forcing the issue russia's foreign minister says the syrian opposition should be made to sit down for peace talks with the government the u.n. will meanwhile reveal its findings about chemical weapons use in syria and today. he continues its series of reports from the heart of the syrian war this time our correspondent joins syrian troops dodging sniper fire and damascus. and it's revealed that u.s. national security agency is keeping a close watch on international financial operations banking transactions the activity of customers worldwide.

news and comment twenty four hours a day this is. now the syrian opposition should be forced to sit down for peace talks with the syrian government that's the message from russia's foreign minister who says that it's time to get the opposition on board the syrian government agreed to destroy its chemical weapons and join geneva talks without preconditions. going off is to tell us more go tell us what steps does the russian foreign minister want to see in order to move this syrian peace process forward while the main message put forward by foreign minister lavrov is that time has run out for this conflict has been going on for too long and so much effort has been made to for a diplomatic peaceful solution to be possible and the opposition in syria according

to foreign minister lavrov has stopped making preconditions and if needed it has to be forced to sit down and. negotiate peacefully now mr lavrov also commented on the latest demands which were announced earlier on monday by france britain and the us for the un security council to pass a fresh resolute resolution on syria before the end of the week and putting to russia's chief diplomats these demands distort the reality and actually go against previous agreements reached between moscow and washington the roadmap which was proposed to damascus it agreed to and that includes providing the complete information about the syrian stockpiles of chemical weapons and their disarmament by the middle of next year according to the foreign minister there's no need for the u.n. to apply pressure on this process now syria has signed up to the international

convention on chemical weapons which basically bans their use it's up to those organizations now to monitor the course of the disarmament and if any problems emerge then it's going to be time for the u.n. security council to step in and of course the u.n. is expected to reveal its findings about chemical weapons use in series and what we expect from that we are expecting a report from the u.n. experts later on monday which should really shut some light on what happened late in august on the outskirts of damascus meaning that alleged chemical attack but it's not expected that the report will actually establish which side used to allegedly use the chemical weapons but it is expected that they should establish whether or not a chemical attack did in fact take place we're also expecting to find out some details we should really paint a clearer picture about what really happened there the situation currently is still very fragile just remind you there's

a heavy international military presence there in the region military intervention is still. much possible earlier the us said they didn't need the approval from the u.n. so it's still very fragile and the other reason while this report is so important right now from the u.n. is that every time senior western diplomats including those from france britain and the u.s. meet and talk about the situation in syria or that incident in late august. usually almost automatically. in their talks mean that that was in fact a chemical attack and it was conducted by the syrian authorities that report should really clarify if that's true or not ok thanks very much indeed for that update. well most of the world support to the syrian chemical disarmament deal which russian the u.s. shook hands on in geneva last week an investigative journalist says washington is

trying to take all the credit for itself and downplay moscow's crucial role in the diplomatic breakthrough. there were other ministrations trying to steal all the credit for everything that's going on from the russians when in fact your bomb a present seat was see why display which is not all in a russian this is so learned that was discussed in detail do you really and the russians and the syrians when we were all the brink of war we see what was going to happen in even before obama you know last minute ploy this side it to pass the bolt of congress so the old one of president essentially was saved by the syrians the remnants and the russians and now they're claiming the credit for themselves. on the syrian opposition will meanwhile get more help from the west as announced by the french foreign minister and his counterparts from the u.s. and u.k. the un report says both sides in the conflict have committed human rights

violations and says such crimes by the opposition have been on the rise as more foreign mercenaries arrive the british defense study has found that nearly half of those fighting against the assad government are either jihadists or hard line islamists here's how the number opposition fighters breaks down in that defense report one hundred thousand rebel fighters are splendid to many different factions now these include al qaeda linked groups with about ten thousand jihadists fighting amongst them the hard line islamists in syria are similar but they're focused solely on the syrian war not on the global isn't a struggle but also moderate islamists which means that secular or nationalist fighters are in the minority parties rif national has been reporting from the front lines in syria and is her reports from a damascus suburb where she's witnessed syrian government forces battling the rebels. now underage 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 clashes between the governmental forces and the rebels from most 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 my guys i can't pick a fight at all now we're going with the army to one of their operations. darius self of the capital is sponsoring 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. fire

. this is what the syrian war looks like today 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 watching. the syrian army soldiers 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 and then the simple system helps save many lives every day where it doesn't work soldiers just wrong. in forty 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 hole this one they're everywhere. i know because i'm.

trying to do something from the. candidate you salute is here in the mornings he leaves nothing. more to life. in this war snipers or from both sides of the frontline. is what they do most of the time waiting for the enemy. in office assures me them that 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 sweet sometimes they leave their weapons and try to escape but sometimes they refuse and we have no other choice but the quite 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 you can follow me on twitter she has the latest updates from the fighting in syria right now she's tweeting about what's going on in the battles around damascus. i am. on my i. western governments are blaming the syrian government for the deadly chemical attack in august and other countries agreed to get rid of all such weapons by there live next year let's take a look at where these stockpiles are believed to be stored and you can see here we go how the ongoing conflict has divided the country into rebel held and government control there is with some places still hotly contested the rebels have been strongest in the north of the country an area where a chemical weapons storage facility is also believed to be located rebels could

have already had a chance to grab control of some of those stockpiles leaman threats have the u.s. attacking syria may have been put on hold with the disarmament deal there's artie's lindsey france reports some american companies have billions of reasons to see their country go to war. 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 lockheed threatened to lay off vast amounts of its one hundred twenty three thousand employees the white house intervened and lockheed martin back down again as stock surge with the beat of war drums then there's 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 american gauges and the more money 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 later in the program no more cash for questions u.k. government attempts to regulate lobbyists on labor criticism charity funding on the threat of the details. america's national security agency's widely monitoring international banking and credit card transactions that's according to

a report published by the german magazine der spiegel. revelations show that the n.s.a. is keeping track of phone records tapping personal conversations across the globe it's also public knowledge that the agency collects private information about the online activity of the world's internet users freshly expired whistleblower edward snowden indicate the n.s.a. has created a massive database the turning financial operations pacifically targeting customers of large credit card companies my colleague shawn thomas spoke to attorney joe horn explained what dangers banks and customers are facing in light of these latest revelations. 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. to 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. but i still had few

this sort of not so mutual benefits from struggles to heal its economic wounds becoming more addicted to cash flowing from the east find out news in the major helping to keep the country is this is a live report coming up in just a few minutes. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm sure.

to see. first rate. and i think you're. on a reporter's. instrument. they're welcome but. the string of cash for question scandals a british prime minister david cameron is attempting to regulate cities of special interest groups whenever the proposals are coming on the phone also the form. of

their opponents as well takes up the story. 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. are 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 another scandal his party's introduced a bill to regulate being but the proposals or third week that anti-doping campaign is earned themselves are united in their opposition what the ridged it 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 i was so disappointed with the government's projects because the definition of lobbyist. is 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 and voluntary organizations in the spotlight applying it kept to their spending in an election year just raising awareness of help. policy issue could fall into that category in a downing indictment at the bell the government's election regulator the electoral commission says it will have a dampening effect 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 forced to hit back with something far more draconian. you'll find those stories were running on much more online including israel has never confirmed or denied being a nuclear power now an american report on the lifts the veil of secrecy on the details for you at r.t. dot com. blasts of foreign russians far east as a nuclear sub bursts into flames takes a dozen teams of firefighters to battle the blaze. with less than a week until germany's general election the anti euro turning to for germany party looks set to secure a spot in the country's parliament and a merkel's ruling party could see their share of the hardest by the euro skeptic group of alternative from germany supporters are gathered in central berlin ahead of the vote. was that the right force. that germany's political new kids on the

block but it does seem that alternative for germany will have a key role to play and shaping what the country does politically over the next few years though the most recent polls ahead of the elections next sunday suggest that alternative germany will be taking a good four percent it's expected they'll take far more from not when germans actually get in to the voting at the polling stations now five percent is what you need to take a seat in the bundestag and it seems alternatively germany will do just that a euro skeptic party they are anti euro and their party leader has been outlining exactly what he wants to do when just when the alternative for germany gets into the poem the stock well you know that but you're a skeptical skeptical of the efforts to find currency and that we have a number of other issues like for instance our energy policy or like the ability of our social security systems on

a bunch of grapes and you to ration if you need i can you show off if you change the hundred or so these are going to be just because you will the next four years as much as this is been a good campaign for alternative for germany it's been horrific for anglo merkel's current's coalition partners the free democrats in fact many of the voters that would have voted for a democrat seem to be turning towards other parties like alternative for germany now what that could mean is some pretty dicey discussions when it comes to getting together a coalition here after the election and alternatively germany's members are saying that if angle or merkel wants them to be part of a coalition it's her that's going to have to move towards them not the other way around we will never work with angela merkel if she is not willing to soften her stand on the euro as it is right now it would be a real upset if angler merkel wasn't returned as german chancellor after sunday's ballot but it does seem that after the votes of being cast the real political wrangling will start when it comes to forming

a new coalition here in germany. it's all of them now to a police stations have been hit by car bomb attacks in the russian republics of chechnya and in the shanty in the offices were killed and five more injured when a suicide bomber attempted to ram a vehicle packed with explosives into a police station in eastern chechnya another car was detonated in a separate instance several kilometers away in the shanty and police tried to stop the vehicle for inspection when it exploded when officers there was killed. news making headlines around the world. flood a rescue operation in the u.s. state of colorado is being hampered by a new wave of course. is preventing helicopters reaching rest instruct behind the walls of every wedding has already killed six people in the number of missing is no reason to vote one hundred thousands of bridges and roads have been swept away across the state with recovery cost estimate about an inch of millions of dollars.

six nights of protests in istanbul resulted in scuffles between police and anti-government demonstrators were bullets and water cannon are used to disperse the crowds demonstrations began after the death of a twenty two year old student involvement city against a construction project affecting his university. and salvage teams are attempting to right the grounded luxury cruise ship the costa concordia live pictures here of that's operation eleven story larner which is roughly the length of three football fields a moment we see rising from the water accident killed thirty two people when the ship ran aground off the italian island of giglio engine is never try to raise such a huge vessel so close to learn operations are expected to last at least twelve hours. so hard economic times have made an easy bedfellows

of rounds of its eastern investors china has emerged as one of the world's top three investors a significant share of that cash benefiting french firms what he says are syria gauges the feelings between paris and beijing a mutual. vineyards in burgundy of bordeaux including well. sold iconic french bread and holiday resorts club med sold parisian fashion brands. eighty percent sold to hong kong investors the tip of the iceberg as far as chinese money and french firms is concerned but if you ask french president francois lauded his army of trade ministers and business success there's always room for more especially as recent grim industrial output figures cast doubts on paris's claim of economic recovery france accounts for a tiny portion of china's foreign trade just one point three percent versus germany's five percent france buys more from china than it sells so much so that

there's a twenty six billion euro trade deficit with the asian giant. i think that. probably we need more chart. where francis core industries are concerned another one of those with increasing chinese investment in the billions is a nuclear energy sector france's expertise as a crucial position within the street giants are. 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 on what's stopping china from going to get along there appears to be a price of doing business with asia's booming economies should we stay oaths hard or do we heard through various shadowy groups south korea and vietnam i don't know but to be able to do that. the party called about this is

a. technology that although the chiefs of these two nuclear giants moved to reassure the public about what technology they've given china the deals and denial still cause. enough fear that national interests were compromised leading the finance ministry to launch an investigation early this year and maybe oh so many chinese people are. it before we didn't want to american history but you know we cannot hope to movement of the story of the world. by the beauty of our technology to make every day every more. new products new credit. by the way we will be completely people again an uphill battle for a country of internal german memo 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 tusshar sylvia r.t. paris. coming up in our team we head to one of the most inhospitable environments on earth that. 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 in 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 to reduce their 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 documents 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 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 it's actually technically worse than communism for the majority of its lifespan where you could guard it up as you like excluding the brutal revolutionary period but that's just my opinion.