is why you should. send a warships and find to just move within striking range of syria as the u.s. and britain look set to the war torn state saying it's time damascus they supply. the warmongering comes as un inspectors probing alleged chemical attack which western powers blame on the syrian army speak to the head of effect finding mission that searched in vain for you to weapons of mass destruction back in two thousand and three. talk of a third degree create a headache for europe's a political elite as chancellor merkel. the german taxpayers with any election. and a major air show gets underway outside moscow with cutting edge technology and

a world class of flying skills on display an expected half a million strong audience. it's one pm here in the russian capital you love with us on r.t. if you've just joined us a very well welcome to you you're with me. syria looks set to face a military onslaught as british media reported warplanes and transport jets being deployed at the base in cyprus the sport is just one hundred kilometers from the syrian coastline and is expected to become a launch point for a u.s. led campaign against the assad government. for not told us the details. according to news reports britain and the u.s. could be inching towards a potential military attack against the regime of syrian president bashar al assad

after foreign secretary william hague said that all of. but the past year now we have to keep in mind that no country has confirmed or ordered any such attack that's really more of an escalation in rhetoric at this point but it is rhetoric that is being backed by flexing of a bit of military muscle perhaps to highlight the seriousness of the situation now the guardian newspaper reported that warplanes and military transporters have begun arriving at a british airport air base on cyprus which is less than two hundred miles from the syrian coast the u.s. meanwhile has f. sixteen fighter jets and patriot missile batteries in jordan and last week we learned that the u.s. navy has sent a fourth warship to arm with ballistic missiles into the eastern mediterranean sea turkey also hosts an airbase that is used by the united states and the british royal air force now france another key player in the possible conflict has its jet

fighters stationed in the united arab emirates now again at this point it is unlikely that western powers would be able to get a united nations mandate for international military action over syria with russia and china certain to veto but on monday the foreign ministers of britain france turkey said in a separate interviews that they would be prepared to back potential u.s. action outside of the parameters of a u.n. mandate well the intense international pressure comes on the heels of reports of a chemical weapons strike that may have killed over a thousand people in syria a convoy of when inspectors came under fire on monday as it made its way to damascus to investigate the area and that the inspectors were able to reach the site to collect the samples and interview witnesses but they were only able to stay for half an hour so incredibly difficult circumstances for them to confirm anything at all now the united nations the u.k. the u.s. germany france and turkey and others strongly condemned this apparent chemical

attack saying it was likely done by the assad regime on. in eastern damascus secretary of state john kerry had accused the syrian government of quote indiscriminate slaughter of civilians and of cynical efforts to cover up its responsibility for quote a cowardly crime investigator is are gathering additional evidence on the ground our understanding of what has already happened in syria is grounded in fact informed by conscience and guided by common sense well certainly russia's position has been and continues to be that no force should be used that diplomacy should be the tool here russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov had a warrant against pre-judgment about the use of chemical weapons saying that the u.s. and other countries had essentially mistakenly drawn conclusions by raising the possibility of military strikes now he also said that intervention by the u.s. and its allies without a u.n. resolution would be a quote very grave violation of international law and risk repeating past mistakes

take a listen and it is in the pit of many key players started to take sides and act based on the principle of winner takes all betting on those who they saw wrist potential winners then the winners turn into losers again this is an example of so-called ad hoc policies as opposed to logic and integrity policies you cannot for example declare war on one regime because you personally don't like the dictator in power and be friends with a dictator in another country. the rebels are unlikely to participate in any sort of international meetings we also heard that the us might drop out of a diplomatic meeting on a schedule to have with russia on this issue so diplomacy certainly is the path that russia is pushing for but at this point it's quite unclear how the situation will actually play out very tense indeed. a popular revolution against a brutal regime all of proxy was stirred up by foreign governments analysts say now

washington studio have been delving into the causes of the conflict that's been raging in syria for over two years now claiming countless lives first of all everybody wants a political solution everybody wants this crisis and i think the syrian people are incredibly tired but i think that if we do arms are flowing to syria whether we like it or not whether the united states or the west arms or not and they're going to different groups and sometimes not the right people at all and is open the room for for extremists sort of come in into the fray of of this conflict so it's imperative that we arm the right people in the right people are the ones that defected from the from the army from the regime's army because they didn't want to shoot innocent children do want to shoot their own people and you know now when i did see a lifeless bodies dying in lockers bodies wrapped in shrouds in areas where the regime did not allow people to go and these are not things that will go on my own and so let's get brian in here brian what were you going to say the united states government has been on a course to overthrow the government in syria because it's an independent

nationalist government it was formally syria was formally a colony they did the same thing in libya they bombed libya in two thousand and eleven. they invaded iraq in two thousand and three we see war after war after war what's the real reason for the war it's not because one government has a better or worse human rights record it's not about chemical weapons the middle east possesses two thirds of the world's oil the us wants to show that it's going to control this resource rich part of the world the the bush administration and the obama administration are doing the exact same thing using chemical weapons as a pretext to carry out in illegal act of aggression against a sovereign country the people in the united states by the way by by a margin of ninety percent ninety percent oppose any military strikes on syria. the prospect of a devastating bombing campaign spearheaded by america with no united nations mandate is starting to look in ever to call for syria but what does history tell us

about where this could be leading artie's. takes a look back at nato as previous military ventures. the obama administration is looking for ways to intervene in syria without a mandate from the united nations the president's national security advisers bring up the nato bombings of former yugoslavia as a possible blueprint for an intervention in syria you may not remember at that time none of the nato states that participated in the bombing of former yugoslavia offered legal justifications for their actions it was labeled a humanitarian intervention and with the help of a very one sided media campaign it was engraved in the public memory especially in the west as a success story and little has been reported that the humanitarian intervention turned into a humanitarian catastrophe on the ground what some call a success was two months of bombings thousands of people dead as a result both serbs and kosovo albanians went after seventy eight days of nato

bombing serb forces withdrew from kossovo there was an ethnic cleansing of nearly a quarter of a million serbs and other minorities from cos of all allied forces used cluster bombs attacked civilian infrastructure including power plant bridges factories the headquarters of serve radio and television in belgrade even the chinese embassy and yet despite all the destruction and casualties washington saw it as a victory with the same bravado several years later the us made the case for a unilateral intervention in iraq in that case they did not even bother to seek a u.n. approval washington presented false evidence and went on with the mission to remove saddam hussein from power nearly two hundred thousand iraqis died as a result of that you mention millions lost their homes and two hundred thousand is a modest estimate iraqis continue to die in terror attacks every day and most recently in libya nato went beyond its un mandate and effectively carried out

a regime change what was called a humanitarian intervention resulted in a nation engulfed in chaos and terror. those are the precedents that washington has to look back to when considering an action in syria in washington i'm going to check on. r.t. spoke to hans blix who headed the un's weapons inspection team to iraq before and during the two thousand and three us led invasion he says western media are now piling pressure on their governments to take action in syria. i think that the public opinion and the media in the west will be pressuring the their governments to do something and they say that this is such a horrible thing that there must be a punishment there must be action you cannot sit with your hands just folded so the public say that you know you must call the police we will call for a world police but the question is who is the world police is the united states is it nato it should be the security council and often intervention could take place i

don't exclude that it's going to happen what will they do will just have been a punch on the nose and then telling the beleaguered city of syria that they go back and continue to fight the war the mandate is to establish whether chemical weapons have been used to or not and the way they go about that is that they go to sites and they may take samples of dust and of water and they will have to analyze that ascended to independent lab orators to love borders they cannot just accept samples given to them from some rebels or from some site that will not take them tell them who committed the attack but at least it will be able to tell them that yes the chemicals were used we see it as in the main as a contest between rebels and the government in syria but of course the intervention is there it is in large measure a arresting match between saudi arabia and iran and on that wresting much the u.s.

is on the side of saudi arabia because they would like to isolate iran certainly saudi arabia is not in syria to work for human rights it is there because they want to weaken iran that's the main purpose. i think yes i think you're right in saying that iran and. the u.s. and russia or to get together to try to sort out and to get a solution for syria might even make it less difficult to seoul the nuclear problem concerning iran and you can keep up with the events in syria as they unfold on our website right also while you're there the euphoria that's what libya when gadhafi was is now just a memory as militias drive away hopes of peace two years after the revolution that a full rundown on the libyan struggle for stability on our team. and

t.v. stars joined hundreds of ordinary citizens on the streets of india's largest city moved by their anger at the gang rape of a young photojournalist you can see the full video of that protest on. a third of a bailout for greece is now unnecessary and unavoidable according to e.u. and german officials get a merkel who's trying to calm a riled up electorate insists that a lot less money you will be needed this time around with elections just around the corner it's a sensitive time for merkel as artie's put all of our reports. more and more we're

seeing senior figures from the world of european finance coming out and saying that they think that it's almost inevitable that greece will have to have a third bailout if it's to try and ease its ailing economy particularly here in germany that is something that would be looked at germany has been one of the major contributors towards the towards giving money to the ailing greek economy and of course we are in a period where there's a general election on the twenty second of september now to talk a little bit more about this and what is to be done with the greek economy i'm joined by dr marcus kerber who is a professor of political economy at the berlin institute of technology and the founder of the think tank thanks very much for talking to me are we seeing mrs merkel and other leading german politicians dancing around the issue of what's going to be some rather painful decisions they going to have to be made in the near

future as a matter of fact it turned out to be unavoidable to admit that greece needs extra money and instead of trying to. conceal this from the public by saying no we. the german finance minister in strict consultation with from macro admitted in public that there will be a third package this was to limit the damage that would emerge from a denial of reality they continue appeasement policy and continue bailouts instead of saying now let's. draw a bottom line greece capitalizes on the believe of european politicians that the greek sped away would be damages. once you call that bluff it will be all over independent of whether the greek want of the old one back to care thanks very much for talking to me so greece addicted to bailouts and dictate to debt as well but

the debt is partly being financed by taxpayers from around the rest of the eurozone most notably from here in germany where will it bust amount of money his feet as come out of the taxpayer coffers in order to help out the neighbors in the south however when germans have been polled about whether they would like whether greece should receive this type of money well overwhelmingly about sixty two percent of them have said no that they shouldn't be getting any more money from germany it seems that that is definitely the case ahead of what looks like a potentially inevitable bailout that the should future a few years you have. a good alice nicky if it's too much we're subs need some too or we'll be giving everything away we're driving here in broken roads we don't have enough kindergartens this money. if you're mentioning there are a lot of people in germany you also have problems we should also invest the money into germany we shouldn't just be giving the money away with thinking about

throwing people here so the german people though see alternately will be called on to foot the bill not happy about giving money to greece. an initial figure being floated for a new greek bailout is ten billion euro as a recent history suggests that's likely to go up so why is this new learning needed at all his argues kitty pilgrim with the explanation after two rescue packages of two hundred forty billion euro is in a debt right of its greece any better off and the answer is not really you know the greek government may have put these billion euro life jackets on but the economic ship is still sinking and judging by the numbers sinking fast so more than three years since the thirty first rescue package was thrown out to greece by the i.m.f. greek public debt as a percentage of g.d.p. the water in the sinking ship if you like has risen by a quarter but those three years of desperately trying to stay afloat have

devastated the economy or than a quarter of the population can't find work six tenths of use on employees and added to this cases of suicides and homelessness have rocketed government debt rose three point eight billion euros in just the first quarter of this year and unsustainable level which is meant the country cannot pay its bills once again and is in need of another bailout now layman's terms the situation is more desperate than the worst case scenario that the i.m.f. and the e.u. plans for german chancellor angela merkel now promises there will be no more debt haircuts for greece with investors beginning to warm back up to the euro zone she's concerned that a write down will send them again fleeing the ship but greece's debt situation is beginning to like an iceberg with the first cash injection back in twenty ten just the tip of it and now is the ship continues to sink the reality of the size of the

country's debt looks even more daunting. still to come in the program we'll take a look at a deep divide in israeli society in pitting all too often of jews against secure that they think the government is far too generous with its handouts all that still to come here on a. wealthy british style. tied to the tirelessly. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. we speak your language or not

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. with cutting edge technology in aid of construction multi-billion dollar contracts and the spectacular flight program all on off the week along. just outside moscow france has more from the. old max has reached its twentieth year here in russia what it's really about is bringing civil groups and militaries from around the world together to share ideas both can push the boundaries and the future also it's about discussing expansion from both sides if you take for example this aircraft a choke it's about meshing the utility side of things it can haul heavy equipment and supplies long distances and it's also about transporting personnel with the comfort of these leather seats it's going to draw interest from the civil side and

the military one of the biggest draws every year is the flight program this year eighty two russian aircraft will hit the skies doing aerobatic routines that will be five jet teams twenty aircraft from foreign countries will also have the skies will be three different teams one from france one from china and one from all over europe it just goes to show that no matter what is in the skies or on the ground after twenty years max is still going strong. right to a million visitors are expected to flock. to see shrinks like this the best new as combat jets will be waiting in the sky and by probiotic. other teams over in russia and iran the world and of course she will be covering that event for you throughout the week. live to other stories now the palestinian leadership has said it will put off the start of planned peace talks with israel after three palestinians were killed in an i.d.f.

raid on a refugee camp in the west bank but israel also faces a conflict within its own society as simmering tensions between circular and of the dogs just threaten to boil over into a violent confrontation or does policy experience with a war among brothers is one of the worst things in history the jewish people never lost to an enemy they lost when there was war among brothers chaim and solemn is trying to prevent that from happening again but he's a lone voice the ultra orthodox rabbi was for many years a member of parliament for the country's biggest ultra religious party but they cost him out angry with his efforts to try and bridge the gap between secular and religious israelis it's left him angry. of a holy day unless there will be a change in the ultra-orthodox community the direction it is going it will lead to further religious extremism segregation and divisions within the community this will cause real danger to the state of israel. one in ten israelis belongs to the

ultra orthodox community they live in defector ghettos of the own making most of the men spend the day studying while the wives work for meager wages they live off to nations and state benefits in israel in two thousand and thirteen there are two different separated and hostile communities one is that although the one that most of its members are behind the tall fence us we will never meet in the workplace not in our schools not in the universities not in our college and because of this each side has stereotypes about the other though there are negative concepts ok so when two big societies will emerge on one lane in one state history told us that a civil war between the same people is just a medal of dying but even on this issue the two sides don't agree. with it that's

simply not true there is no war that's nonsense if you see a religious protest against driving on shabbos it's because it offends the ultra-orthodox who live in that area or if it's about being drafted into the military it's not because we hate seculars know it's about keeping our way of life not to toros we act according to the word of god but tensions are at an all time high seems like the subject coming more and more frequent tens of thousands of ultra-orthodox men protesting the moves by secular israelis to force them to serve in the army and every month confrontations of the western wall between ultra orthodox and reform jews they want to leave the regular guy they want to marry later but i don't think they want to be in such a marginal place in the society i think it's only the very extreme groups that are dragging them to this point in response rabbi i'm saddam has formed his own

political party it's called. i'm shelley i'm whole nation but for now the nation is not home and doesn't seem to want to be so far has failed to win a single seat in government whenever politicians here talk about the threats to israel they reference the usual culprits for hostile neighbors but the threat from within is no less dangerous a war between brothers policy r.t. jerusalem. now for some international news in brief for protesters calling for agricultural laws to be revamped have clashed with riot police in central colombia ride squads used tear gas and willed or batons to force stone throwing demonstrations demonstrators off the streets in the eighth day of a nationwide strike in there forcing the government to broaden subsidies and cut fuel prices. the venezuelan government has said it for oil and as as a nation attempt on president maduro earlier this month arresting to presume to hit

men in the capital caracas officials as they were working on orders from form of it as well in leader red. it's not a for something as well as that is a derailed and as as a nation plot against the president most recent was two months ago reportedly orchestrated from colombia and the united states. right so where there's all formats kaiser he'll be delving into the murky world of international finance in the kaiser report coming up next. 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 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.

today. these are the images. from the streets of canada. showing corporations rule. i max kaiser this is the kaiser report you know there's been a lot of killings lately it's hard to keep track yes former politicians government officials regulators and heads of state are raking it in making a killing out the revolving office door into the high paying.