the leaks part of a u.n. report says it's inspectors are certain of chemical weapons use in syria says russia's foreign minister says the syrian opposition should be made to sit down for peace talks with the government. on the final r.t. continues its series of reports from the heart of the syrian war this time our correspondent joined syrian troops dodging sniper fire on the damascus suburb. and it's revealed that the us national security agencies keeping a close watch on international financial operations want to train the banking transactions of customers worldwide.

news and comment twenty four hours a day this is r.t. . the u.n. inspectors say they're certain that chemical weapons were used in syria that's from a leaked the first page of the reports said to present in an hour from now meanwhile russia's foreign minister says the syrian opposition that should be forced to sit down for peace talks with the government. now live with the details of this so this full report coming up in an hour's time what more can we expect well frankly it was widely expected that this u.n. report would confirm that what happened on the outskirts of damascus in late august was indeed a chemical attack it's not however expected that it will establish which side actually used the chemical weapons however we are expecting this report to give more detail about what actually happened there since the situation is still very fragile in the whole region there's

a very heavy international military presence there still a possibility of foreign military intervention so obviously any news coming from the united nations is of great importance right now and what steps does the russian foreign minister want to see taken in order to move this peace process forward according to russia's foreign minister. the time for games has run out this conflict has been going on for too long so much effort has been made for a diplomatic solution to be possible and he says that the syrian opposition has to stop making preconditions and if necessary it has to be forced to sit down and negotiate peacefully so you are also commented on the leaders demands coming from france britain and the u.s. which want to see the u.n. security council pass a fresh resolution on syria before the end of the week moreover paris wants to see this resolution to go under chapter seven of the same one which was used for the

green light for the military action in libya in iraq and during the. the korean war according to the foreign minister these demands distort reality and go against the agreements reached earlier between moscow and washington and the roadmap which was put forward to damascus and accepted by syrian authorities it includes for them to provide the complete information on their stocks of chemical weapons and their disarmament by the second half by the middle of next year and the foreign minister says right now there is no need for the un security council to get involved since syria has also signed up to the international commands convention on chemical weapons which basically bans their use and it's now up to the organization for the prevention of chemical weapons to monitor the design process and if says

if any problems emerge then it will be up to the u.n. security council to get involved ok. thank you. the syrian opposition will meanwhile get more help from western governments as announced by the french foreign minister and his counterparts from the u.s. and the u.k. and the british defense study has found that nearly half of those fighting against the assad regime were the jihadists or hard line islamists who has had a number of opposition fighters breaks down in that defense report one hundred thousand rebel fighters a split into many different factions these include al qaeda linked groups with about ten thousand jihad fighting amongst them the hard line islamists in syria similar they're focused solely on the syrian war not on the global is in the struggle but also moderate islamists which means that secular nationalist fighters are in the minority. has been reporting from the front lines here's her report from damascus suburb and she's witnessed syrian government forces battling the rebels.

now under it 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 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 my guys back in. 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 come 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 enemy's watching. those are not my soldiers say they could be snipers there and they pulled curtains like this one just to protect to prevent star players from seeing what's going on here. the simple system helps save many lives every day where he doesn't work soldiers just wrong. but. 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 hole this one they're everywhere. and. can you think the ones that haven't. carried you salute is here in more ways least. you can see more life. in this war snipers are from both sides of the front line. is what they do most of the time waiting for the enemy. in offices shows 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 haven't always just addressed militants to surrender their homes 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 an american strike seems to be on the backburner at least for now but syrian civil war goes on and on. raif notion r.t. damascus suburbs syria. and follow me on twitter she has the very latest updates from the fighting in syria right now and she's tweeting about what's going on in the battles around damascus. and. western governments are blaming the syrian government for that deadly chemical attack in august another country has agreed to get rid of all such weapons by the middle of next year so i can look at where these stockpiles are believed to be stored. here we go you can you can see here how the ongoing conflict has really

divided the country into rebel held and government control there is some places still hotly contested the rebels have been strongest in the north of the country there where a chemical weapons storage facility is also believed to be located rebels could have full ready had a chance to grab control of some of those stockpiles and the imminent threat of the u.s. attacking syria may have been put on hold with the disarmament deal but. in the 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 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 may. or breaking u.s. 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 and sharing a young jane there's a political analyst at the university of bristol let's get his take on what's going on in syria now we've heard just the start of this un inspectors report saying they

convinced that chemical weapons were used in syria but it's not expected to say who actually did it so how worthwhile can it be. so i didn't hear sorry yes how worthwhile can this report be it doesn't say who actually carried out the chemical attack while this is. more as a un inspection and that probably represents a more neutral kind of report a new first occasion that would. send some information or message to the international community as to what to make of this particular report really that leaves it to the international community particularly great powers russia and the united states only lies to make out what this report really means for the decision whether to go to war or not to go to war and russia's foreign minister says the opposition's to sit down for talks now do you think that's likely to happen.

well i mean the negotiations hims to be going on all the time i mean when you are what comes out of the in because we haven't seen very. positive results really out of the recent negotiations whatsoever well france britain the us say that they go to give more help to the syrian rebels isn't that counterproductive in order this. well this is the usual position basically we have come to some kind of diplomatic resolution of the use of chemical weapons issues but that is far from resolving the domestic conflict between the government and its opposition so obviously the support for the opposition has been the consistent position of the west including of course the united states and its allies and how practical could it be for syria to open up its chemical weapons arsenals in the middle of

a civil war is that actually practical or possible that would be the challenge for the moment taishan of the recent agreement between the united states and russia to put first of all chemical weapons under international control and eventually destroy it now that certainly the challenge whether it's practical or not obviously depends on the situation on the ground obviously the cooperation between the syrian government and also opposition is vital for implementing this particular agreement ok enough thank you very much indeed for joining us live here in r.t. today. and to our other developing story this hour police say ten people that have been shot after a lone gunman who still at large opened fire at a navy yard in washington d.c.

several civilians and police officers were among the wounded in attack or has reportedly barricaded himself inside a room in the building the f.b.i. is currently at the scene helicopters have been deployed to rescue workers and flights have been grounded at reagan national airport you to the incident smoothly three thousand people work at the building where the largest of the navy's command systems is situated the exact number of casualties remains yet unknown these are live pictures from that developing story we'll bring you the latest of course as we get it. and just ahead on the program a report on how your credit card transactions are being monitored by the n.s.a. also on a matter of not so mutual benefit as france struggles to heal its economic analysts say it's becoming more dictating cash flow in from the east you find out who's been

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. critical three months for three. months free. free. free. download free volunteer video for your media project a free video down to our t. dot com. welcome back america's national security agency is widely monitoring international banking and credit card transactions that's according to reports of published by the german magazine der spiegel the revelation show that the n.s.a. is keeping track of phone records and tapping personal conversations across the globe it's also public knowledge that the agency called x. private information about the online activity of internet users or freshly expired whistleblower edward snowden indicate that the n.s.a. has created

a massive database detailing global financial operations specifically targeting customers of large credit card companies my colleague shawn thomas i had to attorney a job horn explained what dangers banks and customers a 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 will this affect us using our credit cards and regular banking services on a daily basis if in us 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 on a string of cash for question scandals british prime minister david cameron is attempting to regulate the activities of special interest groups however their proposals are coming under fire not only from the dumpy it's from their opponents as well. 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 there was cash 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 to know of a scandal his party's introduced a bill to regulate lobbying but the proposals are third week that being 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. in

fact we've been calling for it and that's why we're so disappointed with the government because the definition of a law. that'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 and voluntary organizations in the spotlight applying a cap 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 down painting effects on public debates the bills already had its second reading and industry insiders are worried it'll be rushed through it would prevent more scandals they say but when the next one does happen the government will be for. both to hit back with something fall more draconian. stories were running

much more online including israel has never confirmed or denied being a nuclear. american reports on the lifts the veil of secrecy with details for you don't come. so far in russia as far east as a nuclear sub bursts into flames takes a dozen teams of four fonts to battle the blaze. news today. these are the images the world is seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. through police stations have been hit by car bomb attacks in the russian republic of chechnya and. three officers were killed and five more wounded when

a suicide bomber attempted to ram a vehicle packed with explosives into a police station in eastern another car was detonated in a separate incident several kilometers away. he's trying to stop a vehicle for inspection and it exploded when officer was killed. the ongoing flood rescue operation the u.s. state of colorado is being hampered by a new wave of downpours the fresh deluge is preventing helicopters from reaching residents trapped behind walls of every thing has already killed six people with more than one thousand two hundred unaccounted for dozens of bridges and roads have been swept away across the state damage estimated at just millions of dollars. and salvage teams are attempting to right the grounded luxury cruise ship the costa concordia eleven story larger which is roughly that of three football pitches at the moment you seen rising slowly from the water the accident killed thirty two

people when the ship ran aground off the island and. ration is expected to last at least twelve hours. and the sixth night of protests in istanbul has resulted in scuffles between police and anti-government demonstrators of a bullet some water cannon were used to disperse the crowds demonstrations began after the death of a twenty two year old student involved in a city against a construction project affecting his university. hard economic times have made an easy bedfellows of frauds eastern investors china has emerged as one of the world's top three investors with a significant share of that cash benefiting french firms what gauges are the feelings between paris and beijing on mutual. then years in burgundy and bordeaux including well known. 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 x x 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 of vs germany's five percent france buys more from china that it sells so much so that there's a twenty six billion euro trade deficit with the asian giant the four pro i think it's. probably more charged. where france is core industries are concerned another one of those with increasing chinese a very went in the belly as is the nuclear energy sector france of expertise has

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 it alone there appears to be a price of doing business with asia's booming economies should we stay outside or do we hurt to invest in china know in the group. i don't know but to be able. to pull the policy called about the the. technology although the chiefs of these two nuclear giants moved to reassure the public about what technology they get in china deals and denial still caused it. i fear that national interests were compromised leading the finance ministry to launch an investigation early this year and maybe even

a finger oh so many chinese people are very we love it of the focus even flaunted american investment but you know we cannot stop the movement of the story of the world but it is by both the beauty of our technologies to make every day every more of it where your new products new credit the beauty 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 does our sylvia r.t. paris. and about twelve developing story now four people have been confirmed dead and eight injured after a shooting at a navy yard in washington d.c. points are emerging that three gunmen were involved in the attack and one of them has been killed several civilians and police offices are among the victims of these

live pictures now of that incident turned the f.b.i. is at the scene and flights have been suspended in and out of reagan national airport to the incident approximately three thousand people work at the building with a large just the navy's command systems and situation of course we'll bring you more on that developing story as we get it here don. next is the world trade organization capable of tackling global trade problems sophie and k. will be attempting to answer that tough thing. we

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 druck 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 while 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.