the stories of the week here on r t diplomacy versus death years since the uprising began in syria remains a powder keg with peace efforts they're being challenged by war propaganda and terror attacks. a loving father of course in a tragedy the media's take on the u.s. soldier accused of turning a sleeping afghan village into a bloodbath if 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 practice the democracy they preach.

one of them here in moscow welcome to our team with me kevin owen in a round up of our news stories from the past seven days at least two people have reportedly been killed when a car bomb exploded in a residential area in the syrian city of aleppo it was similar attacks on saturday in the capital damascus which killed twenty seven injured over one hundred others a middle east correspondent got the latest. well the explosion happened at one o'clock local time in the second largest 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 resonate residential

buildings behind of course office and our eye witnesses on the scene said that there were bodies lying everywhere they also say that they heard massive explosions and gunfire immediately after what now 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 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 the last of the city of aleppo in the roth of the country twenty eight people were killed interim blast not far from a security office now at 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. what 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 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 taken syrian lives 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 or 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 to 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 but. it's clear it's not an explosion. people are reporting it will be. in another video from a hospital in homes someone behind the camera talks to a doctor in the corner we see a little nap. when you you should job

a good. talk about his wife or his will again after some thirty minutes of waiting in the crew starts to get nervous and that's. you know we need al-jazeera live on al-jazeera eventually that girl will forget some details. shore and your children in this footage we see danny holmes activist known for his exclusive reports from the very epicenter of the conflict history pair. until live on c.n.n. he's relaxed and calm. and there is no shooting until he asks for it. suited you choose a target. no worries just do it. so what should i say about hell dear. tell them there are some buildings collapsed and

we're taking buildings away. he did there could be as many as two hundred get good thirty in the last hour to. two hundred good luck reality. for the good in the best. because if you cannot see activity become journalists trying to make a chaise as hard as possible. the higher the price but not everyone is happy about it the college except the channel we're changing the word count on high. leftist and progressive voices such as nine we're not going to be is welcomed not any more obviously the guitar is excited keep shape the picture of the news a little more than we used to. always a mistake. well known war correspondents army husham 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 the groups fighting against assad's army and his bosses and

doha told him he needed medication he has just resigned because of biased coverage he says the sub were like you know promoting the revolutions in syria. or egypt tunisia whatever and dumping for example the revolution in bahrain and saudi arabia and the media and this is just a proxy it's a proxy used by by a servant but by some factions like the government by maybe the west who i've heard through the fourth. with more and more proof emerge in 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. r t beirut lebanon. ruling party points the finger of blame at islamic extremists for the latest string of bomb attacks to hit syria talked about

a professor of international relations at damascus university believes there are clear signs that al qaeda is responsible. for promotions it gives your impression when you see this car done with the. client foreclosures there is. this terrorist groups of the received huge power in your neighborhood that after the. province you see this started with all of you where some of them went to some of them went to live by knowing. these kind of people they are terrorists absolutely groups as they are not relevant to any kind of opposition and i think everyone who are looking past the could understand this kind of extremism is not working in syria and. they wanted to punish all these here people. the u.n. teams to to visit damascus to discuss deploying international monitors to syria is part of special envoy kofi annan peace mission which pushes for

a cease fire and dialogue between the assad government of the opposition they would based political analyst romana shelby told me the terror attacks in damascus and aleppo are aiming to derail those efforts if things. the objectives of these explosions that are coming within two days two explosions there in the capital and then this explosion today in the second largest city in syria this shows that there is an intent 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 verbal support from the russian foreign ministry now these explosions actually show the need for the success of this that announcement. coming up in a few minutes on the program a grieving mother and an angry europe. when he threw the can intimidate the

police into signing my sincere confession to convicted metro bombers are executed in bellerose relatives as well as human rights groups say the trial was too quick to be fair we investigate how this economic sanctions piled on iran begin to backfire with a spike in oil prices europe may be forced now to rely on emergency stop. short on money emotionally traumatized guy dylan is lucky 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 no been flown back to the united states by the u.s. military and because for him to face trial in afghanistan i was asked is going to change 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 a massacre there's 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 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 who serve the nation's on ripley 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 cells humiliated insulted and incidents 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 can't complete 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 out and then for these for these governments this top winds of a name in countries where they have absolutely no right to intervene copious apologies handed out by the administration don't seem you. even to appease war critics back home let alone the afghan people but what about 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 i apologize 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 it's three midst of all kinds used to attract new people to their ranks those new recruits to kill not

even the most heartfelt of apologies can change the minds of people that said 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 marking. the afghan government and public now the proper and prompt to burst a gay should with you 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 to commit murder i mean the behavior of the massacre in iraq. where nine u.s. soldiers killed twenty four iraqi men women and children. none of them were convicted except for one who was merely demoted to the rank of private and you will serve no jail time i can go on and on like this and 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. come up with a program with me kevin zero in friends no more egypt's fresh make it is the missing piece a israel is the number one enemy and the seek to cut all ties with turn of the we report russian opposition activists around the capital's t.v. headquarters demonstrating against the broadcast of a divisive documentary on campus of. the two men convicted of last year's deadly metro bombing in a better russian capital have reportedly been executed there's no official confirmation except that state media is reporting it and there was a court letter sent to one of the men's mothers thinks his son was made a scapegoat for the authorities. but you do they feel they can intimidate the

police interest silence but my sense is a full confession exposing their whole plan of investigation in trial otherwise they could events he took him along like this is everything and join him and 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 with rebel rosé and the european union in fact a lot of the human rights organizations of the servers along with the chairmen off the european parliament have requested to the belarusian president alexander lukashenko to grand clemency to the two convicted men but those requests are were i disregarded in fact a lot of the european out of the european human rights observers and officials have long been looking and deloris and questioning the officials approach it to human rights freedom of speech and their treatment of the opposition this has in fact still led to a diplomatic route after bellerose dowd's it's

a vast areas 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 exit queue sions and she was seconded by the chairman of the european parliament martin short also said that he is horrified at the news and this is just about to worsen the situation and the relations between bellers and the european union even further. well it is ridiculous reporting that dozens of people been arrested in new york who scores of protesters march to mark occupy wall street six month anniversary police swept through the birthplace of the movement in zuccotti park is for his they got to put tense up over the past six months occupy rallies nationwide policing batons and tear gas that he's for the protests but the actions at home are a stark contrast to washington's words in condemning other nations which don't

match its idea of democracy but. the u.s. and its european allies have many things in common security politics and a familiar practice called an outsiders about the words of democracy the running people have a universal right to assembly and free speech this is the precinct suppression of human rights and the pursuit that is a big step towards democracy rule of law human rights these are our party 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. wouldn't be times when brutal force have been used to help public protest 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 in 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. they don't like opening up an open door oh most needs to be. from about my sternum to my

. new active denial system can repel crowds using an electromagnetic beam that delivers a glassed 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 ruled out in the land of the free we're seeing an intensification of repression because people are challenging the system and challenging it in europe the challenge in 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 on democracy and human rights has become a branch of western foreign policy like this course that claims to be based on the

highest of standards but as we sit here and it's a lot easier to scold others when everything is i. may say protesters it. or injured students in europe might suggest that their leaders do a bit more before attempting to be a teacher a democracy. artsy we're. told could look at our website what war lined up for it all to dot com of course twenty four seventh's to a very this might interest you tonight this particular. take a look now do you yawn a lot of press did indeed get goosebumps d. of pictures uncontrollably. well chances are you're a terrorist i'm not saying that we're not saying that you plan for the issue by us homeland security interest it's no more take of good on. them about entertainment across the capital is moscow joined hundreds of thousands of people around the world celebrates patrick's day the festival footage of that article.

the. other big story brought you in the weekly world wide banking communication network swift cut links with a rant as part of tough economic sanctions employed by the u.s. and its allies a standoff over terrans nuclear program is now driving oil prices up and may force america and britain to dip into domestic reserves results usera firth explains not every country can rely on such a safety net. spain is among the biggest importers iranian oil but all that said sayings when the sanctions on iran come into force in july spain haven't tell their final courses of crude supply and on iran's facing a real risk to the country that intel route has been fueled iranian oil. prices are

on the rise and there are fears that they're about to be pumped even higher with the iranian oil embargo looming the e.u. entries ban comes as the west's been making ways if you are runs nuclear program is shifting around the oil revenues will bring the country to the bargaining table was countries like france and britain importing a very small percentage of iranian oil and supported the band is the country struggling the west economically right now spain greece and italy but again to feel the effects of the sanctions the most definitely countries russia the us. foreign minister actually said that if you. seek. even. if you didn't hear about the facts before you didn't want. it 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 taken for but certainly not for simple reasons. should trigger a rise in prices we should follow the example of the us to tighten our belt and keep the issue of nuclear weapons apart to revive our economy. theories advance a rise in prices have been made saudi arabia says it's good enough oil to make up for the loss of around supplies when they involve a. false because she's like thing will still be paying the price of lost trade with iran and the cost of replacing those oil contracts ironically spain imports of oil from iran have increased since the back libyan war now the prospect of hysteria he's with iran is causing huge concern and. while this new war crisis relations

teacher sanctions can be corrected the problems will come if there is a war with a real then you can see a real crisis. now countries like spain elected the mess of the situation but no one wants to see. spain. recently elected lower house of parliament this week claimed israel its number one enemy it also voted to expel. the whole gas supplies that it wants to revise all relations with israel after its attacks on gaza last week you know cover up in from a gruesome post that it's only a taste of things to clone the more islamists take power in egypt the worse relations will get between the two countries because islamists have never had an interest in peace and full cooperation 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. if victualling of

these governments in societies like egypt where the 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 power 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 of funding but today turned out to be just a few hundred people r.t.c. court was going off a correspondent was 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 were squashed and the more tense and the funding coffee 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 first pretty much ignored it is asian office rally you could ground he saw 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 detain several dozen people it's really hard to say at the moment exactly how many federal opposition leaders like bodies before. were detained as well it's fair to see that judging by the latest opposition rally figures the numbers of those people willing to speak while these events are dropping since we're talking about hundreds now and not tens of thousands with which we have seen some of the previous opposition rallies in moscow before the presidential election it's clear that the opposition needs a new face it needs

a concrete and constructive demands and it's not always like this which really show be a lack of organization. it's going off reporting from the main stand in a t.v. center here in moscow coming up with a surprising lesson in how to save thousands on our household bills every year although you may want to hold your breath more about that in just a bit of recap the top stories after this quick break and back in just two minutes time.

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