all. of the. footage of fiction in syria qatar's al-jazeera t.v. channel is accused of twisting events and staging shots to shape your opinions there after. the balls in their courts britain and america's leaders get together to discuss getting out of afghanistan. and iran brushes off the claims by the u.n. nuclear watchdog it's trying to raise evidence of explosives testing or to keep military site israel's threats of attack still stands.

watching r.t. a very warm welcome seems today syria's turmoil has been laid bare on our t.v. screens for more than a year but some networks are being accused of affecting rather than reflecting the conflict or if national reports now on how there's more coverage on the qatari al-jazeera t.v. channel and meets the eye. clashes in the streets of syria have been raging for a year now but behind the scenes there is a media war but just as damaging as the one taking israeli lives rafi claude's freelance investigative journalist from damascus says he's found what he thinks is proof of media manipulation of the conflict in syria and this video from the syrian town of holmes the camera focuses on the city's all the refinery the shooting begins seven hours before media viewers around the world see a pipeline explosion allegedly caused by assad's army bombardment you can clearly

see that something is slowly burning in the distance when the smoke has thickened ilish because correct the camera's position for a better shot of what's going on they shake it to make it look like amateur video but. it's clear it's not an explosion. and people are reporting. in another video from a hospital in holmes someone behind the camera talks to a doctor in the corner we see a little nap. we should you know bush and good will. talk about his wife. again after some thirty minutes away to the crew starts to get nervous and that's cool. you know. live on al-jazeera eventually a girl will forget some details. an issue but sure and your children in this

footage we see danny holmes activist known for his exclusive reports from the very epicenter of the conflict is preparing to go live on c.n.n. he's relaxed and calm. my fingers are freezing and there is no shooting until he asks for it to camera what shall i say about how dia i tell him listen. i pretty can believe that. he could be a miniature printer and get their help in the last hour or two or three or two hundred that they love reality or think the finale before they did the fed up and i got the big deal for you and i see activists who become journalists trying to make a chaise as hard as possible in all blood and death the higher the price of the channel so they know that they have the same video that i do what that means they're also in their accomplices the sad reality of our time russian. but not

everyone is happy about it well known war correspondent elise hashem used to report for al-jazeera from the world's conflicts hotspots to libya syria border has become the rubicon he couldn't use crafts he mentioned on the groups fighting against assad's army and his bosses and felt he needed a vacation they caught up based t.v. station has consistently reported that the regime is oppressing innocent civilians but he has just resigned because of biased coverage somewhere like you know promoting the revolutions in libya syria. egypt tunisia whatever but i don't think for example the revolution and behind on saudi arabia the problem is today it's not about we have independent media there is no independent media anymore its agenda is paying the money for the media outlets the interest the ritchie from beirut where ali has been working has also quit for same reason. i do believe that al-jazeera

and other channels were not balanced in dealing with the events that all are responsible for instance with respect to the events in syria and bahrain which we started to invite guests from america who only criticize the regime in syria and support the regime in bahrain and persons who justify nato intervention this is unacceptable but the media and this is just a proxy it's a proxy used by external part bikes on the factions like certain a government by maybe the west who i work to fuel this war ali says that while governments fighting against troubles of killing their own people are certainly responsible for the violence other governments of other countries fueling the conflicts are just as accountable but more and more proof amergin of the international media is involvement in the arab spring revolutions the question remains open to what extent they influence events and how much responsibility do they therefore share for what follows. r t beirut lebanon.

we're bringing the war in afghanistan to a close as the american and british leaders main focus as prime minister david cameron visits the us london has been the washington's main ally in the conflict cameron says people know about an end game before the tough talk that he took some time off to watch a game that's going to just get reports. president obama took the british prime minister to a basketball game in ohio it was the white house said to underscore the special relationship between the two allies especially the two nations have been key allies for many years with the u.k. supporting all america's wars including the iraq war that was started on lies and now both countries are facing a huge backlash from their joint campaigns topping the agenda is against them especially in the wake of the tragedy that happened there over the weekend when a u.s. soldier apparently murdered sixteen innocent afghans in cold blood including women and children analysts say the incident is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes

to the problems that the allied forces mission faces in afghanistan a basketball court is probably not the most appropriate venue discussing those very serious matters at hand but the true leaders will surely have more to say as the u.k. prime minister's visit to the united states continues the u.s. and the u.k. are the main contributors to the war in afghanistan and as the two countries are trying to coordinate a timetable for withdrawal analysts say becomes increasingly clear that their nation building effort has been a few their insurgency and the country's rampant afghans clearly want the allied forces out is the most like the latest murder of innocent civilians are used by all kinds of extremists to recruit even more people to their ranks opium poppy and harry in production in afghanistan increased dramatically in the last ten years of the war there and is now at a record level so part of the money from its sales effectively goes to support terror around the globe by the way the first country to fall victim to the rampant opium production in afghanistan is russia and it's launching very nervously and with huge concern at what the allied forces are doing there because their actions

directly affect russia's national security what's interesting here in america even the mainstream media have been generally supportive of the war seems not to say trigger happy have started echoing what most people say here in the united states and the thoughts almost please that you hear most often with regard to the understand are they just don't tell us the. we're winning and b. why is it good or should be listening to us that we have to say here no opinion polls show more don't think three percent of americans want their troops out of afghanistan and they want them out now so with this in mind it's going to be very hard for mr cameron and president obama to pitch other on the back and celebrate success when so much speaks to the contrary. they become and are expected to discuss transparent security to afghan forces by the middle of next year the prestons has been stressing there is no rush for an exit but investigative journalists on our stuff says u.s. soldiers war crimes in any support for the campaign would be enough to stop has

drained away. they will be trying to manage what i think is to describe as a moral collapse of the of the occupation we have to remember that for obama who opposed the war in iraq the afghan war was the good war so this latest incident following the burning of the korans that happened quite recently we just feel that the whole kind of moral case for the war has collapsed they've been trying to tiptoe away from the afghan war for a while i mean. remember this oh you know it's over ten years now and we've had so many promises so many lies at the end of the tunnel and so on the surge is just troop surges all these things have failed and you just feel that there was this attempt just to please quietly maybe if we just leave without making much noise people will forget that we were here but it's an inside this sort of thing of just below not completely but the reason they went in was to destroy al qaeda and to get

osama bin laden who was across the border in pakistan so then it became a war against the taliban and then a war against the afghan people and so now at the end of all this horrific process we return to the point to say well i actually need to sit down and talk to the taliban these are not foreigners these are afghans and they represent something inside the country in the end the truth is that they are going to have to be the masters of their own fate. what's ahead for you on r t forget the debt here's what the room makers are really in a flap about cramped chicken cages a bad process to shell out for expensive hen house and. there. iran has dismissed remarks by the u.n. nuclear watchdog that it may be trying to remove evidence of explosive tests from a key military site there on the promise to a larger i parchin facility which the agency suspects is being used for nuclear weapons research israel meanwhile isn't backing down from its threat of attack it

was previously in our reports that's not striking a chord with the people. there is a growing chorus of anger in israel but the government refuses to listen there's no logic in attacking iran but we have a government that illogical things and that's really frightening and while most experts agree israel is far from having the capability to attack iran israeli officials keep hinting at striking could be imminent the million dollar question why now is whether or not it's or will go it alone it could call on its closest ally the united states for hope but washington's making a lot of noise not to strike i don't think there's a possibility that israel will say. we need. firm of america before we strike. they would say.

we don't expect a green light. we can say it was probably the. relations between israeli and american leaders are tense but of parma demanding an end to the loose talk of war coming out of little yorkies government not buying me. get. this rough start on. the u.s. government. character yet here he is really in design you know what. you know war and while no israeli official has gone so fast to confirm an attack on iran the implications are clear the consequences of such political moves very very . important namely. closing the straits of. stopping the flow of oil from the gulf.

we are not going to reopen. the flow of oil. striking iran. in spite of an american explicit objection would the third and only. relations with the united states might really. even break them all together and in the long run that might be a gamble even more dangerous then taking on iran's policy r.t. tel aviv where the later we hear opinions are they approach the u.s. and its allies are taking towards their rights nuclear ambitions has been wrong all along. it's not only naive but it's illogical it's naive because the policy of force has clearly failed policy of saber rattling and sanctions has not worked they are yesterday's policies we've got to look back and realize that the

nuclear program has been a stated objective of the rain estate for quite a while now we're going back decades they see it as a means of expressing their power within the region and state this is important in the region we underestimate the importance of status in the region the reason saddam hussein for example did not deny the existence of w m d is because it was in his interest not to do so so i think you have to be realistic the present policy is a failed present policy is a heightening tensions what we want is now to pull back from any chance of military conflict and take a fresh look at the situation and adopt a fresh approach which i think should include an implicit recognition or at least the offer of an inconsiderate invasion of iran status as a regional superpower. catch the full interview with british m.p. john baron in about fifteen minutes time here nazi. if egypt has described

israel as its enemy number one say it will revise all relations and agreements or tell it in a protest against israel's attacks on gaza egyptian m.p.'s are also waiting to expel the country's ambassador and stop gas exports for but as we're waiting each it blames the votes on the our country being in a state of flux since revolution that first let us start with president mubarak he kept egypt as a stable country in the last thirty days and this is very very important now that when you see that there is no stability and was a disaster for the country if a parliament of a great country like egypt is through such a statement something is wrong in this parliament you see because if we are the main and if egypt is really suffered the next thousand years i mean something is really wrong and we hope that once the transitional period will be finished there will be elected

a new president everything would be changed relations will come to the right road the right way because israel is no conflict with egypt you have sold all out conflict with egypt through the peace treaty so why going back and attacking israel but well i know it comes from the muslim brothers they have now the majority is a problem it's a problem for israel's a problem for egypt but this is the reality. well there's more video analysis that's artie dot com a quick look now at some of the stories there few of the health professed under yet another so this is america it's not sharing students or isn't it's a start of expedition rules that are supposed to tackle terrorism. and deep into the unknown russia plans to both live explore the solar system sent sensors on mars flights to do this and get into the next eighteen years the story it's called is it on title for best radio station.

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a bus carrying those interests has crashed into a tunnel one in switzerland killing twenty eight people most of the dead which children are among the party traveling back from a skiing holiday thirty two people were on board when the crash happened there the italian border of course is not yet learned. the war crimes court is usually down its first verdict of the democratic republic of congo's commander thomas lubanga is charged with using child soldiers troubled war in two thousand and also accused of using children as young as nine as bodyguards and sex slaves around the denies the allegations claimed was nothing more than a politician. rick santorum has claimed victory in the alabama mississippi primaries and seeks to challenge barack obama as the republican nominee for the presidency when brings him closer to the front runner mitt romney finished third to do voters in america's south for twenty one days to go before

candidates it's chose not to mention you know. tyler is being taken to task for minerals which are brought in that are factual items like screen t.v.'s and smartphones because it states e.u. and japan say beijing's export restrictions are forcing firms to relocate to china from the complaints with the world trade organization. b. it was recently agreed budget rules are being put to the test this government's attempt to balance cuts with boosting growth under is the first to be punished for overspending using almost five hundred billion euros in funding all spain has been given the leeway on the smaller deficit brussels red tape is only expected to grow and is already hitting the region's struggling farmers he's also the reports. there's much ado about these feathered creatures. on january first of this year the

european commission's welfare of laying hens directive that the use of battery cages like this and now requires at least seven hundred fifty square centimeters of cage per head. and. they look at it and wildly investment and maybe they will say well thank you i will not work the rest of my life to pay the bank so some and it's medium and small and stop competing produce makes. taken over by the bigger ones among welcome scenario and already crisis hit e.u. countries and shows one of the lucky ones he shelled out more than three million euros to build the new cages was i thought it was i was i'm not so i don't think it was around seven in the

city was that. was i think i was. they also now have to be trained to lay eggs in a special nest which isn't exactly easy called ok fair enough but. really bringing in a lot. of the issues extend beyond these stages manufacturers in france for example have called for urgent help after several farms were forced to stop egg production for failing to comply with the rules and that drove prices up by as much as seventy five percent in just four months in belgium union say prices of more than tripled since january a level not seen since the two thousand and three avian flu outbreak and while there's all the ruckus about having to follow new rules in fact farms and thirteen countries including belgium and france still haven't complied the e.u.

commission has launched infringement procedures against the states which could go all the way to the european court of justice if needed the fact that we have taken the procedure is a clear sign of the condition removed by brown in the meantime these cheaper illegal eggs could still make their way on to the market much to the dismay of war a big member states in our country they spend four hundred million pounds of road money that duchesses to legal and of course they've been very very worried when they look across the english channel and they see people with fifteen injured by. still in the old illegal banks a cage with media calls but coming out that is what british producers are so upset about the big pay used to disobey the law. a law that has ruffled a more than a few feathers in the industry but at least some can go about their business slightly happier. yes or cilia artsy brussels.

well europe's financial woes have been causing world markets to fluctuates they said people are valid his cross-talk guests debate whether that more or fewer regulations will make the healthy stock exchanges. we've got a nightmare coming up because everybody's going to be potentially in danger of wearing an orange jumpsuit because they won't do what they're able to do and if we don't have any markets whatsoever then reasonable commerce is going to come to a halt because actually i think arnold said it best first of all you can't be extreme you can't of total regulation because that stalin ism and those markets didn't work terribly well and you can't have complete art not capitalism which admittedly we've never really seen in the world but i suppose you could argue happened during the industrial revolution because that's going to be a mess my argument is as a practitioner we need pragmatism and that means simplicity and the problem is as we go on and on and on and every time there seems to be a question we out another degree of complexity to the regulation it's not going to work if you sin that regulators have godlike powers and absolutely give them total

authority the problem is they don't then so there's there are two cases for simplicity and regulation one is that it's better for markets but the other is that it's better for regulators to just play within their game so to speak and so on consumer product safety regulation you just need some simple principles of not selling products inappropriately to people not fooling people and. not selling them products that they have no chance of benefiting from. crosstalk it just started out. now that cross over to the business joining the crazy high creating the russian markets was the most we have yeah that's right they are indeed open in the last twenty minutes or so and it's good news actually carry it's positive gains for both the. far as m i six is concerned if

they closed in the black today about would be the third day in a row since been a good week so far let's take a look at the actual figures as you can see there the r.t.s. point eight percent up the my six point nine percent positive territory we're going to be more itching those figures are all throughout the day last week was rather choppy because of the post presidential election we had a rally that they'd be interesting to see now that things have calmed down on the political stage how the markets perform this week ok let's move on and see how the u.s. markets got on well they closed early morning here in moscow and i can tell you it's a really positive day for there much later as far as the gnostic was concerned you can see it over the three thousand mark that was for the first time in over eleven years it's managed to break through that threshold to franco's again why well retail sales were particularly good better than anticipated also there was

a stress test results of that basically put into place to see if banks can withstand those kind of pressures that they were put through in two thousand and eight when they have the financial crisis and i can tell you that fifteen out of nineteen of the banks managed to past city was one of the biggest banks and they fell starts to look as we can see investors once he got back to see how asia is benefiting from the strong close if wall street as you can see the nikkei and the hang seng there posting health t.j. and japan in particular seem particularly well they're exporters they've got a weak yet deal with which we. exporters love the show their gratitude and one of the stocks that caught my eye was up two point three percent asia's biggest carmaker now let's go to oil oil is in the red side believe it at this hour it's been it's been up and down but it's moving further into the red now we've had assurances the u.s. is how to share its issues are safe from saudi arabia united arab emirates and q

aides saying they're going to our oil production to help them with stands the embargoed take place in july we source prices because of that pressure so now that they're putting these assurances into place i must say there's not been any confirmation they're saying now no confirmation but they have had assurances and they are confident that while they're getting that supply from the embargo should cause too many spikes from now on we'll see we'll be watching it the world is watching oil now we've got currencies as well the dollar is higher against the euro the ruble is stronger against both the dollar and the european at the current say so that's how the markets stand at the moment i do believe those who we've got time for this hour i'll be back in about fifty five minutes with another update for you .

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