the week's top stories here on our t.v. and america's most wanted terrorist is killed by u.s. troops bringing cheering crowds out on the streets but leaving some council fighting consistency in the united states version of. nato members look at a siphoning support for the libyan rebels with gadhafi has frozen assets russia warns the alliance his involvement is getting dangerously close to a ground invasion. troops tanks and arrests in syria with no signs of an end to the fighting washington and the e.u. deploy sanctions to force the regime to end its a violent crackdown on sort of sucks. and is most overpassed to roll out the big

guns for the annual brand of victory day parade party looks at what it took to defeat the nazis and how it united strangers. we're running down the week's highlights here on our team but this week has been dominated of course by the death of the world's most notorious terrorist after ten years on the run some of bin laden was eventually tracked down in an affluent suburb in pakistan he was then shot dead but it's not he's and he said now a reports of the world's militants will say you can't just buy new torchbearer for terrorism than the man wanted dead or in my for a decade is gone the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden and saddam it was a momentum victory you can hear some of their cheering going under. president obama

is in fact dead it was a u.s. strategic i'm sorry son but there's one thing. analysts say should not be overlooked osama bin laden made no dad but the threat of terror is very much alive frankly doesn't make much of a difference that bin laden is dead people here were convinced a long run at least for the last two years to be very convinced that the al qaeda 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 russia now kind of linked terrorists that have made the most recent remarks moscow's metro blasted airport bombing two of the latest global attacks were masterminded by domestic chechen turned leader joe kumar of you for years has been trying to use third the knowledgeable as the face of international terrorism the al qaeda leaders demise is

expected to remain a significant symbol of having little or no effect in the fight against terrorism they could create waves elsewhere in the two thousand war and right. george bush who already has been around fifty percent within twenty four hours he shot up to ninety percent so watch for obama to get from. a new poll shows obama is up 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 union and then it was and it was the russian federation and it was some of them larger than saddam hussein and they used use of force we have the parallels have been made this week without the u.s. armed groups that later evolved into iraq and the taliban what they're doing now in libya the new public enemy number one is just beginning his journey this time. and he's now a are. the pentagon has now released five home videos of

a son of bin laden they were among materials seized from the pakistani compound where he was killed the videos off. his life as a fugitive in hiding one tape 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 arabic television barack obama has been criticized meantime full failing to deliver the proof and staff the president block the release of photos of the al qaeda leader's body citing national security risks and the exact circumstances of his death remain unclear and have raised questions about the legality of the killing that's artie's on report not reports. the week began with an international news bombshell proudly dropped by the united states there was a female who was in fact in the line of fire. that reportedly

was used as a shield to shield in london from the incoming fire by tuesday evening wondering major back in the room with bin laden a woman bin laden's were 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 straight 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 crack and they've just found out that conspiracy and machine they were all on a far out blaze that inflamed after failing to deliver on promises of providing the public with proof we we are going to do everything we can to make sure that nobody has any basis to try to deny that we got some been large i don't think there was

any question but i also believe for the graph where would be presented to the public we have no need to publish those photographs to establish that was one 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 we're 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 seed burial has been the target of conspiracy and u.s. officials say was done in keeping with muslim tradition trying to. here is the

requirement in islamic law 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 embalmed and held for eleven days after being killed by u.s. forces but there are so many inconsistency as 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 in one week ago it was barack obama at the center of a two year conspiracy that guy 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. new york. un human rights investigators want washington

to disclose whether there were any plans to capture rather than simply kill journalist thinks the u.s. was trying to avoid embarrassing information that would have emerged during any trial. they obviously didn't want the embarrassing revelations of how the united states basically created bin laden as it's created so many islamists as it's funded so many as the myths around the world what's so terrible is how the american population are being lied to about how that exactly went on so when you saw those chants of usa around ground zero i think very few people seem to understand that bin laden was a creation of america just as a nation's as we've known usually don't make the world a safer place i think that we do have to be on guard but we mustn't allow the united states we just are all created this al qaeda operation through its foreign policies to make it even less a safer place because of what happened is as iran said. you know this alien forces in iraq in afghanistan all around the world that is what makes the world

less stable. the fight against al qaeda inspired terrorism continues here in russia seven militants were killed on sunday in an ongoing operation in the north caucasus and at least one policeman that was killed during the raid earlier this week a senior al qaeda operative was killed in the southern republic of chechnya but one militant known as our kurd is believed to have been the key finance organizer of terrorist cells and the regional code is also said to have played a leading role in major attacks in russia as well as police have only recently assume a leading role after his predecessor was killed by security forces say two deaths have broken the caucuses main links with the international terrorist organization. well coming up here are setting their sights on the next target for french troops deployed in a range of foreign conflicts we report on whether there's room for more in syria

plus. sixty six years on russia is getting ready to celebrate victory over nazi germany we'll have more on not later in the program. i want to turn our attention to out of libya right now where the rebels have a backtracked on claims though they will be sold weapons by italy a rebel official had said on saturday that they were expecting a shipment of arms very soon now rome has denied the claims but said it will provide equipment for self defense supplying weapons to libya is banned by a u.n. embargo and the ongoing civil war there is a stalemate with 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 but russia's foreign minister says this demonstrates how far the coalition is straying from the u.n. resolution i'm looking. at this it's going to leave a contact group was established itself and now is to the sponsibility fully international community see tools libya should be issues 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 armed conflict but it is essentially a civil war. now the rebels have been calling for the nato led coalition to physically eliminate that afy but the alliance maintains he isn't a target as having bombed his compound killings on his family asia times correspondent pepe escobar thinks the calls for good after his death are provocative. they are. a good s.s. a nation style any fact they're ready attributing to the transitional council the clearest. you know let's get kind of africa where you get. the big good cheer as i see it at the moment is that international as we learn for the first

fifty years is there no story good it says a nation this will suit just. your money tell you that you will sneak into you and be. forced to take sides in the soup because they're so full so you. and your head would truly in pakistan. we do a lot of call out for a beverage and this is also considered so forget about international law it's. from syria where tanks and security forces have reportedly moved into the southern town of tough us making arrests all along the way this comes a day after at least six people were killed as syrian troops swept through the coastal city of bania suppressing anti-government demonstrators officials blame terrorist groups for the rest while protesters say they want an end to decades of repression and. one human rights group claims eight hundred people have been killed since the uprising began almost two months ago and on the back of u.s.

sanctions the e.u. has also agreed a freeze on assets and a travel ban for top syrian officials but war correspondent eric margolis said there's definitely western funding behind the protests and so. there's great excitement in washington prospect of overthrowing the syrian government it's been on the front burner in washington or since the bush administration the wiki leaks papers have shown that the u.s. has been funding. the bush administration been funding our militant groups and. syria along with saudi arabia and israel. overthrowing the regime. this will intensify it we're seeing new broadcasts coming from washington purporting to be syrian liberation front. e-mails and now this new machine this liberation machine you might want to call it is being turned against syria so i

think the fuse has been lit. syrian government and there's a diplomatic coalition forming against syria so that it is very very nerve wracking for the syrians right now they're quite isolated and even the saudis are against them. it's a time when it's surprising that europe has decided to get so people involved france in particular because they used to be the colonial ruler of the area seems to be a hankering to turn a lonely old roots and 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 it to their will and they're using a humanitarian intervention as the new reason for sending troops in however humanitarian aid to. the resources or strategic geography. with. conflicts around the world you don't have to look too far before finding

french military involvement in libya trouble in its former colony of ivory coast are among the highest profile which is involved in. syria could be the next in line. limbs cousin and 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 all mean his country on the pretext of stopping the violence i don't wish to have. and therefore since in syria but i but i. you know it's the same chain of events that brought to war with libya and now on full doing its whole 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 version of libya humanitarian aide says one also will again be their excuse to go in and not think of their own government in the media is that they should intervene in syria. syria was once on the french occupation list say france behaves as if it's still in control of france they've had their spies there for decades and religious movements have had their people there for decades so they're going to do whatever they can and use their influence to change the regime in a way that they see fit intervention would leave france fighting in full wars 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 libya 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 just part of international moves to stop that program damascus would be. i'm a springboard for the sarkozy administration as it pushes east even mention syria progress according to libyan scenario we will probably see a similar developments in iran unfortunately that is iran will repeat the syrian scenario and russia will choose western military interventions with roy's in the law it warns the fuelling boyland across the middle east doesn't need a little bit early escalating the conflict and that is an invitation to a series of civil wars or from outside forces should not interfere give advice for take sides of the 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 the west wants to stop gaining power. r.t.

paris. you're watching of the weekly here on r.t. now we can it's out of julian assange has laid into online social networks for helping the united states collect information and spy on citizens and during the exclusive interview with us here at r.t. he said that the likes of facebook and google the roles they played work significant in that of the arab uprisings. facebook in particular. is the most appalling by wishing they've been facebook google yahoo all these made us work there and have built the interface and for you i think of everyone should understand that. when they had the brain of the facebook they are doing free work for united. if you will be moved out of it.

and then you can hear more of what you do in a song she has to say when we bring you want to use the interview that's in about ten minutes time from now. for most europeans made the eight for marks where nazi germany surrendered sixty six years ago solemn remembrance ceremonies have been held in several capitals this sunday but it was also marking the anniversary the head of the ground celebrations on monday. for russia victorious marked on may the ninth with a traditional military parade right through the heart of red square ahead of the event the country's political elite laid it wreaths at the monument to the war victims right by the kremlin wall meanwhile everything is set for the parade on monday as artie's peter all of the 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 of the calendar year

here 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 that 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 victory 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 wanted 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 to to the fact that the actual surrender of nazi germany resigned so late in the day on the eighth it actually fell on the ninth in moscow time so that's why. it is in

russia and the rest of russia celebrated on the ninth where in western europe and some parts of america the americas well it is celebrated on the eighth and we can now hear from my colleague laura enmities in london about some of the evacuees from great britain who had to flee german bombing steering the second world war a trip down memory lane for seventy nine year old james roffey it was the street where he was born and where his family lived until war broke out frightened and forced to evacuate to the countryside change was just eight when his life changed forever. you were sent to school every morning with with things you're told to take with. enough sandwiches and things to last you for the day and that was but only to get to school. now evacuation today you'd be sent home because it's your one day one day they didn't say that

we went to school. and. different happened started. 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 for 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. they also took their charmers. 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 postcard to send when they got there to let their parents know they were safe for james that place was pulled 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 far from welcoming. and a woman are. we . going to. push for. pushed out she. said you've got to really ride. it was an unhappy but short lived placement and james and did up 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 for him. nice to these children some of them have their own agenda which is just another person to work the farm or work. or to work in the bakery and 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 many went home to london unaccounted 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 most the back. side of. the road was. back to. look at gaps where.

there are fewer. but after about four days. james finished school in london but never settled after the war he moved back to paul as soon as he could evacuation changed not only the lives of the children but also the communities they went to here in pull bro evacuees erected a plaque in the local church thanking the villagers for taking the men it did tear families apart but it also brought people who would never ordinarily have met together in a city of poverty rubbed shoulders with rural affluence and vice versa and the teach school which from those times still remains today in the memories of those given kindness and shelter thought from home in wartime lore and its arty west sussex. the price of freedom

from the most. st. louis who fought to win the city in pro. against the tide of history being written. sixty six years of victory on our team. and if you want to know more about me than i just had i would say you are to talk on for more victory day coverage and memories. there are moving accounts old living through the second world war cost thousands of pictures and videos of the parade preparations right here in moscow you'll find that among on line galleries. plus two russian billionaires make it to the top three of a british unusual rich list and find out who they are and how they got it all to dot com.

just for. all right with all to you live from moscow let's check out some other stories making headlines around the world on this sunday egypt's fragile interim leadership has been tested with a sectarian clashes overnight that killed at least twelve and injured over two hundred the violence erupted when muslims attacked a church to release a christian woman who they say was being held against their will because she wanted one of islam one hundred ninety people who were arrested will now face a military trial simmering at religious tensions been growing ever since egypt's military rulers assumed control following the ousting of president mubarak. attempted a revolt by inmates turned into a gun battle inside a high security prison and that leaving at least seventeen dead six of those killed one person this is

a government official said the detainees all with links to al qaeda are being moved to another building when they try to overpower the guards and seize their weapons. and street fighting in kandahar in southern afghanistan has continued into a second day this following the taliban attack on the governor's compound further shooting at broke out after security forces began targeting militants holed up in a hotel in the city's center the afghan interior ministry says three civilians and twenty three militants have been killed while dozens of others have been. well our interview with wiki leaks founder julian assange just coming up in just a moment that will be right after a recap of the top stars. were

some this is just a parliament building in birmingham. but then. sixty five years ago. it was the final target i'm going to my major offensive from an army. of sculpture became the symbol on the form of financial tsunami. and the victory over nazi germany. the fall i'm in our genes. mission free recrimination free transport charges free from ancient greeks.