united states appears to be. training syrian rebels. right now despite. using chemical weapons. the top u.s. diplomat heads to russia. likely to convince the militarization of the conflict will bear any. shifts as a strange palestinian and israeli leaders rush to china's favor beijing rolling out the red carpet. and bloodshed in pakistan forces major candidates into the shadows as they prefer to give up. on the campaign trail. in favor of.

it is a pleasure to have you with us here on this morning. live in moscow with your world why. the united states to provide training to syrian rebel factions. within the holes of congress the motion is based on allegations the leadership in damascus has resort it's a chemical weapons in the country's long standing civil war that's despite united nations claims it's the rebels who may have deployed illegal agents not the government details now from our correspondent in washington. washington is inching closer to arming the rebels this monday the chairman of the senate foreign

relations committee introduced a bill that would provide weapons to quote some vetted groups of syrian rebels the bill would also give the u.s. government the power to sanction any individual who sells or transfers military equipment weapons or oil to the syrian government the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee also said the u.s. must act to tip the scales in favor of the opposition so we see washington trying to decide the outcome of the civil war in syria the idea or mean the rebels has been floating in washington for a while now last week the u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel said the administration was rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels if the bill comes to the president's desk he may actually sign it into law critics in the meantime say flooding syria with more weapons could only lead to more bloodshed this monday the white house has basically brushed off the latest findings of the u.n. human rights commission wish that the syrian rebels may have used the deadly sarin nerve gas here is a leading u.n.

investigators saying she was quote stupefied by the evidence during our investigation for crimes against humanity and war crimes. we collect. weakness to steal money that. that made to appear that some chemical weapons were used in particular. and what was. what appear on. to our investigation that was used by openings by the rebels and we have no no indication at tool the government authority of the syrian government had used chemical weapons that i was happy to be stupefied that. first the first indication we got they were about the use of never been gassed by the opening to that the

white house said we find it highly likely that chemical weapons if they were in fact used in syria and there certainly evidence that they were the our side was responsible end of quote so it seems that the white house is dismissive of evidence that could suggest the use of chemical weapons by the rebels by the way after this statement by the u.n. human rights investigator make headlines all over the world the commission issued cautious press release saying it has not reached conclusive findings as to the use of chemical weapons in syria by any parties to the conflict it left many wondering whether the commission was trying to walk back on their own statements on their own findings due to the political sensitivity of the issue are to do so you correspondent a guy in a chicken right there and joseph the national secretary of the u.s. socialist equality party he believes lawmakers from both sides are determined to push through the motion which would see the syrian rebels armed to the teeth.

within the political establishment here in the united states the democrats or republicans are basically united on an escalation perhaps divided on how that may be carried out the particular pretext that may be employed but i think it's quite likely that they are going ahead with the allies of the united states in syria on the so-called rebels including you know islamic fundamentalists organizations aligned with al-qaeda and of course the united states as well that you know they officially have criticised. the force of the islamic fundamentalists and syria have in fact been arming them through their allies through saudi arabia and qatar have been funneling weapons to these organizations as part of their effort to unseat the assad government this is under conditions in which you have these revelations from the united nations that the central pretext upon which they're basing this that's going to sion with the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government is then

really exploded. meanwhile tension is escalating on syria's western border author is ready warplanes bomb targets inside the war torn state just last week damascus has reportedly given the go ahead for palestinian groups to carry out anti israeli operations in the golan heights a missile batteries are also said to have been deployed to the region ready for imminent retaliation in case of a new israeli strike a media reports suggest a special syrian lebanese units have been created to fight israeli aggression in the area author and historian gerald hall and he believes the israeli attacks have placed the whole region on the brink of. their calculation is that true or moile they have unleashed in syria ultimately we can palestinian resistance of one of the fact that damascus has been a prime supporter of palestinian resistance and allowing attacks want to really

target story from the golan heights it's a small price to pay in that context i'm afraid that we are on the threshold of a regional war keep in mind that has a loss of leadership announced just a few days ago that they would not allow the regime to fall in damascus keep in mind as well that both hezbollah and the iranians have issued gurrey strong warnings to the rebels not to desecrate shia shrines in syria and apparently that is what has happened in the last forty eight to seventy two hours i think that there is a diabolical plot to stoke sectarian conflict as a cover for destabilizing syria then moving on to try to destroy hezbollah law and weaken the islamic republic of iran. well the latest violence in syria comes just as the top u.s. diplomat heads to the russian capital but with moscow and washington deeply polarized on any peace plan for the syrian standoff the mission of secretary john kerry may become more than challenging artie's election or chefs the now joining me

live more details on this good to see you might imagine though the issues with syria taking center stage with john kerry's debut visit to moscow today. well we understand that lots of different issues will be on the table because it's the first visit of john kerry to moscow as the u.s. state secretary but clearly it's no secret to anyone that syrian conflict will be talking the agenda of the talks that's where moscow and washington have been having some serious fundamental differences on their takes on how this conflict should be resolved understand that first of all in the first place russia's concerns over the latest militarization claims militarisation calls in syria will be discussed in fact just twenty four hours before john kerry came to moscow the spokesperson of the russian foreign ministry said that. russia has been deeply worried about the growing growing public opinion in the international community about the possible

use of force in syria of course the foreign force that's what we meant it was meant by the spokesperson for foreign ministry and of course one other issue which is leaving russia deeply worried is the a legit use of chemical weapons because it hasn't been yet proved and russia has not received substantial proof that these weapons chemical weapons were used by the syrian rebels as it's been claimed by the u.s. and. many other western countries and more school stance on that has been that first of all substantial proof must be there before making any clear assumptions and clear statements as some of the western officials do so that those issues will clearly be topping the agenda and we're expecting a press conference at three o'clock pm moscow time that's when the russian foreign minister and john kerry as they separate your will deliver their results on how the talks went i will certainly have regarding the talks are those another issue that

must be addressed or one might assume and hope it's going to be addressed and that of these israeli strikes inside syria in and around the outskirts of damascus late last week we had lots of breaking news here on r.t. the capitol hill washington d.c. though apparently alexy already positioning itself in a position of support for israel and tell of the strikes. yes indeed there has been support for israeli strikes coming from washington which said that. basically israel has the rights to protect itself against hezbollah attacks israel at the same time has been silent on this attacks and not confirming nor denying them russia here in this respect has also been rather critical saying that such escalation of violence in the already strained region of wal-mart's lead to any peaceful resolution to the conflict this is of course something that russia has been insisting on for the past several years and definitely the latest israeli strikes would not contribute to were peaceful resolution would of course we have to

wait and see what stance what obviously will come out of the talks between kerry and lavrov in particular on israel's latest airstrikes alexy we'll be checking in with you throughout the day on these talks between john kerry the u.s. secretary of state and russian officials here in moscow thank you. and now at the same time israel is waging another offensive although this time a charm offensive in china the prime minister benjamin netanyahu is likely to secure a lucrative trade deals and will be looking to convince the aging giant to cool its multibillion dollar relations with iran but beijing is political favors vested fully with israel's arch rival palestine its leader mahmoud abbas was given full state on and china's support as you visited just before a day before that was a meeting in the capital president xi jinping went to offer a four point peace plan calling for an end to the guards

a blockade and the restoration of palestinian rights. now reports on the rush to the east. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the palestinian president mahmoud abbas are currently in china they are there on a week long business trip but obviously they won't just be talking business they'll be talking politics and they'll be trying to further cooperate and intrench relations in the fields of economy trade and science and also develop political trust for some time we have witnessed how china is trying to influence the middle east and play a bigger role in this part of the world if you look at israeli chinese relations in one thousand nine hundred two the two countries began and established diplomatic relations and since then they have developed increasingly close commercial military and strategic links trade between the two countries currently stands at around ten billion dollars a year their investments in israel are at the beginning i believe they have

a number of reasons why the investor why they don't invest in this room i think this think also in large political terms they think israel is an important country to have a phone call to you. we also know that. china has always supported the arab side in the conflict at least verbally but you notice that in the last in the recent past they have recovered maybe a little bit more his support. maybe they want to get something back from the arab side what is particularly interesting when we look at the relationship between israel and china is that it seems to be coming on the back of a cooling of the relationship between israel and the united states there's no secret that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the american president barack obama do not like each other and obviously netanyahu is going to look around in the search for new partners one of whom could easily become china if

you take note of how china is getting more and more powerful of how the world is becoming more multi-polar when it is clear that there is no room for ignoring a world power such as china if you look at the euro crisis where to countries go in terms of asking for help china if you look at the north korea crisis where did countries go they ask china for help and now netanyahu is in china at a particularly sensitive time in terms of israeli syrian relations many people are asking why he did not cancel his trip to go there and in fact what role the recent syrian israeli flare up will have in terms of the agenda that is being addressed there china has always had a firm position toward syria and it has always been on the side of negotiations never did it support the bloodshed from either side of the conflict so it will be interesting to see what comes out of if anything israeli chinese discussions over

the situation in syria. in a while israel is under no illusion that it can persuade brazing to abandon palestinians cause there are plenty of other opportunities for it that's according to professor steve dying is the director of the china policy institute at the university of nottingham. it can't have any illusion in terms of able to persuade china that. cvo all the while it says in what the chinese government would be willing to sap the suede a lot of. it's just all to walk up plenty of other nation ships in china with the e.c. in that moment homs but it's ok shouldn't it visit it's more purely by that because the chinese have created a range. of china one they have and yet. calls

also reflects the chinese side. image that china is. no you east coast that china has been very storms that. it puts to needs for decades. the guantanamo bay hunger strike drags now into its ninetieth day still to come here on out so you will hear from the lawyers for the inmates about the failing health of the prisoners and why their clients feel they have no choice but to put the very young lives on the line. and peddling influence a new form of tourism is lifting the veil on how industry gets its way with the government on how the business lobby pusher's its agenda in just a few minutes. to two severe surfers who do presumably there's

a billion you need the. this is what you do. you do what you do you think you know who is the one you want to.

thank so much for joining us here on arts he on real research showed moscow election violence in pakistan is forcing major candidates to give up life on the campaign trail just to survive the voting period they say being on the taliban's hit list doesn't exactly encourage actively pursuing votes since april eighteenth seven people of four than victim to the taliban's bombings mainly targeting the rallies of parties opposed to their movement the latest blast on monday killed some eighteen demonstrators less than a week before the vote and jeffrey laurenti a senior fellow at the century foundation on international affairs leaves the ballots being rigged way before it even started. the secular parties for the moderate aren't used to losing their traditional share of the vote their candidates have been hit hard by many of these attacks and it is believed that it is

intimidating the awami national party's candidates they're having to pull in their horns and go only to the safest places and that makes it harder to reach out to the kind of and so on very tactile contact with voters that tends to. if you were elected in and a place like pakistan well the most interesting thing about the attack is that it is directed by the pakistani taliban against one of the most vociferously pro islamised parties which might suggest the revolution is so-called eating its own yard but the taliban have justified this attack on the job we got my mom rally because the particular candidate had once upon a time been allied with general musharraf who was of course by the end a bitter enemy of the taleban an activist and arguably helped incite. this is

r.t. from the former german finance minister and key figure behind the introduction of the e.u. wrote speaks out he says the currency is leading the continent into good zoster calling for it to be ditched before germany is dragged into the economic doldrums find out why it r.t. dot com. also political heft of the russian justice ministry has halted the registration of the opposition party the people's alliance after it received complaints from the green party that it stole part of its name and those details also would r.t. dot com right now. and twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow it is day ninety of the guantanamo bay hunger strike with more than one hundred inmates refusing food in protest of the treatment at the hands of the u.s. military a two dozen now being force fed a procedure that lawyers have described as plain brutal david remes who represents some seventeen guantanamo inmates told us of their motivation and what it's

alternately costing them. to being force have energy and focus as you would imagine the others who are. hunger striking are weak find it difficult to focus they can manage but it's difficult they all of them have lost it's a considerable amount of weight twenty forty five pounds and sixty pounds and it's really a horrifying situation they shouldn't have to do this to get it and kind of the american public and they shouldn't have to do this in order to cry out for the relief of the commander of the joint detention group he's effectively the warden of the. prison for the detainees he has refused to talk to them until they stop their congress strike i have to say that it's sort of a macho pose on his part so he's just not going to fly in first he could have saw all his hunger strike within three or four days if he had sat down with them and

talked with them about their concerns and found a pragmatic solution that's what his practice that's true yet after three months he has not been willing to discuss the matter after all this rate i'm afraid that some men may dodge it because the military just isn't paying attention what it's trying to do is break the hunger strike by any means possible however for a little. he's been following the strike from the very outset we've got the full timeline on our web site for you where you can also find out just how much tax payers are shelling out to keep guantanamo up and running. here why the scandal riddled facility is still in business. nearly time for the world update for now though walking from office to office on your time off spring has sprung may not be your idea of fun but in the german capital new tours are doing exactly that to explain how businesses lobby the government. reports on just how the between

commerce and politics greased. on the streets of berlin there's a new form of tourism grabbing attention sightseeing tours that show just how the political lobbying process works. everyone gather around their big green i just want to make sure everyone can hear within a couple of kilometers we take in how an issue goes from the desk of the lobby organization to the ear of a politician and it's opening ice. is i didn't know how powerful the industry is it's interesting to see how they go about pushing their agenda but why are these people giving up their saturday afternoon to traipse around closed office buildings it's a topic that you don't get much information on. easily and i thought also think it's a topic that's very abstract but we manage to. make it more concrete we give

a lot of concrete examples on the door and we go to where the lobbyists are and i think that's what makes it so track to take the tour and you going to see where germany's auto giants make their presence felt and how they made sure the countries highways famously have no speed limits and since this is germany of course the beer industry also has a say. brewery lobby were facing a drop off in sales so this is where they lobbied to be allowed to lemonade tasting better to attract a younger crowd of. people with money have more of a say in politics than the normal man in the street was what i'm seeing is that political decisions are made by the rich one of the most interesting parts of the tour is getting to see where the closed door meetings take place in highly selective private clubs these are clips. we all know these discussions take place this tour like to see just where they happened i had no idea that there was such a place as the china club but right here in the political center of the city the

popularity of tours like the one we've just seen shows that more and more to. i want to find out exactly who's pulling the strings behind some of the major decisions they get taken in parliament. there we go starting with a friend of one of the boston marathon bombing suspects sues accused of lying to f.b.i. investigators has now been released on bail the nineteen year old. will have to wear a special electronic tracking tag and is confined to his home the u.s. authorities accuse him of two other teenagers of trying to hinder the investigation into the bombings that killed three and injured more than two hundred. in bangladesh the death toll from vicious clashes between hard line islamists and police has risen to at least thirty seven as demonstrators continue to push for tougher and blasphemy laws a total ban on public gatherings has been imposed in the capital dhaka as the

authorities try to curb the violence the twelve charges including murder and arson have been filed against the leaders of the movement who have incited the protests. one u.s. official has said north korea has removed two medium range missiles from its launch pads easing tensions on the peninsula has been repeatedly threatening to hit south korea japan and america's regional bases its warnings had come after a new washington set of sanctions was imposed on north korea by the u.n. . placing the united states found three women who disappeared around ten years ago after one of them managed to escape from a house in cleveland and raised the alarm the trio are now recovering in hospital where their conditions are described as fair one is said to have had a baby three brothers all in their fifty's have been arrested and the girls were aged between fourteen and twenty when they mysteriously vanished families believe they were dead or had been sold into slavery. i still to come after the break here

on out c we take a closer look at how it is being used at a hospital in some to help the people who suffer from mental health problems this is. 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 haun 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 it 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. speak to language. programs and documentaries in arabic in school here are. reporting for the world's hot spots to feel at peace interviews intriguing story. says the. arabic to find out because it arabic.

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