russia and inspectors to return to syria and probe new evidence suggesting that rebel fighters were behind last month's deadly nerve gas attack on a suburb of damascus. brazil by its roots to create it's very own internet to protect itself from american online surveillance doing edward snowden's revelations on the scope of u.s. spying activities. reka public sector workers pall of pressure on the government nationwide strike on its third day as a prime minister admits the country may need another six years to recover.

news and much more twenty four hours a day this is out welsh and officials are in damascus to hammer out an action plan for syria's chemical disarmament with a deal to avert u.s. air strikes intervention threats followed last month's sarin gas attack then by western powers on the assad regime russia says there is now fresh evidence implicating syrian rebels in that war crime correspondent is in damascus with the latest now. russia's deputy foreign minister is now in damascus to discuss the deal that moscow and washington agreed on earlier in geneva code into which syria has to destroy or remove its chemical weapons by me two thousand and fourteen and before and that is maybe even more important hand over a full list of its stockpiles with the a week full of in the ways the syrian foreign minister russia's diplomat said that the talks were constructive and that damascus understands the importance of this

listen and is fully aware of the consequences in case he doesn't do it russian officials say they received what syrian government calls the evidence that the radical rebels are behind the deadly chemical attack last month that the reportedly killed hundreds of civilians including children and you and probe a recently confirmed that sarin gas was indeed used here in syria but it didn't answer the question exactly who was responsible for that although their findings clearly states that the sarin t. warheads could have been amateur made north fact you could use but despite all this these questions that still remain open in this case u.s. and its allies were very quick to claim that this u.n. report was enough to blame the assad government for this attack last month this is something russia is strongly opposed to on the contrary saying that the reason

mounting evidence that they're ready. syrian rebels behind atrocities in an interview to r.t. russia's deputy foreign minister said he had a quote who is now in damascus said that a un report is one sided for war stories. we are we. are reaching. on the basis for what we believe these rather decisions about amount of information we're those charitable questions where in the three four tours discussed among security council members before we begin talking on what to do next we need to figure out why it is and why the group you're an expert is not going.

to syria to pitching investigation to some members of the u.s. intelligence community who say that and they will and the white house about that that the right indications that the rebels are behind this attack and also there are indications that they received no guys from abroad. well meanwhile the prominent syria blog has posted footage and actually showing chemical weapons being used by radical rebels let's get the details now from our correspondent paul scott here live in the studio paul what do we know about this this footage well the videos have appeared on the websites of prominent blogger who goes by the name of brown moseys now he's been focusing on the syrian conflict for the last couple of years analyzing the claims and counterclaims that have been emerging from the the two year civil war now he's been sent a link to three videos which apparently show a chemical weapons attack being carried out by opposition forces the videos apparently were found on the mobile phone of a terrorist who was killed recently on the kurdish border and you can see in the

footage now that the people carrying out the alleged attack wearing gas masks they're firing shells and rockets and their weapons are draped in extremist paraphernalia now the videos were dated august the twenty first which is of course the same of the chemical weapons attack that recently featured in the u.n. report the chemical weapons attack that led president obama to say that a red line had been crossed now bryan murray is on his blog his continuing being trying to decipher really movie information coming out of this conflict in his decision to publish these videos which suggest it could well be opposition forces who are carrying out chemical weapons attack and really open up the debate once more as a sign i suppose that the information war is going to carry on as long as the the ground war well it is interesting stuff isn't it i mean one of the theories about where the rebels could have acquired these chemical weapons if indeed this is this is correct well if it turns out to be true and that the opposition have indeed used these chemical weapons then one theory is that the sarin was came from iraq via

turkey now you remember in may there were reports coming out of the turkish press suggesting that a two kilogram cylinder of sarin gas was discovered in the homes of syrian opposition rebels connected with al qaeda through the al nasra front now at the time russia called for an investigation into those. reports but. actually denied that the reports were true and said that no such weapons had been found but former cia analyst michael maloof explains that that is indeed a possibility. i have. a report from a source who has direct connections with. classified information and he basically told me that 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. what he's had to say about that amazing potentially game changing situation quite dramatic stuff isn't it yeah of course i mean we have seen over the last few weeks that diplomacy is beginning to have an effect diplomacy is set to continue and it looks as if the information more is going to rumble along alongside it will be ok also useful scott thanks so much for that. he has

requested an official response from the pentagon on that document the problem two different simply said it refuses to comment on the matters of intelligence will stay with us the very latest on this developing story on air and online. brazil is set to fracture the internet in response to revelations on this a secret surveillance which are from to the president's doing to cool off a visit to the u.s. south america's largest country now aims to create its own cyber space to reach of american secret services nor has the story. as the n.s.a. spying scandal continues to undermine america's global standing one u.s. ally is not willing to forgive and forget the brazilian president dilma rousseff has canceled her scheduled visit to the white house next month pulling out of what was supposed to be the first official state visit of us. term it would have

also been the first for a brazilian president in nearly two decades in addition to breaking dates for cilia is also taking steps to divorce itself from the u.s. centric internet while seeking its own sovereignty in cyberspace president rousseff has ordered a series of measures aimed at greater brazilian online independence including storing citizens data locally to protect from n.s.a. snooping according to reports the brazilian government is also planning to lay underwater fiber optic cable directly to europe and also link to all south american nations currently most of brazil's global internet traffic passes through the united states now experts say if other nations follow in brazil's footsteps the us cloud computing industry which stores data remotely could lose tens of billions of dollars in business by two thousand and sixteen brazil's path towards internet sovereignty follows revelations that the n.s.a.

intercepted president rousseff communications hacked into the network of the state owned oil company and spied on brazilians in trusting their personal information to u.s. companies like facebook and google president rousseff says she intends to push for a new international rules on privacy and security in hardware and software next week when all the heads of state gather in new york for the u.n. general assembly on tuesday the brazilian leader is set to open the u.n. g.a. debates and her u.s. counterpart president obama is set to take the stage immediately afterwards reporting from new york marina r.t. . while many say the internet is on the verge of major changes due to the n.s.a. the next summer warning that's innovations may be rushed in without proper planning . there is a huge criticism here in brazil on the on this proposal the fact is the government

wants to offer brazilian internet users a stronger protection for their privacy the government realized that it could be a way to do it that's a great opportunity not only for brazil but for many countries to really take a stand on internet governance and really try to understand how the future of the internet in communications as a whole will wind up coming out of this huge scandal about the n.s.a. leaks so internet freedom has being like the flagship the trademark of all discourse from the u.s. government when it deals with and with internet governance well now that you have a situation like this one is clearly momentum that is building up for brazil for other countries in the global south and for other countries as well to really take a stand on that and try to come up with forbearers solution in a way which you could in a truly move stakeholder way discuss the future of the internet because it's clear that the way that we are going now it allowed a situation like this one that we had with the n.s.a.

and that's certainly something that created a huge impact for a number of fundamental rights and it is definitely a good opportunity to discuss and to reflect upon a new way to do with internet governance. also ahead this hour reciting the religious landscape well christianity appears to be declining in the u.k. it's gnome is gaining followers like never before putting it on the road with the country's dominant religion. unexplored antarctica what is it in this icy expanse that attracts the people who come here. along with you and i know i only go to the duchess. and enter into. a new generation of polar explorers is coming. we have a new group of specialists here now all of them are young how are they going to get

along with each other and i don't know. but i used to be a bureaucrat. see seriously. what adventures await in this mysterious land where do they live what do they eat and what are they actually doing it on top to go.

a five day nationwide strike by public sector workers in greece is now entering day

three with thousands out on the streets to vent their anger of adjusting state spending cuts the country's economy has shrunk by almost a quarter since two thousand and eight and forecasts indicate a further decline this year the spies were already receiving two massive bailout packages from international lenders often still needs around ten billion euros more to close a funding gap ma prime minister. has admitted that greece will need six more years to return to pre-crisis living standards is that half enough reports now from the greek capital. certainly a big day here in greece as some of the largest protests crowds hit the streets now thousands of schoolteachers have walked off the job on monday those protests resulted in some clashes of with the police doctors follow suit on tuesday and some of the largest public sector unions are joining in today's in fact many secondary schools and universities remain shut around the country now what they're furious about is the latest round of austerity measures greece is due to move or

temporarily slashed the salaries of some twenty five thousand workers in addition to cutting thousands of jobs by the end of the year now workers will either have to accept new posts or spend months working on reduce our use with no guarantee of actually keeping their job and this is of course in exchange for the next installment of its much needed rescue loans now this is a country that's and that's been in recession for six years in a row and while the economy is still shrinking many here say that they're simply tired of austerity tired of feeling like they're the ones paying for the mistakes made by governments and banks in the previous years now the country has gotten two hundred forty billion euros worth of help in two separate bailouts so far but the problem is that it's still unclear whether it can stand on its own and that of course is a cold comfort to greeks who see more austerity in their future and we have to keep in mind here on employment is nearing thirty percent two out of three young people are out of work and at sixty four percent youth unemployment that's the highest on

the continent we also are hearing according to a new report that suicide rates have increased by forty five percent in the first four years of the greek financial crisis that number set to rise and some radical right wing groups have also been able to effectively gain more support so a very mixed picture for the people on the ground and certainly it doesn't look like the protests are going to seize any time soon. for more details on how the greek population are coping with their bleak economic realities head to r.t. dot com also that today a country that flew to some of the world's largest oil reserves is also crying out for cash on what's happening in libya on our website. plus a meteor that under the earlier this year. in russia's urals has given birth to what looks like a new religion find out what all the fuss is about that's. right

to see. her straight. and i think that your. daughter's. now america's debt time bomb is taking congressional budget analysts voicing alarm over the government's failure to rein in spending which has pushed the national debt up to seventy three percent of g.d.p. double the two thousand and seven level. publisher of the trends journal says costly military ventures are partly to blame. we're squandering our resources fighting all of these unwinnable wars that never end and so the nation is going down economically ninety seven percent of the jobs that have been created this year

ninety seven percent are part time jobs you're looking at this so no one even saw the war will make a very bad situation much worse they're going to keep taxing the people just as they did as the roman empire did they tax the people more and it's not only in the states by the way look what they did throughout europe they call that austerity measures you know they cut your pensions benefits they raise your taxes so it's a way of keeping it going until the people revolt. when i welled up the car bomb attacks continue to wreak devastation in iraq the country's capital has borne the brunt of the latest violence at least twenty six deaths on tuesday i learned total of thirty four people were killed nationwide in shootings and bombings targeting main the shia neighborhoods in the past few months in iraq in the deadliest in five years with al qaida attempting to destabilize the shia led

government. ok by wall street activists have been back on the streets of downtown new york marking the movement's second anniversary with esther's have announced a new go introduction of a half percent tax on wall street financial transactions the police arrested several demonstrators who attempted to block a road of the first protest camp were set up in terms of the valleys spread to other cities in the u.s. riding a wave of anger and. real to street protests that struck in bangladesh the country's supreme court sentenced and also missed opposition needed to death by hanging. guilty of crimes against humanity dating back to the war of independence from pakistan four decades ago supporters say the case was politically motivated the country's west demonstrations turn volunteers and. disperse crowds in the south one man died after being struck

rock in my position once. christianity is central place in british culture increasingly under threat the church attendance numbers in severe decline while the nation's second largest religion islam is growing faster than ever and some studies suggesting it could eventually become the dominant faith auntie's pretty boy has a story. half of brits say they're christians but you wouldn't know it glancing at this london service. will see the appearance of the new figures show that the u.k. is official religion is declining faster than was previously thought worship as a raging and for the first time ever fewer than half under the age of twenty five described themselves as christian the decline of churches in the long term it just happens to be now approaching really rock bottom so ninety five percent of people

don't attend a church on an average sunday while the church of england struggles the office for national statistics says that the number of muslims in england and wales has surged by seventy five percent and their young half of british muslims are under the age of twenty five and not to be swayed man. they are. what is it the world's going. to be questioned motivation is very very different for different people. very well bonded and families really try to nurture young people in the in the full of islam we have more than fifty us and congregation from the young people because. the young people see issues so they feel part of the mosque establishment religious think tank the pew forum estimates that if present trends continue the muslim population of the u.k.

will swell to almost double within twenty years totalling five and a half million according to the spigot as it means that by twenty thirty britain will have more muslims than kuwait it's projects such as this community based muslim radio station that could provide the clue as to why the religion is flourishing in the u.k. in that brute's deejays who call themselves brothers and sisters talk about local issues in education from the point of view of islam. inspire started out as a special transmission during the holy month of ramadan it became so popular that it was established as a permanent radio station it's actually a lot of pressure a lot of the movie becomes an islamic ethos but we won't do anything which is deemed a non islamic on our hands the musical and one may question by the five top of the of the music that we play on the radio station we want to have your mainstream music playing on every cause so what majority would isn't deemed islamic we would not have ties anything on islamic in the sense that we would have any adverts while

called we want having our divorce for say for example gambling or going to things according to academics it's the b.d.'s that islam demands from its followers that's made it more appealing to worshippers and converts from other religions islam says no this is no. people find a sense of direction in the because their religion over eighteen has lost that not because that you didn't have it in neutral. they sort of became believe me and in the relation to the laws of the church i think it may be in this way you do good to make it more mellow and softer and attract more people into the church and in fact they've lost something that the church of england disagrees with the death of christian england has been greatly exaggerated despite a decade of naysaying and complaining by ses commentators and groups six out of ten people in england self identify as christians

a figure which tries to more than two thirds when including people identifying with faith as a whole and yet there are demographers that say that if current trends continue islam could eclipse christianity as the dominant religion in the u.k. in as little as ten years' time. r.t. london. well next r.t. follows the lives of research on explorers and i'm told to go stay with us.

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everything has to be done quickly. be able to take off and there's no other way of getting people onto the ship from the station they need to hurry. tomorrow. during the summer. in the southern hemisphere. much. so seasonal.

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and fortune is smiling upon us again everything's going to be great. i'm going to be eighty five in april now i only go to the doc. and antarctica. i'm drawn towards it my wife isn't even aware of these expeditions in the last few years. russia's expeditions to antarctica set off from cape town south africa while the ship stays in port for a few days the team members enjoy some time off. many of them want to take a tour to the cape of good hope. unfortunately there's not enough space on the bus .