lethal decision the u.s. said to provide military aid to the syrian rebels after claiming it now has a high confidence of the small scale use of chemical weapons by the assad regime. turkey's government stepping up pressure on protesters with another crackdown on a rallying crowds in the prime minister issues his final ultimatum. as iranians head to the polls to choose their new leader we look at the man spending his final days in office as we review the controversial legacy of president mahmoud ahmadinejad. two pm in moscow i met reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story this

hour washington is giving the green light for arming syrian rebels to prop up the opposition this after the u.s. administration concluded assad's forces had used chemical weapons quote on a small scale artie's report now has the details. 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 pfizer ben rhodes says that the new assistance to the syrian rebels will be different from the non-lethal communications type of quitman that the us has given before 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 the chief u.n. investigator said just two months ago during our investigation for crimes against humanity and war crimes. we collect its weakness to money. the 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 ribbons and we have no known indication tool the government. of the city government has used chemical weapons but

i was. first the first indication we got. to the use of never opening 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 geneva at the end of this month or be they have meant 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. we're getting reaction from moscow the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee claims there is no evidence of the use of chemical weapons by assad's forces alexei pushkov says president obama is making the same mistakes as his predecessor in iraq he also added that arming the rebels will mean direct u.s. involvement and could potentially make matters worse the u.s. plan for a limited no fly zone over syria has been drawn up although u.s. officials admit it will be costly up to fifty million dollars a day and make not a huge difference on the ground it's also it has not been ruled out though it could

stretch up to forty kilometers into syria and be enforced using aircraft flown from bases in jordan without such his own to hold syrian aircraft back the white house sees it as too risky to arm the rebels therefore the restricted area could end up just being less than one hundred kilometers from syria's capital damascus u.s. officials say washington could also authorize sending arms and training to rebels in jordan even without giving a green light to a no fly zone the pentagon's already moved patriot air defense batteries an f. sixteen fighter jets into jordan author and historian gerald horan believes that washington's allegations merely serve to escalate the conflict. it seems to me this is a very dangerous and ominous moment particularly since sunni clerics have 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 found that some of the rebels housed in

turkey had weapons. weapons in their possession keep in mind as well that it's difficult to say if these weapons were used if they were used who used 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 really gate soldier in the syrian military used 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 it. on a website we're asking what you think of the obama administration's decision to consider arming syria's rebels so far more than half of you think it's just saber rattling almost thirty per cent say that it's to help anti assad fighters after their recent defeats five percent feel obama's decision has come too late for

a victory and a little less three percent say it is a correct decision if chemical weapons use had been proven in the country well we want to know what you think click on r t dot com and let us know your opinion while the u.s. is still to decide just how far it might go with syria its allies are waiting themselves for a possible flood of refugees from the war torn state germany could bear the brunt giving shelter to some ten thousand who fled syria this is germany already fears a radical threat potentially posed by the return of hundreds of europeans who've gone to fight a sad artie's peter all reports. these protesters behind be in pearl in a campaigning for better rights for 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 and 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 crushed 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 in france and we know from all the countries these terrorists are travelling to syria 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 that violence that find their way here to germany and we could see that rice in the future. another night of violence hits the turkish capital with police brutally dispersing crowds rallying against the government prime minister erdogan is issued what he calls a final warning to protesters demanding an end to the occupation of gezi park in istanbul which has been a flashpoint of the unrest a court has yet to rule on its redevelopment till then the government's promise to halt work at taksim square site. has more. we've seen that the protests or 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 one of the series we see whether presented as from the protesters gezi park of course all of this comes as 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 the park will be free to all over he did then meets with their present to destroy the protest movement in the lead of the last information that we have learned is that there seems to have been some progress made but not yet 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 the capital as well of course and in the stumble and seeing exactly how things develop from here and after and of course we will keep you updated as european parliament blasted turkey for its disproportionate an excessive use of force against protesters and made prime minister erdogan furious saying he didn't recognize the resolution against the country earlier we spoke with suffolk pavey from the republican people's party which is struggling to confront the ruling bloc in the turkish parliament she's increasingly concerned over the escalating violence and

a possible which aren't. we are waiting with concern and we are trying to protect the peaceful protesters who are being exposed along with along with foreign journalists alone with everyone else students lol here is we are all exposed to the same vine inside i am in life which most of it is while. we are very close here and not only about the heavy crackdown that may well know the prime minister's words to but also that which. may follow everything else in the long run i am really observing here a culture of. this is this is at the end of the day this is and completion of insults by the governments and. people whoever is it wasn't in the way and it being in the way that they the government want to. date stockton's calling them immoral. and then this.

at the end of today for the trees. and all together we see that street street is already. there about forty seventh street and that's enough park and we still haven't heard the magical words bring down the tension in the country which would be we're not going to cut down your trees and we're not going to do that which. stay with us still to come more leaks from the man who blew the whistle on the u.s. sweeping surveillance program. edward snowden telling a hong kong newspaper the n.s.a. has been hocking hundreds of targets in china a new twist in a cyber standoff between beijing and washington which had been assuming the role of the victim that and more after a short. science

technology innovation hall the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. but i will only react to situations as i have read the reports to the pollution and no i will leave that to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month to say it is secure a car is on the docket. no more weasel words. when you made a direct question be prepared for a change when you have to run should be ready for a. printout of speech and down to freedom to cost.

thanks for staying with us quarter past the hour millions of voters across the rot of started casting ballots to choose or successor president ahmadinejad who is winding up his maximum term for the job our teams were going to for notion has been in tehran from the start of a pact holding stations she brings us more. as iran's supreme leader is among the first photos today the country chooses its next president i hope you have little to see high telecom and he has just cost him his ballot and of course no one knows who he voted for you can see many journeys to haiti clued in foreign reporters many

have come to iran to cover the event and most of them are reporting on the show today with the supreme leader has cost over the country's out of politics and today's events speculates and that's all for choice today's 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 a fixed point who's likely to lean opinion polls predict iran will 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 he's all report on where legacy leaves the islamic republic but it has been in real estate business for years in iran when we ask him to summarize the legacy of president. he talks about speed so if you compare is very righteous not increased by a hundred percent since last year we have. no hope for the future of the economy's

bad guy 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. 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 i'm sure that iran is able to resist international pressure the iranian economy has been hit hard by a string of ever tougher sanctions imposed successively by the u.n. and the u.s. over because ations the countries trying to develop nuclear weapon something which was never approved as autonomic energy out 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 leader 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 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 any way other than objective is to make up with the new judge in a village he stands for universal rights where every country would have an equal c. but some powers want nothing but dominance and they focused on blocking the name of our presidents 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. the deadly

protests the three just across the country after the elections rules in full to have undermined a smooth image the result many people were frightened all other let me not talk about i mean gentle. even those who don't stoop to the supreme to when the reason little he can actually do here on the coding to a constitution the supreme leader has much more power as in this country almost every step the president takes should be supervised and blessed by the ayatollah so despite all the controversies surrounding president definitely it looks like iran will continue to be foolish in the region and therefore will remain the fool in the side of the us and its allies mahmoud ahmadinejad's eighty a presidency provokes mixed feelings a very controversial leader he was equally hated that he or she and iran has been amazing. didn't send them both to find the running policy today is hopeless but his legacy will cost

a shadow over the next president some time. tehran iran on air and online here's what's a click away or right now on our website nano bon voyage friend plugged into chaos in the skies and on the ground as a strike by air traffic controllers in a railway workers paralyzed of the country leaving many stuck in airports on a railway stations using their luggage for pillows like an arty dot com for war. also are tea bags the gold in them for ward monte carlo for best twenty four hour news program over our coverage of the media right that smashed the earth in siberia earlier this year like an r.t. dot com to share the victory with us and find out more. for the man behind the massive u.s. intelligence leaker edward snowden in full swing with the f.b.i. pledging to take all necessary steps to prosecute him meanwhile the on the run whistleblowers been making some more revelations reportedly telling a hong kong newspaper that washington has routinely been hacking chinese computer

net. works he claims that the us has been hitting hundreds of targets in hong kong and on mainland china since two thousand and nine including universities businesses government officials and chinese citizens revelations after washington was recently pointing the finger toward beijing blaming them for a series of cyber attacks u.s. officials have been unrelenting about what they see as the threat of chinese hackers some leading u.s. industrialists are calling for a serious response demanding beijing face questions for its actions those demands echoed by lawmakers who say cyber attacks from the chinese government won't be tolerated president obama touched on the issue noting china must follow international norms regarding cyber security threats marjorie cohen a professor at the thomas jefferson school of law thinks snowden's revelations about china and his fight against extradition will only add tension to u.s. chinese relations snowden could provide valuable information to china about american hacking into chinese communications it puts the chinese government

in a 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 this 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 decided to do. snowden's revelations one of a big surprise to another man at the forefront of the battle for transparency we could leaks founder julian assange he credited the n.s.a. leaker for putting together concrete proof the internet has penetrated every aspect here's a sneak peek of his exclusive r.t. interview. where where most of the snowden revelations but in a thousand pieces from one court case here from a whistle blow there from the leaked documents here is thousand different revelations looking closely at like budgets and so on putting all these together. and so so those people deeply involved it's not surprising. i've written about

this but. what is surprising is to see such clear direct proof in simple documents. in court orders secret court orders by night sites for mass interception and the various different forms of mass interception from when they're from. the high tech companies from fiber optic lines from of arisan another carries the united states to these rolled into mission together now into one system into machine into one system. is surprising you can catch the full interview with julian assigned in the next hour here on r t three now to some other stories making the mobile headlines in chile thousands of students aggregate rising education costs clashed with police in the capital students flooded the streets before a peaceful march before it turned violent at least forty were arrested students

oppose a fact after pay seventy five percent of the cost of their education one of the highest rates in the world. right now rescue operations in full swing in the philippines after a ferry carrying fifty seven people say two people so far dead survivors say the vessel was overbalance with two buses and a truck onboard helicopters and coast guard vessels scanning the area searching for the scores still missing. up next our show our financial show prime interest stay with us here on our team. 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 pronounce a fresh coat of paint on some stuff bump up their numbers in the books and get employees 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 according to 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 out 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 hide economic downturn from the g eight and other eyes. rather than spread the good i'm actually you know improving global economy seems like doomed economic practices to me but that's just my opinion. good afternoon and welcome the prime interest i'm hereon boring in washington d. feed and let's get to today's headline story. is gold knight gary gensler is on the way out as chairman of the derivatives industry regulator the commodity

futures trading commission this is after spending a three year thump lamenting dodd frank recently suffering a losing battle with fellow commissioners and also after the office of inspector general released a damning report in may on his performance or lack thereof in the m.f. global debacle a front runner for his replacement is yet another goldman sachs employee and mandarin tara though she spends most of her young career as a senate staffer but according to the huffington huffington post tara has a little experience and the actual financial regulation sounds like a perfect match. and insider trading is still illegal but according to a wall street journal article trading firms have been giving economic data ahead of everyone else for happy feet for five thousand dollars a month was

a one thousand and twenty five dollars connection fee waivers will give you broadly followed consumer sentiment reportage. seconds ahead of the public two seconds why not sound like a long time but is an eternity for high frequency trading strategies that can make millions of dollars by front running at the non premium subscribers and even public report is compiled by the university of michigan which says it relies on private funding because there's not a governmental agency it's all perfectly legal but we do remind viewers of when the fat released a key report to select group of bangs brokers and hedge funds by email a day early in april maybe the fed isn't a governmental agency either. and here is a lesson you are prime interest.

but credit rating agencies are an important piece of the financial industry investors rely on them to assign ratings that reflects the risk associated with the security well there is a bit of a cozy relationship between the government and the big three rating agencies s. and p. fitch and moody's the government relies on the rating agencies to rate sovereign debt what the same time the big three rely on the security and exchange commission to license them additionally private firms pay the big three to rate their securities as frank partnoy said it making them potentially beholden to the same people whose bonds they were raiding.