two explosions rocked security compounds in the syrian capital killing several civilians and police just a day after the u.n. special envoy to the country. reported back on his peace mission there. in your march in riga liberating those who fought on hitler's side draws condemnation from both inside the country and abroad gets backing from that in leadership. the u.s. identifies the soldier suspected of killing sixteen civilians in afghanistan and afghan investigation claims he wasn't working alone.

analysis on the very latest developments here in r.t. two explosions have hit security complexes in the syrian capital killing a number of civilians and police state television says the attacks in damascus were carried out by suicide car bombers it's the fourth suicide bombing in the syrian regime stronghold since december comes amid reports that al qaeda is operating in the country its acts took place special envoy kofi annan urged the un's most powerful body to act cautiously on the syrian crisis and support his peace mission prior to his security council briefing russia said it was using its contacts with the syrian regime to get them to cooperate it's also called on western powers to do the same with the opposition group is the latest.

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 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 a ceasefire has not been established yet he is making all the efforts that could possibly be made russia has called on all security council members to support kofi annan efforts in syria and to not undermine it because because of this there's she have a feeling that every time we manage to achieve some positive change in the students of damascus there's an immediate counterweight reaction and any steps forward are dismissed i hope this will be the case of how countries in the middle east and some western states treat the mission of kofi anon. we see that their efforts are being made continually on on the international level at this point if mr anon gets

the support he's asking for from the security council maybe eventually we'll see some peace process coming to syria but at this point there's going to be a mission heading to damascus this weekend to continue. playing well rob lions deputy editor of online magazine sports believes the position of some international players may create souse hurdles for diplomatic efforts. sperry difficult to see how far you know because america britain and france have been very clear that they want to be regime change in syria they're not really prepared to settle for anything less than that but as a result the syrian government doesn't want to be replaced so. i think they're not situation with russia and china seems to be hoping for some kind of in between so the solution is not on the ground with the sort of course. that may be a step forward but fundamentally the. attitude of major western

governments. is to go much much further in terms of replacing the assad regime just as much room for compromise on iraq. and we'd like to know whether you think kofi annan mission to syria will bear fruit and cast your vote online at r.t. dot com apparently the vast majority are saying the mission will fail because the u.s. and its allies not just say i sat out and not ready to compromise and of course i believe it's too late for it right extension in any case five percent say iran will not wish to negotiate a cease fire conflict and just two percent of yourself said mission difficult as the syrian opposition to president r.t. dot com it's where you can get nothing. happens every year provokes the wrath of those who remember nazi atrocities over thousands latvians of health and human watch commemorating those who fought for hitler's

wealth and assessed efficiency the gathering is condemned by many that here and abroad as a misguided inspiration for young near nazis. greens reports. there's been decades of change since the world where nazi germany dominated despite the bloody legacy in some quarters of europe fair you still have an audience. are you ready for the jews are crying about the holocaust. in forty nine hundred forty one the war for the bolsheviks who killed me i think they received it would be deserved. not be pardoned. this is 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 and that. we can not be silent when the people

on the wring the memory of the nads east of the birth and this are marching in the streets of a member of the european union those in the crowd defend 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 from volunteers and members of the disbanded latvian auxiliary police responsible for the mass killing of jews this image of that is youth lining the streets to welcome in veterans commemorating asian as they is one that has become commonplace is also something that is increasingly warring observers if it may represent a rise of the far right both sane commentators are asking why this message is being supported at the very top of the country's leadership. i love being president andres bers inch as argued it is foolish to assume that what an s.s.

veterans are criminals saying they deserve the public's respect people who are in charge. of all thirty 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 anti fascist groups governing by in a protest to be annual march the rise in far right rhetoric is not unique to latvia but the continent which by financial crisis ultra nationalists and has been growing throughout europe you've got the fascist right people who are proud of being sort of at retro and or whatever and you've got the flashlight of people who like probably marine le pen in france are actually coming from that kind of coming from that position is a growth most apparent in marches that celebrate those who others are struggling with them accompanied by personal messages such as this one made it a latvian t.v.

station they stand as a striking image of europe's lingering past one that could have an increasing impact on its future degrees r.t. reader in that field. but coming up this hour through wind rain and snow it's always the season the protest here only sympathetic tense left to ashton but occupy wall street protesters say it's just the end of one chapter and the beginning of the next also. moralized police in kurdistan make way for a new security system and if they had their friends and a friend in the private interests of the new york florence's rather than the public . and. the u.s. has identified the soldier accused of killing sixteen civilians in afghanistan staff sergeant robert bales the suspect was flown from kuwait to an american military prison and charges have been brought against himself for either an afghan president claims he was not acting alone and up to twenty other u.s.

troops may have taken part in the massacre international affairs commentator runs off and is the cold blooded killing of civilians by american forces is just history repeating itself we have reason to believe you know received no it's right all we have to recall seven years ago in iraq in the. twenty four hour iraqis are going circular by nine u.s. servicemen none of whom were prosecuted for their crimes the leader of the group recently charged with dereliction of duty and broken ranks. which is hardly amounts of you know punishment but there is a difference between so-called collateral damage and targeted killing another group style sunday with several thousands of knowledge were there were people around it often people in the sixty's the afghan government state seventeen or more people going into the month of nine children three women and so forth this suggests first of all of them one person going on with your perfectly good minutes on this is very

very. you know and for us to try to be very visibly from now this is just very what's. he's mentioned contributor. but is the u.s. military's trying to shift blame in the wake of the shooting rampage that sing on the mental states of stuff sergeant robert bales instead of its own foreign policy the raging debates about punctuation massacre has been taken apart into two extremes first the shrinks both civilians and military alike claims that it has nothing to do with their war policy in afghanistan and try to shift the blame onto the psychological and mental state all for a particular individual on the other side if their white house and the pants again trying to present the see it another mark carver incident as just an exception that does not represent value all of the united states armed forces well the truth is

somewhere in between. in the miscible to portray all the victims of p.t.s.d. as a potential mass killer psychos who are looking for any opportunity to kill innocent civilians likewise it would be totally misleading to presume the latest case to hold this mass murder as an exception. dot com we've got plenty more on that story just log on to check out all the latest also unlike the sacred sense of who benefit the sixteenth or what is his own individual and then following it for a good footsteps of the instinct of discover the secrets of the rover on our website. titanic effort film director james cameron is attempting to break the world record for submarine diving i doubt whether a challenge is taking place as r.t. got caught.

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 california the protest has shed light on issues from wealth inequality to police brutality nazis christine for south looks at the movement through the eyes of a man who's been on the front lines since the very beginning. never doubt free will but it's a local the state should. be a good search operation we first met joe northam in the early stages of the occupy wall street movement here since october second. a little bit just. the opposite. really just making it big.

like it's a little spot for trust why a former children's mental health counselor joins position was cut and he was left without a job and instead found a place and a purse this is here. this is the supplemental we just record to protect us from the outside conditions and those conditions not all. all thanks to mother nature every night or something there's always some fights there's always some kind of drama happening as well as the world of ice where the police have been telling the junkies of the drug they want to give us what they think i'll go to mixers. mcpherson 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 under terser today is january third two thousand and twelve. year the revolution as i'd like to call it. it is close to.

maybe twenty six twenty seven degrees outside but it wasn't the cold but these are the actual notices that were posted on the occupiers tents setting off a firestorm of both anger and support and the construction of this tent of dreams. most people did end up leaving joel included i guess the thing that maybe stopped would be there was the raid. that was i mean that was i mean they have infrared helicopters flying around at night you know having like little formal vision on the tents to make sure the people are in the tent sleeping but even police crackdowns have not mentioned the end of occupy wall street and this is make their sense where today nearly six months after the occupy wall street movement began a few tense remain but it's largely symbolic joel and the others say the occupation aspect of this movement is simply one chapter of 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 wall with society and the system in general and everything that we you know are you know should be naturally against this human beings and. i think that frowned that there is actually something that we can do about it in washington christine for is now our team. now still to come here on r t the next stop without close up series a really good get off the beaten path to highlight a russian village with a small population limited resources but one very unique name. with two bloody uprisings in just seven years both of which resulted in leaders being toppled from power it's no surprise that security has become a major concern in the central asian republic of kurdistan but amid accusations of

police brutality and balance my task of maintaining peace has been taken over by major lancy groups flooding the country's cities and. reports there are fears that not just serving the interests of the people. perfecting their glows and kicks in this case downtown this young man of a constant reminder of the violence that currently of kyrgyzstan street car tips for the past decade and this is who should be serving in the police the punchlines track to the heart of the country's security problems two years ago during the last congress revolution the police opened fire and protesters. almost seventy were killed forcing the president to step down and since then the country's me authorities have effectively replaced the police because of vigilante groups move here move i told you the movement of bruges people's guards counts tens of

thousands of the good one is really these men patrol the streets at night and just a phone call away during the day organized in small cells there more while and is a limb energy bill 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 defense hope train or volunteers in a time of need when police and the army are demoralized 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 papers elections extolling the virtues of democracy and the rule of law but to make for the best for graphic values work in their favor many of them chose to rely on natural rather than political muscle the country's former interior minister sas reviling the regular police allows the north ridge 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 authority is a creating their own security units whose primary goal is not to protect the law for all. but rather to protect private interests of the boss. this accession of the revolution has also led to a rise in the number of private security agencies here in the center of the scare cards train weekly to hit targets. during the last revolution protesters raided several depots and many of their 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 and what we need is straight economic development evolution. and this revolutionary if it keyed plays well into the near thirty's hands they may have been brought to power a greater popular uprising but 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. but taking a look at some other news from around the world now this hour hundreds of addiction protesters have rallied in cairo against the country's military rulers are outraged at a recent quote in their credibility dr charges they forced so-called majority tests and female detainees abraham a young female activists and father those sitting against the doctor was one of seven women subjected to the procedure. supreme council forces justified the tests are going to protect the army from great allegations. hollywood star george clooney has been arrested a protest outside the sudanese embassy in washington. was released on bail said his main goal is to raise awareness of urgency situation in the border region between sudan and south sudan constrictors of. provoking

a humanitarian crisis preventing food and aid from reaching there is a great. well turned out discover more of the world's biggest country now you know russia close up series. yes we wrap up our journey to the city of you catherine burke situated in the your own mountains there is famous for its precious stones and metal in the streets today there we had to remove village things tom blanton finds out about the harsh realities of life. you could terran work 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's it the end of the road from here to the village it's just forest

time for me to ditch this and go even further off the beaten track. eventual 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 he was founded in one nine hundred twenty four by a group of collective farm workers who wanted to branch out on their own but they had a problem what. to establish in your village they had to have permission so they apply through through the local paper when the permission was granted their name to newspapering things. svetlana is one of only two people to have lived here all their life the other is clean up after her husband died she continued to live here

alone every winter there snowed in so what if they need help. you don't get help if something happens here on the road and if you can't get through the phone no one will come. said larner with her two horses is essentially the village taxi service for twenty one year old son lives here too and for the moment he's content working on a local logging site. that he doesn't want to leave in the town he likes it here but i'm not sure i shall stay here that long it might be fun for here while he's still young but i think you might get more didn't want the cows can roam freely. doors 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 just survive i was surprised to find it was cool

enough and disagreed with me but. 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 clothes for some houses so it looks like far from dying out cleaners granddaughter could be joined by many more visitors i wouldn't hold out for the road though tom barton party and the lead today will be travelling to another euro hub the city of perm with the intrepid james brown. i. live.

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