why you should care about. this is why you should care only. the russian and french foreign ministers meet in moscow to consider a planned un resolution on the chemical the solomons of syria to disagree on whether to enforce compliance with threats. united nations headquarters in new york warns western powers against jumping to conclusions over un reports in last month's chemical attack in syria which found that sarin gas was used but stopped short of naming the culprit. a deadly rampage at a heavily guarded major city in washington d.c. shock waves to the nation and it raises deeper security concerns. also edward snowden the walks the streets of a russian city. gets exclusive insights into the secret life of the n.s.a.

months after his groundbreaking revolutions on american surveillance. is home that . international news uncommon to twenty four hours a day this is art. russia wants a u.n. security council resolution that will help oversee the chemical the silence of syria in accordance with a breakthrough deal recently struck by moscow and washington but france is pushing for the u.n. to pressure damascus to comply with the road map or face foreign intervention when i get the very latest now from our correspondent paul scott live for us here at r.t. paul obviously the russian and french foreign ministers have met in moscow to discuss this u.n. draft what came out of these talks well no real breakthroughs were announced following choose days discussions but the tone of the press conference was really

rather interesting with both sides stressing and highlighting their similarities rather than their differences both sides saying that their objectives for syria are the same that is peace in the country brought about by diplomatic diplomatic and political means the only difference really seems to be how to get there and in particular the wording of this u.n. security council resolution of the united nations will try and find common ground and try and agree on a resolution that would really give legal and binding support to the deal that was agreed in principle between moscow and washington in geneva over the weekend this is the deal that syria has also agreed to it would see damascus disclose and declare that chemical weapons stockpile by the end of the week and have it destroyed by the middle of next year now the usa the u.k. and france of course suggesting that the threat of military intervention and sanctions should remain on the table if damascus fails to comply with this

resolution however russia says this is counterproductive and are necessary and only if damascus fails to comply only then the issue been taken back to the u.n. security council and not before the threat of military intervention and sanctions should not be included in the. resolution that the other topics that were discussed by the foreign ministers in moscow on tuesday included the possibility of a geneva two conference where both sides. in the syrian conflict get around the table and try and discuss a way a peaceful resolution to the end of the conflict now russia says they can get representatives representatives from the syrian government around the table however the opposition are unlikely to do so without the precondition that president bashar al assad stands down but at the moment that looks extremely unlikely. because now paul scott thank you well meanwhile international envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi who helped mediate the agreement on syria between russia and the u.s.

spoke to r.t. about the ramifications and. i have repeated from the very beginning that the rules of russia and the u.s. and resolving the syrian conflict are highly important i faced criticism from some who said that i was wasting my time they said that there was no point in traveling to russia or the us but i believe it has now become clear just how construct event effective the role of these two countries can be there is no military solution for the syrian crisis we must find a political solution russia has stressed that the un probe concluding nerve gas was used in syria last month has not ruled out rebel involvement in the atrocity western powers have been quick to claim the report is enough to implicate us that washington insists the rockets used in the attack could only have belonged to loyalist forces or the u.n. finding state that the sarin tipped warheads may have been improvised and the report did not pinpoint the sites from where they were launched and residential

areas of damascus report now has more now. therefore released by u.n. inspectors says that there is clear and convincing evidence that chemical weapons were used in the rebel held damascus suburb of on august twenty first but the report does not answer the key question of who launched the top russian ambassador to the united nations batali turk and says that allegations that the syrian opposition used chemical weapons should not be shrugged off i think some call it has jumped to their conclusions when they were saying that they such the report definitively proves that it was the government forces who used to go weapons in the glued on august twenty first of all we haven't even had a chance to look at the report in part of the u.n. report inspectors describe the rocket used to disperse the nerve agent gas sarin as a variant of an m. fourteen artillery rocket with either an original or an improvised warhead the u.n.

report also says that while the exports were canvasing want to stock site individuals arrived carrying other suspected munitions indicating that such potential evidence could have been moved or possibly manipulated the reports said those areas were under rebel control but did not elaborate on the individuals were ambassador churkin says when it comes to who carried out the chemical attack many questions still remain unanswered one question which i sort of wondered out loud about in the course of consultations and there was no answer to that you know we have this scenario of the use of chemical weapons on august twenty one by the government forces they are fighting with opposition armed groups and they've they've been for a number of rockets with chemical well weapons. trying to get through those armed opposition groups and there are no casualties in the in the opposition groups is it even said equally possible to fire five or six rockets against your opponent.

the one inspectors have concluded that the environmental chemical and medical samples collected provide clear and convincing evidence that surface to surface rockets containing the nerve agent sarin were used in the ongoing conflict between the parties in syria u.n. secretary general ban ki moon says the incident amounts to a war crime and that the perpetrators. must be held accountable the un chief says this is the most significant confirmed use of chemical weapons against civilians since saddam hussein used them in one thousand. group of former u.s. security officials have warned the white house about intelligence reports from the wars and indicating that radical rebel factions were in possession of chemical weapons one of those experts. say the details. i have. a report from

a source who has direct connections with two to classified information it's one one page i mean expecting others it's classified secret no foreign it's from the n g i c or the national ground intelligence center the u.s. military did an assessment based upon fifty indicators and clandestine interviews that the sourcing siren originated out of iraq into turkey before some of it was confiscated in may in turkey and that there has actually been a more significant amount of crn production both in iraq and in turkey going to the going to the opposition principally al-qaeda and we've had separate reports now that al qaeda elements are rather significant numbers and have and now

have permeated into the opposition so the ability to be able to. distinguish who gets what and where is going to makes it much more problematic for this administration will stay with r.t. for their latest on syria you can also get more details and analysis on our web site at r.t. dot com. now in other news a mass shooting at one of the most heavily guarded the military facilities in the u.s. capital is left thirteen people dead including the gunman they saw saying the attack and used a valid post to access washington navy yard parties some sex is in washington d.c. . i'm here on m. street in southeast washington d.c. just a few blocks from the navy yard where police responded to an active shooting that we now learned led to multiple fatalities as of right now the fatality count stands at thirteen people including the suspected gunman who police have identified as thirty four year old aaron alexis who formerly served in the navy and was working

as a military contractor police are also looking for a second man who was seen wearing a military style uniform around the scene of the crime he's considered a person of interest in the shooting witnesses described the scene shot starting side the building and building one hundred seven i was not there i heard this and shots there inside the building i know it was on the fourth floor when i thank you we did the building myself and other gentlemen were in the alley behind that building and that's what we were shot at the washington navy yard is the navy's largest on shore establishment today it serves as an administrative pub for the navy housing the chief of naval operations and the naval sea systems command many who worked at the navy yard were forced to shelter in place for as long as eight hours until police determined the scene to be safe we were shuffled around it just it. was a good home an area here is it where we could be took care of the spores like contacting spouses family members would. be they were very very professional about that they made sure that we were comforted that during this traumatic situation

that those who worked at the building considered it secure this is a military environment and we owe a screen to get a in and you know we thought to be in the seven vironment but again not on come on you know outside in this area because we had a military zone but for to happen is quite unfortunate it's with the suspect may have acquired a security card from someone who has access to the building there are no metal detectors in place as part of security as of right now there is no known motive and survivors are still trying to piece together what they lived through. that's going to be tough to. washington sacks are two. of president obama has lamented yet another mass shooting describing it as a cowardly act the country has seen numerous recent gun attacks and the latest rampage is the deadliest it's a miniature city in four years let's have a look at the timeline of all of this now and what an event

a two thousand and nine an army psychiatrist killed thirteen people and injured thirty two more a rampage at fort hood texas two years later twelve people lost their lives in a mashie to the movie theater in aurora colorado and less than six months after that item that. his mother dead before entering sandy hook elementary school and killing twenty six most of whom were children and in march this year another shooting spree at a military base left three dead including the attacker and five on his place now and a few months later unemployed twenty three year old killed five people including his own father in santa monica while this went on this gordon duff says that such instance highlight major flaws america's security system the issue we have i think is that we have a massive amount of security in places where it's highly visible where the threats are really very very low they're done for appearance sake only. america is

it is a country with maybe two hundred million or more privately owned weapons. the idea of increasing security in the united states the people are very much against it they're tired of twelve years of being followed catalog wiretapped apparently all our mail being read. people are tired of that. there is no amount of violence that's going to bring the american people to a point where they're going to want more government more watching more security more big brother. well still to come on the program a voice still dissent from a largely pro e.u. germany a euro skeptic party seen as an outsider in the upcoming parliamentary election could make a crucial impact. in just a few minutes. plus how the fugitive whistleblower edward snowden is adapting to his new life in the rush up to obtaining temporary refuge from american prosecution .

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welcome back now it's been over a month since that was snowden received temporis soliman russia so father phil is known about his circumstances he hasn't yet been spotted by the media well if he spoke exclusively to the lawyer assisting the n.s.a. whistleblower earlier we discussed the details of that interview with autism as he fronts. so where is the snowden well that's the question everyone wants answered as quickly as possible there was word when he left the airport initially that he was actually staying with american friends so we sat down with anatoly kuchera now

which is his lawyer assisting him ever since he got here in russia we asked him that very question and this is what he has to say. it is impossible at the moment to reveal where he will talk openly about we believe the danger remains quite high and what sort of danger do you mean we. should go there well which is what you have to understand is that he's being persecuted by major holland in the u.s. government and we fear that they could use some very serious consequences. even within the russian territory i mean they can change them can't you clear in russia if you do you know i don't think that is going to happen but we saw american special forces intervening in other countries is going to also with regards to our own citizens they get detained to broaden transfer to u.s. attorney in. this he goes. of course you don't he walks he can travel he enjoys traveling and he's interested in our history has he been recognized in the

streets were while he was traveling you know he hasn't been recognized not so far ok so he hasn't been recognized on the street so far but he is paying for his own private security team to watch out for him and his father is reportedly coming to visit him very serious gotta get all the paperwork taken care of so there we go speaking of security there was talk of him getting a job here so i'm guessing that he must be getting some kind of funding somewhere how's that going on for him i mean does he have any office on the table do we know that well there's plenty of offers the question is will it be a book deal that he takes up will it be work as a program or will it be a talk show who knows we asked about this specifically and here's what he told us he's still receiving a huge number of offices and people are writing to him and calling there for assistance because they understand that this. needs to settle he also gets calls from business executives from different companies who want to give him a job have there been any offers which surprised you. yes there was

a woman about fifty years old who couldn't suggest. i found that pretty amusing yet as you can imagine an adoption office pretty amusing and also when he was in the airport he was also getting marriage proposals from women here and as you can imagine any business executive it would increase the public attention on their company if edward starting were to take a job there but i could china does mention that he is very interested in that snowden is interested in doing human rights activism here in russia especially in light of what brought him here to begin with so we'll be watching that closely of course if he has more. well you can watch the full exclusive interview with an attorney katrina a lawyer assisting whistleblower edward snowden next week or not. i .

germany will be electing a new parliament this weekend and it's from you seem to be a close race with no party heading for an outright majority coalition talks are likely without some other factions possibly having a decisive influence on what the bundestag looks like come next week well to appease all of attended a rally of one of the parties that is now unexpectedly so to make a crucial difference. that germany's political new kids on the block but it does seem that alternative for germany will have a key role to play in shaping what the country does politically over the next few years now the most recent polls ahead of the elections next sunday suggests 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 bundestag well you know that but you're a skeptical skeptical of the efforts to find her and that we have a number of other issues like for instance our energy policy or like the ability of our social security system something to be just. great i need you to ration you need i can you show off if you change everything so he's ok i'm just going to you will the next four years as much as this is being a good campaign for alternative for germany it's been horrific for anglo merkel's current 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 but 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. well where do governments draw the line when it comes to keeping this isn't under control the bahraini authorities it seems that children are fair game on our website we tell you how young people are getting on the wrong side of the regime. also online over the past month infrequent involving updates from japan's crippled fukushima nuclear power plant my mother nature could be about to make nothings even worse he tells it all to me dot com. right to see. the search for the shooter and i think that you're.

on our reporters with their. instrument. to be in the. in other international news now this hour in greece at teachers and school boards the strike action over state spending cuts the demonstrators were targeting us trying to approach a government building on going public sector layoffs are aimed at meeting conditions imposed by foreign creditors rallies come ahead of an inspection later this month on fisheries and european commission an international monetary fund. in the southern philippines around one hundred hostages freed from prison with rebel forces a large scale military operation insurgents have occupied large parts of the city

in a week or seen tens of thousands of residents to flee around seventy rebels have been killed and dozens were crapshoots from the ground. but rebels about a great break away stated. a group of lawyers and former army officers sparked controversy in egypt by launching a petition urging the military chief to run for president he goes to collect thirty million signatures to convince general abdel fattah el-sisi to give in to what the organizers describe as overwhelming support last two months after he asked egypt's first elected president mohamed morsy supporters to guess the quran swept through egypt and most people died in the bloody crackdown on dissent. and the costa concordia cruise liner has sounded its horn in celebration of being pulled upright twenty months on from

a tragedy that claimed two lives italian ship which ran aground after striking a reef will not be towed away and scrapped are seeing time lapse were to drop the lifting operation the biggest ever for passenger vessel after nineteen hours of strenuous efforts by engineers the crushed starboard side was pulled out of the water off the coast of tuscany going viral. until the spill from the wreck protected so far. ninety feet a vessel is longer than the titanic with. an engine. well next to trigger happy police officers and their bounden heroes of nine eleven and breaking the set with happiness.

we 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 outlets not 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 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 it's actually technically worse than chi. in islam for the majority of it's life span where you could guard it up as you like excluding the brutal revolutionary period but that's just my opinion. on their way to antarctica the crew of the i could to make sure that a face many challenges. here you have to look out for yourself crashing on to rocks trapped in pack ice in extreme conditions in a thing can happen and dark to 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 academic a field of radio check please respond. what's up guys welcome to breaking this that i'm abby of the week and america's grossly over militarized police force once again showed its true colors first and charlotte north carolina where police killed twenty four year old book ball player jonathan ferrell who thinking help after miraculously surviving a car crash a homeowner called nine one one and told this batters that a man's repeatedly knocking on door relief when they arrived at the scene fairly

hard at them but something tells me that by charge they meant stumbling injured so naturally want to cops fired a stun gun when that failed to stop another police officer opened fire and killed him and not to be outdone in the police brutality department on the same day in new york city the n.y.p.d. opened fire in times square toward a man pretending. to point a gun at officers sort of hitting the crazed man who was later found to be unarmed police struck two female bystanders that can serve more like shoot first ask questions later. the they'll take another look very hard to take out the still. love that he ever had sex with the terrorists there are those. that are love. that.