attack apparently took place russia earlier warned the west against giving in to what it calls the opposition's provocations and interfering in the conflict the foreign minister is due to give a news conference on the situation in syria this hour we are in stand by for this and we'll be bringing you that as soon as it starts. now the u.s. and many of its allies seem impatient to wait for the u.n. findings with american warships already converging the other war torn state and the british are preparing to join them are just more if a national looks at where they are confidence comes from him blaming the syrian government for using chemical weapons and were might lead. united nations experts are in syria to investigate whether chemical weapons were used during the ongoing conflict finally but even before they start a senior u.s. administration official has said there is very little doubt that chemical weapons were used by the syrian regime against civilians these are the arguments we have told were given to president obama as proof the reported number of victims talkin the number explain how they

they said that it was done by the opposition. why would they celebrate this huge victory the same day? they knew that it was something very strong and, again, no one would say the word of that time. to know that there is not an international strike, there is some vegetation. >> do you agree that it is hard to find the logic? >> yes and no. look, i watched this morning for a solid 30 minutes the debate in the british parliament. i have mixed feelings that are polar opposites. i was happy to see such a lively debate. one side on the opposition debated in the interest of the country, but i was angry and sad to see that most of the conversation was almost irrelevant. this has boiled down to the forensic evidence of who perpetrated the attack using chemical weapons when you have more than 100,000 people who have died in the syrian conflicts and millions to have left their homes and now the conversation is about who used chemical weapons? it is almost like c. s. side damascus. this is ridiculous. -- csi damascus. this is ridiculous. >>

the syrian opposition says it will guarantee safe access for u.n. investigators to inspect the site of an alleged chemical attack the statement follows demands from russia a u.n. official is also expected in damascus on saturday to negotiate government permission to look into the reported assault well earlier i discussed how the opposition's latest statement will affect the investigation with ortiz only in a good discussion. i have to understand that this statement came from the syrian national council which is essentially based in turkey and it's a bunch of men in suits and they're notoriously disjointed there has been a lot of criticism about their actions they can't seem to come to an agreement at the same time we also have to understand that we're talking about syria which is at this point penetrated by a whole number of rebel fighters a lot of who are actually associated with al qaida who are not exactly working together with the s.n.c. so this is the can say yes of course come in and take a look and actually they're insisting that the u.n. insp

libya is a little the opposition would like a libyan style coalition with nato in order to force the regime out of power in damascus so they clearly benefit from any reports of a chemical attack in syria. over the course of the civil war the syrian opposition has repeatedly accused the regime of mass atrocities and chemical attacks many such claims coincided with major political events and diplomatic efforts and in most cases the number of victims proved to be exaggerated but here are just a few examples for you in july twenty twelve as the u.n. discussed a possible intervention in syria the rebels announced a civilian massacre interim say carried out by the government well that later proved to be false by a u.n. observer mission to the town in august just days before u.n. security council meeting the massacre once more assad was blamed but it was later found that the rebels were most likely the perpetrators in december as russia the u.s. and the u.n. met to discuss a peace plan the west accused of arming chemical weapons for imminent use well that arsenal was not used later in decem

open up areas that are under the opposition control they can certainly. ask that the u.n. come in and look at whatever documentation they might have so i think that this is a very serious development and that what's happening is that there are regular media is just assuming that it's the it's the syrian government when in fact they're being fed information from the opposition so i think everyone has to be very. policymakers need to be very careful before they take any action based upon the latest report middle of president what has happened is a tragedy president obama said the use of chemical weapons is the red line and it was crossed according to the state department a couple of months ago so what kind of action can we expect from from washington. i think it's going to have to be very very cautious. i think i think the most that we can do from the u.s. standpoint right now without create without getting further involved and having troops on the ground is to call for investigations and and press for press for information and do that and do the analysis and the research. t

. >> they have become a focus for the opposition of the muslim whoherhood and its allies, are demanding that mohamed morsi is reinstated as president. but the military government wants the barricades cleared away and order restored. caught between the authorities , it brokeotesters down last week despite urgings of the international community to find a solution. the foreign minister of the new government has told the bbc they are trying to resolve the situation peacefully. >> needless to say, if we can do this through the powers of persuasion, we will not have any casualties. if not, and the police force has to use the authority that it is mandated to use in accordance with the law, then they will do so. some manning the barricades were getting supplies industry- leading goggles and gas masks in case tear gas is used against them. the muslim brotherhood is warning there could be disastrous consequences. if the camps are cleared or surrounded. , there is palpable tension in the city, which has sincey seen 250 killed the former president morsi was removed last month. james, i imagine many

$1 billion or over to the syrian opposition. what i mean is a combination of humanitarian aid and other kinds of assistance already channeled. the reasons is not only because of our support for the opposition particularly for the coalition, but there are other reasons. a lot of western aid and international is provided to syria. there's a lot of it. it is still the sovereign power in syria and still holds the un seat. deal withll have to the regime in order to provide assistance. and lots of areas where the opposition is prevalent, it is almost impossible. the u.s. over the past years has changed course and started moving assistance inside of the country. politically, we provide assistance to a number of local councils and other individuals on the ground. , therms of the overall armed groups, the primary recipients of any kind of assistance in our primary area of opportunity would be members of the supreme council. much of not so ideology, but a lot of the hezbollah groups in syria have given the political situation have lurched

among the armed opposition. so the structure we see here today, you'll see in the diagram s is a collection of nationalist whattal ons that are, could be secular or mildlyt are primarily focused on syria. but they are hixed together -- mixed together -- correction, salafist orientation. so one of the sort of giant pink elephants or whatever you want to call it in the room on the smc is the role of salafists. now originally, this wasn't seen as a bad idea because there was an attempt -- and i think it was quite thoughtful -- that the or not thing was to co-opt some of the moderate fists who only -- salafists into this structure so that they then over time could be moderated and dealt with and incorporated into an overall resistance against the assad regime. and i think that probably would have had a better chance of happening had this structure been armed and financed at the time that it was originally constructed. and i think i can point you to the deliberations and some of the stories about the deliberations ins

the opposition's reputation remains intact. the current prime minister acknowledged that his twitter followers are [traditional music] ♪ (gyatso) everywhere, we are talking. we are talking constantly about peace, peace from humanity. isn't it? a peaceful world.

the free syrian army spokesman that basically said despite calls for more weapons opposition fighters simply don't know how to stop the weapons from falling into the hands of extremists. so you want more arms than from the west but what would you say to the extremely worried politicians in both europe and the us that have raised concerns of extremist elements within the opposition could get hold of those sophisticated western arms what guarantee can you give them but that won't happen. we're talking about extremists or terrorists that entered syria they didn't parachuted in they crossed borders and we must find out how more than a thousand taliban fighters entered the country and how our kind of members escaped from iraqi prisons in and in syria so there's international will to get all the islamists and terrorist elements into syria to change the military and political equation of the country downplayed the syrian revolution we asked the foreign fighters al qaeda and the al nasra front to leave syria we won't allow any extremists or terrorists to dictate their agenda on the future of

if the opposition has redundant -- has rejected the charges. who should pay for germany to go green? there is a massive shift underway for fossil fuels and nuclear and redeemable like wind and solar power and it has a lot of public support. but the way it is funded is controversial. >> german families are paying 70 euros more on their -- every year because heavy industry is being exempted from the cost. consumer groups say it's not fair. >> german politicians approved a major reform for energy generation with the aim of 60% of power produced comes from renewable resources. most consumers support that, but putting the change into practice is proving tricky. the new consumer rights report says they are subsidizing big is this. >> companies that face international competition or say they are are exempt from paying surcharges and that is what german citizens don't accept. >> consumer advocacy groups say german citizens are losing out. they calculate by that consumers are already paying the second- highest electricity prices in the european union. e

the overwhelming opposition among the public that you mentioned earlier to this kind of intervention and and the opposition at the top comes because they don't know where this will lead by a very clearly the aim is that a nation over the entire region and elimination us wishes to eliminate the independent government of syria and along with this build up of military presence from the u.s. we've also learned that the rebels have received a massive shipment of arms just in the last three days what do you read into the timing of that. well there is an escalation going on there's no question about it we have to see these. as connected as related to each other and as a strategy to try to reverse the course that the war has taken and where the government has made very significant gains and to try to stamp out the after to bring down. the independent government of syria and you watch this richard becker thanks very much indeed for joining us great to talk to here on r.t. while international tensions are running high as the pentagon moves naval forces closer to syria despite obama being cauti

is supporting the opposition the armed opposition it is consenting to arming them even though the u.s. would like to appear as not involved itself it didn't have it found dirty but they support the opposition figure among these opposition that. fighters who are who belong to al qaida and tired by derivatives and the u.s. knows that and the u.s. knows that these are the strongest on the ground so supporting the in general the opposition coalition and trying to distance itself from what some groups will do in terms of chemical weapons or some other slogans and there is lots of a lot of sort of being committed by the rebels it's a little bit embarrassing to be u.s. and be a source of embarrassment and just briefly why though although the u.s. doesn't know who is responsible why and now we seeing this military buildup in the region as i just reported earlier about the navy now the presence that the u.s. navy in the mediterranean and also other elements now why are we seeing that. well i can think i can think of three reasons one the u.s. president said chemical weapons the use of chemical

government will proceed with arming the syrian rebels ultimately because of staunch political opposition to the measure. i don't think the british government will arm the rebels at all because there just suffered a major political defeat in the british parliament because there was a backbench motion and a huge number of conservative backbenchers labor backbenchers and lib dems backbenchers voted against the issue they're actually voted for sorry to say that the government should bring the issue to parliament before sending any weapons to syria we'll never get that vote through parliament they will not agree to it they feel that they were cheated over libya they feel that britain went in on a military intervention with france against libya against going to gadhafi without coming to parliament and they feel that it's not worked out very well in libya and they don't want the government to try and get this sort of decision through through without coming to parliament. so at the moment the western allies of the syrian opposition look reluctant to arm them and my colleague kevin aoun challenge

has previously accused the syrian government of using chemical weapons against the opposition the u.s. and france and the u.k. publicly stated that they are supporting the syrian opposition with military so this is now a new chapter that is unfolding where you see western countries coming forward once again and calling for president bashar al assad to step down but in the meantime we do know not know who is responsible for these alleged attacks that can only be concluded by the u.n. investigators that have just gone into the country and in the meantime we have the security council gathering behind closed doors for an informal meeting on on these new allegations and once that meeting is over and more information is available the old horse update our viewers thanks very much indeed for that report. in new york the. egyptian president hosni mubarak was stood from power in the revolution of two thousand and eleven could be freed from prison this day the court has ordered his release of part of the case into allegations of corruption but barack still faces a retrial of the claims he ordere

. >> the opposition says he knew more about problems at an earlier state than he is letting on, and they say that should cost him his job. >> the stakes are high because he is a close ally of chancellor merkel, and she is standing by him. >> he has denied the accusations against him. he says he knew about problems regarding the euro hop drums, but his aides told him they were not insurmountable. when that group wrong, he put an end to the project. >> i think it is important to note that at the time i took office around 85% of the total sum had already been paid or had to be paid under the terms of the contract. when i was first informed of the problems in early 2012, more than 90% had already been paid. >> thomas de maiziere said the decisive mistakes were at the start of the project long before his tenure, but opposition politicians are not satisfied with his version of events. they are calling or his resignation. >> having listened to his statements today, there are only two possibilities -- either he is not telling the truth, or he really is mr. clueless and ignored the many pieces of

it was just -- rows from the back on the opposition bench. it was just two days after my son had been born. i wanted to believe the man standing here. the wealth of public opinion was to be poisoned by the iraq episode. i understand the public skepticism. the am most grateful to prime minister for giving way. his motion tells me that everything with and it could have been debated on monday. this house has been recalled and i believe it was recalled in order to give cover for possible military action. has the prime minister made it clear to president obama that in no way does this country support in the attack that could come before the u.n. inspectors have done their job? >> i called this house to debate issues that are absolutely vital. it is this house that will decide what steps we next take if you agree to the motion i have sat down. no action can be taken until we have heard from the u.n. weapons inspectors and before there has been another vote in this house. those are the conditions that we, the british government, the british parliamen

i spent a tremendous amount of time in border regions, both with the civilian opposition as well as the armed opposition from a very early stage, and i watched their development. my peace talks a little bit about the development of the syrian national council, which is now part of what is called syrian opposition coalition, and its development and problems with personalities as well as coming up with a common platform, and being unable to overcome personal differences and the differences between the three currents that continue today into the soc. othere the liberals, the is the muslim brothers, and the third are the salafists. not time, snc early on did spend enough time in the border regions and they lost traction inside the country, both with peaceful protesters inside syria, and that over time with the armed groups who began diring back at the assa regime's attempt to put on the uprising in the fall of 2011 and forward -- to put down the uprising in the fall of 2011 and forward. also deals considerably with the attempt by the international community last andmn to assemble the snc ge

when it comes to the syrian opposition, on line -- and the syrians have been very savvy, the opposition members. you saw on social media it lighting up with basically syrians denouncing obama's decision to delay any strike, waiting first for congressional authorization with some syrians calling him a coward and saying he's not going to take a step forward. syrians very quick also to remind me, one man that i was just talking to, a rebel on the phone, a rank and file member of the armed opposition, that it has been two and a half years, basically, since bashar al-assad started cracking down with deadly force in the opposition in syria, and that they have not taken any point along the evolution from ray government-led crackdown to a civil war that has claimed the lives of more than 100,000 people and will be reaching out to other opposition syrian leaders as well to hear what they think about this. of course, the turkish government, a member of the nato alliance, has come out very clearly saying it wants the u.s. to lead with a broad operation with the ultimate goal of weakening the assad

it was just -- rows from the back on the opposition bench. was just two days after my son had been born. i wanted to believe the man standing here. the wealth of public opinion was to be poisoned by the iraq episode.

gamed by both parties the opposition and the government and i think we we we should just sit down and get a bit and think about. who is. benefiting from all this i'm sure the syrian people are not benefiting because i've been there i've talked to these refugees i've still to talk to my family on a daily basis definitely that not happy from the situation and they say on a daily basis that if i can go back to my country i don't care what happens over there i don't care who rules as long as i want as i go back to under my roof this is the song that i've been hearing from mothers from wives from children. over the borders from the head of the tribes on the borders also of syria and jordan and whoever is really transmitting the picture in the media from both sides from the government or from. the opposition i'm not seeing what's happening down the street or they choose not to see it because it's really a tragedy it's a human tragedy more than you ever saw. iraq it's it's. it's a mass genocide that's what i want you know rather than the west it all comes down to shoot what do you think shou

libya this is a little the opposition would like a libyan style coalition with nato in order to force the regime out of power in damascus so they clearly benefit from any reports of a chemical attack in syria. when international tensions are running high as the pentagon moves naval forces clue. to syria despite a bomb being cautious over an intervention so what are these preparations for attack usually mean well tell us what you think on our web site r.t. dot com that's what you were asking on our online poll a moment and so far the majority almost half of those who responded so far say that washington wants to divert americans from domestic problems around thirty percent think that the pentagon is ready to strike no matter what obama says about being cautious while thirteen percent say that the u.s. wants political leverage over chemical arms and the u.n. investigation and the minority at the moment eleven percent think that the pentagon is readying for an attack just in case will log on to r.t. dot com to cast your vote we could hear from the. right to see. her straight. and i think

the opposition would like a libyan style coalition with nato in order to force the regime out of power in damascus so they clearly benefit from any reports of a chemical attack in syria. international tensions are running high as the pentagon moves naval forces closer to syria despite a bomb the being cautious over an intervention so what do those preparations for attack usually tell us what you think on our web site don't come so far look at the results on the screen the majority say that. washington wants to divert americans away from domestic problems around thirty percent think that the pentagon is ready to strike no matter what a bomb a says about being cautious thirteen percent saying that the u.s. wants political leverage over chemical arms and the u.n. investigation and the minority so far eleven percent think the pentagon is readying for attack just in case you log on to comment on our home page and give us your vote. right. first strike. and i would think that your. orders would. be in the. whistleblower bradley manning was sentenced to thirty five years in prison this week h

this after all this american trial by the opposition so far the problem arises with the demands of syrian government permit experts to visit to see syrian government doesn't control the scene of the crime if it was crimes were committed it's up to the rebels if we see no attempt to press for rebels to cooperate so in fact it seems to be probably designed to embarrass the syrian

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a surge among the dead for missing relatives. a syrian opposition said more than 1,300 people died after government forces used chemical weapons in a number of areas east and west of the capitol damascus. accusationaccusation strongly dy the syrian government. the shocking pictures of the victims have brought swift international condemnation. the french government demanding some sort of action. >> if proven opposition is there needs to be a reaction. what does that mean? not to send soldiers into the field but a reaction of international condemnation, and condemnation, i won't be more precise, of force. >> reporter: and germans hinting at barbaism. >> these reports are series and should they turn out to be true it would be an monstrosity. >> reporter: a meeting at the united nations security council failed to produce the best ponce. secretary general ban ki-moon called for an investigation of all incidents but ultimately it would be up to the syrian government to give their permission. they continue to deny responsibility. >> everything that has bee

with the good use of my good would be allowing the opposition. to win it's an illusion even if the you make dury of their position is there. the civil war will continue but the the current government will become the opposition and the original has a number of instances to sites. to colleagues bearing in mind these should deal with the so we will take two more questions couple more questions come of new spade broadsheet newspaper. thank you so much to give it to rich i have seen him. a request to you could you specify on the mechanism of the commission's operational does not have a mandate i can see. to specify who exactly committed that attack but if it it's establishes that there was an attack over this or that substance and then the information is submitted to the security council what if the security council members disagree and cannot meet each other halfway will escape the council be not accused of was sitting on their hands and what time does the commission have to stop wish the facts because as western media report the decision on the inter

the opposition parties are up in arms. >> there are dictatorships or even worse. saudi arabia is worse than qatar. this is a region in crisis where the arab spring has been brutally suppressed. >> the economics have defended the increase in military permits. they say that the applications are carefully considered. click there is not just one gulf states. -- >> there is not just one gulf state. very clear differentiations are made. we have to clearly decide based on the unique lyrical situation to -- political situation but everything on hold. >> the emirates are seen as important partners in the fight against terrorism. >> ailey has agreed to except 102 migrants stranded after malta refused to admit them. >> and oil tanker rescued the migrants off the coast of libya on sunday night and try to bring them to multiperiod but maltese authorities said he should not -- they should be brought to libya, which is closer. meanwhile, firefighters have put out a massive fire at the international airport at the kenyon capital of nairobi. thousands of flights were diverted to ot

i mean while the syrian opposition has pledged to guarantee safe passage for a u.n. team to inspect the side of the alleged chemical attack. discussed if and if indeed that's a promise that can even be kept. you have to understand that this statement came from the syrian national council which is essentially based in turkey and it's a bunch of men in suits and they're notoriously disjointed there has been a lot of criticism about their actions they can't seem to come to an agreement at the same time we also have to understand that we're talking about syria which is at this point penetrated by a whole number of rebel fighters a lot of who are actually associated with al qaida who are not exactly working together with the s.n.c. so this is the can say yes of course come in and take a look and actually they're insisting that the u.n. inspectors have to call and take a look and do their investigation within the next forty eight hours it's absolutely vital but the same time there is no guarantee that they will actually provide safe access considering that this is the area

women that massacre happening in a syrian town on the turkish border not neither damascus nor the opposition has actually confirmed that massacre but we have been speaking to eyewitnesses and this is what they told us back. only recently that they came into villages and started to blame the locals have been faithless it was during ramadan they opened fire on villagers people came onto the streets men women and children they fired at everyone who came in the way they captured many young men and began to cut them with knives we told them that we were muslims too but they said that they would continue to kill us they also said that our granted them all or money or property or women then they began to murder everyone around them my nephew was killed. when civilians escaped their shot militias raided their house and blew up some of them and robbed others the conditions are very bad people are in fear and terrorized the all nusra fighters are out of control there raiding the streets there's no media coverage and anyone who tries to reach out is being kidnapped by the militants. well one of the pro

there is also very little talk to talk about the civilian and aunt nonviolent opposition who are willing to not allowed by for example the british and the u.s. to participate i mean it's one thing to say we're going to organize talks and then tell your allies but that don't come i mean that's it that shows bad faith and that is what it happening for the moment of course what is happening now is that it's probably likely the foreign minister russian foreign minister is that some kind of creating a situation that alters the things on the ground. the russian president meantime interrupted a meeting for emergency phone call with britain's prime minister about syria but ima put in stress lack of evidence that the syrian regime was behind the attack while david cameron said there was little doubt that it sounds government was to blame earlier the u.k.'s foreign secretary refused to rule out the possibility of military intervention in the washington can fully counter britain's support sarah first reports from london. well foreign secretary william hague said this morning that the west could tak

submitted this morning in the leader of the opposition. of the manuscript amendment is available from the vote office. i should also inform the house that i have set a five minute limit on back bench speeches in the debate to move the motion i call the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i thank you mr. speaker for agreeing to our request to recall the house of commons for this important debate. the question before the house today is how to respond to one of the most abhor rent uses of chemical weapons in a century, slaughtering innocent men, women and children in syria. it is not about taking sides in the syrian conflict. it is not about invading. it is not about regime change, or even working more closely with the opposition. it is about the large scale use of chemical women and our response to a war crime, nothing else. in reaching our conclusions, let me set out what the house has in front of it today. we have a summary of the government's legal position, making explicit that military axled have a clear legal basis. in a moment.

libya is a little the opposition would like a libyan style coalition with nato in order to force the regime out of power in damascus so they clearly benefit from any reports of a chemical attack in syria. international tensions are running high as the pentagon moves naval forces closer to syria despite obama being cautious over an intervention so what do those preparations for attack usually mean will tell us what you think on our web site that's our online poll at r.t. dot com so far the majority almost half of those who have voted so far say that washington wants to divert americans away from its domestic problems around thirty percent think that the pentagon is ready to strike no matter what obama says about being cautious while fourteen percent say the u.s. wants political leverage over the chemical arms and the u.n. investigation there and the minority this eleven percent so far think that the pentagon is readying for attack just in case so do log on to r.t. dot com to cast your vote good to hear from the. right to see. her straight. and i think you're. going to. be a. whistlebl

this is something that the opposition could exploit. it really depends a lot on where the strikes hit and the nature of the targets hit and how long this goes on. >> does this strike have the potential to change the position on the battlefield >> absolutely it can change the situation on the battlefield if the position is taken to do that. obama has bent over backwards, and so has kerry, to say that this is a slap on the wrist or a shot on the bo with w /* -- gow, a pin pretty quick designed to punish, not designed to change the regime and this is kind of bizarre because the united states for the last year and a half has said this regime has to go. part of the problem here is the political confusion and lack of clarity in the united states government about precisely how to respond to the situation in syria and to all of the arab upri uprisings, in fact, all over the region. and this is one reason why people all across the region, the saudis, iranians, everybody defies the united states and if the united states says we are going to sancti

the north and the opposition operating in the south. what you actually see is that the extremists have tended to proliferate in northern areas where they have access to humanitarian aid and resource distribution. what this has meant is they're focusing more on governance and control. what this essentially means is that if the u.s. is looking to engage more with the opposition, that is fighting on the front lines, there is actual, a gee aftercal divide between the more extreme groups and there's very much a moderate and fully functioning opposition that is operating out of the south and can be very much supported. and has demonstrated its ability to do so. >> as you look at the different groups, and this is, i think, where people don't really know what the situation is on the ground. but as you look at all of these different groups, this key here are the northern front, the homes front, the southern front, the western front and the eastern front. the yellow and the blue and red there. >> so you actually have within the u.s. backed partne

arming the syrian rebels but blocks leaders are still hesitant to see growing extremism within the opposition there are also fears of terror backflow with even more european citizens now joining the fight against president sat a french official says this flow is unprecedented during the nine years of the afghan conflict only fifty jihadists were identified is going to the country in one year alone more than one hundred left france to syria and experts say most of the westerners are self radicalized and join the terrorist ranks of al qaeda and the al nusra front in total more than six hundred europeans are now estimated to be fighting in syria artie's tests are syria reports on why the e.u. could be wary of arming the rebels. while the u.k. arm the syrian rebels would not that's a question that's been answered in a number of different ways it's a card that began to mostly in varying degrees of light but ultimately always sending signals of support for the opposition it will be new political progress unless the opposition is able to withstand the onslaught and put pressure on assad so he is no