a u.n. probe shows syrian rebels most likely used a deadly nerve agent in the ongoing civil war shattering washington's earlier accusations it was the assad regime which had resorted to using illegal chemicals. in the cold economic despair drives tens of thousands of former supporters of france to turn their backs on the french president. and. dozens of young protesters behind bars for taking part in antigovernment. claims that defendants confessed that. it is a pleasure to have you with us here on this monday. with your news from all around the world. now u.n. investigators are saying they have strong grounds to believe that the rebels in syria used chemical weapons against civilians according to the testimonies of both victims and witnesses opposition fighters sprayed the deadly nerve gas sarin an agent that's banned internationally and that's amid widespread allegations backed by the us that it was the syrian regime that have resorted to chemicals in the long lasting civil war inside the

. >> the u.n. has a new solution to fight hunger: bugs. >> the u.n. says creatures like scorpions, cicadas and locusts are a healthy source of fat, protein and fiber. >> stephen: the u.n. bullies want to make us eat a bug. what's next? solve the global water crisis through sustainable swirlies? and folks, i for one do not buy the u.n. claims that, quote, mini-livestock offer livelihood opportunities for both urban and rural people. did you hear that? mini-livestock. so let me get this straight. according to the u.n., all you new yorkers with bed bugs are technically ranchers. ( cheers and applause ). well, folks, you will never catch me eating bugs. i don't even eat gummy worms. i just use them to catch swedish fish. and i have one thing to say to the u.n. you first, gentlemen, because from what i hear, your delegates are shuttled by fleets of bentleys and mercedes benzes to dine at upscale spots like harry's bar and cipriani where i'm pretty sure their coq au vin is not made from coq-a-roaches fou

the u.n. commission on syria says there's no clear proof of any chemical weapons being used despite one of its top investigators saying she suspects the rebels have resorted to sarin gas. for a series of air strikes inside syria takes a look at whether the ultimate target of the attacks could lie elsewhere. here after anti-government protests turned violent in moscow to demand the release of those accused of inciting clashes with police. and record unemployment painful austerity and the lowest ratings in recent french history. marks the end of a tough first year as president. international news and comment live from our studio center here in moscow this is. the u.n. team looking into the conflict in syria says there's no conclusive evidence any side has used chemical weapons the statement comes in contrast to early claims by a leading team member that deadly nerve gas may have been used by the rebels well though neither statement is convincing the u.s. is. now reports. the white house response

a top u.n. investigator and so there are strong suspicions rebels in syria have used chemical weapons but says there's nothing to suggest government forces have done this. meanwhile israel is condemned for a series of as strikes inside syria but takes a look at whether the ultimate target of that tonks could lie elsewhere. and record unemployment painful austerity and the lowest ratings in recent french history francois hollande month at the end of a tough first here as president. international news live from moscow this is a must see with me you thanks for joining us. a leading u.n. investigator says there are strong suspicions of rebels in syria have used the deadly nerve gas sarin during the civil war but call adel point a also insists she has seen no evidence the government has resorted to the use of chemical weapons those claims are in contrast to an earnest statement by the u.s. has accused president assad's forces of using them and threatens to take action to check out reports now from wa

>> would you like me to address -- if i could just for miss m u.n. i i think we certainly agree with regard to the difficulty of the higher floor buses all of the buses that we will be purchasing will be low floor buses the buses that we're purchasing now are hybrid buses and some of the lines you referenced are trolley buses. and the 38 uses generally the 68 buses and we're purchasing the 40 ones first we will as quickly as we can replacing all of those buses and we will put it on the busiest lines first so just an update on that and on the north east mission we have heard that recommendation and it's certainly among the things that we're looking at. >> mr. chairman there will be no report today. moving onto the general public comment this is an opportunity for the public to address the matters that are not on the agenda today. >> hi. i have to tell you that the f line which is my favorite line because i live downtown -- as you know, it's dangerously overcrowded. it can not take care of all the people that want to board and i'm tired of saying pleas

a top u.n. investigators are strong suspicion rebels in syria have used chemical weapons but says there's nothing to suggest government forces of. israel's condemned for a series of air strikes inside syria but takes a look at whether the ultimate target of the attacks could lie elsewhere. a year after antigovernment protests turned violent. the release of those accused of inciting clashes with police you're seeing live pictures from the city center right here on. painful austerity in the lowest ratings in recent french history. marks the end of a tough first year as president our top story. in international news and comment from our studio center here in moscow. a leading united nations investigator says there are strong indications that syrian rebels have used the deadly nerve gas sarin in the ongoing civil war however. also insists there's no evidence the government has resorted to chemical weapons well more on this from marty's going to in washington so the u.s. is accusing forces of using c

the u.n. commission on syria says there's no clear proof of any chemical weapons being used there despite one of its top investigators saying she suspects the rebels have resorted to sarin gas. meanwhile israel's condemned for a series of air strikes inside syria but all too takes a look at whether the ultimate target of the attacks could lie elsewhere. here after the government protests turned violent thousands rally in moscow to demand the release of those accused of inciting clashes with police. record unemployment painful austerity and the lowest ratings and recent french history falls well earned marks the end of a tough first year as president. online on screen international news and comment live from our studio center here in moscow this is r.t. the u.n. team looking into the conflict in syria says there's no conclusive evidence any side has used chemical weapons that's despite earlier claims by leading team member that deadly nerve gas may have been used by the rebels or he's got a car

despite u.n. claims it's the rebels who may have been deploying illegal agents and not the government further details. in washington. washington is inching closer to or mean 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 meantime s

the u.n. commission on syria says there is no clear proof of any chemical weapons being used there despite one of its top investigators suspect the rebels have resorted to sarin gas. israel for a series of air strikes inside syria takes a look at whether the ultimate target the attacks could lie elsewhere. also reporting this hour a year after anti-government protests turned violent. and the release of those accused of inciting clashes with police. record unemployment painful austerity and the lowest ratings in recent french history. marks the end of a tough first year as president top stories. online on screen international news and comment live from our studio center here in moscow this is. the u.n. team looking into the conflict in syria says there's no conclusive evidence any side has used chemical weapons despite an earlier statement by a leading team member that deadly nerve gas may be used or may have been used by the rebels the u.s. however continues to suggest that president assad is

[applause]. >> the peace campaign is currently running on m u.n. i buses around town and on behalf of the agency chimmy your supervisor standing with you today and the entire communications team we celebrate and we honor you today with the special recognition award thank you for the work you do with sfmta. >> on behalf of the agency and all people of san francisco thank you for the outstanding work it's a great campaign you created so thank you very much. >> thank you very much it's a great honor to be here and receiving this award again i want to thank the members of the board and especially candice and dea nna and of course the communications team without them my job would be impossible to do. but it's really a you know, great excitement and doing what a designer to do positive campaigns like this i live in the city and i love the city and it's the least i can do for us. thank you. [applause]. >> thank you. next i want to ask -- to come forward they are recognizing someone that's actually not an sfmta employee but works in support of our off stre

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 assad 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 was 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 so going at this point a u.n. investigation team suggests that it's been the syrian rebels not the assad government that have used chemical weapons in the ongoing civil war conflict but it's not the only grave development coming out of syria you and i get an a for the past few days breaking news out of syria with these israeli airstrikes are the latest reaction to these

with some extremely strong rhetoric in the past blasting russia for not having supported a cool for u.n. intervention in the country now the one they talk to say coming at a time when the u.k.'s been seen to try to step up efforts to bring an end to the e.u. arms embargo that would then allow the supply of weapons to the forces a face to the syrian regime a lot of concern from some here in the country and indeed internationally as to who exactly would cause to cheat the legitimate opposition given that the same much concern surrounding the other elements inside the country that are also confusing the extremely fractured picture that we're seeing playing out as the syrian conflict continues nonetheless the two sides are going to be pushing ahead with these talks whether or not they'll be able to put that fractious past behind them and come to some in cream and remains to be seeing but at the u.k. prime minister's restated his commitment to trying to find some form of diplomatic progress moving forward. with russia and the u.s. having agreed to unite their efforts towards mediating peace

a u.n. probe shows syrian rebels most likely used a deadly nerve agent in the ongoing civil war shattering washington's earlier accusations it was the assad regime which has resorted to illegal chemical weapons . according throws dozens of young pro-reform protesters behind bars for taking part in government violence all amid claims the defendants confessed to torture. and socialist i call in the polls economic despair drives tens of thousands of form of supporters of francois hollande to turn their backs on the french president. it is a monday morning here in moscow. with the worldwide news live on r t u n investigators now say they have strong grounds to believe rebels in syria have used chemical weapons in the country's civil war while no evidence was found the government has ever released any of the deadly now those challenges washington's previous statement it was the assad regime which had apparently resorted to the illegal weapons but earlier i discussed the latest developments with.

indicated by calling up all these u.n. 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 being trying to lift the arms embargo for the rebels and never countenanced at any point the idea of a talks process of kind of process that was aside from all the fighting and killing and slaughter and get john kerry and me putin seemed 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 disappearing although it's still not clear what will replace it chuck hagel stress the conflict in syria is becoming increasingly most like terry an extremist but the country's collapse now more real than ever but what some u.s. lawmakers make fresh calls for military intervention washington is now taking a backseat that's gonna cheat you can explain. after the administration all but accused the assad government of ha

now u.n. investigators say they have strong grounds to believe that rebels in syria have used chemical weapons in the country's civil war while no evidence was found that the government had ever released any deadly agents now this flies in the face of washington's previous statement it was the assad regime which had apparently resorted to be illegal weapons well just a bit earlier in the program i discussed these latest developments with. cash. you want human rights investigators say based on the evidence that they have the rebels in syria have used the nerve agent sorry this is a major development which comes at a time when the assad government is being accused of having used chemical weapons and so this investigation which says that in all likelihood the rebels have used chemical weapons challenges the narrative which is dominating in the media here and that if chemical weapons were used they were used by the assad government there has been an intense build up of tension around the issue as

a top u.n. investigator he says there are strong suspicions rebels in syria have used chemical weapons but says there's nothing to suggest the government forces have done the same. meanwhile israel has condemned for a series of our strikes inside syria but also takes a look at whether the ultimate target of that talks could rely could lie elsewhere . and record unemployment painful sterett he and the loveliest ratings in recent french history fronts all around marks the end of a tough first year as president. international news and comment live from moscow this is our c. with me you know hello and welcome to the program. a leading u.n. investigator says there are strong suspicions rebels in syria have used the deadly nerve gas sarin during this civil war but carla del ponte a also says she has seen no evidence the government has resorted to the use of chemical weapons those claims are in contrast to an earlier statement by the u. arts who has accused president assad's forces of using them and th

a top u.n. investigator in says there are strong suspicions the rebels in syria have used chemical weapons but says there is nothing to suggest the government forces have done the same. meanwhile it grows condemned for a series of as tribes inside syria but takes a look at whether the ultimate target of death tax could lie elsewhere. also thousands are gathering in moscow to mark a guess since an antigovernment protests turned violent and you're seeing live pictures right now from central moscow. last record unemployment painful austerity and the lowest ratings in britain french history france all alone marks the end of a tough first year as president. this results seen coming to live from moscow hello and welcome to the program. first and leading you on investigators says there are strong suspicions rebels in syria have used the deadly nerve gas so reinjuring this civil war but call a del ponte a also insists she has no evidence the government has resorted to the use of chemical weapons there t

rage in the u.n. after a syrian rebel group kidnaps four of its unarmed peacekeepers amid suspicion that such action may see the opposition lose much of its international backing. as afghanistan's neighbors brainstorm over how to curb extremism after the u.s. troop withdrawal the threat is growing elsewhere with islamic unrest sweeping through bangladesh. plus the man known as russia's gray cardinal resigns from the government we take a look at the man and what could be behind his exit from the halls of power. plus when life in prison is the only line you can afford some courts in ohio jailing the homeless and people with disabilities because they can't afford to pay small finds . welcome you watching our team with make sure and pharma. 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

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 activists creech they argue the death toll peaked 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 as a disturbing numbers there with arteries and reform more analysis and opinion on syria as always standing by for you on our web site r.t. dot com. for now iraq is in the grip of violence the latest suicide bombing claimed at least twenty five lives in the northern city of kirkuk the suffering though made worse by crippled infrastructure and shortages of electricity and drinking water. looks at why one of the world's most oil rich nations still lacks basic services ten

in the u.n. after a syrian militant group kidnaps for its peacekeepers secretary general ban ki moon demands the hostages immediate really. cracks at the heart of europe is france rejects the stereotype while in britain the queen gets of pay rises her subjects further tighten their belts. and central asia royals in a violent wave of his largest unrest leaving nearby states hammering out plans to contain what is being the talibanization of the region. and i welcome you watching r.t. with me andrey farmer. the u.n. 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 we cannot go live to our middle east correspondent paula. paula thank you for joining us now we've heard reports that the u.n. mission could even withdraw from the region following these kidnappings do you think that's likely. well i don't think it's likely i've just gotten off the phone with the deput

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 published a photo that is the portug

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 british papers if britain has been exporting say night vision goggles to the syrian rebels and they use them in a sarin gas attack as for indicated by color your point is un report does that mean britain has been backing chemical weapons used in the middle east the fact that david cameron can do this shows him completely out of step after all it was him being 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 yet john kerry and a lot of the putin seem 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 i

currently running on m u.n. i buses around town and on behalf of the agency chimmy your supervisor standing with you today and the entire communications team we celebrate and we honor you today with the special recognition award thank you for the work you do with sfmta. >> on behalf of the agency and all people of san francisco thank you for the outstanding work it's a great campaign you created so thank you very much. >> thank you very much it's a great honor to be here and receiving this award again i want to thank the members of the board and especially candice and dea nna and of course the communications team without them my job would be impossible to do. but it's really a you know, great excitement and doing what a designer to do positive campaigns like this i live in the city and i love the city and it's the least i can do for us. thank you. [applause]. >> thank you. next i want to ask -- to come forward they are recognizing someone that's actually not an sfmta employee but works in support of our off stre

well u.n. secretary general and russia's foreign minister announced that they completely agree that the conflict in syria has to be resolved without any foreign military intervention and it will be full respect of syrian sovereignty and territorial integrity at the same time mr bond be more in support of the idea of this joint conference which would involve both of the syrian opposition and to be authorities however diplomats also listed some of the key stumbling blocks at the moment first of all the opposition is still very divided and it's unclear who can represent it as a whole at this conference or secondly according to a foreign minister. it will be nice to see all the regional players there are taking port including iran and saudi arabia which make problems with washington and also according to sort of go off if the authorities theory and afterwards are ready to take part in the conference then the rebels are still making preconditions. in contrast to the syrian government which has respo

the new u.n. destine designation, which legally comes into force the next 24 hours, means the group is subject to travel ban, arms embargo and freeze of any known assets. al jazeera, the united nations. >> three people have been arrested in bahrain after a remote-controlled bomb exploded injuring seven police officers. this happened in a village 10 kilometers west of the capital. more than 60 people have been killed since sunni buddhas began crockdown on protest by the island's shia majority. i u.n. envoy said iraq could zeeped into mayhem unless political leaders find ways to ease tension. more than 20 have been killed in bomb attacks around the cun. one police officer was killed when bomb destroyed a checkpoint in the ca rotia district. in the neighborhood, a car bomb exploded killing four people and injurying a dozen more. >> there have been at least six car bombs in baghdad and in the northern city of mosul. the targets as we have seen have been ordinary markets particularly in shia areas as w

so far the u.n. security council has failed to reach a consensus i strongly regret because i do believe we have a political framework that could be used as an june 2012, the so-called action group in syria issued a statement of declaration, signed by all five permanent members of the u.n. security council. in that statement, it is clearly stated the regime in damascus should initiate a process of transition leading to accommodation of legitimate aspirations of the syrian people. i do believe a solution could be based on that declaration. too bad and of course negates u.n. security council resolution. now mr. burkett asked me about the good. they have made substantial progress. this is the reason we have granted a membership action plan. they do not fulfill the necessary criteria, but i am quite impressed by the work done and the progress achieved. but there's a political statement. a couple years ago, we granted a condition based membership action plan. we have declared we are willing to activate tha

now woman is named kathy lynn austin she's 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 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 things she's seen in her experience hunting down arms traffickers 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 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 and

the u.n. secretary general is already in and like you said he is 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 british and israeli prime ministers and other officials about 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 saudis however several stumbling blocks still remain and for him to russia's foreign minister to go off the syrian opposition is still a very divided and it's unclear right now who can represent it as a whole at this conference and also secondly the rebels are still voicing preconditions. because it's. in contrast to the syrian government which has responded quite positively to the russian american initiative the opposition zones that was quite v

it as trike such as the one israel carried out is a violation of the u.n. charter with egypt and the arab league calling for security council action over this are there likely to be any consequences for israel for that time. i'm afraid it's unlikely because there is that israel has been given historically for the last say fifty years or more a very special place such that i believe the figures are that the united states has vetoed i think forty four united nations security council resolutions concerning israel when they get anywhere near. cramping israel's ability to carry out the strikes that we've seen lately so at the end of the day i'm sure the united states would simply veto any u.n. security council resolution with teeth and in a way you can say that perhaps some of these voices in the region know that perfectly well but no i'm afraid historically it's very unlikely. that israel will be constrained iran has offered various types of assistance to the syrian regime what would israel's reaction be do you think if one of its enemies joins the conflict tha

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. 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. the same time israel is waging another offensive although this time it's a charm offensive in china and prime minister benjamin netanyahu is likely to secure lucrative trade deals and will be looking to convince the asian giant to cool its multibillion dollar relations with terror on but beijing's political favor is vested firmly with israel's arch rival that of palestine its leader mahmoud abbas was given full state on china's supporters you vis

and in the meantime the u.n. has now officially classified the force feeding of detainees at guantanamo as torture and earlier report by a key u.s. think tank slammed washington for abuse to the station coming up at eleven thirty am g.m.t. here on nazi it's the co-chair of the panel responsible for that report also make me explaining why get my must be shot down. we 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 the charges against a person to be to go through an orderly process more than half of those detainees in guantanamo currently have already been cleared by the u.s. government 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 and that should be done immediately and the

rockets early sunday morning the arab league has condemned the strike demanding action of 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 to thirty one protesters to fifteen years in jail for throwing firebombs to an anti regime riots last year. five o'clock in the morning here in moscow this is thomas going 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 of 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. securi

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

rage in the u.n. after a syrian rebel group kidnaps four of its unarmed keepers amid suspicion that such action may see the opposition much of its international backing. stands neighbors brainstorm over how to curb extremism after the u.s. troop withdrawal the threat is growing elsewhere with this islamic unrest sweeping through bangladesh. the man known as russia's gray cardinal resigns from the government we take a look at the man and what could be behind his exit from the halls of power. and then life in prison the only life you can afford some courts in ohio joining the homeless people with disabilities because they can't afford to pay a small fine. hello they're welcome you're watching our say with me and three. 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

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 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 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 a

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hello and welcome to the program u.n. investigators say there have strong grounds to believe rebels and see where have used chemical weapons in the country's civil war while no evidence was found the government has ever released any deadly agents this flies in the face of washington's previous statement it was there as saddam regime which had apparently resorted to the illegal weapons or he's been a chicken has to details. you want human rights investigators say based on the evidence that they have the rebels in syria have used the nerve agent sorry this is a major development which comes at a time when the assad government is being accused of having used chemical weapons and so this investigation which says that in all likelihood the rebels have used chemical weapons challenges the narrative which is dominating in the media here and that if chemical weapons were used they were used by the assad government there has been an intense build up of tension around the issue as president obama said the use of chemical weapons by

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 assad 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 could 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. ati's guy nature kind reporting that from washington and german journalist and magazine editor and writer i spoke to him just a bit earlier in the program he said he finds it hard to believe the opposition got access to syria's chemical arsenal but says there are other ways for illegal arms to end up in the hands of rebels i am very much sure that exactly this t

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

u.n. investigators say they have strong grounds to believe that rebels in syria have used chemical weapons in the country's civil war while no evidence was found that the government has ever released any such deadly agents now this flies in the face of washington's previous statement it was the assad regime which had apparently resorted to illegal weapons i discussed the latest developments with. you want human rights investigators say based on the evidence that they have the rebels in syria have used the nerve agent sorry this is a major development which comes at a time when the assad government is being accused of having used chemical weapons and so this investigation which says that in all likelihood the rebels have used chemical weapons challenges the narrative which is dominating in the media here and that if chemical weapons were used they were used by the assad government there has been an intense build up of tension around the issue as president obama said the use of chemical weap

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 etc first now 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 has certainly had a fractious past when it comes to the