combusted it's going to be the influence bush years and how would prince original the splinter which will incite you wins if it's elites what you believe the future a good international journalists flood the cheese every green lorries for till it's all through. the week stop stories of the u.s. appears ready to denounce the syrian government as only lawful for its brutal crackdowns on protesters we take a look at what's next for the country. with the unravels leave washington disappointed and empty handed after the white house dashed his expectations of official recognition and cash in colonel gadhafi his coffin. as the head of the i.m.f. is detained on charges of sexual assault which he explores the repercussions of the arrest. and grand military displays marking victory day across russia but ukrainian veterans face a new battle against nationalists who assaulted them on the holiday. what

i am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us as we take a look back at the week's news here on our t.v. thousands are fleeing syria where violence is raging despite the government's promise of a dialogue with the opposition international pressure mounting on syria over brutal crackdowns on anti-government protesters with some eight hundred killed and more than a thousand arrested in two months he and us in the meanwhile have imposed sanctions on the country washington even said to be considering declaring president assad a living. is art he's got a chicky on reports many believe the u.s. may be laying the groundwork for action against the regime. who easily international leader and who is not it seems america will decide a white house source said. bamma administration is edging closer to declaring

assad's ruling syria illegitimate and that it would be just the first step and 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 to lead an international effort to defer the turf 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 there's an. arrogance to. president to do so only with your government or not. the americans. even some of the u.s. long time allies like the yemeni president seem to be intimidated by the zest of the white house to act as the arbiter of who holds power in the world. are you president of the united states president of the world when condemning government atrocities in different countries in the middle east and north africa the u.s. claims the higher moral ground clearing human rights is the basis for its involvement but the critics say this is a smokescreen for the real reason for interference there's no such thing in the end or do you know any of us going into or or and work amount of gravity out. sort of thing in the middle east when they. go.

you cross the country and your time. 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 responsive to american interests the coalition efforts in libya have reached a dead end with the country now a 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. and 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 recent say some to go after our side relying on iran as your best friend in europe only strategic ally is not a viable way forward critics say the us takes on the wall of the world policeman not based on its inherent outraised rather out of self interest and the bigger question is whether those increases have made the world safer or have stabilized more i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. r us is already spreading beyond syria with casualties reported at the lebanese and israeli borders as people try to escape the violence the director of the institute of political thought mimi's says the sanctions and military intervention are unable

to resolve the conflict and more all the end up hurting people. i think we've seen the model in libya for foreign intervention has only complicated things. intervention has not held settle the problem in libya and i don't think it will help settle the problem in syria and we've seen sanctions there's a history of adopting sanctions in various places including iraq for many many years and only the only. people in syria it is different from the scenario it is of course possible that we'll get there sometime but so long as the legal points of the regime are not lured into using force into use into carrying arms then hopefully we will not end of with another leader because if. this started becoming

a catastrophic evolution turned into an armed conflict. this week the u.s. dashed hopes of the libyan rebels for official recognition the white house gave the message to a libyan opposition leader during a visit to the u.s. capital the country is also dragging its feet on releasing colonel gadhafi has frozen assets promised to aid the rebels but it's not only the opposition that's feeling the cost of the war as our teams i for better reports. 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 an strikes to enforce the no fly zone it's six f. sixteen fighter planes racking up a hefty bill of thirteen and a half million dollars a month for anticipating a number there was considerable doubt we aren't that many nation that is using fighter planes. this take us for example they're using drones they have had tomahawk missiles 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 but 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. some people say they have an inferiority complex and they follow big daddy and the united states and france are words this war in yes i'd love it so they go all her junior partner 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 with during its support it says nato has gone beyond its mandate by taking sides in a civil war now the party is then not 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 president there's a coming election. and also that this is the policy of the current government to be as close with the u.s. 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 it countries more than willing to join america

whichever the cost other than its out see copenhagen stay with us here on r t lots more coming your way including this storming the un european and he's voted for a permanent permanent seat up a security council about their hopes shared by all. and find out why finnish authorities release the man behind a website that serves as a mouthpiece for terrorists. but first the head of the international monetary fund has been charged with sexual assault attempted rape in a lawful imprisonment new york police pulled dominic strauss kahn from a plane only minutes before he was due to depart for paris and questioned him on suspicion of assaulting a hotel maid french political expert nabila ramdani says the hopes of strauss kahn had of leading the french are now effectively over. he wasn't going to announce his candidacy for the clinton twelve presidential elections and i think these allegations will come as

a huge blow for french socialists 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. close kind of will even think of running for president because it will prove extremely difficult to juggle i think ations of sexual assault. and rape with a presidential campaign i think president sarkozy is an obvious candidate can benefit from from the scandal although he's very low in that poll at the moment the lowest opinion 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 as he will be able to hope that he will you know he will reassure him and even more confidence to tackle the presidential elections. with much more strength than

the current situation for. the growing number of refugees fleeing arrest in the arab world is creating a rift between the new members some are calling to temporarily or even permanently tighten borders between states and bring back the passport checks as are his general bushell reports european unity would be on the brink of collapse. the dream of european integration goes off the rails in a bitter 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 visitors visas allowing travel in the european union that shattered the trust on which the e.u.'s visa free rejean lives it has shown a kind of neutral mistrust between two partners between france and italy france considering that italy as not implemented in

a good way to 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 there on the strength but fellow member states argue they shouldn't have to pay for italy's mistakes are we responsible of the fact that. just on the sea with people coming from outside not not able to fix the problem we are not criminals terrorist madmen we don't want them here. protested to the fridge embassy for quotes voile ation of european principles france counts as it already takes five times more immigrants than italy in peace 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 reports 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 applicant 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 taking the law into their own hands on wednesday democracy introduced border controls for people coming from of the e.u. states buildable home of the e.u.'s headquarters is now calling for the same. legal immigrants to. back to each other this is not possible isn't possible for the people in question but it's not possible to the. situation asked for a more broader. growing numbers in the union's biggest country wants border checks to germany post possible restrictions in terms of freedom of travel and this is really something that many people are concerned of richer nations in the

e.u. all. restrictions on work and benefits for citizens since east european states which joined the union in two thousand and four we lifted on the first of may want. flowed to the u.k. attracts people from the countries who have just joined it attracts people from outside the european union because they know once they get into your opinion 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 it actually attracts more migration which is what we're seeing now from north africa the soiling of the shingled agreements on visa free travel e.u. leaders all smiles the fear now is they've opened the books that they no longer control. or see russell's. earlier this week european m.p. decided to request their own permanent seat on the un security council as part of

a plan over all of the defense security and foreign powers and the move has not been met favorably by some member states that already have some sort of council including britain and france u.k. said it would not give up its own place at abiding for the sake you may need to hear of their every piece charles town explains to defend its new way unfolds. there's no way that the british government all the british can serve the 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 founding members of the un security council with a veto as a permanent member 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 un security council resolution nineteen seventy three over libya so no we would not give up our seat in favor of any use seat because at the end of the. the common

thought and security policy of the european union is only when we all agree and sometimes we don't all agree as was the 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 the national interest and clearly the seats in the un is one of the most important things that we can have as a nuclear power i was 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 you can always find more on the stories we're covering on our web site regular updates and eye catching videos waiting a few would argue dot com here's what's online right now. the u.s. congress proposes cutting funds for controversial body scanners at airports that attackers were slammed as an invasion of privacy while some also question or effectiveness plus.

classical music goes underground the moscow metro prepares a treat for a late night commuters as five hundred lucky recipients win tickets to a special concert part of the capital's museum they experience all this and more at archie dot com. on may ninth russia celebrated victory day one of the most important and memorable occasions on the country's calendar it marks sixty six years since soviet and allied forces defeated nazi troops during world war two a spectacular parade in the red square saw twenty thousand troops marched alongside military hardware a minute of silence was observed in memory of twenty seven million soviets who died during the war meanwhile in western ukraine veterans who fought for flee people from the nazi invasion were attacked by violent nationalist parties like to witness the events. holidays for millions. brawl for some unlike

most of the post soviet region on may the ninth of this ukrainian city became a vicious display when you're not says me. but several thousand activists from radical nationalist parties book the entrance to red army soldiers cemeteries preventing war veterans from getting inside and playing tribute some in this kind of ukraine do not see me the ninth as a reason to celebrate believing the soviet period to be worse than enduring nazi occupation the st george's ribbon is usually worn as a traditional may the ninth to commemorate those who died in the great crash or to war but on this day in the west the ukrainian capital city of new off putting this on your lapel would have meant serious risk regardless of whether you're a veteran or not. quite sure you got 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 for the most nazi salutes hurling rocks and small bombs that is how

involved marks made the ninth yeah we're here in this picture and my brothers and my for the liberation of this line from the fascists but these people here do not let me come inside this century to lay flowers and he's great this is it is grace. it's obscene 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 red victory banner there that your documentary which spent thirteen years in detention in siberia brothers were killed. could something like this have happened in a new country. their heroes are people regarded worldwide does not see collaborators replica shirts with the founders of the one nine hundred forty s. insurgent army. our big hit here there are seen as freedom fighters even though for a while they fought alongside the nazi army until civilians jews and russians in the new some manner how the mainstream political parties deal with the. thoughts of

movements today in cairo. as we've seen in case you crane when. not to commemorate so has anybody to see it is that this sort of hero holding it period to be an anti 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 the perception of the past is making waves in other former soviet states namely ass as marches and the glorifying not simply in the baltic states such as last year and the stoning and the danger is that people are beginning to forget what we fought for what the veterans died for as we're seeing the reemergence of foreign forces and nationalist forces that really in many sense resemble exactly those to the merge with hitler in the one hundred thirty such behavior it's the only applies to the minority that most people in this country still celebrate history with proper respect but the only season should definitely

alert ukraine's leadership especially after demands for a revolution voiced by the end with more police. reporting from the fourth in western ukraine. a german court has sentenced a ninety one year old man to five years behind bars for a nazi war crimes in a death camp john demjanjuk was found guilty of helping murder almost thirty thousand jews during world war two serving as a guard in a polish concentration camp. his case was opened more than thirty years ago when israel even said this him to death later cancel the verdict in the new york and says he was a victim of the nazis and captured him as a soviet soldier and held him prisoner the man is currently been taken to a nursing facility while he appeals his conviction. a finnish journalist believed to be the organizer of the 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 and defend a little which officials later called

a humanitarian action here. rights activists believe authorities try to bribe hide his activities because he has high profile supporters the website he set up and sponsors regularly airs their views of wanted terrorists. when i finished pastor you had mohler you spoke out against the site he was immediately detained and your proc johan bachmann moeller is there fender tells r.t. to case shows as a pro terror game a player in finland. crosses against me close to show me feel and was show trial. the prosecutor didn't want to send them seen maybe they wanted to only to give some kind of a justification for his for his activities well he's an activist who is actively promoting islamistic terrorism against russia he has several websites he has an office and he's a representing officially. in finland he's an extremely dangerous individual and

i'm very sure of that and he has a very strong political support in finland and he's a he's a giving political space for islamist extremism in the north and nordic countries in northern europe. jury now to some other stories making headlines across the globe sixteen people have been killed as israeli troops shot at pro palestinian protesters in the lebanese syrian and gaza borders is broke out on one palestinians call knock a day in marking yet a verse or three of the founding of the jewish state where many palestinians lost their homes security officials said there were injuries as well forces fired at protesters to prevent crowds from crossing the israeli border. the u.s. has opened massive flood gates in louisiana to avert inundation in cities along the mississippi river thousands of square miles of land will be engulfed in the flow is the first time in forty years the level of the river has forced the floodgates 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 near at 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 official said the bombing was for the benefit the death of osama bin laden. this week russia needed the right to host yet another major sporting event this time the twenty sixteen world ice hockey championship the country already scored with bids for the next winter olympics and the twenty eight hundred football world cup prime minister putin pleasure to a first rate tournament and also shared his experiences of getting on the ice. persia deserves because through these children should not just. glorious each human and not just because we have not been good at his former indicates but because of our great. boost the great deviant and from the ideals of

sportsmanship and sleep to use them fully. in faked to be we need a new start in when to revive this kid and. i do too to learn to ski. and did meet it was not easy and not even food who had been practicing sports with the kids and even harder time learning to play ice with kids but i know i have first hand experience of blake with these truly great. russian premier is still has plenty of time to polish his hockey skills if he wants to get ready ahead of the world parliament but the clocks are already counting down to the next sporting extra. in sochi. social countdown with less than a thousand days to go before opening ceremonies hundreds of volunteers took to the

streets celebrating the milestone in the capital roller skaters took part in a fun run of flying the olympic flag other celebrations it will be drawing the mascots for the games and those who want to get in shape for the a very special are exercises festivities wrapped up with two concerts held in moscow and sochi so i will take. you back with headlines after a short break stay with us.

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