the walls of lights now. old pictures posts. on to and from around the globe. look to. nato reaffirms it is not going to take part in a military campaign against syria this is a u.s. nuclear aircraft carrier america's navy presence in the region meanwhile. revelations that a british company with quantity light or potential know with area that the government here they think tough questions about how that was allowed to happen. a thousand days in confinement house arrest time spent in the london prison and now limbo in the ecuadorian embassy it's the price we could make founder julian assange has paid in his battle for transparency. and radiation at japan's

fukushima nuclear plant has spiked to lethal levels thought to be enough to kill him just four hours of exposure. from a studio center here in moscow where it's just turned ten pm this is r.t. nato has again said it is not going to take part in possible military action against the syrian government adding that if allies individually opt for intervention they will need to win wide public support first meanwhile america's navy is continuing to step up its presence in the region ahead of the congressional vote on the issue five u.s. destroyers loaded with missiles along with an amphibious assault ship have been joined by a nuclear powered aircraft carrier it's now in the red sea to support the attack on

syria if ordered the super carrier the u.s.s. nimitz is one of the largest warships in the world more than three hundred meters long its power by nuclear reactors and have ninety planes and helicopters on board . and is a company by five smaller warships armed with tomahawk cruise missiles when in a letter to the un syria has asked the world body to prevent american aggression artie's more of a notion has been finding out how the threat of intervention in the country is affecting syrians. tomorrow next week next month series wondering if or when america's missiles will strike and what the aftermath will be but for many people here it doesn't pay to linger on what tomorrow will bring because the resolve ready award today. the snow is going on the in my know yet like being at war for two years with bombs

falling in our hands just a few kilometers from here cruise missiles or endless war is the difference in the us i could get the shot every day every hour every minute we endure bombardment we have the bombs and terror attacks shelling it's not very hard to face america after dealing with a jihad house for so long you know where michelle will lead not his real name has a nice apartment in upmarket area of damascus but a year ago he moved into the hotel his running for safety reasons after a family member was kidnapped by what he says were members of an al qaeda linked group we don't feel safe of course not because of. of. the strike we've got just at the last stop they are throwing these things against a sea of civilians and that's very bad and to have had a looser is considered to be one of the most successful and aggressive opposition forces promote in fundamental islam and proclaiming the end of the assad regime

they are believed to hold several districts around damascus where they engage in almost daily battles with government troops both the u.n. and the u.s. and others consider it a terrorist organization a treaty by saying that america should side because we are fighting terrorism america doesn't agree i have decided that the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets but that's just another entry on a long list of daily concerns which already includes terror attacks not pains and killing. yes there is they have it in residential areas of damascus say several days ago they started receiving letters like this one advising them to clear their basements in preparation for now no one i spoke to who likely would follow the violence syrians may vote with their feet when the bombs start to fall but for now they've got plenty of other things to worry about. very nasty reporting from

damascus in syria. for more updates follow. on twitter she's been attempting to find out how other countries in the region would respond to a u.s. strike on syria. it's been revealed that british firms approved the sale of chemicals to syria which can be used to make the sarin nerve agent that was the substance allegedly used during last month's attack near damascus which is central to washington's case for military action licenses to sell the chemicals were granted to a u.k. company although they were never actually delivered now here's what the department business skills and innovation told us about this they claim the company which ordered these chemicals proved to them they were only going to be used to make window frames and aluminum showers it's not clear who exactly was to receive these shipments nor the name of the company which was set to provide the compounds. first

as the details business secretary vince cable certainly going to be facing some tough questions over these revelations that the british government has granted export licenses to open yet as yet unnamed british company now the first for the third to be sent to syria and it was due to so-called killed substances and that was passed soon for the right. these agents can be used as precursor chemicals in the manufacture of nerve gas or those export licenses granted by the department for business innovation and skills it's reported in january the seventeenth and eighteenth and that license valid for six months in two thousand and twelve when the civil war in syria was already raging but he's concerned anyway again about these suspected chemical weapons stockpiles

a map of some of the suspected sites where of course huge concern about what the syrian government could potentially be doing with those chemical weapons but of course also that some of those sites could fall into the wrong hands if the situation gets ever more complex but it's thought here today there are going to be questions tables of the parliament really runs through and scrutinize exactly how these licenses for chemical agents that could be used in the types of weapons that the syrian government is being accused of using on their own people who granted. well the issue has made its way to the british parliament and it's robertson there's a scottish national party m.p. who was among those who took an interest in examining this case and he told us what questions he would like to see oncet. i would comment on the fact that the u.k. rescinded the export licenses when the european union told the u.k. to do it there so thank goodness for the european union intervening frankly the problem is that the u.k.

was prepared to grant an export license in the first place and of course the u.k. has form in this sort of thing being prepared to sell military hardware and other. things that can be used for the production of weapons and in this case chemicals which could in circumstances be used to produce chemical weapons and we do have to ask ourselves don't we why with the situation having already deteriorated so badly that the u.k. would. license where these chemicals do have the potential jewel use yes for manufacturing purposes but also for the production of chemical weapons moscow has hit out at the u.s. for its inappropriate game of secrecy over the alleged chemical attack near damascus as the u.s. has been refusing to reveal the full evidence it claims to possess meanwhile russian lawmakers have suggested launching dialogue with their u.s. counterparts on the sean thomas has more on the reaction from the russian

leadership. it seems that russia is proactively trying to get involved in coming up with a global solution on the problem of syrian fact agrees to send to lawmakers to the united states to meet with congress to discuss the situation on the ground in syria and saying that only through open dialogue and communication between these two countries where there has been pretty much a stalemate at the u.n. security council they can come up with a solution that is agreeable to both the united states and to russia and of course to syria as well now this comes after sergey lavrov addressed students at moscow state university of foreign relations today being the first day of class and he started off with some broad general statements about the western position on the middle east saying that the policies are inconsistent and that there are double standards that exist but specifically speaking to the idea of the united states having evidence saying that it was the assad regime that used chemical weapons

inside syria he said that it just does not pan out in fact he said there's no concrete evidence no locations were given no names were given no specifics of any kind and listen to his own words about what he had to say as we believe we've seen these papers there is no evidence it's it was just accusations if you have read any super secret data well you need to remove the secrecy because we're talking about a war and peace now the big news also is that lavrov talked about the situation in march back in aleppo where the russia believed that it was the syrian rebels that used chemical weapons that pointing to evidence that russian. experts had looked at saying that the ordinance that were used were not manufactured by any professional company the gas that was used was also not done on a professional grade suggesting that it was the rebels that used chemical weapons at that point in time then russia wanted a u.n.

investigation but it seemed when what he says his western part. the u.n. security council didn't seem interested in investigating back then in march but now . reiterated russia's position and strongly is against intervention and putin now saying that perhaps as congress goes through a debate in the next coming weeks and the vote goes to congress russian lawmakers will be a part of that conversation as well. tell us that when everything you need to know about what's going on in and around syria. right now the latest update there is the declassified french intelligence report which claims the chemical attack in syria was carried out from government controlled areas. to come for you later in the program within hours of exposure. inspections show radiation levels at the devastated fukushima nuclear plant in japan eighteen times higher than just over

a week ago also still to come. up are you. healing holes in the budgets with a smiling face on the program we report on how the city of love started to teach its really to work because the rules of tourist etiquette i mean losing a juicy slice of income we had to paris after the break. it was a. very hard to take a. look at that sex with their feelings.

is continues here in our tea house arrest a short spell in a london jail and trapped in the u.k. zip code or an embassy that's where we can leaks founder julian assange has spent the past one thousand days he's able to avoid extradition to sweden where he's

wanted on sex crime allegations and if he leaves the embassy and steps foot on british soil you'll most likely be arrested immediately there are also fears that a songe could face espionage charges in the u.s. because his site revealed so much damning information about the hull the country operates what we can expect when kristinn hrafnsson told us that the outcome of the recent high profile whistleblower trial has them worried about sandy's fate. it is quite all of us 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 can lease was not mentioned in the trial that there is a very strong possibility that the next target is your innocence and it might 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 that bradley manning was the first whistle blower and he was history who has been. prosecuted and found guilty on the basis of espionage us journalists will come next it could possibly be we can leaks all the media organizations it's a real possibility and we nor ball do on investigation in the us to weaken leads which has been now going on for three years and probably cost. quite a sum of money because it has been. associated as one of the biggest criminal investigation in la times in the u.s. so it is a very worrying situation. by the way if you missed something on there you can always get the full picture on our website has some of what else is lined up there for you at the moment dot com online all the time getting high but forming low a

new report says the u.k. has become the addict of europe with a sobering statistics about alcohol and drug consumption among the british you can get the full picture there on the website at the moment. and these people are seeing red in a celebration of the color of their hair you can watch this display in full on video agency pages that is roughly adult t.v. . radiation at japan's devastated fukushima nuclear plant is eighteen times higher than just over a week ago is believed to be enough to kill anyone exposed in just four hours new equipment on site detected the dangerous radiation levels around tanks which store toxic water now the plants operator tepco has come under a wave of criticism for its handling of the cleanup at the facility damaged by a powerful earthquake and tsunami back in march two thousand and eleven last month authorities admitted a massive amount of radioactive water may have leaked into the ocean and there are claims that up to three hundred tons of contaminated water is seeping into the

pacific from fukushima every day japan's prime minister has promised the government would aid to tepco in managing the buildup of huge amounts of radioactive water was used to cool down melted fuel rods from the damage reactors independent nuclear consultant sean bernie believes the situation at the facility is far from being under control to. cheer. as you see it being very complex three reactor. and speak. it's. not enough workers on site workers. forward this is a. words. are absolute certainty. and st. seems to be trying. to

get three times as much as was released. in the treaty. well president should say egypt's ousted president mohamed morsi will stand trial for inciting violence and the murder of protesters back in december along with other members of the muslim brotherhood the country's army backed government has set up a panel to revise egypt's constitution with the brotherhood refusing to participate . hundreds have died in violence across the country in recent months with clashes occurring between supporters and opponents of the former isn't this president mohammed i spoke to a little earlier she's from the british egyptians for democracy and she believes the charges against morsi are not justified president mohamed morsi the first ever freely elected president of egypt charged with these crimes it's very obvious that what we're seeing is a very politically motivated charge he was elected freely by everyone in egypt at

the end of the day this is how democracy works people go to the ballot box they choose somebody and this person stays there for their turn his time was four years so he spent one year for people to remove him they have to go back to the ballot box not through the masses not through people on the ground what we've seen is a very obvious and this is a text book who what happened is illegitimate a coup is always something illegal you cannot actually accept a crew in twenty thirteen anymore what we're seeing now is very obvious and it's very clear and what the people on the streets that millions of egyptians now are doing on the streets of egypt they will never go back to the time of work they'll never go back to pay to ship the. really resisting this minute. time now for some other news making the headlines around the world at this stage of the day in our world update violent clashes have broken out during protests against the president in mexico's capital hundreds for police as seven days of mass

demonstrations across the country came to a close and recoat nieto is only one year into his presidential term but has already angered the public by proposing to provide privatized the country's oil production. three insurgents have died an assault on a u.s. military base in eastern afghanistan prior to the attack they taught several nato trucks but failed to enter the base after a gun battle broke out an american afghan soldiers were injured but it cause further doubt on the country's stability as nato troops plan their twenty four thousand pull out. with has been no clear victory for german chancellor angela merkel in a key televised debate with her main election challenger with just three weeks left until the general vote merkel struggle to win over viewers a she locked horns with the social democrat peer steinbrück now here's what the viewer polls of germany's main public broadcaster show forty four percent of those

surveyed thought that the incumbent chancellor won the joule while it was fifty percent felt that her rival was much more convincing and even among undecided voters the majority were more swayed towards but as peter all of the reports both top candidates seem to realize they may be forced into a coalition despite their conflict over the handling of the greek bailouts and the recent n.s.a. snooping scandal. 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 pickle you vote currently as it stands at the moment called into the the latest polls that came out on friday angle a merkel worst it was quite far in the lead with forty one percent the s.p. deepish x. party behind them with twenty six percent however there's a 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 election whoever is chancellor whether it's merkel or whether it is going to have to deal with what seems like it would be almost inevitable third bailout for the mediterranean country now one of the other major issues that in this election 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 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 that on the two after the twenty second when the vote is here in germany these two might have to sit down and talk and i in out in bash out a coalition that could lead germany in the coming years. artie's peter oliver there may be one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world but the infamous attitude of the french could be doing the country's tourism trade home so much so that in these dire economic times a drive has been launched to get locals to smile and encourage travelers to spend more or just as a city or reports. going to go up are you. 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 visiting the street painters of momart in paris is the last for any tourist in the city francis clench a title of world's top destination at twenty twelve with eighty three million visitors at thirty three million in paris alone but the numbers may not be enough as the reality is not always up to a car with a dream. of 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 things because they're running revenue from to emerge from other people that they're rude but i haven't had any reading counters myself 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 we've given me. with tourism making up more than seven percent of the french gross domestic product tourist officials of the country's capital decided to attempt the naysayers claim is impossible giving those who work in the service industry to be more wasn't. a good thing was launched this summer in paris called do you speak to it's a guide for. drivers and shopkeepers on how to behave towards their city's guests giving them country by country advice on what is expected from them. it is important for everyone involved in charities economy to treat tourists better regardless of their nationality in order to make them want to come back and to spend more on this and that's precisely where france lags 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 this by 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 do you speak truest is a good idea creating 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 a says i'm going to move losing hands but it's important to remember the good manners costs nothing as france is learning bad manners maybe very pricey indeed. does or sylvia r.t.

paris. coming next we ought to say if you have an arts original it's the g.m. debate in the latest edition of interview show. 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 there. adding 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 smirnoff which is british owned and produced and bottled in various countries around the globe including the usa itself way to support the american worker people have 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. wealthy british style. markets. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines two kinds of reports on r.t. .