these rockets could have never been fired from government controlled territory i suppose from m.i.t. question america's claims that government was behind a chemical weapons at times near the capital damascus last august. officials from moscow visit gun tunnel of a prison seeking to negotiate the release of a russian national isn't how about four years without charge just lying to the majority of detainees. and together they can continue with sweeping surveillance president obama's into separate plans to reform the n.s.a.'s acts if it sees all dismissed as a limited p.r. stunt.

this is asking to national coming to you live from moscow to very welcome to the program the u.s. conclusion that a chemical attack near damascus and organise was carried out by the government has been challenged by a team of highly respected experts washington immediately blamed president assad but a new report from the massachusetts institute of technology found the rocket couldn't have been fired from government controlled area. we went through two to three months worth of study to determine the types of rockets. the weight the size of the propellant and we determine that the range is on the order of two kilometers i like to make a note that the u.n. also had come up with a range of approximately two kilometers so this is very confusing to us in our studies and we're trying to understand exactly what the white house met means

because right now as it stands these rockets could have never been fired from government controlled territory they would be fired more from a rebel type of territory or a border of a contested territory. and. looks into the mit study let's now get more details from him right now had alec say so is that he has something in the u.s. conclusions doesn't seem to match up tell us more well indeed this is the mission of this report to answer a question whether the missiles were actually fired from the parts of damascus controlled by the government now we reproduce the very same map which the which the washington officials presented when they voiced their concerns that the attack could have been carried out by the government troops look if you look here this is the part of damascus controlled by the government at the time which was of course the twenty first of august twenty third scene and this is the part of damascus controlled by the opposition troops so if we see we can see those blinking yellow

sports those are the areas where the missiles carrying the sarin gas hit the ground causing some deadly damage and reportedly hundreds of casualties and this red line here is basically to signify how far could these rockets go if they were fired from the parts of damascus controlled by the government as we can see the closest the westernmost point of attack of the sarin missiles is some way off from the maximum range of missiles this particular type of missile which was used in this attack the as we've heard from mr lloyd the maximum range of these missiles is about two kilometers well this point here is at least four kilometers from the eastern or spoilt of the government controlled areas of damascus at that time and if we talk about the heart of this area controlled by the government which was

mentioned by the u.s. state secretary john kerry that's at least eight to nine kilometers from the eastern more sport and no if we are we also must remember that there were areas closer to the government controlled areas in the western guta region of damascus which. were also allegedly hit by an attack but in both of these places the u.n. investigators did not find any substantial environmental evidence to prove that the attack was actually carried out although there were some victims in this the victims of the sarah gas attack in this area the one the one issue which the authors of this report are raising as to why the the intelligence the u.s. intelligence use this particular map even before the u.n. investigators reached the site to hold their own investigation but the u.s. authorities were already quick to jump to conclusions let's remember what the u.s. state secretary john kerry said back then high confidence this is common

sense this is evidence these are facts this latest report is not basically attributing blame to any side but it sticks another bought into the accuracy of us intelligence and even alleges that barack obama could have instigated another military action against syria in a similar fashion that george w. bush did against iraq official washington hasn't yet responded in any way to this latest report. live that many thanks indeed for that. and that would be key syrian peace conference moving closer the opposition has still not decided whether it will take part and meeting on friday brought no result despite international pressure being put on rebel groups start tanned the opposition coalition has postponed his decision until sunday see where his government has expressed its resonance to make concessions ahead of the long awaited geneva two conference the country's foreign minister has proposed

a ceasefire in the city of aleppo the area of some of the most intense battles as well as a prisoner exchange meanwhile there are reports that fighters of science are turning to drugs as both a source of funding and staying power in battle the story explode over lego to mean turn syria into a major drug as i say is more if the notion in our report. was theory about entering its fourth devastating year of war the lack of law and structure has allowed one dog industry to flourish the country has become the number one producer of a drug known as captain gone since the synthetic stimulant was first manufactured in the one nine hundred sixty s. and it was at that time used as a medicine to treat to vittie and depression but it's too addictive and this is why it was banned in most countries though here in the middle east it's still very popular it's cheap and it's easy to get but today syria not only produces more than any other country in the region but it's also kept to go as main

consumers believe that fighters are taking these pills to maintain vigorous energy levels your lengthy battles because it helps you keep awake for hours and hours but there are also reports that ordinary citizens those who've been living in depression and in this war and for almost three years now are also going to the drug for these k. priest euphoria gives them and it's lucrative it's between fifteen twenty and. the doors appeal and the rock hundreds of millions of them taking all trafficked and there is evidence that the revenue raised is buying weapons from both sides of the syrian conflict the un office on drugs and crime. has been reporting that syria which is located at the crossroads here in the region has for a long time been

a transit point for the drug going from europe to turkey and lebanon on but since the war began captagon trades the mastic and factories are appearing these days all across syria and production has increased and sales and believe me here elaborate on the authorities seized around two hundred million dollars worth of tablets last year mostly hidden in the tracks go in through the syrian lebanese border from syria the lebanese here where its final destination included the gulf countries of the most ardent supporters of the syrian opposition and saudi arabia where around a billion dollars worth of the drug was seized just last year with authorities saying this is nothing but just ten percent of the real turnover of the drug indicating. let's now take a closer look at the findings of the investigation carried out by reuters into serious drug trade and the report says the country has become

a major drug exporter and consumer in the last few years kept to go on a stimulant abandon most countries it's produced in huge amounts it's so profitable the countries replaced lebanon as the main producer we saw a ninety percent for in production over the last two years lebanese officials seized over twelve million pills last year and the trends affect other states turkish authorities see it seven million pills made in syria which were en route to saudi arabia experts warn the trade is fueling bloodshed and violence. i think it should be investigated we've seen the relationship between illicit drugs very addictive substances and imperialist war as the rebels lose more and more ground as the syrian government and the syrian military gains more territory the degree to which they stabilize the country even further the resources that are coming into

syria from the western countries and from the countries that allied with the west in the middle east this is going to of course make the rebels even more desperate and their supporters even more desperate to raise funds in order to finance them so i think this is a reflection of the failure over the last three years of this u.s. and nato financed or rather war by that's been leveled against the people of syria it's caused a tremendous amount of deaths injuries dislocation and now of course drug distribution and addiction as well coming up later this hour leaving the baltic made that will sure is a struggle for the skilled professionals head for the exit test the u.s. a look at home from driving by way trust the head. of her decade long effort to secure a visit an official delegation from moscow it had gone ton about america's most notorious ascension center the hoping to meet

a russian national who's been held back for over a decade but has never been charged with a crime say churkin a small. for the first time in twelve years a russian delegation spearheaded by the foreign ministry special representative for human rights got access to visit the guantanamo detention camp the goal meeting with the sole russian prisoner in gaza of held there without charge for a decade and taking steps to push for the detainees returned to his homeland we spoke to the top diplomat of the visiting delegation to get the details if you will remove it looks pretty significant churches they gave their lives to the loop you. know you still use. your basic rights because. good legal very cute you know. you prove you know the region on properly. to. what we have been given to to refute kuku are a little bit different but we've got to look. more politically all the details

putting extra pressure on the us to shut down the scandalous camp was also on the agenda of the foreign ministry the prison has been staining america's human rights and legal record both at home and abroad for years leaving the detainees staring really into the abyss of indefinite detention and just last week the world saw the twelfth anniversary of the first detainees of the world of the war on terror being brought to the scandalous prison camp which obama made a promise to close on day one at the white house last year the world's attention was returned to one tunnel as the majority of the prisoner population was on a hunger strike for over six months making world headlines and really forcing the obama administration to refocus his attention at least on words for now to the detention camp although plenty of bureaucratic and political reasons continue to be used as an excuse instead of just shutting the place down when we visited guantanamo three months ago we found out that at least fifteen detainees were

continuously being force fed before it's passed on the news we lubricated and we give the. a choice they want to have. which is an agent who will. hear you or if they want of will to lubricate the tubes. most of our patients have been using all of the well you seem to like it in fact some of our patients are so used to this they will describe which nostril they want about other aspects of prisoner life however there was a lot of secrecy we were taken on a largely staged and prepared to or around the prison facilities without being able to see much of the real conditions that the prisoners live in and speaking to any of them was of course out of the question let alone seeing them one or two of them actually for more than a minute a lot of secrecy and a routine tour around the premises also turned out to be the experience of the russian delegation as well and as they said you're going to r.t.

new york human rights advocates are claiming the number of hunger strikers has doubled in the past month and now stands at thirty three however the military authorities are refusing to release any new figures or sources said they don't want to further the process the process adding that the release of information on hunger strike is quote distracts from the more important issues like the welfare of detainees and the safety of troops there and clive stafford smith is a lawyer for several gone time with detainees and his witnesses some of the most brutal tactics used by the military. this from a prisoner or from camp six which is the least bad count goes on hunger strike they automatically get transferred not just count five but you can't fight back which really has been the most abuse took place in order container prisoners are held in all steel cell and denied the most basic human rights just as a punishment for going on strike that force feeding techniques are very much an

action unfortunately against the very abusive force feeding techniques i mean casting aside the question of whether it's that the culture of course being a tour in the world medical association says it's not you know unfortunately the techniques they using grown tonneau groups you're assisting kind of so for example and i've witnessed some of this that they used to leave the tubes out the prisoners noses the hurt so much they're still pulling those tubes out every single time twice a day forcing them back up each time still forcing far too much food too quickly into the prisoner making prisons that if you're sick they just carry on doing it it really is horrendous what's happening. and it will bank shortly with more news including help president obama's turnaround of global surveillance is still heading in the same direction.

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of the day. from around the globe. dr. this is also international welcome biog washington a well known dismantle as global spy net walk announcement of a major of the whole of the national security agency outlined by president obama failed to provide any detail on when because action of data will be stopped or indeed the whether it will this stop such hole and critics say the plan for deep reform was nothing more than a facelift as his sound sucks explains. after nearly seven months of n.s.a. disclosures president obama finally came forward with reforms to the spy agency acknowledging that the current capabilities of the n.s.a. do leave open the possibility of abuse given the unique power of the state it is

not enough for leaders to say trust us we want to be use the data we collect for history has too many examples when that trust has been breached. our such a system of government is built on the premise that our liberty cannot depend on the good intentions of those in power the president address the n.s.a.'s most controversial program section two fifteen bulk telephone metadata collection basically the president no longer wants the government to be in control of these massive metadata databases but that doesn't mean the president wants to get rid of bulk collection in fact the bulk collection of virtually every american's metadata will continue indefinitely and the new restrictions announced by the president requiring the n.s.a. to obtain pfizer court approval before searching all that metadata doesn't satisfy privacy advocates who argue the pfizer court has acted and will continue to act as a rubber stamp nothing in obama's speech put any rain rain dan this collected all approach and yesterday that there was

a big revelation of god called dish fire program that just fire program was collecting all tax calls literally hundreds of thousands of text calls every day are going into the n.s.a.'s vacuum it's gigantic hoover regarding spying on foreign leaders the president said he's put an end to surveillance on friends and allies but did not say the n.s.a. will stop spying on diplomats nothing about the n.s.a. breaking encryption standards and ports that the n.s.a. has been breaking into the data links on google and yahoo servers while some specific reforms were introduced how exactly they will be implemented moving forward remains to be seen especially since the same government agencies that have overseen the massive growth of the surveillance state are now the ones tasked with the reigning into it washington d.c. same sex party. the president of the national whistleblower ascent and believes the government is trying to steer public attention away with the welsh agilent p.r.

move. the real thing that the american people are looking for is what are you going to do when you have a whistleblower like mr snowden who has critical information that the american people have a right to know he did not address that issue it's being swept under the rug instead i think in a fair view of what's going on it is merely window dressing covering up the abuses that have been identified who's to say there are a lot more abuses that have occurred that haven't been identified because there's no channel for the n.s.a. whistleblower to make their allegations public or known in any way so at best it's window dressing it's punts a lot to congress to try to fix the problem and it addresses in no way how the american people have a right to understand the abuses of our government think twice the next time you decide to like somebody on facebook especially one that someone is your former

partner he will say nothing to do with the the concept one click might get chair rested find a story for on our website. or there are still thinking about buying a ticket for they saw makes a while had. a dot com say in motion section for a downswing bird's eye view of the city to help you make up your. right to see. first street. and i would think that you're. on a reporter's twitter. and instagram. to be in the. russia's national counter-terror committee says seven militants have been killed in

the southern republic of dagestan security forces have been negotiating with the militants in a house where they were holed up in but the armed gang then opened fire it's believed some of the militants were responsible for a grenade attack on a restaurant on friday followed by twenty blocks that injured at least sixteen people one of the militants killed was the leader of a local gang well enough that was the friend of the well so size bomber who carried out a teletype on a bus involved a grad last october the woman was also said to be preparing for a suicide attack and was wanted by russia's forces. the latter may be europe's fastest growing economy but it's also the e.u.'s youngest and poorest member and they rode to prosperity has proven to have too many shah bends for thousands of professionals and they're leaving. that one who says government negligence is stumbling. so again is one of thousands of workers who will leave

latvia this year but his destination is perhaps surprising to be leaving this e.u. state to work in azerbaijan. life is always hard but in this country it's harder as the government is much more concerned by politics not economics and the life of the common man. isn't the only one the world bank says a lot because population is shrinking by almost sixty thousand people per year. if you are not alone the government are squeezing everybody wants and more and more from us for less money between two thousand and nine and two thousand and twelve not because population fell by around ten percent in a country of only two million people this decline is sharply felt especially since those leaving a mostly of working age. the major work force males from twenty to forty go and find jobs abroad and then move their families over this leave just older people this demographic shift poses significant economic challenges which the government

says it's keen to try and tackle. there is a government program to return people to latvia but it doesn't work they pay for people to return but there's still no work for them the only way out is to create new jobs and a suitable atmosphere for investment but it isn't happening and over the next twenty years the population will decrease another third so as leaders desperately try to arrest the worrying trend the message from at least one of those with bags packed for a better life elsewhere is simple. the government has to stop its aggressive social policies and lower taxes so that people can live and not simply survive. got ulti latvia. and some other news around the globe now a taliban suicide bomber has killed twenty one people as a restaurant popular with accents and officials and they are going to cover so a russian citizen three u.n. workers under a representative of the international monetary fund were among the dead dogs killed

two gunmen who tried to storm the venue. activists have clashed with police in spain's capital madrid they have gathered in solidarity with people protesting a rope halter in the country's rules which they say will displays the poor and drain public funds over there which the ranis across spain already since the suspension of the project. type protesters have located the police headquarters in bangkok just a day after a boy aged twenty eight demonstrators at least eight people have died as unrest aimed at the government to step down size began in november but the prime minister insists the only solution to the crisis will be a snap election and heavily. in india as he did the funeral of a revered spiritual leader in mumbai has killed at least eighteen people or sources said the turnout was greater than expected and admit as they failed to control the

flow of moon is incidents like these are relatively common and last october when the hundred people were killed in a stampede at a hindu temple. a lightning strike has said that the some of the iconic statue of cries the redeemer overlooking rio de janeiro are these thirty eight tall monument one has proven to be as much as a magnet for lightning balls as it is for tourists over the years and underwent a multi-million dollar renovation twenty ten and authorities have promised to repair the latest damage there. up next on all seeing to national right now the latest additional because it's a report i'm told those of you watching us in the u.k. we orbit around the world news with our show sputnik chained.

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