the u.n. special envoy to syria kofi annan urges the security council to speak with one voice to support his peace mission as russia calls on western powers to press the syrian opposition to make a sheet. on the march in riga commemorating those who fought on the side condemnation from both inside the country and the poor get some backing from the latvian leadership. u.s. identifies the soldiers suspected of killing sixteen civilians in afghanistan afghan investigation claims he wasn't working alone.

you're with r t a very warm welcome to our carriage. un special envoy kofi annan has surged the blocks most powerful body to act cautiously on the syrian crisis and support his peace mission prior to his meeting with the security council russia said it was using its contacts with the syrian regime to get them to cooperate with iran's efforts and also called on western powers to do the same with the opposition . has the latest now from new york. special envoy kofi annan said that he will be sending his team to damascus as early as this weekend to begin to scotching plans his plans to deploy international monitors there he said the first objective is to of course stop all the violence and bloodshed taking place in syria and to establish an impended humanitarian assistance for all those in need in syria he

said if the syrian conflict is not handled properly and handled quickly the end results could be disastrous for the entire region kofi annan the u.n. arab league special envoy to syria also pleaded with u.n. security council members to finally break their deadlock and come to a consensus and speak with one voice he said that will not only. give credibility to the international community but it will also help establish peace in syria and help his process a process that he said is very difficult very challenging but one that he is committed to now just last weekend he did travel to syria he met with syrian president bashar al assad he also did meet with members of the opposition group he said that while there are clearly are differing opinions and ceasefire has not been established yet he is making all the efforts that could possibly be made but once

again underscoring the fact that the security council must unite and speak with one voice russia has called on all security council members to support kofi annan efforts in syria and do not undermine its appearance because there is. every time we have a feeling that we managed to achieve some positive change in the students of damascus is an immediate counterweight reaction and any steps forward are dismissed. i hope this will happen with the attitude of countries in the middle east and some western states to the mission of u.n. arab league envoy kofi unarmed and it was very strange that two days after is your first visit to damascus the opposition syrian national council claim the mission had already failed so i think it's irresponsible we see that their efforts are being made continually on on the international level at this point if mr arnaout

gets the support he is asking for from the security council maybe eventually will see some some peace process coming to syria but at this point there is going to be a mission heading to damascus this weekend to continue mr announcer plan but rob lyons deputy editor of the online magazine spiked believes the position of some international players may create serious hurdles for diplomatic efforts. it's very difficult to see prokofiev because america britain and france have been very clear that they want a regime change in syria are not really prepared to settle for anything less than that and as a result obviously the syrian government doesn't want to be replaced so there is a basic. situation in russia and i'm trying to seem to be hoping for some kind of in between solution those monitors on the ground and so on and so forth and that may be

a step forward but fundamentally the. attitude of major western governments is for it to go much much further in terms of replacing the assad regime and i just don't see this much room for compromise on iraq. coming up this hour through wind rain and snow it's always the season for protest. this is become a full time job you know i mean a full time job you don't get paid for course but you know if you love something enough it's gonna stay on mars will. be symbolic ten selected washington occupy wall street protesters say it's just the end of one chapter the beginning of next. for allies to reset kurdistan make way for a new security system any fear that private firms will defend their own private interests of your forty's rather than the public. it happens every year and provokes the wrath of those who remember the nazi atrocities every

thousand latvians have held their annual march commemorating and fought for it there's often a sense deficient katherine is content by any both and that here and abroad as misguided inspiration for young you know not since the stricken prince reports. there's been decades of change since the world where nazi germany to all natives despite their bloody legacy is some courses of europe their view still have an audience come to your it temporarily jews are crying about the holocaust with between eight hundred forty in eight hundred forty one the war for the bolsheviks and killed me i think they received the would be deserved to be part of your business as one thousand five hundred people gathered to officially commemorate those who fought alongside hitler's armies and joined the waffen s.s. the meeting stoking fears of a neo nazi resurgence in latvia we can not be silent when the people.

in the memory of the nads east of the earth and this is marching in the streets of a member of the european union those in the crowd to spend their start saying the so-called legionnaires were fighting for liberty at a time when tyranny faced latvia from all directions it was a military force formed in one thousand nine hundred forty three volunteers and members of the disbanded latvian auxiliary police responsible for the mass killing of jews this image of these youths lining the streets to welcome in veterans commemorating legionnaires day is one that has become commonplace as also something that is increasingly warring observers if it may represent a rise of the far right those same commentators are asking why this message is being supported at the very top of the country's leadership. i love being president . has argued that it is foolish to assume that what an s.s.

veterans are criminals say may deserve the public's respect people who are in charge in positions of authority should not be setting examples where young people start to believe that a buff an s. s. is something that you should wish to follow echoing such sentiment and the fascist groups govern live by in a protest to be annual march the rise in far right rhetoric is not unique to let via the continent the rich by financial crisis ultra nationalists and has been growing throughout europe we've got a fascist right people who are proud of being sort of better veterans or whatever and you've got the fascist light the people who like probably marine le pen in france are actually coming from that kind of million i mean from that kind of position is a growth most apparent advantages that celebrate those who others struggle to get them accompanied by personal messages such as this well made it a latvian t.v.

station they stand as a striking image of europe's lingering past. but could have an increasing impact on its future degrees r.t. reader in matthew. the us has identified the soldier accused of killing sixteen civilians in afghanistan a star sergeant robert bales the suspect was flown fourteen wait to an american military prison no charges have been brought against him so far however an afghan that proclaims he was not acting alone and up to twenty other u.s. troops they have taken part in a massacre and international affairs commentator it was i believe the cold blooded killing of civilians by american forces is just history repeating itself. we have reason to believe you know receive notes right all we have to recall is seven years ago in iraq in the city of be there twenty four hours iraqi civilians are killed by the u.s. servicemen none of whom were prosecuted for their crimes the leader of the group or

simply charges of dereliction of duty and broken in writing. you know which is it is hardly amounts or you know punishment but there is a difference between so-called collateral damage and targeting him and the sort of the particle there in the temper of the spiral sunday where you know that there are several houses in the in the village were of a factory where people were around it off until he was sixteen afghan government state seventy two more people forty seven of nine children three women and so forth and it suggests first of all that one person could hardly hear the perpetrator that crime is on and second of all this is not collateral damage this is not the soldier of the ground it's spraying the commission going to try and this is a very grim reaper you know action and for us to try to be very has anything out of this is disingenuous but our teams have been actually contributary kind of if any who show and it was the u.s. military has tried to shift the blame in the wake of the shooting rampage focusing

on the dental state of stuff sergeant robert bales instead of its foreign policy. they're raging good baits about punch you a massacre has been taken apart into two extremes first the shrinks both civilians and military alike claimed that it has nothing to do with the war or the policy in afghanistan and try to shift the blame onto the psychological and mental state all for a particular individual on the other side white house and the counter again trying to present the see it another mark carver incident as just an exception that does not represent the value of the united states armed forces well the truth is somewhere in between. inadmissible portrayed hold the victims of p.t.s.d. as a potential mass killers psychos who are looking for any opportunity to kill

innocent civilians likewise it would be totally misleading to presume the way this case hold this mass murder as an exception. but after he got caught with plenty more on that story just log on to check out the latest also on life sacred sense pope benedict the sixteenth what is his own individual cologne fragrant for the steps of the dominance thing this cover the secrets of the room on our website. plus titanic film director james cameron is attempting to break a world record for submarine that any way that charted taking place at r.t. . it's been six months since the occupy movement set up camp in the united states

from new york and washington all the way to oakland in california the protest has shed light on issues from wealth inequality to police brutality ati's christine for sowed looks at the movement through the eyes of a man who's been on the front line since the very beginning. never gets a free will but still made it to mobile the same ship reports of a nation a soul flight a media saturation we first met joel northam in the early stages of the occupy wall street movement out here since october second degree a little bit just a whole. hell of a corruption the fault lies mostly really it's just that they keep the pick up. like it's thought it was possible for multiple atrocities world wide a former children's mental health counselor jools position was cut and he was left without a job and instead found a place and a purpose to here still succumb like a full time job you know i mean

a full time job you don't get paid for course but you know if you love something enough and that's kind of. you know you just stay on and stay he did. as the air cooled. the rain the snow freezing temperatures again. this is the will supplement that we just erected to protect us from the outside conditions and those conditions not all thanks to mother nature every night or something there's always some fights there's always a some kind of drama happening a lot of fast a lot of ice where the police have been telling my jockeys and all drugs is a good you want to get a spot to hang out but i'm afraid. macpherson square one of the longest lasting occupations ended up becoming a microcosm of society itself with similar issues from timeliness to crime. still joel and many others here remain undeterred or today is january the third two

thousand and twelve. year the revolution that i'd call it. it is close to. maybe twenty six twenty seven degrees outside but it wasn't too cold but these are the actual notices that were posted on the occupiers tents setting off a firestorm. of both anger and support in the construction of this tent of dreams. most people did end up leaving joel included i guess something that maybe stops me here was the raid. that was i mean that was i mean that infrared helicopters flying around at night you know having like little formal vision on the tents to make sure that people are in the tent sleeping but even police crackdowns have not meant the end of occupy wall street and this is an experience where today nearly six months after the occupy wall street movement began a few tense remain but it's largely symbolic though on the other side the occupation aspect of this movement is simply one chapter in a longer story many more still yet to be written but we do the dirty work for them

the desire for radical change and a newfound belief that it can actually be achieved is strong enough not to be subdued in the brought me here was that feeling that something was incredibly wrong with society in the system in general and everything that we you know are you know should be naturally against a human beings and. i got found that there is actually something that we can do about it in washington christine frizz now r.t. . still to come here in our graphic sex novel york times best seller this is leading to some debate. kids can go into a bookstore and pick out whatever book they want there's no age limit may can't walk into a radar movie so doesn't make it worth it a book is a popularity and i think so because at that point you're creating your own your own images in your head do you want to read the book over my last title i have to react

to hear more about it when you're john do you think you'll get your job every day. but the. president is on the streets of new york to find out that people. showcases sexual liberation depravity thus. we get off the beaten path to highlight a. russian village with a small population of resources but one name its next stop you know close up sears . to the uprisings in just seven years both of which resulted in the this being toppled from power it's no surprise that security has become a major concern in the central asian republics start with accusations of police brutality and violence the task of maintaining peace has been taken over by vigilante groups flooding the country's cities. with reports of fear not just serving the people's interests. perfecting their blows and kids in this case

downtown this young man of a constant reminder of violence that turn lead if you're just on street car for the cameras there cade. this is who should be sharing in the police the punchlines track to the heart of the country's security problems two years ago during the last revolution the police opened fire at protesters. almost seventy were killed forcing the president to step down and since then the country's north origins have effectively replaced the police get a call for a vigilante groups move here move i told you the movement of drugs iniki or people's guards counts tens of thousands youth group one is ready these men patrol the streets at night and just if one call away during the day organized in small cells they're more while and easily manageable and increasingly they're being trained by the very same security forces they're supposed to be filling for. the interior ministry in the ministry of finance help train or volunteers and in time

of need police and your mirror moralized we are ready to defend our country the new security arrangement was in full display during the recent presidential elections in addition to observer and regular police each polling station had a group of heavily built man. who called themselves people's guards all candidates in the previous elections extolling the virtues of democracy and the rule of law but to make for the bass pro graphic values work in their favor many of them chose to rely on natural rather than political. the country's former interior minister says reviving the regular police allows thinning out there it is an excuse to maintain their own private armies and keys the public discontent boils over once again. under the pretext that the police are demoralized the new authorities are creating their own security units the primary goal is not to protect the law for all but rather to protect the private interests of the boss. just

a succession of the revolutions has also led to a rise in the number of private security agencies here in the center of the scare guards trained weekly to hit targets. during the last three aleutian protesters raided several depots and many of the weapons are still at large. it's true that our business grows in times of instability but we are really tired of all these revolutions so what we need is stable economic development evolution. and this revolutionary fatigue place well into the near thirty's hands they may have been brought to power by the popular uprising is with thousands of well trained guards under their command they sure hope not to leave the office in a similar fashion it's not going to artsy. we're taking a look now to other news from around the world a sour hundreds of egyptian protesters are rather than cairo against the country's military rulers outrage at a recent court ruling that cleared

a military doctor of charges that he forced a so-called virginity tests on female detainees in her head young female activist and from the lawsuit against the doctor was one of seven women subjected to the procedure handles of the supreme council process just a god exists as a way to protect the army from rape allegations. hollywood star george clooney has been arrested at a protest outside the sudanese embassy in washington the actor was released on bail said his main goal was to raise awareness of the agency's situation on the border between saddam and south sudan instructors accuse the sudanese president of provoking a humanitarian crisis by preventing food aid from reaching those in need. but perhaps discover more of the world's biggest country not in a rush across that serious.

well we wrap up our journey to the city of katherine situated in the year old mountains here is famous for its precious stones and metal industry today though we head to a remote village where artists on barton finds out the harsh realities of life. you can turn berg is one of russia's biggest cities but a few hours away it's a different world where we were going even tarmac would be a luxury that we end of the road from here to the village it's just forest time for me to go even further off the beaten track. eventually we saw it welcome to the village of newspaper population ten

people two horses two cows no running water no electricity and one rather strange name it was founded in one nine hundred twenty four by a group of collective farm workers and wanted to branch out on their own but they had a problem. when it established in your village they had to have permission so they applied for it through the local paper when the permission was granted their name to use paper in things. it said larner is one of only two people who have lived here all their life the other is cleaner after her husband died she continued to live here alone every winter snowed in so what if they need help. you don't get help if something happens you really room if you can't get through the phone no one will come. said larner with her two horses is essentially the village taxi service but twenty one year old son lives here too and for the moment

is content working on a local logging site and. he doesn't want to leave in the town he likes it here but i'm not sure if he'll stay here long it might be fun for here while he's still young but i think you might get more of it the cows can roam freely. dogs don't need to be locked in fact apart from tending the livestock the only law and order necessary here is to stop the dogs fighting but newspaper is incredibly small too small and i wondered to survive i was surprised to find it was galina who disagreed with me. the village has a future it needs to hold on it's a nice quiet place and that's why i said to residents come here we even need new paltz for somehow this so it looks like far from drying out the leaners granddaughter could be joined by many more visitors i wouldn't hold out for the

road though tom barton party. now a new best seller book has won the hearts and minds of american women the erotic novel sparked debate over its change the perception of explicit material that is there halfassed asked your boss about it. the book fifty shades of grey by e.l. james has taps the new york times bestseller list and it's filled with graphics that is this kind of sexual liberation or to prey very in our culture this week let's talk about bad well i think that if it's so popular that it must mean that you are really into this subject but you don't really want to know so maybe. so maybe it's perfect because it's a book so no one can see that you're reading it yes quite safe to do it do you want to read the book i was on my left side i have to read i could hear more about it

when you're done do you think you'll let your daughter read it. what's bad about it spin nobody's ever going to get over six years of always so it will it will live to the end of over time but people have a problem with things like pornography. i had to do i mean but how comes over people's moral values can go into a bookstore and pick out whatever book they want there's no age limit they can walk into a rated r. movie it doesn't make it worse the book is a popularity i think so because at that point you're creating your own images in your head i think you're restricted here i maybe this out and maybe that the way the bookcase read and. he has a lot of fans is that maybe they can tell and they feel identify with that we seem to have issues with sexuality in this country and yet here is this book that everyone's buying what does that mean closet liberal site or maybe that's

a yeah it's a book you can read and no one knows that you're having a porno. whereas if you're watching important everyone knows that you've got it whether or not you think a graphic sexual novel topping the charts is a good or bad thing for our culture the bottom line is it happened so it might be worth it to. in a moment to think about i've. got it back with a recap of our top stories in a couple minutes time don't go away. the

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