the latest news in the week's top stories from r.t. washington fails to get the world on its side for an attack on syria with scant support from the g. twenty in the e.u. russia is taking a firm stand against saying the syrian rebels of provoking a foreign intervention. r.t.c. the brutality of that civil war first hand is the syrian army tries to clear it christine village of al qaeda linked rebel. also headlining smalling officials in afghanistan say a nato airstrike killed civilians including women and children something the alliance is denying we take a look at the progress of the legacy that coalition troops are set to leave in the war ravaged nation when they withdraw forces next year. and also votes for a new measure results point to a clear victory for the acting chief leading opposition figure head lex in

a valley trailing well behind it's the capitol first mayor election in nearly a decade. good morning this is the weekly from r t it's just after one am here now it's a brand up of the week's top stories with me kevin i know it's been a tough week for u.s. secretary of state john kerry he's been trying to convince the european union to get on board with a military strike on syria over the regime's alleged use of chemical weapons but kerry presented no new evidence against the syrian government and very few countries are willing to rush into action without u.n. approval and he now says a bomber has made no final decision about whether to strike that's an apparent turnaround than from last week so far turkey and france have been first in line to back the united states. against syria but president barack obama was unable to

change the minds of other world leaders at the g. twenty summit in st petersburg they agreed that tough action should be taken but they didn't endorse military intervention in this and now it was that. i was elected to end wars and 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 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 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 the 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 and the publication 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 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 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.s. to respond to 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 away r.t. and surprisingly the syria overshadowed those talks and some of this last week but they're also pressing questions about where the global economy is heading venture capital caught up with the head of the international monetary fund christine legarde to discuss the global economic outlook you can watch the full show of midnight thirty g.m.t. it's also available online.

it was congress and still divided over whether to attack syria or not the first senate showdown vote expected on wednesday the anniversary of the nine eleven attacks but a reuters poll says fifty six percent of americans don't want their country to use its armed forces against syria and some of making their voices heard in the capital . well they were some of the charms ringing out of washington d.c. with crowds marching from the white house to capitol hill and n.b.c. polls found that nearly eighty percent of americans think the president needs congressional approval for any armed response against syria other bomber says he does still have the authority to order a military strike even without lawmakers support this is how it pans out all the news was froze the polls are concerned showing over half of americans are against any strikes on syria that figure is even higher instantly in france and the u.k. it showing sixty an eighty percent respectively against military action similar

sentiments to shared in germany and italy incidentally as well the share of those against intervention in syria's neighbor turkey is even higher syrian president meantime bashar assad says that he had nothing to do with any chemical weapons attack and there's no evidence linking him to it in the u.s. that claim is backed up in a letter to president obama written by a former intelligence and military analysts mcgovern's is a veteran who signed that letter he told me earlier about the mood on capitol hill and body thinks the president could be softening his stance best friday kerry went before the cameras and say we got to do this and here's the not intelligence assessment mind you but the government assessment meaning the white has white house had a chance to massage it had it edited ok here's the assertion it didn't hold up to scrutiny or apparently the military got to the president and i see some evidence of this the next thing we know the president has changed his mind on

a saturday afternoon and the only thing that really intervene was the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey telling the president look you. because you're going to be really hard to explain what we have to do this now we could do this tomorrow or next week or next month we don't really have to do it now and the president said that in justifying his delay now what's more evidence lindsey graham and john mccain the next day just took off after the joint chiefs of staff chairman in a very personal and vindictive way because they know that finally the military leaders went to the president said look you know we know we know you've been told that this is going to be easy and limit all this stuff but these guys and these gals don't know a thing about war we do how do you think the congressional votes going to play out in the upcoming vote which way is it going to go i talked to a congressman last night for five minutes and it was very clear that he pledged to house leader nancy pelosi that he would vote according to what that what the

president says because we have to protect the president and are you could have are you going to say that the president is why you don't have to say the president is lying or you do need to say according to our information is that the president is being given up intelligence because john brennan the head of the cia and james clapper can the confessed perjury or have thought it in their interest to to cater to the wishes of the white house which have been very clear this time we want to strike syria image of a mole in syria itself the conflict rages on those known going on the operation of the ancient christian village of manila have been reporting from if the past couple of days it was stolen by rebels a few days ago he's going to finish that was able to eventually he went to the village with the help of the syrian army she's got this report. we entered my lula through its ancient gates 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. 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 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 london in the heart of this battle as some live bullets started flying around us we've ended my little

village with the army but just just a few minutes later they told us to get back the militants launch an attack fire in 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 a in and since then clashes have been continuing for three days and as sure 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. and. the real militants in that model of the now and in the us a few hotel this is the mountain top hotel which was my. brother told.

me. but also from behind the mountains surrounding the ma lula village and that's is where the danger lies because the route many snipers and the rah rah could grenades and the rock warms mortar boards was even see the situation on the ground it's very hard up you can see that the army is rick rubin right now but this. so. is it jay shouldn't. together because this is where the congress starts debate on syria where. this country or not 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. asti from in syria officials in afghanistan so that nine out of fifteen people killed in meters later it was civilians including women and children the alliance were insists it's not aware of any collateral casualties saying only ten militants were taken out in what they called a precision attack the taliban's meanwhile killed at least four afghan troops in an assault on an intelligence office in the capital these pictures you're seeing on the news all the aftermath all of this ahead of the show jewels foreign troop withdrawal in twenty fourteen investigative journalists are said begg told us nato presence is actually the main cause of the insurgency the civilian death toll shows us over the over ten years that look nato is not winning in afghanistan that fighting militants is very very difficult and civilian casualties have been an increase even volney took all these positions precision attacks they're not very precise whether they are in afghanistan want to border regions of pakistan

civilians are paying the cost of this war since the occupation started the taliban have seen an increase in support there it's almost that the movement has been revived civilians normal people are looking for someone to resist against the occupation and i think that as you see the increase of civilian casualties if people's brothers sisters fathers homes are destroyed people are murdered family members killed they will turn to those people and say look we can free you of this oppression. coming up the battle for moscow the results still coming in from america lectionary things are looking to good for the opposition contender alexina we've got the latest on that after the break. so we leave the people. of the same motions to cure. for the physical.

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logan's one night or mosco you want to take any results coming in from first marital lection in a decade with more than half of the votes counted so far as fiction figures over the shoulder indicate that the incumbent. one almost fifty two percent of the vote so far what his main rival opposition kind of developed he's received more than twenty six percent. can offer port. initially it was widely expected that acting in the would most probably beat his main rival and candidate from the opposition i don't see enough money in this election and the question was and still very much is is this going to happen in the first round or will there be a second round taking the voter turnout was around thirty two percent which is frankly much less of than initially expected now this election is being monitored

by eleven thousand observers many of them a large part of them are actually independent activists also web cameras were installed at over thirty six hundred polling stations across the whole city in an effort to ensure transparency this is the first time a moscow is choosing amir since two thousand and three so lots of attention is being paid to how to how fair it's going to be held throughout the course of the voting itself there were no reports of major violations but it's really the focus is really now on how all these ballots are going to be counted since that's what's really going to decide whether or not a second round will be there and that will only happen if neither candidate manages to pass the fifty percent mark now six candidates are taking part in this election but clearly the main rivals are acting there said yes i've been and. now for mr bennett he's already been in charge of the city for over two years now but for i

don't see now why this is really his first attempt at such a high political post he is quite a controversial figure in russia partially due to his connection with the nationalist he did become one of the leaders of the opposition movement during the last years wave of mass protest he's also known as anti corruption online projects but in july he himself was found guilty of investment and sentenced to five years behind bars he was released. on bail many analysts actually say that that didn't. only allow him to take part in the selection but also may have served as additional public sitting this summer i mean he's planning to appeal that sentence after the election he was also saying that no matter what the outcome of the vote would be he's already received the green light from the authorities to hold a rally on monday in central moscow to meet with his supporters and we are waiting for the final resorts in the final figures we're following that of course in the

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of so-called spy files this week exposing close ties to intelligence agencies and private i.t. contract is kids got the story. say goodbye to the days of gadgets and surveillance. privacy listening to their phone calls and internet activity and emails all you need is spyware. three reveals that it's british companies that are pioneering the technology this is a promotional video international about its advanced surveillance software the program that the technology can be installed inside an internet server which in turn allows the government to infect. the country with spyware nothing you say. is safe and that includes. a government.

install. browsing the web site. behind me international's headquarters from where the company develops and. it's happened to any one smartphone. reporters without borders have named the company one of the corporate enemies of the internet. the technology is marketed world wide to law enforcement agencies 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 in bahrain found out she says that gammas finn spicer valence was used to target her off to she took part in anti-government protests looked like a genuine email address these 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 national 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 of allowing private apartment sextant to carry out these kind of activities for other foreign governments researches have identified. around the globe you saw a big target against the activists journalists last year. servers were spyware it appears to be used in a number of other countries such as turkmenistan carter we also found a sample of the spyware by spyware appeared to be targeted back to ethiopia the scary thing. is that this technology in china work 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. stories or brief you on protesters and police. in greece's second largest city for another round and hysterically rallies the fighting broke out after the prime minister delivered a speech promising that economic recovery was on its way as government backed firm austerity measures were on the way in a relentless push to get a bailout from international lenders the steps include tax hikes along with labor market and pension the full. test as a block roads leading to one of the world's largest arms fairs in london over thirteen hundred military and security companies is said to be displaying their hardware at the event set to launch on monday police were called in to manage the

situation but no clashes have been reported and he will groups say the fair encourages arms sales to countries with poor human rights records. prisoner turned president's nobel prize laureate and father of a nation nelson mandela whether he likes it or not is also the face of an international brand but while he remains bed bound relatives have been fighting to try to get a piece of the money part i think paul asli has got the story. 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 it's someone there 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 their name 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 art bridge that's one of the armed stand where they're doing these

a lot of money and after rip you have that name i suppose you feel the mark kept glancing reproductive. 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 but iraq's 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. 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 brought south africa back from an almost certain civil war has seen his own family descend into britain fighting within itself policy r.t. johannesburg south africa. thanks for choose me on t.v. network coming up we take a closer look at the disturbing rise in number of suicides by u.s. soldiers as our next program and after the break.

fans of the shock to your football club and color gonda kazakhstan believe that a certain special ritual help them achieve victory against the world famous scottish team celtic this ritual was sacrificing a sheep at the stadium as someone who lived in kazakhstan for two years i know there's a real meat eating country with deeply rooted traditions in livestock racing so this news is unusual but maybe it's not completely bizarre for the culture of course defenders of animal rights who don't seem to realize that the sheep would be turned into people of the next few days anyways demanded that you wait for officials punish the shock to a club for the actions of individual fans this is the same logic as if someone wearing a sexy tim kirby t. shirt went around robbing liquor stores i am not responsible for the actions of people like this program and it's not like i'd ever advocate robbing liquor stores and i doubt the shocked your management secretly arranged for fans to slaughter the sheep at the stadium where the slaughter of animals is acceptable to you or not

well that's one thing but we don't need to regulate the morality of individuals in other countries via soccer especially if that regulation means punishing the football clubs who are responsible for the actions of individuals but that's just my opinion. she could leverage surely two mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a dollar amount anything to nj mission to teach the creation why it should care about humans and world events which is why you should care watch only on the algae dot com.

loss' for it's all about you come back and do this all night. it's fine it's fine when sleep due to. i were going up and had to look up. and i'm not actually go to afghanistan here until. i got i got that very much tired i have. that's why we try to do it they want to go drag us are going to employ before yes man tire was pretty good nothing bad happened when you lose any advice so it was a good good hopefully this year is the same day things are starting to calm down.