sara for the syrian government rebels accuse each other of using chemical weapons near the northern city of aleppo has been one of the big stories of the week and a priest in the town tells r.t. he can confirm chemical weapons were used in the soul that left twenty five people dead we talk about very shortly tonight. with. science technology innovation all the least of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. if you. again barack obama has arrived in israel on his first ever visit in fact to the country's u.s. president at home a bomb has been repeatedly criticised by pro israeli lobbyist for distancing himself from tel aviv and there's little chance of the ice falling either between the two governments any time soon as ati's paul asli a found out. when former american president george bush visited israel his trip with. p

syrian opposition forces have driven government troops out of a northern city. these pictures appear to show a cheering crowd pulling down a statue of president assad's late father in the central square. in the democratic republic of congo, a player -- a plane has crashed killing around 40 people. the plan was flying to a central town and was operated by a local commercial airline. queen elizabeth has been discharged from a london hospital, where she was being treated for symptoms of gastroenteritis. it is the first time in a decade when the 86 year-old has been in the hospital. her appearance engagements have been canceled or rearranged. the first set of meetings at the vatican ahead of the conclave. there is an absentee cardinal grabbing the headlines. the head of the catholic church in scotland and its sexual conduct that stressed that decades. -- admitted sexual misconduct that stretched back decades. >> the cardinals gathered to stop the process -- start the process to elect a new pope. if the allegations against the cardinal had not been made public, he wo

bashar al assad's administration said rebels fired a missile containing a chemical substance at the northern city of aleppo. opposition fighters tell a different story. they say government forces carried out two chemical attacks one in aleppo and one in damascus. syria's u.s. ambassador bashar jaafari says his government has asked the u.s. secretary-general to launch an independent probe. the security council held a closed door session on wednesday. after the meeting, russia's representative expressed support for the syrian government. >> i do hope that the secretary-general is going to act on that invitation expeditiously. >> britain's envoy is backing the opposition. >> but it is the syrian regime which has stockpiles of chemical weapons and materials in syria. >> deputy ambassador parham says a number of council members will ask the secretary-general for a probe that also considers the opposition's claims. u.s. president barack obama wants to know exactly what happened in syria. he calls the use of chemical weapons a game-changer. >> i've instructed my teams to work closely with all other coun

they say they used chemical weapons near the northern city of aleppo. he hopes the team will not consistent only of u.s. and european investigators. >>> rebel forces are now in control of the african capital. both sides signed a cease-fire? january. the rebels broke the agreement last week when they entered the capital. they took control of the city. their leader named himself interim president. they have announcdenounced the for breaking the cease-fire. the u.n. secretary general is calling for the rule of law to return as soon as possible. he says he's deeply concern over reports of serious human rights abuses. >>> he's on his first trip abroad as leader. he is spending several days on the continent. a part of the world his country has come to rely on for trade and natural resources. the president delivered a speech at a convention center. chinese aid helped fund the center. the president said the chinese will pursue their own growth while continuing to help their african friends as much as they can and enhancing ties with them. he said financial supp

been killed as rebel fighters spent a second day pedaling mali's army and french soldiers in the northern cityof gao. signs of more division in syria's main opposition group. made anaz al-khatib announcement of resignation. arab foreign ministers are discussing the problems their leaders are trying to solve when they meet on tuesday for the arab summit. top of the agenda is the war in syria and how to support the syrian opposition. >> we need the arabs to take a firm provision in support of the syrian people, fighting for freedom, dignity and social justice. we praised the efforts of ahmed moaz al-khatib, and we welcome the election of the interim prime minister. >> members of several delegations at the meeting said the foreign ministers agreed to grant the opposition representation in the arab league. that move is expected to be approved by top leaders. the decision was overshadowed by the surprise resignation of three opposition leader ahmed moaz al-khatib. >> ahmed moaz al-khatib posted on his facebook page the reasons why he resigned. he said the syrian people have been slaughtered for the

of assad's administration say opposition forces launched a chemical attack last week near the northern city of aleppo. opposition forces say the assad administration launched two chemical attacks. one in aleppo and another near damascus. they say government forces used chemical weapons in december in the central city of homs. officials from france and britain have asked the u.n. to investigate the allegations. u.n. spokesperson martin nasarke says selstrom will not be conducting a criminal investigation. >> it's a technical mission aimed at ascertaining whether chemical weapons were used. and not by whom. >> nesarke did not say what action the u.n. might take if he finds evidence of chemical weapons use. >>> u.s. president barack obama has made history with his pick for director of the secret service. he appointed julia pierson as the first woman to head the agency in its nearly 150-year history. pierson began her career as a police officer in florida. she's been with the secret service for three decades. she's protected presidents and investigated cyber crimes. her appointment marks a shif

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government troops and rebel fighters are blaming each other for a chemical attack near the northern city of aleppo -- dialogue with bashar alabama assad's regime. >> they accuse rebel fighters of launching a missile containing poisonous gases. the information minister said this type of weapon was prohibited under international law. >> so far, we have 16 martyrs and 86 wounded. most of them are in critical condition. the chemical contained in the missile causes immediate fainting, convulsion, and that. >> in istanbul, syria's main opposition group said they were looking at the attack rejected allegations that rebels were involved. we also know the rebels do not have access to chemical weapons. they would not have access to the means of launching these kind of chemical weapons. >> we have no details yet. we are against using chemical weapons from any side. i am not expecting the revolutionaries to do that, but we are against anyone who would use it. member for now, the reports cannot be independently verified due to tight media restrictions -- >> for now, the reports cannot be independentl

the use of chemical weapons they've traded accusations as to who was behind the assault near the northern city of aleppo that killed up to thirty one people and wounded dozens of others were artesian in the blue sky is following the story and joins me now in the studio getting is there any sort of indication as to who might have been behind this attack and were chemical weapons actually used well that's the thing at this point there is no absolutely absolute certainty but we do know that reports indicate that chemical weapons have indeed been used in the han area of the aleppo province the details aren't clear at the moment but various witnesses do say that people have been suffering from effects of what seems to be some sort of gas. well in the heart. i. assure. you here. where injured because of the. rocket. over. now who could be behind this attack the blame actually could lie equally with rebels or with president assad's forces but the rockets reportedly have fallen in areas controlled by the government syrian rebels have long tried though without success to overrun the weapons plant locat

syrian government and rebels are accusing each other of launching a deadly chemical attack near the northern city of aleppo. state news claims that 25 people were killed by a rocket containing poisonous gases. the rebels denied the allegation. they are blaming the assad regime. russia supports the government's claim. the united states says there is no evidence. >> i am not going to discuss intelligence, but it is important that is fighting in syria and to devise any regime becomes more desperate that the united states and international community make absolutely clear to assad that the use of chemical weapons would be totally unacceptable. >> totally unacceptable -- jay carney there. steve, it is a complicated picture. what do we know about what happened and what did not happen? >> it is cloudy. it is hard to make an assessment from here. people who know about these things -- there seems to be a consensus that we should at least be cautious about these claims. -look at the video of the victims, they do not seem to have the injuries that would be consistent with the chemical weapons attack. talking

15 kilometers north of the jordanian border and until now the rebel offensive focused on the northern cities of aleppo, and al rackia. in the air less then 100 kilometers from the capital damascus and that could enable rebels to open a sked front against the government. ominic cane has the story. > this was once a peaceful opposition to president assad but now a key staging post on the front lines. for days rebels have been attacking government forces here, using machine guns to take on assad's heavily armed troops. these rebels improvise their own armored car to take on the tanks. the main focus has been on house-to-house fighting. the rebels claim to have taken control of the town from assad soldiers has been met with approval by some of the people ere. and one analyst said losing the elle is a serious set back for assad. >> by able to dictate the road from hamas to jordan, having a swath of territory they controlled near the border, they're going tible to get their weapons from jordan, send fighters into jordan for training and the like. so it's troubling for the regime, no doubt about it

other of using chemical weapons an attack that killed twenty five people and wounded dozens in the northern city of aleppo both sides claim a rocket was fired loaded with chemical agents well let's now talk to zach humala and the strategy based activists for the free syrian army most amount of thanks for joining us you have recently returned from syria haven't you what are you hearing about this latest attack did it involve potential weapons do you know. what the white house is first of all thank you very much for having me. and which regime of kind is a prefix congressman crimes anyone who claims chemical weapons rather than accept its territory to the peruvian army how did it all happened but with that all the bodies. were not getting the system sucks. so much to be gotten. out of anything except a lot of terrorists as if you smoke. well there are reports that. in this attack and does that surprise you. i told because the accusation is way why would he use such weapons against his own painful. much explore in just a moment as was said using these weapons and then the other for the rebels are u

was behind this so near the northern city of aleppo that killed up to thirty one people and wounded dozens of others well arty's is following the story and joins me now in the studio do you need to be having any indication as to who might have been behind the attack and whether chemical weapons were actually used well we do have clear indication that the chemical weapons actually have been used have been used as a matter of fact in reportedly in the han area of the isle of a province this is unclear at the moment but if you look at the pictures right here people were rushed to the hospital after the attack the have very few clearly visible wounds but they're very clearly suffering from respiratory problems having to have a difficulty breathing victims of the assaults were saying that they saw all their people falling to the floor dying wouldn't this have confirmed to our team that people have been suffering from effects of what seems to be some sort of gas. who will go to the heart from. richard i. assured. him. three. where in your. pocket. over. now the main question of course is who cou

syrian rebels claim to be in near total control of the northern city of raka this comes after days ofheavy fighting with the syrian army were holding out at the intelligence headquarters and government troops remain at the airport outside the city but it has emerged showing fighters destroying a statue of the former leader and father of the current president bashar al assad. berliners fear they may soon be forced out of the germany's capital because their income can't keep pace with housing costs real estate becoming unaffordable for locals and people from richer regions are swooping in archy's peter all for reports . who are both sexy. men lovingly described his city. now some berliners feel this way of life is coming and the threat there is in here in there if you keep hearing praise we've seen big changes over the past ten years more and more apartment buildings have been built in areas where people traditionally used to rent what we're seeing is people being forced from their homes real estate prices in berlin have shot up by thirty two percent since two thousand and seven well ah

syria's government and rebels they're accusing each other of launching a chemical attack near the northern city of aleppo that killed twenty five people and wounded dozens opposition activists said government troops were among the dead in tact led to a prompt international response britain and the us reiterating that earlier warnings that the use of chemical weapons could lead to an intervention russia expressed concerns that rebels might have got hold of w m d's author and historian gerald holmes says the horrors in syria cannot be looked at in isolation from michigan and if it turns out that the rebels committed this act we should not be surprised after all they've become master of car bombings not least we should also recall that this is the tenth anniversary of the disastrous us invasion of iraq and as we speak bombs are going off in baghdad punctuating this disastrous invasion we should connect the two events just as the al-qaeda in iraq and their allies or detonating bombs in baghdad across the border in syria al nusra front which is connected to al qaeda in iraq is engaged in car bombing

alleged deadly chemical attack they've traded accusations as to who was behind the assault near the northern city of aleppo that killed up to thirty one people and wounded dozens of others. is following the developments reports that chemical weapons have been used in the. area off the aleppo province this is are not clear at the moment as people were rushed to hospital after the attack if you had visible wounds to their bodies but they were clearly suffering from some breathing difficulties now that seems of the assaults were saying that they saw other people falling to the four dying witnesses have confirmed to r.t. that people have been suffering from effects of what seems to be some sort of gas. who is good for. a short green. where you're. over there. now who could be behind this attack both assad's forces and rebels are pointing the finger of blame at each other but the rockets reportedly fell in areas controlled by the government the syrian rebels have long tried to overrun the weapons plant located in the very same area you can see on the map right there aleppo and then also fear that is t

syria's government and rebels are accusing each other of launching a commie cole attack in near the northern city of aleppo that killed twenty five people and wounded. that fact occurred in an area called which is in the north to find a pool in an area that was under the control of the government it contained one of the military station it's called the police center the police training center and this police training center has been under that from the opposition for the last three weeks or more and they were very to control it hard because of the difficulty of the hard fighting from the government they could not control it and now after that attack the government claims that opposition who fired and messalina. pain in the morning with chemical disguises and this chemical guys is led into the killing of several people on the one of the several people including some of the doctors were trying to. to heal these people and in the close by hospitals the government to claim that the opposition was was responsible for it and very and the opposition said at the same time that the government is responsib

internationally led investigation into whether chemical weapons were used in an attack near the northern city of aleppo the rebels and the government have blamed each other for these sold twenty five people died including sixteen government troops journalists in damascus. has the details. that fact occurred and the area called which is in the notify people in an area that was under the control of the government it contained one of the military station it's called the police center the police training center and this police training center has been under the attack from the position for the last three weeks or more and they were very to control it hard because of the difficulty of the hard fighting from the governor they could not control it and now after that attack government claimed that position who fired a mess solide. in the morning with chemical disguises and this chemical guys is made into the killing of several people on the one of the several people including some of the doctors were trying to. to heal these people and. close by hospitals the government to claim that the opposition w

once again marking the end of the week in egypt stones and firebombs left dozens injured in the northern city of alexandria and as a supporter and opponents of president morsi and the muslim brotherhood clashed in cairo protesters surrounded the prosecutors general also is demanding his resignation over what they call on lawful action against the opposition is the. hundreds have gathered in front of the prosecutor's general office i bear accusing the brotherhood of controlling of the judiciary and also protesting against a recent summons in the fine very well known activists last week for their alleged involvement in the bloody clashes last week out in this most difficult is that in the capital projects there is a change sharpshooters the prosecutor general's office and called for the arrest and summons and all the current prosecutor to come a weak position can sound is questionable off to the appeals court here in cairo overturn the presidential decree appointing him however we have violence outside of cairo in egypt psychosis if you don't mix ondrea appears street battles occurring between

chemical weapons in an attack that killed twenty five people in wood and dozens more near the northern city of aleppo both sides claim a rocket was fired loaded with chemical agents right live to damascus now and now with local journalist. can you give us any more details about the deadly attacks. that occurred and maybe a cold which is in the north of the pool in an area that was under the control of the government it contained one of the. military station it's called the police center the police training center and this police training center has been under the attack from the opposition for the last three weeks or more and they were very to control it hard because of the difficulty of the hard fighting from the government they could not control it and now after that government claims that opposition who fired a mess solid. in the morning with chemical goddesses and this chemical guys is played into the killing of three people on the one of the seventy people including some of the doctors we're trying to. to heal these people. close by hospitals we have to talk about this important thing

with the use of chemical weapons they traded accusations as to who was behind these so near the northern city of aleppo that killed up to thirty one people and wounded dozens of others will. follow the story and joins me now i mean is there any indication if chemical weapons were used and who minds to be behind the attacks actually there is clear indication that chemical weapons have indeed been used but exactly who is behind it that is still for somebody to figure out fact we do have reports that indicate the chemical weapons have been used in syria in a province of aleppo in a place called. and we can you can clearly see people right here they are not showing any visible wounds but they do show signs of suffering from some sort of respiratory problems now with the details are not clear at the moment but confirmed to our team that people have been suffering from effects of what seems to be some sort of gas. it back for people in the hospital assured me you hear. three. where you're. over. now who could be behind this attack both assad's forces and rebels are pointing the finger of blame at e

eleven am in moscow i matras a good to have you with us here on r t we begin in egypt where the northern city of port sayed is said to be a war zone army and police units protecting government buildings from angry anti-government protesters that have been on the rampage since last sunday at least seven people have been killed in this spate of unrest artie's belt true has more. but there are ten scenes here in egypt's coastal city of post as the clashes continue into the night time standing right in front of the front line here we've witnessed excessive use of tear gas and by the security forces as well as hearing gunfire although i cannot confirm whether this is my mission leader post have come in that i mean you should has been used in the past few days these protests abreu counts a few days ago often defendants in this very contentious whose side football massacre verdict would being moved from one prison to underneath an indication the families of the defendants in this trial would very angry and that's how these clashes began speaking the protesters this evening they tell me that point sa

are watching r t it's good to have your company with us i'm to be on with say so first egypt's northern city of port side where army and police units are desperately trying to protect government buildings from angry antigovernment protesters who have been on the rampage just since sunday it's here the planned a funeral for one of the seven people who have died could fan the flames of dissent even more. is that in the battle city. the caches continued through the night here in front of the security headquarters in the rest of city of pro-science we had reports that a thirty three year old protested died from his injuries after receiving a gunshot wound to his head yesterday as the violence escalated between anti-government protesters and security forces this comes ahead of a very contentious verdict in the four saying football stadium massacre which happened in february last year the remaining defendants are facing trial many people predict that the verdict will not be a good one for the people oppose sayit sparking further clashes in the first round twenty one people were sentenced to death

with me to bomb would say have you having a wonderful in the states so far so first to egypt the northern city of port saeed way army and police units are desperately trying to protect government buildings from angry and to government protesters who have been on the rampage a since sunday it's rather the planned funeral for one of the seven people who have died could have fanned the flames of dissent even more. is in the embattled city for us. there are ten scenes here in egypt's coastal city of post sayit as the clashes continue into the night time standing right in front of the front line here we've witnessed excessive use of tear gas and by the security forces as well as hearing gunfire although i cannot confirm whether this is my mission all the reports have come in that i mean you should has been used in the past few days these protests broke out a few days ago off the defendant in this very contentious whose side football massacre verdict were being moved from one prison to on the nic an indication for the families of the defendants in this trial were very angry and that's how these clas

once again the end of the week in egypt stones and fun bombs that have dozens injured in the northern cities alexandria and zog zig as supporters and opponents of president morsi and the muslim brotherhood clashed in cairo meantime protesters surrounded the prosecutor general's office to my big his resignation of what they call unlawful action against the opposition well troops the force. hundreds of garbage in front of across he just general office they are keeping the brotherhood of controlling at the judiciary and also protesting against a recent summons in the fine very well known activists last week for their alleged involvement in the unlucky crashes last week optimism of the head coaches that in the capital protest is a change shocks to most of us generals office and school to be addressed in something over the coming months to come a weak position can sound questionable off to the appeals court here over time the presidential decree appointing him how do we not find an outside the immediate psychosis a tsunami of these street battles occurring between undercover protesters and what i

so once again marking the end of the week in egypt stones of bombs left dozens injured in the northern cities of alexandria and zigzagged as supporters and opponents of president morsi the muslim brotherhood clashed in cairo to protest has surrounded the prosecutor general's office demanding his resignation over what they call unlawful action against the opposition well troops there for us. gunderson got it in front of the courts he just general office and they are accusing the brotherhood of controlling and the judiciary and also protesting against a recent summons in the fine very well known activists last week for their alleged involvement in the bloody clashes last week out in this most difficult is that in the capital protesters had changed shots to deal with the prosecutor general's office and called for the arrest and summoning all the current prosecutors to conduct a gun a weak position from south is questionable off to the appeals court here in cairo overturn the presidential to create appointing him how do we have time violence outside of cairo in egypt psychosis a tsunami of these

one skid marks the end of the week in egypt stones and five bombs left dozens injured in the northern cities of alexandria supporters and opponents of president morsi and the muslim brotherhood clashed in cairo protests around the prosecutor general's office demanding his resignation over what they call unlawful action against the opposition troops there. hundreds of garbage in front of the course teaches general office and they are accusing the brotherhood of controlling and the judiciary and also protesting against a recent summons in the fine very well known activists last week for their alleged involvement in the you cannot be consciousness week to miss muffet had full taste and even the competent protesters had a change to deal with the post general's office and called to direct and summoning all the common prosecutors to come down a weak position can sound is questionable often at the appeals court hearing higher over time the presidential decree appointing him how do we have time violence outside the cairo in egypt psychosis a tsunami of these street battles occurring between undercov