week's top stories here on r.g.p. other deadly repression of demonstrators continues in syria despite government promises to end the violence while the u.s. looks ready to condemn president assad as diligent. washout in washington for libyan rebel long boys as they depart john good will now that recognition and the promise of financial aid from gadhafi frozen assets. and the head of the international monetary fund is charged with sexual assault in new york after allegedly attacking a hotel maid. and in russia nationwide military displays march sixty six years since the defeat of nazi germany but similar commemorations in ukraine were

marred by nationalists attacking veterans. bringing you the top news and headlines from around the world this is r.t. now let's take a look at a recap of the week's top stories thousands are fleeing syria where violence is raging despite the government's promise of a dialogue with the opposition international pressure is mounting on syria over a brutal crackdowns on anti-government protesters with some eight hundred killed and more than a thousand arrested in two months meanwhile the e.u. and us have been close to sanctions on the country washington is even said to be considering declaring president assad's eleven year rule unlawful and as artie's very much as you can count it so many believe the u.s. is laying the foundations for drastic action against the regime. 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 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 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 it would open the door. true various steps taken to

remove that government but the south proclaimed position of the us as the world's policeman and judge of which government is legitimate or not doesn't sit well with everyone. else now against the. american president. in government generator not. even some of the us 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 world 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 us 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. of u.s. foreign policy or power and after an hour we're out of

a place. in the middle you with a. story. of how he rose. you cross your country and your time. america's self-proclaimed humanitarian involvement has led it to take sides in the libyan civil war the u.s. has pledged extensive support for the rebels newly released week you leaks cables show that 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 the u.s. sees the opportunity of putting in a friendly pro-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 of the 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 reason say some to go after us aren't 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 role of world policeman not based on its inherent altruism rather out of 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 shift our reporting from washington. the head of of britain's armed forces says nato must intensify its military campaign in libya with direct attacks

against targets supporting colonel gadhafi regime it comes just days after reports that eleven muslim clerics have been killed in strikes by the alliance anti-war 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 civil targets we've heard from a u.n. agency expressing 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

rule is trampling on 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 is 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 selection. this week the u.s. dash the hopes of the libyan rebels for official recognition the white house broke the news that 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 and it's not the only excuse me it's not only the opposition it's feeling the cost of this war 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 air strikes to enforce the no fly zone it's six f.

sixteen fighter planes are racking up a hefty bill of thirteen and a half million dollars a month we were anticipating a number that was considered a door opened out we aren't that many nations that is using fighter planes. let's take us for example they're using drones they have had tomahawk missiles but i don't have any fundamental. denmark dropped one hundred twenty six percent bombs in the first fortnight of the campaign for 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 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 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 gadhafi 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 withdrawing its support it says nato has gone beyond its mandate by taking sides in a civil war now the party fears 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 priscilla's the coming election. and also that this 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 shows when push comes to shove the country's more than willing to join america whatever the cost i've been it's artsy copenhagen looking now at what else is ahead for you this hour storming the us. would be an n.p.c. voting for the permanent seat of the security council but their hopes are shared by all. also find out by the finish of the what he's believed to be the man behind the 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 so many 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 gerald solent 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 roger ailes frauds press has reported that it has made these dumb dirty tricks from his political rivalry and we hear a stark hosey of course say that this is very humiliating 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 an economic world power and china will be taking over so he has

a lot of enemies here. the growing number of refugees fleeing the unrest in the arab world is creating a rift between the e.u. members some are calling to temporarily or even permanently tighten borders between states and to bring back passport checks and as our visa daniel bushell reports european unity could be on the brink of collapse. the dream of european integration goes off the rails in a pit 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 of which the e.u. used visa free regime lies with us shawn kind of neutral 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 patrol say they're on the strings but fellow member states argue they shouldn't have to pay for italy's mistakes we had one table of the five that the tell us just in the sea with people coming from outside and not not able to fix the problem we are not criminals terrorists mad men we don't want them here has protested to the french embassy for quote voile asian of european principles france counts as 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 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 as i live 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 lords of their own hands on wednesday denmark reintroduced border controls for people coming. of the e.u. states build your home of the e.u. headquarters is no cooling for the same thing that. called immigrants to give back to each other this is not possible isn't possible for the people in question that it's not possible to. ask for more internal border control growing numbers in the union's biggest country which pulled the chicks to germany post possible restrictions in terms of freedom of travel and this is really something that many people are concerned of lesions in the e.u. invasion with the restrictions on work and benefits for citizens from central and

east european states which join the union in two thousand and four were lifted on the first of may be people still followed to the u.k. attracts people from the countries that have 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 a 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 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. altie brussels and earlier this week european m.p.'s decided to request their own permanent seat at the un 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 state which already have a seat on the council like britain and france the u.k. said it will not give up its own place of the body for the sake of what a united europe there i mean trials turn against britain will fight defend its you and inform. there's no way that the british government or the british conservative delegation and i speak for the conservatives in the european powers 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 an e.u. seat because at the end of the day the common 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 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 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 really can't see any traction for the u.k. government to want to do so. involve the stories we're covering here on our website regular updates and eye tracking videos waiting for you at ardsley dot com here's some of what's online. unsigned rulings painting the boss for less than ten thousand euros resells for the million hard to believe one got more information about that on our website. and pushing them to put the pedal to the metal the

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some unlike most of the region on may the ninth this ukrainian city came and this is displayed with neo nazis and. several thousand activists from radical nationalist parties block the entrance to read on the soldiers' cemeteries preventing war veterans from getting inside and playing execute someone this part of ukraine do not see made the nine as a reason to celebrate leaving the soviet period to be worse than enduring nazi occupation and the st george's ribbon is usually worn as a traditional. the nine to commemorate those who died in the great crash or to war but on this day in the western ukrainian capital city of involved putting this on your lapel would have meant serious risk regardless of whether you're a veteran or not. if you like you do i doubt 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 muscovites nazi salutes hurling rocks and small bombs

that is how involved marked made the ninth yeah we're here in this picture i am a greatest and like the liberation of this line from the fascists that these people here did not let me come inside the sentry to lay flowers and he's great this is a disgrace. to such seemed surprised even the little girls who had grown used to protests and victory day these were the scenes from last year when the nationalist wipe their feet on the red victory banner you know. i spent thirteen years in detention in siberia brothers were killed with me could something like this have happened in a new country but. there are heroes are people regarded worldwide as nasa collaborators replica shirts with the founders of the one nine hundred forty s. inserted on the stick in the minds of leverage are a big hit here there are seen as freedom fighters even though for a while before alongside the nazi army and killed civilians jews and russians in

the new some manner how the mainstream political parties deal with these sorts of movements today in cairo. as we've seen in case you crane where. nothing major has. just here over 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 past is making waves in other former soviet states namely as as marches and glorifying nots allegiance in the baltic states such as last year and the store. the danger is that people begin to forget what we fought for what the veterans died for as we are seeing the reemergence of far right forces and nationalist forces but really in many sense resemble exactly those that the merge with hitler in the one hundred thirty such behavior it's the only applies to the minority most people in this country still celebrate history with proper respect for the army seems

a little should definitely alert ukraine's leadership especially after demands for revolution were clearly voiced by the and with more let's see russia the obscene reporting from the fourth in western ukraine a german court has sentenced to ninety one year old man to five years for nazi war crimes in a death camp john demjanjuk was found guilty of helping to murder almost thirty thousand jews during world war two was serving as a guard in a concentration camp in poland his case was opened over thirty years ago and israel even sentenced him to death but later cancelled the verdict in the new consists he was a victim of the nazis who captured him as a soviet soldier and held him prisoner and then has currently been taken to have nursing facility while he appeals his conviction they finish 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 stores has nothing to do with his possible links to terrorism he was accused of smuggling chechens

into finland which officials later called a humanitarian action human rights activists believe authorities are trying a blind eye to school shares of activity because he has high profile supporters website which he set up and sponsors regularly airs the views of the wanted terrorist the doc will not of finnish pastor you how moeller e spoke out against the site he was immediately detained and to defrocked. those pastor maurice defender told r.t. the case shows that there is a pro terror game at play in front. process against me cause to show in finland was show trial the charge of the prosecutor didn't want to sentence him maybe they wanted to only to give some kind of justification for him for the sec t.v. thing as 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 served very strong political support in finland but he's a he's a giving political space for islamists think extremism in the north and nordic countries in northern europe a day of violence in the middle east has seen israeli troops fire on protesters along three hostile borders as demonstrators attempted to cross into the country prime minister netanyahu said he hoped calm would return but wonder the country is determined to protect its territorial integrity sixteen people were killed when troops opened fire near the lebanese syrian and gazan borders the clashes broke out on it not but day that marks the anniversary of the founding of the jewish state when many palestinians lost their homes security official said they sustained injuries as well tear gas and rubber bullets were used in the attempt to stop the

protesters crossing into israel analyst and writer stephen leatherman says such actions will not serve israel immature brah. it is never self-defense we're israel and terrorists peaceful protesters these were peaceful protesters but this is near special this is below i'm christian they're not by the commemoration. me nearly tens of thousands have joined in the commemorating abuse here especially along the syrian and the lebanese borders lebanon was this spiritual leader merrick he we're from fifty to one hundred thousand people maybe more came to the experience hundreds of buses grow them near this is near it happened before same thing in outland syria he came to the golan right color syrian territory busily occupied by israel since nine hundred sixty seven million thousands of people

protesting peacefully israel attacked him but i am a lady the whole world is watching this is seen a real piece 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 official say twenty five thousand people and more than ten thousand buildings will be adversely impacted. at least six passengers have been killed after a bus was hit by a roadside bomb near a garrus in town in eastern pakistan twenty others were wounded it is the second major attack in pakistan this week on friday twin blasts a targeted a paramilitary based killing almost one hundred taliban official said the bombing

was to avenge the death of osama bin laden. and i'll be back with a recap of the headlines after a short break. question is that so much of a taxpayer's money i mean i says every real mystery of what you mean to use the

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