the u.s. and e.u. threaten the syrian government with fresh sanctions after its latest crackdown on protesters seems dozens of demonstrators killed. the final touches ahead of a national celebration russian troops gearing up for a major military display in the heart of moscow on victory day. and triggering debate we were poured on the pro-gun lobby in the u.s. where some argue that their right to carry weapons should extend even to taking them on planes.

and in moscow i matras a good to have you with us here on our t.v. our top story the u.s. is threatening to say new steps against the syrian government in response to the latest bloody crackdown on security forces human rights groups believe some thirty people were killed in the violence during the anti-government demonstrations across the country officials blame on terrorist groups for the unrest protesters say they want to end decades of oppression and corruption it's now thought that more than five hundred eighty people have been killed since the uprising started seven weeks ago following on from the u.s. sanctions on the threat of more to come the e.u. has agreed to an asset freeze and a travel ban for top syrian officials war correspondent eric margolis says western countries may have ulterior motives behind their stance on syria. there's great excitement in washington the prospect of overthrowing the syrian government it's

been on the front burner in washington ever since the bush stray should but the idea is it would deliver a blow to iran. if. syria were collapsed the government fell the israelis would like it because more removed any syrian military capability would assure that nobody is going to raise the issue of the golan heights which israel still illegally occupied citizens nine hundred sixty seven and that is if the right wing governments in europe germany particularly so in france was under. challenge from the further right wing and become very militant very militarized in their policy and it's very popular now to go after arabs what we're seeing is a sort of a counter revolution where the european powers maybe the united states have seized on the revolution to try and bend the to their will and they're using the humanitarian intervention as the new reason for sending troops in humanitarian.

resources or strategic geography. where nearly two months of nato bombing is failing to break the stalemate of civil war rebels are bracing themselves for a ground assault by colonel. city of misurata. their objective is not to save civilians it's to break up the country and to turn it into another somalia another afghanistan a failed state that they can take advantage of and manipulate and take all the resources the biggest companies corporations or africa all happened to be in libya libya was pushing for the african union to unite under its wing and it was the financial backbone of africa until these but this bombing started libyan banks were amongst the biggest investors across the world in fact the first step of this war

was to take libya's money by freezing its billions of dollars of assets in north america and europe they were ready set up. an oil corporation in eastern libya based in benghazi a national bank based in benghazi they want this conflict to last they're no rush to end this war they are keeping a strategic stalemate between benghazi and tripoli they are doing this to make them both depended on the united states the e.u. and nato as the arbitrators of libya who will decide the fate of the libyan people . and watching our t.v. still ahead on the program bunker mentality the ruins of an underground nazi command center in ukraine at the center of a storm some wanted to be a world war two memorial there's fear it could become a skinhead shrine. and from rehearsal to reality a russian rocket for a lift off from the european space port after a successful simulated launch is coming their way shortly.

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al-qaeda has vowed revenge on the u.s. for osama bin laden's death statements attributed to the terrorist group have appeared on several online jihadi forums they also suggest a successor is being chosen to take over as leader danielle belton says the u.s. made a mistake in not putting the terrorist leader on trial. the reality is that american politics is just very ugly right now and things that normally wouldn't be politicized have been politicized something that's natural saying hey we have a person who's committed crimes against us let's use the american justice system to bring them to justice has now become a political issue it's now become debatable whether or not our system should be used to try people to try terrorists to people who've been accused of attacking our country and you have all these ridiculous arguments about how or if we try them on our soil it's going to attract more terrorists tends to that's what happened.

attracts us to terrorists tends to get in this debate where oh the american justice system isn't tough enough to try it you know international terrorists we've tried international terror before we're trying to now on u.s. soil so this argument that we can't handle it because of the what the perceived rapper questions might be is merely a political argument used to driving a wedge issue for votes president barack obama has paid tribute to the commandos who carried out the mission against bin laden praising them on a job well done he's military contributor says the white house his handling of the aftermath was bungled and is now fueling conspiracy theories. the u.s. president obama has expressed his frustration about the media coverage of the u.s. special mission against osama bin laden he has nobody to blame but the u.s. administration itself the way it managed they mediacom reach of the u.s. special operation the u.s. administration has committed one cardinal sin somehow the white house decided that

this is a unique opportunity to take a political advantage of this particular mission and it has backfired and feel not only conspiracy theories but also demonstrated of a credibility gap of the u.s. administration in general and white house severely and dwellers in particular barack obama should have thoughts not as the u.s. president but as the u.s. commander in chief when it comes to special operations all of this magnitude you would rather keep your mouths shut and instead of provoking control oversee you'd better be the whole the information as long as possible that's why the political kneejerk reaction from their white house not only robbed of the deserved praise also of the credibility trust between the united states administration international media and the public at large in the united states pakistan

afghanistan and other countries with americans or joyce and news that bin laden had been killed our own a resident in new york asked people what it will bear what made them celebrate his demise. was the killing of osama bin ladden a major victory in the war on terror this week let's talk about that really think it was a victory i don't know if i'm a surly agree with everyone rejoicing in the streets but i mean i think it's a good positive step for the country so how is it positive and if it's making a celebrated someone that well positive just from the perspective that it's one less horrible person out there in the world the one most terrorist in the world that we have to worry about i think will be a fact on their side and for us we just of a lot better but we need to feel better about it what do you think that does for us closure. closure the whole psychology psychology of it like

a. man is dead. so but don't we need to put the man isn't there always kind of a need for that in society was told from i just hope it was him people are saying some people are saying might not be i hope they did. do you think that we that the president owes it to the world's approval or do you think but you know he is right in saying you know i did what i had to do i think the certain things they shouldn't be don't tell the general public because i think some consequence you know some some of the government things could cause a panic probably is you know maybe one of the prime enemies of the u.s. but it's hard to. say you can't celebrate that someone died so what do you think of the people that are celebrating and waving the flag and cheering. even though i mean i'm

a i'm not sad. to care that the killed but i'm not going to be celebrating i think it's some good progress. it's retribution i think he did some bad things and you have to pay for city you think that it's going to make a difference in terms of terrorist actions from this point out. there might be some more rich groups in from them but. then is it worth it is it worth killing someone if it means my killing you have to. retaliate. so then was it worth it. in a way yes. another sense. as well as the fact. that they've got him but. i don't know that's always a bad start for a new beginning whether or not you think the killing of osama bin laden was

a major victory in the wind tear the bottom line is at least now there is one last terrorist in the world. final preparations underway to mark a victory to cross russia in two days it'll be sixty six years since soviet soldiers help bring the second world war to an end a dress rehearsal of the main corridors happening in moscow this morning thousands of soldiers takes an anti-aircraft artillery with their final practice ahead of the may ninth celebrations military helicopters an aircraft was on fire with the capital but even. amid the memories of victory some secrets from the war remain hidden as artie's alexy reports. anyone today can enjoy a good walk in this forest near the central ukrainian town of. the true quality of the area maschine what lurked here seven decades ago these peaceful woods were once

the site of a top secret and highly guarded nazi command center the werewolf. it was a huge complex which has everything germany's cologne could need it was an officer's club. the gym. and barracks some sources claim it when seven falls on the ground about the ground there were several houses including. an. hitler ordered the construction of this bunker to control the nazi war effort on the eastern front it is believed the nazi leader himself was here three times with his personal swimming pool thought to be about the only thing to remain intact at the site the rest of the huge complex was destroyed in marched nine hundred forty four this was believed to be the main entrance to the bunker which was exploded by the retreating german forces when the story troops arrived they went inside the facility and realized it was rigged with explosives they took no chances

and detonated the other two entrances burying the werewolf secrets forever to this day it is not known what remains underground as no one has ever managed to get inside the nazi era facility after the war many attempts have been made since then to gain access but have failed the walls are massively thick and the site is still subject to top secret course if occasion the director of the local military museum believes the complex was deliberately preserved to prevent any intrusion in nature as the bunker was built by soviet prisoners of war that's why it's blueprints don't differ from there of still functioning bunkers across the former u.s.s.r. nobody will crack it open in the near future because it is still a class of quiet facility. it may only be a pile of rocks but now the local administration wants to turn the world's ruins into a memorial can be opened in june this year. and fourteen thousand some people who

have built and worked in the world will facility was slaughtered by the fascists that's is why you want to put a fancy around it and make it a memorial to the victims of passions and to preserve their memory. that despite this being a seemingly patriotic idea ukraine's communist party is not too happy about it staging pickett's to protest against the others or when you go when you are in with the authors of concerned you should be front and have a clue nucleus wants to convince to. building a monument to the student greeting him official nikken for a new functions movements in china through the crimean. over the we're will of bunker has been a meeting place for rightwing skinheads in the past as well as the target of endless speculation some claim it is radioactive others say this cursed as all the complaints commanded from here notably the bottles of stalingrad uncursed led to

crucial nazi defeats but seventy years on this seemingly dull ruins of a top secret shelter remain a continuous source of problems during your city and the mystery. of ski r.t. reporting from vignettes in ukraine. decades after the end of the second world war many held captive in german death camps still remember the joy and relief that arrived with their soviet liberators the events of the spring of one nine hundred forty five the focus of our extended report today. looking forward to be held to and see. the plane i'm suffering will never be forgotten. as well as the joy of liberation.

spring of nineteen forty five on our. special report coming your way in about an hour. the number of shootings on the schools and streets of the us has done little to dampen the enthusiasm of thousands to assert their second amendment rights the movement to publicly bear arms at all times is significant and growing as are kale and ford and some people see there are some automatics as a las line of defense against the government. regrets that parents spent years carrying a gun in the balkans. and in iraq as a defense contractor. so when he came home to virginia he didn't see a reason to put it down but you know former sure if i felt that it was necessary to . obtain a concealed handgun permit to protect myself but craig doesn't want to just conceal his gun he wants to carry it out in the open to me it's the constitutional way to

carry a firearm. and i think that. if you don't actually slows your rights eventually you will lose them. his way if you drank leave the house without her magnum three fifty seven pistol is. checked into this special hand back for packing heat increase sales of think. big. even during the war you know. it's not. like you. i was. like i was watching the king kong. walking with a long way here. there are two hundred fifty million guns in the hands of american civilians and rather proud as he spent more than twenty five thousand dollars on

here. i mean how many pairs of shoes do you have. i mean. about to get a rebirth each one brings back memory. this was. my grandfather shrug i'm. we used to go hunting together and i will be with rutherford carries his gun everywhere he legally can and even encourages his daughters and nephew to as well i would just rather very rigidly citizens to plan through council two thousand five hundred members they organize events like this when i parks restaurants and other public places where they openly carry loaded weapons in an effort to normal after their critics say. mater i believe that you should be able to carry a firearm in any manner you choose on an airplane and in school tech and columbine there are some serious things and if they don't allow guns it's always

a criminal to get the guns and you can't have a gun and a gun free zones don't seem to be allowed in campuses they virginia citizens defense league is part of the greater open carry movement a well organized network of gun owners in forty three states three bills parmar between every one it makes you know that makes it basically makes it easier to screw with the message open piers. first some in the open carry movement it's about more than security it's about forming a militia defending themselves from government tyranny and even organizing an insurgency in ford artsy carrots in virginia. for more on the debate you can head over to archie dot com where you'll find more to explore your thoughts on line for you right now. from the russian obama quits the country's majority party the country's first african born politician alex for a different political direction to get a seat on a regional council find out more about selection of the. new york catches the nonsmokers lighting up in public all that leave your pockets

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mine. are a sense feed now in the palm of your. comb . turned out of some other stories making headlines across the globe rumors that greece is considering dumping the euro has hit the value of the single currency an article in a german magazine suggest that the greek government could return to its own currency before was denied by the greek finance ministry an official from other member states but a meeting of ministers from four eurozone countries in luxembourg fueled the speculation. voters in the u.k. of overwhelmingly rejected plans to change the way m.p.'s are elected over two thirds said no to proposals to scrap the first past the post system in a country wide referendum prime minister david cameron had suggested a yes vote for reform would be a disaster liberal democrats who pushed for the referendum also lost half their councillors in local elections. there are of course that

a ninth body has been found in a coal mine in northern mexico after a gas explosion earlier in the week another five workers remain unaccounted for in the mine that's been open for only twenty days rescuers are continuing to dig in trying to reach remaining victims with families admitting they've given up hope of finding them alive mexico's worst coal mine acts. can happen in two thousand and six when sixty five people die. every. has finally taken a presidential oath when a long time coming for the winner of last november's election after the previous president had refused to hand over power months of bloodshed in which around three thousand people were thought to have been killed the previous leader laurent gbagbo is now being questioned about human rights abuses while he was in power. russian soyuz rocket is being prepped for a while from a spaceport in french guiana after a simulated liftoff prove successful part of a joint project between the russian european space agency's spacecraft will carry

satellites for europe's galileo navigation system into orbit. program. with more than one and a half thousand launches far more than any over the soyuz is the world's most successful rocket and now for the first time it will be fired off from an on russian space board over the last eight years the european space agency the e.s.a. and spend more than half a billion dollars on building a launch and adopting the soyuz for a surf american space center including. this was all done by our engineers and designers we have to adapt to the climate here and the different safety standards that we have proven ourselves with this due to the modifications and crews will chose the location the soyuz will be able to do a great aleuts into space than ever before but blew the prices than any competitor to see these makers in russia all system could benefit more than four decades after its launch the soyuz should really be showing its age but the terrain is one of the

world's most reliable rockets and in fact orders of plants are going up from year to year. twenty so use launchers will be produced here by the end of the year several years ago the numbers were in single digits its chief engineer says the rocket remains popular not just because of its record i don't know but it might look similar to the earlier models but inside the soyuz is being constantly upgraded as is the reason we still use a basic model i believe it's the perfect rocket in its fundamental design we predict that they will be used for another forty years at least the constructors are saying that the transition from prestige driven space race of the cold war era to a new way of doing things is complete we're doing this is a project that makes solid financial sense to us it isn't just a political gesture and we're hoping it's just a springboard the first so hughes will be lowered from crew in the second half of

the year and eventually displace board will handle four launches annually the russian side hopes the success of this project will encourage other space agencies to adopt the saudis but for either an artsy summer. charlie our moscow team shows around the museums cafes and designer shops and russian capital's main street that's coming your way after recap of the hour's top stories stay with us.

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