r.t. barack obama cancels a shed jule one to one with potent after russia granted asylum to n.s.a. leaker edward snowden moscow says washington still unwilling to build relations on an equal basis we follow that up. also ahead learning from us the united nations tells r.t. it's investigating reports that kurdish civilians have been massacred by rebels in syria this is al-qaeda linked groups their push to create a breakaway islamic state. and the japanese government is forced now to step in to help the operator of the crippled fukushima power plant contain a recently revealed massive leak of radioactive water. all over a good heavy company this hour this is our team broadcasting live from moscow around the world on our top stories are just saying the breaking news this u.s. president barack obama's council the one to one with his russian counterpart vladimir putin for next month the decision prompted by moscow giving temporary refuge to the fugitive whistleblower edward snowden was met with disappointment in the kremlin is out he's going to teach you can know with the details live f

r.t. barack obama cancels a show called one to one with vladimir putin after russia granted asylum to n.s.a. leaker edward snowden in moscow says washington still unwilling to build relations on an equal basis light coming on this coming up. also the united nations tells r.t. it's investigating reports that kurdish civilians have been massacred by rebels in syria this is al qaeda linked groups their push to create a breakaway islamic state. that the japanese government is now forced to step in and help the operator of the crippled fukushima power plant try to contain the recently revealed massive leak of radioactive water.

r.t. barack obama counsels show you a one to one with the amir peretz and after russia granted asylum to n.s.a. leaker edward snowden moscow says washington still unwilling to build relations on an equal basis like comment on this coming up. also this hour united nations tells r.t. it seemed best to gauge the reports that kurdish civilians have been massacred by rebels in syria this is al-qaeda linked groups their push to create a breakaway islamic state. and the japanese government is now forced to step in and help the operator of the crippled fukushima power plant try to contain the recently revealed massive leak of radioactive water. getting from moscow is kevin owen here this hour just after nine pm now on the breaking news as i mentioned from us tonight the big story u.s. president barack obama has canceled a one to one with his russian counterpart vladimir putin that was shed jule for next month the decision prompted by moscow giving temporary refuge to the fugitive whistleblower edward snowden was met with disappointment in the kremlin he is and he's going to teach you can with the deta

r.t. u.s. russia barack obama cancels an upcoming meeting with vladimir putin and she jest relations need a timeout after moscow granted temporary asylum to whistleblower edward snowden. claims of genocide kurds say they're being targeted for ethnic cleansing and mounting reports of al-qaeda linked fighters attacking their villages in syria. comes under pressure from the global gay community who want the winter olympics taken away from russia over the introduction of what they call a fascist style law against homosexuals. hello welcome you're watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with make. now relations between russia and the u.s. suffered a major setback this week at least according to the american side first president obama canceled a one on one summit with putin and then even called for a pause in the relationship russia expressing disappointment over these developments insists however there are no signs of a return to the cold war. as the details. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have paid a new l

r.t. u.s. russia barack obama cancels an upcoming meeting with vladimir putin and suggests relations need a time out so after moscow granted temporary asylum to whistleblower edward snowden . claims of genocide could say they're being targeted for ethnic cleansing in made mounting reports of al-qaeda linked fighters attacking their villages in syria. moscow comes under pressure from the global gay community who want the winter olympics taken away from russia over the introduction of what they call a fascist style law against homosexuals. and i welcome you watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me andrey. now relations between russia and the u.s. suffered a major setback this week at least according to the american side first president obama canceled a one on one summit with blood amid putin and then even called for a pause in the relationship russia while expressing disappointment over these developments insists however there are no signs of a return to the cold war. as the details. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u

r.t. international good to have you with us our top story than the big one tonight u.s. president barack obama has canceled a one to one with his russian counterpart vladimir putin that was shed jeweled for next month the decision prompted by moscow giving temporary refuge the fugitive whistleblower edward snowden was met with disappointment in the kremlin is r.t. with the details from washington and for the moscow side of it it cannot. washington has been thinking for a while on how to best punish moscow for snowden this morning we learned that while he's going to russia for the g. twenty the white house is scrapped the bilateral summit with the russian president and here's president obama's advice or here's what he said will still work with washer on issues where we can find common ground but it was the unanimous view of the president and his national security team that a summit did not make sense in the current environment so now as far as the current environment here is what we heard from the president last night a lot of what's been going on has been. major breaks in the relationship even

r.t. cairo all u.s. president has spoken about the egyptian crisis and barack obama strongly condemn the actions by security forces and announced the u.s. is canceling a joint military exercise with egypt but america will still continue sending over a billion dollars in annual aid to the army a spokeswoman from the british egyptians for democracy group says this runs counter to washington's declared stance on the mocker city. it's actually quite shameful to see countries and leaders of western governments who hail themselves because of democracy supporting the slaughter of democracy and its supporters in egypt what obama came out and said yesterday is simply not enough this is what the obama subsidies to the army buys the slaughter of innocent men women and children the army may have pulled the trigger yes but it was the west that loaded the gun and the west must take an active stance against this it's not too late to side with democracy in egypt they must come out they must reject what is happening in egypt these cosmetic diplomatic maneuvers of free calling ambassadors and the tepid statements again they

officials the white house has signaled that president barack obama may boycott a september summit with president vladimir putin r.t. correspondent guy and she can has more on how these tensions are playing out. together with edward snowden russia has now become the object of washington's wrath fiery remarks are coming from congress senator lindsey graham says americans and washington should consider this a game changer in our relationship with russia senator john mccain goes it's a slap in the face of all americans we cannot allow today's action by pointing to stand without serious repr questions the white house touched upon some of those are oppressions saying moscow's decision on snowden undermines the growing cooperation between russian and u.s. security services the white house spokesperson said washington is quote exploiting lead disappointed with moscow also this mr snowden is not a whistleblower use accused of leaking classified information and has been charged with three family filming the counts and he should be returned to the united states polls show the majority of americans actually disagree with the

r.t. . live in moscow as we highlight the top stories of the week and off today barack obama and david cameron have threatened syria's government with a serious response if indeed it's confirmed the north already is in damascus did gas hundreds of people on wednesday meanwhile assad's administration has warned against a u.s. led intervention saying the move would set the middle east a blaze earlier in the program i got the latest from artie's polis. in state television is reporting that syrian soldiers entered a number of tunnels that had been used by rebel fighters in damascus and they found . remnants of chemical agents what we. i do know is that the shells had marked on them made in saudi arabia and of course saudi arabia has long been a critic of the syrian president bashar assad the soldiers started coughing they started suffocating and immediately ambulances had to be same to the scene to actually assist these soldiers now this comes as the united states starts moving its naval ships in the mediterranean closer to the syrian coast the indications on the ground are that the first wave of

r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program while we begin it with breaking news how barack obama has canceled a one to one with russia's president vladimir putin that was scheduled for next month the white house claims the decision was prompted by moscow granting temporary refuge to the fugitive whistleblower edward snowden well let's now bring in our correspondent your piskun often has more on this igor what sort of reaction can we now expect from moscow well since the speculation about president obama canceling his one on one meeting with vladimir putin somewhere around the upcoming g twenty summit in st petersburg began on the scene as russia granted temporary asylum to edward snowden the new it's unlikely that it's going to be a surprise to officials in moscow but it's also very clear that it's going to be greeted with applause because moscow is stance on this whole situ. around mr snowden it was very clear from the beginning first of all he was never invited to come here was own personal decision the conditions for him to stay here by president putin and were that he had to