the u.n. commission on syria says there's no clear proof of any chemical weapons being used despite one of its top investigators saying she suspects the rebels have resorted to sarin gas. for a series of air strikes inside syria takes a look at whether the ultimate target of the attacks could lie elsewhere. here after anti-government protests turned violent in moscow to demand the release of those accused of inciting clashes with police. and record unemployment painful austerity and the lowest ratings in recent french history. marks the end of a tough first year as president.

international news and comment live from our studio center here in moscow this is. the u.n. team looking into the conflict in syria says there's no conclusive evidence any side has used chemical weapons the statement comes in contrast to early claims by a leading team member that deadly nerve gas may have been used by the rebels well though neither statement is convincing the u.s. is. now reports. the white house response to the findings of this u.n. investigation is we find it highly likely that chemical weapons if they were in fact used in syria and there is certainly evidence that they were that the was responsible so the white house basically brushed off the findings of this u.n. investigation which says that it's very likely that the rebels have used a searing nerve gas in syria and a leading u.n.

investigator said she was quote stupefied by the evidence during our investigation for crimes against humanity and war crimes. we collect. witness just to money that. that made to appear that some chemical weapons were used in particular. and what was. what appear. to our investigation that was used by openings by the rabbits and we have no no no indication at tool that the government authority of the city government had used chemical weapons but i was if you did that. first the first indication we got they were about the use of never open and when this sound bite

made headlines the commission issued a cautious press release saying quote it has not reached conclusive findings as to the use of chemical weapons in syria by any parties to the conflict as a result the commission is not in a position to further comment on the allegations at this time end of quote nonetheless are we seeing politics getting ahead of facts not clear at this point but nonetheless this is a major development which comes at a time when the assad government is being accused of having used chemical weapons damascus denies the claims and asks for an investigation at the request of the syrian government there is supposed to be another u.n. investigation into a concrete incident in the middle of march when chemical weapons were allegedly used but that investigation is being hampered by additional requests from the u.n. chief who wants the u.n. mission to have access to all seriousness facilities some worry that it could turn into a hunt for weapons of mass destruction and of course iraq experience comes to mind and the fear that politics again may get ahead of facts and they're going to say

from the french center for intelligence studies told us that syrian rebels may have received chemical weapons from abroad. well it's very difficult to say probably be stolen them in in some syrian stock but they could also are being. received to the gay center and from the foreign countries because they're dumb ass and bashar they don't have any interest to use chemical weapons because they control more than ninety percent of the territory they are in in it will be sure they are going to war again to rebuild so they've doubled after use chemical weapons because it would be absurd to come to predicted so every time we receive something from nation saying that the bashar regime is using chemical weapons we are very very conscious because we don't believe that kind of information. of the launching airstrikes inside syria over the weekend israel is bolstering missile

defenses on its northern border it wants to protect itself after launching two attacks on syrian targets within forty eight hours syria has reportedly pointed its rockets at israel and threatened to strike back immediately if there are more raids . is following events the syrians are stressing that all options are on the table although they haven't specified exactly what they mean when they say that assad has also said that he would and now palestinian organizations operating in his country to wage war and to wage attacks against israel from the golan heights which is of course the mountains there border israel and syria what this means in effect is that the syrian army will not stop any palestinian from embarking on any kind of military action against israel that emanate from within the syrian territory is hold does seem to have shot itself in the foot to have its borders now open for palestinians who essentially israel has strained relations with is hugely

problematic for this country and what we see now is that israel's actions have made its northern borders a vulnerable for attacks or infiltration from palestinian groups what many are saying is that the israeli strike could essentially or is essentially backfiring on them it's also said it was targeting a military convoy that was to hezbollah in lebanon through syria but what syria says is that one of the targets was a research center as well as a very specific military targets such as soldier barracks and compounds both the u.n. and arab league of condemned the israeli action but there are concerns the attacks could be aimed at another major nation in the region and all this really for the saudis would be to question over explains. there is a third player here fellow shia a lighter side and has a bill on the big boy on the block and israel's arch enemy iran now reports suggest

that it was an iranian shipment to has a lot of that israel was targeting so it's possible that syria is just the middle man and it wouldn't be be young reason that around is equipping has a block as a backup in case of conflict with israel israel with this provocation there will be for a response either from syria either from his bloc well or better yet from the point of view of the obama to be station in israel from iran so if you run into syria don't do anything for the moment just wait you don't know this will be seen as it is just a provocation but if there is you know the slightest bit of a response from either syria or iran that's the perfect brick text for what shock and awe against syria iran is seen as the main thread by israel's government which is very nervous about its nuclear activities and in response to these airstrikes iran has already called on the whole region to stand against israel iran labeled

the airstrike as an act of aggression accusing israel of advancing its own interests by creating instability in the region with an unprovoked attack and the commander of the country's ground forces sworn that iran is ready to provide logistics support and military training to help syria defend itself against israel so townshend's ass collate and the motives are for onlookers to guess at its launching missiles into syria actually part of israel's plan to contain iran so will the syrian conflict spill over the country's borders much more analysis on what is available right now but a website. where you can also express your opinion on the unrest is heading. a group of bahraini anti-government activists has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison for attacking a police patrol the protesters deny the charges claiming they were tortured into

making confessions bahrain has been engulfed in protests for more than two years now with police often brutally cracking down on demonstrators the opposition accuses the rulers of oppressing them and claims western countries are trying to downplay the scale of the unrest a little softy who's government activist in bahrain says there is a conflict of interest involved in the rest. because of the oil and behind because of the oil we bought from because the halmos is straight that needs to be over now time to ensure that the flow of oil is not destructive because we have and our candidates here in bahrain which the americans rely on as a spot to watch over the region all of that have taken its toll on the ground yet the cavity can stall on the children that are being arrested from their schools on the women that are being tortured in prison all of that had to because

of this conflict of interest human rights. next to the political wrongs in bahrain we don't really have any other choice but to process the damage has been done and my cousins are and jane my friends are. and so for me it's the only educated thing for me to do is to help them as he help me help me before geo political analysts eric draitser thinks the bahraini regime is intimidating the protest movement because it sees a real possibility of losing power. sentence is designed as a scare tactic against all other democracy protesters in bahrain it's a way for the for the ruling family for the al khalifa family to ensure their own dominance within the country the family just like the guitar or the south or the house of saud in saudi arabia they understand that they're engaged in an

existential struggle for their very survival they realize that the democratic movements in other countries in the region could very quickly. translate into their own country so for those countries such as rain which has chastised syria for being so-called undemocratic they are the champions of non democratic institutions of torture of killing of extrajudicial killing and all of the rest of these things happening in bahrain that i think is the real scandal. life here in moscow still ahead this pre-election violence ripped through pakistan fourteen killed in the latest attack we've got an update from islamabad a little later in the program also. the mystery behind a plane that disappeared over the russian urals a year ago with thirteen on board is finally solved that and much more later in the program. it's day ninety of

a hunger strike at guantanamo bay where nearly two thirds of the detainees are refusing food at the u.s. prison let's take a brief look at the facts out of one hundred people striking twenty three detainees are being force fed through nasal chub and methods some of described as brutal for remain in hospital but their lives aren't in danger that's according to the military the strike started in february and since then an ever growing number of detainees join the protest against being contained without charge or trial. is still open for business despite president obama's pledge to shut it down well critics of guantanamo who say it's ineffective have a little more ammunition for their arguments now because apparently every detainee over nine hundred thousand dollars every year to look after it had. a full. time line.

thousands of opposition activists have rallied in central moscow to mark one year since mass protests that ended in violent clashes last year's anti-government demonstration left dozens injured and saw hundreds of arrests. been gauging the mood in the heart of the capital. during the day the number has reached around ten thousand members of the opposition protesters here in the in the square as far as we gather from the interior ministry officials there have been no incidents reported everything went smoothly and peacefully in fact the whole rally could have been canceled at all because there was a tragic incident ahead of the preparations one stage was set up a young man a volunteer died tragically in an accident and some members of the opposition were

even saying that the rally should be called off because it was disrespectful to hold it that the place where a man died nevertheless the organizers decided to go ahead for several hours we've heard different political slogans coming from this little improvised stage over there in fact this is the stage which was provided by this bus that was provided by the authorities after the plans to set up a stage collapse in any case the main message of the opposition crowd here was dedicated to as they called it the prisoners of may sixth this is a directly related to events exactly one year ago when one day before the inauguration of president putin the opposition staged a huge protest at the very same place at the blog. and this was probably the biggest violence the russian capital has seen in here as when at one point everything was going peaceful and one point a part of a crowd was trying to break the police lines and march towards the kremlin and protest this scuffles between the protesters and of the police several dozen were

injured more than four hundred people were arrested several dozen of them still remain in detention there still trial going. on going to trial on their charges they're charged with insights in the riots will the people here the opposition believe that these people are political prisoners and the main message coming from the state here today was that these people need to be released. a look at a tough first year for france a socialist president and the mystery of a plane that disappeared without trace is solved both of these stories and more free after the break.

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he continues here in l a t angry crowds of flooded the streets of paris plotting the pressure on the french president exactly a year after he was elected tens of thousands gathered to denounce for a sturdy drive according to opinion polls he's now the most popular french lead if a decades at a time a record unemployment and a shrinking economy. has this ripple. yes it was. the change was a year ago thousands of people had gathered at this very place to celebrate the victory of socialist president francois hollande but here on the thousands of people are again gathered but for a very different reason this time they're asking the president where are the changes that he had promised asked by the very same people who had voted left and

put along didn't place recent polls show its popularity has plummeted to less than twenty five percent the biggest force for any french president in the past fifty years but you know i thought it. i let you know where your promises are come on where are they is said i be sure he does not make it out yet this is the mission that from now on will be mine to give the european construction a dimension of growth employment and first priority you have france's hit record unemployment of three point two million people in march the biggest source of public anger it's also scratch hopes of cutting the budget deficit to three percent of g.d.p. by two thousand and thirteen and the european commission's most recent forecast shows fast will be in recession until the end of the year the seventy five percent income tax on the super rich is also a no go after france's constitutional court overruled it on the very talk of it

pushed french actor gerard depardieu to give up his citizenship for a law should one one promise along didn't that it's to keep is legalizing gay marriage pleasing supporters it also sparking fierce concentration. i think. people are happy with gay marriage but it doesn't feed our families it doesn't give us food there are realities that are good to say but there are also priorities priority is employment we need to eat it is obvious is it to blame. if you're the you cannot return to the new president immediately. into the economy what i would like anyway i just would like to get your credit which is not making that much promise is which is keeping some key points which is

not going to explain that you know they're the magic no one hundred four. yeah yeah yeah. and the recipe this film only. says is nonexistent he made this video during last year's presidential campaign to show the country's lack of choice. in the memo that when you listen to the media you'd think there were a lot of differences between the two but that's just on a superficial level on the most important things they agree do we need to intervene in another country to fight they will agree to intervening in other countries because the weapons lobby will always be behind it a lot is well aware of his unpopularity but says he will weather this storm improve he can't keep his promises at the end of this five year term. he needs time fine we are here to tell him mr president time is up and you need to start changing

things but others like these workers are recently closed steel plant in eastern france are not even hopeful symbolically laid to rest a lot of broken promises under a heading which breeds the trail does our sylvia r.t. paris. the website at the moment dot com is online all the time a vintage air show in madrid ends in tragedy this promoted video shows an anti flying machine hurtling to the ground in front of spectators had on line for the details of that plus. reports of secret cash deliveries from british intelligence to officials in afghanistan raise questions over the u.k. the gender in the water and country you can log on to our people come to learn more about the ghost money scandal.

in northwest pakistan at least eighteen people have been killed and more than fifty injured in a bomb blast targeting a pro taliban election running it's the latest in the deadliest in a string of attacks against political parties running in the may eleventh parliamentary election more in this now from forty arbet correspondent. who is in islamabad the attack has targeted. which. summarized the every bit of your model of my islam which is a party. for all of the taliban and has been mediating with between the taliban and the government these attacks. while the. election campaign and the emergency the bordering afghanistan and the slogans in that. campaign was and the americanism can be in the submergence hearts but there are expectations from an observer here that the violence will increase by the time we are

approaching to the elevons me elections which is called here i historical elections but the violence is events even a few days of this election. now time for a quick look at some other international news in brief this hour reports say anywhere between twenty and thirty people have been killed in bangladesh during riots involving hardline islamist. blasphemy law be introduced dozens also been injured security forces used rubber bullets to break up the gathering as tens of thousands of demonstrators flooded the streets of capital dhaka islamist groups are fiercely resisting a secularist movement that's been gaining ground in bangladesh since the start of this year. the high profile trial of a neo nazi terror group has opened in munich the last surviving member of the national socialist underground. is facing life in prison for murder and for coconspirators are accused of killing eight citizens of turkish origin along with

a greek man and a german police one between two thousand and two thousand and seven police of set up security cordons anticipating possible far right protests. this hour in libya mobs have gathered outside state ministries in the capital tripoli demanding the government's resignation this comes after a new law was introduced foreign people who work on the colonel gadhafi from serving in the leadership a number of politicians including the prime minister unlikely to lose their jobs as a result this comes after heavily armed militants laid siege to the foreign justice ministry last week demanding the bill be passed. the wreckage of a plane that crashed in the urals killing all thirteen on board has been found nearly a year after it went missing search teams that had scoured fell's in the square kilometers without success but it turned out they didn't need to look so far afield it was in the swamp just a few kilometers from the airport with more is under firma. it was

a disaster that looked like it would never be solved this was the devastating scene three men stumbled across this week in the russian urals the remains of a plane that had gone missing nearly a year ago with the loss of thirteen lives normally the biplane was used to put out wildfires but on the night of genius level last year it's believed the pilot took it for a fatal joyride with twelve friends and relatives. he was one of three people who made the discovery and he is with us now this plane was missing for over a year how did you find it. by the authors thought we were approached on behalf of a group of hunters who saw a strange metallic structure out in the bogs not far from the city of sorrow of although they suspected it to be the plane they were not sure that the location was only four kilometers away from the nearest road but the journey was very difficult

and it's no easy task trekking through the tiger when we got there it was obvious that the metallic object was indeed what was left of the plate and can you describe the scene of the crash was the plane badly damaged where the bodies. of the somalia of the plane itself went down at a very sharp angle and became half submerged in the bog the shock of the impact stripped the plane's body of sheeting leaving behind only a skeletal air frame packed with human bonus not one skeleton was intact and we counted eleven skulls in various conditions some with evident burn marks others with multiple puncture wounds and why do you think the authorities were unable to find this airplane after all it crashed only eight kilometers from the airfield. the of course for most of the year the taiga in this area is simply impossible the plane crashed in the middle of a bog and with ice still present there it allowed us to fairly well to get to the

wreckage in the winter the snow was too deep and. this summer the entire area becomes a bog when the rescue was conducted in the summer rescuers simply couldn't reach the area and we saw the pass that they had left behind it turned out they had passed only about fifty meters from an area where the wreck could be seen well a criminal investigation has been reopened into the case and will try to get to the bottom of what happened what after all was the pilot's incentive to steal a plane with friends which included a local police chief security guard and the airport's nightwatchman officials have claimed they may have been drinking and may have wanted to fly to a remote bathhouse in the region and then there are those who think something more sinister could have happened the whole episode is reminiscent of the infamous past a plane crash in the same region in nine hundred fifty nine then nine people perished in order to circumstances and their mutilated bodies were found at the scene with a soviet investigation concluding they had died from

a compelling unknown force or despite the wreckage of this latest crash being found there are still on awful lot of questions to be answered. and drew from reporting there more news with the news team and me in thirty two minutes from me tom it's the latest edition of debate program crosstalk stay with us if you can. and yet another step along the pointless anti gender crusade activists in sweden are pushing to promote a new gender neutral pronoun these activists want the term hen to replace the pronouns han and han which mean he and she respectively i think the logic of these bizarre gender neutral movements in the e.u. is that they really feel that it's awful to force someone into

a role that doesn't fit them you know i can kind of see this i remember back to when i was a boy in school and with me there was a kid what kind of only female friends and i certainly wasn't the sport's a toy trucks kind of kid if you understand what i mean you know i could see this guy having all those male stereotypes shoved down his throat you know made his life at school really unpleasant but the whacko liberal answer to some tiny amount of people being pushed into gender roles they don't like is to force everyone else into a genderless world they don't like fantastic i guess gender neutrality advocates can speak swedish how they like and they're free to use this word hen but don't force everyone in the country to do things your way the overwhelming majority of the world is very happy with its gender thank you very much but that's just my opinion.