the details. america's national security agency allegedly cracked the encryption guarding the united nations' internal video conferencing system that's according to german der spiegel the publication says that the n.s.a. surveillance of the united nations took place last summer and three weeks after hacking into the video system america's spy agency had allegedly boosted its number its number of such decrypted communications from twelve to four hundred fifty eight now for anyone who doesn't already know this spying on the united nations is illegal under international law der spiegel also reports that the u.s. maintains a monitoring program called the special collection service in over eighty embassies and consulates around the world often without the knowledge of the host country now many may be wondering why is it that the united states would want to spy on the united nations would spy on its allies because as we've been reporting and as u.s. president barack obama said himself recently the n.s.a. is in place to protect america's security and target only potential terrorists what we do with it or som

absolute sure exactly which agency of the united nations the. united nations this a lot of things but terror threats and generally been described as anything from copyright infringement to actual making of the problems that could be harming to peace people's physical integrity and so we have a very vague understanding in international law today of international discourse of how we make policy especially in western europe and in the united states we don't know what we mean by the war it's like two weeks ago i heard in sweden that copyright infringement can be avoided then what is more actually is that this war and is stuck with the united states is trying to stop the united nations we don't know because we have there's absolutely no logic to how they're using the word who or. what about the idea that the n.s.a. has already been allegedly spying on the e.u. along with these latest revelations of just what sort of effect does that help america's reputation here in brussels and is there anything any legislation that we could see europe setting up in

tonight the united nation is his calling for an investigation. on groups claim the government used chemical weapons on its only people last night and they claim the unverified pictures circulating today prove their point. we want to warn you some of these pricks are extremely graphic. they show injured people being treat bide hospital workers while others lie motion little, activists and opposition forces say they are victims of banned chemical weapons fired by government forces. other video shows survivors struggle to go breathe. al jazerra can't verify the videos and it's still unclear whether or not chemical weapons were used. now, an emergency session of the you feel n. security council was called upon in new york and here that part of the story. six. >> reporter: this girl is one of the survivors. i am alive. i am alive, she cries. she is surrounded by hundreds of dead and dieing. all with no obvious injuries, no wounds, no blood. and whatever killed them, didn't discriminate. most of the bodies in this room are of babies and children. >> the

it's the case of his life - they're trying to sue the united nations. >> the united nations have a lot of money, we don't have. and they have a lot of -- a hundred thousand lawyers. we have only 12! the balance is for them. if they need to comply with the law, the balance is for us! >> the lawsuit - filed in november 2011 - claims that un failures to screen its soldiers for cholera and follow international rules on waste disposal constitute gross negligence. it's based on the un's own investigation which concluded that the nepalese base leaking sewage into the river was a likely source of the outbreak. and it's composed of thousands of stories of personal loss, each one documented by mario and his team. the next meeting is in mirebalais... the town that's home to the un base where the disease is known to have started. henrietta paul's husband was one of the very first to die. she doesn't know exactly where he's buried - back then the death toll was so high that bodies were being dumped in mass graves. today, she and her daughter lisette are filing a new claim. henrietta's only son, die

administration to seek congressional approval before taking any further action. >> we have heard that the united nations security council has begun to meet in new york. what can we expect their? >> the five permanent members of the united nations security council are meeting right now. this time, it was russia that said talks were necessary, and this is, i think, particularly interesting because moscow is serial's main supplier, and they have vetoed action. ban ki-moon expects to see -- to receive a support -- expects to receive a report on sunday. after that, he will make a recommendation. >> to some economic news, spain toss economic minister forecast the country will stop growing, -- start growing in the second half of the year, ending nine consecutive quarters of recession. >> he projected the country's economy would start to expand before the end of the year. the recover is mainly driven by exports. fannish consumers continue to hold onto their money rather than spend it. >> meanwhile, in germany, there are new signs the coverage -- the labor market is not prospering from the country's improved eco

david cameron makes his legal and moral case in the strong opposition against the united nations been unthinkable. one of the most wanted people in india has been arrested. arrested in connection with a series of deadly bombings. >> we start with syria and the united nations council reconvening, coming back from an immediate response. on the ground chemical experts have been at work in damascus and have been called back. washington, london, and paris continued to mull their options. they have promised the country would defend itself against serious aggression. >> on the ground and in the suburbs, recent footage showed a team of weapons inspectors. the un secretary general is keeping a close eye on the events. >> it appears that diplomacy should be given a chance. peace, given the chance. these opinions should be resolved by peaceful means of dialogue. >> they urged the international community to wait before deciding on a course of action that could lead to a military strike. they look into allegations on each side. footage of loaded on line showed many ceding to the exit signs of pois

we've talked to people even from the united nations coming out of the united nations mission in syria, and they waited for the very last moment to come out today. they were given the option of staying or leaving, and today is the last that they're getting a chance to get out. the traffic has diminished. you may see behind me, the border point is flatter now, it's 7:30 at night, so at night, dark, we don't have a whole lot of movement back and forth. but i would have to say that it is a tense environment because the people who are leaving and going out in lebanon are nervous and worried about what they are leaving behind. many syrians who decided to return home at the last minute equally tense a, wondering what they would face. >> is lebanon expecting a large number of people to cross the border once military strikes possibly begin? >> reporter: well, they thought they would get that today, richelle, they thought they would get the large number coming across this being the last day. once the united nations inspectors were gone, they thought there would be an outpouring of people going

thank you for your vote of confidence in the united nations. that is the point here. d forcefully the united nations' mission is uniquely capable of establishing in an impartial and credible manner the use of chemical whens from evidence collected on the ground. with regard to the other part of your question, the mandate is the mandate. the team and the secretary-general will abide by the mandate to be expectation of the international community come one an impartial and credible manner the evidence collected from the ground and then analyzed. those findings will be made as i just said a while ago, available to member states. as soon as that analysis is completed. >> i understand this is the mandate. but my question is why doesn't the united nations secretary-general take a great step of stepping to the plate and expanding the mandate? expanding the mandate to determine who did this? we know there is capability -- >> you seem to misunderstand where the mandate is derived from. the secretary-general mechanism as defined -- you can read details online. derives from a gene

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 from washington and eco piskun off in moscow as well are they gonna first of all how did washington explain its decision take us through that side of the developments today firs

nations and he's made a point not in new york has the details on this latest revelation. america's national security agency allegedly cracked the encryption guarding the united nations' internal video conferencing system that's according to german newspaper der spiegel the publication says that the n.s.a. surveillance of the united nations took place last summer and three weeks after happening into the video system america's spy agency had allegedly boosted its number its number of such decrypted communications from twelve to four hundred and fifty eight now for anyone who doesn't already know the spying on the united nations is illegal under international law spiegel also reports that the u.s. maintains a monitoring program called the special collection service in over eighty embassies and consulates around the world often without the knowledge of the host country now many may be wondering why is it that the united states would want to spy on the united nations would spy on its allies because as as we've been reporting and as us president barack obama said himself recently the n.s.a. is in place to protect american security and target only potential terrori

>> the der spiegel article says espionage against the united nations took place in 2012, which i find deliciously ironic that the obama administration is spying on the united nations. here is what i think. any gathering of foreigners is a legitimate target for american espionage, unless we have agreement that precludes us from doing it. and any foreign government absent such an agreement that doesn't think we may be spying on them doesn't live in the real world. that's the way it is, doesn't

it's not up to the united states or anybody else to address a member of the united nations on ba baselessllegations that are not yet clarified by the investigation team. >> reporter: [ speaking foreign ] >> [ speaking foreign ] >> you have been listening to syria's ambassador to the united nations discussing the situation concerning the lead up to a possible military strike against syria by the west and itse allies. he is saying syria did not delay the un inspectors. he says there were reports of a terrorist attack inside syria that were broadcast or reported by the media in turkey concerning sarin gas. he says that any military action taken against syria, which is being discussed be the united states and its western allies would be a violation of international law. the bottom line being 355 people are dead and close to 4,000 have been wounded in that attack, using chemical weapons as the international community tries to sort out who is right and who is wrong. for the latest we turn to david jackson who is standing by live from beirut. david did you hear the ambassador? >> yes, i did, and

what happened confirmed the failure of the united nations. emerged of thes apparent atrocity, britain's secretary was one of the first to call for an investigation. damascus was quick to deny it was responsible. a shocking escalation of the use of weapons in syria. we hope people responsible will one day be held accountable. i hope they blow have unrestricted access to the area and the united nations will be racing this at the un security council. >> the army and armed forces would like to say these allegations are false and baseless and such claims within the context of the dirty media war. go ahead with confronting terrorism. >> we sought advice from an expert. >> there appears to be a lot of dead people with no outward wounds that have died of something. some of the symptoms like the debt stairs are very similar to what we saw where thousands of people were killed by nerve .gents >> chemical weapons inspectors are in serious, but they do not have government permission to visit the site and may not get it. it is unclear those responsible wil

offices and now even the united nations headquarters a nuvi leaked document reveals another front in the n.s.a.'s all out spying effort . platts says libya months two years since the fall of gadhafi we report on how the government is a reversion to the colonel savage method is to crush dissent while the countrysides in chief in economic turmoil. live from moscow this is our cio it's me tom would say it's good to have you company with us the soft and let's take a look at the bulletin by the authority of the united nations appears to be facing

world waits to hear what they found, the united nations appears to be getting ready -- rather, the united states appears to be getting ready for a strike. u.s. secretary of state john kerry and president barack obama making the case to take action yesterday. we're covering every angle of the crisis in syria. barbara starr at the pentagon, jill dougherty at the white house, nick payton wash at the united nations in new york and fred pleitgen joining us from beirut, lebanon. let's begin at the pentagon. barbara, what moves has the military already made to get in place for any possible strikes? >> well, fred, by all accounts everything is in place. it's simply awaiting a decision from the president to execute an order to strike. there are still five u.s. navy warships in the eastern mediterranean, about 40 tomahawk cruise missiles on each of them. these are very precise weapons guided to their preplanned targets by satellite coordinates, 1,000-pound warheads on them, so very lethal. the target list, by all accounts, will include command and control centers, regime elements, weapon

. >> america's national security agency allegedly cracked the encryption guarding the united nations internal video conferencing system, and that is according to a german publication that says that the surveillance of the united nations to lace last summer, and three weeks after hacking into the video system, the american spy agency had allegedly boosted its number from 12 to 400 58. for anyone who does not already know this, spying on the u.n. is illegal under international law, and their spiegel also says there is a moderate--monitoring program in over 80 embassies and consulates around the world, often without the knowledge of the host country. now, many may be wondering why is it that the united states would want to spy on the united nations, spying on its allies, because as we have been reporting, u.s. president barack obama said himself recently that the nsa is in place to protect american security and target only potential terrorists. >> what we do have are some mechanisms where we can track a phone number or an e-mail address that we know is connected to some sort of t

if our military were to make a move in syria outside the united nations. to get a better idea what the threats mean and whether they would actually deter us making a move, we bring in former u.s. ambassador to united nations, john bolton. i'll ask him about it. >>> an inferno burning near the northern border of yosemite national park covers well over 200 square miles. that breaking development just hours ago. it is now the size of the city of chicago. just overnight it grew by more than seven square miles in size. firefighters faced with strong winds in the forecast for tonight. forest land, homes, lives, all in the path of the so-called rim fire. >> 15 minutes to be out of our house. we only got our kids, our animals, a little bit of pictures and of paperwork we really needed. it was hard. >> it is a lot now. just moved in three months ago. we're just getting on our feet, getting stable. >> adding to the sense of alarm, crews only able to contain the fire by about 7%. as you may know. it has been a very active wildfire season with 50 burning currently acro

radio four s today programme and he said that the united nations security council has not been united on syria and has not shouldered its responsibilities on syria and on the question of whether it was possible to act without complete unity on the united nations security council he replies oh dulcie yes it is now no firm decision has been taken on what the response will be or indeed when it will be but the timetable if you like for the next couple of days is this prime minister david cameron has cut short his holiday and he'll be returning to london and then on wednesday he's going to be chairing the national security council meeting and it's going to be there that you'll have all the key decision makers and after that meeting on wednesday you can expect that we'll have perhaps a clearer idea of exactly what the plans will be moving forward now we're still not talking about direct intervention here so no boots on the ground in syria what is being discussed the is a more limited form of military action in the form of its thought pinpoint tomahawk missile strikes now by no means has the

of sanctions are not imposed immediately, then we will lose our power to deter. >> the united nations secretary- general called on syria to give chemical weapons inspectors immediate access to damascus suburbs where the alleged poison gas attacks occurred, but members of the united nations security council failed to pass a binding resolution. russia toss foreign ministry questioned the account of the rebels of the foreign attack -- russia's foreign ministry. >> a political solution is the only way to stop the violence and spilling of blood in serious. it's the only way to protect the syrian people. >> for russia, that means no intervention in syria's internal affairs. >> we will go back over that russian connection and a few minutes, but first, we go to max hoffman, covering washington. here we go again with this talk about a red line with chemical weapons in serious set by washington. any chance this time that the u.s. is going to move and take action? >> there is really no sign for that at the moment. the only official word we've heard from the white house actually was from the depu

in regard to the situation we have received and their response according to the united nations they their team is in the region investigating these reports which haven't been confirmed as a few odds and issued this in fact to be confirmed to be true then the united nations are saying that this amounts to a war crime and that probably should provide some sort of stimulation to the international community to act quicker when it comes to syria and the situation which seems to be spiraling out of control and that is exactly what russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said when he urged the international community to come together and solve this issue a stand in syria we believe that in this action we were shocked by the reports of around four hundred fifty kurds massacred in the north of syria's including children just because the men were fighting against us and it's not the first report of the un security council all these terrorist attacks we've seen some of its members refusing to condemn terrorist attacks in syria justifying it with the fact that the people behind them are fig

the net nations will get involved. cheryl: a statement we are getting from the united nations, chemical experts from the united nations,ing to expedite analysis of syria samples, they must maintain scientific integrity, all analysis of these samples by chemical experts must be completed before anybody at the united nations makes any type of conclusions. elizabeth -- still not ready to confirmhere was a chemical attack in syria. >> even with the un inspectors team coming out of damascus with the samples and everything you will still take at least a week to report back any sort of conclusion of signings. to this degree you are finding some delays, motivations to keep pushing the decision for any sort of decisive action and frankly it is going to take some time for the un to come back with anything that could push either side to come up with a workable solution. cheryl: peter bob brooks, same question. we get these statements from the united nations, up to a week before we get some type of confirmation of a chemical attack but most americans a gun to youtube and look at what they have seen and it is hard to dispute the im

what happened confirmed the failure of the united nations. emerged of thes apparent atrocity, britain's secretary was one of the first to call for an investigation. damascus was quick to deny it was responsible. a shocking escalation of the use of weapons in syria. we hope people responsible will one day be held accountable. i hope they blow have unrestricted access to the area and the united nations will be racing this at the un security council. >> the army and armed forces would like to say these allegations are false and baseless and such claims within the context of the dirty media war. go ahead with confronting terrorism. >> we sought advice from an expert. >> there appears to be a lot of dead people with no outward wounds that have died of something. some of the symptoms like the debt stairs are very similar to what we saw where thousands of people were killed by nerve .gents >> chemical weapons inspectors are in serious, but they do not have government permission to visit the site and may not get it. it is unclear those responsible wil

therefore drawing united states deeper into another middle east conflict. >> irony, indeed. the white house indicated it may not wait for the united nations weapons inspectors to return from syria to present findings, emphasizing they will not be swayed by the u.n.. with other allies now saying they will not join any strike, and the united nations security council said to me in a few days -- set to meet in a few days, if washington goes soon it could find itself acting alone. >> the briefing just broke up. has the white house got the backing he needs here at home, if not abroad? like that is a question that will be answered in the coming hours. what we do know is smooth the evidence they presented, they actually said that bashar al- assad's brother may have been involved in the chemical weapons attack alleged on eastern damascus. they said they have intercepted some sort of calls and such removal in before the attack as well. this has not swayed some members of congress, key members of congress. we had bob corker, he says there should be a vote. the libyan campaign, there was no vote for action. >> nathan king in our washington newsroom,

the united nations sells r.t. it's investigating reports that kurdish civilians have been massacred by rebels in syria this as well qaeda linked groups their push to create a breakaway islamic state. the japanese government is forced to step in and help the operator of the crippled fukushima power plant container recently revealed massive leak of radioactive water. plus. london reaches for the scalpel as the u.k.'s national health service comes under scrutiny following a series of malpractise scandals. it is five pm in moscow you're watching our team with me marina joshie welcome to the program now the united nations has launched an investigation into the reported slaughter of kurdish civilians by al-qaeda affiliated groups in syria that comes from a comment made by the un to r.t. four hundred fifty kurds most of them women and children were allegedly killed in the north east of the country has the details. according to various reports at least four hundred fifty people have been killed by the on their front in nor

the action. mr. speaker, i have head it suggested that we should have a united nations moment. at certainly not my word. they are words no justice the seriousness with which we must take the united nations. the u.n. is not some inconvenient side show. don't want to engineer a moment. instead we want to adhere to the principle of international law. i giveaway to the gentleman. >> very much. welcome in the docket rain that the evidence proceed decision. that's a staunch change from one of the predecessors. tell the house whether he believes the evidence being presented to us today by the joint intelligence committee is compelling or not. >> i think this is important evidence. i think we need to gather furthered evidence over the coming days. that's hard to per sway the international community and anemia this country of president aside's capability. i think that's important. let he come to the earlier point, though, let me come to the earlier point. the prime minister racessed this -- raised it top. i'm hear we have to learn the lessons of iraq. i have to learn the lessons. one of