tonight caught in the crossfire kurds living in northern syria face a deadly onslaught from al-qaeda extremists ready to wipe them out to make way for a breakaway islamic state. barack obama accuses russia of reverting to a cold war mentality while moscow declares old hostilities dead and buried we reported on the latest chill in relations triggered by the snowden dispute. and candidates for the post of moscow take this skirmish to the media reader as we report on the campaign promises of the main rival.

good evening wherever you're watching around the world record of the company it's ten pm here at the t.v. news center with the kevin zero in our top story the leader of iraqi kurdistan has said that his forces could intervene to protect fellow kurds in neighboring syria who are facing attacks daily from jihadist militants the al qaeda linked factions which initially flooded into syria to fight against the government there are now seeking to set up an islamic state in the country's northeast. reports on the plight of the kurds. we've been speaking to eyewitnesses relatives and also kurdish journalists and from the sequence of events that we've been able to piece together that coming nineteenth of july you had an assault by islamist extremists at that stage they placed a bomb in a local kurdish school they also rounded up and abducted a number of civilians the very next day and number of kurdish houses in various kurdish enclaves were blown up it was also an entire kurdish village that was destroyed and some five hundred people were kidnapped that violence continued into

early august when you had the reported killing of at least some seventy kurds and the abduction of another three hundred and fifty now this week we saw a massacre in which some four hundred and fifty kurds were killed from the figures we've been receiving seven hundred twenty of them were children some three hundred and thirty of them were woman that massacre happening in a syrian town on the turkish border not neither damascus nor the opposition has actually confirmed that massacre but we have been speaking to eyewitnesses and this is what they told us about it recently that they came into villages and started to blame the locals to be faithless it was during ramadan they open fire on villagers people came onto the streets men women and children they fired at everyone who came in the way they captured many young men and began to cut them with knives we told them that we were muslims too but they said that they would continue to kill us

they also said that our grant to them all or money or property or women then they began to murder everyone around them my nephew was killed. when civilians escaped their shot militias raided their house and blew up some of them and robbed others the conditions are very bad people are in fear and terrorized the all nusra fighters are out of control there raiding the streets there's no media coverage and anyone who tries to reach out. it's being kidnapped by the militants and one of the problems we face is that some reports are difficult to verify as you heard there from kurds we've been speaking to they say that if they come forward and they report on any of the actions kidnappings and killings they themselves run the risk of being murdered so what to have is this a cd out of the language that is being carried out by the islamist fighters this is resulting in the spread of this information you have the scarcity of sources this too is leading to discrepancies in reports that are making it into the

international media and then of course you have videos that are being posted online that are sometimes difficult to independently verify there was one video that was posted that purported to show the killing of kurds it said that they were burned to death later this turned out to be false now we could some solves say that the attacks are being carried out by islamic fighters that are linked to al qaida you have as one of these groups the all nusra front and this is an organization that has pledged to establish an islamic state in northern syria this is precisely the area where these kurds are living so this is why or both for some time you've had the kurds on the periphery of the conflict increasingly we've seen them in the line of fire journalist david morgan told me he believes the latest massacre occurred should be a signal for the backers of regime change in syria to stop. the rebels are all those reflection and all the other groups have been trying to provoke you know the

kurds into into conflict since real quite profound has been the real incursions though. it looks like there was a ruckus massacre of some kind of the numbers of. children or children with more than civilians like they live in been killed for is a war crime if it's true for it should be investigated and i would say that the international powers the e.u. and america and the un there's a little be a block on our going going into the weeds we're going to solve the suit the syrian conflict is the route that's being pursued at the moment it's not going to lead to any democratic syria the things that will get worse. what turkey's found is solved trying to balance to see really contradictory roles backing the syrian rebels on one side one of the same time trying to mend its historically hostile relations with the kurds now on our website r.t.

dot com journalist and filmmaker patrick henningsen puts anchors dilemma under scrutiny it's articles on why now if want to take a look. here's a question is the cold war truly dead and buried when it seems that certainly moscow and washington can't quite agree on at the moment russia says recent tensions are just a temporary glitch but senior u.s. figures including president obama calling for relations to be halted reassessed it's widely believed that the catalyst for all this was russia's decision to grant temporary asylum to whistleblower edward snowden is going to teach he can report. remember the meeting between russian and u.s. officials at the state department comes days after president obama canceled the

bilateral summit with the russian president in september more and more often we hear about a new cold war between moscow and washington so everyone was listening very closely to what officials on both sides were saying and we heard two different messages coming from president obama and for minister lavrov remember very well what you say when we were saying goodbye he said well i believe that we can make a difference in the rest of. let's. as adults and that's what we're trying to do because if. small. incidents. become an impediment to every single. i think it would be that would be very good at six for this president obama in the meantime did the opposite he has basically hyped up the cold war talk when president putin who was prime minister aware that it was president came back into

power i think we saw more rhetoric on the russian side that was anti-american that . played into some of the old stereotypes about the cold war contest between the united states and russia and i've encouraged mr putin to. think forward as opposed to back on those issues with mixed success president obama also said in light of all the disagreements with russia mentioning syria and snowden it's time to make appalls and to recalibrate the tone of the talks at the state department at least the opening part that we have seen so it was a difference that there was an agreement on both sides that they should not lead disagreements and standards completely overshadow whatever progress the two countries can actually make one area where the two countries can make a difference is the crisis in syria both state the objective the same objective

that they want to political solution that they want to bring all sides of the syrian conflict together in geneva to try and map out such a political solution the syrian opposition says they are not going to sit down a one paper with those who have blood on their hands moscow says in order to stop the bloodshed all hands need to come to the negotiating table and foreign minister lavrov this friday he said that secretary kerry assured him that the opposition will be there at that negotiating table so there were some very serious issues on the agenda like syria like missile defense in europe where russia and the u.s. obviously don't see eye to eye but making progress on any of those topics becomes that much harder when the relations are defined by scandals and today we heard foreign minister lavrov trying very hard to ease the tension to move it away from the cold war talk but president obama's remarks seem to have exacerbated the tension. washington correspondent international relations expert sure incidentally i spoke to said r.t. about this latest she thinks the united states is that a cloud its judgment the u.s.

administration simply cannot afford to exclude russia from important talks on very important issues. before snowden happens a couple months ago those issues that were very much to do with syria and some foreign policy issues as well as some economic issues that that the u.s. and russia have in common it just seems that this particular snowden affair has unleashed a level of anger in the u.s. government that has that is preventing them from actually doing what they do very well which is to manage foreign policy manage crises and use the press to do that i think it's actually. a very unique and rarely seen sign of weakness. while some analysts double bombers reaction is over the top of squad mild compared to what some u.s. lawmakers want from sanctions to limping boycotts senators and congressman demands

russia is punished for daring to give snowden asylum tell us what you think about this story in this ongoing spot that's going on r.t. dot com this is what you're telling us thanks for voting if you have done already if you haven't please do good to hear from you so far almost three quarters of you the. slightly down from last believe very little is going to change is relations already poor anyway twenty two percent of you say it's going to have no effect those economic ties and politics already too important is not going to have much of an effect five percent think it's a minor blip as well two percent think russia will pay you can see it i have to say r.t. dot com it's always good to hear from you you can have your say. now at the same news conference where president obama mentioned strained relations with moscow he promised to reform the much maligned n.s.a. surveillance program and the agenda more transparency and supervision on the cards that he said but he gave no indication that the massive military is going to be scaled back at all having listened to

a promise speech as part of kind of mopin of the international action center he told me he expects relist allude to actually happen if you listen to the speech not much is really proposed that's actually concrete there's talk of some you know a privacy advocate being appointed to a board and you really see that not much is really going to change if you actually actually listen closely and you know as much as when obama was campaigning for president he made a lot of promises about protecting whistleblowers and all of that you see not much of this is changing and the fact that obama came out and gave this address and is proposing these reforms which aren't that sweeping but sound sound really great the reason he did that is a response to the public opinion people all over the united states are outraged you know that their rights are not being protected and all of this this patriotic stuff we hear about freedom and the u.s. is the greatest country in the world because the freedom how it's really it's really not true it's a lot of propaganda that's used to push us to war and to push us to blindly support government policies. coming up the concept of pick your own food goes

a step further as the fos food culture takes up the quality of meals we were pulled in from one fall we can check it on your own chops with the animalistic life. on one of the world's biggest athletic events kicks off in moscow for a first time almost two cows nafisa said to compete amid the ongoing gay propaganda law controversy over schauder of course the upcoming winter olympics supporting two wasted holidays british tourist uncontrollable drinking habits are causing headaches for the u.k. embassies around the world just a couple of stories he called. i would rather i asked questions for people in positions of power instead of speaking

on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question more. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. welcome to the. science technology innovation hall believes developments from around russia we've got the future of covered.

again a heated race to become moscow's new man is in full throttle with the main adversaries now officially exchanging political blows in the media battle field with less than a month left and before polling day campaigning is already seen its share of scandals of his this is now it takes a closer look at the front. and they're on the last leg of the campaign has officially begun in the first election for moscow's mayor in ten years there are six candidates over seven million registered voters and a lot of promises being made it's not easy to please a city of an estimated fourteen million people there are major problems huge projects and the seemingly never ending fight against corruption incumbent serviceably on and his team in office for two years are confident the city's streets speak for themselves. have been completely changed the city is pro-war it is have been public space frightened traffic development of public transportation

and to take medicine and education to new levels of development goals and his plan is to continue that work if he is elected but also running is anti corruption blogger an opposition leader alexei nonviolently recently wrapped up in a fraud scandal arrested and then released his campaign volunteers are promising a new moscow. have you ever been to paris that's what we want green everywhere look here for two months they've been putting down tiles bike paths our plans for traffic will be like the rest of the world not like some banya to. i'm although a staunch critic of the government no vine is platform so far sounds a lot like some guidance it's a liberal program you know it's a program geared for the reach for the reach young and active you know so that they would be able to survive in the c.t.a. so what about those who are old poor and need support but a state media is focused on some value and opposition media with some help from the

west and pro mangold's is promoting of all the so the communists and the socialists are sidelined but i think they would come to this for masha you are me and you go you know a scientist. also i think that is a man a scientist a socialist kind of i think the program was more humane either way the vote is expected to draw a tremendous turnout that's media coverage and possibly even controversy and he's now a r t moscow. having fun and relaxing is what holidays roller but it seems some brits just don't know when they've had enough of a good thing british tourists are among the most notorious drinkers around the world in a sort of first explains next they seem to think nothing could stop me there he say you poor they take it and you're finally off on your holiday to say the very last thing you want to have happen if they get into trouble for doing it nineteen thousand people so consular assistance last year according to the latest figures by

the foreign and commonwealth office into british behavior there has been a rise in some countries of more serious crimes and that's cool thing concerned in particular the statistics about rape and sexual assaults are up by ten percent now in the country that have been pinpointed as this particular areas of concern especially in turkey and boys all countries popular with young holidaymakers all countries renowned for their very busy night life now it has to be said the brits do tend to have a bit of a reputation of course and out the whole continues to be a major factor in many of the problems that i think we are as a nation why a. species begins you have to see brits completely drunk out of their heads. yeah alcohol is the biggest thanks to foreign income of thirty nine hundred thousand people so consular assistance thing

a lot of that is going to be youngsters getting drunk a lot of it a lot of it definitely and so the foreign and commonwealth office reminding travelers once again to keep safe. on law and bod from boarding we're talking about that so not a problem of bahraini activists is being prevented from taking a flight home apparently because of an order from on line that we look at whether the gulf kingdoms tightening the screws of land mass protests. us in our vision sections of spectacular photo galleries including this one as well as people in japan and abroad marking the sixty eighth anniversary of the regime tell me and you can also find other world events come to their adoptee dot com. right from the scene. first for you and i think that you're.

on our reporters' twitter. instagram. to be in the know. it's one of the biggest events of the sporting calendar only beaten by the football world cup in the olympics the world athletics championships kicked off fear of moscow for the first time nazis lindsey france as well. it was a beautiful day to kick off the competition here at the stadium beautiful blue skies and sunny weather for the nearly two thousand athletes coming from two hundred six countries to participate in this event now it runs and runs until august eighteenth and so there's plenty of time to get an eyeful of these amazing athletes that show their stuff here on the field now as two events have gone on so far the women's marathon that was run along the moscow river it was taken by kenya and the men's ten thousand meter was taken by england very impressive shows by both

of them are people coming from far and wide throughout russia. stadium to catch sight of these athletes these are athletes that are not often covered in the media they are not on the cover of magazines in cereal boxes these are people that are oftentimes under the radar but they work very very hard to hone their skills to become experts and we're getting to see that here now the topic that is on the tip of everyone's tongue does seem to be the legislation that came out of the russian government to prohibiting the promotion of a homosexual lifestyle to juveniles and that seems to clash very much with be such olympics coming up so soon in twenty fourteen many people political personalities and even in pop culture have spoken up and even promoted the idea of boycotting the olympics by certain countries seems however many leaders such as prime minister david cameron have also spoken up and said that boycotting would actually hurt the dialogue keeping the participation going in the olympics is something that furthers

the dialogue in a situation like this and it's also worth noting that these athletes do spend a very large portion of their lives preparing for these events and to take that away from them because of a discord like this just seems cruel and so that argument also been put on the table over it something that will mark the discussion of the olympics up until and even during the event and so definitely. it's worth keeping a close eye on which governments are coming forward i mean it's spirit of sportsmanship in saying you know let's stick with it once are participating in the olympics coming up so soon. snoozer brief tonight a series of nine car bombs across the iraqi capital baghdad killed up to sixty people or wounded or about two hundred explosions brought mainly shiite areas of the city to targeting cafes markets and restaurants iraqi authorities of toughening security of mood celebrations marking the end of ramadan in july alone more than one thousand people were killed in the country in. clashes in northern ireland have

left fifty six police officers injured loyalist protesters attacked security forces with bricks and bottles as they waited for a republican parade in belfast police shoes baton rounds and water cannons to disperse the rally back in july riot shook the city for five days after loyalists were banned from parading through a nationalist area of. an erupting volcano in eastern indonesia has killed at least six lava from mount rock attender flowed through a sleeping village on the island of louis volcano's been rumbling since last october forcing the evacuation of nearly three thousand people it is easy is located in the seismically active area and is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. today it's not a problem to make a quick bites if you haven't got more time on your hands just put a pig mail in the microwave but for some but approach is simply not good enough they want to know exactly what they're tucking into ati's peter all of a met one german farm with it was found

a way to satisfy the most picky appetites. europeans want to know exactly where their food is coming from this year we've seen the scandal of horse meat being passed off as beef in ready meals and the genetically modified crop giant monsanto decides that there isn't a market for them in you. all this is given one pig farmer an idea how to assure customers that his product is the best it can be and. it's important for people to see the environment where that particular animal has grown up they get to see them in a field surrounded by grass not in some inhumane pig sty. buying from burned is a little different from going to your local organic butcher customers pick their pick from photos online and then through a web cam they can watch the animals grow when you get back and then several months later they receive their requested cut. one the idea behind this belongs to

a student from berlin called denis bookman his philosophy was that people should eat fewer but better quality products he wanted to increase food awareness and make it known how meat is produced with famous chefs politicians and styles of music in sport queuing up the bones products from the caucus and some with a whole pig going for around four hundred fifty euros. and. customers like to have transparency in the production process people want to know where their meat comes from we're looking to fill that niche. these days more and more people are concerned where their food has come from but for some just because you like pork chops doesn't mean you want to come face to face with the pig. that you wouldn't like it would be kind to tell you i'm sorry because if people think. it tastes great but i'm not sure i would have liked to see it when it was

a lie many though seem happy enough to watch their dinner grow from a free range piglets to a juicy couplet. you get to see where the pig has come from how to grow up and lived ultimately the quality of the product i've got no problem with the pigs or groom in a natural habitat with happy pigs taste better to us you know what you're eating in light of the recent scandals that is important because. most diners would say they don't want farm animals reared in healthy conditions before they get to the but whether you want a closer relationship with what's to become your sausages or chops is really a matter of taste the troll of a party chairman. backstabbing martin probes the murky waters of american government snooping as an ex-pro.

wow revolutions in the middle east sure get a great deal of coverage what you don't mix a lot of sense revolutions or exciting t.v. peaceful protests are nice but footage of moloch tough cocktails flying and crazed crowds of local middle easterners really grab attention so there's a logical natural reason why some protest movements get a lot of coverage in the mainstream media well others kind of adult please forgive me for being conspiratorial but there is one revolution going down which does have all the exciting visuals of the arab spring but just doesn't get any of the mainstream coverage in fact unarmed people in this country recently stormed the parliament trapping ministers and lawmakers with that they held them down for eight hours demanding the government reside until police with shields smash their way through creating a narrow corridor through which the officials could escape now that sounds like

exciting and visual news but why did you hear about it all over the mainstream press that's because it didn't happen in libya or egypt or any other exotic country but in good old boag area right in the e.u. where u.s. and e.u. interests are best served by the status quo being maintained there is no need to hype up an intervention or kinetic action in bulgaria the only time you ever hear about the need for a crackdown in bulgaria is when a government there actually started working in bulgaria own interests and not the us use desires but the ashes my opinion. is you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous. i mean. i know that i'm still really messed up. and we're all very sorry personally.

and. the worst you're going to go right out of the radio guy for a minute. and what we're about to do good you've never seen anything like this i'm selling. lots of guys i'm abby martin and this is breaking the sat well it's been really encouraging to see how much the show is making waves across the country and was especially excited to get a plug for it on glenn beck's liberal conservative news site called the blades granted the article itself is a full blown characters as a nation of a guest i recently had on the show actor and director john stone see stone is openly critical of israeli and u.s. government policies that keep the world in a petrol state of war but the glenn beck and that right for the blaze seem to think that's all crazy talk.