spanish for the visit. lot not toward president crucial addresses political and public circles in the u.s. saying america should not attack syria as it would diminish the international design and efforts. a terrifying week of pillaging executions and forced conversions ends in the christian village of miller a city where an army units force more than a thousand jihad is out of town. and b u r six schools it citizens privacy to israel as the n.s.a. sure has a war intelligence reports would be country with a secret deal setting no limits to how this data can be used.

hello and welcome to r.t. twenty four hour news live from moscow i mean our top story now present floods you have putin has warned against for rowing the entire system on international law out of violence as he draws the american people and politicians in a new york times article this threat to the established order may well happen according to the russian leader washington proceeds with its planned strikes against syria thomas has more now. a strong and hopeful article in the new york times called a plea for caution from russia in this putin directly address the u.s. 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 then 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 that 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 their 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 stronger 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 the court 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 is now pushing for diplomatic ties. and focusing more on the possible diplomatic solutions russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry are meeting later today in geneva trying to reach a consensus on the u.n. security council resolution which will see the syrian government getting rid of its chemical weapons. is following the talks for that. 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 told her for 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 back home it looks like there is

a political will to thrash out an agreement if you present it to the international cricket community and to ultimately say face over the issue of syria and while most kind of washington are struggling to come to terms in geneva the rebel free syrian army i was shot down diplomacy once again it's rejected the proposal to put a serious chemical arsenal on the international control meanwhile a snowy have clear who was behind the gassing which sparked america's war preparations and it may well have been the rebels as a chemistry professor told my colleague bill dogged. anybody with access to some raw materials the raw materials are not gotten 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 saw a chemist with about a masters level of training to 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 was sarin is. easily made and easily brought in easily transported no i understand that you conducted and explain the 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 with 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. or week of looting executions and forcing residents to convert to islam at gun point see where rebels are reportedly now three leading the christian the village of my luna correspondent that tells us that and on going on the offense that has dislodged jihad it's from many possible but the fighting remains happy that she's my financial reports now from the embattled village.

but. the mood is cheerful soldiers a smiling and relieved the jihadists have been booted out. but some of them were killed some of them escaped but the policy locals joined the army to defend the native town the soldiers in light colored uniforms of the so-called national defense on the terrain here is very difficult with mountains and caves but we know the area better so we are carrying on with the operation about exactly how you shabbos we come across one grocery shop owner who we filmed back in two thousand and twelve then he told us that the armed rebels hasn't come to their village and why would they this time he's armed with a gun and a monster and soldiers and he has some question is again the story of the thirty if syria is a land of history and of lot of they sent terrorists here from all corners of the

world to kill syrians and each other why i asked the world why if a european citizen is so much as slapped across the face they'd be a scandal while in syria how many victims how many hundreds of thousands have been slaughtered why will it stop with quickly find out that it won't be today held by the militants for a week it seems that mountain tops of fear hotel stupendous unstrapped that sufi hotel our goal was to liberate it and push on the mark tough one want to strike but we couldn't do it this night there's a referee where milo is home to many christian toto is a monasteries as well as mosques everywhere we go here we see either crosses on their rents now added to these we see blag jihadists flags. it's time to head back. but while in the car something goes wrong.

we take cover in a place where we find dozens of army soldiers hiding from enemy's bullets. the main road is being targeted and it sees our only way out we think over our chances when our engineer gets heat. much. thankfully it's not serious over water but it becomes clear we come to way to minutes more down. to shuffle version of the ship from where i'm stuck here in this corner and we're now trying to get out of here using this was. because of no no no.

because. most have been anything don't back then there go yeah ok clear them up. more focus off of the do the boots did you hear them whizzing by full. moon now saying it will reach a fair. we're in here on this moon and earth all the business here in normandy. perth who we're going to assume so you go. away. and we leave while governmental forces continue their frenzy for marla village which despite the claims remains under siege. reporting from syria.

council longs find to choose their future forging a human chain that stretches the length of catalonia as they lay their claim to a vote on a life separate from space. and also later find out how a city in russia's far east is working around the clock in a race against advancing floodwaters and saying failure will help total disaster that's after the break. choose your language. make it without influential send us

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a silver platter to another state that's exactly what happened in a hush hush deal between the u.s. and israel when washington didn't bother to clear key data from rule intelligence reports it shared with its partner and she's policy clear brings more now on the revelations. 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 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 and evaluated 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 law and 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 reads 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 n.s.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 and in that statement they said and again i'm quoting we are not going to comment on any specific information sharing arrangements or 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. while some journalist sent x. of his how bad was snowden's revelations will inspire a security revolution a professional opinions on the n.s.a.'s ways of doing business are being met with. cryptography matthew green published a blog post on how the agency is waging its war against privacy but will shortly also by the john hopkins university where he was to take it down and interview to r.t. he explained what he found out from the leaks documents what we learned is that the n.s.a. has

a hard time breaking encrypt 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 their 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 and 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. people in russia's far east are in forcing barricades which stand between them and floods that have been a continual threat for more than a month now work at a major adama is going on around the clock in a desperate attempt to prevent the region from being swamped lindsey france has

more now. 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 stranded communities would be submerged in water and now these people have endured nearly two months of 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 the 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 many cases a livestock wiped out and even their food supplies wiped out so these people are again dealing with a very difficult situation but reinforcements are there and they are monitoring those levees around the clock. and more stories on our website for you of course among them north korea restarts its infamous nuclear plant believed to be a weapons grade plutonium money factory find out how analysts have been able to tell what's happening just by the color of this steam coming out of the facility and it will be north's actions but for the delicate region. plus a mystery of a subglacial legs scientists discover a new life forms in antarctica daisy back around one hundred thousand years had to r.t. dot com for more. right to see. her story. and i think the truth.

on our reporters would. be. for some more world headlines this hour a double bombing in iraq has killed at least thirty five people and wounded more than fifty in an attack targeting a shi'ite mosque most of the victims were washed up was leaving after evening prayers while no one's claimed responsibility a local al qaida branch is notorious for targeting shiites in similar attacks the incident comes amid a staggering spike in violence in the past will country. in turkey clashes have broken out again between police and protesters over the death of began students at a demonstration at the weekend the authorities use tear gas to try to disperse

crowds it is stumble and the capital ankara is the third night of violent confrontations after a fuel was held for the twenty two year old man who died in disputed circumstances . thousands of mexican teachers have taken to the streets again after the president signed into law a controversial new educational reform the pressures have been ongoing for a month as you can see again resulting in clashes and paralyzing much of mexico city the new law will see teachers' salaries adjusted by outside monitors evaluate and grade their performance. more than a million people have turned out in this punish region of catalonia pushing that claim for independence by forming a human chain four hundred kilometers from end to end they're calling on the national government to let them hold a referendum on separating from the rest of spain. has more now from brussels.

well the human child did it so let's just. cut it got a little upset she was good to her that's a lady up in the building with the lights to the south now is trying to leave you will die and we think this action to put pressure on the spanish government could close catalonia independence referendum and instantly 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 i wonder in the benz because we are. all in culture language and history and also because we have economic reasons but he said he's cut out today not to believe the economic crisis in europe that's a neat place to believe all these schools full independence. that's

a little below the richest region. by a little bit economically they would be better off independent be economically. independent very much to speak to the world today i place to at least that's a form of economics at the end of the field of the lady at least the police say and she told me she had no doubts the calculation here would be better well why it's become independent we've got our eye on taxes. we would have. higher. revenue for our government because our presence on the fifty cents each year or that we face taxes came back the following year in his investor. poll shows a majority support for independents indeed he does of the politician in the parliament ahead all right independents i might not happen as early as twenty fourteen but we

. one thing seems clear with the months ahead calling for independence doesn't look like it's fading anytime soon served on a bus a light. on the rise after the break we'll take a closer look at how terrorists managed to stay off the radar despite c.c.t.v. cameras watching our every stop stay with us without. the media leave us so we leave the baby. by the seat cushions she surely play your part of the physical. for shoes that no one is asking with to get that you deserve answers from. politics. mark t. n o c n n the m.s.m. b c news have taken some slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to

cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's closer to the truth from that might think. it's because one whole attention and the mainstream media works side by side the joke is actually on you're good. at our teen years we have a different pretty. good though because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not i look. at. you guys sort of jokes i will hand over the stuff that i've got to. busch's the perpetrators are older learners driven by their hatred of the

government. others are religious fanatics. can a society protect itself against the encounter lable how should it react to attacks with retaliation. or like the citizens of norway and spain who opted for freedom and openness. london two thousand and five. on july the seventh four bombs exploded three in underground trains one in a double decker bus the result fifty six deaths and seven hundred injuries the attack is not from the outside nor from the end. the four young assassins a muslims three of them born in the u.k. . a traumatic experience for the metropolis in the blink of an

eye the entire city fell out of step it's about her ability visible tool. these things live on in the collective memory they become sources of mourning and the more and they have formal memorials and solemn but this is nothing actually new you know london has a two thousand year history of disaster of play of wall of strife so there is a pragmatic culture to this city as with many other cities that you know you grief you move on you go through trauma and shock and then life goes on and what is the alternative to have one just stay at home. and bunker themselves off from the future of the world and the life of the city it's not an option. the police quickly identify the perpetrators and their accomplices.