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russia says it will go ahead and deliver defense systems to syria according it a counterbalance to any foreign interference after the arms embargo expires on friday. britain's home secretary seeks more surveillance powers for m i five after it's confirmed the intelligence agency had enough information to prevent be daylight slaughter of a british soldier. brutal vigilante executions are spreading in egypt security worsens citizens are being encouraged to turn over alleged criminals but mobs are dishing out their own deadly justice our top stories this hour.
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international news and comment from our studio center here in moscow this is. the doors to european weapons sales to the syrian rebels will open on friday when the e.u. arms embargo on the country expires the push led by britain france meant the union failed to agree on extending the sanctions some european countries are now sounding the alarm over the prospect. extremists i mean the good reports did say that it was the win for france and the u.k. have been pushing for a lifting of the arms embargo on syria all along you have to know that at the same time all the other sanctions particularly the economic ones remain in place and that means that every individual european state will have to decide whether or not they want to proceed with the shipments of arms to to syria will have a hague over it he said the lifting of the arms embargo is the only way to end the crisis which has been ripping syria apart for more than two years at this point
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having said that we have to remember that even the most of the e.u. countries there's a strong disagreement on whether or not it is actually a good idea to lift the arms embargo of countries like sweden netherlands and the czech republic believe that allowing weapons shipments to syria to the syrian rebels will only intensify the bloodshed in the country certainly concerned about where exactly those arms going to end up then are they actually going to be in the arms of the so-called moderate opposition or will those weapons end up in the hands of some of the rebel groups who are being supported by al qaida terrorists who are known to operate in syria and ironically well while the e.u. foreign ministers were meeting in brussels the russian foreign minister as well as the u.s. secretary of state were meeting here in paris and their efforts were directed at a peaceful resolution of the conflict john kerry and sergey lavrov have agreed that they will exert pressure on different sides of the conflict that is moscow will work with the syrian government whereas the u.s. will try and make sure that the syrian opposition also attends the geneva peace
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conference which is due to take place sometime next month of course even though the peace conference efforts are continuing we have to understand that this listing off the ban on arms embargo to syria is opening an entirely new phase in the syrian conflict it could be spelling out a potential disaster which will only intensify further bloodshed in syria. russia's can do. the ease decision to drop the syria arms embargo as counterproductive towards finding a diplomatic solution russia's foreign minister says governments are banned by international law from supplying weapons to non governmental organizations like the rebels moscow's decided to go ahead and provide air defense missiles to the syrian state calling it a balance designed to deter foreign intervention in the country or he's marina joshi and sean thomas discussed the details earlier. the first thing you have to understand is that these are all the existing contracts that were signed before the
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syrian conflict even began so in some ways russia is obligated to fulfill these contracts so that's the one way of looking at it but it is interesting the timing today in the wake of the e.u. allowing this arms embargo to expire this paves the way for different countries to individually start arming the rebels so the foreign ministry and the russian president's office they have expressed their disappointment in this decision saying that it undermines the international peace process something that they've been working very hard for in fact this week lavrov and kerry meeting to try and get something going on that side of things we know that peace conference will be taking place later indeed and what russia is saying is that this move by the e.u. is a double standard policy which directly affects the prospect of having an international peace conference on the topic of syria so the timing is very interesting but the bottom line is that these are all contracts existing contracts for a defensive weapon for the assad regime ok now another question here is can rushes
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defanged systems be used to influence events on the ground in syria the short answer is no but obviously it's a little bit more complicated to them that the s three hundred is an air defensive weapon and it is it cannot be used in ground to ground combat it can't be used against the the rebel forces if you will it's a specifically designed for air combat now russia is using this as an opportunity to reiterate that point something that they've been saying all along now the controversy of course is the international community looks at this as russia is siding with the assad regime they're arming assad this is not the case as we mentioned before this is these are old contract as well i carry on they have to carry out but the thing of it is is that these are defensive weapons and russia says that this is specifically even a stabilizing factor because what it does is it profound its hothead regimes other countries foreign forces from getting involved. fears of an outbreak of killings in
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syria once fresh arms supplies reach the rebels are based on what's happening in the conflict zone in the past two years syrian activists have been monitoring surges in violence and time and time again they've been tied to an influx of alms from abroad according to these figures which earlier this month casualties rose sharply after the first shipments from cattle reportedly arrive back in two thousand and twelve the sharpest increase came when more advanced arms were allegedly delivered just a few months later journalist and broadcaster neil clark says europe could end up paying the price in blood for supporting the rebels there hell bent on one thing and one thing alone managed the violent overthrow of president assad and the but in syria they don't want peace we've had ample opportunity for peace in the last two years and every time rebel groups have stated they might want to negotiate the us will have them back so it's very important to understand that what they want is regime change they don't want peace and i think that will be a massive blow that probably because there's no doubt hundred the sexual britain
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france and more weapons into the syrian army will end up in the hands of. al-qaeda groups and these will come back to be used against british citizens in great bass and across the world and so you know we've got a real problem you've got a pretty conservative government that's actually lining up on the same side as al qaeda and islamic extremists in syria just a few days after they wreak terror attack in london when it reached old was killed in radical islamists and so people ought to wake up to the fact that the british government is actually siding with these radical groups are afraid. he's got the latest updates on syria both on air and online our web site has more stories and analysis of the call. including how another journalist is being killed or reporting from the front lines a prominent regime correspondent was gunned down by a sniper while covering clashes near the lebanese border the details are online.
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hundreds of far right protesters rallied in london on monday after the cold blooded murder of a soldier last week ten people have been arrested in connection with the case and a new task force has been set out to focus on radical preachers meanwhile the home secretary is demanding extra powers for law enforcement agencies the details now from ortiz. the first time the home secretary to reason may propose the data and communications bill it came under so much criticism from civil liberties groups and even the deputy prime minister that the government had to scrap plans for its implementation but after the killing of an off duty soldier in south london last
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wednesday it looks like the so-called snoopers charter is back in the spotlight the page secretary to reason may says it's essential that police have granted the power as access data communications in order to tackle terrorism that means being able to view citizens skype histories web browsing and email histories whether or not such a law would have prevented the killing of lee rigby is up for debate both suspects were already known to intelligence agencies for their extremist views but would both deemed safe enough to continue their activities one of the suspects michael audible large reportedly handed out extremist literature on the streets of london and was even arrested in kenya back in two thousand and ten for trying to travel to somalia in order to train as a terrorist at the same time the home secretary to reason may says that police needs to be given the tools they need in order to fight terrorism but considering
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that british intelligence had all that information about the willage suspects already many here are questioning why the home office didn't just use the tools they already had. the london. reports say one of the suspects in the brutal killing was considered a low risk life alive despite numerous warning signs dating back as far as two thousand and three investigate journalist tony goals says these revelations raise only more questions about the efficiency of british intelligence. 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 or what was the car bug for example this is one question that hasn't been answered m i five have gone very quiet on all these kinds of topics they've got something like four thousand staff m i five and if they can't keep an eye on the people who are very top of the watch list then there needs to be a real shake up the oversight of the security services really needs to be looked at
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there isn't any proper oversight and what these intelligence services seem to do every time is to hide behind the veil of national security we can't tell you what's going on even the inquiry that's been instituted into the failures of what happened last wednesday is going to be kept entirely secret and i'm afraid it's time for them to come out from under their shells and get a proper looking at so that this kind of thing really can't happen again and they're not going to play this game could assure you of saying we need more money we need more power and we need more surveillance of the general population because they're all of the laws they needed to stop these people doing what they did last wednesday you don't need any more power whatsoever. preparations are in full swing as the clock counts down for the latest space launch from the steps of kazakstan the next mission to the international space station will be bound for the orbiting complex tonight bodies were looks ahead in a few minutes plus we'll bring you the launch live later on here now thirty. plus employment immigration and integration summits kicked off in germany to look
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it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the c.o.r.p. interviews intriguing stories for you. in trying. to find out more visit our big. news continues here and. criminals are spreading across egypt fueled by unemployment and a chronic security vacuum where the fish are lost citizens to apprehend lawbreakers and hand them over angry crowds are instead taking matters into their own hands true examines the country's surging crime rate. andree crowd viciously drug a young man through a street sets his corpse on fire and strings it are video clips like these have
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become boringly frequent in brule egypt since the revolution two years ago as citizens increasingly take justice into their own hands are most upper east sun mr a thirty one year old civil servant from the nile delta is one such victim he was brutally murdered and hung from a tree in broad daylight. the crowd thought that he was a thief because he's mentally ill the first blow came from behind on the back of his head and then part of his skull was hacked off the second here it was to his chest and they caught him open arms sabri story is not unique since the two thousand and eleven revolution have been at least seventeen similar lynchings in this region alone security forces for their part say they are able to control the situation particularly when entire villages are involved in these vigilante mobs rights advocates like karim and nora say they lynchings which are on the rise are symptomatic of the state's continued failure to provide. these increasing cases of
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lynching and communal violence in people taking just isn't on and but always a very visible sign of just increasing lack of face into. society's level face into the criminal justice system and obviously people in egypt have always had a negative inviting relationship with the police and. a good relationship with their dishes even that has even become worse after the revolution officials from the ruling freedom and justice party and the police admit that the authorities are reluctant to confront suspected more candidates fear of backlash however local party leader ahmed shah hearts who personally knew one of the victims maintained security is improving post revolution egypt has experienced one of the best revolutions in history the country's being healed very quickly we're almost in a stable situation there will be security we have a plan for the economy and security and reject this is little consolation for the
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families of victims like sabri who have seen no justice. the local security chief said just give me one leg the rest of in twenty four hours now was to offer has been dead for fifty days and security director has done nothing. against the backdrop of escalating civil unrest off the revolution many fear this violence is here to stay and that the worst could be yet to come true for r t show came. on top of growing vigilante actions there are also the constant protests against the leadership of president morsi and his muslim brotherhood party blogger and activist well think that egypt faces severe economic and social decline as the ruling elite obsesses over maintaining power. the great danger right now is that no reforms are done the greatest danger for egypt is the collapse of the economy and
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you know the the people revolting and the government not being able to sustain the rule the society needs to be based on justice in whatever form it takes where the resources are given to those who need it rather than the elite we have we have a horrible social security net if you don't want political unrest you have to feed people you have to give them shelter you have to solve their problems. this is not been the case for the muslim brotherhood there they are just sort of defying their rule and they're not sharing power with anyone if they focused more about solving the problems collectively in egypt together with all the parties involved they would have a bigger chance but at the moment they're just trying to monopolize power. so what we need to do really is just focus on the real problems and get everyone together to work on them whether they're economic or political. india's rape
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scandals are seeing authorities clamp down on provocative window displays mumbai officials are putting mannequins dressed only in underwear to rid the male population of. sweet little nets for you online. the crane the called take the strain watch footage of the lucky escape for the residents of these apartments it's all over you tube channel. with the employment situation tight across europe the pressures on leaders to be
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firm on just who gets increasingly rare jobs the six integrations summit has kicked off in germany and this year it's focused on better including foreigners into the country's labor market when it's talk to german m.p. stephan he's from the conservative c.d.u. c.s.u. party stephan according to chancellor merkel a lot has been achieved regarding integrating migrants since two thousand and six would you agree with that i'm deeply convinced since two thousand and six and especially since. our chancellor the topic of integration has become a prior topic on the political agenda of the years and that the case before this i think all governments have underestimated the importance of integration and now integration is really one of the top priority topics in on the agenda and
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so i totally agree with or without chancellor angela merkel that. we put a big emphasis on this topic and i think we are quite good rating culture of come to migrants to germany. i think specially because of the demographic situation in germany. which is. quite well let me just ask you very good chancellor merkel she did admit that multiculturalism was failing in germany that was three years ago so why have things improved since then. i think they have to the things have improved because we. all political levels from the communal over the states to the federal level put a lot of emphasize on on the topic of integration and certainly we spent
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a lot of money in this topic for instance we spent since two thousand and five more than one billion euros for four language courses and integration courses for migrants in germany so we offer a lot we give a lot of opportunities certainly. situation is not. one. it's always suddenly think of suicide so on the other hand we expect from the migrants that they make use of the possibilities and of this opportunity that's for sure but what about the german natives themselves are they concerned that immigrants are taking away their jobs. i think things have shifted a little bit. for instance i come from the south of area and in my constituency for instance the police they are really. suffering
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because of the lack of a higher skilled and high qualified workers so i think in ten years in a lot of regions in germany the problem. won't be high unemployment rates but on the other hand. increasing lack of high skilled and high qualified workers so i think certainly more immigration. is not the sole. solution of this of this problem but it will be one aspect so i think things are shifting in germany we're seeing huge problems in sweden other not underlying tensions in germany. certainly we have some problems with with with migrants and unfortunately certainly some germans are. still reluctant to to migrants but i think in
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totally within the last two years things have really changed and i think we managed to create a certain culture of wellcome and so also the position of the c.d.u. c.s.u. has changed slightly i think now everyone has to admit that in a certain way we need more immigration especially more immigration of high qualified workers well very interesting to hear from your point of view that multiculturalism and immigration is working there in germany thank you very much indeed stephan my german m.p. from c.d.u. c.s.u. party there in brussels thanks very much. thank you very much. the round up of other world news known terrorism has taken more lives in the iraqi capital at least five people died many more wounded when a bomb exploded in a minibus traveling through a sheer district in eastern baghdad it's a day after a series of similar attacks across the city killed more than seventy people highlighting iraq's deteriorating security where deadly bombings happen almost
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daily sectarian violence has been on the rise since the u.s. withdrew its troops in late two thousand and eleven. the world health organization has suspended its polio vaccination campaign in pakistan's northwest the city of peshawar itself the one health worker was killed and another left critically ill after they were shot vaccination people the taliban has long opposed the un backed anti polio drive in pakistan calling it a western plot to sterilize muslims are based on is one of only three countries where polio remains endemic. and across the border in afghanistan's restive province of kandahar seven policemen have been murdered by former colleagues two officers had defected to the taliban months ago but have recently rejoined the government force excepted back but as their fellow officers fell asleep the two opened fire and killed the group taliban attacks on afghan and nato forces a common with the insurgent campaign to win back power over the unstable country.
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but is the crews are struggling to contain a fast moving wildfire in southern california the flames broke out of monday afternoon of quickly spread to over seven square kilometers of land with winds of up to thirty two kilometers per hour thousands of people have been evacuated from the area including dozens of residents whose homes are under threat by the planes. what is always time for the next crew swap at the international space station in a few hours a soyuz rocket will blast off from baikonur in kazakhstan take it where that an international team who are now making their final preparations are to say is there . we're not that far off from the russian soyuz of blasting a traditional three man crew up to the i assess you to be led by the russian commander in chief backed up by the american ash. second time to the i assess but new look up in the european space agency is first time to the orbiting space
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lab but he's got at least two spacewalks to do one to try and repair a camera on japan's keep but also to try and repair the r.s.s. for the hopeful soon arrival of russians and the multipurpose laboratory module as well now our karen nyberg the american astronaut her second time to the i assess to spend six months so away from her husband and her little three year old boy as well but not to worry they'll be having what they call daily internet protocol phone calls as you can chat with family and once we do a live video conference call so the blast off is twenty thirty g.m.t. on tuesday that will actually be a two thirty am launch on the wednesday from baikonur with a dark sky the late night launch it should be a backdrop for such a launch indeed and only full orbitz after launch for orbits around then a six hour flight to the i assess to meet the remaining three members of expedition thirty six that have been on the i assess for quite some time at a height of three hundred twenty kilometers above our heads
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a speed of nearly twenty eight thousand kilometers per hour it's going to be a wild ride an incredible view as well to join us here or not see the live broadcast with me rule re sushi at twenty thirty g.m.t. on tuesday reporting here from black in all kazakhstan i hope to see you. make sure you don't miss that we'll be covering that story says up next next and stacy compare the tales of america's war on drugs to those told to the media by the country's federal reserve that's often the bring. you news sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tunes mission to teach music creation why it should care
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