leave washington's desire to bring down president now to spell disaster for syria. united states and european allies are interested in regime change in syria and they won't stop at anything. that does not deliver a different government that they hope will be more sympathetic to western interests which is quite naive really when you think about it because the people in syria are likely not going to be more sympathetic to american and israeli aggression throughout the region the free syrian army is the armed opposition in conducting very violent acts against civilians in syria against both the government and you know in some serious i don't think the syrian people are really going to appreciate you know an outside exile group arming and training these people and it's grateful to think of what could be coming next if an externally force power is is suddenly implanted in syria is not at all representative of the people and syria

could lead into another iraq so it's just really quite devastating right now the way things are progressing the syrian government has pledged to use an iron fist to crush what it calls a foreign funded terror campaign the u.s. and its allies have brushed aside the claim saying the blame for violence of the country rests solely on damascus but syria's deputy foreign minister told r.t. that foreign powers are instigating much of the bloodshed including friday's deadly bombing. a woman that insurgents and terrorists have committed this attack only an insane person could say that the government is killing its officials and officers and destroying its own administrative buildings these armed terrorist groups were created to commit these crimes and they have committed them in the past and will continue to do so if the west and the arab states support the u.s. is aware of syria's power it realizes that there are people in syria who are against war against the ideology of war and that's why the us supports armed groups

and undermines their rival so that the groups take action instead of the americans . the mounting death toll in serious heart of verify due to the foreign media blackout and even the u.n. has stopped trying to estimate the body count making matters worse syrian opposition groups themselves are often split over accounts of what's actually happening parties are bad has a story. the syrian observatory for human rights syrian observatory for human rights the syrian observatory for human rights it's one of the most widely quoted sources of syrian casualty figures but it's not always telling the truth and ownership the syrian observatory for human rights is left several media outlets quoting false information as to rivals fight for the same name the original group was hijacked by opposition activists to posting military death alongside civilian ones both sites 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

the center 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 sites latest figures showed 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 there 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 if 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 monitors the original observatory strickly opposes military intervention 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 zone. since then he's launched a smear campaign against the original group claiming they're the impostors as are we and his 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 views censored by calling for no fly zone for international intervention and we made the clear a sit in on the server three for human rights. original organization is that we are i guess an interventional we are against a no fly zone all we need is to stop the bloodshed in that is going on in syria as always and is group refused to speak on camera stating i cannot waste my time

talking about this is the moment whilst people are dying in homes there are 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. of. government troops the b.b.c. and the guardian had to withdraw material after falsely quoting is always the human rights observatory the un stopped counting the death toll claiming it's too difficult to keep track of but it's 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 but it may be too late for the numbers to matter arbonne it r.t. london. or you know always find more news and the latest updates on the situation

in syria on our website r.t. darkhawk here's what else is waiting for you there right now the day of rage against new anti-piracy loss has rocked the world with protests taking place in dozens of cities across the planet. also online south atlantic growled why argentina's military threat from the u.k. around the dispute of old. islands. in cairo thousands of people joined a general strike in protest against the ongoing military rule exactly a year after president mubarak stepped down demonstrators want the supreme council of the armed forces to cede power to civilian government they are on happy with how the channels have been running the country with few reforms made and escalated

repression of the opposition dozens of protesters were killed over the past months and clashes with police across the country and you parliament's been elected and is drawing up a constitution while the military says it won't step down before being out of juice but why they are vacs we're told r.t. that the gyptian people have already waited too long. what you see is more or less pressures on the street. very much reflects the frustration of the protesters with the mismanagement or the management of the transitional period by the i think the supreme council is willing to be followed in the and but with very strict conditions conditions that ensure that it has reserved a means of power in terms of national security policy in terms of foreign policy in terms of legal and constitutional immunity for its leaders in terms of the economic interests and the economic the budget establishment owns them governmental

organizations across egypt are trying to keep a low profile to avoid provoking a clampdown by authorities the military wants to restrict the work of angio as it has ordered a probe into their conduct claiming some are working to destabilize the country reports from cairo. egypt's new government crackdown on n.g.o.s has raised many questions and they may want is why now the groups many of 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 their sources of income that is until they directed their criticism to the new military leadership blaming skaf for the slow pace of reform some of them are used by the other. that are quote in people they are working. and they are the ones that evolution they have.

won the radicals who live there this is very much for the rhetoric this is special led to prosecutors raiding seventeen offices of advocacy groups forty three activists including americans germans and egyptians are now facing trial for illegally using foreign finds to promote unrest in the post mubarak country activists however claim they are the victim of scarves reluctance to give up power with dreaming the people about the rights of the scaf looking for enjoy. some against the regime but all the mind the round up of activists has also netted the son of u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood further fueling tension between cairo in washington. because. of them in a sort of plans for. i don't think.

so this is america whose military aid to egypt reaches one point three billion dollars annually has been very serious there has been quick to condemn the car when in the days of blank checks are over. the end of the continued on flowing that the provide that support also continue flowing. or washington's so-called support for democracy here in the east and washington wants to stop. 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 share the council's concerns are being whose 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 country's new authority 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 have a big you can see it over there this is in 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 so to come this hour here on our t.v. showing itself in the food some member states expressing parents that the e.u. could end up at the losing out of a bargain on or a noise. saint or a sinner or the man accused of being wiki leaks source of american secrets is branded a terrorist by some while others nominate him for the nobel. and the grief. has warned of uncontrollable economic chaos if parliament does not

approve a plan for fresh cuts on sunday new austerity measures have already been adopted by the greek cabinet to secure one hundred thirty billion euro bailout from the e.u. and the international monetary fund without it the country could default in march six ministers have already resigned in protest over the new cut package and some m.p.'s from two major coalition parties are threatening to vote against it in parliament the draft bill suggests firing fifteen thousand civil servants and lowering the minimum wage greece's two biggest trade unions have held a forty hour strike against the new measures while demonstrators clashed with police on friday margaret beaudry of the financial advisory firm a.c.m. partners in chicago believes that a new bailout wolf clearly delay at the rate of kanada collapse. greece is either going to commit to last year or the measures which i and many economists argue still is not it now to guarantee that recent deep balls or it will default just

sooner rather than later a lot of people are talking about disorderly default i don't think the european union nor greece is going to allow that to occur but frankly i think the markets have been fooling themselves the last six months by thinking that there is a better or option i think what you're first going to see much like greek economists have been saying is a shrinking the economy a poor to buy percent this year think about what that means for a country already on the brink oh you know social not necessarily collapse but definitely definitely instability and economic not through it but certainly you know it's certainly not growing and things certainly aren't getting better a decrease of more to buy her sense of growth combined with the measures combined the political pressures of the european union will definitely just to have disrupt raise significantly in two thousand and twelve. now we'd love to know your opinion on the situation in greece log on to our t. dot com to have your say in our latest web poll today we're asking what impact will

the latest rescue measures have on the greek economy well here are the votes so far almost half of you believe that the new measures will do nothing as a greek economy is already doomed over a third think it will only mean a further hardship for the greek people while eleven percent of you are saying the e.u. want to allow the greek economy to collapse and the minority are now believes bailouts are the only way greece will survive well those are the figures now but that can all change of course if you participate in our web poll so by any means log on to our t. dot com let us know what you think. now as greece struggles to control its economic crisis the e.u. turns up the heat on iran over its nuclear program the european union has announced a series of financial sanctions including plans to stop importing oil from july meanwhile iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad announced that the islamic republic would soon revealed major advances in its nuclear program he also warned that

europe was playing a risky gang by cutting off trade with iran because you consumers uptown for around twenty percent of iran's oil output. the spanish ambassador to iran said that sanctions will hurt this country more than any other european state based journalist may go on and morocco says the e.u. embargo serves only the interest of the united states. would we're seeing here is not a decision that comes actually from the european countries to spain never want to do some bar go to to prove to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union i mean it's not just displaying a mutually also greece imports lots of oil from iran it could be hard hit in a way that would bring the bomb drops in the coming future that would be. complete disaster for the european union for the euro and that can happen because of the. political move it's now become an economic issue and can have even more.

destructive effects if the iranians decide to say told the strait of hormuz or even if they now decide to beat europe to its bye. bye bye to north 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 and civil society stepping into the front line of russian politics with the aim of keeping the upcoming presidential election fair and transparent leading figures and members of the public are joining forces and most importantly they seem to have the support of all five candidates as well as the voters are going up has the details. it doesn't take long to find videos of alleged violations during the recent parliamentary vote in russia just a couple of clicks is enough since years of these files have flooded the internet

and even though most of the allegations are still to be proven in court tens of thousands of people have been taking to the streets demanding fair elections with marches presidential votes just around the corner events are unfolding quickly with . people want to vote responsibly and to know where their villages go they want political competition independent courts and media forming voters league is not our achievement the idea was floating in the air the voters league was officially founded in january by a group of journalists and bloggers activists artists writers and other public figures and statements way g.d.s. clegg t.v. host and now activists who want to get lady asked for the head of a charity fund and blogger it is idea that bianca also known as dr lisa. or other school martha cordoning or over the blue buckets movement fighting for equal rights on roads for everyone was moving as our league is an opportunity to

gather people who are not indifferent to what's happening the more people with a similar position there are the better the leagues main goal is to ensure fair elections is published a list of initiatives on the web divided into groups that everyone can be a part of public discussions and online votes are the key instruments and letters have been sent to all presidential candidates asking them to cooperate with the league and even though the project is less than a month old everyone has so far agreed including pledging middleton another candidate businessman mikhail prokhorov has already struck a deal with the leak you have to go on willing to authorize one hundred fifty thousand league observers was also arranged to pay. together unified database to keep track of the election because according to its founders around ten thousand observers are needed to ensure a fair election in moscow alone. it's great that the civil society wants to be more

active but it's really important not to cross the line and observers not only are positioned it is serious so if limitations not to take sides in the political process. the league's founders say those shut the organisation down if it ever starts turning into a political movement gleaming they are keen to work with all candidates equally there's no doubt society has changed more people want to have more influence on russia's political life perhaps that's why it took less than one month for the vote was leaked to establish ties with both the authorities and the opposition and with the help promise from karen that it's believed just may secure enough access to effectively monitor the vote in march as long as it avoids taking sides and protects its neutrality you go if it's going to moscow i'll take a look at some other stories from around the world israeli airstrikes on the gaza strip has left one person dead and four others wounded war planes fired missiles at three different areas just after midnight on saturday the first hit

a field east of gaza city with another landing near the israeli border and a third near the city of hama unis the israeli army confirmed the strike saying they had targeted belonging to terrorist organizations. police in bahrain have fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters in the capital no injuries were before the but witnesses say at least one protester was detained violence has been on the rise over the past few weeks as the country heads towards the first anniversary of a brutally crushed protest against king how it's real. legendary pop singer whitney houston has died at the age of forty eight sources say the six times grammy award winner. it was found in a beverly hills hotel room on saturday the performer struggled with drugs and alcohol problems later in her career and her rehab last year forty seven had to determine the exact cause of houston's death.

eight afghan children were killed by and nato airstrike this week according to the country's president in a statement on the cars i condemn the aerial attack by foreign forces officials launched an investigation later claiming nato forces wrongly targeted civilians after receiving false reports of militants in the area it came just one week after the united states announced it might stop combat operations in afghanistan earlier than expected but this strike could worsen our already strained relationship between karzai and his western allies and the mounting death toll documentary filmmakers play a clear born things that despite it's a combination civilian casualties of a country will continue to write little. he. to have any viability is a legitimacy as an afghan war was something like this happens but he is basically

a tool of the american occupation there so we can expect any real demand to change from here this kind of thing obviously doesn't win hearts and minds this happens in the same area we're asking him saudis are being killed french troops on ports and i think because the u.s. was playing a pull out of the movie next day for him because of french are moving their troops out we can expect more airstrikes and more civilian casualties in afghanistan 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 notice they have to pull out safely because they noted the game is up now we can he says in the past published many more afghan war revelations which were allegedly obtained from u.s. army private bradley manning the twenty four year old has spends more than a year behind bars awaiting trial in the u.s.

has now been nominated for the nobel peace prize but put forward by an icelandic parliamentary group which said he should be recognized for exposing war crimes but get a young a member of parliament thanks manning has played an important role in helping to tackle war crimes committed by governments. bradley manning this honor because the. women who are long the whistle on war crimes it is not a criminal act to blow the whistle on war crimes or to blow the whistle on any crime and we feel that. by these leaks for example the video mode or. the wall. lupita people who have. put their way to war in afghanistan and iraq through their governments need to know why this meeting going on there and by knowing what was going on there then we see

this in can apply more pressure on our governments to be accountable for the crimes that have been done in our name so we do not. let the bradley manning case be because of his in just treatment being a chorus of silencing all the people the courageous people who want to do their civic duty by reporting on crime spear corporates states or military a u.s. drone attack killed tan suspected militants in pakistan on wednesday it was the fifth strike by american forces in pakistan this year coming up later in the program pakistan's foreign minister tells r.t. that drone strikes are actually damaging to the war on terror here's a preview. this region 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 this region rather than. sort of unitary approach. in how

we want to rid the streets and in our view drones are not only completely illegal. and have north resolution to be used within the domains of international law but even more importantly they are counterproductive to your objective of getting this region rid of militancy and terrorism and extremism because if one strike leads to getting you target number one or target number three today you're creating five more targets with ten more targets in the militancy that it breeds in the in the for doing that it gives to the militants to attract more people to join their ranks . and brings us up to date here on our to recap our top stories coming your way shortly.

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back you're watching r.t. coming to live from moscow let's take a look at the top stories of the week as well as the latest news stories the arab league is set to decide its future adverts on syria as violence escalates and the u.s. get. there is a coalition of the willing against damascus hundreds of people have reportedly been killed across syria over the past week. the spirit of revolution returns to egypt on the first anniversary of the bark's ousting with thousands of protesters calling for an immediate step down by the ruling military council the generals are clinging on to power which they refuse to give up until at least june. the people of greece

have marched on the streets in anger over a new set of cuts as the government struggles to keep the country's economy afloat parliament is now due to debate a draft bill on a series of measures demanded by the e.u. and the i.m.f. . and russian civil society take center stage in politics as a group of public figures steps up to monitor the upcoming presidential vote with backing from all of the candidates the goal of the so-called voters league is to ensure a fair and transparent election. as we have lines here in our next we interview we bring you the interview with pakistan's foreign minister carr on the challenges facing pakistan. she's the youngest foreign minister in the world but has to deal with some of the toughest security challenges he not rabbani khar pakistan's foreign minister is joining us now on our team thank you very much for your time minister it's been more than ten years since pakistan joined the u.s. military operations.