lines tune in to cause a report on our. stories that shape the week on our team diplomacy versus death a year since the uprising began in syria remains a powder keg with peace efforts there being challenged by war propaganda and terror attacks. a loving father caught in a tragedy the media's take on the u.s. soldier accused of turning a sleeping afghan village in what bloodbath with washington once again apologizing for the actions of its military. and anniversary a restful occupy wall street protesters as yet more heavy handed policing leaves many wondering if western nations practice the democracy they preach.

hello nine pm sunday evening here in moscow kevin oh you're watching r t it's a roundup of our top news stories from the past seven days tonight and first three people have reportedly been killed after a car bomb exploded in a residential area in the syrian city of aleppo there were similar attacks on saturday two in the capital damascus then twenty seven were killed and over one hundred injured a middle east correspondent paula slayer prigs you are today. well the explosion happened at one o'clock local time in the second largest syrian city of aleppo in a residential area there now throughout the day state television has been showing pictures of destroyed vehicles of damaged buildings and shattered glass and it's termed the attack a terrorist bombing we are hearing from the opposition that the attack happened not

far from a security building although officials say that it hit between two razor that residential buildings behind a person office now i was on the scene said that there were bodies lying everywhere they also say that they heard a massive explosions and gunfire immediately after but we understand was a car bombing and now we understand this to be security officers who were firing in the air immediately following this blast they also cordoned off the area to try and prevent people from coming closer now the blast comes just one day after twenty blasts on saturday killed some twenty seven people in the syrian capital of damascus and it is the latest in a string of suicide bombings that have been happening in syria over the past few weeks on the tenth of february last month in the same city as sunday's blast the city of aleppo in the rules of the country twenty eight people were killed in twin blasts not far from a security office now the syrian pris is blaming saudi arabia and qatar for

sunday's bombings they say that they have been calling for the arming of the opposition and that this is merely fueling the situation on the ground and intensifying the violence earlier on sunday also demonstrators gathered at the site of saturday's blast in damascus this gathering comes just a few days after the one year anniversary of the uprising against the syrian president bashar assad now parallel to all of this seemingly growing violence on the ground there is a different type of warfare on the go. what is the information war and hero international broadcasters are increasingly being accused of following their own agenda and reporting the syrian story and as such a merely contribution to violence and fueling the fight on the ground as my colleague reports. clashes in the streets of syria has been raging for a year now but behind the scenes there is

a media war that's just as damaging as the one take the syrian 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 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 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 their cameras position for a better shot of what's going on they shake it to make it look like amateur video with. the receiver it's clear it's not an explosion ignoring people reporting it will be. in another video from a hospital in homes someone behind camera talks to a doctor in the corner we see a little nap. we should do

a bushel good will punish you talk about his wife. after some thirty minutes away take in the crew starts to get nervous. or maybe read no we need al-jazeera live on al-jazeera eventually the girl will forget some details i am god punish to be 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 perry. to go live on c.n.n. he's relaxed and calm. and there is no shooting until he asks for it who sued did you choose a target. no worries just do it. so what should i say behold here. tell them there are some buildings collapsed and

we're taking buildings are going. to be there could be a miniature hundred get good here in the last hour or two. here two hundred reality if there are no you go for they did nothing. because. you see activity become journalists trying to make a chaise as hard as possible. to hide the process but not everyone is happy about it a politics of the channel were changing the word from on high. leftist and progressive voices such as mine were not going to be as welcomed not any more obviously the qataris at the start it keeps shape the picture and the news a little more than we used to know that's always a mistake. well known walk correspondent ali husham used to report for al-jazeera from the world's conflicts hot spots but syria has become the rubicon he couldn't

cross he mentioned on groups fighting against assad's army and his bosses and doha told him he needed a vacation he has just resigned because of biased coverage he says somewhere like you know from both things better volution than leave syria. egypt tunisia whatever i don't think for example there's a revolution in behind on saudi arabia by the media and this is just a proxy it's a proxy used by but it's there for my fellow factions like sedna governments right maybe of us who are going to feel this fourth. well. a lot proof emerge in all the international media is involvement in the arab spring revolutions the question remains open to what extent they influence events and how much responsibility they therefore share portfolios. r t beirut lebanon. ruling party points the finger of blame at islamic extremists for the latest string of bomb attacks the head syria dr prasad now

a bulldozer professor of international relations at damascus university told me believes there are a clear signs that al qaeda is responsible describe for patience it gives your impression that he sees them with the. kind of operations there is. to groups these terrorist groups of the received. in your neighborhood that after that in. providence you see this started to who were all of you were some of them. some of them went to live in on. these kind of people they are terrorist absolutely groups of they are not delivering to any kind of opposition and i think everyone who are looking plus the should understand this kind of extremism is not working in syria. they wanted to punish all is here people. a u.n.

team or two to visit damascus to discuss deploying international monitors to syria it's part of special envoy kofi annan peace mission which pushes for a cease fire a dialogue between the assad government and the opposition. political analyst dr romana shabby told us that it's in damascus to the poor and that he thinks that derailing those efforts. the objectives of these explosions that are coming with include these two explosions in the capital and this explosion today in the second largest city in syria this shows that there is an intent to actually destroy or create obstacles initiative by the former secretary general of the united nations kofi annan who is acting on behalf of the united nations and on behalf of the arab league and would receive the support. at least the verbal support from the russian foreign ministry now these explosions actually show the. success or force that announcement. came out just

a few minutes in the program tonight a grieving mother and an angry. when you deal with the food they can intimidate people he thinks resigning. as to convicted metro bombers are executed in relatives as well as human rights groups say their trial was too quick to be fair we were poor. and as economic sanctions piled on around begin to backfire with spike in oil prices europe may be forced to rely now at a merge and see stop by. next short on money emotionally traumatized and on his luck a father of two all part of the media's profile of the american soldier accused of carrying out a massacre in southern afghanistan sergeant robert bales has now been flown back to the united states by the u.s. military amid calls for him to face trial in afghanistan does that he's going to shoot you can reports in his wake come yet more apologies.

sixteen innocent afghan villagers slaughtered in called launch nine of them children u.s. officials are going out of their way to present the american surgeon to 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. the ethics and the morality of the american servicemen and servicewomen 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 but these actions do not represent the values of the vast majority of coalition forces of their nations on replay 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 of this is looking like. a brutal occupation which is killing a large number of afghans were afghans film selves humiliated insulted when 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't keep the place. in afghanistan

for another three is how many more people will die how many more instances like this the only solution to this is to bring the troops no money for these for these governments just opens of a name in countries where they have absolutely no right to intervene 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 of in aiding a country in occupying a country and disturbing their country creating hundreds of thousands of refugees and suffering is it ever get to a point where apologizing about the korean is rather minor because some of the other problems that we have 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 it new people through their ranks those new recruits go out to kill not even the most heartfelt apologies can change the minds of people that said 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 arche. the afghan government to public knowledge about a proper impromptu investigation with the accused facing trial but john glaser assistant editor of antiwar dot com told us u.s. soldiers have a history of escaping 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 that commit murder i mean if a massacre in iraq where nine u.s. soldiers killed twenty men women and children. or none of them were convicted except for one who was merely demoted to the rank of private and he will serve no

jail time i can go on and on like this these things happen and the u.s. 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. moscow time thanks for being with us tonight my name's kevin are you watching r t and ahead for you friends know more egypt's freshly elected islam ystem peace say israel is their number one and in the end they seek to cut all ties with tell of the reports. of russian opposition activists around the capital's t.v. headquarters demonstrating against the broadcast of a divisive documentary. the two men convicted of last year's deadly metro bombing of the by the russian capital of reportedly been executed there's no official confirmation except state media reports and

a court letter sent to one of the man's mothers thinks his son was made a scapegoat by the authorities. i mean they feel they can intimidate people into signing my sins it's a full confession and explaining that to kind of interesting nation in trial i think i speak in defense he's him along the way the same revenge on him to me. from the very beginning 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 when gallagher's say in the european union in fact a lot of the human rights organizations in observers along with the chairman of the european parliament have said requests to the belarusian president. to grant clemency to the two convicted men but those requests were disregarded in fact a lot of the european out of the european human rights servers and officials have long been looking embellished and questioning the officials approaches to human

rights freedom of speech and their treatment of the opposition this has in fact to lead to diplomatic route after bella was pulled out its ambassador is from several of the european countries and in retaliation the european union has also recalled all of their ambassadors from bella 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 shultz here also said that he is horrified at the news and this is just a valid to worsen the situation and the relations between bellers and leader opinion even further. is really going to reporting for us dozens of people arrested in new york schools the protesters marched to mark occupy wall street six month anniversary and police went from the birthplace of the movement of zuccotti park as hundreds of demonstrators guns were wrecked tents of the past six months occupy

rallies nationwide of policing with batons and tear gas a peaceful protest but the actions of home are in stock comp. from washington's words and having other nations chicks idea of democracy that is going to. the u.s. and its european allies have many things in common security politics and a familiar practice called an outsiders about the pillars of democracy iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech this is the precincts approach human rights democracy and there's a big step towards 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 wag their finger around the world. times and brutal force have been

used to quell 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 noticing 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. like opening up in your almost next to be. from about my sternum to. the new active denial system can repel crowds using an 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 is in 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 are seeing an intensification of repression because people are challenging the system and challenging it is europe the challenge you get in the united states and it's easy for our readers to point the finger somewhere else rather than take

responsibility here in america do anything differently lecturing others on democracy and human rights has become a branch of western foreign policy i discoursed that seems 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 why. these protestors it. or injured students in europe might suggest that their leaders do a bit more before attempting to be a teacher of democracy. artsy we are. checking out our web site briefly your head there for the latest news and comments for a couple stories you might be interested in specially this one is your friend the loved one yawning a lot say he or she had a late night well don't be fooled by the excuses chances are they're a terrorist i'm not saying that that is according to a new problem for issued by the u.s. homeland security take

a look. from. the emerald isle entertainment across the capital as moscow joins hundreds of thousands of people. the world celebrate st patrick's day festival forty on our website for you the. more the big stories we brought you in the week the world wide banking communication networks with cut links with the rand is part of tough economic sanctions employed by the u.s. and its allies the standoff over to runs nuclear program is driving up oil prices now and may force america and britain to dip into domestic reserves bizarre to you sarah firth explains why every country can rely on such a safety net. spain is among the biggest importers rainy and oil but all that

saying is when the sanctions come into force in july spain has until then societal penitence courses of crude supply but a bad all around placing a real risk to the country that intel route has fueled by iranian oil. prices are on the rise and there are fears that they're about to be even higher with the iranian oil embargo eliminating the e.u. in case ban comes as the west's been making waves a virtue runs nuclear program is getting around while revenues will bring the country to the bargaining table was countries like france in person and fortini a very small percentage of iranian oil and supported the band his country struggling the west economically right now spain greece and italy but again to feel the effects of the sanctions the most v.f.p. country is a fraction of the us. foreign minister actually said

if you check and. see if you see me even if. you couldn't if you like we can't be forced to make if she didn't want to get in a healthy economic situation a rise in oil prices might be problematic coming at a time when spain is on the brink of a second recession is proving a nightmare for the population. it's terrible that we should pay for decisions taken in brussels is not known to conform and certainly not for the simple residence. certainly should trigger a rise in prices we should follow the example of the us belt and keep the issue of nuclear weapons a punch to revive our economy. attempts to come fears about a rise in prices have been made saudi arabia says it's got enough oil to make up for the loss of iran's supplies when the in bug. since the false picture and she's like thing will still be paying the price of loss trade with iran and the cost of

replacing these oil contracts ironically spain's imports of oil from iran have increased since the e.u. backed libyan war now the prospect of facilities with iran is causing speech and. while those new war prices collisions due to sanctions can be corrected the problems will come if they're using more with the you can see a real christians. now countries like spain elected the messy of a situation that no one wants to see ignites. the state. egypt's recently elected lower house of parliament this week declared israel its number one enemy it also voted to expel. the whole gas supplies and wants to revise all relations with israel for its attacks on gaza last week. from the jerusalem post thinks it's only a taste of things to come to the more islamists take power in egypt or worse

relations will get between the two countries because islamists have never had an interest in peace and fruitful proper ration with israel they've only been interested in damaging israel and actually seeking its destruction and in their overall ideology the sudden lifting of the old governments and sudden. eviction of these governments in societies like egypt where islamists have been preparing for decades to seize power will be more or less guaranteed the fact that the islamists the dangerous elements will seize to seize power and i think that israel views this development with a great amount of concern for the near future. opposition protesters here in russia launched a new rally on sunday over a recently aired t.v. documentary criticizing the motives and funding but today's turnout stood at just a few hundred people r.t.c. corp has called off its there. several hundred people have gathered in front of the

t.v. center in moscow this is the headquarters of the channels and this is a protest rally against a film recently released by one of these channels which questions the motives and the funding of the opposition movement this rally was not authorized by the authorities and the police keep on asking the protesters to free the entrance to the compound but since the there's pretty much northern is ation office around you the ground keeps on moving throughout this territory ending up either blocking the entrance to the territory or the room to the territory once again this road was not authorized so police had to the scene several dozen people really hard to say at the moment exactly how many several opposition leaders like and said you were detained as well it's fair to say that judging by the latest opposition rallies the figures the numbers of those people willing to take part in these events are

dropping since we're talking about hundreds now and not tens of thousands. which we have seen some of the previous opposition rallies and not go before the presidential election it's clear that the opposition needs a new face it needs a concrete and constructive demands and it's rallies like this which really show the lack of the organization. you go to say reporting from the main t.v. set here it's just a bit after twenty eight minutes past not at night time i'm kevin i would quickly recap the week's main stories for you here on our t.v. just couple of moments that's before our crew takes you on a journey to europe's eastern most city in the next. programs continue for most.