massacre there's a view in syrian government forces find dozens of women and children butchered in a houla style slaughter once again coinciding with a high profile appearance. touching sore points of global political attention shift as president bush meets there were any and afghan leaders in beijing wrapping up his chinese tour. plus the political revolution that failed to bring a cultural one women in fear of their fight for equality as long as rise from the ashes of the uprising. and russian markets swing between the gains and losses waiting for europe to kick off its trading session all the details in business.

it is like many am and the russian capital you are watching r t with me marina joshie a new massacre has apparently taken place in syria with up to one hundred dead in a small village near the city of hama but find some of the images disturbing well the circumstances appear to be eerily similar to those surrounding the bloody slaughter in the town of houla last month again hours all bring you would by a government bombardment against a rebel stronghold in the village after having a fighting troops say they found dozens of civilians have been tied up and shot or stabbed to death well this video apparently from the scene shows some of the victims who appear to have been dead for days well before government forces took the village. international affairs and fans analysts believes the timing is highly suspicious. and. were.

so. called. with the support of the government they certainly receive lads they were even water beans to cultivate the they were protected by the is so with feet that they had with the relations we feel. i cut it for sure we followed the base to gauge and i suspect that they by had be killed by members of the rebels the opposition to blame. try to prepare the internationally there were a separate group it would have been. because they didn't belong to the big group but then provoke an international outrage. but if this case a stance he's quite striking i dislike the houla massacre that what they were what

it just before kofi about specific to syria. a. press about the situation. so it seems to me that there are limits your pussy show who are very unscrupulous and they don't want to. play should you wish they might have. to go here with a government that. is so they are recurrent police terrible basterds. where the whole a massacre occurred i mean even of coffee and a visit to syria this latest her bloodbath comes just to have a u.n. security council meeting but in the halls of the united nations deadlocked over a damascus proving no barrier for some finalizing plans for a post us in syria artist maria important reports. the united nations is the only diplomatic forum where every country is supposed to be governed by the same rules united nations founding charter close upon us to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security

a founding member and biggest financial contributor america ratified inside the u.n. treaty in one thousand nine hundred five which prohibits unprovoked attacks or military interventions in sovereign countries unless authorized by the un security council but. my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in air strikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo in recent decades the us has been seen violating the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve the u.s. and its allies also acted without authorization from the un security council when it launched a seventy eight day aerial attack on yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine nato starts war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia and montenegro. serbia for seventy eight days. and this doesn't have you an authorization until the very end the us again disregarded international law in two thousand and three after

the security council refused to support a military strike on iraq they withdrew their new additional resolution rather than face defeat clearing it is their argument the way for a military campaign without any new u.n. approval the united nations security council has not lived up to its responsibilities. so we will rise to ours is not in conformity with the u.n. charter from our point of view and from the charter point of view it was in the by circumventing international law for geo political interests experts say the us has systematically damage the confidence and credibility of the un it's been used by the united states i think as a fig leaf to to get multilateral prove off from the policies that the u.s. wants to do but if the u.n. doesn't agree with the united states as you know the case of iraq or kosovo the united states just disregard in the case of syria were kofi annan fragile peace

plan has showed slow progress washington is prepared to once again bypass the un if the security council fails to impose more pressure on damascus and members of this council and members of the international community are left with the option only of having to consider whether they're prepared to take actions outside of the annan plan and the authority of this council groans have no need for diplomacy they have the legion's apparently the united states thinks it has no need for diplomacy it has missiles and drones the u.n. was founded at the end of the second world war as a place for countries to solve conflicts through dialogue rather than gunfire however the honorable goal of maintaining global peace and security becomes harder to attain every time a member state decides to play by its own rules or an up or ny r.t. new york. clashes in syria now already spill over other border to lebanon our team

at war the country's interior minister who believes the virus of the syrian violence could be contagious for the whole region and here's a taste of what's coming for you next hour. we have some global and arab interests clashing here and we all understand that we don't understand is where this clash will take us in the end but we can say one thing with about if the syrian conflict is resolved one way or another this will affect the situation in lebanon lebanon security doesn't depend on lebanon alone politically and in terms of security and lebanon depends on external factors as well the queen the people of lebanon have close religious and family ties with neighboring states. for military interference into syria's affairs and strong arming a regime change there is unacceptable and that's the message coming from central asia six minor in powers at the shanghai cooperation organization summit in beijing wrapped up well all eyes now are on its fringes were running an obgyn issues will

be brought to the forefront like he or she ask explains. well the shanghai cooperation organization summit which last two days now has come to an end with some very important security agreements have been signed between the parties involved but definitely the most interesting events of today are the meetings. the leaders of iran mahmoud ahmadinejad and afghanistan first of all. china for him it's just the place to be because it is probably one of the few places in the world where he is not being threatened by sanctions where you can all feel relaxed and smiling we saw on the cameras as he was walking inside the building how children relaxed he was definitely putting on him have a lot to talk about because russia plays a very important role in mediating the conflict between iran and the west moreover the timing of this particular meeting in beijing is very important as well because in the middle of june we're expecting a five plus one group of negotiators to meet in moscow to discuss the iranian issue

certainly this happens i mean the time when washington does not rule out military action against tehran and constantly keeps slapping iran with different sort of economic and trade sanctions both russia and china support to support the civil nuclear program in iran at the same time they would not support any military nuclear program in this country now as for the meeting with hamid karzai it's also seen as very crucial because russia is now playing a very important a role in afghanistan providing one of its military bases in the town it will be honest for the nato troops to deliver its military cargo to afghanistan to help the withdrawal of the u.s. troops from the country by the end of fourteen evidence so many that the war on terror in afghanistan is not working out as it was planned civilians are doing by terrorists drug trafficking and still there so russia certainly wants to play a very important role in bringing this country to peace both russia and china have agreed to bolster their military ties of the news which would probably be unwelcome

in the west and particularly in the united states definitely this latest meeting between the leaders of china and russia a very interesting spin to the international geopolitics. we always interested in your thoughts on the stories we're covering here on our own our web site as you know com we're asking today what you think the reasons behind russia stepping up its military ties with china are some take a look at the site that we've got there for you so as you can see so far the majority of respondents think it's to keep washington's asia pacific ambitions in check and eighteen percent say moscow wants to ensure regional security while others are split between two options to keep tabs on china's growing military might and gain more leverage in the un security council so join a vote at r.t. dot com. the bloodletting continues to span all across afghanistan with scores of people killed in a recent wave of bombings including

a nato air strike local officials say eight hundred civilians died at a wedding ceremony when the alliance forces launched an air raid on a village in the country's east nato commanders have denied a report claiming the only wiped out taliban fighters on the same day three suicide bombers hit a market outside a sprawling nato base in kandahar killing twenty two people investigative journalist gareth porter says nato is activity in afghanistan has become a magnet for civilian deaths were average happens. this whole problem of u.s. and nato military operations both air strikes and mate rates is a situation that has caused enormous opposition from the population particularly on the ocean in southern afghanistan the. region of the country to increasingly oppose the presence of u.s. and nato forces if you look at the casualty figures for civilians and you compare

them with the level of foreign troops operating in afghanistan you can see that there's a direct correlation between the two and the more u.s. and nato forces particularly u.s. military forces are active in a particular area the more civilians are going to be caught up in the fighting so the exact opposite is really the reality of the claim but the united states could ever protect the civilian population. so the counter universe around the pirates riding a wave to success there is mutiny on the political ship in germany as the pirate party uses the economic crisis and a friendly face to take a first step into the ladder to power. plus as the trial of america's most famous army whistleblower gets going in court it turns out it's the u.s. government that's hiding skeletons in the closet. the house of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak has worsened dramatic comes just days after the eighty four

year old was jailed for life for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising the former leader is currently in intensive care suffering from shock high blood pressure and severe depressions with a runoff looming on june the sixteenth hundreds of thousands in tahrir square are calling for mubarak's former prime minister ahmed shafik to be disqualified from the presidential race well for many egyptians the revolution hasn't brought the change they were hoping for and that's particularly the case for women artists are for us explains. when the situation women was dragged on to tyrion to be exposed and abused by the military men it serves as a stark reminder the burgomeister being toppled egypt's arab spring has many hurdles to overcome if it's to blossom into a democracy for a conservative culture watching a woman exposed in that way open the floodgates to shocking photos of female

protesters subjected to violence and sexual harassment not just at the hands of those they opposed but their fellow revolutionaries as well so we're having a small profit on with some men and the streets is that there are still a little bit again as to having women with them side to side in the women played a vital role in egypt's revolution but will the future now holds for women and their rights is far from certain in the lives of women actually water i'd like my do to leave. i do less in the same way i live my i do this. with no harassment sexual harassment is rampant in egypt forcing women to wear conservative clothes and even avoid areas where they might come into close contact with men because of the problems the sexual harassment but a lot of women complain about. the metric system has some areas for

women only many of the women say that's to avoid some of the men's wondering. egypt's now facing the prospect of an islamic government that's raising fears over what it could mean for women's rights i met with as around one of just eleven female m.p.'s and a member of the muslim brotherhood she's controversially condoned the practice of female circumcision which was banned under the former regime. who agreed the rules of the constitution first. the rules for women and where and who do what is right. these coups to revoke hard won women's rights could risk egypt's new modern democracy becoming a terrifying three back to the past ages of female oppression now. from. point again which is that if the street because usually off to. you feel that you are going to gain the political revolution in

egypt may be in full flow but the cultural one it seems could be just getting started so. well remember we've got all the latest stories and videos now of side. check out what's waiting for you there right now. why would a us presidential hopeful mitt romney make an appearance at this year's top secret build of earth conference known for being a meeting of the world's movers and shakers that's to gauge whether. the where all the running beast has been discovered out thirty thousand years ago stone age people were using animation techniques in their cave drawings creating an impression of the animals moving.

while the european commission has proposed more control of banks which means they would come under a much greater central oversight of this comes after financial institutions of europe's economic bastiaan germany felt the global european squeeze following the downgrade by moody's on wednesday investment advisor patrick young says europe is now paying a high price for turning a blind eye to problems which a blog existed. we've really heard the truth that i think many in finance knew all along but ime such as commerce spying they build themselves up by huge portfolio where they thought they were being very very clever by buying themselves boards of places such as greece italy spain in other words all the places where not they can't possibly sell their debt because the governments are effectively in huge problems so therefore what's happened is once more another little layer of the onion let us say has been peeled away and that's examining and showing us the

ultimately the euro house new clothes the european union is in a total mess due to its three years of denial of its economic problems all of the politicians have basically left the people stranded the new government in spin went into denial mode from the ball and they came into office and six months later they've suddenly realized what anybody who was remotely financially literate could work out six months ago two years ago even spanish banks are thoughts and ultimately there needs to be a way in order to manage to rescue them but the conventional be like mechanisms are not going to work and that's why ultimately it's very difficult to see tragically whether or not there really is a future to the euro as a currency because it's a disastrous political scheme rather than an economic engine of prosperity rather it's the opposite it's putting people out of work for up work rather than putting

them in jobs well coming out this hour max kaiser will be looking at the case efforts to snare economic prosperity and in the financial crisis. the metropolitan police in the u.k. are going to go after them. well max and i were there to witness some of the buildings they raided they all looked suspiciously like council flats over nine hundred police officers are busy working across london tackling financial crime against businesses in the public as part of the latest operation in the m.p.'s is total war on crime in the last twelve months the police have seized over fifteen million pounds in cash from these small time economic fraudsters well they got it backwards you know as the frederick bust yet said a couple of centuries ago looting at the top begets looting at the bottom if you want to get rid of looting at the bottom there were looting at the top which means get rid of cameron get rid of born get rid of mervyn king until that happens expect

more looting at the bottom. was a european financial rollercoaster keeps bringing not just economies but also governments down it's given some political parties a chance to get to the top of the pirate party in germany has seen a surge in popularity as people decide not to put their trust in traditional factions i just got off assesses the or political ambitions. it may seem like a hollow convention but don't let these outfits for you this is the annual conference of the pirate party of germany only three years ago it had just about one thousand members and now there are almost thirty thousand and with deputies in three or four women's including in berlin the paris or friday jacking their way into mainstream politics paris has become a more digital landscape in germany that a lot of parties have to take account of and you already see that are people

reacting to the party success story started a new in local elections last september when the surprising one percent of votes now according to opinion polls the party would capture up to thirteen percent of votes across germany if the election to the national parliament was held today and the pirates are a newcomer within the party system they produce a kind of policy making people didn't expect from a traditional party they offer a new start in political communication and they are kind of a platform for the transport of political protest. the corners are all about participation and transparency allowing all members to take part in discussions online and it doesn't seem to matter that so far leaving me submitted to me to political motions and school spy ware until conservations or that their favorite meeting spot is a bar in berlin they don't have

a stance on foreign affairs or the financial crisis and have already made a few mistakes along the way with one senior member comparing their success with the first years of hitler's nazis though he quickly apologized we don't take ourselves so seriously we're not us pompous as other politicians are we we know that we're human and we make mistakes and accept that make mistakes and therefore we have no problems with saying ok sorry i was wrong germany's national parliamentary election is planned for next year and the pirates are ready for battle just like most young organizations the pirate party of germany is going through its own case of growing pains but its popularity and flyers are on the rise and it could be time for mainstream politicians to watch out for the new kids on the block has gone off r.t. germany. now take a look at some other stories from around the world u.s.

federal agents have arrested dozens of workers applicator rico's largest airport on suspicion of smuggling millions of dollars worth of cocaine thirty three people are accused of sending the drugs aboard commercial flights for at least a decade they are suspected of belonging to two puerto rico based drug trafficking organizations that work together and start the drugs were sent to several american cities including miami and new york. the space shuttle enterprise is arrived and at its final home after floating up the hudson river it's been lifted into this play into place out of the sea air and space museum in new york although it's never been on an actual space mission it was used as a test vehicle for experiments on the ground and was brought to new york after nasa decided to and bury your shuttle program. the pretrial hearings in the case of bradley manning accused of the biggest classified data in u.s. history have kicked off in maryland but there is growing concern over the year

fairness the u.s. government's withholding more than two hundred thousand relevant documents from manning's the fans blogger karen the goat star who witnessed a first hearing shares he's impressions. what was really clear today is that the government has been misrepresenting intentionally the sort of evidence that it has in its possession that it knows agencies possess which they do not want to turn over to the defense they cite legal reasons and military justice rules they talk about the fact that the defense hasn't been specific and they make up how they haven't you certain terms that you would normally use so they're just you know going above and beyond to stall and make sure that they can keep going where they don't provide the information that the defense wants that's just not the role the judges actually the person who makes the decision on whether evidence is supposed to be turned over to the defense is the government or the prosecution's decision.

and straight to the world of business now marina what have you got up your sleeve this hour well i have some disappointing news this hour everything seems to be going south you have just opened and the first minutes all of the trade in session were seen positive numbers but they're already minimized gains that we saw in the first few minutes you can see the both of us in the access the high but it's pretty much safe to say that there will be going in the right territory very soon now it's to early in the session to determine the factors but of course we do know that the european central bank left this interest rate unchanged so this is definitely playing on some investors' minds right now let's move on and continue with you have a look at spain the government there will be testing the waters of the global credit market later today they cash strapped economy will try to raise one point six billion euros and that's in that speculations it's been seeking a bailout from. spain of course needs to find at least eighty billion euros to

shore up its banks which have been struggling due to bad property loans. well here in russia the markets have already slipped into negative territory both of them before it was only my sixth now we can see the figures are still pointed up. trust me when i say the r.t.s. is a negative territory as well very slightly still and also it's important to mention that russia they development bank be the says that it's ready to support the country's equity markets and it will do that by by install not only will it make a big profit since russian equities cheap but it will also help to reduce the volatility on the market over the scene and that's how we'll see how this plays out and will have the graphics points hundred thousand words the correct version of currencies let's see what's happening there and when it comes to the euro it's now gaining against the dollar when it comes through the ruble it's gaining against both major currencies we know that the central bank has been trying really hard to support the ruble because we've seen some weakness in the past couple of weeks for

the month of may it's fourteen percent of its value now let's move on to a crew that was gaining for a fourth day straight and now we can see that it's dropping again as i said this appointment this comes despite the fact that we know that u.s. stockpiles have dropped and also we know that there will be more monetary easing in europe and the u.s. and also iran has reaffirmed its that all that's nuclear talks but this doesn't seem to be helping matters let's move on to asia or the markets are still trading coming up to their final hours and it's still a positive tensors a little bit of optimism remains there we know the banking stocks some of the best performers went to the tokyo and also another and we create again this helping to boost exports and panasonic get in there on the reaper's side this hour and let's move on to the you was the performance from old ones that is trading session as the markets are closed right now and there was a pause at the session both the dow and the nasdaq gained over two percent and this

came amid reports a survey done by the federal reserve which showed that the u.s. economy is picking up but then they get lost. markets opened today wide to some pessimism there once like that back to the america well it sounds like it's been a roller coaster ride for investors are going up and down up and down oh yeah well thanks very much indeed marina for this update and looking forward to next one next hour as always well here on earth here is plenty more coming your way and in just a few minutes we'll hear what's happening in the world of finance from next kaiser report will be next after i bring you the headlines.

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