see the groups rush hour is thousands of people come out on the streets of moscow to show their support for the various presidential candidates. and concern over the effectiveness of sanctions targeting iran's nuclear program grows as tehran's biggest partners in each year resist western pressure to join the economic warfare . three pm in moscow i met transit good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story the u.n. humanitarian chief will head to syria to negotiate the access of aid to the war torn country this amid reports of increasing bloodshed and growing fears of a humanitarian disaster and the latest incidents opposition activists claim more than seventy people were killed as the army escalates its assault on rebel bases authorities blame the violence on armed terrorist for carrying out attacks on security forces and civil institutions meanwhile the leaders of an influential

opposition group based outside syria have raised their voices in support of foreign military intervention saying it may be the only way to end the fighting inside the country there is concern such calls may deepen the crisis are kingsbury of an ocean or it's. 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 minister solution to the country's crisis always considered as a last resort might now become a realistic scenario where really close to seeing this military intervention as the only solution the right to evil is 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 the syrian people that it believes so they can of course these can be manipulated 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 it is not just this is not just a war we are losing we are losing buddies and even if the regime doesn't change i said it is good you really give me i am ready to give up and it will be waiting for the for the promises 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 tender will we need to the international community needs to do more to help the syrian people but the raw fear is that this 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 look 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 their own interests but 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 is certain any military intervention will derail the political process aimed at ending the crisis. according to our sources here in syria the fight in homes is now over we've 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. refinish. damascus syria

they're out of international studies at hartford strategy college in the us p.j. parishad thinks 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 an uprising in the city and then you call for the cruise missiles in f. sixteen zero the united states the need to do give you a cover so that then you can write into damascus on the back of a cruise missile that was only as in a sense the strategy for the syrian national council that was not necessarily the strategy for the mass of people who are gathering in the streets and for whom you know where there's a billion was peaceful and not it was certainly militarized very quickly by the free syrian army not to bring in militarization is going to create further

destruction in the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament's been meeting with opposition groups in damascus he spoke with r.t. about the syrian conflict interview coming your way in the next hour here's a pretty. large crowds of people have taken to the moscow streets today supporting opposing candidates in the upcoming race for the presidency several mass rallies have been taking place in the capital in a spike of political activity ahead of next month's vote argues peter all of our reports from central moscow. well to say we're seeing a day of political rallies across small scone i'm here at what's the largest event taking place today this is all of the groups that want to see the plan to be approved be the next president of russia now this event taking place at the luzhniki stadium usually the home of a top flight football in fact russia's national team huge stadium in the center of

the capital this is because well the organizers of this event said a one hundred thousand people could attend now thursday is a public holiday here in russia which you've got to explain why so many people have come out and they're having just come out and support a lot of me and putin also seeing events taking place by the supporters of the liberal democratic party candidate a veteran firebrand politician but an issue to no ski that's going to take place in the city as is a rally by the communist party who want to see kennedy to gandalf be the next president of russia now that isn't the only event taking place there's also a rally being held by those that don't want to see any of the names that are on the ballot paper for president to be elected they also don't believe in any of the political system any of the political goings on that are happening in russia at the moment that's expected to be perhaps the smallest of the gathering today now since

the parliamentary elections at the end of december of last year we've seen a real spike in political activism here in russia just shortly after those elections we saw a mass protests in moscow and other well swear across russia not really continues to till now of course with just over a week away from the presidential vote will be held on the fourth of march. and we've seen belt really who are more demonstrations taking place than coming up over the next few days we're going to see a demonstration by the groups that want to see free and fair elections held in russia and are opposed. the current political system now that protest will take the form of a human chain around the ring now with the garden being it's a remote it's a ring road that goes around the downtown area it's about sixteen kilometers from one end to the other and they want to get people holding hands along in silence to the diversity to try and. put forward their points on the political system in

russia and as they say just over two weeks ago before the presidential elections and election fever certainly gripping russia at the moment. you can see more photos from today's rallies in moscow on our web site r t dot com you can also download video free of charge on our free video resource that's at free video dot r.t.t. dot com. three. three. three. three. videos for your media project. israel has rebuffed warnings against writing iran which have been consistently coming from the international community the country's foreign minister says israel's business alone whether or not to carry out an attack anti-riot in

a rhetoric was again stepped up after the u.n. nuclear watchdog mission in tehran brought no results tel aviv suspects iran's atomic activities have military purposes repeatedly saying there is a need for a preemptive strike its western allies haven't backed the idea saying tough economic sanctions against the country need time to work but there are growing doubts over the effectiveness of the penalties artie's priya sridhar reports from new delhi. the message is clear if iran's 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 bank but india refuses to follow suit does not. produce. a requirement of their marketing

a former us 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 repeat instead of dollars to get around the western think sions. 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 brought in gas consent these are sanctions imposed by the united states and the european union they didn't consult us when the 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 say they think sions will be totally ineffective if the asian giants won't play ball countries which are sort of for holding out of the future are india and china sanctions would not bite sufficiently enough to achieve restraint going for his objective if india and china are not to come onboard either you us think 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 preassure either r.t. new delhi india. stay with us here on r t still to come in the program silenced the truth or go on trial you were killed a tough choice a sing us whistle blowers as a new set of standards aims to classify alleged crimes under the guise of national security. plus protests turned deadly in afghanistan as a controversial so-called error by u.s. led troops continues to fan the flames of conflict. but first the heavens may have opened up over the greek capital but the wet weather failed to dampen the spirits of thousands who gathered for the latest protests this greek lawmakers are set to

vote on a leash on legal changes that would clear the way for a debt restructuring part of the latest belo deal the agreement means more sacrifices for the country with almost a decade of painful cuts ahead and how sturdy anger also mounting in other parts of the debt ridden euro zone tens of thousands of students protesting against education cuts in spain for more on this i'm joined by coast us a doozy in the us press and professor of law at birkbeck university of london so the latest belo deal under the latest bailout deal greece will have to agree to make debt a top priority how democratic do you think a system is where foreign debt is repaid before the country can pay its own citizens. it is not democratic at all in did it is one in the list of measures that are destroying democracy both in greece and i think we're also seeing the future of our europe and when i was listening to your correspondent describe in the democratic festival in moscow today i felt really sad the but my country of birth live and least some of these measures that the destroying democracy in this era the

german government and now is that going to appoint a commission of a god like that to run the clean economy the big economy that was a little insensitive of course because greece has been through a brutal now two york basin and accuse a system of movement started there that only came up with this idea that they create this basically what escrow technical term account where they live and money it will go to but also the accepting it and that the count the money will be a fantasist and but the car will be used only to pay back the loans not a penny for pensions or southers then they asked the litters of the two largest bodies to sign a letter to the european commission that they would actually implemented or those agreements after the coming elections in other words in the most important electoral recently his through it and not of the sort of democratic option the idea of reversal so they are not on the table and not born in elections so what is

happening in much go late that this week it is very clear when and if it is going to happen in the show me here we have a structural democracy and we see it also the european level want this discussion. took place between the heads of the government and the lead this is like the commission the european parliament absolutely no no say in all things this is not democratic deficit as they call it this is that the lapses of democracy and perhaps as i said at the beginning we see the future of europe we have countless of the good being human in what's hot. today greece again fails to meet its targets do you think there's anything left in the country that could be cut to help make these ends meet. well a little. money and livelihoods to cotton like which to destroy. you can push people on the way until they leave the country if they can or they

live off the obvious fields as the what the. the med we have is going to do percent unemployment fifty percent unemployment over here is a huge increase in homelessness in a county that did not have such a phenomenon of course a huge increase in suicide so you have that kind of situation in the past the europeans the africans and the asians you know that limits and of course many people and in the regimes so want but now this is what's happening today in greece we have the. one minute situation with the european union and parts of the german lit up acting as the new or long new look we see. the new server rules and controls seems to be tightening around the country as monitors were permanently now watch how greece fulfills its commitments but there is a fiscal pact under which greece will be punished if it breaks the rules is there a breaking point you think when the country will finally say enough is enough. i

think i would like in a sense to make a distinction in terms of your question between goodness as the greek people and police as the political and economic elites i think are good people are pretty clear and they have really it's that cutoff point they wanted clear in opinion polls were up to it they were sour with you all of the people i totally against these measures and indeed i thought really against the government that is implementing them with up to thirty days of general strikes which brought the counter to start still huge marsalis and there were stories from show one which answer included those a set of confrontations between samp i'm looking to use or the police said that people have repeated it and clearly stated that they cannot take it anymore but look at all the other side the political elites and the economic elites which are

from the council for the last forty years and basically they're trying to save their scheme because they realise that i'll tell you and unless the these measures implemented by the journal and government and the european commission succeeds and of course as we know now the spot that you want to succeed and then that was not happy that their political future perhaps you will see a future in the counterfeiters so you have it down to the level of the dream to majority of the people and the elites which see in a lot of measures see it in this chap called rescue and of course greece now needs to be rescued from the last few is because of the cure is worse than the disease this is about to ask you the last chance of a political future for them in the county for the last of the counter for the majority of the population in respect of ideologies or political commitments or to

support this up. how much more bone and where are you from these measures because we want to do some of these measures which have been implemented to date money from the germans and the fruits people to give them good job the french is nothing to do with the greek people who want to design these measures is precisely. over this issue it is a small bet. all right kostas dizziness professor of law at birkbeck university of london thanks for your time but. there's no let up of anti austerity anger in greece later this hour max keiser and stacy herbert take a look at examples of how public outrage has led 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 their economy is upgraded by these rating agencies there are growing unlike these other economies like greece in that window of opportunity that iceland faced and met because the people have the intestinal fortitude to stand up for their sovereignty that sassed was presented to greece and they failed the test you don't get to take the test again you failed the test now you are vassal state and start eating wienerschnitzel because and get rid of the civil aki it's all over let's talk of finished bratwurst today. a u.s. soldier thought to be behind the biggest leak of state secrets in u.s. history is set to go on trial bradley manning has spent almost two years in prison waiting for you official process against him to start when the documents claim to have been released by him video footage of u.s. forces firing on armed iraqi civilians critics say the trial is part of

a system that hides alleged crimes and punishes those who speak out or christine for us our reports. nearly two years in waiting much of it in solitary confinement and private first class bradley manning struggle 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 a video that had been classified by the u.s. military though the government accountability project just. it never should have been you can 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 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 right 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 to torture him and when i blew the whistle i ended

up being put under criminal investigation where further 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 those were. what he revealed to the public is 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 if a woman is sexually assaulted or abused or even raped 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 whistle blower 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. businesses are so intricately linked as hard to tell them apart both now working harder than ever to keep their secrets out of the public eye in washington christine for zero r.t. . wiki leaks has lifted the lid on yet another piece of classified data as we report on our t. dot com spy scandal folding as whistleblower pledges to reveal documents claiming to expose the swedish foreign minister as an alleged us in the former plus. the very last to lodge a first class passengers menu from the doomed titanic for auction find out how much you'd have to fork over for it at r.t. dot com.

at least nine people killed and dozens injured in protests over the burning of the koran by u.s. led troops at an air base in afghanistan a senior commander has apologized for the controversy saying the religious materials were destroyed by mistake the deadly rallies prompted us to lock down its embassy and prohibit staff from traveling defense analysts aida hammad believes incidents like this undermine the u.s. mission there. this is the worst possible nightmare for the americans that so far they have been facing the resistance from the pashtun elements but incidents like these are actually galvanizing the non push to nominate the tajiks the hustlers and these books who are supposedly allied to the american so far are turning hostile this is basically the fall out of this which the americans fear and we can reality

what happened is that it will 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 wonderful is he not just the safety the entire 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 could not be more happier then they even say that have happened in afghanistan if taliban could not defeat the americans the american marines have themselves dug their grave. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe at least sixty people going to have died a new wave of bombings and other attacks across iraq instance started with a drive by shooting at least five bombings shook the capital baghdad soon after. targets coming just months after the final u.s.

troops left the country. a train crash in argentina leaves forty nine dead almost seven hundred eighty three crowded commuter service slammed into a wall of the central terminal in the capital buenos aires after reportedly suffering brake failure rescuers have been working for hours to pull truck passengers from the wreckage it's the worst train accident in the country for decades. divers searching the rush to can cordie a cruise liner have found eight more bodies including that of a five year old girl this these seven people still missing more than a month after the vessel hit rocks and capsized off of these mediterranean coast the ships operators currently under investigation over the tragedy with seven officials facing manslaughter charges. we're back with a reminder of our top stories shortly stay with us here on our team.

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