the russian team uncovers evidence of alleged to rebel involvement in a deadly syrian chemical attack while the u.s. congress puts the brakes on military aid to the opposition fearing the weapons may fall into the wrong hands. egypt's political forces failed to agree on a transition plan while prices convulsions and what used to be a popular tourist destination are turning visitors away during a heavy blow to its volatile economy. edward snowden reportedly leans towards venezuela for asylum while r t speaks to ecuador's foreign minister on the reasons behind latin america's backing for whistleblowers on the run.

world news and analysis live from our moscow headquarters i'm lucy counseling of any watching our team. well it may have been the syrian rebels not president assad's forces behind a chemical attack in aleppo that had left two dozen people dead earlier this year now that is according to a russian team that had conducted an on site investigation and it believes the chemical trail of leads straight to the rebels washington though maintains that it is more likely to be the regime in damascus the details now from artie's guy and it sure can. as you probably remember the u.n. investigation into the use of chemical weapons near our local never materialized the syrian government requested such investigation but some of you on officials demanded access into all syrian facilities which syria denied insisting on the investigation of that particular incident in march anyway the i.q. and investigation never happened but nonetheless the u.s. came forward and said it had evidence that syrian the syrian government used

chemical weapons but there were lots of questions as to the sources through which they got the evidence washington brushed off all reports that rebels could have been behind the attack the syrian government wanted to clarify the incident and requested russian experts to look into what happened in qana all of solve near aleppo which they did and based on their analysis russia says there's every reason to believe that you will see the armed opposition fighters who used chemical weapons in qana last all take a listen and the results of the analysis clearly indicate that the ordinance used income on a cell was not industrially munna fractured and was filled with sudden. decide in technical specifications prove that it was not invested in money fractured either the projectile involved is not is standard one for chemical use and therefore the reserve and you seem to believe that it was the armed opposition fighters who used the chemical weapons. so russia has submitted to these expert analysis to the kuwait and washes envoy to the u.n.

also underscored that russian experts personally collected the samples from the very site where the projectiles hit he said they were not handed over to russia through third parties which was the case with the reports of other countries submitted to the secretary general the simples the russians took were analyzed that an internationally recognized and certified russian lab also says it has information that the so-called bosher all nasr brigade affiliated with the free syrian army began the production of guided projectile so-called bashar three projectiles in february two thousand and thirteen and they were used in the. march attack in light of this russia calls for the u.n. to look into this and for the international community to say to all evidence at hand we've made it to the u.n. president obama's press secretary yet again brushed off the report saying we seriously doubt anyone other than the syrian government could use chemical weapons in syria the u.s. has already decided to arm the syrian rebels explaining the move as being in response to evidence that assad has used chemical weapons although the u.n.

has never verified the evidence the u.s. claims it has so we're looking at a clash of evidence and also at a large gap in trust between the u.s. and russia over syria with moscow asking why is the u.s. so eager to dismiss reports about the use of chemical weapons by the rebels u.s. shipments of firearms heavy and high tech weapons to syrian rebels have been delayed by the u.s. congress the opposition in syria earlier declared that it felt abandoned and disappointed by the hold up congress is said to be especially concerned about the weapons having little impact on the war and all of them falling into the wrong hands now the olmos are a front for example a group that's seen as the driving force in the fighting against president bashar al assad and has links to al qaeda funding has also been frozen and president obama's plan could now be in question as lawmakers lose confidence the white house will certainly have to allay those politicians fears in order for those shipments to go ahead as planned. force feeding guantanamo inmates is just

a symptom of a far far more serious disease that is the view of one us democrat we think that inducting the painful procedure at night during ramadan is far from the key concern in the prisoner's desperate plight to stay with us. also coming up losing that spark in britain millions of pounds worth of electricity is being stolen from the grid to grow illegal drugs and it's the consumers who are footing the bill. and transition roadmap for each proposed by the interim leader has failed with both the muslim brotherhood and the liberal opposition figures saying no to the motion now the plan had outlined constitutional amendments and parliamentary elections by two thousand and fourteen the army though is standing behind the interim government warning against any attempt to disrupt the transition the country is struggling to get back on its feet after its second coup in two years which had led to the ousting of islamist president mohamed morsi has been aggravated most recently by

deadly street battles across egypt which have landed a blow to the country's tourism industry and the wider economy and more details now from marty's cairo correspondent beltran. behind me is the egyptian museum one of the most popular tourist destinations in the whole of the country is the first port of call for many tourists coming off the plane here in downtown cairo however it is empty this is a scene that's been seen across the country in all the most popular tourist destinations following a week of political turmoil after the ouster of mohamed morsi egypt's tourists and history which make something of a percent of the country's economy has taken a massive beating since tony what you define revolution to be as terrorists are becoming increasingly scarce in the last week we've seen massive makes more demonstrations funded by clashes between rival groups on sunday fifty people were killed in clashes between security forces and suppose it's all to produce president leaving many to be the terrorist one comes to egypt in the future not being travel warnings out be issued by embassies including the u.s.

embassy. she said much the norm and measures to stop crime after a u.s. citizen were stopped last week in these bloody clashes made to international tour operators that are becoming kind of also come so that tourist two my oldest and september fearing the critical time i will continue to do through this this is a free to look but still work this has most kids however local tour operators on souvenir shops and you don't have international backing to be able to plug the gaps i'm here with the sharkey of the one him who works in the museum behind me. and he's saying that this been a very difficult week here for tourism so tell me. how well you know how has the last week been in the air and then you see all the any tourists last week this week to be fooled months. we need to see the boy be no this done five percent. if he does that some place still isn't

you fees if you chilis you know will he be steve thanks very much. so that people are fearing meant as those supporters of the previous leader mohamed morsy remain in their city and refuse to go home in various parts of the country to begin to see further clashes but those like chokey working in the tourist industry they feed this means tourists are going to continue to be scared from coming to egypt and not change the future of egypt's tourism is going to be even worse. there are those who are happy to help egypt out of its dire financial situation during this sensitive transition period of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates say that they might be providing up to eight billion dollars which according to the opinion of r.t. contributor actioner tons he isn't necessarily a gesture of goodwill. the u.a.e. and saudi definitely did not like the muslim brotherhood and so the saudi station al-arabiya quite called it in dubai in the u.a.e.

backs the rebels and you go. back to qatar which is backing the most the government is against a military coup so you have both sides using media using financing using weapons sales to back them and in egypt all the time the united states we must remember that president obama was backing mubarak dictator up until the end seemingly not quite knowing what he's going to do and perhaps the saudis are threatening him even john mccain the presidential candidate used the word coup for obama we get nothing and in the mainstream media all we get his mom in el baradei another nobel prize winner like obama saying nothing about the house arrest without charge of a democratically elected president let alone the ending of a parliament and the destruction of a free media which continues at the moment in egypt in just a few hours our teams cross talk looks at what egypt's revolution two point zero

could mean for the region here's a little taste of what's ahead for you at seven thirty am g.m.t. . you know it's it's easy to want to call it a revolution it's easy to want to call it a coup it does fit the textbook definition of a coup but at the same time secy isn't sitting here trying to walk to be the new dictator he's not trying to be the new mubarak hold on a minute that's this first of all look at the facts on that drug what city which who is general since you is that defense minister did when you first giving morsi a. huge mess which was absolutely impossible that they knew full well that he was going to spectacularly failed because he's been trying to give them more of a you know i'm trying. to defend don't get me wrong. three latin american states have offered asylum but edward snowden is yet to pick which one he'll of sept reports say that he is leaning towards venezuela who is off or

did come in early on a wave of south american support speaking exclusively to our t. ecuador's foreign minister explains the continent wide backing for was still blowers and why he believes it's necessary the details now from port. as the world waits to see which country edward snowden will pick as his new home martine spoke exclusively with ecuador's foreign minister ricardo patino about the n.s.a. whistleblower and the fallout following his revelations now ecuador is the first country to ever see it in an application for asylum from snowden and the country also was the first to initiate an emergency summit among south american states after a plane carrying bolivian president evo morales was grounded in vienna last week it was grounded according to reports on suspicion that snowden was on board in route from moscow now president morales his plane was denied access into the airspace of

some european union nations and was reportedly search by the austrian security forces foreign minister put seno says the unprecedented violation of international law should prompt more countries to offer their assistance to snowden. after the incident with. we have no doubt to the snowden is being pursued at an international level i mean the country has to offer him asylum in ecuador is also considering this option but it'll be better if it's not just three countries that come forward to offer him protection but ten twenty or one hundred states ecuador's foreign minister told r.t. that he was thoroughly surprised at the scale of the u.s. surveillance system in particular that programs were created to indiscriminately spy on people in latin america and even friendly states in europe now pitino said he was also shocked that instead of being persistent in demanding immediate explanations from the u.s.

about its pervasive spying some european countries allegedly work together to ground the plane of a world leader and put the life of bolivia's president in danger if. it's just outrageous if it had been. european leaders or the american president would have triggered a war if any latin american country had done this then troops and fighter jets would have been sent in to rescue the leader you can't just discriminate against countries so that some nations see their international rights observed while others are ignored. now the foreign minister of ecuador argues that the plane incident indicates that europe he says now functions as america's back yard a position that latin america has rejected to serve today's breaking the set focuses on the price the n.s.a. is paying for snowden's leaks host abby martin also speaks with a man credited with being the first n.s.a. agent to blow the whistle on the government's misty

a terrible taste about what's coming up in about three hours time. the very first person to claim of the title of n.s.a. whistleblowers a man you've probably heard the least about his name is russell tice and he served twenty years with various government agencies including the n.s.a. a two thousand and five ties blew the whistle on the n.s.a. engaging in unlawful and unconstitutional surveillance of american citizens so here to tell us his story and why he thinks that snowden's leaks are just barely scratching the surface rust thais thank you so much for coming on thanks for having what did you see that made you come on board the whistle initially well the first thing i saw was i'm a satellite system specialist so with the things that i was doing with satellites i sort of inadvertently that american citizens were being spied upon by your base capabilities so that was my first sort of heads up into what was going on and i was

just shocked because i guess i was not supposed to do this it was against regulation that was against the law it was against our constitution. moving on it's the first battle for moscow in a decade the russian capital prepares to choose its next mayor out of forty candidates now from the ruling party's acting mayor to an opposition blogger to a rock band front man in a few minutes we'll take a look at who's in the running and what awaits the winner. with the military getting control after a coupe which is the future of egypt is this country's experiment with democracy

a thing of the past what signal does this to send to islam and parties in the region and we want to contribute a shim egypt ever be redeemed. speak your language. programs or documentaries in arabic it's we'll hear. from the world talks about six of p.r.p. interview intriguing story to tell you. are a big find out visit our big. welcome back well in the united states two leading democrats of cold for the force feeding of guantanamo bay prisoners to be stopped by the parties with labeling the procedure as inhumane this adds more pressure on president obama to end the

practice especially after u.s. federal court had condemned it as quote painful humiliating and degrading. that's as prison authorities say force feeding will take place but only at night during the islamic holy month of ramadan the hunger strike at guantanamo is now in its sixth month with almost two thirds of the inmates taking part in a protest against the inhumane treatment and being held for years without trial now of those forty five are being force fed him and i would waleed from the council on american islamic relations says that the real problem at the prison is the indefinite detention just ridiculous and then to see if they're having some sort of religious accommodations by. basically torturing the people at night instead of the day and makes the situation you know no better and this discussion about for speeding you know this is only a symptom of the bigger disease in which there are over eighty individuals in guantanamo bay who are being cleared of any wrongdoing and they're being helped indefinitely against their will and really want

a person gets to the stage we need to be worse but they've really given up hope that they can get any type of justice and this is really the bigger problem or the bigger issue at hand that we really need to be addressing. inmates in jails on the u.s. mainland are also angry at their conditions thirty thousand prisoners have started using meals across california this in protest of being subjected to long periods of isolation as we report on our website also at r.t. dot com digging deep more than ten million barrels of oil will pump from the ground in russia in june more than and during any other month for twenty five years. today. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. joint operations room today.

it's one of the basics of being a consumer that you get what you pay for about people in britain are finding that their electricity bills are a few pounds higher for power they don't even receive now it's to cover the massive amount of energy which is being stolen from the grid and according to regulators it's actually being used to grow illegal drugs here's archies tests are still on the effects of cannabis growers who are hungry for electricity. when you get consumers look at their electricity bill in a year there may be seven pounds in there that they didn't actually consume that's according to energy watchdog who has highlighted the rampant nature of the electricity industry falls victim to about twenty five thousand known cases of electricity and that's costing consumers about two hundred million pounds now one third of that amount actually goes to some of this forms a production of which is very energy intensive so that's about seventy million

pounds a year ago we get to those kind of farms how often has put forward a set of stricter guidelines for energy suppliers to comply with and maybe imposing fines on those who refuse to do so or don't want to. be the problem of electricity the more will be spoken with a lot great on these proposals why was it important to raise the issue that one third actually goes to kind of the spots where it's a growing problem according to police. they've placed around just under eight thousand people a year growing cannabis and that figure has doubled in the last four years so this is an important part of. our we want to bring it people's attention and also you are recommending one of your proposals is for the industry to come up with a financial incentive scheme in order to more efficiently effectively crack down on people stealing electricity why is there a need for a financial incentive scheme isn't cracking down on crime on kind of a sponsor the needle or theft enough of

a motivation for every company we recognize the energy companies takes around about twenty five thousand fair. a year but what we really want to do is to you know increase this across the board so save consumers money but given the scale of the problem we think it's important the industry goes one step forward let's get one things right so that the suppliers responsibility to crack down on electricity so. what we're trying to do is so. good so the energy industry does. so might shore the fifty's reduced to its lowest level. energy u.k.b.a. association that comprises of about eighty energy companies have already welcomed these proposals whoever they are not too happy about the proposed imposed fines on them however at the end of the day no matter what is agreed upon what will matter to consumers is having to be assurance that they're not paying for any more than

using and that they're not funding any criminal activity. reporting from london. a look now at some of the world's other main news headlines police have launched a criminal investigation into the deadly train accident in canada that has killed at least fifteen people a rail company has pointed the finger at firefighters for feeling to prevent the disaster after a small fire on board was put out a short while before the accident occurred the train was carrying crude oil one of hurled off the tracks in the small town and back on saturday exploding into a massive fireball that had engulfed shops and buildings. over one hundred south korean businesses and government and delegates have crossed into the north for a new round of talks on reopening the joint cased on factory complex work there had been halted in april following tension over pyongyang's latest nuclear weapons test both sides do blame each other for the suspension south korea is expected to demand safeguards against

a new freeze while the north wants an immediate restart of work and higher pay for its employees. one of that's because most active volcano has erupted near the capital spewing a cloud of ash and vapor three kilometers holiday germ several days of activity flights in and out of the capital have been counseled leaving hundreds of people stranded authorities have raised the alert level but have stopped short of evacuating the surrounding areas. the race to be moscow's next mayor has no shortage of contenders applications close in just a few hours but already an astonishing forty candidates are putting themselves forward for the first me or election in the russian capital in a decade promises range from compulsory personal helicopters for richard muscovites don't we all wish we could have that to replacing migrant workers with robots more from archies aleksey or ships. those who last visited moscow more than two decades ago would hardly recognize it today from a grim often unfriendly city it has turned into

a major european capital with glossy lights and vibrant lifestyle however the facelift came at a cost traffic jams overground human jams underground and the never ending din of construction have reached a critical point six generation muscovite believes the time has come for change and that's all the characters are real global see to from top to. bottom. unfortunate is that some some problems as we can see so that you can do is ministration much appreciation if not. being clear. how to provide the will be to say see a show now or have what we have just watched jasper collapse but do this and that change may well be on the way to acting mayor said bannon handed in his resignation letter a snap election was called and the reaction from mayor want to be has been swift

the fight that's on the way for the mayoral seat is unprecedented not only due to the number of candidates but also because the last time rushes capital elected its boss was a decade ago this position long has been appointed one and this is part of a huge process i think this is a second major step in reforming the political system of the russian federation this position is very important and it's crucial to the future and the current state of the country not just moscow itself in this battle for moscow candidates of radically contrasting profiles and backgrounds are coming up with very different ideas from charging car owners for driving into the city center to replacing labor migrants from central asia with the robots the acting mayor said who is this time running without the ruling party support wants to build on his current achievements and is offering to implement. more high tech features into everyday life opposition activist and blogger. currently on trial for allegedly prioritizes the fight

against corruption and introducing younger faces into local authorities this eccentric candidate. better known the spider a former heavy metal front man has promised to hand a new sun over the russian capital and build a new imperial moscow each political party has its own contender forward but regardless of who wins and it's still an open race with no clear front runner everyone agrees that this job will be no walk in the park. moscow is often called a country within a country so whoever takes the rain here may have to be more than just a talented manager so after years of practically nonexistent elections the russian capital braces itself for an employee said gently heated political battle and that campaign is gaining intensity with every day. reporting from moscow. up next as a look at the economic plight of the african state of gonna stay with us.

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