a terrifying when we go pillaging executions on forced conversions our lands in the christian village of la lula as you were an army units for small enough thousand your heart is out of town. lore not a war president putin addresses political and public circles and the say america should not attack syria as it would diminish you and international design meant at . the us in school to its citizens privacy to ease row as the n.s.a. shares overall intelligence reports with a country with a secret deal setting no limits to how this data can be used.

news from russia and around the while this is r.c. with me you have our thanks for joining us after a week of losing executions and forcing residents to convert to islam at gunpoint syrian rebels are reportedly now sleeping the question of village of our correspondent that tells us that an ongoing army offensive has dislodged jihad is from many parts of town but the fighting remains heavy notional reports now from the embattled village. that's the job. but. the mood is cheerful soldiers are smiling and relieved the jihadists have been booted out. but some of them were

killed some of them escaped the locals joined the army to defend the native town the soldiers in light colored uniforms of the so-called national defense but the terrain here is very difficult with mountains and caves but we know the area better so we are carrying on with the operation of that but 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 a story of thirty if syria is a land of history and of love 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 that 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 still poses a threat that sufi hotel our goal was the liberated them push on to mark tough climb on a street but we couldn't do it last night there's a reverie where milo is home to many christian toto as a monasteries as well as mosques everywhere we go here we see either crosses on their rents now added to these we see black jihadists flags. it's time to head back right. to trial 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 seems our only way out we think over our

chances when our engineer gets heat. much. pressure. but. thankfully it's not serious. but it becomes clear we can to a to minutes more. than one. shot when i was stuck here in this corner and we're now trying to get out of here because this was. was of no no no. so. those had been anything done to back then hey go clear a lot. more

focus off of the bullets did you hear them whizzing by. a bit but now say that we've reached the safe area. they're firing from behind this new to enrich all of this is there no nigga you know. that's how do you make. sure you get back. and we leave while governmental forces continue their friends the former and all of the ledge which despite the claims remains under siege. he reported from syria. president vladimir putin has warned against throwing the entire system of international law out of balance as headdress the american people and politicians

and in new york times article this threat to the established order may well happen according to the russian leader it washington perceives with its planned strikes against syria also has shown thomas has more now. 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 then you must find other ways to ensure security versus a growing number of countries six you 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 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 u.s. 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 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 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 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 and they'll try to reach a consensus on a u.n. security council resolution which will see the syrian government getting rid of its chemical weapons. is following the talks for. 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 head 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 patch 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 all guest 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 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 moscow and washington are struggling to come to terms in geneva the rebel free syrian army has shot down diplomacy once again it's rejected the proposal to put

syria's chemical arsenal under international control and israeli journalist gideon levy joins me now live for more analysis of mr levy wacom to r.t. good to have you with us so this syrian rebels have said that no to the chemical dissolve and the plan why do you think they've done that. first of all i don't know who you mean when you say syrian rebels because there is no such entity the syrian rebels there are many rebels and many organizations part of them fighting one against the other part of them puppets who. are part of them all kind of jihadists coming from all over the world so i don't know on behalf of whom was this. the free syrian army i mean asli. yeah but the free syrian army is only one organization and i'm not sure it's the strongest one among the opposition and in any case. you know when. you look for any kind of

procreation which my view i don't see it is serious to seeing that the opposition will it take in order to complicate there are so the regime sounds too far fetched i'm not sure they have the capability to do so but why has damascus agreed to give away the strategic arsenal so easily. i think the muscles has to listen to rush very carefully because russia is right now almost the only ally of the muscles of the regime and i think it's not about them our schools to decide i think it was the russian decision to go for this way and they are suddenly jeem had no other choice but to follow this road in order to save the regime. but if the deal takes plays

doesn't guarantee that they'll be no further use of chemical weapons in syria as you say that the loads of divisions that right now. could you please repeat the question of course but if the deal takes place as a doesn't guarantee that there will be no further use of chemical weapons in syria it's the best deal that anyone who is saying can dream about this exactly where diplomacy can succeed by the way i'm not sure you could have the same outcome. that's exactly if it would succeed it's nobody can expect more than this and that's why the worry should be also possible with iran at another time. why has president obama decided to take a diplomatic break because he was so staunchly convinced convinced that that the

strikes should take place. i'm not sure he was so convinced he really fall into this trip i'm not sure it's from the first. one to get complicated to complicate the united states and the whole region in another war and you know a limited strike you know how it starts you never know how it continues. and he had to say faced because he was committed by his own words ways own red lines. be filed any kind of lead which will help him to get out of this three he jumped on it and very rightly so because finally the strike should have been the last option and most probably the worst one for sure not the first one all right. correspondent mr levy thank you very much indeed for sharing your views with us

catalans feist's a trees that. forgery a human chain that stretches the length of cattle any as they claim to vote on a life separate from spain. and also later find out how a city in russia's far east is working around the clock in a race against advancing flood waters saying fadia total disaster that's after the break. with. its technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. there's a medium so we leave that maybe. by the sea pushes your. way your quality

there's a good. news that no one is asking with the gas that you deserve answers from it's all politics. are. news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations to rule the day. says live from moscow welcome back serving up here citizens private information on

a silver platter to another state that's exactly what happened to a hush hush do you between the u.s. and a zero one washington didn't bother to clear key data from overall intelligence reports it shed with its spawn not policy and 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 was 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 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 they say 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 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. while some journalist sent x. rays how bad was snowden's revelations will inspire a security revolution professional opinions on the n.s.a.'s ways of doing business are being met with daggers cryptographer matthew greene published a blog post on how the agency is waging its war against privacy at all shortly on spy they john hopkins university where he wants to take it down and interview to r.t. he explained what had 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 you're being a little bit weaker because remember it's not just u.s. citizens 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 reinforcing barricades with stand between them and the floods that have been a continual threat for more than a month now work at a major dam is going on around the clock in a desperate attempt to prevent the region from being swarmed means that france has

more. 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 the situation very closely to make sure that the 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 a 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 our website of course among them north korea restart 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 carload this steam coming out of the facility and all the north's actions aboard for the delicate region. under a mystery of a some glacial lake scientists discovered a new life forms in antarctica dating back around one hundred thousand years had to r.t. dot com for more. than a million people have turned out in this spanish region of catalonia pushing their claim for independence by forming

a human chain four hundred kilometers from end to end calling on the national government to let them hold a referendum on separating from the rest of spain. has more now from. well the human child did it so let's just. do it that the let's say it was good to have to leave it up in the building with the lights so the cows know if the lady will die i mean 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 in the benz because we are. all in culture language and history and also because we have economic reasons as you said he just cut out today no doubt

sidley of the economic crisis in europe has certainly ways to bully him on these pools full independence. castling yes the richest region. by a little bit economically they would be better off independent be economically. independent very much discreet a bit earlier on today i spoke to at least that's a poll you can know it's of you know about the lady at least lucy and she told me she had no you could calculate it would be better off why it's become independents with. taxes. we would have. higher. revenue for our government because at present on the fifty cent. euro that we face taxes came back the following year in his investor the polls show the

majority support for independents indeed 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 momentum here calling for independence doesn't look like it's fading anytime soon so are barcelona and after some more world headlines this hour a double bombing in iraq has killed at least thirty five people and wounded more than fifty internet tank targeting a shi'ite mosque most of the victims were worshippers leaving after evening prayers while no one's claimed responsibility our local al qaeda branch is notorious for targeting shi'ites in similar attacks these event comes amid a staggering spike in violence in the host country. the conscious have broken out again between police and protesters of the death of a young student at a demonstration at the weekend their thoughts his use tear gas to try and disperse

crowds in a stumble on the capital ankara is the third night of violent confrontations after a few know was held for the twenty two year old man who died in disputed second styluses. coming up as a very king this sat with host i've been asking him announcing. david silver and 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 the 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 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. little. of the problems they are looking very

hard to make up early on the fly have you ever had sex with that perfect there are no little killers. look look look look look a little. little little little look look look look look. look look. a little as we reflect upon the tragic events of september eleventh there are undoubtedly many who are still seeking answers but the last twelve years we've seen nothing but corruption and deceit echoed throughout the political and media establishment all.