groups rush ahead of the presidential poll more than one hundred thousand demonstrators expected to gather in pro-government turned opposition rallies. and concern over the effectiveness of sanctions targeting iran's nuclear program grows iran's biggest partners in asia resist western pressure to join the economic warfare. they are watching r.t. will straight to our top story now the un humanitarian chief is to head to syria to negotiate the access of aid in the conflict torn country he comes amid reports of increasing bloodshed and humanitarian disaster in latest incidents opposition activists claimed more than seventy people were killed across the country as army escalates its assault on rebel basis before it is blame the violence on armed

terrorists carrying out attacks on security forces and civil institutions. leaders and for mention opposition group based outside syria have raised their voices in support of foreign military intervention saying it only way to stop the bloodshed but inside the country there is concern that such calls where only deepen the crisis or expects. time to change tactics with fighting in homes entering its third week as syrian opposition based abroad and its foreign supporters seem to have run out of patients the foreign military solution to the country's crisis is always considered as a last resort might now become a realistic scenario we are really close to thing both 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 with the would be would be syrian syrian people

. or of the. mujahideen not his real name has been fighting the assad regime for months he went to all protests and spent many days in jail and now he says the crisis has gone too far. as for me i give up actually because it too is not just because not just. war we are losing. by these evil regimes this engine. is and you give me i'm ready to give up. in the waiting for the for the promises but not everyone is ready to compromise with the death of the two journalists and homes 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 wrath

hears that is helping hand may also be carried 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 real interest 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 may hear certain any military intervention will derail the political process is aimed at ending the crisis according to r.t. sources here in syria they fight in homes is now over when 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. reef an option r.t. damascus syria. a director of international studies at hartford trinity college in the u.s. pressured claims peaceful rallies in syria have frequently been hijacked by those seeking a foreign military help the syrian national council all of this world did 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 united states they need to give you air cover so they had been you can write in to damascus on the back of a cruise missile that was always in a sense the strategy for the syrian national council then was not necessarily the strategy for the mass of people who were gathering in the streets and for whom you know where the rebellion was peaceful and it was certainly militarized very quickly

by the free syrian army not to bring in militarization is going to create further destruction. by the head of the foreign affairs committee in russia's and their house of parliament has been meeting with opposition groups in damascus he spent two hours here about the syrian conflict and watch the full interview later this hour. egypt's ousted president who is on trial for complicity in killing protesters during last year's vote and find out the verdict in this case on july second was a barack had been in power for thirty years and faces the death penalty if found guilty but experts say whatever the sentence his fault of not being inside change revolution hijacked by islamists are getting with help from within the u.s. . it is unfortunate that after a year and one month from the beginning of the egyptian spring egyptian arab spring

that the current situation is one of the oppression of 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 roof fall clash here we clearly saw the deeds were used secular laptop people facebook people women minorities middle class like the ones to have you square was consolidated than the regular physical forces came in including the muslim brotherhood the difference was that the muslim brotherhood have support from the gulf petrodollars they have satellite support they are well organized when election will condos most organized and better funded will take over so the advocacy groups that are influenced by or linked to or the muslim brotherhood or the salafist it is an old story it was also under the last two years of the bush administration and of course the last three to four years of the obama administration what is happening is that the trying to influence

the administration so that there would be in line with the interest of the muslim brotherhood in egypt in the islamists in libya and in tunisia and against the secular and liberal forces in the region. well coming up later in the program silence the truth will go on trial reveal the choice facing the u.s. whistleblowers as a new set of standards classified edge crimes and the guise of national security. plus the protest turned deadly in afghanistan as controversial so-called u.s. led troops it's used to fan the flames of conflict. tens of thousands of people are expected to take to the streets of moscow today supporting opposing candidates in the upcoming race for the presidency the capital is bracing itself for four separate rallies and a spike of political activity ahead of next month's elections. all of it was not a train situation in central moscow for us. with just over a week to go before the presidential votes here in russia all the campaigns are at

full throttle the largest of the may rallies are going to be a rally in support of the candidacy of law to me of around one hundred thousand people expected will also see rallies in support of veteran firebrand politician 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 will also be a fourth rally taking place today by people who are in favor of well nothing people who want to 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 this day 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 the call and then chill actions which took place at the end of last year a real spike in political activism across the country though even in the past week last weekend we saw two two road rallies taking place around the capital one in favor of letting me have putin for president with a good spot to be approved by the president and coming up just a couple of days' time we're going to see. another protest by people another 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 essential ring road that goes right around downtown part of the russian capital thousands of people are expected to to gather there hold hands in solidarity in silence to push forward their cause so with just over a week to go before the presidential elections take place in russia political

activism certainly at fever pitch across the country. it's a lot of reporting there but israel has rebuffed all warnings against striking iran which have been consistently coming from the international community become trees foreign minister says it's israel's business alone whether to carry out an attack. or a new rhetoric has again intensified off the u.n. nuclear watchdog mission since iran brought new results tentative suspects in iran's atomic activities have military purposes. there's a need for a preemptive strike but its western allies here saying tough economic sanctions against iran need time to work however there are growing doubts of the effectiveness of pendleton's the message is clear if iran's intransigence continues it will face increasing pressure and isolation the last years of ramping up the pressure on new delhi to follow its lead in stopping imports of iranian oil

and dealing with its central being put into it refuses to follow suit it is not possible. don. de. mint of their marketing is a former u.s. state department official said that india 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 leave but despite all that indian officials want budget on the issue of india they're on the 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. and it's not just india ignoring the last wishes with four asian countries collectively buying two thirds of iran's oil while the e.u.

just twenty percent rather the sanctions work or not is not india's consent these are sanctions imposed by the united states the european union they didn't consult us from impose these sanctions so it's an american problem not ours our issues the welfare of our people and their energy needs that's why many feta think it will be totally in a package if the asian giants won't play ball countries which are sort of for holding out of the future are the near term sanctions would not bite sufficiently enough to achieve restraint countries object to india and china will not. eat you us they're designed to isolate iran but if asia won't play that game the question arises what will or can do next priya sridhar r t new delhi india. well it's the people in that one western country who are really feeling the effect of the world around with their own petrol prices in the u.k. you put a record high six percent year on year after. all exports to the country as part

of its reaction to financial sanctions me you can log on to our website or to. find out more at. the heavens that may have opened up over the greek capital but the wet weather failed to dampen the spirits of thousands who gathered for the latest protest that's as greek lawmakers are set to vote on legal changes that would clear the way for the debt restructuring part of the latest dana deal cremata means more sacrifices for the country almost a decade of painful cuts head all sturton younger is also in other parts of the euro zone tens of thousands of students protesting against inflation cuts and sprayed starbucks guys from stacey herbert look at examples of. how this led to recovery. anger brings debt forgiveness and best recovery story icelanders who 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 many is operated by these right against these there are growing unlike these other economies like greece about window of opportunity that iceland faced and met because the people have the intestinal fortitude to stand up for their sovereignty that so it was presented to greece and they failed the test you look at the take the test again you failed the test now your bass will stay and start eating wienerschnitzel because of lucky it's all over the talk of. worst today. a u.s. 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 with documents claiming to have been released by him was a video footage of u.s. forces firing on unarmed iraqi civilians critics say the trial is part of a system of hundreds of crimes and punishes those who speak out and so it's an easy question for so of course. nearly two years in waiting much of it in solitary confinement and private first class bradley manning's trial 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 china voyagers an employee 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 prompt worldwide discussion as 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 are port wrongdoing and protects those doing the wrong quite often in the name of national security the pendulum right now is still very much a post nine eleven time national hysteria and limited civil rights and liberties and she would no great act was the justice department whistleblower in the case of

the so-called american taliban john walker lindh i had advised not 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 chorus in which i'm licensed as a warrior 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 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 that revealed what was actually happening in vietnam. or he revealed to the public before the public should have known from the government itself important knowledge important knowledge now often stifled both on and off the battlefield and then militaria is sexually assaulted or abused or even rate she's supposed to go through the chain of command much will

actually harm her instead of helping her outside of the military policies are also being drawn up to protect corporations the so-called whistle blower improvement act if passed will actually harm whistleblowers 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. their businesses are so intricately linked it's hard to tell them apart both now working harder than ever to keep their secrets out of the public eye in washington christine frees our r.t. . has lifted the lid on yet another piece of classified information as we reported at r.t. dot com a spy scandal unfolds pledges to reveal documents claiming to expose the swedish foreign minister as an alleged american informant plus. the last lunch rice

class passengers menu from the titanic is up for grabs find out how much you have to fork out for it and r.t. dot com. it's all designed to keep you close in your. world as a person. you know you'll be somebody in there for a couple hours like in a stressful. you have this fear of the unknown in this stress sort of building and building. a scene interrogations go on ten twelve hours they chose songs i remember from marilyn manson and metallica slayer the two songs would be angel of death and really blood. there was a war coming up here into iraq. trying to pull the body sort of for which the rock

n roll band was fitting for the job we were doing. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought. i'm sorry is a big. at least nine people have been killed and dozens more injured in protests over the burning of the koran by u.s. led troops to afghanistan

a senior commander has apologized for the controversy saying just materials were destroyed by mistake deadly rallies prompted big u.s. to know that it said that it stuff traffic. and it seems like this mission. this is the worst possible nightmare for the americans that so far they have been facing the resistance from the push to no limits incidents like these are actually galvanizing the more you push through another month of politics the house and used books who are supposedly allied to the american so far are turning hostile this is basically the ford out of this which the americans fear and which reality would happen is 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 one little it's not just the safety outcome of the war but now depend on events like these they have been triggered before now the domino effect is going to be intense

as we said could not be more happier then the even that have happened in afghanistan if valid one could not defeat the americans the american marines have themselves that big grave. torture tactic and a prebuttal provocation they said see we explore the misuse of music to promote violence as a preview of our special report. designed to keep you close in your. world as a prison. you know you leave somebody in there for a couple hours like in stress positions. you have this fear of the unknown in this stress sort of building and. seen interrogations go on ten twelve hours they

chose songs i remember from marilyn manson and metallica slayer. would be angel. blood. if you were coming up here into iraq. which is the rock n roll band. p u has suspended the ratification of a controversial anti computer piracy agreement questioning its legality. investigated to see if the documents are compatible with human rights and freedoms there's an act of ill has been heavily criticised by freedom activists sparking protests across europe cast legislation and the customs office and airports to

examine all the vices that may contain pirated data with or to gain unlimited access to private digital information so far twenty two countries have signed up to the deal which was negotiated in secret. from the online magazine on by these the punishes those who sources and legally. online piracy. the problem is is that the censorship of the involved in these things is always vicarious when a something is targeted because people using it to break the lure to pirate files or something it always brings down also the god of people who might be using the same service for perfectly legit legitimate reasons these laws never actually do anything to stop piracy but the way the internet works as long as two computers can connect to each other people can find a way to share files the internet works by copying data so what we will see is when those laws are passed there will be all these social harm and no be no actual

prevention of piracy so the companies that want them will be back at the legislative trough a few months later. brief look now at some other major nice stories across the world. the train crash in argentina has there forty nine people dead and almost seven hundred injured a crowded commuter train slammed into a wall that's essential to help of one of our it's often a cause of the suffering brake failure rescuers have been working for hours to pull trapped passengers from the wreckage of the worst train accident in the gulf in decades. divers searching a wrecked costa concordia cruise ship of eight more bodies including got a five year old girl and seven people missing from the blood vessel rocks that capsized off italy's mediterranean coast the ship's operator is currently under investigation over the tragedy seven officials facing charges of manslaughter. and the livia's of government has declared

a state of emergency after severe flooding and mudslides with a saw stars when he left nine people dead and several thousand in this country's president examine that i was himself from a visit to the affected areas the rainy season is expected to continue its second engine to march. on the back of a headlight shortly status. the .

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