today's news in the week's top stories washington braces to muster support for a strike on syria but world leaders slammed the attack plan as russia says the syrian rebels are trying to provoke military intervention. and arab league crew gets caught in the crossfire in syria well kidal in dribbles have been besieging an ancient christian village terrorizing the population. and today is a day of multiple chooses its next mayor with actually disappear so beyond then taking on opposition rival alex in a volley. live

from moscow this is our train you're with me into along with a let's take a look at our week's top story as well as today. the american secretary of states are doing the rounds in europe to try and drum up support for unilateral strike against syria as a flaky world powers at the g twenty summit in st petersburg spoke out against the use of force without a un mandate while russia accused the syrian rebels of unleashing a michael weapons to provoke foreign intervention and these are now 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 there is no military solution there is no military. we will not 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 hosted president putin accused the rebels of being behind a chemical weapons attack near damascus. that he says was carried out to discredit the syrian authorities in the eyes of the west just the way. i view everything about how and the so-called use of chemical weapons in syria. by the 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 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 the 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 also it was behind the attack and he won't wait for the u.s. 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 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 parted st petersburg splits 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 any motion for a military strike on syria the chinese spokesman of the g twenty summit gave r.t. a breakdown of beijing's position tyner is against the use of chemical weapons by any countries and you know by visions or ending individuals and give you what is reported. we believe that it is vitally important for the united nations to come stocktake the investigation so anding. movement. has to be based. on the conclusion of the university cases which should be free from any pressures or disturbances in china and russia has a very similar positions and we both. appealing for

countries concerned to be serious about the possible consequences of the use of a military being those resolved the mandates of the un security council. syria was in the only topic being thrashed out this week in st petersburg later this hour as debt and joblessness weigh heavy on g. twenty members the head of the i.m.f. christine lagarde defends monetary policy to our dissipated pilbeam views also have more firsthand insight on when they axed the world economy. u.s. congress to remain split on whether to attack syria and the latest polls show most americans oppose intervention there's been a fresh and two already in washington as hundreds of calls for restraint from the white house. much of the public remains unconvinced able washington finds it has evidence implicating the syrian government in the deadly use of

chemical weapons but president obama maintains that he still has the authority to order an attack even of congress votes against it join us down to five hundred seventy five a secretary of state to jump support in europe will not be bought him as his allies either. the entire history re cited by kerry neglects to mention the allegations and the hugely substantial evidence in this case that the rebels are the ones that are using chemical weapons in syria where they've been used now i am 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 u.s.

law the supreme law of the land for the united states is something that congress cannot supersede so this whole rush to war is illegal according to american and international law and there's really not yet really been any presentation of facts to provide a course for going to war and nevertheless they're moving ahead full speed. 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 tobin says a diplomatic solution is the only way to say syria from slipping into complete chaos. i decided it's 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 that radical initiative involving russia as well as western europe united states and obviously the gulf cooperation countries otherwise the us will very

involved there will be probably will be further killing the further mayhem and the record of afghanistan and iraq where the spring western involvement has not been a peaceful solution but has been one of continuous destabilization in. the syrian army has sent reinforcements including tanks to the ancient christian village of monder aleppo which has been besieged by al-qaeda affiliated rebels since wednesday finds as from the al nusra front to have been firing on the population from nearby hills which is maria for national has gained access to the stricken area we entered by lula through its ancient gages 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 is the cause 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. and understand. it's hard to understand exactly what's happened we only hear a loud boom and feel the earth shake. we get out of the car to take a look around when i was inside our little. christian community all over the world now it is a battlefield look at this. and then we realized we have landed in the heart of this battle as some live bullets start 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 firing and throw in 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 a job by the looser group stormed in and since then the question is have been contained in for three days and as you can see they are considered now soldiers firing shots back but they can't even see enemy fighters who are cooped up in the hiding places. that the real militants in that my little 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 raw rocket grenades and the raw holmes mortar bombs while as you can see the situation on the ground is very hard you can see that the army is rick rubin right now but the. is that to morrow is sunday visitation could change dramatically because this is the day when american congress starts the debates on syria whether to strike this country oh no it's the decision made thousands of kilometers away from these battlefield will affect the set up at this military theater but exactly how it is not easy to predict racial sheltie from mali in syria. in a few minutes anger over terrorizing the truth this week his rival groups condemn the u.k. government for using and there are no laws against media which reveal as little too

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all here on. earth the team from the world talks to vo ip interview intrigued. by. the arabic to find out more visit arabic don't call. thanks for staying with us here on our team the find to be moscow's next mayor reaches its of sender today the key battle in regional elections taking place across russia it's a landmark poll team as it's the first time in a decade that most cars ages have been able to choose and the stakes are high artie's a busy friends is in the heart of the capital was a lizzie tell us about the lined up. well most americans are against a young man has certainly spent the last couple of years of his time in office

which has been since two thousand and ten in cleaning up the city in time to help with traffic congestion also and trying to help with the traffic congestion and also of the infrastructure which is very important anyone who lives in moscow knows that with the traffic and the progress train situation when he entered into office did the situation was dire and he has definitely tackled that during his time in office another part of his platform is at cracking down on illegal immigration now he is the incumbent his rifle in this race is opposition candidate alexina only a very famous anti corruption activist here in russia he's a trained lawyer and he's got a very grassroots campaign it's very youth driven. we're talking stump speeches leaflets on the streets social media blitz is that sort of thing so he has got a completely different sort of approach to this election and something very new for

russia and his remaining platforms are not only cracking down on illegal immigration as has to be and is is are doing but also to fight corruption on many levels and one of the things that's very unique about his bid for the mayor also you see is that at this point he is fighting a five year prison sentence he's actually out on bail pending an appeal that he was sentenced to prison for embezzlement just a couple of months ago so it's a very unique situation here politically now if you look at what the polls are showing as far as who's race it is it looks as if it so be on insta lose at this point this is according to a russian russia public esteem and research center. respondents were asked who would you vote for ten percent said an evolving thirty. eight percent said so beyond who you never vote for now twenty three percent said no volleys fifteen percent said no volley i'm sorry twenty three percent of only fifteen percent said

b n n excuse me and are you well aware of who the candidates are twenty seven percent said they were very well from the wildly wise and of course sixty six percent said they were obviously very well of be on another polls are open until eight pm tonight i could have several days to count these ballots but of course we'll bring you developments throughout the day this is very very divisive race and muscovites are certainly very tuned in to it it's the first of its kind as you had said in nearly a decade so it's something everyone's watching very closely to see who will assume of moscow while the battle commences then losing friends there following moscow's voting today for the new. press freedom groups in the u.k. have hit out at the government accusing it of redefining anti terror laws to silence whistleblowers that's after british security services ordered the guardian

newspaper to destroy evidence received from edward snowden sarah frist furthur has a story and active 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. one of the issues that we have because the united kingdom is saying about. freedom with a very strong record on ensuring that it. can write the news and so so it does appear that the press freedom situation in the united kingdom is this sliding and 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. in his current ranking of twenty ninth many are concerned that shuttle seven of the terrorism act the law used to detain miranda is actually being used to stop journalists doing the job of holding people in power to account well other than

being used to prevent terrorism just seven allows police 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 poll the security services have a difficult job difficult job. the state clearly has a duty to protect its citizens. those people living. at the same time i think they must recognize the role of the media. and you have to have to be in line with the appropriate use the appropriate. response of the government said it's had to scheme that 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 could put lives at risk or critics of the government's actions have described these as alarmist playings aimed at justifying the blurring of the lines between terrorism and journalism it's thought a full hearing into the legality of david maraniss 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 sara for our london. the g. twenty summit overshadowed as it was by the syrian crisis still manages to get around to its core business such as the push for job creation and tackling tax evasion artie's kitty pilgrim was in st petersburg. we did have a big financial decisions that were made and we know the only official agenda it

was to do with job period and how to tackle the vast amounts of unemployment another big theme here was the volatility that the emerging markets and now currently faced with and that is in light of ben bernanke the federal reserve chairman saying that he's going to feel pulling the plug on his stimulus measures because of that investors have been pulling that cash out of what is perceived to be riskier assets i managed to catch up with the international monetary fund chief christine legarde and i asked her for her opinion on the current state of the global economy what about monetary stamina if you think these measures have run their course and it simply doesn't work that we need pain in the short term in order for help what would you say that the monetary policy doesn't work because we believe that it does hard to free positive effects and certainly seeing the u.s. economy and the japanese economy pick up as they are at the moment despite the. you know fiscal. door in place and that we would like to see improved

a bit i managed to catch up with the former finance minister of russia alexei could today and he referred to these cash injections as almost like a drug or work america or. its current state can be characterized as being on life support for you it's vital functions are being kept running by the federal reserve the european central bank and other banks by constant cash and directions this should only be temporary if a sick man goes through treatment and it doesn't help there's no point continuing it something else i want to talk about is the development bank because this was a breakthrough as well and we have the countries of course i'm talking about brazil russia india china south africa and they have set up this dying which just to put it into context for you would rival the likes of the i met on the world bank it was that as a safety net to support the struggling emerging economies so there was a danger that the political tensions would completely override the proceedings but there was certainly plenty business deals on agreements made here at the g.

twenty in st petersburg. the father of the rainbow nation nelson mandela has spent his first we get home after almost three months of intensive care and hospital but while the country united in concern for his health some of the ninety five year old former president's relatives are accused of dragging down his good name policy explains. as far as reality t.v. shows go this one is right up there sibling rivalry and feuds and family gossip but it's not any old family we're talking about here it's for mandela's it's clearly not an arson one project it's a monday and 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 while 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 a share of his legacy it hurt him deeply and dragged the country's moral compass to a new low is absolutely an outrage that's why the i understand why they're doing these a lot of money and off to rip you have that name i suppose you feel you mark what

you kept last month but i think it is like the followers of the ordination 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 values about brand into all those other areas so it's a tricky area. nelson mandela is being stretched and torn. 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 brought 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. and a few minutes we had the largest army base in the u.s. to hear what's behind the alarming suicide to eight month the world's most powerful military force. 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 and the petro dollar 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 in 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. odd live. feed the feed

. feed. love. for it's all about you come back and do this all night in answer please find spotlessly do. i we're going up as the bachelor. and i'm out actually go to afghanistan here in june i got i got that very much time to have fun out here so that's why we try to do it hey you want to go drag. but if you meant employed before yes man tire track was pretty good nothing bad happened when you lose anybody so those are good good hopefully this year is the same day things are starting to calm down there not so much ok i'll say no but i'm late.