dylan was the one who took the old waverly which it is and also to the mill stone who told some of the country house call a day in the pool goldman tells the remembrance the creamy choose to feel the most acute in the world the ruben's who tells. the week's top stories from our t.v. u.s. special forces killed al qaeda leader osama bin laden after almost a decade of hunting him but the terror threat alert remains at an all time high. as the u.s. and the e.u. promised more sanctions against the syrian government for its crackdown on protesters military intervention in the country looks an ever increasing possibility. and russian troops get a final polish during rehearsals for a major military display in moscow said to be the centerpiece of monday's big three day celebration says.

welcome this is artsy it's eleven am sunday morning here in moscow money kevin hour in with a round of of the week's top stories and first the news that dominated last week the world's most notorious terrorist was killed after almost ten years in hiding some of the large was shot during a covert u.s. navy seal operation they found none eleven's mastermind living in a million dollar mansion about fifty kilometers from pakistan's capital resulted in this and now i reports death is unlikely to make the world a safer place. the man wanted dead or alive for a decade is gone but the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden for some it was a moment of victory you can hear some of cheering for others a moment of embarrassment president obama is in fact there was a u.s. eyes. but there's one thing analysts say should not be overlooked osama bin laden

may be dead but the threat of terror is very much alive frankly doesn't make much of a difference that it's dead people here were convinced a long line at least for the last two years has been very convinced that the. figures or people in this region who by the way cannot number more than one hundred are incapable of carrying out any major attacks it's been years since bin laden has claimed responsibility for an attack instead it's rationale kind of link terrorists that have made the most recent remarks moscow's metro blast an airport bombing to have the latest global attacks were masterminded by domestic chechen terror leader doku umarov for years has been trying to usurp unmonitored role as the face of international terrorism the al qaeda leaders to minds is expected to remain a significant symbol while having little or no effect in the fight against

terrorism it could create waves elsewhere in two thousand war and right. george bush's approval rating was around fifty percent within twenty four hours he shot at a ninety percent so watch for. from this new poll shows obama is up more than ten percent since unladen was killed and now of course an opening has been made for the new face of evil. first it was a starting union and it was it was the russian federation in some of the large ones the dark hussein and these days of course we have the parallels have been made this week with how the u.s. armed groups that it's locked tight and the taliban what they're doing now in libya the new public enemy number one is just beginning his journey this time. he's now a hard. time washington's released home videos have been seized of the compound

where he was found in the city of about about one clip shows been large morsi himself on television in what appears to be a news channel you know there's. a message to the u.s. and other security officials have removed the sound on that saying it could pose a security threat depending on off of the tapes as proof that al qaeda leader was killed but washington says it won't release images of his dead body. backtracked on a promise is to show those photos saying they could incite further violence and i was thrown upon our explains the whole operation has been riddled with contradictions. the week began with an international news bombshell proudly dropped by the united states there was a female who was in fact in a lot of fire. that reportedly was used as a shield to shield pimlott from the incoming fire by tuesday a big blunder a major back pedal in the room with bin laden

a woman in leiden is one of a woman rather bin laden's wife rushed the u.s. assaulter and was shot in the leg but not killed america grabbed the world's attention after announcing the assassination of osama bin laden yet failing to get the facts three the u.s. has also facilitated a rapid rise of conspiracy theories what they did is they told the bunch of different stories they took some stuff. and that's just the conspiracy to show they were all on a fire blaze that inflamed after failing to deliver on promises of providing the public with proof we're going to do everything we can to make sure that nobody has any basis to try to deny that we got to somebody i don't think there was any question but ultimately a photograph or would be presented to the public we have no need to publish those photographs to establish some of bin laden was killed us president barack obama

refused to release any visual evidence confirming bin laden's death for fear it would be used to spark anti-american violence critics say this leaves the public with more questions than answers and when they say we don't want to show the photos because we don't want to inflame people well fine how about bringing in certain members of the press along with a panel of unrelated forensic identification experts who can come out and say we've studied this the world was able to study the execution of america's other enemy in two thousand and six when the hanging of saddam hussein went viral on the web. shortly afterwards meanwhile bin laden's expedited sea burial has been the target of conspiracy an act u.s. officials say was done in keeping with muslim tradition he returned it. here is the requirement in islamic law. individuals vary but in twenty four hours as many have noted washington broke its own rule when the bodies of saddam hussein's sons were important and held for eleven days after being killed by u.s.

forces there are so many inconsistency is in all of this that it's incumbent upon the obama administration to be as forthcoming as they can be about exactly what they do and do not know and did and did not know or in this case know what to say before you speak. just one week ago it was brock obama at the center of a two year conspiracy that die down once america's leader released his birth certificate right now obama's actions surrounding the killing of osama bin ladin have paved the way for a whole new set of missing questions surrounding the transparency the u.s. government bring up or ny r.t. new york. the u.s. has been calling the operation against the kill or capture mission before and. says it looks like the idea of taking your lie was not a serious option the obvious seriousness if not resistance it was never meant.

because. those who decided this he should be taken out of reason investing revelations if there was to be. those regulations probably harken back to one nine hundred eighty s. when bin ladin and she's. been there national stage and the cia the m i six. were active in moving. being the highlands of the pianist of course later on. the bottle so to say but i think. the manner in which the western intelligence agencies to use the time in critical islam as a tool of the late cold war policy in the eighty's was something that they would

not. success against al qaeda in russia's north caucuses two top operatives from the terror group was killed in a security raid in the southern republican chechnya a turkish border militant known as a bull occurred is believed to have been a key financier and organizer for terrorist cells in the region could also said to have played a leading role in major terrorist attacks as well as assault some police in russia he recently replaced the previous top al-qaeda or a job in the area would also have been killed by security forces authorities say those two deaths have broken the caucuses main league for the international terrorist organization. coming up in a few minutes on the program the day the nazis file gets ready to celebrate pedro was on red square plate was happening. with part of preparations are well underway here a remote go to celebrate sixty six years since the end of world war two in europe more or not a little later on the program. but to the present as well as being

a driving force in the libyan campaign france is also locked into a number of other conflicts its troops are in former colony ivory coast paris is now showing a strong interest in syria to actually turn your bushel looks at who could be next in line. limbs cousin was shot by troops during syria's protests his parents there now live in hiding but he fears france will make things even worse by paul mean his country on the pretext of stopping the violence i don't wish to get. an air force in syria but i. you know it's the same chain of events that brought war with libya and now on folding it's home first syrian leader bashar al assad was invited for talks in paris as was colonel gadhafi but at the same time france reportedly was funding opposition

groups in both states and the nicolas sarkozy's government is slipping damascus with sanctions the precursor to be a version of libya humanitarian aide says one also will again be their excuse to go in the logic of their own government in libya is that the feeling of being in syria syria was once under french occupation but certainly say france behaves as if it's still in control france they've had their spies there for decades now and the religious movements have had their people there for decades so they're going to do whatever they can influence it change the regime in a way that they see fit intervention would leave france fighting in four walls that hasn't happened since it was a colonial power french defense ministry hasn't been this busy in over fifty years already fighting in afghanistan libya and the ivory coast is now turning its sights

on another former colony syria but expose think the real target is serious key ally iran france is growing increasingly angry at tehran's nuclear ambitions and is part of international moves to stop that program to must because it would become a. springboard for the sarkozy administration as it pushes east events in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see it similar to iran unfortunately that is iran will repeat the syrian scenario russia which is western military interventions with rising along it was the fueling violence across the middle east. deliberately scores in a conflict is an invitation to a series of civil wars outside forces should not interfere give advice or take sides in internal conflicts but russia's foreign minister adds there could be a sting in the tail he says only she chaos in the region helps the very extremist

moves to stop gaining power valuable shore r.t. paris. at least six people were killed in the latest crackdown by syrian troops on anti-government demonstrators officials blame armed terrorist groups for the rest of protesters say they want to end to decades of repression and corruption it's now for more than five hundred people have been killed since the uprising began seven weeks ago following the introduction of u.s. sanctions the e.u. also agree that an asset freeze and a travel ban for top syrian officials war correspondent eric margolis says western countries have all teary motives behind this. there's great excitement in washington at the prospect of overthrowing the syrian government that's been on the front burner in washington or since the bush stray should be ideas that would deliver a massive blow to iran century if. syria were collapsed and the

government fell the israelis would like it because of any syrian military capability and would assure that nobody's going to raise the issue of the golan heights which israel still illegally occupied so. there is a right wing government signora. particularly so serco z. in france was under. challenge from the through the right wing had become very militant very militarized in their policy and it's very popular now to go after arabs and what we're seeing is a sort of a counter revolution where the european powers may be united states have seized on the revolution to try and bend it to their will and they're using a humanitarian intervention as a new reason for sending troops in humanitarian aid usually lies to place resources or strategic geography on the international contact group on libya agreed to give the rebels more money with a temporary fund in place within weeks washington is trying to release more than

thirty billion dollars of these frozen assets to give to the opposition plus an expert on the arab world says that plan will that will harm than good. the economic that money belongs to the libyan people and there's a civil war going on in libya it may not be fair to distribute that money to one side or the other in a civil war it will certainly escalate the conflict as we remember from the united states we understand the arabians financing the mission in afghanistan against the soviets it simply raised the stakes and increased the numbers of countless number of military force is a very blunt instrument you can't guarantee what will happen and you can probably based on the history of every war we've ever seen here and see that a lot more people have been killed as the weapons are improved if they give it to the transitional national council in libya who are fighting a war against gadhafi surely there are legal international arms merchants and i will work on the black market and buy weapons just as good i think we will as well

to replenish its own stocks will be a great goldmine for the order but probably not very good for the libyan people. for thirty hours glass well in the chain of uprisings in the arab world the internet was credited with playing a major part says protests were coordinated on web sites like facebook and twitter but there's been a much more sinister side of the social networks too according to the wiki leaks founder julian assange she spoke exclusively to our. face book in particular it's the most appalling spying machine into facebook google yahoo always made us. have people think of anything for you with intelligence everyone should understand that but when they add their friends the work. during free work for the united states and i wouldn't i don't think. i'm building with.

some of the think a lot of watch the full version of that interview here more of what he's got to say you can it's on air again here in an hour it's also streaming on our website our team dot com there you'll find a lot of other stories and videos as well which i was told you all say about all the stories you see don't forget right now getting a lot of clicks on our web site triggering change american gun owners get fired up over openly carrying their weapons and some even argue for the right to take on the planes do you think about that story get involved with the great hit that have your say but also to give you a guided tour of a russian rocket ready for blastoff from the european space port after a successful simulated launch we track its progress and can only see the. another use for the week a russian caught one of the life sentence this week to a nationalist convicted of killing a human rights lawyer and a journalist in central moscow two years ago

a jury found intolerance and hatred were the main motives for the mode revoiced kill off the often represented victims of fascist violence his killers nikita taken off. linked to an outlawed alter nationalist group well taken off receive a life sentence cassius was handed an eighteen year. was gunned down in broad daylight in central moscow together with journalist in a super bowl of the double killing sparked a public cry. for us still to deploy a missile defense facility in romania has angered russia which says the project may threaten its security agreement is part of a bigger plan for a missile shield in europe in which moscow once an equal part but russia's envoy to nato says the alliance and washington don't seem keen. we're under the impression that the military dialogue is running ahead of the political dialogue the american policy clearly refuses to consider russia's interests they're also refusing to

provide us with guarantees that the proposed u.s. missile defense system is not targeted at russia the americans want to deploy interceptor missiles capable of shooting down our nuclear weapons near our launch sites in ten years time they'll be able to shoot down a large part of our nuclear arsenal if it's launched but at the same time they keep telling us that it's not aimed against russia they say we're partners we want them to give us written guarantees but most of the time the u.s. diplomats and politicians simply smile back at us. washington says the missile defense project will help protect europe from countries like iran and north korea of of moscow's repeatedly voiced concerns that could security no compromise on that plans would reach so for. now let's turn to our coverage of the a final preparations for russia celebrating victory day. the country's readying itself for

a day firmly into the national consciousness it's now sixty six years and soviet soldiers defeated the nazis in what's known here in russia as the great patriotic war and for the excitement on the eve of the big event we're joined by our correspondent. john writes where for us even i could afternoon to you even though this is a huge day for millions of people all across the country tell us more about his significance and the market if you. can it's a hugely important day with the probable exception of new year's eve it's the biggest celebration in the russian calendar now just behind me you can see st basil's cathedral just behind that of course red square now that's closed off at the moment i have however been sneaking a little peek at what's going on through there soldiers from all strata of the russian armed forces looking resplendent in their dress uniforms going through their paces ahead of what should be a fantastic parade as usual on monday now monday they celebrate the the ninth of may a victory day picture over. nazi germany victory in here in world war two.

now this is a huge day a huge day of celebration in russia at the way it's also a day of remembrance as well remember those who laid down their lives so that we can enjoy the freedoms that we take now all those perforations going ahead right now to make sure that on monday we see a fantastic display of pomp and circumstance well the reason it is celebrated in the ninth on the ninth of may in russia is the eighth of may in western europe and in america is due to the fact that the surrender of nazi germany was signed at a time on the eighth of may in germany which meant that it was actually the ninth here in russia and that's why it's celebrated on the night well although the night is a day of celebration here in russia and some of the country's closest neighbors the world war two in the great patriotic war still call of course the conflict.

ukraine is divided once again over its work time history a bitter scandal has a rocketed in the west of the country over the soviet red banner an exact replica of the one which flew above the reichstag in one thousand nine hundred forty five as the nazi regime collapsed when the ukrainian parliament passed a law to allow the soviet red flags fly on victory day this year along with the country's national flag it sparked outrage among some who view the soviet era as a time of oppression. those who initiated this law are against our country they must handle the passports and live to the places where the soviet red banner is a symbol of good. the bill was eventually passed and on monday when the former soviet union marks a nazi defeat most of ukrainian cities will be adorned with both the state and red victory flags most but not in the western ukrainian city of divorce situated in a region where some nationalist elements collaborated with invading nazis divorce

local council says it would not obey the new parliamentary law and intends not to celebrate may the night that all there has been a furious response from anti-fascist groups who say the council should be warned up for failing to commemorate the nazi defeat of the. we have a law which they could get to doing a great improvement in christian cream so what they're doing is an evolution of the constitution which changed it local councils. it really can really. see if you can. moreover a decision of evolve court has banned any marches on may the ninth making it even harder for the twenty five thousand strong contingent of red army veterans here to hold their own victory day commemorations the western ukrainian capital city of evolve has its very own monuments to the red army soldiers every year veterans of the. great passion arctic war come here to lay flowers and commemorate those who

died liberating the land from the fascists however ever since the collapse of the soviet union every trip here turns into a risky adventure this veteran says he is frightened to put on his medals on victory day for fear of being attacked by nationalists the former artillery man fort involves liberation from fascism but now feels disillusioned. it's painful but we can't walk in a victory march and it's too cold for them across six city it's pin food given the right through me. is the sea you create i was fighting for them and you know. these were the scenes last year when horse nationalist wipe their feet on the red better a sacred symbol for those who fought against the nazis. because at least people want to prove that their loans with suvi union was the right thing to do but this loan the must be stopped. all those years destroyed symmetries of the soldiers

involved other many people in the west of ukraine do not celebrate may the ninth with some they're claiming soviet rule was as bad as nazi occupation highlands has spilled into the streets over the issue in the past despite the local government and court bans and victory they marches this year activists on the crimea are planning a rather better march through the streets of people what is a day of glory and soul and commemoration for a million souls where is still a source of division in a place where the scars of war seem not to have forty healed alexy russia ski artsy reporting from ukraine. the price of freedom from the most fascist in history. those who fought to win the stand proud. against the tide of him. st pete really. sixty six years of the green

party. i'll be much more coverage for my series about the whole subject tomorrow but in our headlines from around the world this sunday clashes between muslims and christians left eight dead and over one hundred violent spreading of the muslim the trunk of church and for a christian woman who claimed she was being held against her will because she wanted to convert to islam who could say tear gas was used to stall the. sixteenth been killed after inmates clashed with security staff in an attempt to jailbreak in baghdad six of those who died were the facilities offices government officials said prisoners were being moved to another building where they tried to overpower the guards and take away their weapons. taliban influence of big government buildings for a second successive day in a wave of cordray for the tags in afghanistan six suicide bombers detonated explosives and several official targets across the city around the four people

killed another forty wounded in yourself president out because i condemned what he said were revenge attacks by the taliban for this killing by your special forces. epidurals president rafael correa has declared victory in a referendum on a series of reforms exit polls indicating the voters supported nine of ten a question clued into banning of fights a judicial changes his criticism of the forms of attempt to increase the president's power to press freedom and for james thank you just for the fun it's. twenty seven am here in moscow you without see it a few minutes time a look at whether we still face a nuclear threat in the world more than six decades after the bombs were dropped my name is kevin owen ahead of that i'll recap the main news from the past week for you very shortly.

the moment when the world has changed forever. thousands passed to nothing. thousands wounded. nurses. tend to suffer to endure the land. that was the first but probably not the last military uses of this weapon.

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