the body in washington wants change everybody in europe and as well as the gulf countries and so was always condemned from the very start they never gave it a chance they never worked or did anything to try to see to its realisation they never ever put any pressure on their so-called friends in the syrian opposition and instead in fact arm to the syrian opposition and increase the violence and increase the bloodshed so it is quite rich now that they will without any evidence at all and while an investigation is ongoing automatically condemn the syrian government for what is a war this is a civil war you know the the western reaction and provocation of everything that's going on in syria is just the same old story over and over again they will not stop until they have regime change and so they do not want peace they do not want to succeed and we know that foreign fighters are going in not only weapons from the goal facilitated by the west but also foreign fighters are growing and stroking. here in lebanon they are fighters being trained in the north and they go across the

border frequently to stir up trouble and to create more antagonism between sunni and the other way community and it's just a tragedy that's unfolding and the syrian people are the ones who are suffering. about two thousand soldiers and security forces have entered areas of the lebanese city of tripoli to restore calm after deadly clashes between pro and to syrian regime gunmen the army was deployed in order to reach an accord on the implementation of security measures at least fourteen people have been killed and dozens injured in the fierce fighting over the weekend lebanon is also thought to be a major hub for the syrian rebels but as maria for national reports the deadly weapons flow is also a matter of play. a solo 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 all contact me every day we have a revolution next door. we talking shop his garage in tripoli lebanon syrian rebels are his major clients are very popular but recently they're looking for really have a star we buy from house and they're ours and research they have the nerve and they're getting it for free as iran makes their entire storage. it'll take no more than ten hours for this shot he says to reach lebanon's conflict in the 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 more 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. will help them topple assad till they do it. in a 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. a mad 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 also send us money weapons walkie talkies satellites the. 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'll return to syria. is a 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 counts. we also need some officiate almighty backley one of the founders of the band islamic group. suspected of links to international terrorism and he says his input in the syrian revolt in sending the rebels the ideas and encouragement to achieve the ultimate go. to make all the overthrow of the government will make all the squabbles speak for against the. issues and make them all applies again to see a government and other some a fish 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 revolution we want syrians now to get rid of this regime. shake marzan doesn't wear muslim white robes and give his beard sacred to every sellafield shot so as not to draw too much attention he says everybody sacrifices something these days just to see their mission and assad free syria completed. an r.t. reporting from northern lebanon. on a top level top of europe president putin this week patients to let the coffee and unplanned come into effect in syria he was speaking ahead of a meeting with top easy officials who have now arrived in st petersburg and they've got a lot to discuss as explains. was it puts in 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 in the c.i.s. countries many observers also saw this visit as the beginning of the suppose at the

land 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 al assad to which of course the russian president prepared a response. but russia is unilaterally supporting the regime. we have longstanding good relations with syria but we soon become food if. i agree with. you don't come in to. both russian and german leaders seem to believe that that coffee on speed planet 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 along there 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 which in. a way that the french president of course was the issue of defense now russia's russia's adamant. the plans for creation of the 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 its nato and its allies present written guarantees that this missile shield will not be used against russia would be sharing. in the past we've often been promised you wouldn't expect then we were promised a new two wouldn't put military hardware in the russian but we've seen it expand and its bases spread you know we need guarantees but i'd like to say we're not going to escalate this discussion we've been ready and willing to go partners to engage in dialogue it is natural that all of these issues of course will crop up during the russia e.u. summit in st petersburg and although we probably cannot expect a major breakthrough to be done it is clear that a lot of people 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. around the clock mass protests carry on for the second night in

a row in egypt hosni mubarak sentence the country's all said leader is serving life for complicity in the killing of eight hundred fifty protesters during last year's uprising two sons and six security officials have been acquitted which also caused a burst of indignation among the people tom barton is in cairo. hundreds of protesters occupying terrorists where behind me and more reporting into the square larger demonstrations have also been called for later in the day this all started yesterday initially with joy about the life sentence that was given to former president hosni mubarak but then turned to anger as a number of security officials in his administration were acquitted of any involvement in the deaths of hundreds of protesters in egypt's revolution last year a little hot meal if the verdict has given the police the green light to do

whatever they want because they knew they wouldn't be punished he want to kill their children to get life sentences and hosni mubarak and his interior minister should be executed. no doubt this verdict humiliating a year disaster for the resolution of those who ruined this country escaped justice we know they're going to appeal the verdict should unite to prevent that and that's what the what mohamed morsi the muslim brotherhood says can do that in the upcoming second round of the presidential election said that the revolution the started last year in egypt should continue and that if he was elected president he would make sure at least try to get mubarak back on trial and have him executed the top prosecutor in egypt he's going to appeal the acquittals of those top security officials people here who are really focused on the u.s. today's verdict snow said that that is the sign that the military here that the old

regime is still in power chafee is the other candidate in the election he is mubarak's last prime minister a former general he has had offices of his both in the capital and in other towns raided and people say that they were even doubting whether a second round in the election should go ahead. richard because of that he wouldn't reinstate the all regime but he's going to have a lot of convincing to do to try and make people believe future demonstrations planned in the coming week including a million man march through the capital. arab affairs a journalist and i've been there i'm done he says islamist mohamed morsi has promised to execute mubarak shows that his only intention is to win the election not to build a democratic and law for egypt. there are people demonstrating against. life sentence which d.c. is very lenient but it also has to be sent. to commentators and other people who do

the key to successful revolution is precisely to do some the move and trying to send an execution of mubarak would be a setback to not only egypt's revolution but also to the arab spring in general and surely key to a successful revolution is not to see the tactics being reproduced in a tree in democracy in egypt but the two candidates who were switched to capitalize on. said that he was very dangerous to see because it means that nobody is in the know this is a man who was a very trying to highlight he's traveled he was in peace dies a little more. regime of earlier and he's been brain in. egypt sions and mainly concerned which are weak prominent figure in very. regime should enter.

there we can exchange for julian the son she lost his appeal against extradition from the u.k. to sweden where he's wanted on sexual assault allegations but his supreme court ruled on way that his arrest warrant a was lawful such as team was going fourteen days to appeal the decision which the world's top whistleblower says it's politically motivated fair for us reports from london. the truth shall set you free all. the supporters were out in force this week that julian assange tearing his appeal was rejected in a split five two decision by the judges after all the five hundred days of house arrest in britain he's now on the brink of deportation to sweden to answer questions about sexual assault accusations he's say a trumped up basic knowledge remember that julian hasn't been charged with any crime in any country and it really is it should. so much pain actually joy it just the purpose of questioning. it all began when we started revealing uncomfortable

truths about the u.s. government the afghanistan and iraq war logs gave shocking detail about the violent occupation of those 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 or potential be so close that if they dare challenge the secrecy and indeed in many cases war crimes of united states they will face retribution and 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 staunch 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. revelation about the workings of democratic of the workings of the world in many ways how the world is. going or when used by western world put together. the word jealousy comes. in effect the twist in the tale 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. really a ritual. that should not be have finished third they are necessary but if he's disappointment among his supporters at the station and it will stun fear this wasn't just the last beginning a sponge and his legal team but a loss for the british justice system as well. very artsy london well under house arrest in britain julian a son she has filmed his talk show that next to airs on our t.v.

this chews day and don't forget you can also catch up with previous episodes that are. they are as people have said a yes or two more e.u. austerity this week in a nationwide referendum supporters say this will ensure stability and more rescue cash while critics fear the country will lose the power to make its own decisions laura smith explains arland 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 of working class urban dwellers against sin fein leader gerry adams campaigned vigorously against the treaty and is now ireland's most popular party leader as a result the government. much during the. we're converted to the notion that you can't cut your way. up to get people.

back into work. just banking. so we. will 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 fall by hoff as locals batten down the hatches we would have had to and five full time employees. 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. people are very very very careful on how they spend their money to pay the economy is tightly bound to the euro zone bank bailouts the treaty binds budget treat policy even tighter so that brussels will have a say over how island spends its money on healy of social justice island 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 growth to produce the jobs that are required to get out of this mess that it's in thanks to the constitution the irish are the only european people who got to vote on the pact and all but to. but governments have already signed it the yes vote will give outage 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 police future because of all of the gambling debts of banks and speculators of import onto the books of the state and that this would mean permanent austerity binion's worth of courts every year for at least a decade or more in order to meet the treaty targets and 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 and outplayed every lamp post is bristling with referendum posters 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 see over and see in exchange for financial backup but even that's not guaranteed in a beleaguered uro's they know it's very hard to. remember there's always more in all of our stories including the island referendum at r.t. dot com but you also find our teens very owner occupier on facebook lets you do just that camp out and campaign without leaving your p.c. and it's up for prestigious design award to take a look online. and of britain's been marking queen elizabeth diamond jubilee with the big as a river pageant in three hundred fifteen years efforts eleven thousand both of all shapes and sizes sail down the thames on sunday see it for yourself and our team. a day after laying out details of the pentagon's new age of pacific strategy u.s. defense secretary leon panetta has visited vietnam and said today he said the majority of america's warships will be deployed in the area by two thousand and

twenty american talk show host stephen leatherman says this is a virtual declaration of war for domination in the region. well america is doing everything possible to maintain its dominance global globally months back obama gave a speech he said america will increase its presence in middle east and the east asia north korea is the punching bag china is the target if china knows it just the way russia knows that being encircled with u.s. bases in america's missile shield has nothing to do with the brand and everything to do with russia and america it was the established basing rights already has them by numerous countries in central asia japan of course and south korea china knows there's china believes that the south china sea. is what it is america wants to come in and usurp them but just imagine what if china or russia what it's

fully of america's east the west coast for the congress that would probably be an act of war. let's take a look at other stories making headlines this hour starting in pakistan where we're getting reports of yet another drone attack killing several militants and at least thirty people were killed and others injured in a bus crash in northern pakistan are on the one hundred passengers were on their way home from a wedding ceremony the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle which rolled several times before landing in a ditch. it's not fear the death toll after sunday's plane crash could rise to two hundred in that nigerian officials confirm all a hundred fifty three on board and then another underground were killed when the just plowed into a two story building with these forty victims thought to be trapped under the rubble the pilot reported technical problems on route to largo's a port and the game because of the high voltage wire while trying to land this is

nigeria's with a disaster in almost two decades and the president has declared a period of national mourning. three people were killed and eight injured to win a hand grenade was detonated in the packed nightclub in serbia the explosion in each of all north of the country's capital belgrade went off after a group became angry over being denied entry to the club two of them were killed in the blast incidents with my arms are relatively common in the balkans away many weapons remain in civilian hands after the nine hundred ninety s. war. no the running costs of clashes between theory and protests and nato led peacekeepers have left at least six people wounded. try to prevent troops from removing barricades that they set up last year on the border with cost of the road blocks away in response to an attempt by ethnic albanian authorities to impose a blow to and customs controls nato troops used to give them

a small arms on protest responded with their youth and by a third thing cost of only take the area's two thousand and eight declaration of independence from serbia political analyst alexander reach in belgrade fez the presence of foreign troops only says up what trouble oh well the nato forces which are being called peacekeepers are actually trying to use force to force the course of the serbs to accept living in independent kosovo which they won't 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 calls of all baiting regime from priest 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 that 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 a sort of a power vacuum in belgrade right now we've just had parliamentary and presidential elections but we do not have a functioning government and we only have a technical government so we 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 because new president was sworn in on thursday shortly before his inauguration he said his faults with us on the situation in kosovo and the other challenges faced by say that's right after a recap of our top stories here on r t stay with that.

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it's six thirty am in moscow you're still watching r t thank you for being with us let's take a recap of the headlines moscow warns that the u.n. human rights body is putting the syrian peace plan at risk by blaming the regime which accuses drabble gangs for the massacre russia believes of the condemnation is premature because the investigation is still ongoing and puts pressure on the security council. while president putin has reaffirmed his songs on not taking sides enjoying top level visits to paris and berlin speaking the head of a meeting with the e.u. top bread which was launched in st petersburg. period egypt for the second night in a row as demonstrators angry at what they see as

a soft sentence for their former leader really across the country ousted president hosni mubarak is not serving life for his part in killing eight hundred fifty protesters during last year's uprising. and the world's top whistleblower loses an exhibition appeal from britain to sweden on sex assault allegations. legal team has fourteen days to appeal the decision which they believe it is politically motivated . a quick look at the headlines in just about fifteen minutes and right now in our serbia's newly elected president talks to us about his plans for his country now that he's in charge. i. was going to say mr president thank you very much for giving your time for this interview the international media see you as a nationalist and a right wing however you based your election campaign on good relations with the european union workers the oldest.