at oneitional song mosque in damascus. christian leaders sit together. who lost their sons and war. this is not a private moment. cameras have also been invited, as well as mothers from tunisia and fathers. their sons are on the other side in this war. they were captured and put in prison. -- i do notrgive me know my son was coming here. our sons were brainwashed. >> she has come to find her son, one of thousands of foreign fighters who join battle with syria possible rebels. hundreds are from tunisia. -- syria's rebels. hundreds are from tunisia. the cause was taken up by tunisian human rights activists. , theys hotel in damascus argue over details of the joint declaration. tunisian loiterers -- lawyers want due process for prisoners, but syrians see a much bigger opportunity. they want to get all foreign jihadist's off the battlefield. a syrian businessman with close ties to president assad's family has made this his mission. he knowst weapon, this is also europe's growing worry. >> europe today is having a new pakistan on their border. in thensit in turkey incubation of the musli

he went to damascus for treatment, and he told me .verything is ok in damascus yesterday there was windnd may be thee said signal is not geared there. there.not he told me yesterday got to my brother and everything was ok. he has a son, and he will come and told me 90% they found a sponsor for him. i told him if my friends came to canada that would be great for me. >> you are probably more aware than i am of the trouble in syria. we have been wondering what is going to happen. all of these are office-referred cases. this means they will give priority and be moved quickly, so they are being what is called expedited. i do not know what it means. it means faster, but i cannot say today's, three days, whatever. the people who do not have a sponsor, like your friends, they are not going to move faster. put the back of the lives. it is good for your family. it is not good for your friend. >> i told them. >> you told them you were looking? 90% used them sponsored. >> i have 90% sponsored? about you.im andold me, do not worry, you will come to canada. >> we will get him here. >> today or tomorr

he went to damascus for treatment, and he told me .verything is ok in damascus yesterday there was windnd may be thee said signal is not geared there. there.not he told me yesterday got to my brother and everything was ok. he has a son, and he will come and told me 90% they found a sponsor for him. i told him if my friends came to canada that would be great for me. >> you are probably more aware than i am of the trouble in syria. we have been wondering what is going to happen. all of these are office-referred cases. this means they will give priority and be moved quickly, so they are being what is called expedited. i do not know what it means. it means faster, but i cannot say today's, three days, whatever. the people who do not have a sponsor, like your friends, they are not going to move faster. put the back of the lives. it is good for your family. it is not good for your friend. >> i told them. >> you told them you were looking? 90% used them sponsored. >> i have 90% sponsored? about you.im andold me, do not worry, you will come to canada. >> we will get him here. >> today or tomorr

damascus. 82.6% of the deaths have been male. more than 93,000 people killed in the conflict. more than 6500 were children. more than 1700 of them were under the age of 10. joining me live from the united nations is our diplomatic editor james bays. teletubbies figures were arrived at. us how these figures were arrived at. >> the u.n. is not in syria on the ground and cannot count the bodies. this is a statistical analysis. they have gone through eight sources and have cross-checked reports from those sources. only where they have a name of the victim, location, and the date, those three facts, have they included vivid these figures. it means there are some 37,000 instances of possible debts that are not included in these figures. these figures only go ofup to te end of april. the figures are probably a lot higher than this, but even these figures are staggering. some 5000 people killed every month since last year. bye-bye calculation, that makes it 166 people on average killed every day in syria -- i my calculation. >> the quest

at least 40 people killed in twin bob attack the damascus. the explosions went off in marjeh square. one of them was a suicide bomber and that exploded in a police station. at least 31 people were badly injured. in iran, the former president has officially endorsed rhouhani, the only centrist candidate left in friday's presidential race. the former nuclear negotiator is facing five concert it does conservative candidates, all close to the supreme leader. egypt's president, mohamed morsi, is warning that for him all options are still on the table in order to defend his country's water supply. he has been tried to block the construction of a dam near the sudanese border. it is a debt generating electricity for ethiopia. ethiopia insist the project will not disrupt the flow of the dial. experts suggest egypt and lose up to 20% of its water supply and construction goes ahead. that allassure you options are open in dealing with this. we have civil ties with egyptians, at the revolution came with a message of peace to the whole world. we're not cal

of damascus it is easy to forget there is a war. it is sot is why packed with so much has been destroyed. syrians hold onto a much loved tradition. in making ice cream since 1895. they are using the same secret recipe for three generations. real cherries are too expensive now. >> we are still working. >> in some neighborhoods other summer rituals go on as well, relief that one more exam is out of the way for these high school students. in syria one in five schools is shut. the answer in unison, not at all. they bank their army and president for keeping them safe. normal life here is no longer normal. people have had to find ways to live with war. no one flinches. they hear it night and day. just two streets away there is no life at all. it is now a battleground. the government response with overwhelming force. imagine how many people live here. they are all gone. the lucky ones find shelter and even a special place for children. the center is one of a handful run by unicef. it is a way to restore the joys of childhood. still wears h

the egyptian president has ordered the closing of embassies in damascus and cairo. he also joined in the call for a no-fly zone over syria. he mahmoud ahmadinejad a leg has asked for support during his term. hassan rouhani has asked for support during his term. spa -- caredtaksim inice cleared taksim square his temple. protesters say they will return in the coming hours. the condition of nelson mandela continues to improve. he has been receiving treatment for a long infection. he has beenold -- receiving treatment for a lung infection. is in ther-old hospital. there are high rates of hiv infection in schools and communities. >> this 16 year old texture pills every day. she is hiv-positive. the man who infected her his more than twice her age. she was 13 when they started having sex. he was her sugar daddy, the name used to describe older men who date younger girls. >> i did not know i would get sick. a mother is poor. we did not have enough money for food. he promised to buy food and help pay my school fees. it did not feel bad at the time because he was looking aft

cnn has a crew right there on the ground, in the capital city damascus, and that is where we find our own fred pleitgen, and fred, the question is this, how are the syrian people and the government reacting to the new decision by the united states to give support to the military rebels? >> well, on the one hand you have mentioned that there is a lot of anger on the part of the syrian government coming out to say that what the united states was saying and the allegations were lies to try to supply the rebels with weapons, but clearly, they are also very, very worried about all of this, because of course they know that the united states would be the formidable force that could make a large difference on the ground here in syria. one of the interesting things that i did today was to walk around damascus and spoke to people there who support the government, and lot of them were really in the mode of disbelief. they said they never would believe that the government would ever use kchemical weapon, and they believe it is fabricated and done by the opposition if anyone used chemical weapons,

has cast doubt on claims that it was certainly damascus that was behind the use of poison gas policy it has more. united nations experts say that they do not concern the claims put forward by the united states britain and france that the damascus regime used chemical weapons against the syrian rebels they said that despite the fact that these three countries collected evidence on the ground such as blood tissue and soil samples it is inconclusive and that they would have to send their own investigators to conduct a personal investigation inside syria this is what the u.n. had to say we cannot say what they. were with that we cannot say what the agents were you know about weapons we cannot say who used them and we cannot say how they were even delivered we cannot say anything concrete so you are casting serious doubt into work the west has supplied the un. the us the british the french they have supplied what they say is verifiable proof they have they haven't but it's important to note that based on these unsubstantiated claims by the united states britain and france that aside chemi

left of the five injured no injured admitted the attack but damascus has been accusing the rebel al nusra front for carrying out terrorist closures across the country also in the area the syrian army's reportedly restored control of the city of qusayr after weeks of intense fighting with rebels there the syrian civil conflict been ongoing for more than two years now with the opposition blocking diplomatic peace initiatives by demanding the government's departure. pakistan's new prime minister summon the american envoy after a u.s. drone strike in the north of the country left nine people dead on friday now as sharif previously called for the attacks to stop in his first address after being sworn in on wednesday some estimate says many as nine hundred civilians have been killed in drone strikes over the last nine years. the us is under pressure in neighboring afghanistan to a man in army uniform is turned on his international trainers killing two american soldiers and a civilian working with the military you saw took place in the east of the country it's the latest such violence committed

since sunni clerics have just met in cairo egypt in a call for a holy war against the regime in damascusand instead of trying to calm things down it seems to me the obama administration is about the throw gasoline on the flames keep in mind also that just a few weeks ago the turkish authorities found that some of the rebels housed in turkey had syrian weapons. weapons in their possession keep in mind as well that it's difficult to say if these weapons were used if they were used to use them for example what was the chain of custody that allowed the obama administration to conclude that it was damascus and not the rebels how did those samples get from the battlefield to washington how do we know that some really good soldier in the syrian military used these weapons precisely to invite intervention by washington there somebody questions i look forward to seeing the evidence although i don't think that the administration will be able to provide these reacted to washington's allegations with some skepticism artie's tests are syria has more on that from brussels statement that came out today

could stretch up to forty kilometers into syria just one hundred kilometers short of the capital damascus even without a no fly zone washington could send arms through jordan with patriot air defense batteries and f. sixteen jets already deployed there author and historian gerald horne though things washington's allegations of chemical weapons use only escalate the conflict. it seems to me this is a very dangerous and ominous moment particularly since sunni clerics of just met in cairo egypt in a call for a holy war against the regime in damascus and instead of trying to calm things down it seems to me the obama administration is about the throw gasoline on the flames keep in mind also that just a few weeks ago the turkish authorities found that some of the rebels housed in turkey had serious weapons that's weapons in their possession keep in mind as well that it's difficult to say if these weapons were used if they were used to use them for example what was the chain of custody that allows the obama administration to conclude that it was damascus and not the rebels how did those samples

of a bet syrian capital damascus and even without a no fly zone washington could send to jordan the way the patron a defense a better reason the f. sixteen fighter jets already deployed a form of pentagon official michael maloof says america should have learned from the previous military escapades. we have to be very skeptical i was in the pentagon at the time that intelligence assessments were made regarding iraq and its w m d programs weapons of mass destruction and we know what the results were a trillion dollars later forty five hundred lives and we and we had nothing nothing to show for it and there were and there was no doubt i was in damascus recently spoke for an hour and a half with the syrian prime minister and he says why would we be gassing our own people but i think that the timing of this is meant to try to boost morale but the problem is how do you the opposition is so fractured how do you determine who will get the arms and so that it doesn't get into the hands of the foreign fighters the for the al qaida types there's no guarantee about this and that's why i believe it'

restricted area could end up being just less than one hundred kilometers from the syrian capital damascus now u.s. officials say washington could also authorize sending arms and training rebels in jordan even without giving a green light to the no fly zone the pentagon has already moved patriot air defense batteries and f. sixteen planes to jordan well author and historian gerald horne who believes that washington's allegations will only serve to escalate the conflict . it seems to me this is a very dangerous and ominous moment particularly since sunni clerics of just met in cairo egypt in a call for a holy war against the regime in damascus and instead of trying to calm things down it seems to me the obama administration is about the throw gasoline on the flames keep in mind also that just a few weeks ago the turkish authorities now that some of the rebels housed in turkey had syrian weapons that's sara weapons in their possession keep in mind as well that it's difficult to say if these weapons were used and if they weren't used to use them for example what was the chain of custody that

chemical weapons since the un has cast doubt on claims that it was certainly damascus that was behind the use of poison gas. united nations experts say that they didn't. put forward by the united states britain and france that the damascus regime chemical weapons against the syrian rebels they said that despite the fact that these three countries collected evidence on the ground such as. the soil samples it is inconclusive and that they would have to send their own investigators to conduct a personal investigation inside syria this is what the u.n. had to say. we cannot. we cannot. so you are casting serious ground in the west coast of the. u.s. . the british the french supplied what they say is verifiable proof they have they haven't but it's important to note that based on these unsubstantiated claims by the united states britain and france that aside used chemical weapons last week the american president barack obama ordered the cia to start supplying weapons to the syrian rebels he says to quote him that the damascus regime had crossed a red line sit by washington now the russian

preliminary determinations and i might add i was in damascus recently spoke for an hour and a half with the syrian prime minister and he says why would we be gassing our own people he says the the shells that were that were fired into aleppo which had alleged. sarin gas killed fifteen. syrian military people said why would be killing our own people and he pointed out that a lot of this gas came in from turkey and it too to the opposition members who were firing it into aleppo in order to cast blame onto damascus and i think because there is so much controversy over the origin of these. of the gas i think that really is going to really need to be handled very very cautiously i don't i think the u.s. decision to arm is a very very dangerous move it will definitely lead to uncontrollable sectarian violence as a result and it actually could have an impact i believe on convening the geneva two meeting which the united states and russia were supposed to chair i think the united states is really acting on that at the big. qatar and saudi arabia in order to push the sunni wahhabi agenda into a

nick griffin on the phone in damascus he is the british leader of the leader of the british national party and in syria as part of a fact finding delegation. damascus has been rocked by a blast today but you've been describing life there as normal why's that. well no one in terms of when you walk around the streets this ordinary people the families the people some of them whom clearly you know strict muslims album secular role they're getting with their own alliance and trying to ignore all of the you know the bomb blasts which go off occasionally seen the same thing in northern ireland and if people get used to it their life continues this means a masters this is a state under attack it's not a stage in crisis now you say you want to highlight the me the british government supporting the syrian opposition what are they as me z.c. well fundamentally it's a question of blowback you remember what happened afghanistan with the way the cia but british and so on created and ahmed al qaida to fight the soviet union and then of course once the soviet union was finished the jihad is you can

. >> reporter: the mood here in damascus is still one of defiance. pro government supporters say they are standing by the government. if america wants to get involved in this war, let them come. they are very concerned and the government itself is concerned as well about the possible scale and scope of american intervention and they're waiting to see what moves the u.s. takes next. one of the things that is bolstering the government in damascus is the fact the russians continue to say they are not convinced by the evidence of possible chemical weapons use on the battlefield and the russians have said any weapons deliveries to the rebels would make a peace process very difficult. cnn, damascus. >> fred, thank you very much. >>> meantime, british prime minister david cameron and russian's vladimir putin held a joint news conference on syria in london. they have two totally different views on what's happening in syria. listen. >>> believe assad is responsible firing his country apart. and that to end syria's nightmare he has to go. the new evidence this

the mood here in damascus is one of defiance. pro government supporters say they are still standing by the government, if america wants to guest involved in this war, let them come. they are very concerned and the government is concerned about the possible scale and scope of american intervention and they're waiting to see what moves the u.s. takes next. one of the things that is bolstering the government in damascus is the fact that the russians continue to say they are not convinced by the evidence of possible chemical weapons use on the battlefield and the russians have said any sort of weapons delivery to the rebels would make a peace process very difficult. cnn, damascus. >> the alleged plotters of the 9/11 attacks are headed to a courtroom at guantanamo bay and meet one of the inmates on a hunger strike almost four months now. ♪ ♪ et toujours ♪ me amour ♪ how about me? [ male announcer ] here's to a life less routine. ♪ and it's un, deux, trois, quatre ♪ ♪ give me some more of that [ male announcer ] the more connected, ath

two suicide attacks rocked damascus killing fourteen and wounding dozens more as the u.s. considers approving lethal supplies to the syrian opposition. you're watching around the world this is our international it's kevin with you this hour at r.t. h.q. and first that no more tolerance for the protests in turkey that pronouncement comes from prime minister after hundreds of riot police stormed istanbul's taksim square raining tear gas and rubber bullets down on the protesters who've injured nearly two weeks of heavy policing now there is a car is unoccupied gays are protesting he was out during this morning's police crackdown he told. what he witnessed. through to a to go nervous stumble send a message that they're not going to intervene in the gezi park but the only texan square so they want to remove the barricades and they said they're not going to intervene in the peace of protesters but what the scene in the following hours that they came in the square and they started to intervene in gezi park and now the texans square the central center of istanbul is it's all over

but as soon as i get to damascus, it is not so obvious at all. i could drive from damascus up away,s, about 100 miles without any cards -- guards. i think it was always an exaggerated idea that al-assad was about to go down. but the other big change in the syrian conflict is the way it is visibly spreading. lebanon. to hezbollah has been taking part in the latest fighting. anti-government forces have been moving, showing positions in lebanon. in iraq, where basically back to the days of the civil war. you mentioned to some figures, 500 iraqis died last month according to the human, -- according to the u.n., 1000 rid i am not sure of the disparity. but you can sense that people are tense. they feel very close to sectarian civil war between sunni and shia and the number of being killed has reached the level it was last seen in 2008. >> patrick cockburn, you say there's a military stalemate in syria. could you explain how much of the country remains under the control of bashar al-assad and how much is under the control of opposition forces? >> right

syrian troops have increased their presence in damascus. that prompted antigovernment fighters to reposition their forces from the northern city from aleppo to areas near the border. in a telephone interview with nhk on sunday, the rebels said they have crossed into lebanon and are conducting fierce attacks against hezbollah fighters. reports say battles between the two sides have resulted in some casualties in the eastern leb ease town. united states and russia are trying to hold an international conference to seek a solution to the crises. the rebels say they will participate in the conference if a cease-fire is agreed. >>> a senior chinese military official sees a calming of tensions on the korean peninsula. this follows provocative actions by north korea. lieutenant general is the deputy chief of the general staff of the people's liberation army. he spoke at an asia security conference in singapore. >> translator: the chinese military understands that north korea's leadership is stable at present and shows no sign of collapsing. >> he a

cnn's frederik pleitgen is in damascus, syria's capital. fred, now egypt is turning its back on syria, too? >> reporter: good morning, alison. yeah, this is another blow to the syrian government now that the egyptians have said that they are severing ties with damascus. they're forcing the syrians to close their embassy in cairo. the egyptian government was always seen as something like a possible mediator between the government and the rebels, but now, of course, that's gone away. the mood in damascus on the streets among the people who support the government is one of defiance. they say that if america wants to get involved in this war, let them come. but of course, they are very worried about the possible scale and scope of american intervention here in this war, and they're really waiting to see what's going to happen. one of the things that has bolstered them is the fact that the russians are saying they're unconvinced by the evidence of possible chemical weapons used here on the battlefield, and they say, the russians say that any wea

two explosions have killed at least 14 people and wounding more than 30 in the syrian capital of damascus. mingling cars and damaging buildings. at least one blew himself up inside a police station killing several officers. they have blamed the rebels for the attack. opposition groups do frequently target damascus. >> they ban what they termed to be homosexual propaganda and when they were simply providing information about homosexuality. >> they voted in favor of the bill while outside, dozens of people who turned out to protest were arrested. activists condemn the law. they think it will be to go after anyone offering support of the gay and lesbian community. >> gay rights activists under assault in the russian capital. members of the crowd shout. all the activists want is equal treatment under the law. >> we support freedom for all. everyone should have the kind of relationship they desire. >> sexual minorities and heterosexuals is at fault. everyone should enjoy equal rights. >> that looks unlikely now that the bill on gay rights has been passed on parliament. they say protect the rus

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and people killed in twin bomb attacks of the syrian capital, damascus. this was in one district. syrian television shows the aftermath of two suicide bombers in the center of the capital, domestics. -- damascus. one of the bombs detonated inside. >> this resulted in so many victims and losses in the area. these two suicide bombers were not identified. we do not know who they were from. they went into parts of the city that were not under control. >> escalating conflict is not concerning the international community. options may be limited. >> the choices of the international community regarding the syrian revolution is either they find a party and guarantee were poor with israel, and if they cannot find that, they will move to the other option, which is the destruction of syria for 54 years, so it will not matter if they come or not. >> things are hard to come by diplomatically. in a meeting in moscow, they reiterated that the situation will not change after the iranian election later this week. >> i would like to say there is no basis for any foreign intervention in syria, but if

two explosions have killed at least 14 people and wounding more than 30 in the syrian capital of damascus. mingling cars and damaging buildings. at least one blew himself up inside a police station killing several officers. they have blamed the rebels for the attack. opposition groups do frequently target damascus. >> they ban what they termed to be homosexual propaganda and when they were simply providing information about homosexuality. >> they voted in favor of the bill while outside, dozens of people who turned out to protest were arrested. activists condemn the law. they think it will be to go after anyone offering support of the gay and lesbian community. >> gay rights activists under assault in the russian capital. members of the crowd shout. all the activists want is equal treatment under the law. >> we support freedom for all. everyone should have the kind of relationship they desire. >> sexual minorities and heterosexuals is at fault. everyone should enjoy equal rights. >> that looks unlikely now that the bill on gay rights has been passed on parliament. they say protect the rus

there are reports of an explosion at the military airport on the western edge of damascus. because of limited media access, nbc news cannot confirm the explosion. the airport is home to president assad's elite forces. there's been heavy fighting reported around damascus as syrian rebels attack government forces and buildings. as the civil war inside syria grows more dire, some members of congress are calling on the u.s. to do more. >> no boots on the ground is sort of everyone's position including mine because the rebels don't want us in there. i think you can neutralize the airpower by cratering the runways with cruise missiles and set up no-fly zone by having aircraft and patriot missile batteries operating out of turkey and jordan to nuclearize the airpower. >> it's estimated 93,000 people have died in the syrian conflict over the last two years. syria expected to be a hot poppic at this week's g-8 summit. president obama and the first lady left the white house last night. looking for consensus building on ending the fight in syria and also on the agenda, trade, economic

a car bomb has exploded at a roadblock near a military airport outside of damascus in syria.the remembers of president assad's forces are reported to have been killed. indonesians may soon have to pay one third more for their fuel. the government is trying to save up to $4 billion by reducing petrol subsidies. the british newspaper "the guardian loews quite has provided a talking point. it is reported that the uk spied on foreign politicians during the g-20 summit in london in two thousand nine. the front-page article says agents set up fake internet cafÉs to intercept e-mails, and british intelligence analysts were supplied with alive summary of telephone calls great all the documents were presented to the newspaper by the former cia contractor edward snowden. close to where the g-8 summit is being sub -- where the g-8 summit is. are people spooked by this? >> i do not think it is necessarily top of the priority list for local people around here. they're more concerned about the numbers of police. there were three tents in the field over there for protesters. there are now 7

blasts occurred shortly after another car bomb went off near a military checkpoint in the capital damascus leaving ten soldiers dead this latest string of attacks comes against a backdrop of us led forces making significant advances in recent weeks and rebels are pushing their foreign backers on the plies meanwhile it emerged saudi arabia has been supplying syrian militants with empty aircraft and missiles for two months now nick griffin from the british national party was a member of the european fact finding delegation that just returned from damascus and he told us that to any third party involvement only aggravates the conflict. camera in the american psyche that we should on the rebels what they're saying is that a lot of people are being killed in a war so the solution is to send more guns like it's madness unfortunately the americans the british the french and especially the saudis are playing this with a strike but their interest isn't in sorting out the syrian problem it's overthrowing the assad regime which is rid of the last secular intolerant regime in the whole of the middle e

in march, april, and may in in leppo and hans province and in damascus. >> they're being purposely vague after the president with his threats about chemical weapons he was pretty clear and a red line. the white house is saying the ashad regime and the importance that they say it was the assad regime that they did cross this red line. so what is the next step? well, these are the words of republican rhodes and wasn't speaking to -- of ben rhodes and wasn't speaking to reporters on camera and didn't mention it and talking to reporters on the phone ben rhodes said they will provide military support. and he said i can't get into an inventory of that but it will be support that will be meant to help the s.m.c. in a military way. what does that mean? let's think about this. military support. that could be from knives to surface to air missiles to tanks to mopeds. we don't know exactly how they're going to help the s.m.c. they know what the s.m.c. needs and are going to provide that assistance and work with congress. they are trying to be vague on this. we'll see if they can -- last for more th

example what was the chain of custody that allows the obama administration to conclude that it was damascus and not the rebels how did those samples get from the battlefield to washington how do we know that really gate soldier in the syrian military used these weapons precisely to invite intervention by washington there's so many questions i look forward to seeing the evidence although i don't think that the administration will be able to provide it and while the united states is still to decide just how far it might go with syria it's a new allies are preparing themselves for a possible flood of refugees from the war torn state now germany could end up potentially bearing the brunt if in shelters of some ten thousand who have already fled syria despite germany have been mean rather reluctant over western calls for any direct military action in the country and this report now to r.t. correspondent peter all of. these protesters behind be in pearl in a campaigning for better rights for refugees here in germany and the number of refugees in the country could be set to rise by around ten thou

and a possible fly zone in washington's response to syria's apparent use of chemical weapons but damascus calls the evidence lies and russia says it's unconvinced. and iran's new president hassan rouhani promises a new moderate course as the west a major shift in the country's nuclear ambitions. on the syrian conflict. you're watching bringing you the day's top stories on the week's headlines it is seven pm here in moscow turkish police in istanbul have resorted to that tried and tested methods to prevent protests restarting that's using tear gas and water cannons to prevent crowds gathering in the center taksim square the symbol of anti-government unrest is sealed off after special forces drove demonstrators out and destroyed temporary camps but the crackdown is having the opposite effect with angry protests flaring up across the country in response. to reports. below this point there are more of confrontations between the police and protesters taking place in other parts of this song bowl they have been going on really throughout the night and the entire morning there lesser numbers but

damascus accuses washington of lies over its claims the syrian government used chemical weapons in its civil war this while some critics say it's domestic failures in america which are behind the war mongering on capitol hill. so if he's threatening to revoke the medical licenses of doctors for treating hurt and injured protesters after the prime minister issued yet another final warning. and a moderate cleric looks likely to succeed him with a majority to run the county's vote in a high turnout presidential election. thank you for sharing your saturday with us here on. live in moscow with your worldwide headlines. the syrian government has vehemently denied u.s. claims its army has resorted to chemical weapons describing american accusations as quote a caravan of lies and washington is weighing in on a no fly zone over syria and gearing up for. militias there this offer it claimed it had evidence of the use of illegal agents by damascus. and has more from america . the white house says it's the session to arm syrian rebels is based on intelligence that the assad government has used ch

and a possible no fly zone washington's response to syria's apparent use of chemical weapons but damascus calls the evidence lies and russia says it's not convinced. other stories that shaped the week after exposing the u.s. secret surveillance program cia whistleblower edward snowden remains holed up in hong kong awaiting washington's expected retaliation. iran's new president hassan rouhani promises a new moderate voice as the west hopes for a major shift in the country's nuclear ambitions and a softening in the stance on syria. eleven pm in moscow treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news we begin in it is ten below where turkish police have resorted to their tried and tested methods to prevent protests from restarting using tear gas and water cannons to prevent crowds from gathering in the city center taksim square the symbol of anti-government unrest sealed off after special forces drove out demonstrators and destroyed temporary camps but the crackdown having the opposite effect with angry protests now flaring up across the country in a response or a r