some stupid. stunts on t.v. . russia urges the un security council to help end of the violence suppression of anti-government protests in syria. in libya rebels surrounded one of the last remaining strongholds east of tripoli with reports of one of the most sons being killed in the area. and other top stories of the week hundreds of thousands of israelis take to the city streets across the country demanding the government improve living standards rather than spending money on settlements and the military . goes a blaze of color with fireworks and a record breaking laser shows as the russian capital celebrates its eight hundred sixty fourth birthday.

top stories of of the past week and this is r.t. good to have you with us let's take a look at those top stories right now. and the u.n. most powerful body should demand an end to the violence in syria and move all parties into dialogue that's russia's view by the foreign minister during a meeting with his brazilian counterpart on sunday. we strongly believe it's unacceptable to instigate the syrian opposition to continue boycotting suggestions to start a dialogue this is a call for it peter believe in scenario the brics nations will not allow this to happen beyond security council will not tolerate how its reason lucian's are being implemented. russia has sharply criticized the latest e.u. sanctions against syria calling them harmful and ineffective in solving the crisis imposing an oil embargo and warned of further steps to force president assad to end

of the five month crackdown on protesters and u.n. claims more than two thousand people have died since the anti-government demonstrations began in march but some including the syrian government say the report about the conflict are the reports about the conflict are far from reality actually is among the few international journalists here and here's what she found . mass murder tearing catastrophe a country on the brink of a revolution this is what you see every time syria pops up in the headlines but what is really happening in a country where hardly any foreign journalists are present there's even been the implication that some of the images we're being shown have been digitally manipulated and there have been reports available online that you can watch of the footage that was taken in bahrain and said to be taken in hama and it's showing the same footage and on different stations with different backgrounds digitally drugged and so there are some very strange things that are going on right now an example of such manipulation is the piece of palestinian refugees in the coastal city of

latakia the stadium in the dock you became the center of the controversy when according to various reports anywhere from several hundred to several thousand people were gathered here most of those people were palestinian refugees who came from the palestinian refugee camp in the sunni quarter of the talk you're now according to the opposition forces and to some of the palestinians when they got to the stadium their i.d.'s were taken away their cell phones were also taken away and they really prepared for the worst because you have to realize that herding large numbers of people into stadiums carries them with all but very macabre macabre association especially in this particular region so the ankle sprain has developed sort of a practice of hurting people in stadiums and then i don't. execute we went to the part of the city which supposedly came under fire from warplanes and navy ships in support for the refugees to find out what happened. some people walking around the neighborhood yelling there will be shelling from city soon and everyone has to get

out i didn't go anywhere just stayed in my house i can see the bay from my window and there was nothing there aside from the usual patrol boats still gunfire did break out between the army and unknown gunmen so some five thousand palestinians left their homes fearing for their lives. we wanted to leave so that our kids wouldn't hear the gunshots we hear in our house and when there was a break in the fighting we went to the stadium we stayed there for three days then came back. so did two thousand refugees only to realize there was no air and navy attack taking place on the city. like we were lying to. the syrian authorities have long been insisting armed groups are behind the unrest in syria and it's them who starts shooting first during the history prompting bloodshed those statements are all but ignored by the media that syria is fighting

a media war and it's losing experiment that the syrian government might have realised its mistake of banishing foreign journalists from the country in the media law has overturned that ban but there is no guarantee it will go a long way towards changing series image as portrayed on major networks in those quiet sea syria. in libya the interim leadership claims colonel gadhafi is youngest son who commanded elite military brigade was killed in the past week he was reportedly has been buried in walid bani walid excuse me a loyalist stronghold one hundred fifty kilometers east of tripoli the town is now surrounded by rebels who are set to begin a final assault it comes after revolutionary leaders said on sunday negotiations over a peaceful handover of the town have failed or he's very official reports from tripoli . believe ali is the name for the tried populate in this area one of the biggest li bin tribes and staunch in the devotion to the embattled colonel it's played

a prominent role during the current uprising he libya since the beginning of the bands here in february people from these tribes have been fighting against the rebels all across libya pulling tears from this area have been dying for gadhafi in this rather things bragger and in other cities they've been all the time ardently supporting the colonel who has provided them with the past weaponry in the past and actually because he himself as well as his sons of time he thought to hide in that area that's why many here on the ground are saying that if the rubbles managed to take the stronghold that was officially mean the end of the colonel and the regime's for the national transitional council have recently repeatedly been claiming the street police say to police now security but the rebel theories are coming here from benghazi soon but so far we haven't seen is find of them here in live in capitals the situation here is very complicated the streets and literally

all the armed rebel fighters with actually a clear agenda of the interior minister has recently claims that the national transitional council will soon try to bring these people under their control but as we can see here they're not quite successful so far here's my report about that. my hummer is a libyan rebel he got a bullet in his ankle fighting against gadhafi soldiers inside tripoli but with a shot coming from his own side which. i didn't even notice until my friend told me that my foot was bleeding he pulled the trigger by mistake he was himself. this is a reality of today's leave here for when the rubble stray off and march from the country tons of conduct is captured weapons have fallen into the hands of nonprofessional fighters one of the biggest stories was discovered at the top security prison in southern tripoli where inmates were released after nato bombed

the area of the dude was the father of three young boys refuses to appear on camera still fearing revenge from khadafi loyalists he was among the first at the scene to help destroy the arsenal. they don't want well i'm still haunted by hundreds of my songs on the youngsters and concerned we're all going to be growing with battles this is a very dangerous thing it's not a toy but with the country it was with arms it looks like livin kids have already developed a fascination for the weapons of war. when i go out and have a real one and will go back to guys like it's nothing in your thirty's save of gathering up weapons through mosques i hope police are back on the streets the young gunman demonstrate their readiness to. will give it back to them as soon as they ask a system which many here are afraid but this addiction may have

a painful withdrawal and the gun has become one of the symbols of the libyan rebels and freedom for a new country though people want more peaceful symbols of fear but albeit is it for many to lay down their arms when the guard has played such a prominent role throughout libya's volatile history. or even osha azzi fatefully libya and it has been just two weeks a sense tripoli fell to the rebel forces but the interim government is already being criticized by its own allies a key a rebel military commanders calling on the leaders of the national transitional council to resign for being x. khadafi loyalists political satirist ted rall sees a new civil war brewing i have some sympathy for. the lobby and his call to get rid of all the former regime figures i mean it's not much of a revolution if you have former officials from the ex from the government this is just beyond. certainly you would see any kind of division like that uses in

a scenario where revolution is not fully realized and that seems to be the situation with him any kind of revolutionary movement is an alliance of convenience but in the end are you end up with shah masood in afghanistan once said in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the war against the soviets first we kill the russians and it's retail each other in libya they go to deal with it we kill the kid out the regime and now they're going to kill each other and still to come this hour. a grain of turns up the heat and it's a gas rally with russia threatening court action over prices plus. the international war crimes tribunal turns to r.t. for a copy of an interview with a genocide suspect iraq and what it will hear made a serious accusations against your peacekeepers in the ninety's balkans conflict. on to israel now where hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across the country in what has been called the biggest anti-government rally in the

history of a state where protesters are demanding social reforms calling on the government to lower the excessive costs of living parties a policy there was in tel aviv before us covering the latest developments. it is the climax of nearly two months of social protests here in israel the launches that this country has ever seen now for weeks organizers have been dropping a million man march they were really hoping that a million people would turn out on the streets of israel though we're hearing figures of some three hundred and fifty thousand that's three hundred fifty thousand in ten cities where here in tel aviv is the main focal point various speakers as well as artists have been addressing the crowds the rallying call remains that of social justice which people here demanding that the netanyahu government change its focus away from issues of security to issues of social justice the people here saying that it is simply too expensive to live in israel oh oh. oh now one of the new slogan is we're hearing is where you take but there is

a throwback to november the fourth ninety ninety five when the former israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin was assassinated people say where were you then so of course people here are saying where are you now with people really wanting to come to the street and make a change and make a voice is heard and yet instead of concentrating on domestic problems israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been focused on the international stage on september the twenty fifth palestinians will go to the united nations to declare a state and it in yahoo has responded by arming sitters and trying to convince countries not to support the palestinian move instead of listening to the discounted messages at home. equality campaigner you'd oppenheimer told r.t. that the protesters are demanding the government reconsider their priorities and social. security. people demand in first year just even in a kind of political and political tension in even the look. of

the country people are questioning that it is of the government that this is why i know the economy is slowly seen so. much goes for this fuel and so little for the many i think people have seen them in. creates no hope in this function in every government needs to function on the political of. their lives in. the political process the negotiation with the palestinians no more only fear is in perceive beauty and also in the in the economic and social you see if you have them in there trying to tell people that work is all that is what they can get in that's the best they can get in and do nothing in order to put improve their life this is what brings people in the street

into the city they're asking for something years. israel is also facing a rift on the global stage as turkey prepares to challenge the gaza blockade of the international court of justice. a dramatic souring of ties between of the once close allies. has expelled israel's ambassador and cut on the terror ties with the jewish state over its refusal to apologize for last year's gaza flotilla. peacekeepers were killed in the attack the. un report concluded israeli commandos used excessive force when boarding the ship you have stressed the israeli blockade of gaza was legal. filings are not binding and develop take the case to the head a former head of the israeli diplomatic mission to un carr says israel has to make peace with the palestinians before turkey will be. a friend again. is one as lost its closest friend in the region in the last two decades which is

a strong big martic political blow also a strategic blow because the the army's used to train together i think in addition on top of the damage to the bilateral relations we have to see if there will be a spillover to egypt in jordan i think this is the olympics we pickle issues if the question is about these welly politicians the only thing they can do in the near future is improving their relations with the palestinians sitting again and trying to reach an agreement i think the issue of the israeli palestinian relations will be the critical issue also regarding their relations with turkey i don't think that by literally something could be done though i don't think it's too late to apologize so i think by literally very little could be done things have to move regionally. ukraine's grumbling over its gas bill again with around over the agreed

price with russia threatening to end up in court care was having trouble paying but won't merge its nationalized energy firm with russia's gas plant to bring costs down the kremlin insists the contract cannot be revised unilaterally and will stand its ground but he's a likely are shouting reports. very harsh words are coming from both sides right now the ukrainian president between the court which is saying that his country is being humiliated in the course of negotiations over the gas price and also says that the ukraine might take this whole negotiation process into international court in stockholm to try to have the two thousand and nine gas deals revised position is that it is ready to accept any legal action because it is completely confident that justice is on its side and it's ready to fight on in court should this happen saying that until a proper commercial offer comes in the price will stay the same and the

negotiations will continue no the essence of this dispute this time is that ukraine has been very much unhappy with the price is staying for the russian gas and right now pays up to four hundred u.s. dollars which is a market price for one thousand cubic meters of gas and it wants a lower price once a discount at the same time mosco says that any commercial offer would justify the discount something like should that be there or merger of the ukrainian gas monopolist not to gas with the russian gas giant gazprom or purchase by most of the transportation gas transportation system in ukraine this harsh stance voiced by ukraine sent shock waves across europe many have been worried whether they would be another gas were another disruption of supplies of g.d.p. and continent but the russian energy minister said that something like what happened in two thousand and nine will not happen this time that there is still enough time to find a proper compromise solution besides russia is no longer so strongly dependent on the gas transportation system in ukraine to deliver its gas supplies to europe we

know that several new pipelines are being built i right now the north stream pipeline is due to be completed pretty much soon the south stream pipeline will also be available in the next few years so be cast war of two thousand and i will not repeat again even if there will be serious gas conflict and possible suspension of supply street. rain coming in the next several months or maybe starting next year. and we ask your opinion on how the gas dispute between russia and ukraine will end on our website at r.t. dot com as of right now it is a fairly evenly spread but the majority say the dispute will be over after the two countries are the biggest gas corporations merging about a quarter of you think ukraine will not get a price cut from russia and will pay the parker price for gas just over twenty percent of you say europe pulled once again to be hit by a gas crisis the rest believe ukraine is grumbling over its gas bill it will make russia lower the price. and still this hour putting pressure on the practice.

of british police so flex their muscles out of the media telling news groups they have a responsibility to hand over live footage of looters to help make arrests of. moscow's been celebration central the sunday red square has been marching to a massive military tattoo drawing hundreds of armed forces performers from around the world who've been showing off their skills the russian capital has also been wrapping up its eight hundred sixty fourth birthday with a stunning light show but he's no telling overcover is following the festivities. the celebration sofa moscow's eight hundred sixty fourth anniversary i have and it's but they're magnificent laser show project says outside most estates he received all this university in russia he said to make it stick in his book records and hosting the celebrations and moscow's side with the last day hold this trust festival an annual festival of military officers from the around the world that

takes place on red square central square miscue huge response from the police gathered here staging great alongside each other and the famous sinn fein seeing your dream it is now become of the headliner all of it and you are banned for the third time in a row for the third time she opens this so she makes sense very bright sounds very loud so our performance surely amazing up it's easy for thousands of viewers must watch and guests on to see more supporting the troops from their own countries to see it with their own eyes but if you have missed it you can always watch it's on our website our party has been following all the five days for this military orchestras raids here in central russia of course it's a great it's a happy peaceful and beautiful occasion when bands gather with a purpose music making. british police have been putting pressure on journalists

this week to hand over footage of last month's riots in order to identify looters in action but media organizations are resisting of the requests to avoid being seen as evidence of down there through the authorities police forces across the country approach media groups urging them to voluntarily hand over all footage used or unused scotland yard said it would a pain a court order to force disclosure of the material if necessary for the sake of the journalists twenty gosling says of the police who run the risk of compromising fundamental press freedom. i was very disappointed to see that david cameron in the i'm a. it's a debate about the riots was actually saying and i quote the media has a responsibility to hand over pictures and i think this is absolutely appalling thing to say that's the sort of thing you would expect in a police state where the police can go down to the independent broadcasters and just demand footage demand details of people who've been taking film this kind of thing then go around potentially raid their homes too so i don't know where they

become is coming from on this as far as i know we live in a liberal democracy and we've got a free and independent press the other thing is ultimately what's going to happen in a demonstration situation if you're going to have the crown turning a journalist they will come even possibly camera people thinking and if this goes through quite rightly in this case thinking that these people are actually this they're filming evidence for the police and this is absolutely unacceptable situation police and the media are trying to do a similar thing in certain circumstances thinking when a crime has just taken place very important both of them are doing it independently they have got thirty thousand they told us hours of c.c.t.v. footage to go through and it seems to me that maybe they're getting a bit bored with doing that and they're actually trying to actually co-opt the press in britain to be evidence gatherers for the police and that would be a horrendous thing if it ever takes place and for more on what we're covering here at r t you can get it all on our website let's take you through what else is lined

up to dot com. we hear from an award winning serbian film director about his plans to go to traditional russian village in an ethnic settlement in. tapping into their own oil supply the people of a small town in georgia who were sharp divide your pouring into their homes. now let's bring you some of today's world news. the former head of the international monetary fund dominic strauss kahn returned to france on sunday after a sexual assault charges were dropped against him in the us he was arrested in new york in may after a hotel maid accused him of attempted rape trials khan was put under house arrest but later the case against him was dismissed by a judge as well as having to quit the i.m.f. he faces another sexual assault allegation in france by novelist tristan bent on. iran's first nuclear power plant is now putting electricity into the country's

national grid work on the bush era facility began in the one nine hundred seventy s. but construction stalled until the ninety's when russia sent specialists to complete it both countries have agreed to that spent atomic fuel from the plant will be sent to russia to reduce western concerns that iran could use the materials to build nuclear arms. tropical storm lee has reached landfall in louisiana in the southern u.s. there is a state of emergency in the region as well as coastal parts of mississippi where evacuations are taking place up to fifty centimeters of rain are expected over the next few days in louisiana including new orleans which is still haunted by the katrina flood disaster of two thousand and five the gale comes at less than a week after hurricane irene killed more than forty people in the u.s. . the u.n. war crimes tribunal has missed a key piece of evidence in the trial against balkans war suspect. it has asked r.t. for a copy of an archive interview with the former bosnian serb general which aired just

a few weeks ago on this channel it was recorded shortly after the chevron it's a massacre in one thousand nine hundred five for thousands of muslim men and boys were killed it shows making serious allegations against un peacekeepers in bosnia artes and he said now reports. well it was an archive never before seen video footage of that interview before our chief published it summit two weeks ago very serious claims there and really that's what makes it so shocking that the tribunals missed this what could be very important evidence in the trial archie of course will fully cooperate and hand over that video footage to help with the ongoing proceedings in the hague i just want to give you an idea of what exactly was said in that interview one of the strongest statements as we see it and i'm quoting here is instead of disarming the muslim formations as they had committed themselves to doing the united nations forces trying go safe areas into terrorist and fundamentalist bases where our villages and towns were attacked now malott it

also goes on to say that he believes the un was smuggling weapons into demilitarized zone so you can see the severity of these claims and how they could possibly be very important evidence again shocking really that the hague tribunals missed this stuff first off because it was filmed in one thousand nine hundred five just after the serbian it's a massacre which is one of the atrocities that melodic shiz is being accused of why he's standing trial in the first place and second of all it was filmed by a western t.v. station is available in the bosnian archive so very surprising that this video footage which could certainly be a very important moments and very important material in the trial was missed by the tribunals and its eighteen years of existence to try to you know has faced harsh criticism about it being biased its fiercest critics go on to say that it's a political show not a court of law and this is going to not weaken those claims and by this i mean of course this latest news that to try to you know missed what could be very important

evidence and part of the fact the reason i should say and what these critics base their facts on is that seventy percent of the indictments that the court has issued have all been against serbs and when you look at. who has been tried over the past almost two decades you can say when you look at the serb side in the other non serb generals or officials that have been tried a lot of them have been given much lesser sentences find some of them have even been acquitted and again this latest if you will missing of evidence by the tripe you know is not going to help in criticism that the hague is in fact biased. and that was what he's and he said now you're reporting for us now that interview with a rock commodity is online in our in full on our website r g dot com as well as our you tube channel you tube dot com slash r.t. i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in just a few minutes. the

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