we've stopped stories as the u.s. or peers ready to announce the syrian government as unlawful for its trudel crackdowns on protesters we take a look at what's next for the country. libyan rebels leave washington disappointed and empty handed after the white house dashes expectations of official recognition and money from gadhafi has frozen assets. as the head of the international monetary fund is detained on charges of sexual assault charge he explores the repercussions of the arrest. and grand military displays marking victory day across russia while ukrainian veterans face of a new battle with nationalists who assaulted them on the holiday.

ten pm in moscow why matras are bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news here on r t thousands are fleeing syria where violence is raging despite the government's promise of dialogue with the opposition international pressure is mounting on syria over brutal crackdowns on anti-government protesters with some hundreds killed and more than a thousand arrested in three months maybe you and us meantime have imposed sanctions on the country washington is even said to be considering declaring president assad's eleven year rule unlawful authorities got a chick yawn reports many believe the u.s. may be laying the groundwork for action against the regime. who easily judum an international leader and who is not it seems america will decide

a white house source said the obama administration is edging closer to declaring assad's ruling syria illegitimate and that it would be just the first step well. we will continue to work with our international partners in the e.u. and elsewhere on additional steps to hold syria 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 here in the us now against. american president. you're going to get a meter not. even some of the u.s. long time allies like the yemeni president seem to be intimidated by those zest of the white house to act as the arbiter of who wants power in the world. are you president of the united states and the president of the world when condemn a government atrocities in different countries in the middle east and north africa the u.s. claims the higher moral ground the clearing human rights is the basis for its involvement but the critics say this is a smokescreen for the real reason for interference in their d.n.a. a policy or two or more and work on our were if we.

were. perhaps. in cross of. 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 wiki 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 and nobody gives away money for nothing or arms and the u.s. sees the opportunity of putting in a friendly early american government response of 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 its neighboring countries iraq saudi arabia jordan israel lebannon. they're in they're all likely to get involved in a collapsing or awards or in serious serious partnership with iran has long been irritating washington yet another reason say some to go after are silent relying on iran as your best friend and your only strategic ally is not a viable way forward critics say the us takes on the wall of world policeman not based on its inherent altruism are rather out of self interest and the bigger question crist's have made the world some for or have to stabilize the more i'm going to like our reporting from washington. arrest is already spreading beyond syria with casualties reported at the lebanese and israeli borders as people try to escape the violence james denzil

a london based writer on middle east politics believes the believes only the syrian people can stop the bloodshed the pins 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 group from within from whether you call them before moves or what else to try and prevent essentially greater crowd was happening in cities that are arrested because it seems that the deaths the cells are creating the momentum is that momentum that 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. this week us for the hopes of libyan rebels for official recognition the white house gave a message to a libyan opposition leader during a visit to washington u.s. also dragged its feet on releasing kodachi has frozen assets promised to aid the rebels but it's not only the opposition that's feeling the cost of the war as

archy's over better reports. for those who join the fight in libya the cost of conflict is quickly taking off ten marks one of just six nato members conducting in strikes to enforce the no fly zone in six f. sixteen fighter planes racking up a hefty bill of thirteen and a half million dollars a month we were anticipating a number that was considerably lower than that we aren't that many nations that is using fighter planes. let's take the u.s. for example they're using drones they have had tomahawk missiles but i don't have any either. denmark dropped one hundred twenty six precision bombs in the first four nights of the campaign for each one cost 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 seventeen 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't 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 all so people say they have an inferiority complex really follow big daddy and the united states and france wants this war against gadhafi so they go all very junior part of the danish parliament was unanimous in backing and 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 strong man is precedes this 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 iran all showed up when push comes to shove the countries more than willing to join america whatever the cost are bennett's artsy copenhagen. britain's armed forces navy says need or must intensify its military campaign in libya with direct attacks against targets supporting the could arche regime this comes just days after reports of a loving muslim clerics killed in the lines of strikes on the country as our

activist kate hudson says the coalition's intervention 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 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 inviting. those leaders to washington for talks shows that obama is disregarding that aspect of international law is trampling upon the very legal structure that our states have built up over decades it is a regime change war that's absolutely apparent that of course again it's illegal

under international law but they will do that until they achieve their ends and frankly it does look as though now that they may intend to target and execute. stay with us here on r.t. lots more headed your way including this you start to have a supported even children to gas chambers or in the second world war or on the outcome of the trial of john demjanjuk who was accused of helping murder almost thirty thousand jews in nazi death camps. find out why finnish authorities release the man behind a web site serving as a mouthpiece for terrorists. but first the growing number of refugees fleeing an arrest in the arab world is creating a rift between e.u. members some are calling to temporarily or even permanently tighten borders between states bring back passport checks so it is daniel bush or of course european unity could be on the brink of collapse the dream of european integration goes off the

rails in a bits a feud between two of the e.u.'s founders france blocked all train services for its elite of the finding carriages full of african migrants its early years handed out resistance visas allowing travel in the european union that shuts of the trust of which the e.u.'s visa free regime lawyers give us shawn kind of mistrust between two partners between france and italy france considering that italy has not implemented you know good with the rules. for thousands fleeing the violence in north africa italy is the nearest border security experts who've studied the country's patrols on the strength but fellow member states argue they shouldn't have to pay for italy's mistakes we had pointed out of the fact that the valiance just on the sea with people coming from outside and they are not able to fix the

problem we are not criminals terrorists madmen that we don't want them here. protested to the french embassy for quotes voile ation of european principles france counters it already takes five times more immigrants than italy in peace here of 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 reports from one state to another e.u. security chiefs this week held crisis talks and did muted 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'll taking the law into their own hands on wednesday their mortgage reintroduced border controls for people coming from of the e.u. states build your home of the e.u.

headquarters is now calling for the same thing that. all immigrants to giving 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 broader. growing numbers in the union's biggest country want to pull the checks to germany post possible restrictions in terms of freedom of travel and this is really something that many people are concerned of rich nations in the e.u. also. the invasion for the restrictions on working and benefits for citizens from a central and east european states which joined the union in two thousand and four were lifted on the first of may want a.b.p. walls they'll flood to the u.k. attracts people from the countries that just joined it attracts people from outside the european union because they know once they get into

a european union like 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 soiling of the shingle to greenland visa free travel e.u. leaders all smiles the fear now is they've opened the pandora's books that they no longer control. or see brussels. the international monetary fund has been charged with sexual assault attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment new york police pulled dominic straus card from a plane only minutes before he was due to fly to paris and question him on suspicion of assaulting a hotel maid french politics expert not be around and he says hope the hopes strauss carter had of leading the french presidency are now affectively finished. he was indeed going to announce his candidacy for the clinton presidential elections and i think these allegations come as a huge blow for french socialist who really saw him as the great hope to succeed

president sarkozy in next year's presidential elections and i don't think at this stage presence of the next horse kind of will even think of running for president because i think will prove extremely difficult to juggle i think actions of sexual assault and and rape with a presidential campaign i think president sarkozy is an obvious candidate to benefit from from the scandal although he's very low in the call at the moment the longest. and the lowest rate in fact for any french president in the history of the fifth republic but i think that this will benefit him hugely i say he will be able to hoop that he will you know he will reassure him give him more confidence to tackle the presidential elections. with much more strength than

the current situation for him. may ninth russia celebrated victory day one of the most important and memorable occasions in the country's history it marks sixty six years in soviet and allied soldiers repeated nazi troops in world war two a spectacular parade in red square saw twenty thousand troops marched alongside military hardware a minute of silence was observed in memory of the twenty seven million soviets who died during the war meanwhile in western ukraine veterans with proper free people from the nazi invasion were attacked by a violent nationalist parties alexei airshows and witnessed the event. a holiday for millions a street brawl for some and like most of the post soviet region on may the ninth this ukrainian city became a vicious display of neo nazis and. several thousand activists from radical nationalist parties look the entrance to red army soldiers cemeteries events and war veterans from getting inside and paying tribute son in

this part of ukraine to nazi made the ninth as a reason to celebrate leaving the soviet period to be worse than enduring nazi occupation the st george's 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 western ukrainian capital city if you go putting this on your lapel would have meant serious risk regardless of whether you're a veteran or not. if you like it you like about the ribbons were forcibly ripped from the chests of those who were heading to the grave yards along with abusive chances such as death to the most rights nazi salutes hurling rocks and smoke bombs that is how the full marks made the ninth year of you here in this picture am i break this in my deliberation this line from the fascists but these people here do not let me come inside the century to lay flowers and he's great this is a disgrace. such seemed surprised even the locals who had grown used to protests on

victory day these were the scenes from last year when the nationalist wipe their feet on the rest of the trip down. we spent thirteen years in detention in siberia to prove that we killed it. could something like this have happened in a new country that. their heroes are people regarded worldwide does not see collaborate as 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 sort of movements today encroached on as we've seen in case you crane one step and i think you're going to have the n.p.t. status of a hero holding it appeared to be an anti russian protest but really it was a protest of the. ukrainian society these days has to deal with and this is only

part of the way to keep the perception of the past is making waves in other former soviet states namely s s marches and glorifying nazi legions in the baltic states such as largely and this don't you the danger is that people begin to forget what we fought for what veterans died for as we are seeing the reemergence of far right forces the nationalists forces that really in many sense resemble exactly those the the merge with hitler in the one hundred thirty such behavior still only applies to the minority most people in this country still celebrate history with proper respect but the army seems should definitely alert the queen's leadership especially after demands for revolution were clearly voiced by the end with. the russian ascii art scene reporting from the fourth in western ukraine. a german court has sentenced to ninety one year old man to five years for a nazi war crimes in a death care john demjanjuk was found guilty of helping to murder almost thirty thousand jews during world war two while serving as

a guard he's currently been taken to a nursing facility while he appeals as saddens are he's recovering groucho but that some of the relatives who perished are not the relatives of some of those who perished under the nazi regime. you only want through the gates of sabi war once there was no return and like an other concentration camps such as alchemists there was no slave labor people were sent in mediately to their death. he also spoke in jews were welcomed by a band and fiery speeches from the nazi commander sometimes the rapture and even won applause then came an invitation to shower after the long joining but it was all a deadly deception a quarter of a million jews preceded a long chorus part called him parched that was straight to have an s.s. man a score to the victims down the track to the gas chambers only the ukrainian s.s. guards and the german s.s. officers were allowed to take up the task they were considered the most well

trained and the most reliable among those standing guard was john demjanjuk complicit in nearly twenty eight thousand counts of murder many of those he schools had to the gas chambers were children i lost my friend and of course him recently he was here but believe it uses the old destructive i know it before. i had my vice marshal. and i could build of mine armor if you can see who should be. sure if you can move they can have to remember yesterday and. before being sent to work at sobibor all guards underwent intense training jim and you went to the travel camp where the s.s. carried out weapons drills and combat training and even taking german language classes it was difficult to say very had. training here and

investigations against them off the war nobody from them told about us on the team training or on some medical training great cold soldiers army training hearing recount they were surprised that i think this was kind of a duty which we had today. had to do in the death camps. 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 so people pushed for the prosecution of demjanjuk she may be in her eighty's but she made it to every court session she wants him to admit that he was in and what soviet war is it's knots of war it's not soldiers against each order it's killing people it in effect summary every war criminal the served is when you think. it will never never never be how many years to page through this in rhetoric or to have to be punished.

video of a new trial is a sign that the twenty first century is still prepared to deal with the evils of the twenty a warning that there is no expire a date for crimes against humanity external aggression r t c b board poland a finnish journalist believed to be the organizer internet mouthpiece for russia's most wanted terrorist has walked free but the trial had nothing to do with his possible links to terror. he was accused of smuggling chechens in to finland which officials later called humanitarian action human rights activists believe authorities turn a blind eye to stories activity because he has high profile supporters and website that he set out by the sponsors regularly areas the views of the wanted terrorist group when i finish pastor smokeout against the site he was immediately detained and defrocked johan bachmann who was pastor of holies defender tells r t the case shows there's

a prone to error game at play in finland. the court process against me close to show anything of the was show trial the prosecutor didn't want to send them seem of a they wanted to only to give some kind of justification for it for he said these well he's an activist who is actively promoting islamistic terrorism against russia he has several websites he has on all face and he's a representative of surely. in finland he's an extremely dangerous individual and i'm very sure of that and he has very strong political support in finland and he's a he's a giving political space for islamist to extremism in the north and nordic countries in northern europe. all the stories we're covering and much much more available on our website regular updates and eye catching videos waiting for you at our team dot com here's what's a click away right now. u.s.

congress proposes cutting funds for controversial body scanners at airports detectors will slam is an invasion of privacy and some also question their effectiveness plus. classical music goes underground moscow's metro prepares a treat for late night commuters as the lucky five hundred get tickets to a special pouncer part of the capital's museum night experience all this and more coming. here now to some other stories making headlines across the globe sixteen people have been killed as israeli troops shoot at pro palestinian protesters at the lebanese syrian and gaza borders clashes broke out on what palestinians call nakba day marking the anniversary of the founding of the jewish state when many palestinians lost their homes security officials said there were injuries as well horses fired at protesters to prevent crowds from crossing the israeli border. the

u.s. has opened massive flood gates in louisiana to avert it invasion in cities along the mississippi river thousands of square miles of land will be in by the flow for the first time in forty years the level of the river has forced flood gates to open official say twenty five thousand people and more than ten thousand buildings could be affected. at least six passengers have been killed after a bus was hit by a roadside bomb your garrison town in eastern pakistan twenty others were wounded it's the second major attack in pakistan this week friday twin blasts targeted a paramilitary base killing almost one hundred taliban officials of the bombing was aimed at avenging the death of osama bin laden. sitting high in the caucasus mountains russia's republic of chechnya has high ambitions to prove itself a sport loving place and it has made a lot. out of headway brand new football stadium capable of holding thirty thousand as open in the capital grozny with a truly all star match the editor of rams i'm still here are played

a match against football legend diego maradona and his team of world famous players despite having superstars like louis figure when steve mcmahon a man at his side norah o'donnell was defeated by the team caucasus to. be back with a recap of the top stories in a couple of minutes stay with us. some

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