german intelligence reportedly concludes the assad government was behind last month's alleged chemical attack this as a bomber is struggling to convince congress to support a military strike on syria meanwhile in the u.k. . revelations that a british company with quantity their license to export potential not gas a chance to syria is that the government here they think tough questions over how that was allowed to happen. a thousand days in confinement house arrest time spent in a 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 to be enough to kill him just four hours of exposure.

live from our studio center here in moscow where it's just turned one am on a tuesday morning this is. german intelligence has reportedly laid the blame of the alleged recent chemical attack in syria on the assad government but failed to provide any concrete evidence that news website spiegel online has just broken the story so let's get all the details now from peter all of a in so peter what does this german intelligence report actually tell us tell us more about it. well what we've seen in reported in go is that the head of the german security services shindler held a meeting with top brass within the bundestag the main political movers and shakers

to talk about what intelligence germany had regarding chemical attacks on syria now a lot of what's come out from this is stuff that we have heard before from other revelations from other countries particularly the united states now disregards facts like the only according to this information only assad could have carried out these attacks due to the fact that only assad has the quit the training in order to have his soldiers carry out such attacks also that they say that it was a siren news nerve gas they base this on interceptions made on doctors who have treated patients in the state that the symptoms that those patients had were similar to those that you would find of somebody who had been the victim of a sarin gas attack also they place the number of dead from this this chemical attack in syria around the one thousand four hundred mark all of those things

things that we've heard before what is interesting from this one is one bit of information that's come out regarding a intercepted telephone call reportedly between one senior hezbollah figure and somebody at the iranian embassy now according to the intercept it says that the hezbollah are official it said. lost his nerve and made a huge mistake by ordering this attack now of course all we have to go on on this is what's been coming out from the from the reporting what is apparently being given to the german government about something of course we're going to be looking into further in the future what it does seem though is from the latest information that the germans are putting forward is that they say that they're pretty sure that assad was behind this however they're holding back on making any kind of concrete statement just yet why has it taken so long for this german intelligence report to be made public peter. well the german government and by

proxy the german intelligence operatives are playing. a game of a real balancing act at the moment they the politicians they want to keep their american allies happy they want to keep showing support for the united states however they also want to keep the people here in germany happy there has been huge on rest and unhappiness about any possibility of germany getting involved in any kind of military intervention in syria germany for their part of said that they would only take part in military intervention if there was a nato mandate on not just something that doesn't look like it's going to happen any time soon but yes this balancing act is something that the german government hasn't played all too well on every occasion just last week we saw the the foreign minister. now he issued a statement through the foreign ministry in english in which he said germany will be among those calling for action to be taken well that statement lasted one hour before

a retraction was given they cited the fact that it was it was muddled in translation and a far more watered down version of the germany stance was given which was a lot since i call the sequence is only in the the right type of of scenarios so germany and angela merkel indeed is playing a very very interesting balancing game between keeping her allies happy and keeping the german electorate happy of course ahead of that general election in just a few weeks' time auntie's peter all of a live in berlin thanks very much indeed for that update. well nato has again said it is not going to take part in any 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 are being joined by eight nuclear powered aircraft carrier it's now in the red sea to support

the attack on syria if ordered now the super carrier the u.s.s. nimitz is one of the largest warships in the world it's more than three hundred meters long and it's powered by nuclear reactors and it has the capacity of carrying up to ninety planes and helicopters and it's accompanied by five smaller warships and with tomahawk cruise missiles well in a letter to the un syria has asked the world body to prevent american aggression or has 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. we've been at war for two years with bombs falling in our hands

just a few kilometers from here cruise missiles are endless war is the difference. every day every hour every minute we endure bombardment we have bombs and terror attacks shelling it's not very hard to face america after dealing with the jobs for so long michel walid not his real name has a nice apartment in an 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 the. of. the strike we've got just at the last not 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 promoting 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 killings. those living 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 advice 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. race nationality reported from damascus in

syria. well for more updates follow on twitter who's been attempting to find out how other countries in the region would respond to a u.s. strike on syria. has been revealed that british firms approved the sale of chemicals to syria which can be used to make the sarin nerve agent and that was a substance allegedly used during last month's attack near damascus which is central to washington's case for military action licenses to solar chemicals were granted to a u.k. company although they were never actually delivered well here's what the department of business skills and innovation told us about this they claim the company which ordered these chemicals prove them 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 or the name of the company which was set to provide the compounds or the surfer has the details. business secretary vince cable certainly going to be facing some tough questions these revelations that the british government has granted export licenses to. as yet unnamed british company now this was for substances to be sent to syria and it was due to so-called fuel use substances and that was. and sodium fluoride in both these agents can be easily 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 there 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 tabled in 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 and big accuse of using on their own people who granted. for us there were issues made its way to the british parliament and i guess robertson is a scottish national party m.p. who was among those who took an interest in examining the case and he told us what questions he would like to see. i would comment on the fact that the u.k. rescinded the export license as 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. was even prepared to grant an export 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 sequences 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 thomas has more on the reaction from the russian leadership. it seems that russia is proactively trying it 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 just accusations if you have read any super secret data well you need to remove the secrecy because we're talking about 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 point into evidence that russian. experts had looked at saying that the ordinance that were used were not manufactured by any professional company in 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 it would 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. you can find out more on the events in syria dot com right now we're reporting that german intelligence allegedly has information about the syrian government using chemical weapons now that i could similar claims from their french colleagues from just a few hours ago keep checking. for more. oil coming up later in the program for you within. of exposure.

they just inspection show radiation levels at the devastated fukushima nuclear plant in japan eighteen times higher than just over a week ago still to come. i mean you have. to report on what financial concerns of forcing officials in the city of love to start teaching the tourist workers the rules of tourist etiquette that is after the break . going to be obama administration's continued insistence that the syrian regime must be punished for alleged use of chemical weapons as washington's traditional allies the americans have said they will strike syria on their own if they have to what does this say about america's standing in the middle east and the future of international law. without.

the consent. of the great. he continues her naughty house arrest a short spell in a london jail and trapped in the u.k.'s ecuadorian embassy that's where wiki leaks founder julian assange has spent the past one thousand days he's hoping 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 he'll most likely be arrested immediately there are also fears of a son he could face espionage charges in the u.s. because his site revealed so much damning information about how the country operates we can expect when kristinn hrafnsson told us that the outcome of a recent high profile whistleblower trial has them worried about the songes fate. 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 kill is was not mentioned in the trial that there is a very strong possibility that the next target is julian or 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 that bradley manning was the first whistle blower in the u.s. history who has been. prosecuted and found guilty on the basis of us journalists will come next it could possibly be we can leaks and to all the media organizations it's a real possibility and we know about the ongoing investigation in the us into we could leave which has been now going on for three years and probably cost. quite a sum of money because it has been. associated as the one of the biggest criminal investigation in lot of times in the u.s. so it is a very worrying situation. just to remind you if you missed something on air or on screen you can always get the full picture on our website here's some of what else is lined up there for you at the moment getting high fording low and you says the u.k. has become the addict of europe with sobering statistics of alcohol and drug consumption

among the british you can get the full picture right now on the website. these people are seeing red in the celebration of the color of their hair you can watch this display in full on our video agency page replete dot tv. radiation at japan's devastated fukushima nuclear plant is eighteen times higher than just over a week ago it's 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 the plant operator tepco has come under a wave of criticism for its handling of the cleanup of 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 also claims up to three hundred tons of contaminated water is seeping into the pacific

from every day. japan's prime minister has promised the government would aid tepco in managing the buildup of huge amounts of radioactive waters used to cool down melted fuel rods from the damaged reactors independent nuclear consultant sean burnley believes the situation at the facility is far from being under control to him cells. which are. as if so again it's very complex three reactor meltdown and spin. it's. not enough workers on site the workers don't get not being told about. the. forward this is a problem is the words. we get it are absolute certainty the amount on street. scenes is theirs to be trained as much caesium it's very dangerous you get three times as much as was released by the accident one

sitting in the trenches. it's. time now for some other news making headlines around the world and first to mexico where violent clashes have broken out during protests against the president in the capital there hundreds for police to seven days a mass demonstrations across the country came to a close and only one year into his presidential term but it's already angered the public by proposing to privatize the country's oil production. three insurgents have died in an assault on the u.s. military base in eastern afghanistan prior to the attack they torched several nato trucks but failed to enter the base after a gun battle broke out no american or afghan soldiers were injured but it cause further doubt on the country's stability as nato troops plan their twenty fourteen pullout. well it 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

harm so much though that in these dire economic times a drive has been launched to get locals to smile and encourage travelers to spend more orders to cilia reports. coming 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 in 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 more modern paris is the last for any tourist in the city francis clinch 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. with the city of like known as much for its beauty as its own friendliness

of 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 sorry they have to change there is because they rely on revenue from to emerge from other people that they're rude but i have been having a rude encounters 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 they'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 when was impossible giving those who work in the service industry to be more pleasant. and. a good team was launched this summer in paris called do you speak truest 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 parents' 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 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 the spite 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 they want to hold on to one of its economic basis of this new views enhanced but it's important to remember the good manners costs nothing but it's france's learning bad manners may be very pricey indeed. does or sylvia r.t. paris. news continues with a news team in just over half an hour from now the mean time for seven azza reignites the g.m. debate in the latest edition of interview show that's after the short break.

many gay bars are starting to refuse to sell russian vodka as a means of protesting the home. sexual 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 owned 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 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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