washington's efforts to drum up support for an attack on syria met with staunch international resistance with russia saying rebels used chemical weapons to provoke a foreign intervention. conservative opposition sweeps to attorney abbott set to take the reins for in the general election on wiki leaks founder julian assange is one of those hoping for a senate seat. and thousands protest in berlin following the latest revelations on america's efforts to break open encrypted online data with concerns voiced in the german government's reaction.

well news and much more twenty four hours a day this is r.t. now u.s. secretary of state john kerry is set off on a european tour in an attempt to gather support for an american strike against syria while the e.u.'s foreign policy chief has agreed that some form of action should be taken to specify that any decision should be made with the u.n. agreement with president obama hasn't had much success in enlisting backers for an intervention in the past two days he failed to get full scale support at the g twenty summit in st petersburg however he did manage to get eleven. tough action against syria but this statement stops short of explicitly approving military intervention which is what the u.s. is demanding when to national opinion polls also show strong opposition to any armed assault the u.s. fifty six percent said no to any form of military action in syria and

more than sixty percent of french people are against it the vast majority of those surveyed in the u.k. said any move for must have the green light from the u.n. with similar sentiments shared in germany and turkey over g. twenty nations that were against the agreement account for some three billion that people and it seems that many in the rest of the world also don't want to see the u.s. progress with its plan. meanwhile the protests have been held in several countries against an assault on syria we have some pictures from around the world now let's have a look the antiwar sentiment is being felt in washington with the crowd outside the white house sending a message to congress they're also similar out as in new york and on the other side of the atlantic in london and paris where tens of thousands of people gather that peter's square in the vatican for peace vigil making it one of the largest rallies against the proposed military strike even celebrities have been speaking out against the plans a handwritten note for madonna harry expressing her opposition to american

involvement lottie's alexy our show ski has been sent petersburg for the meetings of the g. twenty leaders. everyone is speculating who won the standoff. on the syria issue i went to the press this morning and the majority have been saying that. initial plan was to disrupt. the military intervention into syria then indeed putin has prevailed in that we do know of course a lot of discord between the g twenty countries on whether a military strike against syria is needed and clearly the biggest concern was whether we'll have a meeting at all because officially they have no meeting scheduled something unprecedented for the president of the united states and russia but eventually according to. themselves they met for a twenty thirty minute friendly conversation during which of course they discussed syria indeed expectations of the summit coming here he was hoping that you could

persuade the countries of the need to attack syria that he would provide the substantial evidence of bashar al assad using chemical weapons against the rebels but clearly judging by what the russian president said on that matter it seems that obama failed on that sense. i view everything that happened with the so-called use of chemical weapons in syria as a provocation by the rebels who count on help from abroad from those countries that originally supported them that's the reason for this provocation i also want to remind you that the use of force against a sovereign state is acceptable only if it's done for self-defense and we know that syria hasn't attacked the u.s. and only if the u.n. security council approves such action as one of the participants of our discussions on the issue put it those who do otherwise put themselves above the law still david cameron barack obama and. the french president they still try to play hardball saying that the u.n.

security council decision may be overruled if they believe that again syria is needed russian president said that this may join. rates a great healing up here among the smaller countries obviously suggesting that bigger states may actually do whatever they want overruling the mandate of the united nations in the us obviously now that the g twenty summit is done we're in for some several very interesting weeks to see how the future of syria will be resolved so this thing lack of support for the u.s. led initiative on attacking syria when he vandam is a belgian based journalist who's been closely following developments in the country he says that the nations are wary of empowering radical elements in the syrian opposition think decide to support an american operation. witnessing a remarkable moments in remarkable days. in international politics it's on the scene for a british palm and to oppose the united states in

a very crucial matter syria or not we see other countries saying oh we can only do something militarily when the united nations a great many people see the united states is siding with geologists who are creating problems in europe small problem compared to the middle east whether we're creating a ready problems with terror attacks and so on german trains the attempt of the united states to install islamists so everywhere in the middle east in egypt in tunisia iraq in syria is. it's contradictory to what europe should want. when meanwhile the ancient christian of an age of man in the northwest of syria continues to be caught in the crossfire as government forces attempt to squeeze out al qaida linked rebels auntie's roof national venture that to find out how the army operation is progressing. christian pilgrims from all

over the world used to take this road to travel to one of the most significant trying and one of the most holy places in syria its residents to speak aramaic the language jesus christ is believed to have spoken we are driving tomorrow. but for another reason on wednesday the central syrian village which had been among the few in syria the didn't see any violence since the crisis here started in two thousand and eleven was attacked by rebel forces most of them reportedly members of just had the nuestra the war came here after a car bomb exploded at a checkpoint the militants of a radical islamist group considered terrorists by the un and us stormed in. the army tells us that this is the closest point and we cannot go any further we can see problem here but the thing is that the militants who are still inside that we

can see us as well there are snipers inside the goods so it is really dangerous to go there the soldiers say that the militants mostly from don't have the luther who took over the mountain top sufi the hotel and from time to time they're firing from this so to take place and they're also militants behind this mountain saying the soldiers say up to fifteen hundred people what is the situation right now. the militants around three hundred people are hiding in sofia hotel there are ancient caves there under the village they use them as well they're watching us and we're watching them but if we start moving they'll attack us. the soldiers show me the militants position is the mists who are behind a number of violent killings and are believed to be the most aggressive force confronting president assad almost surrounded the christian village. where these

people came from. they came from the city of homs in the north and from the city of grain food in the south this village is like an island in a storming ocean day the last little i guess only you know we visited my lunar last spring in a christian arland in a mostly news the ocean the village was indeed unique and aside from the other we used to live in peace muslims and christians of course were afraid that people from outside the city and the country may come and destroy disunity and it seems the residents worst fears became a reality why do you think the militants attack this village. they know that american missiles will not strike a unicycle site and the army will not dare hit it either it's a safe haven for them while we talk reinforcements arrive the syrian army plane an operation to clear malula from jet had the initial rebels they have been rumors

that they have left the village but the army say the militants are still there and even if they leave they can hide in nearby and return how do you think the situation will change in case of american strike will their rivals the militants from the last three use this opportunity to advance further of course they will america is supporting terrorism in this country we've been fighting with the u.s. in fact for these two and a half years and now we can face them directly but we are ready for that we will not give up if america strikes series major military facilities will be targeted and destroyed no one can say what to war on the ground will look like but certain. place will no longer look the same race nationality reporting from syria. the american lost reporting from mother the village there were clashes are continuing in estrangement and spiritual place according to her latest tweet can

follow her on twitter and stay up to date with the syrian army mission on latest news from the country. on. australia's prime minister kevin rudd has conceded defeat for his labor party in the nation's general election results indicate a sweeping victory for the conservative coalition was formed the opposition for the last six years its leader tony abbott had come paint on an anti asylum seeker an anti green tax platform we could leaks founder julian assange should also run in the election isn't likely to secure a seat in the senate earlier though my colleague andrew farmer spoke to ati's lindsay france about the songes bid for office. he's got the power to pull votes away from other australian anti establishment parties such as family first's the pirate party and the sex party you heard that right those three opposition parties he has the power to to to get good tension away from them just with his name alone

and also with his campaign because it's been very colorful hasn't yes it has absolutely his campaign for a seat in the senate as you mentioned has consisted mostly of social media blitz is in virtual town hall meetings along with a mullet wig music video where the candidates recorded his own version of oz icon john farnham activism and i'm sure the voice of that you know. didn't please the president of ecuador too much that this was shot in the ecuadorian embassy but that's another story altogether but i have been making some serious points to the haven't they that we can expect to see them manifest they can you outline what they've been doing and absolutely now it was disestablished last month and it wants to bring transparency accountability and justice to australia's parliament by way of pushing for public oversight of government practices fighting corruption and providing people with a range of what it calls twenty first century freedoms and that includes the free flow of information internet liberty protection for whistleblowers national sovereignty and integrity in the global community which is as you can imagine

a very tall order for any political party but also a very tall order if you does win if there's no chance and he does win he'll have to get back to strongly wax and how is that going to be possible well if there's a lot of twists and turns that could take he's got plenty of federal agents after him but he's got to get to australia of course to fill that seat if he were to make it and now we spoke with his running mate binoy kant mark who told us that the responsibility for granting safe passage for him back to australia should fall on the shoulders of the australian government doesn't feel very good certainly it will be australian government to a lot of political. street electors or look at the streets and allow him to sit. in church. and it will be a public relations not to be a straight government would have to take very carefully if elected he's got ten months to make it back to australia before casual vacancy that would be created by his lack of attendance in this case the running mate we spoke with would then take

his seat so if the tories voters do swing joining us on his way though and he does try to make a dash to get home without help he will either end up in the senate or in the slammer. well coming up later in the program online that privacy takes another hit join those protesters voice outrage they just american internet snooping of relations shows that no encrypt can protect your personal data from the n.s.a.'s prying eyes with details in just a few tips. to

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world. its technology innovation all the least a melon minutes from around russia we've got this huge earth covered. well. it's technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. now thousands have protested in berlin following the latest revelations by edward snowden about the scale of america's online surveillance it's been revealed that the n.s.a. has poured billions of dollars into success for the cracking internet encryption technology is giving swathes of personal data open for snooping but head of the upcoming election german protesters are also outraged by their government's mild

reaction to the scandal. has the details now. another saturday at another demonstration m but again the n.s.a. spying on europe europeans have been outraged at the amount of their personal details it is not only being believed to be spying scandal but also be just handed over by certain companies that straw and hundreds of people out on the streets here in the german capital to campaign against that they say that they're unhappy at the u.s. looking into their personal lives to explain to the kite or trumps any intelligence service act must be subject to the law there are committees for that in the bundestag and they should be making sure that the german intelligence service operates in the interest of our citizens and doesn't cooperate with foreign services to spy on each of the dot in the ship's side of the gulf is going to dot all the data should be protected and who should have access to information so we

know what's going on at this moment everything was strictly confidential so have no one to define ourselves from surveillance and today we would like to show them that we will not accept this best listen to makati homs is nothing if all the western democracies after september the eleventh almost started an arms race like in the cold war but this time those arms are used against their own citizens this makes me extremely angry so today i'm wearing a wedding dress that symbolizes love for democracy to which i say yes and i will love till death do us part how did this level of outrage which is prompted the european commission to say that well edward snowden's leaks have been a wake up call and that they need to put forward some kind of legislation there will come but companies they give forward information about the source and stop them from doing not one hundred go to the private information of european citizens to the united states. it's all over there now not only on air but also on law and

we have plenty more stories for you our website including an active lifestyle in the convenience of fast food is threatening productivity at r.t. dot com we report on how soaring obesity rates are weighing down economic growth. understood click away we have a story on how to boost the global growth head to our website and that more about a simple three step plan proposed by one of russia's leading economists. it's been over three months now since president obama pledged to close the toys on time of day prison and the yemeni nationals have been cleared for release from the u.s. military facility in cuba several years ago auntie's army rotten investigates the issue in the latest breaking the such program at three am g.m.t. here's a preview. the u.s. government's trusting in yemeni government to carry out drone strikes weekly. but

they cannot trust the government to take prisoners from the ghetto because they say oh they're going to be terrorists we can't trust to release them however many people have been released from guantanamo bay in the past and they are just living our normal lives they just want the chance to have a free life and not be detained indefinitely there are no countries that are currently wanting to host these these prisoners because there's so much red tape associated with that here in the united states the united states promised the yemeni people that there would be facilities infrastructure there to help former guantanamo inmates re assimilate into society that infrastructure is yet to exist it's not there we have covered this on the show in the past we've had activists we've had journalists that have traveled to yemen that have explained to us what it's like for people that are around these drone bombings and all these horrible things that are happening in yemen and on top of that. there's there's all there's the guantanamo aspect that these men will never return and will never see their families and that's it's heartbreaking.

protecting a city in russia's far east given way after more than a month of severe flooding forcing hundreds of people to abandon their homes rescue crews are hoping families to get to dry them and buses taking them away from the flood water levels in comes the most. rise in miles to twenty centimeters a day so the holy spirit is on standby ready for a broader evacuation zone going flooding in russia's far east the most of you know twenty years it's affected at least fifty thousand people. and some other international news in brief for you now this hour we're gyptian military has killed at least annoying militants in a major operation against islamist in northern sinai going to eyewitness reports troops raided suspected extremist hideouts by helicopters and tanks bloodshed in the rest of region intensified the ousting of president mohammed morsi in july.

several dozen protesters have clashed with police in a greek city you assume the prime minister tony so marise was delivering his annual speech to me call me violence erupted after demonstrators began throwing bottles and stones at officers responded with tear gas about four thousand police were drafted into the city ahead of and union rallies. demonstrations marking independence day in brazil turned violent of the people gathered in the streets to protest corruption excessive spending in the capital brasilia police fired rubber bullets and made several arrests disperse a crowd were rallying while a neutral parade place was ill source sparking protests in june when angry crowds protested against the government's spending on the hosting of next year's world cup . rushes of up to the term value of the far right english defense league group attempted to march to east london mosque despite being banned

from the area writing member account of anti fascist protesters to rioters were arrested as police attempted to contain the violence. the international impact committee has announced that tokyo will host a twenty lympics this presentation ahead of the vote which is delegation stressed that safety concerns over the week of radioactive water from the she would nuclear plant would not be an issue. which has hosted the games before back in sixty four bit with mr bush in the vote. looking ahead a bit later the number of american business executives implicated in fraud has room somewhat i should say over the past two decades according to recent survey we have our financial guru max kaiser on the case is coming up two hundred g.m.t. . yeah. i've explained this many times before

a board of directors of any s. and p. five hundred company america today wants the c.e.o. implicated in some crime committing malfeasance committing fraud subpoenaed or in jail because it shows initiative they want to push the edge they want to go that extra mile they want to break the law and then they want to throw to the justice department to say. eric holder can't catches. and then if they do get caught they change the law they modify the law they rewrite the law and that's what it's all about breaking the law for law and order bring back the death penalty bring it back . off the brake cotton best case the hidden eyes of the wives and mothers of minutes instructions of course stay with us.

many gay bars are starting to refuse to sew russian vodka as a means of protesting the homosexual propaganda laws in russia as i've said before boycotts are a great way to put pressure on people but are they putting pressure on the right people not only is it racist to assume that hurting the vodka flow will deal a massive blow to the russian economy but it is also racist to think that any vodka with a russian sounding name is itself russian and many videos angry gay bartenders were pouring stolichnaya vodka which should be pronounced by the way onto the ground in a fury but if those bartenders would take a closer look at the labels they would see that export of stoli is produced in bold in latvia by the s.p.i. group not in russia. also according to the n.p.t.

group beverage alcohol report the most popular vodka in america with a russian sounding name is smirnoff which is british owned and produced and bottled in various countries around the globe including the usa itself we do support the american worker people love to panic over the hip and trendy scandal of the month but everyone seems to be ignoring the fact that homosexuality itself is legal in russia and is punishable in many other countries including a death sentence in some of them and yet russia gets all the attention if people really wanted to affectively boycott any country with any laws even hinting against homosexuality they would have to hit them where it hurts and stop getting natural resources imported from countries like russia saudi arabia venezuela and iran and so on and so on that is a vastly more difficult proposition than pouring american made vodka onto the sidewalk but that's just my opinion.

it's. well you know i beg you please your father and your brother are all here or do i think of your wife and children think of your family yet you please come out i promise you that not a hair on your head will be harmed you would come out into the yard raise your hands take off your jacket and show them that you're not wearing a bomb belt or just walk slowly towards our people and let them search you do you understand me. please. a former minister of the republic of

peel's to his son. who refuses to listen as his father has him to surrender. he would soon be killed in a shootout with special forces. in the northern caucasus is the smallest and youngest republic of the russian federation for the past twenty you and you should he has lived through several conflicts terror operations and a string of retaliation. terrorists an islamic state would be cool to the caucasus emirate young people into the world with promises of a ticket to paradise when in reality they're trained become terrorists and suicide bombers. at the age of eighteen most of went into the woods to join the militants this is the first time most.