top diplomats from the united states and russia meet in a bid to salvage syrian peace talks even as rebel forces turn their fire on each other and it unprecedented turf war. pulling no punches the u.k. looks to fall back some control over its legal system as a european court denies british judges the right to sentence criminals to life without parole. and pay up or move out lower income americans bear the brunt of washington's overspending as automatic budget cuts forced them out of their homes by the millions.

you're watching r t international live from our moscow headquarters island in france thanks for joining me nearly seven hundred syrian rebels have been killed in the past nine days in clashes not with the regime but with other other opposition fighters extreme islamists and moderates have turned on each other in what's become a savage her for meanwhile the chances of success at an upcoming peace conference are dimming by the day with less than ten days left before the geneva two conference is scheduled to take place hopes for proper peace talks just like the stakes are high there's no other solution for the syrian tragedy than a political solution but just when it seemed reports of atrocities carried out by al-qaeda linked rebels said bush the worst away from the m.c.g. rhetoric. we don't have the assad regime on one side and terrorists on the other it is the regime that is fueling terrorism. mixed signals are once again being

sent statements which some experts claim and are contradicting the facts on the ground these are cynical statements the western military alliance has been recruiting right from the outset and it's confirmed by numerous. reliable sources nevertheless it seems any anti assad words are music to the ears of the syrian opposition whose main precondition has been and still is for him to step down. the most important aspect of today's meeting is that we all agree that al assad has no future in syria there saad family has no future in syria this is despite even the former head of the cia and the ex u.s. ambassador to syria iraq and afghanistan admitting that as soon as it's gone jihadists will quickly take his place with the clock ticking and geneva two becoming closer it's so unknown whether the syrian opposition will be taking part in what is clear though right now with all these mixed messages coming out of

france perhaps the chances of its success are slipping even further you got pissed off r.t. fares. and if you are stime us secretary of state john kerry and russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov will be giving a joint press conference after their meeting in paris today with r.t. to hear their latest plans on running peace to syria meanwhile john kerry says he's confident that the rebel council will attend the peace talks despite its apparent reluctance the journalist john white believes that this will have little impact on the ground. it seems clear they're saying see very little credibility on the ground it can deliver nothing on the ground all the rebel factions are what associated with the sea or most of them and we have the fake teeth to other groups so all the us administration is increasingly desperate to try and cobble together some kind of syrian opposition and they can do business with but the syrian opposition itself

the city national council no really only exists say of syria and it only exists. us patronage so this is increasingly it seems like a few process that is about to hit the buffer. the opposition government in exile is now warning that northern syria which is largely helped largely held by rebel groups is in a state of anarchy the syrian national council has little authority over the fighters there and seeing what influence it does have passed over to islamists john white also told us that for western governments time is running out many of those who want to feel cool actually satan with assad because if you look at the situation on the ground is it growing increasingly desperate sunni fundamentalists putting into the country causing mayhem who are intent on turning the country into a killing field saw assad for all those people is the west of all evil at least with the assad government we have

a government that is located in the twenty first century the alternative is a regime is located somewhere in the seventh century i don't think there's much to discuss when the stakes of the high. as a syrian war drags on al qaeda is reaping the benefits in today's cross talk we hear how the terrorist network has managed to gain so much ground and who might be behind it. not long ago western media and politicians told us al qaeda was defeated or at the very least on its last legs the same media and politicians today tell us a very different story i'll quote it is very much alive and fighting indeed across many countries of the middle east al qaeda is betrayed as a deadly minutes in this edition of crossfire we ask what is al qaeda today who supports it and who benefits from it. we've received.

britain is struggling to claim back control over a part of its legal system from the e.u. the u.k. government insists it has the right to sentence the worst criminals to life in prison with no chance of parole but as laura smith reports from london a top european court says that practice runs roughshod over human rights setting up a legal showdown. if we're talking prison sentences it's already very breath and to me. but if the european court of human rights has its way it will become impossible for the courts in this country to hand down the most severe punishment that exceptional criminal but never become eligible for parole condemned to die in jail the a c. h. o. got involved after convicted killer complaints with the court saying it was the moralizing notes to have a child released last year the court agreed and ruled that having no right to

review contra be the european convention on human rights the justice secretary is set to fight the decision in a lengthy legal. but many say he should go a step further and leave the court altogether the legitimacy is pretty much nonexistent. there not a proper court made up of. often of politicians rather than lawyers many of. members a tiny countries or countries with. very poor human rights record i mean we're getting a lot of interference in our legal system. from them and i think it's completely completely unreasonable i think we should make our own decisions are in arrangements about about sentencing vera fewer than fifty prisoners serving whole life terms in england and wales for the severest drives one of them's bridget he was sent down last year for murdering schoolgirl j.

he's launched an appeal i know the killer ian mclachlan has already avoided a whole life because of the. he murdered a man while on day release from a murder that incident meanwhile the u.k. government is entering into a legal and expensive fight with the pig course of human rights just the courts interfering with british justice. at the expense set for iran to start reducing its uranium stockpiles of while the country looks forward to an easing of sanctions the us senate is raising the prospect of new obstacles will be reporting on that later in the program. also on its way and how they all sharon is put to rest israel's defense force rolls out hundreds of soldiers and an anti-missile defense system just provide a safe burial for the former prime minister. pensioners and low income americans are being forced to find smaller and cheaper homes or see

their rental costs soar the second year of automatic budget cuts known as sequestration could hit over two million households artie's marina porton i am met one of the victims of washington's overspending. my brother and his family inside and brown's home this is home for me a lifetime of memories are displayed everywhere you look one of my friends went there with me doing this in eighty three year old has lived in her one bedroom new york city apartment. for thirty seven years this is the first played out for mercy from h.p. but a few months ago city officials told her she has to downsize her options move into a studio apartment or see your seven hundred dollar rent triple the only thing i know is they heard the word sequester whatever that means they have this thing is the city agency that subsidizes rent for low income new yorkers is facing a thirty six million dollars reduction due to budget cuts known as sequestration.

as a result thousands of seniors like ann are being forced to shrink their lives into smaller and cheaper apartments and that physically able. to a will or i'm going to do it my friend if you're sitting on a sidewalk i can afford to stuart so what i'm going to do with my life is in this disappointment civil rights attorney norman siegel who represents many sequestered seniors calls the downsizing campaign inhumane i can't dismiss the possibility that the effect of this will impact disproportionately on seniors and poor people because in the bigger picture the people who are in power and make these decisions . know that seniors might not fight back and it's a problem playing out nationwide potentially affecting more than two million local income american households in the coming year that's according to one washington budget think tank but it's when social cuts drag in the nation's unprotected

pension nears that experts say the effects will prove explosive what happens to a family watching the government of the country stick it to grandma when she's eighty years old you're making enemies you wonder why people join the tea party you wonder why people join occupy wall street while many times the reasons are grandma in the current era of budget cuts the country's elderly most in need of government assistance and stability are being displaced vulnerable citizens forced to spend their golden years suffering the consequences of washington's debt and overspending is like putting somebody in prison that didn't commit a crime that's the way i see it what did we do the course this deficit and why are you going to balance it on the fact that a senior marine a port naya are to new york. germany is bringing is long into the fold its official status in some provinces has been boosted making it easier. for muslims to access

services but critics say it's just an attempt to score political points at stories coming up right after the break. millions around the globe struggle with hunger each good. what if someone offers a lifetime food supply no charge. they can the very strong push against g.m.o. and we think that. genetically modified products are priest to tool there is no. evidence that there is any problem with genetic engineering when you make a deal. or is free cheese always in the most trying i don't believe that the. poor and the free. enterprise is profit not.

for social justice golden rice are cheap. previously peacekeepers for a profound concern with monitoring peace deals in that post conflict environment nowadays there are increasingly asked to operate in a high risk obama while believe violence is still illegal to stay. motionless with these people who have caused over almost twenty years four million people killed millions of displaced and refugees tens of thousands of women raped. children and recruited those soldiers who were slaves no.

well january the twentieth has been set as the official start date for iran six month plan to scale back its nuclear program in exchange world powers. some breathing space easing crushing tensions but despite smooth progress on the deal so

far the u.s. senate is already considering new penalties against iran if it fails to follow through on its pledges president obama however has promised to veto the bill should it be passed he warned that such an approach could derail the historic diplomatic breakthrough with tehran reached last november do political analyst patrick henningsen thinks it's in the interests of many countries for terror and to be reintegrated into the global economy. the fact of the matter is the reason there's this to touch with iran is obvious we've got two factions we've got the military probe or israeli faction on one side that could never have peace with iran no matter what and then you have the fact that the world the west and the world needs iran they need to liquidate from petrochemical exports they need trade there's a stack of global stagnation economically right now and opening up i ran into the world trading theater is going to do a lot to increase trade and obviously move money around the world and goods and

services back and forth at a time when it's much needed so there's two two camps here battling it out one to keep iran closed and other council would like to see iran open for trade. a company in the u.s. has stopped one being out gunned it's found its customers are turning the firearms on themselves in increasing numbers find out what the owner has to say on r.t. dot com. also there the russian government goes online to ask citizens for their ideas and criticism as it puts together a new strategy for cyber security get the details on our website. the israeli army is sending around eight hundred troops to guard the funeral of former prime minister ariel sharon wary of possible disruptions from gaza sharon was deeply unpopular in the blockaded palestinian territory and his death was met with celebrations there but his legacy is also controversial inside the jewish

state as artie's policy where reports. the former israeli prime minister ariel sharon is being very elated today at his ranch in the south of israel perhaps more than any other is really figure he is loved and reviled in equal measure the i am dome anti missile system has been activated over the south of the country because his house is in the vicinity of what could range from gaza and of course israeli security establishment are concerned that her mass and other militants might try to fire rockets to disrupt the attention of the funeral and the arrival of world leaders to pay their last respects when it was announced over the weekend that sharon had died there were celebrations in gaza where sweets were handed out and posters of him were burnt sharon always justified his actions saying that they were full of security but he leaves behind a very insecure and vulnerable jewish state at the same time he's regarded as the father of the settler movement but his project to forcibly remove eight thousand

jewish settlers from gaza ended with them feeling betrayed and extremely angry today there are more than half a million citizens who live in the west bank and they vow that that will not be repeated they say that today in some area which is how they refer to the settlements in the west bank will continue there are still many who are. angry because of. the girls troop and because of the threats the imminent. like these would be. in the area and this is something will still remain are as part of his. at the end of last week tel aviv published plans to build one thousand four hundred housing units in jewish settlements in east jerusalem and the west bank the palestinian chief negotiator saab said that this is a step in the face of the u.s.

secretary of state john kerry's attempts to. negotiate a successful mid east peace plan. to leverage. let's take a look now at some other world news in brief at least eleven police officers have been injured and up to forty people arrested in protests are spreading across northern spain rioters attacked police cars smashed windows and go there of hades demanding the release of those detained in previous demonstrations what started on friday as a peaceful rally against a road redesigning plan escalated into violent clashes when riot forces were brought. here. crowds of protesters are descending on central bangkok in an attempt to shut down the thai capital they accuse the prime minister of being a proxy for her brother the former leader who now lives and file and are demanding her resignation officials have sent eighteen thousand police and soldiers into the city to vent anti-government demonstrators from blocking off major highways.

police in egypt have fired tear gas at supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi during clashes at cairo's main universities nineteen people were detained and several injured as hundreds took to the streets to protest the latest outbreak of violence has become a familiar occurrence for egypt it comes just two days before a planned vote on a draft constitution. oh oh. muslims across germany are looking forward to easier times ahead as islamic communities are given additional rights in several regions this puts their religion on an equal footing with judaism and christianity when it comes to dealing with the state but as peter all reports from bremen the move has come in for some strong criticism. the change of status allows worshippers to have their religious holidays officially recognized burial rites carried out in classes taught in schools.

but what does it mean to the islamic community in this part of germany to have their religion officially recognized by the state. perhaps in the future it will help the building of a mosque or a school it will also help to bring communities together over the last ten years both sides have made efforts to build bridges and aid integration and they don't mind critics of the move claim this is being done to score political points here by hundreds of you can interpret this as a slam of the cation of germany but i see it as more politically motivated politicians telling muslims along but the majority of germans don't want this. only nineteen percent of germans believe that islam is compatible with german culture that's the lowest in europe thirty percent had specific concerns such as terrorism and almost half thought there are too many muslims in germany only around five

percent of people in the country are muslims giving leave to the idea that the real issue for germans may be immigration not islam and i think it is more a question of getting people in big numbers into germany than having a problem with the. they mix it up and they don't recognize it's a different story islamic leaders recognize that they have work to do to improve the image of their religion. we have a duty to change perceptions and prejudices unfortunately the media plays a big role they only show negative stories about whose names this makes it harder for us. whatever the public perception of islam in germany will remove federal states a set to follow suit jim needs almost four million muslims the same rights as the christian and jewish communities peter all of a. next step take a look what the staple food of millions of rice as a percent of the global controversy over to have a lot of it was. because

you don't states is the big dog the only hyper power and the cultural driving force of globalization it takes a lot of flack i mean it globalization means the whole world gets hollywood and hot dogs and not the other way around so let's take a break from the negativity and talk about something truly amazing about america and as a guy who lives in moscow i could say that the constitution of the united states is something truly amazing in russia there is constant talk about needing a new national idea a new ideology or political theory or big changes to the russian constitution and so on and it's hard for people in america understand this but twice in the twentieth century the system that russians gave their lives for collapsed and the current constitution was written quickly after a period of violence and said collapse not after glorious victory now you see why

people here are exactly memorizing amendments and founding fathers quotes here in america there are debates between liberals and conservatives but almost everyone believes the constitution and it is america's greatest strength there is a national idea that is a sacred document with a list of rules as almost universally agreed upon. everyone with half a brain on the street but sadly not in congress knows when something is against the constitution or should i see against america near universal belief in the constitution is actually something truly exceptional about america but that's just my opinion. thanks for. the reply. did you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy which albus. role. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of

our government and out across several we've been hijacked why a handful of transnational corporations will profit by destroying what our founding fathers once told us about my job market and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem trying to fix rational debate and a real discussion of critical issues facing america to find a job or job ready to join the movement then welcome to the big picture. of the book. look it was a terrible take on a very hard to take on. once again there is a plan that life has never had sex with her to make sure no. one.

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to find out is it. did you give consent for your child to eat golden rice. we didn't know it at the time they didn't tell us it was g.m. food. if i had known it at the time i wouldn't have allowed it and it. looks as though the flour many of the parents now regrets. for the tanit they said the food was very healthy for the kids they said something about spirulina or something we didn't really understand they only said it was very good that's why we signed the consent form and let our children eat the meals. so the rich i'm furious my daughter in law ally son were not what they left their child in my care that day.

your mother if anything happens i'm the one who's responsible this is coming i don't know what will happen today and that we are really a cult. it's just very frightening. these people feel betrayed what were the responsible authorities thinking the study was financed by the national health office of the united states and conducted by tufts university they made no official comment only that the research project was the subject of an ongoing investigation how does this story fit in with the inventor's humanitarian ideals the isn't of what we assumed that everything was being done properly and i'm still assume that. i don't know the chinese partners but i know the partners from the us i actually still believe that they did everything correctly.

why do they need to know why and how was the spanish produce that was used in the trial how was the gelatine produced that was in the capsules that surrounded each of the doses of the b. the carrot that was given in oil where did the oil come from there is no evidence that there's any problem with. is genetic engineering of plants harmless an experiment involving rats raises a few doubts at the university of colorado friends rats were fed genetically modified corn for two years it was the first ever long term experiment with genetically engineered food the result that genetic corn caused tumors the study was conducted by french genetic researcher seventy. the tumors appeared as early as four months into the study.