens but you said that there could be obstacles and problems. so are the threats of primary and secondary sanctions towards the participan

in syria takes courage minister of reconciliation. and they risked their lives going to some of these places to initiate reconciliation but that is a myth simple way forward and again that doesn't get covered in the western media. tensions erupted as jews arabs protested a local election in the golan heights a disputed territory between syria and israel dozens of locals denounced the vote as illegal and pro israeli. i.d.f. soldiers used tear gas to break up demonstrations when crowds tried to block the entrances to polling stations and several villages many people living in the israeli occupied area have refused to take up israeli citizenship and consider themselves syrian is the first local of action since israel took control of the golan heights in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven the israeli government approved the poll last year after an appeal from israeli villages. we spoke to political analyst who says israel's actions in the golan heights are clearly against international. it's definitely illegal well it's not it's and it

to attack irena facilities in syria take us through where we are at syria i mean we don't hear anything about syria and iraq is very difficult to tell i can't i couldn't i couldn't in any way chart american thinking. it comes back online from time to time and it it's american circle policy on syria is pretty much the same as u.k. policy this saying pretty much what they say now we've got to get rid of these was then nationals of assad's father would go to get rid of this group go to control syria they're obsessed with sever. to the point where in recent years they haven't really ball when they put in power in the mass because one of pap's one of the most medieval this vicious regimes one could imagine that led by isis my own reading is the trump would like to get out of syria it's messy it's costly for him he doesn't really need it there's no morality here you just pragmatically doesn't want it bought there is russia in syria quite successfully in syria if you like. having helped to stave off a major defeat of the government. so he feels he must face up to them well venezuela in the wes

want to be syria where it was. russia's security services claim that they have busted an eyesore terrorist cell in moscow which had been planning attacks in the capital with more details on this is not against the. six suspects were reportedly arrested during this raid and they were being directed by receiving instructions directly from senior leadership the federal security service which carried out the operation put out a statement in which they said these men were planning to carry out a resident terror attack in moscow using firearms as well as improvised explosive devices perhaps something like we saw in paris in two thousand and fifteen the massacre there now judging by the footage of the raid these men were very very well fired on stacks and stacks of cashel though we weren't given an exact number but law enforcement say they were financed from abroad via money transfers as well as from profits gleaned from criminal activity investigators also found a variety of automatic weapons as well as communications ge

for talks in a finding a political solution to syria's seventy and civil war. thank you for watching. the language. video. anytime anywhere.

syria want to be syria what it was. the u.n. humanitarian aid agency has confirmed the deaths of twenty one people in a saudi coalition air strike close to the yemeni port city of who died or the attack hit an outdoor fruit and vegetable market a dozen people are also reported to have been wounded ospital chief say all victims are civilians with children among the dead this is how one witness described what happened. it was. through washing and packaging and the plane came and hit us from above as we were working. well the u.n. calls the yemeni war the worst manmade humanitarian crisis in the world with twenty two million in dire in dire need of assistance up to fourteen million people also face starvation the saudi led incursion in the country began in twenty fifteen with the aim of restoring the ousted government riyadh has repeatedly denied they were attacking areas where civilians are present author abdel bari atwan told us that the international community instead of standing by should actually stand up against the military

the news live from berlin fresh efforts to find peace in syria to do something to istanbul is aiming for political solution to the country's seven yes civil war turkish president to reject so you don't want his russian french and german counterparts to go live to our correspondents for the latest plus. a criminal record and a passion for u.s. president donald trump details emerge about the man suspected of sending a series of mail bombs to prominent democrats fingerprint evidence helped to track down the florida man in question as investigators scrutinized more suspicious packages believed to be linked to his blog. and when the google soak up the rooster dog burned up back in action today and looking to extend their unbeaten streak this time they're up against. were riding their own wave of success. thank you for joining us turkey says it will push for concrete steps to resolve the syrian conflict doing a four nation summit beginning today in istanbul turkey as president. is meeting the leaders of france russia and germany they're also expected to discuss access to humanitarian aid t

the un envoy to syria. has said briefed the meeting on the current situation in the country i spoke earlier to. member of the orthodox community in syria about hopes for tomorrow's gathering. well i think each one is looking for his part of the cake which means his problem france germany have their own problem which is the the. who are all regionally especially france they have a big number of people who went to fight in syria and now they're afraid that if they go back to france what's going to have been germany about immigrant turkey is about also how they should keep their influence in syria but i think the russian are still trying to talk about the unity of syria where they don't accept like syria in which the syrian government or the accept not a single syrian would accept that syria will be part of syria will be taken up part . of what part of the kurds are doing or ellipse or syria will be united but i think they are meeting just because each one has a problem we're not talking about a global problem

special advisor to the united nations special envoy for syria. after a ceasefire in serious brings hope for the beleaguered civilians of the country below in the promises to stem the flow or refugees but will the truce hold for much longer with both rebels and government forces trying to have a go at each other again how will the outside powers keep hawks on both sides at bay and who will help those caught in the. cross-hairs yan aggieland have dinner wage and refugee council and the special advisor to the united nations special envoy for syria welcome to the show great to have you with us today. good to be with you c.n.n. in syria and in the turkey russian agreement about creating a militarized zone and striking a cease fire is holding russia's foreign minister says that it is going according to plan the turks concur you are pessimistic about twenty eighteen for syrians before do you still not believe in light at the end of the tunnel. well i am really relieved that there was an agreement for it i was very among those who have very very concern

and say syria is beautiful and the land of the sea of syria of say. let's bring in correspondent bora she's following events in syria for us from beirut is that man that we just heard right is syria now safe again. well that's a very complex question to answer you've got to consider several things if you've got to say about this idiocy for not to the extent that yes the war is nearing an end and for the last seven years the people of syria have been facing bombings from several sides and intensive fighting in that context yes it would be ok to say that parts of syria under the control of the. now safe i can also say that based on my person experiences of traveling to syria and the sit in government has made us certain amount of effort in sending the message that areas under their control are safe but that's only in the context of no war there are several things that come into play when you talk to such an city in a refugee action several of them would say they fear they'd be treated as straight as they would be arrested in even the executive by the go

if my name you know or the necessary means of conviction of preservation of the government of syria syria will be counterproductive so that this work is successful and should be done in school in their respective regime mode towards the legitimate government of syria republic everybody uses the expression syrian regime but incidentally in the resolution of the un security council itself the government of the syrian arab republic so take into this into consideration showing respect to the syrian legitimate authorities on the one hand but bearing in mind and then he says that the two launched the attack to dialogue with the opposition we always appeal syrian authorities to this constructive dialogue and reliance also on the declaration of today which we have agreed with the call colleagues today we hope that our till the end of this year. well while there are necessary conditions a place will be called in a tete and fully set up the constitutional committee and it will start its work i'd like to remind that precisely in such at the congress of the syrian people it was taken business it was

located in syria. causes a lot of harm to the international community and turkey is one receiving the worst out of that threat of terror. hundreds of. our. citizens and security personnel have died. because of these terrorist. activities we have carried out. your phrase shield and olive tree campaigns and thousands of why p.g.p. why did terrorists. rendered. effectless incapable. brought peace to thousands of. meeting is of. area open area. or two hundred sixty thousand syrians have been able to return to the areas where we have established peace and. calm again we believe the numbers really increase in niger in turkey nor in syria terrorists groups will be allowed to plow flourish. and we will never accept any new. impositions in syria or in the region so. we have discussed the humanitarian. dimension of the syrian. issue and we've reached that it needs to be tended to. without delay we have discussed the return of the syrian nation else to back to their country. we've discussed it on the basis of wel

and kurdish forces in syria hold their operation against islamic state claiming they've come under fire from turkey just as i still gaining ground in their latest offensive. it's ten o'clock and you're watching our international live from moscow studio with mean a day or two to welcome to the program. the british foreign secretary has expressed shock over the latest information term merge in the murder case of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi istanbul's chief prosecutor says she was strangled as soon as he entered the gulf states consulate in the turkish city and his body was then dismembered and disposed off the show he. is. incredibly shocked. i think i've spoken more openly and more strongly about it. in the foreign minister that i'm aware of but i made it very clear that if the press stories were true. he is increasingly large that. it would be completely contrary to all of. the dissident journalist was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul at the beginning of october riyadh still claims he was murdered as a result of a fistfight by rogue staff members despite international cond

plus kurdish forces in syria hold their operation against islamic state claiming they've come under fire from turkey. extremists gain ground in the latest offensive. it's one o'clock and you're watching ulti international live from moscow studio with me. welcome to the program the us national security advisor john bolton has said washing. does not want to harm friendly countries that change with iran despite washington recently re imposing sanctions against iran after pulling out of an international nuclear deal want to achieve maximum pressure but we don't want to harm friends and allies either as well we're joined now by caleb maupin for details caleb this sounds like a more cautious approach from john bolton how does it match up with what he said in the past about iran. well he was speaking about the sanctions that are set to go into effect on november fifth now at that time a few months back when they were imposed we heard trump describing them as the highest level of sanctions and promising to essentially take action against any foreign company that continues to do business with ira

syrian people vote inside syria and outside syria. make the decision you know they should to him as far as we are concerned as such is someone who has killed nearly one million of his citizens unfortunately. therefore he is not someone that we hold for in high esteem. what has been experienced until now is quite clear by second. continue. as before and it is obvious that this process comes to an end. and. people in syria will. try to answer this question how to lead their lives from now on you know three and a half a million. people live. in. it live where did they come to the promise that they ran away from hell or. yes more recently the. right to live in it has been taken away from them. and had that going to head they would have run away the only place to run away if. there was nobody else for them to run i'm a two three now. have already you know claimed asylum in turkey look at. how many of the three an armenian in italy who they've been able to run away from it live. that i did not know but thank god that my discussions with my

coalition targeting the syrian arab army forces that are battling terrorism inside syria say that our businesses. yes of course they say that but in september two thousand and sixteen let's not forget the r.a.f. with involved with its report your own in the u.s. coalition bombing of syrian arab army forces that massacred seventy two of those forces and enabled they had. conses of isis into strategic positions that threatened civilians and doubters or let's also not forget that while the british he is claiming to be targeting isis as is the us coalition there is isis fighters came in from the east from the direction of u.s. military base and massacred two hundred seventy civilians while they lay sleeping in this way the province both in the countryside and in the city itself how did those isis terrorists manage to cross bost areas desert plains and open land without being detected and without being stopped by the u.s. coalition and without being bombed by the british see as they're claiming how did that massacre happen and why also did the b.b.c. not report upon that massacre jeremy bo

and british forces in syria halt their operation against islamic state claiming they have come under fire from turkey. are broadcasting live direct marsters moscow this is art international john thomas . certainly glad to have you with us now donald trump has said the u.s. will continue its oil embargo on iran that pledge was made in a memorandum to administration officials sent on wednesday however his national security adviser john bolton has hinted that broader u.s. sanctions targeting countries that trade with iran could be softened we understand obviously a number of countries in the. immediately surrounding iran some which i just visited last week others have been purchasing the oil may not be able to go all the way all the way to zero immediately so we want to we want to achieve maximum pressure but we don't want to harm friends and allies either and we're working our way through that. and we're now joined by. thanks for helping us rubber minds around this one so it sounds like a more cautious approach from john bolton how does it match up with what he said about it in the pas

that syria would never accept because it would never accept a situation where it could become. reflection of regional and international balance of power the way lebanon is the way iraq is and the and this moment so the end of the western powers they are trying to. acquire. through peaceful means what they failed to get through military means which is to decentralize authority in syria to promote subgroups in order to have a certain fad or confidence system based on ethnic and confessional bases which would reflect also alliances of these subgroups with regional powers and this would engender of course the west or western powers acquiring. partial influence in this country of course this is something that the syrian leadership would never accept ok jamal wakim professor of international relations at the lebanese university in beirut thanks for your insight today into what's been a key moment and i was to go shane's on syria. over to the u.s. now where there's been a shooting at a synagogue in pittsburgh in the state of pennsylvania the gunman has been identified as forty six yea

but the war in syria changed everything including those plans. for a film comes in twenty fifteen we decided to access all seats stored in for the first time we took them to lebanon to morocco to rebuild our collection mostly and i think. the global seed vault seems followed by it looks like something out of a science fine novel it's the fantastical sounding dream of this man cary fowler an american agronomist his goal is to secure all varieties that are essential to mankind for him the card a seed serves inestimable value. card a collection is really one of the most important in the world and it does come from the birthplace of agriculture in the mid east and it is also the collection which is centered around the kind of diversity we're going to need to help our crops so that the hotter world into a drier world so the work of the card is not just important for the near east it's important global and certainly in the future is going to be one of the central resources we have for climate change that it may. well win a car to ask for their seat bac

an odyssey between syria the arctic and lebanon . soon this fall bar vault will be opening its doors and the wartime seeds can be brought to safety. i know some sumant to swear now sure that our seeds are in good hands and importantly they're safe from all unforeseen eventualities in other regions so come what may we will always be able to access them this is the culmination of an enormous undertaking which we worked on all year long. but even barred has felt the effects of climate change cracks appear in the bunkers shell. holes. in february twenty eighth seen the norwegian government committed ten million euros toward maintaining and upgrading the noah's ark of seeds. but the global repository also has its critics some claim that its unique concentration of high value content makes impartiality impossible and it does function like a bank the boxes arrive sealed are then classified and may only be opened by the owner. to conservation guardian marie haga such criticism shouldn't distract from the important problems involved is tackli

protect them in syria case should there be divisions of u.n. blue helmets guarding civilians and lift. no i'm talking about humanitarian protection as a humanitarian i've been a humanitarian for too many yes more than thirty s. . and we've always had assistance handing out things that keep people alive as part of our mandate the other one is to protect them from abuse women from being raped you know children from being abused and abducted made into child soldiers and men from being or of arbitrary arrested and tortured how can we do that by being present among the people by being witnesses to what you said it is said to be a witness to the world and have advocacy on on on behalf of these people and indeed in syria i think we've been remarkably successful in all of the areas that was not were not besieged in all of the areas that well it was access with pat. more or less pretty successful assistance program but too many people have been killed too many people have been wounded too many people have been had to flee from violence that's a protecti

heisler against territory in syria killing more than forty american close to the border with iraq we look into the reasons behind the group's research and. while nato is large scale war games played. iceland's capital. for every year churning in from right to run the world this hour a warm welcome to moscow and to r.t. international on. our top story. with just the week to go until the midterm elections in the u.s. it seems everyone who's anyone else an opinion even the popular t.v. comedy series the big bang theory has an message and it's credits. been reports much of the rhetoric is feeding public this guy. unsocial division but the mid-term elections approaching things are getting intense across the united states bombs are being sent through the mail shootings are happening and talk of division is everywhere now in this context you would expect that american media would try to calm people down bring them together well not this time just turn on c.n.n. this president has radicalized so many more people than isis ever did the commentator has sense apologized but trump wouldn't be tr