the eyes to the right two hundred seventy to the nose to the left two hundred eighty five. the british parliament says no to intervention in syria after the prime minister a fails to convince lawmakers to launch war against president. abbas the u.s. is boosting its naval forces in the region saying it's ready to strike alone despite losing support of its closest ally. and more misery for thousands of stricken families in russia's far east where it's fear the floodwaters which have devastated their talents won't receive before winter.

it is five pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program as washington tries drumming up support for possible intervention in syria its closest ally the u.k. has ruled out military action prime minister cameron was dealt a huge blow by parliament which rejected his plan to support the us if it chooses war he lost by a slim margin two hundred eighty five to two hundred seventy two but scores of m.p.'s from his own conservative party joined those voting against intervention in syria the motion followed mounting allegations of a mass chemical attack near damascus largely being blamed on asa's government un investigators haven't yet established the facts nevertheless british lawmakers have chosen not to intervene anyway and here's some of what the prime minister told parliament which he failed to convince. well cameron admits the u.k.'s joint

intelligence committee found a very difficult to pinpoint a motive of the alleged assault he urged lawmakers to make their own judgment against president assad and act on their convictions that didn't win over parliament creating an embarrassing situation for downing street with arguably the first time a prime minister has been defeated on a vote for war since seventeen eighty two r.t. sarah first followed the crucial session in london. defeated and she merely ate it that's how the prime minister is being portrayed today after that major political blow with parliament voting against military action it means that the prime minister's decision essentially to recall parliament to bring this motion against possible military action in syria has backfired spectacularly many of the prime ministers a party members turning against him later today calling his leadership reckless and

cavalier it's not going to sit comfortably with the prime minister this issue of foreign policy and it was a major issue that he really stamped his name of paul is one that the prime minister is the country usually leads on and you heard when the results of the vote was announced last night in the house of commons those cries for the prime minister to resign now questions over whether his leadership is really going to be under threat it's thought that's quite unlikely at this point but certainly he stands in a much we can and position today and as he said that defeat really not putting him in a comfortable position tools very many people feeling that the vote reflected the lack of public appetite for any military action certainly with the evidence that was on the table of course all eyes will now be on the u.s. and what course of action they'll take they've lost a major ally in britain voting against military action the indicators coming from

the us is that they'll be willing regardless to go it alone in terms of a timeline you've got the u.n. inspectors coming out the country on saturday in presenting their preliminary findings so all eyes will be closely on that and then the actions that followed but as we said certainly the prime minister today had both internationally and here at home standing a little less tall today i think. the u.k.'s vote against armed intervention in syria isn't stopping france from taking what it calls a firm punitive action against yasid regime president along and said all options are on the table including military action which could happen within days and he reiterated his support for the syrian opposition. but many of washington's other nato partners are more reluctant when it comes to tough action against as well as u.k. support now out of the question germany says it's not considering any military participation

so italy austria and spain say they won't back washington without a u.n. resolution however experts still fear that radical groups will take advantage of any western intervention in syria former british sea lord and security minister lord allen west warrants are serious repercussions which military actions may trigger. 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 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 a 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 now the un inspectors working out a chemical attack side are being instructed to present their assessment earlier than planned with american hardware poised for possible air strikes un chief ban ki moon told the team to leave on saturday a day had a schedule one former commander of the britons chemical to fans regiment explain to our team why much more evidence is needed. got to piece together all the intelligence available or i'm very much of the favor that the permanent five

perhaps should form a team of experts not just chemical but miller true as well who could look at all the evidence that's on the ground in syria and also the intelligence that's been gathered by those intelligence services and put it together that they no need a chance to come up with ninety to ninety five guaranteed. of who is responsible but at the moment the level of confirmation is is probably only in the seventy's he said brusquely cliff for a sheen of chemical weapons or biological weapons to syria into terrorist groups and says is must be the worst case scenario here there have been reports on corroborated that some terrorist groups have gained some of the stocks. of the syrian stockpile yet to be confirmed but that of course is is a possibility in future so the u.s. isn't exactly awash with military support from its allies on syria washington still

got a finger on the trigger though and it's been mobilizing naval forces in the region for americana warships are already in the mediterranean sea and a fifth is on its way there all those vessels are armed with guided missiles which would allow them to fire its euro while avoiding its anti ship project the project asked for other ships belonging to nato task force are also in the same area with more details here's marina. visuals 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 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 we believe 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. moves 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 while president obama is inching closer towards international military action against syria u.s. citizens have taken to the streets in new york washington d.c. and several other cities around the country to protest airstrikes against the

syrian people according to recent polls only nine percent of americans support a 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 justify another war now the u.s. has reportedly intercepted phone calls from syria as the fans chief worries her demanding an explanation from he's chemical weapon unit about the alleged attack similar evidence was presented a decade ago to justify the war in iraq gareth porter is analogous to specializes in u.s. national security policy and he thinks the obama administration doesn't seem to be clear on its own objectives. it is so 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 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 now syria's neighbors and other countries in the region don't want to be part of a possible military intervention either jordan shares a border with syria and the u.s. has an air base there but it doesn't want to be used as a launch pad for a foreign intervention iraq won't open its airspace for an attack either because the prime minister there are things such a strike is

a dead end now egypt's governments and various political parties are all united in their stance against military action in syria as well leavitt is foreign minister or has joined the chorus by saying using its airspace to attack syria is no go these countries home to president assad's our time as a body group which says it will retaliate and if syria is attacked our middle east correspondent policy reports now from beirut. the street is angry apprehensive and fearful the media in the region is that the winds of war are blowing in syria both sides are vowing to fight for the 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 bill involvement will see rockets fired at israel already in israel thousands of residents have been going to post offices to

collect gas mosques the country is in a state of high alert and army reserve soldiers have been called up there is clearly the sense that something big is on the cards policy r t beirut and what exactly will happen if washington doesn't text area by itself well here are the answers you're voting for on. let's take a look so right now as you can see more than half of those who voted for cast a catastrophic conflict in goal think the entire region and just under twenty percent don't think washington would dare attack syria without help from others now nearly the same amount fear a libya like situation if there is intervention with rampant islamic insurgency and years of violence only a handful at this point think president obama will teach syria lesson by carrying out strides for a couple of days so do join in the debate at r.t. dot com let us know what you think on this issue. well don't go away because we've

got details of just how much america spends to spy on people afterward snowden's revealed the black budget that goes on snooping on citizens around the world plus. it's time for public to take in the spectacle of one of the world's top airshows we'll bring you the latest from the twenty thirty maxim moscow after a short break. in cuba is not a failure of the cuban people it's a savior it's a dell castro in the car. when a sunset nation the taj back by the officials both hostility and suspicion encouraged by the government these operations against cuba were known to the attorney general of the united states to present

a united states himself the defendants intelligence arms had to infiltrate to resist. pressure lay jones freedom fighters terrorists. who is who. the real terrorist please stand up on our cheek. wealthy british style sun it's time to rise from. the. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports on our. welcome back this is our tina fugitive american whistleblower edward snowden has made another damning revelation about a so-called black budget has appeared in

a washington post already. shedding light on the huge scale of u.s. surveillance spending labeled top secret documents show america has splashed out over fifty two billion dollars on intelligence gathering in two thousand and thirteen alone snowden's exposure of the n.s.a. spy program has won him international recognition he's just landed the two thousand and thirteen whistleblower prize from a coalition of n.g.o.s the award ceremony is set for berlin later today but the former intelligence contract there is hardly expected to be among the guests as he has been granted asylum in russia we spoke to dr christian hamburg executive director of transparency international which is one of the co-sponsoring organizations of the award this is award that is for whistleblowers people who speak out about a wrongdoings and we believe that with the documents that he has given to a journalist it has been shown that there has been wrongdoings we have seen that security laws have been overstepped by american authorities and therefore he earns

this prize for speaking out about it we see very strong debate about it in germany about how the u.k. and also the u.s. is intercepting e-mail and other forms of communication and this is a very fierce debate and we hope that we will also have a debate how much civilians do we want in a free country now for many of us persistent marketing and sales calls are an annoying inconvenience in our everyday lives and in britain this issue is cause for a new debate with some growing worried about who is on the other end of the line who reports. your phone rings you pick up and it's a person poll 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 team dre 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 ask for the name of the person they're talking to as well as the postcode of the address in question i don't think i feel too comfortable because they were her friends and they are. passed all the information so little to 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 no i wouldn't feel comfortable storming i know. because you've been in post or information about yourself and you have. read from suspect the board i wouldn't

feel comfortable with anyone asking you that question right now. 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 offend doesn't allow 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 through work opportunities makes them or employ a bull in the future that means a lower risk of reoffending lower crime and fewer victims even so the news has rattled some brits who say there's no cool but inmates cold calling playboy artsy

london and just a click away for you is our tease website here's a little of what our online team lined up for you today kicking the habit japanese authorities plan to create so-called fasting camps to help internet addicted teens unplugged from the web the full story is in our website also. a study shows pollution in major u.s. cities is the largest because because of premature death in the country with two hundred thousand americans dying annually from the fumes of car exhaust and industrial smokestacks check out this sobering statistic right now. the max twenty thirteen air show has opened its doors to the public one of the world's top air and space events is underway just outside basco visitors get to see unbelievable stunts by russian and foreign displaced teams as well as the latest aerospace technology are just lazy francis there. the flight programs are the big

draw for crowds here every year at max and it could because it's not just about the exhibit the latest in aviation technology that's on the ground it's what's flying above us in the sky and it makes quite an impression on the eyes and i can tell you on the ears as well now some of the big features here were the the t fifty the sukhoi successor to the mc twenty nine it's a brand new it's a new feature in the russian military and a really wild the crowds with its maneuvers and its new technologies it just did some amazing stuff not only that the russian the swifts the russian jet team they did a lot of low altitude choreography very difficult to pull off and it did not disappoint whatsoever but then of course moving on to helicopters might be surprising that there are helicopter teams that actually perform for the crowd as well it's not common though and in this case we saw the team piloting the me twenty eight and

strike helicopters that these are made by russian the russian helicopters company and what's very amazing about this is they do. really difficult choreography horizontally and vertically at extremely low altitudes above the crowds and it's a lot of things people just have not seen choppers execute before and so even even though there was some cloud cover today everyone had a good time if the sound coming from the crowd was any indication of that so a lot of business has been done here at maks two thousand and thirteen but this is where the weekend kicks off and where the enjoyment really begins for all the crowds. and also to look at some other stories from around the world a suicide bomb attack on a mosque in afghanistan has left twelve dead including a regional governor the victims were praying when the bomber detonated his device the governor was known for his open stance against the taliban it's the latest in a string of deadly attacks which have left over twenty civilians dead in less than

a week. a mass rally in colombia in support of farmers turned violent and has left two protesters dead hundreds more were injured when riot police used tear gas to disperse the tens of thousands who turn out for the ongoing campaign colombia's president opened talks with every cultural industry but they've proved fruitless with farmers insisting reforms have pushed them to the brink of bankruptcy. as security forces have reportedly killed five militants in indian administered kashmir according to police insurgents opened fire on a group of paramilitary troops patrolling the area hang out pakistani man earlier this year for planning to blow up the indian parliament is said to have fueled a recent spike in violence. and now to california where firefighters are still battling a massive forest fire near the use of the national park nearly seventy eight thousand have terms of woodland have so far been destroyed san francisco's water

supply is now under threat as ash is falling into one of the city's major reservoirs a fire has been raging for over a week now and destroyed more than one hundred buildings. it's going to be at least the end of september until conditions improve in russia's far east were intense flooding has wrecked entire towns and devastated areas vital agriculture while thousands of families are sheltering in emergency accommodation others are staying behind to protect what's left of their property both caught reports in a flood ravaged region. this man is one of thousands in russia's far east waiting nervously his garden submerged and soon his ground floor could also be taken over by the amel rivers rising levels the consequences of which are unthinkable you know well after this flood i'll be made homeless what would do if the house is entirely submerged this is the village of lenin square in the jewish autonomous region in

russia's far east the other may drive the school bus during term time but for now he's found a scorching rushes emergency services around the devastated area his next move is unknown at this moment after this disaster i'm afraid i'll be socked 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 volunteers like catarina i know when you sign of that 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. well the severity of the situation is clear to see we are just thirty yards away from a number of residential blocks here in the city of how about ask and all that separates us on those houses is a hastily erected mind made in the hope is that it will stand in the face of ever

increasing water levels the fear now is that the water is received by wind making homes uninhabitable social housing i'm compensation will be available but if you can get that issue in you 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 hitch the challenge for now it's a race to lay thousands of sandbags and declaw much as if 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 alamo river will let them see what's left of their homes postcards. about us an expert or labelling his guess discuss what's next for syria when washington's bombs primed and ready is next.

so the historic and for many americans tragic ruling in a bradley manning case just got a lot weirder because he has declared that he wants to live the rest of his life as a woman named chelsea well i'm glad his lawyer got him to keep this revelation to himself until the end of the trial but sadly he really should have pushed for him to keep quiet about this just a bit longer why you ask because. if there is one thing i know about the mainstream media is that the second sex is involved everything else instantly becomes a distant second case in point what is the legacy of bill clinton is it the job murderer who are sure to nafta no is it

a violent foreign policy throughout the world somewhat similar to bush's and obama's in locations like haiti somalia in the balkans etc no his legacy is based on the least important sin he committed as a president cheating on his wife for the years couldn't was an office the lewinsky scandal just smothered everything else i am pretty sure that if i know the mainstream media they are going to use manning as gender confusion to overshadow and drown out everything else involved in the case but that's just my opinion. dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others refuse to notice. faces change the world right now.