there's a report on our. russia warns against placing the blame for a massacre in this seriously to who that certainly on the government is saying a position government may also have been involved. in as the syrian conflict drags on it's being fueled by weapons of flowing from neighboring lebanon where illegal arms dealers are driven by profit and behave. last after weeks of violence student protests in canada and hundreds of arrests and talks over tuition hikes are set to resume but it's no longer just about soaring fees.

you saw russia and around the world this is our she was an e.u. national power thanks for joining us first russia says both the syrian government and opposition gunmen are to blame for the deaths of more than one hundred civilians including over thirty children in the city of houla over the weekend speaking after a meeting with his british counterpart in moscow foreign minister sergei lavrov warned against assigning blame for this massacre let's now get the details from the north so you go russia's top diplomat says both sides in this year in conflict may be at fault what is his reasoning. well russia is calling for an international investigation to be held looking into what happened in houla while the west including the united states and great britain are pointing their fingers at our side while the foreign minister elavil off says that it's too early to make any conclusions since it's clearly the situation is not one sided at all. you know pretty good you the u.n.

security council on sunday the head of the international peace mission in syria confirmed that in houla there were signs of artillery shelling but there were also many coops is we've had fired from close distance and signs of a slaughter both sides apparently had a hand in the deaths of innocent people including women and children this is very is under the control of the militants and it's also surrounded by government troops the u.n. security council has asked the u.n. observer mission on the ground to press to gateway exactly happened in houla movie in the loop if moscow is not lifting the responsibility from assad for the violence but says that equal pressure has to be applied both on the authorities and on the opposition and it's vital not all the for them to put their weapons down and sit down peacefully negotiate but also for the international community for all the outside players to reach one a unified position and so get out of says that only in that case the coffee on and

peace plan which is currently the only way out of this crisis be fulfilled and the foreign minister also outlined that moscow is in contact both will be authorities and would be of rebels and so the foreign minister believes that some players outside but within the region are giving other signals to the rebels which are not aimed at fulfilling the peace plan but are actually violating kind of posting calls for foreign military intervention and sort of go off as called on these players to make up their minds whether they want regime change or stop all of the killing off people. reporting that many thanks indeed for that how date. the rebels are adamant that the government carried out as the massacre former pentagon official michael maloof says the details of the killings suggest

a third party was and. 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 systematically killed all these people up close like that the opposition has been infiltrated by al qaeda that is. 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 as this triflin syria the rebels are getting strong support from lebanon everything from medical treatment to weapons and we have a notion now reports it's not just profit driving the daily deadly trading. so it shows off. this is five thousand dollars and this is thirteen hundred

eighteen hundred and two thousand the seven machine guns between two and a half and three thousand u.s. shaadi not his real name also has a rocket propelled and hand grenades which he showed me in private. or contact me every day we have a revolution next door. we talking shop his garage in tripoli lebanon on syrian rebels are his major clients are very popular but recently they're looking for really have the stuff we buy from has and they're ours and resell they have a nerve and they're getting it for free and as iran makes their entire story. it will take no more than ten hours for this shot he says to reach lebanon's conflict and gulf to neighbor since the beginning of the uprising in syria last march arms prices have rocketed for some items the coast has gone up five and sometimes even

ten times and the more the conflict drags on the mall look at if it is for the weapons dealers but money is not the key reason shaadi is a sunni muslim and to him it's his holy do you support his co religious fighters in syria for sure we are with them will help them topple assad they do it in sunni dominated north lebanon where we meet the arms dealer those who want assad out are in the absolute majority and they are sending their religious brothers in neighboring syria a lot more than prayers. ahmed twenty nine year old field commander from the free syrian army was wounded during the baba amr siege earlier this spring together with other injured f.s.a. members he's now having treatment in lebanon but his not stop fighting entirely. we have support from syrian ex-pats everywhere in the world people from britain france saudi arabia also send us money with walkie talkies. from the syrian

borders he says every day tons of this aid to go through his hands but for him it's not enough as soon as he gets better he returned to syria. is a selfie a radical sunni group whose influence in this part of lebanon is growing dramatically. their demonstrations in favor of the syrian uprising are also part of the support package every ounce. we also made some of fish a call might bakley one of the founders of the band islamic group suspected of links to international terrorism but he says his input in the syrian revolt in sending the rebels the ideas and encouragement to achieve the ultimate goal. to make all the overthrow of the government will make all the scholars speak for against these issues and make them all again the c.i. government and other selfish a can triple the runs this car parts shop he confirms

that every sunni and especially every salafist here in lebanon is involved either ideologically or financially in what he calls syrian liberation. already helped the tunisian and egyptian revolutions we want to get rid of this regime. shake marzan doesn't wear muslim white robes and keeps his beard secret to every selfie shot so as not to draw too much attention he says everybody sacrifices something these days just to see their mission and i saw. syria completed. the reporting from northern lebanon. and still ahead for you this hour ratings as a symptom of just trying to get what's causing a growing number of americans to abandon the mainstream news media in favor of being dependent on the foreign outlets or even fictional programs that's like.

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back to a song the occupy movement has much in common they buzz criticize governments and are often condemned by the mainstream media so now for the first time the world's most famous whistleblower and the leaders of the global protest movement come together here on r.t. and in the latest edition of a song his very own interview program they discuss the spread of the occupy demo.

so that for a while for the first week or ten days or something until it was forwards. well yes i mean one of the police moments but nonetheless we did not provoke violence we'd certainly read it all you can record. a nonviolent direct action we went and we occupied squares that we could have a general assembly and starts talk about the world that we wanted to live in which we saw is completely antithetical to the world we're currently living in and the structures that governed it so yeah i mean i guess by being there by exercising directly democratic process we're posing a threat and so the police had to respond i mean there's nothing that terrifies the american government so much as the threat of democracy breaking out in america wasn't there for to react like it was the. seventh edition of julian assange the reason for tomorrow at eleven thirty g.m.t.

or not. the previous six you can always watch that one line as. to the protests in canada now and there's hope these times of between students and authorities in quebec could soon come to an end with tools you to resume on monday thousand strong demonstrations against tuition fee hikes have been taking place on a nightly basis for a month but a new mattress has caused them such cutting fees and i no longer be enough gain or she can now reports. it's not just about to issue hikes anymore even many of those who didn't care much about the problems facing students in keg have now joined the ranks of protesters. it is something that we should and have to do in this region potentially again and we have to be there and we have to make noise he does it's the end of the democracy if we keep on this way and the father and the old polo ground part of. the future. of

the country and of new tools tens of thousands marching every day making a noise to express anger at what they see as draconian government measures to suppress people's rights to freedom of assembly and expression earlier this month the government here adopted an emergency anti protest law to make it illegal to assemble without permission and to insist on a precise road map of any planned march or demonstration this is a map of montréal yes that's not going to always that is the courts would think about. our conduct there is sound or for democracy there is silence for quite a bit. the first time i have three. narratives are to start in the ads are doing this sort of thing i got a day after the anti protests law was passed a quarter of a million people spilled onto montréal streets in defiance in a peaceful march more than seven hundred were arrested in just one day there were

people coming out of the bar actually at that time and they were arrested and they weren't going to do that once ration their there had been tear gas. a lot of physical or spatial but the people keep more change and banging their pots and pans each now risking a fine of up to five thousand dollars when there are so many people that get arrested ready canada's me. dia or in spending much time showing incidents of police brutality. journalists in canada live in which the politicians and a live look good good good good good again going around making the rules show they don't going to get outside and see what's happening in the streets really and they don't want to know about police brutality did don't want to know about it. you can see how dramatically the protests have evolved over the past three months in february when they started it was that if you took

a back seat the government of the probably the gatherings were generally very peaceful but the police reaction was overwhelmingly harsh and as if that wasn't enough to banks leaders talk a quick fix law to quell the protests would spell the end but it did and now they're facing anger over fees and freedom i'm going to check out on from the streets of montréal canada r t. and you know forget that all the stories we're covering are also available on our website altie dot com for you and here's what also that right now. so sure dead devils do you know they get bored with high diving and bungee jumping out of babies russian at drowning junkies who call themselves a road jumpers have a heart stopping alongside plus. no room for heroes all she needs the american war veterans who felt so betrayed by the system that they threw that medals away does god.

and some more world news from across the globe theater sound from a british prime minister tony blair the parents before an inquiry into me to essex has been interrupted by a man who a criminal probe is looking at the issue of phone hacking by german. blair faces questions about his relationship with rupert murdoch who earned him a newspaper involved the news of the world his government was described by a former colleague as being too close to the media giant it's alleged the likes of prince charles and gordon brown were among the victims. they seem to national has accused saudi arabia of human rights violations and urged the government to free share prisoners according to the group's report hundreds of show muslims mostly men have been detained without charge since last march after taking

part in peaceful protests they took to the streets last february following violence between religious police and pilgrims in medina. the i.m.f. chief christine lagarde has been forced to express sympathy with greece's financial struggle on her facebook page christine legarde caused outrage after saying she had more sympathy for poor african children than greek suffering because of economic problems and she had assisted the greek culture of tax evasion was the main cause of their hardship her facebook page was been bombarded with tens of thousands of furious messages. serbia's new elected president has confirmed joining the e.u. remains his top priority however he told us here there are things he won't give up for the sake of membership and you can see his interview in for next hour but here's a preview. europe is a very attractive partner for serbia and our country should meet almost all the conditions that the e.u. imposes this process should stop only if they ask us to renounce part of our

territory i'm referring to kosovo and we're talking also be an end to the e.u. i don't know first of all they have the crisis of expansion today it's clear that we will be in during the next ten years of the same time they have the existential crisis the euro as a currency the turning weaker by the day on the other hand it's a big question how long is germany going to members of the union that's to say how long should german taxpayer support the countries in crisis. the you are some mainstream news media is rapidly losing its audience with the biggest snatch works suffering from sinking ratings rising independent outlets and internet sources provide an alternative to a corporate controlled news and. reports media giants are increasingly opposite. but he's the most trusted fictional name in news the lead character of h.b.o.'s

upcoming series newsroom is on a mission to tell the truth in the face of u.s. corporate and commercial pressures are you aware of what makes was the greatest country in the world i don't know what you're venting their lives and their work in the myriad of nonfiction morgan holding its annual shareholders meeting america's corporate owned news networks that rarely challenge the status quo might want to take some cues from h.b.o.'s fake show and i report warns last month cnn's ratings dropped to their lowest in a decade and here are the nominees in march fox lost nearly twenty percent of their viewers and for years and as n.b.c. has consistently remained at least popular among all three if you went into the board rooms and the executive suites of these media companies they're in a panic about this. but the peter hart is the activism director at fair a us media watchdog group he says an increasing number of americans are abandoning mainstream media for alternative independent or foreign news outlets once people

shift and say c.n.n. is not for me fox is not for me on the sunday she is doing what i really want them to do i need them to do that it's hard to get them back how do you convince somebody that your media system works when their experience tells them that it doesn't work when last autumn's biggest global story was born in new york city it was largely ignored by most mainstream news outlets but. they are at the store going on as they look at any one of the protesting nobody seems to know until it became impossible to suppress. this spring the fight against corporate greed is still being waged but at this event in times square demonstrators are surrounded by news tickers but no mainstream t.v. cameras the occupied. movement is it waiting for the almighty powerful networks to show up and report about their demonstrations instead the grassroots group has made

immediate distribution all part of its campaign reading newspapers like this one which report about political financial and social stories that are either blocked out more rarely addressed by most in mainstream news outlets the first amendment just keep shrinking in importance. profiteering corporations who don't care a lot about journalism don't care a lot about democracy have taken control reporting the truth means risking all the dangers of digging too deep cost america's legendary newsman dan rather his coveted chair at c.b.s. the trusted journalist was forced to resign after reporting that george w. bush went missing during his national guard service to avoid being drafted to vietnam. no because my team reported a true story was a top story a story well people didn't want to believe that it was subjected to repeat propaganda barrage to discredit to

a case in which art is imitating life is becoming. a life now seeing more americans turning to the alternative marina port i.r.t. new york. and let's cross over to the business desk as it touches that so that's not sure they head of the russian british joint venture b.p. has resigned. well that's right friedman announced his resignation earlier on monday sending and k.b. peace talk down all the details about that resignation just a couple of minutes but first let's check out the equity markets and let's start with europe since the the european story is really driving the global sentiment as you can see it's doing quite well this afternoon europe is firmly in the flock mainly. thanks to some positive news coming out of wheat namely the latest opinion poll shows that the greek people are ready to vote for the new democracy will bail

out new democracy party in next month's elections meaning that there's actually some hope that that there are the measures might be implemented and that greece might actually stay in the euro zone and also keep in mind that wall street will be closed on monday for new memorial day lot now is moving on to the currencies and euro is showing some strains against the u.s. dollar as you can see there mainly thanks to that greek story i already mentioned but the current strength is not really lowering the number of experts who predicted these down the words why role for the euro going forward the russian currency the bull is trading mixed it's gaining value to the greenback and losing to the european currency and that loses on to the russian equity markets and they are narrowing their gains in afternoon trading although still doing white well the

latest data shows that the country's economy attracted thirty six and a half billion dollars of investment in the first quarter and that's an eighteen percent drop compared to the same period a lot cheer and let's check out some individual or movers on the my six all of the blue chips are gaining their biggest movers include their banks in the financial sector. the major players are expecting some news about spare banks acquisition of turf fish banking sector player lukoil is also doing well it's gaining almost that you percent on rising oil prices but another energy sector player tanguay v.p. is shedding value on the news that its c.e.o. resigned on. monday now a few details about the resignation of the chairman and c.e.o. of the british joint venture michael friedman gave no reason for his resignation on

monday he was one of the company's shareholders who walked to the arc to deal between rosneft and b.p. claiming it was while leading the existing agreements of t. and ke b.p. friedman is one of our shows the richest people with assets in banking a retail and telecom sector. and while some people are losing jobs others are apparently getting them looks like the russian job market became more attractive for high skilled foreigners last year the country's top recruitment services have hundreds says the number of job applications by ex-pats of rules by eleven percent most of the applicants are native english speakers and they're looking for positions in the oil and gas or the banking sectors analysts say russia's growing economy looks like more of a promising destination in light of all the financial problems across the globe and of course russia's financial stability really depends on the price of oil so that

naturally moves us to the current situation there on the oil market and as you can see oil is gaining and despite the fact that you are stockpiles reached at twenty two month high we still see gaining oil and told the latest from the business desk i'll be back in about fifteen minutes also right now to thank you very much indeed for that update and in a few moments a miracle in a very unusual sober and temple but before the top recap our top story.

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