this. election be that grips russia has thousands of people come out on the streets of moscow to show their support for the various presidential candidates. israel dismisses global concerns over a potential military escalation in the dispute with iran saying it alone will decide whether to launch a strike on the islamic republic. four pm in moscow i match president good to have you with us here on r t our top story the u.n. is seeking to send its humanitarian chief to syria to secure a delivery to civilians caught up in the fighting international bodies also preparing to investigate the country's officials over allegations they've committed crimes against humanity for more perspective on what's going on artie's marie if an

ocean or reports from damascus. 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 might now become a realistic scenario we are really close to thing this 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 the. core of this 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 the is not just this is not just. a war we are losing we are losing buddies even if this engine. will really give me a very who can vote 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 a 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 this helping hand may also be carrying to our friends 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 may think that they can use this for the real interest 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 r.t. sources here in syria the fighting 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. for more on how the current situation in syria may develop let's go live with dr marcus of adopt all this and how all this from britain's politics first online magazine so the syrian national council which is based outside syria

says military intervention is maybe the only way out of the crisis how much are they aware of what's happening on the ground in syria and how much influence do you think they have within the state. well first of all the name of syrian national council is very misleading because by using the word national it it implies that they represent the majority of the city of the syrian population which of course is very very own through sensors just a tiny fraction. of syria and the fact that they are speaking about having people on the ground is isis in syria last resort so right now the capital really sticks and. continue with your thought with. yes so about the event that. they a base that the syrian national council what are they pushing for that they basically they are outside of syria and they supply information damning information

in their opinion or president assad and his government and they put they supply this information to western governments and western media and we have to remember that the western governments and western region they have an objective objective is regime change they want to see president assad's fall from power and that is the main goal of the syrian national council it's something that should they should be taken a lot of caution should be attached to them so you don't feel the syrian national council giving accurate in for information to the west to the media outlets to the world. no the syrian national council it was formed outside of syria and is based outside of syria they were objective is to see president assad fall from power and it should also be stated that some members of the syrian opposition actually remain in syria and they've made it very clear that while they want to see changes in the syrian constitution they want to do this by working with president assad and his

government and they've made it very clear but they do not want to have any relationship with outside forces the fact that the syrian national council is doing so really does raise a lot of suspicions about their agenda now with the situation in the country getting more dangerous do you think a political dialogue is possible at this point. i think political dialogue it's the only solution to the conflict in syria any conflict in the middle east has the potential to turn the entire region into a vast firestorm and the fact that the american and british governments are implicitly in coverage in the syrian opposition is only making things worse in syria and it's only in the more casualties and more tragedies and i would like to add that the russian government at the united nations has been playing a very responsible very mature and very productive goal in that it has in that head is full to blame to both the syrian government and to the syrian opposition for the

terrible loss of life that we've seen in syria and what russia is doing is trying to bring about a peaceful solution to the country and by doing so russia has a tear in one of the main pillars of the united nations which is state's open sea however the same cannot be said about the american and british governments whose unofficial objective is to bring about the down for presence of science which is an infringement on states' open sea and therefore it's completely abuse in the united nations and it was set up to do in the meanwhile we have these numerous reports though coming from the country blaming only assad's regime for the civilian deaths do you think those reports are credible ag given that they're coming mostly from the opposition or who else do you think is a better arbiter of figuring out what's going out on the ground there. the way in which western mangy is betraying the conflict in syria could this could be mistakenly taken for a hollywood film but boy it's good for us is evil in the real world how little we

know that no conflict is a black and white and what we're seeing is a concerted efforts by western governments which the major to bring down the president a science and what we need to bear in mind is that this is not the first time we've seen this happen with the way the western media portrayed conflicts in the past clearly establishes a relationship between western governments and western major they work very closely together we saw this in the wars in the former yugoslavia we saw this leading up to the invasion of iraq and we also saw it last year in libya let's not forget last year in libya western media was was reporting that kind of gadhafi forces were slaughtering fouls and of his own paypal now we know there's no evidence whatsoever that ever happens following the so-called liberation of tripoli. or coming up to fifty thousand residents of tripoli were missing been accounted for we now

know that was that was a complete fabrication so very little credibility should be attached to any. and most western media reports of what's happening in syria they don't conform to reality and they are very very biased in favor of that they respected western governments who can switch a pin in syria right marcus papadopoulos from politics first magazine thanks for your time thank you the head of russia's foreign affairs committee has been meeting with operators opposition groups in damascus he spoke with r.t. about the syrian conflict the interview coming your way later this hour. the streets of moscow flooded with people thursday gathered to show their support for candidates running in the upcoming presidency tens of thousands turned up for the mass rallies in the spike of political activity ahead of next month's vote artie's peter all over reports. oh thursday seeing

a day of rallies in support of various political candidates for president across moscow today is a public holiday meaning that lots of people off work and able to come out on the streets largest rally taking place this is amongst the pro vladimir putin for president supporters many thousands of people gathered here inside the luzhniki stadium this is the usually the the home of top level football matches today it's been taken over by politics that were originally the organizers had wanted to hold this event. which is right next door to the kremlin however they said that around one hundred thousand people could turn up and that's just too many people to have it right in the center of downtown moscow it would have brought the city to a standstill so they put they've held it here somewhere that's used to hosting this type of capacity of people but this wasn't the only event taking place today you know we also saw the supporters of. the well veteran

firebrand politician in the leader of the liberal democratic party now there was also a demonstration a rally from the supporters of the communist party as well as other smaller groups as well now since the parliamentary elections in december of last year we've seen a real spike in political activism here in russia following those elections there was mass protests here in moscow as well as elsewhere around the country and that's really continued through lots of things going on ahead of those elections that are taking place on the fourth of march just over a weeks ago as i say political activism very much at fever pitch here in russia stay with us here on our t.v. still to come in the program the dark future of the e.u. was european commissioners say its fall when our power to even greater financial chaos and austerity. and the man behind one of the largest leaks of u.s. army data set to go on trial we look at the fate of whistleblowers in a country whose was caught. soon make it impossible to expose government secrets.

but first tell of you says deciding whether to strike iran is israel's decision alone dismissing international warnings that a military attack would be disastrous for the region israel strong rhetoric grew louder after the latest u.n. atomic watchdog mission to the islamic republic failed to ease western concerns tel aviv accuses terran of trying to create nuclear weapons and aims to wipe out iran's atomic facilities before they could throws or pose a threat to israel security the u.s. and its allies stressed the tough stress that tough economic sanctions imposed on terra need time to work as art is pretty sure to reports there are many factors that could impede their progress the message is clear if iran's intransigence continues it will face increasing pressure and isolation the west is branding 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 it is not possible

to do you need. to reduce the. done. cruel the weekend. and he couldn't of the emerging economies 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 last wishes with four asian countries collectively buying two thirds of iran's a while while the e.u. is just twenty percent whether the sanctions were not as book in guess consent

these are sanctions imposed by the united states of the european union they didn't consult us when the impose these things so it's that's the american problem not us 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 and countries which are sort of holding out of the future are in the end john sanctions would not bite it on sufficiently enough to achieve distant countries objective if india and china are not to come on board 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 last do next preassure either r t new delhi india later here on r t we focus on egypt were a year of military rule has made the iron grip on the liberal movement even stronger while failing to mend the country's battered economy. and bowing to the net the

e.u. gives in to continent wide protests over a controversial internet law criticized for being a stepping stone to web censorship. but first zero growth continued recession and more austerity the latest economic forecast for the e.u. as predicted by the european commission itself the latest figures are especially worrying given growing skepticism over the impact of a second greek bailout major financial players have already come out saying it simply won't stop a greek default this as lawmakers in athens prepare to vote on a slew of cuts today all to satisfy belo pre-conditions as protesters gather outside the parliament kostas doozy is a professor of law birkbeck university of london says only visa says that these cuts will only dream greece further. money and live got to live which to destroy or you push people all that way until they leave the country or they look for the obvious feels as though what

. the mess we have is going to do percent unemployment fifty percent unemployment over here is a huge increase in corn let's listen to counter that did not have such a phenomenon of course a huge increase in suicide this cost more borne and way for these measures because we want you to solve these measures which have been implemented in order to take money from the germans and the fruits people to give them to the journal of the credit is nothing to do with the greek people who want it is under these measures is precisely. or essentially it is a small bet with these problems. later they max keiser and stacy herbert in a frank and unconventional discussion on the messy state of world finances kaiser report on the year at fifteen thirty g.m.t. . marilyn candidate ken livingstone has sparked a new outrage after telling an audience hang a banker a week until the others improve that the news is nature's way of taking care of the

banker overpopulation they're a cancer they're a parasite ken livingstone is correct hang a banker a week until they get the fricken message. a u.s. soldier accused of the largest leader clique of state secrets in u.s. history set to go on trial after nearly two years in prison among the data he's suspected of releasing is footage of u.s. soldiers firing on civilians in iraq as artie's christian friends are reports the system behind the trial is being blamed for covering up crimes and punishing those who speak out. 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 to avoid errors and point 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 war crime a sentiment manning seems to read in an online chat everything he said he. hoped there would prompt worldwide discussion i want people to see the truth regardless of who they are because without information you cannot make informed decisions as

public 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 a post nine eleven time national hysteria and limited civil rights and liberties and she would know 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 referred to the state. there are 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 have an ist actually assaulted or abused 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 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. . remember on our web site r t dot com it's the best place to look for the latest news videos and analysis here's what's a click away right now. fighting for his life once again venezuelan president hugo chavez to undergo further surgery in his battle against cancer. and mutating blizzard scientists sound the alarm is moscow wades through tons of toxic snow poisoned by chemical agents supposed to get rid of the blanket conditions. the trial of egypt's former president hosni mubarak has come to a conclusion yes to the leader accused of being behind more than eight hundred deaths in the last two years in last years and terrorism are riots will learn the verdict june second some experts say whatever the sentence mubarak's exit brought

no changes the new leaders hold civil activity activity in a vice like grip. it is unfortunate that after a year and one month from the beginning of the spring egyptian arab spring that the current situation is one suppression 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 the first few days and weeks of the roof here we clearly saw that these were used secular laptop people facebook people women minorities middle class but the ones to hear 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 goals of 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

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 now 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 they would be in line with the interests of the muslim brotherhood in egypt and the islamists in libya and in tunisia and against the secular and liberal forces in the region from mubarak's trial to footage from the ongoing protests in the heart of cairo all artes videos can be found in our you tube channel and free video dot com. could you take three days for free. range free. free. free. download free broadcast video for your media project free media don carty dot com.

two nato troops have been killed by an afghan soldier in an attack thought to be linked to the burning of copies of the koran at a us air base this after nine people were killed and dozens injured in two days of protests a senior commander has apologized saying the religious materials were destroyed by mistake the u.s. embassy in kabul has since but i walked out and staff prohibited from traveling defense analysts believes the incidents like this undermine the u.s. mission. but this is the worst possible nightmare for the americans that so far they have been facing the resistance from the bush the one elements but incidents like these that actually get the money push them out of month of those and these books who are supposedly allied to the american so far hostile this is basically the foreign out of this which the americans fear and begin reality would happen if we extend them expand the base of the distance against the americans apologies i'm

not going to work this is the worst be our disaster that the americans could have found at this moment when they are the most wonderful. violence and bloodshed in the region isn't confined to afghanistan neighboring pakistan suffers a massive explosion tore through a bus stop in the northwest of the country killing at least fifteen people including two children even more women and children among at least three dozen injured in the blast police have arrested two suspects from the site the region located near the border with pakistan the tribal region has experienced frequent bombings over the past few years. a world update continues in argentina which is declared a two day mourning period after the country saw its deadliest railway accident in decades up to fifty people killed and almost seven hundred injured as the train slammed into a downtown station in buenos aires wednesday rescuers used helicopters to fly the wounded to hospitals the tragedy was supposedly caused by a brake failure. in the future of one of the most controversial web regulation

bills to date the act a treaty lies in limbo the e.u. suspended ratification of the proposed law over fears it would trample rights and freedoms this is pension follows the continent wide protests against the treaty with allegations that actor would lead to a net wide censorship originally conceived as the brainchild of japanese and american politicians and media lobbyist the bill was shrouded in secrecy from the start treaty is compatibility with values now set to be decided by the blocks court of justice best cancer from the online magazine blog boim buoying thinks the law if passed would only punish those innocent of wrongdoing. the problem is that the censorship of the involved in these things is always vicarious when something is targeted because people using it to break the law to pirate files or something it always brings down the all sorts of other people who might be using the same service to post a clue to do two 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 are going to find a way to shift files. as the internet works by copying data so what we foresee is with the windows laws of past there will be all these social harm and they'll be no actual prevention of piracy so the companies that want them will be back at the legislative trough a few months later and be back with a recap of our top stories in a minute stay with us. to

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