largest. scaremongering over syria's chemical weapons potentially get the world community fired up and spited surance is from damascus that's not johns won't be used in the country's internal crisis. and terror concerns for syria grow on the back of a resurgent al qaeda which is accused of the militant onslaught that left more than one hundred people dead in iraq. no glad up for the eurozone italian mayors protests against austerity while the ratings agencies set their sights on the news came here commies including germany. live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching archie with me and he

said now it's four pm here in the russian capital eight am in washington our top story syria's rebels claim the regime has moved its chemical arsenal to airports near the country's borders in a movie i say is in to intimidate foreign powers of sources in damascus claim the lion's share of stockpiles are stored securely in syria's less turbulent south the regime also ruled out such weapons could be used in the conflict between rebels and government forces on a boy has more from damascus. his 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 straight forwardly deny damascus has never signed the chemical weapons convention so technically its admitting to having those chemical stockpiles is not a while ation of 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 nervous agents and mustard gas as well as missile capabilities to deliver those weapons those chemicals are believed to be produced five facilities around the country including two locations in hunts 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 while the syrian authorities house want to downplay this threat they're 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 outcomes of support for the opposition forces now over the past few weeks this in. speculations in western media suggesting that. the government may use those chemicals in its fire against armed groups and the. suggestion was deny these press conference and damascus and monday the foreign ministry spokesman said that no chemical or biological weapons will ever be used during the crisis in syria no matter what developments inside syria he also said that all of these speculations were part of a major media can be made to prepare international public opinion for military

intervention in syria how did it pulls pretext of weapons of mass destruction similar to the one that toppled saddam hussein but to talk more now on syria's chemical weapons capacity i'm joined live by investigative journalist and academic paul last march the university in london thank you for being with us a lot's being said regarding syria's chemical potential from the u.s. britain israel what's their concern and do you think that the syrian regime is really preparing to use such weapons. well it's part of an escalating psychological warfare because it's been known and suspected that syria has had these weapons for quite some time but this is the first time last week that they've admitted to it but you know what you've got to understand is that chemical and biological weapons are no good against you know rebel units that are fighting door you know house to house combat these are the kind of weapons you used in you know nation against

nation of full scale battles so the fact that the americans and other countries are getting so concerned is to put the emphasis on syria as a rogue nation i think that's very much what's going on here is to emphasize that this is a country with chemical and biological weapons that appears to be out of control right do you but do you think that somehow president could be provoked into using them and that perhaps could lay the ground for foreign intervention well there's two things that against that provided that there is a foreign intervention which he may then choose if there were large build ups of enemy troops as he would see it is that it's not very useful militarily for what he's fighting at the moment and secondly he must have in mind what saddam hussein his use of chemical biological weapons was a major factor in his trial and the program that was heaped upon him internationally for his behavior that the rebels say the army has moved those weapons to airports near syria's borders if that's true why would the regime do

something like that what could that mean. well it depends if it's true but if it is true it's it's they move an impossibly into safer areas because as your correspondent pointed out several of the sites where they've been storing them are right in the areas where there are major battles going on with the rebels at the moment. as a regime of final did terrence what kind of danger do you think weapons pose to the syrian people regardless of the statements that they wouldn't be using you saying that really it's not practical to be used against the people but you know you don't know what i said assad's going to do is assume he's being rational but it wouldn't seem to have much use internally given the kind of warfare that's going on but you know the man does have his back against the wall and who knows what he might do with those weapons but i think it's you know this is getting a bit blown out of proportion at the moment i think we've got to wait and see

what's going to happen that the rebels say that they're creating a special kind of unit of men that would secure chemical weapons sites do you think they would be in safe hands if they took control or that these rebels if successful that they would be responsible in terms of these stockpiles it depends which group of rebels we're dealing with in which situation the rebels are made up of a range all backgrounds and interests there is the transitional you know there's the there's the main rebel group which do seem to be how you being quite rationally and are suggesting that they you know for instance that they would be prepared to discuss a transitional government with a regime figure at the helm of it but then there are other groups across the country now that all have different agendas and i think we should worry about what they might do if they got chemical warfare quit went on and what do you think will happen to the arsenal if president assad is finally toppled. what if.

the you know the actual main rebel group takes control i think they will secure that and probably it will be moved if they've got the sense they will have it moved out of syria and. by an international organization was rendered safe i think that would be a very good sign to the international community that there is a possibility of stability be at risk syria and that the rebels have the ability to run the government. right investigative journalist and academic paul last mar of university live with us on the line from london thanks for that. but more updates and analysis and firsthand impressions from a conflict zone in syria are available on our twitter feeds on a boycott you currently in the syrian capital tweeting that a damascus mosque containing sacred this moment relics was targeted by rival find

there you can follow her on the ground there at exxon a boycott underscore party. a senior iraqi official has put the blame for monday's terror blitz which killed one hundred sixteen squarely on al qaeda the nationwide offensive spanning at least thirteen cities ended with two more bombings during the night now the attacks range from bombings to shootings and primarily targeted iraq's government and security forces are she's going to teach a can now with details. 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 moreover 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 all qaeda leader also warned the syrian rebels not to accept a new rule or constitution but god's will and shari'a 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 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 i was in the bush administration for two years so the know about it 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 a wreck today it was totally destabilized. and then you get the tension between the sunni and the shia saddam was a sunni which is 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 they take these things these factors like that into consideration here for the lessons of iraq the lessons of iraq are there for 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 where we just communities it's a power keg sensually in many war and if a solution is forced on them from outside from out of syria the 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 kind of. coming out here on our to the blockade and walk to egypt let the palestinians cross the border more freely and in five years of travel restrictions imposed as part of the israeli that constant blockade. but first ratings agency moody's has set itself on a collision course with german chancellor angela merkel after changing the country's credit outlook to negative the agency even hinted at possible downgrades if the eurozone gets worse but merkel immediately fired back that germany would remain europe's financial haven despite the euro crisis as peter all over now 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 say it 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 does 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 now 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 costs that were posted for the likes of ireland portugal greece so that of course doesn't suggest that the future is looking bright in spain we've seen protests on the streets that have turned 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 mayors from across the country gathering in rome

in the capital to protest against the story of the measures there so you've got the government protesting against the government people upset these are sturdy measures 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. let's focus a bit on that protest in italy that peter just mentioned we spoke to someone who's taking part sylvia all trent who is mayor of the town. says there is a consensus that rome is out of touch with the hardships faced in many areas outside the capital. especially in these times when we have difficulties and then when people are losing their jobs their homes people are trying to find an answer in their municipalities and the cuts proposed by government. deeply affected the finances of our municipalities so we are not able to offer these

services and general services for elderly for young for for the children so this is the main problem we have always had idea that in this state the central government doesn't know exactly what happens in our towns and so we are trying to explain to make them understand what is really happening and so i think they will listen at least to some of our proposed. zero still shaky interstate shake state action say europeans are seeking out more solid homes for their cash they're putting it into property with london among the favorites but as more of smith reports it's pushing up prices for brits who increasingly struggle to get a foot in the door getting their own home. economic distress breeds financial refugees and as the eurozone limps to what may be its death wealthy greeks

italians and spaniards a 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 hearing 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 and buying property is probably contributing to. the difficult conditions but 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 been hewas knows all about that

a teacher and a recruitment consultant he and his fiance live in a rented flat on shore when they'll be able to scrape together the sixty thousand dollars deposit they'll need to buy their own home this year with tricky i think the main thing though i don't 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're paying now but it's that oppose it. 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 high 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 hope to 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 a housing market is broken at every level we're not building enough new homes and many younger people nabl 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 to eventually where we buy a house and something that we want to do before we have stuff like that. it just seems a long way off you know it doesn't seem realistic to british dream of owning your own home is alive and well but the dreams of many will be dashed by steadily rising

prices and unavailable credit and an influx of euro cash puts youngsters dreams of owning any property cheap or chic further and further away nora smith. more on all our stories for you at our t.v. dot com also their report on the rise of nationalism as the e.u. finally limps song a warning from one of their story that it could pave the way for a new hitler or a merger of them in a week holiday week i mean politics and fractured colleagues. it was chicago said to pay out seven million dollars after two men say they were tortured at the hands of the city's ex police chief details on mine right now.

egypt is now allowing easier entry and temporary stay in the country for palestinian families the unprecedented move effectively ends part of the blockade on gaza which israel imposed on egypt supported after hamas took control of the palestinian territory now that egypt has a president from the muslim brotherhood the move as one of those seen as a gesture of support for hamas the brotherhood's independent offshoot archies polis lir explains the situation. cairo is allowing palestinians free entry into egypt effectively ending a five year blockade on the gaza strip what this means is that palestinians can now leave gaza with the same law 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 fear for her mask 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 they carry out what we understand is that the farms we still have access to their 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 the land will be used by the idea of so you are seeing this almost parallel but completely opposing effort by cairo and tell everyone the one hand the egyptians extending a hand of friendship while the israelis further is strange in themselves and isolating themselves not only from the region but from the egyptian neighbors paullus there are two tel aviv. well look at more world news for you now a strong typhoon hit hong kong injuring one hundred twenty nine people and bringing business to a standstill the highest hurricane signal for thirteen years but issued a warning for downgraded subway stations became temporary shelters while hundreds slept in airports after their flights were canceled cleanup crews are now working to clear phone trees and electric cables. eight people have been charged in britain over the phone hacking scandal that engulfs rupert murdoch's

newspapers among them to former news of the world editors andy colson who became prime and prime minister david cameron's media spokesman and rebecca brock who went on to run murdoch's news international in the u.k. the charges are over even legally accessing the voice mails of thousands of people including a missing schoolgirl who was later found murdered. in afghan commander and thirteen men have reportedly joined the taliban in the west of the country is going to be the largest police to faction to date yesterday president karzai appealed to germany to act as a go between with the taliban to pave the way for peace talks the country has been hit by a series of violent militant attacks in the last week on sunday five civilians were executed near kabul for working in medium troops. and b.b.c. is russia the wars is heating up daniel bushell has more credit now you're on the business desk just right the british firm says it's still to talks with russia's

biggest oil company rules and if to which ones to buy in troubled teen k b p. b p s position in the firm tenable as well to explain. the mystery around who's going to get these shares in the t.n.t. joint venture is now become bigger since russia's largest oil company of course has announced that it's looking at buying it in fact both of us the afghan b b 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 with 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 brought french right 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 of 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 were 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 brought today again by an hour for access and often claimed that it violated the initial t.m.v. b.p. agreement they didn't include them so that deal was basically cancelled by the stockholm court now it's estimated that b.p. shares in the g.n.p. b.p. joint venture is worth around twenty billion dollars but analysts say that this price could become much higher as the negotiations go on. rosena shares rising but b.p. is on the slide still is closing coal mines in the united states in the topsy turvy

tuesday for most school for yesterday's horace show when they all lost almost five percent european currencies losing to the dollar again this cell but the group was having another shocker to mainz rivals. european stocks a flat sell for the biggest today drop in eight months but tech companies think boyle has also been a casualty is now trading near the lowest level in a weak. link is european and some iberia and grid systems which are historically had separate moves saying to increase competition between power companies and lower consumer prices but solis warn is a huge project and will take significant time to achieve and europe today with a mostly next elitism i thank you daniel a look at the security struggles of nato in the us is coming up for you here on our cheek after our top story.

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