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cautious optimism as talks on syria's chemical arsenal continue into a third day with the u.s. now reportedly saying it. would force. syrian refugee exodus as a financial burden terrorist threat. to open their front door. and the euro crisis builds to a new crescendo. missed deadlines and overwhelming debt threaten to tear apart what little stability there really is.
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it's now eight o'clock on saturday morning here in moscow this is r t with me rule and today's top news headlines u.s. officials say washington reportedly won't insist on a u.n. resolution threatening syria with the use of force in order to make it drop its chemical arsenal and that's the first sign of progress at the disarmament talks and to the third day in geneva and now the president assad is ready to join the chemical weapons convention the u.n. secretary general says he's optimistic the next round of peace talks could take place in october. reports on what the sides have agreed upon and what they have not . it's been a question of will they or won't they in geneva and so far there's been no answer to that question john kerry and sergey lavrov were locked in tense negotiations throughout the day and into the night more than fifteen hours of talks took place and now those negotiations over how to rid syria of its chemical weapons are set to
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continue into saturday both parties trying to hammer out a deal and avoid a u.s. military strike against syria that is what is at stake care and already there have been some reports of progress with the u.s. and russia reportedly agreed on the size of syria's chemical weapons stockpiles speaking earlier john kerry and sergey lavrov expressed cautious optimism that they would be able to come up with a diplomatic solution to this crisis despite the diplomacy there are a number of sticking points that could put a spoke in the wheels of coming up with a workable deal here the first is the issue of timing in this latest t.v. interview syrian president bashar al assad said that damascus would begin to provide information about its chemical weapons stockpiles thirty days after signing up to the chemical weapons convention which is standard procedure at the u.n. has already confirmed that they have received serious documents for signing up to that treaty but john kerry has already rejected this day window that
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bashar assad spoke of and last week he said that he wants assad to be able to give up his weapons within the space of a week which he knows is on viable which has raised some questions from observers as to how constructive the u.s. approach is especially when it comes to the difficult task of disposing of chemical weapons now the second sticking point is the use of force john kerry has said that the u.s. military remains poised to strike syria if they fail to reach a deal here which has been hanging over these talks and it's a condition that russia says is completely under. sceptical that a deal can only be struck if the u.s. military strike is off the table but in his latest interview as well has said that negotiations are only going to work if the u.s. stops threatening military intervention so number a very different position that need to be reconciled if the top diplomats here will
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be able to come to any agreement over the course of the day john kerry's words that the u.s. remains poised to strike syria if an agreement isn't reached as a reminder of what the quote sequences could be if they fail to come up with a plan here. r.t. . now r.t. has discussed the syrian crisis and the current diplomatic efforts surrounding it with. france's foreign interior prime minister he told my colleague your leadership of oliver why he thinks the use of force wouldn't and the years of bloodshed i think we should do our best to avoid the use of force we know that the force without the force without diplomatic efforts is always useless that's why the priority to the negotiation but of course we should go forward and we should have results today we have one result to see the signature.
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of the convention on the ban of chemical weapons that's a first step but that's not enough washington is convinced syria agreed to be designed only because of the real threat of being outside. says that's not the case or do you think well i think there firmness is part of the game is showing some results but i think the main factor is the willingness of russia to take responsibility and russia taking the lead. making some proposals this is really changing the. figure of the whole of the of the situation threats of military force is now a stumbling block when we go. stations and diplomacy are sad ones the threats to and why washington wants to keep the possibility of strikes on the table off the way out of this we know that military strikes are not easy. because there is nobody there it in the congress favoring the use of force second because we know that in
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the last thirteen years the use of force did not gave any result in the international scene we've seen it in afghanistan we've seen it in iraq we've seen it in libya so we know that the solution for syria is not force. and we know also that there is a way to escape from force from the use of an attack and this way out is to have some results on the ground some diplomatic results in order to find better solutions for the syrian problem that any other interests be behind the u.s. and its allies in wanting to strike syria beyond just punishing assad for the chemical attack here legibly connected. well first we know that punishing assad should not be by force for that we have. the league the national legality we have the international criminal court so the answer to punish is never to use force their answer to punish is to go through justice that's
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the real issue but the main problem today again is to try to protect the syrian people and for that the force is not going to give us any force will mean more people dying on the ground it means new escalation we should not forget that not only we have a civil war in syria but we have a big fight between sunnis and shias and so the problem is not at the level of the use of force and we have seen in iraq that force. only created more problems we have one south than people dying every month in iraq so i don't think forces and then their answer is to use diplomacy to have steps going forward and that will eliminate the risk of force if we can have peace again. now it looks like the overwhelming majority of americans prefer a diplomatic solution to syria despite president obama's attempts to explain why he
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would like to launch a military strike against damascus in fact the latest reuters poll shows that or the people as a majority have been left are largely unmoved by obama's speech earlier this week which of course did call for greater u.s. intervention into syria's affairs let's bring you up some numbers here on odyssey so far though a three quarters of americans basically back efforts to resolve the crisis in syria through an international agreement to control weapons and that reflects the antiwar feeling that overshadowed obama's request for congress to authorize an attack and that sentiment is crucial to preventing further escalation that's according to lawrence freeman a political journalist at the executive intelligence review. president obama is in great trouble the american people were outraged about this war and they basically bombarded their congress men and women one hundred to one in telegrams and
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calls and e-mails against this war so he was forced to back off on a policy that their very own a week ago he was committed to launch a bombing campaign and i think the russian leadership and the american people have boxed a minutes you can't tell what's going to happen because there's so many different factors but we're clearly in a much improved geometry then we were a week ago. now when it comes to the exodus of refugees from syria europe has found itself split there are those who say the european union must help asylum seekers especially considering e.u. aid to rebels is a major driver of the conflict others though they think rather differently they question why e.u. taxpayers must bear the burden of another arab conflict and where you have jihad ists battle hardened in syria bringing terror back to europe peter all of the story . here in europe we may be far away from the fighting in syria however the effects
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of violence are being seen in the form of tens of thousands of refugees flocking here to seek asylum just this last week the first of five thousand refugees arrived here in germany as part of a new resettlement program however there are those within europe that say that the e.u. governments must bear some responsibility for these people having to flee the problem is the e.u. governments continue to support the rebels including the german intelligence and covertly and other ways i think it's completely cynical of germany to pretend to be this humanitarian receptor of five thousand refugees at the same time they're poor in aid let's stop the the reason that people are leaving their homes they don't leave it willingly with over two million people already having being displaced syria's neighbors are overwhelmed by the deluge of these fleeing for their lives that means that they seeking sanctuary having to look further afield towards
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countries in the balkans that can ill afford to have thousands of refugees turning up according to some politicians here will continue with our government opens up the door it's five thousand and fifty thousand and more and more are cities like live records and can't finance that we are broke it's not germany's responsibility to solve the problems of the arab world with our taxes and there's also concern that allowing these people access to europe could see the syria crisis being imported here. because again we are worried that those germans that went there to fight assad will come back here trained in terror and live here amongst us like ticking time bomb is just a matter of time before a train station will be blown up we demand that our security services stop then returning as more people flee their homes the refugee crisis is one that said to continue for a long time. are a lot of news are still to come here on our team including is. still drawing masses of tourists despite being slap bang in the middle of
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a region rocked by. and women are being warned to get tough with the locals as they let the head down and head out for a night on the town that's coming up a bit later this hour. see. first rate. and i think you're. i will get to the world update shortly on the program for now though quietly behind the scenes europe's debt crisis has been coalescing into a brown use storm with more bailouts now all but a certainty greece is going to need billions more ireland needs
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a credit line and the portuguese government is panicking over what they're calling missed deadlines so on top of all of that there are still deep reservations over europe's proposed a banking union which would hand to brussels the power to shut down at any bank on the continent. was. these days may be calmer for europe the able to june period saw the eurozone come out of recession after the longest period of economic misery since records began back in one thousand nine hundred five but the crisis is far from over and the cost in millions of lost jobs and economic stress remains a major concern economic recovery is at best fragile now output from the euro zone's factories had fallen by a much more than expected in july unemployment remains a dramatic levels and some of the southern countries what's more a number of members and nations still are struggling to balance their finances raising fears that more bailouts will be needed in the future now while more loans
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have been ruled out for the moment bailouts were still very much at the top of the agenda at the recent meeting of euro zone ministers let's take a closer look at where the actual concerns lie today bailed out twice and still not in the clear greece is likely to need another ten billion euros just in order to bolster its finances but elections in germany mean that help isn't likely to come anytime soon voters in the blocks most powerful economy have grown tired of taxpayer funded rescues and problems in greece spell trouble for cyprus the two countries are intricately linked by history as well as common economic grounds cyprus was bailed out earlier this year for some ten billion euros but new data shows that its economy is shrinking to the worse levels since the one nine hundred seventy s. raising the possibility that if greece does ask for more cash cyprus may not be far behind and asking for help now ireland may be exiting the bailout program at the
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end of the year but the country is also in line for euro zone aid now its finance minister has suggested a credit line of ten billion euros this is to serve as what he calls a backstop to give confidence to investors moving on to portugal that country faces a bumpy ride the country was set to end its bailout program in the middle of next year but that was before parts of the rescue were actually ruled illegal now officials in lisbon must scramble to find other ways of balancing the books. and now new worries with slovenia falling from economic grace billions of euros in bad loans make the country a candidate for euro zone bailout number five now that country has been in recession since last year and it's been scrambling to fix its banking center for now euro zone finance ministers insist that slovenia won't need a bailout but the country has a long haul ahead before it's in the clear so when it comes to improvements in the eurozone economy better hold off on the champagne at least for now this account for no far to moscow i know there's little good news in the euro zone's latest
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unemployment stats either block wide joblessness is now growing every month for two and a half years ever since greece was given its first found out but now with moguls government about to stand the test it could be crunch time for the single currency laura smith has the story. it could be make or break for the euro zone as the german election approaches europe's a region still stuck in recession with outbreaks of social unrest and some believe the outcome of the election could be a catalyst for change i've been speaking to but klaus the former president of the czech republic capital markets conference here in london he compares the european project to communism and says the time is now for the people of individual european countries to stand up and say the emperor has no clothes. everyone who.
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sees that it's impossible to continue. radical change. is speaking about a fundamental transition fundamental transformation something we in parts of europe in east central and eastern europe experienced two decades ago. to wake up and to do the same and how likely is it do you think that will have its will stand is a. question is. started to really. come from brussels klaus envisages europe the conglomerates of seoul for an independent nation and he's found common ground with you kids nigel . we have got two hundred fifty one days until the european election that takes place across the whole of europe that is the opportunity politically to cause
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an earthquake you know lobbying is important intelligence briefings are important argumentations important but in the end i think that changes politics is the way people vote but i think these european elections are a major opportunity right across the continent of europe to spark something that leads to referendums that leads to real change. and found recognition for most unlikely source is a man well barroso the european commission president says u.k. could become the primary force in british politics implying david cameron's jumped on the bandwagon if you can't see your skepticism just to win a vote based klaus agree the time is right for a fundamental decision should the eurozone limp along propped up by folding or should that be a return to an economic rationale and do you are based on intergovernmental cooperation rather than integration. of these were all just
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a bit later today. cars are reporting explaining the global financial roller coaster through wall. subject listen to what's coming up after the end of this hour's news broke. ices are really discovered on the margins so here you have the mainstream economic model suggesting that all is good to some degree if you will but on the margins you see a collapse in a niche market but that becomes the definition of what's happening in the market overall and so now you understand that by looking at the porn industry you can extrapolate and understand that the core working environment and us is collapsing as well that's why the japanese are developing porn shops so porn box japanese porn box and some of them are mighty attractive i might add are engaged in japanese porn sex and this is going to becoming a major industry in japan and i would imagine
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a major industry of their export business which hopefully will take the place of all that energy they're losing now that tepco is nucular reacting into the pacific ocean and has diminished in value to that country's economy. or the cars reported less than ten minutes time here on our for the meantime hundreds of anti-government demonstrators have staged a fresh rallied near the capital of bahrain. despite the country's ruling one key threatening legal action against anyone taking part in protests on thursday a demonstration triggered by the death of one activist was violently dispersed by the police meanwhile in london's. showcasing anti raj equipment that could be sold to bahrain a rally cooling on the u.k. to stop supporting oppressive regimes human rights activist syed ahmed the other what the he says that neither weapons no legal threats will stop the movement to change. we have witnessed a severe
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a crackdown on the peaceful protests since february two thousand and eleven surprisingly those approaches have continued to protest and in fact nothing has to stop them we have seen the old the army entering the train and participating on the crackdown did they stop the protests from carrying on no they did not the answer is always the more restrained the bahraini government the more bans they they basically issue the more people are more determined to continue i mean we have seen a last month they stopped people from protesting anywhere in manama and yet there is ongoing a protest in manama and people are determined to continue so basically the more repression they face the more they are clear about achieving the demands of freedom and democracy. into reality world out there we go let's start with mexico please
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stormed mexico city's central square clashing with teachers outraged at new education levels protesters have camped out there for more than two weeks and authorities used tear gas to disperse them saying they wanted to clear the square for independence day celebrations that education reforms will see new tests on teachers to judge their level of performance. and the vice president of the philippines has announced a cease fire with a muslim rebel group that's been fighting beyond me for five days the group took one hundred people hostage in the southwestern zambo wanga city and more than twenty people including fifteen rebels were killed in the clashes fifteen thousand residents so far have been forced to flee the area. in the fifth consecutive might have protests in turkey once again seeing classes between the demonstrators and police activists demanding security forces be punished for killing an opposition member who they claim was lethally hit by
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a tear gas canister at one of the rallies these deaths nationwide outrage with clashes between the protesters and police every night since. now tourists are still flocking to israel for its sound and of course as beaches despite the threat of war spilling over from neighboring syria and more than two million travelers have traveled there for the holidays this year alone but as all of these posts lay reports there are dangers lurking in the party's owns of the capital and it pays to be prepared. the middle east is known for many things it's had more than its fair share of war and terror it has blistering sun and cool desert nights it is home to the mosquitoes the jellyfish and the scarring cockroach but the deadliest species of war may just be the middle eastern male could it be the chemical makeup of the whole most humble trippy one thing certain solid women are in for a shock they go after what they want and they're not afraid to just come up to you
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and talk to you in tell you what they think about you probably because they have confidence they take care of themselves too operators know only too well the dangers of vast cultural differences packaged into the orientation speech is a clear warnings of how to deal with the macho israeli male the advice reads like a grocery list don't be surprised if they take your number but have a regular girlfriend or say why she's hoping to meet the phone one day and it means nothing in the program initiation along with advice on sunscreen sites of interest and we can't hikes rachel remembers this warning about making it kind of have to be prepared that they're expecting something that you may not be like willing to reciprocate so they told us to be very straight forward from the beginning if you're not interested say now you know be really forceful about it that sort of thing it's not i don't live vice these masons are put to the test and forced to take it tomorrow for example the twenty seven year old undercover agent is paid to
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work his magic not in some hostile in the state but when televised dons forwards through the says i've been stupid and. usually really easy conversation. with the explain. i just laugh with her there's half a dozen amateur guides posted online on how to date and is rated men the best advice to give up on the fairy tale prince on a white horse the mentality is so different so our growing. it's even. i mean it's outgoing to the point where people assert themselves too much but even the orientation speech and words of warning don't always soften the experience this guy just started talking to us and he started telling me how beautiful i was and all this stuff which i mean it's fine but than all the sudden he's like can i kiss you and i was like yeah thanks that or at least be more
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forgiving i don't think that it's necessarily there far think being forced to be in the army at the age of eighteen makes a very different lifestyle for them as opposed to marriage in eighteen year olds honestly it's just kind of about treating them like anyone else and i mean i guess they can be aggressive but if you just stop yourself that's been part of the fun of traveling is finding it out or for oneself which is why i'm at the flexing biceps on tel aviv's beaches and the mere naked suntan bodies a few cheap pick up lines and an aggressive attitude can seem a small price to pay for a golden summer holiday the r.t.e. television. right well that cat bankers the money makers and how your money isn't really your money at all. takes revenge on the cards report interests or.
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biomass kaiser welcome to the kaiser report wow i can feel the fraud just give me the creepy creeps all over because i'm in connecticut stanford and greenwich this is the headquarters of the global financial weapons of mass destruction manufacturing business and that's why we've come to find out what the frick is going on stacy herbert talk to me this episode is going to be dedicated to the notion of day fraud because he must have felt that standing in front of u.b.s. anywhere there's a banker wielding a derivative there is deja fraud happening now this concept of deja fraud was introduced by ray mcgovern a former cia analyst and he just wrote a letter an open letter to president obama about the syria situation and he says he referred to obama's use of a government assessment being sold as an intelligence summary they said this is deja fraud it's like the downing street memo where tony blair is.
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