as america debates whether to strike syria washington uses the time to send reinforcements to the middle east and reveals more unconfirmed evidence blaming assad for using chemical weapons radiation levels at the end stricken fukushima nuclear plants are now so high they're enough to kill a person exposed for as little as four hours as german chancellor angela merkel goes head to head with her rival in a t.v. debate r.t. looks at why neither of this month's election candidates were in too much for rush to criticize the other. watching r.t.i. lindsey france the u.s. military is sending even more in force meant to surround syria in anticipation of

a first strike order from washington congress will reconvene in a week's time to debate whether to attack damascus but barack obama has made it clear he may order an assault even without the agreement of lawmakers american defense officials have confirmed that an aircraft carrier group is now on its way to the region the nuclear powered u.s.s. nimitz carrying dozens of aircraft is accompanied by five smaller warships armed with tomahawk cruise missiles the strike groups expected to team up with several ships already in position in the mediterranean off the syrian coast the combined fleet could pummel damascus from a safe distance doing massive damage to the country maria for now has the reaction from the syrian capital. i followed obama's message from the white house i was in with the syrians and i had a very good opportunity a chance to see their vivid reaction to their to read their faces and to see all

the developments of the emotions and feelings that i have to say that if at the beginning of a bomb a speech people were nervous and would tans and of course were frightened obviously what i saw at the end of the message from america was relief what i saw in people's eyes because the president said that the u.s. should take a military response to chemical weapons use that could happen tomorrow next week or next month he'll see congress' approval for attack in syria and that manned delay for everybody here and many here are two good legs of strategy they say congress is unlikely to a group interaction against syria so there's a strike they've been waiting for several days and they this pressure they been leaving in. the first announced a possible strike against syria they can now forget about that at least for some

time. meanwhile u.n. experts are analyzing samples collected in syria as part of a probe into the alleged use of deadly chemical weapons last month but washington's made it clear it intends to take action regardless of what the u.n. comes up with the white house is building a case for war against syria based on its own findings washington says it has intelligence reports implicating assad but has refused to present any concrete evidence u.s. officials have been said pointed to amateur footage posted online allegedly showing victims of the attack unconfirmed eyewitness accounts are also being used as solid evidence by america while the latest claims from the state department revolve around a legend samples from the war zone which they say confirm the use of chemical weapons but most of america's allies aren't buying the arguments with only france agreeing to weigh in with force to support a u.s. attack well the u.n.

says it's the only one who can determine whether chemical weapons were actually used 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 space directly on evidence collected from the ground ok and is the u.s. share any of this evidence that is described with the u.n. well as we've repeatedly said member states are encouraged to share information information they may have with regards to alleged incidents well the u.s. has been accused of overlooking some facts that undermine its view of how the region should be dealt with artie's anastasio takes a look at claims that washington rarely lets inconsistency get in the way. michael weapons on august twenty first killing hundreds of people with an ongoing un investigation is now the anchor to weigh

a more direct involvement and the option of a military escapade but this is far from the first time chemical weapons have come up in the conflict although incidents which are apparently less convenient for the u.s. to pay attention to one example in may this year a top u.n. investigator said a chemical attack with the use of sarin gas had taken place in march with indications that it was done by the opposition forces we could next. week to money. that made to appear that some chemical weapons were used in particular as in what was. what appear on. to our investigation that was used by openings by their weapons and we have no no indication at tool or is that the government. of the city government has used chemical weapons from

ignoring the reports of un investigators that would rather kept quiet to turning a blind eye to the feet of kurds the largest ethnic minority in syria at the hands of the opposition leading to the displacement of tens of thousands of people. our people our villages suffer the vicious assault there chased out of their homes they become victims of massacres and ethnic cleansing everything connected to the kurds is being destroyed to episodes of finding theran gas in the homes of syrian militants reportedly to be used for bombs in may this year when russia and turkey called for an investigation but the west did not questionable and uncomfortable factors have been downplayed by the u.s. time after time possible and to the syrian crisis as far away as ever but misinformation and selective reasoning seem to be alive and well and if they are to moscow anti-war activist richard becker doesn't believe the syrian government would

shoot itself in the foot by using w m d's against its own people when it's winning the civil war. 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 that had happened the united states does not have the authority it's not the pl the cop of the world to be able to go in and attack any country and syria has not threatened and cannot threaten the united states if they launch a war that they would not only be reckless it would also be lawless and it would also have unforeseeable consequences as all wars do before they begin. the arab league is split over the syrian issue saudi arabia and qatar are calling for strong action while other states have experienced an american intervention they say they wouldn't wish that experience on anyone else artie's policy or has more. journal 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 sonora 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 coming up on our thousand days staring at the walls that's the fate of wiki leaks editor julian saunders who says he was still stranded inside ecuador's embassy in london with little hope of leaving following a lengthy spell of house arrest for now says on that shortly. the radiation level at japan's fukushima nuclear power plant is eighteen times higher than previously reported scans show that in some areas it could kill a person exposed to it in just four hours independent nuclear consultant sean bernie believes that the situation at the plant crippled by a two thousand and eleven earthquake and tsunami is only going to deteriorate. do you have that's the picture. as it's the picture so again with a very complex three reactor meltdown and spent fuel in the pools saying they

probably don't have enough workers on site their workers and to get it going since they're not being told about the themselves or putting them in the. and then going forward this is a problem is only going to get worse there is already way we get it into absolute certainty the amount on site to keep saying it's because there's three times as much caesium it's very dangerous to go back to get your three times as much as was released by the chernobyl accident he's sitting in the trenches in the tank so it's a sure sign. well some believe there are hidden dangers not even a hazard suit can protect people from courtesy of a global biotech giants later suffolk o. shevardnadze talks to jeffrey smith from the institute of responsible technology about the hazards of genetically modified foods and the key figure in the jama market monsanto. they lied about the toxicity of their former products p c b's age of darren's d.d.t. and they have an unprecedented control around the world and the regulatory bodies

this is exemplified by the food and drug administration where the policy on g.m. owes was overseen by monsanto's former attorney michael taylor and the policy falsely claims that the agency wasn't aware of any information showing the g m o's were significantly different therefore the f.d.a. requires no safety studies and no labeling they leave it up to monsanto to determine if their foods are safe and mud sand it doesn't even have to tell the f.d.a. or consumers if it wants to slip a g.m.o. into our food supply. it's been a top destination for tourists from around the world for centuries but the way

guests in paris are being welcomed and treated suddenly become a cause for concern for the city's authorities we'll tell you why in a few minutes. the bible says many times that god is the father of all things. i'm sure he called me to say if these children. from the orphanage that you know in time. my fellow pilgrims. my dad is probably the kindest soul in the world. he can't abandon the child he knows that they wouldn't survive so he in jurors to the end anyone dreams can be summed up in just a few words russia and the world was no wolf and we don't want any children to wake

up in orphanages small you firmly believe that the parents out there every child speedo my ego's. are watching are. some fifteen million germans watched a tepid t.v. duel between chancellor merkel and her main rival both were keen to appear on top of issues like the euro tax policy and u.s. spy programs but there were no real clashes between two candidates fully aware that they may be forced into a coalition together after this month's general vote party's peter all over reports . now this one and only televised debates between the main front runners in the

german elections could potentially have a huge impact on who wins and who can try and pick up the few votes now currently as it stands at the moment called into the the latest polls that came out on friday angler merkel was quite far in the lead with forty one percent the s.p. deepish x. party behind them with twenty six percent however personal feeling amongst the german voters could be could be huge in this one of the reasons for that is that the two parties are quite similar and do agree on a lot of issues has accused merkel in the past of hiding the true cost of bailing out greece from the from the german people germany has put in the lion's share of the money to try and help the the financially struggling the fiscally struggling mediterranean nation after this selection whoever is chancellor whether it's merkel whether it's time to is going to have to deal with what seems like it would be

almost inevitable the bailout for the mediterranean country now one of the other major issues that in the select in this election is the n.s.a. spying scandal and just what's being done about it and what was done at the time now one of the main questions being pointed at angola merkel is just how much did she know about it and how much did she allowed the n.s.a. the united states to spy on german citizens so greece and the n.s.a. emerging as the the two things that these the two main candidates can go head to head on however what we are going to see though is them slam each other too much personally it's very likely on the to after the twenty second when the vote is here in germany these two might have to sit down and talk and i and out in. a coalition that could lead germany in the coming years. inches away from a rock and roll death the passengers of this car in taiwan miraculously escaped

unharmed when this giant boulder threatened to crush them add to our to dot com to see the full version of this amazing footage plus come rain or come shine and it looks time looks like this time it might be rain the world's top military bands turn out in their finest for rehearsals and a heavy downpour to delight the crowds and reds where you can enjoy that video on our website in motion page or purchase it at roughly dot t.v. . monday marks one thousand days of confinement for wiki leaks editor julian assange most of it under house arrest but since june two thousand and twelve the whistleblower has been holed up in london's ecuadorian embassy attempting to avoid extradition to sweden where he's wanted on sex crime allegations a song fears should he step out of the embassy he will be arrested and ultimately handed over to the u.s. to face life imprisonment which wiki leaks spokesperson told r.t. why they're so worried. it is quite obvious if you read through the transcript of

the trial against chelsea manning and see what kind of arguments were raised there and how often we killings was not mentioned in the trial that there is a very strong possibility that the next target is to know science and it might also already be an indictment against him and all the others in our organization we see as well the escalating war against to those who commit the act of journalism and this is escalating from month to month the argument is this is the bradley manning was the first whistle blower and he was history who has been. prosecuted and found guilty on the basis of us journalists will come next it could possibly be we can leaks all the media organizations it's a real possibility and we know all about the ongoing investigation in the u.s.

into we can leave which has been now going on for three years and probably cost. quite a sum of money because it has been cited as one of the biggest criminal investigation in la times in the u.s. so it is a very worrying situation the n.s.a. may be collecting information on citizens that well but some u.s. states are bucking that trend in montana police must now obtain a warrant before they can track someone's mobile phone artes and you blake went to find out if that idea is likely to spread. the piece of technology we consider vital to the conduct of our everyday perth professional life although smartphones happens to be a combination phone listening device location tracker and hidden camera we already know that the government is collecting sensitive information from the e-mails to your mom to the texts and calls to significant

other it's not that easy to escape the eyes and ears of the federal government on the local level however some people are looking to change that enter one of the youngest elected lawmakers in america i'm doing is on the government state representative out of montana republican daniel zona cough has made it his mission to keep government intrusion at bay or at least that's his ultimate goal only twenty six he's already proposed a number of initiatives focusing on montana residents right to privacy earlier this year he drafted legislation that requires the police to obtain search warrants and prove probable cause before obtaining a location data from cell phone service providers and even those only causes a newcomer in elected politics he's already making a difference any time your cell phone is on it transmits a signal to a local tower that can coordinate your precise location often within inches throughout most of the u.s. law enforcement doesn't need a warrant to get this info thanks to cough montana was the first state to require probable cause to build basically. force and to use a search warrant to get soap on occasion information so we're talking about policy

and privacy you were the to meet the road that sounds simple enough but before zona cost legislation any entity with the right paperwork could go to a telecom provider like pharazyn eighteen t. or any other cell phone carrier and request location data off and they'd receive it without ever needing to show probable cause once that info was collected it can be used to do a lot more than just pinpoint a location in two thousand and ten a federal appeals court ruled a person who knows all of another's travels can deduce whether he is a weekly church goer a heavy drinker a regular at the gym a unfaithful husband and l. . patient receiving medical treatment an associate of particular individuals or political groups and not just one such fact about a person but all such facts as only call found out though that information is relatively easy to collect now that montana has become the first state in the nation mandating that police prove probable cause he hopes his message of privacy spreads and it's important for us the country because i'm using the past everywhere else i wrote that every state usually doesn't start with new legislation they see

someone else do it and copy the states of maine in new jersey have passed nearly identical pieces of legislation following montana's lead and according to zone a coffin there are much bigger issues at stake so we're going to all these rights you've seen no games in security or is the balance we're going to say we give up all rights we have all the security now we have no right to actually live our lives so what are we just what are we sacrificed for that's the real question and that's the biggest concern that i think we have we cannot just keep giving up rights seeing we don't know what security is in place when we give up our rights there's no transparency that should be the biggest concern of everybody not the safety but we're going to how is it being used and could it one day be used incorrectly i'll tell you what intent in government is always great but it tends to always be misled and used the wrong way in recent weeks the fifth circuit court of appeals ruled that federal agents to be not apply for search warrants on the local level that doesn't hold true question now is will more states continue this reporting from

washington and you play hard to. in mexico violence has erupted between police and protesters demonstrating against the government's proposed education and energy reforms the clashes were near the congress building in mexico city protesters tried to disrupt a parliament session students threw stones and petrol bombs at security and police responded with tear gas teachers have been protesting for two weeks against mandatory evaluation of their performance while others accuse the government of trying to sell off the mission's energy assets. protests in romania continue. into the night on sunday after thousands rallied over the opening of a new mine in transylvania people were angered by reports that a canadian mining company could use cyanide to extract gold demonstrators condemned the government for backing the planned technique would harm the environment. in pakistan a roadside bomb has killed at least nine servicemen and wounded over twenty others the blast happened when

a convoy was passing through the northern province of was nearest town near the border of afghanistan the turbulent region has seen plenty of violent attacks by both al qaeda and the taliban while u.s. drones hunting the militants often catch civilians in the crossfire on saturday a drone raid killed three foreign militants being the world's top destination for tourists is a gold mine for the paris city budget but the notoriously grumpy service in the french capital could finally be turning people off artie's tests are silly reports on how visitors are losing affection for the city of love. going to go up are. smiling faces the belie a troubled economy with the number of job seekers rising to three point twenty eight million in july from the twenty seventh month in a row and a budget deficit the government can barely rein in france has been walking on eggshells since europe's economic crisis hit but there is

a small respite this is the pages of paris is the last thing for sure the city runs as part of the world's top test of a city but it won't be three million visitors thirty three million paris alone cannot foresee may not be enough that's a reality it's not always up to weekly with a city of like known as much for its beauty as its unfriendliness at the extreme end of it a few years ago dozens of japanese tourists were reported to have been struck with the so-called paris syndrome they were so madly affected by rude encounters that they had to be repatriated back to japan and the state of shock. very says beautiful it's wonderful but the reason siren and they have to change this because they rely on revenue from to reason. i'm shocked at the behavior of some people who are supposed to be tourism professionals i won't get into details but really i'm shocked at the attitude they've given me. with tourism making up more than seven

percent of the french gross domestic product tourist officials in the country's capital decided to attempt with the naysayers claim is impossible giving those who work in the service industry to be more pleasant. again being was launched this summer in paris called do you speak truest guide for restaurateurs taxi drivers and shopkeepers on how to behave towards their city's guests leaving them contra by country advice on what is expected from them from. knowledge it is important for everyone involved in pounces economy to treat tourists better regardless of their nationality in order to make them want to come back and to spend more. and that's precisely where france legs behind the competition despite being the number one destination the un world tourism organization found out that visitors to the u.s. spend twice as much as those who travel to france and that's despite fewer people

making the journey to the states that the loss of revenue is proving twice as costly as europe continues to struggle with a debt crisis that seriously endangering the french economy this paris taxi driver insists though that while the dream speak tourist is a good idea creating a positive experience is not a one way street. first of all for us taxi drivers that are passengers who are very excuse me for saying so annoying. something they may simply have to accept with a smile if they want to hold on to one of its economic basis amid a slew of losing hands but it's important to remember the good manners costs nothing but as france's learning bad manners may be very pricey indeed. does or sylvia r.t. . i later special report is coming up after a short break. 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 in bold 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 smirnoff which is british own and produced and bottled in various countries around the globe including the usa itself we do support the american worker people love to 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 hinting 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.

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