in fever grips russia ahead of the presidential poll with more than one hundred thousand demonstrators the expected to gather in moscow in pro-government and opposition rallies. concern over the effectiveness of sanctions targeting iran's nuclear program grows to around because partners in asia resist western pressure to join the economic. world knees in comments twenty four hours a day watching r.t. the un humanitarian chief is to head to syria to negotiate access of aid to the conflict torn country becomes reports of increasing bloodshed and growing fears of a humanitarian disaster the latest incidents opposition activists claim more than seventy people have been killed across the country as the army escalates its

assault on rebel bases before it is blamed the violence on armed terrorists. carrying out attacks on security forces and civil institutions meanwhile the leaders of an influential opposition group based outside syria have raised their voices and supports tree intervention saying it may be the only way to stop the bloodshed but inside the country there's concern that such calls may only deepen the crisis if national expects. time to change tactics with fighting in homes entering its third week the syrian opposition based abroad and its foreign supporters seem to have run out of patience the foreign military solution to the country's crisis always considered as a last resort right now become a realistic scenario we are really close to thing with military intervention as the only solution there are two evils military intervention a protracted civil war the opposition outside they have contact with the external

powers and they don't have contact would be with the would be syrian syrian people . orrible is going to be able mujahid not his real name has been fighting the assad regime for months he went to all protests and spent many days in jail but now he says the crisis has gone too far. as for me idea what actually because the lottery just does not just. war they are losing their losing buddies. in this engine started isn't really. about. waiting for the for the promises but not everyone is ready to compromise with the deaths of two journalists and holmes an american war reporter and a french photographer pressure from overseas has become more tangible we need to be

international community needs to do more to help the syrian people but the raft fears that is helping hand may also be carrying to our friends we should consider every option ranging from sanctuaries to seeing their weapons are brought to the hands of those who are resisting us so they can defend themselves here in syria the home of position seems to strongly oppose the idea of foreign help. we don't want any interference from abroad these countries may think that they can use this for the rule interests of the syrian people will not allow that but to be able to resist strong political reforms are needed and with a vote on constitutional reform around the corner many here certainly any military intervention of the rail the political process aimed at ending the crisis according to r.t. sources here in syria the fight in homes is now over with the army taken control of

the city if it's confirmed many agree the political discussion between the authorities and the opposition will become more realistic but only if foreign intervention can be kept at bay. refinishing r.t. damascus syria. where the director of international studies at hartford trinity college in the u.s. and russia claims that peaceful rallies in syria frequently been hijacked by those seeking foreign military help. the syrian national council always wanted foreign intervention you know they had followed the script of libya in other words you have an uprising in the city and then you call for the cruise missiles in f. sixteen zero the united states didn't need to to give you any cover so there'd been you can write in good damascus on the back of a cruise missile that was always in a sense the strategy for the syrian national council that was not necessarily the

strategy for the mass of people who were gathering in the streets and for room you know where the rebellion was peaceful or not it was certainly militarized very quickly by the free syrian army to bring in militarization is going to create further destruction well ahead of the foreign affairs committee in russia's no house of parliament has been meeting with opposition groups in the massless he spoke to r.t. about the syrian conflict and he thought starting to be the next hour. egypt sounds to the president who is on trial for complicity in killing protesters jane austen's revolt we'll find out the verdict in this case on the second hosni mubarak has been in power for thirty years this is a death penalty found guilty but experts say whatever the sentence is for the desire to change the country is committing some crimes. it is unfortunate

that after a year and one month from the beginning of the spring if an arab spring that the current situation is one of the prussian demonstrators civil society minorities and one also the suppression of international n.g.o.s so that is not something that one can consider as a positive outcome first few days and weeks of the revolt clash here we clearly saw the use secular laptop people facebook people women minorities middle class labor and all that but once to have you square was consolidated then the regular full of the forces came in including the muslim brotherhood the difference was that the muslim brotherhood have support from the gulf the two dollars they have satellite support they are well organized when election will come those most organized and better funded will take over so the advocacy groups that are influenced by or link to the muslim brotherhood or the salafist are trying to influence the obama

administration so that they would be in line with the interests of the muslim brotherhood in egypt and the advantage in libya and in tunisia and against the secular and liberal forces in the region. later the program of silence the truth will go on trial reveal the tough choices facing the u.s. whistleblowers as the set of standards to classify crimes under the guise of national security. protests turned deadly in afghanistan as controversial so-called arab by u.s. led troops continues to fan the flames of conflict. now tens of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of moscow today supporting or opposing candidates in the upcoming race for the presidency the cabin is bracing itself for rallies and spark political activity ahead of next night's actions that's what it's all about who's in central moscow forest peter what's driving all these people to the streets that. well with just over

a week to go before the presidential votes here in russia all the campaigns are at full throttle in the supporters of the various candidates showing their support only showing their support on the streets of the russian capital thursday now the largest of the may rallies were expecting to see will be taking place just behind me in the grounds of the luzhniki football stadium the national stadium here in russia now that's going to be a rally in support of the candidacy of law to me of putin's now that's expected to be the biggest around one hundred thousand people expected certainly the organizers being the given the go ahead to have one hundred thousand people there they have to hold it on menashe square just next to the kremlin however the amount of people they wanted to bring there it just made more sense in terms of not shutting down the center of the russian capital to move it somewhere they could accommodate that

amount of people now. will also see rallies in support of veteran firebrand politician a lot of me zhirinovsky he's the candidate for the liberal democratic party his supporters will be out on the streets of the russian capital today as well as the communist supporters who are going to see you know he should got off become president in the march the elections now will also be a fourth taking place today by people who are in favor of well. people who what don't agree with any of the politicians or the policies that are on the table at the moment in russia that's expected to be a rather small gathering taking place in the city today now thursday is a public holiday in russia which is why so many people are expected to be able to come out onto the streets and show their support but really what we've seen spalling the parliamentary elections which took place at the end of last year

a real. spike in political activism across the country even in the past week last weekend we saw two. road rallies taking place around the capital one in favor of glad to be uprooted for president what a good it's got to be approved with the president coming up in just a couple of days' time we're going to see a. protest by people i know demonstration by people who. want in free elections and are opposed to the current political system now that protest will take the form of. expected to be thousands of people linking hands around what's known as the garden ring in moscow not the central ring road that goes right around downtown part of the russian capital thousands of people expected to gather there hold hands in solidarity silence to push forward their cause so as they say everything really all that political activism in full throttle ahead of those palm

until elections coming up. just over a week's time. the presidential race of course. people keep us updated thank you. shelder. well israel has rebuffed all warnings against striking iran which has been consistently coming from the international community the country's foreign minister says it's israel's business. to carry out an attack. rhetoric and intensified the u.n. nuclear watchdog mission in tehran it's kind of suspects iran's atomic activities have military purposes basically saying there's a need for a preemptive strike and its western allies have. tough economic sanctions against iran and the time to work however there are growing doubts over the effectiveness of penalties iran's biggest trading partner refusing to comply. message is clear if iran intransigence continues it will face increasing pressure and

isolation the west is of ramping up the pressure on new delhi to follow its lead in stopping imports of iranian oil and dealing with its central being played india refuses to follow suit. you don't. test equally. or more doing a former u.s. state department official said that india's failure to stand with the west on the oil embargo is a slap in the face for the united states and raises questions about india's ability to lead but despite all that indian officials won't budge on the issue india is the ranga largest oil customer with an annual trade of twelve billion dollars officials here in new delhi are negotiating with their counterparts in tehran to continue that trade using repeat instead of dollars to get around the one thing since. and

it's not just india ignoring the west's wishes with four asian countries collectively buying two thirds of iran's oil while the e.u. buys just twenty percent whether the sanctions work or not is not india's concern these are sanctions imposed by the united states the european union they didn't consult us with impose these sanctions so it's that's the american problem not ours issues the welfare of our people and that energy needs that's why many feta think sions will be totally ineffective if the asian giants won't play ball on countries which are sort of for holding out of the future already in their internal functions would not bite sufficiently enough to achieve restraint countries objective if india and china were not to come onboard either u.s. pensions are designed to isolate iran but it won't play that game the question arises what will or can the us to do next priya sridhar r.t. new delhi india. well it's the people in the. country already feeling the effects

of the world with iran petrol prices to record high creasing percent year on year. round blocked exports country as part of its reaction to financial sanctions from we can log on to our website or to. find out more about. the that may have been opened up over the greek capital but the wet weather failed to dampen the spirits of thousands who got to predict this protest that's greek lawmakers are set to changes that would clear the way for a debt restructuring. deal means more certify says her. head. unger is also on the part. of tens of thousands of students protesting against cation cuts in spain it's day. that successful examples of propaganda to recover. icelandic brings debt

forgiveness and best recovery story icelanders you pelted parliament with rocks in two thousand and nine demanding their leaders and bankers answer for the country's economic and financial collapse are reaping the benefits of their anger now there are created by these red against these there are growing unlike the other economies like greece about window of opportunity that iceland faced because the people had the intestinal fortitude to stand up for their sovereignty that was presented to greece and they failed the test you look at the take the test again you failed the test now you're back we'll stay and start eating peanuts that's all because. it's all over let's talk of bratwurst today. are you. a soldier thought to be behind the largest leak of state secrets in

american history is set to go on trial bradley manning has spent almost two years in prison waiting for the official process against him to begin and longer documents claim to have been released by him was video footage of u.s. forces firing on unarmed iraqi civilians critics say the trial is part of a system that hides the dead crimes and punishes those who speak out as artie's christine freezone reports. i am. nearly two years in waiting much of it in solitary confinement and private first class bradley manning stride is finally set to begin. among the twenty two charges filed against him aiding the enemy violating the espionage act and illegally transferring classified data to an unauthorized source wiki leaks. part of that was this video showing u.s.

army pilots killing unarmed civilians including to avoid his employees a video that had been classified by the u.s. military though the government accountability project just. it never should have been you can't also cannot go around classifying criminal activity that is not proper classification and i haven't heard a single person claim that what the collateral murder video showed was not work on a sentiment manning seems to agree with in an online chat conversation he said he hoped his putting the information out there would come to worldwide discussion but he wants people to see the truth a short time later bradley manning was arrested in the process becoming one of the clearest symbols to date of a new set of standards a system that now works against those who report wrongdoing and protects those doing the wrong quite often in the name of national security the pendulum right now is still very much opposed to nine eleven time and national hysteria and limited

civil rights and liberties and she would no doubt was the justice department whistleblower in the case of the so-called american taliban john walker lindh i had to interrogate him without an attorney and not torture him and when i blew the whistle i ended up being put under criminal investigation referred to the state forests in which i'm licensed as a lawyer and put on the no fly list but it. wasn't always this way in two thousand and two the time magazine person of the year was the whistleblowers and although the government tried to have him put away for life daniel ellsberg was hailed as a hero by the public for leaking information that became known as the pentagon papers classified documents he helped author revealed what was actually happening in vietnam those were. what he revealed to the public what the public should have known from the government itself. important knowledge important knowledge now often stifled both on and off the battlefield and the military or from one earnest

sexually assaulted or abused or even raped she's supposed to go through the chain of command which will actually harm her instead of helping her outside of the military policies are also being drawn up to protect corporations the so-called whistleblower improvement act if passed will actually harm with blowers requiring them to report misconduct to their employer first before going to any regulatory agencies it would also remove any incentives to do so our government. businesses are still in shock at really late as hard to tell them apart both and now working harder than ever to keep their secrets out of the public eye in washington christine for south r.t. . wiki leaks says he lifted the lid on yet another piece of transit card information as we report dot com a spy scandal unfolds us whistleblower that just revealed documents claiming to

expose the swedish foreign ministers of alleged american former that's. the very last lunch the first class passengers menu from the entire town except for grabs but not much you have to fork out for it some tea don't come. down to the official auntie obligation to your on the phone pod touch for me i choose ups to. lunch all she lives on the go. video on demand all keys my old girls. are assessed reads now in the palm of your. questions on the job com. at least nine people have been killed and dozens more injured and protests over the koran by u.s. troops in afghanistan a senior commander has apologized for the controversy saying religious tears with

the story and steak and then the rallies from the rest of the. traffic and the fence on this side leaves incidents like this on the mind. this is the worst possible nightmare for the americans that so far they have been facing the resistance from the push to no limits but incidents like these that are actually galvanizing the nonprofit. and these books who are supposedly allied to the american so far are turning hostile this is basically the fallout of this which the americans fear and we can reality would happen if we extend and expand the base of the resistance against the americans apologies are not going to work this is the worst p.r. disaster that the americans could have at this moment when they are the most vulnerable is he not just the safety guy outcome of the war what now depend on events like these they have been triggered and the fallout the domino effect is

going to be intense as we said balad and could not be more happier then the events that have happened in afghanistan if caliban could not defeat the americans the american marines have been some of the big green. well torture tactic and rebuttal provocation later today on r t we explore the misuse of music to promote violence as a preview of our special report songs of war. designed to keep you close in your. world as a prisoner. you know you leave somebody in there for a couple hours like in a stress position. you have this fear of the unknown and the stress sort of building and. i've seen interrogations go on ten twelve hours they chose

songs i remember from marilyn manson and metallica and slayer. would be angel get blood. cause they were coming up here into iraq with. just the raw. feeling for. the european commission has asked the e.u.'s highest court to rule on whether a controversial twenty computer piracy agreement is legal known as actor bill has been heavily criticised by web freedom activists sparking multiple protests across europe if passed legislation to allow customs officers of airports to examine all devices that may contain hard to data. which is also gain access to private digital

information but so far twenty two countries have signed up to the deal which was negotiated in secret. on the online magazine and no one buying it is the law punishes those who use sources legally into battle online piracy. the problem is is that the censorship though the involved in these things is always vicarious when a something is targeted because people using it to break the law to pirate the something it always brings down also the got the people who might be using the same service for perfectly legitimate reasons these laws never actually do anything to stop piracy the way the internet works is one of two computers can connect to each other people are going to find a way to share files the internet works by copying data so what we will see is when you thought the past will be always social harm and will be no actual prevention of piracy so the companies that want them will be back at the

legislative trough a few months later. but i prefer that now it's another major news stories from across the world the sound of a train crash in argentina has left forty nine people dead and almost seven hundred injured a crowded commuter train slammed into a wall that's essential terminal a couple of hours after reportedly suffering brake failure rescuers have been working for hours to pull us from the wreckage it's the worst train accident in country decades. divers searching the wrecked costa concordia cruise ship and found eight more bodies including a five year old girl at least seven people missing or in a month off the vessel size of italy's into any enclosed ship's operator is currently under investigation of the tragedy seven officials facing charges of manslaughter. libya's government has declared

a state of emergency after severe flooding and mudslides there disaster already left nine people dead and several rounds and it's become trees a president to examine the damage and from a visit to the affected areas rainy season is expected to continue so much. well or a wind of our headlines is coming your way in just a few minutes stay with us for that.

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