is not. the u.k. following. of a british soldier. in london. ministers failed to agree on what to do. with. pushing to stop the rebels this comes as the russian and u.s. diplomats meet to pave the way for next month's international conference on syria. questions mount over the brutal methods used by french police against protests anti gay marriage rally over the weekend with the authorities accused of downplaying. the. struggle to avoid a trade. to make beijing pay more to sell its products but. our top stories

this. international. studio center here in moscow this is. british police have arrested two men suspected of setting fire to a mosque in eastern england is the latest in a series of hate crimes across the country spot by the brutal killing of a british soldier in london by. muslims the surge of islamophobia has some concern that society is about to split. a report. the police investigation into the death of drummer lee rigby is still ongoing but last week's killing of the off duty soldier by islamic extremists has already provoked an anti muslim backlash religious charity faith masses say they used to

receive five calls a day reporting racial abuse that figure is now up to over one hundred calls a day reporting anti muslim incidents the abuse includes the pulling off of women's headscarves attacks against mosques anti muslim graffiti and general abuse social media has also provided a platform for some to vent their anti islamic sentiments a number of arrests of already been made the news has left many muslims here saying that they're afraid to leave their houses while community leaders say that they're concerned about the spread of the incidents with reports of anti muslim abuse coming from across the entire country at the same time a new poll says that two thirds of people living in the u.k. believe that there will be a clash of the civilizations between white britons and british muslims something that could be increasingly threatening to britain's image of multiculturalism and

ethnic diversity poly boy came to see london and one of the suspects in the wooded matter was five radar for some time and yet he managed to slip through the net earlier i spoke to investigative journalist tony goldwing who thinks the attack has not been more closely enough. how did these guys who were right at the very top of the terror watch list their x l maturing people how on earth did they not get spotted preparing for some kind of terror act and what was the car for example this is one question that hasn't been answered m i five are gone very quiet on all these kinds of topics how do they get ammunition how did they get a revolver had they been following really these kinds of questions i mean they've got something like four thousand staff m i five and if they can keep an eye on the people who are very top of the watch list then there needs to be a real shake up and heads need to roll there we've seen extremist groups like the english defense league react but all we know at a point where we're seeing tolerant moderate people now turning against their

muslim neighbors well it doesn't just have an impact on the islamic community and i can assure you that many people in this country around happy about i mean look for example what we've done to iraq an illegal war now we've had another bomb attack today we've made a mess in a wreck of these places the arab league's prediction that we were going to open the gates of hell in iraq has come true and actually britain and tony blair. george bush two are responsible for this so it's not just the muslim population there are a breed the other thing is we've got other extremists here in britain that is to say you know sort of anti islamic extremists two weeks ago a man a pensioner coming home from his mosque in birmingham in the midlands of britain was murdered and this got almost no coverage whatsoever and we need to have make sure that the security services are taking exactly the same sort of measures against the anti muslim like the defense league these kinds of organizations as

they are against the noise ations what they're trying to do is actually demonize muslims in a similar way to actually to the nazis demonize jews back in the one nine hundred thirty s. and it's ridiculous we've got to stop that we don't want that for my five thank you very much. we are following developments in the u.k. on air and online a full timeline of events since the murder of lee rigby last wednesday with reaction and analysis from experts and officials it's all waiting free right now on our web site r.t. dot com. e.u. foreign ministers of failed to find a consensus on the syrian arms embargo which runs out on friday britain france have both been pushing to supply weapons to some rebel groups in the conflict torn country but most european union members are reluctant to arm the opposition amid fears the weapons could fall into the wrong hands well this comes as the top russian and u.s. diplomats discuss final preparations for next month's international conference on syria syria has more. we have the u.k.

and france who are aggressively pushing for lifting partial lifting of that embargo on syria in order to send arms to the rebels the u.k. a foreign secretary william hague is trying to get the other e.u. members to agree with him that arming of the a moderate arm of the so-called moderate rebels in syria also france's leaders have been particularly aggressive in trying to lobby the other leaders to be on board. also publish a report that syria's forces loyal to bashar al assad had used chemical weapons because one of the reporters had experience of critics would certainly point out that the timing of the publication france of the u.k. on one side on the other side you have several countries that lifting any of borgo would mean that arms could eventually end up in the wrong hands in violent hands in syria they're also pointing out to the fact that human human rights abuses have been committed by both sides which means it includes rebels in syria so again differences about this is that the subject of the conversation here in fact. if

there is no agreement it seems that each country will have to have its all sanctions policy on syria that's already what we've been seeing and if this happens a status quo does remain in syria the conflict continues let's remember the goal of this russia u.s. led talks for peace is to convince everybody to be on the same down for talks peace talks in geneva and now washington did indeed express their support for the rebels and this could prove to be a problem in trying to get all sides involved bashar al assad in principle had said that he will attend those talks however the. so if bashar al assad steps down we go back again to these pre-conditions these differences into into before making any steps or progress into the peace process and we've already seen that everybody agrees essentially to have a solution for syria the crux of the matter here is how to go about doing so each country seems to have its own vision of how to accomplish this goal and this is already what we've been seeing for the past couple of years and we can say that it

has been hampering the any substantial conspires syria london and paris are making a last ditch effort to bolster the syrian rebels who are losing the fight against damascus well that's the view of middle east expert professor jeremy sold we know the syrian army is just about retaken completely the town of. the very shortly will move north towards homs to make sure that's completely explained they will move on and that of course is going to be a big struggle because the groups there are very well unchanged so that what comes out of this is that the syrian army is steadily getting on top of this insurgency william hague made a bizarre state when he said that that the embargo is lifted that extremism would flourish. a chance for you all because we know that extremism in syria has simply because of the pump into the country the hague must know he must surely know there's no must that there's no way that the. other governments know whether to do that so why is he saying this and the only reason he can't have for

saying this is that he wants to have a card in his hand when this conference begins next month in geneva that you know in other words that can be told of a lesser degree to what we want we're going to continue arming the rebels there's no other possible motive for him wanting to do that so well for more on this we turn now to me as a kiwi he's editor of the pan african news why is it possible that britain and france would want this deadline to run out so that would then free them up to supply the rebels with those weapons. it's already been reported even by the new york times that the western countries particularly the intelligence apparatus of the united states the central intelligence agency is already coordinating weapons supplies to the rebels in syria of course turkey which is a part of nato is playing a very key role in the entire insurgency sales that they are as of now and have

been over the last two years very much involved in supplying weapons to these counterrevolutionary rebels now i think the problem is is that now with these planned talks that are scheduled to take place next month between foreign minister lavrov and secretary of state kerry b. u.s. and russia are going to have to come up with some type of a political roadmap for settling the military conflict inside of syria and i think the u.s. is very concerned about this because they know they really don't have any really keno political players on the ground inside of syria it's quite obvious that the people who are doing the fighting in syria those who the united states have labeled as being terrorists and extremists so it's a contradiction that the united states is facing in this situation and the same time they still want to bring about the complete overthrow of president bashar al assad in damascus but what about this peace conference russia and america hosting

it and yet this stance from the e.u. could it put it all ends with washington and moscow. of course there are going to be divisions within the western camp surrounding this issue washington of course in objectively wants the same outcome as the european union as well as their allies in the middle east but at the same time there are disagreements over how they reach their stated objectives they know that if there is some type of on agr. i meant between our russia the united states and if other countries in the region for example a ron or possibly the people's republic of china is brought into these talks as well it's going to be very difficult for the united states and the european union to have its way so at this point they're debating over which direction to go and it's not really clear what's going to happen over the next several weeks what is

obvious is that the syrian military has made a tremendous gains in combat in these rebels despite the fact that they've been given a centrally a blank check by the u.s. and batter allies in the region and of course this blank check is not going about the state it results that they desire they felt that by this time that the government in syria would be so weak that they would be able to in fact in polls by another regime that would be compliant with the aims and objectives of washington and nato in the entire middle eastern region just briefly your thoughts about john mccain he's visiting syria is that country to the attempt to have a balanced approach to this by the u.s. secular state with this peace koeppen jeep geneva and we having john mccain talking to one side of the conflict that in syria. he's playing a very similar role that he played in libya he went to the city of benghazi early

on doing the counterrevolution in libya and demanded that the obama administration recognize the m.t.c. rebels mccain is one of the most cocky and warmongering senators in the united states congress his role is to try to push the obama administration even further to the right in regard to their position on syria despite the fact that it's been documented by numerous international press agencies that the rebels in syria have utilized chemical agents. the u.s. state department has refused to even seriously address this issue they continue to blame the syrian government for all the problems that exist inside the country itself mccain of course is determined to have his way but it remains to be seen if the u.s. is willing to step back and to try to develop some type of political solution to the to the crisis in syria this is the only solution to the crisis there because

you have countries such as iran hezbollah in southern lebanon or russia who is very much committed to defending of the syrian government against these attacks and of course the international balance of forces at this point is clearly leading back away from us problems are in the region of any thank you very much indeed your thoughts i mean as you keep the editor of the pan african news while life on r.t. . central paris is witness violence on its streets over the weekend a mass rally in protest laws allowing same sex marriage turned into clashes police crackdown on far right activists who joined the demonstration police arrested three hundred fifty people for refusing to disperse or occupying private property organizes and sister about a million protesters turned out but authorities say it was more like one hundred fifty thousand francis in protests grow as many become angry with president lands

failure to set the nation's economy straight virk and he's part of an anti gay marriage adoption movement that took part in the protests on sunday he told me early that people were detained just for voicing their beliefs. you wouldn't be able to provide any picture nor any film of any broken glass any car any violence during the protests themselves at the same time many people have been arrested several hundred people have been arrested by the police just because they were wearing suits with this logo there systematically the government tends to divide by three the numbers of protesters in parts that are against its policies you know when a kid has lost its parents probably. dearest wish to be adopted by by a man and a woman. there is a lie. to make people believe in the future that they can be born

from two men or two women and this is extremely dangerous and by the way we look through in their eyes to medical procreation and nodders which people in france are extremely worried about and extremely against. the law and from the institute of democracy incorporation in paris things for all and is just using gay marriage as a cover for his political failures. none of the policies of us for a lot can be described as left wing he campaigned you'll recall on against austerity saying that he was going to accept an austerity package and of course the soon as he was in power he implemented and this is having very serious effects on french society so to substitute if you like for this failure to pursue any kind of left wing social or economic policy he's instead putting forward or putting through

this law on gay marriage which in the words of its own authors will bring about a change of civilization it's a kind of substitute if you like for the economic policy that he refuses to to implement and that's for the police they are acting under government orders they're ministry of the interior was in the police headquarters yesterday more or less directing operations so they are acting politically still ahead here in r t a global battlefield as washington continues to flex its military muscles around the world we look at whether the never ending war on terror is justified. and we investigate whether the u.s. will be able to keep its multibillion dollar army base in canada stand off to widespread criticism from locals and government plans to close it next year. well that. brings up today for them i would have a quick break and i'll be back with more news for you in just a couple minutes from now this is our t.v.

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enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch ati anytime anywhere. he continues here on r.t. germany has told the european commission it won't get behind a plan to impose tariffs on some chinese imports as part of attempts to stave off a trade war with asia's biggest financial engine the e.u. accused beijing of dumping goods into the market below cost price and undermining its european rivals but china's premier warned further scrutiny will only backfire on consumers well let's talk more on this with thomas is from the european council on foreign relations how far do you think germany will go in protecting its business partners interests over its european neighbors. well it's always the big

question with any european issue and i think this particular issue also highlights the eternal difficulties that there are detentions between the sovereign interests of each country and of course the supra national interests that are within the e.u. and i think it's quite a delicate balance that germany has to strike right now because at the same time it has to ensure that of course china which has just recently proclaimed a look at john has just book claims how happy he is to be working for germany and is very much looking forward to it and this is of course great news for germans but at the same time germany cannot forget about its roots about important role as a leader within europe and i think this balance that it has to strike is difficult for me to really assess attain what is going to happen but i think ultimately the business interests of germany will outweigh the european interests and this is just my first understanding from how i'm judging basically the previous form as well economic relationship is simply too important for in germany right now well you can

go stricken europe afford a full trade war we're with the world's second largest economy enough course not i mean of course this is more about about posturing and it is also about making sure that china also realize that it can get away with everything which i understand and i think this is also definitely are a step in the right direction but then again of course none of the countries and especially germany can risk to enter in a full trade war about anything and so of course it is basically you know the toothless attempt to kind of china emerging emergence within europe as well but of course it's difficult to sell of course unpopular on its own doorstep over a thousand european companies oppose the implementation of import tariffs saying it will slow down industrial development and triggered job losses so clearly they should be listening to them shouldn't they there in brussels they should be listening to them but then again brussels also has to make you know not. that most

. response to it because of course i think it's very easy to panic about what potential that any of those moves could cause but i think there should also be you know not a hard headed decision reached it would basically be looking at the facts and what would make most sense in the long term and i think in the short term of course it's very easy to just say you know stop this is too much but i think in a short term vision a long term vision for if you china relations will invariably be all about increased market access and we can stop that but then think i understand the point that you that what china's doing flooding the market with cheaper goods is undermining european manufacturing but of course at the same time if tariffs are imposed on of course that burden goes on to the consumer so is the european is going to pay more for it is that real sensible economic approach in an economic crisis at the moment it i mean you know that china is a strange animal basically because of course something this hasn't happened before and there's not really comparable case to it so i think the european union is also struggling to figure out how to deal with china as this complex you know

a new emerging economic force and so of course yes they have to be aware that european union has to be aware of the troubles that they were in can get their own citizens into that in a same time they have to live at the same time make sure that china knows that you know doors are wide open and it can just do as they please and we have also done a publication on this called a scramble for europe where we're looking basically on how china has been undermining the institution the e.u. it has been very much bilaterally engaging with separate countries which of course has been undermining the whole idea of the e.u. as an institution because the bureaucracy is too big and what not and i think this is pretty much mr china strategy will continue to be it will try to buy up. points and you know infrastructure projects etc etc all across europe without really dealing with the e.u. as a whole and industry of course into separate countries welcomes that because that means good business great to talk you tell us really interesting to his colleague from the european council of foreign relations thanks a lot thank you. the syrian conflict is causing tension in neighboring countries

stoking fears it could spread across the entire region a rocket was reportedly fired from lebanon into israel just a day after an attack on part of the lebanese capital in the latest escalation of sectarian strife in the country lottie's middle east correspondent paula slip is following the latest developments. the has been a leader hassan nasrallah has kelly stated that he and his below are involved in the war in syria he was addressing thousands of his supporters in the southern beirut suburb of dusk here on sunday and in that speech a pledge an all out support for the syrian president bashar assad saying that he's a shiite muslim group would stay in the syrian war to quote him to the end of the road and achieve victory together. there are two major threats facing the lebanese people and the entire region today the first imitates from israel and its avid intentions and plots the second thread stems from the

changes taking place in syria which neighbors our cities villages and homes syria is seeing major activity by radical islamist movements. this one is said that his war was with the extremists he called an attack fearless he said that tens of thousands of them from all over the world are currently fighting in syria and he warned that if syria forces they've been on to move forward this in turn he said would lead to israel we occupying lebanon now eleven his media is reporting that a rocket has been fired towards israel from the lebanese town of measure you and this is off to two other rockets landed in the has been a stronghold in doubt here on sunday the lebanese army saying that those rockets were fired from inside lebanon towards the hizbollah stronghold the united nations has been concerned over his that as involvement for quite some time the arab cheat the arab chiefs the arab league chief has urged them to stop fighting in syria but misrata address this during his sunday address saying why is the u.n.

not calling on the extremists to stop fighting inside syria and again reiterating that they are fighting not only for syria but for lebanon as well earlier they were also dozens of his the left fighters reportedly killed during fighting in a key syrian town of qusayr your so what we do see is the tension on the ground heating up. america's war on terror to face this has caused a storm of criticism for president obama and with a vast military presence worldwide many are asking whether what the u.s. does is even legal he's going to come on has this report president obama in his major national security speech this may quoted james madison saying no nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare at the very same time the administration claims power to wage endless war across the globe there was a senate hearing this may revisiting the authorization for use of military force which congress enacted days after nine eleven attacks in two thousand and one at

the hearing pentagon officials claimed that authorization gives the president power to wage endless war anywhere in the world including syria yemen and the congo and when asked how long they predict this war on terror is going to last they said quote from ten to twenty years of the you agree with me that when it comes to international terrorism we're talking about a worldwide struggle. absolutely sure that would you agree with me the battlefield is wherever the enemy chooses to make it. yes sir from boston the to the top so by the administration's definition the wall that is the battlefield with me today is brian becker with the answer coalition brian thanks for joining bryan you have president obama saying in his national security speech that the u.s. is not engaged in a boundless war and yet you have this vast military presence across the globe does it look like the u.s. this really seeking to limit itself in the use of military force no in fact the policy in the institutional policy is for the united states then it would be

prepared for endless war but that being engaged in all of the activities that would lead one to believe that they are an endless war there's one point three million u.s. military personnel three hundred to four hundred thousand of them are overseas there's nine hundred military bases the united states spends not five hundred twenty five billion which is the defense department budget but really about a trillion dollars on warfare that's greater than the next sixteen nations combined we see an integrated network of bases now drone bases growing increasingly this is to have a full spectrum domination using the military as the club the administration argues that all their military actions in the countries that the u.s. is not at war with are perfectly legal under the u.s. congress it's authorization for use of military force that's their legal justification for continuing all these attacks what about international law well international law has been shredded by the so-called global war on terrorism or the authorization bill that allows the u.s.

to invade any country bomb any country and kill whoever it wants the u.n. charter is quite clear the united states like all other member nations of the united nations can only go to war as an act of imminent self-defense but in fact the united states by arrogating to itself the right to war anywhere against anyone all the time is clearly in violation of international law but president obama. says the administration does not violate anybody's sovereignty because it operates in consultation with the governments concerned the whole population of pakistan their parliament unanimously women three oppose drone strikes and yet they continue so maybe the administration is in consultation with the government there but certainly not the people i'm going to check on me today was brian becker with the answer coalition from our studio in washington thanks for watching. housing a u.s. military base is long been a headache for critical standing now that washington is planning an end to its afghan mission the kind of his people are wondering if billions of american dollars worth the security threats and environmental damage that comes as part of the

package. reports three weeks after u.s. military refueling plane went down in the tall mountains of kurdistan people in the nearby villages are still reeling from the effects of the crash. it went into the mountains right into three fresh water springs where villages get their drinking water the fuel leaked into the streams and now it's impossible to drink people now say their livestock beginning to get sick and when americans came here to get the wreckage they drove right over our pastors and fields. the keys c one thirty five street a tanker was one of the planes stationed at the airbase which for a decade has been a major hub for the u.s. led war in afghanistan the base was renamed under the government of president bakiyev to rid of any association with another country's military presence on the ground some thought that the heated debate surrounding the airbase were dwindled once it was there named into a transit center chain.