mohnish. visit to a. german intelligence shares president obama's confidence the assad regime was behind last month's alleged chemical attack in syria as washington continues building the case for a military strike while in the u.k. . revelations that a british company was planted a license to explore potential not gas a syria has not gotten it has a thing tough questions about how that was allowed to happen. shouldn't president mohamed morsi will stand trial for inciting violence and the murder of protesters amid accusations from his supporters that the case is politically motivated.

seven am in moscow i'm mad good to have you with us here on r t our top story a german intelligence agencies reportedly sided with the white house in blaming the assad regime for the alleged chemical attack in syria last month but like their u.s. counterparts germany's agents have failed to provide hard evidence details from peter all over it. what we've seen in reported in the ago is that the head of the german security services guard 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 and they say that it was a sarin news nerve gas they base this on interceptions made on doctors who have treated patients and they cite that the symptoms that those patients had. similar to those that you would find of somebody who had been the victim of a sarin gas attack 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 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 germany is playing a fine balancing act between keeping their american allies happy by by showing support and not direction but also by trying to keep the german people happy we have an election coming up here in just a few weeks' time and opinion inside germany has been predominantly anti involvement in the syrian conflict 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 attraction 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 called a sequence is only in the right type of scenario so germany and anglo. indeed it is playing a very very interesting balancing game between keeping our allies happy and keeping the german electorate happy of course ahead of the general election in just a few weeks time german journalist man walks on reuters says the german intelligence services are actively working to support the allegations of the us intelligence agencies. the us americans are starving for credibility and for this the german and i especially germany and the german secret service turned out to specially during the last weeks by this huge and it's a scandal to be type of branch of the u.s. intelligence so it looks like the u.s.

intelligence and the german intelligence delivered and this just in time barack obama and much more a little chunk area now are being flown credibility in the syria case so they have the problem that not even the. even their own political class is believing in this what is called evidence by the u.s. and there you can see the same in europe the general opinion is strongly critical against those allegations of chemical warfare by president assad in syria. allegations from berlin rely on the same kind of conclusions that were presented by the white house says it's trying to win congressional and public support for a strike on syria but let's take a closer look at what some of the data is that the u.s. is trying to base its decision on washington says it has intelligence reports implicating assad but so far refused to present concrete evidence u.s. officials instead pointed to aventura footage posted online allegedly showing victims of the attack and confirmed by witness accounts also being used as solid

evidence by the u.s. and the latest claim from the state department revolve around alleged samples from the war zone that they say confirm the use of chemical weapons moscow has criticized washington though for its inappropriate game of secrecy they say over the alleged chemical attack with the u.s. still refusing to reveal the full extent of its evidence or he's shown thomas reports. 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 was 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 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 to what he says his western partners on 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. nato has

again said it's not going to take part in any possible action against the syrian government meanwhile the u.s. navy 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 in the mediterranean they have been joined by an aircraft carrier group now in the red sea to support the attack on syria if ordered the super carrier u.s.s. nimitz one of the largest ships in the world at more than three hundred meters long powered by nuclear reactors with ninety planes and a helicopter aboard the helicopters aboard it's accompanied by five smaller ships are with tomahawk cruise missiles meanwhile images emerged on social media purporting to show u.s. servicemen speaking out about a looming strike on damascus people wearing military uniforms seen posing in front of cameras with handwritten signs saying they didn't join up to fight alongside al qaeda in syria pictures can't be verified but the pentagon is reportedly already looking into the identities of those involved gordon duff a marine corps veteran says many u.s. troops are against supporting syrian rebels because of extremists in the ranks. if

he did seventy percent of americans are clearly opposed to up. against syria and members of the military. particularly lost five thousand killed fighting the same groups in iraq that we are advocating that we support in syria so members of the military from either side in their clear divisions in the military both the left and the right none of them have any reason to want to support syrian rebels president obama has got himself painted into a corner there is no way out it's been revealed that the british government to rubber stamp the export of chemicals which can be used to prepare the nerve agent sarin to syria it's the same substance at the center of the alleged toxic gas attack near last last month and your damascus license to sell the chemicals were granted to a u.k. based company but they were never actually delivered. here's what the u.k.

department of business skills and innovation told r.t. about this they say the british firm was given the export license only after claiming the substances would be used for civilian purposes not clear exactly who was to receive the shipments nor the name of the company set to provide the compounds are sisera for of has more. 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 substances and that was potassium flu and sodium fluoride in both these agents can be used as precursor chemicals in the manufacture of nerve gas nerve these export licenses granted by the department the 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 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 is being accused of using on their own people who granted we have syria already enduring a civil war the looming threat of foreign firepower raining down on the country is one more thing there for the people to worry about or he's worried if an ocean has been finding out on the streets about how people there are taking the threat affecting their everyday life. 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. know it is going on every day every hour every minute drilling dura bombardment we have bombs and terrorist attacks shelling it's not very hard to face america but dealing with the job and the stresses. at the shop we've been his word for three years with bombs falling in our hands just a few hundred meters under here with friends missiles are out of this war is there really an arsehole because michelle will lead 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 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 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 they have no right to strike a country man but in the united nations each c.m. person who loves his country he will. accept the. who to send

one to attack that's just another entry on the lawn least of daily concerns which already includes terror attacks 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 looked like they 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. the reporting from damascus in syria and maria will remain in syria keeping our reporting keeping an eye on developments in the country as it faces up to a possible military strike. still to come on the program a thousand days in the life of julian assange. we look back at what the wiki leaks founder has been through as well as his prospects for the future plus.

we report on why financial concerns are forcing officials in the city of lights to start teaching the notoriously rude parisian service sector workers the rules of tourist etiquette that's after a short break. the bible says many times the goal is the father of all things. i'm sure he told me to see these children. and straight 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. dream can be summed up in just a few russia and the world with no wolf and we don't want any children to wake up in orphanages firmly believe that the parents out there every child space goes. sixteen minutes past the hour now egypt's ousted president mohamed morsi will stand trial for inciting violence and murder along with more than

a dozen other members of the muslim brotherhood charges relate to a december protest of the presidential palace in cairo that left seven protesters dead the country's army backed government has set up a panel to revise egypt's constitution with the brotherhood still refusing to take part supporters of the former president are pressing ahead with rallies calling for his return to power despite hundreds having died in violence from the british egyptians for democracy thinks the charges against morsi are unjustified. president morsi the first ever elected president of egypt 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 wealthiest and this is a text. is illegitimate who is always something illegal you cannot accept a coup in twenty thirty nine the more what we're seeing now is very obvious and it's very clear and what the people in the streets that millions of egyptians now are doing on the streets of egypt they say they will never go back to the time never go back to dictatorship they will carry on peacefully resisting this military coup taking a look now at some stories on our web site teams lined up for you high level espionage report on how even countries normally friendly to the u.s. have become involved in n.s.a. spying plus. they go these guys from el salvador who know how to play with fire head to the emotions section of argy dot com for the full video. a short spell in a london jail followed by house arrest and now trucked in ecuador is u.k. embassy that's how we get leaks founder julian assange spent last thousand days his

usual ordeal initially started in two thousand and ten when he left sweden where authorities want to question him over sex crime allegations after an unsuccessful attempt to appeal his extradition from the u.k. back to stockholm a solid start refuge in the ecuadorian embassy he's now spent more than a year holed up inside the diplomatic mission because he faces immediate arrest the minute he sets foot on british soil the former hacker could also face espionage charges in the u.s. because the site revealed so much info about the country's military operations we can expose christina raw facts and tells us that given the u.s. attitude to some whistleblowers prospects for a song may not look promising. 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 you so isn't that 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 us journalists will come next it could possibly be we can leaks and all the media organizations it's a real possibility and we know all about the on investigation in the u.s. into we can leave which has been now gone on for three years and probably cost. quite a sum of money because it has been. stated as the one of the biggest criminal investigation in la times in the u.s. so it is a very worrying situation. taking a look now at some other stories making headlines around the globe dramatic footage

emerged showing tornadoes tearing eastern japan at least sixty three hurt about one hundred homes damaged lightning strikes also cut power to tens of thousands of households officials warn the public over worsening weather conditions. three insurgents dead in a salt on the u.s. military base in eastern afghanistan prior to the attack they torched several nato trucks but failed to enter the base itself after a gunfight broke out no u.s. or afghan soldiers were injured but it casts doubt on the country's stability ahead of the official nato pullout date in two thousand and fourteen. violent clashes broke out during protests against the president in mexico's capital hundreds fought with police is seven days of mass demonstrations across the country came to a close and tows only a year into his presidential term has already angered the public by proposing to privatized the country's oil production. hundreds of members and supporters of the newly founded alternative for germany party gathered in the streets of dusseldorf for an election rally marchers held posters and banners critical of on the merkel

and demanding the return of the deutschemark the deal was founded in february two thousand and thirteen and it's known for its conservative views is famous for being adamantly anti euro and advocating the idea of separate currencies used in europe. the lack of civility demonstrated by some service sector workers in paris has become such a problem that officials have been forced to act they're on a mission to teach etiquette to french workers because of fears the country could be losing out on millions of euros a year amid a continent wide debt crisis are these tests are sillier reports from the city of lights. they're. going to go up are you. smiling faces that 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 dangers of more modern 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 par with the 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 in the state of shock. barry says beautiful it's wonderful but the reason sorry americans and they have to change these because they're running revenue from to america and other people that they're rude but i haven't had any rooting counters myself i'm shocked at the behavior of some people refuse to be tourism professionals i won't get into details but really i'm shocked at the attitude being 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 the naysayers when was impossible giving those who work in the service industry to be more pleasant. 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 leaving them contra by country advice on what is expected from them. it is important for everyone involved in parents this economy to treat better regardless of their nationality in order to make them want to come back and to spend move forward on this or that and that's precisely where france lags behind the competition despite being the number one destination the un world tourism organization and 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 tourist is a good idea of 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 i mean this move losing hands but it's important to remember the good manners costs nothing but as france is learning bad manners may be very pricey indeed. does or sylvia r.t. paris. cross-talk with fear of alchemy your way next stay with us here on our.

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close. lipped. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle going on the obama administration's continued insistence that the syrian regime must be punished for alleged use of chemical weapons has convinced few of 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 in the future of international law. to cross out the ongoing conflict in syria i'm joined by george samuel in new york

he is a fellow of the global policy institute of london metropolitan university and author of bombs for peace nato's humanitarian war on yugoslavia and in washington we cross to jason isaacson he is the american jewish committee director of government and international affairs all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it i want to make sure our guests understand and our audience that president obama has not decided at this point time as we're sitting down to regard this part of a program to attack syria so let's please keep that in mind george if i go to you first hear what you believe is the most important trend do you see going on in the arab world from tunisia all the way is to wait as we speak right now with the situation the united states and syria what's the most important trend in your mind well i think the. most important trend is. over see instability if there is. clearly a wave of.