that grips russia as 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 walk or strike on the islamic state. six pm in moscow i'm good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story the u.n. the seeking to send its humanitarian chief to syria to secure aid delivery to civilians caught up in the fighting irrational body also getting ready to investigate the country's officials over allegations they've committed crimes against humanity artie's correspondent in damascus marie if a notion has been keeping up on developments on the ground according to our sources here in syria the fighting in the besieged city of homs is now over with the army

taking control of the city we've been here when initial reports from our sources here that they had a cease fire agreement between the free syrian army and governmental forces in the area but it hasn't been confirmed of course we are receiving all the reports from other sources such as opposition groups opposition activists london based syrian observatory for human rise about a resume challenge involved clashes continued in the city of homs this reports a very hot to be very far out and it's also very hard to find out exactly who is behind these reports and all these people on the ground all they are reporting from abroad while these conflicting reports of all what's going on here come and made a rise and design and rising pressure from the international community to the regime of president bashar assad we we discussions resume devolved possible military intervention as a solution to the country's ongoing crisis. 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 saying 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 the. 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 not just the war we are losing we are losing buddies

and even in this engine. you really give me i'm ready to give up and 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 the raw fear is 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 we 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 may here certainly any military intervention will derail the political process aimed at ending the crisis. damascus syria marcus papadopoulos an analyst from britain's politics first magazine says attempts by western states to stir up rebels in syria may cause the middle east powder keg to explode 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 encouraging the syrian opposition is only making things worse in syria

and it's only groups without any more casualties and more tragedies the way in which western mages betraying the conflict in syria could could be mistakenly taken for a hollywood film whereby it's good versus evil in the real world however we know that no conflict is ever black and white and what we're seeing is a concerted efforts by western governments and western media to bring down president assad and what we need to bear in mind is that this is not the first time we've seen this happen this way the western major partridge's 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 that of russia's foreign affairs committee has been meeting with opposition groups in the massacres he sat down with r.t. to talk about the syrian conflict the interview coming your way later this hour.

moscow streets flooded with people thursday gathered to show support for the candidates running for the upcoming presidency tens of thousands turned out for mass rallies and a spike of political activity ahead of next month's vote peter all over reports. both thursday seeing a day of rallies in support of various political candidates for president across moscow now today is a public holiday meaning that lots of people off work and able to come out on the streets the 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 no 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 but 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 and 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 day

with us here on r.t. still to come a statistical nightmare europe's financial troubles predicted to get even worse as the water prepares to flush with more taxpayer cash it headed to repay the previous world. and the man by one of the largest leaks of u.s. army data set to go on trial you look at a. of whistleblowers of a country whose was good soon make it impossible to expose government secrets. but first television 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 stronger rhetoric grew louder after the latest u.n. atomic watchdog mission to the islamic republic failed to ease western concerts. tel aviv accuses tehran of trying to create nuclear weapons and aims to wipe out iran's atomic facilities before they could pose a threat to israel's security the u.s. and its allies stressed tough economic sanctions imposed on an entourage need more

time to work our case priya sridhar reports that 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 reduce the. cruel the can. 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 on at this point in guess consent these are sanctions imposed by the united states or 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 for holding on to the future already in the enjoyment sanctions would not bite it on sufficiently enough to achieve wriston countries objective if india and china were not to come on board edu 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 member our web site r t dot com is the best place to look for the latest news videos and analysis here's a taste of what's waiting online right now fighting for his life again venezuelan president hugo chavez to undergo border surgery in his fight against cancer. mutating the lizard scientists sound the alarm as moscow waves through tons of toxic snow poisoned by the chemical agents intended to get rid of the blanket conditions. zero growth the continued recession more austerity the latest economic forecast for the e.u. as predicted by the european commission itself the latest figures especially worrying given growing skepticism of the impact of a second ballot on greece major financial players have already come out and said it simply won't stop a greek default this as lawmakers and get ready to vote through

a slew of cuts today all to satisfy belo preconditions as protesters gather outside the parliament costars dizziness a professor of law at birkbeck university of london says these cuts will need. further drain. money and live their lives which to destroy or you can push people on what a friend they leave the country if they can or they live off of the species as that was. the magic we have is going to do percent unemployment fifty percent unemployment over here was a huge increase in the holiest place in the count of the did knock out such a phenomenon of course a huge increase in suicide. how much more born and where will these where is it because we want to do some of these measures which have been implemented in order to take money from the germans and the fruits people to give them to join the friends is nothing to do with the greek people who want it is under these measures

is precisely. sincere it is assumed that these problems. later today max keiser and stacy herbert in a unconventional discussion on the messy state of world finances kaiser report coming your way in the next hour. mayor of london candidate ken livingston has sparked a new outrage after telling an audience hang a banker oh week until the others and. that's the news is nature's way of taking care of the banker overpopulation there are a cancer there parasite ken livingstone is correct hang a banker a week until they get the fricken message. a u.s. soldier accused of the biggest leak of state secrets in american history set to go on trial after nearly two years behind bars among the data he's suspected of

releasing his footage of u.s. soldiers firing on iraqi civilians as artie's christine for his hour reports the system behind the trial blame 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 hers employ a video that had been classified by the u.s. military though the government accountability project just a little raid access 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 crime a sentiment manning seems to agree with in an online chat over station he said he hoped the information out there would prompt worldwide discussion i want people to see the truth regardless of who they are because without explanation 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 where further to the state morrison which i'm licensed stuff. 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. 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 a phenomenon 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 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. . joseph schorr from the socialist equality party thinks the action against bradley manning is an attempt to get out wiki leaks founder julian assange whose authority in president obama's side. the treatment of manning as a whole is. brutal inhumane according to amnesty international amounting to torture

according to many top u.s. legal scholars and i mean there's many reasons behind this but i think the u.s. government certainly sees the treatment of manning from the beginning both as an example to anyone who would seek to expose the crimes of american militarism abroad as well as a fairly transparent attempt to get out it's on the founder of wiki leaks they are you know the u.s. government is seeking to eventually exodus arms and they're certainly trying to trying to go after week in week for the release of the documents you know really must be stressed that this is really devastating explosion of the obama administration the treatment of this young man for all the talk of democratic rights and freedom abroad this is how the united states treats opposition here. here at home. and staying with free speech the e.u. gives their resoundingly notice censorship bowing to than that brussels gives him some sort of wide protests over a controversial internet law but aside from being he stepping stone to web

censorship at. focusing on a huge of war hero host mubarak military rule has made the iron grip on the liberal movement stronger while failing to mend the country's battered economy. but first two u.s. troops have been killed by an afghan soldier an attack thought to be linked to the burning of copies of the koran at an american air base this after nine people were killed dozens injured in two days of protest a senior commander apologized saying religious materials were destroyed by mistake rock obama said a letter of apology to afghan president hamid karzai defense analysts i.e. the hobbit thinks the incidents like this undermine the u.s. mission. this is the worst possible nightmare for the amount of km's that so far they have been facing that assistance from the bush doing elements but incidents like these that actually get the money bush do not have month. and use books who are supposedly allied to the amount of can so far hostile this is basically the

formed out of this which the amount of. reality of what happened is that it will extend and expand the base of the distance against the americans apologies i'm not going to work this is the first be our 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 waterboard now depends on events like these they have been triggered and the fallout the domino effect is going to be intense as we sit on the bottom could not be more happier then they even have happened and i want to stand if taliban could not defeat the amount of the american marines have them some of the big brave for more on this story and many others you can always catch artie's videos are youtube channel and also a video dot our teeth dot com. could take three. three. three. three.

three. three block video for your media project free media. dot com. the new post mubarak era in egypt's history has been marked by the rise of islamic politicians something that comes at the expense of the secular movement that finds itself increasingly cornered critics say the growing trend is being ignored by washington middle east expert and presidential adviser walid far as comments on the shrinking liberal movement in the arabic country. it is unfortunate that after a year and one month from the beginning of the spring education arab spring that the current situation is one suppression of demonstrators civil society minorities and one also a 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 revolt last year we clearly saw that these were used secular laptop people facebook people women minorities middle class but once the heavier 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 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 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 they are 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. taking a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe

a massive explosion tore through a bus stop in northwest pakistan killing at least fifteen people including two children even more women and children are among at least three dozen injured in the blast police have arrested two suspects from the site the region is located near the border with pakistan tribal region and experienced frequent bombings over the years. a wave of attacks across iraq has left at least sixty dead violence started with a drive by shooting in baghdad followed by blasts in and out of the capital no one yet claimed responsibility for the attacks that mostly targeted security officers in shiite areas the violence comes just months after u.s. combat troops left the country. argentina has declared a two day mourning period after the country saw the deadliest railway accident in decades up to fifty people have been killed almost seven hundred injured as a train slammed into a downtown station in buenos aires wednesday rescuers used helicopters to fly the wounded da spittles the tragedy was supposedly caused by

a brake failure. the future of one of the most controversial web regulation bills to date acted treaty is in limbo the e.u. is suspended ratification of the proposal over fears a would trample rights and freedoms this is pension follows the continent wide protests against the treaty with allegations act it would lead to a net wide censorship originally conceived as the brainchild of japanese and us politicians and media lobbyist for those shrouded in secrecy from the start treaty is compatibility with values said to be decided by the blocs court of justice bob best pizza from online magazine and blog going boy thinks the law if passed would only punish those innocent of wrongdoing. the problem is that the censorship through the involved in these things is always vicarious when something is targeted because people using it to break the law to pirate files of something it always brings down. all sorts of other people who might be using the same service for

perfectly legit 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 are going to find a way to share files the internet works by copying data so what we foresee is when these laws are passed 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. be back with the headlines in a couple of minutes stay with us here on r.t. .

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