into. pushing for peace special envoy kofi annan is in moscow to talk peace in syria as the e.u. weighs then with more sanctions despite the promises to secure a cease fire also. the military can do no wrong it seems and that's that's the real tragedy there are down so over whether an american soldier charged with executing afghan civilians will see justice served as lawyer warns of a long legal battle. and the e.u. steps up measures against iran amid criticism that its moves are hitting the iranian people not their government.

thanks for being with us this saturday and it's five o'clock here in moscow and i'm karen tara bringing peace to syria is up for debate in moscow with the u.n. arab league special envoy due to meet the russian president this week can't see me to bid of is expected to say how ending the violence is impossible unless the syrian opposition stops being supported militarily and politically from outside coffee announce a visit to the russian capital comes after his team help talks with damascus on implementing his six point peace plan that includes a ceasefire on all sides humanitarian access to stricken areas and the start of a little dialogue syria's foreign based opposition dismissed the plan but it got unanimous backing from the un security council even so that he used tightening the sanctions screws on president assad family a move some experts believe of won't help bring peace. the proposal that coffin on

brought forward is the first real proposal for a true peace process and a cease fire that there could to bring stability to the region that seems to be in the strategic interest of the europeans together with the western and nato forces to overthrow the government of president assert that in order to do that you they now have to hinder the true peace plan to fire up the conflicts within syria the conflict in syria is not only a conflict within syrian parties and with president assad and his government it must be seen in an international context and certainly in a context of strategic dominance in the region of western powers they have an interest in the region you specially in the upcoming maybe war situation with

iran. american soldier accused of village massacre in afghanistan has officially been charged with twenty nine counts of murder attempted murder assault if convicted staff sergeant robert bales could face the death penalty but his lawyers say he remembers nothing of the killings while legal experts warn of a long and complicated legal process ahead that could provoke further anger among our. worst atrocity in america and the decade long war john glaser from and he wore dark says clearing the military of wrongdoing is deeply rooted in us society. throughout the media we've heard the justifications for. apparent rampage and you know they go through things like he might have had a concussion he was having trouble at home or he was stressed from the amount of war but you know people that are outside outside of the u.s. military to commit these kinds of crimes simply don't receive that kind of sympathy

it was a part read in the new york times about how he's you know he's a true good man but he has problems and so on and so forth it was an extended effort to try and paint him. as a generally good man who whose crime can be excused what is a about a society that idolizes and fetishizing is. a commitment to kill on the orders of politicians in washington that's that's not that's a strange thing to admire except it's widespread throughout this culture and there are many atrocities that have been committed comparable to this one in the past in iraq and afghanistan that get papered over after the controversy settles in the dust settles these soldiers in their military trials trying to get off easy the military can do no wrong seems and that's that's the real tragedy. before enlisting in the military robert bales was in the finance industry but left under

a cloud and that's something the kaiser report gets its teeth into later on today on r.t. . staff sergeant robert bales was previously a stockbroker for it from one thousand nine hundred six to two thousand and he enlisted in the army shortly after federal financial regulators found he engaged in fraud breach a few share your duty churning unauthorized trading and unsuitable investments the perfect training to become a slaughtering out of control maniac with a gun in afghanistan. being a broker is all about slaughtering people no we don't call it forgetfulness the term in the industry is called selective amnesia so you want to be able to selectively i mean asia about certain things that would somehow impact the bottom line the stuff that gives you more money of course you remember all details but the ones that were insider trading. i don't remember.

the class report coming your way in just about twenty five minutes time was washington real sore from the after effects of a soldier's deadly afghan rampage americans are arming themselves at an increasing great new guns and ammunition are hitting the shelves feeding an addiction to firepower that's all in the name of freedom from all reports from virginia where gun laws are about to get a more lenient make over. just across the river from the nation's capital for a slice of traditional america green spaces and trying to farmlands offer a refuge from urban life a place where red white and blue is displayed with pride but here the symbol of liberty isn't just a flag it's this. it definitely is a sign of freedom you know it could be old one until now one was all you could buy in virginia every thirty days the law was supposed to curb gun trafficking but many here felt it curbed freedom instead it's not anyone's business how many guns they

own or how i buy the book or buy them from really we have the second amendment or is a. bridge in your repeal the one handgun permit law in february and come summertime the right to bear arms will mean the right to buy as many of these. as you want but there are so many different makes models and brands but you know you got to have a more it's addictive but for much of the world this kind of freedom may seem bizarre to young man apparently dressed in a long black trench coats open fire across the globe guns are associated with tragedies. or bloodshed and battlefields of war. but for gun owners like jim hansen the guns belong in the hands of american citizens the safest person in the world is someone who is legally carrying a firearm america is a country that was founded with a basic understanding that guns are bad that you see in this world there's two

kinds of people my friends. as the most heavily armed nation in the world there are few diggers to be found in america as of two thousand and seven there were an estimated two hundred ninety four million guns in this country that's nearly enough to arm every man woman and child . and in virginia gun shops like this one people just can't seem to get enough whether it's handguns assault rifles or shotguns sales are better than ever they are booming they are definitely through the roof or in the. and in a place for guns mean freedom that trend isn't likely to change an armed society is a polite society you know we are here because of guns as bad as i may sound but we've defended ourselves and we are the free nation that we are because of your. book thirty years after a powerful gun control movement the nation americans are returning to their roots

and raising the idea of owning and carrying firearms like these with zeal unseen since the days of muskets and malicious for many freedom is symbolized by the barrel of a gun and its democracy locked and loaded for our tea unloosen tough enough in virginia. and a few minutes from now a look at spain scrapheap generation the young people feeling the pinch as the jobs trial with the euro zone's withering economies also. big oil companies don't want to hear that so they'd be throwing money to lobbyists they don't want to hear it go to work but we don't hear about it so much are we headed for doom i hope none of you from new york on how to stop climate change from slipping off the radar.

would be so much brighter if you removed some from funds to its. stance on t.v. don't come. wealthy british style. sometimes it's because. of. market why not. come then. i know what's really happening to the global economy with my challenger the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines june in two cars a report. thanks for joining our ten minutes past the hour there's further pressure on iran from the e.u. which has imposed fresh economic sanctions against the islamic state serious human

rights violations are being cited for the latest nationalist middle east expert professor saeed mohammad marandi believes the e.u. is using that as a pretext to pressurize the iranian government but it is in reality hurting the country's people more. excuses otherwise on the other side of the persian gulf you have the saudis who occupied rein you have. the torture and murder of. civilians by. the ruling family and you have american drones in numerous countries that are the fact that we killed thousands of people many innocent people all these including the embargo on iranian oil and the iranian sample bank which is that which is intended to hurt ordinary iranians these are major violations of rights and they're being carried out by the europeans themselves as well as the united states americans by sanctioning the central bank or trying to even prevent

iranians from importing. grain or rice even the initial sanctions a few years ago if you look at that we can because they were intended for ordinary people to make them change their minds about the iranian government. and later on today crowds of israelis will be taking to the streets to march against war with iran which the country's political leadership has been pushing for. our middle east correspondent will be taking a look at how the government is able to deal with problems at home let alone with a legit outside threats. plus it's high time verses and rain as we explore our renowned russian jewelry hard to see what your method shines the brightest. there's no response from anger and austerity head greece as another protest against budget cuts has ended up in clashes with police the country has been relying on international bailout loans since may of two thousand and ten

in exchange for harsh public spending perks belt tightening has been met with public hearing and continuing protests it's a feeling that's shared by young people in spain where the youth jobless rate is heading for fifty percent due to severe economic problems as are two sara first reports of the country's young girls to make their voices heard. using quite this has over the last generation if you eat unemployment at an all time high with more than forty nine percent of sixteen to twenty four year olds now out of work it's day that is particularly stuff that we've come here today one of the universities in spain to speak to some of the students it's really high unemployment figures the what's it like to be a student at this time in the country. we're told are truly because you know the the future you can expect employment grades are already this high and the.

schools are becoming a private business it's hard to tell if you are going to find a job when you when you finish studying if you can actually do some college studies because if you have to be really high price for them you're not even. to be able to go to college at all think of those. people who suffer. children and their things then go home and have to think that education is the most important thing because because our us will be it will create a future so they have to spend money they have to spend money indication what i would like to see would be people massively going out on the street and protesting make things change people have that power and it will lead them to realize. increasingly that's exactly what's been students have been doing taking to the streets to protest the measures being brought in by the new government this is not just students that is suffering in the last four years three million jobs. this

a few. and now. at least four hundred thousand. more jobs to disappear in the coming months he joins some of the country's student unions as they plan for their next peaceful protests they tell us that the new government's approach to managing the then stations is anything but peaceful government there will be elections on the twentieth of november one month after that they were spending over a million euros on gas and other equipment to repress their own citizens on the street one million euros of the budget of a counter that this has already a really bad economy on weapons to use against our own citizens when they came here to complain about what we are doing to them but what do the new government of spain is doing right now the seemingly hardline approach of the nice tannish government in managing these protests could prove to be a real problem when hundreds of thousands of disenchanted keys that's

a term in not the case of the mistakes of the past with their teachers surface r.t. spain. we're keeping tabs on europe's debt dilemmas with coverage and analysis are called and there's plenty of other news and features for you to discover. to. satellite shanker for the space station crew as they are nearly hit by our high speed fragments find out how they dodged the debris. and the solved seas kazakhstan's athletes received their medals to music from the notorious comedy movie balrog instead of their national anthem we'll tell you why at our teeth dot com. it's. true its intentions are. really cool to the feel. that you've thousands of nuclear security summit. on r.t.

. israel is refusing to cooperate with a u.n. fact finding mission that's expected to investigate settlements in the west bank the world body authorized the probe on thursday as paul slayer reports the newly built solar panels are the latest thing to shed light on the friction between israel and the palestinian leadership. in a moment hilltops of south had broken this ancient plate when tribal ekes out a living from the land but they've unwittingly become the latest thaw in the side of the israeli government now. any means maybe any real security threat. to the israeli government at the center of the conflict these wind and solar generators which are bringing electricity to and lighting up the lives of some four hundred people has tel aviv complaining it was a lift in the dark but it's just excited to show us how her life's been transformed this is what she used to do she tells us for hours twice

a day they had no electricity they had no power to charge before they would need to go to the nearby city of. you know it's two hours while just to try to the telephone and that's it but the progress of the anger of the israeli authorities they say is the record our permission and of threatened to send in the border all we offer is a better life for a licensed product you're talking about not only did they not apply glad when a warning was given this is in violation of the regulations they have the right to appeal they refused to appeal that in germany luke mcbain who is funding the project says they weren't too concerned with getting any israeli stamp of approval because most applications are rejected it could duplicate the. state of israel is not interested in having more caring for the world or the listing and scenarios rather that you would like to see. me in the area see palestinians more settlements

which is what some european diplomats are suggesting because it's here in these remote hills with some of the most fervent settlement activity is taking place and so while these nomads marvel at a first taste of the twenty first century their joy could be short lived if israel decides to rip it all away policy r.t. and the south had one hills. let's now take a look at some other news from around the world this hour. a teenager has been shot dead and twenty five people hurt in more clashes between police and football supporters in egypt courtside fans arrived after their club was suspended for two years over fears of violence at a match and stadium last month when seventy three died troops fired tear gas and live rounds into the air in an effort to clear the area witnesses say fans left fires brought to major roads and tried to take over the suez canal is main administrative building. elder brother of the man believed

to have chopped a seven people into lose is facing possible charges on suspicion of being an accomplice. moran who's being investigated for helping her brother mohamed was previously questioned about sending you a from the french city to iraq the paris mother was released from custody without charge on friday. died in a barrage of gunfire and strews apartment on thursday during a police siege. well scientists agree that global warming has a daily impact on cities around the world the main news outlets appear to have gone cold on discussing it and maybe out of the headlines but laurie harkness asked people in new york if it's something that still burns their conscience. this year u.s. its fourth warmest winter on record and your record breaking cold why is no one

talking about the perils of climate change any more this week let's talk about do you think it's still a threat to the planet yes all of us especially what traffic. you know you've got a car we like to pollute the earth here in the u.s. definitely you know what can you do what can the individual. person we can stop using plastic bags and turn the lights out we already knew that we really don't feel like that makes of a different bono we do yes we do as much as we can but you know it's time to the the government heads world why do you think that the world still cares about it because it doesn't seem to be in the headlines as frequently absolutely not so why is that. for a government to figure out but they don't want to give us enough permission for us to make our own decisions and i think it's something that people know i mean everyone a lot of people watch you know watch al gore and listen to him and can't even

remember the name of the movie. and all we heard about it was. conveniently forgot they forgot why do you think the media stopped to talk about it because it clearly wasn't common sense that stops them. because they found something else to talk about i do believe people are working on it and when you talk my son who's in college and his friends i think there is a lot more concern than we have so yeah it's i guess it's he can't really gauge everything but what the media is talking about right right we're going to have snow in june of this point so you believe it's still a threat yes absolutely so why isn't the media talking about it anymore big business. big big oil companies don't want to hear that. don't want to hear it so if we don't hear about it so much are we headed for doom. i don't know if you have a pretty twenty first one it's about the bottom line is although there are people who are still concerned about the effects of climate change the main stream media

is clearly not among them. as global warming drifts to the back of political tensions mines rock obama's fast tracking controversial cross country oil pipeline and states of fallout from that comes up in today's show at six pm g.m.t. . thirteen states in the midwest are the company believes that we will see increased prices and they will see increased profits so then do you think the president is going to win any political points with this move because on one hand i guess you could say well he's trying to you know the people that really want the pipeline to go through sees that i can give you half an hour but they're going to say that's not enough and that of course you know people like yourself they've been advocating against the whole time this is a bit of a slap in the face while the oil lobby is the most powerful lobby in america and what we're seeing right now is a political ploy to please the oil industry so whether or not this translates into american votes you know i'm doubtful i've been down the ground talking to people in

texas and oklahoma they are extremely upset environmentalist across the country are extremely upset. at the oil industry is very very powerful and essentially what we've seen is them you know they've brought the big hammer. high end jewelry never goes out of fashion with robust sales despite the financial squeeze one city that's never lost its sparkle is the production powerhouse of custom art and central russia those factories are thriving and its traditional craftsmanship that's running rings around mass produced alternatives as peter oliver discovered. there's gold in them there hills not just gold diamonds rubies and just about any other precious and semiprecious stone you can imagine that's because in the city of course that omar to the north of moscow wise the beating heart of the russians jewelry industry. it's difficult to get exact

figures but we can say with a degree of confidence that every fourth product in russia is one of ours despite this being a tough time economically for a lot of businesses the de'monte company a looking to branch out the vast majority of russia's jewelry comes from this region with over four million pieces a year coming off the production lines of this fact alone however all those that have the challenge the dominance of mass production. just down the road from the major factories because of the sales guy a school for metal treatment and teaching students how to craft a spoke jewelry for one hundred and fifteen years however despite their history the rise of the factories does cause some concern the problem here is that some graduates find it hard to work on new equipment installed at these factories but they can do everything from a desired with their hands students come from far afield to attend the school samuel show me love is from israel he's following in his uncle's footsteps by studying here and has high hopes for the future. of the earrings that i make are

valued very highly i can't think of a factory that can do things like there maybe tiffany this is the level i am aspiring to. perhaps an inspiration for the students is the success of local independent gauri glass of working from home alongside his wife tatiana a couple of produced some stunningly beautiful pieces drawing inspiration from a multitude of sources. i turn to history to literature and to my previous experience with some of the blastoff pieces containing thousands of stones and taking more than its. six months to complete they don't come cheap but they are source after in fact president dmitri medvedev is among those who has purchased their work gauri says there will always be room for both the factories and the individual craftsmen to produce and sell their wares. words which i think

traditional craft and mass production can co-exist because they are two different things it's like juxtaposing photography in painting photography is about equipment painting is more about brains and. this is the difference with jewelry as well. with so much jewelry being made here is certainly the king of bling of russia's regions the trial of the party. that are on today your backstage pass to mask their circuses and a close up encounter with some of the four legged stars make up performances the best in the world here's a head at sixteen they're getting empty. one of the stars of the show a very large animal that i will admit quite wary about meeting drops african. times this is no creature i would like to get in the way of. fifteen years old and he just fruits and bread so i feel quite safe standing here he doesn't like

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