so who is behind the weekend of bombings in syria fly between rebels and the government was claiming saudi arabia left traces of their involvement at the crime scene. post revolution the old ways are still dominate in egypt with critics accusing the new islamist strong parliament of turning the constitutional assembly into a farce. plus. i think people thought they were free to descend into really trying to surface over america's cherished image as a democratic. silence home growing protests.

hours after five pm on monday here in moscow this is r t with me rolf restriction welcome to the program the syrian regime has pointed the finger at saudi arabia saying the arab states were involved in a chain of tara blasts in syria's largest cities the gulf nations have been accused by assad's government of arming whoever carried out the attacks which left around thirty people dead and dozens injured. in the region not one points. the two sides involved in this conflict the opposition and the syrian government are obviously blaming each other for the twin suicide bombings that took place in damascus and syria second largest city of aleppo over the weekend now opposition sours that everything has been staged by the syrian government to sort of you know

deflect that thompson from its own crackdown on its people the syrian government obviously disagrees with that and says that the latest example of violence is yet another advents that armed gangs terrorist groups are indeed present in the country that they're being financed and supplied by major world powers particularly saudi arabia and qatar a high profile arab diplomat suggested over the weekend that saudi arabia has being sunday ammunition to the syrian rebels mainly through jordan just this morning major clashes between gunmen armed gunmen and the syrian army took place in damascus and they're pretty off scale and neighborhood got houses many embassies and this is really a new development because up until now it damascus was pretty much spared the whole there is open clashes. for the reporting the summer a rooster a beirut

a place for such a from syracuse university says that the syrian people are falling victim to saudi arabia and qatar as a brutal tactics just to push their political or check. these are two states that are very autocratic they have a strong relationships with the worst and they get a lot of funding militarily from the worst so perhaps it suits them to the seeds of discord not only in syria but you know it's spilling into iraq it's flowing into jordan and of course it's spilling over here into lebanon on and so they've made it very clear over the past several months why it's the assad regime to topple that they're willing to do anything that they can to make it happen whether it's bullying in these diplomatic arena is or whether it's funding the militant groups in syria and unfortunately the biggest losers of those are the syrian people trying to see. russia when it comes to the ongoing syrian crisis calling on the opposition

to engage in talks with the regime but professor when ping from the chinese academy of social sciences believes it's something difficult to figure out who the opposition is that interview is coming your way next hour here on our team but for now a quick preview. from that these are the sectors are mild the muslim actually eventually because outside forces. husky and penetrated nowadays the sole cause for the freedom of the syria now is not longer the pure syrian people. are afraid of the army i think even some of that force is also involved in the. army so now all those are fighting i think there but one must become more complicated much much more complicated than before. watching r.t. now egypt has unveiled the line up of a long awaited government panel tasked with creating

a modern democratic and inclusive constitution but already human rights groups are unhappy claiming islamic factions have banded together in order to dictate just who gets to write their document just a year since the revolution hopes for change of all but evaporated as r.t. is a ridiculous ports how dilema could be posed to boys for egypt's revolution young educated a t.v. talk show host and politically active he was among those whose protests on the two square toppled the regime of president mubarak last year but like many others who were on the streets with him he doesn't feel things in egypt have changed for the best and. we were in against mubarak as a person we were against the whole system against oppression and justice a lot of scarcity they were true revolution their actions sure they're applying the seem to use going here. the ruling military council or staff replaced hosni

mubarak who rejections accused of corruption and nepotism economic mismanagement and human rights abuse but a thorough look at scarfs policies unveiled the situation eerily similar if not worse now you get porters that are suspended with live ammunition in a sort of rubber bullets as was the case and of course you get the more strikers hold it referred to militantly viewers of the records in the past here you have more than thirteen thousand egyptian citizens who got processed on military wants that's where you more than what one of the during this thirty years of war would the streets of cairo teeming with tourists before their revolution are now considered an see even by those who have lived in the egyptian capital all their lives you can't find the police in the street and even if they're there they don't really help and you know it's like a kind of they are punishing the people because they have done the revolution so

they're not doing their or their work we don't care about what happens and the deliberately neglecting their every single crime that is happening and they just they chose to turn their back and some believe revolutionary parties choose to turn their backs on the military council's questionable policies seemingly comfortable with the way things are. and south a lot of revolutionary forces sided with the military council and sort of making deals and for evolutions which given more ground and ignore the main demands of the revolution most of the political lead and rule are looking at fixing things and changing them. a real possibility now is the revolution entering a second stage this time prompted not just by the young and the educated but by the poor and the unemployed whose numbers have been steadily rising since the military council came to power and the economic situation is really getting worse and i

believe that these people who are really suffering nowadays because they can't even . afford to work to feed their families and these people are really there are going to lead this current. you know wave of revolution if you can call it like a second wave of emotion is going to be really really aggressive and really really violent and bloody these days that are serious where it's filled with vendors to the nearest sellers i will you and if you would sense but from time to time things get heated up again those who have spent their days and nights here just a little over a year ago when they will barrack regime see their job is far from over and the revolution continues in those courts here cairo. and a doctorate. from the center of political studies in kyra's says there is still a lot of uncertainty for egypt. nineteenth of march. i think it was a big mistake the people had been denied the kind of a clear roadmap to democracy has it been

a little political manipulation i think the scale of the military council ruling the country great crowd smart the everybody manipulating the different political forces but the irony of it on the losing end of the revolutionary war democratic forces also came with the living into this and only the muslim brothers in the cellar is. the winning side but on the other hand there is still strong forces and voices within the military itself who have though it's about. power to the muslim brothers as a seller fees but they are not certain about what kind of moves could be taken at this point so there is still a lot of uncertainty a lot of. it for us here at another time of the past the hour here in moscow still to come for you on the program but academics questioning the right to life as two factors come under fire in the u.k. for advocating the use of what they call after birth abortion. in the

silent killer how the use of asbestos in the country's homes poses the threat of disease which could cost lives. us police are investigating death threats they received via twitter after hundreds of protesters marking occupy wall street six month anniversary clashed with officers in new york are scenes of police brutality towards peaceful demonstrators made many question america's image as the guardian of democratic values and freedoms as are these. recently expanded restrictions on the protests are only fueling the criticism. it's a country that extols the virtues of liberty unlike no other doing ok since september some six thousand seven hundred americans protesting against economic inequality

and corporate greed have been arrested and silence. a police offensive aimed at crushing occupy wall street has succeeded in shattering america's globally marketed brand of freedom but it's made people realize it's the kind of devastating states or our ability to to be in a place of dissent in america and how to challenge that in our press that is i think people thought they were freer to dissent and intil it's right here. in america it is a criminal offense to exercise freedom of speech and advance deemed nationally significant such as presidential conventions and debates. purchasing in areas where the u.s. president or anyone protected by the secret service may be visiting is considered a felony punishable with hefty fines and up to ten years in jail but federal buildings and grounds improvement act known as h. or three four seven is

a law most americans don't know about but you don't have to do a lot to feel its force we represent people who are charged with felony offenses soley because they put up posters they put up signs asking people to. women demonstrations and they've been arrested by the police detained held on twenty five thousand dollars bail in charge of felonies with nato and protest posters popping up nationwide u.s. lawmakers are tightening up a recent act the amendments include prohibiting protests around the white house and broader language to make arrests and prosecution easier i think this is a specific response to sort of the fear that we are actually going to be effective and you know like. transforming the political landscape he davis and was arrested twice last year while taking call in legal nonviolent occupy wall street demos in new york a few like nearly beginning earthworks american government here we sort of like

sprinkled democratic eagerly words all over everything as if we have all these freedoms that we actually generate. a new reality where it's here that just about any american engaging in political protests. can be prosecuted unsound it rages out front to civil liberties and the first amendment and. i have my personal personally been arrested several times protesting there have been misdemeanors and now would be a felony and it's just unconscionable that the congress passed this on korea's legal or its bickering i wonder if we reached consensus when it came to clamping down on constituents only three allotted officials voted against expanding federal restrictions on protests while u.s. leaders can't resolve issues like national debt and paulison they're on the scene each when it comes to how to handle all citizens what industry to demand change and

accountability. artsy new york. steven kull under a political and communications strategist believes that the occupy movement needs to start to address the needs of ordinary americans in order to gain moments. you know they're having a really there's either a piece of. this or anything else i mean i think they have to decide what they want to go after you know my opinion is should be only for the movie the congress is a number of issues number of different people so here it is for real now there's no leadership there's no definable leadership really standing out and leading the league. you know you're not reaching the average american and they're not going to succeed unless they straighten terrifying their needs in addressing. what you have to a website or to any features you have missed of course the latest on the world's top stories so here are some of the items are dying out for you there right now at

a dot com nato fail to investigate schools of civilian deaths during its military campaign in libya so says he was rights group amnesty international dissatisfied by apologies from the alliance. plus chaos and violence erupts in greece once again though this time it's not about the economy as enraged football fans set fire to a stadium it was a full forty seats off. of the world update in just a moment here on r t but for now two professors have created a public storm in the u.k. all of this over an article advocating the use of so-called after birth abortions they say it's merely an academic discussion with a medical journal which published the article defending the debate but first some

of the idea was a step too far as our reports. surely people's was eight months pregnant when she found out her son would be born with down syndrome even as late as that the only advice she got was to have an abortion doctors tried to persuade her sam's condition would be a struggle not worth living and six years on the only struggle mother and child have had was ignoring that advice i could start all over again and i was choosing not to say and i was treated as something something for their up analyse actually i was treated as if i was just a bit stupid say. it is very sad to think that they are the people who are giving advice. they have a duty to everyone may take to preserve life and they deign a lot of them i think i failed a field our children know where preserving they're not worth saving and that were

happening and that really isn't the case that stereotypes just been taken a whole lot further by two ethicists who argue it's ok to kill babies even after the born the controversial comments were published by the oxford educated professors in a leading british medical journal they dismiss newborns as potential not actual persons they say killing them snow different to normal prenatal abortion but critics branded infanticide it was a speculative case and this particle has been defended on the grounds of free speech but would we accept for example an article advocating that jews or blacks were not persons only potential persons and they could also be asked the question is a newborn child any less of equal member of the human family than a member of a certain race or of one gender or the other what really is the difference the

authors of stoked an ethical storm by advocating after birth abortions in all cases . even if the baby's not disabled abortions are only permitted in britain on non medical grounds during the first twenty four weeks of a pregnancy the authors of now received death threats and say they were merely making an academic discussion they refused to give an interview but it's a lie in the journals editors defend our drug use to publish arguments for and. issues so that people can in. the long run have some of these issues are very complex and well pressed for example i don't agree with. the conclusions of the pin or i would like to defend people's right to express the use and other people's right to respond to them academic discussion or not the articles prompted outrage not only amongst pro-life groups but also mothers of children with

disabilities who declined the option of abortion it was a hit because it was horrible there definitely seems to be a trend now is to say that. in these children shouldn't be here it's not something terrible it's not awful just because it's not what you imagine it doesn't mean it's not something fantastic having sam and i think it's amazing absolutely amazing sam's a member of his local swimming club and plays football to seeing him here it's hard to believe how doctors could say his life would be a burden i think when it see london. starting with france that's got to be arty world update for you and open fire outside if you call in the french city of toulouse just before lessons were due to begin he killed four people three of them children and injured one teenager the gunman then for the sumos you for the tragedy comes just days after three paratroopers were shot dead in two separate

incidents in the same area. evacuation centers have opened in northern parts of new zealand ready to react to heavy flooding in the region more than two months worth of rain has fallen there in just two days cutting off communications and covering roads and farmlands with muddy water several stranded residents have already been rescued more rain and strong wind expected within the next twenty four hours locals are advised to stay indoors and avoid traveling. jubilant crowd it turned into a rioting in the canadian town of london where st patrick's day celebrations got out of hand about a thousand revelers many of them drunk so pardon me i dressed flipping over a t.v. news van and starting a fire in the local college district but they threw rocks and forth with police and fire crews damaging seventeen vehicles injuries have been reported but at least eleven of the rioters were arrested. before we get to daniel with the markets for

now india could have a silent epidemic on its hands because of the use of dangerous chemicals in people's homes asbestos is still widely used in the country with foreign importers quick to offer supplies of the substance but the saudis preassure to reports the consequences can be that. the residents of this slum in south delhi have no idea that the routes they live under are contaminated with the toxic mineral called as spats joe's once widely used in building projects for insulation against heat and fire today the substance is banned in fifty two countries around the world because if it's proven dangers. why does. cause incurable lung diseases like as northnortheast. lung cancer in fact one of the one of the reason as there still is these be deadly. but it's still being used in india and studies show that it could kill as many as one million

people in developing countries in the next eight years the indian government has banned the mining of us bustos but the importing in manufacturing of it is still legal and is growing economy has led to a construction boom and alternatives to a spa souce cost almost double that's why many indians believe it's worth it despite the health risks because of us as a prakash because reka is one of the three million people involved in the eight hundred fifty million dollars a year business in india has been selling its best to its roofing for twenty five years and says he's aware that it could become one of the country's biggest killers . i knew it is harmful because to assume that because i have to support my family while activists campaigning to ban is best earth in india acknowledge the government needs to do more to stop it they say blame also has to live with their biggest importer of the toxic fiber canada the north american country is one of the world's largest export as of us bastos even though it's illegal for it to be used

inside its own borders. is quite mean if it's when the one hundred because they wanted to get a house of commons well yes it. was in would be a good one because they do india this is human. activists are trying to inform indians about the danger is that it's best to those but even the ones who have heard about it feel like they have no option but to live with it when a. government should pay attention to their way to people they're living with they were living in a healthy second aren't. using the toxic chemicals shipped from the west to make their livelihoods even though it might cost them their lives preassure either r t new delhi india. danielle the r.t. business so far today daniel you've given us absolutely no good news on the markets any change in the past no not really unfortunately anywhere around the world at the

moment most indices are tumbling oil gold equities oil's our main focus is rising prices recently were threatening economic recovery this is not a look crude stocks it's higher in the last hour or two that worrying start to the day a production hike announcement from saudi arabia has been growing fears of a u.s. military strike on iran. continue to slide from eight month highs with the full b.m.w. almost two percent off to goldman sachs took the also giant off its conviction boy list of the german carmakers all suffering in its wake of a strong start this morning russia's accentuating those fools in europe befalling price of crude is weighing on stocks and it's chicken some of the six movers now. around a third of a percent is head does not. privatized road show in april. losing almost three percent worse than expected profit for last year and the top gain of

the russian car truck maker in fact is allowing time to take over more stocks quick check on the currency rates this sell the euro's higher against the dollar but shedding further against russia's currency the ruble also gaining against the greenback this hour in other news because problems expanding partnerships with e.u. companies the energy giant plans to swap russian energy assets with germany's top oil and gas producer winter's hole in return gaining access to north sea deposits correspondent reports. plots a plot for me in the north sea the developer of this field is germany's leaves gas producer winters hole which is planning to have assets war with russia castro. get up to twenty five per cent share in some of russia's gas projects in the summer with an option for fifty per cent while gas pro wire and i share in the losers holds all share

a project like this one. special. person. is very interesting. to. do with the two companies have been caught racing for decades they jointly build the world's trade and now intensifying efforts to construct the south stream routes they turn central real gas transports which distributes the russian gas in europe has just been made independence and renamed gas case in order to comply with the current energy charter to spread hiv as a producer for also owning the means of supply gas coal which invests billions of dollars in pipelines wants to keep control but the rapidly changing rules mean they're tying up with local operates as maybe the best way for gas problem to

access the cost of europe's new liberalized gas markets. this artsy north sea. wall street futures. markets will. with the boer war going the way of the soviet union many people thought that

nuclear weapons disappeared. the risk is not zero something might be going off by mistake specially out of sounds the weapons on hair trigger alert. focus of the victims to use it as a three ball but you know if you keep spending a trillion dollars a year on weapons of benchley you're going to blow everybody up you you know people are dying from these weapons but until we actually see it people don't wake up no food weapons or a bill. that represents all of the firepower of the second world war and this second sound is the equivalence of firepower of the world's nuclear arsenal today.

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