stories that shaped the week here on our t.v. diplomacy versus death a year since the uprising began syria remains a powder keg with a separates the big challenge 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 the anniversary arrests were occupy wall street protesters as yet more heavy handed policing leaves many one for a new western nation practice the democracy. midnight

here in moscow you're watching r.t. with me kevin now in a roundup of the top news stories from us for the past seven days first at least two people have reportedly been killed after a car bombs exploded in a residential area of the syrian city of aleppo and there were similar attacks on saturday two in the capital damascus then killing twenty seven people injuring over one hundred others middle east correspondent paula slayer is the latest. well the explosion happened at one o'clock local time in the second largest syrian city of aleppo in a residential area there now the bay state television has been showing pictures of destroyed vehicles of damaged buildings and shattered glass and it's turned 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 a tween razor that residential buildings behind the 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 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 and now the blast comes just one day after twenty blocks 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 north of the country twenty eight people were killed in twenty blasts not far from a security office now the syrian pris is blaming saudi arabia and qatar for

sunday's bombing 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. and that is the information war and hero international broadcasters are increasingly being accused of following their own agenda in reporting the syrian story and as such only 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 taken serialize rifi 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 thickened english because correct the cameras position for a better shot of what's going on they shake it to make it look like amateur video. it's clear it's not an explosion. you can report a good will be immediately. in another video from a hospital in homes someone behind camera talks to a doctor in the corner we see

a little nap. you should chill bush good. talk about his wife. after some thirty minutes away train the crew starts to get nervous . maybe you. know we need al-jazeera live on al-jazeera eventually the girl will forget some details. an 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 perry. to go live on c.n.n. his relaxed and calm. and there is no shooting until he asks for it was over the city to choose a target in the yard oh no worries just do it was beyond i have found a. solution i see in the hell did you or are tell them there are some buildings

collapsed and we're taking buildings a white lie he did it could be a miniature get ahead in the last hour or two. here to find that enough reality for the now you go for it if it happens because if it will come here you cannot see activists or become journalists trying to make a chaise as hard as possible. just to hide the price. but not everyone is happy about it the politics of the channel were changing with the word. on high. leftist and progressive voices such as we're not going to be just welcomed anymore obviously because tar is a decided to shape a picture and use a little more than we used to that's always a mistake. well known war correspondents are used to report for al-jazeera from the world's conflicts hot spots but syria has become the rubicon it couldn't cross he

mentions armed groups fighting against assad's army and his boss is a diehard told him he needed medication he has just resigned because of biased coverage he says i thought were like you know promoting pollutions in syria. or egypt or tunisia or whatever but i don't think for example the revolution of bihari iran and saudi arabia the media this is just a proxy it's a proxy used by its third party by fellow pressures by several governments by the us to fuel this war. with more and more proof amergin all of the international media is involvement in the arab spring revolutions the question remains open to what extent they influence events and how much responsibility do they therefore share for what follows. r t beirut lebanon. ruling party points the finger of blame at islamic extremists for the latest

trigger bomb attacks to hit syria but a person or a professor of international relations at damascus university told us he believes that are clear signs that al qaeda is responsible. these kind of abrasions it gives your impression that this is. the kind of operations there is. this terrorist groups a very very soon usually but are more neighborhood after that in the province and see this started with all of you where some of them went to some of them went through a list by now and these kind of you pull the art curious absolutely groups and they are not relevant to any kind of position and i think everyone who are looking plus the could understand this kind of extremism is not working in syria and. they wanted to punish all you see your people. come out in a few minutes on the program

a grieving mother and an angry europe. in the world with the through they came to meet the police interest signing. a full confession in those two convicted metro bombers are executed by the roots relatives as well as human rights groups say their trial was too quick to be fair we investigate and as economic sanctions piled on iran begin to backfire with spike in oil prices europe may be forced now for a line on emergency stop are. short on money emotionally traumatized and a guy down 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 states by the u.s. military amid calls for him to face trial in afghanistan and if that is going to change he can reports next in his wake comes yet more apologies. it was 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 to apparently committed the massacre as just one bad apple. this incident is tragic and shocking and does not represent the exceptional character of our military and the respect that the united states has for the people of afghanistan this is not who we are in no way does he represent. the ethics and morality of the american serviceman and service woman and i think afghans understand that but afghans don't seem to be buying that at all. the rage and humiliation felt by afghan people appear to be way beyond what apologies can make up for they've heard them all before in the last few months all too often and each one very similar to the next just weeks ago the white house apologized for the burning of the copies of the

koran by u.s. troops an incident that triggered a surge of violence 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 reason actions do not represent the values of the vast majority of coalition forces of their 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 a large number of afghans were afghans film selves humiliated insulted and instance 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 people. in afghanistan for another three years how many more people will die how many more instances like this

the only solution to this is to bring the troops now and then for these for these governments distortions of painting in countries where they have absolutely no rights when the vote copious apologise 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 in 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 ever created the taliban has that it will take revenge and analysts expect a fresh surge of violence children shot in the head women slaughtered it's incidents like the latest soldiers rampage in afghanistan that extremists of all kinds used to 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 grieves even more danger spreading far beyond the borders of afghanistan i'm going to shift our reporting from washington archy. the two men convicted of last year's deadly metro bombing in the by the russian capital of reportedly been executed and there's no official confirmation except state media reports and a court letter sent to one of the man's mothers who thinks his son was made a scapegoat by the authorities. but you do they feel they can intimidate the police interest silence but my sense is a full confession exposing their whole planet investigation in trial otherwise they could have executed him along the way he sees them for and join him in me. from the very beginning a human rights observers are questioning whether or not the men were given fair trial this is just the last straw in the already strained relations which are in bellerose 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 sent requests to the belarusian president alyaksandr to grant clemency to the to convicted men but those requests and i were just regarded in fact a lot of the european of the european human rights observers and officials have long been looking at in dollars and questioning the officials approach it to human rights freedom of speech and their treatment of the opposition this hasn't sat still led to diplomatic crowd after bellerose pulled out it's a basters from several of the european countries and in retaliation the european union has also recalled all of their ambassadors from belo rose to 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 hit also said that he is horrified at the news and this is just about it to worsen the situation and the relations which are in bellers and

the european union even further. reporting for us coming up in the program the illegal immigrants traveling to the united kingdom in search of a better life all from the following so sleeping on the streets with no job no money instructing a legal. story. the price to help the right supply debts the few hundred china's three trillion dollar crash while the business of beijing. dozens of people have been arrested in new york and scores of protesters marched to mark occupy wall street six month anniversary now police work for the birthplace of the movement in zuccotti park as hundreds of demonstrators put up. over the past six months occupy rallies nationwide of into tuscaloosa signal battles and tear gas and peaceful protests but the actions of the home are in stark contrast to washington's words in condemning other nations which

idea of democracy is one of. the u.s. and its european allies have many things in common security politics and a familiar practice of scalding outsiders about the pillars of democracy iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech this is the precinct suppression human rights democracy and it is 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. but times in brutal force have been used well public protest at home. white police handcuffs and iron fists have repeatedly been used against unarmed

demonstrators in greece spain and london where thousands flood the streets to protest against austerity measures and unemployment they should focus on getting their own house in order and practice what they preach rather than noticing about you know 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 or. reed 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 an open door almost needs to be. 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 isn't 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 in europe a challenge to get the united states and it's easy for our leaders to point the finger somewhere else rather than take responsibility here in america do anything differently lecturing others 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 we sit here i'll show and it's a lot easier to scold others when everything is quite. nice protesters it. or injured students in europe might suggest that their leaders do a bit more before its time thing to be a teacher of democracy. artsy new york. city through a political and communications strategist told me that he thinks the occupy movement needs one clear leader to get his message across. you know that they have really really jelled is either a piece of work. or anything else i think they have to decide what they want to go after and you know my opinion they should only have to go back to the movie the congress is a number of issues number of different people so in this real no there's no leadership there's no definable leadership really standing out and leading the lead in them. you know i am reaching the average american and they're not going to

succeed unless they start a terrifying hearing needs to end in addressing a lot more lined up here right now at r.t. dot com our web site head there for the latest news latest comedy lot of other stories as well like he has a question for you will you get goosebumps do you fidget uncontrollably well if you do chances are you're a terrorist i'm not saying that that's according to a new plan for issued by u.s. homeland security don't believe it read it's online people. also. move across the capitol as moscow joins hundreds of thousands of people around the world to celebrate st patrick's day we got the footage at our team.

for the big stories we brought you in the week here the global bank pavements networks with cut links with iran as part of the tough economic sanctions employed by the u.s. and its allies now the pressure will force to around to abandon its nuclear program which is suspected of the syrian military go but the standoff is driving oil prices up threatening already weak european economies like spain greece who are allied heavily on around supply as for iran itself crisis management specialist parlor a phone told me he thinks i will find new customers rather than change its stance. on this. system is mostly used in the european or transatlantic transactions. as we know from the news. iran is already making agreements with india and china to exchange is. currencies and for other systems and so what will not be sold to europe will be sold elsewhere the issue of sanctioning iran is something that comes

from the united states and europe following because there is no other way out for europe of the time being but they can increase this to try to facilitate the negotiating table but not the magically change the course of action. will be taken in iran anyway big time before greece even gets its second one hundred thirty billion euro bailout the i.m.f. snow warning that it may soon need a third cash injection and that's not sitting well with the e.u. with athens already being afraid of much of the blocks of emergency cash supplies to avoid a default and with belt tightening across the western world there's only one place left to seek help for serial ports. 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 the chinese side of the leaders always feel capable willing to show that we can reach full power is like you're not putting in practice maybe we want some kind of

a deal with the rage 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 will emerge. as. you know. these it's going to can but europe has a throne in the towel just yet it still has the power to grant china's wishes and

as the 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 point that from the national politics game play is very much to economists in particular for 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. john. try to persuade people and the people and. colleagues in their government saying that our help in the european union is also helping ourselves not all the chinese are convinced but if business must go one one local commentator wrote don't hand over

a dime without asking for the world in return yes or sell your r.t. brussels illegal immigrants travelling to the united kingdom in search of a better life for finding it may not be the land of plenty that they'd hoped for some spend all their money to try to get there before finally they were selves homeless and stuck in a complex legal system so unable to work but unable to return home either that's the character's artes of a planet. it looks like nothing more than a dumping ground a squalor plain to see harder to spot the signs of life this is what forty illegal immigrants call home under a motorway bridge in london's outskirts penniless and without sanitation the place is infested with drugs disease and destitution they probably are looking for a better life they've been told in fact they've been told the fact that if you come

to the u.k. . it's like the streets are going to be paved with gold many risk their entire families fortunately 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 deportation more difficult. but it means he now can't escape even though he wants to he was promised he'd find plenty of work money and accommodation but he's now trapped in poverty worse than he left behind the hope. of a law. it's. all it's where do you sleep. i don't sleep or have a look at all it's been in the in been with no official identity men 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 trouble documents or not wishing to comply with the documentation process nearly thirteen thousand illegal immigrants left the u.k. voluntarily last year a courtroom 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 white most days they wait isn't this older guys. thinking about you know in england you know money is gone. you really do much money you got to do or no what happened here it was the reality reality is there. as we didn't you know do we go. 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. well for quite there and now up ahead the afghan finance minister talks to r.t. tells us where the troubles and tribulations still ahead for his nation's war torn economy rosen catch up with roman to get weekend sport i'm kevin zero in before all at all or recap our top stories that made the headlines these past seven day. while.

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