don't succumb. scaremongering over syria's chemical weapons potential gets the world community fired up despite assurances from damascus that such arms would be used in the country's internal crises. and look at syria's future now through the prism of its neighbor a resurgent al qaeda in iraq is accused of orchestrating the sectarian slaughter they claimed the lives of more than one hundred people. and more setbacks for the flagging euro italian mayors join the fight against austerity as credit ratings agencies deemed even europe's premier economy germany one ruble to contagion. updating the news twenty four seven this is r t one welcome to you if you're just joining us my name's kevin zero in here in moscow tonight it's now eleven pm here

and first syria's rebels claim the regime has moved its chemical arsenal to airports near the country's borders 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 xander boycie reports. 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 a straightforward lead to 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's similarly non admitted nuclear weapons program in terms of keep abilities syria is believed to

possess nerve agents and mustard gas as well as the missile capabilities to do a very enthused about those chemicals i believe to be produced at five facilities around the country including two locations 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 hausler to downplay this thread 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 consequence 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 fire against armed groups. the suggestion was to goree quick deny these press conference in 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 developments inside syria he also sad that all these speculations were part of a major media can be made to prepare international public opinion or military intervention in syria and did it pulls pretext of weapons of mass destruction similar to the one that toppled saddam hussein. well it's on

a bridge more updates no less is have first hand impressions from the conflicts of twitter feed one of the latest sites and then for residents who said that despite the effort to evacuate people to safety they preferred to stay indoors because this is day gunfire that's amid media reports of the commercial hub seeing fighter jets no use for the first time in the conflict. all three of myths lies and oil wars he told me the hype over syria's chemical weapons may be a part of america's plan to topple inconvenient dictators. 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 to create their grand design like yogi berra used to see 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 weapons of mass destruction chemical warfare weapons or what not to do with syria to create this climate that this is the most pristine 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 let's go live now to rusty care he's editor of the investigative web site who was why don't call me joining us on the line from massachusetts is gardner evidence of it all a very good evening morning wherever you are now you've been researching how the syrian conflict is being covered what do you make of how mainstream media has been handling this do you take it at face value war with a pinch of salt. well with not just a bit of salt but a whole box of it one of the things that has struck us at who what why is the same pattern that we saw with libya that

a decision had been taken and that it was necessary to. intervene or invade or whatever you want to call it and then all the news is fit to match and so what we see is a whole series of documented unsupported allegations in the case of syria as in the case of libya these are allegations of mass rape. and of massacres without carefully trying to establish who exactly did wide who saw what and so forth you know along the line here we've witnessed time and time again a lot of foreign media relying on anonymous sources poor quality pictures shelton indistinguishable locations broadcast as real and these things are hard to verify but until they verify should they be used well i don't think they should be now what you'll see on our web site who what why dot com today is a new story where we take a look at headlines being run on major web sites where they they basically say that there is mass rape going on in syria and that the assad regime is behind it now

that doesn't make a lot of sense from a logical standpoint when they're already on the ropes that they would alienate the population that way but in fact when we look at the so-called documentation what we do is we start finding that it goes it's trance traceable back to several individuals who seem to be syrian emigres living in very interestingly in saudi arabia and others in the united states appear to be connected to exactly the people who want to displace assad rus we've heard similar claims for full didn't way when i'm thinking of libya. well that's right and as you may know who what why was a leader very early on in raising questions about those allegations there were all kinds of allegations made about gadhafi and you know with people that get out he and his side who are. very unpleasant players in some respects it's not necessary to make things up let people judge them as they really they aren't but what we saw

in libya was we saw a number of things including a claim that. was explained that could offer had personally ordered the bombing of . the. bombing that if there were allegations that he was ordering his troops to commit mass rapes at all van. again and now exactly the same thing in syria where they are the headlines are saying assad ordering mass rapes we have no evidence that he ordered mass graves or them as we are being committed at all and so this is very very serious kind of a propaganda war going russell orange breaking up a little bit we'll try to stay with it hopefully will stay with us because it is not only the media taking this so pleather of information a face rather less take for instance the recent hama massacre the u.s. and its allies rush to condemn assad for what was reported as civilian massacre before that u.n. probe is even launched why was the investigation disregarded you think. you know

this is very complicated you see once the media comes out with an initial report and those reports are based on the people they're talking to and essentially they are talking to the rebels and they are talking to people in washington and in london who are putting out a particular line against assad and so that's where their first stories come from they always say these are and verify but that's what the public hears and then when a week later as you point out in a recent article. new york times reported the most recent massacres into them said they have blamed the assad regime and then a week later said now it looks like a mostly the assad regime may have been telling the truth that that was actually an armed battle but that they were not responsible for the individual massacres that took place in the town it may well have been the other side the final thirty seconds if you would would it make what you make of these chemical weapons claims that are coming out of a hype. well i mean i don't know if they're hype or not i think that syria is really doing what you would expect it to do it's saying we do have chemical weapons

and they they clearly stated they will not use it on their in their own people on civilians or even on the other rebels in their own country however they reserve the right to defend themselves if there is an attack from abroad and i think any country at the degree one like that that's badly outnumbered it's not surprising that they would say you know if you're going to attack us we're going to defend ourselves over we can cross things bringing out international rest and into the investigative website who was why don't call him thank you thank you. senior iraqi officials split the blame for monday's terrible its which killed one hundred sixty squarely on al qaida the nationwide offensive spending at least thirteen cities and with two more explosions during the night he attacks ranged from bombings to shootings and i primarily target iraq's government and security forces he's going to teach a kind reports. 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 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 that 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 which i will i was in the bush administration for two years so the nobody know 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 led 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 the 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 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 powder keg essentially 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 trode iraq still remains a hotbed of terror in washington i'm kind of. voting 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 downgrade if the eurozone gets worse but merkel immediately fired but that germany would remain europe's financial haven despite the euro crisis as a tease people of an i 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 are 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 in 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 and that's been 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 today taking place in the country and we're seeing 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 critter pollies a financial advisor and wealth manager he told us the markets have already decided spain's fate and things stand the market has already priced in. that

spain is our. banks will need a bailout and i don't think there is anything that can can stop that things will persist for after 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. now over in italy municipal mayors have become the latest to join and to stir the protests in rome they're upset about the looming new budget cuts which they say will leave already suffering air is a dream greater strain sylvia ultra news mayor of one town mall felt coney says there's 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 the 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 proposals. but with the euro still in a shaky state many europeans are seeking more solid homes for their cash that

putting it into property would look good among the favorites results as laura smith reports mixes pushing up prices for brits who increasingly struggling to get a foot in the door to 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 are 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 and i think the main thing is i don't think the cost the mortgage will 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. 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 in the new homes and 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 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 that we buy

a house and something that we want to do for we have babies and 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 there are reports of a massive police operation of the motives of. the official information with god is that twelve special service officers have died while thirty armed militants have been killed and forty others captured or to shawn thomas has got the latest. this fighting is in a very remote eastern region of tajikistan and known as shon 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 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. back off 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. to brief strong typhoons hit hong kong during one hundred twenty people bringing business there to stand still the highest hurricane warning for thirteen years was issued before being downgraded subway stations became temporary shelters while hundreds let them pull the flights were canceled cleanup crews are now working to clear a fold in trees and electric cables. people be charged in britain over the phone hacking scandal engulfing murdoch's newspapers among the news of the world additives and the cool suit came prime minister david cameron's media spokesman and also rebecca brooks who went on to run the national in the u.k. the charges are over illegally accessing the voice mails of thousands of people including a missing school girl who was later found dead. pictures these forest fires is of a 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 have been deployed

to try to fight the flames which are being spread by strong winds. now b.p. moved closer to getting out of it so troublesome russian joint venture have been reporting on that all evening daniel's got the latest for you for not calling already is in the business. the british firm confirm starting talks with rosneft it was to buy a stake in. a moment dispute has made b.p.'s position it is difficult all to your piskun north has more. 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 the mostly after itself says that this doesn't guarantee anything since the russian shareholders off the end gave e.p.a. and of course i mean. they're already in the process of negotiations with b.p.

on the same issue and they do have brass rancho right now here 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 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 our flags and so you know often claim that it's violated the national t m p b p agreement they didn't include them so that deal was basically cancelled by the stockholm board now it's estimated that these shares in the t n t v joint venture is worth around twenty billion euros dollars but analysts say that this price could become much

higher has the negotiations gone and rules in the shares edged into the red in the last hour of trade today follows yesterday's poor run when the l.t.s. had almost five percent more than the madrid were the worst performers in europe today spain's government has just asked for the e.u. to hurry off with promised aid it looks increasingly likely the country will need a huge bailout good chinese data has been outweighed by those. here's tech stocks down the wall street off the microsoft intel and yahoo gave cautious outlook for the single currency is losing its springs boring course hold the euro zone record by seven and a half percent and russia wants to link its european and siberian grid systems which have historically had separate markets the move is aimed to increase competition between power companies and lower consumer prices kernel this one is a huge project and will take significant time to achieve and you're up to date news interviews on the website ok daniel thanks very much just ahead tonight digging

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