evidence of a chemical attack in syria is found but no proof the government was behind it says the u.n. envoy to the country as western powers ready for strike. washington says it has enough evidence against us and waves away comparisons with iraq we'll look at how the u.s. paved the way for previous military campaigns. there in violence claims dozens more lives in iraq in a series of bomb attacks in baghdad our team looks at the ongoing crisis of the u.s. led liberation from saddam hussein. multiculturalism fails a stress test in the u.k. with an anti muslim wabi blocking the expansion of islam calling it a violent and incompatible with today's britain.

the search coming to life from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now the u.n. arab league envoy to syria. says there's evidence suggesting that some kind of chemical substance was used in an attack near damascus a week ago but that there is no proof that the us a government is responsible such an assault in itself could be enough for the u.s. and its allies to launch a military offensive against the war torn country despite warnings from russia and the u.n. sean thomas reports block starboard yumi who is the u.n. envoy and the arab league envoy on that the situation in syria spoke in geneva on wednesday saying that any military action in the world should be carried out only with the u.n. security council's sanction as stood. related by international law very clear and

direct in his message he did say that evidence suggests that some chemical substance was used to killing hundreds in syria but that they did not on the ground examine any proof that shows that it was of the syrian government behind those chemical weapons attacks and of course one thing that has been reiterated time and again is that this team that is in syria from the u.n. there to determine if chemical weapons were used but not assign blame it certainly has been a very busy week in the united states with the meant momentum shifting towards the idea of a military intervention obama has made at least eighty eight phone calls to world leaders about the subject of syria two of those have been to david cameron the prime minister of the u.k. . they he has looked at evidence and he's looked at ways that the military can respond to chuck hagel who is the secretary of defense for the united states has said that the military is ready and the pentagon is that ready to react as soon as

obama gives the order for some sort of an intervention but jay carney who is the spokesperson for the white house had a press conference and outlined very clearly what the united states position is let's listen to what he had to say the deliberations that are taking place now in the options that are being considered by the president and his national security team are not around the question of whether or not chemical weapons were used in syria on a significant scale causing mass death and injury it is not around the question of whether or not the syrian regime is responsible it's around the question of what is the appropriate response to this clear violation of international norms now the russian side of things there has been a phone call between sergey lavrov the foreign minister here in russia and john kerry in the united states in that phone conversation that lavrov rejected the position that it was the assad regime pointing to the fact that there is evidence that suggests it could have been the rebels who themselves used chemical weapons in the attacked. he says that the u.s.

and other countries should be doing everything that they can to facilitate the u.n. investigation rather than trying to hinder it and push their own agenda he's also alarmed at different nations attempts to destabilize. the peace process and the diplomatic solution and specifically referring to the geneva two talks that were being pushed by the u.s. and by the by the russian government jointly now has also gone on to say that the only solution to the crisis in syria is a diplomatic solution through negotiation and that's where russia stands at this point in time now britain is expected to push for a resolution sanctioning the use of force against syria the u.n. security council later on wednesday the draft document also puts the blame for the alleged chemical attack on the us and regime earlier britain's national security council agreed that the use of chemical weapons was unacceptable and the world should not stand by our lord smith brings more on london's possible response. prime

minister david cameron is 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 the chemical weapons so in response to that he has convened a meeting of the national security council here in london on wednesday following that on thursday and he's will meet in parliament they've been recalled from their summer holiday and they will be given a chance to vote to discuss and to vote on what they think should be done 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 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 say that is reason enough to go

into syria downing street has confirmed that british forces all ramping up in preparation for a possible military strike 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 syria so very close ideally positioned people there are saying that war planes and military transporters have started to arrive well interestingly we haven't heard anything from the european union as a whole but for all on hold for a reaction of force against the use of chemical weapons and said that the u.n. 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 keen 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

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. well the threat of a military strike in syria is already causing a stir in israel the israeli government has reportedly ordered the limits a call up of reservists to face a potential response to attack from syrian forces let's bring in now journalist and researcher in a television. i think it's for joining us here on r.t. now what is the feeling within israel about the possibility of a military strike in syria by the u.s. and its allies. afternoon i think there's a slight. and it's growing with the time we don't know exactly if and when such a marriage can lead to weston attack will occur but we can see certainly some.

levels of anxiety in the last twenty four hours. all three main leaders that prime minister benjamin netanyahu and minister of defense. and the head of the commander of chief of staff benny gantz have all. warned syria not to do anything so from that. three major people major leaders warning syria you can understand that something's going on in the reasons i see from a syrian reaction towards israel well you know apart from the feel a desire to how are the people of israel reacting to all this i mean is there are support for the military action what are they saying so far. well i think israel first of all officially israel has been very wise. not to take sides in this civil war in syria that would be true i think for the israeli society the israeli public as well most people watch with amazement and wondering are we

talking about a civil war of two years and something like one hundred thousand civilians one hundred thousand people killed so it's a huge event people are looking with amazement about the last week. that wouldn't be the first time that an arab leader might have used chemical weapons we remember the case with saddam hussein in the eighty's and then in the ninety's but i think israelis most of all would like to be out of this they don't want to take part in this and. unfortunately if they will be dragged in then that would be certainly against their will it's not a it's not an israeli war it's an israeli case and hopefully it will remain outside of this. all right so far it is not known who is responsible for this attack as the u.n. fact finding mission is still there but they haven't really found the perpetrator but if israel hypothetically speaking if israel faces an attack in retaliation for

syria like iran is warning in european words that most likely to come from tehran has syria itself. i think it to my to be a joint issue i doubt it that iran will take take part in this i mean we should we should differentiate between two scenarios one is a limited attack that will not. change dramatically the situation inside a civil war and then i think i hope but that's that's the that's the analysis that it would be limited a limited reaction. only if i think only if assad will really feel that he's going to lose everything and all his. to raj and everything then we're looking maybe at a regional war with the participation of iran but that's that's a really far reaching scenario i think at least if i listen to the american

administration that their. goals are not changing the regime we don't know yet what will happen of course but in that case i think that in syria as a reaction might be more relevant even though i must stress the fact that at least according to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu any kind of reaction from syria will be seen very very severe ways to react the israeli reaction might be very strong that's at least it's an essentially israel and is a generally hostage situation i mean do you think washington is taking into consideration the fact that all the repercussions of a potential strike for israel itself. well israel is a neighbor of syria and there's we know we had some problems with all skirmishes that's happening on the on our border you know that refugees sometimes come in

through the border that's an that's a syrian issue is why did not want and i think still doesn't want to be part of it . the issues between the international community and syria should be sorted out i think without israel in this case and israel should just keep its borders and its citizens safe our journalist and researcher on line from tel aviv. thank you very much. washington and london spores for military intervention has taken its toll on the financial world the threats have spurred oil and gold prices while investors have rushed to pull their money from stock markets artie's katie pilbeam looks at how the rhetoric has affected the world economy. forms they aren't falling yet on syria global financial damage is already being done gold is what people usually turn to in these uncertain times that russia is very much being felt in the

brilliant up forty dollars an ounce just over the last two days alone oil prices are surging to their highest level since twenty eleven that's over concerns that are american and british an attack on syria will bring about a serious consequences and threaten global surprise now the middle east as a whole accounts for over a third of all oil production and holds even more reserves leaving bank associate general has said the u.s. that attack on syria could see the price of oil spiked to a hundred and fifty dollars per barrel such a level could have a disastrous impact on the global economy already challenged by storing grow debts and own growing recessions as well our sanctions have also severely restricted or that exports from syria already so the economic situation there could get even

worse as the violence continues our stock markets are witnessing a sell off to the markets in the middle east leading the cash exodus neighboring turkey has also taken an economic briefing as stocks plunge the reefer send even more worryingly this is all happening before the attack has even gone so most likely more bad news if it does indeed go ahead. the star washington claims it's sure rostered has crossed the road line and data has undeniable evidence the syrian regime was behind the chemical attack but ten years ago it also claimed to have evidence saddam hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction in iraq though that leader turn out to be false are just going to she looks at the means the white house has been using to pay. the way for its military interventions. before every thing to mention 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 to 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 yet wolf are u.s. official is telling me that there is 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. steps came washington's claims that the government which was about to be attacked did not cooperate thus this crediting any u.n. investigation that was underway some. hussein and his regime are busy doing all the possibly can to ensure that inspectors sixteen 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 rambling text which called on serbia to admit need to troops throughout yugoslavia was a provocation an excuse to start bombing runway is not a don't mean that an angelic could have accepted years later we see diplomacy brushed off again in syria even as the un team is working on the ground at every

turn the syrian regime has failed to cooperate with the un 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 un 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 care like in iraq where the intervention was followed by a decade of terror for those wondering what awaits american politicians found to have light and no weapons over there. should be under here. to check on our t. washington d.c. a former as the european diplomat and an expert on the middle east mohammad haasan

says syria will not be broken down by washington's war tactics. united a says just invents in order to achieve it is objective it has invented the most destruction weapon we have seen that and the security council that it is the former state department head the general colin powell how he lied to the whole international community and if the shame on him again and african origin president who is leading that country and everybody hoped that it is the change will be but he is becoming even worse than bush and he is using a global tactics in order cloud talk and destroy the syrian people and the syrian government this is a pretext for the invasion and they are planning out of frustration because the success of the syrian government have achieved on the ground we have seen this in the new iraq and what they have did on iraq killing the iraqi people and bringing the destruction to that country but here in syria the syrian people are united under their leadership under the president of the bashar assad and as he saw it he

said two days ago the president of syria when he gave an interview to the russian television he search syria i will never be a colony of anybody in syria i will resist and will be a southern country. to another country now that has witnessed u.s. military intervention iraq is still suffering from a spiral of violence and terrorist attacks that continues to claim thousands of lives every year on wednesday a series of coordinated bomb attacks in the country's capital killed more than sixty people and left dozens injured restaurants markets and car parks in predominantly shiite areas were targeted by the attackers violence in the country has been on the rise since the start of the year with a sunni minority protesting against the shiite led government let's take a look at the tragic figures of sectarian strife well twenty ten saw over a four thousand people killed while the elections came was no clear winner leaving the country with no leadership the same figures in twenty eleven where the u.s.

troops pulling out of iraq by the end of the year then comes a spike in deaths over the next twelve months with sectarian violence sparking fears of a possibility of a full scale civil war but this year the religiously driven attacks between shia and sunni skyrocket further claiming almost five thousand lives in just eight months with july being the deadliest month since two thousand and eight you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow and more news just ahead plus we report on what's behind the growing opposition to islam and the u.k. .

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are looking into a series of c.d.'s featuring pornographic an abuse of images insulting the prophet muhammad sent to several one to mosques the incident adds up to a wave of offensive acts towards british muslims by parts of society desperate to keep the u.k. islam free tests are silly a find out what it takes to strike a balance. my name is gavin baby and i'm the lawyer behind freedom foundation we still. that is we help local neighborhoods resist planning applications for mosques and we win that's now sixteen wins out of eighteen cases a controversial meme a somewhere further to the mosque buster objections raised by locals pertaining to mosques and clued traffic congestion on the 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 it is of wrong doctrine now exactly is contrary to english rule if a catholic church was passing death sentences if a synagogue was 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 even if you want he is suggesting that he doesn't give credence to some of those views really but the gruesome murder of a british soldier by self-confessed islamic fanatics fueled anti muslim sentiment on the muslim myself and. speaking to muslims across print and across london people are feeling 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 new and 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. i think is poor me to to the failure within multiculturalism most simply become the symbol perfect for this great things ought to be a recent hugo of poll compared answers given by respondents in event or 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 in recent times a growing number of voices have stated that multiculturalism has failed as a concept which is a controversial way to put it but what's certain ignoring this issue make

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response teams at the scene the buildings were part of a huge housing complex that's reported to have been in poor condition. japan has classified the leak of three hundred tons of contaminated water at the fukushima plant as a serious incident it's the greatest warning about the crippled side since the two thousand and eleven earthquake and tsunami that caused the meltdown of three reactors on tuesday the operator of the nuclear plants and a wood and vive foreign experts to advise on how to deal with the contaminated water. well stay with us as we continue with a true story of cuban spying and intrigue in miami.

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