the eyes to the right two hundred seventy to the nose to the left two hundred eighty five. the british parliament rejects intervention in syria after the prime minister fails to convince lawmakers still launch war against president johnson. 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 sounds of stricken families in russia's far east where it's fear of the floodwaters which have devastated their towns won't receive before winter.

this is r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm or even joshua 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 but a huge blow by parliament which rejected his plan to support the u.s. if it chooses war the motion filed mounting allegations of a mass chemical attack near damascus largely being blamed on us his government argues sara for us followed the crucial session in london. defeated and humiliated 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 nation against possible military action in syria has backfired spectacularly now i'm not standing here and saying those some piece or some pieces of intelligence that i've seen all the gypsy in the world won't see that convinces me that i'm right and anyone who

disagrees with me is wrong i'm saying this is a judgment we have to reach a judgment about what happened and who was responsible to the prime minister what has convinced you where is the evidence that an action by the international community would cease the use of chemical weapons within syria in the end there is no one hundred percent certainty about who is responsible you have to make a judgment 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 stands his name upon is one that the prime minister is the country usually leads on and you heard when the results of that vote was announced last night in the house of commons those cries for the prime minister to resign now questions they feel whether his leadership is really going to be under threat it's thought that's quite unlikely at this point but certainly he stands a much we can do because this in 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 because all eyes will now be on the us 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 regard less to go. in terms of a timeline you've got the u.n. inspectors coming out the country on saturday and presenting their preliminary findings say all eyes will be closely on that and then the actions that followed but as we said only the prime minister today have nationally and here are standing a little less tool today i think the u.k. is a vote against armed intervention in syria isn't stopping france from taking what it calls for a punitive action against the regime president to launch that 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 want to come so tough action against as well as u.k. support now out of the question germany says it's not considering any military participation 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 lord and security minister lord allen west warns over 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 very large groups i'm afraid in the opposition funded by people who haven't thought through what this really means would be delighted if america and 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 the chemical attack site are being instructed to present their assessment earlier than planned with american hardware poised for possible air strikes you mentioned bunky moon told the team to leave on

saturday the day ahead of schedule one former commander of the britain's chemical defense regiment explain to our t. 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 that level of of confirmation is is probably only in the seventy's he said brightly cliff for ration 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 the corroborated that some terrorist groups have gained some of these 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 well for american warships 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 at syria while avoiding it and a ship project os for other ships belonging to nato task force are also in the same area with more details here is more important. 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 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 syrians to fans chief were he's heard demanding an explanation from his chemical weapons unit about a deal of the tag similar evidence was presented a decade ago to justify the war in iraq gareth porter is an alice who 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 of syria's neighbors and other countries in the region don't want to be part of a possible military intervention either jordan its share in jordan shares a border with syria and the u.s. has an air base there by doesn't want to be used as

a launch pad for foreign intervention while iraq won't open its airspace for an attack either because the prime minister there thinks such a strike is a dead end egypt's government and various political parties are all united in their stance canst military action in syria as well lebanon's foreign minister has joined the chorus by saying using its airspace to attack syria is no goal while his country is home to president asked its ally has bought a group which says it'll retail eat if syria is attacked our middle east correspondent policy reports now from beirut. the street is angry apprehensive and fearful the mood 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 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 or what exactly will happen if washington does attack syria by itself well let's now take a look at some of the answers that you have been giving us on our website our team dot com so as you can see. right now more than half of those who participated forecast a catastrophic on conflict and gulf in the entire region well just under twenty percent of this point fear a libya like situation if there is intervention with rampant islamic insurgency and years of violence nearly the same amount of you think washington won't dare attack syria without help from others and only a small portion of our viewers think president obama will teach syria

a lesson by carrying out strikes for a couple of days so to let us know what you think by logging on to our team dot com well stay with us here in our team because we've got details of just how much america spans to spy on people that would 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 air shows we'll bring you the latest from the twenty thirteen max in moscow region after the break. but he sees things that scientists people notice. these. things most people never to call him disabled but he's the world's first deaf and

blind doctor of science. professor thinks other savor of. the great life saved against the odds. wealthy british scientists think it's time to write. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy there's a report on our. welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow and now fugitive american whistleblower edward snowden has made

another damning revelation about a so-called black budget has appeared in a washington post article shedding light on the huge scale of u.s. surveillance spanning labeled top secret documents documents show america splashed out over fifty two billion dollars on intelligence gathering in two thousand and thirteen alone snowden's exposure of the n.s.a. spying program has won him international recognition and is just land of the twenty thirteen a whistleblower prize from a coalition of n.g.o.s the award ceremony set for berlin later today but the former intelligence contractor is hardly expected to be among the guests as he has been granted asylum in russia we spoke to dr christian homework executive director of transparency international which is one of the co-sponsoring organizations of the ward. this is a war that is for whistleblowers people who speak out about the 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 a 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 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 r.t.s. bullyboy who reports. ferran 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 home owners 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 mean i feel too comfortable because they were her friends on the outside. couldn't pass all the information so they can do the most reliable people to actually be doing that sort of job personally i think this is more we could think back and see why you disagree though i wouldn't feel comfortable stallman i know. because you've been a personal information about yourself and you have to agree 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 through work opportunities makes them more employable 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. aussie

london and just a click away for you is our tease website here's a little what our online team lined up there for you. kicking the habit japanese authorities plan to create so-called fasting camps to help internet addicted teens unplug from the web. plus study shows pollution in major u.s. cities is the largest cause of premature deaths in the country with two hundred thousand americans dying annually from the fumes of car exhaust and industrial smokestacks check out the sobering statistics on r.t. dot com 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 moscow visitors get to see unbelievable stunts by russian and foreign display teams as well as the latest aerospace technology artie's lines of friends as they are. three days of business led up to this but now the fun begins

for the public here as you call fields just outside of moscow 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 some of the highlights today included the flight of the t. fifty the sukhoi successor to the mc twenty nine brand new it's a feature in the russian military and i really wild the crowds with its maneuvers at such a low altitude and of course we have the russian switch that have been performing here on the ground. did jet team that does choreographed maneuvers also at very low altitudes was breathtaking to watch very difficult maneuvers there and then of course moving on to helicopters you see the the helicopter team there brooke cooties team piloting the me twenty eight and strike helicopters made by the

russian helicopters company now this is their first time performing at max it's very rare to see helicopters performing like this anywhere in the world at an aviation show but they do vertical and horizontal maneuvers again a very low altitudes giving the crowds a look at how they use their technologies to move in such an agile way in the air and then of course with that with the business going on here a lot of money was made one hundred twenty nine aircraft were sold here at max totaling up to seven billion dollars 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. now in six months 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 insulate us in

a string of deadly attacks which of left over twenty civilians dead in less than a week. a mass rally in colombia in support of farmers turned violent and has left well to protesters dead hundreds more were injured when riot police used tear gas to disperse the tens of thousands who turned out for the ongoing campaign colombia's president open talks with agricultural industry but they've proved fruitless with farmers insisting reforms have pushed them to the brink of bankruptcy. 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 hanging out of a pakistani man earlier this year for planning to blow up the indian parliament is said to have fuelled a recent spike in violence. now to california where firefighters are still battling

a massive forest fire near the use on many national park nearly seventy eight thousand hectares 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 a major reservoirs the fire has been raging for over a week now and destroyed more than one hundred buildings. well it's going to be at least the and of september until conditions improve and russia's far east where 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 paul scott reports from the 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. 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 throughout i'm a drive to the school bus during term time but for now he's found a school to russia's emergency services around the devastated area his next move is unknown. after this disaster i'm afraid i'll be sacked 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. 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 mine made in the hope is that it will stand firm in the face of ever increasing water levels the fear now is that the waters when it recede by winter making homes uninhabitable social housing and compensation will be available . we have decided to provide additional aid to people in the disaster area financial aid to those who were 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 in the 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 ammo river will let them see what's left of

their homes paul scott's r.t. about ask. well i have here in our team from suicide to renowned psychology professor we follow the path of one extraordinary man to stay with us. 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 said he really should have pushed for him to keep quiet about this just a bit longer why us 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 that 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 wasn't 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. talking about languages but i react to situations i have read the reports for. clues to know i'll leave them to the states to comment on you not apply them to

secure yes because you're talking. well. they get no more weasel words when you know they had a direct question really prepared for a chase when you throw a punch be ready for a battle freedom of speech and little down to fit into question. oh i hit the didn't it. oh ok. oh hello to you too late for me i'm old.