it is the most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism of those who understand it fully you have to live a. real life stories from world war two. to nine hundred forty five dollars r.t. to come. weeks at the top stories here on our t.v. the deadly repression of demonstrators continues in syria despite government promises to end of the violence while the us looks ready to get down to president assad as illegitimate. washout in washington for libyan rebel their own voice as they depart without diplomatic recognition and the promised financial aid from gadhafi is frozen assets. the head of the international monetary fund is charged with sexual assault in new york after allegedly attacking a hotel maid. and you know russia nationwide military displays mark sixty six years

since and defeat of nazi germany but similar commemorations in ukraine were marred by nationalists attacking veterans. broadcasting live from the heart of moscow this is r t as we recap the week's top stories making news for you now thousands are fleeing in syria where violence is raging despite the government's promise of a dialogue with the opposition international pressure is mounting on syria over brutal crackdowns on anti-government protesters with some eight hundred killed and more than enough hours in the rest of in two months meanwhile the u.s. and the u.s. have been close to sanctions on the country washington is even said to be considering it declaring president assad's eleven year rule unlawful and as archie's going to church you can reports many believe the u.s.

is laying the foundations for drastic action against the regime. who easily international leader and who is not it seems america will decide a white house source said the obama administration is edging closer to declaring a son's ruling syria illegitimate and. 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 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. your government you gentlemen are not to be in the world of the americans. it was some of the u.s. long time allies like the yemeni president seem to be intimidated by those that's the white house to act as the arbiter of who world's power in the world. are you president of the united states and president of the world when can get a government atrocities in different countries in the middle east and north africa the u.s. claims the higher moral ground nick layering human rights is the basis for its involvement but the critics say this is a smokescreen for the real reason for interference you know sourcing and your d n a

. if you or and work or not worked out. with a. story. you crossed. 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 url american. government response of american interest 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 lebanon. 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 reason say some to go after our side relying on iran as your best friend in your only strategic ally is not a viable way forward critics say the us takes on the role of world policeman not pleased on its inherent held prisoner rather out of self interest and the bigger question is whether those increased separate the wall see for or have stabilized more i'm going to check our reporting from washington. the unrest is already

spreading beyond syria with casualties reported at the lebanese and israeli borders as people are trying to escape the violence james the. london based writer on middle east politics says only the syrian people can start 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 coup from within from whether you call them reform of one else to try and prevent essentially greater broadwell's happening in cities that are arrested because it seems that the cells are creating a momentum is that momentum that the regime is found impossible to stall it's offered a variety of carrots and peeling famously getting rid of the emergency law but it appears now 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 the u.s. dash the hopes of the libyan rebels for official recognition recognition the white

house broke the news to a libyan opposition leader during his visit to washington the u.s. 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 this war as i've been a reports. for those who join the fight in libya the cost of conflict is quickly taking off their 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 to anticipate being a numbered i was considering. that we aren't that many nations that is using fighter planes. to 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 gratz up 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 what's this war against it get out of it so they go all their junior partner the danish parliament was unanimous in backing a bombing campaign in libya the first time ever on military action but since then

cracks have appeared with the far left red green alliance with drawing 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 is proceeds as a coming election. and also that it's the policy of the current government to be as close to 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 who showed when push comes to shove the countries more than willing to join america whichever the cost onto bennett's. copenhagen now looking at what else is ahead in this

hour storming of the u.n. . european m.p.'s have voted for a permanent seat at the security council but their hopes are shared by all. also find out why finnish authorities released to the man behind a website serving as a mouthpiece for terrorists. the head of the international monetary fund has been charged with a sexual attack attempted rape and unlawful imprisonment dominique strauss kahn was pulled from a plane in new york minutes before he was due to fly to paris and questioned on suspicion of assaulting a hotel maid but the director of the transit research institute job believes not everything may be as it seems well first of all you know we have to maintain that he's innocent until proven guilty but having said that our jaws frauds press has reported that it was made to be some dirty tricks from his political rivalry

and we hear a star cozy of course say that this is very you milly hating for the i.m.f. chief and also let us not forget that he's caused strauss kahn has a lot of uproar in the united states recently when he announced that the united states has lost its is losing its supremacy as it economic world power and china will be taking over so he has a lot of enemies here. the growing number of refugees aflame the unrest in the arab world is creating a rift between the e.u. members some are calling it to temporarily or even permanently tighten borders between states and bring back a passport checks and is argues that daniel bushell reports european unity could be on the brink of collapse the dream of european integration goes off the

rails in a it's a 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 used visa free regime relies it has shown a kind of mutual mistrust between two partners between france and italy france considering that italy has not implemented in a good way 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 there on the strength but fellow member states argue they shouldn't have to pay for italy's mistakes we love the fact that. just from the sea with people coming from outside and are not able to fix the problem we are not criminals there are mad men 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 a piece 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 applicant for asylum can have like seventy seventy five percent chance of being granted as i live in one country of the european union and less than one percent with the same reasons in another country states are taking the law into their own hands on wednesday reintroduced border controls for people coming from of the e.u. states build a 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 asked sort of more internal border . growing numbers in the unions biggest country 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. also. restrictions on working 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 one. 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 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 shingle agreements on visa free travel e.u. leaders all smiles the fear now is they've opened the books that they no longer control the new bushel to brussels and earlier this week european and he's decided to request of their own permanent seat at the u.n. security council it's part of a planned overhaul of the use common defense security and foreign policy but the move has not been met favorably by a member states which already have a seat on the council like britain and france the u.k. said it will not give up its own place at the guardian for the sake of putting the united europe there. britain will fight to defend its do anything. there's no way that the british government or the british can serve the delegation

and i speak for the conservatives in the european power that 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 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 un 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 the case over iraq and has been the case regrettably in some ways over libya when the germans abstains so know it's essential as a defining characteristic of the nation's foreign policy we have been the key to speak when they want to in their national interest and clearly the seat on in the

un 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 can really can't see any traction for the u.k. government to want to do so and you can fall of the stories we're covering here on our web site regular updates and eye catching videos are waiting for you at our t dot com here's some of what's online right now. and unsigned of ruben's painting a book for less than ten thousand euros resells for near a million hard to believe but get all of the information on our website. and put in the middle of to the medal the russian of premier a well known for his passion for trying out all means of transport from bikes to fighter jets has test driven a new affordable car by russia's of the us see what he thinks of it plus. if you're looking for a sensation of the cannes film festival a documentary about the controversial death of diana princess of wales gives you

something to talk about. on the ninth of may russia celebrated a victory day one of the most important and memorable events in the country's history it marked sixty six years since soviet and allied soldiers defeated nazi troops in world war two a spectacular parade in red square saw twenty thousand troops marching 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 who fought to free. people from the not invasion were attacked by violent nationalist parties alexia cesky witnessed the events. a holiday for millions a street brawl for sound unlike most of the post soviet region in may the ninth of this ukrainian city became a vicious display of neo nazis and. several thousand activists from radical nationalist parties block the entrance to red army

soldiers cemeteries preventing war veterans from getting inside and playing tribute some in this part of ukraine do not see me 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 of you off putting this on your lapel would have meant serious risk regardless of whether you are veteran or not. 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 rights nazi salutes hurling rocks and some of the arms that is how devolved marked made the ninth you know here in this picture i am my brother's and my for the liberation of this land from the fascists but these people here did not let me come inside the century to lay flowers and he's great this is

a disgrace. 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 necks three banner. i spent thirteen years in detention in siberia my two brothers were killed. something like this had happened in a new country. their heroes are people regarded worldwide business and collaborators replica shirts with the founders of the one nine hundred forty s. insurgent army step on monday in the mountains here which are a big hit here. there are seen as freedom fighters even though for a while before alongside 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 in cairo. as we're seeing in case you crane where. to commemorate a has been elevated to status of a hero older it appeared to be an anti russian protest but really it was

a protest of the. ukrainian society in this case has to deal with and this is only part of the wider picture the perception of the class is making waves in other former soviet states namely as as marches and glorifying nots allegiance in the baltic states such as largely and the story here the danger is that people begin to forget what we fought for what veterans died for as we are seeing the reemergence of foreign forces and national forces really in many sense resemble exactly those who merge with hitler in the one hundred thirty such behavior is the only applies to the minority most people in this country still celebrate history with proper respect but the army seems and should definitely alert you crazy meter shit especially after demands for a revolution while clearly voiced by the end with more. reporting from divorce in western ukraine a german court has sentenced to ninety one year old man to five years for nazi war

crimes in the camp john guinee i knew was found guilty of murder of most thirty thousand jews during world war two by serving as a guard in a polish concentration camp is a case was opened over thirty years ago and israel even sentenced him to death but later cancelled the verdict on your kid says he was a victim of an artist who captured him as a soviet soldier and held him prisoner the man has currently been taken to a nursing facility while he appeals his conviction. in finnish a journalist believed to be. the organizer of an internet mouthpiece for russia's most wanted terrorist has walked free but the trial of mikhail stewart had nothing to do with is it possible links to terrorism he was accused of smuggling the chechens into finland which officials later called a humanitarian action human rights activists believe authorities turned a blind eye to sources like they believe because he has high profile supporters a website which he set up and sponsors regularly areas the views of the wanted

terrorist. when he finished pastor you harm already spoke out against the side he was immediately detained and the frog. who was passed really said defender told our glucose shows that there is a pro terror game at play in finland. the whole process against me close to show in finland was show trial. the prosecutor didn't want to sentence him of a they want to talk only to give some kind of justification for him 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 very strong political support in finland but he's

a he's a giving political space for islamist extremism in the north and nordic countries in northern europe. a day of violence in the middle east has seen israeli troops of fire on protesters along three hostile borders as demonstrators attempted to cross into the country prime minister netanyahu said he hopes calm would return but warned the country is determined to protect its territorial integrity. sixteen people were killed when troops opened fire near the lebanese syrian and gaza borders but clashes broke out on that night but day that marks the anniversary of the founding of the jewish state when many palestinians lost their homes security officials said they sustained injuries as well tear gas and rubber bullets were used in an attempt to start the protesters crossing into israel analyst and writer stephen that london says such actions will not serve that was really image abroad. his never self defense where israel and terror acts peaceful protesters these were

peaceful protesters but this is special this is merely one christmas period no per day commemoration. namely tens of thousands have joy in a commemorative year this theory is specially on the syrian point where when these borders were lebanon was especially your magic here you were from fifty to one hundred thousand people maybe more keen to the eeriest hundreds of buses brought them near this is near it happened before same thing outwardly in syria he came to the go all out right corner syrian territory is made up the bible is real since nine hundred sixty seven million thousands of people protesting peacefully israel attacked them violently the whole world is watching and this is seen a real thesis of israel attacking peaceful protesters. now let's have

a look at some more international news making the headlines this hour. the u.s. has opened a massive flood gates in louisiana to avert inundation in cities along the mississippi thousands of square miles of land will be engulfed in the flow this is the first time in four decades the level of the river has forced the floodgates to be opened officials say twenty five thousand people and more than ten thousand buildings could be adversely affected. at least six passengers have been killed after a bus was hit by a roadside bomb near a garrison town in eastern pakistan twenty others were wounded it is the second major attack in pakistan this week on friday twin blasts targeted a paramilitary base killing almost one hundred taliban official said the bombing was to avenge the death of osama bin laden. the operator of japan's quake hit fukushima nuclear plant has agreed to cut costs and allow an investigation in return for government help without with paying out compensation paralyzed facility

has been leaking radiation into the sea for over two months now professor robert jacobs from the hiroshima peace institute says we still don't know the full extent of the damage there. affairs are much more serious and we were told earlier this plant has been in meltdown for a while we were not told that for a long time probably because tepco did not even realize it for a long time even though it releases of radiation certainly implying to many people and many people did say that first week that the plants were melting down so. it definitely is a much more serious situation then we have been will lead to believe there's very good reason to believe that there is much more serious situation going on in reactor number two and reactor number three and also in the spent fuel pool in reactor number four i have a rule of thumb that i tend to go by which is that anything that is publicly stated is probably around ten to twenty percent of what's true so it would take us it

would take us probably years to know the extent of the contamination and the extent of the fuel melting. robert jacobs there speaking from her she by japan now i will be back with a recap of the headlines after a short break. as

my name is daniel smith this is julian assange we're here to make a short presentation of all the we can fix projects from the first day in the fourth of the day is to get information out about the real world. to him war on syria and on. the. secrecy because we're going to be a democracy. if i ever put in the source of this from danger he would hunt me down and kill him. this is exactly one of the reasons why we left the project because it has become a war of all of this all of the claims. then all the actual information. but thank you. the whole the people around the mole.