three volunteers in video for your media project free video down to r.t. dot com. reports say syrian rebels have seized control of a northern army base in a deadly assault well fears mount other countries of chemical weapons could fall into militant hands. damascus says it's being framed by the way it which is trying to create a perceived threat as a pretext for intervention all the details coming up. stirring up trouble for the tax avoiders the british public fight back against the giant corporations who cream their profits instead of paying a fair share. and rival rallies in egypt are set to escalate ahead of saturday's referendum on the new constitution of the gunmen attack opposition crowds in tahrir as talk risk where.

on and on line twenty four hours a day this is a young kerry johnston reports claim a syrian rebels led by the islamist radical front have seized control of an army base in the country's north killing thirty five soldiers u.s. backs the opposition movement but has placed a militant group on a terrorist list. explains there are increasing fears syria's chemical weapons could fall into the wrong hands some of the images in this report are graphic nature. now this comes as the damascus regime increasingly accuses both the e.u. and the united states of conducting a smear campaign against it in terms of falsely accusing damascus of using chemical weapons the syrian foreign ministry has written a number of letters to the united nations in which it says that it is afraid that countries backing both terrorists and terrorism might them selves provide those

countries with chemical weapons and then shift the blame and point fingers towards syria there is of course growing concern that the chemical weapons stockpiles within syria could land up in the hands of extreme militants in here we've been hearing reports of both al qaida as well as hizbullah in the south operating and lending their support to the insurgency and so there's concern that these weapons could land up specifically in their hands the united states for its side says it has intelligence that the syrian army may be preparing to use chemical weaponry and again the u.s. has pushed the line that this would be a red line if indeed it was proven and that this would bring in the shift reaction and the immediate involvement of the united states we are hearing from a u.s. official as well as senior administration officials that the u.s. and the european union are training rebels both within jordan and turkey in terms

of trying to secure these stockpiles of chemical weapons within syria now it is important to make note that none of these reports in terms of chemical weapons can be verified what we do know is that so your has one of the world's largest chemical weapon arsenals so it has never joined the chemical weapons convention and as such it is never given any kind of information in terms of the extended to and the declaration of its chemical weapons and this is why at this stage it is exactly what is the extent of the chemical weapons and in his hands there are there certainly is an information war out there and we are witnessing an increasing number of videos be. posted on you tube you have a situation where both sides the damascus regime as well as the rebels are accusing the other of blood chilling atrocities as well as war crimes and let me just warn our viewers that the videos you're about to see are disturbing there is a video that is circulating on new truth that shows that assad troops are using chemical weapons and when you look at this video you see disturbing pictures of

both adults but also children with disfigured face faces as well as mims and incredible who used to their bodies there is of course also videos of rebels reportedly using chemical weapons on them on bunny's as almost a great against the assad regime that this is just what they planning on doing the rebels have also been posting videos are innocent victims of aerial bombings as when this shaming while at the same time close aside activists have been posting on you tube videos of rebels making a child behaves a number of prisoners now according to the information that's what this report it really did happen in homes what we do say you know the video is a number of the hated or victims we see the child actually beheading this person but again no way of indicating over refined exactly the truth of this although some sources say that there were people with saudi accidents being heard inside this video all of this is extremely disturbing footage again no way of verifying its

authenticity but it certainly does show that tensions on the ground are increasing and increasing and alarming rate with u.s. sources saying washington is training rebels to secure in the hundred chemical stockpiles if the syrian government should fall and the war activists can stone believes it's just another step towards intervention. this period right now all the talk of weapons of mass destruction chemical weapons in syria is very reminiscent of the run up to the anglo-american attack on iraq in two thousand and three one of those videos purported to show syrian insurgents funded by the west preparing chemical weapons which were used on rabbits but could be used on syrian civilians and then blamed on the syrian government the assad government is not suicidal it has been playing its cards very carefully and there is no basis in fact of for the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government that would be

counterproductive the weapons of mass destruction argument use the fact of lee in two thousand and three and later found out to be a complete hoax they've just they've tried it out of the dustbin and their plan to rerun it again. now there's a financially for us to christmas in britain with a bumper taxes and welfare cuts but not everyone is feeling the pinch profit turning multinationals i can listen in starbucks on managing to exploit tax dollars to the fullest the public wants payback the self earth reports that said in the government it's not doing enough. people from all of the. people in this country it's not about happy google at the moment it's really part of a much larger picture welcome to the world of tax avoidance illegal but morally suspect way companies and the wealthy have been dodging paying their fair share

most people are due to discuss these companies do not the very taxation which is a criminal offense but are void taxation basically use existing facilities and legal loopholes in the different regulation and taxation between different countries to their advantage companies like. the head office is based in luxemburg which they claim is the center of the economic operations which is handy as luxembourg so well known tax haven where companies can enjoy a lower tax rate but hang on a minute we're here one of amundsen's must've this to be sentences based in the u.k. in fact the reality is that many of our customers men stood their employees and many were distribution centers like this while i respect base here in the united kingdom so it's not hard to see that the relatively small luxembourg office is nothing fact

as they say at the heart of their operations and yet the u.k. tax system doesn't seem to recognise it as ordinary british taxpayers who are losing out to saddam illegally on the face of it to run because you could register your transaction in different country and the place of great destruction is the place of taxation where as you can have you activities actually taking place here is legal. surely then in the midst of a flat lining economy ek government would be eager to plug the holes. billion with a much needed tax plans you can count on spending it in the chancellor's autumn statement last week and it was the penniless on welfare in the government's firing line why has this government decided to clamp down on benefit for clamping down

on multi-million pound tax avoiders. well i think that the government is clamping down on that there's been a lot of money allocated by him and there are now that people know. him or see doing. it now that people know that they've been avoiding paying that amount of tax i mean it's no good doing it are not pay and there's a difference between people who are. voiding tax to legitimately. and those who are illegally doing it there is a to do when we were. still avoiding paying where interested me again. let me actually answer the question once before you actually interact tax avoid is ok to legally tell you what starbucks and amazon and google have been doing is ok that you're saying there's a difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion tax evasion is tax avoidance

people are using the law to their benefit now if the law is wrong we need to change the law but for now the law continues to allow an exodus of profits made in britain meaning companies like amazon can keep getting away with paying less than the tax payers they're profiting from sarah firth r.t. london. the european union receiving the nobel peace prize has resulted in former winners and demonstrators seeing red three presence or so. warding off there not being praised for fostering peace in the region since the second world war and ceremony was held against a backdrop of protests from a peace prize next to bonnie you not be put in the same bracket is then when laughlin from the institute of democracy in cooperation with the e.u. is far from being a peacemaker. there has not been peace in europe for the last sixty years as the president of the european council said everybody knows that there was

a war against yugoslavia and nine hundred ninety nine in which european states e.u. member states participated very fully they attacked. greece europe so one cannot say that there is in case of europe since then in any case if we look further afield with syria the european union's policy the actual policy of the european union as an organization nevermind its member states has been in my view to fan the flames of the conflict in syria and not to act as a peace broker so there is literally no way in which we can say that the european union has fostered peace. for egypt is on tenterhooks moral protests are expected between those backing in the posing president. why the country could plunge into civil war as a deeply divisive constitution friend looms large. on the story of an american woman who was forcibly sterilized as a teenager as part of a government program to build a support healthy nation so here a couple minutes. if

you're passing through rushes to veer region you really can't go on the wild side thousands of kilometers of unspoilt countryside make up an area where it's still possible to live off the land such spectacular scenery makes it a paradise for fishermen and provides a business opportunity for hunches. there are defined hunting seasons in russia but lacks enforcement means many animals are killed out of the allotted times which the animals oftentimes unable to survive the heart of just the less forest provides a sanctuary for the most famous beast in russia it's home to a group who rescue often bear cubs and raise them when they're old enough to fend for themselves the cubs a target taken to a remote location and released back into the wild but it's not just bears who find a haven here this is wolf island here wolf pups have been captured by hunters or

bought from zoos have a second chance at life and conservationists have a unique opportunity to observe them these walls are all around four months old and they'll stay in this area for up to three years then most will go back to the wild for good just viewing them from the car was an experience in itself but then after a bit of a bumpy ride came an opportunity i just couldn't pass up and this is where i was hoping for when i heard i was coming to a place called. a chance to get close and personal with the locals and it's these guys are going to act as foster parents for the next generation will come here using the older walls as surrogate parents has already proved a successful technique. every year i place infant wolves with one year old wolf cubs whose parental instinct is totally shaped and they take them as their own cubs it's going to continue to take time and money to rehabilitate the wolf's reputation

in russia. but the keepers here hope their research and dedication will mean that wolf island remains a place where visitors can truly understand the call of the wild. quite a national story is for you now. egypt is a braced for more rival rallies between opponents and supporters of president morsy ahead of saturday's referendum on the new constitution at least nine people were wounded on tuesday when unknown gunmen fired shots and threw petrol bombs at protesters camped out in cairo's central to her square the military has been granted a temporary right to arrest civilians in the run up to the controversial that. gave himself extensive new powers last month but quickly backtracked in the face of rising public anger it's fair the upcoming referendum will erode civil liberties

and turn the country into an islamic dictatorship where journalist khaled el shania says courts are powerless versus draft is putting the nation on the brink of civil war. judges and the initial reason is there is concerned this law exists between these in egypt and that's why he retreated because he knew that going to europe was that usual court cannot actually make any judgment. he insisted on the referendum on the fusion draft and actually it has not been discussed. proved by the people of. america but actually the country. will probably be. precious and secure. we speak for the first time ever in the

history of egypt but the country is a joke that i'm norton at this point we don't even know you've been. in them because many judges are still refusing to supervise it which will make it illegal if it happens without a full judiciary supervision is no point to. be sworn in if he's insisting on. a real threat to the unity of the people to their. egypt. to the people of egypt feel that the idea. being. online few today now droning on america reveals a futuristic new weapon in the fight against terror this fails the next generation of unmanned drones fitted with so-called death remains and they never run out of ammunition find out more it's all to dot com. also on our website the real

cost of education in the u.k. skyrocketing prices for higher education may soon rise to one hundred thousand pounds. now to some other world news this hour leading bahraini human rights activists know real rajab has had his prison term cut from three to two years has been imprisoned since august charges of organizing illegal gatherings and inciting violence the activists lawyer says he didn't expect the last sentence but many demanding his

release ruling is likely to create more outrage from human rights groups and the kingdom already drawing criticism from the international community for its crackdown on gatherings. opposition activists and bangladeshis carol have detonated homemade bombs while violently enforcing a general strike right in the center of a car had to forcibly disperse protesters who smashed vehicles and hurled rocks the rest erupted after accusations of government sponsored killings in recent protests against one popular in school reform. has been for the street violence in northern ireland overnight group of people fought we don't list through a petrol bomb into a car don't cross into police from city offices are treating it as attempted murder sporadic incidents across the city so gangs use the works. least vehicles. week of trouble since a decision to restrict line of u.k. flag from belfast city who. u.k. based bank h.s.b.c.

has agreed to pay a huge fine to the u.s. department of justice for lapses in money laundering regulations that controls and poor policing of suspicious transactions left the u.s. banking industry exposed to mexican drug cartels or the bank was also accused of violating sanctions on iran the five hundred two billion dollars as of the largest ever of its kind comes as british standard chartered bank also agreed to pay a second fine for similar charges. thousands of american men and women. and were denied the chance to have children on government orders it was a decades long program of being forced sterilizations thought unfit to be parents in the portnoy and that some of the victims now being considered for compensation but who say it's too little too late you won't want to pay it eighty four year old virginia brooks was just fourteen years old when north carolina's widespread

eugenics program would forever alter her future then why do i have to go to the hospital i'm not saying rocks was with two other girls when a social worker picked her up she said we're gonna take you pin. down there and they did surgery. i didn't know what to do was doing too many eugenics is a pseudo science aimed at improving the so-called quality of the population by forcibly preventing reproduction by people thought by some to be inferior in america it targeted mostly young poor minorities the mentally disabled or those otherwise deemed unfit to raise children like brooks who was an orphaned teenager she came in my chart was on the for the. she says well. now you know by and you won't have no brigade of said what

a way to make it want do you mean she said you won't never know. and there's one. handed to me this is an angle of this that the grand brooks went on to adopt a little girl and mary howard her husband of forty two years between them they have four grandchildren five great grandchildren and the unfortunate legacy of suffering under the shadow of mandatory sterilisation do we or her or or the way she was free from modern should be. of this day that anything. they should. probably one of the most infamous uses of this theory was the radical purity programs in nazi germany. while north carolina's eugenics program reportedly claimed seven thousand six hundred victims before being dissolved in one thousand nine hundred seventy seven north carolina was one of thirty two american states

that practiced eugenics and this year it was on track to be the first state to compensate living victims like brooks with a payout of up to fifty thousand dollars they were kind of them. except they were born this kind of day. this. shame. to this day not one victim throughout the united states has been compensated for their lifelong suffer in june north carolina state senate rejected proposals to allocate funding for the compensation program some argue that paying victims for what was illegal program could lead to subsequent payouts tied to america's other historic atrocities such as slavery seven decades ago this building served as baker senatorial it's where state officials took virginia brooks and dozens of other young girls to undergo mandatory sterilization surgery today it serves as an

apartment complex where families are living routine lives this as others still bear deep scars over how their lives were forever changed here they had a baby. the pay paul. when i get my be like there. is a life changing question u.s. state officials refused to answer for your enough archly north carolina. europe's drawn out efforts to put itself out of the economic well documented but it's not alone and japan has now entered its fifth recession in fifteen years comes just days before the country's election which is expected to sweep the current prime minister from power let's now talk to james coleman delatour of the current affairs website the colbert report he's in the south. thanks for joining us what's behind japan's economic slump do you think. well it's basically japan has turned

into the basket case of asia economically speaking over the past two decades since the ball bubble popped in the late one nine hundred eighty s. early one nine hundred ninety s. and for two decades japan has been floundering to try to come up with any sort of way to stimulate the economy but in the traditional japanese fashion of not being too risky with anything that they try so for a long time now we've seen the b.o.j. that they're going to pan flirting with the idea of trying various steps towards monetary stimulation but there is even a very big version to inflation in anything that could upset the apple cart on the way to what they hope will be a recovery so it hasn't gone very far stuck its toes very deep into that water so far but we might see a big change in next week when it's expected that shinzo of and the l.d.p. will come into power here in japan and they are already proposing some quite sweeping changes to japan's economic policy including basically unlimited quantitative easing so basically taking the federal reserve u.s.

style route in trying to stimulate the economy when you mention the l.d.p. that will that democratic party i mean these economic troubles are benefiting them the opposition there how could this change the political situation inside the country. well i think we're about to see quite a big about face taking place of course the l.d.p. the liberal democrat party was in power for almost the entirety of the post-war period here in japan but for the past few years the japanese electorate basically tried a little bit too to try a different party they tried with the democratic party in japan that hasn't worked out in the ways that it was expected to and certainly economically speaking japan continues to be that basket case of the of asia so basically it seems that almost inevitable that the l.d.p. is going to be put back into power next week and with that comes not only big changes in the economic policy but i think there's going to be some some very big changes geopolitically speaking as a be the leader of the l.d.p.

. he is quite a hard liner on a number of issues and is even thinking of revising the japanese constitution to allow for greater military use of the japanese military over seeds ok watch this space. of the current affairs website the colbert report thank you. you're welcome . but on the way our regular financial check up from washington with more on this to stay with us here naughty. and download the official up locations to choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device to watch our team any time and i could.

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good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm laurin the store here in washington d.c. these are headlines for monday december tenth two thousand while gold rises said some headlines today citing italian technocrat prime minister mario monti as plans to resign also expectations of fed easing regardless it was actually fairly so why has the yellow metal been trading sideways for pretty much the past year and a half as the s. and p. five hundred has gained a very respectable twenty five percent a year from commodities legend eric sprott about that and about silver to u.s. and u.k. regulators have reportedly published

a joint paper they wrote about it on the pages of the op ed pages rather of the financial times to deal with too big to fail banks that need to well bail it's a first cross border plan it includes losses for shareholders removing senior management and converting debt into equity to provide capital now capital is one solution to mitigate the liability of massive credit expansion only we had hard money though we'll break that down for you where the day and while we're on all that glitters check out this trip to the vault. it's enormously impressed see that it's a big growth would like to move. to date to wait for people to remember it's. kind of a funny video you'll never guess where that was we'll tell you and have more in loose change let's get to today's capital account.