the call was echoed by western members of the un security council. however, the russian position -- i am quoting the foreign ministry -- that this attack in damascus oaks like an attempt to that thepretext security council side with opponents of the regime and undermine the chances of convening the geneva conference. so that, again, highlights the deadlock in the un security council, and it also shows you in the u.n. inspectors damascus are so hamstrung. there has been a lot of politics going into this whole visit. they have negotiated with the assad regime about access to some sites -- so part, -- so far, reportedly three -- but there are other sites where chemical weapons have reportedly been used that inspectors cannot go. and the inspectors cannot say who is responsible. they can only say that is not part of the agreement. >> former egyptian leader hosni mubarak could leave prison today. he has out state the maximum detention permitted for a corruption case, two years behind bars. what he still faces further legal trouble, and is due to appear in

which all they keep players including the permanent members of the security council's the arab league turkey the european union the un etc and we suggested to adopt this document in the end security council and we received a refusal on the grounds that it will be gone so that this document which was taken by consensus should be joined by ethernet. support confusion a sanction threat against the asaad regime. the sort of approach so the arrangement was undermined again and then there was the situation which i mentioned they had of the national coalition how to spoke about the readiness to have dialogue with damascus without preconditions and he was put away quickly and changed for the leaders which did not express such thoughts and others he's after that so the russian initiative the russian american initiative on creating the conference to follow the geneva communique which our partners did not want to adopt in the secure security council last year and the situation we see as it goes to that and now there's the situation around the using of chemicals weapons and of course the situations works to undermine the latest

security council resolution says because it is because those resolutions are in fact illegal iran writes as an independent country cannot be trampled upon by the u.n. security council even the un security council itself although it is not a democratic body by any means it has permanent seats people countries with permanent seats and rights of vetoes where you run doesn't even have a presence in the council but beyond that it doesn't have a mandate to go beyond international law at no point has there been any evidence even when iran halted nuclear enrichment for three over two years and implemented the additional protocol which goes far beyond what most countries in the world do no evidence had ever been found that iran's nuclear program as i said wait and wait a minute wait a minute and as we know it on the weekend we began this argument i think he is very he from the very start he was very much in the american camp ok tom go ahead jump in what mohamed let's let's just i want to make one slight correction to what. and that is that iran is quote implementing its additional protocol. in fact it never brought it into force and it's not acting under it it was provisionally applied

the un security council held an the meeting. a warning this report contains disturbing and upsetting images. >> just before don something terrible has happened in a damascus suburb. all the signs of a massive chemical attack. they bring in victim after victim. they are cap for breath. some have convulsions. breath.are cast in for -- gasping for breath. in the hospital it is chaos in the rush to help survivors. tooe are other pictures shocking to show. outside more big m sunrise. arrives.s some are children. treated on the pavement. medics worked on children. baby to respond. this child, he says, what have they done to be shelled? 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 wi

the un security council can easily bring him to the court.but that is a long, takes a long time and the procedure does not have all of the deterrent effects of others. >> so ultimately the military action. i want to show our viewers right now a tweet by a russian diplomat than a politician. he has been a controversial character. a pretty scathing tweet today. he said the west behaves toward the islamic world like a monkey with a hand grenade. rick, rick francona in oregon, you are a middle east specialist. do you agree with that sentence? there is a sense of recklessness in this behavior, it lining up the pins to go in for military intervention so soon? correct side do not know i would agree it is reckless. this has been a long time coming. the chemical weapons use is the catalyst. i hope there is an objective rather than just the united states standing up to its redline. i disagree with the premise the chemical weapons should be the reason. the 100,000 dead should be the reason. i think we are treating the problem for the wrong reason. i sup

results of this un report on alleged use of chemical weapons and he will also go back to the un security council to see if you can get a mandate for intervening in syria but then again the prime minister's office says that it would be legal under humanitarian doctrine to launch a strike on syria even without the agreement of the un security council so. it is the first of two on syria the second will take place after the after the results of the un probe have come in but david cameron really has to carry m.p.'s with him here otherwise who knows what will happen with the second vote in the future well as debates go on in parliament i mean what is the public attitude towards the crisis and the potential strike. oh it's very divided in fact we've had we've had in the last day we've had military former military chiefs literally queuing up to talk about their reservations to express their concerns about military strikes in syria we heard from the former head of the british army general lord down that he was very instrumental in iraq and afghanistan he says that even the use of chemical weapons doesn't

coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program well the un security council failed to agree on how to act early euro but britain says even without a mandate an attack would be justified amended tarion grounds that's as high ranking former military officials in britain also warned against writing syria well here's our laura smith and her report. the prime minister's had to backtrack quite significantly during the course of the last twenty four thirty six hours the motion that was going to be debated the softening was originally on military action but cameron knew that he wasn't going to get the votes on that he knew that labor m.p.'s that opposition m.p.'s would not back him and he also knew that seventy of his own members of parliament weren't going to back the motion either so now this mission is about a strong humanitarian response it's significantly watered down but it still includes of course a clause on military intervention in principle so that may be what gives a lot of m.p.'s calls for thought even on this new motion opposition m.p.'s the labor party

is unlikely to be a un security council resolution. i do not think there is much impediment in terms of the politics in the u.s. i think if there is a perception russia has vetoed u.s. action, i think it is bad for the obama administration and for the u.n. i think if the decision is that assad has used these weapons we will hit him and hit him hard. >> what is the strategic outcome for the u.s. if they do have limited action against the chemical weapons system. is that possible? what does that achieve? inc. it achieves an end to this. conflict. no one in syria knows what their country is going to look like. there does not appear to be any effort from like-minded countries to come together. i think what we will see is a short and sharp attack on assad forces. some people in the middle east would say that is unfair, that we did not have the goods on them. some would say that is inadequate. basically the attacks would satisfy no one. i believe chemical weapons need to be responded to and responded in force. the right is decision. >> there

if so, should it go through the un security council? >> when it is possible to have a resolution of the security council, that is the best way to go forward. it is also possible there are still the obstacles of the russians and may be -- maybe even the chinese. i do not think we can continue like we have done the last year. today, more than 90,000 deaths in syria. there are 1.7 million refugees outside syria. more and more evidence of chemical weapons used against his own citizens. >> what would you say is the timeframe for action? >> normally, banking moon has asked for four days -- ban jiki- moon has asked for four days for once that is there, the best thing to do is go forward to establish the process as fast as possible. >> aren't you concerned that western intervention could broaden the conflict, especially given comments by iran? >> the conflict is already there. for already two years, i am asking for an intervention of the international community. >> the annual meeting of defense ministers from the association of southeast asian n

out that such a thing or use of force may only happen on the consensus of the whole of the un security council only through a joint decision of its members and this obviously hasn't happened yet all in all look at the all the recent allegations and another diplomatic tour and all surrounding syria is hampering any kind of peace process any kind of attempts to find a peaceful solution in particular the geneva conference which was agreed upon in moscow by john kerry and sergey lavrov so obviously this story is far from over and we'll see more creative twists and turns that it's pretty much clear to us. indeed one season they say to shed skin line that thank you very much indeed for that. your inspectors already have permission to access the science of progress and the chemical attacks to expand that mandate and investigate wednesday's assault will have to get new approval from the syrian government and he will and civil rights activist brian becker explains the timing of that the draft it's highly unlikely asaad is behind it completely ludicrous that the syrian government would use chemical weap

results of this un report on the lead to do so chemical weapons and he will also go back to the un security council to see if he can get a mandate for intervening in syria but then again the prime minister's office says that it would be legal under humanitarian doctrine to launch a strike on syria even without the agreement of the un security council in the last day we've had military former military chiefs literally queuing up to talk about their reservations to express their concerns about military strikes in syria we heard from the former head of the british army general lord down that he was very instrumental in iraq and afghanistan he says that even the use of chemical weapons doesn't constitute an invitation to the international community to intervene in the country's internal affairs and we've also heard here on our t.v. from lord west who's a former minister and first the lord he says we must put diplomacy before military action just because you go in intending to do one thing doesn't mean that it actually works out like that let's hear what he had to say the danger with saying we're going

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 will ever face justice. >> what is the reaction out of the west? we will go to nick bryant. hearing?you any consensus? >> no consensus. the allegations of this atrocity, and they pointed to the statement of the foreign ministry in moscow. that blames the syrian opposition. said there was provocation to try to de-rail peace talks. the americans, british, and french take a different view. they

. >> the un security council set to meet on the claims that three used chemical weapons. according to egypt, ordering the release of former president hosni mubarak, they stop short of suspending aid after the crackdown on the muslim brotherhood. 35 years in jail for bradley manning. we start with the u.s. -- un security council set to meet over allegations see reuse chemical weapons. there are conflicting reports from damascus suburbs this wednesday. the opposition says poison gas was used in more than 1300 people killed. bashar assad's government has denied the claims. julia seger has more. >> civilians are shown covering their faces and dozens of bodies lying on the floor of a hospital. the pictures were allegedly shot after the syrian regime launched an attack ad against rebel held areas in the capital city. france 24 was not able to verify the footage. it was claim chemical weapons were used in the bombings. >> it is obvious to us that chemical weapons were used and carried out using ballistic missiles. only the regime has that capability. >> contacted by france 24, t

. >> britain wants the un security council to approve military action but says talks could take several days more. >> the united states marks 50 years since martin luther king's famous speech. >> the un's secretary-general is calling on the u.s. am a britain, and france to live weapons inspectors more time to do their work in syria. after discussions today, russia called the british initiative premature. >> the u.s. says it has intercepted communications that prove the assad government was behind a chemical attack. but the syrian ambassador to the united nations denies the charges and says the u.n. inspection will prove it was in fact rebels who launched gas attacks. >> meanwhile, people in damascus are stocking up on supplies out of fears that any u.s. attack would hit civilian areas. >> the u.n. inspectors have resumed their work in a damascus suburb, determining if chemical weapons were used in an attack last week. u.n. and arab league special envoy says their investigation had up 30 -- had already produced onekey piece of evidence. >> it does seem that some kind of substance was use

in an interview she said "russia and china's resistance has prevented the un security council from insisting the syrian regime grant free access. column meanwhile, -- access." isnwhile, the violence blamed for rising tensions in lebanon. explosions outside of the mosques in the sunni muslim city of tripoli nearly 40 dead. it is viewed as a sign that lebanon could be slipping into a trend of attacks. >> security forces have been searching through the rubble after two car bombs exploded. the coordinated lasts targeted tilley will popular sunni muslim mosques. many blame the syrian government. they say they are exacting revenge on lebanon sunni muslims for supporting the rebels. bewhoever did this could not from lebanon. anyone who would do this has no religion. >> the first went on outside in the city center, and minutes later, a second blast. this footage shows a frantic first moments. more than 40 people were killed. hundreds were wounded. dozens remain in critical condition. >> now, did the united states national security agency, the nsa, by the help of internet companies for surveillance p

in a few hours the un security council will meet to discuss this situation in egypt. that meeting has been requested britain and australia but i don't know if this will make any difference. the outcome is what happened on the ground. >> the very latest from cairo. barack obama has called off a joint military exercise involving u.s. and egyptian troops, saying that all forms of aid continue to be assessed and reviewed. billionceives $1.5 every year. they are holding an emergency meeting on the crisis following a request from france and great britain. >> violence continues in egypt and condemnation continues outside the country. barack obama expressed deep concern for the civilians caught up in the bloodshed, saying that martial law is oppression by force. the united states condemns the steps taken by the interim government and security forces. we deplore violence against civilians. we support universal rights essential to human dignity, including the right to peaceful protest. >> he also announced the u.s. canceled a joint military exercise with the egyptian army sched

security council. mr. hague said the unity council had not frankly shouldered its responsibility when it came to syria and that if the situation was deemed to be one of humanitarian urgency as he put it then britain could strike. he said that britain and france and the united states are as one on this issue. but we also get the feeling that no real definite decisions, final decisions have been taken. they will be taken later during the course of the week. the prime minister david cameron returning from holiday probably later today, a meeting in downing street of the national security council behind me, the building behind me will be tomorrow. >> reporter: no real idea what the options are that the uk might consider? >> well, we can go through the various scenarios that have been considered over the past few months. there are troops on the ground at one end and an absolute definite no that is not going to happen. you won't see british or american or french troops on syria. we can return to arming the rebels but that was an a

angela merkel has criticized russia and china for blocking un security council attempts to deal with the conflict. both countries have a veto on the council. in an interview, merkel said, quote, it is right regrettable that russia and china have refused to agree joint position on the syrian conflict. this weakens the role of the u.n. security council considerably. to india, where a teenager has been convicted in the gang rape and killing of a young woman and - in -- in delhi. he faces a maximum of three years in a reform home for the crime. this is the first conviction in the case that sparked mass protests across india, and international outrage. four other men are facing the death penalty. >> hundreds of reporters were on hand to hear the verdict. the court sentenced the 18-year- old to three years in a correctional facility for his part in the gang rape. the sentence say is too lenient, including members of the victim's family. >> for a crime like this, three years is nothing. he should get the death sentence, and so should the others accused. >> at the time of the attack, the tee

members of the un security council gathered for an emergency session to discuss the situation. they are discussing possible response. u.s. president barack obama condemned leaders and cancelling plans to hold joint military exercises next month. >> we want to sustain our relationship with egypt, our traditional cooperation cannot continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets and rights are being rolled back. as a result this morning we notified the egyptian government that we are cancelling our biannual joint military exercise which was scheduled for next month. >> obama said the state of emergency should be lifted immediately. it rks allows the military to lifted. may may take further steps if they continue. he didn't mention the aid to egypt. it provides 1$1.5 billion a yea. they urged peace after the crack down. pope francis is praying for the victims. >> translator: i wish to offer my prayers to all the victims and their families. the injured and all those who are suffering. >> pope francis urged the muslim brotherhood to resolve the conflict. president h

he did not say whether that could mean a military strike or that germany would refer the un security council mandate. >> the inspectors in the u.n. must have the necessary room for their work. and we have to hold on to the idea of another conference. we must convince russia that this massive abuse of weapons obligates it to prevent something worse from happening. >> the german government has given no indication whether the westwood carry out the military -- the west would carry out a military strike without russian approval. but it has refused to rule that out. all options are on the table. >> what are these options? the u.s. defense secretary says that they would only act within the framework of a u.n. mandate. >> but the obama administration says that they believe that syria used chemical weapons. they also pointed out that nato worked in coast of oh without a u.n. mandate. >> u.s. president barack obama has shown a cautious hand, preferring to wait things out. the same has been true of intervention in syria. he is in a tough position. a year ago he drew a red line. >> we have been very cl

tonight the un security council is getting an emergency briefing. jeremy bowen reports from cairo on the days events. the setsrought ice up of the mops because in cairo, dead bodies decompose sought -- quickly. inside there were 200 in trouts, surrounded by their families. they blame the army commander. this is my brother, my sister. >> they were claiming bodies and waiting to bury them. family sat for hours and saying their goodbyes. those who are able to speak said the dead were civilians who had been massacred. before they attack, many supporters talked about martyrdom. it is now reality. some of the bodies were too burned to be recognizable. the families of the dead do not want to talk about peace plans or of a political process. even though they think --instead they will discuss justice for the dead and their determination to keep on resisting what the army has been doing. this person hugged his mother and stood next to his brother's body. icefamily packed it with and he condemned the military command and the politicians they have installed. ge

obviously not going to happen at the un security council.ow will the arab league view what will ultimately happen here? >> mike is it your opinion that you are seeing bipartisan support behind the white house on this issue? >> it's hard to tell, because as you point out, congress isn't in session. so we have left with those we are talking to behind the scenes. you are seeing support and opposition quite frankly. you have isolationist who are publicly and outspokenly expressing their opposition to any kind of action overseas. you have those on the left while many believe this cannot go unpunished, and that red line that has been crossed, are still very reluctant. on the other hand you have leaders saying something must be done, dell? >>> on that note, the french president says it is ready to punish those responsible for the chemical attacks in syria. he says that france will also increase its military support for the opposition. saudi arabia also calling for decisive stands against the assad regime. they condemn the heinous crimes of the syri

the un security council is meeting in new york to discuss the alleged chemical weapons attack in syria which killed at least 300 people last week. >> the white house has said any u.s. response would be limited and rejected comparisons of the invasion with iraq. washington said any action it takes would be based on national security needs. >> in london, a big cameron has been laying out his case for military intervention as parliament there debates the issue. >> lively debate in london's house of commons as lawmakers debate whether britain should intervene with military measures in syria. prime minister david cameron said the use of chemical weapons in syria demanded a strong response. he said britain would exhaust all the options but warned that his government was not prepared to insist on unanimous support. >> you could have a situation in a country where it's country was literally annihilating people in the country, but because of one veto on the security council you would be hampered from taking any action. >> the opposition labor party is expected to vote against the government mot

un security council warned the central african republic is sliding into chaos since seneca rebels seized control in march. >> as there is no chain of command, the country runs the risk of dissolving into chaos. some police officers are reporting to work, but -- >> the international community granted the rebel alliance defect the recognition after it from power. leader the interim government had been unable to restore order in the former french colony, due in part to infighting among rebel factions. the political turmoil has sparked a humanitarian crisis. the u.n. says some 200,000 people have been internally displaced, nearly 63,000 fleeing to neighboring countries. many more need help. much more international support is required to meet growing needs. >> critical sectors have released -- have received less than 10% of funding required. >> u.n. secretary-general ban key mood has asked the security moon haso -- ban ki asked the security council. know who won sunday's residential runoff in mali, that is ibrahim boubacar soumaila cisse conceded. cisse woncate that sees with 76% of the vote.

while deliberations continue at the un security council, opposition activists report assad post army -- assad's army is wasting no time in pushing further into rebel territory. >> for more on this, let's go to our washington correspondent. president obama very cautious with what he is saying about serious, but at the same time, he is leading the world know washington is not going to do anything right now -- he is letting the world know washington is not going to do anything right now. >> the u.s. has two major problems at the moment. the first is that under no circumstances to they want to get involved in another full- scale war like they did in iraq and afghanistan, so that is just not going to happen. the second is they are unsure who to throw their full weight behind in the syrian opposition because that just has so many faces, so they are very reluctant there. the one thing they can actually do is try to affect the military capabilities of assad's regime somehow, but from afar. that is why apparently the administration is discussing, for example, using cruise missiles, but noneth

. >> we are focused on getting the un team there, if that doesn't happen in the coming days we need to go back to the security councilat is the sequence of steps in the coming days and i'm not going to speculate about after that at the moment. >> reporter: the un security council has yet to agree on anything to do with syria but announced there are one million syrian children who are refugees and this camp in jordan anger and frustration that the world has yet to respond to the latest attack. >> arab league and international community will bear the responsible for crime in the future because they know bashir will commit more crimes because of the weakness of the community. >> reporter: barack obama said the world is watching and it remains an open question if it will do anything more than that. patty al jazeera washington. >> reporter: a former deputy director of plans and strategy at u.s. central command and says while the government may have the missile know how the chemical bombs could have been made by either side. >> they may be the only ones that have access to the missile technology that may be being discovere

. >> the un security council has started emergency consultations on the latest allegation of chemical weapon used in syria. it's not clear who launched the attack just outside damascus that coincides with a visit by human investigators looking into previous charges that such illegal weapons were used. >> syria authorities deny claims by opposition activists that they were behind the attack in which toxic gases are said to have killed at least 100 people. we have to warn you that this next report contains very distressing images. >> the assad regime has only officially agreed to allow investigators to inspect three sites for traces of chemical weapons, but there are now calls for them to also be given asset -- access to wear opposition groups say the regime carried out a massacre, allegedly deploying poison gas during an intense rocket and artillery barrage on wednesday. activists say hundreds of people were killed. some reports say more than 1000. this internet video allegedly shows the aftermath of the attack and victims being treated in a hospital. the veracity of the footage cannot

vote on direct military action and david cameron also says that he will now go back to the un security council to try to secure some kind of resolution a un mandate for military action meanwhile the speaker of the syrian parliament has written a letter to u.k. m.p.'s we've had confirmed by the house of commons press office here in london inviting a delegation of m.p.'s from london to come to damascus and see for themselves bring their own experts check the conclusions of this un report themselves a lot of the members of parliament emailed and tweeted to their constituents yesterday are asking for their opinions on whether military action should take place in syria and one can only assume that the reason that very many of them were willing to vote on that military action is because their constituents were so against it they had an overwhelming response a lot of m.p.'s said they've also been a couple of polls done one by the daily telegraph which put just nine percent of people in favor of military action in syria we also saw a protest by the stop the war. election outside downing street on wedn

investigate that now obviously there have been claims as well that after emergency meeting of the un security council on wednesday following the claims about the chemical attack russia blocked a u.n. security council statement now mr luker show which also denounced denounced all such allegations and moreover with calls from france to conduct the use of force to intervene with force should these allegations prove to be correct russia also said that through the spokesperson of the foreign minister on wednesday that. there are suspicions and there are certain reports that a rocket which was carrying talks tickle substances and landed in a part of damascus was in fact fired from the part of damascus controlled by the syrian rebels so it definitely according to the russian foreign ministry all this all this speculation is hampering the peace process. in particular the geneva conference which was agreed upon in moscow between john kerry and sergey lavrov and obviously we'll see some more developments into this story in the new year is days . a line from central moscow and say thank you very much your inspe

the gods to the terrorists and now blaming without any fact on the ground even bypassing the un security council to plot attacks syria ok let's now go back to carla del ponte as you know claims here and her allegations washington in the one hand seems to be convinced that the syrian government help for control of the chemical stockpiles and does that mean that her allegations allegations by carla del ponte today are wrong or possibly the weapons the rebels allegedly used did not come from syria what's your take. i think dr khan that she was quote united states just invents in order to to to achieve it is objective it has invented the most destruction weapon we have seen that in the security council that it is the former state department head general colin powell how he lied to the whole international community and it's a shame on him again an african origin president who is leading that country and everybody hoped that it is the change will be but he's becoming even worse the done bush and he's using the global tactics you know the plot talk and destroy the syrian people and the syrian governmen

the un security council received a draft from british prime minister david cameron off the rising would he calls necessary measures to be taken in syria. but such a resolution cannot get approval on the security council, given that both russia and china have a veto and are both critical of military strikes in syria. for more on this, from new york. welcome. what exactly did david cameron's resolution call for? >> the text of the u.k.'s draft resolution reportedly condemns the august 21 alleged chemical weapons attack on the rebel-held areas in syria. it faults the syrian government for the alleged attack. the resolution also seeks authorization, as you mentioned, for all necessary measures to be used to protect syrian civilians from chemical weapons. >> is it fair to assume that by necessary measures he means targeted military strikes? >> it is very fair to assume that. all necessary measures under chapter seven the love the -- allow for the military force to be used. the same wording was used in the military council resolution that paves the way for the u.s., u.k., and france to launch

professionally investigated and the results of the suggestions as to cation should be submitted to the un security council. and those jades summit thirty six months who now and people who deal with them struck off the lease and called he tried to assume the role of the investigators and the security council needs me to say where in the us we have been adamant police is important even. investigating. claims that chemical agents are used to my type of thing used and. like investigating this situation one shouldn't analyze food or the information that secularists and. that and questions the use of the chemical weapons by the governmental forces that has a lot of comments made by professional. experts from the u.k. u.s. and other western countries that state that the reason with no proof that these media images are substantiated in some blogs the reason for mation that these three d. images and religious group posted on the sites are was had been posted hours before the chemical at tech against the opposition forces was analysis by the t.v. channels with those who want to take costs to proceed with the milita

general just said nato does not plan to produce faith in the military intervention in syria the un security council is yet to receive the results of the u.n. investigation but even that investigation will not reveal who is to blame for the horrific attacks that took place the inspectors only have a mandate to ascertain. the use of chemical weapons but not by whom they were used so the key question will still remain up in the air even as we receive the results of that investigation nonetheless the u.s. has already made its judgment. having failed to win over most of its international allies and lawmakers on capitol hill the white house is also struggling to drum up popular support for intervention or among that of the general public in the united states now according to the latest polls more than half of all americans think the country should stay out of the syrian conflict altogether with only a fifth saying they actually support getting involved and even if the assad government is implicated in the actual use of chemical weapons or only about twenty nine percent of americans would actually support

secretary general just said nato does not plan to produce in the military intervention in syria the un security council is yet to receive the results of the u.n. investigation but even that investigation will not reveal who is to blame for the horrific attacks that took place the inspectors only have a mandate to ascertain the use of chemical weapons but not by whom they were you just so the key question will still remain up in the air even as we receive the results of that investigation nonetheless the u.s. has already made its judgment. what he's going to check on was secretary of state john kerry said that both he and president obama believe a military strike on syria needs to be discussed directly with the american people first let's take a look at what the u.s. public thinks about all of this well over half of those americans who took part in a reuters poll don't want intervention in syria only twenty percent are in favor of it and asked whether assad should be attacked if he is implicated in chemical weapons use just under thirty percent of americans said yes and the british parliament wasn't con

minister called for a reaction of force against the use of chemical weapons and said that the un security council could be bypassed under certain circumstances turkey obviously a key regional player agrees with that the rest of the european countries slightly less gung ho about it germany says that intervention is needed if the use of chemical weapons is proven but it isn't going to go ahead without a u.n. mandate similarly italy and norway would not be keen to go ahead without a u.n. mandate but in the region the arab league thinks that it was made this attack but that it's not happy to to intervene in any way but remains to be seen how much this effort can be led by britain the u.s. and france and it looks like it's seriously ramping up. the circulation is seems to seem to be escalating there laura smith live from london giving us an idea of what to downing street is a thing now we spoke to a u.k. independence party leader nigel farage about bridges apparent eagerness to get tangled up in syria's civil war he believes the government hasn't thought this one through. i would just say this you kno

the first report of the un security council will condemn 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 fighting against the outdated regime and this stance is totally unacceptable terrorism should be treated with double standards kurt seem to be facing a double threats on this side of the syrian state border they're up against extremists on the other lies terry it's been a bit or a long running battle with the kurdish workers party and only recently seem to be making amends at the same time on karrar backs the syrian opposition which is known to include al qaeda sympathizers and allows for arms shipments into syria which the gird say end up in the hands of extremists but when it comes to helping kurds western powers who wasted no time in trying to force out president assad seem to do little including exchange lists an approach that looks ominously familiar through the overthrow gadhafi in libya to syria we've been supporting al qaeda the very people who attacked uni

including children just because the men were fighting against 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 fighting against the outdated regime this stance is totally unacceptable terrorism should be treated without double standards in fact we have spoken to a number of a number of people whose relatives are in the region and they have described the carnage and horrifying details let's have a listen. that's another rebel force surrounded they started going from door to door entering every house if there were any men. and took women and children hostage at the rebels came into the house of my cousin she was at home so they murdered took the women and children and. one of the reasons why people are saying that kurds come under such harsh attacks from the owners or front. groups such as they are as your friend is because they have been. quite successful in pushing the extremists out of this region where unfortunately al qaeda is

the un security council held an the meeting. report contains disturbing and upsetting images. >> just before don something terrible has happened in a damascus suburb. all the signs of a massive chemical attack. they bring in victim after victim. they are cap for breath. some have convulsions. breath.are cast in for -- gasping for breath. in the hospital it is chaos in the rush to help survivors. tooe are other pictures shocking to show. outside more big m sunrise. arrives.s some are children. treated on the pavement. medics worked on children. baby to respond.