election fever grips moscow is tens of thousands march on the streets of the russian capital and support of the various candidates for president joins me in a few moments from now on this. planet dark hair our live pictures from the stadium where the largest rallies taking place at the moment for the current prime minister and presidential candidate who turned out to address a hundred thousand of his supporters. and concern over the effectiveness of sanctions targeting iran's nuclear program grows stronger biggest partners in asia resist western pressure to join the economic warfare. international news and comment twenty four hours a day this is our team the u.n. humanitarian chief is to head to syria to negotiate the access of aid to the

conflict torn country comes amid reports of increasing bloodshed and growing fears of a humanitarian disaster the latest incidents of position activists claim that seventy people were killed as the army escalates its assault on rebel bases and authorities blame the violence on terrorists for carrying out attacks on security forces and civil institutions meanwhile the leaders of an influential opposition group based outside syria raised their voices in support of front of military intervention saying it only way to stop the fighting inside the country is concerned that such calls may only deepen the crisis has been for national sports. 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 before a military solution to the country's crisis is always considered as a last resort might now the. a realistic scenario we are really close to thing that

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 with the with the syrian syrian people . or. 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 i give up actually because the is not just because the just war we are losing we are losing buddies and even if the regime doesn't change some of the good you really didn't give. him to do a thing for the for the cause but not everyone is ready to compromise with the

death of two journalists and homes an american war reporter 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 there are fears that is helping hand may also be carrying weapons we should consider every option ranging from sanctuaries to seeing 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 real 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 may here certain any military

intervention will derail the political process aimed at ending the crisis. according to r.t. sources here in syria the 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. refinishing r.t. damascus syria well director of international studies at hartford trinity college in the u.s. russia claims that peaceful rallies in syria have frequently been hijacked by those seeking a foreign military help the syrian national council always wanted foreign intervention you know they have 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 air cover you can right in

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 billion was peaceful or not it was certainly militarized very quickly by the free syrian army not to bring in militarization is going to create further destruction. while the head of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament has been meeting with opposition groups and damascus he spoke to r.t. about the syrian conflict and you can watch the to you next hour. tens of thousands of people are on the streets of moscow today supporting opposing candidates in the upcoming race for the presidency for separate ras rallies are taking place in the capital and

a spike of political activity of next month's elections were seen live pictures from the largest demonstration the one in favor of the current. he's about to address his supporters. seen around a hundred thousand people we present. a more modest rallies for his opponents are also starting elsewhere in moscow not easy piece all of it is of course developments of the city 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 is well probably going to be the definitely going to be the largest demonstration the largest rally taking place this is monks the pro blood of me a putin for president supporters organizers 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 veteran firebrand politician blood in me as you know of his liberal democratic party supporters putting on a demonstration saying that they want him to be president also a rally in favor of canaries uganda of the leader of the communist party and also taking place they are well though thought rally taking place in the city will be in favor of none of those candidates and in fact nobody at all this is going to be a rally against basically everything that's going on right now well since the parliamentary elections in december of last year we've seen a real spike in political activism in russia we saw mass protests i must demonstrations then it may. in december not really continued through it just last weekend we saw car rallies taking place in central moscow on saturday and sunday on saturday in favor of prime minister vladimir putin to be the next president on

sunday i can slot of me 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 wanting free and fair elections in the country and also opposed to the current political system that rallied demonstrations to take the form of people holding hands in a chain around the garden ring of the gun rings essentially a ring road that goes around downtown moscow and this goes on for around sixty 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 with the elections just over a week away to russia goes to the polls to vote in who will be the next president of the country political activism on the up here in the country and many people out in support of the various political causes. and all of the reporting that well you can watch the live footage from the crew continue rally on our web site r.t. dot com also download the video free of charge on our free media resource that's

free video. cosco. three. three. three. three broad. goals for your media. r.t. dot com. israel has rebuffed all warnings against striking iran which has been consistently coming from the international community countries the foreign minister says it's israel's business alone about whether to carry out an attack until a rainy rhetoric was again intensified after the u.n. nuclear watchdog mission to iran brought no results suspects iran's atomic activities have military purposes repeatedly saying there's a preemptive strike at its western allies have but the idea saying tough economic

sanctions against iran need time to work. growing doubts over the effectiveness of 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 you kelly to follow its lead in stopping imports of iranian oil and dealing with it. but india refused to follow through it does not. need. you don. are. there more do you need 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 pretty united states and raises questions about india's ability to lead but despite all that indian officials won't budge on the issue india 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 rupees instead of dollars to get around but one thing since and it's not just india ignoring the west's wishes with four asian countries collectively borrowing two thirds of iran's oil while the e.u. it's just twenty percent and whether the sanctions work or not is book in guess concern these are sanctions imposed by the united states and the european union they didn't consult us with the impose new sanctions so it's that's their medical problem not ours issues the welfare of the people and that energy needs that's why many feta think sions will be totally ineffective if the asian giants won't play ball countries which are sort of looking to our india and john thanks ans would not bite sufficiently enough to achieve things objective they've turned over not to

come on board the u. u.s. sanctions are designed to isolate iran but if asia won't play that game the question arises what will or can the west do next preassure either r.t. new delhi india. but later in the program silence the truth go on trial for your tough choice facing the u.s. grows as a new set of standards to classify crimes under the guise of national security. protests turned deadly in afghanistan controversial so-called arab u.s. led troops it's nice to run the flames of conflict. the heavens may have opened over the greek capital. whether failed to dampen the spirits of thousands who gathered for the latest protest that's greek lawmakers are saying. is clear the way for a debt restructuring. played out to you. means more soccer authorities for the

country with almost a decade of painful cuts. and see austerity anger is also mounting on the part of the. tens of thousands of students protesting against education cuts in spain next day likes kaiser and stacy herbert a look at examples of what you can go to recovery. icelandic anger 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 is upgraded by these renegade cities there are growing unlike these 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 make bail but just feel good to take the test again you fail the test now your bass will stay and start eating peterson and so because you

get rid of the civil it's all over finished worst. 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 among the 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 the system hides and edged crimes and punishes those who speak out as artists christine for there abouts. nearly two years in waiting much of it in solitary confinement and private first class bradley manning strike 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 two voyagers employees of video that had been classified by the u.s. military though the government accountability project just 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 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 that 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 were court wrongdoing and protects those doing the wrong quite often in the name of national security the pentagon right now is still very much opposed to nine eleven time and national hysteria and limited civil rights and liberty and she would no doubt was the justice department whistleblower in the case of the so-called american taliban john walker lindh. not to interrogate him without an attorney and not torture him and when i blew the whistle i ended up being quite under criminal investigation referred to the state morrison 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 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. were 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 effort one an is sexually assaulted or abused or even rate she's supposed to go through the chain of command which will actually harm her and started 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 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. businesses are still in shock that way later is hard to tell them apart both and

now working harder than ever to keep their secrets out of the public eye in washington christine frees our party. and wiki leaks has lifted the lid on yet another piece of classified information as we reported at r.t. dot com a spy scandal unfolded it was just to reveal documents claiming to expose the swedish foreign minister doesn't alleged american former us. very last lunch a first class passengers menu from the juice titanic is up for grabs about how much you have to fork out for it thirty dot com.

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live these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. today live. at least nine people have been killed and dozens more injured in protests over the burning of the qur'an by u.s. led troops at an air base in afghanistan saying a commander has apologized because it says it's materials were destroyed by mistake deadly rallies from to the u.s. to go down its embassy but it's from traveling offense analyst herman cain's interest of mine commission. 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 going on as in the nonprofit. and these birds 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 would happen if you 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 american could have at this moment when they are the most one memorable is the not just the safety 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 polygon could not be more happier then the events that have happened in afghanistan if valid one could not defeat the americans the american marines have themselves dug they grave. but torture tactic and battle 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. it's all designed to keep you closed in your own small world as a prison. you know you leave somebody in there for a couple hours like that in stress positions. you have this fear of the unknown and the stress sort of building a. scene interrogations go on ten twelve hours a chose songs i remember from marilyn manson and metallica slayer the two songs would be angel of death and raining blood to me there was a war coming up here into iraq to me in the. journey pool of the bodies to the floor which is the rock n roll band who is fitting for the job we're doing.

he knew has suspended the ratification of a controversial anti computer piracy agreement questioning its legality to be investigated to see if the document is compatible with human rights and freedoms and then as an actor the bill has been heavily criticised by a web freedom activists sparking multiple protests across europe it passed legislation without customs officers at airports to examine all devices that may contain pirated data before it is will also gain unlimited access to private 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 the point during these the big board punishes those who use

sources illegally while failing to battle on line piracy. the problem is is that the censorship of the involved in these things is always vicarious when it's assuming is targeted because people are using it to break through to part of something it always brings down also got the people who made news in the same service for critically legitimate reasons these laws never actually do anything to stop piracy 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. for a brief look now at some other major news stories will cross the world the iraqi capital baghdad rocked by multiple attacks which of claimed at least thirty one lives with appear to mostly target security offices

a string of attacks by shooting where at least five warmings shook a couple soon after the assaults just months after the final u.s. troops left the country. a train crash in argentina has left forty nine people dead almost seven hundred injured crowded commuter service slammed into the central terminal helping one of the rest of the reportedly suffering break rescuers have been working for hours to pull truck passengers from the wreckage it's the worst train accident country for decades. and divers searching the wrecked costa concordia cruise ship have found eight bodies including that five year old. at least seven people still missing a month off the vessel outside of police between those ships operator is currently under investigation over the tragedy with seven officials facing charges of

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