internationally and in the very heart of moscow. poisonous politics the usa hints that intervention in syria is a possible option suspecting assad's government use chemical weapons and bugs are struggling to find any for evidence. icelanders i heading to the polls in this second a general election since the financial question of two thousand and eight when the complete its banks failed but it later made a stunning turnaround to growth we explore the success story. and americans say no to t.v. news networks a recent study shows the audiences for the major broadcasters are plummeting we're trying to find out why.

it's seven pm here in moscow you're watching r t a liable for more international news while the u.s. is yet to decide whether the red lines have been crossed in syria president obama reiterated the use of chemical weapons would be a game changer washington claims there's growing evidence of the arsenal was deployed by assad's forces well some american lawmakers now pushing for direct action in the country. has the details. u.s. president barack obama was delivering some fierce words in the aftermath of tables comments he indicated that washington will conduct its own independent investigation into syria's alleged use of chemical weapons and a separate will be conducted in conjunction with the united nations america's leaders said the world can't stand by and permit the use of chemical weapons obama has previously stated that the use of chemical weapons by damascus would be a game changer in the u.s.

position on military intervention into serious civil war now according to white house press secretary jay carney has confirmed that military force is one of many options that president obama is currently considering carney said as a general principle the united states retains the ability to act unilaterally now these revelations of course come just one day after u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel claimed that the u.s. intel that u.s. intelligence officials believe with some degree of varying confidence that the syrian government has used chemical weapons against members of the opposition specifically sarin gas u.s. officials claim the attacks in question took place last month in new york and in the outskirts of damascus however a letter that the white house has sent to members of congress states that washington cannot confirm the origin of the chemical weapons allegedly used acting in lockstep with the u.s. british prime minister david cameron has come forward insisting that his government

has limited but growing evidence of the use of chemical weapons by the syrian military according to reports m i six agents operating in syria smuggled soil out of the country to be analyzed for chemical and biological contaminants however u.k. military scientists reportedly said the soil contain treece is of some kind of chemical weapon though it could not positively identify the type of weaponized chemical now in an interview with the b.b.c. cameron said he worries that western leaders might fail to opt into. syria because of the experience of foreign intervention into iraq now we all know that britain france france have been voicing unconditional support for syrian rebels and reportedly providing the opposition with military and financial aid in the meantime the syrian government is now is blaming the opposition for the march attack near aleppo which killed several people and mask it says organised organizations including al qaida have repeatedly threatened to use chemical arms while fighting

with the opposition so here you have a scenario where in syria the opposition groups and the government are pointing fingers at one another and you have the u.s. and its western allies presenting this harsh rhetoric of the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government but they don't have all the full facts in place. now the u.s. statements on the use of all chemical weapons by assad's forces began with various levels of confidence and reaches the point of president obama saying the world cannot allow this is domestic use in the country washington still checking the claims of such attacks meanwhile the samples used to make of these assessments with said to have been collected near aleppo. after the march incident the opposition and the syrian government are making claims that and counterclaims who actually made the attack now the well so we pulled down the just close to damascus.

where some of those weapons are said to have been used the question really is who is to blame now as one of the commanders although the free syrian army recently claimed that they have opposition fighters among government troops told to securing syrian chemical arsenal now the u.s. historian gerald horne says that this leaves a plenty of room for publication. it's deja vu all over again we will remember the disaster as an adventurous u.s. and british invasion of iraq in two thousand and three based on allegations of weapons of mass destruction that proved to be faulty therefore we must ask some very difficult and searching questions for example what was the chain of custody with regard to the samples taken from the battlefield of syria to leopard stories and wonder and in washington was there or was there the possibility of contamination or foul play or hanky panky with these samples and how can you show

that the regime rather than the rebels actually use these alleged chemical weapons and since we already know the next security and divisions within the military is driving the conflict in both syria and iraq how do we know that someone a gay soldier in the syrian military who is actually collaborating with the rebels wants these chemical weapons so as to provide a rationale for intervention by london and washington these are difficult questions that must be answered and well asking you online know what's behind the allegations of syria's use of chemical weapons had to come to const yo vote let's see how the figures and look at this hour why so far sixty four percent of you believe that same vaca opposition to justify any invasion. twenty one percent of you believe that it's the rebels attempted to push for foreign intervention will only eight

percent feel it will not change anything in the course of the war almost seventy percent of you they say that the red line drawn by president obama has already been crossed by the syrian government we want to know what do you think have your say at r.t. dot com. today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. joint operations throughout the day. iceland saw a very change for the next parliament or to lead to the economy further along the path of recovery which is a been steadily falling since the spectacular meltdown in two thousand and eight baghdad allowed if the no mostly indebted banks to fail saving home depositors from

britain of a bailout as iceland's have been making an impressive comeback arches natasha now sky has more on the financial success story. iceland has seen it all its banks crashed its government resigned its currency devaluated and its businesses all sizes have collapsed and that of all can over up to grounding planes all over europe making the island nation the headliner for weeks on end but that was years ago while today thanks to highly precise policies of the help from the international monetary fund it boasts some of the healthiest growth rates in europe one point six percent and it's no small triumph considering that back in two thousand and eight its banks debt was eight times the annual g.d.p. so the people took it into their own hands and negotiated major debt write offs at times it does seem like it's the only country in europe that's got it right take

a look at this or to go greece and spain continue to spiral deep into their excruciating financial mess their current deficit to g.d.p. ratio is just under three percent they have no money and plenty of debt but the borel more to serve their bond obligations back in two thousand and eight iceland's deficit to g.d.p. ratio was twice that of the pigs yes iceland allowed its banks to collapse under their own debt weight technically bankrupt the island nation managed to get an impressive job of turning its economy around its banking sector return to profitability its business was restructured their debt and it kept growing and many of their people were able to keep their homes and five years after the most devastating financial meltdown in the history it boasts the lowest jobless rate in europe less than five percent now the euro zone's strongest economy germany has

five point four percent so if some think it's islip that was humiliated the world over they should definitely think again. however polls are showing many in iceland now turning away from the ruling coalition which led the economy to steady growth voters have been lured away by the opposition and as you know skepticism iceland applied for membership after the two thousand and eight banking crisis but since then the locals have been put off by the own financial troubles now during the two thousand and eight banking crisis when i slim's economy was on the brink of a breakdown the e.u. simd a save haven the parliament voted in favor of joining the e.u. and the island nation applied for membership since then of the euro zone has been bogged down in a great deal of trouble itself and now more icelanders of fuel they'd be better off without the block that's especially since they already enjoy free trade agreements

and are part of the schengen travel area let's talk more on iceland and its recovery from prius crisis shock with total for my mate this isn't the economy it's a professor at the university of iceland mr mason so do you think iceland itself doesn't need the support of the e.u. . well what this complicated question. of the state of affairs in the european union is now that it doesn't seem to be truculent you would be willing to join. you have to remember that iceland is aware of the small nation we are only three hundred twenty thousand three hundred of them twenty thousand. so there are things that we. have problems with and one of the biggest problems we will have in a few runs our current we have been trying to run.

according to the smallest area in the world for the icelandic krona on the internet and. directly and indirectly because of all the big. banks on. only in the call ups show so. long. considered a. rather different from the short term or considerations. this point of cutting so what they lections are happening opinion poll so that iceland has a very frustrated with the government which menace the crisis as well so why why do the one to two bad days who let the country into the brink of bankruptcy well. not all that easy tool to explain on we hear a nice downtown la difficult time explaining it but. the

promises made by the. centrist party the progressive party to reduce the. by twenty percent. they have a name to correct he. said in the order to. and i slunk already part of. the. full depth of write downs both for families and firms and i think those start to write downs are the keys to the structure story in we managed to of warre to barbara in their little corner of firms we managed to acquire the. kinds of musical chairs. people jacques meant by throwing people out on to having the buying selling. huge numbers of all of plus in the

aftermath of that to those that i think that. well we can't. because. the strike for of write downs. the opposition on being able to play. on promises. to the content of those who probably has to give more. to do. with errol for matheson now we're going to have to leave it right there thank you very much economy professor at the university of iceland. coming up a new twist in the ukrainian thriller may third comment to why did that says the country's former prime minister yulia timoshenko has had a head for a pot of taxes and my is a she could now be charged with murder stories coming up after this break.

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the boat international airport in the very heart of moscow. you're watching our team twelve members of an extremist organization have reportedly been detained in north caucasus but he stopped a motorcade on the way to the city of la in the republic of dagestan officials say twenty five cars were trying to get into the city to hold an unsanctioned. if the ukrainian political bets fall from reaching its final chop them that's

jailed ex prime minister yulia timoshenko is called and request has just been turned down and on top of the seventy a sentence she's already serving for a piece of polish she may not be prosecuted for murder a defense team branded the charges as nonsense as artie's alessio reports from being allegedly beaten up by prison guards to seeing her supporters stormed the hospital where she's on the growing treatment ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko has been in a lot of trouble lately she has no served eighteen months of a seven year prison term for abuse of power when she signed gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine but this could get a lot worse because of her allegedly to an assassination almost two decades ago in ninety ninety six ukrainian member of parliament you gave a shit to bring was shot dead in eastern ukraine back then a confession by want to use killers shocked the country. the man who painted for

the job mentioned that cher been stealing it was ordered by a man nicknamed pasha it was obvious to us that under pasha he meant by no laws the rank of ukraine's prime minister. let him could never face charges for those allegations he spent twelve years behind bars in the united states for tax evasion and fraud and is now seeking political asylum across the atlantic but in the typical ukrainian rollercoaster style twist he's name has recently surfaced again together with tymoshenko. yes they said we have. paid the first hundred thousand dollars to the gang which. then another two point three million dollars were transferred to the assassins by yulia timoshenko. to michigan who is currently on a second trial for alleged attacks evasion and money laundering in the one nine hundred ninety s. when she might energy system that could seriously increase her prison term but if any connection to sharon's murder is proved she would remain behind bars for life

without her lawyers were quick to describe the accusations as nonsense because on the testimonies of the so-called witnesses and nothing concrete they all refer to what they were told by other people who died or were killed ten to fifteen years ago this is all i've seen that they have against this case was made up by ruling elites when they understood that the gas case against him is forming a part. but political analysts say that in the case of ukraine's politicians you just can't rule anything out as most of them do have skeletons in their clothes that put. almost every politician in ukraine can go on trial some didn't pay tax some were involved in corrupt schemes but as long as they obey the rules of the political game they're not prosecuted which is like calling the president out of after the change of power or the boundaries of democratic political game and hence the rules of the game were changed which they will use. this third case against

a machine go in on a preliminary stage it is still unclear what kind of evidence investigators have against but they seem confident there is enough to press charges before summer the thriller which is the case has been a walk in ukraine for almost two years now and all this time supporters of the former prime minister have been think you think the central street all the recent developments in this saga are clearly suggesting they will not believing any time so. let's see russia reporting from q. and ukraine. now let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world a police state involved in libya on saturday morning the attack destroyed half of the building but so far there have been no victims reported the country continues to be plagued by violence despite the all seeing all the extra leader gadhafi and of the u.s. military intervention on tuesday to state it wants the embassy in the capital.

the taliban's announced the opening of its quote spring offensive end quote on the country's u.s. backed government led by hundred cuz i'm it's about a crusade of nationwide attacks targeting international air bases and diplomatic buildings with the aim of inflicting as many human casualties as possible this comes as foreign troops near their withdrawal from the country after battling the taliban for twelve years nevertheless the group's violence is still flourishes claiming lives weakly inside afghanistan and neighboring pakistan. north korea has announced an american citizen will be put on trial for conspiring to topple the country's regime page in whole admitted to the charges after being caught in november last year with an incriminating hard disk according to authorities stumped as washington announces a new draft bill containing even one like sanctions on banks and north korea uses to conduct its business relations between the u.s. and pyongyang recent the hit an all time low with the pensions and increasingly

military presence on and around the peninsula. the u.s. military says another three detainees have joined the hunger strike in america's notorious one ton of a detention center this brings the total number of protesting inmates to one hundred out of the hundred sixty six held the strike started eighty one days ago over growing abuse allegations and indefinite detention without charge it also coincides with the obama administration's the recent decision to keep the facility open despite election campaign promises to close the controversial site. russian officials are recently blacklisted of y.b. us have spoken publicly for the first time since the ban came into force they've rejected all the allegations against them washington accuses the people august of being linked to the death of lawyer said gave me in police custody more than three years ago artie's medina caution of a has more. they say that the publication of

this list was a politically motivated decision and that the u.s. side was not objective and making its decisions as it couldn't be possibly aware of follow those documents that surround this case as the documents are still in court and never became public and that the magnitsky law was to drop to the beast on political motives and that the law has no legal force and no legal consequences every country and only representative political pressure on russia now the u.s. magnitsky list was published on the twelfth of april and includes eighteen russian officials who are banned from the united states and their asses now according to the washington's version of the of sixteen of these officials are directly responsible for the death of. the game of new ski worked as an auditor and an accountant at her mesh capital management and was the main suspect in the major tax

evasion case and she died in a pretrial detention facility back in two thousand and nine the russian officials opened a legal case over his death however in more two thousand and thirteen russia's investigative committee dropped to the investigation into the data. as it had determined that no crime had taken place before the. u.s. magnitsky list was published russia warned that the response would be similar and really in accordance with the rules of parity and indeed in the last twenty four hours russia responded with the same list with the same number offer officials also eighteen american officials there are banned from entering the russian federation however the russian list consists of two parts now the first one that includes those people who are involved in human rights violations and legalizing torture add one to facility and the second part of this list impulse of those people who are responsible for numerous human rights violations of those russian citizens. abroad

if i were there reports these lists are only you're sure it's version of the list and there are standard versions off the list said that both countries possess and reportedly a u.s. extended for the list even includes some greedy high level top russian government officials. what do american kids carry in their bags full of pens and comma this comes in the wake of increasing gun violence which as thing knowing most students in the u.s. stocking up on bulletproof uniforms and is trying a new backpack the lined with ballistic material one of more on our team. and another click away online at dinosaurs all the financial services this is how some experts are now branding british banks which are turning their backs on the people in need and does everything they do themselves for the great payday lenders find out why and save deep. soul please

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