the stories that shaped the week here on t.v. as violence in syria shows no sign of abating a year after it began methods being used in another damaging battle are exposed but this time targeting people's minds. two men found guilty of the metro bombing the 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. plus protests in the rest mark the occupy wall street movement six

month anniversary of the law leaves many wondering if western nations practice the democracy they preach the top stories this hour. look back at the last seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly. syria marks the first anniversary of its crisis this week violence is spiraling out of control in the middle eastern country but there's also another battle raging on for by media spin doctors working to shape public opinion on the turmoil their efforts are being held by unconfirmed reports and footage from the combat zone it's difficult to verify the information and takes a closer look at the methods of syria's 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 syrian 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 in 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 high ply an 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 english speakers correct the cameras position for a better shot of what's going on they shake it to make it look like amateur video. it's clear it's not an explosion we. need to see. in another video from a hospital in holmes someone behind camera talks to

a doctor and the corner we see little not have. when you are you should tell bashar good will punish you and then talk about his wife ok let's or his will again after some thirty minutes away tain the crew starts to get nervous and it's cool under a beer maybe the whole in kuwait no we need al-jazeera while life on al-jazeera eventually the girl will forget some details. could punish you bashar and your children in this footage we see danny holmes activist known for his exclusive reports from the very epicenter of the conflict history parents ago live on c.n.n. he's relaxed and calm. and there is no shooting until he asks for it was simply to choose a target. i don't know where is just do it. so

should i say behold here. tell them there are some buildings collapsed and we're taking buildings away. he could be a miniature hundred get dead here in the last hour. we had two hundred dead in love reality the finale of the. finale i got. to see activists to become journalists trying to make a chaise as hard as possible the more blood and death the higher the price but not everyone is happy about it a politics of the channel were changing at the word count on high. leftist and progressive voices such as mine we're not going to be as welcomed anymore obviously the qataris are decided keep shake a picture of the news a little more than we used to hear that's always a mistake. well known war correspondent elise hashem used to report for al-jazeera

from the world's conflict hot spots but syria has become the rubicon he couldn't cross he mentioned armed groups fighting against assad's army and his bosses and the higher told him he needed a vacation he has just resigned because of biased coverage he says if. you go for a revolution leave syria. egypt tunisia whatever for example the revolution in bahrain on saudi arabia this is just a proxy it's a proxy used by the part. of the government. to fuel this war. with more and more proof emerge in all of the international media is involved 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. damascus is preparing to

host a u.n. technical team to discuss a plan for international monitors in syria the group is part of special envoy kofi annan peace mission ended establishing a cease fire and getting talks underway between the government and the opposition gave it strong support for the efforts and were against any attempts to derail them . because there's those i hope this mission won't be ruined we have a feeling that every time we manage to achieve some positive change in the stance of damascus there's an immediate counterweight reaction any steps forward are just missed i hope this won't be the case of how countries in the middle east and some western states treat the mission of kofi annan it was very strange that two days after his first visit to damascus the opposition syrian national council claimed the mission had already failed recently definite signals to damascus to cooperate with mr now 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. talk to mark is probably double or synonymous from the online magazine

politics first says that earns mission should be hailed for its balance stance in syria who could be undermined by those seeking regime change in the country well i think first of all kofi annan solution in syria needs to be applauded by the international community to have an approach the situation in syria with impartiality in that he spoke consume members of the syrian government including president assad and also members of the syrian opposition the same cannot be said about the american and british and french governments who have made regime change their policy from the very beginning as reports what will come out of. the time that the united nations when kofi annan relays 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 that's a week or so ago however the stumbling block really is going to be the 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 findings will be it's going to be limited by the western response. this is the weekly live here in moscow r.t. with you still ahead in the program hopes dashed to the ground the seldon's of illegal immigrants come to the u.k. to escape a life of poverty they find themselves in the squalor of the streets. but with western nations quick to point the finger at others who don't share their same ideals that leave some to wonder if it's democracy they preach or krissy. to the russian man convicted of last year's metro bombing in minsk had been executed the confirmation came from the country state t.v. channel brussels as criticized by the recently executions with the e.u.'s foreign policy chief say the pair were never given a fair trial fifteen people were killed and hundreds injured in last april's attack

ologies. reports. from the very beginning and rights observers are questioning whether or not the men were given a fair trial this is just the last straw in the already strained relations when valorous in the european union in fact a lot of the human rights organizations in the service along with the chairman of the european parliament have requested to the belarusian president alyaksandr to grant clemency to the two convicted men but those requests and i were disregarded in fact a lot of the european out of the european human rights observers and officials have long been looking in belarus and questioning the officials approach it to human rights freedom of speech and their treatment of the opposition this has in fact still led to diplomatic crowd her belly was pulled out its investors from several of the european countries and in retaliation the european union has also recalled all their ambassadors from belo rose the european union foreign affairs chief

catherine ashton already said that she strongly condemns the executions and she was seconded by the chairman of the european parliament martin schulz also said that he is horrified at the news and this is just about it to worsen the situation and the relations between bellers and the european union even further. this week the u.s. soldier named the u.s. named the soldier accused of killing sixteen civilians in afghanistan a soldier robert bales is no in the military detention center in kansas following the latest deadly incident involving american troops and result has got to come reports afghans are not convinced apologies from u.s. officials. sixteen innocent afghan villagers slaughtered in cold blood on 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 serviceman and service woman and i think afghans understand that but afghans don't seem to be buying that at 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 so 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 presumptions do not represent the values of the vast majority of coalition forces who serve their nation's 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 increasingly the case that this is looking like. a brutal occupation which is killing a large number of afghans were afghans film cells humiliated insulted when instance like this will be regarded as symbolic of exactly what is wrong with the american occupation it is an absolutely cynical operation to say that they can keep the troops in afghanistan for another free how many more people will die how many more incidents like this the only solution to this is to bring the troops out and then for these for these governments this top winds of a name in countries where they have absolutely no right to intervene copious apologies handed out by the administration don't see me. even to appease war

critics back home let alone the afghan people. go home i deal in aiding the 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 to some of the other problems that we have to have created the taliban has that 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 soldiers rampage in afghanistan that extremists of all kinds used to a new people to their ranks those new recruits to kill not even the most heartfelt apologies can change the minds of people that said on revenge it becomes a vicious circle that breeds even more danger spreading far beyond the borders of afghanistan i'm going to shift our reporting from washington r.t.

. assistant editor it to you war dot com says u.s. soldiers have a history of avoiding punishment for their crimes. it's likely that the us will prevent such an investigation such a trial because of all of the other incidents where they have let off easy. u.s. soldiers that commit murder i mean the had the if a massacre in iraq. where nine u.s. soldiers killed twenty four rocky men women and children. none of them were convicted except for one who was merely demoted to the rank of private and he will serve no jail time these types of things happen all the time that diplomatic cable that was released by wiki leaks revealed in two thousand and six interact. men women and children including three infants were executed by american soldiers not a single american soldier was prosecuted for that i can go on and on like this

these things happen and the u.s. to prevents actual accountability for the perpetrators it's almost as if murder is a lesser crime if it's done by someone in a u.s. uniform. in the next hour r.t. so if you have lots of talks to afghanistan's finance minister on the cost of war both economic and social. we don't have and do not want the international forces to be enough time with and fighting for us. even in our longer need it the water have. a lot it's not i don't think you can put a dollar figure on this one if you three million two hundred billion three hundred billion if the while. for cause beyond economic. diversity is the big public often diverse. state institutions putting both together.

in the next hour here cannot see president obama want to run this week that the window for dealing with its nuclear program for through diplomatic channels is shrinking but he stressed again that washington still prefers to use diplomacy to get around to abandon its potomac plans this is israel is actively building the case for striking iran without american support the move there was. reports could put all of its 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 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 striking could be imminent the million dollar question might now is whether or

not it's or would 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. we. in the form of america before we strike the best i would say. we don't expect a green light and we can say it was probably. relations between israeli and american leaders are tense but obama demanding an end to the loose talk of war coming out of netanyahu government will now say that. you know. work is wrong. the u.s. government. cannot accept you here is really graphic design you know one

of us. in war and while nobody's really official has gone so far as to confirm an attack on iran the implications are clear the consequences of such political moves have been very very. important namely. closing the straits and. stopping the flow of oil in the gulf. a new arena will come up and we are not going to reopen. the the flow of or less a striking iran. in spite of american explicit objections would certainly. hamper israel's relations with the united states might. even break them all together and in the long run that might be a gamble even more dangerous then taking on iran policy r.t.

tel aviv. the latest developments in the middle east are on our web site r t don't call me as they happen to some other stories in store for you there at the moment should you go on right now john king and you a nazi war criminal convicted only last year of killing twenty eight thousand jews in these sort of death camps has died at a retirement home at the age of ninety one and found out about his trial. plus from an eerie blood red lake in iraq to incredible siberian landscapes stunning satellite photos from the most amazing sites around the world check out more of these online. dozens have been arrested in new york where protesters were met by police on the

six month anniversary of occupy wall street hundreds took part in the move to march through manhattan's financial district the focal point of their frustrations during the last six months the majority of arrests occurred when activists put up a tent trying to reoccupy zuccotti park you know my movement along with other protests have highlighted certain constitutional rights in the u.s. and elsewhere the western nations have been quick to criticize countries who don't share their same democratic views and not necessarily leading by example when it comes to human rights ignoring former explains the strong arm of the law is leading some to wonder if they're preaching prosy instead of democracy. the u.s. and its european allies have many things in common security politics and a familiar practice that's called an outsiders about the pillars of democracy iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech this is the precincts approach and human rights democracy is

a big step. for democracy rule of law human rights these are our values and we believe these must be respected by the egyptian authorities in russia we've seen crackdowns on civil society groups as western leaders will add their finger around the world. wouldn't be times and brutal force have been used to well public protests at home. white 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 in other countries and trying to 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. he felt like opening up an indoor almost mixed with his stirring from about my sternum to my neck the new active denial system. can repel crowds using an invisible electoral magnetic 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 ruled out in the land of the free we're seeing an intensification of repression because people are challenging the system they're challenging it europe the challenge to get in the united states and it's easy for our readers the point the finger is somewhere else rather to take responsibility here in america do anything differently lecturing others on democracy and human rights has become a branch of western foreign policy discourse that seems to be based on the highest of standards but as we see here it's a lot easier to scold others when everything is like a. maze tester's it. or injured students in europe might suggest that their leaders do a bit more before attempting to be a teacher to mock prosy or not artsy me or. click here to what else is

making news around the world this world updates people have been found dead aboard a migrant ship off the southern coast of italy fifty two others were rescued safely from the boat which departed from libya and telling coast guard says many on board the ship would be hydrated or suffering from hypothermia and figures show that around sixty thousand milligrams landed in italy last year mostly africans fled their countries when the conflict in libya began in february two thousand and eleven. brazilian prosecutors plan to charge seventeen oil executives from u.s. base chevron drilling from truck to trans ocean after another spill chevron has suspended production of the coast of brazil off of the recently it was discovered last week and he's facing charges of allowed to leave the country until the investigation is complete and new because in the same area where a major spill occurred last november. that's parisian and destitution that's what thousands of illegal immigrants in the u.k. are finding instead of a better life many of them use all their money to make it to great britain but as

soon eager to return home however they end up stuck in the quagmire of red tape as artie's other bennett reports. it looks like nothing more than a dumping ground the squalor plain to see harder 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 family's fortune to get here dreaming of the riches that await instead they found a nightmare they probably are looking for a better life they've been told in fact they've been told 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 people more difficult but it means he now can't escape even though he wants to he was promised he'd find plenty of work and money and accommodation but he's now trapped in poverty worse than he left behind the. law. it's. all it where do you sleep. i only have a look at all it's been in the in years been with no official identity men like black pinned 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 travel documents or not wishing to comply with the documentation process 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 called drew pulling in numbers over just six years such is the desperation to leave this car park east to be a busy pickup spot for manual labor but now there's nothing this is where the men waits looking for work every morning hoping to be picked up and paid for a day's labor today though like most days they wait isn't this before the downturn poorer was earning up to three hundred pounds a week now he's lucky to get fifteen pounds a day doing jobs he never thought he'd stoop to older guys were. thinking about doing learned you know money's gone. way too much when you go to bed or know what happened here because the real life reality is 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 i've given it r t london. quick recap of this week's main stories naughty in just a couple of minutes for our crew takes you on a journey to europe's most. city this is artsy they go one.

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