just keep. the. stories that shaped the week here on r t the violence in syria shows no signs 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 them instrumental bombing the move is 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 produce apologies for the latest deaths of civilians in afghanistan but experts warn of washington will have to brace itself for a backlash. whilst protests and arrests mark the occupy wall street movement six

month anniversary as the long arm of the law leaves many wondering if western nations practice the democracy they preach. hello and thanks for being with us this sunday three o'clock here in moscow i'm karen tara as 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 by media spin doctors working to shape public opinion on the turmoil their efforts have been helped by unconfirmed reports and footage from the combat zone that's very difficult to verify the notion that takes a closer look at the methods of serious head and 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 rafi claude's 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 bombardment you can clearly see that something is slowly burning in the distance when the smoke has taken english speakers correct that cameras for a better shot of what's going on they shake it to make it look like amateur video with a republic. is your receiver it's clear it's not an explosion. and people are reporting it to a dream you can see. in another video from a hospital in homes someone behind camera talks to a doctor in the corner we see

a little nap. when you lose your job national good will punish you and talk about his wife again later he will again after some thirty minutes away train the crew starts to get nervous you know let's go maybe a whole long wait no we need al-jazeera while live on al-jazeera eventually the girl with the got some details. on issue but sure and your children in this footage we see danny holmes activist known for his exclusive reports from the very epicenter of the conflict history pairing to go live on c.n.n. he's 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 the . so what should i say behold you.

tell them there are some buildings coming and we're taking buildings why. he did it could be a hundred get dead thirty in the last hour to. two hundred reality. because the big deal you cannot see activity become journalists trying to make a chaise as hard as possible. to the pros. but not everyone is happy about it the politics of the channel were changing the words. on high. leftist and progressive voices such as mine were not going to be this welcome to not anymore obviously the qatari subsided could shape the picture of the news a little more than we used to. always a mistake. well known war correspondents are a hush am used to report for al-jazeera from the world's conflict hot spots but syria has become the rubicon he couldn't cross he mentions on groups fighting

against assad's army his bosses and you know how well he needed medication he has just resigned because of biased coverage he says but somewhere like you know promoting. syria. egypt tunisia whatever but i don't think for example that the revelation about her reign on saudi arabia and the media and this is just a proxy for proxy use by my ex the body. of a government by us a few of the fourth. with no and no proof emerging all of the international media is 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. refill shot to beirut lebanon to mask this is preparing to host a u. one technical team to discuss a plan for international monitors in syria the group is part of

a special envoy kofi annan peace mission aimed at establishing a ceasefire and getting talks underway between the government and the opposition russia gave its strong support to the efforts and warned against any attempts to to rael 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'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 it was very strange that two days after his first visit to damascus the opposition syrian national council claimed the mission had already failed or 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 non-solution pressure marcus pop on the nationalist from the online magazine called

attacks her says announce mission should be help for its balance stance in syria but could be undermined by those seeking regime change in that country. well i think first of all kofi mission in syria needs to be applauded by the international community for having approached the situation in syria with impartiality in fact he's spoken soon members 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 because what will come out of the time that the united nations when kofi annan delays 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 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 says i'm going to be it's going to be limited by the western response here with our still ahead in the program hopes dashed to the ground thousands of illegal immigrants come to the u.k. to escape a life of poverty they find themselves in the squalor of the streets. plus with western nations quick to point a finger at others who don't share their same ideals it leaves some to wonder if it's democracy they've creature or hypocrisy. to belorussian man convicted of last year's metro bombing in minsk have been executed the confirmation came from the country's state t.v. channel brussels has criticised over the execution of the e.u.'s foreign policy chief saying the pair were never given a fair trial there fifteen people were killed and hundreds injured in last april as

attack parties are going to go to reports. from the very beginning a human rights observers have questioned whether or not the men were given a fair trial this is just the last straw in the already strained relations with rebel groups in the european union in fact a lot of the human rights organizations in the surveys along with the chairman of the european parliament have said requests to the bill or should president. 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 approaches to human rights freedom of speech and their treatment off the opposition this has in fact still led to diplomatic raul after bella has filled out its ambassador is 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 affairs chief catherine ashton already said that she strongly condemns the executions and

she was dead why the chairman of the european parliament martin shultz here 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 rippin union even further this week the u.s. named 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 archie can reports afghans are not convinced by apologies from u.s. officials. sixteen innocent afghan villagers slaughtered in cold blood on it 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 pay for 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 aqim people and weeks before that in january apologies again over footage showing u.s. marines urinating on dead afghans reason 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 were afghans film selves humiliated insulted and when 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're in afghanistan for nothing 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 just tokens of a name in countries where they have absolutely no rights and copious apologies handed out by the administration don't seem in. even to appease war critics back home let alone the afghan people but what about the whole idea and 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 to some of the other problems that we have i 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 attack new people to their ranks those new recruits go out to kill not even the most heartfelt of apologies can change the minds of people that set on revenge it becomes a vicious circle that breeds even more danger spreading far beyond the borders of afghanistan i'm going to check our reporting from washington archy. her 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 to commit murder i mean the the had the ether massacre in iraq. where nine u.s. soldiers killed twenty four rocky men women and children well none of them were convicted except for one who was merely demoted to the rank of private and you will serve no jail time these types of things happen all the time the diplomatic cable that was released by recently to reveal 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 i can go on and on like these things happen in the u.s.

that 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 today archy sophie shevardnadze talks to afghanistan's finance minister on the cost of war path economic and social. media have to do not want to be international forces could be in afghanistan fighting for us even in our longer the indian media 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 think a hundred billion to one hundred billion three hundred billion it's tell you again why the devastation of thought was beyond the economic it give us taste the public public often it diverse teeth the state institutions putting growth to get there. is not easy. president obama warned duran

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 to iran to abandon its atomic plants this as israel is actively building the case for striking iran without america's support a move that as artie's polls lee reports could put tel aviv's ties 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 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 keeping ting a striking could be imminent the million dollar question mark 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 israel will say. america before we strike and the best they would say. we don't expect. we can say it was probably the. relations between israeli and american leaders are tense but aparna demanding an end to the loose talk of war coming out of little yahoo's government i would not say that. you know. given. its roster. the u.s. government. cannot. really govern in design you know where. u.s. . work 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 will be very very. important namely. closing the straits of. stopping the flow of oil from the gulf. we are not going to reopen. before the or. in spite of american express with the with the sudden. relations with the united states to. even break them all together and in the long run that might be a gamble even more dangerous than taking on iran's police. tell of it the latest developments in the middle east are on our web site r.t. dot com as they have some other stories in store for you there. jonathan yellow

nazi war criminal convicted of all only last year of killing twenty eight thousand jews and that's so before death count has died at the retirement home at the age of ninety one to find out about his trial mark on top. class from an eerie blood red lake in iraq the two incredible siberian landscapes stunning satellite photos from the most amazing sights around. thanks for being with us at ninety 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 the focal point of their frustrations during the last six months the majority of arrest occurred when activists put up a tent trying to occupies a crowded park the occupy 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 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 they're preaching hypocrisy instead of jim ocracy. the u.s. and its european allies have many things in common security politics and a familiar practice of scolding outsiders about that you know there's of democracy iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech and this is the precinct suppression human rights democracy and there's

a big step backwards around democracy rule of law human rights these are all we believe these must be respected by the egyptian authorities in russia we have seen crackdowns on civil society groups as western leaders wag their finger around the world. wouldn't be times including of course have been used to public protests at home. right 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 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 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 a door almost mixed with a sting from about my sternum to my neck the new app to 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 they're challenging it in europe the challenge you get in the united states and it's easy for our leaders the point the seniors 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 i discoursed that claims to be based on the highest of standards but as recent years i've shown it's a lot easier to scold others when everything is on hold these protesters in. more injured students in europe might suggest that their leaders do a little more before i was hunting to be a teacher of democracy. artsy new york. now i 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 fifty two others are rescued safely from the boat which departed from libya time coast guard says many on board the ship were dehydrated or suffering from hypothermia u.n. figures show that around sixty thousand miles were in slanted in italy last year mostly africans who fled their countries when the conflict in libya began in february twentieth. brazilian prosecutors plan to charge seventeen oil executives from u.s. based chevron and drilling contractor trans ocean after another spill chevron has suspended production off the coast of brazil after the recently was discovered last week those facing charges are allowed to leave the country until the investigation is complete the new leak is in the same area where a major spill occurred last november. desperation and to two sure that's what ows

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 are sooner to return home however they end up stuck in a quagmire of red tape as our bennett reports. it looks like nothing more than a dumping ground the squalor plain to see how it is the sport of 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 if you come to the u.k. . it's like this 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. law. well for all of us where do you sleep. i will sleep or have a look at all it's been in there and then when you know it's been with no official identity men like lax in a 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 according to pulling 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 though like most days they wait isn't this before the downturn europe 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 and you're all thinking about you know in england you know money is. running through much money but they

don't know what happened here because the real life reality is there if you will are we doing labor as we didn't you know do in india. you know 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 either bennett our team london. and you can join me in a couple minutes for a recap of our top stories. with

their end of the boer war and the going away of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapons disappear. the risk is not zero love something might be going off by mistake especially the founders of the nuclear weapons on hair trigger alert. the first of a difference to using a desert three ball as an echo of it but you know if you keep spinning a trillion dollars a year on weapons of benchley you're going to blow everybody up you can you know people are dying from these weapons but until we actually see it people don't make up most of the weapons or build the new show. that represents all the firepower of the second world.