strangeness israel movement where does it stand on the question of would two state solution of the polish like israel conflict. the race for the top job in france continues with official results saying francois hollande has won the first round with twenty eight percent just one point ahead always main rival nicole africa's eat. around one of the french presidential races gone pretty much as expected but the big surprise is actually the voter turnout which is much higher than was predicted join me for more of a few moments. be you on results to expand its monitor mission in syria but despite a unanimous vote in the security council some members are accused of on demining the peace at that. also bahrain has a controversial formula one grand prix while standing in police to brutally quiet down on demonstrators angry at the regime. and says a minute that gripped global attention children are spanish premier the zone

interview on our t.v. suite is sparking a range or reaction from braves to hysteria. this is all teas weekly review hello and welcome to the program in france presidential election frontrunners nicolas sarkozy and his main rival socialist francois hollande looks to have reached the second round of voting which takes place in two weeks time with almost all the ballots counted along the lines the first round by a small margin. in the french capital for the big surprises actually the voter turnout earlier before the actual election at the projections was that up to what third of french people will not actually go out and vote but now we're seeing eighty percent it turned out and that is a big. difference indeed we know from the last few weeks of the campaigns of

psychos and a lot of they have been encouraging people to vote throughout all of this it's been about jobs and employment and the economy and this has been the top concern of the french people as well as purchasing power which is essentially money in their pockets and this is going to be central to the campaigns of the two who make it to the site at ground at this point francoise lot of nicolas sarkozy will have to certainly more break out into their campaigns much stronger than they have done in the first round and also what they will be having to do is trying to win the of voters from the two sides on nicolas sarkozy will have to win voters for marine le pen and he may have to again appeal to their sentiment he has been doing so this is anti immigration sentiment for instance but again he has to start talking about jobs but he does have the support of the voters of a centrist francois bayrou but it's not surprising because he may get a prime ministerial a position should sarkozy with and now france all along will have to get the voters and we know that militia has been calling for revolution a civic insurrection and these are the people who who are very anti capitalist and

liberalism and he will have to win these voters get all the left to support him so the two will go head to head if you got sarkozy says that if it comes down to the debate he still confident again we see a leader of a larger it may continue on to the second round of all of this a very interesting to see the what is going to happen again in the second round the campaign that they're going to put forward it's got to be much stronger too with a very pessimistic french public. the latest official results a far right lead penn has overwhelmingly got on with twenty percent of the vote and one of a little vague that says her trump card against circusy and i learned was to go back to the french frank. both of them support the actual policies of the european union which is a lead by the european commission and to keep the euro as a single currency we proposed it was very courageous for a minute then they would pose to have the euro as a common feature in sanford the big business is the big box changes but you have

the french strike as an everyday life currency now you're serious years they're all there they're only solution this is not the solution we're thinking about we could've made billions of economies in other subjects but no the french have decided this is a first step for her is a very interesting step because she went for twenty percent as a first say as a presidential candidate. going on now then you are installed body has agreed on a resolution to send three hundred observers to syria to monitor the fragile truce that moscow's welcomes the move but washington warned it might still take action against assad's regime if it fails to comply with a peace plan europe also remains skeptical of the we call a ceasefire in serious threatening to adopt fresh sanctions against the mosque is very important i heard more from new york. once again the united nations security council has unanimously adopted a resolution on syria the most recent one drafted by russia and co-sponsored by

eight other countries the resolution holds four and authorizes up to three hundred unarmed un military observers to go to syria and monitor the truce the cease fire that was put in place april twelfth between damascus and the opposition groups this resolution also calls on the syrian government to meet its responsibilities and pledges calls or even the six point peace plan laid out by a un joint envoy mr kofi annan on russia of course of believes that this most recent developments in syria is a step in the right direction in the meantime u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice left the meeting on saturday not showing as much optimism as russia and many other countries how had susan rice took

to her twitter feed to say the deployment of three hundred or three thousand unarmed observers cannot on its own stop assad's murderous rampage susan rice said that external pressures are additional e needed to solve the problem in syria the us ambassador also said that washington and its allies are preparing for action that will be required if assad is to slaughter ambassador churkin said these efforts that are trying to put pressure on an already stressful situation does not help bring peace and security to syria there missed an opportunity as a signal to the opposition they give criticizing the government saying. they expect the thrall know the opposition which is unfair. clearly in this if you. city council resolution which they themselves had just voted for and all those provisions of a boom and gloom on threats of that is plans which are being hatched the sound

where those things are not productive i think they have this directing from the implementation of the coffin on to on from the political efforts of the security council and they may give a ground for some extremists to believe. their corps is. still has some prospect for for taking over the political process where nobody even though the security council voted unanimously some members of the security council some important members of the international community. still computing to think i'm going from patient zero their own stores a the syrian government and that's richardson says the syrian government will be primarily responsible for the safety and security of the u.n. on armed observers that will be deployed to syria they will be deployed once the un secretary general ban ki-moon feels that it's safe enough for the observers to go and there has been enough to say should of violence this resolution the most recent

one adopted also underscores that the syrian government and the opposition group both have to put their weapons out weapons down and begin engaging in dialogue. the syrian opposition has renewed its calls for you on banks military intervention they say the friends of syria group met in paris this week to discuss pushing more pressure on their side of the regime and research asylum or e cig believes that one sided efforts only underlined the importance of the observers mission in syria this is an incredibly significant especially when we consider a lot of the other regional neighbors syria behaving very poorly and provoking violent conflict in syria and suggesting that they want to arm the rebels and continue and actually increase the level of violence that's happening in syria so we have this whole region that actually instigating violence and we have the so-called friends of syria of western powers really who will no influence over

syria and have very little to say or do because they they don't have any relationships they don't have any information that will provide any help to the people of syria to solve this crisis so with those two efforts happening between the arab league and the friends of syria it's actually very refreshing to have a u.n. observer mission because it's talking to everybody people are taking it seriously and so this is a very promising indeed to see these developments and it's not a solution that's going to solve everything in one day program paul and it will take many different compromises and steps but with patience i think that this is certainly the best and most promising development that we've seen in a long time brings controversial formula one prong premotor raise has taken place as here as protesters vented their anger against the country's regime outside the track acts of its claim the ruling family that crushed arab spring demonstrations

last year should not have hosted berates and there have been continued clashes between demonstrators and security forces for the past week police have responded with tear gas and rubber bullets shot. testified on saturday after the body of a man been shot it was discovered on a rooftop and there are reports that ten female activists demanding freedom for political prisoners have been arrested and middle east actually explains why political changes in bahrain are not in the west. we've had demonstrations and anger to square on the eve of this event clearly security will set a very high level. police and security officials have been called in to help and former senior scotland police chief john yates warned apply brown's family mission would be interesting would defend democracy in the west affectedly is like police spitting on christians to get rid of the ruler because he's one of them i

mean you know just compare what is going on in bahrain to other parts of the arab world where the west sees governments as their opponents and the weird covered the way the west reacts and this trial shows out the blatant hypocrisy in relation to human rights and the use of human rights for human rights mass to get their own whip strategically bahrain is of key importance for the united states and its allies and so we have here in the arab world a grotesque display of double standards yet again. files are raising to the trial of norwegian mass killer and the brave it will be classified for sixty years the judges say the documents could be harmful to the public and all because secret until twenty seventy two the decision came after a brave expired televised trial began early last week is admitted to killing seventy seven people in separate bomb and the car attack last year but they're nice

little guild claiming he was protecting norway from being taken over by muslims and he also gave a step by step a parent of a lackey how he must have been victims claiming he had to be humanize himself to become a mass killer if found guilty bravery could face a maximum of twenty one year prison sentence but if the judges decide he's insane or indefinite psychiatric treatment from a member of the european parliament playing for believes the trials extensive coverage could turn it into a showcase for brainiacs extremist idea that is the way to fuel the justice system works in it in the european union. will clearly i was opportunity to express his own views one just hope the overwhelming majority of people will reject over what they are signs of if you want to. who is deluded. or racist this is something that we've seen across the european union. in germany in france

in the united kingdom as well as in norway it's just he was particularly successful but i think he's one of. many maybe too strong you certainly not unique in many ways whatsoever and least groups are actually working together to promote these crimes of low wall in many senses follow the same part of the some of the muslim fundamentalists. on july sergeant show premiered on r.t. this week be needier reaction was global from praise state hysteria the response was anything but indifferent actually has been education has been gauging opinions across the atlantic. for most american media julian assange is guilty without charge reckless traitor and a threat to our national security interests sleazeball named julian a song who is bent on damaging america how did this guy just land his own t.v. show the implication is a sergeant is a russian agent whose anti-american mission is now out in the open for all to see

and the accusations kept flying as the whistleblowers very own show premiered on tuesday but also saw it coming it's true of. all of the combatant operator. recruitment and. interviewing. terrible radicals. but i think that's the sort of it's a pretty predictable card. with actually look at how the service. we have complete control of the guests of his first show was there head of hezbollah has ignited by the us is a terrorist organisations it was not starlost first interview with international channel in six years and the reason why him could be found in the interview itself the united states is. costing him to us.

they want to be able to tell people that one of the syrian terrorism terms that smoke in isolation. is what they want to people listen to us high from ohio for example if there was a just a trial then you very mean but if anything should have an opportunity to defend themselves some say in the court of public opinion as presented by the us mainstream media there is a tendency to simplify issues often expensive the full picture is somebody agrees or doesn't agree with has what was ideas or all of their ideas ideology or their theology in american people to hear the voice of has rather than simply have them demonized targeted as a quote terrorist by the purpose of demonizing somebody like nasr our nelson mandela who was considered a terrorist until one nine hundred eighty eight is not really to stop terrorist ideas from infiltrating but for the american people to only hear one side of a debate only hear one side of an argument julian assange is now under house arrest

in the u.k. fighting extradition to sweden where he may well be extradited to the united states u.s. prosecutors were pointedly have a secret indictment ready for a sign was made public thousands of leaked documents with embarrassing details relating to the worsening in iraq and afghanistan as well as other issues in the u.s. has been under fire from capitol hill the white house and the media and we've got to apprehend mr of the founder of wiki leaks and bring him to justice as a as a violator of the espionage act because if we don't just we'll keep tapping the dead men can't leaks that this guy is a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law the united states the guy ought to be out on not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a what about freedom of information cherish this is a core principle of democracy it's almost like leaving and letting the genie out of the bottle mr songs has the internet. and the governments and everyone else at

their own game because he's gone from a place where others have not been before and he's introduced the types of information and range of information that previously were not available if one views the media as the court of public opinion then julian assange is someone who presents to the jury that is the viewers argument by billions of voices which they almost never hear on mainstream media but it's up to the viewers to form an opinion but what many find ironic is that our forces under attack by the us government and the media for practicing to full extent the freedom of information that america preaches around the globe i'm going to start our reporting from washington. and american journalists and i'm to wax of his tone to bars as a sundress show is a far cry from what can be seen in the american media so the criticism is no surprise. it is the twin heads here on the one hand the information

management paradigm that is basically the communications industry in the united states has the problem of whistleblowers to deal with that forced their way out into the conversation you have bradley manning for example famously declared guilty by the president the united states before you had a trial and you have also of course julian of songe and wiki leaks and so there's that aspect the other side is that in the united states since the one nine hundred fifty s. and that famously in april of one thousand nine hundred eighty one when john f. kennedy called on the media to consider their stories against the issue of national security you have a very very narrow band of opinion it gets broadcast discussed and a very narrow set of facts that are presented and that with the information age show you know technology this change the internet and all of that you have or t.v. and other international outlets that are now presenting to american audiences and

that are not bound by the american you know censorship basically so you have people like julian assize being brought each of these is offensive to the paradigm here and so the fact that they're beating up on a songe on the one hand and on ora t.v. on the other isn't surprising. and the second edition of julian assange to show is coming your way and choose day at fifteen thirty moscow time or eleven thirty g.m.t. here on r.t. and this time he'll be speaking to professor level issues like the loss of our left wing commentator and david horowitz a conservative writer and complainer and together they'll discuss global politics and whether we can leagues was guilty of treason. another week and another scandal for nato forces in afghanistan the latest are paul is of the new photos showing american soldiers smiling and posing with corpses of arkansas said to have been suicide bombers the white house maintains it's just another isolated incident something and he will accept it strongly disagree with. this is what happens when

an occupation lasts for ten years and is manifestly failing i imagine that the morale of the troops these are at rock bottom they have absolutely no idea what they're doing there they know that the populations in their home countries whether it's this country or the united states are overwhelmingly against the war and this is borrowed to produce a situation where the occupation becomes more brutal before games they they know that they're on the run they know that the business of training the afghans to take over is actually resulting in a situation where afghan armed forces are increasingly shooting members of the occupying forces so i think that this is a generational what was already of these are stressed. the patient what the situation will be like when they go on is this but whatever the difficulties whatever the problems whatever the military situation is in the country it will at least be afghans who are settling their own future at the moment we have

a colonial system where the major powers are trying to run somebody else's country now we should have left that kind of mentality behind in the nineteenth century. russia and china have begun their first ever joint naval exercises taking place in the yellow sea near the korean peninsula two dozen vessels and thousands of sailors are involved in the war games planned to last six days both sides to exchange experience as they progress on behalf of friends submarine warfare and search and rescue type takes that many of us are underway as tension on the korean peninsula is escalating with the u. us shifting more military tension to the asia pacific region it's important to note is aiming to accountable social threats from regional powers like china. around the world this hour here in southern yemen violent clashes have erupted between troops and militants links to al-qaeda twelve insurgents and seven soldiers have been killed the fighting occurred in the south where the yemeni government is trying to

regain parts of the country lost to militants government forces lost control due to turmoil elsewhere in the country last year before ousting other former president ali abdullah saleh. south sudanese soldiers came under airstrikes by sudan's army while withdrawing from the oil city of heglig the disputed border town was captured earlier this month he oral installations in the region are reported to have been damaged during the period of occupation and are no longer operating having provides most of sudan's oil output and is a crucial contributor to the country's economy. iran claims it started to build a copy of that top secret american spy drone captured last year by its armed forces the military has extracted data and figure out how the craft works u.s. officials acknowledged losing the surveillance drone but said it would be difficult to explode any data or technology because of its security measures.

egypt national gas company e-commerce hard counseled its natural gas supply deal with israel the contracts negotiated during the reign of each of the ousted leader hosni mubarak has come under heavy criticism in egypt tel aviv has already responded to the news saying relations between the two countries have hit an unprecedented low. australia's parliament speaker peter slipper has resigned amid claims he had sexually harassed he's openly gay adviser according to local newspapers their leisure victim has filed a lawsuit against his former employer and compensation that he was appointed speaker late last year to shore up the ruling labor party is fragile hold on power . the controversial anti counterfeiting trade agreement act has been dealt a blow with the announcement that the second largest group in the european parliament once supported sparked anger among many europeans were e.u.

states find agreement in trainer. demonstrated against it saying it would give major corporations unprecedented control over their personal data of ratification is due this summer in the european parliament of commentator luke samuel of the treaty exposes undemocratic decision making in. the real problem with actors specifically is how it shows that you're opinion it's effectively allowed to do politics without any reference to national populaces so the fact is that this is a piece of you know it's a trade agreement that will be studied certain obligations on european countries to make rule in certain ways but it still is europe it's european all making effectively by proxy and what it shows is that the european union have effectively created institutions and procedures which have prevented these kind of agreements coming under any kind of democratic scrutiny whatsoever but the real problem with

it is true that countries have signed up to it but no point have national populaces had any say whatsoever in the provisions of this agreement so that's a really troubling aspect of it but it's fundamentally empty democratic. and a few moments we'll talk to one of the main contenders hold france's top job that's just after the headlines coming up on us.

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