the u.n. security council is due to debate a resolution to enforce the chemical disarmament of syria but to the u.s. military remains in position ready to strike at washington's discretion. meanwhile the civil war shows no signs of dying down i'll close one of the companies a syrian army on a daily operation in the embattled askers off damascus. and the latest revelations are courtesy of edward snowden is that the national security agency has been trolling through private financial transactions both foreign and domestic.

life from moscow are you watching are to you with me to on would say this monday morning let's take a look at a top story. later on monday the united nations will present the results of its probe into last month's alleged deadly chemical attack in syria the findings are not expected to assign blame but could shed light on the original of the toxins which reportedly killed hundreds of civilians this comes as the u.n. security council prepares to hem ology a resolution to enforce a deal on syria russia and the united states the plan requires the syrian government to disclose full details on its chemical weapons within a week and allow the stockpiles to be destroyed by the middle of next year but u.s. military forces remain in position to strike syria if damascus fails to comply with the backing washington's threat an attack would bring huge risks but also still a profits for u.s. arms firms as lindsey france reports. raytheon is the manufacturer of the b g m one

o nine better known as the tomahawk missile individual units sell for around one million dollars it's been the weapon of choice for the u.s. military and has been used in each of america's conflicts over the past twenty years raytheon is the largest manufacturer of guided missiles in the world statistics from the wall street journal show the company raked in more than twenty billion dollars in arms sales in two thousand and ten it's already delivered two hundred fifty two missiles this fiscal year and engagement in syria would likely mean a future increase in tomahawk orders and profits for raytheon its share prices when talk of a four re in syria intensified reflect that between april and august this year stock surged by a third another big shot in the world of weapons lockheed martin the biggest arms maker in the world in two thousand and ten it grossed just under three billion dollars think advanced combat missile rocket manned and unmanned systems as well as

aeronautics in two thousand and twelve it reeled from the us budget sequestration and fiscal cliff just before the last presidential elections last. threatened to lay off vast amounts of its one hundred twenty three thousand employees the white house intervened and lockheed martin back down again a stock surge with the beat of war drums then there is boeing it's not only concerned with passenger aircraft like the seven forty seven or the dreamliner just under half of the company's total sales in two thousand and ten came from strategic missile systems g.p.s. and electro optical systems all potentially used in syrian conflict should washington decide to act and to tie it all nicely together it pays to look at the top three contributors to federal candidates parties and outside groups boeing lockheed martin and raytheon all shelling out nearly three million dollars each in the two thousand and ten election cycle to people who make or break u.s.

foreign policy the numbers can't be ignored the more conflict american gauges in the more money can flow into these companies coffers the talk may be about saving the world from tyrants but the actions and the figures also point to big money. the russian u.s. agreement on syria has brought hope of peace to the war zone where the rebels say it will keep flying regardless of international accord the chemical disarmament deal came as a major setback for the opposition forces were counting on a foreign interventions according to middle east expert jeremy salt. the number of people around the world who've taken the fact that agreed to hand over control of its chemical weapons stock to the united nations complicity or guilt in fact i would see it as part of a much broader. strategy which is preventing an american attack which would be totally disruptive and totally destructive if that attack is not carried out in the syrian army can get on the job of protecting the rebel groups who are. fighting

across the country and we know the past six months in particular have been very brutal back and very much of offensive if there is no military attack and they are able to get on with the job of protecting these groups when. you know they're going to be very strong position over the next few months to kind of rewind and. meanwhile as the syrian army steps up its offensive against rebel forces already it's very if the national guard to see a daily military raid on the outskirts of damascus. now in durham just a few kilometers from the central damascus it used to be a nice and beautiful very picturesque town where the population of up to three hundred thousand people but it's been torn by questions between the governmental forces and the rebels rebels two years now the result you can see everything is ruined the residents left the only people we can meet here either the army all the militants. fighting against i guess i can take you back to the now we're going

with the army to one of their operations. during a itself or the capital is sponsored a powerful militant belt around damascus known as eastern ghouta the scene of recent fierce clashes it is also where a chemical attack last month brought international resonance in its wake all weapons smuggled to syria through jordan in the south comes through here providing local militants with a secure supply line for. fire . this is what the syrian war looks like today the urban battlefield provides dense cover and a network of underground tunnels also shields the militants there is no defined front line and you don't know when your enemies will change. as your numbers hold

you say they could be snipers there and they pulled curtains like this one just to protect to prevent snipers from seeing what's going on here. the simple system helps save many lives every day where it doesn't work soldiers just strong. in a full two minutes with travel from one district to another we follow the army as you can see through. buildings through the holes in the walls like this one hole this one they're everywhere. i know because i don't. have to think problems of having to. carry a new suit is here in the mornings he needs nothing. to support life. in this war snipers are from both sides of the frontline.

is what they do most of the time waiting for the enemy. in the woods in the dead of an office assures me the map they update every day this is where we are the militants are in this big building the army liberates the town street by street building by building very slowly and very carefully has always just addressed militants to surrender their arms promising it will be safe sometimes they leave their weapons and try to escape but sometimes they refuse and we have no other choice but the quite of. this soldier's shows me where he was injured player had three bullets haven't killed him down i don't know i'm on or to defend my country to defend the syrian people even if the us attacks us with its aircraft and tanks and everything we will make our land there cemetery an american strike seems to be on the backburner at least for now but syrian civil war goes on

and on. damascus suburbs syria. and mariette sharing firsthand reports on the military operations around to mask us on her twitter feed you can find out the latest a by following her online. right from the scene. search for you and i think that you're. on our reporters' twitter i instagram i. the in. washington says the syria him call disarmament deal should serve as an example for neighboring iran which is on the verge of direct talks with america over its nuclear program coming up in crosstab with little of the experts debate how the

syrian crisis has influenced the us position in the middle east guys that. obama is not only isolated himself internationally and destroyed whatever was left of his public diplomacy capabilities as a result of coming to power with a slogan of change but also in addition to its leading himself. across the world he has isolated himself in the united states as well not only is the u.s. public opinion deeply against the war but also the senate and congress they have been forced to think twice about endorsing aggression against the syrian people and i think that we can his position significant me while on the other hand the iranian position has been strengthened right now just over the last few days we see that the iranian president has met both the russian president as well as the chinese

president and the relations have warmed as a result of american actions and. the u.s. national security agency is facing more unwelcome attention the german magazine der spiegel has published a report detailing the n.s.a.'s practice of tracking private financial transactions all over the world are you my colleagues john thomas attorney general told to you explain how access to such information could be abused for personal gain. first of all there's the question of privacy that is to say the n.s.a. is well known for not vetting and investigating to contract tours that they hire 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 but the other aspect of the der spiegel story i think is more fascinating you may recall that der spiegel

has also reported that s f t which is the 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 how will this affect us using our credit cards and regular banking services on a daily basis if n.s.a. is able to penetrate these so that raises the question of what other agencies and entities are able to penetrate visa and that opens up a pandora's box that can lead to all manner of fraud. coming up later in the program a reigning in the special interest groups of the yankees attempts to make

a late lobby managed to frustrate all parties involved and undermine the work of charities get the details in a couple of minutes here on our team. that's ron types out for an economic recovery it's growing increasingly dependent on cash from the east find out he's been helping to keep the country's businesses a flake just to hate. on their way to antarctica the crew of the i can to make sure the face many challenges. here you have to look out for yourself crashing on to rocks trapped in pack ice in extreme conditions anything can happen and article always comes up with surprises you have to keep your eyes open because if there's always something going wrong the ship carries huge reserves of water food fuel as well as helicopters and

people able to survive extreme conditions they're ready for anything even an apocalypse she's really an incredible ship calling all antarctica stations this is going to make it feel that of radio check please respond. wealthy british style is on hold so that's not on the president's plans. for the. markets why not scandals. find out what's really happening to the global economy cons a report on. but. i do know that you know the prize is the only industry specifically mention in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy albus. in

fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and across difficult we've been a hydrogen client handful of friends dash all corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers wanted to ask i'm tom martin and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem trucks rational debate and a real discussion critical issues facing up to five ready to join the movement then walk a little bit. on their way to antarctica the crew of the i can to make sure that face many challenges. here you have to look out for yourself crashing on to rocks trapped in pack ice in extreme conditions anything can happen and article always comes up with

surprises you have to keep your eyes open because if there's always something going wrong the ship carries huge reserves of water food fuel as well as helicopters and people able to survive extreme conditions they're ready for anything even an apocalypse she's really an incredible ship calling all antarctica stations but this is academic a field of radio check please respond. to stay with us here on our t.v. the british government has moved to preempt a new scandal by tighter regulations on lobbying however the proposals have been roundly condemned by both lobbyist and the opponents arches laura smith explains why. being in the u.k. and people think. it began in one nine hundred ninety four with cash for questions

and newspaper claim to parliament to broad to conservative m.p.'s into asking questions in parliament then last year that was cast for cameron when a conservative party treasurer was filmed apparently offering dinner with david cameron and the chance to influence government policy snit just two hundred fifty thousand pounds and most recently three lords and an m.p. accused of apparently offering to do polling meant to work in exchange for cash in the sunday times sting so david cameron's had enough in a bid to prevent yes and no of the scandal his party's introduced a bill to regulate lobbying but the proposals are third week that anti-doping campaigners and themselves are united in their opposition what the ridge does is it provides transparency it doesn't stop politicians behaving badly we have nothing to fear from such a rush of lobbyists in fact we've been calling for it and that's why we're so

disappointed with the government because the definition of lobbyist has produced and it's going to cover less than is already on the existing public. lobbying register the register as proposed would exclude around eighty percent of lobbyists and lobbying activity and that's only the half of it the second part of the bill puts charities and voluntary organizations in the spotlight applying it camp to their spending in an election year just raising awareness of a public policy issue could fall into that category in a damning indictment of the bill the government's own election regulator the electoral commission says it will have a downplaying effects on public debates the bill's already had its second reading and industry insiders are worried it will be rushed through it will prevent more scandals they say but when the next one does happen the government will be full. forced to hit back with something far more draconian. israel has never confirmed

all deny being a nuclear power but a recent american reporters finally lifted the veil of secrecy it's got the details for you online at our dot com. madrid the phrases over bus a lot are off the page this time as the spanish government take steps to prevent gov india from becoming an independent nation read more on our website. it's been raining cats and dogs in the russian capital for almost

a cause so we go however the downpour over the weekend wasn't enough to stop iran ten thousand athletes from taking part in moscow's first marathon in thirty two yes passing right in front of the kremlin's red walls check out all report on the extravaganza in our weekly sports roundup coming up at eight thirty am g.m.t. . while europe's once powerful economies crumble its china that's picking up the pieces the country emerged as one of the world's top three investors last year and a significant share of their cash benefited european firms some ease days and now becoming increasingly dependent on beijing. explains. the nerds in burgundy

and gold including one. iconic french brand in holiday resorts club now and so parisian fashion brand sonia rykiel eighty percent sold to hong kong investors the tip of the iceberg as far as chinese money in french firms is concerned but if you asked french president francois long and his army of trade ministers and business exact there's always room for more especially as written agreement just real out of figures cast doubts on paris's cloying of economic recovery. france accounts for a tiny portion of china's foreign trade just one point three percent versus germany's five percent and france buys more from china than it sells so much so that there is a twenty six billion euro trade deficit with the asian giant is a sure thing that. probably will be more try try to give their friends

a school or industries are concerned another one of those with increasing chinese a very live in the billions is a nuclear energy sector france's expertise as a crucial position within the street giants are ever leading the pack bot and gaining access to china's massive market and investment dollars france finds itself straddling a delicate balance of opening up its wealth of knowledge and protecting its relevance which means once the know how it was passed what's stopping china from going it alone should stay open source or do we heard too in birds. groups those guerriero. to do the earth. is called about this is a. a consequence that's already raised fears of compromising france's national interests prompting the finance ministry to launch an investigation earlier this year and read. so many chinese people. it before we

didn't want to american this that but you know we cannot stop movement of the history of the world. that's the beauty of our technologies to make every day every more of it for your new products new credit t.v. but we will be completely again an uphill battle for a country an internal german mental described as europe's biggest problem child and image it will have to clean up if it wants the chinese to keep heading its way tests are still you are to paris. on to some other international stories in our world update iraq has been hit by over a dozen car bombings over the last twenty four hours killing at least fifty people most of these attacks targeted sheer populated neighborhoods the iraqi branch of al qaeda has recently been stepping up its efforts to undermine the authority of the

shia led government a war torn nation is now witnessing its most severe bloodshed since two thousand and eight. the turkish police fired rubber bullets and tear gas tanks for stars of anti-government protesters on a six night of under arrest in istanbul the clashes broke guard when demonstrators build barricades set fire to them and hurled bottles at police the demonstrations began after the death of a twenty two year old student involved in a sit in against a construction project affecting his university. south korean workers every day and to take a song industrial park in north korea for the first time in five months is the only remaining joint project between the countries and involves over one hundred companies from the south korean more than fifty thousand workers from the communist north operations were four years in following a political crisis between pyongyang and seoul in the wake of a nuclear test by north korea in february the relaunch of a k.

song complex took months of tough negotiations. oh week of tarantula rains across the u.s. state of colorado has claimed at least six lives around five hundred people are unaccounted for and up to a thousand are waiting to be evacuated ahead and storms on sunday prevented rescue helicopters from reaching residents are trapped behind walls of debris colorado is suffering its worst flooding in over three decades. in the british capital more than three thousand members of greenpeace have staged a march against oil and gas drilling in the arctic the centerpiece of the rally volved a huge manmade polar bear which was operated by forty five at. broad london of all ages out onto the streets to see the twelve meet a high giant named aurora the parade as a pond on the global environmental action that's embracing seventeen cities around the world. coming up on our team we had one of the mays inhospitable

environment from. the sea. we talked before about people getting in trouble throughout the u.s. and he just from gardening in fact according to the christian science monitor a couple of florida has been fined five hundred dollars a day until they dig up their vegetable garden which is on their own property immediately people who write these articles draw comparisons to communist russia where people weren't allowed to grow their own food unless the state allowed it yes the river appeared in russia forced agriculture to change rapidly and often against the will of many of those involved and this did lead to starvation revolution isn't fun but what about after that well stalin and khrushchev gave out a lot of doctors which are private summer houses where people guard and also there were markets in the soviet union where people could bring the food they grew to

sell do you see all these pictures behind me these are people the soviet union selling food they produced privately and legally but there were some moments in soviet history when there were some taxes placed on the sale of your personal goods from your personal labor which according to russian website history of taxes was around ten percent whether you love or hate communism more than anything doesn't matter there's half truth about shooting soviet gardeners burns like wildfire on the american side of the internet the real truth is that in fact when the us government for every reason in various forms clamps down on private gardens it isn't the same as communism but is actually technically worse than communism for the majority of its lifespan where you could guard it up as you like. schooling the brutal revolutionary period but that's just my opinion.

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