election fever grips moscow is tens of thousands marched on the streets of the russian capital in support of the various candidates the president join me in a few moments for more on this. and the concern over the effectiveness of sanctions targeting iran's nuclear program grows restaurant's biggest partners in asia resist question pressure to join the economic. and live twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. the un humanitarian chief is to head to syria to negotiate the access of aid to the conflict torn country it comes amid reports of increasing bloodshed and growing fears of a humanitarian disaster but in the latest incidents opposition activists claim more than seventy people were killed across the country of the army escalates its

assault on the rebel bases before it is plain the violence on armed terrorists for carrying out attacks on security forces and institutions meanwhile the leaders of an influential opposition group based outside syria raised their voices in support of foreign military intervention saying it may be the only way to stop the bloodshed side the country there's concern such calls really deepen the crisis the griffin national expects. time to change tactics to fight in home is entering its third week this yr an opposition based abroad and its foreign supporters seem to have run out of patience and 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 seeing both military intervention as the only solution 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

very. core of the. head 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 i give up actually because the just because not just war we are losing we are living by these evil this engine. is and you really give me a very and who are all of the for the promises but not everyone is ready to compromise with the death of two journalists and homes an american war a porter and the french photographer pressure from overseas has become more tangible we need to the international community needs to do more to help the syrian

people but the wrath here is that this helping hand may also be carried to our friends we should consider every option ranging from sanctuaries to saying that 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 we think that they can use this for the interest of the syrian people will not allow the but to be able to resist strong political reforms are needed and with a vote on constitutional reform around the corner may here certain any military intervention of will derail the political process aimed at ending the crisis. according to r.t. sources here in syria if fighting in homes is now over and the army taking 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 the debate. refinishing r.t. damascus syria. the director of international studies at hartford trinity college in the u.s. russia claims peaceful rallies in syria have 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 a rising in a city and then you call for the cruise missiles in f. sixteen zero the united states they need to give you. pain you can ride into damascus on the back of a cruise missile that was always in a sense the strategy for the syrian national council 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 in order to bring in militarization is going to create further destruction. the head of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament has been meeting with opposition groups in damascus he spoke to r.t. about the syrian conflict and watch the interview next hour. tens of thousands of people are taking to the streets of moscow today supporting opposing turn of that coming race for the presidency for separate mass rallies are taking place in the capital a spike of political activity ahead of next month's elections artie's put on a verse and monitoring the situation in central moscow. thursday seeing a day of rallies in support of various political candidates for president across moscow doubt today is

a public holiday meaning that lots of people are off work and able to come out on the streets where i am right now it will probably go to the exactly going to be the largest demonstration the largest rally taking place this is amongst the pro to me a putin for president supporters they're. going to be holding a large rally at luzhniki stadium the central football stadium here in moscow old guy says have been given permission for up to one hundred thousand people to take part in not but this isn't the only rally taking place today elsewhere in the city there are rallies in support of well veteran firebrand politician to me as you do not see his liberal democrat six party supporters putting on a demonstration saying that they want him to be president also a rally in favor of you know he should go and all of the leader of the communist party and also taking place they are as well the fourth rally taking place in the city will be in favor of none of those candidates in fact nobody at all this is

going to be a rally against basically everything that's going on right now well since the column entry elections in december of last year we've seen a real spike in political activism in russia we saw much protest in must demonstrations then in december and it's really continued through it just last weekend we saw col rallies taking place in central moscow on saturday and sunday on saturday in favor prime minister vladimir putin to be the next president on sunday i can try to be prudent being the next president now in coming up in just a few days' time we're going to see another. demonstration by those who are it wants one thing free and fair elections in the country and also opposed to the current political system that rallied demonstration to take the form of people hold . hands in a chain around the garden ring other gatherings essentially a ring road that goes around downtown moscow and this goes on for around sixteen

kilometers so thousands of people expected to turn out there holding hands in silence in solidarity for the causes that they believe in so yes. the elections just over a week away to russia go to the polls to vote in who will be the next president of the country political activism on the our peer in the country and many people out in support of their various political causes. it's all over reporting there and you can watch in life footage from the pro who can read it on our website r.t. dot com also download the video free of charge a free resource that's created here not r.t. dot com. free. free. free free. free. free. free volunteer video for your. free video card.

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 and carry out an attack and rhetoric has again intensified after u.n. nuclear watchdog mission tehran brought their results suspects iran's atomic activities have military purposes back into the saying there's a need for a preemptive strike on its western allies have an idea say tough economic sanctions against iran the time to work. out seven effectiveness penalties. the message is clear if iran's intransigence continues it will face increasing pressure and isolation the west is ramping up the pressure on new delhi to follow its lead in stopping imports of iranian oil and dealing with its central thing but india refuses to follow suit.

you don't. test equally. grow the. problem are 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 there 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 rupees 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 barring two thirds of iran's oil while the e.u. is just twenty percent rather the sanctions work or not his book and guess concern

these are sanctions imposed by the united states the european union they didn't consult us with impose the 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 say the thing since will be totally ineffective if the asian giants won't play ball countries which are sort of for the future already in their internal functions would not bite sufficiently enough to achieve restraint countries objective india and turnover not to come on board either you us finish and they're designed to isolate iran but if asia won't play that game the question arises what will or can the west do next priya sridhar r.t. new delhi india. well coming up later in the program saddam to the truth all go on trial reveal a tough choice u.s. whistle goes it's a new set of standards it's a classic line that's crimes under the guise of national security. plus tests turned deadly in afghanistan controversial so-called u.s.

troops used to fund the flames of conflict. may have opened up over the greek capital whether from the spirits of thousands have gathered for the latest protest their. lawmakers voted on legal changes that would clear the way for a debt restructuring or the latest paid out deal agreements means more sacrifices for the country almost a decade of painful cuts head. apart. and tens of thousands of students protesting against education cuts in spain this is a must see herbert examples of public anger to recovery. icelandic 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 they're operated by the seas there are growing unlike the other economies like greece that window of opportunity that iceland faced because the people have the intestinal fortitude to stand up for their sovereignty that was presented to greece and they failed but just to look at the take the test again you fail the test now you're about to stay and start eating peanuts all because. it's all over. but worst. the u.s. soldier thought to be behind the largest the state secret service and history is set to go on trial bradley manning has spent almost two years in prison for it in for the official process against him to begin with documents claimed 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 alleged crimes and punishes those who speak out as artie's christine fair it wants. in. 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 should avoid hers and points a video that had been classified by the u.s. military though the government accountability project just a little raid x. said 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 war crimes 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 that he wants people to see the truth as 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 know it 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 to torture him and when i blew the whistle i ended up being under criminal investigation and refer to the state bar or some 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 that revealed what was actually happening in vietnam both were. already 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 an is sexually assaulted or of years or even rate she's supposed to go through the chain of command which will actually harm her and stead of helping her outside of

the military policies are also being drawn up to protect corporations the so-called whistleblower improvement act if passed would 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 and . businesses are still intricately lane to 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 for now r.t. . and we can take sides lifted that they don't yet another piece of cross-eyed information as we report dot com a spy scandal unfolds as the whistleblower letters to reveal documents came to expose the swedish foreign minister american informant plus. the very last month's first class passengers a venue for the team's titanic and something for grabs downtime much you'd have to

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russia would be so much brighter if you moved on from fans to pressure these. stunts on t.v. dot com. at least nine people have been killed and dozens more injured in protests the burning of the koran by u.s. led troops in afghanistan seen here and apologize for the controversy saying materials were destroyed by mistake deadly rallies from to the west down its

embassy in but it's stuff and traffic offense artists i only use incidents like this and the boy american mission. this is the worst possible nightmare for the americans that so far they have been facing the resistance from the push to an element of incidents like these that are actually galvanizing the known for spoon elements of tajiks the house and these 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 we can reality what happened is the it will extend then 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 member is he not just the safety entire outcome of the war for now depend on events like these they have been triggered and the fallout the domino effect is going to

be intense as we still live on could not be more happier then the evens that have happened in afghanistan if taliban could not defeat the americans the american marines have them some of the big brave. well torture tactic and prebuttal provocation later today on r t we explore the misuse of music to promote violence here's a preview of our special report songs of war. 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 and the stress sort of building and bill. seen interrogations go on ten twelve hours they chose songs i remember from marilyn manson and metallica slayer two songs would be

angel did. those who were coming up here into iraq. for just the right. feeling for. the e.u. has suspended the ratification of a controversial anti computer piracy agreements questioning its legality can now be investigated to see if the document is compatible with human rights and freedoms known as. has been heavily criticised by web freedom activists sparking multiple protests across europe if passed legislation to allow customs officers at airports examine all devices that may contain pirated data. is also going on the internet

access to private and digital information so far twenty two e.u. countries have signed up to the deal which was negotiated in secret. from the online magazine and blog one boy he was the door punishes those who use sources legally our friends about 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 are using it to break the law or to part of something it always brings down also the god the people who might be using the same service for perfectly legitimate reasons these laws never actually do anything to stop piracy or 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 always social harm and not be no actual prevention of piracy so the companies that want them will be back at the

legislative trough a few months later. when brief look now at some other major news stories from across the world the iraqi capital baghdad have got by multiple attacks which of claimed at least thirty one lives is salt's appeared to mostly targets the q.b. offices a string of attacks started with the why shooting at least five bombings should be trouble soon after your thoughts come just months after the final u.s. troops left the country. to train crash in argentina has left forty nine people dead and almost seven hundred injured a crowded commuter service slammed into a wall at the central terminal of the capital brontosaurus after reportedly suffering brake failure rescuers had been working for hours to pull trapped passengers from the wreckage is the worst train wrecks the country for decades. divers searching a wrecked costa concordia proof ship of eight more bodies and

a five year old girl released seven people still missing more than a month a vessel hit rocks and upsized off italy's mediterranean coast the ships operator is currently under investigation over the tragedy with seven officials facing charges of manslaughter. but a reminder of our top stories is just a couple minutes away stay with us. the be.

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