i. but i just news and the week's top stories sealed with a handshake moscow and washington agree on a roadmap to eliminate chemical weapons from syria averting for now a u.s. strike on the country. front line fight r.t. brings you the latest from the syrian village of milou government troops have pushed the rebels and to be ancient christian landmark but they're still holed up in nearby mountains. and we take a look at europe's drift to the right is a populist and immigration party in norway which mass murder as brevik was once a member of is set to play a key role in the country's government. hello

good evening you're watching the weekly here in r.t. with me andrey pharma. now 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 so let's take a look at what they are firstly the exact quantity of syria's chemical weapons will be determined and put under international control but first syria will have to submit a full list of its stockpiles within a week and 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 does allow the use of force and he said now reports this deal doesn't necessarily mean though 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 of course this does not mean every time a violation is reported actions will be taken with a massively to first have to verify and review such reports it's not really because there are a lot of fabrications along these surrounding this issue and we have to be very careful with 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 in their brand new 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 to many 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 commentators pointed out leaves the way open to do to assert what the americans did to get. you could

offer after all agreed to give up his chemical weapons his various of the monkey wrench 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 well 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 putin laid out the reason saying such a move to not only be ineffective but also dangerous there's already response being planned by one of america's high profile politicians in the friends has more now

about what the russian president 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 the 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 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 been hearing this one person stepped

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. this week the syrian army successfully liberated the ancient christian village of moolah from the rebels the battle went back and forth but government troops were eventually able to push back the jihadists back into the nearby mountains artie's marie ivanovna was in the war zone his latest report. 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 amongst syrian soldiers and he has some questions again syria 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 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 to liberated them push onto my tough climb on a street but we couldn't do it there snipers are everywhere milo is home to many christian tocchet and monasteries as well as mosques everywhere we go here we see either crosses on the arrests now added to these we see black jihadists flags. it's time to head back. 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 she's our only way out we think over our

chances when our engineer gets heat. for what you know you. might get if you scratch. but. thankfully it's not serious. but it becomes clear we come to a to minutes more. when i'm stuck here in this corner and we're now trying to get out of here because this was. well no no no no. they always have been anything they want back then they go ok clear a lot. of.

my focus also drew the bullets did you hear them whizzing by. but now say that we're british ok fair. enough i mean you're behind this new three hundred dollar this is syrian army get it oh. yes how do you like this too much so you got to get it. and we leave while governmental forces continue their frenzy for manohla village which despite the claims remains under siege. reporting from syria. from the rear is one of the few international correspondents on the front line of the syrian conflict you can follow her on twitter to keep track of all the developments in. the in the money.

on my. noway has elected a new parliament with a 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 the populist group once had among its members the mass murderer and his private who massacred seventy seven people in terrorist attacks two years ago a noise just the latest state to join a european wide to the right. 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 time 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 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. 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 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 fav during periods of growth but with economic stagnation continuing on the continent it remains to be seen what will happen to be political groups who see. moscow we're going to take a quick break now but when we come back a debate on academic freedom

a professor at a leading u.s. university is solid stuff to criticizing the n.s.a.'s method of decrypting data. or london. the whole world is a. true hero of the original one the one on the end there a photo of the court that building at the end of the street another one the more transparent society gets the money or the plot the tears become we see military and state police forces mobilized against people who blend into the city who inhabit the city the more people trust electronic devices the more defenseless they are. clear that the sounds are not. on our.

right to see. first street. and i would think that you're. on a recorder's twitter. and instagram. would be in the. lead again that leading american uniface sting johns hopkins has awarded one of its professes to take down a broke post criticizing the national security agency professor of cryptography matthew green voiced his concerns over the methods the agency uses to defeat encryption the official who wanted the removal of the post later apologized for the incident after receiving

a barrel of complaints we 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 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 encroaching the n.s.a. is is willing to make us if you're a little bit weaker because remember it's not just u.s. citizens who are using these products it's americans too and they're willing to you know in a sense put our credibility on the line our tire industry on the line in order to access 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 out. meanwhile in britain university students are having most of their electronic life monitored and that's causing not only previously concerns but also sparking

a debate about how the collected data could actually be used for smith has the story. remember the film minority report it's the one where tom cruise is a cop in the future and uses paths 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 guess out even where they parked their cars to create a picture of them and how they learn they use the data in different ways the different you need for marketing courses but also to predict which students are likely to fail or dropouts and here's where it is into nineteen eighty-four territory in the dystopian novel any negative thoughts is thought crime every party member has the 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 student private emails to negative comments on their university experience to see if they're at risk of quitting. students at the london school of economics are not keen on the idea. that it would be an infringement of my integrity it sounds a bit cia now i think people are the things 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 in my my emails that money. i mean the private e-mail is sure to get to school right. ok it's private universities do you have a good track record for 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'd better be where big brother is watching them now more closely than ever. you can read all about all these stories on our website plus plenty more including raising the red on all preparations are being made to write the luxury cruise liner the costa concordia almost two years after it ran aground killing thirty two people become find out what it will take to recover the eleven story ship on our web site also with all the america's national security agency that worries internet giant google but the division of the global network that's what its chairman eric schmidt claimed in his latest speech. to examine his

theory that the web could become far from world wide. i. think. i. will see it has ended with sick. to be an indian or great for a second to a city chief he was sworn into office at a grand ceremony attended by president putin however opposition activist alexina valmy is refusing to concede defeat he's filed a lawsuit demanding a recount of the vote to claim the election was rigged there only came in second with almost a third of the ballots thousands showed up for a peaceful rally in support of the opposition leader last monday. a quick look now

at some other world news a massive rescue operation is in full swing across the u.s. state of colorado where deadly floods have already killed six people and left hundreds unaccounted for thousands have been forced to evacuate from the deli areas president barack obama has signed a major emergency order for the battered state approving federal disaster because pastor fee has been branded in the story one hundred year flood with the cost of repairs estimated at fifteen times the state's annual budget for downpours are still forecast. in iraq at least fifty three people have been killed in the latest wave of insurgent attacks no one has claimed responsibility for the blast which targeted commercial areas and parking lots in mostly shiite dominated cities across the country it comes less than twenty four hours after a suicide bomber attacked a funeral in northern iraq the country's where the bring its deadliest back to violence in half a decade with more than four thousand deaths since april i mean cambodia riot

police have fired smoke grenades and water cannon and opposition supporters in the capital phnom penh twenty thousand people took part in a nationwide rally to demand an independent investigation into the results of july's parliament free election the opposition claims the ballot was spoiled by fraud it comes just a day after 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 the thousands have gathered in the city of montreal in canada to express their anger against a controversial proposed charter of values the draft floor is supposed to prohibit public employees from wearing the hijab and other religious clothing in the workplace protest organizers criticize the state premier poornima who are calling her plans racist and discriminatory opinion polls however have shown that there's

considerable support for the charter among kopecks electorate. and one corner of berlin christmas has already been cancelled with centuries of public celebrations put aside for more neutrally named winter festival but it's not just about christians local muslims have also had the right to publicly mark ramadan instead getting a summer festival artie's peter all of our reports. 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 just 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 quite area of the capital

councilors 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 if the situation 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 in 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. you know we look at how an age of terrorism has changed the cities we need and that's in our special report next. 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 two 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 and 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 shust my opinion. bush's the perpetrators are older than those driven by the hatred of the government

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