from the rebel fighters come that sad majority of the people that there is a massacre going on in the city of homs the syrian officials beg to differ and those people who are who have been killed are people who support the government and people who were kidnapped by the armed groups and they were massacred on the. evening after the. order due to the exact time of the meeting of the security council and you syrian authorities are also saying that the military support and financial support for their bills is coming of from abroad from various other states there have been reports that could sorry and u.k. special forces are fighting on the sides of the rebel and also what with the with the recent announcement by the head of al qaida who has said called on all arab muslims and muslims worldwide to support syrian rebels those claims from the syrian opposition may not be untrue moskos very persistent in continuing to press for the

fact that it's that it's up to syrians themselves in order for the series themselves must be able to solve the current crisis of course the support of the arab league in its endeavors to try and stop the bloodshed in the country however russia's envoy to the united nations. did to say even in an interview to our teeth that perhaps the arab league isn't quite is effective at the moment as it should be 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 dollars or sort of quarters in the city is that door to door he was taken over by armed rebel groups that would mean that the the armed confrontation will continue and escalate there is also washington which increasingly which increasingly makes its rhetoric a little bit sharper than before that they are trying to rally countries in order

to press on the syrian government for the president to step down of course with the recent developments with the support from al qaeda this is becoming more and more to be situation with every moment of while the violence continues people here including the arab league in cairo trying to figure out what exactly they can do in order to stop the violence. we're going to go reporting right meantime political analyst dr says the u.s. and al qaida a both have similar goals in syria. many branches of a choir are in fact related to the cia directly and many of you know that god had been created regionally by iran is the united states i mean cia or the regime in general accordingly i think that the it is behind inquiry there in syria as it was behind al qaida in libya it is the same by the way and that's why you know i think i've got to tell you trying to manipulate the arab people that iraq are there is a given is it because it is some form of and didn't compromise between the

leadership of god and their nest it's a g.m. we have to put in mind also that the fundamentalists in general are in a very good relationship is that if you're a g. regarding you know the issue of capitalism that capitalism and fundamentalism are our allies if you live. from an idiot a different point of view and also it is there are others i mean regarding their interests that's why the both of them are fighting the same images you know the syrian regime and especially and largely if you like the arab nationalism. now with the u.s. critical of states supplying military hardware to damascus there are now calls from washington to opposition groups in syria and as a heads marina portnoy reports the conflict torn region is already flooded with weapons already and coming from the u.s. . at the united nations security council america holds one permanent seat but when it comes to weapons the world's largest arms exporter is often seen as sitting on

two chairs they say there isn't an international embargo on arms preventing them from doing that that is a fact but that doesn't change the immorality of supplying a dictatorial regime that is killing its people in massive numbers every day and we are are deeply concerned about that as u.s. officials continue publicly scolding countries over relations with syria critics say the accusations are being thrown from a tremendous glasshouse the us is a hugely difficult in this regard because they've long been the largest arms dealer and most of those weapons the us sold the story quickly more than four hundred billion dollars worth of since the one nine hundred sixty s. have gone to the middle east and you can't argue. seriously that it's made that region any more stable in the past few years nearly fifty percent of u.s. weapons exports have been flowing to the middle east many countries with the

biggest appetite for american weapons have also made headlines for carrying out brutal crackdowns against dissidents and opposition groups if you are are so you're ok in france they are thugs you're not i mean this is for all of us who have been overseas the duplicity and. of american foreign policy is painfully evident according to congressional figures america has sold one point four billion dollars worth of weapons to bahrain since two thousand and america struck its. single biggest arms deal when saudi arabia ordered sixty billion dollars worth of arms the us has long subsidize the israeli military and recently supplied them with bunker buster bombs experts say this strategic arming of middle eastern countries is aimed at iran and extending u.s. dominance in the region with. these going on. against your

own it's not at all about you know human rights. it's all about some geopolitical f.b.i. whistle blowers sibel edmonds has accused america of playing particularly dirty while leading a campaign for regime change in syria this not some kind of. simultaneously op rising situation where people are a ballet and then suddenly they are mysteriously armed and mysteriously arms are being smuggled into syria from turkey well who who is providing this arms nobody's asking in the us media well these are u.s. arms shipped to turkey this as the u.s. military complex flush with record revenue continues to lobby its interests on capitol hill arms manufacturers are some of the biggest companies in america they're some of the most powerful lockheed martin not only do they they make and so i'm sure the defense department around the world they're a federal contractor and many other levels there are going to vote in elections

this statue outside the u.n. headquarters is a symbol of global peace and nonviolence but critics say the idea has been twisted by the u.s. which goes around advocating peace while arming countless conflicts all for the sake of profit marina point ny r.t. new york. it's good to have you with us you're watching our we're going to live pictures again for you here as thousands are out on the streets of greece once again as they're a parliament is set to choose between tough new cuts or. an imminent default the country's prime minister has warned that failing to get more bailout cash would be catastrophic again live pictures you're watching right here from central athens of the e.u. creditors that want an unpopular new austerity bill passed in return for the one hundred thirty billion euro rescue package the cabinet has cleared the plan but lost six ministers in the process some coalition and these are threatened to vote against it if it all goes ahead fifteen thousand civil servants will lose their

jobs and the minimum wage will be slashed by thousands of greeks have been protesting the deal all throughout the week there being clashes with police. certainly there's been tear gas fodder in the crowd so financial journalist dmitri coffin us believes the greek leadership is acting against its own people in the worst of ways plus. the government side doing what's in the people's best interests it's just doing what's in its own interests and the people don't trust the government the government had an option it could have just said no we're not going to accept these measures and will go to default and by the way there's no reason that a default has to equal an exit from the euro zone i don't see that that connection other people have made that point and that's used to to intimidate the population in greece to scare them to say well if you don't exceed accept these measures that are going to default and are going to be plunged into chaos among the drachma hyperinflation disaster and you know these are scare tactics the only way that they're bailing out greece with more debt so more debt exacts more interest payments exact more exact more interest payments and the end result of that is neal

feudalism you get to a point where you have no there's no capital and everything you have is credits that you get from your overlords who are the banks or who are the the political elite who own you basically so of course the only solution is their appreciation default bankruptcy it's to write off the debt let someone else deal with it let the banks deal with the losses they extended the loans they had a great time making profit making fees with their with their buddies in the greek government and the politicians made a lot of money and now the greeks. to pay because everyone someone has to pay down the line but now instead of making the people that made all the money in the past they had a really great time you know it should be greek families and people on pensions and seven year olds and couples they can't afford to get in make money and they have to lose their living standards and not die very gracefully because people before them were close to kratz and still are so it's actually quite outrageous. about these live pictures for you here in our live streaming coming in from central athens as

you can see just outside the parliament building there it's ultimately thousands of protesters gathering in the parliament debates more deep cuts people upset over proposed cuts to pensions or minimum wages certainly this is covered more in depth at r.t. dot com with artie's financial analyst. live pictures watch more of it as it goes on at all it's who told. us that we had a few here in the program a year pretty much exactly since the toppling of former president mubarak but instead of celebrations across egypt a general strike people feel betrayed by the military rulers and want change but they are still waiting. on the group of politically active russians take the matter of election transparency into their own hands by organizing voters. iran says it will soon reveal some major advances in its nuclear program speaking

on the thirty third anniversary of the islamic revolution president ahmadinejad said to iran it would never stop enriching uranium iran insists its nuclear program is to services the mastic energy. the united states and its allies israel suspect iran could be pursuing nuclear weapons they've been piling up sanctions against iran. warns that europe's planned oil and. political analyst. says washington want to weaken the islamic republic but fail to see the danger their actions are creating. they've taken into consideration that iran is going through election parliamentary 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 if 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 weaponize ing their their system their reign in 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 saying the sanctions are coming at iran no matter what they are justifying or opening their facility there is some judgment already been rendered against iran. on of the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists of 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 are blocking reforms the military said it won't accept any ultimatum and will transfer power in june when the presidential elections are scheduled but many people fear they will remain in power beyond this date cairo based journalist bel truce says adoptions have 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 they 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 i'm aiming protesters it's been absolutely no reform of the police is it exemplified by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw the 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 it will just slip into a new a new dictatorship i think most people here would post it would say they do you say when 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 for protesters pushing for change they haven't seen yet so. now the crackdown on a western funded pro-democracy groups in cairo has been discussed by america's top general with egypt's martial. over four dozen foreigners have been arrested now facing trial for funding unrest in the country but as for national reports it's the timing of the clampdown and questions. egypt's new government crackdown on n.g.o.s has raised many questions and it 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 scarff for the slow pace of reform some of them are used by the other because. they are quoting people of the world the notion that 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 all. subdivisions against the regime but all the mind the round up of activists has also not had a son of u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood further fueling tension between cairo in washington was an uncertain play because. of them in a sort of plans for. i don't. think. so this is america whose military aid to egypt to reduce one point three billion dollars annually has been very serious there has been quick to condemn car one in the days of blank checks are over or the condemned more. the end of the continued on flowing that the provide that support also continues we don't buy or washington's so-called support for democracy here in the middle east washington

wants to step in always the situation 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 share the council's concerns about the ngos motives the usa has had a hand in tips policy making for years but the whole n.t. and your campaign has become the first serious disagreement between america and the countries you authorities 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 is very colorful the armed forces are 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. cairo.

just twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow you're watching on t.v. and still ahead for you in this program a bouncy civilian deaths of violence for an early withdrawal the number of nato airstrikes you know gonna stand could actually be on the rise explain why in just a few moments. if there were some villain for others the u.s. army private accused by washington of treason. the nomination for the nobel peace prize. fair and transparent people here in russia want to see the upcoming presidential election and much polling stations across the country are being a quipped where the web cams to avoid any wrongdoing but a group of proactive citizens has decided that using technology alone is not enough . off 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 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 to know where their votes go 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 me in tedious leg t.v. host and now activist. the lady. or the head of a charity fund and blogger. also known as dr.

other school math 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 similar position there are the better the leagues main goal is to ensure fair elections it's published a list of initiatives on the web divided into groups that everyone can be. 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 i'm willing to authorize one hundred fifty thousand league observers we've also arranged to put together a unified database to keep track of the election protocols 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 clearly 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 leagues founders say they'll 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 voters league to establish ties with both the authorities and the opposition and with the help promise 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. it's good to have you with us

today here on ars he afghan president hamid karzai has accused nato of killing eight children in an airstrike on wednesday officials that 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 this strike could stoke already strained relations between karzai and his western backers over a mounting death toll journalist 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 it worse 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. and 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 taliban has been able to find to kill u.s. nato troops and even more so to wound seriously u.s. and nato troops. well the more expert opinion. on our website. you can also find out about america's massive defense costs for example the u.s. congress has approved a million dollars to build a. policeman

in front of the prime minister. let's go to some other international news for you. it will start with. a strip of left at least one civilian. killed. the bombings. terror groups and were a response to a short range rocket attack that was incoming from. a. blogger who's wanted in his home country for his remarks on twitter the journalist spoke in the kingdom last week. that he would not pray for the prophet mohammed a cleric. could not face execution.

the performer with. authorities. the u.s. army private bradley manning accused of passing secret documents on evidence of war crimes to wiki leaks has been nominated for the nobel peace prize he's being put forward by a peace research center in the u.s. and that parliamentary group the twenty four year old is awaiting a court martial in the u.s. and faces life in prison optimistic klug a study plea believes that manning will be a much worthy of recipient of the prize rather than that of the current u.s. president what he is accused of is leaking documents and 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 though why should the obama has done very little for peace even though he promised it and then obama is also taking credit for ending the iraq war when actually that's not the truth the truth is the iraqi government did not want to allow legal immunity for u.s. troops after january first and the reason that they didn't want immunity is because of what they saw in the cables in the videos showing civilian deaths that were being covered up in the corruption by the u.s. government. just about about a minute and a half ninety seconds to we're back with a recap of the week's top stories series.

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you're just joining us a very warm welcome to you this is our. time for your headlines now the arab league debates how to bring stability back to syria the free syrian army says it expects official recognition from arab states there are also reports that western countries could be cropping up through their support of the opposition. iran's president promises to reveal major advances in its nuclear program it 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. once again

gather outside the greek parliament which are set for a tough choice. to secure one hundred thirty billion euro bailout people angry at already. venting their frustration on the streets. right now if you will stay with us here on our time to take you up to cloud nine. possibly the oldest type of aircraft ever known our special report right now here on our. 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 anyway if we want to. use your online people here are remembered to this general. this is something.