developments from around russia we've got the future covered. syria denies opposition accusations it was behind friday's massacre the kill scores of civilians as analysts point to the suspicious timing of the atrocity. that is the conflict from syria increasingly spills into neighboring lebanon fueling fears of another civil conflict in the region. and in the weeks of the stories ten thousand canadians march against jewish and hikes of the new law to curb demos despite previous clashes and mass arrests. hello welcome this is r.t.

from moscow you're watching the weekly roundup of the day's made news and the headlines for the past seven days with me kevin no into night and first the syrian government strongly denies being behind an attack on a string of villages on friday where human observers confirmed over ninety people were killed damascus rebuffed the accusations from the opposition and some foreign leaders saying there's no evidence to confirm its troops involvement it blames the regime gunmen for the massacre but there's no way to independently verify any of the claims the syrian rebels meantime said the u.n. peace plan is dead and they're calling on foreign partners to launch airstrikes against president assad trances a ready called for an urgent meeting of the friends of syria group which aims to remove the syrian leader and is funding the opposition the u.n. security council to holding an emergency session and russia on britain's request party sarah first recently returned from syria our correspondent there and now explains what she witnessed firsthand the conflicts develop. there is no ceasefire it simply doesn't exist this crisis that is just becoming increasingly militarized

and having this devastatingly high death toll and say we actually spoke to the deputy foreign minister in syria he's in moscow just the other day i asked him where the final responsibility lies what's happening in the country. the ball is not the call to the syrian government or the syrian people it is in the court of those who do not want to see peace and stability and security in serbia particularly those who are calling and declaring every now and then for arming the groups for. smuggling of arms and. from rebuilding the country 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 it's terminologies but what is what's the alternative you know constantly giving these problems without any other

solution is only going to later further violence anything in some of the western countries again continuing like 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. you know politics aside in this the human cost of this conflict is devastating and if the u.n. mission thousand it's going to get even high free syrian army and senate is already . the security council guaranteeing civilian protection that is not going to even attempt to abide by this society. so a further correspondent there we bring you more from syria's deputy foreign minister on his country's crisis as he sees it next hour and a press could see more coming up right now former pentagon official michael maloof is there on the line to give us his thoughts on these latest killings in syria

michael hi there countries like the u.s. britain france appear to hold the government responsible for the mass killings of the how likely is it that the regime is troops are behind the massacre what are your thoughts. well my my initial thinking is first of all it's a horrific development and it's very very tragic but it's also raised a lot of questions and in terms of the timing. the it's my understanding that this that the town was actually under free syrian army control and if there was shelling that occurred that the massacres that occurred subsequent to that would be questionable from the syrian military standpoint and one i'm also guided by are some comments made in recent days by u.s. secretary of defense panetta that elements actually have infiltrated into the opposition and this this is very problematic in the fact that the united states condemns on the one hand but on the other hand is supplying arms through proxies is

also very very questionable and but i had say adds to the entire dilemma michael what about the claims that say they've spent ten or in tank shells at the site something pointing towards the government does have a unit. well the opposition is becoming much more better equipped. logistically and militarily and this is this is a also very problematic i think you have certainly more radical elements that are coming in and plus are getting much more exotic arms in order to. arm the opposition itself and in addition you have the free syrian army which has brought in their own arms and but but all of that i think it's very difficult to lay blame at this point without further investigation and i think. the russian government is absolutely correct in calling for a thorough briefings and i might add that even the un chief.

mr mood is also and even buying ki-moon the u.n. secretary general hasn't ruled out the possibility that insurgents were very much involved in all this question is how did it all start and i don't think the syrian government would would would be just shelling a town for the sake of shelling the town without a provocation and even though i try to get in itself what could the possible a move this horror of bain. well i think it's i think it's timing it's all it's all to win favor for the opposition and i think that. the government responded in kind as a as a consequence. and when you're fired upon when your troops are fired a partner going to fire back especially if you're the the government of that country and you're trying to maintain order and and unfortunately they used artillery which by it's in and of itself is rather indiscriminate but the massacres of slitting the throats of children. indicates to me that that was

a very close up work and it's my understanding that. syrian military was not in the city at that time so but again all of this is subject to investigation to the security council holding that emergency session while the rebels have stepped up calls for international military action against the government is it likely to be heeded. i don't think there will be military government i'm sorry military action from outside i think china and russia certainly would be to any any effort to do that besides that it's where would you bomb where would you where would you do over a flight unless you were absolutely going to go in and take out the massacres and and go in for a regime change it's unlike the situation in in libya where you had sections that absolutely were clearly rubble clearly were government hold and i think any kind of . no fly zone in force would be very difficult over syria at this point ok former

pentagon official michael maloof thank you so much appreciate it thanks for having . the heat from the conflict in syria but increasingly felt in neighboring lebanon with street violence for the second week in a row trouble erupted between sunni opponents of president assad's regime is alawite supporters of his way of national spoke to locals who fear the religious clashes could now spill into another bloody conflict in the region. and other night of 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 in years. moving to a real war between sunni and shia muslims if this is at least what i've seen in the last it's. 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 coalition led by the powerful share

hezbollah is process while the opposition backs the uprising situation is getting worse obviously in the region and this is having a spillover effect here in lebanon 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 antone down to the crisis in syria local observers like spanish john is thomas alcove editor says they are a symptom of a deep divide that's long bubbled under the surface but it's not it does there were many unresolved issues after the nine hundred seventy five nine hundred ninety civil war like religious division and the authorities didn't sort it out and now they're discovering it again and they kept this situation of instability for many years you know 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 or the

recent history of warfare hand makes sure that and means the political and religious refits i remain more dangerous bowler more the thought of my libyan or not there are so many factions now sunni or shia salafi what's really bad everybody has weapons not only has belarus they may think but everybody in every house and they use them or thought 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 fear has now greet them feel over it 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 my sisters but then use it against violence and level that some of the people have to leave for the world to fulfill their fate but it's still happening in her mother's seventy he remembers all the major conflicts more than lebanon has gone through and

has a chilling forecast about the latest trouble surely you know what i see no reminds me of the nine hundred eighty two in two thousand and six israeli wars and the one nine 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 particles d.-d. meaning new roads many fear this road may lead the country to civil war. merissa national party beirut lebanon. well later this report for another country in the region that song the road to change but could egypt's presidential runoff be the choice between a rock and a hard place with worries of a both a leading islamist and former regime candidates. this last week chicago became not just a stage for nature's biggest ever summit but also for the biggest protest the city's seen in years sauza is run against what they see is the bloke's costly and deadly

wars many calling for nato's dissolution correspondence and to see the choke and i witnessed how the protests met with some heavy handed policing. 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 you know because. this rally fronted by iraq and afghan war vets feeling betrayed by the system draw away their medals. after a minute of silence for those who perished in the west led wars. all hell breaks loose. chaos but tons of people shoved and dragged police thrown onto their knees bleeding faces right. 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 tons that they willingly deploy on people. a day earlier a smaller but louder march also took to the streets it's an ad capital is large 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 the summit and the future of warfare abroad and stacie

churkin r.t. chicago the winner. and to the north and canada the country witnessed a surge in its own unrest this week as protests over college phase gain momentum despite the emergency law to curb the rallies and thousands of arrests over the past three months huge numbers turned out again on saturday night in quebec he's got a huge account was at the latest demo. it's hard to gauge exactly how many people there are on the streets of montreal but those are thousands of people to watch people banging on their pots and expressing anger over what they see is for conan measures undertaken by the government to suppress people's right to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression the governor. and of a good because adopted a new law just last week which makes it illegal to assemble without authorities permission and requires the precise roadmap of any more chore demonstration planned . the use they came up with the race this response to that requirement and as you

can see that is the map of montreal such offensive response is also provoked by the police action against the protesters last week a day after the law was passed they rounded up and arrested over seven hundred people in just one day it was by all accounts that we've heard of very peaceful protests but it was huge according to various reports the number of people marching on the streets of montreal reached out toward her of a million at some point even many of those who didn't care about to wish an hikes and complained about traffic even though they joined the ranks of protesters you see people from all age groups out there forty year old older people all kinds of people almost everyone who witnessed these massive protests say the canadian media are downplaying widespread is that in the police brutality because they say the media are controlled by the government and by those who support the government.

you could see how the movement has evolved over the last three months or so it actually in february when it started those are just the students of kept back the vs the government ok back and those were generally very peaceful gatherings but the police feedback has been overwhelmingly oppressive and if that wasn't enough the government passed this antipolo test a lot which is then ok putting out the protest actually fanned the flames of the movement making it so much bigger than just the student uprising. going to she can that the focus of the coup protests is a widely beyond tradition for you to include the new law who's been brought in supposed to could tell the rallies but is only hardening students result canadian journalist michel boy is covering the rallies he says the authorities only option now is direct talks. bill was seventy eight which is without its faults and its goal is to con everything down it was established by the provincial

government. in canada we have a 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 fringing on the freedom to protest peacefully so people are in shock even to retaliate even stronger we really don't know what's going to happen really until the until the government sits down with the student organization since down to talk . coming up later this hour a trigger for tension traces of higher and richer rate even discover the nuclear facility in iran sparking more claims that surrounds atomic program as military motives the latest just ahead. getting ready in case greece gives up its upcoming election could be the country's final say on quitting or to keep cutting of eurozone is already preparing for its first for well. he dips early election

results point to a runoff between a muslim brotherhood candidate and a former prime minister of the mubarak era the country's historic first presidential election since the uprising so only a moderate turnout the numerous complaints of ballot violations results he's pulis leah found regardless of the 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 should 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 poor 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 would think that this is all his just no one chances for elections they wanted to free them now there's a new monthly massacre that takes place of even though those who don't even have the right to be listened in the big square how can the resupply 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 that affair revolutionaries weren't able to field a single compelling candidate in the country's first post mubarak presidential elections. change quickly.

but many egyptians expected the monies to be replaced by moderates like i'm almost certain the sick list of vice a former member of mubarak's regime and abdomen. lookbook former brotherhood member 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 the far police would have unthinkable consequences i mean it's very cool has to be excluded and then they thought would be very very frightening and there will be a little 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 dock and the brotherhood almost in the presidency but there's been nothing about this election that's been predictable and until the 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 different protests what is the r t cairo i know you've got a timeline of the term or long line of r.t. the economy for interested to catch up with again refresh yourself with what's been going on here also some of the stories online texas trucking and school gets kids every step forcing them to carry microchip i.d. cards but you make a good idea about the snow. and the stores you see for myself at the discussion and did you see it well one hundred twenty five million viewers certainly did they watch six russian grandmas and one massive euro vision song contest that beat the

bush goose didn't set a good mark of you clue thing. all right check it out online. this is our. talks this week between iran and the u.n. nuclear watchdog in baghdad failed to produce any breakthrough and instead gave new ground for speculation that iran seeking to build a bomb and i reports suggested there were traces of high level enriched uranium at one facility something to run claims was a technical glitch islamic state added the discovery was blown out of proportion for political reasons and that the report proved the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities iran of the world powers agreed to continue the talks in moscow but i spoke to risk advisor done your wag told me he thinks is very little hope of getting 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 the 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. more world news brief a nato airstrike killed a family of eight in afghanistan and six children were among the dead the officials

say the victims had no connection with the taliban or any other terrorist group civilian casualties are a splintering issue right now between the afghan leadership and nato whose troops are twenty fourteen. thousands of protesters clashed with police outside the polls parliament his rival parties inside held last minute talks about controversial constitutional changes several demonstrators and three policemen were injured in the violence the politicians again failed to agree on carving separate states based on ethnicity it's seen as key though in stabilizing the country which has struggled since the end of the civil war fighters in two thousand and six. georgia seen its biggest anti-government rally in three years with forty thousand people marching into police see it coincides with the start of campaigning for this autumn's parliamentary election the rally was organized by the country's richest billionaire who's hoping to become prime minister. even issue really is opposition movement accuses president saakashvili of of thora terrorism and failing the country's.

voters are keeping the e.u. on tenterhooks as opinion polls indicate pro and austerity parties are running neck and neck no as next month's election draws closer it could decide whether greece stays or quits the euro and although e.u. leaders are publicly voicing support they are privately battling down the hatches to prepare for a greek exit is peter oliver. 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 it's the same for a majority of greek people. but it seems plans are being drawn up in case those hopes fail the german bundesbank 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 puts a domino effect of all of europe because then we have also a question of mall has a program 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 the odds of our debts for so fast it's easier to pull out of the europe or to go ireland i did you know and also spain and italy 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 carex it or greek exit could cause it's not just here in germany that a post greek eurozone is 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 austerity. it was mentioned that we would be using the structural fund to support the growth efforts of greece's will so 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 toppy you 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 let ourselves be derailed by those who want to promote

speculative scenarios let's wait at the will of the greek people but it's a wait and see time but with deep resistance in greece towards austerity there's no clear outcome in sight for this crisis these are all of. their land. as it is rather so far this very so we traveled to a remote village one of russia's coldest regions you could hear it's almost ten thousand kilometers away from moscow so often our letters explorations that after a headline here from moscow in just about two minutes time.

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