video on demand. will. recess feet now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. a thousand strong protest welcomes nato leaders in chicago police given a heavy handed response wielding that baboons and activists. the group of eight industrialized nations expressed hope greece can stay put in the eurozone but experts paint a very different picture of what's happening behind the scenes. and the u.s. opens its arsenal of weapons to bahrain's came as a mass uprising in the states threatens to unseat the pro western morning top stories.

with a look back at the palace seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly. nato summit in chicago has been greeted by crowds of activists pouring into the city's streets to protest against the blocs costly and deadly walls such as they saw clashes with police and further arrests with the protesters pledging their numbers will swell over the next two days and a start your chicken is in chicago people are still coming in and we're going to have to wait and see it's really hard to estimate we're in a huge park and out literally a sea of people here we do think that it will get to ten thousand because our lot of attention brought to this we're seeing people. from all walks of life women with children odd veterans who are here to return their medals back to nato because they think they were betrayed by the system the occupy wall street movement attracted occupiers from all across the united states all of these people are here now as we speak the march is beginning to take this is supposed to be the biggest event august several. days of action taking place here in chicago all of these thousands

of people in time to walk towards the convention center where the nato summit is taking place yesterday we did witness clashes with police has about a thousand protesters marching through the downtown area in chicago we saw from these youths what times they use is their bicycles to try to make protesters stay in certain areas they tried to barricade opera test serious drama going all the way through the city the protesters didn't succeed it was a very bad march we know that at least one out to this was run over by a police baton we personally saw a woman with her face bleeding because she got hurt even these clashes definitely quiet violence we don't know exactly what is going to take place here today this is more of an organized event but as these dozens of people trying to head towards the convention center where the summit is taking place it's going to be hard to tell exactly whether or not things will be getting out of control but we will make sure

to keep our view was posted on everything that happens here in chicago. and kevin zeese an antiwar campaigner he's taking part in the chicago protest told me earlier that it's time for nato to disband and stop being america's major military tool while nato seems to be the group that is the dirty work of the us empire when they came to the un to go along you saw in libya you see in afghanistan it's another military arm of the united states and the and the us empire it is client state so because we want to see nato and the fact veterans for peace which is a u.s. veterans group try to deliver a letter you say to nato nato officials refuse to accept it and they're calling for the disbandment of nato nato was a relic of the past is no longer needed it's causing more division than unity among nations and it's time first move beyond military solutions way from an empire. and there are too you will be bringing you more coverage of this nato summit and how it's echoing on the streets of chicago throughout today and monday. see

it from a decade. and a used of leaving a legacy of atrocity. later using. to stay or not to stay that's the question facing greece's political instability catapult it towards an exit from the eurozone however the leaders of some of the world's most powerful economies who gathered for talks in the u.s. publicly declaring it should stay put there behind the smiles and handshakes and other sort concern and a desire to see greece go audi's and it's an hour he has been. camp david was invaded by the europeans over the weekend or at least it seemed that way with almost all ga talk touching the euro zone. there were new faces all focus was on a not so new an ever growing crisis and the million dollar question of could greece be current loose and leave the euro zone practically every financial analyst thinks

that greece will leave it has to be an orderly withdrawal from the euro anything else would be disaster the official monster out for may. want to flirt with must do everything so the greeks are able to stay in the euro zone. and that was once again the united stance is this camp david summit wrapped up but plan b. is already in place officials in brussels have a back up just in case and germany has been hinting a referendum on a euro exit could be greece's best bet leading some to believe the smiles and handshakes are just damage control i think this is just trying to predict put a pretty face on it is hoped in is over so when the markets open monday they can have some good news to report but the media are more concerned with who was not at camp david then what was president putin says he's busy with his cabinet this

weekend others think he's steamed over the street protests lots of speculation as to why putin skipped this g eight but very little based on logic president putin couldn't really contribute anything to a solution he could say right you have to solve your debt problem germany perhaps should in fact extend more danger to other weak members of the european union and so on but basically he'd be a bystander not the case for obama who in an election year can't afford to let euro zone fall out worsen the u.s. economy russia sees this summit as a stop on the way to dunes g twenty where putin and obama. well sitting down for talks with the g. twenty it focuses on a wider range of issues much more pressing to countries like russia and china who seek to have greater expectations from the broader format especially when it comes to financial turmoil and making sure all global issues make the cut reporting from the g. eight at camp david and this is now a party. where the chances of

a greek eurozone next a greater than ever economists are predicting just how it will happen later on we are going to he's an economics writer for the guardian newspaper in the u.k. how he sees events unfolding and that interview is in the next hour but here's a brief preview for you. people have been modeling what the greek exit from the euro zone would look like for the best part of a year politically and economically politically even those who are in favor of greece leaving so. they would accept that it would involve being people it would mean banks. not be working it would mean that people stop from the country especially with this bureaus in their back pocket the question all in the saudis really for the rest of the euro zone if the euro zone can say to the rest and to financial markets look greece is leaving but we all know

that greece is a special case you know behind. a bit of a basket case and actually its problems and not the rest of the euro zone. that interview in full in the next hour here in r.t. the island kingdom of bahrain is now off america's weapons export black list with gun sellers about to resume that despite an often bloody government crackdown on a popular uprising against the ruling monarchy and that is going to suggest that in keeping with washington's selective approach to just who deserves freedom. that was the immediate bahrain's persistent crackdown on protesters journalists and human rights activists that washington welcomes bahrain's crown prince albert as well thanks for the i think i thank you and pledges to resume arms supplies to a key ally in the gulf. the us had suspended weapon sales to bahrain in the light

of massive human rights violations by these sorties there but now the state department has issued a statement saying that american weapons will soon be heading to bahrain again. we've made this decision i want to emphasize on national security grounds we've made this decision mindful of the fact that there remain a number of serious unresolved human rights issues in bahrain which we expect the government of bahrain to address bahrain host the u.s. fifth fleet it's around forty ships two aircraft carriers sixteen thousand personnel and major force in the gulf region clyde prestowitz a top economist in the reagan and clinton administrations argues the us has traded principles for military bases we have sided with the ruling sunni. regime because of the base of the cell of the fifth fleet. in the gulf. and so yeah i mean i think that we compromised in the same statement announcing the

resumption of arms supplies to bahrain washington calls for the country's opposition to show restraint. we concerned by what has now become almost daily street violence and we in this context bahrain's political opposition to call for an end to the violence against police that's a stark difference from the u.s. approach towards other countries in the region engulfed in anti-government protests where the u.s. has tacitly or openly encouraged violence against government forces and libya the united states was openly attacking and supporting it was open openly supporting the libyan rebels and their acts against the state even though this was. an arson essentially sure that that was the doing proper board and then syria similarly there has been no one there or or or restrain from violence by the opposition forces there so it's a little bit are you there's only in bahrain it's

a highly asymmetrical situation it's not a case in which. and once there's enormous violence abroad by the protesters against the police forces it's clearly by the bahraini state against the civilians the general perception is that the u.s. doesn't want to rock the boat in bahrain because of its fifth fleet there so it's a case of eyes wide shot that human rights violations it might seem like a normal trade off in the wall of politics but critics say it makes a mockery of america claiming the high moral ground in other countries in the arab walled where political unrest wages company check our reporting from washington marty. bahrain is not the only middle eastern country that the u.s. is accused of meddling in washington is alleged to be funding and arming opposition rebels in syria to pursue its own agenda in the region that is in the program. the uprising in bahrain is also being eagerly watched in a mass protests greeted attempts by saudi arabia to form

a union with bahrain's ruling monarchy many saw the proposed union now on hold as being aimed at curbing iran's regional influence this week the u.s. house of representatives passed a bill intended to tighten the screws on iran's nuclear program the bill would make to run a military target if it ever reaches the stage where it could just theoretically develop nuclear weapons. policy directive from the national iranian american council says washington's ready to strike but we have to remember that this is one week out from when the next round of negotiations are going to occur between the u.s. iran and the other u.n. permanent five security council members but it puts pressure on the administration to not be able to make the deals necessary in order to achieve the real goal and the goal that the president has stated which is to prevent a nuclear armed iran so this really is congress sending a message that the united states is should take a very hawkish approach to this and the meaning of capability has for a long time and controversial and has been sort of code for no enrichment that

having nuclear weapons capability is something that could be applied to any country that has a civilian nuclear program by the congress passing a resolution that says we can't contain a nuclear weapons capable iran it sends a signal that. we may already be at a point where war would be necessary in order to serve that goal. still to come here in the weekly law and disorder u.k. police protest in one thousand saying government cuts will leave them out of work and the public at risk. but still to come first foreign mercenaries and al qaeda linked militants are fighting in the ranks of rebels inside syria according to government officials damascus has even released the names of alleged foreign terrorists it claims to have captured twenty are said to be arabs you've confessed to working for. the list also includes french and british citizens meanwhile

washington denies reports it's coordinating arms for the syrian opposition through qatar and saudi arabia yet syrian rebels say that they've recently seen an influx of weapons from abroad and antiwar activists jim brann says the u.s. has a particular interest in making sure the opposition in syria is on. clearly have an opposition that is and there isn't a single opposition bloc and there are those voices that are clearly calling for an armed intervention and there are those who are clearly against it and i think these those two tended to be in particular affected in the splits in the opposition the united states has its own very special interest anyway and it would to some extent it would rely on its local allies but on the other hand would never concede complete control to them so they would be working in parallel the united states would prefer a regime change that preferred. outcome they would like to

eliminate part of the opposition to iran and i don't think that they consider the possibility of a favorable outcome if the syrian government remains in power and whatever they say whatever they talk about peace i think for them that's the that is the bottom line that is their objective. a series of blasts took place in syria over the past week killing at least sixty four people and causing widespread damage they were carried out by suicide bombers targeting security military facilities and as our correspondent acts on a board of reports syria's once flourishing tourism industry has been surprisingly taking a major hit during the you know conflict. he wanted to see the world but became a touring sensation himself martin a twenty eight year old boss driver from germany was on a year long by journey when he entered syria about two weeks ago while his home

country has kept a fairly low profile in the diplomatic spat over the fate of syria he says he often hears locals complain about the western meddling in serious internal affairs i think the problem is that new is trying to tell you sometimes from seeing and you believe it at the news hour board to tell you different stories in the news instead of the country so i always thought it's just a problem that inside of syria but now many syrian people came here their problems are coming out from the outside of the country this interest like martin would be very welcome guests in syria these days but there are very few and far between the country's tourism industry was devastated by the revolution but the number of visitors slumping by more than ninety percent in the lap of the country's largest city and home to countless you know ask a heritage sites the ten percent occupancy rate is now considered a stroke of luck you know this is one of the sixty five rooms we were talking about

an hour out of those sixty five how many in the uk but not more than five rooms and it's not just about loss profit in aleppo which some claim is the oldest continuously inhabited settlement on earth tourism has healthy vital landmarks such as remain martini's boutique hotel and he gave a new lease of life to the for. centuries old building ramy money team is not shy in criticizing their side government for the slow pace of economic reforms yet he believes that's no reason to bring the whole country to the point of self-destruction nobody could imagine that could. get to such situation like now at the beginning everybody was looking for but afterwards when it comes to clashes and fire and killing and killing for nothing just only that you're with the government or against the government and kidnapping

people really we are sorry for syria to come like this what's made things even worse is that two thousand and ten the last year before the syrian uprising was the most successful on record for syria's tourism industry revenues jumped by sixty percent prompting many to take out investment loans they're no longer able to repay no wonder many now feel bankrupted by the revolution in times of crisis tourism is always the first to fall and the last to recover and sarah learned the hard way what's ironic is that in order to rise from the ashes this country desperately needs visitors from the same nations that contributed to the current crisis actually work our sea syria. don't hesitate to log onto our web sites online all the time r.t. dot com for the stories you may have missed here on screen as well as the latest news and videos here's a taste of what's there the moment should you know go on the not so holy activity

in a very holy place an online link of internal documents from the vatican exposes back door dealings in corruption and what's supposed to be a sacred kingdom plus. facebook's c.e.o. mark zuckerberg updates his relationship status to marriage after a surprise wedding ceremony find out more on that one and all to dot com. police and opposition protesters here in moscow played a game of cat and mouse with a legal encampment popping up in the city center this week only to be evicted later a city caught on tuesday ruled in support of a lawsuit from local residents who wanted activists removed from a central square because of noise and littering police went in after protests refused to leave several people were detained but others set up new sites in different locations before being moved on again the camp to become the opposition movement the latest protest tactic in moscow following that amid putin's inauguration as president on may the seventh almost one hundred activists have

pledged to continue their sit in campaigns indefinitely. he has thirty screens in the u.k. is driven tens of thousands of police officers onto the streets to protest against funding cuts they believe the measures will leave thousands unemployed and the streets less safe ati's either bennett. a protest policing itself is a rare sight especially one this big that's because these protesters are the police thirty five thousand officers from across england and wales demonstrating against government cuts they call criminal never before so many bodies on one beat the problem is never again these black caps represent the number of police officers who lose their jobs in the carts sixteen thousand over the next four years cuts they say that could seriously threaten public safety it will have an impact on the public safety not just that perception of the police and its people we'll see if

you know this is on the street and at the end of the day people see police the police help is on the street they feel safe bitingly presence and that's just not going to happen egypt it was known as the baxter police force in the will and with these cuts it simply it will continue like that the police will be hit hard by government desperate to get more for less over five thousand officers have already been booted off frontline policing in the past year alone police pay and pensions will also be slashed in a sweeping twenty percent cuts the thin blue lines about to get much thinner we will be able to provide a service that if shooting it. feels. like almost it was considered to be able to provide that service for them. as a direct result was a little bit shaky most of it's not just police probation officers are up for the chopper to the government wants to replace them with machines expected to look like

this removing yet another barrier protecting the public they're supposed to stop criminals re offending with nothing but a series of yes no questions they'll be trialed first in parts of london but without a lie detector these machines aren't exactly the spanish in quiz. nonsense to suggest that a machine could do the job human being there's a real likelihood. that public protection in britain because if these machines are rolled up nationally. even if you behave you'll be missed but most people go on commit serious crimes against the public the government insists the machines aren't to cut costs stating this is a misrepresentation the london probation trust is investigating a range of a negative approaches to law professionals to cut bureaucracy and spend their time more effectively with the offenders they supervise public protection will always be

our priority not according to those charged with that role it's been four years since police officers last marched on mass three london the next time sure to be sooner than that if the government continues its squeeze either bennett r.t. london. now to some other news making headlines around the world in our world update at least nineteen people are being killed and hundreds of hundreds of homes destroyed after flash flood struck in northern afghanistan ten thousand people are said to be sheltering in local mosques and schools rescue missions are ongoing with about sixty people reported missing so far there is often created flash floods as heavy rains and runoff from mountain snow caused rivers to burst their banks. five people a broader aboard a small plane of died in northwest bosnia after the aircraft burst into flames shortly after takeoff three skydivers an instructor and the pilot were on board ahead of their jump the incident was witnessed by families and friends of the

victims who gathered to watch. a strong aftershock has hit northern italy causing more damage and more buildings to collapse it comes after a powerful earthquake killed at least six people and course serious damage to buildings in several towns terrified residents were forced onto the streets in the early morning as walls and roofs collapsed in two thousand and nine a devastating quake killed more than three hundred people in the central italian city. palestinian demonstrators clashed with israeli forces this week during the annual nakba day march in the west bank translated this catastrophe that they remember the hundreds of thousands displaced after the creation of the state of israel in one hundred forty eight. reports even now some palestinian families have been literally walled off from their learned a lonely house on a hilltop tells the whole story of palestinian plots of land passed on through the generations now under threat i don't read a number i don't want. i want my gran and for his insistence omar's paying the

price is small property is on the wrong side of the wall tel aviv is building between israel and the palestinians and what was once on mars was part of a larger village he'll soon be cut off from it and alone on the other side from this during. the busy it's really tractors have already for eight months been building the prison or more refers to digging up the ground around his house the plan will see his home cut off by a five metre high electrified fence and a tunnel monitored by security cameras will connect him with a larger village after. the experience for around. this this this rod and go for in the tunnel. there is there live there now and go the village . she's got this done two hundred fifty meter. this done jill very very big ball for this five million. thousand

just to build this for just only one family. for decades already israel has been building a wall that cuts through the west bank these raby states for security but palestinians complain it saves them from their land and communities the leadership of israel is going crazy and they have no real plan their have no really vision no real vision of rhetorical long term israel because walls will not and will never ever provide security for this one is good neighbors is actually provide security and we do not have good neighbors eventually the village of larger will also be completely closed in by the wall the only way in and out will be through this entrance that the israelis will control here too the israelis are building another tunnel this one is so that omar's neighbors can reach a small family cemetery they'll be electrified fence and the local drove is that not only are the israelis separating palestinians from their land they're

separating the living from the did but with each tilt of the soil almost families connection to the land is threatened to be even more suited for emergence of what they can do just as i did term future in. this. and this for you all and this support of my father. my grandfather. needed the future it's. black if you are tough times against him and with every new brick that goes up the family's isolation is cemented policy on the larger village. when in just a couple of minutes or so it will be traveling to a remote republican russia self renowned for its waterfalls and canyons local delicacies and much much more i'll be off to a recap of our top stories stay with us live from moscow this is the weekly.

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