by the syrian government the syrian government has according to its official sources has reported many casualties on the ground that have fallen died in the last few days and the most it's really hard to determine what's really going on on the ground there because of safety issues to reach the place and confirm. definite numbers of people died. according to that's what according to activists saying that the syrian military has basically. bombed some parts of the city government house completely refuted any type of involvement that they have actually. in the city of course they blame it on the terrorist groups that have been taking active role in the city they are spread all over the place there and causing many casualties the government

also has issued many statements today that the security forces were able to kill tens of terrorists that belong to these terrorist groups that they also believe that are being backed by foreign foreign influence on the ground russia's prime minister vladimir putin has cautioned against outside forceful intervention in the syrian conflict and has warned that there is a risk of behaving like a bull in a china shop moscow also calls on world powers to use their political clout to put pressure on both the syrian government and the opposition to lay down their arms and if you engage in talks or. more. in light of the ongoing to put a grand about the situation in syria russian prime minister in the said that syrians must be allowed to sell the situation in their country on the their own person prime minister speaking during a meeting with the religious leaders have

a warning against any possible foreign military involvement in the country saying that such a scenario would be akin to a proverbial bull in the china shop a russian prime minister has also reminded of the situation in libya where following the nato led invasion the situation continues to remain quite unstable and violent russia is calling on international pressure on all parties involved in the syrian conflict in order to resolve the situation diplomatically where is western powers such as the u.k. the united states and france one president asked him to step down they want him out of the picture fascistic in practical steps in trying to solve the situation in syria on tuesday russian foreign minister says it's. part of the russian delegation to damascus met with the syrian president bashar last coming out of those talks to russia's foreign minister said that the syrian president is ready to send down for

a dialogue with the opposition senior member of the opposition syrian national council welcomed russia's role as a mediator and the peace process even commenting on his visit to damascus on wednesday. courage all other members of the international community to put more pressure on all sides involved in the syrian conflict in order to bring peace to the country. we have suggested that certain parties capable of influencing the opposition groups especially those based outside syria tried to convince those groups to begin negotiations with influence on damascus have been trying to convince. the authorities to do the same as i have mentioned the syrian authorities confirm they are ready to begin negotiations without putting forward any conditions but instead of putting pressure on the opposition most of the world community seems to be pulling out all of its envoys of from syria france italy and spain are among

the latest countries to have recalled their ambassadors to syria and he asked address or it is also continued to come from the united states of the where the where the white house has their stance lee said that the syrian president's days are numbered and at the same time the pentagon has said that they are looking at ways to support the rebels fighting against the regime of president also although not militarily for you know they say. reporting for us they're not sticking with their story camilla trucking a contributing editor with syria comment online magazine believes one of the reasons the conflict in syria has lasted so long is that the alleged western support of the opposition. well a year after the beginning of the crisis it's created that foreign intervention in syria affairs has not been very constructive because the interventions taking place by the most motivated players and they're motivated for their own reasons we have

turkey the gulf arab states and the international community which is the united states and its allies in europe and they're all interfering with the whole of weakening the syrian regime we're getting its ties to iran and to hezbollah that's . i mean we have to i mean this is the every motivation is not helping the syrian people they've started intervening when we've had hundreds of two hundred casualties and i don't believe this is to remove the thing which made them that concerned so you know with the beijing is not is he's got a team that intervention will not be for the right reasons and it's been a very negative until now they've been they've been pushing the opposition to another state to speak to the scenery team they've convinced opposition that the syrian regime's about to ford and therefore there's no need to talk to them so. no we were saying to mention even if it's not for by using force has been very negative. and of course you are with our team still to come this hour questioning

the legality of u.s. drone attacks on pakistani soil. a fresh strike triggers fresh concerns that just days after a report revealed evidence that dozens of civilians were killed by america's unmanned aircraft. the european court of human rights has blocked of the deportation of abu qatada dubbed osama bin laden's right hand man in europe sparking fury across britain it's just the latest in a string of controversial decisions overruling the u.k.'s domestic courts and as artie's or smith explains patients with the e.u. is running fit. still for inland with its queen its own currency and its parliament was made by someone else this building houses what we in the u.k. call list supremum courts but in practice it supremes in name only despite

being the highest court in the land when it comes to human rights if you don't like the way your case is going to hell you can take his or broads to florence and decisions made in strasburg could the rule any may take the european court of human rights was set up after world war two to avoid the persecution of minorities by the state but now it's being de railed and it was never never anticipated off the second world war after the holocaust off the terrace perpetrated by certain tyrannical governments but the court now would be protecting the criminal and not the victims. delays didn't control busy have the european courts in strasburg there's a backlog of up to eight years and when cases are decided the judgement was written . in two thousand and ten dooku decided to give prison. the right to vote after

a petition by john hirst who spent much of his life behind bars after killing his landlady or whatever the u.k. is still refusing to implement the ruling it makes me physically ill it would probably give the vote to anyone who is in prison aside it could also cost of the last time that we looked at this the cost of complying with judgments under the european convention of human rights was about two point one billion pounds a year that's three point three billion dollars plus another two point eight billion in a suit seated one off costs in other areas an immigration ruling means a convicted nigerian rapist gets to stay in the u.k. because of his right to a family life. and most recently the european court of human rights ruled hate preacher abu qatada dubbed bin lardons the right hand man in europe can't be deported back to jordan where he's now gee to be released on to the streets of

britain this is somebody who stands up and publicly. hatred about everything that our democracy is and stands for and yet we can't get rid of him because of the european convention on human rights sitting in strasburg forty seven judges one from each country so far so fair except none of them were elected by the people of the countries they're making law for we've got a system of law and order in this country it's worked for many many years for the seat or the mother why do we need brussels to tell us what we can and cannot do the answer is we don't so therefore british law for british people those who aren't calling for the u.k. to pull out of the european convention on human rights all together are demanding reforms to stop strides making decisions on what should be sovereign issues the court house to be more focused on fundamental civil and political rights not

interfering in the daily lives. and in the ministration of the criminal justice system and in the member states of the council of europe without reforms there's a risk of throwing the baby out with the bath water as nations pull out of the human rights court undermining it leaving those in countries with weak a human rights protections entirely. r.t. . egypt says it won't change its stance in a row with the u.s. even as washington threatened to cut military aid to the country this comes after forty three ngo activists have been charged with fueling unrest in the country and could face up to five years in prison artie's has been looking into the story. egypt's new government crackdown on n.g.o.s has raised many questions and we may want is why now the groups many which funded by washington have been on the ground here for a while they were at the vanguard of the uprising against mubarak that eventually

brought the supreme council of the armed forces to power last february and no one has ever seems to care about this song says income that is until they don't have to take criticism to the new military leadership may mackoff for the slow pace of reform some of them are used by the other because. they are quoting people they are working. and they are the ones that evolution they have. won the radicals who live there this is very much a dangerous world the radicals this is species elected prosecutors really seventeen offices of advocacy groups forty three activists including americans germans and egyptians are now facing trial for illegally using foreign funds to promote and arrest in the post mubarak country activists how would claim they are the victim of scarves reluctance to give up power with dreaming the people about with their brights but the scaf looking for enjoy. some agent against the regime and all the

mind the round up of activists has also not a sign of you asked mr taishi secretary ray la hood for the fueling tension between cairo and washington. isn't simply because. of them in a sort of plans for. i don't think that. anything. so this is it and there it was military aid to egypt reaches one point three billion dollars annually has been very serious there has been weeks to condemn this car when in the days of blank checks are over or they condemned. the end of the day the continued on flowing that the provide that support also continue. to washington's so-called support for democracy here in the middle east and washington wants to step in laws the situation as much as possible in order to guarantee its interests they don't care about democracy meanwhile even those on the streets

protesting against car sharing the council's concerns are the engineers motives the usa has had a hand in chips policy making for years but the whole n.t. and your campaign has become the first serious disagreement between america and the countries of your storage space cairo wanted to send washington and message that it's no longer the silent dog it was under mubarak but an independent state which will last so the right any outside interference some doubts though they really minute the end to military movement growing ever bigger you can see it over there is a vision council of the armed forces or scaf now running egypt is in a very vulnerable position and this nationalistic pronouncement may just be a nationalist show put on to calm the people down and to win back a shred of credibility. in cairo. and of course you can find all of the stories we're covering and much more at our website

dot com right there for you now. responding to obama mandated health insurance policies the catholic church seems ready to declare war on the president plus. a federal appeals court in california rules that the state's ban on same sex marriage is proposition. eight is unconstitutional find out why online at our t.v. dot com. in a recent report a london based independent news agency the bureau of investigative journalism uncovered countless deadly drone strikes carried out by the u.s. in pakistan but also high landed in several quotes from president barack obama claiming the strikes only targeted terrorists and not civilians however their report found hundreds of civilians have in fact been killed by these attacks led by the cia chris woods who compiled the report thinks it won't be long before the legality of using unmanned drones is tested in court. cia has been saying for some

time that it hasn't killed a civilian in pakistan since at least two thousand and ten every news agency. in pakistan every credible news organization that's looked at this is finding that that's not the case we know that civilians are being killed pakistan is clearly very unhappy with the strikes there's an interview in a british newspaper today with pakistan's high commissioner to london describing the drone strikes as in effect extra due to show execution a state sanctioned execution does seem to be an indication that these drone strikes are happening despite what you know because of what i can start once you know if the states court has ever looked at the legality of these drone strikes and there's a reason for that every time a case has been brought in the united states that is attempted to look at whether these strikes are legal or not the united states is claiming something called state secrets privilege but that's where they say actually this is a covert operation and we can discuss it really does need to be an accounting and

an examination by the u.s. courts about the legality of these drone strikes into various additional legal questions that they raise and that time i suspect is coming quite close given the pressure in the u.s. right now. now a brief look at some other news making headlines around the world. supporters of the former president have taken to the streets of the capital to demand his reinstatement demonstrators have seized several police stations it comes hours after the new leader called for a unity government to be formed the ousting of the previous president mohamed nasheed was triggered by a police mutiny and popular protest over his controversial decision to arrest a top judge. a man has been pulled from of the debris of a factory in eastern pakistan two days after it collapsed the number killed in the incident currently stands at twenty one with most of the victims were. men and children the building was reportedly destroyed when several gas cans canisters

exploded the factory was set up illegally but continued to operate even though authorities had closed down three times. israel's largest labor union is in the midst of a nationwide strike shutting down government offices banks and public services radio technicians also took part in the strike leaving only silence on state run airwaves union leaders are protesting against the use of contract workers who earn significantly less than direct employees officials have called for an end to the strike saying it will cost the economy more than one million dollars each day. and up next artie's interview we speak with a former israeli ambassador. to discuss the position his country occupies on today's worldwide political stage.

where have his radio. who recently resigned from the government on grounds of principle he said he could no longer serve in a government whose policies he did not agree with ambassador thank you very much for joining us here in our team you resigned after more than fifteen years of service what was the final score when you. write. to greet the stuff of the foreign minister ministry of foreign affairs and the ban

of all banners for him was whoever. desires peace needs to be careful. and i thought that was very telling. of the psyche that. exists behind his political weight and i thought i could not. minister with this kind of statement is a statement supported by the majority of israelis i think we israelis yes we. we grew up on. the view that. we need to be on alert. any more most israelis live a life that is quite. and you can of the. environment here and planted in the u.s. or in europe western europe and you will find the israelis quite. easily

integrating into society into requirements in place and so on so it's not. the regimented society of my childhood. all the time it's at any given point in time but it is true that israelis are not naive and they believe that we can survive here in the middle east. only if we are ready to fight when you are resigned to the same to message to all the staff of the foreign ministry explaining the resignation what was the reaction and what is the general mood like among israeli public servants concerning the policies that will have to the friend i have no illusions some of us were frustrated by my letter. because it is outside of the code of conduct that you just drop out because you don't like the message the messenger has no view over the

message that it is because of conduct and it's quite legitimate to think in that way how many messengers agree with the message and how many don't in the foreign ministry in my view. large majority don't care there are professionals and whatever message comes for them to deliver they will do. a solid minority ministry that is politically motivated to promote. and. in its. rather. hawkish. position government. is pursuing. i think we do also have the lefties leftovers from the past but i think they're

a minority your last overseas posting was as ambassador to south africa what's your experience in south africa teaching as far as the christian nation is all is concerned. i think that israel is. in a danger zone to slide by default. into. money for stations of apartheid if we don't take it. and i'm afraid we don't take it and there's going to contain in the united states as far as israeli policies on iran and palestine does how deep is the rest between the united states and israel or is it merely another quarrel i'm surprised to realize how deep the americans care for israel is when it comes to the conversation the political conversation in the us. i also can see how. the

aftermath of the war in iraq and enough to understand. and the american fatigue of the middle east. could work badly for the image is present in the us in the political discourse in the us and in the context of american interest god forbid that the us will be more reluctant. to reach out for israel because our predicament now is like a result of a policy pursued by this kind of government in a way that i think is tragically wrong. that we lean to the american congress a single source of strength in our diplomatic fabric. and that is a very dangerous can is holding my own in the region considering that in the off

the map of the arab spring the middle east has become more radicalized i don't think israel is looking for i think israel is looking for. partners. of convenience. one is jordan. who survivability in the way in the form we know it through the house in my kingdom. so we entertain. a lot of common interests. consumed by its own revolution and as long as it doesn't pose a threat to us i think israel is taking a very careful distance and turkey. it cut the straw figure foreign policy towards one of the emerging powers in the mediterranean ambassador a man by well thank you very much for joining us here on oxy. from

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and broadcasting live direct from our studios in central moscow this is our team glad to have you along with top headlines russia warns against outside military intervention in syria saying the only way to end the bloodshed is for both government and opposition to enter talks moscow's diplomatic push comes as some western and gulf countries sever ties with damascus if outrage in the u.k. as a notorious terrorist suspect is to be freed after the european court of human rights blocked his extradition qatada is wanted in jordan where he has been convicted in absentia of a plot to kill tourists. and egypt remains firm on prosecuting foreign

funded non-governmental organizations it accuses. fueling instability in the country this despite threats from washington it could cause more than a billion dollars in military aid to egypt a total of forty three ngo employees including one thousand americans face trial for illegally funding activists. next r.t. takes to the skies to look at how hot air ballooning is becoming increasingly popular in russia that's on our special report. people couldn't fly for a long time i don't think because they didn't think it was possible we can learn how to do that without machines anywhere if we want to. destroy your online people here our remand ticks they have generous soul is soon this is something out of this world and in chanting experience.