the u.n. asserts that only it is able to provide a credible answer on whether toxic gas was used in syria last month is the u.s. around up its case for a military strike while continuing to blame the assad regime. this is members of the arab league refused to go along with the syria attack including iraq which is still witnessing the effects of the u.s. led invasion there. radiation levels skyrocketed japan's crippled fukushima nuclear plant is reading show exposure could cause death in as little as four hours. on the merkel says that death stricken greece may need a third bailout as the country struggles to meet the terms of current payments and unemployment continues to be the highest in the e.u. .

two am in moscow i met president bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news after being turned down by key international allies president obama's move to gain domestic support for a strike on syria asking congress to ok an attack aimed at punishing the assad regime for allegedly using chemical weapons last month lawmakers will debate the issue after they return from a summer recess on september ninth artie's marine important has more from new york . obama said although he does believe that he has the authority to carry out a military attack without approval from congress he feels that the country would be strengthened by a public debate on the matter now the u.s. leader says that he feels absolutely comfortable carrying out a military attack against syria without the approval of the u.n. security council according to international law any military strike taken needs

approval from the security council and a resolution to be adopted but u.s. officials believe that any security draft resolution allowing for the use of force against syria would be vetoed by russia and or china now obama says washington's planned military strike against a mask is is is not time sensitive meaning it could happen one week from now or one month from now but ultimately the u.s. president says that the syrian government of bashar al assad will pay consequences for allegedly using chemical weapons after careful deliberation i have decided that the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets and should not be an open ended intervention we would not put boots on the ground. instead it would be designed to be limited duration and scope the white house released assessment of the use of chemical weapons on august twenty first and a countless amount of experts were not convinced by the intelligence that's been

presented nowhere in the report to the us confirmed that assad that the assad government used chemical weapons instead the four page report used wording such as we assess with high confidence or multiple streams of intelligence indicate that this week also saw america's major ally britain opting out of military intervention in syria and nato also said it would not be participating in a potential military strike in the meantime the u.n. investigation team that recently returned from damascus has announced that atta lising the samples from the site of the alleged syria come syrian chemical attack will take up to three weeks and many countries as well as the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon have asked that no military action be taken before u.n. experts present their conclusion bolstering washington's case for intervention secretary of state john kerry claims the u.s. has stamp and blood and the hair of

a tested positive for signatures of the nerve agent sarin is raise questions though about the speed of the analysis after the un's own inspectors said it would take them up to three weeks to reach a definitive conclusion about the alleged attack u.n. spokesman martin near ski so stressed that the u.n. is the only body with the authority to establish the facts. this morning as i'm sure you saw secretary kerry said very specifically talked about blood and hair samples seems like your lab is move pretty fast are you saying that their lab work is is is less than credible have they shared this evidence with the u.n. as the secretary general requested all i can do is repeat what i already said that the the united nations mission is uniquely capable of a stop wishing in an impartial and credible manner the facts of any use of chemical weapons based directly on evidence collected from the ground ok and if the u.s. shared any of this evidence that is described with the u.n. well as we've said repeatedly saves member states are encouraged to share information information they may have with regards to alleged incidents.

first president obama wanted to strike syria without consulting congress but changed his mind at the last minute the decision is in line with u.s. public opinion one poll showing that eighty percent of americans think the president should get a stamp of approval before any military action but the numbers show that the majority of people knew us still do not favor any military action in syria twenty percent are in favor of military action more than half of those who participated in the reuters poll say they are against it and if assad is implicated in using chemical weapons less than thirty percent want the u.s. then to attack richard becker from the antiwar answer coalition thinks the u.s. doesn't have a legal basis or authority to attack damascus. first of all it doesn't it defies logic that the assad government would have used chemical weapons at exactly the moment that they were winning and the un inspectors were there but secondly even if the that had happened the united states does not have the authority it's not the

cop of the world to be able to go in and attack any country and syria has not threatened and kind of threaten the united states if they launch a war it would not only be reckless it would also be lawless and it would also have unforeseeable consequences as all wars do before they begin despite the fact that it would mean more than a week until congress meets to decide on syria intervention the u.s. military in the region is ready and waiting for the green light to strike its naval forces in the mediterranean now number five destroyers and fifty assault ship with hundreds of marines aboard the officials stress the troops aren't part of any military planning and are just a precaution the destroyers packs some serious firepower each of them carrying up to ninety tomahawk cruise missiles can strike syria from a safe distance while dealing massive damage to the country meanwhile the possibility of a military strike has been met with opposition by some major regional powers at an emergency meeting of the influential arab league saudi arabia called for members to

back a strike against a masochist but his art his policy reports the call was rejected by countries including egypt lebanon and iraq. regional leaders are warning the united states not to attack damascus warning that this could lead to massive violence now as you can well imagine the mood on the ground is extremely tense we're hearing from the iraqi prime minister nouri al maliki urging the united states not to carry out any kind of military action this is noteworthy of course because iraq is a country that was invaded under somewhat similar circumstances and that invasion was to establish a so-called democratic government and it's now that government that is urging the united states not to carry out any kind of military action to create the same kind of scenario at the arab league meeting on sunday in cairo the iraqi foreign minister voted against any green light for military action inside syria we've also heard from jordan warning that it will not allow its

a space to be used in any kind of military strike on syria with a jordanian government spokesperson saying that jordan too will not participate in any kind of strike against damascus so as you can see a lot of consensus in the region against any kind of u.s. intervention in syria it was against a military attack in syria holding mass rallies in cities across the world in turkey riot police disperse those rallying in support of damascus security forces also block the entrance to extend those gezi park to prevent a demonstration there to back in the u.s. people took to the streets expressing their opposition to a possible attack of protesters gathered in front of the white house after the president announced about a strike and crowds turned out in new york as well i don't rally in paris marchers held signs calling president along with david cameron and barack obama terrorists u.s. administrations and the syrian rhetoric has far warnings and harsh criticism from moscow as well president vladimir putin saying washington's assessment that the

assad government has launched a chemical attack against its own people is quote nonsense archy's sean thomas reports. moscow has been very busy this week urging the west not to intervene in the situation in syria vladimir putin spoke on the situation saying that the idea of the assad regime using chemical weapons that in country is ridiculous saying the situation on the ground just does not allow for it he said that the g twenty summit this week is a good place for the global leaders to discuss the situation in syria he also called on president obama as a nobel laureate not just as a fellow head of state a winner of the nobel peace prize to consider his actions and what it would mean for military intervention and more loss of life in the country the president said of course russia is against the idea of the use of chemical weapons but in this case that the global community needed to wait for the u.n. to do its job and then present evidence to the u.n. security council and then they would decide how to react in a lawful manner according to international law listen to what he had to say about

that when it comes to the stance of our american partners friends who are insisting that syrian forces have use w m d's in this case chemical weapons and stating to have proof they should demonstrate that proof to the u.n. inspectors and the security council because lanes that the proof exists that cannot be shown to to secrecy studios stand up to criticisms is disrespectful towards america's global partners if there is proof it has to be shown it is not shown it doesn't exist and the president also said that he was pleasantly surprised at the situation in the u.k. as the british parliament debated and then has voted down the idea of military intervention in syria right now the global community is waiting to see if the u.s. congress will follow suit and also continue in a spirited debate as obama has sent the idea of military intervention to congress radiation levels of japan's devastated nuclear plant fukushima increased by

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thirteen minutes past the hour now radiation levels at japan's devastated fukushima nuclear plant have reached lethal levels with the readings eighteen fold then higher than previously thought exposure could cause the death within just four hours this after a massive leak of radioactive water a week ago that may have reached the ocean the fukushima plant damaged by a powerful earthquake and tsunami that hit japan back in march of two thousand and eleven the plant operator tepco announced on friday that it detected new radiation hotspots in parts of the compound where contaminated water is stored independent

nuclear consultant shaun burnie gave us his assessment. so. there will be need one as if you see it dealing with a very complex three reactor meet and speak to you seek to be don't know enough workers in sight the workers don't keep getting these that you're not being told about the cells of the net. and you can go forward this is a plant even if you need to get worse a little wee bit when we get to our absolute certainty the in my own street. seems to be signs as much caesium it's very dangerous you don't get to see times as much as we speak east by the accident. in the train she. said and for some other stories you won't find on our area can look at our t. dot com and you can also check out the in motion section of our website camarena or

shine as title looks like rain it will be the military bands all around the world still turning out in their finest for her souls to delight the crowds in the red square plus. german chancellor angela merkel i admitted that debt stricken greece may indeed need a third rescue package earlier the country's finance minister tried to downplay the ongoing speculation he said that if greece needs additional help in the future the sum will be significantly less than the two hundred forty billion it's already secured greece got its first bell out of one hundred ten billion euros back in two thousand and ten athens accepted that it had to cut its spending and by embracing austerity and another one hundred thirty billion shortly followed after public debt has only been growing in those three years at the beginning of the meltdown it rocketed to one hundred twenty nine percent of the country's g.d.p. the extra eight boosted that by more than a quarter meanwhile the painful austerity measures and job cuts have pushed the unemployment rate in the country to becoming the highest in europe back in two

thousand and ten when the recession was already. taking its toll on unemployment the rate was at almost fifteen percent but the number has only been rising and this year reached a record of twenty seven point six percent young people appearing to be the worst affected nearly sixty five percent of those between ages fifteen and twenty four don't have jobs and this summer a government passed another bill that could see an additional tens of thousands of workers losing their jobs earlier my colleague kevin owen r.t.c. were hosting a discussion on whether the e.u. financial help is worth the price. quite a lot of people are being affected these layoffs really are aimed mainly at the public sector and the public sector traditionally is the foundation of the greek economy and that's why so many people are taking to the streets to protest. let's let's go to our cities kind of go to. we've spoken to many times before every time we've talked about the huge amounts the billions being poured into greaseman

to nationalize it is. illegal there you seen it first hand that you know the guys he's talking to at least a pretty depressed they don't see light at the end of the tunnel your enough is what's your view well it is obvious by now. the whole scenario adopted for greece has been like a straw for. this by those huge huge bailout loans greek debt. very high have reached peak over three hundred and twenty one billion euros did so that means that we're much worse than when the debt crisis started the bailouts were bad the bailouts work of the carolina set of european studies in brussels. was it pouring good money after bad do you think you're a proponent of the bailout on the turn of the it would have been much worse much worse situation i don't think from greece you have to look very far you simply look to bulgaria for example to see i mean the whole much worse it could have been the same today living standards in reason are higher than they are in bulgaria if

greece were to have less to eurozone and that's why i'm in favor of further beno i think it's a disastrous idea once you realized you've made a mistake you should stop doing it it is very simple the bailout is not helping the greek people we've just seen the images of people homeless people living in shelters losing their jobs cannot pay their rent their pension funds are disappearing now the bailout money is not aimed to help the greek people it is a. huge rescue package for banks just because who has benefited who has been. most not the banks but i think germany has benefited most from the euro zone that's why i see the us come painting on staying within the euro zone and that's why merkel has forty percent of the approval rate because germany is thriving germany exports all over europe and they are have a disability interest in having a stable currency zone. to london to brussels i can only say that he is looking at the completely wrong end of the stick simple is that the euro was

a political project it never had any financial standing. and he is supporting a political decision and not the economy. germany is has vowed to cover twenty six percent roughly a quarter of the bailout money that is going to greece now we're looking at two hundred fourteen billion that means german taxpayers in the end will have to pay for sixty billion euros this money is badly needed in germany our infrastructure is suffering the railway system needs. investment so does the famed how to buy and the industry. i think mr the greek colleague is only rook looking at this one side of the coin and not seeing and not realizing the long term effects. turning now to some other stories making global headlines beginning with egypt the ousted egyptian president mohamed morsi will stand trial with fourteen other muslim brotherhood members on charges of inciting murder accusations stemmed from violence

near the presidential palace in cairo last december that left seven dead a demonstration triggered by morsi decision to expand his power the former president still being held in a secret location as the nation remains mired in a political crisis. and incredible dash cam footage emerges from taiwan where a potentially deadly double near misses the car in front gets hit by a landslide on a coastal road and then amazing narraway eunice's getting flattened by that huge boulder there the cars passengers managed to escape with only minor injuries the country remains on high alert as directional downpours from tropical storm conger a continued battering me. in pakistan a roadside bomb claimed the lives of at least nine people the blast happened when a convoy was passing through the northern province of was here a stand not far from the afghan border at least twenty one soldiers reported wounded the turbulent region has seen a lot of violent attacks by both al qaeda and the taliban while u.s.

drones hunting the militants sometimes catch civilians in the crossfire saturday a drone raid killed three foreign militants there. despite a police that some two hundred people marched in the streets of paris to express their anger at gay marriage activists from a catholic group called the night watchman ended their demonstration with a vigil in the center of the french capital it was the last event on a twenty day march across the country against may's legalization of same sex marriages. police in london investigating after a series of islamophobia d.v.d.'s were sent to several mosques and muslim organizations in the british capital they contain pornographic any abusive images mocking the prophet muhammad as well as any footage about extremism the incident part of a growing wave of offensive acts towards british muslims as artie's tesser so he reports my name is gavin baby and on the way behind going 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 them somewhere further to ask the mosque buster objections raised by locals pertaining to mosques and clude traffic and 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 a violent doctrine that is contrary to english rule if a catholic church was passing death sentences if a synagogue was blessing armies to commit acts of war all you would immediately say that has to be stopped when you have a mind we soon ideologically opposed knows little about these numbing faith maybe even want to hear you suggesting that it 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 and and speaking to muslims a sprint on the cross you know the. people are feeling slightly vulnerable because the they do feel as if the muslim community is being picked we have had instances where a local most crowdsourcing she's 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 a project but beyond just the construction of mosques the polarized opinions but the spotlight once again on why this is happening in the first place the polarization of opinion we see i think is poor to to the failure within multiculturalism most simply become the symbol i think for this great anxiety that

a recent you gov poll compared answers given by respondents in event by two thousand and twelve and may two thousand and 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 a clash of cultures and less likely to us or so you are to london the russian max twenty two thousand and thirteen air and space show made its final approach and drawing to a close the flight program on the last day was curtailed because of heavy rain but the public did see some breathtaking and stomach churning stunts and this year's event has been attendance records with more than three hundred thousand visitors in just five days paul scott reports. it's been a good weekend for the crowds unfortunately the weather on the final day house was

disrupted the shuttle slightly this big thick gray clouds above us and the rain has predominantly held off it has made visibility quite difficult the highlights on the final day included a display from the russian knights the robotic display wing of the russian air force for the planes came out and thrilled the crowds with their death defying stomach churning stunts we also saw commercial flights as well the airbus a three eighty was spinning around overhead. they were military on display the highlights of which was the showing of the t fifty which is the stealth fighter that is going to be parts of russia's force come two thousand and six day now final testing on those planes is still going ahead is expected to be completed by the end of two thousand and thirteen when the russian air force will take delivery on some of those some of those stealth fighters the rule was deafening the crowds the plane overhead it really was an impressive sight right.

now unfortunately the weather on the final day put paid to it display from better kuti which is the helicopter display team of the russian air force they were meant to impress the crowds on sunday afternoon but that was council however they did participate in the weekend over friday and saturday when the weather was slightly better organizes will be looking back on a record breaking year for max in terms of business deals struck almost sixteen billion u.s. dollars worth of contracts was signed it was record breaking as well in terms of number of attendees with representatives from more than one thousand companies worldwide from forty four different countries striking various deals and stay with us next for the latest edition of worlds apart with oksana boyo.

many gay bars are starting to refuse to sell russian vodka as a means of protesting the homosexual propaganda laws in russia as i've said before boycotts are a great way to put pressure on people but are they putting pressure on the right people not only is it racist to assume that hurting the vodka flow will deal a massive blow to the russian economy but it is also racist to think that any vodka with a russian sounding name is itself russian and many videos angry gay bartenders were pouring stolichnaya vodka which should be pronounced by the way onto the ground in a fury but if those bartenders would take a closer look at the labels they would see that exported stoli is produced and bowed in latvia by the s.p.i. group not in russia also according to the n.p.t. group beverage alcohol report the most popular vodka in america with a russian sounding name is smeared off which is british own and produced and

bottled in various countries around the globe including the usa itself we did support the american worker people of the panic over the hip and trendy scandal of the month but everyone seems to be ignoring the fact that homosexuality itself is legal in russia and is punishable in many other countries including a death sentence in some of them and yet russia gets all the attention if people really wanted to effectively boycott any country with any laws even a hint thing against homosexuality they would have to hit them where it hurts and stop getting natural resources imported from countries like russia saudi arabia venezuela and iran and so on and so on that is a vastly more difficult proposition than pouring american made vodka onto the sidewalk but that's just my opinion. when you take three. three. three.

three. three. three. video for your media project c.e.o. don carty dot com. hello and welcome to all the part because of the soviet union it was widely perceived as a historic triumph and validation of capitalism only to see it and a major crisis less than two decades later and while the number of those who are forced to buy the bullet by the recent crisis is comparable to those last one but a crash on me as. a critical analysis of loss and merits of capitalist system is

still fairly rare well to attempt to do just that i'm now joined by jeffrey summers an associate professor of political economy at the university of wisconsin in milwaukee thank you very much for your time mr summers i know that you are a frequent guest here in moscow and you are on today you will be speaking on the water ways the world off to the end of american imperialism beach i thing is the kind of topic that will certainly resonate with many people in moscow but i assume that for many americans it's not just a provocative topic some may perceive that as simply and patcher audit on the part well you know i thought that patriotism is rather weak in the united states today but i think americans are very weary they're not particularly patriotic right now and they feel under a great deal of stress and so they're not really thinking in terms of patriotism in the way that they once did especially during the cold war now i think that there are a couple of words in the political.