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right now washington has given the green light to syrian rebels to prop up the opposition comes after the u.s. administrator concluded that assad's forces had used chemical weapons quote on a small scale the details on the. reports now from new york. this is quite a game changer being announced by the obama administration what we know is that the u.s. has decided that it will provide military support to syrian rebels but u.s. officials would not specify what that support will involve the national security council that the riser ben rhodes says that the new assistance to the syrian rebels will be different from the non-lethal communications type of quitman that the u.s. has given before and this of course leads many to believe that the united states

will now be arming the syrian opposition now these decisions are being made after the u.s. intelligence community has independently concluded that the syrian government has used chemical weapons including the nerve agent gas sarin on a small scale against the opposition however washington so far has failed to disclose what specific evidence they have what has led them to make these conclusions and this announcement but this is counter to what a chief u.n. investigator said just two months ago during our investigation for crimes against humanity and war crimes. we collect some weakness to money. the made to appear that some chemical weapons were used in particular. in what was. what appear on. to our investigation that was used

by openings by the ribbons and we have no known indication tool the government. of the city government has used chemical weapons but i was to be the. first the first indication we got they went to the use of never open in the united states decision now to provide more military support to the syrian opposition comes ahead of a peace conference that's supposed to take place at the end of this month or be they have one next month that conference was organized by the united states and russia and it was aiming to get both sides from syria to come together at the table and talk about how there could be a transitional government forms and ultimately and the ongoing violence that's been

taking place in syria according to the united nations ninety three thousand people have been killed since this civil war began more than two years ago we should know that many experts have indicated that and believe and argue that adding more arms to such a heavily violent conflict that's ongoing in syria would actually fuel an arms race it would make the circumstance there the environment there so much more dangerous spots as we see from the the announcements made by the obama administration that washington plans to aid syrian rebels militarily and they won't give specifics but it looks as though that the united states will be arming the syrian opposition. i know we are getting reaction from moscow already now the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee claims there is no evidence on the use of chemical weapons by assad's forces alexei pushkov says president obama is just making the same mistakes as his predecessor george w.

bush in iraq he also added that arming the rebels will mean direct u.s. involvement and could potentially make matters worse well a u.s. plan for a limited no fly zone over syria has also been drawn up although american officials admit it would be costly we're talking up to fifty million dollars a day and they say it wouldn't make a huge difference on the ground and it has not been ruled out now it could stretch about forty kilometers in to syria it will be enforced using aircraft flown from bases down in jordan though without without such as only to hold syrian aircraft back at the white house sees it perhaps too risky to arm the rebels and therefore the restricted area could end up being just less than one hundred kilometers from the syrian capital damascus now u.s. officials say washington could also authorize sending arms and training rebels in jordan even without giving a green light to the no fly zone the pentagon has already moved patriot air defense

batteries and f. sixteen planes to jordan well author and historian gerald horne who believes that washington's allegations will only serve to escalate the conflict . it seems to me this is a very dangerous and ominous moment particularly since sunni clerics of just met in cairo egypt in a call for a holy war against the regime in damascus and instead of trying to calm things down it seems to me the obama administration is about the throw gasoline on the flames keep in mind also that just a few weeks ago the turkish authorities now that some of the rebels housed in turkey had syrian weapons that's sara weapons in their possession keep in mind as well that it's difficult to say if these weapons were used and if they weren't used to use them for example what was the chain of custody that allows the obama administration to conclude that it was damascus and not the rebels how did those

samples get from the battlefield to washington how do we know that so i'm really gate soldier in the syrian military use these weapons precisely to invite intervention by washington there's so many questions i look forward to seeing the evidence although i don't think that the administration will be able to provide. and we are inviting you to get involved with the story right now here at r.t. on our website r.t. dot com you can tell us what you think of president obama's decision to arm the syrian rebels a let's see what you're saying from the web site right now for this hour and certainly the numbers have been changing. so far today up to sixty three percent now saying well it's war mongering at its ugliest perhaps being influenced by the military industrial. down to about twenty seven percent now saying it's a response to recent rebel defeats about six percent saying it's too late for victory obama's decision just coming to late just down to the bare minimum now four

percent of our viewers actually approving washington being willing to the syrian rebels there saying it's good to arm the rebels if indeed the assad government has used chemical weapons what do you tell us what you think we're still getting your pulse taking your pulse on this story. dot com. well while the u.s. is still to decide just how far it might go with syria its e.u. allies are preparing themselves for a possible for a lot of refugees from the war torn state and the germany could end up bearing the brunt giving shelter to some ten thousand that have already fled syria and that's germany already fears the radical threat potentially posed by the return of hundreds of europeans who have gone to fight assad peter all of a filed this report. these protesters behind be in pearl in a campaigning for better rights of all refugees here in germany and the number of refugees in the country could be set to rise by around ten thousand now that's the

number of people escaping violence in syria that's expected to come here to germany when it comes to the international response to the own going crisis in the embattled middle eastern country germany has certainly be more reserved and its criticism and some of its european partners particularly the likes of france and the united kingdom both of those have called for sending arms and perhaps even military personnel to aid the rebels fighting against the tree of the syrian government that germany has and they have kept their involvement purely diplomatic however there are those in germany that fear that the actions of countries like france and like the u.k. could see germany drawn into the conflict further by the back door. on germany's not in the same position as france or great britain who would like to stay away from this conflict but there are some attempts to drag the country in as far as i know there are right now thirty six fighters in other words terrorists from the

free syrian army who are getting treatment in german military hospitals only to be trashed and sent on their way back to syria to terrorize the civilian population. the authorities in berlin say that they know that people have left from germany to go and fight in syria and they also confirm that many of these are fighting with radical islamic groups against the assad government forces there is now a worry that these people could return home and pose a potential terror threat on the streets of germany i think it's a double threat the first threat is of course for syria and for syrian civilians as well as for the syrian army that recruits from europe holding european passports are traveling there are fighting and of course they are learning they are terrorists fighting skills. when they're out there and the danger that people will come back to europe one day sooner or later and practice their skills in germany and britain and france and we know from all the countries these terrorists are

travelling to syria and they will come back so this might become a really big challenge and the big danger for also for the security in europe with no end in sight to the violence ongoing in syria it seems very likely that ten thousand won't be the final number of refugees fleeing the violence that find their way here to germany and we could see that in the future. but let's shift our attention now to that of turkey it's been another night of violence in the capital with police brutally dispersing crowds still rallying against the government prime minister of the one has issued a final warning to protesters demanding an end to the occupation of gezi park in istanbul that's been the flashpoint of the unrest a court that has yet to rule on its redevelopment until then the government's promise to halt work at the taksim square site details on this now and. we've seen that the protests the press has broken out by police yet again with the use of

tear gas and rubber bullets all of this happened just in the early hours of friday almost at the same time when the series we see whether presented as from the protesters gezi park of course all of this comes to us prime minister has initially said that his patience has run out and that everybody who is not complying with the rules of the turkish government will be dispersed and that is he part will be freed all over he did then meet with their representatives of the protest movement in the lead in the last information that we have learned is that there seems to have been some progress made but not no word yet exactly on what type of progress we're talking about here so again we're kind of holding our breaths here in turkey in your skeptical as well of course and in istanbul and seeing exactly how things develop from here and after and of course we will keep you updated. meanwhile the european parliament has blasted turkey for its disproportionate and excessive use

of force against the protesters. just made the prime minister out of the one absolutely furious he said he won't recognize the e.u.'s resolution against his country here at all to you we spoke to suffer from the republican people's party that's been struggling to confront the ruling bloc in the turkish parliament as using creasing lee worried over the escalating violence of what she calls a possible which. of waiting with concern we are trying to protect the peaceful protesters who are being exposed along with along with foreign journalists alone with everyone else students lawyers we are all exposed to the same vine and so i meant i am alive witness to it as well. we are very concerned not only about the heavy crackdown that made on the prime minister's worst but also that which. may follow everything else in the long run i am really observing here

a cultural. this is this is at the end of the day this is an accumulation of insults by the government. people whoever is wasn't in the way and it being in the way that they the government want to. date stockton's calling them immoral. and this. at the end of the day for the trees it started as and all together with the trees already cut down there are about forty seven trees in that park and we still haven't heard the magical words to bring down the tension in the country which would be we are not going to cut down your trees and we are not going to do that which.

are quite possibly almost a good time still ahead for you here in the program. of leaks from the man who blew the whistle on america's sweeping so playtimes edward snowden tells a hong kong newspaper the n.s.a. has been hacking hundreds of targets in china yet another twist in the cyber standoff between beijing and washington which certainly washington but is has been . the role of a victim and the other top headlines. wealthy british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy.

and. welcome to the big. mission. could you take three. three. three. three. three. three. three. this is. millions of voters across iran have started. to choose the

successor to president. winding down his a maximum eight year top job. right from the opening of the polling stations she had a chance to chat with the locals there she filed this report. was iran's supreme leader is among the first photos today the country chooses its next president i hope you have a lot to see high telecom and he has just cast his ballot and of course no one knows who he voted for you can see many journalists are here who've been foreign reporters many have come to iran to cover the event and most of them are reporting on the show that when the supreme leader has cost over the country's politics and today's events accolades and that's going to go through offering a choice for days vote will unlikely to bring a new radical change to the country all together the rustics candidates in today's race but of course no one can say at this point who's likely to wean opinion polls

predict iran off but as it sat there were these leaflets we found distributed on the streets of tehran the future president of iran should believe in god be able to protect the country from its enemies have high moral standards and have a good plan to improve the country's economic situation here's our report on where after the jobs legacy leaves the islamic republic akbar has been in real estate business for years in iran when we ask him to summarize the legacy of president. he talks about the term if you compare is that right side increased by a hundred percent since last year we have no hope for the future of the economy is better than it's getting worse one of the president's promises after taking office in two thousand and five was to make iran's vast oil revenues felt at the dining table of every single family was he leaves behind is a country hit by the worst financial crisis in the years but the us some who say it's not what it is just who's to blame for the downturn

a hundred sanctions were tough recently and it's hard to keep afloat but the president you know people ensure that iran is able to resist international pressure to the iranian economy has been hit hard by strain of ever tougher sanctions imposed successively by the. do the un and the u.s. over kiss ations the countries trying to develop nuclear weapon something which was never approved as a lot of ahmadinejad has been able to stand up to the whole world over iran's nuclear program and the country is better off for it and have a battle the departure in libya will be remembered for is his rhetoric about israel and iran six resident relations reached the point when even war seemed very possible and while ahmadinejad has not exactly been friendly towards israel the way facts have been gentle devout him has done more damage to his reputation than his own words and years ago a statement was mistakenly streamlet it to him which was inequity translated as

israel must be wiped off the face of the map actual words were that israel must vanish from the arena of time and didn't even belong to one ishant anyway other than the objective is to make up with the new judge a villain he stands for universal rights where every country would have an equal say but some powers want nothing but dominance and they focused on blocking the name of our president one of this year's presidential candidates doesn't agree say korea during the two thousand and nine elections campaign he criticized his advisors and they were after a race that's not the best and most honest way to get the power but in. the deadly protests that raged across the country after the elections are also thought to have undermined our image the result many people were frightened of other let me not talk about my job at all. even those who don't totally support a when you say there is little he can actually do here according to our constitution the supreme leader has much more powers in this country almost every

step the president takes should be supervised and blessed by the ayatollah so despite all the controversies surrounding president ahmadinejad it looks like iran will continue to be a force in the region and therefore will remain the for. signs of the u.s. and its allies. presidency provokes mixed feelings very controversial leader he was equally. iran has been a main. defender running policy today. but his legacy will next president some time. tehran iran. of course not only online as well here's a quick peek of what's waiting for you on the web site for this hour a. boy. has plunged into chaos in the skies and on the ground as a strike by air traffic controllers and railway workers is the country leaving many

people stuck in. stations using their luggage pillows. also online golden award in monte carlo for the best twenty four hour news program this for our coverage of the meteorite which smashed down to earth in siberia if you remember that was earlier the full details on the website right now. and for the meantime the hunt for the man behind the massive u.s. intelligence leak edward snowden in full swing the f.b.i. pledging to take all necessary stops steps i should say to find him and to prosecute him meanwhile the on the run whistleblower has been making more revelations reportedly telling a hong kong newspaper that washington's routinely been hacking into chinese computer networks he claims the u.s. had been hitting hundreds of targets in hong kong and on mainland china since two

thousand and nine that's including universities businesses government officials even every day chinese citizens the revelations come after washington was recently pointing the finger towards beijing blaming it for a series of cyber attacks u.s. officials have been unrelenting about what based. she is the threat of chinese hackers. are some leading american industrialists of calling for a serious response demanding that the beijing faces consequences for its actions are those demands are also echoed by u.s. lawmakers who say cyber attacks from the chinese government simply put will not be tolerated and president obama touched on the issues noting china must follow international norms regarding cyber security threats while marjorie cohn a professor at the thomas jefferson school of law she believes snowden's revelations about china and his fight against his possible extradition or only add further attention to the us china relationship snowden could provide valuable

information to china about american hacking into chinese communications it puts the chinese government in i guess an awkward position but in powerful position as well it puts the united states in a very awkward position and so i'm sure that the american leaders are scrambling right now to decide. how to deal with the chinese authorities there will be tremendous pressure on the chinese government by the american authorities to extradite him time will tell what they decide to do and snowden's revelations were no big surprise to another man at the forefront for the battle of transparency wiki leaks founder julian assange and he credited the n.s.a. leaker for putting together a concrete proof that the internet is penetrated in every single aspect is a sneak peek of his exclusive interview to what. where where most of the snowden

revelations but in a thousand pieces one court case here from a whistleblower there from the leaked documents here is thousand different revelations looking closely at like budgets and so on putting all this together. and so so those people deeply involved it's not surprising we. have written about this but. what is surprising is to see such clear direct proof in simple documents. in court orders secret court orders by the united states for mass interception and the various different forms of mass interception from when they're from. to high tech companies from fiber optic lines from of arisan another carries the united states to these are rolled into mish together now into one system integration into one system. is surprising you can watch the full interview with julian assange later here on our team that

will be at eleven thirty g.m.t. . well let's get some other global news for you in prefer time for the aussie world update the chile we go thousands of students angry at education costs clashed with police in the capital as students had flooded the streets for a peaceful march before it turned violent forty of them were arrested at the students opposed to fact they have to pay seventy five percent of the cost of their own education one of the highest rates in the world. and rescue operations in full swing in the philippines after a ferry carrying fifty seven people sank to reported dead so far survivors say the vessel was severely overbalanced with two buses and a truck on board helicopters and a coast guard vessels are in the area searching for many still missing. but up next here not see the best places to seek asylum break in the set just a moment. you

know when i was in school they would tell us stories about that other goofy economic system in the eastern bloc and about why it was doomed to fail they tell us how terrified communist bureaucrats would work very hard to give the illusion of a fish and see when their bosses were in town a century out of fear they would try to convince the state that everything was just fine they promise of a fresh coat of paint on some stuff bump up their numbers in the books and get them police to put a smile on for the cameras so they wouldn't lose their jobs yeah this our teachers told us was a sign of true doomed economics rolling the clock forward twenty or thirty years the bosses of the current global economic system are in town and many locations around the upcoming g eight summit in northern ireland are doing their best to hide

their economic downturn from the media ok. you know our t.v. news the government of northern ireland has spent two million pounds dealing with derelict buildings some of these buildings have simply been knocked down but some have been spruced up like butcher shops with images of meat stuck over the windows to hide their barren interiors or the now famous local office supply store which contains no office supplies at all but it sure does look nice and i guess that's what counts spending two million pounds to hype economic downturn from the g eight and other eyes whether than spending it actually you know improving the local economy seems like doomed economic practices to me but that's just my opinion.

to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how bad the less and less. i mean . i know that i'm still really messed up. in the very so closely the. worst superglued. white house of a. radio guy for a minute. what you call your approach to good use never seen anything like this i'm still. reading books i'm having martin and this is thinking is that good news guys it is the prime court unanimously ruled that human genes cannot be patented and tory is the silent justice thomas i.