than. the latest news and the week's top stories here on our team syria denies government troops hurried out of the massacre in the town of houla as the death toll rises to one hundred eight including forty nine children russia points to evidence showing many of the dead were hacked to death rather than having been killed in the army shelling. and fears rise of more and rest in the region as religious factions in lebanon become increasingly divided over the syrian conflict. also in this week's other stories a ten thousand canadians march against jewish and hikes the new law to curb demonstrations despite previous clashes and that's already.

you're watching r t for this week's a weekly with me to bomb would say let's take a look at the stories first the u.n. security council has been holding an emergency closed door session to discuss the massacre in the town syrian town of houla a report delivered by the head of the observer mission to the country says at least one hundred eight people were killed in the attack on friday according to some diplomats and also pointed the finger of blame at the syrian government damascus strongly denies being behind the attack saying there is no evidence to confirm its troops involvement it blames anti regime gunmen for the massacre but there's no way to independently verify any of the claims syrian rebels meanwhile say the u.n. peace plan is dead and are calling on foreign partners to launch airstrikes against president assad moscow says i'm very sort of those who died in houla where executed with handheld weapons. it was strange when the pentagon official michael believe

told i've seen the details off with him and he said proves a third party's involvement. there's been allegations that there were gangs that are under the control of the government but the whole area was actually here is actually under the control of the free syrian army so i don't see how the government forces could have come in and systematically killed all these people up close it like that the opposition has been infiltrated by al qaeda that is al qaeda is that actions the opposition is becoming much more better equipped. logistically militarily and this is this is 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. recently returned from syria and now explains what she witnessed firsthand in the conflicts

development. there is no cease fire i see it simply doesn't exist this crisis now is 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 yesterday i asked him where the final responsibility lies on what's happening in the country right now the ball is not the call to. move the syrian people. out 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. smuggling of arms and. from neighboring countries 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 that it's one thing to say terminologies but what is what's the alternative 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 and 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 the human cost of this conflict is devastating and if the u.n. mission thousands is going to get into haifa a syrian an infinite is already. the security council guaranteeing civilian protection that is not going to even attempt to abide by this cease fire to. later this hour we'll bring you more from syria's deputy foreign minister on the crisis in his country and about twenty five minutes here on our team. for the second we.

running lebanon is seeing an increase of street violence over the fate of its neighbor syria trouble erupted between sunni opponents of president assad's regime and its porters. spoke to locals who fear the religious clashes could grow into another bloody conflict in the region i 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 is where i am right about here but i'm moving to a real war between sunni and shia muslims and 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 coalition 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. 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 errol says they are a symptom of a deep divide that's long bubbled under the surface but there's not a dozen there were many unresolved issues after the one nine hundred seventy five one thousand nine hundred like religious division and the authorities didn't shoot it and now they're discovering it again they kept the situation of instability for many years and that's a good ground for a new conflict like a spark in a powder keg and the bad news is the resplendent of power in the kagyu the recent

history of warfare makes sure that. manes the political and religious reefs are riven more dangerous they were more the start of our liberal know there are so many factions now sunni 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 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 the syria in fact means fear has now groups 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 with politics so what's happening in the region at the moment it's just is a good thing use it against violence and level here some of the people have to leave but that would be cool if it was still happening and how much is seventy he remembers all the major conflicts more than lebanon has gone through and has

a chilling forecast about the latest trouble. there are you what i see no reminds me of the nine hundred 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 gettin more and more likely this neighborhood in beirut where the violence started is known as the ticklish d.d. meaning new roads many fear this road may lead the country to a civil war. mary for nationality beirut lebanon. coming up later this hour a trigger for tension traces of highly enriched uranium i discovered at a nuclear facility in iran sparking mall claims that iran's atomic program has military motives the latest is just ahead. and acquits all keep cutting greeks prepared to have this say at the polls in the upcoming elections but

the eurozone it seems as. in preparing for its first farewell. this week a chicago became the stage for nature's biggest ever summit as well as massive street protests thousands rallied against what they see as the blocks costly and deadly wars many calling for nato as a dissolution and as our correspondent on the star see a child can now report the protests was 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 you know with. this rally fronted by rock an afghan war vet who feeling betrayed by the system draw away their medals. and after a minute of silence for those who perished in the west world 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. 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 should add to our capital is large i'm sure everybody 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 stacie churkin r.t. chicago illinois. to the north in canada the countries witness a surge in its own under arrest and sweet as protests i have a college these gains momentum despite the emergency law to curb the rallies and thousands of are as ever the postie months huge numbers turned out again on saturday night and came back. and 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 closer to people banging on their part and ten expressing anger over what they see as her crony and measures undertaken by the

government to suppress people's rights to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression the government of a good because adopted a new law just last week which makes it feel legal to assemble without authorities permission and with part of 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 montréal reached a portrait 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 incidents of 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 came back the first as 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 and typo 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. the focus of the québec protests is widening beyond tuitions these two include the new law supposed

to cattail the rallies but it's only hardening the students' resolve canadian journalist michael boyer who is covering the demonstrations says the authorities only option now is direct talks bill was seventy eight which is well that's assault 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 protestors know or say certain provisions of this new law are in 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 don't talk egypt 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 presidential

elections since the uprising saw only a moderate turnout and numerous complaints of better violations but as policy a report regardless of the outcome 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 put it 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 who are alive they would think that this is all it is just you know one chance for elections they wanted to free them now years in the monthly massacre that takes place will be killed and we 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 that area revolutionaries weren't able to field a single compelling candidate in the country's first post mubarak presidential elections.

but many egyptians expected their mommies to be replaced by moderates like i'm almost the sick list of vice a former member of mubarak's regime and abdomen. name a bush a tool a local form of 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 to form a far it's an area that dr hassan a far believes would have unthinkable consequences i mean it's very cruel has to be executed. and i thought it would be very very frightening and they're going to be on the 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 the fray to protest what is reality cairo. and when you're not near a t.v. said head to r.t. dot com to get the latest scope of all the news from russia and around the world and they view it why didn't amid a major scandal involving u.s. servicemen in war zones nato forces in southwestern afghanistan banned taking personal photos plus. all my kids in britain don't want rich forest they want the border as the london olympics drawing near those of why the black flag are going to gold instead of taj tempted you know more head to our home

. welcome back talks this week between iran and the u.n. nuclear watchdog in baghdad failed to produce any breakthrough and instead gave a new ground for speculation is that to run is seeking to build a bomb and i reports suggested there were traces of high level enrich uranium at one facility something to run claims was a technical blitz they slammed state added the discovery was blown out of proportion for political reasons and that the report approved the peaceful nature of its nuclear activities iran and the world powers agreed to continue the talks in moscow in me jean and risk advisor daniel wagner's says there's now 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. there's been some changes at the top in russia's political circles of this week the latest being prime minister dmitry medvedev being elected as the leader of the ruling united russia party he

vowed to make the organization the morning and transparent and promised a major overhaul among party chiefs earlier the country's new government was formed as recently inaugurated president putin and build his team of ministers some key officials they keep their posts but about three quarters of the cabinet are new appointments including young reformers and market liberals there's been a wave of major anti-government protests in russia's main cities in recent months as tens of thousands gathered to demand a shakeup in the government. some other news making headlines around the world right. in nature is a strike has killed a family of eight in afghanistan with six children among the dead officials there say the victims had no connections with the taliban or any other terrorist group civilian casualties inflicted by the coalition forces are splintering issues between the afghan leadership and nature the streams are jew out by twenty fourteen

. thousands of protesters have clashed with police outside nepal's of parliament as rival parties inside held last minute talks about controversial constitutional changes several demonstrators and three police men were injured in the violence the politicians again failed to agree on carving separate states based on ethnicity is seen as key in stabilizing the country was a struggle since the end of a civil war with ma with fighters in two thousand and six. georgia has seen its biggest anti-government rally in three years with forty thousand people marching in tbilisi it coincides with the start of campaigning for this art and palm entry election the rally was organized by the country's riches billionaire who is hoping to become prime minister. even if she'd been given this really opposition movement like he's president sarkozy of authoritarianism and the country's poor.

in greece opinion polls indicate pro and anti austerity parties are running neck and neck as next month's election draws closer it could decide whether greece stays or quits of the euro and although e.u. leaders are publicly voicing support they are privately battening down the hatches to prepare for a greek exit peter oliver has the details of should they stay or should he go germany's angela merkel is adamant. 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 blunders bank says the situation in greece is extremely worrying but isn't predicting the demise of the single currency should the greeks quit the euro 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 on 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 and the others will begin to start ok it's a very nice solution for us the author of our debts for so far it's easier to pull out of the europe or to go ireland i did here 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 has 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 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 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 let's wait for the people of greece to have their say on the seventeenth of june. by those who want to promote speculative scenarios let's wait i do real of the greek people but it's

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 over. later this hour we'll be joined by you never know with this weekend's top sports stories including the final curtain the line is legendary player and manager. and also the syrian foreign minister talks to us to know that the next thirty minutes on our t.v. from moscow with. religion

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