the u.n. security council is due to debate a resolution to enforce the chemical disarmament of syria but the u.s. military remains in position ready to strike at washington's discretion. meanwhile the civil war shows no signs of dying down across one of the companies a syrian army on a daily operation in the battle the oscars often masochists. the latest revelation courtesy of edward snowden it is that the national security agency has been trolling through private financial transactions with foreign and domestic.

life this is r t you're with me to take a look at our 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 origin of the toxins which reportedly killed hundreds of civilians but this comes as the the un security council prepares to hammer out a resolution to enforce a deal on syria reached by russia and the united states the plan requires the us 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 funds backing up washington's threat meanwhile british defense study has revealed that islamic extremists make up the core of the system opposition of the report was the total number of rebel fighters at around one hundred thousand and says this

split into hundreds of different factions about ten thousand of these fighters are in fact the hardest with links to al qaeda after thirty five thousand others are radical islamists broadly shared his views meanwhile the study put the number of moderate islamists at around thirty thousand meaning that circular opposition forces are vastly outnumbered and all girls are fractured groups are pushed back by syrian government troops are just moving out and is in the myth of the action. now in dera 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 or the

militants. fighting against i guess i can take you to the now we're going with the army to one of the operations. darius cells of the capital a sponsor of 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 come through here providing local militants with a secure supply line for. 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. the syrian army told 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 for the simple system helps save many lives every day where he doesn't work soldiers just wrong. in a full two minutes with travel from one district to another we follow the army as you can see through the buildings through the holes in the walls like this one all this one they're everywhere. because i was i was trying to do six seconds of having to. accommodate you salute is here in the mornings he may be nothing. more to life.

in this war snipers are from both sides of the front line waiting is what they do most of the time waiting for the enemy. you know what in the dead of an office assures me the maps 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 that they 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. the soldiers shows me where he was injured the three bullets haven't killed him down. i'm on or to defend my country to defend the syrian people even if the u.s. 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 race nationality damascus suburbs syria. santa maria saying firsthand reports on the military operations around damascus on her twitter feed you can find out the latest by following her online. right to see. first trip. and i would think that you're. on our reporters but here i am and i i am i. i. military and intelligence experts around the globe have warned that a u.s. strike against syria could spark

a catastrophic region wide conflict but as artie's lindsey france now reports war talk is music to that yes some american friends. 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 real trim the us budget sequestration and fiscal cliff just before the last presidential elections lockheed threaten 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 beats 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 may. or break us foreign policy the numbers can't be ignored the more conflict america gauges in the more money flow into these companies coffers their talk may be about saving the world from tyrants but the actions and the figures also point to big money there is 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 transaction all over the world and it was already public knowledge that the us national security agency has been tapping the phone conversations of countless unsuspecting people around the globe the n.s.a. was also called collecting and the storing private use information and meta data from all over the world wide web and with the latest reports indicating that people's financial transactions and bank operations are under scrutiny as well it

seems of most aspects of human interaction under surveillance earlier my colleague shawn thomas aspired to attorney gerald horn we explained 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 fisa 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 i'm writing in the special interest groups out the u.k. for tends to regulate lobby managed to frustrate all parties involved and i don't mind the work of charities but the details in a couple of minutes on r.t. . as friends i hope for an economic recovery it's growing increasingly dependent on cash from the east find out who's been helping to keep the country's business is afloat just ahead.

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 and the thing can happen and dr who always comes up with surprises you have to keep your eyes open because 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 academic a field that of radio check please respond. wealthy british style sun it's time to rise on.

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things will stay with us here on r.t. the british government has moved to preempt a new scandal by the regulations on special interest groups however the proposals have been roundly condemned by both lobbyist and the opponents are lawyers smith explains why. being in the u.k. and people think. it began in one nine hundred ninety four with cash for questions a newspaper claimed 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 yet a novice will his party's introduced a bill to regulate lobbying but the proposals are third week that anti-doping campaigners earned themselves are united in their opposition what the ridged does is it provides transparency it doesn't stop politicians behaving badly we have nothing to fear from the. inference we've been calling for it and that's why we're so disappointed with the government because the definition of love is that it's produced and it's going to cover less than is already on the existing public. being registered on 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 in voluntary organizations in the spotlight applying it can to their spending in an election year just raising awareness about public policy

issue could fall into that category in a damning indictment of the bill the government's 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'll be rushed through it won't prevent more scandals they say but when the next one does happen the government will be for. forced to hit back with something far more draconian. israel has never confirmed or denied being a nuclear power but a recent american record has finally lifted the veil of secrecy we've got the details for you online at r.t. dot com. madrid faces off with us along on off the pitch this time as the spanish government takes us steps to prevent that the long view from becoming an independent nation read more on our website.

while europe's one economies crumble it's 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 cash benefited european firms some e.u. states and are becoming increasingly dependent on beijing artists experience. then burgundy and gold though including won't shut. so iconic french brand in holiday resorts club meant 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 want french president francois long and his army of trade ministers and mrs exact there's always room for more especially as recent agreement does real out the figures cast doubts on harrison's claim of economic recovery france accounts for a tiny portion of china's foreign trade just one point three percent versus germany five percent and france buys war from china even if you know so much so that there is a twenty six million euro trade deficit with the asian giant. i think that. probably we need more charter tried out if we're friends or score industries are concerned another one of those with increasing chinese a variant in the billions is a nuclear energy sector france's expertise as gold is a crucial position within the street giants are leading the pack bot and gaining

access to china as a 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 we stay open source or do we have to invest sardo in the caruso's carrillo you know i don't know but to be able to do that they do control the party and it's called about this is a. technology cross as a consequence it's already raised fears of compromising france's national interests prompting the finance ministry to launch an investigation earlier this year and maybe they think oh so many chinese people are very we like it before we didn't want to america this is the. you know we cannot stop the movement of the history of the world. by the possibility of our technologies

to make every day every more. new products new credit t.v. by the way we will be completed again an uphill battle for a country an internal german man will describe europe's biggest problem child image it will have to clean up if it wants the chinese to keep heading its way to us or sell your art to paris. it's been raining cats and dogs in the russian capital for almost part of the past week or however the weekend down war wasn't enough to deter ten thousand athletes from taking part in moscow's first official marathon passing what in front of the kremlin walls so check out our report on how the russian capital joined the american club in our weekly sports round up in just over an hour's time.

a police station in russia's republic of chechnya has been hit by a car bomb attack three officers were killed and five others injured when a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into the building the bus also read the surrounding cars and blew out windows in the area the motive for the assault and who was behind it remain unclear at this point read on to some other international stories in our world update iraq has been hit by over a dozen car bombings over the past twenty four hours killing at least fifty eight people most of those the tag targeted shia populated neighborhoods iraqi branch of al qaida has recently been stepped up it is 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. turkish police fired rubber bullets and water cannon to dispose of

thousands of anti-government protesters on a six a night of under a sinister ball of clashes broke god when demonstrators are building barricades and set fire to them and hurled bottles and police the demonstrations began after the death of a twenty two year old student involved in a sitting against a construction project affecting his university. south korean workers are rejoinder their case 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 including more than fifty thousand workers from the communist north operations were frozen following a political crisis between playing young and small in the wake of the nuclear test by north korea in february the relaunch of the case long complex took months of tough negotiations. a week of directional rains across the u.s.

state of colorado has claimed at least six lives around five hundred people are unaccounted for and up to five thousand are waiting to be evacuated in storms and sunday prevented rescue helicopters from reaching residents trapped to 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 best days are even larger against oil and gas drilling in the arctic the centerpiece of the rally involved a huge manmade polar bear which was operated by forty five activists brought londoners the of all ages out onto the streets to see the twelve metre high giant named our rock the parade is a part of global environmental action that's embracing seventy cities around the world. coming up one hour to you we had to be one of the most inhospitable environments on earth in and talk to by the sea.

we've talked before about people getting in trouble throughout the usa just for 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 and mediately 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 revolutionary period 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 to see all these pictures behind me these are people in 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 this 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 life span where you could guard it up as you like excluding the brutal revolutionary period but that's just my opinion.

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africa the i can to make sure that if diesel electric research vessels. with knowledge of these water has. to ship out into the atlantic and then returns to dock. this is the very last opportunity for several weeks to call home with a cell phone very soon will be far out of range the ship is setting sail for a inaccessible area if there's any kind of emergency no one to provide any kind of help. the russian ships. to the end of the tunnel ice and snow to antarctica.

the first officer will now explain the code of conduct on board there are twenty three passengers aboard the economics you're off and for some this is their first trip to the antarctic zone but for one passenger it's become a familiar journey this is the twenty sixth time he's followed this route. back in nineteen sixty four after our trip we went. who i thought was the first time i felt so acutely just how far away. ten days and nights of ocean like. this is the radar. as you can see there is nothing there. any of the ships just icebergs. you have to look.