about humans in groups this is why you should care only on the orgy dot com. live in moscow eleven syria says it's willing to put its entire chemical arsenal under united nations control a proposal put forward by russia's foreign minister to avoid a u.s. military strike. and while the flame game of the last month's salary and gas attack in syria continues r.t. sources in another development today sources in the close of the conflict say rebel fighters are now planning a chemical provocation strike against israel got reaction on that from our correspondent tell of the. class the battle for moscow is over acting their surrogates so began in selected for a new term in office but opposition runnerup alexina valmy refuses to concede defeat but his supporters staging a mass rally earlier to demand a recount. international

is very good to have you company so many developments over syria today syria has agreed to russia's proposal that it puts its chemical weapons stockpile under international control u.s. secretary of state john kerry initially suggested such a scheme earlier today as a way to avoid a military strike on syria but then in a parent you turn the u.s. state department issued a retraction saying it wasn't a genuine offer thomas reports. it started off as a day of a meeting of the ministers both from the western side and with russia and the syrian foreign minister in fact they met earlier today that is. and is sergey lavrov coming out of that meeting they both agreed that syria would work with russia to stop

a strike from the west and also syria had agreed to come to the negotiating table with no conditions that's big news but the biggest news is that syria has agreed to release their chemical weapons arsenal to the international community let's listen to what. i had to say about that i have listened to the russian foreign minister statement and i want to say that we welcome his initiative as a government cares about the lives of the syrian people and our national security and also because we trust the russian government's judgment and its efforts to prevent us aggression against the syrian people now let's backtrack and see how we got to this exact point it started off with john kerry meeting with his counterpart in the u.k. william hague in london out of that meeting kerry said that syria if they want to avoid a an attack from the u.s. they could turn over their entire chemical weapons arsenal by the end of the this week out of that sergey lavrov then came out and said he welcomes this idea he's

willing to work with the united states and the syrian government to make this idea a reality let's listen to what sergei lavrov his words were we saw that statement by john kerry who said there would be no strikes of damascus hands over its chemical weapons arsenal to the international community we don't know whether syria would agree to it but event helps avoid a strike when we're ready to negotiate with damascus the state department kind of issued a backtrack if you will stating that john kerry's remarks were tongue in cheek it was a rhetorical remark in response to the unbelievable idea that bashar al assad would give up. his chemical arsenal an arsenal that he won't even admit to having but after that retraction after the idea came forward and after sergey lavrov said that he's willing to work with the u.s. and with the syrian government lots of international support in fact u.k. prime minister cameron saying that it is a big step forward u.n.

secretary general ban ki moon says he agrees with this concept was considering a similar proposal from the u.n. as well and then also urging syria to join the chemical weapons ban on thomas the so washington is skeptical it seems of the plan put forward by russia's state department spokesperson marie harf played down the proposal in the last few hours but opinion polls in the united states indicate that americans are becoming increasingly reluctant to support any military action in syria new figures from the newspaper usa today said that over sixty percent of those polled do not want their country to be involved in the syrian conflict compare that to a slightly older reuters poll we've been showing you throughout the week where fifty six percent were against those strikes you can see the change there let's get some reaction of the latest developments from our correspondent in new york when important as the home arena it's been a day twists and turns house in it as i was saying earlier on this proposal was put forward tentatively and then there seem to be this apparent u.

turn from america. that's right i think many u.s. officials have been caught off guard by this proposal that would aim to solve the syrian crisis without any type of military intervention so far it seems that u.s. officials are not so eager to explore entertain the nonmilitary solution on syria that's been proposed by russia white house spokesperson jay carney says that the obama administration will continue to try to get congressional authorization for a military strike on syria despite the latest offer of this unexpected offer carney said that the white house feels that it must keep pressuring the syrian government and threaten military strikes because he believes that it is due to the u.s. threats that caused the offer to be bait today by russia with syria's support u.s. officials in the meantime though have gone so far as accusing moscow some u.s. officials of using this proposal as stalling tactic of having the proposal be

disingenuous in the meantime we also heard from a national security and security advisor susan rice who believes that every time chemical weapons are used or moved around in syria it raises the likelihood that they will land in the hands of terrorists mrs rice said that if left unchecked she believes that the syrian government and syrian president bashar al assad will use chemical weapons again and she also said that the reason u.s. president barack obama has decided to pursue limited strikes what they call limited strikes u.s. officials is that. the united states and its allies have exhausted a host of other measures so while this proposals come out this proposal for a non military intervention on syria a lot of u.s. officials seem to be standoffish while they say that they will take a long hard look at russia's plan they are still moving forward with president obama's initial plan of launching military strikes we should also mention that

former secretary of state. hillary clinton recently made some comments and she said if the syrian government immediately surrendered its chemical weapons to the international community she believes that would be important first step she also said that she russia's proposal should be used sincerely and not used as another as an excuse for delay or obstruction of washington's plans but in the meantime of all these projections or somewhat projections of russia's proposal the obama administration has not put forth their plan to avoid using the use of force against syria so so far we have not heard any alternatives from the white house but u.s. president barack obama is filming six interviews throughout the day on monday that are set to air we expect that he might address russia's proposal and maybe at the end of the day these military strike will will delay will stop but all statements point to the fact that the obama administration is continuing on the path that

they've been cementing for the past few weeks and that is military strikes against syria report in new york. more of the chronology of the russia initially taking what john kerry said initially despite washington then throughout the day trying to play down the idea of syria over its chemical weapons we are small couple of former senior security policy analyst at the u.s. department of defense and he told us america's public provides an insight into what its real plans are maybe. well i think if if the syrian government comes around and says yes we're going to go ahead and do that and mr mr obama goes on t.v. tuesday night and says he intends to still bomb then i think that this clearly shows what this administration's goal was all along and that was something beyond just chemical weapons but to try to destabilize and replace the the syrian government and of course that's going to bring on other kinds of of ramifications

which are just going to be which is going to bring total instability to the middle east so the trade off is dramatic and i think that if. mr obama does not go along with this then i think that we will seriously have serious problems but on the other hand this could be another way for the obama administration to back its way out of the corner that had boxed itself into that side of the story aside in another potentially serious development today anonymous sources close to the syrian conflict told us to see that rebel forces are planning to launch a quote provocation attack using chemical weapons against israel. has got more on that tel of the. nothing as of yet in the israeli press or any kind of official comments what we know is that r.t. sources are telling us that they have information that in the nearest future they will be an attack originating in the areas of syria where the rebels are present

using certain chemical weapons against the territory of israel now there are two important points i want to make the first is that we are being told that these tax will originate in territory that has been controlled by the assad government so what this clearly means is that the blame will go towards the syrian regime but on the other hand it will be attacks that will be carried out by the syrian rebels as i say no reaction as of yet here in his role but in the last twenty four hours there have been a number of emergency drills particularly in the north of the country in israel's golan heights we also are hearing now from the israeli institute for policy against terrorism on monday they would least a report in which they say that they have information that there are chemical weapons in syria being housed in some fifty cities five of those are cities with big factories now the reporters saying that the situation in the cities is constantly changing so what this means it's as sometimes the rebels are in charge

sometimes assad's forces and the conclusion is that there is the possibility that the rebel fighters will be in control of these weapons if and when these cities fall to the hens the report also outlines concerns that his palestinian organizations or all kind of mental illness ations will get their hands on these chemical weapons as well of course is very very concerned about any kind of attacks on israeli territory that will eliminate from syria in the past it has struck syria at the time it said to prevent weapons delivery to his but of course it's common knowledge in israel and elsewhere that this country benefits from assad being in power otherwise israel would have to face a whole host of characters who are all to. they are going to be worse than assad himself although officially the israeli point of view is that it is not involved inside syria bed speaking to people here inside israel the israeli point of view by

and large is that the evil is for israel to co-exist with the assad regime and of course this is something that israel has been doing for a few years the alleged use of chemical weapons by the rebels is not something new we've seen these allegations coming forward in the past of course this is a conflict that has been laden with all kinds of provocations at all levels we've seen horrifying pictures of dead children that were used by the obama administration to justify a possible attack on syria later turned out that those children had in fact been kidnapped and salted by the rebels with chemical weapons israel of course will take very seriously these latest claims that rebels are planning a major provocation to strike israel from the territory currently being controlled by the syrian government. as the pictures in from tel aviv earlier defense consultant more and told me that the reports of israel being targeted by syrian rebels are not surprising of rosie's concern. remember the rebels have stated previously from the beginning of this year that they're going to attack israel this

been a stated goal from the beginning anyway and once they had to achieve their objectives in syria they would have gone on to israel any way. they could by un observers in the golan heights earlier this year but israel underestimated the threat do you think so far oh yeah oh yeah because israel thought that once assad leaves is going to be peace in the region they had underestimated the rebels goal which was to start with syria and then go on to other countries in the region. well despite all the controversy and the uncertainty over syria nonetheless president obama still appears then to be sharpening his case for military intervention at a crucial congress vote here making a string of media appearances later today before meeting democratic lawmakers and addressing the nation tuesday the senate could vote as early as wednesday in the house of representatives may take another week then to make a decision this is how it looks many in congress aren't convinced by

a bomber's pitch right now they want to see more evidence of assad's involvement in last month's alleged chemical attack according to a washington post estimate a majority in both chambers of congress are undecided and here is how the senate we think would play out if that vote took place right now the house of representatives could prove to be obama's biggest challenge it's dominated by republicans are overwhelmingly ahead of against the military plan so plenty of resistance on capitol hill with that side of a gun and shoot you can there's been gauging the mood there airport does contain some images which you might find upsetting. the upcoming vote in congress might not be as slam dunk as many thought it would be considering the support for military action in syria that congressional leaders have previously expressed members of congress admit that they are being bombarded by calls from their constituents ninety nine percent of whom demand that they vote no to the administration's plan to bomb syria this illustration has failed to show me the direct threat to the

united states of america we have absolutely no guarantee it will expand no guarantee of peace in the region the cia has prepared a video presentation that shows the aftermath of the brainless attacks in syria it's a collection of gruesome videos that were previously posted on you tube it's designed to sway members of congress to vote yes on bombing syria but the videos as gruesome as they are do not offer proof that the assad government has carried out the attacks nor does the four page on classified report released by the administration earlier members of congress are supposed to get the proving classified hearings but as congressman alan grayson said they're being given intelligence briefings without any hard evidence to support administration's claims that the syrian leader has ordered the use of chemical weapons here's another members of congress are not allowed to discuss the classified hearings so we have no way of knowing what the administration has actually provided as evidence lawmakers are unable to discuss the evidence the classified evidence even among themselves unless they are inside

an approved reading room and as congressman grayson says questioning the official account of events is quote actively discouraged is that the obama administration is doing what it calls flooding the field in other words trying to monopolize the conversation dominate the discourse and provide only information in favor of an attack to members of congress and to the public i think that's unfortunate there's always two sides to the story when you talk about war and peace the public and congress definitely here deserve to hear about both sides the president's aides are saying that he will listen to congress the president himself face hinting that. you might not listen to a pun with which of course begs the question why this charade in congress them. which you can see from the international political wrangling to the war raging in syria itself one ancient christian village in the mountains north of damascus has been stormed by al qaeda linked rebels we've been covering this situation of the past few days as you'll know if you've been watching as government troops did at

one point managed to force them out with the rebels have now managed to return turn the tide and they're back in control of the village artie's me a financial witness to all this is the latest in his series of reports. we so what more lulu looks like right now this is a very sad picture would used to be picturesque a village surrounded by mountains in the central part of syria where you feel like time has almost stalled where people train in numerous churches all across the village in make the language over jesus christ in greek in arabic and in french what also is home to dozens over. most of this now looks like a battlefield and i want to you now to take a look at what we saw. in the row militants and my little now in our. hotel this is the mountaintop hotel

which was the. rubble. but as i say. the militants first of all. exploded the car at the checkpoint to enter the village and after that they took the mountain tops i feel. they are firing from this position and this is the highest point in the village and also the run milton's behind the counter and stood around in a little or so this position is very strong in a very good and no one can say for sure now for how long it will last my lula is a very symbolic place it reflects how the entire syrian society used to be a very secular society and eventually very tolerant society and right now we can

see that this society is shaken and this is exactly what is happening within thai syrian community says it is a very symbolic attack and. recently we saw video posted on you tube where people who call themselves jihad this mujahideen who invaded my litter they are in my loan this video they're saying that they came to my lula to protect people from brutal regime of bashar al assad how a cynic is this we were in mali last year in spring and i have to say that i haven't seen any place even here in syria where life is so calm and is so peaceful. well financially as a one of very few international correspondents reporting on the ground from syria you can follow her on twitter for all the latest updates of what's happening there she's also got pictures from lulu where she traveled with the syrian army you see how that operations been unfolding over the past few days and learn what makes our

ancient landmarks so unique. in the. thanks for watching r.t. tonight will bring all the latest on the fallout from moscow's maryland action after the break. escalation agenda u.s. president barack obama has ordered the pentagon to be a task force and expand the target list as part of his assumed assault on syria. international opinion polls at home the us on its own is poised to carry out forced regime change in damascus well at least that's the plan. more news today. these are the images.

from the streets of canada. poised for a second term in office having won sunday's election with just over fifty percent of the votes his main rival a. tough challenge though securing twenty seven percent he's now demanding a runoff his supporters held

a mass rally in central moscow the savior to contest those results. following the story for. this rally was peaceful and ended with the appearance of mr nobody himself accompanied by his wife he was meeting with his supporters and while to say he's critical of the results of this to say nothing he is demanding a second round to be held in a partial recount of the ballots claims that the people sense that were necessary before acting mayor said he said bad into a secure victory in the first round were among awfully bad it's just earlier he said that if he's the man he would not imagine that he was going to start asking his supporters to take part in civil disobedience but earlier in the day we've actually heard from a representative of the electoral committee who said that they are ready to look at these claims if he files an official complaint now just to remind you on sunday acting mayor said. one of the moscow mayors election in the first round gathering

in just over fifty one percent of the votes while his main rival the candidate from the opposition that it's in the wind they got around twenty seven percent he is quite a controversial figure in russia partially due to his links with the russian nationalists but it was last year that he became one of the leaders of the opposition and surely a public politician is also known of because of his online anti corruption projects but in july he himself was found guilty of investment and sentenced to five years behind bars he was released on bail and still has to appeal that sentence but it seems for now his and his supporters focus is really aimed at these elections. online dot com couple stories that we'd like to point out she might be interested in the web to have lined up when austerity bites and belt tightening don't waste a few dollars all campaign that's what i'm telling you k. military according to a spending report has just been released party dot com tells you how those costly

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have radical policies in terms of economic policy in terms of british policy so it's going to be difficult to gauge conservative party whether we're going to negotiate about the governing platform after the election but we have. word of the right. in several of the last election was in norway and seem to be doing so in large numbers this year. small world views are brief in chile police are broken up and he put in march using tear gas the massive rally in santiago was to mark this fortieth anniversary of the clue that brought the dictator that a power crowds commemorated the tens of thousands killed and tortured by the military job which ruled until nine hundred ninety moved in after groups demonstrators built barricades and fired. turkish police a broken up a rally in istanbul firing on demonstrators with tear gas the crowd gathered in solidarity with a teenager who was left in a coma during the earlier protest doesn't get the part berkin elvan age fourteen

was hit by a police gas canister as he went to buy bread during the unrest last one family international demanded that turkey carry a full and fair investigation into the incident. germany's time honored tradition of festive christmas markets it appears is under threat in their late thirty's is saying religion should be taken out of the celebrations and did the made the same decision for ramadan to some think the council's political correctness may be doing more harm than good peter all of. we may just be approaching the start of autumn here in germany but already minds are turning towards christmas and in particular the traditional german christmas market these markets which pop up all over the country that sell handmade christmas toys and mulled wine generally regarded as fun for all the family and they've become a major export from germany popping up as well all around the world however this year in berlin they could be in for something of

a change of name in one particular region in the area of the capital councillors there have ruled that the public celebration of religious festivals isn't allowed which will see the christmas market become the winter festival market now this rebranding has ruffled a few feathers but it does have its roots and it decision made earlier this year the islamic community in this part of town had wanted to hold public celebrations to mark the end of ramadan they were told that they couldn't and now next year's celebrations may go ahead under the name of the summerfest to go alongside the winterfest in a move that critics are saying could just end up upsetting everybody. what we've ended up doing is not just prohibiting ramadan so abrasions we are prohibiting the sober actions of all religious holidays under the pretext of equality but i think we are forgetting that some of our cultural traditions are based on christian traditions i'm interested to see if they are also prohibit the jews from soberly

hanukkah i wonder if our multiculturalism will go far. so over the coming months we're just going to have to wait and see how locals and tourists alike take to the rebranding of a centuries old german tradition. thanks for being with us but after the break cross talks guests went on america's possible strike on syria. fans of the shocked your football club and kind of 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 and 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.