we strongly believe it's unacceptable to instigate the syrian opposition to continue boycotting suggestions to start a dialogue this is a call for a pizza villepin scenario the brics nations will not allow this to happen the un security council will not tolerate how its resolutions are being implemented russia has sharply criticized the latest new sanctions against syria calling them harmful and ineffective in solving the crisis europe's imposing an oil embargo and warned of further steps to force president assad to end the five month crackdown on protesters u.n. claims that more than two thousand people have died since the anti-government demonstrations began in march but some including the syrian government say that the reports about the conflict are far from reality. among the few international journalists they actually 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 nipple manipulated and there have been reports about that are available online that you can watch of 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 drugging so there are some very strange things that are going on right now an example of such manipulation is the case of palestinian refugees in the coastal city of latakia the stadium in the dark it 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 latakia 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 somewhat of a very macabre macabre association especially in this particular region so the uncle saying has developed sort of a practice of hurting people in stadiums and then and then committing mass executions we went to the part of the city which supposedly came under fire from warplanes and navy ships in spoke to the refugees to find out what happened. some people walking around the neighborhood yelling there will be shelling from sea 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 in 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 hid 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. and so did two thousand refugees only to realize there was no air and navy attack taking place on the city. we felt like we were lined to the heart of the. syrian authorities have long been insisting armed groups are behind the unrest in syria and it's them who starts shooting courage during the history prompting bloodshed those statements are all but ignored by the media. having syria is fighting in media war and its news in. the syrian government might have realized its mistake of banishing foreign journalists from the country in the media law has overturned that but there is no guarantee it will go a long way towards changing series image as portrayed on major networks in those. syria. in a libya the interim leadership claims colonel gadhafi has youngest son who commanded an elite military brigade was killed in the past week. has reportedly been buried

in bani walid 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 failed artie's may if the national reports from tripoli . bennett is the name for the tribe 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 events here in february people from these tribes have been fighting against the rebels all across libya volunteers from this area have been dying for khadafy in misrata things bragger and in other cities they've been all the time ardently supporting the colonel who's provided them with the past weaponry in the past and actually khadafi himself as well as his sons tommy thought to hide in that area and

that's why many here on the ground are saying that if the rubbles managed to take this stronghold that was officially mean at the end of the colonel and the regimes for the national transitional council have recently repeatedly been claiming that police safe tripoli is now secure and the rebels there is coming here from and guises soon but so far we haven't seen is find of them here if you live in capitals the situation here is very complicated the streets are literally all the armed rebel fighters with actually a clear agenda of the interior minister has recently claimed 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 hammer is a libyan rebel he got a bullet in his ankle fighting against gadhafi soldiers in tripoli but with a shot coming from his own side. i didn't even notice until my friend told me that

my foot was bleeding he pulled the trigger by mistake he was so scared himself. this is a reality of today's libya for when the rebels triumphant march through the country tons of gadhafi 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 fear of revenge from gadhafi loyalists he was among the first to seen and helped destroy the arsenal. i don't want weapons drawn into the hands of my sons or the youngsters i'm concerned to our country will be going with goggles this is a very dangerous thing it's not a toy but with the country in a war with arms it looks like libyan kids have already developed

a fascination for the weapons of war but. when i go out i have real life and will kill bad guys like gadhafi then you're thor's you sayville soon start gathering up weapons through mosques and while 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 stone which many here are afraid that this addiction may have a painful withdrawal the gun has become one of the symbols of the libyan rebels and freedom for a new country though people want more peaceful symbols but fear of all being is if for many to lay down their arms when the guard has played such a prominent role throughout libya's volatile history. we're even otieno azzi fatefully libya and it's been just two weeks since tripoli fell to the rebel forces but the interim government is already being criticized by its own allies a key rebel military commander is 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 that has just been deposed certainly not 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 in libya any kind of revolutionary movement is an alliance of convenience but in the end are you end up with what shah masood in afghanistan once said in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the war against the soviets first we kill the russians next we kill each other in libya they can kill their david fifty if we kill the khadafi regime and now they're going to kill each other and still to come at this hour. ukraine turns up

the heat and it's a gas route with russia threatening court action over prices plus. the international war crimes tribunal turns to are to you for a copy of an interview of a genocide suspect iraq a model from where he made a serious accusations against u.n. peacekeepers in that in the ninety's a balkans conflict. to israel now where hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across the country and what is being called the largest anti-government rally in the history of the state the protesters are demanding social reforms calling on the government to lower the excessive costs of living party's policy is in tel aviv for us with the latest developments. it was 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 like the 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 crowd the rallying call remains that of social justice with people here demanding that the netanyahu government change its focus away from issues of security to issues of social justice that people here are saying that it is simply too expensive to live in israel oh ok now one of the new slogans we're hearing is where were you the pain but that is a throwback to november the fourth nine hundred 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 their voices 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 that in yahoo has responded by arming settlers and trying to convince

countries not to support the palestinian move instead of listening to the discounted messages at home israel is also facing a rift on the global stage as turkey prepares to challenge the gaza blockade of the international court of justice that comes amid a dramatic souring of ties between the once close allies car has expelled israel's ambassador and cut all military ties with the jewish state over its refusal to apologize for last year's gaza of flotilla raid nine turkish peacekeepers were killed in the attack the recently lead to un report noted that israeli commandos used excessive force when boarding the ship stressed the israeli blockade of gaza was illegal. that the findings are not binding and they will take the case to israeli foreign policy dr nimrod goren says losing such an important ally as turkey gives a serious blow to tel aviv. this is exactly the situation that their ongoing negotiations of the past month between israel and turkey with american mediation it tried to

avoid and unfortunately basically the arab spring presented an opportunity for israel to mend its relations with turkey with turkey moving forwards alliance with syria to more coordination with the us a defect that such an agreement between israel and turkey or if there was a very close with eventually not age is quite a blow to ease their regional foreign policy especially in the mountain which is expecting a very difficult diplomatic development with the us. if you put a state so now with. let's one friend in the region in a very important and muslim country and nato member an e.u. applicant very important regional player that is now in last four years that for quite some time ukraine's a grumbling over the gas bill again with a raul over the agreed price with russia threatening to end up in court. having trouble paying them but won't merge its nationalized energy firm with russia's gas

problem to bring costs down the kremlin insists the contract cannot be revised unilaterally and will stand its ground. reports. very harsh words are coming from both sides and right now the ukrainian president viktor yanukovych 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 moscow's 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 it is paying for the russian gas and right now it plays 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 a marriage of the ukrainian gas canopus nafta gas with the russian gas giant gazprom or a purchase by moscow of the transport gas transportation system in ukraine this harsh stance voiced by ukraine sent shock waves across europe many have been worried whether there would be another gas were another disruption of supplies into the reaping 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 by plan is due to be completed pretty much soon the south stream by blind will also be available in the next few years so the gas war of two thousand and i will not

repeat again even if there will be serious gas conflict and possible suspension of supplies to grow. coming in the next several months or maybe starting next year. putting there from kiev now we ask you your opinion on how the gas dispute between russia and ukraine will. fairly evenly spread but the majority say the dispute will be over after the two countries biggest corporations emerge about a quarter of you think ukraine will not get. paid the market price for gas just over twenty percent of you say europe. gas prices all the rest believe ukraine's grumbling over its gas bills will make russia lower the. putting pressure on the. british police flexing their muscles at the media telling news groups that they have a responsibility to hand over footage of looters to help make arrests. moscow's

been celebration central the sunday red squares been marching to a massive military tattoo drawing hundreds of forces performers from around the world who have been showing off their skills the russian capital's also been wrapping up its eight hundred sixty fourth birthday with a stunning light show. following the festivities. the celebration sofa moscow's eight hundred sixty fourth anniversary i have and that's since laser show project. state university the oldest university in russia is set to make it to the guinness book of records and also the celebrations in moscow sided with the last day of this. festival and festival organizers from around the world that takes place on the red square in central square looks to music from the t.t.c. gathered here today to grade alongside each other the famous simply sing your dream

if you are the headliner at it in the search. for the third time she opens this. rights council very loud for our performance he said sure amazing up it's easy for thousands of viewers guests on to see who are supporting the troops and they own countries to seek their own but if you have missed it you can always watch it's on our website. has been for five days. three orchestras parades. in central russia of course it's a grades a happy peaceful and beautiful occasion when bands gather for the purpose of music making. italy and greece are once again facing dire warnings about the state of their finances the european central bank says roman needs to stick to its forty five billion euro austerity plan to avoid collapse while greece has two weeks to implement structural economic reforms or it could

lose all benefits of the second bailout but experts say it's too late and the greek economy is effectively going down the drain. the cat is out of the bag and to be quite honest the statement is quite close to a simple statement of the facts greece cannot split to believe repay its debt under under current circumstances the growth isn't there the debt is far too big and the simply no earthly way is going to be able to repay this debt on any plausible time scale certainly not by twenty twelve which was the original kind of hope of the other european nations the divisions that are in place right the way across europe now with countries completely unable really to agree on any kind of way forward out of this mess other than the essentially tried and tested and tried and failed methods they've heard last year which essentially is give a bit of a bailout to certain countries then impose austerity measures we've got to bear in mind that this bailout isn't really about helping the greek economy and certainly not the people of greece who suffered under austerity now for eighteen months of

the most dreadful kind huge cuts in public spending in services and people's wages rising unemployment and no real prospects for the future that's what the bailouts really were always about trying to support european financial system rather than supporting say the greek economy we are certainly i think in the early stages of disintegration of the euro the deep rooted structural problems inside the euro system the imbalances that built up for the last ten years so i'd be surprised to see the euro continuing in its present form given the situation we're in at the moment. 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 the requests to avoid being seen as evidence gatherers for the authorities police forces across the country approached media groups urging them to voluntarily leave off footage used or unused but scotland yard said it would obtain a court order to force disclosure of the material if necessary investigative

journalist tony gosling says the police run the risk of compromising a fundamental freedom of the press. i was very disappointed to see that david cameron in the emergency 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 and raid their homes too so i don't know where david camm 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 crowd turning on the journalist they will come even possibly lynch 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 an absolutely unacceptable situation police in the media are trying to do a similar thing in certain circumstances particular in a crime has just taken place and it's very important that both of them are doing it independently they have got thirty thousand they've 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. for more on what we are covering here at our t.v. couldn't get it all on our website let's take you through what else is lined up at our. we hear from an award winning serbian film director about his plans to build a traditional russian village in an ethnic settlement. tapping into their own oil supply the people of a small town in georgia who were shocked to find fuel pouring into their homes.

now let's bring you some more of today's world news. the former head of the international monetary fund dominique strauss kahn returned to france on sunday after a sex assault charges were dropped against him in the u.s. he was arrested in new york in may after a hotel maid accused him of attempted rape. 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 a novelist ban 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 one nine hundred ninety s. when russia sent specialists to complete it both countries have agreed 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 a 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 in two thousand and five the gale comes 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 a war suspect. it's asked 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 massacre in one thousand nine hundred five where thousands of muslim men and boys were killed it shows making serious allegations against u.n. peacekeepers in bosnia parties and he's now reports. what was an archive never before seen video footage of that interview before r t published it some 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 r.c. 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 turned those safe areas into terrorists and fundamentalists bases there where our villages and towns were attacked now malott it also goes on to say that he believes the u.n. was smuggling weapons into demilitarized zone so you can see the severity of these claims and how they could possibly be very important evidence and again shocking really that the hague tribunals missed this type of 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 it's eighteen years of existence the tribunal has faced harsh criticism about it being biased it's fierce his 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 the tribe 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 is been tried over the past almost two decades you could say when you look at the serbs side in that other non

serb generals or officials that have been tried a lot of them have been given much lesser sentences and some of them have even been acquitted and again this latest if you will missing of evidence by the tribunals is not going to help in criticism that the hague is in fact biased in that interview with russia commodities online in full on our website r.t. dot com as well as our you tube channel you tube dot com slash our team and i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in just a few minutes. culture

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anti-government protests in syria has called. resolving the conflict. in libya rebels and surrounded one of the last remaining strongholds east of tripoli with reports of one of the colonel's sons being killed in the area meanwhile time for the pro-government loyalists to surrender with opposition leaders saying negotiations have failed coup and other top stories of the week hundreds of thousands of israelis take to the streets across the country demanding the government improve living standards rather spending money on settlements and the military to protest. rallies in the history of the jewish state . moscow's a blaze of color with fireworks and a record breaking laser show as the russian capital celebrates its paid hundred sixty fourth birthday.