stories of the shake the week here on our team as violence in syria shows no sign of abating a year after it began the methods being used in another damaging battle are exposed but this time targeting people's minds. valorous executes two men found guilty of the minsk metro bombing a move this strongly condemned by the e.u. which says the pair were never given a fair trial. for violence more excuses the u.s. is making crocuses apologies for the latest deaths of civilians in afghanistan but experts warn washington will have to brace itself for a backlash. cross protests and or arrests mark the occupy wall street

movement six month anniversary as the long arm of the law leaves many wondering if western nations practiced the democracy they preach. and thanks for joining us today two o'clock here in moscow on charon taraji and 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 thought by media spin doctors working to shape public opinion on the turmoil their efforts have been helped by unconfirmed reports and footage of from the combat zone that's difficult to verify right from mosul 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 taking israeli 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 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 english speakers correct their cameras position for a better shot of what's going on they shake it to make it look like amateur video. i noticed it is on the edges a receiver it's clear it's not an explosion but you keep on reporting it the way they need to see. in another video from a hospital in homes someone behind camera talks to a doctor and the corner we see

a little nap come. we'll go live to washington good will punish you and talk about his wife and let you kill again after some thirty minutes away taking the crew starts to get nervous let's go and maybe we can read no we need al-jazeera wildlife on al-jazeera eventually the girl will forget some details. can issue bashar 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 there was there is no shooting interview asked for was a digital easy target. no worries just do it. but i was. there are five. solution to sudan

how do you. tell them there are some buildings collapsed we're taking bodies why. we did there could be many hundred get in the last hour or. two hundred three hours in the first. week of the deal q what do you see activists to become journalists trying to make i'm sure. to produce. but not everyone is happy about it the politics of the channel were changing with the word from on high. leftist and progressive questions such as mine we're not going to be this welcomed news on anymore obviously the qataris are decided to cheat a picture the news a little more than we used to know that's always a mistake. well known well questions and leadership he's to be forceful i just you are from the world's conflicts hot spots but syria has become the rubicon to cross

dimensions on the groups fighting against assad's army his boss is a doha felt he needed as occasion probably has just resigned because of biased coverage he says somewhere like you know a promo think evolution is a media syria. egypt tunisia whatever but i don't think for example that the revolution about her reign on saudi arabia and the media and this is just a proxy this is a proxy used by by its their fellow passions by certain a government by the west to fuel the fourth. with more and more proof emerge in all of the international media as involvement in the arab spring revolutions the question remains open to what extent do they influence events and how much responsibility do they therefore share for what follows. rif notion r t beirut lebanon damascus is preparing to host a u.n. technical team to discuss a plan for international monitors in syria

a group as part of a special envoy kofi annan is peace mission and at establishing a cease fire and getting talks underway between the government and the opposition russia gave its strong support to the efforts and warned against any attempts to derail. its because of this those fish i hope this mission won't be ruined we have a feeling it every time we managed to achieve some positive change in the stance of damascus 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 we're sending definite signals to damascus to cooperate with mr non's 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 dr marcus papadopoulos an analyst from the online magazine politics first

says a knowledge mission should be hailed for its balance stance and syria but could be undermined by those seeking regime change in a country. well i think first of all kofi a man's mission in syria needs to be applauded by the international community for having approached the situation in syria with impartiality in that he spoke consumers of the syrian government 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 as recalls will come out of the time that the united nations when kofi annan relates the findings of his 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 about 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 here with our team yet still ahead on the program hoping for help that stricken the e.u. is in desperate need of china's money and the country's leadership agrees to cash in on the european crisis but with some conditions. across western nations quick to point the finger at others who don't share their same ideals it leads some to wonder if it's democracy they preach or hypocrisy. to belorussian men convicted of last year's metropolitan men's count been executed a confirmation came from the country state t.v. channel brussels has criticized over the execution with the e.u.'s foreign policy chief saying the pair were never given a fair trial fifteen people were killed and hundreds injured in last year attack.

reports. from the very beginning a human rights observers have questioned whether or not the men were given fair trial this is just the last straw in the already strained relations between valerie's and the european union in fact a lot of the human rights organizations and i'm sure there's along with the chairman off the european parliament have said requests to the bill are sure. 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 servers and officials have long been looking in belarus and questioning the officials approaches to human rights freedom of speech and their treatment off the opposition this has been said to lead to diplomatic route. its investors from several of the european countries and in retaliation the european union has also recalled all of their ambassadors from belo rose the european union foreign if there is chief catherine ashton

already said that she strongly condemns the executions and she was seconded by the chairman of the european parliament martin schultz who also said that he is horrified at the news and this is just about to worsen the situation and the relations between bellers and the european union even further. weak the u.s. names a soldier accused of killing sixteen civilians in afghanistan last sunday sergeant robert bales is now in a military detention center in kansas following the latest deadly incident involving american troops and as art is going next you can reports afghans are not convinced by apologies from u.s. officials. sixteen innocent afghan villagers slaughtered in cold launch nine of them children u.s. officials are going out of their way to present the american surgeon who apparently committed the massacre is 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 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 these actions 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 film selves humiliated insulted and what incidents 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 don't think they are in afghanistan for another free 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 a name in countries where they have absolutely no rights under very copious apologies handed out by the administration don't seem to. even to appease war

critics back home let alone the afghan people but what about the whole idea of in aiding a country an occupying a country and disturbing their country creating hundreds of thousands of refugees and suffering this would never get to a point where apologizing about the korean is rather minor to some of the other problems that we have to have 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 a truck new people to their ranks those new recruits go out to kill not even the most heartfelt apologies can change the minds of people on revenge it becomes a vicious circle the greed even more danger spreading far beyond the borders of afghanistan i'm going to shake our reporting from washington archy. john glaser

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

the 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 later this hour r.t. sophie shevardnadze attacks afghanistan's finance minister minister on the cost of war both economic and social we don't have to and do not want the international forces to be in afghanistan fighting for us even in our longer the indian media the war has cost the nation a lot it's not i don't think you can put a dollar figure on this and if you think a hundred billion one hundred billion three hundred billion it's tell me again why the devastation of the work with beyond the economic it gave us to the foreign public project often it diverse the state institutions putting growth together. is not an easy. president obama warned

iran this week about 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 plants as israel is actively building the case for striking iran without america's support a move that as our policy or reports could put tel aviv's tires with its closest ally in the firing line. there's a growing chorus of anger in israel that the government refuses to listen there's no logic in attacking iran births 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 is really a officials keep hinting a striking could be imminent the million dollar question mark now is whether or not israel 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 story i don't think of the possibility that. we. had the best they would. we don't expect a green light and we can say it was probably the. relations between israeli and american leaders are tense but upon a demanding an end to the loose talk of war coming out of netanyahu government i would not buying me say that. given what. is rough surf on the contrary the u.s. government. cannot accept your idea that the israeli government in this are you know what. us. 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 for was. stopping the flow of oil from the gulf. and the renewable. we are not going to reopen the flow of oil less. striking iran. in spite of american explicit objection would certainly. relations with the united states might. even break them all together and in the long run that might be a gamble even more dangerous than taking on iran policy r.t. tel aviv. all the latest developments in the middle east are on our website r.t.

dot com as they happen some other stories in store for you there. john didn't yell no nazi war criminal convicted only last year of killing twenty eight thousand jews in the sobibor death camp has died at a retirement home at the age of ninety one to find out about his trial long onto our teeth out of college. blogs from an eerie well out of red lake in iraq to incredible siberian landscapes stunning satellite photos from the most amazing sites around the world check out more of them online. nineteen minutes past the hour and dozens have been arrested in new york city where protesters were met by police on the six month anniversary of occupy wall street

hundreds took part in an afternoon march through manhattan's financial district focal point out their frustrations during the last six months the majority of arrests occurred when an activist put a bit of time to agree occupies a party park occupy movement along with other protests have probably lighted certain constitutional rights in the u.s. and elsewhere well what's your nations have been quick to criticize countries who don't share their same democratic values they're not necessarily leading by example when it comes to human rights as marina portnoy explains the strong arm of the law is leaving some to wonder if there creature you have proper city instead of democracy. the u.s. and its european allies have many things in common security politics and a familiar practice of old and outsiders about the leaders of democracy iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech. this is the precinct suppression

human rights democracy and this is a big step towards 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 it times include of course have been used to public protests at home. why 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 noticing about you know other 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 blind. 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 in your own most mixed with a sting from about my sternum to my neck 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 ruled out in the land of the free we're seeing an intensification of repression because people are challenging the system and challenging it in europe the challenge you 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 branch of western foreign policy i discoursed that claims to be based on the highest of standards but as recent years as shown it's a lot easier to scold others when everything is on hold nice protesters in all or injured students in europe might suggest that their leaders do a little more before i tempting to be a teacher of democracy or not artsy new york. taking

a look at what else is making news around the world this hour five people have been found dead aboard a mine french ship off the southern coast of italy 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 u.n. figures show that around sixty thousand migrants landed in italy last year mostly africans who 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. space shoved around and drilling contractor trans ocean after another spill chevron has suspended production off the coast are off the coast of brazil after the recently was discovered this last week those facing charges aren't allowed to leave the country until the investigation is complete a new leak is in the same area where a major spill occurred last november. that rig in greece is set to get its first

portion of the new bailout package on monday almost six billion euros will keep the country afloat while it continues to reform its economy but concerns over the massive greek debt and the e.u. crisis still remain as europe looks east for help however as archie's tests are silly reports the systems will come at a price. with china's three trillion plus dollars in foreign currency reserves it was only a matter of time before debt lead and europe came knocking on its store from chinese sorry the leaders always say ok they're waving his shoulder with him it's cool car it's not good not putting in practice maybe we want some kind of a deal with the major well it's not even a maybe china's clout is clearly on the rise and so is its confidence this time around china has no qualms letting the e.u. know that it is well aware of its tried card and that any help will come at a price top of its list of demands. gaining the status of

a full fledged market economy and lifting the one nine hundred eighty nine ban on its purchase of military weapons from the e.u. . and for the first time china has openly used its potential cash card to lash out at the e.u. for recent subsidy and dumping investigations into imports of chinese made steel products he does. so as. you know. he's it's. can but europe has a throne in the towell just yet it still has the power to grant china's wishes and as a country's second biggest straight partner the fall of one is the fall of both the e.u. also has its own demands for one backing on syria and iran part of the political game in the national politics. is very much. in

practical resources but behind the gates of cash rich china it's fighting its own battle trying to sell the idea to its people chinese internet forums were abuzz with annoyance at what they see as poor ordinary chinese paying for rich europeans so that's why the chinese prime minister. trying to persuade people and the people and the colleagues in the government the thing that. helping the european union is also helping ourselves not all the chinese are convinced but if business must go on one local commentator wrote don't hand over a dime without asking for the world in return yes or sell your artsy brussels. her mind her of our top stories on a few minutes away stay with us. this

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