the pentagon moves naval forces closer to syria and sends another missile carrier to the region reportedly waiting for a green light to launch an intervention. u.s. president barack obama is mulling military options in syria following allegations over mass. details from new york straight ahead. this is syrian troops say they have found toxic weapons in tunnels used by the rebels while the west blames chemical attacks on assad's got. two hundred days and counting guantanamo prisoners are pushing on with their hunger protest struggling to change their face of force feeding and indefinite detention. and a virtual currency gets real recognition the german government decides that virtual

money bitcoin is legal and private means of payment. international news. center here in moscow which just turned ten pm this is. the u.s. is ready for a possible missile strike on syria some reports say preparations are already under way the pentagon is moving its naval forces closer ensuring president obama has military options available he's considering action following an alleged chemical attack which is being blamed on syria's government well three destroys a currently deployed in the mediterranean at the moment and according to reports a fourth is on its way all of them are carrying up to three hundred cruise missiles which is more than enough to. rapidly if obama wants to order

a strike there's also the nato maritime group in the region which is four warships and if we take a look at the mainland the u.s. and its western allies that military presence around syria is also very significant or marina port following america's military maneuvers. well it appears that the u.s. is no longer just using words to address the ongoing syrian crisis plans of possible military action are now being deliberated president barack obama is meeting with his national security advisers saturday to discuss recent allegations of chemical weapons being used by the syrian government forces in a damascus suburb earlier this week despite the fact that the unconfirmed reports made by the syrian rebels have not been verified president obama has called it a big event of grave concern now white house official says that the u.s. has a range of options and that the obama administration is going to act very deliberately

in making decisions consistent with u.s. national security interests and how washington can advance its objectives in syria meantime on friday the u.s. navy had repositioned ship armed with missiles in the mediterranean u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel said obama has already asked the pentagon for options are in syria now joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey is reportedly expected to present options for a strike during saturday during saturday's meeting at the white house according to c.b.s. news potential targets include command bunkers and launchers used to fire chemical weapons now up until this point the u.s. leader has been very cautious over intervening in syria previously saying quote the u.s. should be wary of being drawn into very expensive difficult costly interventions that actually breed more resentment in the region unquote however one year ago obama also said that chemical weapons used in syria would be

a red line for the united states and now he is under pressure growing pressure to act u.s. officials have acknowledged that there is no conclusive evidence linking syrian president bashar al assad to this week's alleged chemical attacks nonetheless a state department spokesperson has also said that long. shinton doesn't believe the rebels are capable of carrying out chemical attacks so logically this would lead one to think that the white house has already found the syrian government guilty of the alleged chemical weapons being used in syria now the media has also played a significant role in recent days with many western media outlets moving very sad and shocking video of dead victims in syria while reporting that the assumption is that the syrian government is behind the mass killing. report and there are new reports from syria say the army has discovered chemicals in an area controlled by opposition forces and despite no confirmation of reports that the government

carried out a chemical attack international pressure on assad is increasing the french foreign minister insists all indications suggest the government was behind the massacre and wants to respond with force if the allegations have proved u.k. foreign secretary william hague has said it was a chemical attack carried out by the assad regime and has a similar voice from sweden its foreign minister claimed he had a hard time coming to any conclusion other than that deadly chemicals were used by the regime's forces while turkey joined in calling for a necessary response to what it condemned as the crime against humanity well this is a bomber called america an indispensable nation in stabilizing the middle east yet there's been no international reaction so far on the chemical findings of the syrian army on his middle east correspondent has more. syrian state television is reporting that syrian soldiers found traces of chemical agents off to entering tunnels used by rebel fighters in the damascus suburbs the empty shells that they

found had markings on the met said that they had been made in saudi arabia just a reminder that saudi arabia is very mentally opposed to the syrian president bashar assad now these soldiers started suffocation ambulances had to be sent to the scene to assist them syrian television is also reporting that the soldiers found that are used to kill the intoxication this comes off to reports of a huge attack earlier this week that saw the involvement of chemical weaponry we have heard reports that anywhere between dozens and one thousand three hundred people were killed in that new attack there has been lots of verified footage making the rounds online we've seen photos of people sort of thing at the mouth people suffocating all of the pointing to the possible use of saturn guess some of the photos online do show empty shells it does seem to point to the fact that this latest attack had this weaponry fired from rebel held areas all of this comes as

u.n. inspectors are inside syria they arrived last sunday they carrying out investigations on some thirteen hours of the ports of chemical we're going to produce it today the e.u. in chief of disarmament arrived in the country in the u.n. team has now been tasked with trying to reach the scene of this latest chemical attack and damascus has indicated that they giving them full support and they will be helping them in whatever way they can but there is heavy fighting on the go in that area. well still we know confirmation about the number of victims of the alleged massacre mikkel attack and doctors without borders are saying they received around three thousand six hundred patients suffering from intoxication following the reported assault three hundred fifty five of them reportedly died but exactly who was behind the attack is still very hard to verify despite the west suspecting a sad and not the rebels well they're investing in general it's michaud column

believes the us is simply looking for a pretext to intervene in syria. and all thing there will be a serious investigation from the west side because actually they don't look for truth to just look for a pretext to overthrow assad and to take control of syria and this is really a strategy call off sold it all want an investigation they don't trust the truth to just want a pretext it's also obvious they see the danger do you see that they have no majority in syria and the area in the area there is the us is really very strong so i believe it is more of pressure to negotiate because they know also they're not so strong anymore. we are getting some news just in here in r.t. that a car bomb has exploded in the center of the syrian capital damascus with local television reporting deaths and injuries this is heavy fighting between government troops and

rebel forces continues on the outskirts of the city we'll give you more details as soon as we get them on that latest development. party live here moscow still to come this far east on edge armies of rescue workers soldiers and volunteers struggle to protect russia's office as historic floods threaten the city on all sides we'll bring you the latest on those efforts there shortly. nearly seven months of refusing to eat being force fed and alleged abuse with no end in sight that's been the daily experience for many guantanamo bay inmates since early february food protest has gone on for two hundred days now but president obama is still stalling on shutting down the facility well let's see what the situation is like right now the u.s. run camp well there are one hundred sixty six inmates still there and the military says thirty seven are still refusing food to protest against the indefinite detention many of the prisoners haven't even gone to trial and over hoff were

cleared for release years ago while the u.s. taxpayers are picking up the ever increasing tab for all of this the price tag for every detainee is two point seven million dollars annually that's over thirty times higher than similar costs at the most expensive domestic prison in the u.s. add it all up and you get nearly half a billion dollars per year coming out of citizens pockets u.s. public defender calls one of frequently talks to the guantanamo inmates that he represents an earlier he told me what is going on at the camp and why it remains open. the words that i hear from the camp are just as bad as they've always been suffering to feeding people not getting along no communication with the military so although the military is telling us that the numbers have gone down that's not the story that we're hearing we're hearing that again there's still that this horrible suffering going on and this is the two hundred day now we've heard accounts of repeat detainees treatment by the prison stuff including allegations of sexual

abuse is anybody actually investigating these allegations now sexual abuse i think goes around these these searches these growing searches that they began and they did these searches obviously to keep my clients from talking to me in terms of investigation i don't think anybody's investigating that the camp says that we're doing this for security purposes but that fosters when you consider that the client isn't even seeing a lawyer the clients with soldiers talking on the phone entire time not present obama has he kept his promise to close the prison it cost millions during a time of budget cuts then the states will lose to make sandwiches for relief so what will it take to finally close down guantanamo guantanamo is a political animal it's run by and seen a phobia here in the united states and it's going to take a lot of hard work like people not only like people like me but but some people in washington or close it right now you don't see that the president has the authority

to transfer these individuals now that he can do it under the current law with no exceptions and he's choosing not to do so and he's even said that there are several countries that are ready willing able to take these individuals we know there's eighty six of them that are cleared for release the president has done nothing on that yet. with the twenty four hours a day still to come this virtual currency bitcoin is gaining recognition with germany accepting it as legal the details in just a few minutes. what defines a country's success. faceless figures of economic growth. or a factual standard of living.

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a legal private currency transactions conducted in the virtual cash will be subject to sales tax in the country and big coin may now be exchanged for other currencies within the banking system of reports now from the capital of bitcoin but in. germany and particularly lynn is one of the places in the world that has really embraced bitcoin as perhaps a new major player when it comes to world currency i'm currently stood on the floor of the trading floor of the pearl and bitcoin exchange this is where the coins can be cool for cash it's a great growing of community here is five berlin and if they said guys like this dressed in the bowler hand to depict a traditional of the old london stock exchange they are holding up their thank you very much just how much they're selling their big coins for so this gentleman here selling one pickling for eighty five euro it's great to write ok well what you do is you pay your money you get your paper and that goes into a online wallet and starts yours then to spend how you will how to find out just

where because it's going here in berlin i'm joined by the organizer of this events are encouraging thanks very much for talking to me yes hello so in the what we've seen is from the german finance ministry that they've actually given their backing to big coin haven't they at the moment it's it looks like that and i think that's a great decision because it brings clarity it's clear that it will never be illegal and hopefully they are they setting a standard saying we shouldn't have too many rules but we should rather see how it develops just a clue so this is because bitcoin has been accepted as a a unit of account by the german government that means they haven't said it's legal tender but that it can be made that it can be taxed actually and why do you think in particular has see as embraced bitcoin in such a way where we get many innovative people from all over the world coming to do that billion has always been a place to try out new things i mean did you know the computer was invented a million so i think it's just natural that bitcoin is very strong here ok i did

not know that the computer was invented in berlin there you go so the latest in the crypto currency the bitcoin it's being given in almost a green light by the german government and it's drawing people to exchanges like this in order to try and trade them and get involved in bitcoin and so it can reach out to more and more people around the world. because when first appeared in two thousand and eight when an anonymous creator published a paper laying out his ideas on how the peer to peer electronic cash system could be operated all should be operated and since then the digital currency is gained popularity across the world thousands of small online merchants are now recognizing bitcoin as an alternative to major currencies the value of individual bitcoins hit a record high this april when it was being traded at over two hundred sixty u.s. dollars growing concerns over the effect bitcoin could have on the dollar prompted the u.s. government to investigate it earlier this month washington claims it could be used

in criminal activity. but we've got everything you need to know about bitcoin on our website at the moment r t v dot com also online at the moment it's a site if i come true a dutch scientists found a way to read people's minds head to our website to find out how his invention plucks thoughts from your head. and also online healthy habits are hurting business as it rushes ban all night time boot sales means for the brewers have to find new ways to shift their beer all this more just a click away on r.t. dot com. flood levels in russia's far east surging and the now seven meters and rising soldiers and civilians are braced for that to get even higher in what are already the worst floods in the region for over two centuries now russia is not the only country suffering at the moment as you can see the amir river runs along the border with china which has also been hit by catastrophic weather since the beginning of the summer already over one hundred are

reported dead and another one hundred fifteen missing three of russia's regions have been worse affected and experts say the floods have yet to peak over half a million homes and livelihoods are under threat in the far east. and the next twenty four hours are crucial our correspondent paul scott is monitoring the situation there. bass is a city under threat a city on the edge at the moment water levels continuing to rise with the peak not expected for another twenty four hours or so now is the hour more river so that my right that is causing all the problems it's breached its banks and is are beginning to filter through to the city now work is continuing to reinforce the city around fifteen kilometers worth of dams and dikes have been built like this one and they are being reinforced and raised along with the water levels now despite the perilous situation authorities say that they are prepared for the worst. organizational issues are worked out it could be some setbacks but the main point

is that there are no big tools analyzer work will work for the good now around two and a half thousand people have been affected by the floods so far in and around the city in the majority of those people have been housed in temporary accommodation centers the provide things such as food drinking water shelter and medicine and basically rest bite from the floods there are around seventy that have been built in and around the city and sports arenas and schools for example and this resident told r.t. he simply doesn't know what to expect you know everything has been washed away firewood the second floor is already been flooded my flat is on the first floor and there are one and a half metres of water there i'm here now but all my furniture all my clothes are there now president vladimir putin is expected in the city and in the region early next week to inspect the damage that these floods of course but at the water levels continue to rise and they show absolutely no sign of receding it could be

a while yet before the full extent of the damage is revealed. reporting there now to some other international headlines this hour in our world updated form has killed twenty six and fifty more wounded in iraq capital the suicide bomber struck a cafe in a crowded park in the northern share district of a separate assault on a vehicle in the city claimed four lives there are deadly attacks on an almost daily basis as internal strife in iraq spirals. at least thirty people have been killed and sixty injured in a riot in bolivia's largest maximum security prison parmesan or some prisoners were a short while others were burnt to death in a fight between rival gangs as in many overcrowded latin american jails inmates largely control the inside of the facility. revels have called for temporary timeouts of peace negotiations with the colombian government the group requested time to consider a proposal which could prepare the way for

a long awaited peace agreement comes after violent protests by the country's miners truckers and form is this week over presidential reforms they say are hurting their revenues. isn't a supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi held scattered rallies across egypt the muslim brotherhood called the friday of martyrs one person has been killed and dozens wounded in clashes between protesters and security forces meanwhile president obama has signaled he will not be cutting off aid to the egyptian authorities and he said that while the u.s. is reevaluating its relationship with stopping help wouldn't affect the actions of the interim government insisted that this point to needs to look at the long term interests of the egyptian people and the u.s. itself defense consultant marine rove says the u.s. only wants to ensure a friendly relationship with current. ensuring that they have a friend in power they will always provide aid and that is why they're not

canceling aid at all. is it clear that he's supporting or the u.s. government is supporting the present status of the military being in power to say that they're concerned about what is being going on the toppling of morsi and his detention that's just trying to fool the citizens of egypt they'll resume normal relations as soon as the civilians sort of go back home you know or stop protesting but the military and the united states government have had a very causal relationship for four decades so that's that's not going to change. to bring you up to date for the moment i'll be back with the news team and move free in just have a half an hour from now in the meantime i'll be martin will be breaking the senate that's next you know.

you know people in moscow say they're like whoa websites and facebook groups about the childfree lifestyle which i didn't believe until i saw the cover for the aug twelfth copy of time magazine yet child free is no real thing sadly basically these are people who have started a cool trend of not having children and using their time and resources completely for themselves you know if you don't want to have kids that is your business and i really couldn't change your mind even if i wanted to but there are people all over the internet who are just swimming in their own self-satisfaction like pigs in slop because they are part of the no kids trend the sickening part about this trend or should i see mentality is that these people glow in adore themselves for being too

selfish to give their time and money to a child oh i'm the center of the universe and i'm proud of it. this is an extremely antisocial and destructive mentality to adore yourself for contributing nothing to anyone else nothing to society and nothing to the future but wait let me put it this way if your life is shopping wearing ironic t. shirts starbucks and texting on your i phone about your stupid feelings that maybe is for the greater good the church childfree but that's just my opinion. admission free cretaceous a free pass for charges free. range means free. free. to tide free. old free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media and on to our teton tom. ok.

dave across. to ted you're all over again at a little island in the middle of the chesapeake bay on the virginia. county. and you're all in the chesapeake bay probably one of the best there is in effect the fall fred. this is. your island before the channel was. oh here. there. as go all. right here are some of the headstones from graves it for you this is a fruits that's what we don't want happen to tangier all and we want to get some protection and make sure that we don't go into the chesapeake bay like uppers did in other communities.

you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month so food i should try it because you know how fabulous i had lunch i got so many i miss family and sometimes i feel that i'm still the same really miss. the

old story so personally. it's. worse for to live through the life outside of the. radio for a minute from the. closure of power to produce never seen anything like this i'm told. welcome to breaking the set i'm your host abby martin you know it seems that on every issue important to americans the problem reaction and solution is always framed by the two dominating political parties in this country the problem is that these two teams democrats and republicans more closely resemble a single party one that stands for and periods and corporate gain yet several political ideologies are gaining traction in the us but i virtually no representation in the political and media establishment so if you've tuned into the

show hoping to hear the dueling perspective of democrats and republicans well you've come to the wrong place because today i'll be hosting a discussion with people who represent the voices of a growing alternative will be talking about libertarianism anarchism and socialism very philosophy is gaining momentum as more people are becoming disillusioned with the status quo to talk about everything from the role of government to an ideal society i'm joined now by a brilliant panel and breaking the steps first ever alternative voices to. date started with scott crow author of black flags and windmills and founder of the anarchist common ground collective and peterson production director of freedom works and editor of libertarian republic dot com and eugene puryear former vice presidential candidate of the party for socialism and liberation thanks so much all of you for coming on so much for having us if you or are we start to this epic debate or conversation rather i want to briefly outline your political ideologies

and about a minute's time that scott when people think of anarchism they think total chaos can you break down that misconception it's a misconception and he is a living a dynamic framework based in. ideas of cooperation where we can all get along to make the world better for each other we call it mutually the ideas of direct action that we don't have to wait on others that we are more than voters we're more than consumers that we there are other paths that we should take that we don't need to wait on others to do it we start to do it ourselves and we do it in our communities the ideas of of there's a myriad of collective liberation that we're all tied in this together that that i don't want to do better on the back of somebody else and i don't want somebody to do better on the back of me but again we're in this together and these ideas have along over one hundred year tradition of libertarianism but it's social libertarianism where it's it's it's the better for all of us and it's also anticapitalist and i think that that's a really important distinction to make because capitalism has been exploitation of capitalism has been oppressed.