today's news and the week's top stories washington braces to moscow support for a strike on syria thank you world leaders slam of the attack plan as russia says of the syrian rebels are trying to provoke military intervention. and need to get a quote in the crossfire in syria where al-qaeda linked rebels have been receiving an ancient christian village terrorizing the population. and today is of the day mosque lexan made out with acting leaders gay a civilian in a taking in opposition a rival alexian of all meat. you're

watching this week so the weekly and today's top stories are with us here on our team my name is tom would say it's good to have a company with us the american secretary of state's doing the rounds in europe to try and drum up support for unilateral strike against syria like you world powers at the g. twenty summit in st petersburg spoke out against the use of force without a u.n. mandate while russia accuse of the syrian rebels of unleashing chemical weapons to provoke foreign intervention and it's a no reports. i was elected to end wars not start a u.s. military intervention in syria dominated talks at the g twenty but if obama was looking to gather overwhelming support at the summit he didn't get it in st petersburg you know. there is no military service. we will know what's participate in military action. aside from france turkey and

saudi arabia a few countries expressed outright support for obama's proposal of a military strike in a joint statement they condemned the use of chemical weapons blaming the office of government and called for some kind of response but they stopped short of backing a u.s. attack on syria summit host president putin accused the rebels of being behind a chemical weapons attack near damascus in august that he says was carried out to discredit syrian authorities in the eyes of the west just the way. 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 un security council approves such action as one of the participants

of our discussions on the issue put it yesterday those who do otherwise put themselves above the law. obama continues to insist assad was behind the attack and he won't wait for the u.n. to respond assad's regime brazen use of chemical weapons isn't just a syrian tragedy it's a threat to global peace and security the u.s. president is due to address the american public on tuesday and try to make his best argument for an attack on syria one that failed to convince global partners at the g. twenty this summit could have been a last chance for a political solution to the syria crisis or at least an attempt to push forward with diplomacy but leaders part of st petersburg split solidly on those for or against military intervention in the syrian war what has been called the worst humanitarian crisis in modern history reporting from the g.

twenty and he's now a r.t. . china has vowed to help russia at the u.n. security council in blocking anybody for military strike on syria the chinese spokesman at the g twenty summit gave out see a breakdown of beijing's position tyner is against the use of chemical weapons by any countries and organizations or. individuals and given what is reported. we believe that it is vitally important for the united nations to come duct taped the investigation so anding. movement. has to be based. on the conclusion of the university case in which should be free from any pressures or disturbances in china and russia has

a very similar positions and we both. appearing for countries concerned to be serious about the possible consequences of the use of a military being as a result of the mandate of the un security council. syria wasn't the only topic being thrashed out this week in st petersburg later this hour we learned more about the g. twenty summit plan to tackle tax evasion and unemployment get the lowdown on the global economies next chapter with some of the international business and political elite that's in our genes venture capital. the british prime minister spoke in favor of military intervention in syria despite being rebuffed by his colleagues in parliament opposition labor m.p. jeremy coburn says a diplomatic solution is the only way to save syria from slipping into complete

chaos britain has not decided has decided not to go in the u.s. congress has yet to vote on the subject and the result position to it all in france so maybe this is the opportunity for a serious attempt right initiative involving russia as well as western europe united states and obviously the gulf cooperation countries otherwise u.s. will get involved there will be probably will be further killing me further my. the record of afghanistan and iraq where the west involvement has not been a peaceful solution but it's been one of continuous destabilization and. as the u.s. congress they remain split on whether to attack syria and the latest polls show most americans oppose the intervention there's been a fresh and to all rally in washington as hundreds of calls for restraint from the white house. much of the public remains unconvinced to even

washington's claims that it has added ins implicating the syrian government and the deadly use of chemical weapons but president obama maintains he still has that the afford to order an attack even if congress votes against said didn't is a done deal these are the means by the secretary of state to jump up support in europe will not be what america's allies. the entire history and we cited by kerry neglects to mention the allegations and the use recent stance to evidence in this case that the rebels are the ones that are using chemical weapons in syria where they bring you know i'm assuming again that there would be some perhaps presentation of actual evidence about the facts on the ground in syria because the facts that have actually been disclosed to the american public and to the congress in public are not facts their arguments accusation and conclusion and that is the basis on which they're going to war illegally by the way outside of the u.n.

mandate outside of the u.n. charter and not just legally according to international law but according to us was the supreme law of the way and for the united states something that congress cannot supersede so this whole rush to war is illegal work order to american and international law and there's really not yet really been any presentation of facts to provide of course we're going to war and nevertheless they're moving ahead full speed. the army has send reinforcements including tanks are to the ancient christian village of mali which has been besieged by al qaeda affiliated rebels since wednesday fighters from the al nusra front has a have been firing on the population from nearby hills which is maria for last night has gained access to the stricken area we entered my lul through its ancient gauge burnt and damaged in recent attacks shortly after the syrian army announces that most of the militants were pushed back signs of the recent battle and

destruction a reverie where we were told to move fast and to follow the military's vehicles without stopping or even slowing down there are some parts of the road where we have to speed up officers still fear they could be snipers around we hear them shouting go go fast on one turn we suddenly stop. a minute. it's hard to understand exactly what happened we only hear a loud boom and feel the earth shake. we get out of the car to take a look around then outside our. christian community all over the world now it is a battlefield look at this. and then we realized we have london in the heart of this battle as some live bullets started flying around us we've ended model of village with the army but just just

a few minutes later they told us to get back the militants launch an attack fire an instrument explosives from the safety of high ground so this is what we're doing right now we're coming back to you to the entrance this is where. a car bomb exploded on wednesday morning and this is how it all started after a suicide attack militants mostly from java the looser group stormed in and since then clashes have been contained in for three days and you can see they are considered now soldiers fired shots back but they can't even see enemy fighters who are cooped up in the hiding places. that the real militants in that model now and in the us i fear hotel this is the mountaintop hotel which was my. brother told me up.

front. but also from behind the mountains surrounding the ma lula village and that's is where the danger lies because the wrong many snipers and the wrong rocket grenades and the raw warms mortarboard was you can see the situation on the ground it's very hard you can see that the army is recruited right now but the. is that similar oh monday visitation could change dramatically because this is the day when the american congress starts debates on syria whether to drive this country oh no it's the decision made thousands of kilometers away from the special food will effect the set up at this military field but exactly how it is not easy to predict racial sheltie from my luna in syria. it seems big

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a according to polls anyway the race is his to lose he is going against the opposition candidate alexina vali a trained lawyer and a very famous anti-corruption blogger here in russia most russians know him by his last name. and what's was very unique about his bid for for the seat is that at this point he is actually out on he's bidding for the post being released on bail pending an appeal on. charges so he faces up to five years in prison if he is sentence if his appeal does not work out but in the face of being out on bail he is actually running to be the mayor of moscow and as you said this is the big race in the regional elections right now happening in russia now according to polls as i said this is so beyond race to lose when asked by the russian public opinion research center who they will vote for respondents to

a poll said ten percent said no thirty eight percent said so b.n. and who will never vote for twenty three percent said the fifteen percent. and then are you well aware of who these candidates are of course twenty seven percent said of ali and of course the majority said so beyond and he is he has been mayor here for the last couple of years and the voters here are starting to vote actually just a couple of minutes go to clock in the morning in moscow time polls close at eight pm develop he has run a very grassroots youth oriented campaign and both candidates have had rallies very recently sort of touting what their platforms are so beyond ends is of course to keep the city very clean. get rid of traffic congestion which most of us living here in moscow know is very ramped. and to buckle down on illegal immigration rallies is an anti-corruption platform also backing down on illegal immigration so

it'll be interesting to see how the pauls end up by the end of the day but of course we will be keeping you up to date throughout the day on any developments lindsay of france they are following the moscow mayoral elections for us. there's another election on the horizon for candidates in germany it's about sweating the small stuff from getting the nation on a healthy diet to reducing the stress at work the general election political hopefuls go in full life style many festers while crucial issues of even dead and unemployment remain somewhat sidelined the details coming up. a british firms been revealed as of the brains behind invasive spying software which allows clients including governments to get limitless surveillance access to people's computers gamma international was named in the late as we can these

transfers of so-called spy files to suite exposing close ties between intelligence agencies and private id contractors playboy because the story. say goodbye to the days of gadgets. listening to their phone calls and. e-mails. three reveals that it's british companies. this is a promotional video. the. government. in the country.

behind me. develops and. anyone. reporters without borders have named the company one of the corporate enemies 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 campaigner in bahrain found out she says that gammas finn spice was used to target her off to she took part in anti-government protests looked like

a genuine email addresses 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 in fact very intrigued very curious the manufacturer was government and not 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 but also 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 also servers with spyware. the number of other countries. we also found a sample of the spyware spyware appeared to be targeted to ethiopia the scary thing. is that this technology 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. on. whatever smartphone you have beat a trendy i saw you know a shiny black berry boasting high security standards the n.s.a. knows how to hack it on a website forum held in tory's agency employs a special teams working on each of the popular mobile operating system was accessing private data on every phone anywhere. to needed to bring order to its most troubled region the army's in the midst of what it calls the largest offensive in the aimed at cleaning sinai of islamic militants

the details that are dot com. right see. first street. and i think the true. on our reporters were very. instrumental. in the polls. that's our rounding up more of today's other top headlines for you now in tunisia's capital tens of thousands of people have turned out for rallies against the country's islamist government it also marks forty days of mourning for an opposition lawmaker who was murdered in july his death along with the earlier killing of another prominent politician have a previously triggered mass protests the ruling party denies any responsibility for

the murders and pointed the fingers at salafi hardliners. protestors have faced off with police in the street in a street fight in greece a second largest city where the prime minister was giving a speech on the economy at an international trade forum and tone as some are said recession was easing and promise really two millions of greeks that had by years of punishing austerity the crowds outside were far less optimistic with the nation suffering from a record twenty seven percent unemployment. clashes erupted in britain's capital two but this was over a march of the far right english defense league the group attempted to gather at an east london mosque despite being banned from the area this was followed by skirmishes with anti fascists protesters the leader of the a.d.l. was arrested as police attempted to contain the violence.

by germany's federal election is creeping closer but politicians are managing to evade all could but pivotal questions over unemployment and the european debt crisis put all of our reports on how candidates are taking a more trivial drag by championing healthy eating and tackling the tardiness of local trains instead. the post as the flesh is being pressed but this german election campaign is hotly setting pulses racing maybe that's a whole idea make it as boring as possible so i know everybody kind of goes to sleep and doesn't worry about the real issues what we have being treated to is chancellor angela merkel talking about potato soup a main challenge pish time to reading fairy tales and the green policy suggesting compulsory vegetarian days where does it stop they going to start a couple to refrigerators at home and check to see what you got there as well i mean or are they going to shut down the burger kings and mcdonald's on tuesdays and

so you have to serve aside from the greens apparent food fascism have been some peculiar manifesto promises the social democrats want legislation to prevent stress in the workplace and the free democrats hoping to win over commuters by making it illegal for trains to be late all distraction tactics according to those hoping to win their first seats in the bundestag they don't want to touch the real problems with the euro crisis. diminishing pension funds survey come up with things like the green party wanting a veggie day one reason being cited is the lack of a major issue for the parties to really attack each other on when you talk about their support for the government's decision to implement the sam to initiate further payments for greece they all said yes yes yes there is no real opposition in parliament so providing the comic relief in an otherwise dreary campaign.

the party i'm very easy to remember. with policies such as banning tourists from berlin and building a wall around the whole of germany these jokers are quietly confident we want to get into power and then we will decide what we are going. do with it what do you think the chances are. our chances are pretty good and we expect to take one hundred percent of the vote and even more in all seriousness though with greece looking likely to need a third bailout package will be no laughing matter for those that come to power after september the twenty second they're going to have to deal with some real issues as they take their seats in the boat in the stock peter all of a t l n money talks the next on our kitty pilgrim is here with a venture capital after the break.

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hello there we're all kinds of education so we are indeed on the road this week we are filmy problems that petersburg of the g. twenty summit of course of right now i stood on the piece of paul fortress that was built in seventy three it's named after peter the great himself but that's the history lesson over with that happened three hundred years ago but right now going to cause a drought what's happened in the last few days because it's certainly been a busy two days at sea shore and there was a fear that syria would completely dominate the proceedings here but to some extent that did happen but it didn't completely every take there was plenty of business going on to we had the topics of tax evasion and offshore accounts as well as up job creation unemployment and the bric development bank now i will catch up with

the chief of the international monetary fund christine the garden i call her take on the current state of the global economy. and president putin mentioned the risk of a sharp crisis relapse what's been done to prevent that situation. well clearly the focus by the russian presidency on jobs and growth. and long term financing were very world objectives some i believe rallied to the leaders around common objectives sustainable growth. appropriate fiscal consolidation as well as the creation of jobs and a group that is inclusive so the dogs. we hope conducive to addressing the crisis risks going forward and what about monetary stimulus do you think these measures have run their.