russia warns against placing the blame for a massacre in the syrian city of houla soley on the government saying opposition government may also have been involved. as the syrian conflict drags on it's being fueled by weapons flowing from neighboring lebanon and the illegal arms dealers and driven by profit and fake. and after weeks of on student protests in canada and hundreds of arrests talks over jewish and costs of resume but it's no longer just about soaring fees. online on screen this is r.t. live from central moscow with twenty four hours

a day russia says both the syrian government and opposition government may have been involved in 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 ministry. warned against assigning blame for the massacre. of has the details. 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 us sidewall the foreign minister a lot of roth says that it's too early to make any conclusions since it's clearly the situation is not one sided at all. but to do at the u.n. security council on sunday the head of the international peace mission in syria confirm that in houla there were signs of artillery shelling but there were also many cool places we've had. fired from close distance signs of a slaughter google says both sides apparently had

a hand in the deaths of people including women and children under the control of the militants and it's also surrounded by government troops the un security council has asked the un observer mission on the ground to best gauge what exactly happened in houla moscow is now lifting the responsibility from our side for the violence but is stressing that equal pressure has to be applied both on the authorities and on the opposition and it's not only vital for them to put their weapons down as peaceful you negotiate but also for the international community for all the outside players to reach one unified position and so you are off says only in that case could be peace plan be fulfilled which is currently the only way out of the crisis also outlined that moscow is in contact with both the of stories and the opposition and he says that from these contacts with the rebels it's clear that some forces outside of syria but within the region are giving them other signals which are not

aimed at fulfilling the peace plan but are actually aimed at violating boosting calls for foreign military intervention the foreign minister has called on these players to make up their minds whether they want regime change or the stop of the deaths of people in syria. u.s. in the meantime is once again warning syria it could face an armed intervention america's top military officer warned the pentagon is prepared to act militarily if and when it is asked to political activist heighth he told me earlier an r.t. that the anti asset movement wants to make the regime appears bad as possible whether it's guilty of the killings or not i don't think now there is a quite a lot of incitement they fabricated this massacres i'm not saying the massacres didn't take place but yes it took place in the area where it's completely under the control of those coming governments what is so-called rebel so-called syrian free

army we know there is other groups who has alliance to jihadist to sell a feast to. either maybe but and they are they are quite . i mean they are supplied with the arms and money they have borders open was lebanon they have borders open with turkey so they doing what ever there was coming and going out there trying to. what to call it. is the pressure on syria before the visit of coffee anon so the situation in syria. we see in this type of situation before before the security council meeting when russia and china use the veto. in every meeting it takes place or was so called the friends of syria or before with our oblique they push through those massacres

just two to. four incitement and to turn people against the syrian government and to turn the public opinion or the international public opinion against the syrian government. and as the strife in syria drags on the rebels are getting strong support from lebanon everything from medical treatment to weapons and salties their financial reports it's not just profit driving the daily and deadly trade in guns a seller shows off his goods. 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. parks shaadi not his real name also has rocket propelled and hand grenades which he showed me in private people come in contact me every day we have a revolution next door. we're talking shop his garage in tripoli lebanon

syrian rebels are his major clients are very popular but recently they're looking for a really heavy stuff we buy from house and they're ours and resell they have a nerve and they're getting it for free as iran makes their entire story. it'll 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 ends 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 t. to support his co religious fighters in syria for sure we. will help them topple assad till 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 his now having treatment in lebanon but his not stopped fighting entirely. we have support from syrian ex-pats everywhere in the world people from britain france saudi arabia they also send us money we buy weapons walkie talkies. a syrian borders he says every day tons of these aid go through his hands but for him it's not enough as soon as he gets better he returned to syria. ahmed is a sellafield erotically sunni group whose influence in this part of lebanon is growing dramatically there are demonstrations in favor of the syrian uprising

a role so part of the support package everything counts. we also need some a fish a call made bakley one of the founders of the band islamic group suspected of links to international terrorism but he sees his input in the syrian revolt in sending the rebels the ideas and encouragement to achieve the ultimate goal what will be to make all at the overthrow of the government we will make or the scholars speak for against the army's issues make them all up lies against the c.i. government and other summer fish a can triple the runs this car parts shop and 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 help the tunisian and egyptian revolutions we want syrians now to get rid of this regime shake muslin 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 has something these days just to see their mission and assad free syria completed. durational snarky reporting from northern lebanon. russian security experts say they found a powerful p.c. virus that they claim is being used for years to spy on middle eastern countries such as israel and iran to iran has already said that the virus was responsible for recent incidents of mass data loss in the country well for more on this let's join tom barton he's in our newsroom here in moscow. experts russian internet security firm cast spur ski lab say they've discovered what they're calling the largest cyber attack ever they've dubbed the virus flame the most infected computers are in iran but israel syria and other countries across

the middle east have also been infected it's thought the virus has been operating since august two thousand and ten perske and other internet security firms admit it may have been stealing data from computers for years before that ban is already accused the u.s. and israel of the attack that cast perske lab say it's too early to tell who who's behind it flame will probably go down in history as the third great cyber attack of its kind in two thousand and ten the stuxnet virus attacked iran's nuclear program and the dooku virus was busy stealing data from computers around the world flame though is much bigger its code is twenty times the size of stocks in it and it can make use of a computer's webcam keyboard monitoring facilities and screenshots amongst other things to grab data packages up and send it back to the attackers this

sophistication and the targets that have been hit have led kaspersky to believe this is a government backed cyber attack. tom thanks very much indeed for that update live there from the user i'm tom bottom there. julian assange the occupy movement have much in common they both 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 the latest edition of inside his very own interview program they discussed the spread of the occupy demonstrations. all. sort of similar for a while for the first the first week or ten days or something until there was violence. well yes i mean what police violence but nonetheless we did not through because. for the record. we took a nonviolent direct action we went and we occupied a square so we could have

a general assembly and starts talk about the world that we wanted to live in which we saw as 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 when there's nothing that terrifies the american government so much as the threat of democracy breaking out in america. that are there for to react violently. and you can catch the seventh edition of june in the sounds of series in full tomorrow at eleven thirty g.m.t. in fact that's today here in our moscow time here on r.t. and if you've missed the previous six you can always watch them online. r.t. dot com. to the protests in kind of the now and there's hope the standoff between students and authorities in quebec could soon come to an end with talks due to resume on monday thousand strong demonstrations against jewish and fee hikes have

been taking place on a nightly basis for over a month but a new emergency law this course such anger cutting fees may no longer be enough kind of calm has this report. it's not just about to wish and hikes anymore even many of those who didn't care much about the problems facing students in care back have now joined the ranks of protesters. it is something that we should and have to do in this region but that's not a good time we have to be there and we have to make noise it does it's the end of democracy if we keep on this way and the farther on our own goal on the ground harder for the future to ensure. that the country and the city needs to 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 decided this is a map of montréal yet that's not the country always the exact words with a couple don't know. i think they got their sound or for their most recent burnside for cambridge. the first time i have a highly rated narrative or to star in their ads or observe 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 from the bar actually at that time and they were arrested and they weren't going to do demonstration there or there had been tear gas. a lot of physical or station 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. d.-a aren't spending much time showing incidents of police brutality. journalists in canada live in which the politicians and live with. the gang are making the rules so 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 the students are kept back versus the government of the problem the gatherings were generally very peaceful life the police reaction was overwhelmingly harsh and as if that wasn't enough to vex leaders i think thanks a lot 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 on from the streets of montreal

canada r t. facebook fury has forced the head of the international monetary fund to express sympathy with greece's financial struggle christine legarde caused outrage in a newspaper interview by saying she had more sympathy for poor african children than greeks suffering economic problems she suggested that the greek culture of tax evasion was the main cause of their hardship prompting tens of thousands of furious messages on a page for more in the story i'm joined by holland green editor of popular economics dot com he joins me live now from california so is regard really echoing what many in europe and economists in particular really think about the greeks. i think she's echoing what northern europeans are thinking but that is what southern europeans are thinking of the mediterranean countries mainly and actually it's just because the pendulum has swung the other way right now germans and northern europeans profited immensely when the euro was introduced at that time in fact

early two thousand germany had its many recession and they were able to underprice greek exports and so they took over the export market. growth suffered tremendously during the early two thousand has. written about this extensively what they really need is a marshall plan of europe and i'm surprised christine legarde would make comments like this at a time when even she believes that austerity is not the answer to their problems she's talked about that in the past but what about that the reaction of the moment concerning opinion polls leading up to this june the seventeenth election interesting to see the pro and anti austerity parties are actually neck and neck ahead of this vote interesting isn't it that the greeks are showing support for the conservative party they're actually promoting obviously the by not in sturdy measures but what do you think the outcome could be on this. who could read those cards i mean my god it's a tie right now i mean you can see what they're doing as well as spain and italy is

trying to chase down the tax evaders i mean you know photographing swimming pools from the air right all of this is kind of a comedy show to me i mean really you need a marshall plan for europe and there is a way to rescue both the euro and to rescue greece and dr robert shiller you know of irrational exuberance same wrote a wonderful last sunday op ed piece in last sunday's new york times not this sunday in the bin which he said that we shouldn't be thinking of an austerity measure where everything gets tight at once when they when there's a recession and people can't create demand can't spend the money then the government has suspended well there are. there are some famous economists including . something as economists here in this country who have studied this problem and what they said was that if you. if you increase expenditures by the expenditures by the same amount you increase taxes you increase national income and that doesn't

increase debt so that advocate i think you can reach that if the greeks are going to raise you have to reserve taxes of the spanish and the and italians if they would spend an equal amount as they raise their taxes there's no increase in debt and it spurs growth but there is really growth as a painless way to get out of this mess as everybody seems to think they seem to be clicking i think is a was not austerity is growth is the answer is it really is simple as that. growth is not simple in any form or manner but the point being that. you have to induce growth we have proven this just as the stop talking about under president clinton when he created twenty three million jobs it appears you go back to you know any any expenditure increases had to be met with tax increases or i expect increases are the ticket you have to find a way to increase expenditures in order to didn't cause economy to grow and i was

quick to ask you to speculate about the outcome of this election and in the seventeen very very briefly final question your speculation about the future of greece is it going to no i don't think the greeks want to leave the euro i would say they will vote just stay in the euro they will both to begin to collect their taxes i don't think they want to be the outlier i really don't i mean there are basically like a third world country i don't think they want that part in green from popular economics dot com great to hear thoughts thank you for joining us live there from the usa you're well. r.t. live here in moscow some more world news from across the globe now this hour in our world update a massive fire the shopping center in qatar has killed at least thirteen children for teachers and two firefighters say the complex did not have any alarms is that began a day at the luxury more luxurious several hours to put out because still. the plan is lowest in the pre-revolution prime minister will both fight it out in a runoff in egypt's presidential election the first and second places of mohamed morsi. have been confirmed by the electoral commission but to the other defeated

candidates are demanding a recount saying there were violations during voting the second round will take place next month. former british prime minister tony blair's appearance before an inquiry into media ethics has been interrupted by a man shouting war criminal investigation is looking at the issue of phone hacking by journalists blair faced questions about his relationship with rupert murdoch who when the news of the world the main newspaper involved as blair's convoy left the inquiry eggs with thrown at one of the. right. well i'll be back with a roundup of our top stories for in about ten minutes from now in the mean time our special interview with the newly elected president of serbia stay with us for that .

that's what it is mr president thank you very much for giving your time to this interview latest on the international media see you as a nationalist in the right wing however you based your election campaign on good relations with the european union. that is the obvious that they are absolutely right i am a nationalist but i'm a democrat as well and as far as european values go we will respect their will because of our constitution and the constitution that tied it and i wrote together i respect it sincerely i'd like to bring order to serbia the way that germany has or because it's probably a lot of time will pass until the western press accept me treats me fairly as for

many years now they've written about the negative but now it's difficult to change that but after achieving victory and unacceptable conditions during an incredibly dirty media campaign it's more probable but the media will change their opinion to the book moreover i showed that i want to be the president of all the citizens of serbia at. the launch you are free to support if you are traditional value to save you you have been stung but your voice is at the store i'm not afraid because europe is a very attractive partner for serbia and our country should meet almost all of the conditions that the e.u. imposes for this process should stop only if they ask us to renounce part of our territory i'm referring to kosovo and talk it up until now i've been open and sincere with the citizens of serbia and i'm going to continue cooperating with the people. but the moment they impose such conditions i told people immediately i think that's why i won't give michael kennedy but you know in our country the dismissal of a president is almost impossible nevertheless my term will last five years only if

the citizens allow it that if they no longer want to see me in this position i will walk away right now i'm convinced that the politics that i've been representing are the only good politics for serbia mr beer. when you first statement after the elections you said that salvia will not turn away from the european path and at the same time you've promised to hold a referendum where the citizens will have to decide if they want to join the e.u. or not we keep this promise. misuse of order so that the referendum is going to happen we agreed with the democrats that when all the conditions are fulfilled for serbia's entry to the e.u. we will go to the papers with the question do you want to be in the e.u. they will decide that's how they did it in croatia only a few months ago but only after they had fulfilled all the conditions and when the e.u. had accepted coalitions then they organized the referendum that i think it's necessary to cooperate with citizens a lot more than in the past but that doesn't mean that i'm resigned to the european way that my only fear is that they'll impose conditions that i personally wouldn't

accept but probably the citizens would say that's fulfill it too because we want to be in the e.u. i won with fifty percent of vote and i know that the other half are didn't support my ideas that's why i believe that i should ask them all to do that is to get it on the books as a servant to it and i know when serbia is in a difficult economic situation when the country is unemployment rate exceeds twenty four percent on the other side europe also has its problems and its becoming poorer day by day so why do so still want to become members of the point you failed at the greek scenario could be repeated in your country love to go to quit as you know greece is another thing greece is a member of the e.u. which was spending way money then ago duesler was that because then one day it came out that it didn't have anything like that it took advantage of the surveyors which is not a state but a union it still is a trust one another one is that serbia is far behind any of the zuma member countries will serbia enter the e.u.

i don't know first of all they have a crisis of expansion or you know today it's clear that we will be in during the next ten years at the same time they have the existential crisis the euro is a currency the turning weaker by the day on the other hand it's a big question how long is germany going to help members of the union that's to say how long should german taxpayer support the countries in crisis as i promised to guide serbia to a path where no one could say that you don't want to enslave you and the truth is that the world is a lot bigger. just a bit because my victory is a victory of the ideology of both the e.u. and russia are not the war syria. doesn't know that that's interesting you don't see that sebi a will have to choose between the e.u. and russia you think it's possible to keep the right balance between them. you have a whole other level to i'd prefer not to have to make the choice of those that i'd like serbia to be at home with two doors one to the west and the other to the east you know serbia simply belongs to the east as well as to the west we have a traditional and deep relationship with russia not only in terms of origin but

also in religion what's that history customers language for that we have complimentary industries the field that we've had exceptional economic relations since the second world war that we can be a good bridge between europe and russia and the best partner of russia in the east because of the love of the. us it seems like serbia is always having to make conditions to become e.u. members of the other candidates have to join natives what if they want you to join a team with you to. go to serbia will never enter nato as this is the will of the majority of the serbian period and the e.u. will never impose this condition because serbia doesn't have any reason to enter i don't see any sense in its existence but if nato becomes an organization which together with the collective security treaty organization would fight against organized crime of the world then we would have participated in serbia is a small country surrounded by nato members there's no one serbia would start a war with us we don't need nato to defend it we are militarily neutral and it will

stay like that forever so. as all this it takes in russia as well as in serbia you hear very often that the hague tribunal is uncertain so do you plan to continue the cooperation with the chinese be you know initiated by the democrats. i've been the team leader who defended voice live show and i struggled against carla del ponte a for many years even personally in strasbourg. had a very difficult conversation in the presence of many parliamentarians of the european council was the hague tribunal will exist until the situation of the world changes and with other people have been convicted that people are dying there but the tribunals has the support of all countries and so far no one has launched a process to stop it anyway it will be closed soon because there are only a few president left and it will close in a fairly negative way for the global justice system open as the former president of serbia died in the case of course the presidents of racial and bowles and you have not been convicted not his police discrimination of the serbian began long ago and

today nothing has changed in segregation continues to that is obviously it's not fair but the serbian government adopted a moral wrong cooperation with the hague tribunal a little we have to respect that norrin stand boys like we've enjoyed many injustices in this world with that a. thank you thank you. culture is that so much on what would be you going to make a lot of people here at berkeley thinking the welfare state while attempting to save a struggling middle class are we reaching the point where society is ripped apart by socialist. news sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build the world's most sophisticated raw.