regret for weeks decision saying it may result in more bloodshed and foreign military intervention that as the u.n. security council is set to discuss a new resolution on syria calling for a regime change and warning of further action if damascus road fails to comply russia has opposed the document saying it can be used as a basis to solve the situation on top of this post to get more sanctions against syria as we prefer the pressure on president assad the decision to freeze the observer mission comes after gulf nations with troops arabs or risk leaving people to prepare for the worst as our first now reports. saying they get by and heading hey service from the gulf states leave the airport their mission incomplete leaving behind a country in a deepening crisis is never going to be easy see one of the arab league monitors to stay. i don't want to hear from right from the word gay the missions previous

problematic the opposition accuse dimona to sit being too closely aligned with the government the government's now accused of being part of a foreign conspiracy and they will it just tickle complains to the observers seem to liquid on the ground there were concerns that they were simply too few numbers to undertake such a major task but if things were bad at the beginning now they seem even worse following in saudi arabia's footsteps all the gulf states withdrew their observers off to damascus rejected their recent proposal that included president this sad seat to a deputy and form a unity government was interesting that these cultures is very interested in democracy and the have nothing this is the most interesting this is something funny about. what will have a new constitution we are going to more democratic country two parties are but what about to do or beyond. and the west talked about syria which would be changed and

leave saudi arabia as it has damascus is rejection was no surprise they sides of the conflict of shame equal willingness to soften their stance even though it's been the daily death toll in the country continually rising the killing of the head of the syrian arab red crescent was on the right to damascus yes and no the remind the spiraling situation. of the observers at such a crucial may even to the country's quite serious is seen as clinching the arab league essentially has no credibility on the arab street what the arab league mission is trying to accomplish these goals you know everything is concrete everything some human rights abuses on the part of the also very seem to think so the u.n. and the evidence will be so strong that even russia and china would feel compelled to work but as of now one month after this mission started they seem to know the

monitors things and i know more about what's going on the ground than they did. at the beginning and so it all looks like you know we're going back to square one as the death toll rises earlier proposal being floated to increase the number of observers on the ground and provide them with u.n. training could be a life saving one but for now those plans have been pissed on hold in fact much of the substance of the report that they graded pieces on both sides seems to have been lost in the flurry of diplomatic activity now france and britain have joined forces at the united nations to try to end president assad's rule waving goodbye to the gulf state colleagues some observers remain but it's small consolation syria didn't close the doors in for the arab league i think. it's diplomacy would give anyone to help them but the last decision in the hands of the syrian people not in the hands not of bleakness could go on so it's a gloomy outlook for the. country with little regional or international agreements

a what action should be taken to stop the violence of putting an end to the crisis seem to be slipping further and further as a very. artsy damascus syria a syria simmers so too does libya months after the fall of gadhafi were now an ngo doctors without borders is ending its mission for the year after being made to treat torture victims who are then stand straight back for further interrogation. global markets are bracing themselves ahead of a crunch vote in the iranian parliament as the world's fourth largest group producer threatens to hold world wise to your. u.s. police have used tear gas and flash grenades against some two thousand occupy campaigners in oakland california around one hundred people have been arrested the crowd was trying to seize one of the city's buildings to make it their new have quaters artie's marina portnoy has more. it began around saturday afternoon when

roughly two hundred fifty occupy occupy optimists in oakland california began demonstrating in the streets and as hours passed the crowd grew stronger and stronger up to roughly twenty two thousand people strong ultimately what the goal was for this demonstration is for protesters to take over and the abandoned building where they wanted to create their new headquarters because as our viewers may remember crossed the country in the united states just a few months ago police departments are removed activists from their camps and this was an attempt for oakland optimist to set up a new headquarters but as the crowd grew stronger and larger and then chilly the police in oakland began firing tear gas and flash grenades at the occupy activists

warning to the police they say members of the crowd began throwing things at times at the officers and that is what ultimately triggered this clash between police officers and occupy optimist but as far as we know this is not the first time we've seen a few or squashed between officers and activists in oakland california back in october in late october there was a least three hundred people arrested and a former u.s. marine by the name scott olsen was left in critical condition with a head injury from being struck in the head by a police tear gas can canister and this is something odd that put a lot of criticism on the police department in oakland california they've been criticized for being very harsh with occupy out some have said it's just blatant police brutality get just want to correct what i said at least three hundred people have been arrested in oakland california since since late october not in october.

r.t. has been following the occupy protest in the u.s. since the very beginning so if you want to track the timeline of a man simply log on to our website r.t.e. dot com. and we've been at the epicenter of the movement capturing shocking footage of demonstrations that gulf to us so you can catch all our coverage online also. more than all millionaires pay lower tax rates than millions of middle class households. obama makes his pre-election pitch to americans in the annual state of the union address stressing jobs inequality in a bid to appease growing into corporate sentiment that shortly here on our team. now this week anger over the panning ratification of act a new international line anti-piracy agreement spilled out into the streets of poland internet users say the new law along with similar bills now suspended in the u.s. is a form of censorship and violates human rights here she asked for all the outrage.

at first thousands across poland directed their anger squarely at the notorious anti counterfeit trade agreement the idea of funding. for publishing the dried marked material. is somehow illogical to me it's like punishing the corporation that produces knifes for. being used to kill somebody that will be used to monitor our internet activity i believe that talking through the internet email chatting forums form of self-expression but with every passing rally the protest grew more political the crowds put prime minister government under fire for signing the agreement on thursday most governmental websites were hijacked by the anonymous hacker group i think they are trying to mesmerize us with . the promise is that. the document. says

that we have rights. to. the rights for our own interpretation of the can but that's not possible no is a lot from our government technically act it should be a good thing protecting intellectual property ranging from music to design your bags with the global online community fears corporations will use it to police the web and take regular uses offline for harmless internet behavior it even includes a criminal charge for posting certain links when you have a copyright industry that's talking about extraditing a person who has done nothing but linking to t.v. shows extradition does something useful murder and genocide this is such an abuse of power. thing is time is more than ripe for a serious review of what we want with copyright law and it's certainly not calling out just terrorists it certainly has

a striking resemblance to the much debated soap of the. in the united states which sent even online giants like google and wikipedia to take direct action but the law was only meant to work locally across the atlantic while act would be applied more globally they are not. racial groups and in some countries it needs to be ratified by parliament but not in every country so we have another option so it's open people faired but actor is still an option for many many countries it was too much for one french e.u. deputy quit calling act a charade then came the twitter twist the micro-blogging site saying it can now censor tweets country by country friday is active protests in war so we're expected to gather up to forty thousand people but a sudden big freeze kept many away never the less they intends to rally for several more weeks hoping to urge war sos ruling circles to take

a step back twenty one other member states along with poland signed an actor but it's only here that the decision has caused so much controversy and public dissent the document is yet to be ratified by the country spar laments which certainly leaves the possibility of more protests everywhere across the european continent let's see russia r.t. reporting from poland. and our web site r.t. to comic and trace the wave of public anger over attempts to police the internet from mass demonstrations to hacker warfare. well the need for more jobs more equality while giving praise for america's military for ease abroad the some of president obama's pre-election state of the union speech much of the focus on the three areas of grass was

a vote devoted to the canonic hardships in america a president played on the satisfaction over well with perry and by the by the occupy movement called for the rich to pay equal taxes obama also touted military success in iraq and afghanistan and with us a nation of a salad and the speech is widely seen as a pre-election opportunity for obama to sell his campaign for the public and kerry why a former presidential candidate for the socialist equality party things that no actual change is possible in the u.s. . for forty nine percent of congressmen are multimillionaires the average net worth of a senator is two point five six million dollars and the obama administration since coming in continuing that bailout of wall street cutting the wages of workers is done everything on behalf of wall street and they've ruined warded him by making sure that his campaign has received millions and millions of dollars of his top

officials have been drawn directly from wall street including his last three chief of staff to the white house so this again is a is an indication that this entire political structure it's not just the democrats democrats and republicans are light arthurlie impervious to the needs of the population they are in the pockets of the wealthiest one percent and no fundamental change is possible in america that's outside of a political movement of the working class from below it's in opposition to this entire political and economic order. and in russia the build up to the presidential election has seen new campaign tactics emerge candidates. all unskilled viral using flashy and provocative messages on the internet where anything goes in the fight for votes. playing revolutionary stamina to the task in this week hundreds of thousands of egyptians poor back to top arrear square the iconic

birthplace of the country's uprising but a year on the mood is somber and many egyptians disenchanted today they're demanding the solution of a military council the carrot of absolute power from the post president hosni mubarak this as a gyptian is a vote on the upper house of parliament following lower house elections that saw the dramatic rise of his lot as members of the new government is also busy putting together the country's constitution ahmed badawi executive director of the think tank transform these says the military knows it is time those the time is running out. most egyptians are still weary. supreme council of the armed forces. the trials of the symbols of the old regime. and that is a general. feeling of frustration over the smooth piece of change. from

the from the old regime and some members of the supreme council of the armed forces they would like to describe any formal opposition that's so good people just have a general lack of trust the words authority i believe that the sooner. the better for them they know that the book is. very much aware of this and so far the roadmap has been followed to the letter. meanwhile in libya the national transitional council has reportedly begun amassing forces including truck mounted anti-aircraft cannon near the rest of town of bani walid the true buildup comes after a deadly clashes in the town earlier this week during which government fighters were forced out the unrest mirrors a growing frustration in the country with many people fed up with government incompetence and violent power struggles between former rebels dock there is without borders is also the span of this libya mission over concerns that it's being made to treat interrogation victims allegedly tortured by forces and with

thousands of kid off evil oil is still behind bars there's a growing question over the intentions of the nato backed government i think maria from washington that reports. doctors without borders known for going do their job in the most dangerous and notorious places around the globe but an end to. the group has encountered a formidable political they couldn't overcome burns from electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all these evidence of the continued to churn of prisoners say the doctors and no off the two inmates died from beatings the international group has stopped its mission in protest. patients were brought to us in the middle of interrogation for medical care in order to make them fit for further interrogation this is an acceptable our rule is to provide medical care to war casualties and sick detainees not to repeatedly treat the same patients between

torture sessions the news comes amidst rising anger with levy's interim government demonstrations in benghazi last week ended with the resignation of a high ranking member of the m.t.c. in the former gadhafi stronghold of bani walid locals pushed out there to resist all council forces claiming systematic abuse it started with the very beginning of the rebellion very beginning of the insurrection the second day of the rebellion on eighteenth of february the african migrants were rounded up locked in a detention center and burnt to death and the n.p.c. expressed their support for this time they this is part of the strategy of the west you know divide and rule that was given the green light for the torture and execution that we're seeing now so this is a clear recipe for civil war meanwhile the nato operation that brought them to see to power is by itself raising question is. a high profile international team of human rights activists has been to leave here to

investigate some of make sure that it bears entity of where with that if you go in the friends and there were guiding the air raids and they are acting them and court of dating them if you are mandated. that. it is very very accurate in a way that i myself saw the killing of so many people in front of. our so the killing go fifty one people in front of my eyes was fifteen years old and while all sides and believe in conflict are to blame for violence and violations the human rights activists claim not all of them have been held responsible for their wrongdoing. investigated what happens during libya's seven months civil war and the nato campaign to protect civilians the specter of mission discovered again crimes

against humanity but the goal was not to judge but to shed light on what happened and not to repeat the mistake in recent united nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous accusing shoes of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning. are fading quickly. lawmakers in tehran are set to approve an immediate halt of oil sales to europe today in response to the latest set of sanctions from the e.u. the bloc adopted a full embargo on iranian crude due to come into force in july but iran has preempted the move something experts say will harm european nations most dependent on iranian reserves by imposing the sanctions the e.u. leaders are looking to bring in a chance to iran's disputed nuclear program meanwhile a group of by inspectors had a by the body's deputy director general have arrived into iran aiming to get

stalled nuclear issue talks on the ground and they will be the highest level negotiations on the matter for more than three years by activists from the campaign against sanctions and military intervention iran says it's in the west interest to deepen tensions. the grace period that the vision for six months for does go to take place may actually not be that graceful so iran is taking matters into his own hands and the other issue is that it shows a complex city of feeling in the midst of politics and the power that the iranian parliament holds that is accountable to its people and it's not going to just sit back and watch what's going to happen to the national. the wrong to issues really an excuse for deepening the confrontation between iran and the list actually has the same time that. posing does involve those on the wrong if you see that some european countries are selling more arms to the countries to the arab countries of

the persian gulf so they are benefiting from the iran the phobia of the start creating in the region so why solve the problem with negotiations why some countries are cashing in well plenty more i have for you next hour here on our team quoting the rules before rescue. the port. a logic we report of why a few dollars and the fear of legal action is forcing us emergency services to turn their backs on people when they need them most. always fair when it comes to pre-election fever a political wrangling in russia has spread into the internet taking a viral dimension as political activists try cutting edge tactics to win the hearts and minds of the people argue the country has been looking at what's going on at the online battle front. by the right doesn't want is that you were right is that was that it was a gray suits and ties and slogans called out from the poor d m are the traditional

election season fair but they're no longer considered police in vogue. today's complaining has gone online in a hot new trend in russia. with programming and bloggers making fun of the opposition portraying them in prayer outside the u.s. embassy on sundays claiming they are connected to the u.s. state department and the opposition filming funny cartoons about politicians made out of lego. getting information out there is becoming easier all the time but the internet is a very different medium to television while on t.v. it's enough to just look into the camera like this to viewers attention not so although that too may he were police video reach millions of the excellent live

it's not a lot it just. it also has to be provoked to brazen and sometimes project a whole different image. it's no surprise then that putin as a character from harry porter became an overnight hit. doing this you will. see what i see you. use the ready to go you'll make it and you're sure that when you're critical of it would you. report on the what it was just beat them to put on conference of cuba apart from catching images memorable catchphrases are used against those in the corridors of power opposition blogger alex enough while me was the first upload his sharp witted tongue online a year ago he labeled the ruling united russia party of the. and scoundrels the insulting phrase it first appeared on the net but quickly migrated to almost every

magical media in russia and beyond a year after the party won in the parliamentary elections and reworked the catchphrase philistinism vote for the party of thieves and scoundrels for ten years of economic growth with the party of these in scoundrels united russia. the mastermind behind that video and state duma deputy robert proved his party can also fight its wars online broke out superpowers the use of being able to my aim is to provoke to preen reality darker than that is often i don't agree with such statements in my videos but they do work but i see disputing that russia without putin would rise why not give away your country your beautiful girlfriend to some foreign guys what will happen to the caucasus nothing less just give it away to you spawning a war technically this video is made of very professionally you can see that a highly paid specialist it appeals to primitive responses but works one hundred

percent first thought is that there is indeed no future without put but videos from the opposition are just as. an added whole a trend of this election season eavesdropping on politicians and posting recordings online or those taking part in a massive opposition rally in december were surprised to find out that one of their inspirations boris himself described them in a phone as. hear from its future of government property or. your property or to your comfort. it's naive to expect from any side when we are living in election year there are no holds barred in this war not even interfering in someone's private life but. a lack of privacy for today's politicians is already a modern day reality and with feet of tim. million russians going on lunch today about forty percent of the adult population the future is predicted to be sure

deals with them online political avatars pushing the boundaries of a virtual world even without borders exceeding the gradual r t. one of the in the us for his notorious whistle blowing activities wiki leaks founder julian assange is about to take center stage once again the man who made governments tremble now gets ready to question even more on his explosive talk show premiering riot gear on our team this march a songe will share his unique view on what the world of tomorrow will look like and key political players visionaries and power insiders will be among the guests of the wiki leaks founder the stay with arteta find out exactly who will be joining him.

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welcome back you're watching our t.v. these are the top stories the latest news of the week rather arab league on the ice this year in fact finding mission is frozen after a violence escalates triggering pressure from the e.u. and top dogs as the u.n. security council. and revolutionary aftershocks deadly clashes enteral buildups and

libya while in egypt. hundreds of thousands stage fresh protests against the ruling military john tell. us please take off approach against opera five which asters in oakland firing tear gas and flash grenades at demonstrators. this week also saw online anger spilling onto the streets as internet users in poland fought against a new international and piracy c.s. censorship human rights abuse. uranium parliament is set to vote on an immediate cut off of oil supplies to the e.u. in a preemptive strike against the bloc scruton bar go on to ron and summer something many fear will backfire on europe's very old kaname. next modern david and goliath battle as we report on how every cultural giants are trying to eliminate all fashion farmers.