tonight an r t thousands fly the flag for president assad in the syrian capital while the u.n. blamed damascus for violating and escalating the violence that the regime claims terrorist activity has risen sarky as the rebels continue to shun the united nations brokered peace plan all of this coming up in just a few moments. it emerges tear gas water cannons were used on crowds in bahrain on friday as thousands marched in support of a jailed anti government activists reporting on that plus. we said that it's not all sprains lost livelihoods for let those cuts and record

jobless leave investors cagey over whether the euro zone's fourth largest economy can really escape the bailout. loan well could we say pm saturday night here in moscow you're watching r t live with me kevin i know in our top story damascus blames armed terrorist gangs for the recent spate of violence in syria say they've increased their activity ahead of the ceasefire deadline the u.n. meantime though condemning the syrian authorities for the killings despite the pledge to pull back let's round up this developing story again today with the latest our middle east correspondent paula. president bashar assad says that he is fighting these armed groups ahead of the april tenth did nine which was agreed to according to plan and he also says that these armed groups are increasing their

activity he says that they are interested only in violence and that they're been founded in arms by countries such as to keep saudi arabia and qatar in a show of support for their side in the reforms he's been implementing thousands of syrians took to the streets of damascus on saturday in a massive rally that rarely coming while banki moon says that syria has not been doing enough to show its commitment to enhance proposal but this is something that assad has denied he says there for days now he has been withdrawing his tanks and troops from numerous cities damascus has worried about a commitment coming forth from the opposition side it says if there's no indication from the opposition as to whether or not they fully committed to the peace plan and they're also concerned by the void that will now be opened in the cities where the troops are no longer are at the same time there is a united nations team in damascus preparing the groundwork for next week's cease

fire did lie in the rebel fighters continue to look for support from aboard we are hearing from the united states its allies and from other gulf countries that they intend to maximize and increase the material support that they are giving to the rebels at the same time the rebels are pulling for the conditional sticking down of the syrian president bashar assad and indeed this is not a condition that was put forward in coffee announce plans or indeed any united nations statement on syria in doorstep lare the friends of syria meeting that happened several days ago really has become the friends of the syrian opposition and here too we're hearing even more pledges can increase support for the rebel fighters now the rebels as i say have yet to officially agree a man's proposal and this is some. thing that has many an international community concern among the moscow which was made the point that as countries continue to endorse funding as well as supplying arms to the rebel fighters this is merely

going to inflame the situation and the violence on the ground. or a middle east correspondent will jacob hallberg or from the future of freedom foundation told to syrian rebels and washington will not give up their pursuit of regime change if you have a cease fire where the rebels are under their cease fire and say ok we're we're in we're no longer going to engage in violence against this regime then what was the point of starting the rebellion in the first place and so it's very likely that the rebels are going to use any kind of a cease fire to consolidate their position and continue forward with their goal the u.s. for example is pressuring the assad regime to relinquish power they're doing it under this are a democracy in freedom but this is just an r.c. we know that the u.s. was a dictatorship they just sent one point three billion dollars to be tipped in dictatorships they support the dictatorship in bahrain because of the u.s. military base there what's involved here in syria is

a dictatorship that is not pro u.s. and so the u.s. sees this as an opportunity for regime change this is not some glorious cars on the part of the west you in stark and a pro freedom pro democracy regime this is a reason i was there. bahrain security forces fired tear gas and water cannons the crowd of people on friday and as that eventually became known because events are occurring difficult to verify thousands marched in support of the jailed human rights activists who are serving a life sentence for taking part in anti-government uprisings last year the man has been on hunger strike now for two months and is being treated at a military hospital let's talk about this with further with middle east expert at a risk if you're on the line from beirut either ali why is this particular hunger strike could become the talisman if you will for the pariah for the bahrain needs and their current anger. yes well i think that what this guy is actually that it gives more momentum to the whole movement in general i

think what this does as well is it puts more pressure on the behind the regime itself and so i think in order for the battery regime to counter these protests is being forced to once again escalate its violation so these hunger strikes i think they do contribute there you do achieve their goal because what they do is they reveal the real tactics which are being pursued by the regime in order to clamp down on the protesters show so more and more such acts i think wolf or they're exposing the truth nature or the truth tactics which the regime use using and what that that the hands thaws it puts more pressure on certain western countries also in european car was in order to change their stance because of the visibly the regime in bahrain now as well we have to remember that the formula one grand prix is coming up it's said to be held in bahrain and there are a lot of voices which are calling for the cancellation of this formula one grand

prix which is something which is some kind of power of a priority for the crown prince of bahrain so i think all of this only puts more and more spotlight on the situation and the bottom any opposition all those who oppose the regime are in dire need of this spotlight because in the end this spotlight i think will contribute to their cheating their homes and gaining some of the rights which they are demanding but he thought the external reaction to what we're seeing here the complaints these protesters railing against reported human rights abuses and torture america also is going on since became the is distance when in other cases it's been the forefront of democracy campaigns in other arab countries why is it keeping its distance a bit of a low profile on this when you think. no there were some remarks which were made from u.s. president barack obama i recall in one of his speeches he spoke about the burning. our mosques or example there was some mild criticism but it isn't. as as we all

know what we especially when you compare it to the situation in syria i think it's simply because syria for example is a country which is closely allied with iran and we all know that the u.s. has its fair share of problems with it with iran and so the focus of now is all on syria and what's going on in syria is setting aside the train we all know that the fifth fleet in bahrain does exist we also know and i think this is the main issue here that the plane is a very close ally of saudi arabia and saudi arabia hence is one of the allies of the u.s. so when we speak about the blackout being put on the train i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because the saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the pollution god beginning from bahrain and then spreading straight into saudi arabia particularly if you were to take into consideration that on the border between israel and saudi arabia the east of here

is of saudi arabia will also have many who was also speaking are speaking out against the as all the regime there is even study. the silent western stance and a solid us i think that does not be separated from the saudi arabian wish to keep things as they are to keep on that situation because let me. just briefly want to go about thirty seconds left in this part bahrain cited bahrain's leaders claim they want significant reforms why are there not for the people there still clearly angry just thirty seconds if you will. yes clearly angry i think because the reforms you know are moderate forms people are still being held without trial activists are still being arrested people on hunger strike and what sports the foremost i think his are geared to getting their fair level all the tension and all the systems around by you need people assisting good people raising their voices and until now the international community is still focused on world also i think

that all contribution to the anger which we're witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe would she be emboldened by the risk of beirut thanks so much for your thoughts on this big story thank you coming up on the program britain's risking everything on the roll of the dice we look at how the u.k. is going to give the streets becoming russian roulette for countless that exam able to fight the lure of easy money and red alert from moscow with hundreds of communist supporters in the streets to try and shake off the party's soviet image. may have unveiled twenty seven billion euros worth of cuts but investors still aren't sure the country's on the road to recovery the huge figure still short of previous deficit targets and has drawn hundreds of thousands of people out in protests as greeds reports now they're angry at the government saving the euro at their livelihoods expense. for a construction boom which is now in ruins and lately all the spanish economy has been building is discontent expensive failure still lies strewn across the country

the hundred fifty million euro cast in an airport be one of the most i catch today it stands largely and used. and for madrid tipples alone are. reminders of excesses bending the truth during public anger. anybody because that's how you say they are he said he thought it lets you know he said nobody could be sick out. here until you lost it. that being kicked out because of a peace deal with these new low i'm briefing and lagos it was placed there is they even among the crowds of gather is an appetite force there are six programs laws where these cuts are made and for the tens of thousands of people who are gathered here in madrid alone and across the rest of the country many think they'll be made in the wrong place we don't know what to do so we resorted to following whatever is

the line that all of us think they without paying attention to the fact that maybe those of us have different interests don't have our national interests at heart but some don't think government policy is to blame mariano's familiar with austerity fears response ability should be shouldered by the individual. they were only in property and having good cars but it was just an illusion. to do with. so many lives. who explained having to slash twenty seven billion euros from its budget many are outraged that even education and health care will suffer from the cuts at a time when unemployment is higher than ever and we were deceived this global swindling means the financial sector question is whether we learn to listen to the lessons from the past or not what the unemployed twenty three percent in spain are

looking for they just won't work and a government that can provide us with many believing that cuts to health care education and job security are a stable foundation on which troop build the country's future degrees c. the dritte of the book the use hounding of it strong have financial quagmires been seen as bleeding a bloc of both energy and influence political science professor peer girl and police instead of policies which extend the yawning gap between rich and poor. the e.u. influence is waning for reasons then have to do with his so-called debt crisis that is the way european leaders are trying to solve a crisis which banks invented by not taking the appropriate measures and also all these new liberal policies that make the rich richer and poorer but there isn't kagen is employed stack on the part of many people they want a different kind of europe they're hostile to the way europe rancid solaces or is

totally incompetent when it comes to solving the so-called deck problem is if we had a functioning central bank it would be no problem so there is this weariness then i'll still it it against this particular kind of europe take a look online of r t god complex no reporting on russia's far reaching and patients the moves potential is up for grabs say scientists as russia plans to be at the forefront of this transition a permanent manned mission on the lunar surface. plus an american fighter jet crashes into apartments in the state of virginia injuring at least seven people we've got footage of the aftermath on our you tube channel. these are the images from world influence from the streets of canada. trying to corporations to rule the day.

well these chances agreed to hand power to civilian rule in return for an end to sanctions imposed by the country's neighbors as part of the agreement the west african bloc ecowas to lift trade and fuel bans on mali and grant amnesty for those involved in the coup the country's parliament to speak ill be sworn in as interim president and organize elections within forty days political crisis in mali with the military seized power and toppled the president last month saying he failed in his efforts against an insurgency taking advantage of the chaos rebels captured key towns in the north and declared independence for the area expert in african politics will to another party told me the rebellion in mali is the result of the nato bombardment of libya. for people to try to return this rebellion is not tired with the war but needs a war in libya is completely preposterous because we know that it's because of the craps of the qaddafi regime after the nato invasion but the rebels were able to

well equip themselves with the most sophisticated weaponry and for the first time literally be feed the army or bombing and that's exactly what's happening now the question is there are other insurgents in other regions probably the world they're also equally well equipped we might just be seeing the beginning of the aftermath of the collapse of the libyan government. the sea of red flags flown in central moscow today as hundreds of communists gathered to show their political support dissatisfied with the results of the presidential election they want to revamp the party image and see the movement back in a real a position force that i cannot say was at the event for us. the red flags of the communist party as well as they play cards and the banners have been flying high here in houston sway in moscow with slogans for a decent life there parliamentary election as well as russia without pretending

that this gathering here was a lot of party members talking to their members say they do want to be a force to reckon with in the government we also want to be a very strong opposition party the communist party didn't do so well in the recent parliamentary and presidential elections with the leaders of one of only taking in seventeen percent of the country's vote and even declaring that the lectures were not there they were not visiting it and that they were not transparent it's hard to know once you meet five things a little bit looking at the left is a movement to try to shake up the communist party that's what its leaders have gone up only time will tell when his leadership and the problem is because he will which way it will head to so will have to wait in the seat of the upcoming days what they decide. when it comes to gambling really had suggested port online betting sites in britain a booming right now but it's even those who are trying their hand penniless

homeless or even worse and it's little use expecting help from the multi-billion dollar industry the result is either bennett's been hearing from struggling addicts . drink and drugs. ronald's a compulsive gambler he started betting when he was fifteen and couldn't stop but fifty years is addictions left him with nothing. for months it was the most one day. tomorrow when you want to with. because if you one game we want to celebrate is the game or if you lose you want to get your money back it's not the winning or losing . or can you just walk away once you take on a compulsive gambler and why was it through three points for me i couldn't walk

away until i lost every penny or had ronald pawned his grandfather's war medals and stole from his own family staging so he could gamble more but even when loansharks held a gun to his head he still couldn't stop gambling and. give no their money back. and the safe thing was that i did not apply in their name but the sickness in morehead told me but now you can go out and camp with them or i with that money we mounted a pile of money. and the toilet for dinner no one the money for an abundant on it would you think. it took five prison terms two divorces and being shunned by his family for ronald to finally manage to walk away he hasn't gambled for three years but for the gambling industry addictions like his mean profit today one in ten seventeen year olds is at risk of developing the same dangerous compulsion a shocking statistic from a leaked regulators report be industry tried to silence so you have

a gambling reg regulator which is relatively feeble which is in bed with the gambling industry which isn't in the slightest degree interested in the prevention of gambling harm and there's the rub britain's one of the few countries in the developed world that actually allows children to gamble and it's in places like this don't actually let us film inside but even kids are allowed to play on the arcade machines in there for the jackpot of up to five pounds johns just eighteen and has already been gambling for four years first scratch cards then the lottery now online poker but it's a win. loss that. really if you get to. keep the. name brand where you get monica lewinsky ha back in syria. go read the system. try to get money from every song. like

ronald john turned to crime to pay for his addiction selling drugs and stealing his only income now is unemployment welfare but as soon as he gets it it is appears like money will be one. of their issues when you when you get this people feel in a way using d.n.a. to make the money back they never making money back. then of a scam. do you think we've got a problem you say. yeah definitely. how serious. is whenever i get my. john recognizes his problem but countless thousands in britain don't and when it comes to gambling it's only ever one winner on the bennett. london news briefly this hour an avalanche a simple pakistani military base of the malayan class here buried around one

hundred soldiers rescue efforts are underway with reports claiming of some bodies have now been recovered the areas on the northern tip of the divided kashmir region plagued by both india and pakistan and known as the world's highest battlefield. government all together was ousted president to shut down the country's main airport threatening to shoot down planes the siege came after two military chiefs close to the former leader were fired reshuffle came as al qaida government launched attacks against government sites suicide missions targeting security forces and tens of pride since president having took office in february after year of protests against the former k.g.b. . the us is the only country in the world with jails young offenders for life without parole because it treats them as adults for their crimes what's worse other conditions treatment abuse they face behind bars as artie's lives well reports next it causes others who do get released to be stuck in a cycle of re-offending again. authorities in western pennsylvania have charged

eleven year old jordan brown as an adult the boys will have lined trial together in adult court but late but his sentence is also the length of his wife they're not old enough to drive drink or vote but in america kids as young as seven years old can be tried as adults when you hold the youth accountable the same manner and passion in which you hold an adult it's just not right and it's not there michael can't knows what it's like to be a kid locked up in an adult prison you never know what one of my daughters and i do to you so you need to be fair and right. this will happen to me he was locked up for the first time when he was twelve years old here at oak hill juvenile correctional facility and that wasn't and neither was it designed to rehabilitate you there's an awful punishment you know who is around again and just. like most kids that serve time as a juvenile in the u.s. he got into trouble again at seventeen he was charged with armed robbery as an

adult he says for a kid being an adult prison is a constant struggle to survive they know why we come off the worst and you don't have any or no to. sort of pull you in but in reality in trying to get a favor are you pfizer sexual act you know if you if they cannot you know if you become someone's. person he was spared from sexual abuse but many kids aren't so lucky in fact one in five victims of sexual violence in jails and prisons are under the age of eighteen youth and dull facilities are thirty six times more likely to commit suicide than those in the juvenile system and any given day in america ten thousand children are held in adult jails and prisons most of them have never been convicted of a crime and kids are fair game for solitary confinement cam says for five months he's spent twenty three and a half hours per day locked up alone i kind of went crazy and if there. is

i would i want to nothing to do for their own critics slammed the practice of putting kids in adult jails as cruel and unusual punishment or less capable of understanding the consequences of their behavior the development is incomplete and that's why the supreme court struck down the death penalty for juveniles in two thousand and five but today the united states is the only country that sentences kids to life without parole it was a viewed as a substitute to the ultimate penalty there are now twenty five hundred inmates that were sentenced to die in jail as children this is a. american phenomenon in which we come to believe that harsher the penalty is the greater the public safety payoff kids should instead be rehabilitated says lubell that's the focus out of washington d.c. as newly opened new beginnings now walking into a classroom at new beginnings is much different from walking into a classroom at other given i'll detention facilities that this is considered to be

a model facility it's a system based on rewards rather than punishment and experts say that this is much more effective i rehabilitating you to become productive members of society but unfortunately places like this and the u.s. are rare here kids are given a second chance and in most prisons throughout the country remain america's forgotten children hope for the future gone out in our early age in washington liz wall artsy. well head of the southern right sport here on r t it was paul in fifteen minutes and it's in petersburg close in on the second successive premier league title is called the people's about that we've also got your weekend edition of moscow out of not an entrance here as well that's the next thirty minutes works in fact here on r.t. live from moscow for. us.

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