scaremongering over syria's chemical weapons potential got the world community fired up as despite assurances from the mountain kids that such arms 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 let up for the euro zone italian mayors protest against austerity while the ratings agencies set their sights on the view from here commies including germany. five pm in moscow this is archie coming to you live i mean east now with our top story and syria's rebels claim the regime has moved its chemical arsenal to

airports near the country's borders in a movie they say is to intimidate foreign powers well sources in damascus claim the lion's share of the 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 some a boy has more from damascus. and monday's news conference here in damascus foreign ministry spokesman didn't mean that syria indeed possesses chemical weapons something that nonproliferation experts have suggested all along and that the syrian authorities have a number straightforwardly denying 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 probably 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 or 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 of concert 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. the suggestion was cutting couric we deny these press conference and damascus and monday the foreign ministry spokesman said that no chemical or biological weapons there ever be used during the crisis in syria no matter what development is inside syria he also said that only speculations are part of a major media can be to prepare international public opinion poor military intervention in syria have been to both pretext of weapons of mass destruction similar to the wind that toppled saddam hussein well arab affairs expert and radio

host dr kevin barrett believes the issue of syria's chemical weapons is being deliberately hyped off and this does remind us of the bogus w m d 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 having enough false flag events in syria to be blamed for the assad government and it seems that perhaps that's what's in the cards it may be that there is an attempt to pave the way for this by preparing public you know for the idea that this evil syrian regime uses chemical weapons. more updates analysis and firsthand impressions from the conflict zone are also on our two twitter feeds are oksana

boyko is in the syrian capital of damascus last containing sacred islamic relics was targeted by rebel finders and continue to follow her latest pictures and tweets out of the void underscore r t. a senior iraqi official has put the blame for monday's terror blitz which killed one hundred sixteen people squarely on. the nationwide offensive spanning at least thirteen cities and it with two more bombings during the night well the attacks range from bombings to shootings and primarily targeted iraq's government and security forces are you going to if you 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 al-qaeda leader also warned the syrian rebels quote not to accept a new rule or constitution but god's will and 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 end 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 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 us 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 oh 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 are where they are interacted a 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 all the world to see michael o'brien thank you sir. there is terrible violence going on in syria 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 to keg essentially and 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 up in a few minutes here on our t.v. blockade unlocked if you let's palestinians cross the border more freely ending five years of travel restrictions imposed as part of the israel led gaza blockade. but first rating 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 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 the 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 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 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 i'm now to marco pepperell point a financial advisor and. first of all i'd like to focus on the downgrades in germany what is moody's up to there germany appears to be in tampa bay really the safe haven of the euro zone why would its rating be targeted here. i would essentially be anyway that the eurozone easy going to be kept together is a much greater level of fiscal integration between the countries well that essentially means is that there needs to be an equalization of interest rates across the region whereby values that are really struggling with very high borrowing costs the like solve spain portugal ireland greece. come down to much more manageable levels and the butt of that is going to be taken by the germans

who have some of the lowest borrowing costs. and then both of course will have to rice up to a more equilibrium all. of the euros and that's the only way you're going to stay together but one of the reasons cited also by moody's now yourself is of course the uncertainty in spain just one of the list of countries you listed really but how much worse if we focus on spain could matters get there or rather how much worse will they be allowed to get. well i think the germans have a particular view of things and they have uys that. there's no point going through this again without some some real benefit so i'm not sure they're ready to sort of i can i can check and less if there seems to be true reform happening in many of these countries that should have done implemented reforms over the last thing thank you but then so i think that germany wants to see the implementation of labor

market reforms and moving to much more of a genuine capitalist structure. and lower cost of unit labor costs in terms of lower wages and a lot of the stuff i'm asked to happen and i think the germany wants that restructuring to happen before they're going to finally step in. and sign everybody's dead before they begin to do that they will say i want. centralization of control i want budgets and i know what needs to be done before this can all be great. great do you think the chances are that we could see spain are for a full fledged state bell out oh i think it's very much on the cards as things stand right now they are in a situation which he's far beyond the sort of level of interest that they would normally want to pay on debts and is unsustainable things than the market has

already priced in the. spade is all. bangkok will need a bailout and i don't think there's anything that can stop that i'd like to turn to greece if i might where the prime minister just today said of the country is in for a much deeper recession than previously thought how much worse do you think it can get in greece. greece is a coaching a failed state bank says once you've got unemployment around twenty five to thirty odd percent youth unemployment above fifty percent is very very difficult to not want to run and a situation can get worse of course it can get worse it can get worse because. austerity measures in principle and need to be implemented as ongoing civil unrest carries on people choose not to take the holiday in greece which makes things even more difficult because of course tourism is such

a big part of the industry i would that well germany's vice chancellor actually said in an interview that for him a greek euro exit has really lost its horrors it's not something people are so afraid of anymore so not a lot of faith left for options there what do you think about an exit. i think that greece should have been allowed to exit i'm talking the guy would have been a hell of a lot less paying for them much bigger level of debt which they have now to default i think that is by far the best thing for the for the greek people i think broadly speaking a greek exit was delayed until the french and german banks could actually handle it and i think that this is talking for the french and german banks to recapitalize a certain extent to be able to reorganize to be able to handle a great cakes and i think that that's what they took you back it's not such a big heart i think the banks of time talking to actually be structured to be able

to handle the losses from from from a greek default financial adviser and wealth manager marco petter porny live with us on the line from london thanks for that. but over in italy minister bill mayors have headed to rome to protest against the federal government they're upset about looming new budget cuts there which they say will leave already suffering areas under even greater strain sylvia altering who's the mayor of the town of montreal called the says there's a consensus that rome is out of touch with the hardships faced in many areas outside the capital specially 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 this state the central government doesn't know exactly what happens in our towns and so we are trying to explain to make they understand what is really happening and so i think they will listen at least to some of our proposed. well arty's business team is keeping the euro on close watch also finding itself homeless is b.p.'s russian set up daniels got more later this hour. is this home has been the hopeless joined cell phone rules and it has officially joined the bidding for b.p.'s lucrative fifty percent in its russian on t a k b p details of business of the twenty but. now there are unconfirmed reports that around two hundred people have been killed in a police operation into the stands mountainous area of pioneer officers there are

fighting armed militants who are suspected of killing a local special forces general official sources so far speak of nine deaths and about sixty wounded among the police and at least twenty militants killed however b.b.c.'s russian service quotes an unnamed local source saying over one hundred servicemen and as many civilians have died but we are keeping track of this developing story coming out of to jiko stand and we'll bring you the details as and when we get them. more of course on all our stories that are t dot com also there today we report on the rise of nationalism as the e.u. financially limps on a warning from one story and that it could pave the way for a new hitler to emerge amid weak politics and fractured economies. plus chicago said to pay out seven million dollars after two men say they were tortured at the hands of the city's x. police police chief details online right now.

egypt is now allowing easier entry and temporary stay in the country for palestinian families then president to move effectively ends part of the blockade on gaza which israel imposed at egypt supported after hamas took control of the palestinian territory now that egypt has a president from the muslim brotherhood the move is widely seen as a gesture of support for hamas the brotherhood's independent offshoot parties publicly or 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're seeing 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 forms 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 every of on 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 paulus there are two television. look now at some more news from around the world a strong typhoon has had hong kong injuring one hundred twenty nine people and bringing the business to a standstill the highest hurricane signal from thirteen years was issued a warning before being downgraded subway stations became temporary shelters while hundreds slept in airports after their flights were canceled cleanup crews are now

working to clear fallen trees and electric cable. eight people have been charged in britain over the phone hacking scandal that engulfed rupert murdoch's newspapers among them two former news of the world editors and he calls them who became prime minister david cameron's media spokesman we have you describe brooks who went on to run murdoch's news international in the u.k. and the charges are over illegally accessing the voice mails of thousands of people including a missing schoolgirl who was later found murdered. and afghan police commander and thirteen other men have reportedly joined the taliban in the west of the country it's not to be the largest police diffraction to date yesterday president karzai appealed to germany after the 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 with nato troops. will be pleased and divorce is heating up daniel bushell has more now from the business yes the brits firm says it started talks with rosen if it wants to buy a stake in trouble to. be peace position in the firm and turn the was all to europe is going to force. the mystery around who's going to get b.p. shares in the g.m. p.b.b. joint venture is now become big business russia's largest oil company of course as you know is that it's looking at buying it in fact both of those you have to be you have confirmed that they've signed this agreement marking the start of negotiations which are going to be kept confidential. the next few months will 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 breath around show 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 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 blocked a again by how far has the city and often claimed that it's why only to the national t n t p p agreement they 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 has the negotiations gone. rising but

b.p. is taking back service still is closing coal mines in the united states has been opened in moscow this afternoon after yesterday's horror show in the last over four percent it's raining on spain again madrid's down another three percent it's finance minister holds crisis talks with germany today european currencies losing to the dollar once again this hour in fact the greenback multi-year highs to rivals and russia wants to link is european and siberian grid systems which of historically had set for a market move aimed to increase competition between power companies and lower consumer prices but analysts warn it's a huge project and will take significant time to achieve and europe today will have more. right daniel looking forward to that see event and up next a date with jobs as we meet one of music's leading lights after.

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