i'm. no u.n. resolution on the handover of syria's chemical weapon should allow the use of force according to russia's foreign minister who tells his french colleague he wants more pressure on the syrian opposition to join the peace talks. a mass shooting in the u.s. capitol leaves thirteen dead with a lone gunman targeting a heavily guarded naval facility the motives behind me attack a still unclear. and also he speaks exclusively to the whistleblower edward snowden as we paced together the details of the fugitives every day life after his revelations lifted the veil on the n.s.a. sweeping snooping activities.

are welcome it's good to have you company watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with may. now russia's foreign minister is in damascus at the moment amid reports that the syrian government gave its allies crucial information about the use of chemical weapons in the country the french foreign minister was in moscow earlier talking to his russian counterpart sergei lavrov about how to move syria's disarmament process forward well arty's pull scott joins us right now paul what further details can you give us about the developments coming out of syria at the moment well russia's deputy foreign minister is in damascus right now for talks with syria's foreign minister and the two sides are discussing the best way forward to implement the deal that was agreed in principle

between moscow and washington in geneva at the weekend a deal of course that would see syria dismantle its chemical weapons arsenal as you say there are also reports emerging the ceilings saying that damascus has handed over information to its allies suggesting that rebel forces have carried out chemical attacks in the country now the two diplomats meeting as we speak artie's maria for national is in the meeting there's not expected to be a press briefing into later on wednesday but here's what we're told us a little bit earlier on. the russian deputy foreign minister met with the red foreign minister today here in damascus and that is yet another meeting over the country and the last week of course makes back that the deal russia connecticut agreed on tuesday to go into weeks here it would have to be sure we remove the chemical weapons by me two thousand and fourteen and before and over if you make of it that within a week we'll talk to the end of that meeting we think at the close down in detail

exactly our walk in the room sure it's been well written on the gear report and it went forward minute that period has filed and through that important more you've been betrayed by the minute then and that information was handed over to i don't know the details of the information and we expect that we'll have more. to it but my fear is that at. well earlier on tuesday russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov had a new one of his counterparts from france in moscow now the two sides don't see eye to eye over the possible wording of a u.n. resolution the u.n. resolution that would see syria dismantle its chemical weapons arsenal to france along with the u.k. on the united states that's seen for the threat of sanctions and force to the name on the table in case damascus doesn't reply with any resolution where russia says that's not what was agreed in geneva and is also unnecessary.

lucic of sort of. the u.n. security council resolution on syria's chemical disarmament won't be under chapter seven we clearly stated that in geneva and the document we signed there doesn't mention chapter seven but the u.n. will definitely control the entire disarmament process and will take measures if the process is not followed in the determines there haven't been any provocations. but it seems that one thing is at the moment it's by the fact that a deal has been agreed in principle it looks as if the diplomatic wrangling is going to continue for some time yet yes i k thank you paul that's a poor scott meanwhile marcum aloof had worked for the u.s. defense department for nearly thirty years and he showed us what he claims is a classified u.s. intelligence report indicating that al-qaeda linked rebels from the al nusra front where in possession of sarin gas the document also states that the poison could have been used in an attack on syria's largest city aleppo in march i have.

a report from a source who has direct connections with. classified information it's one one page i mean expecting others it's classified secret no foreign it's from the n.g.i. sea 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. meanwhile seven people have been killed in a car bomb blast in syria near the country's border with turkey many more have been injured in the explosion which took place at a rebel controlled checkpoint we'll bring you more as we get it. last week the un human rights council issued a report detailing widespread war crimes and crimes against humanity in syria blaming both sides for the atrocities committed artie's xander boyko spoke to a member of the un independent commission that led led the inquiry you can watch the full interview next hour here on r.t. but here is a preview. this is the tenth reported that your commission issued on syria and

reading them is becoming increasingly more difficult to footage and their testimonies of their chastity's are getting more and more brutal by the month the coverage that we are for encompasses all groups both government and non-government and the humanitarian message that it's relate is one that's relate to all sides so that the nondiscriminatory aspect of our work in terms of covering all actors inside syria as well as a message for those backing them i think it's very important that we relay the message that the actors the perpetrators may have some backers what we call constituencies behind them and so our message also is to invite to and influence the constituencies behind the various groups and troops and so on to talk by by human rights in metairie and law as well as to ensure that the people they give money to comply with human rights and humanitarian law.

and there's plenty more on our website about the developments on the syrian crisis at the moment and right now we're reporting about the obama administration waving federal provisions in order to supply the syrian rebels to head to r.t. dot com for more on that. a mass shooting at a heavily guarded u.s. naval command center has left thirteen people dead including the gunman himself the shooter is believed to be a former navy reservist but it's still unclear what drove him to carry out be it. back the washington navy yard is the navy's largest on shore establishment

president obama has described the latest shooting as a cowardly act meanwhile the u.s. is witness numerous gun attacks in recent years in november two thousand and nine thirteen people were killed thirty three were injured in a rampage carried out by an army psychiatry at fort hood in texas and two years later twelve people were shot dead when a gunman entered a movie theater in aurora colorado and less than six months after that adam lanza attacked the sandy hook elementary school killing twenty six mostly children and in march this year another shooting spree at a military base left three dead including the attacker who opened fire on fellow service personnel while a few months later an unemployed twenty three year old killed five people including his father in santa monica well the latest shooting left the country's capital in turmoil and government facilities and schools were placed on lockdown and flights

were suspended from a nearby airport the targeted navy command center is just blocks away you can see here from capitol hill and the white house has indicated on this map well political analyst gordon duff says that such incidents highlight major flaws in 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. 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. coming up later in the program a year i sketched think may play a key role in jim these upcoming elections undermining the chances of. that allies forming a governing coalition we've got the details in a few minutes. wealthy british. time to. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for

a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report. welcome back now human rights watch claims there's evidence that bahraini security forces routinely detain and if huge children suspected of participating in anti government

process that's actually according to this press release that was issued today in here is a quote from it it says that bahraini authorities often hold children for long periods in detention and subject them to similar forms of mistreatment as adult detainees including beatings and threats of torture while we spoke to mr mcgee kim one of the authors of this press release he shared some of the alarming details. it's part of a broader crackdown on society in arbitrary detentions already corman mistreatment and detention is common and it often rises to the level of torture what we found is that there is a failure to distinguish between child detainees and adults so the children are mistreated in the same manner as as i don't i think the most alarming serenading issues referring to in this brief research that we conducted was the

children being threatened with rape children being threatened with electrocution and children being beaten one point. beating outside of a police station was only stopped or or lessened when a senior officer was brought on to the boss and he reportedly said beat them but do it quietly with the evidence that we produced would appear to be perhaps only the tip of the iceberg unfortunately a month has already passed since russia granted asylum see fugitive american whistleblower edward snowden he hasn't been seen in public since then or any details of his current life revealed will my colleagues about not so i spoke to marty's in the friends area for more on the mystery man. 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 don't know which is to be

a lawyer assisting him ever since he got here in russia we asked him that very question and this is what he has to say that it is impossible at the moment to reveal where he's living or talk openly about it and we believe the danger remains quite high what sort of danger do you mean. you know well it's what you have to understand is that he's being persecuted by major powers the u.s. government and we fear that they could be some very serious consequences. even within the russian territory you mean they can chase and catch him here in russia. i don't think that is going to happen but we saw american special forces intervening in other countries also with regards to our own citizens they get detained abroad and transfer to u.s. territory this he goes. of course we don't he walks he can travel he enjoys traveling and he's interested in our history has he been recognised 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 the offer assistance because they understand that this. needs to settle here 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 called and suggested. 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 started work 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. so that just gave us a bit of a preview of our exclusive interview with the lawyer assisting edward snowden you can catch it in full next week here on r.t. in suffolk.

germany will be electing a new parliament this weekend and it's promising to be a close race with no party heading for right majority coalition talks are likely with side of factions possibly having a decisive influence on what the bundestag looks like come next week will artie's people over attended a rally of one of the parties that is now unexpectedly set some 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 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 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 systems and i 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 has been a horrific anger 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 in 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 if you get a chance to go to our web site as well because we've got plenty more stories on there including following in french footsteps is paris molds being religious symbols in universities a british m.p. calls for muslim fails to be banned in the u.k. schools. in america one company's drones have been grounded for unauthorized mapping flights over colorado's floods that you can read all about the r.t. . right to see.

her story. and i think you're. on our reporters. on. let's have a quick look now at some other stories happening this hour around the world the costa concordia cruise liner has been pulled upright twenty meters after it ran aground off the coast of tuscany killing thirty two people it will now be towed away and scrapped after nineteen hours of efforts by engineers the crushed board side was hauled out of the water no pollution from the wreck has been detected so the two hundred ninety meter there is longer than the titanic with more than double the tonnage. mexico continues to contend with flooding and landslides after two

powerful storms that left more than forty people dead finally began to wane hurricane in create has been raging on both east and west coast at the same time the disaster forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from the stricken regions thousands of houses were buried under mudslides with many more cut off from electricity. a glowing message was beamed on to. the side of the japanese embassy in berlin overnight the action in protest at japan's recent victory to host the twenty twenty games was organized by german artist all over. a kind of ski sorry the stunt was designed to draw attention to the latest spike in radiation levels at the fukushima nuclear plant two crew members from artie's video agency ruptly were briefly detained by police while filming the protest. the bolshoi theatre has ushered in a new season after

a summer break and its artistic director has returned to work eight months after an acid attack that nearly blinded him so they feel in has endured dozens of operations to save his sight and the incident exposed this are rivalries inside the world of russian ballet and cost reports worldwide media. was at the bolshoi theatre first really seems that the tough times for the bolshoi theatre are finally over and it is completely ready to fleece is the new season this special after the artistic director is back at the how a man he was indeed a long awaited comeback and mystery fell in look smart and allegations and he was also wearing t. is the usual already usual accessory sunglasses now if this is still troops reunion there was no mansion of this horrific passage of time that really shattered the cultural world of the russian capital in january of this year now one of the top dancers of the bolshoi theater probably teaching who actually used to play billions

on stage is now on trial on torture so we want to bring this time in after months and months of really long treatment and to dozens of operations to be fillin such that he might still need further medical treatment but still for now the artistic director is back at the theater. civil rights groups have been raising the alarm in the u.s. where over the weekend police officers opened fire on unarmed civilians in two different states assays abby martin takes on the issue in breaking the set eighteen thirty g.m.t. . well over the weekend america's grossly over militarized police force once again showed its true colors first in charlotte north carolina where police killed twenty four year old football player jonathan ferrell who was seeking help after miraculously surviving a car crash the homeowner called nine one one and told the dispatcher is that a man was repeatedly knocking on from door to leave when they arrived at the scene

fairly charged 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 but 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 crazy man who was later found to be an armed police truck two female bystanders protect and serve more like shoot first ask questions later. that's coming up a little later coming up not only smack in the kaiser report. 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 immediately people who write these articles draw comparisons to communist russia where people weren't allowed to grow their own food unless the state allowed it yes the 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 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 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 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. biomass guys are welcome to because the report of the second to begin with greg palast tells stuff come about larry summers the most evil financial terrorist in

the world but first let's catch up on world war money safety over yes max there's been a in official denial that the u.s. engages in economic espionage statement by the director of national intelligence james r. clapper on allegations of economic espionage it is not a secret he said max that the intelligence community collects information about economic and financial matters and terrorist financing this is because all this n.s.a. information has been released that they're collecting information not only on american citizens and foreign citizens but also on corporations and banks and financing centers all around the world he says we collect this information from many important reasons for one it could provide the united states and our allies early warning of international financial crises which could negatively impact the global economy and also could provide insight into other countries economic policy or behavior which could affect global markets right economic. infrastructure or surrounding the government wall street to conduct economic espionage in the wake of

nine eleven it gets back to how do you define terrorism in america the definition of terrorism is if you kill a bank or anybody else gets killed it's a crime but if you kill a banker that's terrorism trust me it's not eleven came and it was just citizens and no bankers it would not be the event that we know today is the great tragedy the fact that bankers went down it's terrorism oh marco it broke well but we do know which of all the bankers are done oh no that's terrorism this conduct economic espionage rather well that's part of every single transaction everywhere in the world to make sure our bankers make the most illicit gains possible right back to the say this is not just. post nine eleven the evidence suggests that they've been collecting data on all sorts of economic activity for decades and many decades they've been collecting this data so the cover story is nine eleven and it's only been happening for the last twelve years but he says that despite.