the tough race for the top job in france goes into a second round with official results now showing nikolaus like crazy just one and a half percent behind his main rival francois hollande whose deleting by a little over twenty eight percent. around one of the french presidential races gone pretty much as expected with a big surprise actually the border turnout which is much higher than was predicted join me for more in a few moments. the un resolved to expand its knowledge mission in syria but despite a unanimous vote in the security council some members are accused of undermining that piece of that. settlement as the group of global attention julian assange which premieres his only interview show on r.t. this week sparking reaction that range from praise to mysteria. and bahrain hosts

a controversial formula one grand prix while standing in place to brutally ground down on demonstrators angry at the regime. there watering artie's weekly review hello and welcome to the program in france a presidential election frontrunner as an equal outside 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 aligned wins the first round by a small margin trespassing ways falling in violence in the french capital. the big surprise is actually the voter turnout earlier before the actual election at the projections was that up to a third of french people will not actually go out and vote but now we're seeing eighty percent turnout 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 second round at this point of francois wanted nicolas sarkozy will have to certainly more break that 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 a voters from the two sides on nicolas sarkozy will have to win voters from the look 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 of his issue 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 he can also because he says that if it comes down to the debate he's still confident again we see a lead of a lot of it may continue on to the second round of all of this very interesting to see 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 to win a very pessimistic french public. and professor of political science at paris west university says nicolas sarkozy has massively failed his country and whoever gets into power who his hands. as a person he was extremely arrogant he was received as the president of the rich precisely at a time when there's a crisis and also. he doesn't have a very clear political line he says one thing one day the opposite the next day also. incompetence because you know he's not been able to do very much about the

crisis the president is it's likely to be a long we'll have to face the markets we have to face a very tough situation. if there's a crisis in france which looks a bit like the crisis in greece they would be demonstrations and then france being such a big economy within europe that you make a big difference from my point of view they don't understand that there is a systemic crisis and immigration is one part of the systemic crisis but immigration doesn't cause the economic crisis it has become such a problem because people want to simplify everything and therefore there is. blaming a group of immigrants. and nothing is the you want to has agreed on a resolution to send three hundred service to see red in order to have a fragile truce that welcomes the news that washington won't it may still take

action against assad's regime fails to comply with a peace plan europe also remains skeptical of the ten day old cease fire thrashing to adopt fresh sanctions against a mosque it's very important has 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 calls for and authorizes up to three hundred unarmed u.n. 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 pledge is called for in the six point peace plan laid out by a un joint envoy mr kofi i'm russian of course of the leaves 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 shipped 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 additionally 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 says to slaughter i've. said that these efforts that are trying to put pressure on an already stressful situation does not help bring peace and security to syria they missed an

opportunity to signal to the opposition they give criticizing the government signals and go bold what they expect the opposition which is unfair. clearly in in this. city council resolution which they themselves had just voted for and overalls predictions of a blue on blue threats of that is the rounds which are being patched this hour with those things are not productive i think they are distracting from the implementation of the course then on through and on from the political efforts of the security council and they may give a ground for some extremists to believe. their cause is a still has some prospect for for taking over the political process where most naive even though the security council voted unanimously some members of the security council some important members of the international community. still considered to think income from beijing or their own stores of the syrian government and that's are churkin says the syrian government will be primarily

responsible for the safety and security of the un unarmed observers that will be deployed to syria they will be deployed once the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon feels that it's safe enough for the observers to go and there has been enough to satiate of violence this resolution the most recent wanted to adopt it also underscores that the syrian government and the opposition group both have to put their weapons out weapons down and begin engaging in dialogue please syrian opposition one hundred three new dates calls for you on backs militia intervention these are the friends of syria group not in power is this week to discuss putting more pressure on the assad regime under such a siren merce it believes that one side of efforts only underlined the importance of their mission in syria. this is incredibly significant especially when we consider a lot of the other regional neighbors of 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 the gulf region that's 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 you know between the arab league and the friends of syria it's actually very refreshing to have a u.n. observer mission and because it's talking to everybody people are taking it seriously and so this is very promising indeed to see these developments and it's not a solution that's going to solve everything in one day for example 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. coming your way in the program called gladys confessions to rethink the reveal in norwegian mass killer andrus predicts trial have sent shivers down the spines of the international community. on the other side of the controversial but policing proposal and looked at its chances of being passed by e.u. lawmakers head towards the room. one trillion or so to show premiered on r.c. this week the media reaction was global from praise to hysteria the response was anything but in different. accounts has been gauging opinion across the atlantic. for most american media julianna songes guilty without charge reckless traitor and a threat to our national security interests sleazeball me and julian assange who is bent on damaging america how did this guy just land his own t.v.

show the implication is assad 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 i don't see saw it coming there's two of us. getting into. the kremlin. interview with. terrible radicals for. i think that's a sort of it's a pretty trivial current topic. look at how the service where. we have complete control over the guest over his first show was the head of hezbollah designated by the us as a terrorist organization it was not starlost first interview with international channel in six years the reason why him could be found in the interview itself the

united states is looking. into us. and we want to be able to tell people that he's one of us here and terrorism terrorism. is nations. but the one that people listen to us have from ohio for example if there was a just tried. very hard to defend them 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 it's often the expense of the full picture that somebody agrees or doesn't agree with hezbollah's ideas or all of their ideas ideology or theology american people need to hear the voice of hezbollah rather than simply have them demonize. targeted as a quote terrorist but 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 assigned was made public thousands of leaked documents with embarrassing details relating to the wars 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 science 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 keep tapping the dead men can't leaks that this guy is a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law of the united states the guy ought to be shot i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death i don't want to do it illegally shoot the son of a what about freedom of information cherished as a core principle of democracy it's almost like leaving and letting

a genie out of the bottle mr assad's has the internet and the governments and everyone else at their own game because he's gone to a place where others have not been before and he's introduced the types of information the range of information that previously were not available if one views the media as the court of public opinion then julian assange which is someone who presents to the jury that is the viewers argument evidence voices which they almost never hear on mainstream media and it's up to the viewers to form an opinion but what many find ironic is that our solutions under attack by the us government and the media for practicing poor for extend the freedom of information that america. around the globe and banished our reporting from washington i put. american jonathan down to four don't have on the songes show is a far cry from what kind of american internet savvy criticism is now us prime that

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 sancerre and wiki leaks so there's that aspect the other side is that in the united states since the one nine hundred fifty s. and famously in april of one nine hundred sixty 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 it 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 presented to american audiences and they're not down by the american you know censorship basically so you have people like julian a sergeant being brought each of these is offensive to the paradigm here and so the fact that they're beating up on assad is on the one hand and on or t. on the other isn't surprising. and and i was meant for you the second edition of june our soldiers show is coming your way on tuesday at fifteen thirty moscow time or eleven says the german team this time he'll be speaking to professor sly boychick philosopher and left wing commentator and david horovitz a conservative writer and campaigner and together they'll discuss global politics and whether wiki leaks i thought was guilty of treason. bahrain's controversial formula one grand prix mode of race has taken place as here as protesters vented their anger against the country's regime outside the track activists claim the ruling family that crashed out of spring demonstrators

demonstrations last year should not have hosted the raids there have been continued clashes between demonstrators and security forces for the past week police have responded with tear gas and rubber bullets precious intense fire saturday out of the body of a man who'd been shot it was discovered on a rooftop there are reports that ten female additives demanding freedom for political prisoners have been arrested or part of middle east expert to rebalance explains why a political change in bahrain and in western interest. demonstrations and anger displayed on the eve of this so clearly security was that agree. a loose and security officials had been called in to help and former senior scotland police chief john you have sworn that live around the family mission would be interesting would defend democracy in the west but stick to believe the

least bit interested to get rid of this so because he's one of the i mean you know just compare what is going on in bahrain to other parts of the arab world where the worst sees governments as their own lands and that we would be a code word for we have always reacts to this just the blatant hypocrisy in relation to human rights and. the use of human rights for human rights marches to be a pair own whip strategically bahrain is of key importance for the united states and its allies in the me so we have here in the arab world of protest display of double standards yet it. files relating to the trial of no we. brave it will be classified for sixty years they try to say the documents could be harmful to the public and will be kept secret until twenty seventy two the decision came after a brave explicitly televised trial began earlier this week and he's admitted to

killing seventy seven people in separate bomb and the title last year but then i asked criminal guilt claiming he was protecting norway from being taken over by muslims and he also gave us step by step account of exactly how he massacred his victims claiming he had to humanize himself to become a mass killer if found guilty of bravery could face a maximum of twenty seven twenty one rather year prison sentence but if the charges this is a plane have been detained indefinitely for psychiatric treatment from a member of the european parliament leaned forward believes the trials extensive coverage turn it into a showcase for predicts extremist ideals. that is the way to fuel the justice system works in it in the european union norway he will clearly i was opportunities to express his own views but i'm just hopes that the overwhelming majority of people will reject you for what they are signs of if you all i'm a man who who is deluded. this is something that we've seen across the european

union. in germany in france in the united kingdom as well as in norway he's just he was politically successful but i think you see he's one of. many maybe too strong really he's certainly not unique in a maze whatsoever and least groups are actually working together to promote these tribes of lone wolves sue in many senses follow the same pattern loosely some of the muslim fundamentalists. another weekend another scandal for nato forces in afghanistan the latest on preserving new photos showing american soldiers smiling and posing would be corpses of afghans who were said to have been for sidebottom is it white house maintains it's just another isolated incident but and he will exit is strongly disagree this is what happens when an occupation last 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 bound to produce a situation where the occupation becomes more brutal before it ends 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 generation of what was already at these are stressed occupation and what the situation will be like when they've gone is this that 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 that we should have left that kind of mentality behind in the nineteenth century.

let's not have a quick look at some other stories from around the globe in southern yemen violent clashes have erupted between troops and militants linked to al qaeda twelve and surgeons and seven soldiers have been killed the fighting occurred in this half where the yemeni government is trying to regain the hearts of the nation taken by militants and government forces lost control due to turmel elsewhere in the country last year before the ousting of the former president ali abdullah saleh. south sudanese soldiers came under airstrikes from saddam's army while was drawing from the oil station of heglig around four hundred troops from south sudan have reportedly died in the battle for the disputed border town which was captured earlier this month it all installations in the region have allegedly been severely damaged during the occupation threatening that sudanese economy which is heavily reliant on energy exports from that. egypt's national gas company egads has canceled its natural gas supply deal with these are the call trucks negotiated during the reign of 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. the e.u. has postponed for a month it's planned it rainin all but while italy and greece remain in protracted economic crisis both countries are major importers of fuel from iran and can't afford to buy alternative supplies embargoed all imports are said to come into force on july first and this is just one of the many mergers targeting of islamic regimes nuclear program which to iran claims is entirely peaceful. australia's parliament speaker peter slipper has resigned amid claims he's sexually harassed his openly gay adviser according to local newspapers there later the victim has filed a lawsuit against his former employer and is leading. sleep there was appointed a speaker late last year to shore up the ruling labor party his fragile hold on

power. the controversial anti counterfeiting trade agreement all access has been dealt a heavy blow a second largest group in the european parliament has announced that once supported the park sparks i'm going monkey many europeans one e.u. state scientific women think january thousands demonstrated against it saying it will give major corporations unprecedented control over their past days up on ratification is due to standing in the european parliament but david martin the e.p. responsible for monitoring its progress as the british thought it should be rejected . in terms of what i was trying to achieve i'm quite happy with i think it's important that europe does protect its intellectual property but had a number of unintended side consequences one was it would have put a duty on internet service providers to effect if we act as the european police force of the internet and i don't think that's right i think that's for the formal judicial authority and secondly i didn't like the idea that baxter could possibly

have criminalized young people who were quite innocently doing loading films and music and so on in the for the city of the old mr act this is the should over be for commercial purposes for commercial purposes or very weakly defined the other concern that people have about i know that it was negotiated were five six you period behind closed doors the rights holders seem to be involved in that discussion but the civil society did not seem to be proud about this question and most of the members of the partly didn't really understand what they were signing up for i mean the british house of commons had a one whining reporter doctor which said i did not met a debate on the floor of the house of commons and as an aside i actually demonstrates the importance of european fall in the european decision making process because of the european problem act that would probably go below. and that's hand in his legs this hour i'll be back with the headlines in just

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