syria's president to reject what some finger pointing over the alleged chemical mess girls like to mess just saying facts and not assumptions a should come first as you when weapons inspectors head to the side. bugs are planted at embassies and the e.u. offices and now even at the united nations headquarters so newly leaked documents reveals another front in the n.s.a. is spying asset. lots of libya two years this is the fall of gadhafi we're reporting how the government is reverted to the colonel savage methods to crush dissent while the country slides into economic turmoil.

it's not am here in the russian capital you're live with us on our t.v. with me to say. syria's president has responded furiously to 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 but some foreign policy reluctant to wait for their findings argues maria for national report. 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

the number explain how they see during world war two up to eighteen million people were killed what does that tell us about how they died the next argument the american ministrations size leaves them in little doubt the 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 sites 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

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 a greeting and they do seem assumptions that the opposition doesn't it. incident yes we're. meanwhile major world media are bombarding audiences with grow 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 destroyer is already in the mediterranean ready and for a variety of attacks all of them carrying up to three hundred cruise missiles more

scope warns the west against repeating the tragic mistakes all these is remiss and of events of ten years ago in which using 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 un security council as proof led to disastrous consequences will history repeat itself. r.t. moscow. in a further reaction from a russian foreign minister sergei lavrov the has a warned of dire consequences for the whole region if the u.s. proceeds with a military intervention of his son thomas has more on moscow's concerns. 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 in the meantime syrian state t.v. saying that it's the rebels who used chemical weapons moscow is also saying that people should not try to influence a u.n. investigation this conflict has already moved from a civil war inside syria to 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 and also threats from the west will it mean more bloodshed basically because it encourages the rebel groups to continue fighting in a conflict which has already cost countless lives in syria. while the prospect of yet another war is not getting the thumbs up from the american public let's have a look and now at a recent poll now this post i just said just nine percent of the u.s. citizens want their president to launch military action while about sixty percent is said america should keep out of the situation in syria now that's what washington's when asked about washington support for the opposition just a tent said obama should do more for the rebels than just sending almost ninety percent say that they want their country to help the syrian opposition and to war active is the time barry explains why americans have taken the shots 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 for battle the longer for war than then 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 and the american public is no longer going to buy into it. a massive flood in russia's fight isa shatters a community. forced to say goodbye to their homes or to read stories who are

determined to stay at this submission to the but to act. now 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 artie's wearing of what is in new york with the details on the latest revelation. america's national security agency allegedly cracked the encryption guarding the united nations' internal video conferencing system that's according to german der 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 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 with spy on its allies because as as we've been reporting and as u.s. 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 have or some mechanisms where we can track a phone number or e-mail address that we know is connected to the terrorist group 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 an essay spying programs. amelia anders daughter and amy for the swedish pirate party believes such a spying patches as have been made possible by the loose interpretation of terms like terrorism by the u.s. and other european governments terror threats are generally been described as anything from copyright infringement to actual making of of bombs that could be harming to these people's physical integrity and so we have a very vague understanding in international law today of course in the international discourse of how we make policy especially in western europe in the

united states we don't know what you mean by the war it's like two weeks ago i heard in sweden that copyright infringement can be avoided then what is more actually that this war and he stuck with the united states is trying to stop the united nations we don't know because we have there's absolutely no go back to how they're using the word war. so with us for a look at post revolution libya that's coming up pasta the break. world. knology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought

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solve fred. this is all picture of ten year iowa before the channel was cut oh here. a way up there. as go all. right here are some of the headstones from graves it for you this is a fruit that's that's what we don't want happen to taint your 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. i. thanks for staying with us here on r.t. now two years on from the fall of colonel gadhafi in libya the euphoria of the revolution has all but gone today armed militias and islamist through much of the country

fighting over territory smuggling routes and shares of drilling oil revenue to top that off desperate government is quietly reactivating colonel gadhafi is feared surveillance a parrot is using it to hunt down the dissenters are his policy reports on the sobering anniversary. anniversaries are often a time of celebration for two years on libya has pushes little to be applauding. i'm not sure it will be right to assume that there's a government in libya there's no army no police armed militias are in control is violent chaos the. militia violence stalks the jihadist groups are growing strikes threaten 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 device the by the countries libya

post gadhafi is far from the haiti days of the with the new should never euphoria human rights watch says a wave of assassinations has killed dozens of politicians activists judges and members of security agencies all we hear is very. very troublesome 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 hub is not make exchanges in 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 embalmer co 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 mauritania link it to burkina faso basically creating a mirage and if that's not bad enough. the much promised constitution has failed to materialize politicians are deadlocked over the role of shari'a law and better be gentle rivalries. the. libyan society consists of arabs berbers 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 is reportedly using methods that were popular during the duffy's time libya's transitional government has quietly we anticipated to be surveillance technology it inherited from the depths of the sea it uses it to attack the mobile phones and online communication after death you know unless the two machines it seems i'm not that different after all except that oil production is down with libya unable to promise crew deliveries next month as on off strikes patronize 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 our teeth to level.

libya's oil production has plummeted to fifty percent of what it was before the revolution a country heavily dependent on feel exports that represents a catastrophic loss of income telling them explains. according to the 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 told 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 it's what 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 to have said it will use military force if

necessary to stop the striking security guards from selling the countries or independently but the root of the problem arise says the ousting of gadhafi his regime the country is still plagued by chaos this time the cause is economic and north. and as of economic turmoil infighting weren't enough al qaeda is now reportedly making some other in libya its new base of operations a top official described the terror attack meant work is taking advantage of the chaos and establishing itself in the south of the country by a mere zygi aware that of the pan african news wire predicts that the instability will only get worse. but this counterrevolution has been detrimental to the well being of the libyan people what we've seen over the last two years as a total disruption of libyan society in the area of the economy has been the most pronounced we've seen the production of all cut in half of the cost of us strikes in the day of 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 or regional as well as political levels and until the general national council of government there are 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 that opinion not there is not shared by everyone early on my colleague us up of all of us spoke to a deputy from libya's clemente told us matters aren't as bad as they see. i could not ignore the three have some some complications some mistakes have been done during the attitude that if you do should you need a war but now we had improving dramatically we have a security committee but being guys we have based bishop specialized committee in

the gene see that is dealing with a human rights watch but it's been two years since the full of the previous regime and even though you say that the situation is improving why this so no safe stance to minute saying leave these scenes to security and stability was wasn't made of who says since a city and if it were an independent and they didn't get it in any and. i want to bribe them said to do really when we were after the liberation of the country we have a neck of bar on the ground in certain areas these are crimes that are criminals who want to be beat from outside who have some kind of a very unstable country. it's emerged the u.s. put a strong pressure on cuba not to allow edward snowden to lead there in his search for asylum now a russian newspaper has found to have banned that was one of the first consequences if it let the n.s.a. whistleblower onto its territory you can get all the details at r.t.

dot com. and a ticking time bomb for an aging euro economy this one a financial meltdown by mid century when strain economies struggled to provide for their growing numbers of that story and more on our. record flood levels and russia's far east stuff forcing more people to leave everything they have behind and as the authorities try to find ways of helping the devastated region survive the coming winter while rains are for cost artie's paul scott talk to those who decided to stand their ground and metal what. is

a village under threat on the banks of both jambo 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 using we have no i don't live here i live in the 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 totally under water there he said got over thirty with them my garden and chicken coop flooded the water's 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 the then. 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 was finished 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 future about the hoons and how they will spend their winter well how about off for mains are relatively untouched by the flood waters so far that seem parts 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. our borders. now for some international news in brief in china both form a powerful government official charged with corruption bribery and abuse of power to make his closing statements in court the prosecutors the call for severe sentence against the accused three years ago was set for motion to china's top political body questions emerge over whether he used his influence to help cover up the murder of a british citizen his wife has since been convicted of the crime. the greek finance minister has confirmed rumors that the country could need a third bailout but in says that athens will not except for the austerity cuts he said around ten billion euros will be needed the countries so far received two bailouts totaling two hundred forty billion euros earlier german magazine be

a goal reported athens could need another cash injection sparking a wave of nationwide anger most germans think they've already contributed enough. and the 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 the appealed the ruling hearing comes amid a new spike of internal strife triggered by the muslim brotherhood's rules on office by the egyptian militia. so with us for our documentary coming right up on r.t. .

sometimes it seems like in the face of giant corporations people are just sort of helpless i could be pretty pessimistic myself about what a few individuals with no real money or power can really do against the system but you never dull and in fact if you remember tour discussion about ammonia doused pink slime being used across america and frozen fast foods well shift jamie oliver has actually managed to shame mcdonald's enough on t.v. to get them to back down and stop using this ultra processed form of quote meat at their establishments also we recently discussed gamer rage at the rather racist portrayal of russians in the game company of heroes two well all the rage actually worked and thanks to the seventeen thousand signatures on the change dot org petition that game has been pulled from russian shelves by the developer the thing is that massive corporations do

a lot of bad things because they have no morals and are obsessed with profit but because they have no morals and are only obsessed with profit the second you even slightly threaten their cash flow they will instantly start cowering at your feet sometimes but that's just my opinion. summertime means. russians love their family country houses at the end of the working week. liens of people headed straight for the peace and quiet of the villages a chance to recharge the batteries take it to an escape the hustle and bustle. bus

if like me you're not lucky enough to have your own dacha a little countryside or and on isn't too hard to find. around two hundred kilometers from st petersburg there's a holiday village that promises beautiful old houses a warm river and a complete break from city life it's called mundra and it's supposed to be a place to turn back time and leave the warnings of the twenty first century behind . it turns out the trying to live the simple life isn't always quite as simple as it seems.