what's interesting is that we've learned today that m u.n. i has an operator deficit of 70 million dollars and we know there's a structural deficit of 5 hundred million it just so happens that the tunnelling between washington and north beach will cost about 70 million dollars and if you eliminate that and stop the line where it was originally intended which is chinatown and stockton street you will be able to save the agency 70 million dollars and give all the residents of north beach a second chance on how they want transit to be brought into their neighborhood thank you very much. >> thank you, sir. >> next speaker please? >> good afternoon. >> hi my name is -- thank you for -- when i talk with the families in the community they are happy about this program. i'm often been working in the community in bay view i hear these stories about people having a really hard time trying to go home or trying to go to doctor appointment or any other activities they have to and after the day i was here and heard the stories in the community it happened t

you know the u.n. has now officially access to find the force feeding of detainees at guantanamo as torture a report by a key u.s. think tank slammed washington for abuse of the facility coming up a bit later here on out the co-chair of the panel responsible for that report explains why i guess my should be shut down. just do not believe that it fits into the laws and the ethics and the values of america to have indefinite detention and to not allow a court of law and adjudication of charges against a person to be to go through an orderly process more than half of those detainees at guantanamo currently have already been cleared by the u.s. government and that means all the intelligence the military the law enforcement and all the agencies involved have said there's no reason to hold these people and they still are indefinitely being detained in guantanamo we feel very strongly that they ought to be released and they are not and that should be done immediately and the president we've called on the pres

u.n. chief meet the russian president on friday a lot of improvement has already held talks with the u.s. secretary of state and the british and israeli leaders are going to spin off has been following all the talks and reports from russia's black sea resort of sochi. u.n. secretary general is already in sochi and like you said he's ready to meet with both russia's foreign minister and the president continuing this diplomatic marathon with been witnessing since earlier russia was visited by u.s. secretary of state and visit other officials with syria dominating the talks and perhaps we're now witnessing a shift in the approach by many nations to the situation since they're now talking about putting together this joint conference which would include both of the syrian rebels and the authorities however several stumbling blocks still remain an opening to russia's foreign minister sergei level of the syrian opposition is still a very divided and it's unclear right now who can represent it as

he goes on to explain the u.n. resolutions passed. then he launches right into this explanation for why invading iraq was the right thing to do, because smoking gun was going to be a mushroom cloud, because saddam's weapons of mass destruction, saddam being linked to terrorist groups. seriously. >> the stakes were too high to trust the dictator's word against the weight of evidence and the consensus of the world. saddam posed too big a risk to ignore. he had used weapons of mass destruction in the past, showed every sign of continuing to pursue such weapons, and supported international terrorist organizations. the world was made safer by his removal. with his departure, 25 million iraqis have the chance to live in freedom and build a free society. the new democracy in iraq can be a valuable ally in the heart of the middle east and a beacon of hope to reformers around the world. >> imagine at the bill clinton presidential library, an interactive exhibit designed to prove that he did not have actual relations with that woman. imagine an

we operate on the basis of u.n. mandate. we have an obligation to implement the u.n. mandate to insure free movement. [inaudible conversations] [laughter] you asked me about afghanistan. there's a clear road map. by the end of 2014, the isaf mission will come to an end. that will complete our combat mission. but we will stay after 2014 with a noncombat mission, a training mission to help the afghan security forces. mr. lisyk asked me whether we do anything to stop cuts in defense budgets. of as you know, the it's a national decision. nato as an alliance can't interfere with that. that's a national decision. we have a benchmark according to which nato allies have stated that those allies that spent more than 2%, 2% or more on defense, commit themselves to stay above the 2 percent. while those allies below 2% will try to work towards the 2% benchmark. it's not a legal requirement, it's a political obligation. and whenever i visit capitals -- and soon i will visit warsaw -- i will repeat that message. and, actually, i can tell you that i have had political, a political d

continues to insist the syrian regime may have recently used chemical weapons despite a top u.n. war crimes investigator saying there is reason to believe such arms were in fact used by the rebels and despite its official commitment to peace through diplomacy britain is stepping up efforts to start directly arming the syrian opposition as sarah ferguson our reports from the prime minister said to m.p.'s in the house of commons recently that there's a growing body of limited but persuasive evidence that the syrian regime has used and continues to use chemical weapons now the u.n. war crimes investigators have said that as yet they've reached new conclusions as to whether either side has indeed use chemical weapons now the one day talk is taking place at a time when there is growing calls for some form of diplomatic progress to be made in place sites are going to be very much focused on not the prime minister's spokesman saying the u.k. considers russia an important player when it comes to these discussions despite this russian the u.k. has certainly had a fractious past when it co

the u.n. chief says more international troops will be sent to the democratic republic of congo in the next id. months to help fight rebels in the east. the drc already has the largest peacekeeping force with 70,000 soldiers. secretary-general ban ki-moon has visited the city of goma, and malcolm webb has gone to see how people feel about his trip. >> on key men and the world -- andki-moon and the world -- others visit the city of goma. they want to talk about a peace plan and a new u.n. intervention brigade to add to what is already the world's largest he's keeping force. [inaudible] human unity of all the people here. >> but earlier this week, thousands around goma were reduced to rubble when stray shells landed during fighting between the government and am 23 rebels. and a hospital, a steady flow of wounded civilians, including many children. this six-year-old got shrapnel in her head and chest. her mother feels the outside world does not really care and said the u.n.'s visiting secretary-ge

continues to insist that the syrian regime may have recently used chemical weapons despite a top u.n. war crimes investigator saying there's a reason to believe such arms were in fact used by the rebels and despite its official commitment to peace and through diplomacy britain is stepping up efforts to study directly arming the syrian opposition asked sarah for it reports. well the prime minister said to m.p.'s in the house of commons recently that there's a growing body of limited but persuasive evidence that the syrian regime has used and continues to use chemical weapons now the u.n. war crimes investigators have said that as yet they've reached new conclusions as to whether either side has indeed use chemical weapons now the one day talk is taking place at a time when there is a growing calls for some form of diplomatic progress to be made in place sites are going to be very much focused on not the prime minister's spokesman saying the u.k. considers russia an important player when it comes to these discussions despite this russian the u.k. has certainly had a fractious past when

rockets or early sunday morning the arab league has condemned the strike demanding action from the u.n. while the u.k. calls for an end to the arms embargo on the opposition saying peace in the region is now under threat. and in bahrain a court has sentenced thirty one protesters to fifteen years in jail for throwing fire bombs during riots last year. broadcasting live from moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us. syria says israel has effectively declared war after its planes bombed targets in damascus the second airstrike in as many days syrian officials say missile batteries have been pointed at israel and according to unconfirmed reports they will be launched in case israel strikes again syria's state media says israeli rockets targeted a military research center on the outskirts of the capital video footage and eyewitness accounts suggest the attacks hit weapons dumps triggering a large explosions syria says a number of people were killed and wounded amid widespread destruction the arab league has condemned strikes and demanded the u.n. security council act to stop any furthe

well after meeting with russia's leadership the u.n. secretary general ban ki moon. agreed that the conflict in syria could only be resolved in accordance with international law without any foreign military intervention and with the full respect of serious territorial integrity he also agreed to the idea of putting together this joint conference which would include both the syrian rebels and the authorities now they were also able to establish the list of current stumbling blocks concerning this idea and well first of all currently the opposition is still quite divided it's unclear who would be able to represent it as a whole at such a conference secondly moscow wants to see all the regional players taking part in such a conference including iran which may cause problems with washington and also if the syrian authorities are ready to take part in such a conference right now then the rebels are making now are voicing preconditions which include president assad having to step down but in general ban ki moon's visit continues this diplomatic marathon which will been wit

in particular even despite that the investigation by the independent u.n. commission to just that that the chemical weapons were in fact used by the syrian rebels this report is being ignored and this is causing serious concerns also the latest reports of israeli strikes into the syrian territory are creating tensions as well especially given the fact that israel does not want to comment on exactly why it's performing strikes into the syrian territory and off course they are also expecting that john kerry will be discussing this with and lavrov will certainly deliver russia's stance on that on that issue to his u.s. counterpart. and at the same time israel is waging another offensive for though this time a charm offensive in china or prime minister binyamin netanyahu is likely to secure a massive trade deals also looking to convince the asian giant to cool its multibillion dollar relations with iran but political favor is vested fully with israel's arch rival that of palestine its leader mahmoud abbas was given full state honors and china's support as you v

it's especially outrageous of the british prime minister just dismissed call upon the u.n. commission into who is using chemical weapons and when in the syrian conflict and at the same time the very rebels that are being sent to the so-called normally full force and equipment and materiel they're defecting to al nusra according to a report in the british papers if britain been exporting things like the global's to the syrian rebels and they used them in a sarin gas attack as for indicated by calling up all these un report does that mean britain has been backing chemical weapons in the middle east the fact that david cameron can do this shows him completely out of step after all it was him trying to lift the arms embargo for the rebels and never countenanced at any point the idea of a talks process of a kind of process that was aside from all the fighting and killing and slaughter and get john kerry and putin seems to have come to an agreement that yes of course they have to talk instead of all this killing the u.s. defense secretary says the old order in the middle east is

had no hard evidence to accuse the assad government of doing that now this geneva based u.n. investigation is believed to be separate from the investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria in the middle of march forces and the rebels blame each other for that damascus has requested a u.n. mission to investigate the incident but the investigation is being stalled because in addition to investigating that specific incident the u.n. chief now demands access to all facilities in syria and there are concerns that this inquiry wants the u.n. into the center of a possible hunt for weapons of mass destruction where it faces the ghost of iraq the fear again is that politics may get ahead of facts german journalist and magazine editor. finds it hard to believe the opposition go to access to syria's chemical arsenal but serve there are other ways for illegal arms to end up in rebel hands. i am very much for that exactly this theory that these chemical weapons will come out of the military components of the syrian army will be brought up especially also by the western p

the americans have been pushing for this now for some time i mean remember obama did press for three u.n. security council resolutions that would've essentially enabled america to pull a libya in syria all three were vetoed by russia and china so now the americans have a pretty much of getting around that a u.n. resolution again unilateralism and doing it to be covertly and now pretty much just overtly well you know the hell with the fact that the u.n. isn't doing what we wanted to do which is going to send them arms anyway and that is the obama administration as i saw it again going back to the original point it seems you know not too dissimilar from the the bush administration policy michael would you like to respond to that continuity. well i mean there's certainly something to be said for covert for cia operations though certainly have a tremendous blowback potential and actual that it actually happens but it's a lot different from an outright military intervention which would cause even more problems blowback and of course it depends on the case we're talking about syria but you can

condemned the strike demanding action from the u.n. while the u.k. calls for an end to the arms embargo on the opposition saying peace in the region is now under threat. court has sentenced thirty one protesters to fifteen years in jail for throwing firebombs. last year. in broadcasting live from moscow this is r t where it is three o'clock in the morning glad to have you with us. now syria says israel has effectively declared war after its planes up bombed as targets in damascus the second airstrike in as many days syrian officials say missile batteries have been pointed at israel and according to unconfirmed reports they will be launched in case israel strikes again syria's state media says israeli rockets targeted a military research center on the outskirts of the capital video footage and eyewitness accounts suggest the attack hit weapons dumps triggering a large explosions syria says a number of people were killed and wounded amid widespread destruction arab league has condemned the strikes and demanded the u.n. security council act to stop any

the u.n. has footage that could confirm syrian rebels used chemical weapons in aleppo in march the material provided by russian journalists includes video from the surge of the and its incidents and interviews with eyewitnesses and doctors who examined the victims it's still unclear whether it was the rebels or the syrian army who used the alleged weapons u.n. experts have been stopped from investigation by syria who chooses them of being under western pressure. at least eight people were wounded in two killed in the taliban attack in the center of kabul several powerful explosions rocked the area near a u.n. compound in a gunfight erupted several minutes and took shelter in a house using guns and grenade launchers to shoot back at police. more news for you in about thirty minutes with me in the news team in the meantime peter lavelle is here with the crosstalk that's after the break. paranoia and zero tolerance policies strikes yet again the latest in a string of children being punished for m

to send a mission to investigate the incident the u.n. fact finding team has been on standby and ready to deploy but then the u.n. chief appears to have changed his plans for the investigation there's russia's foreign minister with more on that syrian government. this particular situation the secretary general stated that he is ready to do this but a couple of days later she sent a letter to the syrian government demanding a nexus for the international experts to all syria to redo the entire theory to rid of syria as well as access to in a site and any person this team would like to talk to or to visit and this is something which really defeats the purpose of immediate. investigation into the specific reported case of the use of chemical substances to have. any cites to any person in syria. resembles very much the security council resolutions regarding iraq and we all remember the end of that story so now instead of investigating a concrete incident the u.n. wants access to all sites and this inquiry has once again thought the occupation

selective stance on the conflict the u.n. resolution also expressed outrage at the rapidly increasing death toll it is estimated eighty thousand people have been killed so far in syria but let's look at the statistics in more detail provided by activist groups they argue the death toll peak when gulf states and the u.s. sent more weapons to the region then fell when arms were limited before increasing once again when more weapons were supplied it may be a simple correlation but nonetheless suggests arming the syrian opposition may be causing more bloodshed. meanwhile new video footage from the war torn country purports to show three syrian soldiers being executed by islamist rebels in the town square the syrian observatory for human rights also say rebel fighters did shoot three man dead in the sea child rocket this week and of course we'll be keeping an eye on this story i can find more details at r.t. dot home. iraq isn't the group of violence the latest suicide bombing claimed at least twenty five lives in the northern cit

to send a mission to investigate the incident the u.n. fact finding team has been on standby and ready to deploy but then the u.n. chief appears to have changed his plans was even. again there's russia's foreign minister with more on that the syrian government asked the secretary general to deploy a team to investigate this particular situation the secretary general stated that he is ready to do this but a couple of days later he sent a letter to the syrian government demanding a nexus for the international exports to all territory to the entire its director of syria as well as access to any site and any person this team would like to talk to or to visit and this is something which really defeats the purpose of immediate investigation into a specific reported case of the use of chemical substances to have access to any sites to any person in syria. resembles very much the security council resolutions regarding iraq and we all remember the end of that story so now instead of investigating a concrete incident the year one wants access to al

the americans have been pushing for this now for some time i mean remember obama did press for three u.n. security council resolutions that would've essentially enabled america to pull a libya in syria all three were vetoed by russia and china so now the americans have a pretty much of getting around that a u.n. resolution again unilateralism and doing it to be covertly and now pretty much just overtly well you know the hell with the fact that the u.n. isn't doing what we wanted to do which is going to send them arms anyway and that is the obama administration as i saw it again going back to the original point it seems you know not too dissimilar from the the bush administration policy michael would you like to respond to that continuity. well i mean there's certainly something to be said for covert for cia operations though certainly have a tremendous blowback potential and actual if it actually happens but it's a lot different from an outright military intervention which would cause even more problems blowback and of course it depends on the case we're talking about syria but you could

eight pm wednesday night here in moscow the top stories for the outrage in the u.n. after a syrian rebel group kidnaps four of its peacekeepers suspicion of such action may see the opposition lose much of its international backing. as afghanistan's neighbors brainstorm over how to curb extremism after the b. u.s. troop withdrawal the threats growing elsewhere with mr unrest sweeping through bangladesh now. notice russia's gray cardinal resigns from a top position in the government we take a look at the man what could be behind his exit from the halls of power. also when life in prison is the only life you can afford some courts in ohio now jailing . people with disabilities because they can't afford to pay a small fine. all over again even if you just joined us kevin owen here at r t h q tonight with our top stories and the u.n. is calling for the immediate release of four of its peacekeepers held by syrian rebels the peacekeepers were abducted in the golan heights the demilitarized zone between syria and israel is our middle east correspondent paula slee it with the

to send a mission to investigate the incident but u.n. fact finding team has been on standby and ready to deploy but then the u.n. chief appears to have changed his plans for the investigation there's russia's foreign minister with more on the. syrian government on the circuits of the germs are deployed it's you doing this to get this particular situation the secretary general state to use ready to do this but a couple of days later you sent a letter to the syrian government demanding the next is for the international experts to alter it to redo the entire it's the roots of the of syria as well as. the steam would like to talk to a. and this is something which really defeats the purpose of immediate. investigation into a specific reported case of the use of chemical substances to have. a person in syria. resembles very much the security council resolutions regarding iraq and we all remember the end of that story so now instead of investigating a concrete incident the u.n. wants access to all sites and this inquiry has once again thought t

pummeled with rockets overnight the arab league has condemned the strike demanding action from the u.n. the u.k. calls for an end to the arms embargo on the opposition saying peace in the region is now under threat. and in bahrain a quarter sentenced thirty one protesters to fifteen years in jail for throwing four bombs during and regime riots last year. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here on. syria says israel has effectively declared war after its planes bombed targets in damascus the second airstrikes in as many days syria's state media says that israeli rockets targeted a military research center on the outskirts of the capital video footage an eyewitness account suggests the attacks hit weapons dumps triggering large explosions syria says a number of people were killed and wounded amid widespread destruction the arab league has condemned the strikes and demanded the u.n. security council to act to stop any more. t.v. station run by lebanon's hezbollah militant group showed images of what it claimed was the site of

now the u.n. is calling for the immediate release of four of its peacekeepers held by syrian rebels the peacekeepers were abducted in the golan heights the demilitarized zone between syria and israel is our middle east correspondent. i've just gotten off the phone with the deputy chief of staff for the united nations peacekeeping force in the area and he says that they are definitely remaining there this follows the kidnapping of four filipino un peacekeepers who are being held in a ceasefire between syria and the israeli side of the golan heights now that is almost a no man's land not the israeli nor syrian forces can go operate in that area what we do know is that they were abducted while on patrol the u.n. does say that efforts are under way to secure their release and according to the u.n. chief banking moon he has strongly condemned the abductions and he has called for the immediate release of these peacekeepers a syrian group by the name of the martyrs of lamarck published a photo that is pu

and both the u.n. and arab league have condemned israeli action but there are concerns the attacks could have motives well beyond syria as an she's made in a culture never explains. there is a third player here fellow shia ally to assad and has a bill on the big boy on the block and israel's arch enemy iran now reports suggest that it was in the rain in shipment to has volokh that israel was told getting so it's possible that syria is just the middle man and it wouldn't be be young reason that iran is equipping has a block as a backup in case of conflict with israel israel with this provocation there will be for a response either from syria even from his block or better yet from the point of view of the obama to be in israel from the run so if you run in syria don't do anything for the moment just wait this will be seen as it is just a provocation but if there is you know the slightest bit of a response from either syria or iran that's the perfect brick for what really shocked and or against syria iran

the americans have been pushing for this now for some time i mean remember obama did press for three u.n. security council resolutions that would've essentially enabled america to pull a libya in syria all three were vetoed by russia and china so now the americans have a pretty much of getting around that a u.n. resolution again. unilateralism and doing it to be covertly and now pretty much just overtly well you know the hell with the fact that the u.n. isn't doing what we wanted to do we're just going to send them arms anyway and that is the obama administration as i saw it again going back to the original point it seems you know not too dissimilar from the the bush administration policy michael would you like to respond to that continuity. well i mean there's certainly something to be said for covert for cia operations though certainly have a tremendous blowback potential and actual if it actually happens but it's a lot different from an outright military intervention which would cause even more problems blowback and of course it depends on the case we're talking about syria but you co

to send a mission to investigate the incident the u.n. fact finding team has been on stand. by and ready to deploy but then the un chief appears to have changed his plans for the investigation there's russia's foreign minister with more on that the syrian government asked the secretary general to deploy a team to investigate this particular situation the secretary general stated that he is ready to do this but a couple of days later he sent a letter to the syrian government demanding a nexus for the international experts to all territory to the entire its director of syria as well as access to in his sight and any person this team would like to talk to or to visit and this is something which really defeats the purpose of immediate. investigation into a specific reported case of the use of chemical substances to have. in your sights to any person in syria. resembles very much the security council resolutions regarding iraq and we all remember the end of that story so now instead of investigating a concrete incident be you one want access to all sites and this inquiry has once

damascus has resorted to chemical weapons in the country's long lasting civil war now that is despite u.n. claims it's the rebels who may have deployed illegal agents and the government for the details of our correspondent in washington. washington is inching closer to arming the rebels this monday the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee introduced a bill that would provide weapons to quote some vetted groups of syrian rebels the bill would also give the u.s. government the power to sanction any individual who sells or transfers military equipment weapons or oil to the syrian government the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee also said the u.s. must act to tip the scales in favor of the opposition so we see washington trying to decide the outcome of the civil war in syria the idea or i mean the rebels has been floating in washington for a while now last week the u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel said the administration was rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels if the bill comes to the president's desk he may actually sign it into law critics in the

in particular even despite that the investigation by the independent u.n. commission to just that that the chemical weapons were in fact used by the syrian rebels that this report is being ignored and this is causing serious concerns also the latest reports of israeli strikes into the syrian territory are creating tensions as well especially given the fact that israel does not want to comment on exactly why it's performing strikes into the syrian territory and we are also expecting that john kerry will be discussing this with and lavrov will certainly deliver russia's stance on that on that issue to his u.s. counterpart. at the same time israel is wagering another offensive although this time a charm offensive in china prime minister benjamin netanyahu is likely to secure a lucrative trade deals and will be looking to convince the giant to cool its multibillion dollar relations with iran but beijing's political favors vested fully with israel's arch rival palestine its leader mahmoud abbas was given full state owners and china support as a visitor just a da

he made the pledge four years ago at the u.n. headquarters. government officials had based the nation's energy strategy on nuclear power. these reactors emit significantly less gases than coal fired plants, but only two of japan's 50 reactors are up and running after the fukushima accident. so officials have decided to cancel the pledge, and they are working out a new target. they will soon submit a document to the u.n. climate change secretariat in germany. they hope to register a new figure before the conference begins in november. >>> now the fukushima accident is still a grave concern for japan's neighbors. thousands of people in taiwan have rallied to stop the construction of a new plant in taipei. about 3,000 protesters took to the street on sunday. they shout thad they don't need nuclear plants. >> translator: i wasn't interested in politics before. but i joined the rally because i want a safer world for my children. >> the government wants to build taiwan's fourth nuclear plant, but opposition to the plant has increased since the fukus

an international crisis or whether the local somehow like being bombed more than being shot it the u.n. has questioned the legality of the use of drones and here's how the president addressed the issue america cannot take strikes wherever we choose our actions are bound by consultations with partners and respect for state sovereignty. america does not take strikes to punish individuals we act against terrorists who pose a continuing and imminent threat to the american people when the president talks about consultations with other countries one should mention that you have the whole population of pakistan and its parliament unanimously opposing the drone strike so the administration may be in consultation with the governments of those countries but obviously not the people there the president said this wednesday he signed a presidential policy guidance on the use of drones which is supposed to lead to the establishment of some guidelines oversight and accountability now also on the issue of legality did mr still operates under the congress authorization for the use of military force ado

in particular even despite that the investigation by the independent u.n. commission adjusted that the chemical weapons were in fact used by the syrian rebels that this report is being ignored and this is causing serious concerns also the latest reports of israeli strikes into the syrian territory are creating tensions as well especially given the fact that israel does not want to comment on exactly why it's performing strikes into the syrian territory and of course they are also expecting that john kerry will be discussing this with and lavrov will certainly deliver russia's stance on that on that issue to his u.s. counterpart. at the same time israel's waging another offensive although this time a charm offensive in china prime minister binyamin netanyahu is likely to secure a lucrative trade deals and will be looking to convince the asian giant to call its multibillion dollar relations with iran but beijing's political favor is vested fully with israel's rival palestine its leader mahmoud abbas was given full state honors and china's support visit just a

that woman is named kathy who in austin is a former u.n. arms trafficking expert and is the founder and executive director of the conflict awareness project nonprofit organization that investigates major arms traffickers and war profiteers and trans national criminal networks that few armed conflicts around the world earlier i had the chance to speak to kathy about her work i first asked her what the craziest thing is she's seen in her experience hunting down arms traffickers is and here's what she had to say. well you know often i'm flying in crazy airplanes and have had to survive crash landings just in order to document a certain weapons flow going to an illegal rogue group in the congo for example i've come around like corners and met with a lot of somalia militiamen had to bargain my way out of those situations ultimately being asked to be married with a camel that would be presented to my father so there's just been a lot of crazy things that i've experienced just to track the way international weapons from exporting countries go to t

the americans have been pushing for this now for some time i mean remember obama did press for three u.n. security council resolutions that would've essentially enabled america to pull a libya in syria all three were vetoed by russia and china so now the americans have a pretty much of getting around that a u.n. resolution again unilateralism and doing it to be covertly and now pretty much just overtly well you know the hell with the fact that the u.n. isn't doing what we wanted to do which is going to send them arms anyway and that is the obama administration as i saw it again going back to the original point it seems you know not too dissimilar from the the bush administration policy michael would you like to respond to that continuity. well i mean there's certainly something to be said for covert for cia operations though certainly have a tremendous blowback potential and actual if it actually happens but it's a lot different from an outright military intervention which would cause even more problems blowback and of course it depends on the case we're talking about syria but you can b

to more bloodshed this monday the white house has basically brushed off the latest findings of the u.n. human rights commission wish that the syrian rebels may have used the deadly sarin nerve gas here is a leading u.n. investigators saying she was quote stupefied by the evidence during our investigation for crimes against humanity and war crimes. we collect. weakness to steal money that. that made to appear that some chemical weapons were used in particular. and what was. what appear on. to our investigation that was used by openings by the rebels and we have no no indication at tool the government authority of the syrian government had used chemical weapons that i was happy to be stupefied that. first the first indication we got they were about the use of never been gassed by the opening to that the white house said we find it highly likely that chemical weapons if they were in fact used in syria and there certainly evidence that they were the our side was responsible end of quote so it seems that the white house is dismissive of evidence that could suggest the use of chemical weapon

in particular even despite that the investigation by the independent u.n. commission to just that that the chemical weapons were in fact used by these syrian rebels that this report is being ignored and this is causing serious concerns. the growing tunneled a hunger strike drags into its ninety thousand day coming up later we hear from inmates you know is about defending health of prisoners and why their clients feel they have no choice but to put their very lives on the line. handling influence a new form of tourism the lives the bail and how industry gets its way with the german government find out how the business lobby pushes its agenda in the front. britain is under pressure to put tighter controls on its radioactive materials after aids emerged that hazardous substances have gone missing in numerous locations over the last decades when you factor in industries nuclear reactors and even schools are implicated in the list obtained by r.t. from the health and safety authority so some of the materials are volatile enough to be sold by terrorists let's not

woman is named kathy who in austin is a former u.n. arms trafficking expert and is the founder and executive director of the conflict awareness project nonprofit organization that investigates major arms traffickers and war profiteers and trans national criminal networks that few armed conflicts around the world earlier i had the chance to speak to kathy about her work i first asked her what the craziest things she's seen in her experience hunting down arms traffickers is and here's what she had to say. well you know often i'm flying in crazy airplanes and have had to survive crash landings just in order to document a certain weapons flow going to an illegal rogue group in the congo for example i've come around like corners and met with a lot of somalia militiamen had to bargain my way out of those situations ultimately being asked to be married with a camel that would be presented to my father so there's just been a lot of crazy things that i've experienced just to track the way international weapons from exporting countries go to the

to send a mission to investigate the incident but u.n. fact finding team has been on standby and ready to deploy but then the u.n. chief appears to have changed his plans for the investigation there's russia's foreign minister with more on that. syrian government on the circuits of the germans to deploy achieved in this to this particular situation the secretary general state the use ready to do this but couple of days later she sent a letter to the syrian government demanding the nexus for the international experts to alter it to redo the entire it's the roots of the of syria as well as. the steam would like to to talk. and this is something which really defeats the purpose of immediate. investigation into the specific reported case of the use of chemical substances to have. in your sights to any person in syria. resembles very much the security council resolutions regarding iraq and we'll remember the end of that story so now instead of investigating a concrete incident the u.n. wants access to all sites and this inquiry has once again

to send a mission to investigate the incident the u.n. fact finding team has been on standby and ready to deploy but then the u.n. chief appears to have changed his plans for the investigation there's russia's foreign minister with more on the. syrian government and the sort of the germans are. doing this to. the secretary general. it that he is ready to do this but a couple of days later he sent a letter to the syrian government demanding a nexus for the international experts to all territory to the entire series of syria as well as access to any site and any person this team would like to talk to or to visit and this is something which really defeats the purpose of immediate. investigation into the specific reported case of the use of chemical substances to have either texas in your sights to any person in syria. resembles very much the security council resolutions regarding iraq and we all remember the end of that story so now instead of investigating a concrete incident the u.n. wants access to all sites and this inquiry has once agai

well there's news this week out of the united nations now the u.n. human rights commission released a report calling for a moratorium on quote testing production assembly transfer acquisition deployment and use of killer robots yes killer robots now lethal autonomous robotics or lars are already being used by nations around the world and many others are working to develop this technology as well so artie's mega lopez has the story. well right as the united states navy inaugurated its first ever squadron of unmanned aerial vehicles in california this week the u.n. human rights commission just released a report talking about the dangers that these robots present to the global community as well as to international law the report's author christoph haynes went so far as to call for a worldwide moratorium on the testing production assembly transfer acquisition deployment and use of these machines so let's examine this report just a little bit more detail according to the findings of this report the u.s. the u.k. israel south korea and japan have all devel

now woman is named kathy who in austin is a former u.n. arms trafficking expert and is the founder and executive director of the conflict awareness project nonprofit organization that investigates major arms traffickers and war profiteers and transnational criminal networks that few armed conflicts around the world earlier i had the chance to speak to kathy about her work i first asked her what the craziest thing is she's seen in her experience hunting down arms traffickers is and here's what she had to say. well you know often i'm flying in crazy airplanes and have had to survive crash landings just in order to document a certain weapons flow going to an illegal rogue group in the congo for example i've come around like corners and met with somalia militiamen had to bargain my way out of those situations ultimately being asked to be married with a camel that would be presented to my father so there's just been a lot of crazy things that i've experienced just to truck the way international weapons from exporting countries go to these wars

obama never launch a military operation against the wishes of just about everyone whether it's the u.n. or among our allies or even if you kill american citizens or really kill american citizens now with iraq you need to with impunity and he's admitted that it's important isn't it right exactly. sure certainly it is and i think it's unbelievable that it took so long for obama to even admit that the drone program was occurring you know it was occurring for a number of years before there was ever any acknowledgement but if i mean if there's any silver lining and again i'm really not a supporter of the use of drones for various reasons but we've been hearing in recent days from from the obama administration about trying to at least acknowledge the fact that there's a conflict between you know trying to fulfill national security obligations and acknowledging constitutional rights of americans and really just humanitarian law etc i think that's that's encouraging but certainly drones is the one area where you could describe him as an imperial president but i don't i wouldn't i don't know i

to send a mission to investigate the incident the u.n. fact finding team has been on standby and ready to deploy but then the u.n. chief appears to have changed his plans for the investigation there's russia's foreign minister with more on that. syrian government because of the germs are deployed in this to this particular situation the secretary general state the use ready to do this but couple of days later she sent a letter to the syrian government demanding the next is for the international experts to all cheery to read through the entire it's the roots of syria as well as . the steam would like to to talk. and this is something which really defeats the purpose of immediate. investigation into the specific report of the case of the use of chemical substances to have. any person in syria. resembles very much the security council resolutions regarding iraq and we all remember the end of that story so now instead of investigating a concrete incident the u.n. wants access to all sites and this inquiry has once again thought the united nat

rage in the u.n. after a syrian rebel group kidnaps for its pace capers amid phase that such moves may see the opposition loses overwhelming international backing. for cracks in the heart of europe is france rejects this territory while in britain the queen gets a pay rise as her subjects further tighten their belts. central asia royals in a violent wave of is on mr unrest leaving nearby states hammering out plans to contain what is being dubbed the talibanization of the region. and when life in prison is the only life you can afford some courts in ohio are jailing the homeless and people with disabilities because they can't afford to pay small fines. i welcome you watching r.t. with me andrew. the un is calling for the immediate release of four of its peacekeepers the troops were taken hostage by syrian rebel fighters in the golan heights the demilitarized zone between syria and israel our middle east correspondent paula slayer has the details. just gotten off the phone with the dickey to chief of st

the americans have been pushing for this now for some time i mean remember obama did press for three u.n. security council resolutions that would've essentially enabled america to pull a libya in syria all three were vetoed by russia and china so now the americans have a pretty much of getting around that a u.n. resolution again unilateralism and doing it to be covertly and now pretty much just overtly well you know the hell with the fact that the u.n. isn't doing what we wanted to do we're just going to send them arms anyway and that is the obama administration as i saw it again going back to the original point it seems you know not too dissimilar from the the bush administration policy michael would you like to respond to that continuity. well i mean there's certainly something to be said for covert for cia operations though certainly have a tremendous blowback potential and actual that it actually happens but it's a lot different from an outright military intervention which would cause even more problems blowback and of course it depends on the case we're talking about syria but you c

pummeled with rockets overnight the arab league has condemned the strike demanding action from the u.n. while the u.k. calls for an end to the arms embargo on the opposition saying peace in the region is now under threat. in bahrain a court has sentenced thirty one protesters to fifteen years in jail for throwing four bombs during the regime riots last year. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here on. syria says israel has effectively declared war after its planes bombed targets in damascus the second airstrikes in as many days syria's state media says israeli rockets targeted a military research center on the outskirts of the capital video footage an eyewitness account suggests the attacks hit weapons dumps triggering large explosions syria says a number of people were killed and wounded amid widespread destruction the arab league has condemned the strikes and demanded the u.n. security council react release correspondent paula slip has more. tension on the ground is increasing and increasing by the hour the syrian inform