terror returns to iraq the country is rocked by the worst violence since the u.s. withdrawal as a wave of bomb attacks leave more than one hundred dead after al qaeda announces its resurgence there. a syrian assurance that chemical weapons won't be used in its internal conflict create media scare stories the hype on whether stockpiles might be deployed against foreign aggression. as one of the world's top credit agencies says that they own confidence and germany's financial situation there's concern the eurozone crisis contagion could be reaching europe's economic powerhouse.

live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's good to have you with us two pm here in the russian capital six am in washington and a string of coordinated bomb attacks in iraq has hit more than a dozen cities and killed over one hundred people it's the worst violence in the country since the u.s. troop withdrawal the blasts were mainly targeting security forces government officials and shiite neighborhoods the offensive occurred only days after al qaeda announced a major comeback in iraq our she's going to can looks at what this means for the country and the whole region. the self-appointed leader of the iraqi branch of al qaida abu barker all baghdadi has announced the resurgence of terror in the country and clearly indicated there is more to come he dedicated more than half of his online speech to the uprising in syria they happen to be staunch supporters of the rebels their various organizations are pointing at the expansion of terrorist networks in syria which effectively fuels civil war there so this iraqi based al

qaeda leader also warned the syrian rebels quote not to accept a new rule or constitution but god's rule and sharia islamic law otherwise quote you will lose your blast revolution end of quote also in his message of support to the syrian rebels he says quote we taught the world lessons of courage and jihad and proved that injustice could only be removed by force and of quote to talk a little bit more about the lessons of iraq i'm joined by michael o'brien author of the book called america's failure in iraq sir you were based in baghdad at the height of the insurgency there so with the u.s. invasion in iraq six tarion war loss and the rampant insurgency terror which still continues to kill iraqis on a regular basis in june alone nearly two hundred people were killed in similar attacks across iraq when the u.s. decided to go in do you think they they didn't know how divided iraq was and what

the consequences the regime change would lead to it was never really seriously considered. and i say this because of the very simplistic attitude the very cavalier attitude of the bush administration of which i was in the bush administration for two years so the nobody though they knew about it they just i don't they really don't think they factored it in at all everything the united states did lead to where we were they are in iraq today it was totally destabilized . and then you get the tension between the sunni and the shia saddam was a sunni which. as a minority of the population al qaida all they want to do al qaida in iraq is they'll kill sunni's so that the shiites take the blame bill kill shiites so that the sunni will take the blame they really don't care all they want to do is kill people and foment unrest do you think those world powers that call for

a military intervention in syria know how divided syria is i certainly hope that the take these things these factors like that into consideration here for the lessons of iraq the lessons of iraq are there for all the world to see michael o'brien thank you sir. there's terrible violence going on in syria and it is now an all out civil war those who are against military intervention there remind how divided syria is between different ethnic groups when we just communities it's a power to essential in many war and if a solution is forced on them from outside from out of syria that powder keg could blow into a never ending civil war in iraq is an example after the u.s. carried out regime change their civil war broke out and killed more than a hundred thousand civilians not to mention millions of refugees as the recent attacks iraq still remains a hotbed of terror in washington i'm going to check on. well the obvious presence of terror groups linked to al qaeda in syria has led to major fears that the

country's chemical weapons might end up in the wrong hands the syrian government has only recently acknowledged the existence of stockpiles but insisted they are secure and that they'd never be used in the current internal conflict on a boycott brings us the details from to moscow. monday's news conference here in damascus foreign ministry spokesman did mean that syria indeed possesses chemical weapons something that nonproliferation experts have suggested all along and that the syrian authorities have a number of forwardly deny damascus has never signed the chemical weapons convention so technically it's admitting to having those chemical stockpiles is not . any international treaty which all of that syrian officials have long suggested that they need some sort of deterrent against israel similarly non-attachment its nuclear weapons program in terms of keep abilities syria is believed to possess as

nervous agents and mustard gas as well as the missile capabilities to deliver those weapons those chemicals are believed to be produced at five facilities around the country including two locations in hans' and home of those cities as you will have seen major fighting between the opposition forces and the army. several israeli and western officials over the past few months have raised concerns that if bashar assad's regime indeed falls those chemicals would fall into terrorist hands and that while the syrian authorities hausler to downplay this thread they are saying that all the weapons including chemical weapons are now under direct supervision and control of the syrian army despite those. statements it is believed to be a considerable threat and the western policy makers should consider that as one of the negative. console support for the opposition forces now over the past

few weeks. speculations in western media suggesting that. the government may use those chemicals in its fight against armed groups. the suggestion was kind to goree could deny these press conferences and damascus and monday the foreign ministry spokesman says that no chemical or biological weapons will ever be used during the crisis in syria no matter what developer has inside syria he also said that full of these speculations are part of a major media can be to prepare international public opinion of course military intervention in syria how did it pulls pretext of weapons of mass destruction similar to the one that toppled saddam hussein. the american author and radio talk show host dr kevin barrett believes the international media is hyping up the issue

of chemical weapons to pave the way for possible external action. remind us so the focus be empty accusations that were floating around prior to the unprovoked invasion of iraq there have been all sorts of stories and rumors over the past couple of months about the syrian opposition. training with chemical weapons in turkey with the intention of giving it a false flag events in syria to be blamed the government and it seems that perhaps that's what's in the car it's it may be that there is a and attempt to pave the way for this by preparing public for the idea that this evil syrian regime uses chemical weapons. but over get you can always get updates on the situation in syria by following the tweets of our news teams on the ground or parts box on a boy days in damascus and among other things she's sharing details of some of the

difficulties faced by journalists recently she says many locals are more afraid of cameras than rifles because people were targeted for carry on t.v. you can follow her advantage boy under more. pressure blow to the struggling euro zone moody's rating agency has lowered the al but for its most stable economies including germany the netherlands and lugs member also have negative forecasts with rising fears over the debt crisis cited as the reason behind the move and doubts already existing uncertainty around spain after its borrowing costs reached new euro era heights artie's peter all of reports from berlin. it's worth noting that this doesn't affect germany's aaa rating as it stands at the moment this is the outlook. it is being downgraded to negative however that does suggest that in the future we could see germany follow the likes of france and italy who have lost their triple a ratings moody's believe that

a greek exit from the euro zone would affect germany so much also the fact that spain as it looks at the moment may need a full bailout that it isn't just the banking set sector that needs help that would also have a knock on effect to germany so that is really that contagion that we've been speaking about for so long those seem like it's going to see in to europe's largest economy it was not looking good in germany it's really not looking good in spain they've just released figures that show that they have the highest cost of borrowing since the eurozone was created and we're talking here far higher than the cost they were posted for the likes of portugal even greece. that of course doesn't suggest that the future is looking bright in spain we've seen protests on the streets of violent people very unhappy at the austerity measures that are coming in there and it's not just in spain that people are unhappy about. today in italy we're going to see men as from across the country gathering in rome in the

capital to protest against austerity measures there so you've got the government protesting against the government people upset. the question has to be asked what is the future should we be cutting these budgets and how do these countries deal with the crippling financial crisis that they see themselves in. well fearing the end of the single currency many well the europeans are investing in property with long been one of the favored markets but that's pushing up prices for locals meaning ordinary people are struggling to get a foot on the housing ladder laura smith explains. economic distress breeds financial refugees and as the eurozone limps to what may be its death wealthy greeks italians and spaniards desperate for a safe haven for their cash many have chosen london bricks and mortar the list of locations where europeans are choosing to buy

a property reads like the priciest squares on the monopoly board chelsea knightsbridge mayfair here in kensington but as rich foreigners lose faith in their own economies and snap up property at the top end of the london markets down at the bottom ordinary brits are struggling to get on the housing ladder at all bernard clarke of the council of mortgage lenders reckons european cash is making an already tight housing market harder for everyone in property is probably contributing to. the difficult conditions in london which is one of the most difficult places for people to buy in any case because property prices in london not that much higher than the rest of the country then hewas knows all about that a teacher and a recruitment consultant he and his fiance live in a rented flat unsure when they'll be able to scrape together the sixty thousand dollars deposit they'll need to buy their own home this will be tricky i think the main thing. i think the cost the mortgage would be much too much more than what

we're actually paying now especially if we downsize because it's. probably less than what we pay now. you know i've not got the best credit rating. not really got a credit rating having not really taken credit out. the deposit is. boy since the credit crunch banks are unwilling to lend to anyone with a less than perfect credit rating still a recent survey by the mortgage association shows eight out of ten british adults own their own homes within ten years but aspirations particularly among the young less and less likely to be fulfilled with four million eighteen to thirty s renting by two thousand and twenty fundamentally england's pay saying a housing crisis the housing market has broken every level we're not building enough new homes many younger people neighbor to afford to buy their own home

they're forced to live with their parents into their thirty's to scrape together a deposit or they're struggling to afford expensive rents in the private rented sector ben and millions like him lacking the security of homeownership means putting other life plans on hold. because you know if you go a mortgage you print money is almost an investment money is you know not going into a landlord's pocket so it's really important the way we buy a house and something that we want to do for you and stuff like that. it just seems a long way off you know. it doesn't seem realistic the british dream of owning your own home is alive and well but the dreams of many will be dashed by steadily rising prices and on available credit and an influx of euro cash puts youngsters dreams of owning any property cheap or chic further and further away your smith london.

we've got more on the european debt woes in our business bolton coming up let's cross over to haiti and find out what else they have in store for us this hour. t.j. b.p. drama is reaching its finale as we hear that the state run oil giant wants its until to be paid by the state full details in about ten minutes time and all business that lets them. egypt is allowing palestinians free entry to its territory in a landmark move and in part of a long time blockade on gaza it was imposed by israel with the help of egypt five years ago after hamas took control of the palestinian territory but with a president from the muslim brotherhood now leading egypt the movies widely seen as a friendly gesture to hamas an offshoot of the brotherhood which operates independently or mideast correspondent polis lir has more. cairo is allowing palestinians a free entry into egypt effectively ending

a five year blockade on the gaza strip what this means is that palestinians cannot leave gaza with the same applying to palestinians in the west bank and jerusalem this unprecedented move effectively lifts travel restrictions that have been imposed on gazans for the past five years they've been penned into this tiny mediterranean coastal city by a blockade imposed by israel but also assisted by the egyptian authorities egypt's interest was because of its feel for hamas and the spread of islamic militancy but what we've seen now is a change largely in part because of separate meetings that were held in the past few days between the palestinian president mahmoud abbas the new egypt president dr mohamed morsi of the muslim brotherhood as well as the leader of hamas which controls the gaza strip khaled mashal so this certainly is a gesture of support by the egyptians to the palestinians in a separate and unrelated move israel has just announced that it is demolishing

eight palestinian villages in the south hebron hills now the announcement says that the land is needed for training by the israeli defense forces by exercises that and everything else what we understand is that the forms we still have access to the land to work the land when the soldiers are not there so this would be on the weekend and on jewish holidays but the rest of the time. used by the idea of so you are seeing this almost parallel but completely opposing effort by cairo and to leverage on the one hand the egyptians extending a hand of friendship while these ladies for that strange in themselves and isolating themselves not only from the region but from the egyptian neighbors paullus they are to tel aviv. remember there's always more dues and comment to rail any time you want on our website our teen daughter a grim discovery in russia of your world almost two hundred fifty human embryos

were dumped in a forest and later discovered by four it could be tails on the web site. but we've got pictures of this stunning sculpture based on one of london's most famous icons just days before the city hosts of the olympics you can't even do pushups check it out of our teeth. a staple of america's wars abroad unmanned drones might soon be used to spy on the country's own citizens by twenty fifteen the computer controlled jets will have access to air space usually reserved for piloted planes now a director from u.s. drone training company supporting their increased use says if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear but trevor tem an activist at the electronic frontier

foundation says that argument no longer hold water. this is been used countless times in the past to justify a warrantless e-mail surveillance or g.p.s. location on your phone cops getting it without a warrant and it's all actually just one of the kind of a false use of of an idea that we have about privacy and you know i'm sure if we asked the head of this drone industry whether he would like a law enforcement drone following him around twenty four seven or if we would like him to give up his password to his email address to to us so that we can reuse e-mails or cameras in his home he would be very uncomfortable with that and that's the real problem with this argument because he's using it to try to deflect criticism that these surveillance drones are going inflict on people's privacy which they are because there's actually no laws that really cover this type of surveillance and you know it's not that people are arguing that drones shouldn't be used at all that's that's not at all the case he's using kind of

a straw man to hold it up but all we want our privacy safeguards to prevent americans from being spied on without a warrant or without court oversight. both take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world a series of wrong strikes on a suspected militant base have killed at least eleven people near pakistan's border with afghanistan american officials say the base was linked to a well known commander fighting nato and u.s. forces drone strikes of course serious tension between washington and islamabad often killing pakistan pakistani civilians and servicemen. the man accused of the massacre at a screening of the new batman film in the u.s. has made his first court appearance james holmes was charged with the killing of twelve people and injuring fifty eight more in the shooting in a rural colorado twenty four year old didn't speak at any point during the hearing the prosecutor said holmes could face the death sentence if found guilty.

over one hundred people have been injured by the most powerful typhoon in over a decade to head on tom many flights were cancelled an airport while transport services were suspended or run at reduced capacity hong kong stock exchange was also postponed during the storm. we're going to see what's happening in the world of finance katie joins us and another major player joins russia as high oil stakes absolutely and they said we've been following this story all day russia's all major roles have the have expressed interest in buying peace hall in a pay and we've had some news that the two companies on now in negotiations are trying to come to some kind of deal now we've actually gotten to know if he's following the story for us to go what's the latest. the mystery around who is going

to get these shares in the joint venture is now become because it's russia's largest oil company or has announced that it's looking at. in fact both of you have confirmed that they've signed this agreement marking the start of negotiations which are going to be kept confidential for the next few months after itself says that this doesn't guarantee anything since the russian shareholders off the end of course i mean. they're already in the process of negotiations with b.p. on the same issue and they do have. the rights now here and he has been in the spotlight for quite some time there's a lot of speculation that there are rules in the joint ventures management around which side has more influence it is a very attractive project and well definitely the russian shareholders are very keen on getting their hands on the b.b.c. shares the british energy giant and we're also in the spotlight some time ago and i

mean in january two thousand and eleven when they signed the deal aiming to jointly develop the arctic shelf that deal was basically blocked again by now for access and often claimed that it's violated the national t m p p p agreement it didn't include them so that deal was basically cancelled by the stockholm court now it's estimated that these shares in the g m t v joint venture is worth around twenty billion dollars but analysts say that this price could become much higher as the negotiations go on they go thanks very much indeed for the upside i time moving on i actually got to speak to an oil and gas experts and analysts from other nations capital earlier on and he was saying that no matter what happens b.p. is unlikely to be leaving russia any time same. he. sees

russia as a very strategic and long term place also. it is hard to imagine that he would want to be a major believe russia so we do think the russian government would be he would find some mutual interests. and say we've russia let's check out there in the afternoon session i was still looking at the klein's with the obvious the seven tenths of the mindset sparing just knowledge and the best. next to charity this and that moves on to the start of the season moves and shakers we've been talking about the company is just now as you can see we've got a different color spectrum how we feel rosner of the open positive territory that gaining six tenths of a cent take a prepaid one and a quarter down service all the under pressure to still make is that close in zone back home in the u.s. is it the moment it's come to the ruble that has you some occurrences and see how it's performing as we can see is actually declining as

a basco cars just now the euro dollar which a lot of investors a t.v. there are one of them i'm a bit want twenty six there is declining a lot of pressure in the region at the moment we get on to the european markets and we'll be able to see that we do have some declines a lot of that is because. you guys know this what is. the biggest story probably at the moment is to do with mood is putting germany on the level and all negative that was that's really kind of been the main news feed in the region at the moment as we consider the source at the moment demonstrating some resilience we also had some mixed numbers variation markets if we look at the oil we'll be able to see how that is before may want to mention chinese manufacturing as well because that was actually up better than expected that's helping out the oil markets because china is the second biggest consumer of oil in the world of course so the business but i'll also be keeping our eye on the b.p. story. that's all business and days i'll be

back in about fifteen minutes for you all right thanks for that katie we'll see you next hour with more and a wrap up of our top stories is coming your way during our team in just a moment. download

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