live video for your media project a free video gargi dot com. the russian president warns against bypassing the one to strike at syria ignoring the security council and banning that time beginning and i tok would be an act of aggression we've got the forty's house of putin's a wide ranging interview the. french lawmakers gather to debase taking action in 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. and also this hour the u.k.'s press freedom wash dog confronts the government over its a strong arm tactics against whistle blowers saying it's abuse down to terror laws to gag amounts.

international news life in moscow this is our see with me you'd thanks for joining us 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 if there's solid evidence the see when regime gassed civilians thomas brings us the details. president vladimir putin was doing an interview with the associated press and russia's first channel and in that interview he strongly cautioned the west against unilateral action against syria he also said that if united states has strong and conclusive evidence that it was the assad regime that used chemical weapons then it must be handed over to the u.n. security council so that it can be analyzed and discussed in

a global in an environment in terms of the investigation that is happening with the u.n. and the alleged use of chemical weapons he said that the world community needs to wait until that investigation is finished we know that those inspectors are out of the country and that information is being analyzed right now but he did say that he's not convinced that it wasn't the assad regime that used chemical weapons citing the fact that president assad and his army have made significant gains in advances in the syrian civil war and that he's not a desperate listen to what he had to say about that fact that is a good kind of deception and you know we think it would be totally absurd for the regular government forces to use banned chemical weapons in a situation where they've been so-called the so-called rebels in certain areas and basically erbil to finish the month that they fully aware of the fact that such a step would mean sanctions including even the use of force this is just absurd it

doesn't make any same. now in terms of the famous now famous video that is circulated around you tube we heard secretary of state from the united states john kerry bring that up as one of the reasons why the us shouldn't get involved. the president did address that as well he said that this video is horrific but it raises some questions we don't know who these children are we don't see parents we don't see doctors in their president did it reiterate his wants to wait for there to be more solid evidence from the u.n. and there. team on the ground to to basically justify any action going through international laws now in a separate statement after a meeting with the human rights council a nonprofit organization vladimir putin talked about the united states congress and the fact that they are in the process of debating that the use of force and have actually drafted a resolution to be voted by the full congress later on this month he basically said

that it was an acceptable to even consider using force outside of u.n. conventions this is what he had to say. it was the question of the authorizing the use of force is being discussed by the congress and the senate so it is an absolute commonsense substitutional in international law the congress and no country can sanction such a thing what they trying to authorize is aggression because everything outside the u.n. security council is aggression and. put in his often come under fire for what is thought to be a strong alliance with a bashar al assad regime he had this to say he said that we do not defend assad or his regime and instead russia defends international law he also went on to say that it is dangerous when you start entertaining questions about the use of force when it comes to not going through un convention so

a lot said today on the subject of syria from russia's president find out what house russia's president have to say during his interview in the full version available on our website com. meanwhile speaking in stockholm u.s. president obama has appealed to russia to change its stance on syria the american leader also going fast it was difficult for him to make a decision to militarily intervene in syria but he thought it was a moral thing to do support for a strike on syria seems to be growing among top u.s. lawmakers the foreign relations committee agreed on a resolution which gives president obama a ninety day window for military action but by as american boots on the ground the panel will vote on the drive document late on wednesday the government's push for an attack was advocated by the u.s. secretary of state and the defense chief. hobby kase there's been put before the panel 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 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 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 condemnation of a chemical attack without blame without citing and 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 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. friendship will make is have gathered to debate whether the country should take part in action against assad and there's going to be no vote on their face time as french president francois hollande in says hey alone has the power to order and at times despite polls suggesting people want paula meant to have a say on the oh she's just so see there has been looking at the french perspectives . 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 lot of humiliation position of having to wait for what the u.s. 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 alone 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 back the reports presented 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 now the president of syria bashar al assad in the meantime had given an interview to the french newspaper the figaro and 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 of the plans 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 we must be very cautious and we must wait for. the

decision of united nations experts because remember in two thousand and three the prudes were forged. and it was a disaster for you and for the world economy as far as public opinion polls that one of the recent poll say that a fifty nine percent of the french are against a military intervention in syria by your government reporting from paris and test ourselves. and president of the e.u. security and defense subcommittee nor done john believes all along should lead the parliament decide that if they want it 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 go for it to have a full legitimacy even if you go for a military option. i think for so long should go for

a vote. opposition is almost united on the 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. we're not there yet there would be for us to debate the president does not rule of the option you have to look through the door on this voting option we have some time still to debate and then you see after reviewing what we do in france and coming up later this hour the man who made snowden's leaks possible is offered police protection in brazil that says the u.k. government attempts to wipe information gathered by the n.s.a. leaker sparks outrage among the press freedom watchdogs that's coming your way right after the break.

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again this is aussie welcome bought a key press freedom group house confronted the u.k. government over it that tends to curb stomp those who try to raise their voice they claim the downing street has abused their own to terror laws and if am mongering campaign against whistleblowers all his staff has looked at the finest who are pulled the train news in britain. and active 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 but those strong words coming from the world association of newspapers you guys ation felt compelled to write 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 press freedom department does which is which has a global reach one of the issues that we have is united kingdom is saying best of freedom with a very strong record on ensuring that it. can write the new and so so around. here the press freedom situation in the united kingdom

is sliding and this is of great concern it is twenty thirteen freedom of speech seen here reporters without borders gives the satisfactory situation rating for freedom of the press person slipped from nineteenth in two thousand and ten to its current ranking of twenty ninth many are concerned that shed fuel 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. than allows for. to stop examine and search passengers that travel terminals there's no need for any suspicion that they are linked to terrorism it's a very difficult problems the security services have a difficult job of difficult job. the state clearly has a duty to protect its citizens and. those people live living. in the

u.k. at the same time i think they must recognize the role of the media but more right. and you have to have to be in line with the appropriate law and use the appropriate rules responsibility and regional government said it had to scheme that copies of the information held by mr snowden could now be held by foreign countries to see mr snowden's travel since leaving the u.s. and that the disclosure of some of that material could put lives at risk well critics of the government's actions have described these as the lowest claims 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 sarah firth. london. and now to another whistleblower chelsea manning formerly known as bradley uses her legal a last resort the private sentenced to seventy five years for the biggest leak of data in u.s. history files a plea for a presidential pardon from obama those longbows own web site. moscow welcomes military bands from around the world for an annual music festival with breathtaking performances right in the heart of the russian capital that's how websites envision section for more stunning images on the. right to see. her street. and i think the trip.

on our reporters would. be a. little. bombings and shootings in iraq have left more than twenty people dead many of them women and children who were executed by gunmen just south of the campus all this brings the death toll to more than one hundred fifty since the beginning of the month and 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. can you rock forces moving back and forth across their border and of course the back to the saudis funding the sunni insurgency that you driving iraq into

a state of internal crisis many of the all sunni insurgency inside you are now over into syria so in a certain way. the violence now tremendously inside iraq is a kind of reverberations back there of the crisis centered in syria. this is coming to life from moscow let's not check some of the international news headlines in brave this hour south africa's largest union the national union of mineworkers ha staged a monstrous calling for higher wages some eighty thousand members have laid down tools the action will cause the industry more than thirteen million dollars daily president zuma pledged to the union and the mining companies to find a peaceful solution alfredo's course last chair one police official doubts thirty

four platinum mine is during a strike. ariel castro the man who kidnapped three women and tell them captive in his host them over the 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 for history was only cooled when one of his victims managed to escape in may this year and alerted police had been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole plus one thousand. a tornado has ripped through the north of japan's capital talk e.o. injuring two man and ripping the roofs of houses local train services were suspended and passengers left stranded after a lightning strike causing a power blackout another tornado on monday swept through two regions further south

injuring more than sixty people. terrorist attacks gunfire and call some have become a part of everyday life in lebanon a country bordering a war torn syria but modern technology is making it easier for locals to navigate themselves around dangers by putting their violence on maps policies in beirut and has been testing a truck. syria's civil war is easy for me to spill over it's boarded into neighboring countries which is why here in cities like they've moved they are developing even the kidneys on the set up constantly coming up with new and innovative ways of trying to deal with this great this in the sense that bonds warning small cases one of them you would have to hit them on this if one line on real time information being uploaded by uses now they'll say information as to where there's a close up where possibly

a missile has landed where they were supposed to this is immediately uploaded to a map and shared by those accessing the safety case. this is an. 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 then move to. other projects in the pipeline include an app that would be able to tell the difference between fireworks which often used to in celebrations and gunfire not to be outdone the liberties on me has always said we simply announced it's own at they live in these armed forces sealed this provide stuff bricks communication 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 up to some kind of potential gunfire but if it comes to physical in situations like when they did nothing one of this is 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 or the see on t.v. favorites. now coca-cola hip hop on twitter the future western culture under influence in the middle east that's one of the themes up so to base in today's crosstalk. wealthy british style. is not on. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on. a

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up in orphanages firmly believe that their parents out there every child spit up my ego's. hello and welcome to cross talk or all things are considered i'm peter labelle syria and barack obama's convoluted path to war 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.

to cross-talk the war in syria i'm. joined by phyllis bennis in washington she is the director of the new internationalism project at the institute for policy studies also in washington we have cynthia snyder she is a professor at georgetown university and a senior nonresident fellow with the brookings institution and in new york we cross to jason earth he is a writer political commentator and contributor to counterpunch dissident voice and other political communities cross talk rules and that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it fellas if i go to you first in washington a lot of people would say that obama's approach to syria doesn't even pass the laugh test these days i mean he's going to congress someone has to be punished and irrespective what congress says he can do what he wants so explain his plan to me if you understand it. i don't think it's

a laughing matter this the consequences are very very severe and i think we have to take it very seriously i think that what's going on here is that president obama was broadsided by the decision in britain of the house of commons to vote against the possibility of going to war in syria and unlike the presidency in a prime minister's situation the prime minister made the decision that he was not going to go ahead in the face of strong opposition from the british parliament facing that facing the lack of any possible support in the united nations security council which is the only way a military strike could be legal no support from nato no support from the arab league i think that the obama administration said you know what we're too isolated here let's go to congress and get them on board the problem is congress right now is not in the mood to be supporting military strikes for a host of different reasons not all of which are good healthy reasons i would say but for a variety of reasons the possibility of president obama winning support for his

plan which calls for in his words a very small narrow light small small small use of of cruise missiles against syria which of course doesn't take into account what happens the day after what happens if syria retaliates because it may not see a attack by cruise missiles as such a small step none of that is being talked about so it becomes a very dangerous possibility very dangerous in terms of expanding the level of violence both within syria and in the region as a whole illegal whether or not there is congressional approval because the u.n. security council require is required if if an action is going to be legal saying that we have a coalition it doesn't tell you what i mean you don't sound so allow that in international law it sounds like obama wants a coalition with the united states to do so do you agree or disagree with or. well i agree with her but i would put less empathy.