america's involvement in syria is not off the table u.s. military officials are reviewing their options in case a diplomatic isolation regime fails. russia criticizes nato at the u.n. security council refusing to fully investigate civilian. air raids in the last year and expresses outrage at the training camps of the syrian revolution is discovered in the last. a member of parliament might go into the hands of a few drinks instead of having to buy one or two o'clock in the morning they thought it was a good idea to go into the house of commons and try and take part of the debate.

lining on in parliament u.k. m.p.'s are on the path to being under the influence even cost an important votes. international news and comment twenty four hours a day watching r.t. the white house may be claiming it wants a diplomatic solution in syria but it seems it may not have faith in its own convictions the pentagon has been ordered to review its potential options one two officials these include the enforcement of a no fly zone and a military analysts and secretary leon panetta also warning to them term sustained in a challenge because syria's air defense is the most sophisticated in libya's. rufenacht reports growing. foreign interference in the syrian conflict is raising this crisis

. as the syrian conflict stretches sounds fine it has also spread geographically i case of the uprising belt part of the country's borders what's happening in syria is heartbreaking. rages and what you've seen is the international community mobilize against the assad regime strategic analyst look to someone who says one thing is clear though it's certainly gone far beyond the words of sympathy and the cotton to those on the ground in syria that motor isolation has many more forms than officially stated. during the reign of baba amr the syrian army arrested fighters from gulf countries in afghanistan iraq libya and some european states their work was coordinated by victorian saudi intelligence officers as well as cia mossad and blackwater agents but it's also sees israeli weapons especially and take take missiles and israeli drones the u.s.

defense contractor formerly known as blackwater and now called academy was notorious for its heavy handed tactics during operations in iraq and pakistan while the u.s. and many other countries have admitted al qaida linked extremists groups fighting alongside beyond authorization in syria dr salim says some countries are using those groups to further their own interests. to get local players involved in order to hide there and this is why we're mostly arabs like saudi arabia and qatar or iraq and these countries don't have democracy at home of course they cannot ask for a stabbing in syria they have another agenda. there are books and written sources where this plan is described in detail decades ago and had of course never blogger and freelance journalist has been investigated for an important and serious crisis since last year she says this is a story we three main chapters weapons smuggled across the border overseas

contractors and foreign cash. when you see a lot of money in syria then i believe that this is comparable to what happened in the civil war in lebanon there were plenty of money then you will find not the governor book about how this bill bellowed or something nobody would kill himself. now you would see now this is a civil war here in syria with more and more reports on international involvement emerging and calls to arm the opposition getting louder even for those at the grassroots of the uprising the initial euphoria is turning the tide. they can say we regret what we did but we don't want things to go that far could be turned so much militarized globalized and boil and we never wanted and don't want intervention now but here's our abdulaziz says this could be too late to stop this

all to far into flames of conflict raif an option r t damascus syria. the trends journal of gerald celente says washington that might be contemplating a military operation because a bring down the syrian regime would weaken iran. when you hear war hawks like senators lindsey graham and john mccain calling for blogs away and again go back and play over you see the same scenario their heads come in and they say we have to because we need time and we have to use the problem is see in the meanwhile they're building up the military conflict and you heard president obama say at the height of the iranian incident with netanyahu that he said you know that at this time when there is not a lot of sympathy for ron and it's only now why syria is on the

ropes we have to quiet it down a little bit well syria has also been the u.n. security council where russia did it year of training the syrian militia currently pointing government forces in this part of a broader discussion of the situation in the arab countries and most schools sent them on the day two opponents arises for causing civilian casualties during last year's air raids in libya. were in a corner has been following a meeting in u. . a new report that was quietly released by the united nations on friday that report was an investigation that found in part that nato has not sufficiently investigated the air raids it conducted on libya in two thousand and eleven that killed at least sixty civilians and injured at least fifty five more people despite the findings of this two hundred twenty page report nato officials have refused so far to further investigate the state's how these were the

casualties that this report was before into now the russian ambassador to the united nations batali churkin also went on to say that the order has not yet been established nearly or more than a year after nato carried out its airstrikes to allegedly bring a more peace a peaceful and secure circumstance to libya and says situation is still very dangerous when you have not come up with what i wanted to do we have expressed concern about gun control proliferation of libyan arms in the region however it is not just the weapons that are going abroad we have received information they don't have yes we do support from their authorities there is a special training center for the syrian revolution and the people are sent to syria so it's hard the legal government this is completely unacceptable according to polls he will be useless to body undermines disability of the middle east we

think that al qaida is in syria and therefore there is an issue as transporting the revolution now turning into transporting terrorism. in the aftermath of what happened in libya one year later the situation on the ground many critics say is not safe for by any means. also ahead for you in the program a closer look at life in post gadhafi libya we explore what women in the west and to gain from the revolution and whether they're happy with the outcome. they are there to solve the u.k. pressing problems it seems m.p.'s need some help to the recent arrest of a labor and payoff brawl in the house of commons bob this is the latest in a string of uncle phil scandals auntie's laura smith reports now on how some parliamentarians us drinking their way through westminster. actually yes i will kiss behavior by members of parliament now noxon on common sight on our t.v.'s

ever since the late eighty's when cameras were allowed to exonerate but are they trudged on power or simply truck you have heard about stories of m.p. that you bring physically carried through the voting lobbies which. would have hardly any other. job where you could get that drunk work would not be sacks thirteen year parliamentary veteran lembit pick has seen the seedier underbelly of life in the house of commons where m.p.'s have been known to put on matters of national and international importance under the influence a member of parliament might go into the bar and have a few drinks instead of having dinner by one or two o'clock in the morning they thought it was a good idea to go into the house of commons and try and take part in the debate i see another least one time it was very funny but i'm not sure quite how professional it was given the parliamentary state there are nine separate parts for the use of the people who work here and guests the most notorious among them is the

stranger it's part and he's been rival parties often clashed so much drunken revelry goes on there that it's said they used to be a little arrow nailed about fifteen centimeters from the floor which indicated the exits to those who were crawling out on their hands and knees outside the rarefied atmosphere of westminster in towns and cities around the u.k. binge drinking is a huge problem inside it seems is no different. last year's sero were listed and p. and d. said some parliamentarians are too drunk to stand up in debates and have no idea what they're voting for tory m.p. mark reckless admits he was too drunk to vote on the two thousand and ten budget and it seems he doesn't remember pulling over and m.p. pulls fairly admitted wrestling in newspaper stella near a parliament bar although he maintains he wasn't drunk recently m.p.

eric joyce has been charged with assault following a late night punch up in a parliament and all that bruising is subsidized by the taxpayer subsidies that are about thousand pounds peremptory and it's it's about stripping quid first they can shift if you're a member of the public. why should probably be subsidising the hundred. m.p.'s defend the culture is part of the job high pressure long stretches away from the i was a long people spend a lot of time together and the building is old fashioned that doesn't mean you have to drink a lot but i guess that was part of the club atmosphere and probably still is i live which means the taxpayer wondering whether this is an appeal for calm or atrix requests numerous me r.t. . or you're watching r t live from moscow still ahead in the program washington's pain is a things again

a strict domestic regulations pave the way for chinese firms to cash in on america's crumbling infrastructure. first saw the crackdown we report on the response to the multiple arrests of online hackers. iran has warned that upcoming nuclear talks with world powers will fail if the west continues to apply pressure. excess the policy of piling up sanctions is not the way to win. concessions over its nuclear activities which it still insists are entirely peaceful remarks came after international leaders agreed to resume face to face negotiations with iran have been stalled for more than a year tehran meanwhile has said it would let inspectors this is a key military facility where western officials suspect nuclear work is underway all this comes against the backdrop of heightened tensions between iran and israel a tentative signaling it will wait much longer for diplomacy and sanctions to work

. the only thing we know for sure that iran is working on nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and everything else are just some chickens or to put it in other words accusations from. israeli and u.s. officials it seems to be some kind of theater of israeli and american officials are playing because obama seems to try to convince. the would be the better way but in fact obama's soft power that he is using to meddle into iranians. in syria affairs they probably will not succeed not with economic sanctions because although it will iran still countries like china india even japan and south korea and others who are still importing iranian oil so probably. the american administration

will say well we tried everything israel will. support them. but our t. has also discussed the likelihood of an attack on iran's nuclear facility with the country's a deputy foreign minister you can watch his interview next hour. with infrastructure in the u.s. are said to be crumbling critics say strict regulations and political bickering in washington is preventing domestic buttons from fixing the streets and as our teams are on the window explains chinese companies are going to cash in on america's lucky roads. los angeles has rolled out the red carpet for the man who was likely the future leader of china but its president xi jinping took a tour of the china shipping terminal where the company just completed a forty seven million dollar expansion at the port of los angeles more than one hundred twenty billion dollars of chinese goods passed through year just last year

but trade he isn't the only item on the agenda l.a. mayor antonio via right goes is also hoping that the chinese and best in the city's infrastructure they truly in public transportation and ports we used to be number one in infrastructure spending and the quality of our our infrastructure and now we're down to number thirty two three hundred five eight hours behind spain behind lots of different countries really our infrastructure has been crumbling chinese investment maven helped ease some of this l.a. traffic the mayor certainly hopes that it helps to bring jobs to the city as we see federal dollars become more scarce for projects such as road improvement and risk construction it's increasingly likely they'll be seen tighter and other foreign investors fixing our infrastructure how do we sit back and watch china your big build the best bridges and high speed rail roads and gleaming new airports the white house has said infrastructure improvements are a top priority but the u.s.

lags behind europe and china when it comes to infrastructure investment yet ministration has said that chinese firms will play a role in planets and infrastructure throughout the u.s. while some welcome the foreign investors some people in los angeles we spoke to aren't so sure we should be so eager for chinese money i think president reagan is probably rolling over in his grave somewhere around. the edge states i'm comfortable a lot of people feel. is the you know and all be all you know self asteroid that it will create more jobs and potentially but. this country is in so much that so this message. chinese firms are already working on huge bridge projects a california new york and alaska political leaders depended the contracts claiming chinese companies would be more efficient but there has been criticism over china's work conditions and the devaluation of their currency we can't compete with that not because they are better engineers or because we don't know how to manufacture

it but because it's not a level playing field we need to get a level playing field here in the u.s. some blame excessive environmental regulations and political bickering in d.c. for our inability to invest more in infrastructure and investment many see as a key to economic recovery they keep in the u.s. competitive and what it seems the chinese are willing to make a los angeles come and go in the r t. well there forgets how you can always log on to r.t. dot com for more news and comments online feel right now it's not spreading the news about misdeeds today people in the west virginia in the u.s. canal informed police of anything suspicious using a new smartphone app. some of them american reveals the truth about multi-million dollar paypal scammers claiming you can smuggle virtually anything past them to find out more details come. from.

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well look. like it's technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. the movement anonymous managed to temporarily take down the websites of good office antivirus companies in the world and the security that comes out the senior members of another hacking group and those sec which attained and charged with cyber crimes of the f.b.i. the second is famous for attacking the websites of one others the cia x. news and credit card companies its leader is said to been working for the us

government after being arrested last year since turned in his one colleague's little commentator feels the government's heavy handed approach to the hackers is disproportionate. anonymous is a group that genuinely sees itself involved in a kind of cyber war where they play the part of the self-appointed protectors of internet liberty of course it's worth bearing in mind that the most this group actually managed to achieve a shutting down master card for a couple of hours so this kind of jittery response on behalf of western governments is really interesting and it really does show that this is a set of governments that completely run out of ideas and the only real response they can come up with is using the law in this kind of call for a tarion way which in the end of the day is completely pointless it's not going to prevent these ideas from spreading around i think there is a legitimate question to be asked about how the law needs to get involved if at all in these situations but the point is at the moment anonymous and you know the rest

taken place just represent a kind of hysterical response there's no sort of there's no broader project on what the western governments are doing in this situation it's kind of a knee jerk reaction with absolutely no content whatsoever the latest arrests challenge the freedoms of entire internet community that's according to the human rights lawyer as you know which. i'm sure there will be a serious dispute about their role to say and how should we be near as creepy clearly criminal actions or as something that is done for for this is stage is a hole there we just know simple answer here but i think that they not only reflects a very difficult situation in this society and the simple and easy bit i think this is easy it wait for interest to pollution and wait for people to help them do they rebuild it against old fashioned regimes including the media regimes while the other feel threatened by what is happening acted you demand to pressure signed an

agreement and then the profits became choppy that we all should care about because the game is not over it has to be stopped at the level of your opinion that it will come back next year are to be incomplete it just gives each opinion and we all have to be very much aware of this process. or taking a look at some other news from around the world now but when the five hundred isn't the start of it's to streets of istanbul angry of the burning of the koran to u.s. military base in afghanistan some demonstrators vowed revenge over the disposal of it was the holy books and set the tone american flags in place washington as apologize for the incidents who protested that the attacks against troops serving in afghanistan. tens of thousands of workers and marched in south africa against new road tolls and short term contracts with pay and mass rallies were organized by the congress of south african trade unions took place in thirty two cities across the country unions fear the new system would have

a negative impact on the poor to the protests were warning shops the government. the waters have displaced thousands of residents across southeastern australia several towns of new south wales are completely inundated with some being declared disaster zones but the south in good toyah the murky water is beginning to take make shift levees designed to keep the area above water straight it's not a city sydney has seen its highest rainfall in five years. for the returning to one of our top stories now the situation in libya and its post revolution struggles many women in the nation were hopeful the world would bring greater freedoms than they don't think here. on the board could discover well you know questioning whether what was achieved was worth the effort. it was a very special way to celebrate international women's day amal a university professor from ghazi and two of her sister is work cleaning toilets in

a building operated by billie because the national transitional council. in fact i'm proud to have been actively involved in the revolutionary movement from the very beginning after forty two years of good of his regime i just couldn't stand it anymore i want to be part of that i'm open to any work i can count on the streets or the buildings i just want to be around people who are still early days who believe in revolution before the nature intervention and women were every bit as enthusiastic about the ag of liberation as there has been so brothers to volunteer it in the kitchens in hospitals they took to the streets and social media sites they stood by because doing work demanded wouldn't. they had of the levy and women's union says the arab spring was the single most important step toward gender equality in this largely patriarchal society women helped their evolution and they were pollution how they were several women in the new government and we need to

hold on to these achievements we can give them back at this conference and violence against women attracted hundreds of delegates from across three beer one of the issues discussed was whether air has been forcing himself upon his wife constituted rape a few men who were present kept quiet and some even left them in session the topical even men are far more eager to discuss isn't the opus its side of the gender debate becomes yours interim leader brought to power by the revolution has already promised to legalize polygamy and. it's limited the number of wives to game is against. the proposal is seen as an attempt to curry favor with levy's all powerful militia and to encourage down settle back into a peaceful life taking multiple wives takes a good income that groom expected to pay down ring to every bride's family and provide each woman with

a comfortable lifestyle you have the rebel seemed undeterred. jewell's opinion about having not one wife but two or three i think this is right because sharia law says so but what's since to be giving most credence to the police commissioner is not so much was for it it's rather he was against it all his despotic heard and sells more market after it was also a strong believer in the emancipation of women held all polygamy and leveled the divorce playing field by giving women equal rights to mandated the quality of play and incentives that efforts to encourage women to continue working after childbirth . unlike in other arab countries leading has been under gadhafi were banned from restricting their wives inability to thousand and six more than a quarter of we've been women of work. so much so that susan who moved to tripoli from england two decades ago after marrying a levy and says she never felt constrained here women's rights of changed over the

last twenty three years family situation of change they now encourage their daughters their wives to work to drive and to finish their education it is now her daughter's turn to get married and well susan firmly believes that her grown up little girl should be the one and only she asked us not to film her face just in case dickens family doesn't like it it's not going to orate see tripoli. but a recap of our headlines is just a couple minutes or stay with us here. as

you know soon after i'm done right now that. this is not cold those are not patriotic like the american flag but this song tells it otherwise. their words through song it says we will stand forever as a nation under the flag. meaning the red white and blue stripes. is a switch of trying to be the clips on the outside. but their heart is is full of anger . they're hired. all kinds of struggles and they allow they choose. to allow these things to stay there choose alcohol addictions drown.

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