that would never stop. us will provide military aid to syrian rebels claiming it is evidence the assad regime used chemical weapons moscow calls washington's reasoning though flawed. plans to develop a park in istanbul that cause weeks of protests across turkey have been frozen but no clear agreement on how to prevent anti-government demonstrations from continuing . as iranians how to the polls to elect a new leader we examine the controversial legacy left behind by the nation's outgoing president mahmoud ahmadinejad. six pm in moscow i met très a good to have you with us our top story washington will put lethal weapons in the

hands of syrian rebels it's concluded that bashar al assad's regime has used chemical weapons o.b.'s on a small scale and so will offer a more help to those fighting him marty's marina porton i as much. 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 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. and what was. what appear on. to our investigation that was used by openings by the ribbons and we have no known indication that tool is the government. of the city government has used chemical weapons but

i want to be the. first the first indication we got. to the use of never open in the united states decision now is 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 note 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 washington says it's shared server. with several including russia but the head of the state duma foreign affairs committee says the findings aren't convincing if you do. we have no reliable confirmation the asset government used chemical weapons it was the us national security council that made this announcement cites intelligence reports the problem is that one time the bush administration also cited intelligence to prove to the entire world that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction as we all know this became the basis for

aggression against iraq and for iraq's occupation but no weapons were found there neither nuclear material nor chemical weapons in syria so how can we trust these empty phrases after iraq it's completely impossible but this is part of the u.s. political line aimed at toppling the asset government. and you put their luggage the u.s. plan for a limited no fly zone over syria has also been drawn up to be costly up to fifty million dollars a day and unlikely to affect things on the ground but the white house thinks it's needed in order to reduce the risk of arming the rebels restrictions could stretch up to forty kilometers into syria just auger kilometers shy of syria's capital damascus even without a no fly zone washington could send arms into syria jordan with patriot air defense batteries and f. sixteen jets already deployed there author and historian gerald horne thinks washington's allegations of chemical weapons use only 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 syrian 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 to use them for example what was the chain of custody that allowed 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 some really good soldier in the syrian military used these weapons precisely to invite intervention by washington there somebody questions i look forward to seeing the evidence although i don't

think that the administration will be able to provide these reacted to washington's allegations with some skepticism artie's tests are syria has more on that from brussels statement that came out today from the spokesman of catherine ashton has offices that the e.u. would like to have a u.n. mission to have to have independent investigation whether or not the use of chemical weapons really did take place they want independent verification of the facts presented by the united states that is happening in syria that the their they are in constant contact with washington and also they said that while this u.n. mission has been authorized they are still waiting to be granted access on the ground they did point out it indicate the importance of getting an independent verification on the ground with facts on the ground for them to be able to make a decision how this is generally reflective of the appear. and of most of the e.u. countries if we remember is maybe there was this decision that they made on whether

or not to extend the arms embargo to syria twenty five out of twenty seven nations were against that idea including germany very reluctant to get involved militarily we know that the u.k. and france were the two countries that were really heavily pushing for non extension of that arms embargo however what's interesting to see is that the statement coming out today from the u.k. and france it looks to be like a scaled back on their initial aggression on the issue we have a statement from downing street they're saying that the u.k. government has not decided yet whether to arm the syrian rebels at the are asking that the assad government allow grad unrestricted access to the u.n. investigation team going back to that statement of the e.u. and france had also said in reply to with suggestions of a no fly zone to be established france had said that such a no fly zone in syria. the approval of the u.n. the security council but they said that any intervention with the approval of the

international community and they say that this is unlikely so for now there is no clear indication coming from the. next step in terms of action they want to take all of them are saying they want to wait for more information and what's interesting again is a scaled back of the u.k. and france's statements on these and foreign ministers will be meeting about a week's time to discuss this further europe already dealing with a followed a syrian conflict at least twenty thousand syrians are seeking shelter there from the ongoing bloodshed among those bearing the brunt germany peter all reports from berlin. 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 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 and 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 hospital 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 terrorist 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 those people will come back to europe one day sooner or later and will practice their skills in germany and britain and france and belgium we know from all the countries now these terrorists are traveling to syria and they will come back so this might become a really big challenge and danger. for also for the security in europe with no end in sight to the violence on going in syria it seems very likely that ten thousand won't be the final number of refugees fleeing not violence that find their way here to germany we could see that rice in the future. plans to develop in istanbul part that led to weeks of protests across turkey have been put on hold and will be left

to a court to decide whether they're legal five people died in the often violent demonstrations though the decision coming after the prime minister held a meeting with activists although there was no agreement on how to and the wider discontent started because of a plan to cut down trees and build barracks in gezi park they evolved soon as the end of government demonstrations with crowds rallying against the country's prime minister european parliament heavily criticized turkey for its disproportionate and excessive use of police force against the protesters jason jones editor in chief of the is stamboul visit so those angry at the government will continue to demonstrate despite the decision over the park. there's a court injunction to stop the construction in gezi park and essentially what it came down to was the government saying that they would not step in to stop that process and they would let the courts handle it from here so we we have a pause in the action but i know means is it over we see a lot of opposition party groups that have come together under this one particular

cause but within that group of people you see a splintering of very very differing causes the anticapitalist muslims the socialists the. various representatives groups from every friend. out there they don't think that the conflict is going to just go away i would i would hope that they can find a peaceful way to get life back to normal and to get people at the table talking to one another however as i mentioned those marginal groups that are there these are professional protesters they protest. the time they're generally ready for a fight so i don't think that those people are going to just walk away. stay with us still to come here on our team as the u.k. reportedly blocks whistleblower edward snowden from traveling to the country the

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download the official application. choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just doesn't matter now with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. quarter past. the our now cia whistleblower edward snowden has reportedly been stopped from flying to the u.k. with airlines in order to keep him from boarding the man who lifted the lid on the u.s. you can surveillance activities being pursued by washington which wants to prosecute him for his latest revelation he tells a hong kong newspaper the u.s. repeatedly has been hacking chinese computer networks he claims the u.s. has been hitting hundreds of targets in hong kong and the mainland since two

thousand and nine is particularly sensitive because washington is constantly accused beijing of being behind a series of cyber attacks on its government departments if you fear of the whistleblower unclear as washington's piecing together charges against him some experts though think china will stand by snowden. he had months to sink it over he's already called to act with lawyers and human rights organizations in hong kong he studied home called law yes there is an extradition treaty between homecoming and u.s. before the nine united seven hundred those works but this is a very special case now china is that directly told me she is already supporting snowden that's a state it took them a few days to make up their minds that remember there was a three day holiday in china so the start it's a day friday the chinese all sensitive and they are watching of public opinion reaction in hong kong watching public opinion reaction in sino way bulled the chinese blogs and the equivalent of twitter and they know all they see the

groundswell of support to snowden the see the double standards of although it's trying to impose a woodley cyberwarfare dialogue when this comes both ways and yes they're going to support snowden no doubt. so this fellow whistleblower we can mix editor julian assange praised the former cia man for obtaining solid proof of what many of suspected for years here's a preview 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 whistleblower there from the leaked documents here is thousand different revelations looking closely at like but it's on putting all these 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 within there from. the high tech companies from fiber optic lines from of rise of the military's united states these are rolled into mission together now into one system into machine into one system. is surprising the full interview with julian assange coming up in the next hour here on our t.v. security is tight across iraq as people choose a successor to president ahmadinejad who's coming to the end of a second and final term i almost don't expect much change in the country's political course mainly because all the candidates say they're loyal to the supreme leader ayatollah ali how many are to him or if an ocean as more from tehran. was iran's supreme leader even on the first photos today the country chooses its next president i hope you have

a to see high telecom and he has just costumes ballot you know. if i voted for you can see many journalists are here who've been foreign reporters twenty 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 out of politics and today's events speculating that's going to go through offering a choice for days vote will unlikely to bring in your radical change to the country all together there are six 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 aftermath is as legacy leaves a public record has been in real estate business for years in iran when we ask him

to summarize the legacy of president ahmadinejad he talks about it so 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 you know here's the raw 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 for the president you know people i'm sure 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 e.u. the u.n. and the u.s. over it is a chanst the countries trying to develop nuclear weapon something which was never approved as autumn ahmadinejad has been able to stand up to the whole world over

wrongs nuclear program and the. countries better off for it and of a battle the departure in libya will be remembered for is his rhetoric about israel and iran six resident relations reach the point when even war seemed very possible and while ahmadinejad has not exactly been friendly towards israel the way facts have been gentled about him has done more damage to his reputation than his own words years ago a statement was mistakenly streamlet it to him which was in that could be translated as israel must be wiped off the face of the map and actual words were that israel must vanish from the arena of time and didn't even belong to any way other than the objective is to make up with the new judge in a village he stands for universal rights where every country would have an equal say that 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

quarter during the two thousand and nine elections campaign he criticized his advisors and they were off to 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 the when is god 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 fornace side of the us and its allies mahmoud ahmadinejad's eight here presidency provokes mixed feelings a very controversial leader he was equally hated the worship here in iran has

become a lazy. bastard. and the defendant running all of. these but his legacy will cost over the next president some time. now time around iran most of our stories also on the line of dot com including this questionable confession a young man tells police in bahrain he was a hired hit men but only after allegedly being tortured into saying it according to human rights activists plus. the cause of the plane crash that killed in the first man in space revealed to the public for the first time on r.t. dot com to find out what actually happened. today violence is once again. these are the images the world seen from the

streets of canada. giant corporations rule today. burning out of some other stories making international headlines violent clashes have erupted in brazil's largest city is people took to the streets on mosques angry at a public transport price hike police using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd detaining at least forty demonstrators more than one thousand activists also protested in the country's capital. two people dead after a ferry sank off the philippines fifty four others and their crew pulled from the water by rescuers reports say the ferry could have been unbalanced by two buses and a truck aboard the coast guard scanning the area searching for people not on the passenger list but who are likely on the vessel.

colorado wildfires are destroyed nearly three hundred eighty homes and killed two people the victims apparently trying to escape a house that was burning firefighters trying hard to control the destruction after the blaze doubled in size overnight up to one thousand households evacuated. next we go to our washington d.c. studios for breaking this said stay with us. 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. whether than spending it actually you know improving the local economy

seems like doomed economic practices to me but that's just my opinion. wealthy british style sun it's time to explain the money is going. to the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the kinds of reports on our team. to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous bad luck i got so. i mean. i know that i'm still really messed up. in the old story so personally apologize the. worst you're going to. find out superman the radio guy and for a minute they could probably know what clothes were about to get you never seen

anything like this i'm still. reading folks i'm having martin and this is getting the set good news guys did a supreme court unanimously ruled that human genes cannot be patented in tory's the silent justice thomas actually spoke on the case saying quote we hold the naturally occurring d.n.a. segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it's an isolated this ruling rejects a prior decision by the u.s. patent office which previously granted a company called myriad genetics a license to pad a gene that causes breast cancer previously i spoke to a.c.l.u. sandra park eternally fight in the case against marianne where she explained why these types of patents are indeed so dangerous. it's on the genes allows patenting

of fundamental elements of our human body that we actually want scientists to use to further develop and to further do research on to create inventions that we do think are patent all inventions such as new tests or new drugs and that's simply not what myriad has done here because of our exclusive control over this gene myriad has been able to charge people over three thousand dollars for the test just to find it a test many simply can't afford so this ruling is a huge win for cancer researchers who will no longer be limited to a strict control over patent parts of the human body and that it's a big win for the rest of us so that out of the way let's go break that's it. it's hard to find the real news when you're drowning in the noise of the mainstream chatter so you talk about the top stories that should be on your radar as a mean b.t.s. producer of your day.