as for stocks on t.v. dot com. nato leaders gather in chicago for the afghanistan strategy while thousands protest against wars the alliance is waging on their doorstep. russia grabs the world ice hockey crown as the national team precious love accurate six two passing all the way through this year's world championship without a single defeat. also reporting the group of eight industrialized nations expressed hope greece can stay put in the euro zone experts paint a very different picture of what's happening behind the scenes. and the u.s. opens its also full of weapons to bahrain's king as a mass uprising in the state threatens to unseat the pro western monaco top stories this hour.

the look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments it's the weekly. nato summit in chicago is being greeted by crowds of demonstrators pouring onto the city's streets to protest against the alliance's costly and deadly was said that they saw clashes with police and further arrests with activists vowing that number will swell and started chatting and is in the thick of the demonstration there in chicago so you've been with the protesters for quite a while now and start how things develop through the day the threat of violence growing there at all. right now we're at a ceremony. that works better with. the u.s. flag and are also planned. by. two nato has given me a medal was. really did not represent the wars that we were. they were asked to

i not why officials told them they would be about in terms of violence for not having thousands of people have been watching the extremists as rude as streets of chicago and there's riot police here there wasn't a worry about that was the protesters were about john i want to block all the streets away from the bench in the center where i am the delegations that nato summit is taking place on whether or not. they are going to try to get close it's like intervention is the big question here you know we. came here i think i should say because the protesters have been. yes. well i think we'll leave it there for the moment anastasio thanks very much indeed we had much of what you had to say that and that noise demonstration in chicago more from a stop to chat in a little later here on r.t.

well kevin zeese he's an antiwar campaigner who's taking part in the chicago protest says it's time for nato to the spend and stop being america's major military tool. well nato seems to be the group that is the dirty work of the us empire when they can't get the un to go along you saw in libya you see an 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 if fact veterans for peace which is a u.s. veterans group try to deliver a letter you say to nato nato officials refuse to even 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 as i first move beyond military solutions we were away from an empire. and ati will be bringing more coverage all that nato gathering and how it's echoing on the streets of chicago throughout the course of the summit. seeking an exit from it

. and it used to be leaving a legacy of atrocities. need to do some. see. russia as tonight being crowned ice hockey championships of the world the team six to take this year's title. reports. russia has won the two thousand and twelve world poppy championships they dominated the game against rivals slovakia there wasn't really a moments in the match and as soon as they raised that the streets went wild people here are absolutely ecstatic about the results here malcolm was named the match prime minister amir bet it has graduated the team on their success it also means this wind throughout the contrast the russian team hasn't lost a single match out of all of the ten they've played and it comes after two

difficult years for russian hockey last year the entire club team local t.v. was killed in a plane crash and the national team after wins in two thousand and eight and nine were further down the rankings for a couple of years not anymore the international ice hockey federation how do already rank the russian team number warm in the world and now they've proved it. reporting there from central moscow to stay or not to stay that is the question facing greece's political instability catapulted 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 though behind the smiles and handshakes analysts saw concern and a desire to see greece go. camp david was invaded by the europeans over the weekend or at least it seemed that way with almost all of g. . talk touching the eurozone. there were new faces but

focus was on a not so new an ever growing crisis and the million dollar question of good grief speak earth loose and leave the eurozone practically every financial analyst things that greece will leave it has to be an orderly withdrawal from the euro anything else would be disaster the official mantra from a new door to fear with everything so the greeks are able to stay in the euro zone . when he's. young and that was once again the united stance 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 to believe the smiles and handshakes are just damage control i think this is just trying to put it 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 a 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 people keep this gate 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. more due 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 but euro zone fallout worsened the u.s. economy. has a stop on the way to june twenty. fifth 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

seems 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 he said now a party. sincere or not they want to deafening chorus calling for greece to stay is now a mere chant but marcus kerber professor of political economics at the berlin institute of technology says that mel even a greek exit won't be enough to save the euro the unconditional. euro savers as they are now prisoners of their own misjudgments their errors of judgment turn out to be fatal because the crisis about the euro is on far more than just a currency it's about the future integration of europe and we have come to a point where we can no longer solve the euro crisis by simply urging or pushing or requesting greece to opt out and to leave the eurozone because the problems are far

beyond that we could have so some two years ago when the crisis was a very beginning so the discussion is no longer about greece the discussion is no longer about whether germany is profiting or benefiting less or more from the you from the eurozone the question is how we can get the problem solved as quickly as possible without damaging the european integration process. the allen kingdom of bahrain is now off america's weapons export blacklist with gun sales about to resume that this part of often bloody government crackdown on the popular uprising against the ruling monarchy. cancer just that keeping with washington selective approach to just who deserves freedom. the. the meat bahrain's persistent crackdown on protesters journalists and human rights activists that washington welcomes bahrain's crown

prince as well for the u.k. . and pledges to resume arms supplies to a key ally in the gulf. the u.s. had suspended weapons sales to bahrain in the light of massive human rights violations by these stories 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 that are worth the ruling sunni. regime

because of the base of the of the fifth fleet. in the gulf. and so yeah i think we compromised ourselves in the same statement announcing the resumption of arms supplies to bahrain washington calls for the countries opposition to show restraint. we're concerned by what has now become almost daily street violence and we are in this context by. 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 art in the situation that now was the doing proper board and then syria similarly there has

been no and there were all four or restrain from violence by the opposition forces there so it's a little bit r c there's only in bahrain it's a highly asymmetrical about a 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 at human rights violations it might seem like a normal trade off in the walls of politics but critics say it makes a mockery of america claiming the high moral ground in other countries in the arab wall where political unrest wages company check out reporting from washington r.t. . alongside those weapons ship and saudi arabian forces are also said to be have engaged in suppressing dissent in bahrain professor saad mohammad marandi from the university of tehran says there's only one goal to save

a decrepit but friendly regime. this is basically for the survival of the dictatorship in bahrain because the dictatorship the king is immensely popular the vast majority of the people of bahrain want to go over throw the regime but unfortunately the west supports the saudis and the dictators and in order to crush the revolution he allowed saudi forces to effectively occupy the country it's very interesting that the people about this fight of this this small country has put up so much resistance and i think this itself shows the immense weakness that lies behind the saudi regime the fact that the united states supports the bahraini and saudi dictatorships also makes them responsible for the both the bloodshed as well as the current situation at large. with more than half the votes

counted in serbia nationalist thomas love is winning the parliamentary election by a narrow margin over. started she's already served two terms in office nevertheless nicolas has just confirmed the countries continue moving towards e.u. membership political expert get sick says that the chosen the lesser of two evils. i think the serves of realized membership is not a panacea not a cure for all evils in the system and there are many evils in the system i mean x. present that each now has presided over eight years of poverty in which he's only got he have drawn all the financial benefits and they created a kind of replaced a kind of communism with a kind of corruption ism which has been very good for them and very bad for everybody else in the country and this really has been the problem for tightish the population has been afraid of change but also have been afraid of further poverty and despite tonnages traumas is. a new rose garden even the e.u.

garden looks very bare at the moment and today he's offering looks even more bare as a result. don't hesitate to log onto our website harty dot com for the stories you may have missed is one of the latest news and videos here's a taste of what's there for you at the moment. not so holy activity in a very holy place an online leak of internal documents from the vatican exposes back door dealings and corruption and what's supposed to be a secret kingdom plus. facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg updates his relationship status to married after a surprise wedding ceremony and up more on that at r.t. dot com. 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 and military facilities islamist militants from al qaida have been blamed for the attacks and sara first reports there's a growing suspicion in syria that third parties are fueling the conflict. it was

a little known terror. front they claimed responsibility for last week's massive bombing. the blast carried out in a busy residential area designed to cause maximum damage damascus which the so long had been through and they sheltered from the conflict throughout the rest of the country has in recent months found the target of an increase bombing campaign this latest explosion considered the largest one and you can just see the devastation that it's caused. at the scene angry crowds to quite them as terrorists shouting blame at saudi arabia and qatar it's plain that many analysts are saying these countries actions are undermining the peace process if you. stopped supporting.

everything will be finished within two months but if they want to continue supporting them they want to be in the region treading amongst the rubble as people show us the ruins of their homes and what is one of damascus is poor its neighborhoods there's a real sense of a revolution spinning out of control syria's uprising began as a peaceful pro-democracy movement that is splintered into a confusing mix of various groups political a non political. and the continued instability here has left the country wide open to attacks like this taking place. it's a plug problem it's a dilemma for the syrians that their policy a very. provided the chance for every word to end the world to interfere in this you know. either by providing arms of providing

funds or providing fighters and soldiers and terrorists as people are left to bury their dead and with the hospitals full the syrian people are once again left trying to rebuild their homes and their lives and the focus has once again turned to the on going peace question which is looking more and more by the day a wall is now in place around the blast site stark reminder that terror has served only as yet another barrier to peace here sara fair r.t. . if your passions vote next week in the country's first presidential election since former leader hosni mubarak was ousted but low cost their ballots amid accusations by human rights watch that the military has been torturing hundreds of protesters arrested earlier this month off easily nicholas carr has more on the security nightmare left after the revolution. it's not just protests the disruptive

peace on the streets of cairo just ask taxi driver. it was calm before the revolution one hundred percent where in a total mess now i used to drive anywhere wherever they were asking from never refused a customer now i park my car in the garage at six pm and go home i put a special security system on it so it would be harder to steal. robberies and car thefts all have become part of a daily life in large cities like cairo and alexandria since after the revolution many people say the police at times simply choose to turn away when a crime is being committed in the mayhem that followed the uprising of january two thousand and eleven many believe thousands of convicts escaped to unguarded prisons a crime wave has followed with egyptian media reporting more than twenty five hundred murders and some two thousand abductions since their revolution yet the police are accused of doing little or the police

a lot of respect a lot of. the tools that they had to work with like the weapons the cars. of the different people felt that this. has been treating us like. this. is no nothing to us we are the police. and the minister charged with enforcing the law has a very different view saying the situation is under control. i want to settle about like this i told the members of the people's council look at the results we managed to achieve in record time i'm sure that no one could have done as much we had a total collapse of everything and stability was nonexistent i delivered all numbers regarding organized crime groups robberies and thefts they were committing and the achievements we've made. that in the meantime until come returns to egypt

ibrahim and others will continue to close up shop early and head home before sunset fearful not only for their property and possessions but for their safety and lives in cairo in a ghost go. let's have a look at some other news making headlines around the world at this stage of the day in our world update at least nineteen people are being killed and hundreds of homes destroyed after flash floods struck in northern afghanistan ten thousand people are said to be sheltering in local mosques and schools rescue missions are underway with about sixty people reported missing so far the air is often prey to flash floods as heavy rains and runoff from mountain snow caused rivers to burst their banks. five people have died in northwest bosnia after their light aircraft burst into flames shortly after takeoff as well as the pilot there were three skydivers and an instructor on board preparing to jump incident was witnessed by families and friends of the victims had gathered to watch their descent. a strong

aftershock has hit northern italy causing more damage buildings to collapse it comes after a powerful earthquake killed at least six people of 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 of the killer. the man convicted for the one nine hundred eighty eight lockerbie bombing which killed two hundred seventy people has died at his home in libya. was found guilty of blowing up a pan am flight over scotland in two thousand and one he was released from prison in scotland in two thousand and nine on health grounds and return to libya where he received a hero's welcome the former libyan intelligence officer had always denied responsibility palestinian demonstrators clashed with israeli forces this week during the annual nakba day march in the west bank translated as catastrophe the day remembers the

hundreds of thousands displaced after the creation of the state of israel in one hundred forty eight. reports even some palestinian families are being literally walled off from their land. a lonely house on a hilltop tells the whole story of palestinian plots of land passed down through the generations now under threat i don't read a number i don't want. i want my gran and for his insistence almost paying the price is small papa she is on the wrong side of the wall tel aviv is building between israel and the palestinians and what was once on ma was part of a larger village he'll soon be cut off from it and alone on the other side from this i fear for me the. israeli tractors have already for eight months been building the prison or refers to digging up the ground around his house the plan will see his home cut off by a five meter high electrified fence and a tunnel monitored by security cameras will connect him with

a larger village. after. the experience for around for this this this rod and go for in the car and go the rest of the tunnel and go. the side she's got all this done two hundred fifty meter. this done she said there is a ball for this five million on hundred thousand jekyl just to build this down for just only one family. for a decade already israel's been building a wall that cuts through the west bank these rabies states for security but palestinians complain it saves them from their land and communities the leadership of israel is quote crazy am they have no real plan their have no really vision no real vision of a very long term answer 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 joke is that not only are the israelis separating palestinians from their land they're separating the living from the dead but with each tilt of the soil almost family's connection to the land is threatened to be even more polluted for much of. what they can do just idle term future. and this for you and this for my father. my grandfather. don't live in the future it's. like a future times against him and with every new brick it goes up the families isolation is cemented policy r.-t.

the larger village. coming up to twenty six minutes past the hour now in the russian capital i'll be back to recap the week's main stories in just a few moments stay with us live here in the us. margaret mother did not like we're going to become. kind of afraid. and she was

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