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. and now u.s. strike on the country. and fight r.t. brings you the latest from the syrian village of modeler government troops have pushed the rebels out of the ancient christian but they're still holed up in there by mountains. take a look at europe's drift to the right as a populist anti migration party the way in which mass murder under the great it was once a member of the set to play a key role in the country's government. costing

live from moscow this is r.t. weekly's. syria's chemical weapons must be removed or destroyed by the middle of next year under a deal reached by the us and russia there are six key points in the ground breaking agreement let's take a look at what they are up on the exact 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 of these arms come of destroyed under the chemical weapons convention international inspectors will get immediate access to weapons storage facilities to begin the destruction process one that syria doesn't comply it could lead to a chapter seven u.n. security council resolution which allows for the use of force the saudis and this another way now 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 us 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 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 well of course this does not mean every time a violation is reputed actions will be taken with a massively to first have to verify and review such reports because there are a lot of complications allies surrounding this issue and we have to be very careful in which the sort of russia is still wary of u.s. threats of course but more than welcomes you turn in war rhetoric from the white house obama seemed more than ready to roll tack at all costs he was forced to back off on a policy that very a week ago he was committed to launch a 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 he also has some american politicians pointed out leaves the way open to do to assert what the americans did to the. off you get

off the after all agree to give up his chemical weapons his various of the 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 un 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 where on wednesday russia's president stated his case against military intervention in syria to the american people in an open letter published by the new york times but putin laid out the reasons being 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 the fronts 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 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 the pullets the militants of 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 that god created just equal media has turned out reports of senator mccain expressing a wish to pen his own editorial in russian publication probably 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 however there is another problem prob rue the news website at times very of on guard now however surprise the russian public may have ended hearing this one person step

forward to offer mccain initiative 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. well the chemical weapons agreement came about because the west to blame the syrian government for a deadly chemical attack last month bill dogs spoke to a belgian right appear in it was held hostage by the syrian opposition he heard his captors discuss the attack and insists the government had nothing to do with it may 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 the parents 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 our detention and another officer from the group. which is. the was also a third person who was speaking perfect english and they were talking to him via skype 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. 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 what. 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 there on the contrary it played into the hands of its enemies the u.s. france and the u.k. and 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 elms they made a video showing people on the ground acting as if they had been victims of neurotic gas that. well this week the syrian army successfully liberated the ancient christian village of mother from the rebels the battlements back and forth but the government troops were eventually able to push the jihad this back into the by mountains auntie's roof and was in the water was her latest report.

the job of. the mood is cheerful soldiers are smiling and relieved the jihadists have been booted out you know but there's some of them were killed some of them escaped but the. locals joined the army to defend the native town the soldiers in light colored uniforms of the so-called national defense but none of 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 share but we come across one grocery shop owner who we filmed back in two thousand and twelve here 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 administering soldiers and he has some question is again the story of the

thirty if syria is a land of history and of luck there was no they sent terrorists here for movie corners of the world to kill syrians and each other there why would your i ask the world why if a 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 to come 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 all sean one tough one you could do it best like this revery where milo is home to many christian churches and monasteries as well as mosques everywhere we go here we see either crosses on the rents now added to these we see blag jihadists flags. it's time

to head back. to trial in the car something goes wrong whoa whoa. whoa whoa. we take cover in a place where we find dozens of army soldiers hiding from enemies bullets. the main road is being targeted and it's he's our only way out. we think over our chances when our engineer gets heat. on what you. must get if you scratch. you. thankfully it's not serious. but it becomes clear we can to a to minutes more. ok much less of a shock when i'm stuck here in this corner and we're now trying to get out of here because in this weather. well no no no no.

so. those have been anything there aren't back then they go clear a lot. more focus off the dream the boots did you hear them whizzing by full of hate but now say that we've reached safe areas. to fire and you're behind this new three hundred fold that this is the syrian army again you know. that's going to be over there is too much so you've got to play. and we leave while governmental forces continue their fancy for marla village which

despite the claims remains under siege. reporting from syria. well marie for national is one of the few international correspondents on the frontline of the syrian conflict you can also follow her on twitter to keep track of more developments in modern. day. norway has elected a new parliament to the center right coalition winning a landslide victory over the ruling labor party the conservatives will now form a new government along with the anti migration progress party populist group who once had amongst its members the mass murderer anders breivik massacred seventy seven people in terrorist attacks two years ago and the way is just the latest state join a european wide lean to the right what if there's

a car full of has 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 its campaign 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 zena 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. well belong to austria the freedom party of austria has focused on anti immigration anti islam and euro skeptic issues has even called for

a withdrawal from the euro zone. and we've gone 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 pressed as neo fascist and in 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 fade journ periods of growth but with economic stagnation continuing on the continent it remains to be seen what will happen to these political groups who see r t moscow. well coming up later in the program a debate on academic freedom a professor at a leading u.s. universities sloots off to criticizing the n.s.a.'s methods of the clinton data. told him a language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports to the players and know i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month to say that it please or carry out a car is on the docket no god there. are no more weasel words.

when you made a direct question be prepared for a change when you run should be ready for a battle freedom of speech and down to freedom to cost. the media leave us so we leave that maybe. i will see bush and security all your party is it good. for shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all politics only all parties. look you will. see it's technology innovations all the libs developments from around russia we've got the future covered.

about the program now leading american university johns hopkins has awarded one of its professes to take down the block post criticizing the national security agency professor of cryptography matthew green voiced his concerns over the methods the agency uses to defeat cripps and the official who ordered the removal of the post and to apologize for the incident off the receiving about of complaints on he spoke to professor green who told us what was behind his message what we learned is that the n.s.a. has a hard time breaking cripps 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 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 that communications of whoever it is they want to listen to we have

a big debate ahead of us how much spying i mean there is there's a range anywhere from zero percent spying to one hundred percent spying 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. now and some other news from around the world the south a massive a rescue operation is in full swing across the u.s. state of qana rather deadly floods have already killed five people and left hundreds of accounted for thousands have been forced to evacuate from the deluge there is as america bomb has signed a major emergency order for the battered state of proven federal disaster aid faster for he has been branded an historic one hundred year flood the cost of repairs estimated fifteen times the state's budget downpours of food costs. very rock 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 comes less than twenty four hours after a suicide bomber attacked a funeral in northern iraq the country is weathering its deadliest about of violence in half a decade one of the files in deaths in sleep. in cambodia riot police are fahd smoke grenades and water cannon that opposition supporters in the capital one hand one hundred thousand people took part in a nationwide rally to demand an independent investigation into the results of july's parliamentary elections your position claims the ballot was on point forward comes just a day off the country's king gathered the leaders of rival blocs for the first time in years calling on them to resolve their differences in a peaceful way. and one corner of berlin christmas has already been canceled with centuries of public celebrations are put aside for more neutrally

named winter festival and it's not just about christians who call muslims have lost the right to publicly mock ramadan instead getting a summer festival ati's put all of our votes. we may just be approaching the start of autumn here in germany but already minds are turning towards christmas and in particular the traditional german christmas market these markets which pop up all over the country that sell handmade christmas toys and mulled wine generally regarded as fun for all the family and they've become a major export from germany popping up as well all around the world however this year in berlin they could be in for something of a change of name in one particular region in the area of the capital councillors there have ruled that the public celebration of religious festivals isn't allowed which will see the christmas market become the winter festival market now this rebranding has ruffled a few feathers but it does have its roots and it decision made earlier this year

the islamic community in this part of town had wanted to hold public celebrations to mark the end of ramadan they were told that they couldn't and now next year's celebrations may go ahead under the name of the summerfest to go alongside the winterfest in a move that critics are saying could just end up upsetting everybody what we've ended up doing is not just prohibiting ramadan so abrasions we are prohibiting the soul of all religious holidays under the pretext of equality but i think we are forgetting that some of our cultural traditions are based on christian traditions i'm interested to see if they're also prohibit the jews from soberly hanukkah i wonder if our multiculturalism will go far. so over the coming months we're just going to have to wait and see how locals and tourists alike take to the rebranding of a centuries old german tradition. with

a weekending in an apparent diplomatic breakthrough on syria will yield real results on a boycott takes a closer look now he will support. fans of the shocked your football club and kind of gonda kazakhstan believe that a certain special ritual help them achieve victory against the world famous scottish team celtic this ritual was sacrificing a sheep at the stadium as someone who lived in kazakhstan for two years i know there's a real meat eating country with deeply rooted traditions in livestock racing so this news is unusual but maybe it's not completely bizarre for the culture of course defenders of animal rights who don't seem to realize that the sheep would be turned into people of the next few days anyways demanded that you

a full officials punish the shock to a club for the actions of individual fans this is the same logic as if someone wearing a sexy tim kirby t. shirt went around robbing liquor stores i am not responsible for the actions of people like this program and it's not like i'd ever advocate robbing liquor stores and i doubt the shocked your management secretly arranged for fans to slaughter the sheep at the stadium where the slaughter of animals is acceptable to you or not well that's one thing but we don't need to regulate the morality of individuals in other countries via soccer especially if that regulation means punishing the football clubs who are responsible for the actions of individuals but that's just my opinion.

come on and welcome to worlds apart just been through an extraordinary week of russian and american diplomacy that's tied. with the threat of war and ended with a major diplomatic breakthrough and while it is yet to produce any meaningful results unsettling the conflict in syria has clearly demonstrated how differently both russians and americans view this war but can they find a mutual interest in putin and i wanted well to discuss that i'm now joined by one of the most venerated american diplomats who served as an end back there to both the united nations and russia thomas pickering ambassador pickering it's a great honor to have you on the show thank you oxana well i don't know if you would agree with me but i think this year's russian clash over syria comes down not only to a difference of opinions or a difference of agendas but to significant extent a difference of diplomatic styles and the perception here in moscow is that. the

united states sees russia as uncooperative simply because russia wouldn't submit to the ten american position but diplomacy or negotiations and as i'm sure you would know. is not about take it or leave it it's about give and take so my question to you is rather american diplomacy at this point of time is killed a quip and open to a dialogue a dialogue when it will treat russia any other country as equal i think oxana i would say in principle style plays a role but not the predominant role the predominant role is played by the positions of governments taken in their capitals often in response to domestic policy imperatives as well as foreign policy interests and to some extent helps to determine the differences in their approach i think what is quite fascinating is the degree to which the differences of the last two years in syria have begun to

become translated into what seems to be at this point a cooperative effort engine. neiva and i don't want to be too overly optimistic but i've been very pleased by what foreign minister lavrov and what secretary of state kerry have been saying about their talks and to me there is now a test of the two countries as to whether they could reach agreement in my experience dealing with russian diplomats when we had a general approach that agreed in principle we were able to work out the details but ambassador pickering isn't it the case that since the early ninety nine his american diplomats have essentially been used to an idea of the united states being the one and only country calling the shots and that period is obviously coming to now not only because a fresh of a because of many other countries coming to the fore so i wonder if the american diplomats have really made that man.