the russian president bypassing the u.n. to strike syria said ignoring the security council and beginning an attack would be an act of aggression we've got the full details of wide ranging interview. his 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. new revelations by wiki leaks expose a huge snooping industry that's been selling spyware through before a terror in governments around the world so they can track down all opposition groups.

live from studio seven here in moscow were just turned eleven pm this is. 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 law and if there's solid evidence the syrian regime gassed civilians. reports. 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 vironment 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 it's good because it's social 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 circled 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 sense 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 u.s. 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 here wants to wait for there to be more solid evidence from the u.n. and they're. 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 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. the question of authorizing the use of force is being discussed by the congress and the senate it is an absolute commonsense substitutional in international law the congress and no country can sanction such good things what they trying to authorize is aggression because everything outside the u.n. security council is aggression and a lot of you have 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 stead 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. thomas there

where you can find out what else russia's president had to say during his interview in the full version available right now on our website dot com. well meanwhile the u.s. government is running support both at home and abroad for a potential strike in washington the house of representatives foreign affairs committee hearing on syria is underway in the senate panel is about to vote on a draft resolution lawmakers agreed on yesterday which authorize military action. reports. secretary of state john kerry secretary of defense chuck hagel and the chairman of the joint chiefs martin dempsey have returned to congress to tell the house foreign relations committee what they told the senate committee on tuesday and that is that the u.s. must execute a military strike against syria now all three top u.s. officials admitted to congress members that there are risks to acting against but they say that the risks of not acting are even greater now during his testimony

secretary kerry warned u.s. representatives that a lot of u.s. military action could actually fuel extremist fighters it will in what came across as a scary or somewhat frightening scenario for the american public kerry said that if the united states doesn't strike syria countries funding the opposition such as saudi arabia and qatar will begin giving more money to quote extremist fighters and caused if we fail to put. those who are working with us today with the syrian opposition we've been working hard to keep them from funding that elements. or others and so if we back off we've failed to enforce our word here i promise you. that's the discipline we've put in place with respect to the moderate opposition verses that. will

dissipate immediately and people resort to anybody they can find to help them accomplish their goal and we would have created more extremism and a greater problem down the road secretary kerry also said that if the u.s. doesn't act against the syrian government he's one hundred percent confident that chemical weapons will be used again president barack obama says that when it comes to the use of chemical weapons in syria he says it's not his credibility that's on the line it's the credibility of the international community although it was the u.s. leader who drew that red line a year ago against syria using chemical weapons he says that he was with his words he was in forcing a red line that the international community has already drawn now he says it's now up to washington to back off. lip service as he said that the u.s. gives to the notion of international norms the fact that they are important but the

irony here is that while invoking a list of international treaties as reasons to use force against a mascot's president obama has also said that he's comfortable bypassing the u.n. security council and striking syria without a resolution of that move is a clear violation of the u.n. charter and a violation of international law during his press briefing in stockholm with the prime minister of sweden president obama said that as difficult as it is for him to make the decision to militarily strike syria he believes. it is the moral thing to do and standing by and doing nothing would be worse. this would not work well we should act internationally well sometimes because of the various alignments it's hard to through security council resolution. and so either we resign ourselves to saying there's nothing we can do about it and we'll just shake our heads and go

about our business or we make decisions even when they're difficult and i think there's an example of where we need to make decisions be even though they're difficult and i think. it's important for congress to be involved because resident obama also says that while russia has so far disagreed with the united states with the u.s. this course of action on syria he believes that that he believes it will remain hopeful that russian president vladimir putin may eventually align with the position of the united states and he says that he will continue engaging with the present russian president on the matter of syria. what is the u.s. strives to convince the world the regime is behind the most recent chemical attack in syria russia has released its findings on a different aleppo last march now the russian foreign ministry states the chemicals used in that attack did not belong to standard syrian army ammunition the shell

carrying the substance was apparently similar to homemade devices favored by a rebel fighter group and addition the shells detonate it was not what is normally used for standard chemical munitions when the findings also indicate soil and shows samples can turn the contain the nerve agent sarin which was north of an industrial stand it well the russian foreign minister stressed the data can substantially aid the u.n. investigation into the incident which the u.s. insists assad's forces were responsible for. now the debate within the french parliament over the strike on syria has ended with opposition lawmakers urging the country not to act without a u.n. mandate he debates or comparisons drawn to iraq and claims action would be a radical change in french diplomacy that's as the country's prime minister warned of the deadly consequences of doing nothing but there was no vote as president francois hollande insists he alone has the power to order an attack or he's just

a silly 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 what humiliating 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 all along said so 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 deceptive 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 of 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 le figaro and warned that should there be an attack carried off and extremism would ensue and he also said there's

a risk of a regional and reward the ransom 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 and for the world economy as far as public opinion goes so one of the recent polls say that a fifty nine percent of the french already against a military intervention in syria by. reporting from paris. i'll be back with more news very shortly with a news team including brand new revelations by wiki leaks about companies selling.

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what matters to you breaking news the alternative angles hidden stories. for you here. in the spanish to find out more visit i. use continues here in r.t. a huge new revelation from wiki leaks has exposed a sweeping surveillance industry which has been developing spyware for governments to track and control their citizens r.t. is among the very few media outlets given access to the documents prior to their release now data interception mass monitoring individual tracking those are just a number of services that were provided by some western companies the revelations have been outlined in files of pages which featured trade brochures memos and

invoices the documents obtained by wiki leaks indicate the companies were making money on selling the technology to governments around the world among the countries with bahrain and amman which were provided with so-called systems and this kind of spyware could be used to snoop on activists and opposition members without their consent as artie's pretty boy reports. say goodbye to the days of super sleuths gadgets and surveillance. privacy listening to their phone calls and internet activity and e-mails all you need. three reveals that it's british companies that have pioneering the technology this is a promotional video for. the program that the technology can be installed. which in turn allows the government to infect. the country

with spyware. and that includes. browsing. behind international headquarters from where the company develops and. anyone's smartphone. reporters without borders have named the company one of the corporate enemies of the internet. the technology is marketed world wide to law enforcement agencies as a way of identifying and catching serious criminals but human rights campaigners say that the software is regularly sold to repressive political regimes where the definition of criminals can be somewhat different as one human rights campaign

a raid found out she says that gammas finn spicer valence was used to get her off to she took part in anti-government protests look like the genuine email addresses certain another political activist saying that they were going to begin talks with the king of bahrain about the future of the country so i was in fact very intrigued very curious to the manufacturer was government and national just opened my eyes into this other world of surveillance technology monitoring so we know that the british intelligence carries out this kind of activities of allowing private the private sector to carry out these kind of activities for other foreign governments researches have identified. around the globe. activists and journalists last year. servers with spyware the. number of other countries such as turkmenistan carter we also found a sample of the spyware spyware appeared to be targeted back to

ethiopia the scary thing. was that this technology in china worked for it around the world without any sort of debris it may be the stuff of spying movies but campaign is say the british government needs to wake up and start regulating whose hands the invasive technology is falling into we need to start acting like the weapons that can be used online are exactly the same as the kind of weapons like bombs and guns that can be used to hurt people. london. and you can find detailed information leaked documents on the latest updates on this. new revelation on our website r.t. dot com. a key press freedom group has confronted the u.k. government over its attempts to stop those who try to raise their voice they claim the downing street that downing street has abused the anti terror laws in a fear mongering campaign against whistleblowers r.t.

sarah firth has looked at the fight to report the true 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 but those strong words coming from the world association of newspapers you organization 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 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 a terrorist you know one of the reasons why we're so concerned and when i look at

the work chris freedom department does which is which has a global reach one of the issues that we have because united kingdom is saying about. freedom with a very strong record on ensuring that it. can write the new and so so far around. here. the press freedom situation in the united kingdom is sliding and there's this is of great concern it is twenty thirteen freedom of speech seen here reporters without borders gives the satisfactory situation rating but for freedom of the press britain slipped from nineteenth in two thousand and ten to its current ranking of twenty ninth many are concerned that should chill serving of the terrorism act the law used to detain miranda is certainly being used to stop journalists doing their job of holding people in power to account rather

than being used to prevent terrorism. than allows. 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. recognized by the courts. and you have to have to be in line with the appropriate law and use the appropriate laws responsibility regional government said it had 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 kids put lives at risk all critics of the government's actions have described these as alarmist planes aimed at justifying the blurring of the lines between terrorism and journalism is 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 sarah artsy london. meanwhile brazilian lawmakers have offered police protection to the british guardian newspaper journalist glenn greenwald who helped leak the n.s.a. secrets the call came off to recent revelations washington's even been spying on the brazilian president the director of rio de janeiro's institute of technology and society carlos sousa joins us live now to discuss the issue further because

greenwald is there in the country in brazil why police protection do you think to be so they really believe somebody is going to adopt him. well like in fact that the police protection was requested by congressional medal of fish show investigative commission so did the congress and open up this commission to investigate the whole case of the leaks and the spy programs in brazil and be felt that it was important to protect mr greenwald we have stronger police protection but i think it's important to highlight here that in july the house in which mr greenwald and his partner lived in rio was broken into and their laptop was stolen it seems like and mr bremer has said so they're like no all relevant information and worse and worse laptop but this happened in in july sold their house will what was and in being invaded and this one laptop was stolen well if his house

was broken into and he himself disappeared and ended up somewhere like in america then what sort of diplomatic uproar would that be then would the states really risk doing that or indeed the u.k. or any other country while it's yet to be to be seen but even when it comes to brazil's role on that the government is trying to push for a more stronger reaction when it comes to this norden leaks so we have this commission that was created in that in the congress we had some urgent meetings that were summoned by the president and they're all there most certainly there will be changes in the president as a solution to react to that all right so there's the brazilian government right was really upset by the fact the n.s.a. has been spying on it but doesn't the brazilian government actually spy on you on its own people. that's a that's a problem because right now in brazil we don't have adequate or proper

legislations on privacy and expression on on the internet so this is something that the brazilian citizen in a very normal situation not only for for only for spy programs that end up being created abroad as well on a national level so that's why the government has commanded. that a communications regulatory agency to conduct an investigation on brazilian telcos to see how this goes aren't up by cooperating with the u.s. on this why program just briefly carlos the brazilian president was being spied on does that come as a surprise to people and why would and if the n.s.a. want to spy on him. wow that was a huge revelation on the program and that's certainly one thing that triggers a lot of reactions that frankly there will be a lot of interest to know who the president is speaking to and of course that very

strategic zero relevance of searching for a mission and that's probably will be triggering a lot of results in the coming days and probably in the opening speech of the general assembly of the united nations so this is yet to be seen really good to talk to carlos thank you very much indeed carlos sousa directing you to technology sarti rio de janeiro thank you for being with us here on r.t. think it's a pleasure well now to another whistleblower chelsea manning formerly known as bradley 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 a presidential pardon from obama is more on the story for you right now online. moscow welcomes military bands from around the world for an annual music festival with breathtaking performances right in the heart of the russian capital head to our vision section for more stunning images of that event.

bombings and shootings in iraq have left more than twenty people dead many of them women and children who were executed by government just south of the capital this brings the death toll to more than one hundred fifty since the beginning of the month just 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 on syria so you've got. a new iraq forces moving back and forth across their border and of course the fact they're the saudis funding the sunni insurgency that's driving iraq into a state internal crisis many of the. sunni insurgents who were operating inside iraq have now brought us 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. well that's brings up to date for the moment i'll be thought with a new team with morphine just have a whole for nothing i mean time it's cross talk with peter the bell after this break. wealthy british style it's still time to surprise. the. markets why not scandals. find out what's really happening to the global economy kinds of reports on our.

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