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the russian president warns against bypassing the you want to strike in syria putin said ignoring the security council and the beginning and the time would be an act of aggression got the full details of patients a wide range need to be. french lawmakers gather to debate taking action on syria as the country's president claims he's the only one to give orders and is determined to strike but only if washington decides to. the u.k.'s press freedom watch dog confronts the government over its strong arm tactics against whistleblowers and saying it's abused under terror laws to guide mobs.
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and welcome to all t twenty four hour news live from moscow my name is you know about our top story now president putin has warned against a military attack on syria without the u.n. security council's approval the russian leader said punitive measures can take place only under international authorization and of the sort of evidence the syrian regime gassed civilians he's shown thomas has the details of the interview piece and gave to the associated press and russia's child one. 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
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a listen but you're going to. russia will be ready to take strong action if we have exact and 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 has 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 rick but it does raise a lot of questions in fact it doesn't show how they were killed or who did the killing. certainly those pictures of the children are just hideous but they don't prove anyone's guilt even in the u.s. 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 the patrons an excuse for military intervention but
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there is also another question if there is evidence that it's the militants have been using w m d sure what will the u.s. do to them what will the sponsors do will they stop supplying weapons will they start hostilities against militants. sitting in the well much has been made about the relationship between president obama and the u.s. and the blood that we have pretend saying that they have a rivalry of sorts but downplayed this saying that they both have a lot of common goals in fact iran the economy 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
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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 so to speak 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 so they could have handled this issue in a professional way instead of allowing him to enter a country where it would be easy for them to get him they 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
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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 meanwhile the man who made snowden's leaks possible is offered police protection in brazil back to the u.k. government's attempts to wipe information gathered by the n.s.a. leaker sparks outrage among the press freedom washed. support for a strike on syria it seems to be growing among top u.s. lawmakers their foreign relations committee agreed on a resolution which gives president obama a ninety day window for military action but by us american boots on the ground the panel will vote on the drug document later on wednesday the document's push for an attack was advocated by u.s. secretary of state and defense chief they were a traitor to washington's conviction the assad regime behind a recent chemical attack near damascus despite the fact the u.n. inspectors have still not presented their conclusions are she's going to take our
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looks now at the case that's been made before the panel. the blogs upon which john kerry built the administration's case for an attack on syria included we 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 iran or nuclear weapons in north korea we will have invited. a for certain confrontation at some point in time that who are you to make a choice that will be even worse for mitigating the consequences of a military action against syria it was also part of secretary kerry's presentation to a question on whether u.s. strikes will end up emboldening extremists in syria as john kerry and swords know
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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 ready 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 us 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 has blocked only those resolutions that 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
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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 republic 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. french meeting today to debate whether the country should take part in action against sound there's going to be no vote on the march of this time as french president francois or london says he alone has the power to order and despite poll suggesting people won't parliament to have a say only she. has been looking at the french perspectives. the french president a lot is constitutionally able to order over the top without a parliamentary approval professor 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 quote of humiliation position of having to wait for what the u.s.
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says before acting i was spokesman from a long office said that the president hasn't yet decided whether or not to ask for a vote all along said though that france will not go it alone and will wait for the outcome of the u.s. congressional vote on all of this comes on the box the report receptive to parliament by the prime minister regarding the chemical attack near damascus last month which they say is responsible for two hundred eighty one deaths over 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 with french newspaper the figaro and he warns that should there be an attack chaos and extremism would ensue and he also said there's a risk of a regional group and reward that france would become an enemy of the syrian state should they go ahead with this attack and we spoke earlier with a french senator to discuss francis' towns on a military intervention in syria the french intelligence has said that they presented proof and they found that assad is guilty of this chemical attack i think
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we must be very cautious and we must wait for. the decision of united nations experts because remember in two thousand and three the rules were forged. and it was a disaster. for and for the want economy as far as public opinion polls said one of the recent poll say that a fifty nine percent of the french are against a military intervention in syria by the government reporting from paris and test ourselves. and president of the e.u. security and defense subcommittee out of north down the shan believes all along should lead the palm and decide that's it and he wants to see that 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
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a foolish to see if he goes for a military option. i think long should go for a vote. opposition is almost united on that question 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 of the option you have not closed the door on this. option we have some time still to debate and then you see after reviewing what we do in front. this is all sea and still ahead lebanon's terra mop the shanty apps help locals at void want to send crime by putting the dangerous areas on the mob in a bid to improve security that i'm not sure in a couple of minutes to stay with us. wealthy
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get watching all see coming to life from mosco welcome back. brazilian lawmakers have offered police protection to the british guardian newspaper journalist and glenn greenwald who helped leagues the n.s.a. secrets the call came after recent revelations that the washington has been spying even on brazil president. key press freedom group has confronted the u.k. government over its attempts to curb stomp those who try to raise their voice. has looked at the fight to report the trying 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
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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 a rifle 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 a terrorist you know one of the reasons why we're so concerned and when i look at the work our press freedom department does which is which has a global. one of the issues that we have because the united kingdom is saying about. freedom with
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a very strong record on ensuring that it. can write the new and so so for us it does appear that the press freedom situation in the united kingdom is the sliding and this is of great concern it is twenty thirteen freedom of speech not seen. here reporters without borders gives the u.k. a satisfactory situation rating but the freedom of the press person slipped from nineteenth in two thousand and ten to its current ranking of twenty nine many a concern 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 well for them being used to prevent terrorism should just seven allows police to stop examine and search passages that travel terminals there's no need for any suspicion that they're linked to terrorism it's a very difficult. security services have
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a difficult job difficult job. the state clearly has a duty to protect. those people living. at the same time i think they must recognise the role of the media. and you have to have to be in line with the appropriate use the appropriate. response of the government said it's hard to scheme the copies of the information held by mr slater it could now be held by foreign countries to see mr snowden's travel since leaving the us and the disclosure of some of that material could put lives at risk well critics of the government's actions have described these as alarmist planes aimed at justifying the blurring of the lines between terrorism and
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journalism it's thought a full hearing into the legality of david miranda 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. london. whistleblower chelsea manning formerly known as bradley uses her legal last resort these pundits sentenced to thirty five years for the biggest leak of data in u.s. history files a plea for a presidential pardon from a bomber has more on the story online. on the still welcomes military bands from around the wild for an annual music festival with breathtaking performances right in the heart of the russian capital had tall invision section from all stunning images of the. right to see.
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first street. and i think the church. on our reporters with the. instrument. to be a. little. bombings and shootings in iran have left more than twenty people dead many of them women and children who were executed by gunman just south of the capital this brings the death toll to more than one hundred fifty since the beginning of the month dr steinberg of the executive intelligence review magazine believes terrorists are thriving on a neighboring crisis. the spillover is enormous and the whole region is facing a grave crisis your rock is in a very fragile situation it borders are in syria so you've got. a new iraq
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forces moving back and. forth stat border and of course the back to the saudis funding the sunni insurgency that's driving iraq into a state insuring on crisis many of the all sunni insurgency. right now was rushed over into syria so in a certain way. the violence now that i'm endlessly inside iraq is a kind of reverberations on the back of the crisis centered in syria. and now for some international news in brief this hour south africa's largest union the national union of mineworkers has staged a must try calling for higher wages some eighteen thousand members have laid down tools the action will close the industry will go fish a million dollars a day the president zuma had a pledge to both the union and the mining companies to find
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a peaceful solution for h. was calls last year when police showed thirty four platinum mine is during a strike. ariel castro the man who kidnapped three women and held them captive in his home for more than a decade has died after being found hanging in his prison cell officials are struggling to explain how the incident occurred as the man's been in protective custody with regular checks castro was only caught when one of his victims managed to escape been made and alerted police and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole plus one thousand. tornado has ripped through the north of japan's capital talk here injuring two men and ripping the roof off houses local train services were suspended and passengers left stranded after lightning struck causing a power blackout another tornado on monday swept through two regions for the south
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injuring more than sixty people. terrorist attacks gunfire and constant barrage has have become a part of everyday life in lebanon a country bordering war torn syria but modern technologies are making it easier for locals to navigate themselves around dangerous by pushing the violence on mumps policy or is in beirut has been testing the truck. syria's civil war is increasingly threatening to spill over its borders into neighboring countries which is why here in cities like they've moved there are developers and even the detainees on the set up constantly coming up with new and innovative ways of trying to deal with this great this elusive at bonds morning small at the pace of one of the newest ads to hit the mob that if one lives on real time information being uploaded by uses now they'll see information as to where there's a local where possibly a missile has landed where they were as opposed to this is immediately uploaded to
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a map and shared by this extra thing to say in the case of. this is an excellent especially when our country is being bombed this is happening now unless we know where the bombs and fall in the city or wherever and that's very important i think more people should bad mood. other projects in the pipeline include an app that will be able to tell the difference between fireworks which often used here in celebrations and gunfire not to be outdone the liberty's on me has also we simply announced it's own at the naval nis armed forces sealed this provides doug ricks communiqué see between the public and maybe soldiers now they will be able to inform the army when ever there was a suspicious vehicle a suspicious object open up to some kind of potential gunfire for the comes particularly political considerations like when they kidnapped in one of this is
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just examples of how countries that may have been on top in these standards in an attempt to try and deal with the if a glowing syrian crisis for this yahtzee favorites. and coming up on l.t. i'll be molten looks at the international reaction to the british and the nuclear promises breaking dissenters. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. they were ready to do anything for their country to me is to love the country more
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than yourself if you join the military for any other reason that you're probably not going to have a good day and they were tools in the hands of the state now they live remembering the past which is impossible to get rid of. the war. but however good people get hurt. and i've heard good people empty silent. a lot. but would prefer not to be sometimes i feel like. i should have died over there. because. i saw some people who died. near is cheaper than therapy. on our.
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wake up in orphanages way firmly believe that the parents out there every child speed up my goals. wealthy british style. market why not not. why. what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kinds of reports. welcome back to break in the set so
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a lot has happened in the last two weeks chelsea manning came out as a woman egypt remains in chaos and the u.s. is gearing up to bomb syria a move that could potentially jump start world war three while the international community is focused on a solution to syria there's another devastating situation unfolding in fukushima japan recently japan's nuclear power agency tepco reported that three hundred tons of radioactive water is being used to cool the reactors has been pouring into the pacific ocean every day since the tsunami but if that wasn't bad enough it turns out that the radiation levels reported thus far are grossly underestimated tepco just admitted that radiation levels are actually teen times higher than what was reported previously in fact near the tank the levels are high enough to kill an exposed person in just four hours right now two hundred thirty million sieverts of radiation every hour are being measured from one tank alone what does that mean one person is only allowed an annual exposure of fifteen million seabirds when you do
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the math it doesn't look good but don't worry guys apparently that detrimental news is completely and consequential because the chairman of the nuclear regulation authority said that there is no way to stop it he said we cannot fully stop the contaminated water leaks right away so we should better assess its environmental impact let me get this straight environmental disaster threaten the fate of humanity is it enough to get media attention or bring the international community together no it seems like world leaders only unified a bomb the next country into oblivion and if this logic doesn't make sense to you you've come to the right place join me and let's break the set. the police and the pit was terrible they are very hard to take the stance against that so long as the club has never had sex with her great care militants killed it.

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