well that's a. pretty chill of being born with a form is people have more cancers there's growth league ideation and boy is there is there is girls have problem with their periods or kind of issues that have. risen from the legend see that has been left behind by this boy that's for actually dow chemical is paying for the fabric that will be draped around the stadium olympic rules forbid any advertising during the games itself is allowed to splash its logo all over. before the games actually begin but it's now said it's not even going to do that it says it's nothing to do with the protests but it does mean it's paying seven million pounds for something that won't even show its name but dow will still be able to call itself a sustainable a limp it partner and organizers say their conscience is clean supposedly thanks to

a green light from the ethics watchdog absolutely i did not agree with that it was the question was asked to look at the process and there were discussions within the commission and i lie self-centered a lot of evidence that. and then i was shocked to see a public statement come out i would never have signed off that statement dow chemical refused to speak to us so did london organizers instead they issued this statement from twenty twelve chief lord coe i absolutely stand by our procurement process. distance the most sustainable solution to our rap and we are comfortable with that a boy called from indian athletes has been called off but india is a limp it committee is still demanding down to be dropped but just six months to go it's unlikely they'll get their wish leaving claims of a sustainable legacy so really in doubt either bennett r.t. . let's take

a look out some other stories making headlines across the globe and as long as militants suspected of developing bombs used in the two thousand and two bali attack is on trial will mark attack is the top remaining suspect in the bombings that killed more than two hundred he was arrested last year in pakistan while trying to meet osama bin laden three other suspects have already been tried and executed. the families of the victims of the submerged kostitsyn courtier cruise ship are marking one month since the disaster they're staging a ceremony at a church near the crash site off italy's west coast meanwhile operations to pump almost two and a half thousand tons of fuel from the stricken vessel had begun seventeen people died fifteen still missing after the liner ran aground the captain said to be among the first to reflect the ship and is now under house arrest and up next our interview with investigative journalist a so when stanley focusing on the turbulent situation in syria stay with us.

the world will. be. today i'm drawn by a so when stanley an investigative journalist writes in on the middle east his latest piece delves into the discrepancies and once the casualty figures in the syrian crisis they said thanks as being to r.t. now one of the most quoted sources for those casualty figures is the syrian observatory for human rights but you've recently found out information that

suggests it can't necessarily always be trusted why is that i think first of all you have to establish who really is this the syrian observatory for human rights. in our investigation we didn't really uncover any particular reason to doubt the genuine and latrice figures. but there is another group led by this man sort of very those figures are slightly higher than the original trade groups the syrian observatory for human rights lead programmer. makes a point to be. they say you know they're independent right and that. they record all deaths whether they're soldiers syrian soldiers in oil to the regime all the defectors all the protesters where as. now as arabs group printed as well but their figures for the number of. military there are much much lower. there

seems to be you know a certain agenda there and behind it all seems to me basically that although both sides deny differences in in military intervention essentially in political differences there is different trends in the syrian opposition mainly between people who support outside intervention and the protestors who don't save the syrian national council which are now openly in favor of a no fly zone which to me seemed ridiculous because you know there isn't any even claimed that i know of. the syrian regime for all its many crimes there's no claim that it's problems people so no fly zone just seems a political. pretext to invade any. and the original syrian observatory for human rights group is against that religious glisten he said we don't support of the lies and they said that sami and sons of the least these two sides these two groups they both seem to. although they deny direct links to different

factions of the opposition they seeing their position seem to line up how willing has the foreign media would you say been its consumption of the figures published by the azhar group a lot of the mainstream news channels sort of were taken in by his area and he's appeared on the b.b.c. and he's appeared on observer english and c.n.n. and probably others. as a spokesperson for the observatory he's grabbing a direct rounds group says he was never a spokesperson for them his kind of narrative which has become increasingly shrill working it plays into the narrative of to do something we you know the west or british government or the american government or whatever we need to intervene or we need to do something it plays into that kind of narrative i mean for example periods last month on. our story in t.v. and in news there were genocide which of what's happening now i mean. and that

seems to me exaggerated for all the crimes of the bashar assad regime he's he's kind of seems to be inflating it which to me is is damaging to the opposition and that's for people who i've spoken to who are part of the opposition or sympathetic to your position that's why they kind of they don't like this kind of approach because the crimes of the regime are bad enough without some kind of. using words like genocide and how damaging could a foreign intervention be in syria any military intervention in syria would be. very different from worse. it's going to. regional conflagration. and it could even increase support for the regime within the country we saw we see what happened in the case of iran when there was opposition.

from within there the great there is rhetoric from the outside of threats of either bombing from israel. the u.s. whether all this talk of immediate threats allows the regimes to then say are well look you have to support us because otherwise you're going to you know we're going to get bombed and our well being opposition people they're not general opposition they're just agents and so on and so forth so. i think an outside intervention. in terms of whether it's just a so-called no fly zone or any kind of military intervention very much makes things worse. the arab league solution to the syrian crisis is for the present and sad to see tower is that particular is that fair i think that's a way of keeping the regime in place and changing the figurehead there seems to be very much the g.c.c. plan in yemen for example where they wanted. to step down.

as i said to keep everything in place and of apparently his vice president was there and they resume regime essentially staying the same there's a look what's going on in the region is there's very much a cancer revolution to the wave revolution the scripts the region the whole arab world since. the chin is in it rose in the successful in opposing. in every. there's a very powerful counter revolution which is led by saudi arabia backed by the americans. and also brought. in more in their way by israel. and the aim of this cancer revolution is by all means to keep regimes in power and if necessary shedding the head and see you see that happening in egypt where the military rulers were able to preserve themselves spencer and i think these same powers and they are open so that happening in syria can the same there really care

about democracy perceval just want more that whatever is best for their interests there and if if there would be a more manageable. regime which then had a different figurehead they certainly go for that it's one stunning thank you thanks. resistance politics culture. is could. on its own. cultures of resistance on the march.

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shifts. twelve thirty am in moscow these iraqi headlines israel accuses iran of being behind bomb attacks targeting israeli embassies in georgia and india which four people were thought to have been injured. russia says it regrets the hireable even winding down the observers work in syria and stresses the proposed peacekeeping mission can only be deployed once the government and opposition forces agree lay down their all. fiery protests in athens followed by chaos and looting as public

outrage escalates after the greek parliament passes a new austerity bill to secure and another bailout. next we take you to the russian republic of nigeria where a community culture clash has become overcome through shared faith stay with us. this is help people of many ethnic groups pray in ancient times. today this is the sort of worship but can only be felt in this russian region. to visit with we were not allowed to worship in soviet times people like us who did were put on trial we have open air prayers will avert floods both quakes and manmade disasters. services like the use

a rooted in ancient history these words were first spoken nearly a thousand years ago but the worship is gathering here now the thoughts today europe's lost pagans. are not on one area the. and his family says on a journey one that's been a thousand years in the making. many others living in this republic will do the same just as their ancestors have done over the centuries. and his wife and vera live in a small village called. public about eight hundred kilometers

east of moscow. i. live in russia under a finnish great courage and there are two main groups. i. believe they belong to the same ethnic group they speak different languages and live in different regions of the compass. these people spent most of their loans behind desks in the city. is too much and they decided to take a trip to get away from it all and dozens of like minded folk find them over to an internet site calling themselves the rumors that explore and study its history. this eventually will take the traveling local historians to the most mysterious

places in the lovely old republic. the story of eric use a cane joins the neighborhoods on the freeway as they leave the city he's promised to show most fascination with some of. the lol i haven't seen you for ages where did you bring this cold from it was minus one celsius yesterday and now it's minus eighteen if you please show us our route. we go here and then we will stop a few times then we have to go off the roads here are the people that. are so extreme coming here in such cold weather. now we're going to try to reach the most interesting places our chief destination is the most point of marielle where we will look for cousins and cars caves. the republic's highest point is. only

a few people have succeeded in reaching its peak it's thought that this often leads people astray during this expedition three vehicles lost their way the drivers went missing and the walkie talkies weren't working. people often get lost in this area they just lose their bearings there is something odd going on when we can't establish contact with one another either by phone or walkie talkie. however all the explorers eventually will unite a coup. adding to them in larry l. is considered a zone of abnormal activity local people often see unidentified flying objects here . mario is at the alter to doff two hundred eighty four meters above sea level is the true apex of the morey world. landscape.

homer. only eve of the old maria press service there and you get a commission golf visit your luck the capitol of mary l. the convention of some musicians facing maori folk songs to entertain and residents with their traditional melodies centuries ago. it was a fortress now it's an old tell but large scale development has recently begun. a large swarm has been replaced with an embankment buildings looking like castles complete with towers and ramparts sprouting up here just a short time ago with us. this is a kind of renascence. this place is incorporated many aspects of venice. and here we see

a northern influence with danish and dutch elements. similar buildings went up in a very elderly population quite a long time ago one example is a magnificent old castle standing on the banks of the volga two hundred kilometers from your colo it was built amidst a fix forest by russian aristocrats of the shutter much of. the council was built not only by russian masters but also by foreign on this. they do and they styled to the castle. here you can see the rock is them time and roman stands as well as an alter russian style. in soviet times the cultural was turned into a holiday resort a tourists were apprehensive about the building local people spoke of ghostly

inhabitants who they believed to be the casals guardians. today because there is a as it ever was a mess of doors leading into hollow rooms still produce a sinister creak. the road goes now cos. we hear the dogs creepin as and move from room to room. but they don't bother us we share a common grounds and get along with them quite well. in the village of where you have jennie and derek a mensch a coffee if everybody is getting ready for the all memory press office. cough cleans his body above else before facing one of the most important events in his life that's daybreak he will take part in one of the most ancient of sacred rights

for the murray people. to moral take a candle to the secret group the mist weeks for such scandals are made of him candles from shops are no good for this purpose they should be homemade. candle symbolizes the link between me and god it will take my prayer to hear. your is mighty is your from giving a mother a blessing in her son's life was unfortunately. unlike christians who pray in church these worshipers go to a grove where they seek communion with nature but before setting else they say a brief prayer and. everybody coming to the grove brings domestic waterfowl with them they serve as

food for both the gods and the people began its mentioned office decided to sacrifice the fattest gives him his household a maori regard geese and ducks as symbols of harmony between three basic elements these creatures walk on earth swim in water and fly through the air. eight hundred animals were sacrificed here including a blue collar around as well as decent ducks. one woman from day one was teaching as a good knowledge of the area and she provides a running commentary for them that said at the paris service is taking place near the five sacred trees each tree is dedicated to a particular diety. everyone carefully follows the guides words as they take in the sights along the way. i wrote about all these on the left hand side people praying

the sacred place as soon as we get to the religious time that. the special day of the commission of couple has been looking forward to as arrived at last. vera and you have got to have reached the sacred grove situated a hundred kilometers from us for them it was a fellow sacrifice birds have also been brought by mary from all over the republic also to give the presence of their golds. at first the grove resonates with goose oaks soon after read only the echoes of priestly prayers. these pagan priests know how to communicate with god's people praying at the grove

last august pines birches have strong beliefs in the forces of nature they insist their faith is the world's oldest. people come with what we call sacrificial waterfowl. bring our desires ease and grievances along. with i discuss their problems with a priest. and communicate by means of ministry of what we pass their requests and wishes on at this table are. enormous pot suspended if a bone finds the lips side by side with the old souls there used to make porridge and just ceremonial meats broth. take a look at the ducks and geese a boy will hear. the break up then by. chunks and so is the pieces into the fire. seems to have been brought by washington years. this is help people in russia

worship before the arrival of christianity the maori have prayed the same way to their gods for several millennia. old these people are offering prayers to many gods which is that five sports have been set aside for bonfires in this grow for example the wall morgue. and this one they pray to the god show she love us. they are asking for his grace in childbirth and happiness. i look up. the scale comes up the organs of the birds are committed in the bone finds it's forbidden to take any leftovers from the sacrificial offerings from the grove. cultures and some of you are going to try to go on our journey wonderfulness. said before there's no shortage of austerity and the slashing of budgets on the street

and the welfare state generate jobs in return is. tell me the official antti allocation chobani phone on pod touch from the i.q. saps to. the geology of life on the go. crazy undermines hockey's my old cars. are as is feeds now in the palm of your. christian.

district in the southwest of madill is full of historic sites and rich and legends but the shortest road there. are of the volga the great russian river from here a ferry is needed local pigeons have even memorised the boat should there's a flux of regularly features around it from one shore of the volga to the other.

people here take pride in the fact that nearly all local women learn to play the flute from a young age it's a very patients and physicians a musical instrument in the old days it strings were made from animal trails or force her locals insist that the sea music reveals the food character of the people on the. plane has been handed down from generation to generation there are very many music players here with michael displays in that. it's a well known village in marysville the road that ran right through the village used to be called the shackle road it was a boot with convicts cracked annoyance were taken on to siberia as a result it was also names the siberian root. of this road formed

a link between russia's capital and its siberian part. a connected the country's western and eastern regions. russian poet alexander pushkin once travelled along it it was used by stage coaches with. has been at the head of the district for several years during this time he's been able to restore a dozen historical landmarks. we marry from the western bank of the volga are not great in number there are only fifty or sixty thousand of us in the world is the ceiling that is why we seek to stick together in order to safeguard our language culture and of course the land where we live to melissa is the business for. the burial site is the only one of its kind in the region cattle breeders of an endeavor.