syria formally agrees to russia's proposal to hand over its chemical weapons to the u.n. potentially pushing washington back from its threats to launch military strikes. the sources suggest that rebels in syria are planning to launch a chemical attack on israel designed to look like it was carried out by assad's government. and also reporting this hour norway and anti immigration party is set to join the new coalition government. after a former member and the big killed dozens in a crusade against multiculturalism we look at europe's shift to the right our top stories this hour.

live from our studio center here in moscow this is r.t. with international news and comment syria has formally agreed to hand over its chemical weapons stockpiles to the u.n. this development has put the american president in a tough sport as he prepares to address the nation barack obama's military plans have been stalled but the white house still wants to keep the pressure on assad and that means he's unlikely to be able to deliver the same call to walmer as he's pretty. my fellow citizens my fellow americans i want to talk about brutal massacre of iraq. forces against striking selected targets of military importance to diffuse a powder keg at the heart of europe to help bring peace to get the food through my god bless our country. and all who defend. so what was an offhand remark by u.s. secretary of state john kerry has now turned into an option to resolve the syrian chemical weapons situation with out an american attack russia jumped on the

proposal first was able to get damascus on board with the international community also beginning to get behind the idea france wants a resolution on it at the u.n. with the organizations chief backing the idea the u.s. senate will now take a little more time before it votes on whether to go to war or he's going to have. this may be a face saving moment for the obama administration because its arguments for a military action against syria have been falling apart both in the international community and in the u.s. congress congress jumped on this washing proposal because they're being bombarded every day by their constituents who demand that they vote no to strikes against syria within hours after syria confirmed its willingness to get rid of chemical weapons the senate delayed the vote on strikes that was scheduled for later this week the president knowing that the house of representatives would most likely vote no on attacking syria was very vague about the prospects of the vote he said this i don't anticipate that you would see

a succession of votes this week or. any time. you know in the immediate future and so i think there will be time during the course of the debates here in the united states for the international community the russians and the syrians to work with us to see is there a way to resolve this the obama administration's rhetoric has been confusing and has raised lots of questions that is as it was building the case for strikes the u.s. wanted the support of the you when but would refuse to take classified evidence that washington supposedly has against the syrian leader to the u.n. security council also to u.s. lawmakers secretary of state john kerry would make arguments like if congress does not support strikes in syria u.s. ally saudi arabia and carter according to john kerry would certainly fund the more extremist elements of the syrian opposition of course many asked what kind of an argument is that why are they even your allies if you admit that they're willing to fund terrorists we're almost used to this one day president obama says he has made

his final decision on strikes the next day he says he has not made his final decision at a time when he has confused virtually everybody in the international community and among the american people and nobody knows where he's standing right now the president is still expected to try and sell the strikes against syria to the american people in his tuesday night address. president assad was not behind a chemical weapon attack last month the rebels carried it out as a provocation well that's what a letter sent to barack obama from former u.s. intelligence and military officials says so i think their own security sources it was signed by twelve ex officials former u.s. army judge advocate todd pierce is one of them and joins me live right now now your letter alleges that this chemical attack was carried out by the syrian opposition and you warned against the u.s. taking military action now bush ignored similar advice you gave him prior to the

iraq war do you think you're being listened to now bearing in mind the fact that any military action seems to be stalling so i think it's self-evident that this is going to be disastrous to launch a military attack that i don't know that anyone needs to listen to us i think it's readily apparent to so many other people the british parliament that. we may be being offered a pretty saving means to extricate ourselves from what we've put in a corner reporter selves into with the latest of the russians to help bring about a meeting in getting these chemical weapons. under the control of international authorities i don't know that our statement really said that we know exactly what happened but rather calling into question the suppose that intelligence claiming that assad was behind all this but you do have other intelligence here is that you also jesting in the letter there is intelligence saying that it was indeed not the

assad government but why should your intelligence or your sources be more credible than obama's. well there is a well again if you look at what obama president obama has been saying even they seem to waffle a little bit on how irrefutable this evidence is and the rush to war i mean but for the british parliament i think we probably would have been in war ad war a week ago or you know saturday when the u.n. inspectors had left syria. obviously the british parliament slowed us down slow this process down. but there's reports out there and people that i am associated with you know share information not classified but just readily available can source information that you know this may have been an accent by the. you know free syrian army as one matter of conjecture and supposedly there are some people within that group who have admitted that so again i don't think the intelligence is clear

and to go launch a war on the pretext of humanitarianism that's going to result in far more casualties in the alleged four hundred and i don't know that that's even well established i think that can well be considered a act of aggression a crime of aggression as it's phrased what one would it be a really difficult mission and what one would it be realistic really stick open to suggest that the rebels would carry out such an attack what would they achieve by doing so. i think there's so many first of all going to again some information indicates it might have been just plain accident allegedly a rebel claims that they were well trained at these chemicals were provided by saudi arabia so again that would be one possibility otherwise there are so many factions in the syrian conflict that we don't know without good intelligence and i mean genuinely good intelligence not mere conjecture maybe one faction saw this as an opportunity we did have the red line the so-called red line and so we had

announced to the world that if this happens united states with all of its military power is going to intervene on the side of the rebels so certainly there is a motive and perhaps an opportunity for a faction to exploit that opportunity and just briefly you warned of retaliation retaliate or attacks if the u.s. would go ahead with military action what sort of threats are you talking about that . well chelmer is johnson wrote a book a fantastic book blowback way back in one thousand nine hundred eight or so talking about the threat that you know unlimited intervention in other nations affairs might trigger blowback retaliation and in fact you know as a guantanamo defense attorney. i represented a couple clients and one of whom had created a video. pointing out that attacks by al qaeda were in fact retaliation for what they saw as hostile acts by united states toward people in the mideast i think it's

incredible to believe that other people would not consider retaliation against the united states when united states has made no secret that it will consider retaliation so i think it's pretty self-evident that there'd be some sort of retaliation once we enter that civil war on the side on one side. and maybe on one side or one faction so you know other factions may to. attempt to retaliate against us it's a witch's brew that we're trying to get ourselves into and we used to recognize in the army that war was so unpredictable and expensive you tried to avoid it and it seems like i would dick cheney back in two thousand and one we flipped that on its head. thank you very much aware of the first choice thank you very much indeed for your thoughts on this great to have you live here not the former u.s. army judge advocate joining us live here thank you very much well over the past few days we've been showing you public opinion polls from the u.s.

which indicate that more than half of those who took part in them do not support a military strike in syria and that sentiment is reflected in obama's sliding approval ratings too well right now forty four percent of americans are happy with the job their leader is doing well nearly hoff now this means that he's current ratings match the lose he hit two years ago and that's almost a reversal from how things were back in june and you can see more people approved obama's efforts back at them on top of that his foreign policy rating has never been it's at forty percent and his experience a steady slide since the start of the year. what we also spoke to a former u.s. diplomat who's held a variety of roles throughout his career thomas pickering served as an ambassador to the united nations russia and israel among other countries and he told us that this proposal to rid syria of chemical arms is a great opportunity for barack obama the president faces the quandary that contributing to ongoing fighting is in itself not an answer to the long term

problem of syria that's why i believe it's very important to look at the present situation as challenging as it is and as difficult as it is as perhaps another opportunity or at least an opening to see whether you can push toward the political settlement that i think both russia and the united states have given lip service to . online right now we're reporting that many experts have expressed doubt over the veracity of images and videos said to show victims of that alleged chemical attack in syria the full story is what if you are right now on r.t. dot com. people happening in and around syria and we've got all the updates on our web site scroll through syria timeline for everything you need to know it's on dot com. well with america blaming the syrian regime for chemical attacks the u.s. national security advisor susan rice expressed concern that israel could also be at

risk the use of chemical weapons also directly threatens our closest ally in the region israel where people once again have ready gas masks she's also one chemicals could easily fall into the hands of terrorists and r.t. has received information from a number of sources that rebels active in syria are planning to launch a chemical attack on israel it would be used as a provocation against the syrian government. has more now from tel aviv. i've spoken to both the israeli foreign ministry is what is the army spokes persons units and i was asking them for they reaction to the reports we have that there is an imminent threat being planned by syrian rebels originating in territory in syria that is controlled by the syrian government against israel now the reaction was to quote one of the spokespeople for off aged the response was simply a refusal to comment as of yet no reaction in the israeli press it's difficult to

say whether or not we expect such a reaction because very often this country is reluctant to come in to publicly certainly the officials don't want to go on record giving any kind of statements of what is happening inside syria but the information we are getting and this is from sources that are close to what is happening on the ground in syria is that as i say this attack would have originate in a sad hole controlled territory but it will be carried out by the rebels the result of this is that the blame will be for me put on the shoulders of the assad regime now at the same time and the important point to make is that there has been a report that has just been released by the leading israeli counterterrorist think tank and this report does talk about the possibility of unconventional weapons fall into the hands of terrorist groups inside syria israelis are concerned that chemical stockpiles move forward into quote the wrong hands and for israelis this really is the hands of hezbollah and although israeli officials have not in the pos

gone on record at this it's widely understood that israel has carried out at least four strikes inside syria at with and delivery supplies to be militants and to be his organization of course israel would rather prefer a side stay in power there's no love lost between the two countries but it's almost like that old saying back to the devil you know the devil you don't know from the israeli side i want to also bring you attention to the information we're receiving from a belgian researcher who was recently released after having being held. to buy syrian rebels inside that country and he was held by them for five months and he has saved that he denies that the syrian president was responsible for this new toy yes a gas attack that took place on a village near damascus in which more than a thousand civilians when they took the gas today. dominica and i have a moral duty to say that it's not the bash al assad government that you sorry nor any other gas in the damascus suburb of ghouta we're certain of that after

a conversation we overheard even though it cost me to say so because i've supported the free syrian army passionately and it's fair fight for democracy with us now in this folder national says and has this information because he overheard a conversation between his captors in which they said as much and that is that they were responsible for this attack but of course we'll stay on top of the situation waiting to see if there's any kind of news radio official reaction to these reports of a potential whipple strike against this country. paula slim there will israel's government strongly supports a possibility of a u.s. led military strike against the massacres however a mere order and he's a senior correspondent and columnist for israel's how it's newspaper he believes it would be in his nation's interest to keep president assad in place. if one had to choose. seems that israel would prefer the assad regime

even though we can dwell on perhaps without such ties wheezy iran and. to stay in place because the assad regime has a governmental result in better if it wants to remain in power and it has to take care of a state the other groups don't have to be concerned with such matters and this is the same system that we saw in lebanon where hezbollah became. establishment tarion and in gaza where hamas once took over started to behave like a government and became more restrained so for israel if one had to put it on the scales it would prefer not very happily but people preferred the assad regime. the way joins europe lurch to the right of the countries

governing coalition is said to include an anti immigration policy which extremist message and as brave it was once a member of we've got more on that and other stories after the break. wealthy british style. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cancer a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to the report on our. but i will only react to situations as i have read the reports and let you know please no i will leave them to the state

department to comment on your latter point of the month to say that it is secure yet a car is on the docket. they get no more weasel words when you have a direct question be prepared for a change when you have to punch be ready for a battle freedom of speech and down to freedom to cost. he's continued her naughty a populist immigration policy and once boasted mass murder and as breivik is a member looks set to play a key role in norway's new parliament the rightwing progress party is likely to be invited to form an alliance with the conservatives really coming over explains why norway is joining a steady trend across europe. two years ago norway suffered the worst

massacre since world war two a brutal assault unleashed against a summer camp for young people claiming seventy seven lives the perpetrator was extreme rightist anders breivik who claimed to have political motivation for his atrocities at his trial he said he wanted to punish the ruling labor party for its liberal immigration policies and to start a so-called conservative revolution he was a member of the progress party in his youth before he lost faith in it and in democracy and adopted the radical and to muslim views that underpinned his act of terror the anti immigration progress party saw support crumble in the aftermath of the attack but as norwegians headed to the polls monday for the first parliamentary election since the tragedy the tables appear to have turned and the progress party is poised to enter government for the first time the party has since softened its radical image and tried to distance itself from braving it it's campaigned for tougher immigration and asylum policies and wants to reduce the number of immigrants from outside the e.u. in the face of economic uncertainty and voters in some european countries have

rallied behind a far right nationalist ideas a few of the parties that have emerged have grown more popular others much less so or not at all well since the financial crisis several countries including major european economies have seen a substantial rise of populist radical right electoral support let's take a closer look now in one of the biggest economies france after years of electoral decline marine le pen led the. trees national front to its best ever results in the election of two thousand and twelve now some have claimed that zena phobia is still one of the country's party's trademarks although she has tried to soften the party's image since the more radical programme of the one nine hundred ninety s. moving on to austria the freedom party of austria has focused on anti immigration anti islam and euro skeptic issues has even called for a withdrawal from the euro zone and moving on to the true finns in finland they may share populist rhetoric with other nordic parties its supporters to are opposed to

the e.u. and to globe globalism now the party leader hundreds sieved the highest number of personal votes for any candidate in the party has one thousand percent of the seats in parliament well the movement for a better hungry entered parliament for the first time three years ago now the group describes itself as a radically patriotic christian party but it's described in a local pressed as neo fascist and in the far right national alliance brings together a coalition of conservatives ethno nationalists and economic liberals with fourteen seats in the legislature it's the country's fourth largest political party now at the same time some of the countries which do have notable far right parties there is a fairly even split between those that have seen an increase in support and those which haven't and as you can see right here support for right wing movements has gone down now in some ways the growth of right wing parties has been cyclical in europe some tend to gain power during economic downturns and fav during periods of growth

but with economic stagnation continuing on the continent it remains to be seen what will happen to these political groups who see r t moscow. and they need to marine the the head of his national from party explained what he believes policies like his stand for. we're shifting to a new system where it's not a question of right and left anymore and actually we're not anti immigration we want to do more seriously with massive immigration and we're not. we want to deal against. radicalization. the eyes of the people by explaining more and probably in a better way what we were actually fighting for our days the polls indicate that we would be leading in the elections the next european parliament elections before the european elections we will have local elections as will we will probably make very

good. numbers and figures. is actually twenty three minutes past the hour here in the russian capital time now for a world update this is a reported footage from a protest in turkey while one man has died atika along with forty others was part of a sit in protest over the deaths of activists during riots in june witnesses say he died from a head injury caused by a weapon while police report he fell from a building and his brutal crackdown on anti-government protests left four dead during the summer. in iran nearly fifty were killed in a fatal collision just outside the capital two buses hit each other and burst into flames the accident has been blamed on a burst which was one of the vehicles into on coming traffic according to unicef over twenty eight thousand iranians die every year in road traffic accidents. to india now four men have been convicted for the fatal gang rape of a medical student back in december and face the death penalty of a brutally assaulting a twenty three year old woman on

a bus and later died of injuries crowds outside the court demanded they be hanged and a few months ago tough new measures were introduced after the crime sparked mass unrest . the us federal court has imposed a gagging order on jailed journalist barrett brown he's facing more than one hundred years. in prison over his work related to exposing on line surveillance was being seen as the latest example in the campaign targeting investigative journalism and whistle blowing by the obama administration i mean martin takes a closer look at breaking the set coming up at eight hundred g.m.t. . that's a good journalist barrett brown has been in prison for nearly a year for shedding light on the dark underbelly of the private intelligence world and now he can't even talk about it federal court order just imposed a gag order on brown is the fence team that her bentham from discussing the details of the case with anyone from the media brown faces up to one hundred five years

behind bars for a number of charges including posting a link to information already available on the internet and threatening a federal agent in a you tube video well guess who was the only testifying witness of the gag order hearing none other than robert smith the same f.b.i. agent who raided brown's home last year and brown is charged with threatening to have to flee a guy with an unbiased opinion on the legality of a gag order now according to the court's decision a gag order is meant to protect brown's right to a fair trial because there's just so much media coverage about the case you know between c.n.n. as miley cyrus twerking updates and m.s.m. he sees pounding in the syrian war drums government has been all over barrett brown look at the obvious why they don't want this case to generate attention but i better stop talking before they impose a gag order on me so let's go break the set. coming away eight hundred g.m.t.

well at all to you don't call the moment website we've got a whole host of stories not fuel viewing pleasure this one has a lot of viewers clicking on it. the pro-choice the news of the n.s.a. and victims of the tactics germany said to have the cops on a spying mission over the u.s. consulate in more details on that it's. not such a bold uppity the u.s. secretary of the public inspection program allows contaminated meats and chunks of feces to slip into the food chain the full story right now on our web site. these. is ole miss just one. one hundred fifty days before the olympic flame is lit for the first ever winter olympics held here in russia as excitement grows the milestone will be celebrated in many cities across the country so with the clock ticking a growing army of volunteers are doing their best to add the final touches to the venues before the curtain rises in february sochi twenty fourteen is the biggest price tag in a limb pick history and the black sea resort is the warmest venue ever to host the

winter games with temperatures in the city expected to be around ten degrees celsius and the time of the event. are to live here in moscow we've got breaking news now for you here that is that a french proposal to draw off the u.n. resolution on putting the syrian chemical arsenal does is not acceptable if put under chapter seven of the un charter now this chapter provides the grounds for a military strike in case of norm compliance has been used in a number of military interventions including libya in two thousand and eleven we'll bring you more on this development as soon as we get more information that's our breaking news this hour here on r.t. with more news for in just over half an hour from now in the meantime max kaiser is in new york to expose the latest stack of blunders by those with the bulging wallet .

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 a full 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 when 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 aren't responsible for the actions of individuals but that's just my opinion. right see. first strike. and i think you're. an army corps player. in. the the in.