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syria's president rejects western finger pointing over an alleged chemical massacre outside damascus saying facts not assumptions should come first as u.n. weapons inspectors head to the site. bugs planted at embassies any offices and now even the united nations headquarters a newly document reveals another front in the n.s.a.'s all out spying effort. last as libya to yet since the fall of gadhafi will report on how the government is reverted to the colonel's severs methods to crush his stand as the country slides into economic turmoil.
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a i. live from moscow this morning this is our until you're with me tom would say let's get into our bulletin this morning by syria's president has responded fieri asli to the allegations that his army was behind a chemical massacre outside damascus last week branding them nonsense u.n. inspectors will be heading to the site today to probe the attack but some foreign policy were reluctant to wait for their findings are various international reports . united nations experts are in syria to investigate whether chemical weapons were used during the ongoing conflict finally but even before they start a senior u.s. administration official has said there is very little doubt that chemical weapons were used by the syrian regime against civilians these are the arguments we have told were given to president obama as proof the reported number of victims talkin
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the number explain how they say during world war two up to eighty million people were killed what does it tell us about how they died the next argument to the american ministrations size leaves them in little doubt assad attacked his own people with chemical weapons is the reported symptoms of those who were killed or injured symptoms of course speak for themselves but how does that answer exactly who was behind this u.s. intelligence cites witness accounts that is hardly a reliable argument for syria since the beginning of the conflict there almost two and a half years ago each side has accused the other often acquainted charter while covering events from different cities in syria those undercover manto all rebel control i often matt and talk to witnesses from both sides whose accounts contradicted one another the truth was never easy to find even on the ground well it would if
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chemical weapons were used in syria why doesn't automatically point to the syrian regime isn't that still to be investigated it all appears to be based on assumptions we still believe that they don't have the capability to use chemical weapons that has not changed again we're looking into the facts on the ground but there's no reason if there's nothing to hide for the regime not to let the investigative team do you know with the u.n. team is uprooting into the same assumptions that the opposition doesn't it. these people yes they are. meanwhile major world media are bombarding audiences with gro task pictures of dead people including children allegedly killed by chemical agents allegedly used by the syrian regime and all that during the military escalation in the region the pentagon is moving its naval forces closer to syria three destroyers already in the mediterranean ready and for a variety of attacks all of them carrying up to three hundred cruise missiles more
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scope warns the west against repeating the tragic mistakes all these is remiss and of events of ten years ago in which he was in false information that the iraqis processed weapons of mass destruction the united states launched a reckless enterprise with consequences that everyone is well aware off russia's foreign minister spokesperson said well this small tube colin powell the u.s. secretary of state at that time presented to the u.n. security council as proof led to disastrous consequences will history repeat itself . r.t. moscow. and for the reaction from russia diplomats say the barrage of threats against the mask is merely encouraging the rebel forces to prolong the civil war and also severely undermined moscow's peace efforts to discuss this further i'm joined now by john thomas son of so what are the main points of concern from moscow
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. russia is urging caution to the west saying don't judge too soon about the vis alleged use of chemical weapons in syria in fact of the foreign ministry released a statement saying we are calling on everyone who talks about the possibility of forceful action against syria not to commit a tragic mistake the politics regarding the crisis should be based on international law and verified facts without adjusting assumptions to unilateral geo political projects now they did not mention the us by name but this comes after president obama did meet with his national security advisers with his military on the find out what options the u.s. had on the table in terms of strike capabilities it has been said that he's not ready to put boots on the ground but he has also met with other western leaders like the u.k.'s prime minister cameron to discuss this quote unquote serious response if it is found that the syrian regime used chemical weapons now while he
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has not made a decision as to what the u.s. will do the u.s. has moved maybe ships into the region on standby in the meantime moscow is calling for anyone who has influence with the leaders of the syrian rebel regime not to interfere with the u.n. investigation moscow is also saying that people should not try to influence that investigation as well they should not try and put their influence into the probe because when it comes to these situations the use of chemical weapons it's very tricky to determine whether they have been used or if they have who used them in fact there are some syrian state. t.v. saying that it's the rebels who used chemical weapons against the people so whether it's determined they're used or not then the next step is to determine who used them the russians are urging caution doesn't want anyone to jump forward now this conflict has already moved from a civil war in syria inside syria to
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a broader more regional conflict and any further escalation or involvement from the west could mean a catastrophe for the entire region as a whole also. this any the threats from the west to get involved will mean more bloodshed because that encourages the rebel groups to continue fighting a war that is already count costless lives. in the syrian region son thomas giving us the latest developments on the ongoing syrian conflict right now while the prospect of yet another war is not getting the thumbs up from the american public the let's have a local right now and this poll that we have for you a recent poll suggests that just nine percent of u.s. citizens want their president to launch military action now while about sixty percent of americans said they should keep out of the situation in syria what else
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about washington's support for the opposition just ten said obama should do more for the rebels than just sending arms while almost ninety percent don't want the country to help the syrian opposition at all to war active is a tie barry explains why americans have taken the stance. for the last twelve years the united states has been fighting. a war of choice in iraq it war of choice in afghanistan that turned out to be longer battle that a longer fought war than the than the vietnam war which also was a war of choice the american people are war weary we know that what's going on inside syria americans even the average american know it's a proxy war we know we're not going to get the correct information from our government and we know that our government officials are only interested in continuing what would be a fear tactic of a continuation of war after war after work to keep the american public in check in
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the american public is no longer going to buy into it. a massive flood in russia's fly east schatz's community says thousands of forces say goodbye to their claims states what determined to stay at the submerged houses to the bitter end. on another story the u.s. national security agency has been spying on the united nations headquarters in new york that's according to newly published information leaked by edward snowden i just is in new york with the details on this latest revelation. america's national security agency allegedly cracked the encryption guarding the united nations' internal video conferencing system that's according to german spiegel the publication says that the n.s.a. surveillance of the united nations took place last summer and three weeks after hacking into the video system america's spy agency had allegedly boosted its number
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its number of such decrypted communications from twelve to four hundred and fifty eight now for anyone who doesn't already know this spying on the united nations is illegal under international law der spiegel also reports that the u.s. maintains a monitoring program called the special collection service in over eighty embassies and consulates around the world often without the knowledge of the host country now many may be wondering why is it that the united states would want to spy on the united nations would spy on its allies because as as we've been reporting and as us president barack obama said himself recently the n.s.a. is in place to protect american security and target only potential terrorists what we do here or some mechanisms where we can track a phone number or e-mail address that we know is connected to the terrorist threat
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now it's unclear how spying on the united nations and international partners coincides with america's war on terror if anything what many critics are saying is that what may come out of the n.s.a. is world wide surveillance is a loss in confidence and reliability in the united states because you have to think about it if you have a friend that you trust to find out is always spying on you is listening to what you're saying is watching what you're doing is reading what you're typing does that relationship still stay strong and that is a question that is clearly coming to light not only following this report but those questions have been coming to light over past months ever since edward snowden blew the whistle on n.s.a. spying programs. a million and a stroll to an m.e.p. for the swedish pirate party believes as such spying practices have been made possible by the news interpretation of the terms like terrorism by the us and european governments terror threats have generally been described as anything from copyright infringement to move actual making of the before bombs that could be
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harming to these people's basic integrity and so we have a very vague understanding of the national law today of international discourse of how we make policy especially in western europe in the united states we don't know what you mean by the border it's like two weeks ago i heard in sweden the copyright infringement can be more than what is more actually this war and you stuck with the united states is trying to stop the united nations. because we have there's absolutely no legal jake to hold or using the word war. rival most henri's it's emerged. stronger pressure on cuba not to allow edward snowden to land there in his search for finally the russian newspaper has found to have that know what they want to. consequences if the n.s.a. was to grow up on to its territory and you can get all the details at r.t. dot com. while you and day taking time bombs on aging you write
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economists a one off financial meltdown by mid century when strange economies struggled to provide for their growing numbers of pensioners that story and more right here on our to dot com don't go away. that. was was. was. was. was my was i i was . two years on from the fall of colonel gadhafi in libya the euphoria of the revolution has all but gone today armed militias and islamists are rule much of the country fighting over territory smuggling reese and shares of drilling oil revenue to top that off desperate government is actually really activating colonel gadhafi is a few surveillance a parrot is using it to hunt down dissenters such as policy or reports on the
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sobering anniversary. anniversaries are often a time of celebration for two years on libya has pushes little to be applauding. with the us i'm not sure it will be right to assume that there's a government in libya there's no army no police in militias are in control is violent chaos the. militia violence stalks the land jihadist groups are growing strength waiting to cripple the oil industry and economic stagnation is everywhere with all the bad negative things that they say about that they those that. control it by force the situation of these devout divided countries libya mr duffy is far from the key days of the with the missionary euphoria human rights watch says a wave of this estimations has killed dozens of politicians after this judges and members of security agencies all we hear is very. very troublesome
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because we hear about clandestine detention centers. detention centers that are run by militias that are not accountable to anybody these armed militias reportedly have more power than the government turning the country into a new have ways not make extremism over the past few weeks we kind of can see the need to be open to the south libya is becoming the main base for al qaida in the maghreb we also know that as a direct result of the libyan intervention that the civilian government and bomb a ko mali was overthrown in the north of the country and certain islamicist took over creating a humanitarian disaster leading to tens of thousands of internally displaced persons not to mention tens of thousands of refugees fleeing into mortagne you're filling it to burkina faso basically creating
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a morass and if that's not bad enough. the much promised constitution has failed to materialize politicians are deadlocked over the role of sharia law and better be gentle rivalries. libyan society consists of arabs and taboo so the constitution should represent all segments and if any group is ignored then this means exclusion. the berbers who make up ten percent of the population are threatening to take up arms against the government there is a real danger that libya may break up you've had a severe problem in libya with regard to the darker skinned nationals of the south of the country not being except that it's all those who are lighter skinned in the north and the deteriorating economic situation isn't helping commercial banks are closing their doors imposed test against the current armed robberies in a desperate attempt to keep a grip on things the new government has reportedly using methods that were popular
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during the duffys time libya's transitional government has quietly reactivated to the surveillance technology it inherited from the depths of the sea it uses it to attack the mobile phones and online communication of gadhafi loyalists the two machines it seems on the back to front after all except that oil production is down with libya unable to promise crude deliveries next month as on off strikes paralyze its major terminals two years on and many are asking was it worth destroying libya to get this broken state when it's not clear who won it definitely doesn't seem to be the libyan people policy r.t. to level. libya's oil production has plummeted to seventy percent of what it was before the revolution the country heavily dependent on feel x. balls that represent a catastrophic loss of income artist katie pilgrim explains. according to the
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libyan oil and gas minister nearly one point six billion dollars has been lost in less than a month because of the security guard strikes libya's two main crude oil export terminals remain sharp which means the country's financial recovery after the twenty eleven brest has been derailed become trees reliant on oil exports accounting for ninety five percent of output produces shipments have been cut to the lowest level since the civil war of twenty eleven more than half of libya's capacity with some estimating just three hundred thousand barrels per day and now being shipped out of the country and as a consequence libya's government have said it will use military force if necessary to stop the striking security guards from selling the country's or independently but the root of the problem remains is the ousting of gadhafi regime the country is still plagued by chaos this time the cause is economic and loss.
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and as if the economic turmoil and the infighting weren't enough al-qaeda is now reportedly making insulter in libya its new base of operations a top official described how the turn network is taking advantage of the chaos and establishing itself in the south of the country are by only as if you wear out of the pan african newswire predicts that the instability will only get worse. this counterrevolution has been detrimental to the well being of the libyan people what we've seen over the last two years is a total disruption of libyan society in the area of the economy it has been the most pronounced we've seen the production of all cut in half of the cost of us strikes in the day and the thing going on there is no plan for the national restoration of libya many of the key political players involved in an attempt to run libya right now divided over tribal regional as well as political levels and
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until the general national council of government there reigns in the militias and tries to bring about some type of national reconciliation process the economic decline and consequently the social instability will intensify now that opinion there is not shared by everyone early on my colleague here. to a deputy from libya's parliament who told us that much is aren't as bad as they see . i cannot ignore the dream have some some complications some mistakes have been done during the arts or that inclusion unit a war but now we have improving dramatically we have a security committee but being guys we have a suspicion a specialized committee in the gene sea where it is dealing with a human rights watch but it's been two years says the fall of the previous regime and even though you say that the situation is improving why there's so no safe sense debilitatingly this seems to security and stability was was
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a grain of soon since sensitivity and if. i want to grab them started really when we were after the liberation of the country we have a bar on the ground in certain areas these are crimes of criminals or the from outside who have some people very unstable country. now for some international news in brief in china bolshie lying form a powerful government official as alive for his fifth day in court with you to make his closing statements denies the charges of corruption abuse of power and bribery charges against him this is a scene i was set for promotion to china's top political body questions emerged about whether his used his influence to help cover up for a murder of a british citizen his wife has since been convicted of the crime. the
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greek finance minister has confirmed rumors that the country could need a third bailout but insists that athens will not except for the austerity plan is that around ten billion euros will be needed the countries so far received two bailouts totaling two hundred forty billion euros only german magazine der spiegel reported athens would need another cash injection sparking a wave of nationwide anger as most germans are think they've already contributed enough. an egyptian court has adjourned the trial of former president hosni mubarak who is accused of complicity in the killings of protesters during the twenty eleven uprising mubarak was sentenced to life behind bars last year but was granted a retrial after here peel the ruling hearing comes amid a new spike of internal strife triggered by the muslim brotherhood's removal from office by the egyptian military. record flood
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levels in russia's far is are forcing more people to leave everything they have behind and as the authorities try to find ways of helping the devastated region survive the upcoming winter more rains are forecast artie's post got talk to those who decided to stand their ground no matter what. is a village under threat on the banks of perth yarmouk on the red river residents wait nervously. record breaking water levels in the region a still rising forcing more and more people from their homes ruining property and livelihoods this lady is a full time carer for her disabled father she says leaving is simply not an option here not the same we have if i don't live here i live in that neighboring house my garden is underwater i'm here because i take care of my dad life was tough for residents in rural eastern russia even before the floods here father and daughter grow their own potatoes and vegetables but now the land they used to rely on is
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totally under water various are going over thirty with them my garden and chicken coop flooded the water is coming nearer and nearer to the house they are the only residents to remain artie's film crew later came across this man he's also decided to stay with his submerged property like many scared to leave through fear of looting because did they say with every three hours a report to the emergencies minister the situation is under control we are on guard and we are ready to deal with all variants to the situation as it changes up to ten thousand people can be housed in temporary accommodation centers that have sprung up across the region shelter and supplies are provided along with psychiatric support to help people deal with the fallout from the devastation. that we're skinniest now people are grateful to those who have evacuated them from their homes who have provided everything they need matunga sleep residents worry about the
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future about their hooves and how they will spend their winter well how about office remains relatively untouched by the flood waters so far that imparts to the fifteen kilometers worth of dimes that have been built around the city in order to keep the water at bay or thirty's ordering it to reach a height of nine meters at the moment in order to contend with the rising flood waters but that is of little comfort to the people in the remote rural regions you're seeing their lives swept away. how about us. stay with us for the interview say safety corps coming up after this break. being in cuba is not a failure of the cuban people it's a failure of sidel castro to come. when
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