r.t. portugal's allen takes you region or straight to ethiopia we go to open up the r.t. world so i thousands are taking to the streets in the. antigovernment rally protesters demanding the scrapping of the country's terrorist war and the release of certain political prisoners the demonstrators claim the legislation is being misused for cracking down on opposition activists and journalists but officials say the protesters are trying to simply glorify convicted terrorists. and to pakistan with thousands of gathered for a funeral service for the dozens killed in a devastating blast in the city of peshawar the mourners were joined by the relatives of one family that lost sixteen of its members in the attack they died when a car bomb went off near a police station in a market area destroying nearby shops and buildings it's only a week since suicide bombers killed outside a christian church in the same city. and i show you some of the footage from the london duck there it is in the thames and it's on fire no explanation as to how it caught on fire though all the twenty eight p

thank you for joining me for the r.t. sports show i'm kate partridge and coming up is half an hour of top sporting deeds and words from russia and around the globe and here's a taste. scar tissue packs a punch as the scars from petersburg side triumph six two reigning champions deny moscow to stay top of the k h l. while all smiles a fellow on ice hockey star alexander ovechkin becomes the first russian to carry the olympic torch to kickstart a record long relay for the salt two winter games. and fast track russia's hottest to win the one prospect's against iraq to test the sochi circuit ahead of russia's first ever f one race next year. but let's start with football because it's been a bad week for the world's top player in all messi as the barcelona forward picked up a thigh injury in the two know when it all maria after also appearing in court for the charges of tax fraud messy netted the open out in the wind to post his eight goal in six legal matches so far this campaign bossa have now won seven active seven club rec

live on r.t. coming to you from moscow. now it looks like president obama is toning things down after weeks of bombastic statements threats that the syrian government deserves a u.s. military strike in an address to his nation which according to recent polls is against america getting involved in a brand new war he agreed it to give way to diplomacy first. we saw president obama engaged in verbal acrobatics with a message that many americans will find very confusing he was forcefully pushing the idea that strikes against syria are necessary asking the american people to support him at the same time he will say maybe they will not be necessary and maybe diplomacy can work he was referring to russia's proposal for seriously give up its chemical weapons take a listen it's too early to tell whether this offer will succeed in any agreement must to verify that the assad regime keeps its commitments but this initiative has the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons without the use of force particularly because russia i

online for you right now at r.t. dot com russian tycoons in the crosshairs ben a russian justice the c.e.o. of one of the world's largest producers of corruption charges turned their attention to the company's principal shareholder. pulls no punches on washington and the urges a legal investigation over what he claims is an unlawful crackdown by the u.s. on the wiki leaks website that says he mocks thousand days in confinement and to r.t. dot com from. bahrain is to host a permanent headquarters for the pan arab human rights court the movie being praised by the really monarchy has been inspired by quote the king's belief in basic human liberties the mood is quite different among the opposition ranks activists claim it's nothing but a public stunt and won't improve the rights of those in bahrain. see the form of the opposition says no member of the arabic league was thinking of human rights when the decision was made. the question is in what bases and what curry kiriat they choose in bahrain bahrain considered to be t

the latest here on r.t. >> live from our studio live in moscow. this is r.t. president obama has announced he wants to carry out a military strike against the country. but not without congressional approval. our correspondent has the details from new york. >> u.s. president barack obama has announced something of a shift in strategy with respect to military intervention in syria. most of the world was speculating that washington would strike damascus within the next 24 to 48 hours. but on saturday afternoon, president obama confirmed that the u.s. will take military action against syria, but first the u.s. leader says he will seek authorization from congress. speaking in the rose garden, obama believes he has the authority to carry a military attack without approval from congress. but he feels that going before congress, having a public debate -- having a vote would make the country stronger. if there was actually a national conversation taking place about obama's intended military strike against syria. now the u.s. leader says he feels comfortable carrying ou

r.t. . coming up later in the program america's debt time bomb concern drives in congress over the government's inability to cope spending with national debt reaching double pre-crisis levels the details just ahead. unexplored antarctica what is it in this icy expanse that attracts the people who come here. on the beach and i know i only go to the dock. and enter into. a new generation of polar explorers is coming. we have a new group of specialists here now all of them are young how are they going to get along with each other and i don't know. how used to be a bureaucrat. seriously. what adventures await in this mysterious land where they live want to eat and want to be actually doing it on top to go. wealthy british style. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy cons a report on. christianity central place in british culture could be increasingly under threat with church attendance in survey decline meanwhile the nation's second largest religion islam is gro

thanks for being with r.t. today up next meet the russian man who has given a loving home to more than thirty orphans. many gay bars are starting to refuse to sell russian vodka as a means of protesting the homosexual propaganda laws in russia as i've said before boycotts are a great way to put pressure on people but are they putting pressure on the right people not only is it racist to assume that hurting the vodka flow will deal a massive blow to the russian economy but it is also racist to think that any vodka with a russian sounding name is itself russian and many videos angry gay bartenders were pouring stolichnaya vodka which should be pronounced by the way onto the ground in a fury but if those bartenders would take a closer look at the labels they would see that exported stoli is produced and bowed in latvia by the s.p.i. group not in russia also according to the n.p.t. group beverage alcohol report the most popular vodka in america with a russian sounding name is smeared off which is british owned and

on r.t. tonight the latest diplomatic marathon over syria results in unilateral approval of a resolution at the u.n. security council one of the country's next moves on chemical disarmament. claims of state slavery are fired at qatar as the football community teams up with rights activists over dough are building its world cup dream at a lethal cost to a new group work is. a massive police operations underway in greece rounding up leaders and members of the far right golden dawn party it's a first since the one nine hundred seventy five comment on that coming up this hour . faced with a war of verse public the u.k. eyes are man drones expendable mercenaries and probably a gander now to fire up the nationals spirit. live from moscow it's kevin over here this hour this is r.t. international our top story the hague based watchdog says the syrian government should destroy all chemical weapons facilities by november it's also giving damascus until the middle of next year to get rid of the poisonou

r.t. london. in just a few minutes here on our latest edition of breaking the set where they were marching to stay with us. with the law prof kerry deal on syria's chemical weapons and like they would appear to the international system is returning to some kind of multilateral order the united states remains the world's only military superpower but that same power can now be put into check can washington cope with this new geo political reality. if you need. economic ups and downs in the final months day the london deal sank i and the rest because i meet katie it will be every week on may. choose your language calling for a week over the internet you will. choose to use the concerns to. choose the opinions that you think are great to. choose to stories could impact good life choose me access to your office. only. the the. hey guys i'm abby martin and this is breaking the sat so yesterday that medical woke up to yet another mass killing spree right here in washington d.c. in the coming days you'll

r.t. coming to you live from moscow i'm renay joshing welcome to the program hank based watchdog says the syrian government should destroy all chemical weapons facilities by november and it has also given damascus until the middle of next year to get rid of the poisonous substances has already developed now it's after the u.n. security council unanimously backed resolution requiring syria to eliminate its arsenal as moscow insisted the document does not authorize the immediate use of force if it doesn't comply the details are from new york or spot a marina. this breakthrough marks the first time the united nations security council has agreed on a binding document concerning syria the resolution unanimously adopted by the council requires the verification and destruction of syria's chemical weapons stockpile however while it doesn't mention chapter seven towards the end of the document it does not indicate that immediate use of force would be allowed that this is something that russia's for

thanks for joining us here on r.t. let's turn our attention now to nigeria dozens of students have been shot dead by it is the most militants they stormed a dormitory early in the we early morning hours of sunday and just started killing people and the government i believe to be from the terrorists. the recently stepped up its attacks on civilians and this latest incident shows the scale of terror engulfing africa and it comes shortly just off the really the deadly shopping mall attack in kenya now johnson the founder of the viewpoint africa website he explained why the continent has now become such a hub for terrorist cells. all these groups are all joined together. i'll shut bob in somalia or the wider m.l.a. in mali or the. across west africa these jihadist cells are all and will be grouped in time you're going to the west has already declared terrorism leads to islam is in islam is in leads to fundamentalism and ultimately muslims when you're dealing with an ideology when you're dealing with a mindset and in the ca

and r.t. sees the brutality of the civil war firsthand as the syrian army tries to clear an ancient christian village of al qaeda linked rebel. officials in afghanistan say a nato air strike is killed civilians including women and children something the airlines deny as we take a look at the legacy that coalition troops are set to leave in the war ravaged nation when they withdraw forces next year. in the battle for moscow acting city chiefs are guess again in and opposition figurehead elex in the valley are facing off the key contenders in the capital's first merril election in nearly a decade. hello good evening you're watching the weekly here in r.t. with me and. it's been a tough week for u.s. secretary of state john kerry he's been trying to convince the european union to get on board with a military strike on syria over the regime's alleged use of chemical weapons but kerry presented no new evidence against the syrian government and very few countries are willing to rush into action with

r.t. and speaking of the u.n. general assembly before the vote for mr lavrov said the world is now multi-polar and there is no place for unilateral action against other states without collective approval it's in contrast to president obama's theory of american exceptionalism which he to found it on the same stage a few days before or just kevin owen discussed that with political with geopolitical analyst eric draitser let's first of all listen to what a bomb had to say at the u.n. general assembly if we would before i believe america must engage for our own security but i also believe the world is better for some may disagree but i believe america is exceptional. in part because we have shown a willingness through the sacrifice of blood and treasure to stand up not only for our own narrow self-interest but for the interests of all well obama says the u.s. has quote a responsibility to act but of course it begs the question does not guarantee it's always going to responsibly think that we should be very cautious ab

whistleblower or yeah i discuss the details of that interview with r.t. is lindsay friends so where is snowden well that's the question everyone wants answered as quickly as possible there was word when he left the airport initially that he was actually staying with american friends so we sat down with anatoly could try to know which is to be a lawyer assisting him ever since he got here in russia we asked him that very question and this is what he has to say. it is impossible at the moment to reveal where he's living we'll talk openly about it we believe the danger remains quite high what sort of danger do you mean well what you have to understand is that he's being persecuted by a major power the us government and we fear that they could be some very serious consequences even within the russian territory you mean they can chase and catch him here in russia. i don't think that is going to happen but we saw american special forces intervening in other countries also with regards to our own citizens they get detained to broaden transfer to u.s. territory t

you with r.t. we're going to take a quick break now but when we come back the olympics goes out of this world as a cosmic trio heads to the international space station on a mission to boldly take an olympic torch rights and have it gone before. listen the technology is the name and aviation is the game which is lately still trying to take a leaf some to the marks a novel power source brings innovation to condone the ground the green knight shaped lots of things i wanted to update year on. dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others refused to notice. places changing the world right now. so picture. from around the globe. dropped. to. zero again washed by the atlantic ascension island is a distant remnant of the british empire is still home to hundreds of people though the population has severely reduced over the past decade so let's take a look at this tiny dot is ascension island it's situated roughly midway between the horn of south america and africa it may be small but for the islanders the

syrian rebels are behind the troll city in an interview to r.t. russia's deputy foreign minister said to get a call who is now in damascus said. that u.n. report is one sided for or story. from our reporters are not we are really sorry that we. are reaching. for what we believe is record. of over the amount of information we're probably several questions were reported. among. remember there will be a war or we begin talking on what we need to. worry and worry the group or you're. not rolling there's no year period to continue for. some members of the u.s. intelligence community who say that and they warned the white house about that that the raw indications that the rebels are behind this attack and also there are indications that they received nerve gas from abroad meanwhile and limited food appeared online allegedly showing syria in a jihadist wearing gas masks and firing rockets and. shells in the middle of the night and this video was said to be short on the twenty first of august the date of that attack that killed many civilians and provoked

news continues here on r.t.in egypt there's been a dramatic turn in the crackdown on islam as supporters of the president mohammed morsi a court is ruled that all activities of the muslim brotherhood and now banned and ordered a confiscation of its assets of course want to build true reports now from cairo. this is very significant particularly when you take it in the context of this huge escalating crackdown on the islamist group its members and that support is now this case it was filed by a leftist party earlier this year who basically said it was functioning illegally in this capacity as an ngo reports of their weapons inside its headquarters in the capital so what the court now has ruled is that by ngo. and of course its finances will be seized and of what we've expecting now is for the security the security forces to use this as a kind of carte blanche to go off to all the other mrs brotherhood figures who are already in jail the house already been round up all of the leading members of the misbehaves incl

welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow i'm in de france thanks for joining me in the u.k. fifty thousand people stage one of the biggest protests manchester's ever seem to coincide with the first day of the annual conservative party conference protesters are furious with cuts to social spending and health services brought in by the coalition government which is led by the conservatives we talked to one of the protesters to ask what precisely got the marchers so fired up. this government is in fact in real trouble of course it's been very much to do with the national health service today that actually that it's facing twenty billion of of cuts by twenty fifteen it's all but it's also shown that crystallized to so many issues of where the government's own popular for all the way from mass surveillance to threaten action in syria to legal aid the fact that so many people are willing to speak out and stand up for the n.h.s. and stand up for britain britain a really puts pressure on this government now we've se

welcome back you're watching r.t. and let's go to greece where authorities have made a move against the far right golden dawn party its leader along with a number of senior officials and other members have been arrested in connection with the murder of a prominent anti-fascist rapper two weeks ago allegedly by golden dawn activists the killings saw thousands join protests across the country well since of failing to win any seats in the twenty nine two thousand and nine election golden dawn has made a breakthrough in the twenty twelve parliamentary vote it won eighteen seats out of three hundred and after gathering its board among the countries use in particular are confident has more. fury on the streets of athens clashes erupted following a protest against the murder of pablo's physis the anti-fascist rapper was stabbed to death last week by an alleged supporter of the far right golden dawn party allegations the group firmly denies. godzilla p. as a young man was known may not have been the first to die at the hands

>> the latest news and the week's top stories from r.t. washington fails to get the world on its side for an attack on syria. with scant support from the g-20. ed brutality of that civil war firsthand as the syrian tries to clean an ancient christian village. also headlining this morning, officials in afghanistan say a nato air strike has killed civilians including women and children, something the alliance is denying. we look at the legacy that coalition troops are set to leave when they withdraw forces next year. and moscow votes for a new mayor. a clear victory for the acting chief and aleksey navalny trailing well behind. it's the first mayoral election in nearly a decade. good morning, this is the weekly from r.t. it's after 1:00 a.m. now. the week top stories, it's been a tough week for u.s. secretary of state john kerry. he has been trying to convince the european union to get onboard with the strike on syria over the alleged use of chemical weapons. kerry presented no new evidence against the syrian government and very few countrie

r.t. for their. white world update time here on the program to india we go where protests have erupted outside the court where four men were accused of the rape and murder of a young woman in the capital the twenty three year old was viciously assaulted on a bus in new delhi in december last year the judge said he reached the decision partly on a statement given by the victim shortly before she died and the four men are due to be sentenced today when they face death by hanging. and emotions the crews are fighting for major fires sweeping close to the west of sydney the helicopters are being brought in to try and douse the flames but they're being fanned by strong winds and high temperatures and investigation has been launched into what sparked the blazes though it is thought that a fire control operation could be to blame. for an hour before that car bombers ripped through the foreign ministry building in the libyan city of benghazi it's not yet known if anyone was hurt in the attack and it comes a y

bus r.t. follows the prosecution in libya of the sun on war crimes charges as a country defies the international criminal court's demand fundamental to the hague . news twenty four hours a day you're watching out. russia says it will provide the u.n. security council with evidence allegedly implicating syrian rebel forces in last month's deadly chemical attack outside damascus the syrian government had already given the same data to u.n. inspectors working in the country the findings were apparently not taken into account when i report was prepared to. talk with russia's deputy foreign minister during his visit to damascus to discuss the allegations. russia's deputy foreign minister has spent two days here in damascus to discuss the country's chemical disarmament plan according to which syria has to destroy or remove its chemical weapons by two thousand and fourteen but first to provide a full list of its chemical weapons and stockpiles by the end of this week that's according to the deal that

this is r.t. tonight a provocation by syrian rebels to trigger a foreign intervention that's what vladimir putin has called last month's chemical attack outside damascus an issue that overshadowed the g. twenty summit here in russia. meanwhile global alarms raise over a surge of extremism within the opposition forces in syria after al-qaeda linked rebels procedure an ancient christian village the latest in a wave of attacks on religious minorities. and a fresh insight into britain that america's confidential folder shows nothing can stop government agencies from getting their hands on your personal data even the most heavily encrypted information it seems is now vulnerable. very good even chief who just joined to say it's kevin owen hear it r t h q in moscow tonight the time just after eleven pm and it's the same time as well in some petersburg and that's the place where u.s. president barack obama is strong has been struggling for the last forty eight hours together international support for stri

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thanks for staying with us here on r.t. for more international news a five day mass strike by public sector workers in greece is not entering day three with thousands flooding the streets to vent their anger addressed exchange spending cuts the rallies come ahead of a visit later this month while the country's international creditors meanwhile prime minister antonis samaras has recently claimed the country needs another six years to return to pre-crisis living standards greece has already received two bailout packages totaling two hundred forty billion euros. more details on how the greeks are coping with their bleak economic situations out on r.t. dot com also the if we use country right just across the water that's home to some of the world's largest oil reserves is also crying out for cash i'll find out what's happening in libya on our way. to meet your writer that landed outside the city on. tell me i believe in russia's urals in favor him has given birth to what looks like a new religion to find out what all the fuss i

thanks for joining us here on r.t. today europe is witnessing a surge in support for far right parties a right wing populists of just swept to power norway a greece's golden dawn is the country's third largest political group and then austria the right wing freedom party has scooped up almost a quarter of the vote in sunday's general election a short while ago i spoke to peter oliver in vienna. well the big story from sunday's ballot is that the far right freedom party in austria picked up almost a quarter of the vote now what that means is that they've really increased the amount of of their popularity here in the country they campaigned this time on a not just an immigration policy but also on a policy on a very much a euro skeptic campaign and that seen them both draw in the voters from by the by the sackful not just those though also the euro skeptic parties will be in the in the parliament here in austria and this is something that we're seeing not only here in austria but we've seen in norway where there the gove

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are welcome it's good to have you company watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with may. now russia's foreign minister is in damascus at the moment amid reports that the syrian government gave its allies crucial information about the use of chemical weapons in the country the french foreign minister was in moscow earlier talking to his russian counterpart sergei lavrov about how to move syria's disarmament process forward well arty's pull scott joins us right now paul what further details can you give us about the developments coming out of syria at the moment well russia's deputy foreign minister is in damascus right now for talks with syria's foreign minister and the two sides are discussing the best way forward to implement the deal that was agreed in principle between moscow and washington in geneva at the weekend a deal of course that would see syria dismantle its chemical weapons arsenal as you say there are also reports emerging the ceilings saying that damascus has handed over information to its allies suggesting that rebel forces have carried out chemical attacks

and under fire r.t. continues its series of reports from the heart of the syrian war this time our correspondent joins syrian troops dodging sniper fire in a damascus suburb. a welcome you're watching r.t. this evening with me and. now twelve people are confirmed dead after a shooting at a navy yard in washington d.c. let's get the latest now from our to. the sea sam we understand the area wristed in lockdown but also two of the gunmen we believe still at large. right well things are quieted down here actually we just saw this stream of people here we suspect is the people who are still inside the buildings told to shelter in place they're now being released but things are quiet and down the next police briefing will be in about an hour and it's not going to be at this location would suggest that they might be trying to open this street up but now as for the latest twelve people are dead as you said police are still looking for two suspects now here's some latest news coming from the d.c. police departme

well always plenty for you online of course at r.t. dot com including paying a high price for desired independence scotland could face a major hike in taxes if it breaks away from the u.k. find out if the citizens there think it will be worth it on r.t. dot com and also. how about this one for a dream job read about how you can cash in on your bed time and never worry about oversleeping with this career opportunity for the full details right now on our website. but it's no secret that europe is in trouble with inequality unemployment and soaring debt alone spending a protracted crisis to combat the european states have leveled an arsenal of a sturdy measures a tactic that has hit the most vulnerable the hardest while now a new report suggests that matters could get even worse with one hundred fifty million europeans potentially vulnerable to poverty in the next decade we spoke to natalia and also she's from the charity organization oxfam which published that report and she said the idea behind a sturdy is right but the cuts target the

r.t. . christianity central place in british culture could be increasingly under threat with church attendance in severe decline meanwhile the nation's second largest religion islam is growing faster than ever with some studies suggesting it could eventually become the dominant faith. has the story. half of brits say they're christians but you wouldn't know it glancing at this london service in. the us. the new figures show that the u.k.'s official religion is declining faster than was previously thought worship as a raging one for the first time ever fewer than half under the age of twenty five described themselves as christian the decline of churches in the long term it just happens to be now approaching really rock bottom ninety five percent of people don't attend church on an average sunday while the church of england struggles the office for national statistics says that the number of muslims in england and wales has surged by seventy five percent and their young half of british muslims

is in our in vision gallery at r.t. dot com. last one for stereotype bites and belts of tightened why not waste a few billion dollars that's what's happened in the u.k. military according to a spending report that has just come to light r.t. dot com tells you how those costly blunders came the bad. news today violence is once again flared up. in these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada as. a giant corporations rule the day. a statue of a man who was behind some of the ugliest policies of apartheid stange just a stone's throw from south africa as capital guards a whites only enclave and it's not just a museum to past injustices. traveled there. a half hour drive north of south africa's capital petrolia and you'll be forgiven for thinking you've traveled back in time it might be two decades since nelson mandela was sworn in as the country's first black president but communities hankering after south africa's apartheid past when racial segregation was enshrined in law are starting to wave their nati

so if r.t. portugal's island takes you region. i'll be back with a news team with more from just over half an hour from now here on r.t. in the meantime after this short break the latest from the world of sport. recently the ministry of internal affairs of russia declared that they're going to address to increase operations in and around the moscow subway system with a major emphasis on illegal immigration there's an odd paradox when people talk about dealing with illegal immigration in terms of what the police should do people want the police to deal with it but any means of trying to actually do anything are generally taboo any form of asking people to see ideas viewed as an invasion of privacy or racial profiling well i don't know how exactly anyone can prove they are or aren't a citizen without id and if you're looking for people who are foreign and thus different then how can you go about looking for illegals without looking for people who are different profiling if they were looking for a criminal of slavic origin in uganda

thank you for coming on r.t. this morning washington is saying that are making sarin gas is very complicated using perhaps as an argument as to why the rebels couldn't possibly have been behind the attack in damascus as a chemistry expert can you tell us how difficult is it to make sarin gas. yes. extremely difficult to produce sardine. the because it is too toxic for the personal who make it. now from what i understand if i was sort of jumping it is so quickly just so i can understand here sarin gas is a banned substance however the precursor chemicals or the ones are combined to make sarin gas are not is that correct. well the yes the five steps to create. but if you mix the two chemicals last steps it is possible to produce sardine immediately saw bonds chemical bombs. hold in russia and also in us both cases the two chemicals are separated in bomb and saw that after the bomb explode. mixed together to. create sardine saw or if the type of bomb is available anybody can use it or as a. chemicals or variable any

immediately afterwards reporting from new york marina port niamh r.t. . i'll be back with the news team in about half an hour but first our team explores antarctica icy. we talked before about people getting in trouble throughout the usa just for gardening in fact according to the christian science monitor a couple of florida has been fined five hundred dollars a day until they dig up their vegetable garden which is on their own property and mediately people who write these articles draw comparisons to communist russia where people weren't allowed to grow their own food unless the state allowed it yes the revolutionary period in russia forced agriculture to change rapidly and often against the will of many of those involved and this did lead to starvation revolution isn't fun but what about after that well stalin and khrushchev gave out a lot of documents which are private summer houses where people guard and also there were markets in the soviet union where people could bring the food they grew to sell to see all these pictures behind me these are people

free media r.t. dot com. you're watching r.t. coming to live from moscow welcome back i thought here let's turn to immigration party who once boasted mass murder and as brave as a member looks set to play a key role in norway's new parliament the right wing progress party as likely to be invited to form an alliance with the conservatives they say come from the first days now why norway's joining a steady trend across europe. two years ago norway suffered the worst massacre since world war two a brutal assault unleashed against a summer camp for young people claiming seventy seven lives the perpetrator was extreme rightist anders breivik who claimed to have political motivation for his atrocities at his trial he said he wanted to punish the ruling labor party for its liberal immigration policies and to start a so-called conservative revolution he was a member of the progress party in his youth before he lost faith in it and in democracy and adopted the radical and muslim views that underpinned his act of terror the n.t.a. immigrat

this is r.t. live from moscow with me marina joshie welcome to the program thirty iressa greenpeace activists are in temporary custody after being questioned by russian authorities the campaigners face charges for trying to storm an oil platform to protest against drilling in the arctic now this is where they are being held right now you're looking at live pictures there and that's russia's northwestern port city of more man's a criminal case on suspicion of piracy has been opened by investigators the activists could get up to fifteen years jail if convicted present while they were put in brought up the incident at the international arctic form as artie's of war piskun off reports. environmental security in the arctic is what this forum is all about and it's widely understood that the arctic itself is quite a fragile system and any misuse any accidents there would lead to major consequences and last week's incident with a group of greenpeace activists who tried to board the floating oil platform i

meanwhile an r.t. crew delves into the thick of the city and more coming up in the next hour or portal an ancient christian village which finds itself in the center of a battlefield plagued by scores of radical jihadist fighters who make up their home for the anti assad forces. and german voters have a little under an hour to cast their votes for a new national parliament poll suggest angela merkel's christian democratic union will get the most votes but if the party does do as well as predicted the real final count when her party tries to cobble together a coalition government and there are no reports now from berlin the campaign lead out to the oil important vote stood out not because of the issues that were talked about because of the ones that were left. but there's nothing more the politicians can do it's up to the german people now to decide who will be the next chancellor of their country and perhaps more importantly just who will be taking up seats behind me in the german parliament and it's ha

this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now a high level conference in a worldwide nuclear disarmament and that's the proposal from iran's new president at the un general assembly has on rouhani also took the chance to call israel to declare its alleged weapons of mass destruction was across lives over spawn remember for more on this well how do you know what's this and unexpected proposal from an iranian president and how did it go down. an unexpected a proposal and an unexpected appearance from what we're being told it wasn't clear whether iranian president hassan rouhani would actually be speaking at the un high level meeting on disarmament but he did and he called on israel to join the nuclear nonproliferation treaty now that treaty requires all countries who have nuclear programs or nuclear weapons to acknowledge them in this way the international community can monitor each country's a way of using its nuclear program or its stockpile of nuclear we

it's ten am here in the russian capital you're live with us on r.t. you are with me to bomb would say to our top story now. russia has stressed that the u.n. probe concluding nerve gas was used in syria last month the does not rule out rebel into involvement in the trial so team but the u.s. britain and france have been quick to claim the report is enough to implicate the assad government the white house and says of the rockets used in the attack could only have belonged to loyalist forces however the u.n. findings a story that the serin that tipped the warheads may have been improvised and the report did not pinpoint the slide from where they were launched at a residential areas after massacres were of ordinary has the details. therefore released by u.n. inspectors says that there is clear and convincing evidence that chemical weapons were used in the rebel held damascus suburb of on august twenty first but the report does not answer the key question of who launched the attack nonetheless u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha power says the

thank you for joining us here on r.t. today fat cat bankers the money makers and how your cash isn't really yours at all the kaiser report is in just a moment. fans of the shock to your football club and kind of gonda kazakhstan believe that a certain special ritual help them achieve victory against the world famous scottish team celtic this ritual was sacrificing a sheep at the stadium and someone who lived in kazakhstan for two years i know there's a real meat eating country with deeply rooted traditions and livestock racing so this news is unusual but maybe it's not completely bizarre for the culture of course defenders of animal rights who don't seem to realize that the sheep would be turned into people of the next few days anyways demanded that you a full officials punish the shock to a club for the actions of individual fans this is the same logic as if someone wearing a sexy tim kirby t. shirt went around robbing liquor stores i am not responsible for the actions of people like this program and it's not like i'd ev

crew of r.t. spanish channel was caught up in the turmoil that erupted at an initially peaceful march commemorating the victims of general goes to pinochet's coup nine hundred seventy three. this is the footage we received from them what you're seeing is the police chasing radical views that hijacked the rally by throwing stones and building barricades at the spanish correspondent was tear gassed and describe the actions of the authorities as brutal so fortieth anniversary of the coup through the socialist administration later resulted in thousands of people being killed and detained by the military government around sixty thousand people relatives of pinochet's victims among them took part in the initial march. news as well this group of armed men of storm several bars in a remote sitting guatemala killing at least fifteen people and leaving scores wounded assailants escaped on a seized coffee also told officials believe the attack could be related to gang violence in the region mr geishas on the

at the top stories from the past seven days and the latest developments this is the weekly here on r.t. the u.s. president wants to launch a military strike on syria but he wants to win a domestic political battle for that to happen barack obama is seeking congressional approval for the attack and congress will consider it on september the ninth washington wants to punish damascus for an alleged chemical attack but the evidence so far presented has left much of the world unconvinced or in this now from artie's. obama said although he does believe that he has the authority to carry out a military attack without approval from congress he feels that the country would be strengthened by a public debate on the matter now the u.s. leader says that he feels absolutely comfortable carrying out a military attack against syria without the approval of the u.n. security council according to international law any military strike taken needs approval from the security council and a resolution to be adopted but u.s. officials believe that any security draft resolution allowing for the use of force ag

juster sylvia r.t. paris. a quick look now at some other news from around the world a massive rescue operation is in full swing across the u.s. state of colorado where deadly floods have already killed six people and left hundreds unaccounted for thousands have been forced to evacuate from the deluged areas president barack obama has signed a major emergency order for the battered state approving federal disaster aid the catastrophe has been branded in the story one hundred year flood but the cost to repair is estimated at fifteen times the state annual budget or damp or more damp or still forecast. in iraq at least thirty five people have been killed in the latest wave of insurgent attacks no one has claimed responsibility for the blast which targeted commercial areas and parking lots of mostly shiite dominated cities across the country it comes less than twenty four hours after a suicide bomber attacked a funeral in northern iraq the country's where the ring its deadliest back to violence in half a decade wi

and you can watch that full program next hour here on r.t. and there's more on what's going on in syria on our web site so you right now we're reporting about it ministration waiving federal provisions in order to supply the syrian rebels if you go to r.t. dot com for the details. a mass shooting at a heavily guarded u.s. naval command center has left thirteen people dead including the gunman himself the shooter is believed to be a former navy reservist but it's still unclear what. drove him to carry at the attack the washington navy yard is the navy's largest on sure establishment president obama has described the latest shooting as a cowardly act meanwhile the u.s. has witnessed numerous gun attacks in recent years in november two thousand and nine thirteen people were killed and thirty two injured in a rampage carried out by an army psychiatry just fort hood in texas two years later twelve people were shot dead when a gunman entered a movie theater in colorado and less than six months after that adam lanza attacked the sandy hook elementar

hello and thank you for joining me for the r.t. sports show i'm kate fall tradition coming up is our weekly roundup of support from russia and the cross the globe and here are the top stories. top transfer whales when gareth bale moves from tottenham through right now madrid for a world record three of almost one hundred thirty three million dollars. plus walking tall the russian beat ukraine in their last friendly before the european bonds people championships as the new the squad aims to repeat their two thousand and seven trials. and ice task to we look ahead to the new ice hockey season is to pay a child giants lock horns and a child star alexander ovechkin and dale's russia's kids for the sochi olympics. but first let's kick off with mobile and after weeks of negotiating talk the winter garris bell has joined realm of dread on a six year deal for a world record free of almost one hundred thirty three million dollars the twenty four year old while star will receive over four hundred sixty six thousand dollars a week in wages th

look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here on r.t. . western states eager to gain a loophole for the unilateral action against syria and don't care enough about peaceful efforts to resolve the syrian conflict well that's the impression the russian foreign minister says he's gained after several weeks of a diplomatic marathon to avoid possible strikes against the war torn state. has the details. two weeks ago it seemed like the united states are ready to essentially strike syria then it looks like things are going to ease up just a bit and now again russia seems to be facing some sort of alley masi especially head of the un general assembly which is to take place in new york next week so the russian foreign minister in an interview to russia's channel one has used the points that he's made before but in a very different or rather harsh manner especially when talking about the way that the west is approaching the syrian crisis. and i remember compartments are starting to blackmail us to see if russia does not agree to egypt the seven r

twenty and he's now a r.t. . and surprisingly the syria overshot of the talks in some petersburg this week but they're also pressing questions about where the global economy is heading to venture capital caught up with the head of the international monetary fund christine lagarde in the week to discuss the global economic outlook you can watch the full show in just under thirty minutes tonight it's also available streaming we have a lot of catching. us congress is still deciding over whether or not to attack syria the first senate showdown vote is expected on wednesday the anniversary of the nine eleven attacks incidentally but a reuters poll says fifty six percent of americans don't want the country to use its armed forces against syria some of them making their voices heard in the capital. well they were the chance ringing out in washington d.c. with crowds marching from the white house to capitol hill and n.b.c. poll is further nearly eighty percent of americans think the president needs congressional approval

welcome back this is r.t. mercenaries drones and commando forces that you case possible solutions to make war more acceptable the military has come up with a list of recommendations to ease the nation's war fatigue and drum up support for military campaigns laura smith examines the methods being worked out. how to sell a war to a british public that's not buying that's the topic of the latest study by the ministry of defense reacting to what the paper calls a wrong assumption that the british people has become risk averse in a nutshell the paper says it's not that people don't want war it's that they don't understand how it will benefit them so in an effort to explain war better the think tank make some recommendations. make a large investment into drones suggesting that if people in foreign countries they killed at arms length the british public mind so much second use more contractors aka must raise rather than british soldiers to lessen worries about casualties to use more special forces soldiers because ap

the fighting still continues r.t. reports from the frontline where our team came under fire at the ancient christian town of where the syrian army is engaged in a fierce battle to oust islamist forces. the debate on academic freedom and we talked to a professor at a leading us university who says the administration ordered him to retract his criticism of the n.s.a. method of decrypting data. and in norway a center right coalition to government including a party that once had anders breivik as a member just two years after he murdered nearly eighty people including many children. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team with our weekly recap i'm john thomas going to have you with us. now russia and the us have come up with a roadmap to completely disarm syria of its chemical arsenal by the middle of two thousand and fourteen the plan consists of six key points let's take a closer look at those right now now the exact quantity of syria's chemical weapons will be determined and placed under inter