today's top headlines in the stories that shaped the week here on our t.v. as the u.n. prepares for its humanitarian mission in syria violence in the country intensifies deadly attacks on the country's that second city and the capital. the hard luck story of a loving father caught in the tragedy that's how the u.s. media is portraying the american soldier accused of slaughtering sixteen afghan villagers in a nighttime shooting spree. dozens are arrested in new york as the occupy wall street movement marks six months since it made its stand against corporate greed and injustice in america.

three o'clock on a monday morning here in moscow russia's capital this is r.t. with a recap of the week's top stories and today's headlines at least two people are killed by a car bomb in a residential area in aleppo syria's second city attacks on saturday in the capital damascus killed twenty seven people and wounded scores more our middle east correspondent policy as the latest. well the explosion happened at one o'clock local time in the second largest syrian city of aleppo in a residential area of the now throughout the day 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 between two razor their

residential buildings behind of course office now i witness on the scene said 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 twin 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 is the last the city of aleppo in the roof of the country twenty eight people were killed in trim blast 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. 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 i'm the 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 taking israeli lives. a lot

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 speakers correct their cameras position for a better shot of what's going on they shake it to make it look like amateur video. on the road to the receiver it's clear it's not an explosion if you keep on reporting it that way again you can see. in another video from a hospital in homes someone behind camera talks to the doctor in the corner we see a little knock him. when you lose your job good will punish you and talk

about his wife in his will again after some thirty minutes away to the crew starts to get nervous. maybe holme can read no we need al-jazeera why live on al-jazeera eventually the girl will forget some details. you can 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 carrying to go live on c.n.n. he's relaxed and calm. and there is no shooting until he asks for it. it's a digital easy target. no worries just do. why. there are. so what should i say in my whole deal. tell them there are some buildings collapsed and we're taking buildings away. the

good there could be many hundred get dead in the last hour or two. we have two hundred dead reality. because the big deal for. the activists to become journalists trying to make a chaise as hot as possible. is to hide the proofs but not everyone is happy about it the politics of the channel were changing that they were. on high. leftist and progressive was just such as mine were not going to be this welcomed anymore obviously the qataris are decided to shape the picture of the news a little more than we used to know that's always a mistake. well known war correspondents only husham used to report for al-jazeera from the world's conflicts hotspots but syria has become the rubicon he couldn't cross he mentions on groups fighting against assad's army and his bosses and the

how well he needed medication he has just resigned because of biased coverage he says the sub were like you know promote think evolution is in syria. egypt tunisia whatever for example the revolution in bahrain and saudi arabia and the media this is just a proxy it's a proxy used by why it's there but by some of the governments by maybe the west if you will this war. with law and what 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 in france and how much responsibility do they therefore share for what follows. are t beirut lebanon. syrian authorities are pointing the finger of blame at islamic extremists for the latest attacks are two from damascus university believes there are clear signs that

al qaeda is responsible for these kind of abrasions it gives your impression that this is car you've done with the. kind of operations there is. here is to groups and these terrorist groups if they are received. in baba amr neighborhood after that is. province you see this started to get all of you aware of some of their own truth some of them went to live by now and they think these kind of people they are terrorists absolutely groups and they are not delivering to any kind of opposition and i think everyone who are looking to us the truth understand this kind of extremism is not working in syria and. they wanted to punish always here people the latest blast in syria come ahead of a planned visit by u.n. teams to the country special envoy kofi annan is urging all sides to agree to a cease fire and for a dialogue to begin between the assad government and the opposition they would

based political analyst dr martin nationally told us the bombings in damascus and aleppo are aimed at the railing those efforts. the objectives of these explosions that are coming within two days two explosions 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 what it sees the support. at least verbal support from the russian foreign ministry now these explosions actually show the need for the success of mr mission well coming up later in the program a grieving a mother and angry europe. they can intimidate the police into

silence but my sense is a full confession. to metro bombers are executed in belarus by the relatives and human rights groups are saying that they were given a fair trial. and as more economic sanctions are piled on iran and we find the consequences may be felt more in europe. short 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 amid calls for him to face trial in afghanistan or he's going to just as commentary for us. sixteen innocent afghan villagers slaughtered in cold blood 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 charging 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 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 these actions do not represent the values of the vast majority of coalition forces of the nations on really 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 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 can't keep the place 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 home and for these for these governments to stop wounds of a name in countries where they have absolutely no rights when surveyed copious

apologies handed out by the administration don't seem. 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 apologizing about the korean is rather minor because some of the other problems that we have have created the taliban has doubt it will take revenge and analysts expect a fresh surge of violence children shot in the head we know 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 of 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 shift our reporting from washington arche. the afghan government public now demand a proper and prompt investigation with the accused facing trial of john glazer assistant editor of antiwar dot com says 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 they commit murder i mean the heavy 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 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. belorussians who sentenced to death for last year's metro bombing in minsk have been executed confirmation came through the country state t.v. channel a terror attack last april killed fifteen people and wounded hundreds brussels has criticised belarus over the execution with the use foreign policy chief calling on the country's leadership to impose a moratorium on the death penalty are teasing it in a political report. from the very beginning a human rights observers have questioned whether or not the men were given a fair trial this is just the last straw in the already strained relations with the invalid rosé and the european union in fact a lot of the human rights organizations and servers along with the chairman of the european parliament have said requests to the bill or should president alexander lukashenko to ground 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 approach it to human rights freedom of speech and their treatments off the opposition this has in fact to lead to diplomatic crowd after bell was filled out its embassadors from several of the european countries and in retaliation the european union has also recalled all of their ambassadors from belo rose and 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 it to worsen the situation and the relations between bellers and the european union even further. in belarus itself not everyone supported the executions flowers were laid near the home of one of the convicted. of earlier his mother received notification from the court that the death sentence had been carried out she thinks her son was made

a scapegoat by be authorities if you don't think they can intimidate the police interest signing but my sense is they fulfill his confession exposing their who can and investigation in trial otherwise they could have executed him along the way he sees everything and join him and me. coming up in the program friends know more. egypt's freshly elected islamist n.p. is that say israel is their number one enemy and seeks to cut all ties with television. and russian opposition activists surround the capital's t.v. headquarters to take part in what they call a funeral of the free press after the broadcast of a documentary critical of those behind recent political protests. seventy three people have been arrested in new york as the occupy wall street movement marks six months since it made its stand against corporate greed and injustice in america police moved in to clear the party park after activists refused to stop pushing

tents and leave the area since the start of the movement nationwide protests have failed you know cases of police brutality has been tons and tear gas often used to disperse crowds but the actions at home are in stark contrast to washington's words in condemning other nations which don't measure up to its idea of democracy as marina portman explains. the u.s. and its european allies have many things in common security politics and a familiar practice that's old and outsiders about the pillars of democracy iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech this is the increasing suppression of human rights and the democracy and there is a big step towards democracy rule of law human rights these are often use and we believe these must be respected by the egyptian authorities in russia we've seen crackdowns on civil society groups as western leaders and grab their finger around

the world. one hundred times in little force had been used to help public protest at home. and riot police handcuffs and iron fists have repeatedly been used against unarmed them in. traders in greece spain and london are thousands but 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 there are very serious democratic deficit on the other side of the atlantic uprisings against economic inequality and corporate greed have left countless occupy wall street activists covered in blood temporarily blinded. and behind bars the movement is currently planning to draw tens of thousands of

demonstrators to the upcoming g eight and nato summit in may. but this week the u.s. military is unveiling its latest non-lethal weapon to members of the press. it felt like opening up a door almost needs to be. from about my sternum to my. 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 incredibly 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 are 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 that 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 more hands on western foreign policy i discoursed that claims to be based on the highest of standards but as we see. years showing it's a lot easier to scold others when everything is why. protesters it. or injured students in europe might suggest that their leaders do what the hell more before i'd something to be a teacher of democracy. artsy new york. the global bank payment network swift has cut links with iran to this weekend's part of tougher economic sanctions imposed on tehran by western nations but the standoff is forcing world prices up with the u.s. and britain already thinking of turning to their domestic emergency reserves but as our teaser first explains not every country can rely on such

a safety net. spain is among the biggest importers iranian oil but all that sayings when the sanctions come into force in july spain haven't tell that it's a final courses of crude supply but an all around closing a real risk to the country found out has been fueled by 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. in-phase ban comes as the west's been making ways if you are runs nuclear program is take that shifting around the oil revenues will bring the country to the bargaining table was countries like france and britain and fortini a very small percentage of iranian oil and. is the country struggling the west economically right now spain greece and italy but again to feel the effects of the sanctions the most we have if we can treat the pressure the u.s.

british. foreign minister actually said that if you check if it was. sophisticated. even if. you couldn't hear about the fact you can't be forced to make decisions once you were told that 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 for but certainly not for simple reasons. certainly should trigger a rise in prices which would form of huge sample of the us to tighten our belts and keep the issue of nuclear weapons in parts to revive our economy. fears about a rise in prices have been made saudi arabia says it's good enough oil to make up

for the loss of iran's supplies when the in vogue. comes into force they can she's like saying we'll still be paying the price of loss trade with iran and the cost of replacing those oil contracts ironically think imports of oil from iran have increased since the bank libyan war now the prospect of his state he's with iran is causing huge concern. while those new war prices collation students engines can be created the problems will come if there is a war with a reading then you can see a real crisis. you know countries like spain elected the nasty of a bully pile situation that no one wants to see. spain this week egypt's recently elected lower house of parliament declared israel its number one enemy and also voted to expel the jewish state's ambassador gas supplies and wants to revise all relations after israel's attacks on gaza last week of locking from the the recently closed thinks it's only

a taste of things to come 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 fruitful proper ration with israel they've only been interested in damaging israel and actually seeking its destruction in their all for all ideology the sudden lifting of the old governments and. if it victualling of these governments in societies like egypt where islam is has 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. protesters in russia gathered for an unsanctioned rally on sunday over a recently aired t.v. documentary in the film some of the leaders of the opposition are accused of paying

people to take part in street protests and are portrayed as u.s. backed agents around one hundred people have been detained as a result of the un authorized a meeting or he got peace and offers of the same. 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 are squashed the motives and the funding coffee opposition movement this rally was not authorized by the authorities a little opposition leaders. were detained it's fair to see 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 at some of the previous opposition rallies in moscow before the presidential election it's clear that the opposition needs

a new face it needs concrete and constructive demands and it's rallies like this which really show the lack of the organization. going off reporting from the main keno t.v. center and moscow and now to some other news making stories around headlines around the world. rights activist and former lutheran pastor he has been elected to germany's new president won the backing of most part of the overwhelming support of the special problem for the assembly succeed christian vote from step down last month following a series of scandals and allegations of corruption. in cairo coptic christians are observing a second night vigil for pope shenouda the third who died on saturday at the age of eighty eight was the leader of the country's largest religious minority for almost four decades three people died in a stampede as tens of thousands attended the cathedral where his body is on display

the pope's funeral is due to be held later on tuesday. a recap of this week's top stories coming up in just a few moments. to .

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