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the. moscow it's a pleasure to have you with us today president vladimir putin has warned against throwing the entire system of international law out of balance as he addressed the american people and politicians in a new york times article this threat to be established order may well happen according to the russian leader if indeed washington proceeds with its plans strikes against syria. a strong and hopeful article in the new york times called a plea for caution from russia in this. directly address the us people in what he calls a time of insufficient communication between the societies he talked about the need for the u.n. and providing international stability and talked about a u.s. strike saying that it would put innocent lives at stake spread the conflict derail

peace efforts between israel and palestine also hamper discussions on iran's nuclear problem and promote terrorism destabilizing the region as a whole he also talked about unilateral action from the united states under the u.n. charter would be seen as an act of aggression here's what he had to say about working within the limits of international law if you cannot count on international law that you must find other ways to ensure security versus a growing number of countries seek to acquire weapons of mass destruction this is logical if you have the bomb no one will touch you we're left with talk of the need to strengthen nonproliferation when in reality this is being eroded. president vladimir putin also wrote about this idea of military intervention culture in the united states saying that is alarming and ask the question why would the west want to repeat the mistakes of the past invoking the memory of iraq and afghanistan

a conflict which is still on going now he also talked about the need to consider the u.n. investigation which we have not heard the results from yet saying there are indications that it was the rebels who could have used the chemical weapons here's what he had to say. no one doubts the poison gas was used in syria but there is every reason to believe it was used not by the syrian army but by opposition forces to provoke intervention by the powerful foreign patrons who would be siding with the fundamentalists reports that militants are preparing another attack this time against israel cannot be ignored we've been reporting it on it here on our t.v. from local sources on the ground r.t.e. sources that an attack on israel from the rebels could happen something that they feel would be a strong a provocation to israel now the one thing that is very interesting president

putin quoted obama on this idea of american exceptionalism it is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional whatever the motivation we are all different but when we ask for the lord's blessings we must not forget that god created us equal. overall putin said that he was hopeful with his relation with obama saying that it is marked with a growing trust and he's now pushing for diplomatic ties to shawn thomas i spoke with him just a bit earlier in the program and focusing more on the possible diplomatic solutions russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov off and u.s. secretary of state john kerry they are meeting later today in geneva well trying to reach a consensus on the u.n. security council resolution which could see the syrian government getting rid of its chemical weapons spoke to was he's point. moscow has reportedly handed washington a proposal already that they're set to mull over later on today now thanks to leaks

in the russian media we've got some details of that proposal it's reportedly set out in several stages the first stage is going to involve syria signing up to the chemical weapons convention thereafter damascus will have to declare all of its chemical weapons storage and production facilities after that they're going to have to let chemical weapons inspectors into the country and finally they will have to decide together on how to destroy that stockpile of chemical weapons now we know that the russian and the u.s. delegations here are going to be accompanied by technical experts and by scientists are going to be advising both sides on how to implement any plan that they come up with hit we know that the u.s. president barack obama he's faced mounting criticism and opposition to his proposed military strike against syria so a lot of analysts saying that this diplomatic path that really came out almost

accidentally through a throwaway comment that john kerry made on monday that it presents a sort of diplomatic escape hatch for the u.s. president to ultimately save face and potentially save himself the embarrassment of a defeat in crime gress over the issue mosco says that any proposal should mean that u.s. military strikes are off the table now in fact russia has already rejected a french trough to the u.n. security council that involved a wording that threatened military action against syria and that blames the chemical attack on the twenty first of august on damascus so we're watching whether or not these differences can be reconciled here in geneva but at the same time we know that the cia has started to provide syrian rebels with weapons so on the one hand we've got talk of peace. on the other hand is a bit of a discrepancy in terms of action shots as i said earlier because of the situation

that president obama is in that it looks like there is a political will to thrash out an agreement if you present it to the international clique community and to ultimately say face over the issue of syria and while moscow and washington are struggling to come to terms in geneva the rebel free syrian army has shot down diplomacy once again and has rejected the proposal put around syria's chemical arsenal to try and get it under international control meanwhile it's not yet clear who was behind the gassing which sparked america's war preparations and it may well have been the rebels as one chemistry professor told my colleague bill dodd. anybody with access to some raw materials the raw materials are not gotten into at a grocery store but they can they can come in very easily one can buy on the chemical market items that are just one step away from sarin easily two steps away so a chemist with about

a masters level of training can produce sarin quite easily but the rebels in syria could easily have used chemicals and cells in an attack of that kind. they could if they if they had recruited some chemists with with a few years of training in chemical suits many different types of chemical weapons that are available some of them easier to make than sarin not quite as effective as sarin is but easily made and easily brought in easily transported you know i understand that you conducted an experiment prove that making chemical weapons is very easy to do if that's the case why haven't we seen more terrorist attacks using chemical weapons. well one of the reasons is probably because of natural selection those that try to make it are if they don't know what they're doing they're going to die in making it and so it's risky business if you don't know what you're doing if you know what you're doing if you have a good about

a masters level of training we did several tests to assess what level of training one would need and one can pull this off really quite easily and access to the chemicals is easy and then dispersion is easy why there have been not as many attacks which with chemical weapons i'm not sure but there are there are actually dozens of documented chemical attacks i know in the united states they don't receive a lot of attention but there are are documented attacks and after a week of looting executions on forcing residents to convert to islam at gunpoint syrian rebels are reportedly now fleeing the christian village of my lula correspondent that tells us an ongoing offensive has dislodged many jihadists from various parts of the town though the fighting continues maria financial reports from right in the thick of it. but now indeed soldiered heard you say the army are controlling the situation here all the big ones are we are

essential to a square right now. have been impossible to get the courage to do to turn to aid. the visibility is not controlled by the army but we are told that they're not going to turn to two hundred i didn't begin trying to knock down to that are surrounding marlow the village and this is why it pays to know a dangerous thing to do here and that's why they say they need some time to finish its conflict they told her feel how to tell the truth take it on the first play a bit hard by the military and was shocked by the end of monday they say the army tried that eighty's right now and again there are no military and also we were told that it was absolute finish five books all safe local residents who were held hostage in the top of the basement of a tall child and they are now free just maybe you can hear it from time to time on

the rock we we hear shelling though we hear her shots this is the army of the still chugging. mission base being held by the militants when i look at village is a known worldwide as one of the people who are they kill each other make language the language of different cries. so we told them to use a number called a very anxious monetary cushion monetary fund over the catholic religion was taken by graham a group like the luke maybe the members of. the higher growth i'm thinking is that there isn't anybody know only operate in florida but actually all told you that. he's american off now one of the very few internet. correspondents reporting on the ground for. keeping us updated on what's happening

in twitter feed right here one of our most recent tweets she says that she and her crew were caught in the crossfire and the sound engineer the engineer was slightly injured by a ricocheting bullet. pictures a click away right now at. underscore he. is joining us here on the program today still to come for you. to choose the future of forging a human chain that stretches the length of. their lay their claim to a vote on a life separate from spain. also find out how a city in russia's far east is working around the clock in a race against advancing floodwaters saying failure will only spell disaster on the rest of the walls top headlines for this hour after the break.

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thank you for joining us today. what we're talking about here is a top secret a five page memorandum of understanding that lays out all the details of intelligence sharing between the n.s.a. and its israeli counterpart what it does reveal is that the n.s.a. routinely shade all intelligence with israel without first sifting this information to remove information that is inside relating to american citizens it states that

israel is allowed to receive intelligence signal it includes i mean very weighted and minimize transcripts just faxes telex voice and digital network intelligence metadata and content and that is a quote at the same time the agreement places no legally binding limits on the use of the daughter by the israelis so while the memorandum does say that the material has to be handled in accordance with us all at the same time these raids have agreed not to deliberately target americans who identified in the datta there is no kind of legal obligation to back up these claims in this respect what it leads is that the agreement is not intended to create any legally enforceable rights it is not an international agreement and it is not legally binding it also says that these raids were required to destroy upon recognition any communication that is either to or from an official in the u.s.

government this includes the white house cabinet departments the house of representatives and the senate amongst others n.s.a. so far has declined to answer specific questions about this agreement and as a spokesperson has said that the agency insists that the shared intelligence complies with all the laws governing privacy they was a statement that they did release him in that statement they said and again i'm quoting we are not going to comment on any specific information sharing arrangements all the authority under which any such information is collected the fact that intelligence services work together under specific and regulated conditions mutually strengthens the security of both nations so that has been their their formal response. and in the meantime while some journalists and activists hope that edward snowden's revelations will inspire a security revolution a professional opinions on the n.s.a.'s ways of doing business of being met with daggers and cryptography matthew greeny published

a blog post on how the agency is waging its war against privacy but was asked shortly afterwards though by the john hopkins university where he happens to work to take down his blog in an interview to r.t. he explained what he found out from the leaked documents what we learned is that the n.s.a. has a hard time breaking crips and so what they've done is they've actually tried to take the products that that perform and corruption and make them worse make the weaker so that it's easier for them to break that encryption the n.s.a. is is willing to make us if you're a little bit weaker because remember it's not just u.s. citizens who are using these products it's americans too and they're willing to you know in a sense put our credibility on the line our tire industry on the line in order to access that communications of whoever it is they want to listen to we have a big debate ahead of us how much spying i mean there is there's a range anywhere from zero percent spying to one hundred percent spying i think we have to figure out what the right balance is i think what we're learning is that

the american public is not comfortable with what we're learning about that. live from moscow it's our duty and people in russia's far east to reinforcing barricades which time between them and floods that have been a well a constant threat for more than a month now and work at a major dam is going on around the clock in a desperate attempt to prevent the region for being utterly swarmed a bit earlier i spoke to azziz lindsey fronts. the threat of these levees failing occurred overnight and that is when locals and military reinforcements rushed to the area to ensure these levees do not break if that were to occur the surrounding communities would be submerged in water and now these people have endured nearly two months i'm intensive flooding every time the situation appears to be under control it worsens in many cases setting new records nearly one hundred thousand people have been affected by the floods there this summer now the officials are trying to strengthen the dam around the clock and trying to make sure the people

are kept safe we will be keeping our eyes on this situation very closely to make sure that this situation does not get worse and it's just an intensive situation out there because not only are the people's houses in the way but this is a very agricultural community their livelihoods have been very badly affected by this in many cases livestock wiped out and even their food supplies wiped out so these people are again dealing with a very difficult situation the reinforcements are there and they are monitoring those levees around the clock. more stories on the web site of course. among them north korea restarting its infamous nuclear believed to be a weapons grade plutonium factory details on that right now you can also find out exactly how i think they've been able to tell exactly what's happening that factory simply by observing the color of the steam coming out of the chimney you can also

find out what are the north actions bode for the entire region. plus a mystery of a subglacial lake scientists discovered a new life forms. dating back around one hundred thousand years. with the details for you. right to see. her straight. and i think that your. orders. are to jump into the world update now straight to our world we go to work double bombing is killed at least thirty five and wounded more than fifty the attack

targeting a shiite mosque most of the victims were worshippers leaving after evening prayers while no one has claimed responsibility there is a local al qaeda branch notorious for targeting shiites and similar attacks the incident coming amid a staggering spike in violence in the country. clashes have broken out again between police and protesters over the death of a young student to their weekend demonstration the authorities used tear gas to disperse the crowds in istanbul and the capital ankara is the third night of violent confrontations after a funeral was held for the twenty two year old who died in what people are calling disputed circumstances. to mexico city where thousands of teachers have taken to the streets again after the president signed a new law about education reform the protests have been ongoing for a month and see right here resulting in clashes and paralyzing much of mexico city

the new law will see teacher's salary said just an outside monitors will evaluate and grade their performance. now more than a million people have turned out in the spanish region of catalonia pushing the claim for independence by forming a human chain of four hundred kilometers from one end to the other the calling on the national government to let them hold a referendum on separating from the rest of spain from barcelona with more. well the human childhood is so let's just. let's say it was good to have a lady up in the building with the rights to the cats a lady a little guy i meet a mold this action to put pressure on the spanish government could close catalonia independence referendum and only of course the catalonia to become an independent

state the big question for everyone watching this around the world why do you guys want independence in the bend. on culture language and history and also because we have economic reasons as you said a huge cut out today now undoubtedly the economic crisis in europe has certainly ways to believe all these cool school independent. catalonia is the richest region. by a little bit economically they would be better off independent but you cannot make the world. very much just be wrong today i spoke to i believe progressive full of economics of you know about food. at least the police say and she told me she had no doubts the calculation here would be better off why it's become independent. on taxes. we would have.

higher. revenue for our government because of our presence on the fifty cent. euro that we face taxes came back the following year in his investor. poll shows a majority support for independents in the two thugs of the politicians in the parliament had all price of independence and might not happen as early as twenty fourteen but we. one thing seems clear with the. cooling for independent it doesn't look like it's fading any. odd thing about the later but on research i live in moscow thank you very much for joining us for the program today . here in half an hour's time before though worlds apart with looks on a point. david

silverman president of american atheists initially had his request for a custom license plate with the word atheist on it rejected atheist written with a one as the i was deemed to be just too offensive after some pressure the new jersey motor vehicles commission caved in allowed the plate this is only logical because a properly spelled atheist point had already been in use i look at this two ways one if you're going to give people the freedom of choice of expression then some people are going to express themselves in an offensive way so if you're terrified of offending people then why not just give everyone a random plate with a random number and no one will be offended at all or to if you really believe in freedom of speech and expression all that then allow drivers to pick whatever they

want and be responsible for themselves if someone throws a brick through their car window for having an ultra offensive license plate and if you want to express yourself or express something really offensive on your car then you better be prepared for some blowback or at least a few people spitting on your windshield but the surest my opinion. hello and welcome to worlds apart the responsibility to protect is a relatively new invention but already highly controversial one especially after

being applied in how to make sure that to protect and doing more harm than good while to discuss that i'm now joined by one of the architects of our to form our strategy and foreign minister garrett adams mr evans thank you very much for being here on the walls apart we are recording this program just hours after president obama called all the pounding military strikes against syria and he didn't invoke r two p. formally but in his speech to the american people he talked a lot about america's responsibility in this world and i wonder what do you have a country or a set of countries that are prepared to do the long doesn't that ultimately make our totally redundant what's the point of even trying for a collective action and why in the united states will do it alone anyway what if united states will i think the united states is listening to world opinion that's listening to domestic opinion and it sure as hell not to go going to go down

a military intervention and list those very strong and compelling reasons for doing so in a list that has a very strong and compelling measure of international and domestic support and i think that's not an unreasonable position to adopt. we've been there before back in the ninety's standing idly by watching these terrible massacres occur with the rest of the world saying it's none of our business we've been there before in the nine hundred ninety s. with the fundamental argument being out there a consensus freeze between the global north and the global south the north saying go in there with all guns blazing the south saying under no circumstances we do i think have a sensible new way of looking at these issues through the lens of the responsibility to protect and it's very important that we work together cohesively internationally to respond effectively to these situations as they are doing nothing is no longer

an option but that mr adams had i don't think there is much appetite in the world now for doing nothing i think the question is how to do it and the united states just a couple of days ago was ready to again go along with the military strikes and hopefully those military strikes have been avoided now that the russian proposal on the table but also likely that calls into question whether or not all of the other means diplomatic means have been exhausted just a couple of days ago when suddenly all that persuasive evidence that the united states claim to have is no longer suppressed ways therefore could be put aside while the world works on this new proposal what the u.s. was responding to the last couple of weeks was something that changed the whole way in which we're looking at the situation in syria yes there have been a series of catastrophic atrocity crimes already perp.