the latest news on the week's top stories sealed with a handshake moscow and washington agree on a roadmap to eliminate chemical weapons from syria hurting for now u.s. strike on the country. line fights hearty brings even the latest from the syrian village of monitor government troops have pushed the rebels out of the ancient christian that are still holed up in nearby mountains. and we take a look at europe's drift to the right as a populist anti migration party norway mass murderer and this brave it was once a member of is set to play a key role in the country's government. costing

live from moscow this is artie's weekly. syria's chemical weapons must be removed or destroyed by the middle of next year under a deal reached by the u.s. and russia there are six key points in the groundbreaking agreement let's take a look at what they actually are the quantity of syria's chemical weapons will be determined and put under international control first syria will have to submit a full list of its stockpiles within a week after that these arms can be destroyed under the chemical weapons convention international inspectors will get immediate access to weapons storage facilities to begin the destruction process and if syria doesn't comply it could lead to a chapter seven u.n. security council resolution which allows the use of force as artie's and this are now in our reports this deal doesn't necessarily mean that the threat of a u.s.

strike is no longer looming over syria. signed sealed and if delivered it could see syria hand over its chemical weapons stockpiles russia and the u.s. agreed on a six point plan after a week of talks i think the main factor is the willingness of russia to take responsibility and russia taking the lead russia making some proposal this is really changing the whole figure of the whole three young army of the of the situation the plan is seen as a last diplomatic push to prevent a military intervention into syria there can be no games no room for avoidance or anything less than full compliance by the assad regime in the event of noncompliance we have committed to impose measures under chapter seven within the u.n. security council all sides including rebel groups will be responsible for the safety

of international inspectors and will have to provide free access to the sites. of course this does not mean every time a violation is reported actions will be taken to massively will first have to verify and review such reports spirally because there are a lot of fabrications along these surrounding this issue and we have to be very careful russia is still wary of u.s. threats of course but more than welcomes the u. turn in war rhetoric from the white house obama seemed more than ready during tack at the r word and he was forced to back off on a policy that very a week ago he was committed to want to bombing campaign and i think the russian leadership and the american people have boxed the men but some experts aren't convinced that this step by the ousted regime with u.s. and russian support will be enough it also has some american commentators who

pointed out leaves the way open to do to assert what the americans did to gadhafi gadhafi after all agreed to give up his chemical weapons his various of the non conventional weapons and then a few years later he was attacked and the rebels immediate rejection of these latest diplomatic efforts makes it clear their pursuit for foreign intervention is not over damascus now has until next weekend to provide the u.n. with a complete list of its stockpiles if i also continues to cooperate will it be enough to push for peace without the cooperation of the rebels and their supporters and he's now a r.t. moscow on wednesday russia's president stated his case against military intervention in syria to the american people and an open letter published by the new york times where they were put in laid out the reasons saying such a move would not only be ineffective but also dangerous and there's already a response being planned by one of america's high profile politicians in france

told us more now about what he had to say. one of the biggest parts of it was the need for international law that the united nations should not go the way of the league of nations it's got to be valid then he went on to speak about the poisonous gas possibly used in syria itself and the danger surrounding the way we go in and deal with that let's listen to what he wrote about that no one doubts that 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 foreign patrons who would be siding with the fundamentalists reports that militants are preparing another attack this time against israel cannot be ignored another thing he addresses that to garner a strong reaction from many americans was what is so often heard in american political speeches it's that of the so called american exceptionalism that since

america is often motivated to act based on moralistic reasons it is therefore exceptional greater better or separate and he points out that that is a very slippery slope and a dangerous mentality for any any nation to have. it is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional whatever the motivation different but when we ask for the lord's blessings we must not forget the gold created just. media has turned out reports of senator mccain expressing a wish to pen his own editorial in russian publication prov the however a little confusion popped up because it wasn't known whether he was referencing probably the printed publication the communist party mouthpiece all through soviet times and it must be said not exactly in new york times of russian media the editor of that newspaper expressed disbelief surprise that mccain would want to write in

this newspaper because anything printed would have to go along party line of thought which isn't likely however there is another problem. rw the news website at times very of on guard now the website editor had said that he would be glad to print anything mccain would write for this publication but there is no word definitively on right an editorial if he does wish to do so although there are media outlets quoting his staff saying that the website will be notified if mccain decides to write an editorial now however surprise the russian public may have been hearing this one person step forward to offer mccain a spot on television that's right a presenter with rosia television channel said he would like to offer mccain a spot on his interview show so mccain has many invitations to issue his views here in russia we will just have to wait and see. well the chemical weapons agreement

came about because the west blamed the syrian government for a deadly chemical attack last month well ti's bildad spoke to belgian writer pierre chain and he was held hostage by the syrian opposition he heard his captors discuss the attack and insists the government had nothing to do with it they find the following images disturbing. i don't think bashar al assad in the syrian government are to blame for the chemical attack and. during that time my italian friend and i had been taken hostage by jihadists from the oil for root group in syria we were held at one point in a room facing an office of the free syrian army and the elf jihadist group we have been in the barracks of the free syrian army in a jihadist group as well and we heard a conversation from this office the conversation was between one general from the free syrian army we knew him from earlier as he was the one who was in charge of or

detention and another officer from the group. which is. the result of a third person who is speaking perfect english and they were talking to him via skype yes they were talking about the events of the in the damascus suburb and from the conversation it was clear that the syrian government wasn't behind the attack but it often. was it clear to you what the motivation was to use chemical weapons to launch a gas attack on civilians in this way what was the motivation do you think was it mentioned. their motivation was unclear from the conversation but we figured that it would have been absurd for the syrian government to use chemical weapons the regime had nothing to gain from that the massacre on the contrary it played into the hands of its enemies the u.s. france and the u.k. it gave them a good reason to use force against the assad government to do the syrian government

lost its mind but i don't believe that or the authors of the attack or the opposition and it is clear that the rebels are the ones who wanted to benefit from the situation. let us remind you that the rebels already tried to simulate a gas attack a year ago and gnomes they made a video showing people on the ground acting as if they had been victims of neurotic gas. lists week the syrian army successfully liberated the ancient christian village of mother from the rebels and battle went back and forth for the government troops were eventually able to push the hardest back into know by mountains auntie's roof and national was in the war zone and so they just report. 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. 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 and. we come across one grocery shop owner who we have 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 amongst syrian soldiers and he has some questions again. that 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 the european citizen is so much just 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 would 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 to liberate them push on to mark tough climb on a street but we couldn't do it there snipers are everywhere malo is home to many christian churches and monasteries as well as mosques everywhere we go here we see either crosses on the eretz now added to these we see black 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 its eggs are wrongly way out we think over our chances when our engineer gets heat. much. thankfully it's not serious. but it becomes clear we can to a to minutes more. when i'm stuck here in this corner and we're now trying to get out of here using this word. was of no no no. those have been anything don't back then go clear

a lot. of. now focus off the do the bullets did you hear them whizzing by. but now say that we really take area. they're firing from behind this three hundred two all of this is there no me again no. matter how do you like this too much so you get back. and we leave while governmental forces continue their frenzy for model of the ledge which despite the claims remains under siege. see reporting from syria. or maria for not one of the few international correspondents on the frontline of the syrian conflict and also follow her on twitter to keep track of more

developments in one of. the in. norway has elected a new parliament with a center right coalition winning a landslide victory of the ruling labor party the conservatives who now form a new government along with the anti migration progress party the populist group once had amongst its members the mass murder hundreds brevik massacred seventy seven people in terrorist attacks two years ago and no way is just the latest state to join a european wide lean to the right. of his more. two years ago norway suffered the worst massacre since world war two a brutal assault unleashed against a summer camp for young people claiming seventy seven lives the perpetrator was extreme rightist anders breivik who claimed to have political motivation for his atrocities at his trial he said he wanted to punish the ruling labor party for its

liberal immigration policies and to start a so-called conservative revolution he was a member of the progress party in his youth before he lost faith in it and in democracy and adopted the radical and to muslim views that underpinned his act of terror the anti immigration progress party saw support crumble in the aftermath of the attack but as norwegians headed to the polls monday for the first parliamentary election since the tragedy the tables appear to have turned and the progress party is poised to enter government for the first time the party has since softened its radical image and tried to distance itself from braving it it's campaigned for tougher immigration and asylum policies and wants to reduce the number of immigrants from outside the e.u. in the face of economic uncertainty and voters in some european countries have rallied behind a far right nationalist ideas a few of the parties that have emerged have grown more popular others much less so or not at all well since the financial crisis several e.u.

countries including major european economies have seen a substantial rise of populist radical right electoral support let's take a closer look now in one of the biggest economies france after years of electoral decline marine le pen led the country's national front to its best ever results in the election of two thousand and twelve now some have claimed that xena phobia is still one of the country's party's trademarks although she has tried to soften the party's image since the more radical program of the one nine hundred ninety s. moving on to austria the freedom party of austria has focused on anti immigration anti islam and euro skeptic issues is even called for a withdrawal from the euro zone. and moving on to the true finns in finland they may share populist rhetoric with other nordic parties its supporters to are opposed to the e.u. and to globe globalism now the party leader hundreds sieved the highest number of personal votes for any candidate in the party has one thousand percent of the seats in parliament. well the movement for

a better hungry entered parliament for the first time three years ago now the group describes itself as a radically patriotic christian party but it's described in a local prest as neo fascist and in a lot via the far right national alliance brings together a coalition of conservatives ethno nationalists and economic liberals with fourteen seats in the legislature it's the country's fourth largest political party now at the same time some of the countries which do have notable far right parties there is a fairly even split between those that have seen an increase in support and those which haven't and as you can see right here support for right wing movements has gone down now in some ways the growth of right wing parties has been cyclical in europe some tend to gain power during economic downturns and favor and praise of growth but with economic stagnation continuing on the continent it remains to be seen what will happen to these political groups there's a captain of moscow. coming up later in the program

a debate on academic freedom professor to be the us universities silenced after criticizing the ses methadone decrypting data. ok. david crockett welcome you to take your oliver james it's a little while in the middle of the channel big bag of virginia. and i come back. around playing here all of your speech. the one that there is. there's a big old picture of tangier island before the china it was good for oh here. down

way up there. as you go on. right here are some of the headstones from the graves that are here this is a fruit that's that's what we don't want happen detained here oh and we want to get some protection in the make sure that we don't go into the chesapeake bay like uppers did in other communities. welcome back to the program. leading american university johns hopkins has awarded one of its professes to take down a bloke post criticizing the national security agency professor of cryptography matthew green voiced his concerns of the methods the agency uses to defeat encryption efficiency who ordered the removal of the post today to apologize for

the incident with receiving a barrel of complaints well he spoke to professor greene who a told us what was behind his message 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 corruption the n.s.a. is is willing to make us if you're a little bit weaker because remember it's not just you know non-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 the 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. meanwhile in britain university students there are having that most of the and life monitored that's causing not only privacy concerns but also sparking

a debate about how the collected data could actually be used. as a story. remember the film minority report it's the one where tom cruise is the cop in the future and uses pass in the day to stop crimes before they happen while the fictional feature is now universities are out allies in the electronic trail of students how often they use the library what books they gets out even where they park their cars to create a picture of them and how they learn they use the data in different ways the different you need the marketing courses but also to predict which students are likely to fail or dropouts and here's where it fits into nineteen eighty-four territory in the dystopian novel any negative thoughts is thought crime every party member has a telly screen in his or her home which the thought police use to watch them and record anything that resembles an unorthodox opinion or in the struggle now look

for a university in the midlands says it's considering doing something frighteningly similar monitoring students private e-mails to negative comments on their university experience to see if they're at risk of a push to. students at the london school of economics are not keen on the idea. that it would be an infringement on my integrity it sounds a bit cia now i think people really feel that went on i think people are much more kind of them. i don't think it's right it's a kill if you can say. you wouldn't do it in denmark where i come from i think people would like that i would mob my emails. i mean the private. school. university do you have a good track record keeping dates are private but the worry here is that there's so much states and of course how it could be used ultimately the information could be

used to allocate resources for example if it identifies the type of person most likely to fail universities could stop recruiting those people altogether or not waste money on trying to retain them as students start returning for a new academic year they back to the way big brother is watching them now more closely than at the. top of the dot com highlight some of the stories you know raising the right final preparations are being made to write the luxury cruise line in the costa concordia almost two years after ground fighting for. what it would take to cover the story on our website. america's national security agency the internet google or the division of the global network. claimed in his speech to watch dot com to examine his theory that

the web could become far from. a landmark vote for moscow's my old seat has ended with. inaugurated for a second term a city chief he was sworn into office. by president putin. is refusing to concede defeat he's followed a lawsuit demanding a recount of the vote claiming the election was rigged. came in second and almost a third of the ballots. showed up for a useful rally in support of the opposition leader last month that. news from around the world the south starting with iraq where at least thirty five people have been killed in the latest wave of insurgent attacks no one has claimed responsibility for the blast which targeted commercial areas in parking lots mostly shiite dominated cities across the country becomes less than twenty four hours after a suicide bomber attacked a funeral in northern iraq countries whether in its deadliest bout of violence in

half a decade with more than four thousand deaths since april. a massive rescue operation is in full swing across the u.s. state of colorado where deadly floods have already killed five people and left hundreds on accounted for. have been forced to evacuate from the deluge there is a bomb or signed a major emergency order for the battered state approving a federal disaster aid because astra three has been branded an historic one hundred year flood the cost of repairs estimated that fifteen times the state's our new budget would downpours still forecast. and thousands of gathered in the city of montreal in canada to express their anger against a controversial proposed charter of values the draft law is supposed to prohibit public employees from wearing the hijab and other religious clothing in the workplace process organizers criticize the state from here all involved were in her

plans racist and discriminatory opinion polls however have shown that there is considerable support for the charter among blacks electorate. it just means we had to fidget in the us where small tightly knit community could soon see that on and disappear in the water. 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 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 hey 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 that's just my opinion. ok. welcome you have to take your olive virginia it's a little while and the middle of the chesapeake bay and of virginia. and i come back

counting for a population of four irons seventy people give or take. ever most or pay for independent water. and women are fisherman crabbers and and the other twenty percent are war our tugboat captains are our tanker mine our are our second mates on the tax. so far we're holding on to ourself that erosion has taken us to take innocent way slowly but other than dad everybody saved of a contented right now worried by to future but in a waterman you are a day by day and night not you can't worry about tomorrow you have to get by today and and you hope for the morning you wake up there's a new light. now you see.