while obama's top officials banging the drums of of war at a senate hearing in washington activists inside war torn syria become human shields to guard possible american targets. plus almost march to war on syria is checked by opposition at home with the french demanding a vote we report on whether the president can risk a repeat of britain's rejection. also in media watchdog condemns the u.k. government sustained use of strong arm tactics against the press security measures are putting hard earned freedoms have risk.

to live from moscow i'm lindsey france. up to ninety days of military operation but no boots on the ground those are some of the leaked details of a resolution being put to the u.s. congress to convince members to back war against syria the document is expected to be put to a vote next week. it follows intense questioning in the senate some of the top cheerleaders for military intervention including secretary of state john kerry and defense chief chuck hagel they both maintain the syrian government is behind last month chemical attack outside damascus despite the u.n. still not having made any conclusions artie's guyana to khan reports the blocks upon which john kerry built the administration's case for an attack on syria included fear mongering and it was this part which reminded many of the mushroom cloud fears that the bush administration stoked in the run up to the iraq invasion take a listen if the congress decides not to do this it is

a guarantee whether it is with us. in syria or nuclear weapons in a room or a nuclear weapons in north korea we will have invited a for certain confrontation at some point in time that will require you to make a choice that will be even worse mitigating the consequences of a military action against syria was also part of secretary kerry's presentation to a question on whether u.s. strikes will end up emboldening extremists in syria john kerry answered no they will not according to secretary kerry experiments in syria will not benefit from u.s. strikes although reports on the ground and a great many experts suggest the opposite the other premise that the administration put forward is that there is no other option but to bomb syria here's how secretary kerry explained he was readiness to bypass the u.n. security council break international law and attack syria at the u.n. we saw a condemnation of

a chemical attack without blame without citing. without seeing who was responsible simply a condemnation of a chemical attack and the russians blocked it and this was one of many discrepancies in secretary kerry's remarks in fact russia. instead attributed blame to the assad government alone without a credible u.n. investigation what john kerry did not mention is that the u.s. has done everything possible so that the u.n. investigative team would not have the mandate to determine who is to blame for the attacks in syria so now we're left with the intelligence assessment of the u.s. government and that of some of its allies u.s. officials say the public will not see the classified evidence upon which they build their case many members of congress even those who have not seen the classified evidence have indicated that they are ready to authorize the attack on syria. and as the u.s. thrushes out bombing options a new movement is becoming stronger among the syrian people activists are gathering

outside key strategic facilities expected to be targeted by american strikes are calling on washington to halt its march to war and insists they're ready to die if it doesn't artillery if an ocean i sent this report from damascus. this is the syrian public response to the plans of the united states of america to strike this middle east and we can treat those who come into this huge mountain just outside damascus call themselves a human shield that's often america's president barack obama said that the u.s. should take a military response to what's going on in syria these people don't know actually as the rest of the population is about as the entire international community don't know so far when or if the missiles will strike they say they'll stay till it's needed. to. be. whipped up the side of this and that's

a. different ages different backgrounds and social status they have actually have little in common except for one seed that unites them and that is their will to demonstrate to show their anger at the plan of the current state strike country and read in their banners we can understand actually the message they want to send. we're here to show that we belong to syria this country is strong because of its people and its leadership we're not afraid. we express our loyalty to our country in the face of american threats we don't want what they did in a rock group or the chemical weapons claims to be done in our country. they chose this year in mountains because they taste as a symbol of damascus and of syria as well but also because it's it is a very important place strategically it's time to many security and military

buildings and institutions and it is expected to be targeted and people who gathered here today and who are going to use friend here some time say that even if the missiles start holding they will not move any. reflection from damascus and syria. he's raring for war and president process while a long says there will be no vote on the matter despite a recent poll suggesting that three in four french people want parliament to have a say on attacking syria perhaps wary of a u.k. like defeat by lawmakers on loans our administration insists he alone has the power to order an attack or to test are similar reports on the french perspective. the french president a lot is constitutionally able to order over the top without a parliamentary approval but first of all along has been under a lot of pressure from opposition to to put this issue to a vote with the opposition and also pointed out that a lot is in

a court of humility a position of having to wait for what the u.s. says before acting i was spokesman from along the office said the president hasn't yet decided whether or not to ask for a vote but what's interesting to note is that in the u.k. the prime minister is also able to order the talks without parliament the prime minister or david cameron had asked anyway and had been given. no alone said though that france will not go it alone and we'll wait for the outcome of the u.s. special vote all of this comes on the back of the report the center to parliament by the prime minister regarding the chemical attack near damascus last march which they say is responsible for two hundred eighty one deaths the report says though that quote it could not have been ordered or carried out by anyone other than the syrian government that would be president of syria bashar al assad in the meantime a given an interview to french newspaper the general one warned that should there be an attack chaos and extremism would ensue and he also said there's a risk of a regional group and one that france would become an enemy of the syrian state should they go ahead with this attack as far as public opinion grows so one of the

recent polls say that a fifty nine percent of the french are against a military intervention in syria by the government reporting from paris. let's not speak to a french member of the european parliament to hear thoughts on the denial of a vote on war joining me live from paris is our no don member of parliament and president of the security and defense subcommittee hello sir thank you so much for joining us today now let's be honest how would an attack on syria help your constituents in france in the first place. while it's at the moment you know there will be a debate this afternoon in the parliament so that we will see more clearly the positions of each political groups but even within each political group you have some divisions the mood in from among the peoples suggested by the pool balls and also among the parliamentarians is

a mood of skepticism i think everybody agrees that what the bashar al assad did. is the illusion of. international laws but people are very skeptical about military response. a recent poll has shown there is a very strong public backing of egg a parliamentary vote on this issue should all long really take the risk of repeating you know what happened in the u.k. or is it just too much. well you know that according to our constitution. vote is not required vote from the assembly is not required to to launch military strikes. in the current situation there are too many parameters too many conditions . that are not met yet so i think it would be wise for for so long to try to have a foolish. goes for military option it's not a done deal it's not

a done deal because we have the g. twenty in sympathy. to morrow or some other great hopes. even limited. to the military option there will be also the congress. in september so there are still many options. on should go for a vote. opposition is almost united on that and even within the socialist party the ruling party you have more and more voices calling for a vote because of the necessary legitimacy to take such action we are not there yet there will be for us to debate. the president does not rule out the option he has not closed the door on the voting option we have some time still to debate and then after the review is vote what we do in front. ok and real quickly if you could

for us speak you know you're a military man and france and the united states have both talked about they say the aim is strike at would be to strike assad's chemical weapons launch capabilities do you you know they're talking artillery airfields and the like is that feasible do you think. well to be honest with you. i'm very skeptical about what we are talking today which means. pretty primitive strikes please don't call on the president obama call that i don't believe in that i don't believe it's efficient i don't believe it's tearing people i think it would not be a good option. what what would happen the day after the consequences of strikes can be huge in the region it could be huge in syria. i do not see the point in punishing that way we all know that the solution in syria

can only be a diplomatic and political solution. diplomatically on that and i don't thing military strikes at that point will be relevant militarily speaking diplomatic diplomatically speaking and politically speaking. i think president putin has the as the choice and has the option with the g twenty summit to show some. openness to some western demands when it comes to. the support of bashar assad regime's because if it's proven that bashar bashar assad regime was behind the chemical attack. there should be some kind of condemnation some kind maybe of retaliation but i think we should first explore all the diplomatic means to solve the crisis thank you so we will of course all be watching the g twenty going on goings on very closely indeed that is our no advantage on any president at the

security and defense subcommittee in france thank you very much sir. coming up russia says it could back the u.s. force in syria only if it's proven by the u.n. . ordered an alleged chemical attack last month and a security council votes for action. and the lebanese terror vigilance showing bombing and other crimes spring up and mobile software stores are pos lebannon as innovation and security combine. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then. you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you. are welcome to the big picture.

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russia will wait for rock hard evidence about who carried out an alleged chemical weapons attack in syria last month before deciding how to act he says all options remain on the table but facts and international authorization should come before intervention or to shawn thomas has the details. well let me add putin was speaking to the associated press when he warned against western intervention in syria saying that it is just generally a bad idea for unilateral action he also said if the united states has proof that the assad regime used chemical weapons that they need to have it over to the u.n. security council so that a proper appropriate legal decision can be made he also said russia is not against using military action let's take a listen you know what you're going to. russia will be ready to take strong action if we have exact an unbiased information about who committed these crimes and what weapons we used we will take a principled stand as we firmly believe the use of weapons of mass destruction is

a crime but we think we should at least wait for the u.n. inspectors to give their report speaking about the now famous video that is made its circulation around you tube showing the horrific images of children having been killed allegedly from a chemical weapons a strike he said this is a tragedy it is for respect but it does raise a lot of questions in fact it doesn't show how they were killed or who did the killings. certainly those pictures of dead children are just hideous but they don't prove anyone's guilt even in the us some experts think the evidence presented by the administration is not compelling it's possible that the opposition staged a provocation in order to give their patrons an excuse for military intervention but there is also another question if there is evidence that it's the militants that have been using w m d what will the u.s. do to them what will these sponsors do will they stop supplying weapons will they start hostilities against militants. well much has been made about the relationship

between president obama and the u.s. and blood than we have put ten saying that they have a rivalry of sorts but downplayed this saying that they both have a lot of common goals in fact iran we have. i mean north korea and that president obama is a frank and direct negotiating partner but certainly edward snowden is a big source of contention at least in the eyes of the media between relations between russia and the united states it was revealed that snowden came up to russian officials in hong kong at that time the president asked what this was all about edward snowden revealed himself as a human rights crusader president vladimir putin said that snowden is welcome to come to russia but if he does so he would have to stop any actions and all actions that could harm u.s. interests and russian u.s.

relations at that point snowden walked out but on the subject of how snowden eventually ended up in russia this is what the president had to say about that but explicit. and then snowden was on route to latin america via russia and what happened next there was a leak i hope i don't offend u.s. security agencies and diplomats because they could have handled this issue in a move professional way instead of allowing him to enter a country that would be easy for them to get him the intimidated everybody latin america european countries everybody and as a result naturally he stayed at our airports and became stranded in russia. and so optimism from the president about relations between the united states and russia continuing to grow although there have been tensions he is sure that the g. twenty is a good chance for those ties to be mended. a journalist who helped was a blower edward snowden leaks his secret has been offered

a police protection by the brazilian government glenn greenwald wrote about how the n.s.a. spied on the authorities in mexico and brazil and in britain where his newspaper the guardian is based a key press freedom group has confronted the u.k. government over its strong arm attempts to siphon information actually sarah firth has more on the fight to report the news in britain an act of intimidation that could have a chilling effect on press freedom in the u.k. and beyond not quite what you'd normally expect from a letter to the prime minister about press freedom in the way but those strong words coming from the world association of newspapers you organization felt compelled to right after the guardian newspaper was forced by british security services to destroy information received from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden and then the partner of one of its journalists suspected of carrying information the government deemed sensitive to national security was placed in detention upon arrival at heathrow airport david miranda

partner of guardian journalist glenn greenwald was held for nine hours is the maximum time a person can be held using laws designed to catch terrorists you know one of the reasons why we're so concerned and when i look at the work. department does which is which has a global reach one of the issues that we have united kingdom is saying about. freedom with a very strong record on ensuring that it. can write the new and so so for us here the press freedom situation in the united kingdom is this sliding and this is of great concern it is twenty thirteen freedom of speech seen here reporters without borders gives the u.k. a sad. situation rating for freedom of the press person slipped for nineteenth in

two thousand and ten to its current ranking of twenty ninth many concerned that showed to a servant of the terrorism act the law used to detain miranda is actually being used to stop journalists doing their job of holding people in power to account rather than being used to prevent terrorism just seven allows police to stop examine and search passengers that travel terminals there's no need for any suspicion that they're linked to terrorism it's a very difficult problems the security services have a difficult job difficult job. and the state clearly has a duty to protect. those people living. at the same time i think they must recognize the role of the media. and you have to have to be in line with the appropriate use the appropriate.

responsibility of regional government said it's hard to get copies of the information held by mr snowden could now be held by foreign countries t.t. mr snowden's travel since leaving the us and that the disclosure of some of that material could put lives at risk or critics of the government's actions have despite these alarmist planes aimed at justifying the blurring of the lines between terrorism and journalism is thought a full hearing into the legality of david maraniss detention and the seizure of that data will take place in october but in the meantime expect to see that war of words continue with the u.k. seemingly struggling to strike a balance between national security and press freedom sara for our london. whistleblower chelsea manning uses her legal last resort the private sentenced to

thirty five years for the biggest leak of data in u.s. history files a plea for president or a presidential pardon from obama there's more on this story online. and deadly in india as the latest study shows every hour a woman dies in a dispute over marriage payments for the details had to r t dot com. and s.o.s. button in your pocket smartphone developers in lebanon have launched their own early warning system for mobile devices software that allows users to instantly map terror bombing sites and report crimes of or suspicious behavior artie's policy or reports from beirut. so typical using a piece of meat to spill over its borders into neighboring countries which is why here in cities like pavement there are developers and even the kidneys on me that are constantly coming up with new and innovative ways of trying to deal with this great this illusion at bonds warning. one of us.

that if the line on real time information being uploaded by users. information as to where there's a globe where possibly a missile has landed where they were supposed to this is immediately uploaded to a map and shared by x. to the same place. this is an. especially when our country is being bombed as is happening unless we know where the bombs fall in the city or wherever and that's very important i think more people should do to. other projects in the pipeline include an app that will be able to tell the difference between fireworks which are often used here in celebrations and gunfire not to be outdone the liberties on me has also recently announced its own at these armed forces shield this provides drug rich communication between the public and maybe the soldiers now they will be able to fill in the army when ever there is a. vehicle

a suspicious object to some kind of potential gun the comes to continue to trickle in situations like when these kidnappings one of this is just examples of countries that have been on top in these standards in an attempt to try and deal with the if a growing syrian crisis for the c.r.t.c. they were. more than one hundred fifty people have been killed in just the first four days of september in iraq that include sixteen shows in an attack by gunmen on wednesday the country is locked in turmoil constantly beating its own monthly death toll records just steinberg of the executive intelligence review magazine thinks regional instability is helping to terrorists. the spillover is enormous and the whole region is facing a grave crisis you rock is in a very fragile situation it borders on syria and so there is a porous border between syria and iraq so you've got all kinds in iraq forces

moving back and forth across that border and of course the factor of the saudis funding the sunni insurgency and then driving iraq into a state internal crisis many of the. sunni insurgents who were operating inside iraq have now crossed over into syria so in a certain way. the violence that's now tremendously inside iraq is a kind reverberation back and they are the crisis center in syria. up next a special reports on the terrible toll military service takes on young troops newly returned from the battlefield.

if you need to review these economic ups and downs in the finite months day to london to do your sang i and the rest because i was doing the case you will be everything we own all. over. syria and barack obama's come to pounce toward the american administration is determined to punish the assad regime's alleged use of chemical weapons other than members of mainstream media many are skeptical of the president's claims and the necessity to attack syria so what is obama's plan and does it make any sense.

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