the stories that shape the week here on our t.v. diplomacy verses the death a year since the uprising began syria remains of powder keg with peace efforts 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 into a bloodbath with washington once again apologizing for the actions of its military . and anniversary arrests for occupy wall street protesters as yet more heavy handed policing leaves many wondering if western nations pragmatist the democracy they preach.

hello ten pm sunday evening here in moscow you're watching our team with me kevin now and our round up of the top stories of the last seven days have first at least two people have reportedly been killed after a car bomb exploded in a residential area of the syrian city of aleppo there were several attacks on saturday two in the capital damascus which killed twenty seven people and injured over one hundred others a middle east correspondent paula slayer brings it up today. well the explosion happened at one o'clock local time in the second largest syrian city of aleppo in a residential area very 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 post office now i witness on the scene say that there were bodies lying everywhere they also say that they heard massive explosions and gunfire immediately after what 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 roof 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 vote 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 been accused of following their own agenda and reporting the syrian story and as such are merely contribution to the violence and fueling the fighting on the ground as my colleague reports. 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 syrian lives rafi claude 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 homes a 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 our sides are even by them and 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 the way they need to see it. in another video from a hospital in homes someone behind camera talks to a doctor in the corner we see

a little nap. in future good will punish you talk about his wife or his will again after some thirty minutes awaiting the crew starts to get nervous. or maybe the whole raid know we need al-jazeera wildlife zero eventually the girl will forget some details. 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 pairing to go live on c.n.n. he's relaxed and calm. and there is no shooting until he asks for it. so 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 good it could be a hundred get good thirty in the last hour or two. we have two hundred. forty did. you see activity become journalists trying to make a chaise as hard as possible. to produce but not everyone is happy about it the politics of the channel were changing the wording. on high. leftist and progressive voices such as mine were not going to be as welcomed anymore obviously the qataris are decided to keep shape the picture of the news little more than we used to know. always a mistake. well known walkers to invent a lehi sham used to report for al-jazeera from the world's conflicts hot spots but syria has become the rubicon he couldn't cross he mentions armed groups fighting

against assad's army and his boss is a doha tell him he needed a vacation he has just resigned because of biased coverage he says but like you know from both things. syria. egypt tunisia whatever adopting for example the revolution and behind on saudi arabia and the media this is just a proxy it's a proxy used by by its there by fellow passions by certain a government by the west to fuel this war. 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 portfolios refresh our t beirut lebanon. ruling party points the finger of blame but islamic extremists for the

latest in the bomb attacks to hit syria talk to personnel who are brother a professor of international relations at damascus university told me believes signs that al qaeda is responsible these kind of abortions it gives your impression that this is. kind of operations there is. here is to groups these terrorist groups if they received huge it in but are more neighborhood that after that in. province in see this started it will of you where are some of them when. some of them went limp and on being these kind of people they are terrorist absolutely groups and they are not relevant to any kind of opposition and i think everyone who are looking for us the truth understand this kind of extremism is not working in syria and. they want you to punish only see your people. the u.n. team with you to visit damascus to discuss the cloying international monitors to

syria it's part of special envoy kofi annan peace mission which pushes for a cease fire and dialogue between the assad government and the opposition beirut based political analyst dr romana sharply told us that terror attacks in the massacres and aleppo are aiming to derail those efforts. the objectives of these explosions that are coming with include these two explosions in the capital and then this explosion today in the second largest city in syria this shows that there isn't a plan to actually. destroy or create obstacles to the 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 showed me a. successful. coming up in a few minutes of the program

a grieving mother and an angry. when you deal with. the continued a police interest silence. a full confession as two convicted metro bombers are executed in bellerose relatives as well as human rights groups say the trial was too quick to be fair. that is economic sanctions piled on iran begin to backfire was spiking oil prices now europe may be forced to rely on of emergency stockpiles . shorts on money emotionally traumatized and down on his luck 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 states by the u.s. military had made calls for him to face trial in afghanistan and if that is going to church you can reports next in his wake more apologies.

sixteen innocent afghan villagers slaughtered in called blind 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 morality of the american servicemen and servicewomen and i think afghans understand that but afghans don't seem to be fine that all. the rage and humiliation felt by afghan people appear to be way beyond what apologies can make up for they've heard them all before in the last few months all too often and each one very similar to the next just weeks ago

the white house apologized for the burning of the copies of the koran by u.s. troops an incident that triggered a surge of violence this was a deeply unfortunate incident that does not reflect the great respect our military has for the religious practices of the afghan people and weeks before that in january apologies again over footage showing u.s. marines urinating on dead afghans result sions do not represent the values of the vast majority of coalition forces. nations honorably contrary to what u.s. officials say some analysts believe that those incidents are symptomatic of how the military operation in afghanistan works it is increasingly the case that this is looking like. a brutal occupation which is killing laws on provides guns where afghans film selves humiliated insulted when instances 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 don't think 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 out and then for these for these governments to stop means of a name in countries where they have absolutely no rights when the very copious apologies handed out by the administration don't seem. even to appease war critics back home let alone the afghan people. the whole idea of in aiding a country and occupying a country and disturbing their country creating hundreds of thousands of refugees and suffering this it ever get to a point where apologizing about the qur'an is rather minor to 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 to their ranks those new recruits go out to kill not

even the most heartfelt apologies can change the minds of people dead 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 marking. the two men convicted of last year's deadly retro bomb going to brother russian capital reportedly been executed there's no official confirmation except state media reports that the call letters sent to one of the men's mothers and thinks as sudden was made a scapegoat by the authorities. but you don't really think they can intimidate the police interest signing but my sense is they fulfill his confession explaining their whole planet investigation in trial. the defense he's in long going the same revenge on him and me. 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 when

developers say in the european union in fact a lot of the human rights organizations of the servers along with the chairman of the european parliament have said requests to the bill or should president alexander lukashenko 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 of the opposition this has in fact still led to diplomatic route after bellerose fall dowd's its embassadors 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 she is horrified at the news and this is just about to

worsen the situation and the relations which are in belarus and the european union even further. reporting for us coming up in the program the legal immigrants traveling to the united kingdom in search of a breath of life but often thought of themselves sleeping on the streets with no job no money stuck in a legal no man's land this story for. the price of help wracked by debts the. china's three trillion dollars. what a business. dozens of people have been arrested the new york scores of protesters marched to mark occupy wall street six month anniversary police swept through the birthplace of the movement in zuccotti park as hundreds of demonstrators the gun to erect tents of the past six months occupy rallies nationwide of in june tough policing with. tear gas peaceful protests but the actions at home are in stark contrast of washington's words and

condemning other nations which the idea of democracy is not is merely a fortnight. the u.s. and its european allies have many things in common security politics and a familiar practice of scolding outsiders about the pillars of democracy the iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech this is the freezing suppression human rights democracy is a big step towards democracy rule of law human rights these are our father and we believe these must be respected by the egyptian authorities in russia we've seen crackdowns on civil society groups as western leaders were added their finger around the world. times in 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 mind there were 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 seeing other countries and trying to you know grandstand on an international scale rather than deal with you know they are their own 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. the job

like opening up an open door almost mixed with sting from about my sternum to my. 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're seeing an intensification of repression because people are challenging the system and challenging it in europe the challenge in the united states and it's easy for our readers to point the finger somewhere else rather than take responsibility here in america to do anything differently lecturing others our democracy and human rights has become a branch of western foreign policy discourse that claims to be based on the highest

of standards but as recent years has shown it's a lot easier to scold others when everything is fine. maybe the testers. or injured students in europe might suggest that their leaders stuart homework before attempting to be a teacher of democracy or not artsy new york. know more lined up in a website or to call them of course heard before the latest news and comments couple stories there tonight. be interested in all your friends your loved ones your warning a lot claiming they've got a late night maybe you don't know them well enough maybe but don't be fooled by excuses chances are they could be a terrorist i'm not saying that that's the point of harmfulness but if you'd rather . have your if it started bizarre but more that line and emerald isle entertainment across the capital is moscow joins hundreds of thousands of people around the world

to celebrates patrick's day the festival footage is on our website. this weekend the global bank payments networks with cut links with the ran as part of the tough economic sanctions employed by the u.s. and its allies hope the pressure will force to to abandon its nuclear program which is suspected of the syrian military goals the standoff is driving or prices are threatening already weak european economies like spain and greece relied heavily on around supplies as for iran crisis management specialist probably over the phone he told me it will find new customers rather than change its stance. system is more used in the europe. as we know from the news the iran is already making agreements with india and china to have changes in the currencies of the other systems and so what will not be sold to

europe will be sold elsewhere the issue of sunshine in iran is something that comes from the united states and europe following because there is no other way out for you being there can increase this to try to facilitate the negotiating table but not the magically change the course of action that will be taken in around anyway. before greece even gets its second one hundred thirty billion euro bailout the i.m.f. warning that it may soon either third cash injection that's not sitting well with the e.u. with athens having drained much of the blocks the burgeoning cash supply is already to avoid a default and with belt tightening across the western world there's only one place left to seek help sorting stresser a city reports with china's three trillion plus dollars in foreign currency reserves it was only a matter of time before deadly that europe came knocking on its store from the

chinese side of the leaders always feel ok they are willing to shoulder with him it still is like we're not putting in practice may be we want some kind of a deal for me well it's not even a maybe now china's call 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 trump 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 anti subsidy and anti dumping investigations into imports of chinese made steel products it does would emerge. as. you know. these it's. can but europe hasn't thrown in the towel

just yet it still has the power to grant china's wishes and as a country's second biggest trade 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 of. politics game play is very much related to economists in particular 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. try to persuade its people and its people and. you can see the government.

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 silly r r t brussels. elsewhere around the world tonight have been clashes in turkey's largest city involving hundreds of kurds and police violence erupted in istanbul as the authorities tried to prevent a group celebrating a traditional spring festival marking the vernal equinox but turkish government rejected requests for celebrations on sunday. they should be held on the twenty first of march. crowds have gathered in the french capital to support left wing presidential hopeful john miller he said to have revived momentum for the far left movement gaining increased popularity in the polls since late last year and five weeks to go now to the first round of elections from socialist once fought on one

of the favorites to challenge current president nicolas sarkozy. illegal immigrants travelling to the united kingdom in search of a better life and finding it may not be the land of plenty that they've been hoping for some spend all their money to get there in the first place before them thought of themselves homeless and stuck in a complex legal system and able to get work all to return home as that is over bennett found. it looks like nothing more than a dumping ground the squalor plain to see how to spot the signs of life this is what forty illegal immigrants call home under a motorway bridge in london's outskirts penniless and without sanitation the place is infested with drugs disease and destitution 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 this they're going to be paved with gold many risk their entire families fortune to get here dreaming of the riches that await 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 hope i have been largely of. this. all it where do you sleep we only have a look at all it's been in a million deal. with no official identity and then like lack 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 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 is where the men waits looking for work every morning hoping to be picked up and paid for a day's labor day like most days they wait isn't this all the guys who are in india or thinking about you know in england you know money's gone. right through much money but they don't know what happened here it was the reality of the reality is there just. as we didn't you know do in india where 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 either bennett r t london. head the afghan finance minister speaks to our t. tells us of the troubles and tribulations still ahead for his nation's war torn economy that's on a shortly i would catch up with a weekend sport as well romans here too in the next thirty minutes well i'm scared it all in before but i'll recap our top stories that made the headlines from r.t. this past seven days.