what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cars are the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report. in the. stores that shape the we care and violence in syria shows no sign of abating a year after it began methods being used in the know that damaging battle are exposed but this time targeting people's minds. by the roots six acute two men found guilty of the minsk metro bombing a movie strongly condemned by the e.u. which says the pair were never given a fair trial. more violence more excuses the u.s. is making profuse apologies for the latest deaths of civilians in afghanistan but experts warn washington will have to brace itself for

a backlash. and israel actively makes the case for going it alone against iran warnings are growing that a potential strike would drive a serious which in its ties with the u.s. . and then look back at the last seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly here. as syria marked the first anniversary of its crisis this week volunteers spiraling out of control in the middle eastern country but there's also another battle raging on fought by media spin doctors working to shape public opinion on the more their efforts have been helped by unconfirmed reports and footage from the combat zone that's difficult to verify or if an ocean it takes a closer look at the methods of syria's hidden conflict. clashes in the streets of syria have been raging for a year now but behind the scenes there is

a media war that's just as damaging as the one taken literally lives rifi cloth 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 by them and you can clearly see that something is slowly burning in the distance when the smoke has thickened english speakers correct they come rest position for a better shot of what's going on they shake it to make it look like amateur video the three. videos on the energy receiver it's clear it's not an explosion and people are reporting it the way they need to see it. in another video from a hospital in homes someone behind camera talks to a doctor and the corner we see

a little like him. if you kill bashar good will punish you and talk about his wife ok let's recusal again after some thirty minutes away taking the crew starts to get nervous and let's go a little bit earlier maybe hold can read no we need al-jazeera wildlife on al-jazeera eventually the girl will forget some details because punish you the shore 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. as relaxed and calm. and there is no shooting until he asks for it. it's a digital easy target. no worries just do it. by.

solution i see the whole deal. tell them are some buildings collapsed and we're taking buildings why. there could be a miniature one hundred get a good job in the last hour or two. or two hundred dead enough reality. to see activity become journalists trying to make patients problems close. behind the protests. but not everyone is happy about it the politics of the channel were changing with the word count on high. leftist and progressive voices such as mine were not going to be this welcomed news not anymore obviously the qataris and decided to shape a picture of the news a little more than we used to know that's always a mistake. well known what questions and leadership used to before through al jazeera from the world's conflict hot spots but syria has become the rubicon cross

he mentioned on the groups fighting against assad's army his bosses and doha felt he needed medication he has just resigned because of biased coverage he says somewhere like you know a promo thing. leave syria. egypt tunisia whatever and don't think for example that the revolution and behind on saudi arabia and the media and this is just a proxy it's a proxy used by by its there by fellow factions like sedna government by us throughout the foolish war. where the more i look through for knowledge in all 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. see beirut lebanon. to messages is preparing to host a u.n.

technical team to discuss a plan for international monitors in syria the group is part of the special envoy kofi annan peace mission aimed at establishing a cease fire and getting talks underway between the government and the opposition russia giving strong support to the efforts and warn against any attempts to derail them. because the us those fish i hope this mission won't be ruined we have a feeling it every time we manage to achieve some positive change in the stance of damascus there is an immediate counterweight reaction and any steps forward are dismissed i hope this won't be the case of how countries in the middle east and some western states treat the mission of kofi anon it was very strange that two days after his first visit to damascus the opposition syrian national council claimed the mission had already failed for sending definite signals to damascus to cooperate with mr nods and we hope that other members of the security council also demand the opposition does not provoke the escalation of violence and cooperates with mr nonce mission. martin's public and some analysts from the online magazine

politics says iran's mission should be hailed for its balance stance in syria could be undermined by those seeking regime change in the country. well i think first of all kofi a man's mission in syria needs to be uprooted by the international community for having approached the situation in syria with impartiality in that he's spoken so you members of the syrian governments including president assad and also members of the syrian opposition the same cannot be said about the american british and french governments who have made regime change their policy from the very beginning. come out of the time that the united nations when kofi annan delays the findings of its mission i suspect it's going to strengthen it's going to add credence to the five point peace plan put together by russia and the arab league last week or so ago however the stumbling block really is going to be permanent members the western

permanent members on the security council who have made it very clear that president assad has to go from power so i think whatever kofi annan ends findings will be it's going to be limited by the western response. from the russian capital this is the weekly still ahead in the program hopes dashed to the ground and legal immigrants come to the u.k. a life of poverty they find themselves in the streets. with western nations quick to point the finger at all those who don't. believe some to wonder if democracy they preach. their stories to brussels has criticised over the execution of truman found guilty of last year's . foreign policy chief said the pair were never given a fair trial for more on the story. the latest blow

to already tense relations between the e.u. and take us through the case. absolutely well the two men were accused participating in staging of the explosion in the minsk metro in april of last year and also to other incidents of another explosion in the capital of minsk in two thousand and eight and also another one and city in two thousand and five. hour work days after the explosion in. april of last year. you can have all of pleaded guilty on all counts. i just refused to do so he's actually insisted on his innocence and has appealed for clemency to the president alexander lukashenko however president refused to ground him clemency refused to pardon him and then

several days later news started streaming to streaming through. has been executed somewhere in belarus his mother has received the news from. high courts however at this point we still have no confirmation on whether or not that in. to execution have actually taken place wherever there are reports from russian and national television which are as good as official confirmation is saying that indeed the executions have taken place from the very beginning i thought it is officials in the european union have been closely following the case their relations with belarus of course have been strained for quite some time even before these arrests and the following trials that's a lot of. particularly human rights organizations in europe have a lot of questions to the russian authorities when it comes to human rights freedom of speech and also the approach to the opposition in the country they believe that those cases really should be looked into closely over remains. and.

the european union's foreign policy chief catherine ashton just on saturday has expressed her hope that bellerose to grill in fact implemented moratorium on capital punishment as a matter of fact remains the only country in europe to have a death penalty are working at the moment and a bad bad point of course it was still not known that the second man be the man who is accused of actually carrying out the attacks and it's as old might also have been executed as the chairman of the european parliament has already called the situation terrifying and he has called clemency for the remaining man however at this again all of those statements from the european officials came before. the news about the second man also be executed started coming in. thanks very much indeed for that update we've been reporting.

this week the u.s. soldier accused of killing sixteen civilians in afghanistan last sunday sergeant robert bales is now in the military detention center in kansas following the latest incident involving american troops it's rage among the afghan people and another round of apologies from u.s. officials result is going to report afghans are not convinced by the excuse. the. sixteen innocent afghan villagers slaughtered in cold lot nine of them children u.s. officials are going out of their way to present the american surgeon who apparently committed the massacre as just one bad apple. this incident is tragic and shocking and does not represent the exceptional character of our military and the respect that the united states has for the people of afghanistan this is not who we are in no way does he represent. the ethics and morality of the american

servicemen and servicewomen and i think afghans understand that but afghans don't seem to be behind that all. the rage and humiliation felt by afghan people appear to be way beyond what apologies can make up for they've heard them all before in the last few months all too often and each one very similar to the next just weeks ago the white house apologized for the burning of the copies of the koran by u.s. troops an incident that triggered a surge of violence this was a deeply unfortunate incident that does not reflect the great respect our military has for the religious practices of the afghan people and weeks before that in january apologies again over footage showing u.s. marines urinating on dead afghans bree's actions do not represent the values of the vast majority of coalition forces of the nations honorably contrary to what u.s. officials say some analysts believe that those incidents are symptomatic of how the

military operation in afghanistan works it is increasing the case that this is looking like. a brutal occupation which is killing a large number of afghans where afghans film selves humiliated insulted and what instances like this will be regarded as a symbolic of exactly what is wrong with the american occupation it is an absolutely cynical operation to say that they can sleep. in afghanistan for another three years how many more people will die how many more instances like this the only solution to this is to bring the troops out and then for these for these governments this tokens of meaning in countries where they have absolutely no rights and copious apologies handed out by the administration don't see me. even to appease war critics back home let alone the afghan people but what about the whole idea of in aiding a country and occupying a country and disturbing their country creating hundreds of thousands of refugees

and suffering this it ever get to a point where apologizing about the qur'an is rather minor and some of the other problems that we have had created the taliban has vowed it will take revenge and analysts expect a fresh surge of violence children shot in the head women slaughtered it's incidents like the latest soldier's rampage in afghanistan that extremists of all kinds used to put new people to their ranks those new recruits go out to kill not even the most heartfelt apologies don't change the minds of people. it becomes a vicious circle that breeds even more danger spreading far beyond the borders of afghanistan i'm going to shift our reporting for washington arche. there's a day or two so if you haven't also talked to afghanistan's finance minister on the cost of war both economic and social. we do not want the international forces to be in afghanistan fighting for us even in our longer

needed the water has cost the nation a lot it's not i don't think you can put a dollar figure on this and if you see a hundred billion two hundred billion three hundred billion it's tell you why the difference for it was beyond economics it gave us to use the public public information it gave us to the state institutions put together that. is not easy. and you can watch that interview in full at ten am g.m.t. . president obama want to run this week that the window for dealing with its nuclear program through diplomatic channels is shrinking but he stressed again that washington still prefers to use diplomacy to get around to abandon its atomic plans this israel is actively building the case for striking iran without american support a move that artie's paula slim reports could put television's ties with its closest

ally in the firing line. there's 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 done some 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 a strike could be imminent the million dollar question right now is whether or not it's all will go it alone it could call on its closest ally the united states for hope that washington is making a lot of noise not to strike i don't think there's a possibility. we'll say. we need. firm america before we strike and the best i would say. we don't expect

a green light and we can say it was probably. relations between is we hold american leaders are tense but apart demanding an article. coming out of netanyahu government i would not buy a new. game . is rock star. the u.s. government. cannot accept the idea that he is really in. you know one of us. in 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 well . point namely. closing the straits and. stopping the flow of oil from the gulf. and we remove.

we are not going to reopen. the for the oil. a franking iran. in spite of american explicit objection would certainly. relations with the united states. even break them all together and in the long run that might be a gamble even more dangerous in taking on iran. the latest developments in the middle east are on our website on t.v. dot com as they happen and some of the stories in store for you there at the moment and john berman you cannot see the war criminal convicted only last year of killing twenty eight thousand jews in these sort of bored to death camp has died at a retirement home at the age of ninety one to find out a polish trial you can log onto the website article called. for me to read blood of

red lake in iraq incredible siberian landscapes stunning satellite photos from the most amazing sites around the world you can check out more of these online. spray sion and destitution that's what thousands of illegal immigrants in the u.k. and finding instead of a better life many of the music all the money to make it to great britain but soon eager to return home however they end up stuck in a quagmire of red tape bennett reports. it looks like nothing more than a dumping ground the squalor plain to see how to spot the signs of life this is what forty illegal immigrants call home under

a motorway bridge in london's outskirts penniless and without sanitation the place is infested with drugs disease and destitution many risk their entire families fortune to get here dreaming of the riches that await instead they found a nightmare their company are looking for a better life they've been told the fact they've been sold the fact that if you come to the u.k. . it's like the streets are going to be paved with gold this man paid traffickers in india over fifteen thousand dollars to smuggle him to britain in the back of a lorry like most he destroyed his passport when he got here to make deportation more difficult but it means he now can't escape even though he wants to he was promised he'd find plenty of work money and accommodation but he's now trapped in poverty worse than he left behind oh i have a large job. and for all of where do you sleep.

i wanted to tell you how little broader it's been and and then when you know it's been with no official identity men like lax in the us stuck in a bureaucratic no man's land britain won't deport them unless they can prove who they are and where they came from each case has to be dealt with individually and some can be complex with many not having trouble documents or not wishing to comply with the documentation protests in the cases of indian nationals we continue to work with the high commission to speed up the time it takes to return them to their home country. nearly thirteen thousand illegal immigrants left the u.k. voluntarily last year a quadruple in numbers over just six years such is the desperation to leave this car park used to be a busy pickup spot for manual labor but now there's nothing this is where the man

waits looking for work every morning hoping to be picked up and paid for a day's labor today like most days they wait isn't this before the downturn was earning up to three hundred pounds a week and he's lucky to get fifteen pounds a day doing jobs he never thought he'd stoop to although guys. in england. are ready that much money but they don't know what happened here it's the reality reality there. as we didn't you know do in india you know we. are from a good family the men are expected to send money back to their families in india no wonder most were reluctant to appear on camera after bennett r t london. take a look at what else is making news around the world this hour five people have been

found dead aboard a migrant ship off the southern coast of italy and fifty two others were rescued safely from the boat which departed from libya italian coast guard says many on board the ship were dehydrated or suffering from hypothermia according to the u.n. around sixty thousand migrants landed in italy last year most of whom were africans who fled their countries when the conflict in libya began last year. protests as a new york city were met by police on the six month anniversary of occupy wall street when activists tried to reel park where the movement began dozens have been arrested according to reports hundreds took part in an afternoon march through manhattan's financial district a focal point of their frustrations during the last six months the majority of the arrests occurred when protesters proper tent which violates park rune's the occupy movement along with other protests of certain constitutional rights in the u.s. and elsewhere that western nations have been quick to criticize countries who don't

share their same democratic views that don't necessarily leading by example when it comes to human rights as we're in a polar explains the strong arm of the law is leaving some to wonder if they're preaching hypocrisy instead of democracy. the u.s. and its european allies have many things in common security politics and a familiar practice of just golden outsiders about popular as of democracy iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech this is the policing suppression human rights to my first there's a big step backwards democracy rule of law human rights these are all we believe these must be respected by the egyptian authorities in russia we've seen crackdowns on civil society groups as western leaders wag their finger around the world. wouldn't the times including of course have been used to help public protest at

home. why is police handcuffs and iron fists have repeatedly been used against unarmed demonstrators in greece spain and london where thousands flood the streets to protest against austerity measures and unemployment they should focus on getting their own house in order and practice what they preach rather than nosing about you know countries and trying to you know grandstand on an international scale rather than deal with you know they are there are very serious democratic deficit on the other side of the atlantic uprisings against economic inequality and corporate greed have left countless occupy wall street activists covered in blood temporarily blinded. and behind bars the movement is currently planning to draw tens of thousands of demonstrators to the upcoming g eight and nato summit in may. but this week the u.s.

military is unveiling its latest non-lethal weapon to members of the press. it felt like opening up an open door almost next to this sting from about my sternum to my back the new active denial system. can repel crowds using an invisible electromagnetic beam that delivers a blast of intense heat up to one kilometers away without a sound a smell or even a warning the weapon promises to disperse crowds and reinforce security while the military weapon isn't currently intended to be used by police critics say ray guns like water cannons could eventually be rolled out in the land of the free we're seeing an intensification of repression because people are challenging the system they're challenging it in europe the challenge to get in the united states and it's easy for our readers the point the finger somewhere else rather than take responsibility here in america to do anything differently lecturing others on

democracy and human rights has become a brand of western foreign policy and just course that claims to be based on the highest of standards but as recent years has shown it's a lot easier to scold others when everything is quite. nice protesters say all or injured students in europe might suggest that their leaders do a bit more homework before attempting to be a teacher of democracy or not artsy new york. just turned twenty eight minutes past the hour here in the russian capital about with a roundup of our main stories in just over a minute from now this is your most. nearly

a billion people in the world for knowing every day. in the united states even our trash cans are food the food you just have to go get it all of these perfectly good eggs because one was cracked didn't even get all over the other ones just threw them all away not inches from the german no. clearly like the upper five. in the dumpster at one am this morning three pm this afternoon on the grill to cake just made one dozen dumpster egg whites. and delicious breakfast for the.