a change of tone in syria the arab league backs the international ambos call for both sides to lay down their arms and start a dialogue but the opposition once again reject the idea of talking to us at. a tast of resolve for russia's opposition crowds gather in central moscow to protest the conduct of the presidential poll for the long holiday weekend and political splits are likely to see numbers fall you're looking at live pictures from the scene and we'll have more on this from our correspondent in just a few moments. also optimism about the greek debt write down proves premature as athens suffers

a fresh downgrade from fitch ratings agency moody's going even further and declaring greece to follow and. if you think you are quite certain that. you would should be. accused of stoking fear to get the american public in the mood for a new war of military strikes on iran or firmly back on the table. one pm in the russian capital this is r t the man having the international effort to end violence in syria and want an immediate cease fire involving both rebels and government forces and open talks the call comes from the chief of the arab league and the u.n. arab and by kofi annan who were meeting i have an ins mission to damascus both also spoke out against any move towards lidia's style foreign intervention but as

refinishing now reports from syria there are forces at work who hold the opposite view. ahead of his visit to syria kofi annan who's traveling to the country as the joint you and arab league envoy has announced that his mission's main goal will be to ends the violence by persuading the warring sides to speak to each other he's also said that he believes that a solution to the country's roy growing crisis lies in a political settlement which hopes are fading already but this mission will succeed the leader of the syrian national council in turkey based opposition group be recognized by e.u. as a legitimate reason to the syrian people has said that anons cummings and his idea to find their way out of crisis through dialogue are disappointing while syrian people he said are being massacred every day here in the country but hunger you has also said but any political solution will only work in syria if it's a company by military pressure on the regime of bashar al assad calls to give more

weapons to the rebels and to provide them with any help they need have become especially loud after the rebels withdraw from the pop warner neighborhood in hopes part of the conflict following the army's operation there. have been among the most active supporters of the militarization of the conflict in syria calling the idea on the rebels an excellent one who recently heard a lot about foreign weapons system here in syria and foreign volunteers and security officers captured in hopes following claims by the free syrian army that it's already received weapons and anti aircraft missiles from the west meanwhile kofi annan has been warning that further militarization would only make things worse expressing his hope that no one is very seriously thinking of using force in this situation but it seems that some are considering this as an option the gas former presidential candidate and senator john mccain has called on air strikes on syria to save innocent lives here in the country although official washington did

drew out military intervention as an option the u.n. estimates that around seven thousand people have been killed in the clashes between this. and your position here in syria the clashes that's been lost and for a year now already the opposition activists have been saying all the time that the regime of bashar assad has been suppressing syrian people civilians innocent people while officially damascus has always been insisting that it's spies and against armed terrorist groups operating in the country this is expected of coffee and then will spend two days here in syria will meet president bashar al assad and some members of the syrian opposition within the country it's not yet clear whether he will travel outside damascus security forces on high alert fearing any provocations and terror attacks. great national reporting there from syria now coming up later this hour here on our t.v. the uprising hailed as a wave of democracy turns into a grab for power and cost and carry

a stamp violence has become an integral part of the democratic process with politicians exploiting ethnic divisions to achieve their goals. and we report on palestinian children learning their first tough lessons in life thanks to long and hard daily journey to school. our crowd is gathering in central moscow to protest the conduct of sunday's presidential poll which saw a lot of important secure a server term in the crown and although the ballot was widely seen as the most transparent in russia's history well webcams and millions of observers monitoring proceedings activists claim there were still violations and the voting how does it work is going up as a demonstration and it joins me now for more on this he will tell us what you're seeing there now how big does the gathering look to you and what exactly is the message this time. while the rallies just about. you will hear and gather you're going to others are expecting comes from the sea well. you know that

goes. opposition is going. right secondly this. weekend so it's likely these people. decide to. go to. the. presidential. residence. order to really get. the what get. the. million hours watching. well look obviously. the. violations. like.

to say. ok let's. move. to the president. of the opposition we're actually if. you. believe. the election will be. all. these holy church all these posts so we'll see all this really goes but it's clear that the opposition. piece. of bait for adopted was great our thanks very much indeed for bringing us the very latest from central moscow and hearing us the details on the meeting there and of course we'll be crossing back to you. the day for more and just to remind our viewers that they can also watch why stream video from the rally on our website which has r t v dot com and of course

will be hearing expert opinion on where russia's protest movement is headed to stay with us for that if you can. now u.s. president obama's quest for diplomacy with iran over its nuclear program has failed to quell talks of a pending elsberry confrontation statements from america's top to fans officials suggest a strike on iran is in the planning stage and could use a type of bomb that has never been seen before as our gives us a huge we're going to reports the u.s. has a strong record of persuading the public that war is away. from the water for a fish are popular among us war veterans like not the sure wrote something the nerves of some of the roughly one hundred seventy thousand american soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder the u.s. army flag has one hundred eighty three campaign ribbons on those one hundred eighty three ribbons each represent wars when you compare that to the work of two hundred

thirty six years that we have actually been around as a country you're talking about you know a war on average of once every year and three months serving americans are on permanent standby to deploy to carry out warfare on command as the u.s. has a bone to pick one enemy after the other from the soviet union in the shabbiness the rest was the most useful enemy where we are legitimate and we're completely fantastical it was always available as a global conspiracy against which to justify anything smaller and sadness after the cold war the list keeps expanding allied air forces again an attack on military targets in iraq and kuwait air strikes against saddam forces our war on terror. begins without striking selected targets some will occur importance that undermine saddam hussein's ability to wage a war we should get off their differences with the defense budget that surpasses

the military expenditure of all other countries combined. no other nation drones are poor. as consistently as america and while people are still responding and recovering from the violence that's committed in one place or even in the same place we're launching new operations and more atrocities in different parts of the world the military industrial complex worth billions of dollars is largely america's driving force. deeply rooted in the system it would serve no purpose if there was no one to fight if there were a number of enemies left there would be raw serve a sense of mission or frightening thought to many as this would reveal the economic social and cultural emptiness at home here was a country when there are no enemies who try to put together the evil empire again do in syria what we're doing now in libya we've got to overthrow this guy the threat that iran poses us year in and year out americans are convinced that the u.s. has to remain on the defense or petrified of death by terrorism so should i don't

think i think a lot of americans wish we spent more money on war finding the next target is never difficult we're inventing a nation of iran is an enemy of the united states says the sister of nuclear weapons it is not is this a nation that has not attacked or not there are literally centuries and has no capability or desire to attack ours maybe you have my part of the world with iran iran is the one iran it should be iran the us has been picking and choosing which countries to intervene in for centuries as the list of nations that america loves to hate expands the concept that no war or is also an option seems to have been for about a decisive target pretty. well yes conflicts waged across the world have left a trail of military bases in their wake often not even the countries involved in the firing i look at the role of the global web of bases and how they affect host

nations special documentary coming up on our team they are today. to a substantial degree and one problem or another socialism has spread the shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations that we are. and the shadow is approaching. the early twenty first century military bases a network of military bases all around the forms that believe them that the united states is trying to it's astonishing to most americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of a million or more than two hundred fifty thousand u.s. troops stationed on these bases all around us. we don't have power bases in america we don't have any british base we don't have any korean base we don't have any french bases or you know we just all american bases in cross all bases are fine

there are the noises i would nor is it doesn't bother us at all because they're all bases but for older people it's almost like you can see here for these few days since the end of world war two these spaces are big. we're here to provide a safe and secure environment for everybody. to be questions you know things that you get everything you needed success for some to fold for others greece is experiencing it's the latest slap in the face from a raines agency with moody declaring outlands and a fault that's half their the country file we seal the deal with private investors which is considered to be the biggest death write down in history agreement reduces the greek burden by over one hundred billion euros the first avoids doubts about the deal was fitch ratings agency which downgraded athens to restrict to default you know i callate next track it says there are still

a lot of questions greece needs to deal with aside from the debt swap deal. because a lot of moving parts in the back of the haircut is the first up then we have structural reforms which frankly you could make of forty years of private size i should proceed. which hasn't really begun with any great momentum and then the worst part of it is the tax hikes and of course the cuts in wage the first thing you need is a little bit as the bill would be and visibility in the sense that people are afraid to be in this steve because we may return to a drachma sometime soon and that could mean a devastating devaluation and a loss of money so we need some stability in the eurozone we need the list differing from the european union leaders and we associate have to take some responsibility and put together the medium to economic play so we know how to climb out of these there is still this part all of these one hundred thirty billion by i could go to and despite the heck out of close to one hundred billion still a shortfall of seven billion you don't want to make that up with taxes later this

hour next kaiser and stays in her to reveal the scheme which held grace mascot's massive debt to join the e.u. over ten years ago and how it's orchestrate a bank a tidy profit. goldman secret greece loan shows to sinners as client unravels on the day the two thousand and one deal was struck the government of greece owed the bank about six hundred million euros more than the two point eight billion euros of our owed by then the price of the transaction a derivative that disguised the loan and that goldman sachs persuaded greece not to test with competitors had almost doubled to five point one billion euros but this was grace's nine eleven the day they met goldman sachs it was them hacking the sovereignty and the future of the nation of greece then all these no my paintings yes.

along dangerous track to school i'm back that's the daily slog for a group of arab children in israel forced to watch their classmates enjoy the luxury of provided transportation. and as artie's falsely or explains the uphill climb as just on their way to class. the lessons of life come in each of the children hours before the rest of the country wakes up these young arabs are preparing for the long trek to school it's a twelve kilometer walk there and back tiring difficult and more than a little hair raising it takes the children about two hours to get to school the older ones help the younger ones with their bags but the road is dangerous and just a few days ago one of the children nowadays missed being knocked over by a car. the children have to walk along dirt paths and cross many busy streets part of the journey is on a bus but after they get off they still an hour more of walking their elated if we

gauge and exhausted even before the first listen starts the youngest is just three years old. it's because we aren't because our religion is muhammad not moses and that's why everything is like this the center of. his radio losses transport must be provided for children living far from school but because the local authorities say the families are squatting illegally on privately owned land they refuse to hope. for growth. internationally and also in israel children should have access to education at a reasonable distance from their. proper occurred. within the very very educational system. a day after we visit the bulldozers arrive because far from wanting to help the children your thought is one for families gone where is the day before this whole subscripts here we come back and find bursts of. our children

hate the police we can't be jews and you ask from when is the state of israel who is itself a democracy what kind of democracy does this to its children from now come at them the now since the founding of the state not a single you out of a village was built and for most of those already in existence there is no overall plan which means that every construction is around or do we go there and so we give homes up for demolition and the dream to be in g. k. to a daily trudge these children are learning the hard way that some of life's most important lessons happened outside the classroom honestly r.t. injunction israel explore all the stories we're covering online here's what's available at r.t. the. pollen releases a final report on the air crash that killed the country's president and most of political elite almost two years ago in russia discovered the details on our website. are failing for the radio found in a strip bar for

a calendar to promote their fight against sexual oppression find out how the authorities responded to their provocative step at r.t. dot com. central asian country of kurdistan experience popular unrest long before the arab spring with pure revolutions shaken country in less than ten years some hailed the uprisings as a triumph of democracy but others see that phrase as dangerous justification for the use of violence to gain power at any cost some boy go into a city that sob brutal scenes just two years ago. it's election time in kyrgyzstan second largest city candidates for the local legislature peer down from posters striving to projects the diligent and trustworthiness you have the streets

as silent and empty and uncertainty isn't there you're a provocateur as who would use any chance to undermine peace that we have. just done a former soviet republic in central asia is it close to charles for revolutionary fever two of its previous presidents were ousted by enraged crowds each uprising was perpetrated by the west as a people's democratic awakening despite numerous casualties and widespread looting so much so that some could be as people are now taking pride in their ability to settle political disagreements by force. is that we curious can wait for a while but once you get in your nerves you better run for your life. but nowhere has this trigger happy political awakening cause more pain and suffering than in our ethnically divided city in the south of the country in june of two thousand and ten vine political elites instigated fierce clashes between communities more than

four hundred were killed thousands lost their livelihoods all victims of militarized politics that have become a part of the democratic process here. because back neighborhoods that were burned and looted a year and a half ago are now being rebuilt. but many locals fear that politicians will once again gamble on ethnic divisions to achieve their aunts as vets and kurds have different political preferences but given the kurds my jersey and their professed readiness to fight for their interests democratic procedures are no longer just about the country's future the menus vaccine are quite literally about life and death and. those books are very afraid that they will again be you. to scapegoats in political games many have left the city on the eve of the election for fears of riots i verge of those who stay to vote like her it is due to avoid any anger from

their side while the sunday vote has seen could be streaming to the polling stations many respects made arrangements to leave town and some i in the mood for revolution others have to seek refuge over the past two years their words of revolution and democracy have become almost synonymous but they couldn't be further apart the current overrides the strongest of arguments and it always puts an end to any mini in full political dialogue and this kurdistan's example shows once ballance is introduced into the political process very soon it becomes the first rather than the last option to resort to some boycott artsy reporting from interest . so take a look at some other stories from around the world and about one hundred protesters clashed with soldiers outside the american embassy in cairo the nanjing expulsion of the u.s. ambassador people were outraged by it it's decision to lift a travel ban on floor nurse involved in a crackdown of foreign n.g.o.s which allowed thirteen defendants including six

americans to leave the country nonprofit organizations are accused of using foreign funds to fuel i'm dressed in the country but. former international monetary fund she dominic strauss kahn was met with angry protests when he visited cambridge university in the u.k. over one hundred students most of them women's rights activists rallied outside the building where he was speaking french economist left the i.m.f. after being accused of sexual assault by a new york hotel maid last may all the criminal charges against him were later dropped. the mexico multiple arson attacks by drug gangs have shaken the city of dozens of vehicles were set on fire and at least one man was burnt to death in the region a center for drug related violence the bodies of twenty six young men were found abandoned on an expressway there last november. but the days over whether birth control should be subsidized by the u.s. government has resurfaced as presidential campaigns heat out before an affair

result is a right or a personal decision our resident is on the streets of new york to hear the opinions of people there. do you believe contraception coverage should be mandated by a government this week let's talk about that i think that contraception is. something that will protect kids from unborn or unwanted child and wanted pregnancies toothpaste prevent tooth decay should that be covered too oh that's a good question i don't think. are the same category why what's the difference between a contraceptive. that's more of a health concern in terms of your own nutritional. your own your own personal nutrition right and so what's the difference of contraception that's your own lifestyle choice to have unprotected sex. some people like it better than others

and i do believe in the separation of a state and religion so you think it's a religious issue only no i think it's a women's rights issue as well but i don't think you can have a government mandate that providing something that somebody may not believe in so i do believe there is a separation i think it's women's rights i mean i think that the government should subsidize these kind of birth control to women but is it women's right or women's choice because there are other ways to not get pregnant yeah but they are gross also included and the government is paying for it i'm still stuck on government mandated i do believe that birth control should be available to us we are paying high for these insurance. for insurance premiums and if that is the kind of health care that i need i think it should be available to me whether a government has to mandate that or not i don't know the bottom line is any kind of pharmaceutical contraception is a special lifestyle choice so let's just hope any government considers that for

treating contraception as a health care concern. i don't actually want another day of our top stories stay with us for that.

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