why do you think than a significant body like the un human rights councils already apportion blame before the results of international probe well i think it's very unfortunate i think this is due to western pressure because you think back seven days ago right from the very first time we heard about this massacre the lives of the u.s. and britain was the syrian government was responsible for any evidence it had here and i'm afraid that there's been a lot of pressure put on the of the u.n. h.c.r. this week and that's behind their statement which is a very helpful. position here is that it's saying it believes these are attempts by several countries to use the houla tragedy to further their own interest undermine kofi annan speak what do you think about that statement i think is absolutely correct i think what we've got here on the agenda is pretty obvious to anyone who's been following this for the last fifteen months there's been an attempt by western powers backed by gold states to topple the regime in damascus and this reminds me and i'm sure remind a lot of people too about what happened back in the late one nine hundred ninety s.

yugoslavia a situation where the loss of each government there was under enormous pressure as well what we had then was western forces backing the rebels against that regime we had a massacre massacres taking place which we don't use as a pretext for military intervention which is what we got in the nato bombardment of yugoslavia and twelve months ago we had exactly the same thing again with libya we had stories coming out of. america and britain with the forefront of saying look we've got to intervene which is what happened in the end of course so it's deja vu it's like ninety nine thousand nine hundred twenty one all over again so where from here of any lessons been learned of in syria's opposition military action washington is voicing its readiness to act it appears where do you see this calls for foreign intervention heading the next well i think we reach the crucial point of the whole affair now and i think that the onus must be on the western powers to sort of back down here because russia's may. quite clear that it won't but if you

did mention date they were kind of libya and they want to beat you to gain and the only way we can have a peaceful solution to this is if the western powers and countries like qatar saudi arabia rein in the rebels and say to them look stop this and stop supplying the with arms but all fortunately the stakes are so high here candy because syria is what happens in series of enormous global importance because the west wants this regime to go they want a pro western regime that will come in that will be more pro israel will be anti iranian and that will prepare the way for attack on iran so the stakes are incredibly high here and unfortunately i don't see the west backing down i think unfortunately going to get more war. aggressive behavior from the west more backing the rebels and i'd like to see russia and china come out now and really take a much even firm a line on this and say look stop this there is a political process in syria there's a new constitution we have elections in syria there's a democratic path and i think i'd like to see russia and china really say to the west stop stop stop your behavior you said this is reaching

a xenophon crunch point i mean the opposition wants the un envoy to his plans failed is that. well you know at the moment you know let's face it the u.s. britain france saudi arabia qatar do not want to succeed it's the syrian government wants it to see to russia and china and we have to i think it was on friday kevin that the qatari prime minister said that perhaps a deadline for his plan to work is not helpful and what you know why is the plan working so far in bringing peace because the rebels are still fighting they're still using arms terrorist attacks are taking place in syria and one of the syrian government in response seems now evidence has come out of who are that you know last week we were told it was a syrian government now the evidence is not so clear present as sad today in damascus denied any involvement in that he said it was a terrific ugly crime so you know it really took to the people who are backing the violent rebels to rein in the final pre-fight on conflicts bill for want of

a better word of the violence has been spreading beyond syria into neighboring lebanon as we've been reporting what are the wider consequences if this gets worse . well i mean we could be any towards a major. less the west changes its policy and we you know the west is playing a very dangerous game here syria was a country at peace fifteen sixteen months ago there were peaceful protests we got democratic reform in syria so there's no real need for people to be using violence and what the west is doing is criminal what the west in saudi arabia qatar and other countries are egging this on the israel to has been supporting waiting showing what these cuts it is criminal because we could have a major war happening here ok thanks your thoughts protectionists neil clark there on the line from the u.k. thank you. let's just mention violence from syria spread across the border with at least thirteen people killed and dozens injured in recent clashes between pro and anti assad supporters in lebanon the country's also said to be one of the major arms hubs for the rebels fighting against the regime in neighboring syria but this deadly weapon flows also

a matter of faith not just money as art is mere financial found out. as seller shows off his goods. this is five thousand dollars in the story two hundred eighteen hundred and two thousand the seven machine guns between two and a half and three thousand euros works shoddy not his real name also has rocket propelled and hand grenades which he showed me in private people come 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 a really heavy stuff we buy from her and their hours and research 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 that 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 teach or support his co religious fighters in syria for sure. in the sunni dominated north not going on 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. a mad twenty nine year old field commander from the free syrian army was wounded during the siege earlier this spring together with other injured f.s.a. members he's now having treatment in lebanon but his not stopped fighting entirely

. syrian experts everywhere in the world or people from britain france saudi arabia also send his money by weapons walkie talkies. 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'll return to syria. is sellafield a radical 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 sounds. we also made some of fish a call might have 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 would make all the squabbles speak for

against these issues make them all applies i guess the government and other such a fish a can triple he 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 syrians now to get rid of this regime. shake marzan doesn't wear muslim white robes and to keep his beard sacred 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 assad's. syria completed. reporting from northern lebanon on. the top level tour of europe president putin this week patience to let the kofi annan plan come into effect in syria he was speaking out

of a meeting with european leaders and some which kicks off later sunday and i've got a lot to discuss to is out who's really explains. wasn't putting his first stop was in minsk which many saw as an indication that russia's foreign policy now will focus more on the closest neighbors and the c.i.s. countries many observers also saw this visit as the beginning of the supposedly plan of economic and eastern bloc now off you went afterwards to berlin on a whirlwind visit which lasted for only half a day was going to put an end german chancellor angela merkel who seemed to see eye to eye on the matters concerning syria now earlier in the week u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said that russia is aiding to the troubles in syria by continuing to support the regime of president bashar last said to which of course their action president prepared a response. but russia is unilaterally supporting the assad regime room

we have longstanding good relations with syria but we aren't supporting any soon to be conflict. i agree with chancellor merkel that our common objective. both russian and german leaders seem to believe that kofi annan speace plan it should be seen to progress to excess fully at the moment it does seem like a strong a by the seemingly unstoppable of fighting on all sides in syria now of course that not all leaders in europe seem to agree with the french president francois long or also earlier in the week did mention that france supports military intervention in the middle eastern country and of course that is something that russia is adamantly against and that was one of the matters discussed by putin on his. last leg of the european tour which took him to paris now of course there is no agreement on the issue of syria among the european leaders among other issues which were also discussed or mentioned. meeting with the french president of course

was the issue of missile defense now russia's russia is adamant that the plans for creation of a missile defense shield in eastern europe a plan much hailed by nato and the united states as being very much needed by countries to counteract the supposedly possible strikes from the likes of iran in north korea now these plans worry moscow very much and moscow has been adamant in its demands that nato and its allies present written guarantees that this missile shield will not be used against russia. in the past we've often been promised that newser wouldn't expand then we were promised that need to wouldn't put military hardware near russia but we've seen it expand and its bases spirit know we need guarantees but i'd like to say we're not going to escalate this discussion we've already invited all partners to engage in dialogue it is natural that all of these

issues of course will crop up during the russia e.u. summit which kicks off in st petersburg today and although we probably cannot expect a major breakthrough to be done it is clear that a lot of people a lot of observers as well as all of the european leaders involved are hoping that some sort of movement forward will finally be made at least in some of these topics . thousands of egypt venting their anger over what they say is a lenient sentence for the former president hosni mubarak jailed for life over the killing of eight hundred fifty protesters during last year's uprising crowds gathered in tahrir square demanding a retrial and the death sentence for the president they're also furious that the barracks two sons and several security officials have been acquitted and rage mode . attack the offices of presidential candidate and mubarak's last prime minister after much of freaking to egyptian times freelance journalist jill drew reporter from tahrir square for. people at the moment are really quite angry with the verdict as far as when they heard about barak was given twenty five years of life

sentence they were euphoric because people busy making would just be done for corruption charges however they realized that his sons are lying come out and also the jury ministries they were actually quite so its people started to realize that perhaps the verdict wasn't what they wanted saying that what we saw was actually my stock price here ross egypt where people basically came to the streets are streaming angry about the fight a lot of people calling for justice and now the barak's the funny story is deduction a notion that pioli or assume is the body chris reddy announced i mean that's one of the biggest fears the protesters are fearing really is that he will actually. be fixed up to his hero i know such a mean and up serving his full life sentence this is why people are still on the streets basically people think believe the distribution system is transparent so they think that perhaps that part will be acquitted because that's what this regime the old regime is still in place once people are beginning to make the connections

between what they consider to be the old regime and the new regime which the military council basically what they seen is mubarak get off lightly they want to hear they want to see the death sentence they wanted his sons to be put in prison at the same time in the background of elections where the barak's former prime minister which defeats is actually considered to be one of the most popular candidates so people are really fearing is that this regime will never and that the revolution is in fact not worth. coming up with r.t. stability versus sovereignty the irish people vote yes to more cuts from brussels but with fears that more decisions are being taken out of violence hands good reform and nato led peacekeepers use live rounds on serb protests is kosovo's volatile north slips into violence. the wiki leaks chief due to the sun's lost his appeal against extradition from the u.k. to sweden weighs wanted on sexual assault charges britain's supreme court ruled on wednesday that is arrest warrant was lawful and songes team is now been given

fourteen days to appeal the decision which the world's top whistleblower says is politically motivated r.t. sarah firth reports from london. the truth shall set you free or no it's the supporters were out in full six weeks for julian assange tearing his appeal was rejected in a split five t. decision by the judges after all the five hundred days of house arrest in person he's now on the brink of deportation to sweden to answer questions about sexual assault accusations he say's a trumped up basic point you remember the jury and hasn't been charged with any crime in any country and it really is extraordinary so much pain actual joy just for the purpose of questioning. it all began when we started revealing uncomfortable truths about the us government the afghanistan and iraq war logs gave shocking detail about the violent occupation of these countries the scale of civilian deaths on potential war crimes all at the hands of u.s.

forces and the swedish arrest warrant wasn't far behind i think this will send a chilling effect to all potential whistleblowers that if they dare challenge the secrecy and indeed in many cases war crimes of united states they will face retribution that's bad for democracy it's bad for human rights the case has been seen by many as a david and goliath style fight with a stanch taking on not just the legal system but the establishment that seek to silence him and wiki leaks and it's not just the government media that champion the songes of freedom of speech defend spectacularly turned on him in recent times he didn't want to be a member of the club. and that was the problem we can reach produced in a matter of. more revelations about the workings of democratic of the workings of the world in many ways how the world is wrong than all the news by

the western world put together. the word jealousy comes. in a further twist in the tales. songes legal team managed to get him an eleventh hour extradition stay if they fail this battle is likely to end up in the european court of human rights it is being really richard. should not be have. heard me on this issue. he is disappointment among his equalities at the decision and a real sense that this wasn't just the last stand and his legal team but a loss for the british justice system as well thirty. one did well while under house arrest to bring julie massages continue to film his talk show that airs again next year on r t next tuesday hoping catch that and if you didn't catch the previous episodes as well been a good watch they're also streaming on a website r.t. dot com. now the big story in the week the irish people said yes to more.

nationwide referendum supporters say this will ensure stability and more rescue cash but the critics fear the country said to lose the power to make its own decisions about his laura smith explains more ireland says yes to writing european austerity into law and ceding more sovereignty to brussels the sixty forty result saw a split between rich and poor with middle class and rural areas in favor and working class urban dwellers against sinn fein leader gerry adams campaigned vigorously against the treaty and is now ireland's most popular party leader as a result the government real number of commitments during the. we're converted to the notion that you can't cut your way. up to get people. to work. just. as

a result of the greed of private bankers. so we. lose too much they'll need to unemployment up to fifteen percent welfare payments a cut public sector spending has been slashed everyone's feeling the pinch including publican jimmy killed near he's seen his turnover by hauff as locals batten down the hatches we would have had. five full time employees yeah for part time to full time to part time we had a restaurant upstairs which is. another three full time jobs. it's a huge factor it's the discretionary spend that people have. you can see it throughout . the restaurant. and people are very very very careful on how they spend their money to pay the economies tightly bound to the euro zone through bank loans and

bailouts the treaty binds budget treat policy even tighter so that brussels will have a say over how arlen spends its money so when he leaves social justice ireland says it's a badly written treaty that will do what it's meant to do what we're looking at no is a limiting limitation being imposed by this treaty which we believe quite strongly means that we cannot put in the investment levels that are required of the scale that's required to actually generate the draws to produce the jobs that are required to get out of this mess that it's thanks to the constitution the irish are the only european people who got to vote on the pact and all but two. but governments have already signed it the u.s. will give his power to an unpopular treaty france's new president francois hollande has talked about trying to renegotiate the pact and germany's angela merkel despite

having written the treaty can't get her own parliament to ratify it richard boyd baratz of the united left alliance sees a bleak future because of all of the gambling debts and banks and speculators have been put on to the books of the state and that this would mean permanent austerity indians' worth of cuts every year for at least a decade or more in order to meet the treaty targets and that we believe will do one told damage to the economy which is already very traumatized for ireland it seems more damaging austerity is up ahead here in doubt played every pastis bristling with referendum haste is the no posters call the fiscal pact the bankers treaty the austerity pact but the yes campaign has won the day with its message of stability. prepared to cede silver and sea in exchange for financial backup but even that's not guaranteed in a beleaguered yuri's they know it's me hearty. dog to entertain

and interest you i'm sure like this how to join in with america's hard pressed ninety nine percent very own occupied facebook let you do just that you can campaign as that without leaving your p.c. if that makes sense you see the designs up for prestigious design of the whole thing you can take a look. at our teeth also facebook as well as i just said also catch me if you can the saudi princess in the story but if you try to parity to flee a five star hotel in paris with several billion dollar bills from stop by staff red faces all round not the first time either we're here for the royal or. as we report on one of our t.v. dot com. in or in kosovo clashes between serbian protesters and nato led peacekeepers have left at least six people wounded local serbs tried to prevent troops from removing barricades they set up last year on the border with kosovo those roadblocks were in response to an attempt by ethnic

albanian authorities to impose border and customs controls nato troops use tear gas and small arms on protesters who responded with stones and hand gunfire serbs in kosovo rejects the area's two thousand and eight declaration of independence from serbian political analyst alexander habits in belgrade says the presence of foreign troops only stirs up trouble. the nato forces which are being called peacekeepers are actually trying to use force to force the course of the serbs to accept living an independent course which they want to accept and that's the whole root of the problem they've actually for fired live ammunition at people trying to keep the barricades and they're trying to keep the barricades to prevent the also world beating regime from trieste or not to get a hold of the north northern part of the territory we've had wounded civilians wounded by so-called peacekeepers using live ammunition against bare handed people on our own people so actually peace is the last thing on their mind unfortunately i

do want to say that this was something at the beginning of june which was to be expected because there is sort of a power vacuum in belgrade right now with just parliamentary and presidential elections but we do not have a functioning government we only have a technical government so actually what's nato and the e.u. and the u.s. are doing they're using the power vacuum in belgrade to try to to establish a new reality on the ground in kosovo. so obviously the president was sworn in on thursday shortly before his inauguration he shared his thoughts with us on the situation in kosovo is north of the other challenges facing me right now you can hear more about that in just over an hour on this channel now bringing you some of today's world news they killed at least three people and left over thirty others injured in the north of nigeria witnesses say a suicide attacker forced his car through a checkpoint and drove it into a church there is no immediate claim of responsibility although churches are often

the targets of sectarian attacks carried out by the radical islamist group boko haram. ten passengers in the minibus have died after being hit by a cargo plane crash landed it garners main airport the jet overshot the runway and plowed into the packed vehicle full crew on board the plane escaped with injuries though taken to hospital investigations not to be carried out to try to establish the quote. civil but rome. miserable weather failed to stop student protesters from turning out in the thousands once again in montreal told said earlier this week when the canadian government failed to reach a deal on the controversial rise in tuition fees the quebec demos began back in february than they escalated last month when an emergency anti protest bill was passed over two and a half thousand people have been arrested since those rallies started. shortly a report for you into the american military's use of highly toxic chemicals in vietnam and the legacy to this day of those attacks my name's kevin owen you're watching a news roundup of the week here on r.t. and headlines are coming up next just two minutes away in fact.

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six tradition appeal from. which they believe the. next the grim legacy of america's war in vietnam with a generation of children suffering from birth defects after the parents and grandparents were exposed to deadly chemicals. the dow chemical company in midland michigan. seventy two million liters of defoliants sprayed by the u.s. military over south vietnam beginning in one nine hundred sixty one.