kind of sober a new law banning unsanctioned protests as the government grows desperate to end months of relentless student demonstrations. even observers in syria point to human rights violations from both the regime and the rebels saying the peace plan is crumbling out of neighboring lebanon the shock waves of the on the rest are being felt for a second week running. egypt as a result see the country torn between an islamic candidate and a former mubarak official in the first round of the race to the presidency as well as the country could fall on the hardline room. this is all

a tease weekly news review i'm carrie johnston welcome to the program and you quebec last seen as a government attempt to once and for all end ongoing student protests has renewed fury among canadians this week from stopping demonstrations clashes are intensifying thousands more joining in on that the act be repealed critics say the bill for beds any large protest peacefully or otherwise without police approval rating say see a show university teachers even describe it all as a terrible act of mass repression to suppress dissent and the journalist. believes that this nation will do nothing but inspire further unrest. bill was seventy eight which is without its salt and its goal is to convert everything down it was established by the provincial government. in canada we have we have a charter and one of the articles in the charter is the right to protest peacefully and. people and protesters now are saying is that certain provisions of this new

law are and cringing on the freedom to protest peacefully so people are in fact even retaliate even stronger one of the most extremist groups has publicly said it is completely going to like this new bill and is going to go against it it's going to continue protesting so it's going to be quite an interesting scene of events here we really don't know what's going to happen really until the until the government since down with the student organization so it's down to talk of kind of the southern neighbor the united states also witnessed on the rest of its own this week the nato summit in chicago then national leaders met to discuss the litter that says future that's right police beat back thousands of protesters just a few hundred meters away a correspondent is to say it was their. chicago

under siege. the last couple of days have seen oceans of protesters thousands marching under a blistering sun to vent their anger at the military alliance rebels and you know we've seen. this rally fronted by iraq an afghan war vets who are feeling betrayed by the system throw away their medals and after a minute of silence for those who perished in the u.s. led wars. all hell breaks loose. like chaos but tons of people shoved and dragged police thrown on to their knees bleeding faces. one officer stabbed dozens of protesters arrested someday these men may consider this conduct that they engaged in today unbecoming of the dignity that is demanded of them by their station hundreds and hundreds of police

not just in riot gear but military armor with guns and but tongs that they willingly deploy on people. a day earlier a smaller but louder march also took to the streets it's an ad capital. i'm sure everyone here hopes to start a revolution they're calling it the chicago spring like the arab spring. signs ripped off crowds clashed with police but times and police bikes used to block off the crowds with more blood in the chaos. with over a million dollars spent on new gear for chicago police a war breaks out with outraged americans fighting for change at home while the u.s. president is busy hosting a summit on the future of warfare abroad and stacy churkin r.t.e. chicago illinois. but he also spoke to a number of demonstrators in chicago to heavy. his own native kevin zeese an

antiwar activist from come home america told r.t. that the alliance is simply an expensive relic of the past while nato sees a really good job as the dirty work of the us empire when they can't get 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 is client state so far because we want to see nato when they were in fact veterans for peace which is a u.s. veterans group try to deliver a letter you say to nato nato officials refuse to be accepted and they're calling for the discriminant nato leader was a relic of the past is no longer needed it's causing more division than unity among nations it's time first move beyond military solutions the way from an empire. while you're watching the round up of today's and the week's top stories here on r.t. so i had fear in the program well it's economy wobbles and this is a columnist one of testifying if greece leaves the usa as print anti

austerity factions make their pitch to the greek people. and tear around stop nuclear official defense of discovery in iran reigning in which to bring levels sustain the situation came about due to a technical glitch details on that same. tanks and heavy machine guns have been used to pound the western syrian town of un observers say more than ninety people have been killed by government forces so in officials blame the attacks on terrorist groups this week a un report accused both the regime and the rebels of gross human rights violations . has called for an agent meeting of the friends of syria group chains to remove present sat phones. covering events in syria some time since politics has to go on the back burner. losing their lives and daily basis. it's just a devastating tragedy emanations number those people confirmed killed their children

there is no ceasefire so if it simply doesn't exist this crisis that was just becoming increasingly militarized and having this devastatingly high death toll and so we actually spoke to the deputy foreign minister in syria he's in moscow just the other day i'll tell him where the final responsibility lies what's happening in the country right now the ball is not in the court of the syrian government now or with the syrian people it is in the court of those who do not want to see peace and stability and security in syria particularly those who are calling and declaring every now and then for arming the armed groups for. smuggling of arms and weapons into the syrian territory from neighboring countries also financing be used on the groups there is a probable says when you accuse others and the point

your fingers accusing others just remember. because you see the rhetoric right from the beginning of again the u.n. monitors being there has been now before the plans even reach this three month deadline that it's a failure well ok but it's one thing to say terminologies but what is what's the alternative to constantly giving these problems without any other solution is only going to later further violence anything in some of the western countries again continuing right through this peace plan calling for the arming of the opposition we know the answer traveling into the country you know all of this is undermining massively the u.n. attends to implement a cease fire which is so important that you know that they're able to continue that work and get that done and i think it's very important to remember you know politics aside in this state human cost of this conflict is devastating and if the

u.n. mission is going to get even higher. than it is already the security council going to civilian protection that is not going to even attempt to abide by this society. you can see the full interview with the syrian deputy foreign minister about fifteen minutes time. before out from the conflict in syria is being felt in neighboring lebanon street violence has been shaking the capital beirut for a second week running the rest started following disputes between sunni opponents of president assad's regime and its on what supporters what is written or spoke to locals who fear the beginnings of a new civil war. and overnight or street protests in beirut. it was sparked when thirteen lebanese pilgrims were kidnapped in syria apparently by groups linked to the syrian rebels the lebanese capital witnessed what it hadn't seen the near is. about to ring true between sunni and shia muslims

this is at least what i see in the last day. the reason the spillover from the chaos in neighboring syria shia muslims here generally support syria's president assad while most sunni's favor the rebels likewise lebanon's ruling calling led by the powerful share hezbollah is process while the opposition backs the uprising the situation is getting worse obviously in the region and this is having a spillover effect here in lebanon and where we're having to cope with the consequences of that there's also internal tension that's increasing there's a large flow of refugees and there's a lot of instability all around us. some though believe the problems in lebanon aren't only down to the crisis in syria local observers like spanish journalist thomas alcove etal says they are a symptom of a deep divide that's long bubbled under the surface but it's not done there were

many unresolved issues after the nine hundred seventy five nine hundred ninety seven war like religious division and the authorities didn't sort it out and now they're discovering it again they kept this situation of instability for many years and that's a good ground for a new conflict like a spark in a powder keg get out and the bad news is the resplendent of power in the cag the recent history of warfare hand makes sure that and means the political and religious refits i remain more dangerous though or more the thought of either live on or not there are so many factions now sunni shia salafi what's really bad everybody has weapons not only hezbollah they may think but everybody in every house and they use them at about the shia and sunni neighborhoods exist side by side in central beirut and in recent years it's been a stable peaceful arrangement but this syria in fact means here has now groups them feel very turn into a deadly bloody past which residents here desperately hope to avoid but doing it is

nothing that has nothing to do. so what's happening in the region at the moment this is a good thing you said. against violence in lebanon yes some of the people have to leave but that would be bad if it could happen again how mud is seventy he remembers all the major conflicts more than lebanon has gone through and has a chilling forecast about the latest trouble surely you but what i see no reminds me of the nineteen eighty two in two thousand and six israeli wars and the one hundred seventy five civil war and the two thousand and eight political uprising here i didn't think i'd witnessed yet another conflict in my life. but it seems a worse case scenario could be getting more and more likely this neighborhood in beirut where the violence started is known as the to consider the deep meaning new roads many fear this road may lead the country to civil war. three for national party beirut lebanon. where middle east we call sorrow predicts

a future of chaos for lebanon if the authorities don't take measures to calm things down. primarily the balance of military power in lebanon is nowhere near equal at the moment to what we've been witnessing actually are clashes there between members of the sunni community and ilo a community in the north or between members of the sunni community that are pro and or pose to the syrian regime in beirut what we are likely to see is this sort of simmering tension and with frequent explosions that would kind of slowly drag the country into a state of chaos as again political leaders stand completely helpless about doing anything to stop this dynamic or spiraling towards conflict. coming up if you want are to u.s. military training comes into focus in america on a crusade against the islamic world new recruits being taught to brace anti muslim propaganda. early election results mean

egypt will see a muslim brotherhood candidate in a runoff against an ex prime minister of the mubarak era he comes amid numerous complaints of ballot violations in the country's first presidential election since the uprising but as artie's discovered it regardless of the outcome in egypt's future could be bleak. it's a result that stunned many and has the potential to split the country into an islamist candidate pitted against a member of the former regime mohamed morsi is the choice of the powerful muslim brotherhood well as much afic was the last prime minister to serve under hosni mubarak egyptians and now have to choose one or the other for the country's top job and no one is happy. because he is the candidate. of the revolution which will make sure we get rid of the remnants of the regime and prevent the country from moving backwards but the muslim brotherhood is

tainted by the same accusation and critics fear the group will stay egypt away from democracy into hardline islamic rule already the brotherhood controls more than half the seats in the new egyptian parliament and they repealed among poorer communities gives them the edge which is why those who took to tell his square last year are worried i'm sure of the martyrs where life they will think that this is all it is just no one chanting for elections they wanted to free them now there's a new monthly massacre that takes place when people go there you don't even have the right to be listened in the big square how can the release of the east and the last but of which are fixed wrong showing also threatens to undo everything mariam and her friends fought for shafiq is deeply hated by many egyptians and was pelted with stones and shoes when he went to vote but for that the to hear revolutionaries would able to field a single compelling candidate in the country's first post mubarak presidential elections. not change quickly.

but many egyptians expected the mummies to be replaced by moderates like i'm almost certain the sick list of vice a former member of mubarak's regime and abdul mourn. look both former brotherhood members are adding to their woes egyptians also fear the military that's been ruling the country for the past fifteen months won't stick to its promise to hand over power and instead will continue to pull the strings even if from a farm it's an area that dr hassan a far believes would have unthinkable consequences i mean it's very cool has to be excluded and it is the only thing to be very very violent and there will be a month of bloodshed and i think that to me is very much aware of this it's very likely egyptians will vote in any islamist president marking one of the most dramatic political turnarounds in history after all it wasn't that long ago that

the muslim brotherhood was outlawed and it's members imprisoned now it's mubarak in the dark and the brotherhood almost in the presidency but there's been nothing about this election that's been predictable and until a new constitution is approved it's still not clear what powers the new president will have but whoever wins his hands will be full of problems here run deep and economic and political frustrations are not that far from spilling over into french politics what is the art scene cairo. co-founder of the council of trustees of the revolution in egypt believes any candidate will do a better job than the current military rulers the problem is that this they have created they've got they've mismanaged the country visit the militarized state every had a municipality mayor the governor is a tired army general who's totally incompetent so i believe anyone can do a much better job than they are not to mention that they were cronies of mubarak so

they have nor moral ground nor. competencies so i think we would be better off without the people wanted to change the regime what we see the turn or the turnout is not so bad it's quite decent. well there's a more few on our website that's r.t. dot com including plans for schools in texas to track their students every move by getting them to carry my picture id cards. and more from the russian grannies who narrowly missed out on your vision victory last night as one hundred twenty five million people watched sweden take the top prize. greek public sentiment is once again split with pro and anti austerity factions neck and neck ahead of next month's parliamentary elections and it seems parties supporting further cuts are gaining ground they say that threats to abandon austerity are tantamount to flirting with catastrophe however as artie's peter all

of the reports this time the e.u. isn't leaving anything to chance. should they stay or should they go germany's angela merkel is adamant if you mind is that for my part i would like to say that i think we agree we want greece to remain in the euro zone we know that is the same for a majority of greek people. but it seems plans are being drawn up in case those hopes fail the german bund as punk says the situation in greece is extremely worrying but isn't predicting the demise of the single currency should the greeks quit the euro a view certainly not shared by all if it won't happen if it won't become reality then we are really in a mess and it means automatically that this point will a domino effect all over europe because then we have also a question of moral hazard for example if you overdo it you pull out of the euro zone and every problem is nowhere then the others will begin to start ok it's

a very nice solution for us we all sort of adepts for so fast it's easier to pull out of the euro portugal ireland i did here and also spain and noted that from the beginning the only question was where right now it's there in fact year zero skeptics feel that drastic german government action may be needed if europe's dominant economy is to avoid being swamped in the economic mire which is so-called corrects it or greek exit could cause the only logical to you solution for this problem where we are in is that germany parts of germany has to pull out of the euro then the new currency that we have will go through the sky we will have big difficulties because sasha mansong but we can live with it we can cope with it well it's not just here in germany that a post greek eurozone has being discussed finance ministers from all member states

have been drawing up contingency plans to try and determine how a greek exit would affect their economies european leaders continue to throw their support behind greek single currency membership the country's rerun elections next month are rapidly looking like a referendum on the euro in everything but name france's socialist president speaking after the informal brussels summit looked like a man trying to woo the greek electorate with rather softer talk than a sturdy. it was mentioned that we would be using the structural fund to support the growth efforts of greece as well so that the greek voters can be confident as to what support will come after june the seventeenth so as the future of greece in the eurozone enters what could be its final act top e.u. figures say it's all down to its people but swayed for the people of greece to have

their say on the seventeenth of june and we will not lead to ourselves video by those who want to promote speculative scenarios let's wait i do the will of the greek people but it's a wait and see time but with deeper resistance in greece towards austerity there's no clear outcome in sight for this crisis peter all of their r.t. belin. traces of high level enrich the uranium found at a site in iran but due to a technical error according to iran's envoy to the un's nuclear watchdog experts say the particles discovered by international inspectors in an underground facility so far from what's needed to create a nuclear device they say tehran's version is plausible the revelation plays into the hands of those convinced that iran is seeking nuclear weapons this week's a two day summit in baghdad failed to put the nuclear issue to bed iran rejected a new package proposed by the u.n. security council members and germany saying it makes too many demands while

offering little turned. author and see country risk solutions but these both sides are far from reaching a compromise you know i look at iran and the west as sort of like mars vs venus they want completely different things even if the west was inclined to ease the sanctions that are proposed for july they can't simply turn off the spigot and that's exactly what iran wants in the west i think what the west and israel are looking for is something which iran is simply not going to give them they're looking for a complete cessation of enrichment they're looking for a reversal of a process that has gone on for more than a decade now i just don't see how this is going to happen fortunately there's plenty of oil in the world markets and those nations that need to find alternative sources of oil are likely to be able to do so and those nations that have become accustomed to working with the iranian central bank will find other ways to do

business with iran if that's what they need to do. there america's military training has come under the spotlight of what some say a blatant anti muslim elements including crusade symbols on some fighter jets and courses teaching you troops that islam is the enemy that is going to teach you can experience. the u.s. marine fighter squadron one twenty two has switched his name from werewolves to crusaders the symbol invoking christian conquest and colonization of muslims during the middle ages has been freshly painted on the squadrons f. eighteen fighter jets. by making us look like. exactly what we are which is the tenth version of the nine prior to say which began of the year ten ninety six we had a rage our islamic and our allies we embolden our islamic enemy the idea that the us is fighting a war against islam has infiltrated american military training the most recent

incident involved of course teaching senior officers at the joint forces staff college that quote the us is at war with islam and we ought to just recognize that we're at war with islam end of quote in response to a public backlash over the leaked information the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey ordered to probe into anti islamic training materials we have the absolute eyewitness testimony where it's very very clear that the statement made is we have to kill islam and this is to the cadets of the air force academy this fundamentalist christian crusader. or seem was extend not only the air force academy at all over the you know the united states air force but it was just as bad in the marine corps navy and army in this video game questions are killing muslims a few years back it was a wildly popular game among the american troops player tries to recruit others in

order to fight the enemy you believe years after killing the opposition will essentially redeem you mikey weinstein says their organization helped stop the game from being delivered to u.s. troops serving abroad we got it stopped how it was getting into the care packages and being being shipped over all of our troops i guess along with toothbrushes and . you know packets of peanuts there's a perception among many muslims that the u.s. is on a crusade in the islamic world but some argue it's more based on the idea of transforming the region rather than imposing the religion on them the original sin of this entire enterprise which was the carter doctrine really posited. through the use of american hard power we were going to be able to shape and determine the destiny of a very large part of the world when are we going to acknowledge that we are not going to be able to determine the fate of one point four billion muslims we don't have

the wisdom we don't have the will we don't have the wallet what do you hear in the speeches by u.s. officials is usually something along these lines we're waging wars in muslim countries to fight terror bring about democracy peace and so on we'll never hear the words say but what kind of message does it send when they're all means call themselves for savers and put crusader logos on their warplanes i'm going to check our reporting from washington harvey. coming up for you next hour naughty down so over whether the london is ready to host the olympics some fear the city's transport system they collapse on the way to visitors has to host the games. for the top football nations of europe have been finalizing their team sheets at the looming euro twenty twelve twenty minutes in a series of friendly's that in all sports but it's in the less than twenty minutes time but first i'll be back with the headlines stay with us.

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