RussiaToday-Video-News-World:Lavrov: Rebels in Syria inspired by American actions

The White House is chasing ghosts by building a case for war in Syria based on inconclusive evidence. That's according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who reiterated the Kremlin's stance against intervention in Syria without UN backing.



The strike group's expected to team up with several ships already in position in the Mediterranean, off the Syrian coast. The combined fleet could pummel Damascus from a safe distance, dealing massive damage to the country. Maria Finoshina has the reaction from the Syrian capital


Monday marks one thousand days of confinement for WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange, most of it under house arrest. But since June 2012 the whistleblower has been holed up in London's Ecuadorian embassy attempting to avoid extradition to Sweden where's he's wanted on sex crime allegations. Assange fears should he step out of the embassy he will be arrested, and ultimately handed over to the U.S. to face life imprisonment. Wikileaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson told RT why they're so worried.


As Germany continues its nuclear power phase out in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster, pluging the energy gap is proving to be a tough task and there is now a public storm brewing to the wind turbines that are popping up across the country to meet the demand for power,


Washington already has a lot of naval power on standby in the Mediterranean and that was even before Obama made it clear he wants to attack Syria. Congress says it will decide on whether to use this military might when it's back from its break on September 9th. Phyllis Bennis, director of the Institute for policy studies who's written extensively on the Middle East and the U.S. foreign policy joins RT studio.


Syria tensions fanned market anxiety this week with oil reaching a two-year high, as safe haven gold surged and global equities slumped. Katie Pilbeam talks to a leading London brokerage company, BGC Partners, to assess the potential damage to the global economy, already plagued with uncertainty. And Belarus raises the stakes in the Potash War by arresting the visiting Uralkali CEO, who was in town for what he thought (mistakenly) was a civilized business meeting. Plus corporate news with details of the billion-dollar deals struck at Moscow's MAKS international air show. RT in-house trader Sean Thomas reveals the details of his personal portfolio with his own oil stock experience, despite being visually impaired -- he needs to make some serious cash fast, so he can see straight again!