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god. the eyes to the right two hundred seventy two the nose to the left two hundred eighty five. the british government all right it is a sign says parliament rejects prime minister david cameron's call for military intervention in syria. and demi monde obama is considering charging the hated with a limited military strike on syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons a despite growing reluctance from its allies. also emergency crews and rochelle so far east to work around the clock trying to keep floodwaters at bay and evacuated residents as the worst solution in a century takes a heavy toll on infrastructure.
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the morning you're watching argy live from moscow you're with me let's take a look at our first the top story. as u.s. forces are poised for a possible military strike on syria washington's key ally has withdrawn its support british lawmakers have defeated immersion by david cameron's government effectively ruling out the u.k.'s involvement in any a sold now intervention was a rejected by a margin of a thirteen so with thirty members of cameras party turning against him our parliament refused to sanction british involvement in syria even if un inspectors conclude that damascus was indeed responsible for the use of chemical weapons early in august that reportedly killed hundreds of civilians now in the eyes of lawmakers
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cameron wasn't able to make a sufficient convincing case against assad so when pressed by m.p.'s to explain why the syrian regime could possibly want to provoke foreign action in the premier admitted that british intelligence could not pinpoint a move now cameron then urged lawmakers to make their judgment against us that and act on their convictions that didn't win over m.p.'s creating an embarrassing situation for downing street and surface reports from london. well a crushing blow for the prime minister david cameron of government motion on possible military action in syria defeated two hundred eighty five votes against two hundred seventy in favor eight hours of lengthy debating seems very strong in motive language from the prime minister ifill laid out his case and there was no
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doubt he wanted to see military action in syria and he made that case to the house and not only not able to convince the opposition but indeed members of his own party as that vote reflects unable to bring unity and able to bring any consensus here in responding to that outcome the prime minister said the house has not passed a motion the british parliament reflecting the views of the british people it does not want military action i guess that will act according earlier in the day they had the intelligence dossier published a lot of people critiquing information on that saying it too little in the way of actual hard evidence that they're looking at moving forward with a plan for possible military action and very much the opposition's line was that they needed more facts before any action was taken this very much for flex not just a lack of unity amongst the british public over this issue of intervention but
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amongst the conservatives own policy amongst the prime minister's own members of his party already a lot of talk from some and peace again from some members of the prime minister's own party saying those real sense that the prime minister had rushed into this his words at the end you know really resoundingly with the prime minister of this see that that point that there was no appetite for military intervention at this point really hammered home to him in the. scores of leading military experts across the globe are warning against intervention in syria british admirals allen west told r.t. that weakening the outside regime would provide these two extremely forces there who would then return against the west all my experience of walls and i've been in them and in the lead up to them and i've been running them and things is to find that you have a more of unintended consequences you think you're just going to do one little
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thing but actually things then happen and expand the nations like the u.s. and the u.k. and france and turkey need to be very very careful about what action they take we need to be very clear what is it we actually want to achieve what is the end state we want we need to have in place mechanisms militarily to ensure that things don't go beyond a certain degree but i'm not at all convinced that attack would actually help the condition of the people within within syria we've seen what happened in iraq you know we've seen what's happened in afghanistan i have no doubt that the al qaeda group and there are very large group i'm afraid in the opposition funded by people who haven't thought through what this really means would be delighted if america or britain and france attacked they would be delighted by it but that doesn't mean they like us and they want to actually have they oppose us and would like to do is farm but in a temporary basis that would suit them so we need to be very very careful how we actually act the u.n. inspectors in syria expected to be presenting findings something use of chemical
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weapons over the weekend of all commander of the british military's chemical defense regimented told r.t. that the blame for the talks and result will likely be pinned on assad despite the sketchy evidence. got to piece together all the intelligence available or i'm very much in the favor that the permanent five perhaps should form a team of experts not just chemical but militaries world who could look at all the evidence that's on the ground in syria and also the intelligence and spin gathered by those intelligence services and put it together that only the chance to come up with you know ninety to ninety five guarantee you know. who is responsible i must say firmly looks like the op i don't like the regime at the moment and there doesn't seem another plausible. explanation but at the moment the level of of confirmation is is probably only in the seventy's sir cliff aeration of chemical
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weapons or biological weapons to syria and terrorist groups this is must be the worst case scenario there have been reports uncorroborated that some terrorist groups have gained some of these stocks out of the syrian stockpile yet to be confirmed but that of course is is a possibility and future now the u.s. president could go ahead with a limited strike against syria despite the lack of support from washington's closest ally the pentagon that is a moving its unable forces the closer to syria and in position to mediate strikes if the order is given for destroyers are currently deployed in the mediterranean and a fifth is reportedly on its way all of them with dozens of tomahawk cruise missiles there's also a nato toss forces in the the area consisting of four more ships all of that in addition to the vast military presence of the u.s. and its allies on the territories. where the blood there reports on the ongoing
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development. i have warned that president obama has not made of final decision but all signs are suggesting that a strike could occur as soon as united nations inspectors who are currently investigating last week's alleged chemical attack in syria leave the country they are scheduled to depart from damascus on saturday and that's when the u.n. experts are expected to brief the u.n. security council on their findings now the white house is expected to present its case for military action against syria to congressional leaders that may have already happened during a conference call thursday evening and ministration officials say that they have intelligence that shows the forces loyal to president bashar al assad carried out last week's alleged chemical weapons attack in the suburbs of damascus however critics say that the intelligence that the obama administration does have does not
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directly tie assad to the alleged chemical weapons attack president obama is reportedly basing his case military action in two ways on two points he says first and foremost he believes the u.s. needs to safeguard international standards against the use of chemical weapons we all remember how he made his statement of chemical weapons use being that red line that can't be crossed and he also says that the use of chemical weapons is a threat to america's national interests and now he believes that syria directly is threat to america's national interests now we should keep in mind that if president obama does order a military strike on syria he would be doing so without congressional approval and lacking approval from the united nations security council resolution which is required according to international law so if the u.s.
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moves in unilaterally without approval from the. the international community from the united nations it would be acting in violation of the u.n. charter but by all reports by all accounts by everything that seems to be coming out it seems as though the u.s. president is going to move ahead with his plan even if he has to move ahead on his own as opposed to how he previously planned to move ahead with some european partners and what president obama is inching closer towards international military action against syria u.s. citizens have taken to the streets in new york in. other cities around the country to protest airstrikes against the syrian people according to a recent poll only ninety percent of americans support the war in syria protesters that came out into the streets say that just like with weapons of mass destruction in iraq false information they believe is being told now about syria to
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justify another war. in new york hundreds of people to to the streets against military action in syria among that international crowd were supporters and opponents of bashar assad along with ordinary americans desperate to avoid yet another foreign war porter an analyst specializing in you as national security policy says washington doesn't seem to be clear on its own objectives. it is just so difficult to figure out what the administration really thinks that it's doing and seriously though you know it is sometimes stated that we have to do it for humanitarian purposes and sometimes because of international law both of which are highly debatable to say the least in terms of recent history as well as a previous history of u.s. policy and you know it begins to look like the there's a small coterie of people within the administration who have gotten the idea that
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they want to do something and they have somehow prevailed on the president to do something that he apparently didn't want to do and that presents a real mystery of major proportions. right meanwhile syria's neighbors and other regional powers are closing ranks against a possible intervention now jordan where the u.s. has an air bases says its territory cannot be used as a launching pad for any military action against syria iraq says it will refuse to provide it is base for any attack on its neighbors and egypt has said that it is it a strong warning against foreign intervention in syria while lebanon's foreign minister has spoken out against military action saying it's as space will not be available now hezbollah which backs us us forces has also made it clear that it poses and opposes any intervention and would not stand idle if syria is attacked by the u.s. and its nato allies are visa policy is in beirut with the details. the street is
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angry apprehensive and fearful the media in the region is that the winds of war are blowing in so we're both sides are vowing to fight for their country many are afraid that if america launches military intervention this will only result in a bloodbath here in lebanon hizbullah has said it will not stand idly by if assad is fired on this is the clearest indication from the military group that it plans to get involved and any kind of his below involvement will see rockets fired at israel already in israel thousands of residents have been going to post offices to collect gas masks the country is in a state of high alert and army reserve soldiers have been called out very clearly the sense that something big is on the cards policy r.t. beirut and would like to know what you think about the situation in syria log on to our website at our two dot com to vote on our late is web poll let's take
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a look at what you've been saying today when we all she if it wasn't to go ahead with unilateral military action in syria what will the end game local like right let's take a look at that so far the majority predict that a catastrophic conflict in golf in the entire region including israel and iran of both of those who voted to not believe that washington the world their tag syria. and some of you foresee that a libya like scenario with years of violence and an islamic insurgency will occur while only a handful of respondent accept obama's claim that strikes would be short and sharp and really aimed at teaching syria a lesson go to our website or our to controvert. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has
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been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are all today. come in the program are those infuriating a cold call as they maybe it's a million noise to people in britain but that one's prison inmates on the end of the line selling insurance contracts will tell you more about that bizarre development of light after the break. but he sees things that sighted people don't notice. these. things most people never to call him disabled but he's the world's first deaf and blind doctor of science. professor i think rather civil of. the great life lived against the odds.
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live right close to libya first trip to libya and i think the church. on our reporters twitter. and instagram. oh. it's the same with us here on our sales calls that can give people a rude interruption from the daily routines but now there's a fresh twist in the u.k. and it's more than in the convenience point of our expense. your
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phone rings you pick up and it's a person lightly trying to flog you something be it telemarketing or insurance sales you're talking to a stranger it's called cold calling but few homeowners would suspect that the person on the other end of the line is a prison inmate. to staff or to prisons a piloting the unusual news deane dray call and h.m.p. oakwood and inmates are being paid twenty pounds a week to do the cold calling they reportedly start out by asking would you like to save some money before going on to quiz homeowners about any potential valuables that are worth insuring in their homes they also asked for the name of the person they're talking to as well as the postcode of the address in question and i think i feel too comfortable because they were her friends on the outside. pass all the information so it into the most reliable people to actually be doing that sort of job personally i think this is more we could think back and see what we disagree
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no i wouldn't feel comfortable stallman i know. because you've been a personal information about yourself you have to read from suspect the board i wouldn't feel comfortable with anyone asking me that question why no. cold calling offering if you had valuables in your head. and saying the news has sparked concerns that inmates could go on to use the information they've acquired for criminal means but the ministry of justice says that offender is on too loud to deviate from their marketing scripts which means that they pose no threat they also say that the work provides a valuable experience and allows offenders to be more employers will in future prisoners placed in call centers or risk assessed and the work subject to stringent security measures would call supervised and recorded. it is crucial that offenders do not sit idle in their cells ensuring prisoners learn new skills to work
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opportunities makes them more employable in the future that means a lower risk of real fending lower crime and fewer victims even so the news has rattled some brits who say there's no cause for inmates cold calling police boyko r.t. london. from the world's most planes luxury for the passengers of tomorrow one of the largest aviation events of the year is in full swing just outside moscow now it's the two yearly max state of the audi aerospace technology featuring planes from more than forty countries is on display and of course the experience wouldn't be complete without a breathtaking aerial acrobatics aerobatics that's what friday has in store with teams from russia and abroad preparing to impress the public with some spectacular stars our correspondent is there for you and will bring you all the action as it happens. rides of the planes on their
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me and. some other international news in brief for you this hour there have been more clashes between riot police and protesters in colombia amid a continuing then nationwide from the front that sees to four people were arrested and over two dozen injured after a mosque mutes rolled rocks at security forces and slid back with tear gas the clashes happened just hours after the lay she's president opened talks with protesters vowing to address their troubles colombia's been wracked by ten days of andras the country's farmers demanding she could feel and fertilizes as well as a move government subsidies. less flaws in mali's capital of the mako have claimed the lives of at least twenty four people the government says the disaster was caused by torrential rains and sucked away people's money houses and vehicles that have to have money is built on the banks of the huge river niger and
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many homes that collapse there were said to have been build illegally on land reserved for dreamy. wildfires in california are spreading further into new summit in national park a u.s. or east landmark the state officials are battling the blaze trying to stop it from clouding a holiday weekend labor day on sunday the fire which is all thirty percent contained also threatens san francisco's water supply due to ash falling on a key reservoir the fires there begin to lisa go left no casualties behind but destroyed more than one hundred buildings and tents. at these ten people have died of from dangerous fever in pakistan's largest city karate it's reported that around thirty five people are being admitted to hospitals with symptoms of disease on a daily basis or thorazine claim the situation is under control and that treatment is being provided free to curb the spread meanwhile health officials say the fever
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has already affected six areas of the country with over eight hundred eight hundred cases confirmed in southern sing province. where material damage from the mess of lives in russia's far east region almost a billion dollars present bridges are been urging local officials to step up their response to the disaster has seen many thousands evacuated farmland destroyed and entire towns devastated. whole scott has more. is one of the fellows are jim rushes foraged waiting nervously he's gotten submerged in his ground floor could also be taken over by the army and rivers rising gravels the consequence of which are think about. after this flood i'll be made homeless what will you do with the houses entirely submerged. this is the village of lenin square in the judicial thomas region in russia's far east rather than
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a drive to the school bus during term time but for now he's found his courting russia's emergency services around the devastated area his next move is unknown but the other problem after this disaster i'm afraid albie sachs who knows what will happen. this village is typical of many here rescue crews and local volunteers combining day and night trying to keep the water at bay full interiors like catarina thank god i'm we do everything ourselves people help us we're not going to drown we're going to live here the situation is really bad but we will not give up . focus ability of the situation to see we'll just go somewhere else but residential schools here in d.c. to. do the separate cost of housing is a basic right to my. face. place if you receive.
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the fear now is that the water isn't well received by winter making homes uninhabitable social housing and compensation will be available but if you can do it that is what we have decided to provide additional aid to people in the disaster area financial aid to those who hit and compensation for the loss of property one of the top priorities was to provide accommodation for families who will unfortunately have to live through the winter without a home it's a challenge for now it's a race to lay thousands of sandbags and kilometers of draining trenches to keep the water from claiming more towns and villages as for the fifty thousand plus who've enjoyed weeks of upheaval it's a painful waiting game as to when the apple river and let them see what's left of their homes scott. about us. up next we head to our washington d.c. studio for breaking the set with martin. city
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in the middle east further ablaze with little or even no hard evidence surrounding the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria the obama administration appears determined to enter this conflict obama says the art of the moral universe may bend towards justice but it does not bend on its own because american intervention in syria really a stand for justice. least b. two language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on the. reporting from the world talk sport specific c.o.r.p. interviews intriguing story to tell you. the truth arabic to find out more visit our big teeth dog called.
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to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous i had luck i got so many i mean the towns that i'm sitting seems really messed up. in the old story so actually. the. worst you are going through the white house or the radio guy for a minute from a click that i want. to give you never seen anything like this i'm telling. you.
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what up i doubt it martin this is breaking news that so guys monsanto has just granted even more immunity and they already had it up on tuesday obama signed what's been dubbed the month santa protection act so it was a small provision deceitfully disguise and slipped into the latest agricultural appropriations bill in fact some congressmen came out sense and said that they were told that this bill would have verge of government shutdown but they're completely unaware of the stipulations unfortunately these to play sions will do away with consumer rights and eliminate federal oversight for the continued use of genetically modified foods and the bill was signed despite an outcry over a quarter million people who signed a petition. pleading with obama not to pass it this latest move sets yet another dangerous precedent one where corporate interests are first and consumer safety is second but guys there is a silver lining here the provision is only active for six months so let's use this time to organize better and make it clear.
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