from the. local. white house war advocates gear for the hard sell to lawmakers on president obama's syria strike plan the pentagon forced to backtrack on serious accusations against russia. and syria is likely to move large over the g twenty summit in st petersburg with world leaders split on how to solve the conflict and suspicious of the u. was a following look tourist surveillance scandal. making money by sacrificing your privacy which leads to reveals how tech firms are helping governments get inside your online life no matter what their human rights record shows.

it's nine am here in the russian capital you're live with us on r.t. with me to have long would say the pentagon has moved to swiftly to clarify and in serious statement from defense shield chuck hagel that russia supplied chemical weapons to syria officials say hagar was in fact referring to russian syrian military ties in general when he spoke at a congressional hearing along with secretary of state john kerry and general martin dempsey he was trying to convince lawmakers of america's war plan against present his arches were enough. well the u.s. senate foreign relations committee has approved a resolution for the use of force against syria in a ten to seven vote with three republicans voting with the president this bill was passed now the draft sets a sixty day deadline for use of military force in syria with one thirty day

extension and it prohibits any troops on the ground now this bill will now go to the full senate for debate in the meantime secretary of state john kerry secretary of defense chuck hagel and chairman of the joint chiefs general martin dempsey returned to congress wednesday to testify before the house foreign relations committee america's top diplomat john kerry warned us and representatives that a lot of military action in syria could fuel extremist fighters second secretary kerry said that if the u.s. doesn't strike syria countries funding the opposition like saudi arabia and qatar america's allies will begin giving more money to extremist fighters now going by this russian now this means that the u.s. must strike syria to prevent its own allies from strengthening radical rebels

if we fail to pass this those who are working with us today with the syrian opposition we've been working hard to keep them from funding bad elements whether it's al looser 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 where u.s. president barack obama says that when it comes to the use of chemical weapons in syria he says it's not his credibility on the line he says it's the credibility of the international community that's on the line the u.s. leader said that he didn't set a red line that can't be crossed it's the world that set a red line on the use of chemical weapons now of course president obama was

referring to his own statements that were made a year ago when that if chemical weapons are moved or used within syria that's a red line that would be crossed and the u.s. would take action now it seems as though he's trying to take the heat off of himself off of his own borders and put it on the international community during a joint press briefing in soft home with the prime minister of sweden president obama was invoking a list of international treaties as reasons to use force against damascus president obama while he was invoking those treaties also said that he feels very comfortable bypassing the u.n. security council and striking syria without a resolution increasingly what we're going to be confronted with are situations like syria in which we may not always have. a security council

that can act it may be paralyzed for a whole host of reasons i think it's important for us to get out of the habit in those circumstances obama's position has already left many critics wondering if the u.s. stance on syria undermines international law. gulf monarchies offering to bankroll america's bombing campaign against syria and even finance a full blown invasion failing that is fear they'll up their support for al qaeda cells in desperation to be rid of president assad defense analysts and authorizing the lender calls it an outrageous offer that's implicit blackmail and i don't really think it's you know really a conditional thing i think they'll probably do it anyway and i don't see how u.s. bombing would stop that in fact as i say it may cause the jihadists even more to be more active in the war simply because the u.s.

is attacking an islamic country they're actively trying to alter the situation on the battlefield against assad but on the other side you have a kiter and i think al qaeda may even be worse than assad and also our worst slowly getting dragged into this war if you're trying not to get embroiled in a war because then you're implicitly taking one side over the other even more so than if you're just bombing them to say you shouldn't you are to use chemical weapons and i think then you get a stake in the outcome of the war and there's no doubt that the wrangling as a syria will come up at the g twenty summit is simply to spec which will bring president putin and obama face to face. artie's alexy if he joins us live from russia as a moldering capital i let's see it's been an intense a few weeks of world reaction to syria what can we expect from the leaders

gathering there at the g. twenty. well as much as everyone wants this to be a summit if you really focused on economic issues that are as it has always been clearly that political overtones and statements are unavoidable in this case in the wake of the recent syria developments now obviously the g twenty countries gathering here will have their stances on the issue and obviously those will be different stances among these countries and we are expecting some kind of statements and probably a joint statement at the end of the summit but the biggest intrigue clearly is whether there will be any communication any direct contact between the american president and the russian president here at the summit it was meant to fly to moscow several days ahead of the summit to moscow but he didn't as it was explained because of russia's granting political asylum to edward snowden and there may be some meetings here though there have been no official meetings between obama and putin on their schedule so there may be some meetings as we say on the margins of

the summit but it's unclear whether they will take place the american president is expected to bring what he believes to be the proof of assad using chemical weapons in syria while the russian president will read to rate russia's stance on the issue which he has already outlined in an interview on wednesday that first of all there needs to be evidence substantial proof of the use of chemical weapons by one side or another for any strike secondly that any strike should take place only on the. decision by the u.n. security council which obviously hasn't happened yet and also adding more fuel to the fire here is the report by russian investigators of the chemical attack in aleppo in march this year i went twenty six people were killed and russian investigators have found enough evidence to conclude that this attack was performed by the syrian rebels so this obviously adds very little optimism and very little credibility to what obama is saying now obviously in the eyes of the russian

president. the russian president on his part was a bomber still is a good listener and he's a good person to talk with he said having very good contacts with the american president but obviously this will be a rough ride for the american president here in st petersburg as my colleague from washington explains. after president obama canceled bilateral talks with president putin over russia's decision to grant edward snowden asylum many thought it couldn't get any worse the two won't even talk to each other but the one house now says there will be an opportunity for the two leaders to meet on the margins of the g. twenty summit so it looks like as much as washington wants to snub moscow president obama and putin will have to talk the u.s. is about to bypass the u.n. security council break international law and attack syria we believe very strongly with high confidence that in fact chemical weapons were used and. mr assad was the

source russia says america's we believe is not enough and that if there is credible evidence it has to be presented to the u.n. . the question of authorizing the use of force is being discussed by the congress and the senate but it is an absolute commonsense substitution in international law the congress and no country can sanction such a thing what they're trying to authorize is aggression because everything outside the un security council is aggression if this is truly an atrocity that the world has signed on to oppose how come we're so alone president obama is expected to use the g twenty summit to rally a coalition for a strike against syria the u.n. chief in the meantime said he will use this summit to urge everyone to respect the international law we should not vote for the billet origination of the country and revitalize the search for a political settlement the g twenty and actually found it to deal with global

economic issues will of course give a platform to world leaders to voice their position on the crisis in syria but it will be here each other in washington i'm going to check out. but it's not only the russian president that obama may have a tough conversation here in st petersburg also the brazilian president dilma rousseff feels greatly offended by the recent revelations of edward snowden that the n.s.a. were wiretapping the brazilian leader she's also coming here to st petersburg and she also has no official meetings with president obama moreover dilma rousseff said that she would cancel her plans trip to washington next month unless president obama delivers a personal apology to the brazilian leader so this adds another sparkle to this already rather intense political summit alexis so many dimensions to this g. twenty summit not only on the surveillance scandal but also on syria no doubt but one else will the leaders be tackling while they out they in st petersburg. well

obviously the g. twenty summit have always been about economy and definitely economic problems of the world will be discussed here we understand that almost two dozen different issues including the development of growing countries including the tax evasion tackling the problems of shadow banking and fighting corruption which we understand will be the priority of the summit all of those will be certainly discussed they are formally in the agenda of this summit also we understand that many an informal summit of the brics organization will be held today during during thursday where the further foundations of the brics development bank something already discussed during the bric summit in durban this year that will be discussed as well and we also understand that only russian president will meet his chinese counterpart and discuss the mega billion dollar deal with the russian gas giant. and the chinese national company which was struck in june this will be also

a very interesting thing from the economic point of view certainly we here in st petersburg at the gorgeous can spend policies and will be bringing all the details and all the objects life to all of us. they in st peter's spirit at the g twenty summits just giving us a heads up as to what leaders will be tackling at the g twenty. i had to report on the on seemingly flying job of same as a family name oh the grand daughter would solve eighty nine in the else and mandela shimmying all the way to the bank as a local to turned into fortune the details on that and more world news in just a couple of minutes. but how you would task the intentions of somebody and how would you know the

intentions of george w. bush one can launch that war on false pretext it's now recognized internationally that southwest they never had weapons of mass destruction i think that sharing your point of view in any circumstance is a good thing so if you want to open up another country i assume a different sort of government or a different type of government or a different type of authority i think that being open minded in taking it in and perhaps there are better ways of doing it than through force like i just said being invasive but i think that's be open minded i guess. choose your language. killing the kid with zero in federal custody still some other . treatments to get consent yet you. choose the opinions that degrade to. choose to stories that impact your life. choose to be access to.

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they were ready to do anything for their country to country out it was to love the country more than yourself if you joined the military for any other reason that you're probably not going to have a good day they were tools in the hands of the state now they live remembering the past which is impossible to get rid of i'm proud that i've been to war. but however good people do 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 are. those. i saw some people who died. there is cheaper than therapy.

on our. welcome back here washing our teeth for more international news keeping tabs on you and your own private firms that cozying up to intelligence agencies according to fresh major revelations by wiki leaks r t m i was among the very few media outlets given access to the documents prior to the release in some messages some call history downloads e-mails faxes you name it modern the spyware allows us surveillance companies to track your online. in life without even getting directly access to a computer or a mobile device the latest batch of the so-called us spy files show how firms are making a fortune by selling the technology to governments and they don't seem to be too selective about who they call customers out explains how the spyware could be used around the globe to cripple opposition movements.

say goodbye to the days of gadgets and surveillance. privacy listening to their phone calls and internet activity and e-mails all you need is. three reveals that it's british companies that are pioneering the technology this is a promotional video for. the program that the technology can be installed inside. which in turn allows the government to infect. the country with spyware. and that includes. names. were just. browsing the web site.

behind me all international headquarters from where the company develops and. anyone's. reporters without borders have named the company one of the corporate and the mes that. the technology is marketed. 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 found out she says that gamma's finn spice was used to get her off to she took part in anti-government protests. from 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 very untrue. very curious the manufacturer was government and national just opened my eyes to this other world 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 you saw a big target against activists and journalists last year we've also servers with spyware that appears to be used in another number of other countries such as turkmenistan carter we also found a sample of spyware weapons by spyware appeared to be targeted back to ethiopia. from our perspective is that this technology and child were created 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

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 help people. dock days for workers in the u.k. where millions are interning in. them above the poverty line has been a spike in the numbers of people struggling on less than the living wage critics round on the government for only creating low paid jobs more than that on line. and a u.s. general reveals that the afghan army casualties maybe equal billing suffered by american troops in vietnam the details on that on our to talk comp. right to see. her straight. and i think the true.

on our reporters were there. i. believe. so that reagan piece icon nelson mandela is back at home in johannesburg after three month stint in hospital he still critically ill and getting round the clock a bud relatives saw the father of the nation busy finding ways to make money on the back of their famous name but as he reports on the desk for cash that's dividing a family. as far as reality t.v. shows go this one is right up there sibling rivalry feuds and family gossip but it's not any old family we're talking about here it's a mandela's it's clearly not an arson one project that someone did in

a family project is very uncomfortable about his name or his image being associated with commercial projects so the question becomes where do you draw the line the reality show follows the lives of two of mandela's granddaughters as they spend and lose money on extravagant business ventures and go on wild shopping sprees it's a far cry from the humble background mandela grew up in all the grim reality facing millions of south africa's poor black citizens bus argument bella's children it's been made and they have a right to use it however they see fit i think that he has paid his dues to society and i think his family who very often we don't mention the prize that they've had to pay to be without a father a husband and uncle who was behind bars all these years. and yet it's disgusted most south africans that while the icon lay for months in a hospital bed many of his family were cashing in on his famous name two of

mandela's daughters took him to court for their share of his legacy it hurt him deeply and dragged the country's moral compass to a new low is absolutely an arc bridge that's what the i understand what they're doing and there's a lot of money and after all if you have that name i suppose you feel the mark want to kept the last one. is like the father is a bit of a nation actually so all of these that i have pretty right now i'm not really sure if this is appropriate for people to be using this they've got iraq to use the mandela name it is their family name you cannot go far in south africa without being reminded of the ninety five year old nobel laureate he is everywhere on t. shirts banknotes bookshelves smiling down from up above more than just a man he's become a global brand one that's estimated to be worth millions of dollars. an extension of a brand has to be almost more of the same it has to respect the qualities and the values

about brand into all those other areas so it's a tricky area. of nelson mandela is being stretched and tortured and pulled in different directions but for most south africans nothing can match the man himself who lived inside this house this is the mandela family home for weeks people have been leaving here flour was gifts and cards the crowds might have gone but their messages and hopes remaining graved on small stones. it's a sad irony that the father of the nation who bought south africa back from an almost certain civil war has seen his own family descend into bitter fighting within itself policy r.t. johannesburg south africa. a quick look at some other international news that tens of thousands of pages of martians to parts of mexico and create a sweeping new law that will make their salaries and jobs dependent on assessing their standards the largest really took place in the capital where demonstrators

streamed through the center blocking off major roads teachers claim the law doesn't take their difficult to work conditions into account and will be used by the authorities to set them more easily. egypt's interim president has used his first interview in the job to defend the military for three years to topple the from of morsy from power from two from power two months ago adly masood also stood behind his government's decision to forcibly clear a position stood in last month when more than six hundred people died his comments come as a military court jailed on opposition for life and fifty others to fifteen years for taking troops during riots in the port city of squares last. month. one six hundred sixty bosnian called miners have ended their protest over low wages and recruitment returning to the surface after more than two days underground their

demonstration was triggered when the colliery owners are joys to hire more administrative staff instead of increasing salaries but the company has now pledged to give workers a twenty percent pay bruised and abandon plans to take on more managers. but japanese transfer vehicle has successfully detached from the international space station the filled with trash that the crew renumerated into position using a huge robotic arm or before sending it back towards earth the ship originally brought supplies were before. being transformed into an orbiting refuse collect it's expected to burn up on every entry but the pacific. provocative and cutting ad just stay tuned for the latest safety code interview in just a moment. iraq

afghanistan the balkans somalia haiti libya yemen and so on and so on the list of engagements and airstrikes by post cold war nato just keeps getting longer and now it looks like it's serious turn a lot of people have written me asking me to predict what is going to happen next which for me is a possible i'm not good at predicting the future but i can say is that we are living in a very tense moment in history many argue that the u.s. economy with its unfathomable debt is really propped up by war in the petro dollars so if the u.s. backs down here won't could be the beginning of the end for the world's only hyper power but if they do attack syria there will probably be some sort of reaction from iran russia and china if you haven't noticed nato has been trying to encircled these nations and had russian internet conspiracy land a lot of people are saying that russia is next you see if there is no resistance in

syria then one by one all resistance to the un ending hunger of nato will be smashed out one by one the reason syria is so important and so scary is that you have one massive military force that could be very motivated to attack for its own self interest while you have a group of massive military forces how they voted to counterattack for their own self interests this is a very tense standoff that could lead to a major moment in history military history but that's just my opinion. choose your language.