scaremongering over syria's chemical weapons potential of the world community fired up despite assurances from damascus 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 qaida which is accused of a militant on smallville left more than one hundred dead in iraq. plus no letter for the euro zone a tally in the mayor's protest against austerity by the ratings agencies set their sights on the economies including germany. updating the news twenty four seven this is r t one welcome to it's kevin owen here in moscow tonight at nine pm first syria's rebels claim the regime has moved its

chemical arsenal to airports through the country's borders and a move they say is to intimidate foreign powers sources in damascus though 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 the rebels and government forces. has more. monday's news conference here in damascus foreign ministry spokesman did and mean that syria indeed possesses chemical weapons something that nonproliferation experts have suggested all along and that the syrian authorities have a number. nine damascus has never signed the chemical weapons convention so technically it's 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 nerve agents and mustard gas as well as missile capabilities to deliver those weapons those chemicals are believed to be produced at five facilities around the country including. in hans and home of those c.d.'s 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 ought to downplay this 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 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. these suggestion it was tragic gory quick 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 to prepare international public opinion for military intervention in syria how did it falls pretext of weapons of mass destruction similar to the one that toppled saddam hussein. part of our team in syria examined brings you more updates analysis from first hand impressions from the conflict

twitter feed as well should they be one of the latest tweets she sighed snow leopard resident who says that despite the army's effort to evacuate people to safety the prefer to stay indoors because of the sustained gunfire right now called out of it media reports of the commercial have seen fighter jets use for the first time in the conflict. these are all sort of myths lies and oil wars he told me that the hype over syria's chemical weapons may be a part of america's plan to topple inconvenient dictators as he put it. well you know you wonder how many times it's going to take before people wise up to the fact that this is all of scenarios is scripted the rand corporation did the did the book on this in the pentagon put it into their how to military manuals and they're just toppling one regime after another to create the great their grand design like yogi berra used to say this is deja vu all over again i smell a rerun of the old the pentagon scenario that dick cheney and friends ran to

justify the war in iraq with the niger yellowcake and now they're trying to do that with the weapon of mass destruction chemical warfare weapons of the what not to do with syria to create this climate that this is the most pressing thing on the face of the earth but i think that obama doesn't want this to break into an open war before the election that's the last thing american voters want is another iraq or another afghanistan on their doorstep. and seeing iraqi officials put the blame for monday's terrible its which killed one hundred sixteen squarely on al qaida the nationwide offensive spawning at least thirteen cities ended with two more explosions during the night he attacks ranged from bombings to shootings that they primarily targeted iraq's government and security forces he's going to teach you can report. the self appointed leader of the iraqi branch of al qaida abu barker all baghdadi has announced that we surgeons 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 role 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 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 blossomed 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 consider. and i say this because of the very simplistic attitude the very cavalier attitude of the bush administration of which i will 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 is a minority of the population al qaeda 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 is 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 really just communities it's a power to karega 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 as 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 blockade on looks egypt let's focus to cross the border more freely and in five years of travel restrictions imposed as part of the israel led gaza blockade more mother on the struggle to get a foot of the housing ladder as well for european stashed their cash in london property leaving british citizens out of their own housing market. right exact in cebu to set itself on a collision course with the german chancellor angela merkel of to change the country's credit had a negative the agency even hinted at possible downgrade if the eurozone gets worse but merkel immediately that germany would remain europe's financial haven despite the euro crisis has paid all of the reports from berlin. well this really isn't good news for germany you've got one of the major credit agencies in the world saying that well they don't have faith in the german financial sector that's what this negative outlook rating means it doesn't mean however that germany's aaa

credit rating will be affected however these type of negative ratings have led to in the past countries losing that aaa rating we're looking at people countries like france and italy they went the same way now this is jiu moody's is saying to a potential greek exit from the euro zone also the fact that it may be a worse crisis in spain than previously we had thought german chancellor angela merkel has said she's not worried by this negative rating she says that germany's economy will continue to be the strongest in europe but it is looking over their shoulder at what's going on in greece we're hearing from the the greek prime minister that the recession in his country could be worse than previously expected previously they thought that the economy would shrink by around five percent this year he's now saying that could be as high as seven percent also hearing from the german vice chancellor talking about greece saying that as far as he's concerned

the horror of a potential greek exit is over perhaps he's saying there that we're ready and we're prepared for greece to leave the euro what is happening in greece right now though is the three main lenders in athens to try and get deficit cuts back on schedule in spain well it's coming out that they might be in far more situation than the previously thought it now seems that boeing is high it costs more in spain now that it has in any other country since the formation of the euro so high in countries that have received bailouts in the past like portugal like greece. so it could be a far worse situation there are not being reflected in what we're seeing on the streets in spain at the moment terrible scenes of violence there. people are out protesting against deficit cutting measures that are being told they're taking place in the country everything clashes with police very violent clashes at times across spain as people come out on the streets and voice their discontent at the

current financial situation in their country. marco petro pollers a financial advisor a wealth manager he told us the markets he thinks have already decided spain's fate and things stand the market has already priced in. that spain is are. bankrupt will need and i don't think there is anything that can stop that i think civil unrest will persist for some time and i think the only thing that's going to really pacify the situation is when austerity finishes this once you've got unemployment around twenty five to thirty odd percent youth unemployment above fifty percent it's very very difficult to turn around and when they can see that there is a lie to the end of the tunnel when there's some sort of green shoots in the economy but we might be somewhere way before that happens over

a little even a simple mayors there of become the latest to join and historically protests in rome they're upset about the looming new budget cuts which they say will leave already suffering areas and reason greater strain and still the ultra mayor in one town called mournful coney says there is a consensus that rome is out of touch with the hardships faced by many 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 also 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 they understand what is there really happening and so i think they will listen least to some of our proposal. with the euro still in a shaky state many will for europeans to see more solid homes for their car should be put into property was looking good among the favorites but authorities laura smith reports next is pushing up prices the fall for brits who are increasingly struggling to get a foot in the door to get 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 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 should 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 downsized zero.

probably less than what we're paying 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 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 facing a housing crisis our housing market is broken at every level we're not building enough new homes and many younger people and able 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 so 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 or 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 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 laura smith r.t. london. no artist business teams keepin their european financial woes on close watch of course as you'll know if you watch is regularly but also today finding

itself homeless is b.p.'s russian set of data has got more on that later. turn for the better was all joy it was live joins the bidding for the british firm's troubled roster norm will have details in business of the twenty bucks. will indeed thanks daniel there are reports of a massive police operation in the mountains of to jiko stern coming through today the official information we have says that twelve special service officers have died in what went on there while thirty armed militants have been killed and forty others captured r.t. sure thomas has got the details for you. this fighting is in a very remote eastern region of tajikistan and known as going to shine on and it borders afghanistan let me paint a picture for you of just exactly how dangerous this area is it is known as a base for a terrorist group operations because of its proximity to afghanistan also known as a region for arms drug trafficking and tobacco trafficking as well now this

particular fighting is targeted at one person government and government officials are targeting one man. who's a strong man who himself is a desert or from the border guard in the region his group is known for lots of illegal activity as well for trafficking robberies as well as murders including the stabbing death of an official in the area on this past saturday now this began three days of negotiation with the group to try and give up the people responsible for the stabbing deaths that did not work out then the fighting began residents have been advised to stay at home as they're hearing explosions and gunfire very near to the city now some of the fighters that are in custody who have been captured are believed to be from afghanistan and taliban fighters themselves and. himself is believed that this point two of the fled the scene crossed the border into afghanistan he juice. temporary stay in the country for palestinian families the unprecedented move effectively the part of the blockade on gaza which is run

imposed in egypt supported the hamas took control of the palestinian territories now the egypt of president of course from the muslim brotherhood the move is widely seen that as a gesture of support for hamas the brotherhood's independent offshoot of his post later explained situation a bit more. cairo is allowing palestinians a free entry into egypt effectively ending a five year kate on the gaza strip what this means is that palestinians cannot leave gaza with the same no applying to palestinians in the west bank and jerusalem this unprecedented effectively. 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 mass and the spirit 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 farmers will 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 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. news in brief first of all go to hong kong told the story last strong typhoons hit hong kong now we're in under twenty nine people have been injured the. business is to stand still the heart is total complete will prefer to use the mourning for the graded subway stations because the term pretty shelter's hundred slept in airports after the flights were canceled cleanup. and now we're working to clear for them trees and electric cables. eight people are charged in britain over the phone hacking scandal engulfing rupert murdoch's newspapers among them two former news of the world that it is under cool since became prime minister david cameron's media spokesman and rebecca brooks who went on to run murdoch's news international described the charges are over illegally accessing the voice mails of thousands of people including

a missing school girl was later found murdered in this forest fires are raging out of control in a tourist area in northwestern croatia on monday they forced around fifteen hundred people to evacuate to campsites in the area water bombing planes were deployed to fight the flames which are being spread by the strong winds of. the play it moves closer to getting out of its troublesome russian joint venture this one's been rumbling on for a long time isn't a done deal but the end could be in sight now would love to tell us why a strike in the british firm starts in talks with rosneft which was the boy in. dispute has made his position in its russian all difficult europe is cut off as more. the mystery around who's going to get these shares in the d. and t.v. joint venture is now becoming bigger since russia's largest oil company of course has announced that it's looking at buying it in fact 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 while the last me up to 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 broad french right now here he has been in the spotlight for quite some time there's lots 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 blog today again why and how far has the city often claimed that it violated the initial 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 t m p b b joint venture is worth around twenty billion euros dollars but analysts say that this price could become much higher has the negotiations gone rosena shares edged into the bread in the last of trade on the news today follows yesterday's poll show when the all tears shed over four percent milan trued were the worst performers in europe today spain's government has just dollars for the e.u. to hurry up with promised a it looks increasingly like the country will need a huge bailout good chinese date has been out. by those you fears tech stocks in wall street down off the microsoft intel and your who gave cautious outlook. on a losing. record by seven and a half percent. european and period grid systems which have historically had

separate markets the move to increase competition between power companies and lower prices. is a huge project will take significant time to achieve new york today we're back in two hours and already good stuff thanks so much for. coming up shortly we'll be going the financial view from washington d.c. there of course. very shortly after the headlines there with just four and a half minutes time.

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