the latest news on the week's top stories here on our t.v. the u.s. moves to hold the syrian regime accountable for violent crackdowns on protesters much like it did with colonel gadhafi just before leaving air strikes over the. believe the rebels suffer a crucial setback failing to secure official recognition am to offer cash from washington. at a recent influx of refugees from the arab world breeds mistrust between europeans as the president of border control measures. plus russia and the world commemorate sixty six years of victory over the nazis but fascist followers

in ukraine tarnished the anniversary by attacking war veterans. who are watching r t live from moscow i'm arena joshie welcome to the program this week the u.s. amount of pressure on syria where the state secretary hillary clinton promising to punish bashar also its government over the ongoing violence against protesters some eight hundred people have been killed since the beginning of anti-government demonstrations in the country the european union has already imposed economic sanctions on the regime and as the u.s. threatens tougher measures netty say washington's appetite for intervention is inevitable leading to and maybe an scenario in syria artie's guide to count reports who is a legitimate international leader and who is not it seems america will decide

a white house source said the obama administration is edging closer to be clearing assad's ruling syria illegitimate and that it would be just the first there we will continue to work with our international partners in the e.u. and elsewhere on additional steps to hold siri. a responsible for its gross human rights abuses sounds familiar united states is helping lead an international effort to deter further violence put in place unprecedented sanctions to hold the gadhafi government accountable when the u.s. says it's going to hold someone responsible expect action once the u.s. has officially declared the syrian government illegitimate. it would open the door to various steps taken to remove that government but the south proclaimed position of the u.s. as the world's policeman and judge of which government is legitimate or not doesn't

sit well with everyone. now against. american president. and government generator not to be in order to. give us some of the u.s. longtime allies like the yemeni president seem to be intimidated by the zest of the white house to act as the arbiter of who will to power in the world. are you president of the united states president of the world when can damage government atrocities in different countries in the middle east and north africa the u.s. claims the higher moral ground in clearing human rights as the basis for its involvement but the critics say this is a smokescreen for the real reason for interference and you know just me and your d.n.a. . if you or or and were thrown out of how they. were

they. were heroes. you cross to become. america's self-proclaimed humanitarian involvement has led it to take sides in the libyan civil war the us has pledged extensive support for the rebels newly released we keep leaks cables show the u.s. had been funneling money to syria's opposition for several years now but some say the help comes with strings attached nobody gives away money for nothing or arms and seize the opportunity of putting in a friendly pro-american. government responsive to american interests the coalition efforts in libya have reached a dead end with the country now in military stalemate in the meantime civilian casualties there continue to grow. analysts say foreign involvement in syria could trigger a much worse conflict syria's in the heart of the arab world and if it explodes or

implodes it will affect all of the neighboring countries iraq saudi arabia jordan israel lebanon. they're in they're all likely to get involved in a collapsing or awards or in serious serious partnership with iran as long been irritating washington yet another reason to say some to go after our side relying on iran as your best friend when you're only screechy chick ally is not a viable way forward critics say the u.s. takes on the role of wall policeman not going to its inherent altruism or self interest and the bigger question is whether those interests have made the world safer or have to stabilize the more i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.p. came along and based ryder on middle east politics and security issues says syria needs an inside revolt to start a violence from within its ranks. the paines the americans are offering president

assad one last chance to see if the dictator can dictate so i believe that the syrian regime really has to have a silent coup from within from whether you call them a form of what else to try and prevent essentially greater broadcast happening in cities that are arrested because it seems that the deaths and cells are creating a momentum that momentum in the regime is found impossible to stall it's offered a variety of carrots and putin most famously getting rid of the emergency law but it appears now it's simply only have sticks left in its cupboard so that is a deeply worrying trend as far as the syrian people are concerned. i believe the arrivals have failed to gain official recognition from the u.s. government a top rebel official was even denied an audience was brought obama to washington on friday. is the first senior member of libya's national transitional council to visit the united states after meeting american officials jabril sad the rebels were having trouble getting washington to release colonel gadhafi has frozen assets if

this ration and earlier promise to hand over some of their multi-billion dollar funds djibril also met french president nicolas sarkozy in paris on saturday was no breakthroughs there either in the libyan capital tripoli funerals were held for a group of muslim clerics allegedly killed by nato airstrike anti-war activist kate hudson says the publishings attention is an insult to international law. when the un security council voted to take action against libya it was designed as they said to protect civilians and now it seems that with the escalation of the air attacks they are hitting as it seems more and more civilian targets we've heard from a u.n. agency expressing concern to the security council that civilians are suffering in a number of ways shortages of food and so on as a result of the airstrikes this again raises the question of international law it's not legal to intervene within civil wars and i think in voicing. those leaders to

washington for talks shows that is disregarding that aspect of international law is trampling upon the very legal structure our states have built up over decades is a regime change war that's absolutely apparent that of course again is illegal under international law but they will do that. and frankly it does look as though now that may intend to talk to next. over two and a half thousand nato led coalition air strikes have failed to turn the war in libya the countries involved in the bombing are up the cost in trying to justify to their own people are bad reports from denmark. for those who joined the fight in libya the cost of conflict is quickly taking off denmark's one of just six nato members

conducting air strikes to enforce the no fly zone it seeks if sixteen fighter planes are racking up a hefty bill of thirteen and a half million dollars a month is appealing or numbered i was considering and we aren't that many nations that is using fighter planes. to save us for example they're using drones they have had ton of missile but i don't have any fighter planes involved. denmark dropped one hundred twenty six precision bombs in the first fortnight of the campaign each one costs on average fifty thousand dollars on top of that there's one point six million a month the station the jets in sicily along with one hundred thirty personnel at this rate denmark's annual cost will be one hundred seventy million dollars four percent of its defense budget the danish air force refuses to comment on the money saying it's too political a topic that parliament says it can afford it these people have come to the

american embassy to show their opposition to the war it's not just the conflict they're protesting against though it's also denmark's willingness to follow the u.s. into battle they do this because. i don't know some people say they have an inferiority complex and they follow big daddy and the united states and france wants this war against it so they go all her junior partners the danish parliament was unanimous in backing a bombing campaign in libya the first time ever on a military action but since then cracks have appeared with the far left red green alliance withdrawing its support it says nato has gone beyond its mandate by taking sides in a civil war now the party is denmark could follow suit again with a ground offensive looming i think it's likely because the prime minister wants to be a strongman and proceeds as an upcoming election. and also that is the policy of the

current government to be as close with the us as possible at the moment the government's against sending ground forces six f. sixteen s are already costing the same as denmark's troop deployment in afghanistan and they've been there for ten years. but as afghanistan kosovo and iraq all showed when push comes to shove the country is more than willing to join america whatever it cost other than its artsy copenhagen also become the sour here in r.t.e. russia are as those who have thought of world war two i think three day celebrations commemorating the saga triumph over a nazi germany marred by violent nationalists attacking veterans in ukraine. past football legend diego maradona leads and all-star team friendly match against chechnya right now the result just a few minutes. before that the influx of refugees fleeing the

uprisings in the arab world is driving a wedge between the e.u. states some are calling to reinstate temporary or even permanent internal border controls within the union and as our it is then your reports europe may have opened the floodgates for trouble. the dream of european integration goes off the rails in a pizza feud between two of the e.u.'s founders france blocked all train services from italy after finding carriages full of african migrants italy had handed out residence visas allowing travel in the european union that's shots of the trust which the e.u. visa free regime lawyers. are kind of neutral mistress' between two partners between france and italy france considering that italy is not implemented you know good with the rules. for thousands fleeing the violence in north africa

italy is the nearest e.u. border security experts who've studied the country's patrols leave it on the strength but fellow member states argue they shouldn't have to pay for italy's mistakes. of the fact that the italians are just on the sea with people coming from outside and are not able to fix the problem we are not criminals or terrorists madmen we don't want them here. protested to the french embassy for quotes voile ation of european principles france counts as it's already takes five times more immigrants than italy okies here and the european parliament say they need to control immigration but with each member state putting its interests first and blaming each other for the problem migrants are just getting calls from one state to another e.u. security chiefs this week held crisis talks admitted the system's roit for abuse one and the same applicants for asylum can have like seventy seventy five percent

chance of being granted asylum in one country of the european union and less than one percent with the same reasons in another country states and they are taking the law into their own hands on wednesday reintroduced border controls for people coming from of the e.u. states buildable home of the e.u. headquarters is now calling for the same. illegal immigrants to give back to each other this is not possible isn't possible for the people in question but it's not possible to the. situation ask for more internal border control growing numbers in the union's biggest country wants border checks to germany today proposed possible restrictions in terms of freedom of travel and this is really something that many people are concerned of richer nations in the. from

the restrictions on work and benefits for citizens from simple and east european states which joined the union in two thousand and four were lifted on the first of may b.p. was they'll flood to the u.k. attracts people from the countries that have just joined you attract people from outside the european union because they know once they get into european union country they can cross borders they can work if they want to or take advantage of the generous benefits system in most european or some european countries like britain for example and actually attracts more migration which is what we're seeing now from north africa the signing of the shingle agreements on visa free travel e.u. leaders all smiles the fear now is they've opened the pandora's box that they no longer control. or to brussels while the unrest in north africa and the middle east is causing friction between the e.u. members earlier this week european employees voted in favor of requesting their own

permanent representative and seat at the u.n. security council as part of an overall plan of the common defense and foreign policy but the earth has caused discord among some member states the u.k. has already said that it will not give up its permanent seat on the council for the sake of a single european seat of the charles town of things britain or fight to defend its new and influence. is no way that the british government or the british conservative delegation and i speak for the conservatives in the european parliament we would support any move which weakened our ability to project our foreign policy interests and clearly being found in members of the un security council with a veto as a permanent member this is a major plank in being able to project our foreign policy interests and indeed we were so successful recently in collaboration with our french colleagues in securing you. and security council resolution nineteen seventy three over libya so no we

would not give up our seat in favor of the new use seat because at the end of the day the common the foreign security policy of the european union is only when we all agree and sometimes we don't all agree as was a case over iraq and has been the case regrettably in some ways over libya when the germans abstained so now it's essential as a defining characteristic of a nation's foreign policy the ability to speak when they want to in their national interest and clearly the sudan in the u.n. is one of the most important things that we can have as a nuclear power as a founding member of the security council that is the united kingdom and i really can't see any traction for the u.k. government to want to do so i'll check out our website for more on this story plus celebrate the legacy of lie of the greatest ballerinas of the twentieth century. ballet extravaganza will take over a one day when all the details are to go. and check our it's the

food album helicopter pilot who's shown are this pinpoint control in a series of stunts including for. shaving a man with a chopper. on the ninth of may russia commemorated sixty six years since the defeat of nazi germany in the great patriotic war a day for the traditional parade in red square with twenty thousand troops marching alongside military might the spectacle was attended by more veterans at a conference top ranking officials a minute of silence was observed in the memory of the twenty seven million seven people who died during the war the three day celebrations also took. places cities across russia and in former soviet states however events were barred in western

ukraine where violence nationalist attached veterans i feel a severe chest the reports of how the incident being seen as part of a far right search and you were. a holiday for millions and street brawl for some unlike most of the post soviet region on may the ninth this ukrainian city became a vicious display of new and nazis in. several thousand activists from radical nationalist parties book the engines the red army soldiers cemeteries preventing war veterans from getting inside and playing tributes some in this part of ukraine do not see my night as a reason to celebrate leaving the soviet period to be worse than enduring nazi occupation the same georgists ribbon is usually worn as a tradition on may the ninth to commemorate those who died in the great crash or to war but on this day in the west and ukrainian capital secure he was putting this on your lapel would have meant serious risk regardless of whether you're

a veteran or not. if you like you pointed out that the ribbons were forcibly ripped from the chests of those who were heading to the grave yards along with abuse of chances such as death to the mosque writes the nazi salutes hurling rocks and smoke bombs that is how involved martha made the ninth year of work here in this picture and my brothers and my deliberate show this line from the fascists that these people here do not let me come inside this century to lay flowers and he's great this is a disgrace. that such seemed surprised even the locals who had grown as used to protests on the three day these were the scenes from last year when the nationalist wipe their feet on the red victory banner. which spent thirteen years in detention in siberia my to prove those who killed me could something like this have happened in a new country. their heroes are people who regard. why does nasa collaborators

replica shirts with the founders of the nine hundred forty s. insurgent army stick on monday and there are a big hit here there are seen as freedom fighters even though for a while they thought along side the nazi army and kill civilians jews and russians in the gruesome manner how the mainstream political parties deal with these sorts of movements today in coach as we've seen it in case you crane where. nothing breaks or has been elevated to a status of a hero holding it appeared to be a russian protest but really it was a protest of the. ukrainian society in this case has to deal with it and this is only part of the wider picture of the perception of the past is making waves in other former soviet states namely s s marches and glorifying nots indigents in the baltic states such as largely and the stone yeah the danger is that people are beginning to forget what we fought for what the veterans guide for. seeing the reemergence of far right forces and nationalist forces that really in many sense

resemble exactly. the merge with hitler in the one hundred thirty such behavior still only applies to the minority that most people in this country still celebrate history with proper respect for the young you see should definitely allergic claims leadership especially after demands for a revolution were clearly voiced by the and let's see russia reporting from divorce in western ukraine. i german court has convicted a ninety one year old for his actions in a nazi death camp john demjanjuk was found guilty of helping to kill thousands of jews during world war two were while serving as a guard are his best mate agree that the relatives of those who perished under the nazi regime. you only went through the gates of sobibor once there was no return and like an other consideration camps such as alchemists there was no slave labor people were sent immediately to their death. he also spotting jews were

volcom to by a band and fiery speeches from the nazi commander sometimes the rattray even won applause then came an invitation to shower after the long journey but it was all a deadly deception a quarter of a million jews receded along this forest park called him and parched asset was stripped to have an s.s. man to score said the victims down the track to the gas chambers the ukrainian s.s. guards and the german s.s. officers were allowed to take up the task they were considered the most throw trained and the most reliable among those standing guard was john demjanjuk completed in nearly twenty eight thousand counts of murder many of those he scores had to the gas chambers were children and most of my friends of course and it was said to be the reduces the oldest record i know and before. i had my vice marshal.

i could build my own armored vehicles in order to save the largest ship you can read he could have given her guests and ground troops before being sent to work at sobibor all guards underwent intense training gym a nuke went to the traveling counter where the s.s. carried out ripens drills and combat training and even taking german language classes it was difficult to say very had. training here on food during the investigations against the author of war nobody from them told about this from getting training or anti-semitic training great. soldiers army training here in recount they were surprised that i think is the worst kind of duty which we had to go. had to go if it ever comes. but victims' relatives believe all those who signed up as a sas man were well aware of the duties they'd be carrying out mariam whose mother

was one of the lucky few who survived sobibor pushed for the prosecution of demjanjuk she made in her eighty's but she made it to every court session she wants him to admit that he was here and what so we were is it's not a war it's not soldiers against the shah it's killing people in a factory every war criminal who served it's riveting or. never never never knew how many years of patients this is medically are they have to be rushed. they demanded trial is assigned of the twenty first century is stupor pads to deal with the evils of the twenty eighth and warning that there is no expire a date for crimes against humanity except in the direction of our t. sity board poland. time now to take a look at some other stories from around the world and the head of the international monetary fund has been charged over committing

a criminal sexual act attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment dominic strauss kahn was arrested minutes before his departure to paris to be questioned on suspicion of assault involving a hotel maid the thirty two year old employer we claims that attacked her in his room is where it says he will plead not guilty the imam has not yet given a reaction to the predicament involving the potential french presidential candidate . at least six passengers were killed out for a bus was hit by a roadside bomb near a garrison town in eastern pakistan according to the police twenty others were injured it's the second attack in pakistan this week on friday two powerful explosions killed at least eighty people on a paramilitary bates' taliban officials the bombing wish to avenge the deaths of the leader osama bin ladin. sixty five people were injured in cairo get an angry mob attacked a demonstration against recent muslim and christian clashes and egypt police and

army troops fired in the air to disperse the crowd after rocks were thrown and vehicles torched the religious and the rest has already seen fifteen people killed and hundreds injured two christian churches were also burned down during the violence. chechnya isn't exactly famous for its sporting achievements but now the southern russian republic is looking to change that and the international group of football superstars came to the capital grozny this week for the opening of a grand new stadium living legend diego maradona was among the guests and the captain of the all stars in a friendly match against the whole side had a. good year of the in for guys team caucuses and seemingly hopeless after a while even the mastery of don't only wish to go and. so you know that i wasn't enough to ban all stars going down five goes to the stadium design for up to thirty

thousand spectators as a first of its kind in the costs. of raising up to date and more top stories has soared like. a cluster mission. and inside the container you have many fans.

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