but u.s. defense secretary says forces are on standby to unleash cruise missiles against syria while reports suggest the first strike could take place as soon as thursday. washington waves away comparisons with the rug with officials insisting that pos mistakes won't be repeated but as we report such promises can be hard to. as floodwaters in russia's far east show no signs of receding one of the region's main cities a pins its hopes on its manmade dams. and a clash of cultures in the u.k. as tensions rushes up between vocal muslim groups and there is a question the place of islam in britain.

is just composite day here in the russian capital you're live with us on our t.v. with me to say let's take a look at the bullet in the. that american military offensive against syria could start as soon as there is today and missiles already pointed at iran fifty science according to u.s. media reports citing senior officials there not up from president obama is all that's needed for the bombing campaign to stocks some thomas joins me live now seana what mary can that diplomats saying on this matter well it certainly has been a busy week as momentum is gathering toward an intervention in syria after the u.s. is trying to figure out how to respond to the alleged chemical attacks in the area of which is east of damascus last week now we're hearing reports that military

commanders have sealed an agreement on the scope of attacks with allies and with syrian opposition on the ground that could look like three days of cruise missile strikes aimed at sending a message to assad not at toppling the government or the regime or crippling the military now we're expecting to hear from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry at some point on wednesday so that he can present more evidence why the united states believes that it was the assad regime that carried out this chemical weapons attack so far they've not been able to present any convincing argument but they say they have no doubt that it was the assad regime one reason that may be aside from the videos that everybody's been able to see on you tube and pictures and witness accounts the web site foreign policy is reporting that there were calls that were intercepted between the syrian defense ministry and a commander on the ground in charge of

a chemical weapons unit and the defense minister was trying to figure out what had happened and demanding answers as to what was happening this was in the immediate aftermath of this alleged attack now the white house has not commented on whether they would go ahead and wait for the u.n. to give them a mandate or if they would go ahead and ask you to. laterally but defense secretary chuck hagel has said that his people are ready to go but the pentagon is ready just waiting for obama to give the word and that they have their resources in place to launch an attack at any moment and all they need is obama's word now momentum rapidly building towards intervention we know this week that obama is the president and his top aides have made at least eighty eight phone calls. to other foreign heads of state about the situation in syria two of those calls going out to david cameron the u.k. prime minister about what their response is going to be a while so lots of momentum building and shifting at this moment in time and that's

where we stand from the u.s. standpoint the sound better what is this escalation mean for the political assets to resolve what's been happening in syria in terms of this war is that no longer a priority for washington well russia has been pushing the political solution all along and let me let me take it from a russian standpoint russia in the face of the possible intervention the military intervention that could happen as early as thursday they have evacuated all of their citizens from syria as that specter of violence looms. sergey lavrov the foreign minister of russia has rejected john kerry's claims that it was the assad regime that carried out these alleged chemical attacks he's urged caution in fact russia has cited the fact that there is some evidence linking the rebel groups to the possible use of chemical attacks sergey lavrov had a phone call with the u.n. special envoy lakhdar brahimi in that phone call he said attempts at

a forcible solution in syria will only result in further the start of stabilization in the country and in the region in general now he's concerned about the diplomatic and political solution he says that that is the only way forward and he's disappointed and worried about the failure of what have become known as. the geneva two talks these are talks that were orchestrated between russia and the united states jointly to try and find a diplomatic solution in syria and he's worried that that is now failing saying that all players should act responsibly and not repeat the mistakes of the past of course making an allusion to the united states situation in iraq ten years ago and russia has always been urging that the world community should wait until the u.n. investigation on the ground is complete this investigation is to determine if chemical weapons were used not who used them and then it's up to the u.n. security council to decide who and then what actions to take after that point in

time now about that u.n. investigation team they are supposedly going to be in the country for six more days witnesses say that that team has been on the ground today and has left for the suburbs to continue in their investigation right now as we speak new twists and turns that coming out of that syrian conflict that son thomas they giving us the latest update on what the american officials are saying now the united states has some strong the back is in europe when it comes to attacking syria british lawmakers have been recalled from the summer holidays for an urgent vote on whether u.k. forces should take a punt let's go live now to london love to artie's a laura smith is there laura the british government does seems a very determined to get involved doesn't it. that's right prime minister david cameron's making some very carefully weighed statements on the one hand he says no decision has yet been taken whether to get involved but on the other hand he says

it's very clear that it is the assad regime that is to blame for using chemical weapons according to him he reckons that he's got clear evidence that it that it was the regime the government that used chemical weapons so in response to that he has convened a meeting of the national security council here in london on wednesday they're going to talk about the information that they've already received from the u.n. inspectors obviously not the final report because that won't be as sean said available for another few days and then they're all to going to talk about whether to push ahead with a military strike following that on thursday and he's will meet in parliament being recalled from the summer holiday and they will be given a chance to vote to discuss and to vote on what they think should be done however we have from inside is that cameron's aides are already seeking to justify military action by saying that the u.s. and the u.k. have clear evidence that it was the syrian government that used chemical weapons also downing street is saying that the u.s. and the u.k.

won't necessarily be bound by what the u.n. inspectors are saying they're indicating that military action could go ahead even without the final report from the u.n. inspectors even without firm evidence that it was the assad regime that perpetrated the use of chemical weapons and also britain's made clear that it would consider going ahead without a u.n. resolution foreign minister william hague says that the use of chemical weapons contravenes international law and its own account so that is reason enough to to to go into syria downing street has confirmed that british forces all ramping up in preparation for a possible military strike as well so they're getting ready moving into place and in line with that we've heard reports from cyprus which has a u.k. base that's about one hundred miles from the coast of. seriously very close ideally positioned people there are saying that warplanes and military transporters have started to arrive and residents who live near the base say that they've seen

a huge ramping up of activity in the last few days that it looks likely that if an attack is ordered cyprus is likely to be a hub for that attack now thursday's very dim parliament it's not legally binding m.p.'s can say what they like and the prime minister has promised that he will listen to them but ultimately it's the prime minister who can unilaterally a military strike if he wants to and this of course brings up these shades of the iraq war when and he's felt that they weren't given adequate information they didn't have all the all the sources of information that they really needed to come to a decision they felt that they were misled and of course again here we're going to see a vote taking place without the without the report of the un inspectors without all the information they may feel they need and this would not be popular with the people the daily telegraph a traditionally conservative leaning newspaper has commissioned a poll of two thousand people just nine percent say that they're in favor of sending bush's troops to syria seventy four percent are against and the same number

around about three quarters say that they would like to send some kind of humanitarian aid but despite that it looks like the brits and the u.s. and france are all geared up for this military action laura we know what don is street is considering but what about the other european countries what are they saying about all of this. well interestingly we haven't heard at the time that i came into the studio or anything from the european union as a whole but france is quite gung ho about the whole thing it does support military action it's called the foreign minister called for a reaction of force against the use of chemical weapons and said that the un security council could be bypassed under certain circumstances turkey obviously a key regional player agrees with that the rest of the european countries slightly less gung ho about it germany says that intervention is needed if the use of chemical weapons is proven but it isn't going to go ahead without a u.n. mandate similarly italy and norway would not be keen to go ahead without a u.n. mandate but in the region the arab league thinks that it was made this attack

but that it's not happy to to intervene in any way but remains to be seen how much this effort can be led by britain the u.s. and france and it looks like it's seriously ramping up. the circulation is seems to seem to be escalating there laura smith live from london giving us an idea of what to downing street is a thing now we spoke to a u.k. independence party leader nigel farage about bridges apparent eagerness to get tangled up in syria's civil war he believes the government hasn't thought this one through. i would just say this you know number one can we please actually find out the that it was a sad that use those weapons it's probable that it was but please can we find out. i was that everybody else that moral outrage on its own is not a good enough reason to get involved in a war that could have unforseen consequences but i have to say that it was entirely

blair's time starting off with we seem to go in for foreign wars with alarming regularity often having no really clear objectives or any idea how we're going to withdraw because to prove that point you know we've now been in afghanistan for longer than the first and second world wars added up together my view is that what we've done in afghanistan and iraq in fact for many decades whenever britain's got involved in the middle east we tend to have made things worse not better and horrible that we tease ghastly they some of the crimes of the that are being committed there is nothing the british military can do in my view to make things better. the us is insisting that this time around things will be nothing like iraq all serbia or even libya washington is confident that when it comes to syria the evidence is unquestionable just like it was when saddam was accused of hiding

weapons of mass destruction there's artie's ganesh if you can on america's record of missteps military. before every u.s. intervention in the last fifteen years there was a hype of lies misinformation and discrepancies but every time washington would present its case for war as the ultimate truth leading people to believe that waging war was the only way to peace as the us is preparing an attack on syria striking similarities can be found in how washington makes its case for intervention material i will present you comes from a variety of sources some are u.s. sources and some of those of other countries we have additional information about this attack and that information is being compiled and reviewed together with our partners and we will provide that information in the days ahead some of the sources are technical such as intercepted telephone conversations and photos taken by satellites what have we learned about the actual proof the white house claims it

has on syria's use of chemical weapons it will for u.s. official is telling me that this intelligence assessment contains forensic evidence that actual chemical attack took place as well as some intercepted communications among syrian forces that suggest the regime was responsible a separate sources also telling c.n.n.'s john king that the report contains some satellite images of activity at potentially chemical weapons depots back in two thousand and three in the run up to the iraq war the media also diligently repeated what the white house said we know that iraq and al qaeda have had high level contacts that go back a decade we've learned that iraq has trained al qaeda members in bomb making. and poisonous. and deadly gases before the u.s. step to tame washington's claims that the government which was about to be attacked

did not cooperate thus this crediting any u.n. investigation that was on the way saddam hussein and his regime are busy doing. we possibly can to ensure that inspectors. finding absolutely nothing. well they found nothing because there was nothing but it was an argument that couldn't be heard through the deafening sound of war drums iraq is not the only example when the u.s. effectively rendered a diplomatic solution obsolete. serbian leaders on the other hand refused even to discuss key elements of the peace agreement before the us started a two month long bombing campaign of the former yugoslavia the us love government had accepted proposals for the near independence of kosovo within the republic of serbia as well as an international peacekeeping force in kosovo but the agreement that nato put forward had a clause that they could not accept in the words of former secretary of state henry kissinger the text which called on serbia to admit need to troops throughout

yugoslavia was a provocation an excuse to start bombing runway is not a document that an angelic could have accepted years later we see diplomacy brushed off again in syria even as the u.n. team is working on the ground at every turn the syrian regime has failed to cooperate with the u.n. investigation washington has bypassed the u.n. both in the case of the former yugoslavia and that of iraq in libya the u.s. and its allies have effectively carried out a regime change although the u.n. mandate was to protect civilians we came we saw he died. because we acted quickly a humanitarian catastrophe has been avoided but for many libyans a humanitarian catastrophe has just started as the nation plunges deeper into chaos and tear like in iraq where the intervention was followed by a decade of terror for those wondering what awaits american politicians found to

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the waters at the sea. well up until now it had been the remote rural areas that had been worst affected by these flood waters but as you can see now the waters are beginning to encroach on to the city of how about just twenty yards behind the camera is a residential area and some residents are being evacuated as we speak in deciding to go to the temporary accommodation centers that have been set up by the first thing you notice about the city actually is the amount of hills that there are meaning that it's communities and streets in the lowlands that are most at risk of being worst affected communities and areas like this one and there's a surprising number of residents although many are going to the accommodation centers in their hundreds there are still those who are resolutely staying with their properties and deciding not to leave now. my family has been evacuated from my home but i decided to stay today the electric power supply has resumed two humps of working and there's no water in the stairwell any more water evaporates in the

pavements become visible so we're still living here those that stay on those that go basically those who have their properties ruined attention is slowly turning to the future and what happens when this water subsides when it receives and the extent of the damage is revealed when the authorities have said that they will give compensation of up to one hundred thousand rubles to people whose properties have been damaged the compensation will range from fifty to one hundred thousand rubles depending on the severity of the damage now russia's emergency services minister is also heading to this region imminently choose day to assess not only the damage but also the work of the emergency services in terms of evacuations on the down building all the building of that are continuing apace twenty four hours a day around the clock to prevent this situation reaching the parts of the city. now it is pulse god reporting there from the midst of the worst flood to hit the region in more than a century hm. now in other whereby a news

a russian business magnate has been whisked into custody in belarus after he was invited to the capital by the company's prime minister he now faces ten years in prison reportedly for breaking his fertilizer company's partnership with a baton rouge and stayed for m h r t dot com for the details. and blowing in the wind a tropical storm a lesser the mexican east coast forcing residents are inside their homes and schools to close you can find the video on our website. in the u.k. police have launched a probe into who is responsible for sending a cd with pornographic images and pictures of the prophet muhammad to several mosques in london it's just the latest in a chain of provocative acts that have heightened tensions between muslim and other parts of british society arches tells us all you want to find out what it will take to bridge or the religious divide. my name is gavin baby and i'm the lawyer behind

you and freedom foundation we start. that is we help local neighborhoods resist planning applications for mosques and we went that's now sixteen wins out of eighteen cases a controversial them somewhere further to ask the mosque buster objections raised by locals pertaining to mosques and cooed traffic congestion on the part general noise and disturbance which does concern people on the first one was the loss of a retail facility all of which are legal objections but he says his motivation is deeper than that islamic doctrine there's a wrong doctrine now exactly is contradictory to sure if a company was passing death sentences if a synagogue was blessing armies to commit acts of war all you would immediately say that has to be stopped when you have a man who is soon ideologically opposed knows little about these numbers faith

maybe if what he is suggesting that he doesn't give credence to some of those views really in terms of traffic congestion impacting the local area if people have those objections to really genuinely feel that it's going to create an impact raise them but the gruesome murder of a british soldier by self-confessed islamic fanatics fueled anti muslim sentiment on the muslim myself and and. speaking to muslims a across print on the cross london people are feeling slightly vulnerable because the they do feel as if the muslim community is being picked on we have had instances where a local mosque had sausages thrown into it last year after a decade of dispute the council rejected an application for a so-called mega mosque the site of which is just down the road over here it would have accommodated up to ten thousand worshippers the group that had campaigned against it called themselves mega mosque. no thanks and some muslim groups have

also opposed the project but beyond just the construction of mosques the polarized opinions but the spotlight once again on why this is happening in the first place the polarization of opinion we see i think is poor little to the failure within multiculturalism people become invested in a very particular notion that britain is car. first of all a white christian dominant culture which historically is certainly true but may be less the case today most simply become the symbol i think for this greater hands on it is a recent you gov poll compared answers given by respondents and event by two thousand and twelve and may twenty thirteen and showed an increase in the number of people who agree that there will be a clash of civilizations between british muslims and native white britons we really need a more frank and open and detailed discussion about what islam is about what britishness

is and about how we manage social change or evolution in recent times a growing number of voices have stated that multiculturalism has failed as a concept in britain which is a controversial way to put it but what's certain ignoring this issue both make a clash of cultures any less likely just or so you r.t. london. leading playmakers gathering just outside moscow for one of the world's top . twenty thirteen years one of the highlights of the exhibition now the t.v. sets the fighter jet it's exceptional speed and agility have made it a focus of interest ever since it was unveiled at the last match or in twenty eleven now the jets' development was closely watched by enthusiasm from all over the world despite wear so that the work being kept under wraps now it's capable of

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