same name there an opposite original group was hijacked by opposition activists in postings military jets to be alongside civilian want us both sides claim they're the official observatory this is the original site in arabic with an english version on facebook and this is the fake site launched in december and mostly in english several foreign news outlets have assume they are one and the same thing quoting the fake sites casualty figures the consequence a very different perspective of the crisis the original cites latest figures show just over five thousand one hundred civilian deaths against almost two thousand military casualties the rival site claims well over six and a half thousand civilians have been killed and barely six hundred troops a difference many claim suggests this is a lot more than just a numbers game i don't think even the people using these figures are have any objectivity really they have an agenda a clear agenda is the just the fire by any means possible that assad regime is

a brutal massacring regime and it needs to fall a soon as possible and we can see the united nations security council when that human rights strategy for regime change doesn't work how annoyed western governments are how have got arab league monitor the original observatory strictly opposes military intervention you saw the man who hijacked it's name disagrees. used to translate at the real observatory he was fired after falsely claiming to be an official spokesman and using a live interview to call for a no fly zones since then he's launched a smear campaign against the original group claiming they're the imposters for as are we and these figures have been quoted by the b.b.c. c.n.n. and a.b.c. australia the other groups say they tried to pass some political of the is censored by calling for not flies are for international intervention and we made it clear that sit on their votes. three for human rights. original organization is that we

are i guess an interventional we are against the no fly zone all we need is to stop the bloodshed in that is going on in syria as always and his group refused to speak on camera stating i cannot waste my time talking about this is the moment whilst people are dying in homs they're my priority right now he did refer us to another opposition group based in london and they too refused to comment on the ownership of the observatory but they did confirm that reporting military deaths was not in their interest it's not our position to report the casualties of. government troops the b.b.c. and the guardian had to withdraw material after falsely quoting as always the human rights observatory the un stopped counting the death toll claiming it's too difficult to keep track of but its human rights chief also said five thousand civilian deaths should be enough to provoke international action the real

observatory still documents the deaths civilian or otherwise it may be too late for the numbers to matter i've given it r.t. the. israeli website reports the british and qatari special forces are already in syria assisting the rebels and the risk a middle east expert has told r.t. that if the claims prove to be true it won't help bring peace to the region. but this will probably mean more escalation on the ground some more covert military operations and on the political level we've also heard that some arab league countries all the arab league very little is intending on the officially recognizing the syrians are just all council leader syrian political opposition body so i think it has something which is widely expected and of course really i see that more violence will be in the making however we also do hear that the russians for example are providing the most assistance is possible they can to the

syrians to deal with this issue now don't forget that the russian side has cautioned time and again of the rise of islamic fundamentalists so the presence of islamic fundamentalists inside syria those who oppose a syrian regime and syria has also spoken all of them as well the son of a sudden the members of al qaida and the syrian ambassador to lebanon made a very clear one week ago when he said that most of the weapons and most of even filtration most of the smuggling is coming in from the level and unfortunately as the escalation from us as opponents into the increases i think that we're going to discover more and more smuggling and more and more of a negative role from some lebanese in the syrian issue. committal east expert talking to us from beirut there. the eurozone has expressed disappointment with the latest austerity package agreed in athens the german finance minister said the greek plan was not at a stage where it can be signed off the eurozone ministers have been discussing whether to approve the latest bailout to athens to secure the hundred thirty eight

billion euro handout and avert a default on its debts greece has to impose a fresh round of cuts in public spending the country's government announced earlier it reached a deal off the days of talks between the parties it would be the second that such bailout the first was met with public health which brought down the previous government and the two van it was still us me this journalist in athens says the latest deal spells disaster for the greek people. what we get from all these measures. if we have all as you said before default then we are in this situation where we have to face a slow death from starvation in greece the situation in greece is extreme at the moment we have children playing in their school because they don't have proper breakfast and because they don't they don't have enough food so you realize that the situation is greece is getting worse and worse up the moment they see the

protesters and a lot of people in greece that we have a recession there are measures being asked more deep to recession we have taxes and taxes we have layoffs and we have a lot of people as i told you that they are hungry at the moment so what they see is that first of all they demand the election which i have to tell you here and now they want elections they want this situation to be second they have been wondering who's recipe are we following at the moment increases i mean the greek government there actually comes from the i.m.f. and they're actually pretty simple as i'm sure. it's going to do three each hold views the troika gives them a. more tears and you know that we get more and worse in the last two years or so as they say and i agree with them easier to see firsthand tomorrow race from the west than to see all these orders and all these measures bring us to growth and bring us back to normal life. or to life here in moscow for twenty four hours

a day still to come that's our sky high ambitions explore the russian region that pioneered the country's aviation industry that's in our close up series. that's still to come for the eight afghan children have been killed by a nato air strike on wednesday according to president hamid karzai in a statement he condemned the aerial bombing by foreign troops this comes a week after the united states and outs that it could halt combat operations in afghanistan earlier than expected tens of thousands of civilians have died since the two thousand and one invasion began when it's discussed the situation in afghanistan with documentary filmmaker clay claiborne joining us live now from the u.s. there in los angeles karzai has assigned a delegation to launch an investigation into this nato bombing but this isn't the first time that children have been killed by nato actions can we expect more than just condemnation from cause i this time unfortunately i don't believe we

can i think you remember because i was a consultant to unocal on the u.k.'s going live we wanted to run through a. long view for the us dollar this war so he had to put on a certain prove to us. believed by billy early legitimacy. of the motives happens but he is bears were tool of the american occupation so we can go in the real deal. but all those nato strikes necessary for the security of the country. no they had may both afghanistan and iraq are much less secure you know this kind of thing obviously doesn't win hearts and minds this happened in the same area were afghan soldier recently killed british troops unquote and i think because the us is playing

a poll out of the movie next day for him because the rangers are moving their troops out we can expect more airstrikes to more civilian casualties in afghanistan isn't that an unfortunate fact of war that civilians will die in any warfare. we always hear this to me this is a strong argument against war. civilians you can't just say well this is war and it's ok to make war against civilians and this kind of thing have bellew or. if it was your family if it was your house you would have a different attitude about. it is being considered of course by the nato led military coalition in afghanistan they are aware of these tragedies and promised to reduce the civilian casualties but despite that according to the u.n. a record number of civilians were actually killed in afghanistan in two thousand and eleven why do you think despite this course because for concern the numbers all

actually still growing there because the cause for concern are just tarc. yes that the united states and nato is losing the war in afghanistan after ten years now longer in the b.s. on the war they are in a worse position because they are planted get out if you remember at the end of the vietnam war. after peace negotiators first got in sixty eight and nixon came in as the peace candidate. he stepped up the bombing supposedly to drive the viet cong and the north vietnamese to the bargaining table but it was one last push to try to weigh things in their favor before they quit i'm afraid in afghanistan we're going to say we already saw two thousand and eleven eight percent of two thousand and ten in terms of civilian casualties i'm afraid we're going to

see that trend continue in two thousand and twelve precisely because they know if they have to pull out precisely because they noted again this are something so now just asking you say the war has lost the game is up do you mean the taliban will return to control afghanistan. it certainly looks as though they will. you know it will be a bad day would be in bad early in the war and they are resurging. more strange. if you look at their budget. is supplied by u.s. and nato countries give you look at yahoo as you keep in mind it was challenged bat to kill. those french troops just crowds in. yes. it was and ask that so this shows you that they are going to fight to preserve his regime so

you know none of the taliban but i am mostly of national intelligence national so you to measure it i think we will see the taliban reach only power there in the afghans will have to work out the problems there are interesting documentary like clay claiborne's landing in los angeles thanks for your time. while staying in the region one of the most senior al qaeda chiefs in paki starn has been killed by an american drone strike along with three other suspected militants the attack took place close to the border with afghanistan but the elements are is thought to have killed dozens of people in the country and abroad that comes after the bureau of investigative journalism found hundreds of civilians have died because of similar cia ordered aerial attacks pakistan's foreign minister says that u.s. drone strikes are actually damaging to the war on terror. reason has some serious problems but into terrorism and pakistan has always maintained

that it is important to have collaborative joint efforts to be able to rid the street and rather than follow sort of unity approaches or stall or flights in how we want to rid the streets and in our view drones are not only completely under. and have north resolution to be used within the domains of international law but even more importantly they're going to productive to your objective of getting this region rid of militancy and extremism because if once trade leads to getting you target number one or target number three to be you're creating five more targets with ten more targets in the militancy that it breeds in the in the for doing that it gets to the militants to attract more people to join their ranks . and you can watch that interview in full in just over an hour here on r.t.

. europe has become more dependent on oil imports from iran new research suggests that e.u. countries bought more oil from the islamic republic in two thousand and eleven with the biggest customers being spain early italy but the turning to cattle trade in july in line with the international sanctions against iran when you on the continent of voicing concerns that the move will backfire to run as also want to europe that it's shooting itself in the foot if you are shared by spain's ambassador to iran he says his country suffers the most from the continuing e.u. pressure against the islamic republic and some in madrid believe the oil embargo has been forced upon you. see here is not a decision that comes actually from european countries to spain never wanted to go to to prove to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union european union actually had a very good relationship in terms of the economy and trade with iran it was retrieved in the last twenty years the connection of that has been lost after the

iranian revolution and the situation was improving until we came to this new tension and he's not just to spain and italy also greece imports lots of oil from iran it could be hard hit in a way that. wouldn't regard bankruptcy in the coming future that would be a complete disaster for the european union and for the euro and that can happen because of these of these political move it's now become an economic issue and can have even more. destructive effects if the iranians decide to say cut off the strait of almost or even if they now of decide to beat europe to it by. by by cutting off their oil now because we need this time to find alternative supplies if they cut the supply now we want to be able to find them there will be a huge recession in europe. so world news in brief this hour

a criminal court in the movies has issued an arrest warrant for us to president mohamed nasheed this comes a day after the leader was among dozens injured when police used force against protesters as unrest deepened his ousting resulted from a police mutiny and popular protest over a controversial decision to rest a top judge and she claims he was forced to resign at gunpoint and promises to return to office. turkish troops have killed thirteen kurdish insurgents in two separate clashes in turkey nine people died near the town of bengal and four others near the. rebels attacked a military station there it's less than a week since turkish warplanes bombed three suspected rebel targets in northern iraq tens of thousands of died since ninety four in the kurds fight for autonomy in turkey's southeast. but a human rights judge baltasar garzon on has been convicted as part of a wiretapping case he's found guilty of ordering the illegal recording of corruption suspects talking to their lawyers he's now been barred from practicing

for eleven years with no chance to appeal against of the city he spent it gained international fame for his attempts to extradite chile's former dictator. pushing back in one thousand nine hundred eight. so if a certain presidential candidate allergy or you ever has been reportedly hospitalized. after police stormed her headquarters in the capital city involved authorities said they wanted her for questioning over an attack on the country's central election committee last year your vehicle was one of the front runners of last november's disputed election which was an old by the certain supreme court due to a number of violations which have been coming to hold her in old ration on thursday despite the fact that fresh elections are due to be held next month the acting head of the republic called her action an attempted coup self-assertive as a former georgian republic that gained independence in two thousand and eight following a brief war with georgia. and you can always find more news online just log on to our dot com here's an example of what's waiting for you right know the out of

verse three zero me why egypt's new government is deploying more tanks and troops across the country just one year after the fall of mubarak's regime. also a subway train the rails and crashes into an apartment building in the chilean capital santiago the story along with more of those pictures available to all to dot com and. page. well in a moment to catch you with a business update for us but before that join r.t. and adventurous tour of russia with a close up team. we've traveled almost a thousand kilometers east of where i'm sitting here in moscow to the. the main city is best known as the birthplace of vladimir lenin during the soviet times a region flourished as an center of the country's military and aviation industries

and its current to russia has been falling off it has all the potential to win back that reputation. it was in the late seventy's that the. aviation complex was created obvious star is one of the largest manufacturers of passenger planes as well as re modernizing existing cargo planes that travel worldwide there are some plane is one of the largest operating cargo aircraft originally designed for the russian military but when the soviet union fell and demand did too obvious star has been renovating existing response and are now planning a major comeback. a new construction line will launch which will cover the production and the modernization of unique airplanes in the world that are popular such as the roost on. the good news but airlines have used their respond freighters to assist in un and red cross relief projects. but they'll haul satellites yachts and even the sukhoi superjet two can imagine the chief. of british rosa's

brother brought it from africa. from the europe for a. special celebration with ali also transported one hundred thousand kilos of beaujolais wine from france to japan he says without ever breaking a single bottle many little boys dream of becoming pilots but the path to get there isn't always an easy one here the only one of six civil aviation school it's the only place in russia where one can get a higher education with courses offered in academics meteorology and over one hundred fifty hours of flight time. the students start the training of these models which gives them the complete feeling of what it's like to see in a real aircraft flight. and it's true the images on the screen and vibrations of the simulator made even me feel like i could be a pilot i'm joined today by all the director of corporate communications of the

united aircraft corporation thank you for being with us olga since obvious star has been in existence since one thousand nine hundred eighty how do you evaluate the development of the corporation today we are working together with. the new strategy. and eleven the new strategy comprises the development of two majors segments in the russian outer space industry its military aviation its commercial aviation and its transport. but what are the major perspectives the goals of other star and russia throughout the now we are working over the. program of building a craft and we have to get first orders for the.

karen to roger reporting there well in just about five or six minutes from no financial guru mexico as a reveals black holes in the greek economy that's after the business update with katie. thank you bill hello to you welcome to the business program at this hour we start with a story that's called the whole of the russian market talking minority shareholders and the country's second largest bank v.t. b r to get all the money back they invested in the company's i.p.o. in two thousand and seven that's despite the share price currently being hauled off the list price. business analyst daniel bushell has more. the to be will buy these shares the price of vestas paid in two thousand and seven so-called people's lives here with thirteen point six copecks almost double what the current share price is which is seven copecks putin says the money will come from the

lenders profits not from state funds where the government will remain the main shareholder but will buy up to sixty thousand dollars worth of shares from each shareholder in total the move will cost the bank up to six hundred million dollars that's one fifth of the tepees net profit today said such buybacks won't happen again. we live in a special time characterized by deep and prolonged financial crisis the instruments that work for decades are failing today otherwise the germans would not be rescuing the greeks the e.c.b. would not be giving interest free loans of course such moves cannot be the every investor must understand he's responsible for the shares but in russia this was one of the first share placements and back in two thousand and seven none of us really understood the world was heading towards a global recession one. hundred cost in there some ordinary people do feel tricked by lavish advertising for the public back in two thousand and seven which suggested

big returns with a low risk of losses will happen within a month in other words before mr putin stands in presidential elections on march fourth as some see the move as boiling the voice of the t.v. minority shareholders paid for by the banks main institutional investors being excluded from the buyback and have threatened to sue. calculate based on the balance sheet the current share price of seven copecks is actually the fair one. the prime minister has also discussed another plan like later. it is set a way must be found to close the subject of unfair privatizations in the one thousand nine says he suggested that this. that took control of the country's resources should pay a one time see he acknowledged that the process of privatization after the collapse of the soviet union was just honest the exact details of the plan have not been

worked sounds houston said this should be done with the public and experts. in the markets stocks in europe closed higher after a deal was struck in greece and as you can see investors were relieved they finished the day's session on an optimistic note there the footsie up around a third of a percent on the downs over hoffer percent in positive territory. it was a different story though here in moscow the markets closed in the red as you can say the my sex dropped almost a percent while the r.t. i shared a third of of the stands. on the individual moves there let's see how they got on today luke all finished up over half a percent and the red cross net was nearly two and a half percent in the rads. was a point four percent down following the buyback and now it's. all the business

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if you are very welcome r t life top stories now that the u.n. is considering a joint mission with the arab league to end the bloodshed in syria but with conflicting reports of the number of casualties it's pretty hard to get a true picture of events. in the eurozone down screeches austerity cuts will be enough to guarantee one hundred thirty billion euro bailout ruffins agreed on new tough measures to secure yet another rescue plan amid. public anger. and with your poised on a bog on iran there are concerns a move could hit countries most dependent all iranian crude like spain. but i'll be back with more on those stories and other developments in the same hall from off

and on the meantime next on the report max and stacy asked whether the euro kind of void the end of its financial world. max guys or this is the guy has a report all about block all stacey max kaiser brussels discovers new fifteen billion euro black hole in greece's finance it is. doable or cool. max i didn't mean to tell you.