video for your media project free media gogarty dot com. they're veterans of this address syria's rebels have used chemical weapons as a russian experts publish a report on the type of abuse and how it's inconsistent with army capabilities. syria is likely to loom large over the g. twenty summit in st petersburg with world leaders split on how to solve the conflict i'm suspicious of the u.s. . surveillance scandal. making money by certifies in your privacy week he leads with bills held at firms by helping governments get inside your online life no matter what they've human rights record shows.

live from our studios there in a moscow you're watching r t with me on monday let's take a look at our top story this hour russia has published findings from its experts who've looked into the tamil cole attack mia syria's embattled city of aleppo which killed twenty six people back in march their report suggests that rebel groups were behind the attack and to talk more about the evidence that he has already as you go to a piece of. what is most to have to support this claim and you know has this report uncovered anything new. well this is a very detailed one hundred page long report with thorough analysis of what happened in mid march in aleppo and first of all it does conclude that a chemical attack in fact did take place secondly the weapons that were used to deliver the chemicals were across the media and resemble rockets that are usually

used by the rebels and secondly the the way the actual chemicals were engaged the way it was exploded was used by hex again which is not the way it's used in the syrian army so it's sort of a homemade device as well and the argument in this report is that zion was used nerve gas but the way it was produced was not in an industrial way but more of a homemade way and also there was another cameco that was also earlier used by western powers in the second world war so these are basically the key arguments stating that that chemical attack was not actually caused was not carried out by the syrian authorities but was rather carried out by the rebels an interesting relationship at one level of attention that is

a report getting from the international community i mean i mean all of these claims that the u.s. says that only the syrian government has chemical weapons this is actually the second time that russia is introducing this report to the international community the first time it happened was in july. and back then and now the report is de facto being ignored by wall towers and by international media unlike the real force just published recently by the intelligence services of the uighurs britain and france which are first of all based on op. source review which are basically youtube videos and other social networks networks information they do also state all three of them that and that is one of the key arguments is that the rebels were simply not able to use chemical weapons at all

and of course they are the reports are talking about another incident which happened just recently in damascus but the report presented by russia clearly states and proves that the rebels are in fact capable of producing and using homemade but still real lethal and effective chemical weapons and this basically goes really well what the russian president has been saying the entire time that you can't just accuse someone of using chemical weapons you need to have concrete facts proving this and while so far the reports presented by the intelligence services of these three countries don't have these concrete facts and also president putin said that any attack any military action against the regime of a sovereign state and that would be considered as an act of aggression unless it's approved by the you want. you got to be going off the thank you very much for that

update on that the syrian conflict. russia's a historic city of st peter's drake is hosting the leaders of the world's top twenty economies where they'll take on some of today's biggest challenges. u.s. intentions are to get involved into syria's war will no doubt dominate the sidelines of the g twenty this year let's get more from what's going on there right now our teeth alessio is in russia's a second city for us i let's see they've been already some discussions on the margins although the summit hasn't officially kicked off or what have you heard. yes you're absolutely right there the summit itself will kick off in several hours from now but we've already had first a high level meeting that is between the russian president and his chinese counterpart no press statement came as a result of this meeting but we clearly understand that first of all the economy

was discussed the particular the major multi-billion dollar oil deal between russia russian oil giant cross nafta and the chinese company which was signed in june but obviously the. most important part of the talks was regarding the syrian conflict and how the country see it it's no secret to anyone that china and russia have been share sharing somewhat of a common stance on the syrian issue and the words of the vice finance minister of china this morning prove the point he said that should any strike against syria happen then this would seriously damage the economy of the region and the world economy economy as a as a whole because the oil prices may go up and this may have very serious consequences for the world economy. obviously these sides have discussed that as well we may be hearing something on something of a joint statement from them later on but clearly the fact that the russian president and the chinese president met in the first place during the summit is giving us quite a clear hand as where the priorities of moscow and beijing live because we can all

say the same for the american president unprecedented lee they have their russian president and his american counterpart have no official meetings scheduled during the two day summit in st petersburg and obama previously refused to come to moscow so obviously this is creating some kind of tension here as well also the news came it just came in that the u.n. special envoy peace envoy mr brahimi is flying in to st petersburg which obviously creates something of a son something of an idea for ourselves here that this will be not about economy this whole summit it will be the syrian conflict in politics and diplomatic so we'll be dominating the it's agenda i let's say we know that this talk of up president obama and mr putin not what particularly president. obama saying that he doesn't want to come talk to mr putin prior to the g twenty summit that obviously sounds like it's not going to change but there has been quite a high level of expectation as of to what would he change his mind now that he

would be on russian soil to meet up with the president. well this is something of course all the media is now expecting they have high expectations of the summit barack obama is supposed to bring what he believes to be the evidence of bashar al assad using chemical weapons against the rebels in syria obviously. hasn't changed the reach rated that in an interview about the proof the evidence the real evidence which should be presented before contemplating any kind of military action but it will be interesting to see whether the two presidents will actually meet at all as i've said they have no official meetings scheduled so far and the rhetoric of late has been somewhat harsh despite that just a day before the summit kicked off and described barack obama as a very good listener and a very good person have a chat with still many believe that there is no common ground that hardly they will find any kind of compromise in their talks in st petersburg should they happen at all and my colleague from washington again explains the background to this story

here. after president obama canceled bilateral talks with president clinton 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 military tradition of the country and revitalize the search for a political settlement the g twenty and actually founded to deal with global economic issues will of course give a platform to world leaders who voiced their position on the crisis in syria but it will be here each other in washington i'm going to check out. another difficult conversation the u.s.

president may have here in st petersburg is that with the president of brazil down the roots of who clearly is offended with the revelations by edward snowden that she was wiretapped by the n.s.a. and she demands an official apology from barack obama if that doesn't happen she will even counsel her planned visit to washington so the g. twenty summit civil war always been about finding a unity on fighting economic problems this time it's more about the political discord with so many disagreements between the g. twenty members and let the serenity behind me the constant use the palace made it made not mislead you because in fact it may become the scene of a very heated political debate certainly we're keeping track of what's happening here during the g. twenty summit in st petersburg i must say alexy everyone is anticipating the start of that g twenty summit to hear what world leaders are going to say what's going to come up from there and we hope to see you soon of course with an update from the g twenty summit in st petersburg. right president assad is not the only one the

u.s. and its allies want tax evaders and financial criminals will also be a major theme at the summit while economic wrangling is expected to eclipse even the politics of syria a live report on that in just a few minutes. president obama will be on his own or trying to convince other world leaders that a strike against syria should take place secretary of state john kerry won't be attending the gathering unlike his g. twenty concert parts these are busy working on winning over american lawmakers meanwhile the pentagon has had to move swiftly to clarify defense chief chuck hagel claim that russia supplied chemical weapons to syria now officials are saying hey go was in fact referring to russian the syrian military ties in general when he spoke at a congressional hearing gulf monarchies are offering to you bankroll america's

bombing syria and even finance a full blown invasion washington hasn't said whether it will take the money but sees the offer as a measure of support let's get some thoughts on this all from former u.n. humanitarian coordinator for iraq hans. von sponeck who's joining me now mrs quantock what's your verdict is now the right time to quote punish assad. i would say it's not an issue all for punishing anybody it's an issue and i guess this will be the one point of agreement that the g twenty is to acknowledge the fact that there has been a huge criminal. crime a crime against the period of the people of syria and that should be the point of departure and one sure of course and must recognize that the red

line that president obama is speaking about is not set is not defined in washington or in pairs bought by the seat u.n. security council in new york that's where the red line is to find the u.n. charter is very clear on who has the right to decide on what action particularly military action and i think that is what should be told in the g. twenty two those who know willing to go ahead with a military strike without telling the global community what this is supposed to achieve. i would add to vast very quickly as a european i want to say the people of your old if not the governments or the unite the european union are deeply perturbed by the the trail of the president of france or long in his approach to trying to find

a solution through military action. i just want to go back to what you said in terms of the u.s. not dictating what the world has to do one of the criticism leveled at the unit is that they have been glacially slow to act on syria i mean as a veteran of the organization what do you say about that. what i would say about this is that the stalemate that prevails in the u.n. security council is and i'm not saying that because i speak to the russian television i speak to i say this because i am a person rest thirty two years work in that organization the stalemate has been created by the insistence of the peace treaty france britain and the united states that the only answer to a crime whose origin we don't even know yet our must be military action that is not in the spirit of the organization that the five people the five governments

that created the united nations in one nine hundred forty five can can acknowledge in meeting in petersburg today certain phone for more than two years now the government and the rebels have failed to come together and sit down and talk what makes you think that they do so in the future i would say that is in the to some extent not entirely but to some extent this is in the hands of those who are supporting different factions that are involved in this brutal brutal exchange in syria they must be must understand that they should be loyal to the initial idea of a conference geneva two is the word for it and withholds military support to all sides let there be a moment of halting in the in the name of protecting the syrian people

and continue the dialogue that sounds like a weak answer but it is one important answer one must give this is our military action of the. i just wanted to say that at this point the u.s. and france have all but promised an attack do you see them backing away from this i literally have thirty seconds for you please. the answer is no but the price for that will be high not just for syrian people there will be more deaths but there will also be much more opposition to the policies that we have seen from the united states from the u.k. and from a few others thank you so much for your time and your thoughts on this mr hunt. who is of course the former u.n. humanitarian coordinator for iraq speaking to us here on out he will be back after the short break.

but how you would test the intentions of somebody and how would you know the intentions of george w. bush when he launched that war on false pretext is now recognized internationally that they never had weapons actually i think that sharing your point of view in any circumstance is a good thing so if you want to open up another country to a different source 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 to be open minded is again.

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going to begin talks with the king of bahrain about the future of the country so i was in fact very intrigued very curious the manufacturer was government and national just opened my eyes into this other world of surveillance technology monitoring so we know the british intelligence carries out the 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 we've all servers we're. number of other countries. we also found a sample of the spyware by spyware appeared to be targeted to ethiopia. from our perspective is that this technology were created around the world without any sort of debris it may be the stuff of spying movies but

campaigners 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 are exactly the same as the kind of weapons like bombs and guns that can be used to hurt people. well we'll continue our extensive coverage of the g. twenty summit or that's getting underway in st petersburg today. so. right it may be political crunch time at the c s g twenty summit but as always all fine as a would be far behind aside from the usual talk of crisis and unemployment leaders are expected to discuss tax evasion a new world bank ad to force a fresh economic alliances live to katie pilgrim from artie's of venture capital

who is in st petersburg tell us a little bit more about the economic scenes that leaders who are gathered at the g twenty will delve into. well there is plenty on the agenda as you just alluded to. job creation that's one of the central themes we know that there's still two hundred million people across the globe still searching for work seventy three million of those are use we know in the likes of spain and greece one in two views are looking for jobs really a central theme going on here and the implications of that because as we know there's already a witness social unrest in certain parts of the world to do with the fact that people can't find what's not is a big problem and that goes along with the theme of growth long term growth but the problem is the emerging economies a day are suffering right now there's been a role reversal and earlier on i spoke to alexei courage and he's the former finance minister of russia and he's very well respected in the finance while he was

talking a lot at first of all he said to me that the problems in the emerging world now i look to do with the fundamental problems that were created by the developed world and added to that he actually compares what's going on at the moment on the global economy to a sick man this kind of this and that's what he had to say. just go to work america the world's economy its current state can be characterized as being on life support for its vital functions are being kept running by the federal reserve the european central bank and other banks by constant cash and directions the. should only be temporary if a sick man goes through treatment and it doesn't help there's no point continuing it there's an ongoing effort now to buy time for reforms and changes but this will end when the world's economies will be left to stand on their own feet which countries economies will be able to stand and which won't work and remains to be

seen. scary stuff just and he's really talking about this medicine these steroids he's referring to the fact that central banks keep on pumping money into the economy and we know that the federal reserve chairman ben bernanke a he said a back in may that he would be tapering those measures in response to that the emerging markets had money pulled out from then they've already lost a sum of fifty billion dollars india is particularly suffering at the moment rupee has dropped by a fifth of its value so really the leaders here at the g. twenty they have to convince us that they are indeed the doctors if you like to heal the patient which could in just alluded to just that is very sick right now well you know pumping cash into greece wasn't working out either so you know quite interesting to see how leaders tackle some of those questions of can you still keep on countries like that going by just giving them injection out of you know it so

we'll see how they come up with solutions to that katie pilgrim they'll venture capital arches correspondent at the g twenty summit for us. but a quick look at some other international news in brief that this is the first of video footage we're hearing you of of the radioactive water leaking from the fukushima nuclear plant in japan was recently revealed that contaminated water has been spilling into the sea for the past two years since the earthquake and tsunami crippled the facility and the government raised the alert level to a serious a threat and has allocated almost five hundred million dollars to tackle the problem. tens of thousands of teachers of motion in cities across mexico and greatest sweeping new law that will make this salaries and jobs dependent on assessing their standards the largest relative place in the capital the demonstrators streamed through the center blocking off major roads teachers

claimed the law doesn't take the difficult work conditions into account and will be used by the authorities to sack them more easily. romania's witnessing is the largest environmental protests in post soviet times of people much against resurrecting the country's biggest gold mine activists fear that poisonous substances like cyanide which i use in the mining prices will cause a grave biological damage the mine has been closed for the past fourteen years and parliament is expected to vote later this month and whether to reopen it. the russian president's press chief talks to r t's a sophie shevardnadze in a few minutes.

iraq afghanistan the balkans somalia haiti libya yemen and so on and so on the list of engagements of airstrikes by post cold war nato just keeps getting longer and now it looks like it's serious toward 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 see 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 us backs down here what could be the beginning of the end for the world's only hyper power but if they do attack syria there will probably be so. 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 one by.