peace in the country now of course over the past several weeks have seen a rise in a rise of violence in syria particularly the city on the whole house has been hit heavily courting to the acts of a civil war siding with the opposition they say hundreds of people have been killed just over the past week however. however the official damascus has a different point of view on the matter those people who are who have been killed are people who supported the government. people who were kidnapped by the two groups and they were most occurred on the. evening after the. order due to the exact time of the meeting go the security council in new york of course syrian officials say that the armed rebels are being supported both financially and militarily by of forces from abroad who want to see foreign

intervention in the country russian says that the only people who really can bring a solution in this crisis are the syrian syria's themselves in fact russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov was in damascus for talks with the syrian president bashar said after those talks says syrian president looked looked like he was ready to sit down for talks with a list of the syrian opposition but the opposition refuses for those talks they do however say that if those talks are to happen if negotiations between the opposition and the syrian government are to take place then russia must play and mediating role meanwhile russia's envoy to the united nations security council to tell you to jim told r.t. that the only solution in this case it will be for all sides in syria to lay down the arms as the morning during mission of that i believe was there and as the situation was evolving everybody saw that the government troops were pulling out of certain. or certain quarters in the city is that territory was taken over by

armed rebel groups that would mean that the the armed confrontation will continue and escalate on sunday al-qaeda lead the newest al-qaeda leader said that he also supports a syrian opposition he actually called on all muslims in the arab world to unite come into syria and support those for fighting against the syrian the syrian regime at the moment and of course you also have to keep an eye on washington for trying to gather a coalition of the willing so to speak hoping to put more pressure on the regime of president assad and they're hoping that if they continue to press their point in the united nations and among their allies they will reach their goal. he's really going to score reporting there from carwell meantime talk to his shop job from the center for middle east studies so is that it washington and al qaida are fighting against a common enemy in syria. it seems that. working in the same

way and they have this is destroyed. personally i was not surprised to hear a statement of. an american. behind that their orders operation and then we heard. that many groups. from iraq and never denied. and. denied its support and. also united states the. united states the western bloc provide what. america is not. but everybody. in syria financed by some arab countries it's

a clear nobody can deny this. and i would ongoing violence reports of growing casualties in syria are hard to verify even the un stopping trying to estimate the body count but there are those who believe the figures are being manipulated to push a regime change an agenda. reports 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. telling the truth. the syrian observatory for human rights says left several media outlets coaching false information rivals find the same name in the original group was hijacked by opposition activists posting. alongside civilian one both sites claim that 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 cites 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 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 of course the

governments are have got arab league monitor 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 their imposters 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 no fly zone for international intervention and we made it clear that sit on their victory for human rights. or regional organization is that we are against an intervention we are against something that you know flies out all we need is to stop the bloodshed in that is going on in syria as. zawi and his group refused to speak on camera stating i cannot waste my time talking about this is the

moment wells people are dying in homes 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. 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 stop counting the death toll claiming it is 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 but it may be too late for the numbers to matter i've been it r t london. it's an hour ten minutes past the hour here in moscow you're watching r.t.

iran says that it will soon reveal some major advances in its nuclear program speaking on the thirty third anniversary of the islamic revolution president ahmadinejad said tehran would never stop enriching uranium iran insists its nuclear program is to serve its domestic energy needs of the united states and its allies the e.u. and israel suspect iran could be pursuing nuclear weapons they feared piling up sanctions against iran but with an injured warns that europe's oil embargo will backfire political analysts to come out was nice says that washington and brussels want to weaken the islamic republic but fail to see the danger that their actions are creating. they've taken into consideration that iran is going through election by election probably the thing this is kind of backfire in terms of the population of iran against. america and the european they go in very far because this is kind of an implication for the world economy especially this escalate to

a military showdown and everything is going to be on the table all the inspection by the nuclear agency. found that iran is actually weaponized their system this point they are actually following the nuclear treaty agreement there is no violation to that and they ran said very clearly they're willing to cooperate with the international community but you have to wonder what really the international community at this point and what the american one at that point and as i said there's a lot of politics in it no matter what they say coming at iran no matter what they are justifying or opening their first there is some judgment already been rendered against iran. it's good to have you with us today are you watching are just ahead of you in the program here it's a year since the toppling of mubarak but instead of celebrations across egypt

a general strike as people feel betrayed by the military rulers and want to change it still hasn't come. by the group of politically active russians take the matter of election transparency into their own hands by organizing of voters league. it's tough new cuts on already struggling greeks or an imminent default as the country's prime minister warns failing to get more bailout cash will be catastrophic the parliament is set to vote on the unpopular new austerity bill that e.u. creditors want passed in return for the one hundred thirty billion. you are a rescue package the cabinet has cleared the plan after a tough debate the last six ministers or deputies in the process some coalition m.p.'s have threatened to vote against it if it goes ahead though fifteen thousand civil servants will lose their jobs and the minimum wage will be slashed thousands

of creaks have been protesting the deal throughout the week there have been clashes with police who fired tear gas to disperse crowds but more rallies are expected later on sunday when the parliament votes on the bill investment advisor patrick young says people in stronger economies are tired of fixing the blunders of greek politicians the european union is certainly adopted the politics of the insane because after decades of ignoring these sorts of things they just suddenly realise that actually all greeks thought government figures are a complete and utter fiction that the greek economy is based the public complete not true disorganization were ultimately nobody has any incentive to pay their taxes etc the problem is for the greeks themselves if you're in northern germany you don't see why your local swimming pool should be closed on in order to pay for things that are happening right now in greece we've got the deputy chairman of the deputy commissioner of the european commission mrs crewe only cruise she's from hold she's one of the few commissioners who really has

a huge how little on the political mood she dropped the bombshell she said we'd like to keep you the euro but you know while we don't have to keep you in the euro that's incredible it's a seismic move finally in brussels it is being talked to by perhaps it's being whispered or more than shy to but the truth is the european union has finally realized that greece is not going to manage to reform itself or doesn't seem to want to and ultimately not while we're on the brink and those people who are striking god love them i'm sorry for them but they're losing money out of their pay packets but there is no way that this farce could continue we're greece can be bailed out by the rest of the world that's the simple truth. the economics of the martyr unfortunately quarter past the hour now here in the russian capital or the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they're blocking reforms the

military said it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential election is assured but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this day kyra based journalist belled true gyptian salve every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether they'll actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is birdshot and maiming protesters has been absolutely no reform of the police. to fight by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw seventy four people die so essentially we've seen very little reform since mubarak stepped down and people are basically anxious that

nothing will change and that will just slip into a new a new dictatorship i think most people here would post i would say they do say that the revolution never ended but it's called the continuance of the ongoing revolution really since january even after mubarak stepped down this time last year they've been continuous sit ins and protests and violent clashes in egypt security forces pushing protesters pushing for change they haven't seen yes. and in the meantime the crackdown on western funded pro-democracy groups in cairo has been discussed by america's top general with egypt's martial ton over four dozen of foreigners have been arrested and are now facing trial for fund. unrest in the country but as artists where if a national reports it's the timing of the climb down but is raising questions. egypt's new government crackdown on one theory is has raised many questions and they may want is right 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 the baraka 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 layman skaf for the slow pace of reform some of them are used by this. court in people of the world. and they are the ones that evolution they have. won the radicals who live there this is very much a dangerous war there are two girls this is specie 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 fines to promote unrest 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 with the scarf looking for enjoy. some against the regime and 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. isn't simply because. of them in a sort of plans for. i don't think that. in the thing. so this is it and there it was military aid to egypt to reduce one point three billion dollars annually has been very serious there is a big week to condemn this car when in the days of blank checks are over or the. end of that the continued on flowing that the provide that support also continue. to washington's so-called support for democracy here in the east washington wants to stop it always this. as much as possible in order to get on to its interests

they don't care about democracy meanwhile even those on the streets protesting against car sharing the council's concerns about the ingenues 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 rate any outside interference some doubts though they really minute the end to military movement growing have a bigger you can see it over there this isn't callous all the armed forces are scholars 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.

well there you are with r.t. live from moscow let's see what else is coming our way this hour in the program for example that despite mounting civilian deaths and plans for an early withdrawal the number of nato airstrikes in afghanistan could actually be on the rise we explain in just a few minutes. but here are some villain for others the u.s. army private accused. by washington of treason perceived nomination for the nobel peace prize. fair and transparent that's how most people in russia want to see the upcoming presidential election in march polling stations across the country are being a quick tour the web cams to avoid any wrongdoing but a group of proactive citizens has decided that using technology alone is not enough . press kind of explains how they're planning to secure honest voting. 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 years of these files have flooded the internet and even though most of the allegations are still to be proven in courts 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 where. people want to vote responsibly and with the internet where their votes go what they want political competition independent courts and media forming voters league is not meant the idea was floating in the air the voters league was officially founded in january by a group of journalists bloggers activists orders writers and other public figures i'd stay with sweden tedious leg t.v. host and now activist. to get ready. for the head of a charity fund and blogger at the also known as dr lisa.

ordinator of the blue buckets movement fighting for equal rights on roads for everyone. our league is an opportunity to gather people who are not indifferent to what's happening the more people with a civil position there are better the league's 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 little to another candidate businessman mikhail prokhorov has already struck a deal with the leak you have to do though i'm willing to authorize one hundred fifty thousand league observers was also arranged to put together a unified database to keep the check and the election from too close 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 critically important not to cross the line and observers not only are positioned it is serious so for the mutations not to take sides in the political process. the league's founders say those shut the organization down if it ever starts turning into a political movement claiming there 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 promised from candidates the league just may secure enough access to effectively monitor the vote in march as long as it avoids taking sides and protects its neutrality is going off r t moscow. now the afghan president

hamid karzai has accused nato of killing eight children and an airstrike on wednesday officials launched a probe later claiming that foreign forces wrongly targeted civilians after receiving an incorrect report that armed men were preparing an attack in the area the bombing came just a week after the united states announced it might stop combat operations in afghanistan earlier than expected but a strike could stoke already strained relations between karzai and his western backers over a mounting death toll journalistic gareth porter thinks that foreign expansion is to blame for the growing number of casualties. this is the price that afghanistan pays for having foreign troops on its soil troops which carry out operations that are based on at best imperfect intelligence and at worst simply lack of fundamental knowledge of local situations and mistakes that are made which will result in

innocent people being killed completely unnecessarily the numbers are growing clearly because the television has continued to expand its operations in response to the growth of u.s. nato troops and part of the taliban response and i would say the single biggest part of the response has been to lay more and more i e d's this is the primary way that the tell of that has been able to find to kill u.s. nato troops and even more so to wound seriously u.s. and nato troops and a more expert opinion on u.s. actions in afghanistan on our website for you at r.t. dot com they can also find out about america's massive defense costs for example by the u.s. congress has approved eighty million dollars to build a new bunker busting soup of bomb with the order from the pentagon and mocked quote urgent. brussels firemen pork. cold water on plans to raise their retirement

age as they saw a policeman in front of the prime minister's office check that out of the sea dog comb. the u.s. army private bradley manning accused of passing secret documents and evidence of war crimes to wiki leaks has been nominated for the nobel peace prize he's been put forward by a peace research center in the u.s. and an icelandic parliamentary group the twenty four year old is awaiting a court martial in the u.s. sand faces life in prison activist clark stoically believes manning that would be much worse the recipient of the prize than the current u.s. president. what he is accused of is. the video that has led to the end of the iraq war has led to pro-democracy rallies and uprisings all over the world and i think it's much deserved that he receives this nobel peace prize if obama gets it why should he has done very little even though he

promised it and obama is also taking credit for ending the iraq war when actually that's not the truth the truth is iraqi government did not want to allow legal immunity for u.s. troops after january first and the reason they didn't want some unity is because of what they saw in the cables in the videos showing civilian deaths that were being covered in the corruption by the u.s. government and that was some of the international news for you in brief this hour with yasi world upside by israeli airstrikes on the gaza strip of left one civilian dead and four others injured the man killed was a god. the israeli army confirmed the bombings saying they were aimed at sites belonging to terror groups and response to a short range rocket attack from gaza. malaysia has deported a young saudi blogger who's wanted in his home country for his remarks on twitter the journalist sparked outrage in the kingdom off the he tweeted controversial

comments about prophet mohammad last week clerics condemned his thoughts as blasphemous the twenty two year old could now face execution. and popular actress whitney houston has died at the age of forty eight but the former was found in a beverly hills hotel room on the evolve the grammy awards in los angeles a career was a model marriage and drug abuse of authority is have yet to decide to turn on the exact cause of death. in just a few minutes here on see we explore the dark side of the tropical paradise of bali first an update on the main stories in about.

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now five thirty pm here in the russian capital this is r.t. time for your headlines now at the arab league to pay to bring stability back to syria while the free syrian army says it expects official recognition from arab gulf states there are also reports that western countries could be propping up al qaida through their support of the opposition. iran's president promises to reveal major advances in its nuclear program saying tehran would never stop enriching uranium iran insists it's only pursuing atomic energy for peaceful purposes despite

a long list of western sanctions imposed against it. and the greek parliament has said for a tough choice on more public cuts to secure a one hundred thirty billion euro bailout of a people angry at already divorced already have been venting their frustration on the streets. now it may be a heaven on earth but the island bali has a less attractive side we now meet local men who trade themselves for sex cowboys in paradise right now on arts. yeah i think it's worse than that. because it will be dimmed and. there was no anyone no i think i was i think everyone knew. that if you look up with a japanese woman then you're truly very lucky. lucky lucky with that with. almost everyone says.