you should. the latest news and the week's top stories russia and america agree on a plan to rid syria of its chemical arsenal averting a strike by western powers on the assad regime but despite the diplomatic success. the fighting still continues reports from the front line came under fire at the ancient christian town where the syrian army is engaged in a fierce battle to. the latest on the n.s.a. surveillance that the u.s. is now apparently snooping on financial transactions both at home and abroad to the

man who was once one of america's most wanted hackers about what the spies are really up to. norway alexei center right coalition government including a party that once had. a member just two years after he murdered nearly eighty people including many children. in russia and the u.s. have come up with a roadmap to completely disarm syria of its chemical arsenal by the middle of two thousand and fourteen the plan consists of six key points let's take a closer look at what those key points are the exact quantity of syria's chemical weapons will be determined and placed under international control but 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 then get immediate access. to weapons storage facilities to begin the destruction profit process if syria does not comply it could lead to a chapter seven u.n. security resolution which allows the use of force but as artie's and he said 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 fiona me 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 un 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 reputed actions will be taken automatically will first have to verify and review such reports directly because there are a lot of fabrications allies 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 to attack at

all beyond words 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 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 the. duffy gadhafi after all agreed to give up his chemical weapons has various of the bulk of actual 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 i r t moscow meanwhile washington continues to blame president assad for the deadly attack in august but those with firsthand experience of the conflict to disagree writer pierre cina who was held hostage by the syrian opposition claims that he overheard his captors discussing the attack earlier he told my colleague bill dodd about his experience just a bit of a warning you might find some of the images in this next report 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 and 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. just. there 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 suburbs and from the conversation it was clear that the syrian government wasn't behind the attack but it also. 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 or 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 either 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 and 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 that. well syrian islamist rebels have been forced out of the ancient christian village of mullah after almost two weeks of fierce fighting there that has locals report looting executions and being forced by the jihadists to convert to islam at gunpoint many residents have now joined the syrian army to drive the invading fighters back arties may finish us sent us this report from the front line of the battle for the red oh that's out of.

the mood is cheerful soldiers a smiling and relieved the jihadists have been booted out you know what 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 so that none of the terrain he's very difficult with mountains and caves but we know the area better so we are carrying on with the operation of. 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 among syrian soldiers and he has some question is again

a story of the thirty of 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 scam going on in syria how many victims how many hundreds of thousands have been slaughtered why will it stop with quickly find out that it won't be today held by the militants for a week it seems that mountain tops of fear hotel still poses a threat that sufi hotel our goal was the liberated them bushong to mark tough them on a street that we couldn't do it their snipers revery where mylo 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 right. to trial in the car something goes wrong.

while. we take cover in a place where we find dozens of army soldiers hiding from enemy's bullets. the main road is being targeted and it is our only way out we think over our chances when our engineer gets hate. going with the flow you're going to kill the person you must get your question. but. thankfully it's not serious. but it becomes clear we can to a to minutes more. remember . when i was stuck here in this corner and went out trying to get out of here for years and this was. no no no

no. so. those had been any think there aren't back then they go there are clear a lot. more focus off the dream the boots did you hear them whizzing by. but now say that we've reached safe areas. the fire in your behind the scene. when you're told that this is here no may get you know. that's how do you make it is too much so you gotta play. and we leave while governmental forces continue their frenzy form on the levee ledge which

despite the claims remains under siege. for fourteen from syria. the battle around the middle is not over yet and you can follow. on her twitter feed for the latest developments. in the. online. now the national security agency has been monitoring international payment as well as banking and credit card transactions this according to germany's news magazine the information came from the classified documents leaked by whistleblower edward snowden it is reported that the n.s.a. tapped into the databases of large companies like visa to search through their clients' private financial information gerald horne who is an attorney says that it is a clear cut case of economic espionage i would recommend that anyone using

a credit card and this is well known this is no revelation but you'd be very careful where you're passing that card and where you're using that card because if in the us a is able to penetrate these so they can get access to the personal data of various individuals and that can lead to identity theft that can lead to various kinds of fraud let's see which is this interbank entity based in brussels belgium also was penetrated by n.s.a. that smells like espionage on the economic level that is to say that the n.s.a. can gain details of what a german bank may be doing what a russian bank may be doing what a chinese bank may be doing and pass that on to their u.s. competitors thereby giving the u.s. competitor an advantage in the financial market edward snowden's revelations have been the cause of considerable anger as people realize just how much of their

private lives and data has been compromised by the intelligence services earlier artes you. spoke with kevin mitnick at one time america's most wanted hacker he told her that hardly anyone is safe from online surveillance. according to edit snowden's revelations e-mails phone calls messages a role being tracked so how can the government cause i think they have access to everything at least in the united states and probably britain great britain and now it's there's been some revelations that they've been pretty resourceful at breaking crypto so now i think they have access to a ton of stuff scott mcnealy said i think about fifteen years ago you have no privacy get over it and talk about edward snowden is he a traitor or hero from your point i think is a whistleblower you know i don't look at him as a true i'm actually glad that he revealed what the national security agency was doing at least against americans by violating our constitutional rights to privacy

but i do think you know i have some mixed feelings that he did cross the line when he revealed n.s.a. operations that we have against other countries because as we all know all countries spy on each other where state law is a question is hash tag to. make make the most popular one is how can citizens protect that data and communications while still using popular corporate software the first thing i would recommend to the average person on the street is use whenever you're out in the public or using public wi-fi is use a v.p.n. service because what that immediately does is it creates it takes your data and it kind of puts it in an encrypted envelope so people can really intercept and spy on that could a boycott of tag on to train like i pod and phones like the rising and google and i said. to the n.s.a. . no no i mean this is like the form of hacktivism were you you have you know

a group of individuals whether it's like lulz or anonymous and they break into stuff and they try to get the media to cover the message they want to send but at the end of the day it really doesn't change behavior of a government agency or a company basically they go out and try to prosecute the guys do regret you. that of being at. i regret any problems i caused companies or consumers you know like i caused damages because i hacked into their systems and they had to go away then figure out you know what did he do and they had to rebuild their systems so i would consider myself as a what i'd call a pain in the ass hacker right not a guy that was out i was never the type of guy who would try to wipe data out or or try to profit it is great to have you on the show like you thank you for it thank you for having me. well still ahead for you on r t liberty for eternity and solidarity and now a push to buy local. print politicians are trying to help out in the economy by encouraging people to be patriotic in their purchases later this hour contests are

silly a look at whether the move has met any success. norway 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 brave who killed seventy seven people in terrorist attacks two years ago now the scandinavian country is just the latest state to join a european wide lean to the right as lucy counted off reports. 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 n.t.a. 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 appeared 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 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. women onto 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 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 while 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 favor and 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. a member of france's

far right national front party told r t how they are planning to win even more votes in the future as well. we're shifting to a new system where it's not a question of right and left anymore and actually we're not anti immigration we want to deal more seriously with massive immigration and we're not. we want to deal against. radicalization. the eyes of the people by explaining more and probably in a better way what we were actually fighting for our days the polls indicate that we would be leading in the elections the next european parliament elections before the elections we will have. will we will probably make very good. numbers and. where you can recap any of our stories on line at r.t. dot com here's just some of what we have lined up for you right now. india

successfully launches a new rocket capable of delivering a nuclear payload you can head to our web site for more on the race for missile dominance in asia plus. it's madrid versus barcelona but this time it's off the pitch as the spanish government struggles to hold back catalonia from becoming an independent nation get all of the information about you dot com. now take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world for you this hour. in mexico over twenty people have been killed as a tropical storm but man u. well ravages the country's pacific coast for

a third day there could be more bad news on the weather front as hurricane ingrid threatens to make landfall from the west rob fifteen thousand people have been evacuated to safety amid fears of heavy rains flooding and mudslides. rallies in turkey enter a six tonight with east on bowl seeing renewed clashes between demonstrators and security forces protesters set fire to barricades while police tried to control the crowd by firing plastic bullets and tear gas and arrest was triggered by the death of a twenty two year old student involved in a sit in against a construction project affecting his university. 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 data huge to areas president barack obama has signed a major emergency order for the battered state approving federal disaster aid the

catastrophe has been branded and historic one hundred year flood with the cost of repairs estimated at fifteen times the state's annual budget more downpours are still in the forecast. in the philippines at least sixty people have been killed after government forces launched an offensive against armed to separatists in the south of the country earlier rebels took around one hundred people hostage apparently two uses human shields have now been freed thousands have fled the region amid the week long clashes between the on the group band of the army. and the british capital more than three thousand members of greenpeace have staged a march against oil and gas drilling in the arctic the center piece of the rally involved a massive man made a polar bear which was operated by forty five activists and brought londoners of all ages out onto the streets to see the forty one foot giant named aurora the parade is

a part of the global environmental action that's embracing seventy cities around the world. now some politicians in france have called on the population to show more patriotism in a bid to boost the economy lawmakers believe that purchasing more homemade products will help french finances however as our two tests are sillier reports many have been left skeptical about the move when fans is industry minister i'm no one to bore struck a pose looking as french as one can be consumer affairs minister been one more thought it was a joke. this is a real photo of on new moon. i don't believe it was in there in the value. in fact what it was message was serious choose french products over foreign made ones to help more of their countrymen and keep jobs and appeal to french patriotism in the face of a thirteen year high unemployment rate with the number of jobless hitting three

million for the first time a move that comes as france talks about reforms to restore global competitiveness a critical priority says the international monetary fund. a recent study suggests that if consumers were to buy only french made goods they would have to spend between one hundred three hundred euros more each month and amount that would stop these an already weakened purchasing power because of all the publicity the french are even more aware now are made in france products versus those coming from the outside but most of the time the difference could really be seen in the prices of the goods for example is peaches from spain it costs for ninety five per kilo rather this one which is clearly marked made in france cost six and ninety five per kilo that's a two year old difference so the question here is how well it will decide d.s.l. to the french. we definitely know i won't spend three hundred extra

you have to find this money first. yes if i have the money certainly. did you just know i think globalization allows us to find cheaper goods you know it's when you look at the product you know a. shirt or whatever a. bottle has been dug into in france but bottle the the been done as well in fact a french political parties have been accused of hypocrisy as a local newspaper's investigation last year she will lection campaign materials have been made in china bangladesh morocco you name it. musician is here for example this little case is made in china so i'm not afraid buying sings in china that's the part the point is we have. no hope in france at all as the c.m. is a brand that takes pride in having its manufacturing base in france its director says the study was an important point that paying more to support their own

industries creates local jobs it is far less of an economic burden than the cost of three point two million unemployed big amount of those stocks of course. the social care we have in france and a big moment of the social care is a complement so we we would be much more healthier in france and with lower deficits big deficits if everyone was to have. a job the world trade organization has criticized this campaign as patriotic protectionism as france's economic y. was getting trickier to manage politicians seem to be grasping at straws the government's new call to arms may look good on paper but its critics point out it could end up an economic forecasts. juster sylvia r t paris.

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