the. week's top stories here on r.t. america's most wanted terrorist is killed by its troops bringing cheering crowds on to the streets leaving it somewhat puzzled by inconsistency in the united states version of events. nato members look at siphoning support from the libyan rebels with gadhafi use of frozen assets but russia warns the alliance is involvement it's getting dangerously close to a ground invasion. of troops tanks and the rest in syria with no signs of an end to the fighting washington and the e.u. deployed sanctions to force the regime to end its violent crackdown on its citizens . from this moscow prepares to roll out the big guns for the annual grand victory

day parade looks at what it took to defeat the nazis and how it united strangers. we are running down the top stories of the week here on out so welcome to the program now the week's been dominated by the death of the world's most notorious terrorist after ten years on the run up in law that was eventually tracked down in an affluent pakistan and shot dead but as nazis and he said now a reports the world's militants will seek out a new torchbearer to terrorism. 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 ok here's some of caring for others a moment of embarrassment president obama is in fact it was a u.s.

. of sorry 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 the leiden is dead people here working in still a long line at least for the last two years to be very convinced that the. figures are 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 russia now kind of linked terrorists that have made the most recent remarks moscow's metro blast an airport bombing two of the latest global attacks were masterminded by domestic chechen terribly or doku umarov you for years has been trying to usurp unmonitored role as the face of international terrorism the al qaeda leaders demise is expected to

remain a significant symbol of having little or no in fact in the fight against terrorism and could create waves elsewhere in two thousand and one right. george bush's approval rating was around fifty percent within twenty four hours in sharply ninety percent so watch for. a new poll shows obama is more than ten percent since bin laden was killed and now of course an opening has been made for the new face of evil. first it was a soviet union and it was the russian federation and came of some of the nod from saddam hussein and the use of course of. the parallels have been made this week with how the u.s. armed groups that later evolves in swat valley what they're doing now in libya. the new public enemy number one is just beginning his turn this time. he's now

a r t. now the pentagon has released five home videos of osama bin laden they were among the materials seized from the pakistani compound where he was killed the videos are a glimpse and lawtons life as a fugitive in hiding once saved shows the al qaeda leader preparing a message to the u.s. believed to have been produced late last year in another video bin laden is seen watching a programme about himself on arab television barack obama has been criticized for failing to deliver proof of a lot of stuff the president block the release of photos of the al qaeda leaders body citing a national security risks the exact circumstances of his death remain unclear have raised questions about the legality of the killing. the story. the week began with an international news bombshell proudly dropped by the united states there was a female who was in fact is a lot of fire. that reportedly was used as

a shield to shield bin laden from the incoming fire by tuesday a big blunder and major backpedaling in a room with bin laden a woman in lardons water 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 back story the u.s. has also facilitated a rapid rise of conspiracy theories what they did is they told a bunch of different stories they took some stuff it's back and they've just for the conspiracy machine if they were all on fire a 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 a son in law but i don't think there was any question that it's

a real photograph or would be presented to the public we have no need to publish those photographs to establish that was somewhat in line was killed us president barack obama refused to release any visual evidence confirming than lott ins 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 we'll find out about bringing in certain members of the press along with a panel of unrelated the 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 and act u.s. officials say was done in keeping with muslim tradition the returning to. here is the requirement in islamic law that the individual vary but in twenty four hours as

many have noted washington broke its own rule when the bodies of saddam hussein's sons were in 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. and not 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 but 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 of the u.s. government very important i.r.t. new york where the fight against al qaeda inspired terrorism continues in russia

three militants were killed on sunday in an operation in the north caucasus one policeman died during earlier this week a senior al qaeda operative was killed in the southern republic of chechnya turkish born militant known as a bit of kurd is believed to have been the key finance and organizer of terrorist cells in the region is also said to have played a leading role in major attacks in russia as well as assaults on police recently assumed the leading role after his predecessor was killed by security forces authorities say that two deaths have broken the caucuses and made links with the international terrorist organization. well coming up here are two you're setting in their sights on the next target with french troops deployed range of foreign conflicts we report on whether there's room for more in syria plus. sixty six years on a russia is getting ready to celebrate victory over nazi germany we'll have more on

that later in the program. right turning attention to libya now where the rebels have backtracked on claims they'll be sold weapons by italy a rebel official and several south of you know they were expecting a shipment of arms very soon deny the claims it said it will provide equipment for self defense supplying weapons to libya is banned by a u.n. embargo the ongoing civil war there has reached a stalemate with over two thousand nato coalition airstrikes having so far failed to topple colonel gadhafi on thursday the allied international contact group agreed to set up a cash fund for the rebels russia's foreign minister says this demonstrates how far the coalition is straying from what the u.n. resolution on your. assessment of the contact group has established itself and now is trying to take responsibility for what the international community's policy tools libya should be and not only libya we're hearing voices calling for this

group to decide what to do in other states in the region we believe that all sides should be focusing on a peaceful resolution of the situation and not supporting one side in an internal conflict which is essentially a civil war but the fighting in libya has been dragging on it since february has reportedly claimed thousands of lives professor alan a couple expert on the military intervention thinks the nato led coalition has taken the wrong approach to solving the conflict. if their rebels were strong then a little bit of outside assistance to them might have been enough to topple the government but the rebels were extraordinarily weak in fact the war would have ended more than a month ago if not for intervention the rebels simply defeated the killing would have stopped. more people would be alive than are alive today so what the intervention really did is just to level the playing field this is actually quite common and intervention that is intended to end the violence sometimes that's

killing it's the violence and that's exactly what happened in libya and so cut off he is so it's secure in tripoli his forces are loyal large parts of the country support him and so a little bit of intervention is not going to compel him to step down there are tribal differences between the west of libya in the east of libya this is mainly a regional war between those regional tribes west and east and that would not change with the killing of one man in the ultimate solution in libya is going to be a peace agreement and it's going to be a peace agreement between the west and the east power sharing in this part of the world the very familiar with those sorts of deals where tribes that are killing each other one day then share power the next day and so that's really where the effort internationally should be focused on in several conflicts around the world you don't have to look far before finding french military involvement in libya trouble in its former colony of ivory coast are among the highest profile campaigns

which president sarkozy is involved in a bushel of syria could be next. stalin's 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 bohrman his country on the pretext of stopping the violence i don't wish to have. an air force in syria but i but i think. he notes the same chain of events that brought to war with libya and now on falding 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 now nicolas sarkozy's government is slipping damascus with sanctions the precursor to the invasion of libya humanitarian aide says one author will again be their excuse to go in the

logic of their own government in libya is that they shouldn't have been in syria. syria was once on the 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 use their influence to change the regime in a way that that intervention would leave france fighting in four walls that hasn't happened since it was a colonial power the french defense ministry hasn't been this busy in over fifty years already fighting in afghanistan and libya and the ivory coast is now turning its sights on another former colony syria to take spurs think the real target is syria's key ally iran france is growing increasingly angry at tehran's nuclear

ambitions and this part of international moves to stop the program damascus would become a. board for the sarkozy of ministration as it pushes east it wants in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar developments in iran unfortunately that is iran will repeat the syrian scenario russia watches with the military interventions with rosina law it was the fueling boylan's across the middle east. deliberately escalating the 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 has there could be a sting in the tail he says only she kills in the region helps the very extremist which wants to stop gaining power valuable shore r.t. paris well the latest from within syria is that tanks and security forces have

reportedly moved into the southern town of top brass making arrests along the way this comes a day after at least six people were killed as syrian troops swept through the coastal city of banias suppressing anti-government demonstrators officials blame terrorists for the rest while protesters say they want to end two decades of repression and corruption. right claims eight hundred people have been killed since the uprising began almost two months ago and on the back of further u.s. sanctions e.u. has also agreed a freeze on assets and a travel ban a top syrian officials. offer most europeans may the eighth the marks where nothing germany surrendered sixty six years ago solemn remembrance ceremonies have been held in several capitals this sunday for russia the celebration of a victory happens on monday with a traditional grand military parade right through red square a full scale rehearsal went without a hitch on saturday as peter oliver reports. preparations

are well underway ahead of what with the exception probably of the new year's celebrations here in russia is the biggest celebration. here now victory day a massive celebration in russia marked by a huge parade across red square just behind me over my shoulder you'll be able to see same puzzles cathedral of course behind the red square itself i've been having a look up there plenty of people all busying themselves around making sure everything goes up without a hitch tomorrow to commemorate sixty six years since picture in europe victory over nazi germany in which so many people lay down their lives in order to we have the freedoms which we we take food very much for granted in our lives today now this is a huge holiday as they say here in russia and very much one it is celebrated a widely here in moscow as well as across the whole of the country now the reason that in russia they celebrate victory in europe day on the ninth of may is jus to

the fact that the actual surrender of nazi germany resigned so late in the day on the date that it actually fell on the ninth in moscow time so that's why. it is in russia and the rest of russia it is celebrated on the ninth where in western europe and some parts of america in america as well it is celebrated on the eighth and we can now hear from my colleague who's in london about some of the evacuees from great britain who had to flee german bombings during the second world war i trip down memory lane for seventy nine year old james it was the street where he was and where his family lived until war broke out frightened and forced to evacuate to the countryside. when his life was changed. every morning with. enough sandwiches and things to last you for the. i don't need to.

be. in to die. until one day one. but. we went. things different starting. with hundreds of others including a sister and brother he walked from school to his local station their parents weren't allowed to walk with them parents were issued with a list of the things that their children could take with them when they were evacuated they all had a little suitcase like this and in it they were only allowed to put a spare pair of shoes inside the house some toiletries a toothbrush comb a handkerchief and a towel they also had to take their own cutlery and a plate and a mug with. they also took their pajamas. and of course

a change of underwear and with a label tied around their neck and the because it's gas mask they made their journey into the unknown neither they nor their parents knew where they were going they had a stamped police card to send when they got there to let their parents know they were safe to change that place was pull a village of around two thousand people near the south coast here and in other reception areas villagers were legally required to take the children in although some were thought from welcoming. and the woman outside. turned out yet another fierce woman. we tried. it not a second time. she. put his foot in the door searching couldn't charge it and pushed us in and said you've got to take

a really round race car driver it was an unhappy but short lived placement and james and start living happily here in what was then a sweet shop his four year evacuation became a positive experience but that wasn't the case for everyone some of these people were not very nice to these children some of them had their own agenda which is just another person to work the farm or work the hour to work in the bakery some of these people were very cruel according to some of the evacuees often it was such a wrench that the children couldn't stand it so many went home to london and accounted for one in every ten deaths during the blitz schools were closed and they ran wild those who stayed were terribly homesick but when they did get home they felt there was little to come back for mostly back. to sleep well in a separate right sided i should leave was. battered

. and gaps where bombs would fall in the house and. but after about four days. james finished school in london but never settled after the war he moved back to pull as soon as he could evacuation changed not only the lives of the children but also the communities they went to hear in full evacuees erected a plaque in the local church thanking the villages to taking them in it did tear families apart but it also brought people who would never ordinarily have met together in a city poverty rubbed shoulders with rural affluence and vice versa and the deep forward stream those times still remain today in the memories of those given

kindness and shelter far from home in wartime lore and it artie pull with us ix. the price so freedom from the movie. industry. to sue for to win the stand. against the tide of history being rewritten. sixty six years of victory for north sea. the dot com has plenty of pick three day coverage and memories as moving accounts and living in the second world war last ways to make the most of celebrating the freedoms we enjoy. our teams are very own and mixologist shows us how to raise a glass to the feet off the nazis. plus two russian of billionaires

make it to the top three of a british and he will ritualised find out who they are and how they got there i thought so you got caught. fish too. the u.s. is proceeding with building up its missile defense capability in europe despite objections from moscow russia says the system is too close to its borders and threatens its own security by joint missile defense project proposed by moscow is still on the drawing board russia's envoys in nato says that's because the americans are unwilling to cooperate. but. 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 a proposed he was missile defense system is not targeted at russia the americans want to deploy interceptor missiles capable of shooting down our nuclear weapons and 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 see reporters we want them to give us written guarantees but most of the time the u.s. diplomats and politicians simply smile back at us are you with a top stories of the week the russian nationalist was sentenced to life in prison this week for murdering a human rights lawyer and a journalist but two years ago a jury found intolerance and hatred with the main motives for the killing of lawyer stanislav markelov who had angered far right groups by supporting liberal causes his killers indicator to come up and his accomplice that you have any link to an outlaw ultra nationalist group that was jailed for life while had ceased was given

eighteen years they were also found guilty of murdering a journalist and. who was with michael off at the time the crime sparked outrage in russia and. well wiki leaks founder julian assange has laid into online social networks who are helping the united states collect information and spy on citizens during an interview with us here at r.t. he said the likes of facebook and google played significant roles in the arab uprisings. facebook in particular. is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented facebook google yahoo all these major you would sort of eventually have been interpreting things for us intelligence everyone should understand up. really good friends to facebook they are doing free work for united states intelligence agencies and building this database with it.

and i know you can hear more of what julian assange had to say when we bring you the full interview here in artsy in about five minutes time right check of some of the stories making headlines around the world on this sunday and egypt's fragile interim leadership is we tested with sectarian clashes overnight that killed at least ten and injured over one hundred the violence erupted when the muslims attacked a church to release a christian woman who they say was being held against her will because she wanted to convert to islam almost two hundred people who were arrested will now face a military trial simmering a religious tensions between a growing sense egypt's military rulers are soon control following the ousting of president mubarak. attempted a revolt by inmates turned into a gun battle inside a high security prison in back and dad leaving at least seventeen dead six of those killed were prison officers a government official said the detainees all linked to al qaeda would be moved to

another building where they try to overpower the guards and to seize their weapons . street fighting in kandahar in southern afghanistan has continued into a second day following a taliban attack on the governor's compound for the shooting broke out after security forces began targeting militants holed up in a hotel in the city center the afghan interior ministry says three civilians and twenty three militants have been killed while dozens of other people have been. well i'll be back with a recap of the week's top stories here on our team do stay with us.

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