they were protected by the is so with feet that they had this with the relations we for. i could not for sure we follow the best again i suspect but they by happy killed by members of the rebels the opposition played me to. try to recur internationally they were a separate group he would have been. there because they didn't belong to them a group of them provoke an international outrage. but it is case there's he's quite striking i dislike the houla massacre that what they were what it just before kofi about specific to syria. but the situation. so it seems to me that there are elements of your pussy show who are very unscrupulous and they don't want to go to a situation in which i have. to go shoot with.

their recurrent police parable. where the whole massacre occurred on the eve of kofi annan visit to syria this latest blog beth comes just ahead of a u.n. security council meeting but in the halls of the united nations deadlock over a damascus proving no barrier for some are finalizing plans for a post in syria are just more important i 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 co's apparent 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 by a leading 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 occupies kosovo 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 to 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 get multilateral approval from the policies that the u.s. 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 disregards 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 had 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 have already spilled over the border to lebanon are teammates where the country's interior minister who believes a virus of a syrian violence could be contagious for the whole region here's a taste of what's coming for you in about twenty five minutes from now. we have some global and arab interests clashing and we all understand that we don't understand where this clash will take us in the end but we can say one thing with

about if the shoe. in 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 i'm family ties with neighboring states . a foreign military interference into syria's affairs and strong arming air regime change there is unacceptable that's the message coming from central asia six pioneering powers at a shell high cooperation organization summit in beijing wrapped up all eyes now are on his friends as where rainy and advantages are brought to the forefront always here cesky 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 it's also seen as very crucial because russia is now playing a very important 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 with draw all of the u.s. troops from the country by the end of twenty fourteen it's evident to many that the war on terror in afghanistan is not working out as it was planned civilians are being killed 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. well we're always interested in your thoughts on the stories we're covering header to the collar

asking what do you think the reasons behind russia stepping up its military ties with china are well so far the majority of respondents think it's to keep washington's asia pacific ambitions in check and say moscow wants to ensure regional security others are split between two options to keep tabs on china's growing military might and gain more leverage in the un security council to join a vote at home. 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 eighteen 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 fires 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 activity in afghanistan has become a magnet for civilian deaths were ever it happens. this whole problem of

u.s. and nato military operations both air strikes and night raids is a situation that has caused enormous opposition from the population particularly of the relation of southern afghanistan and the. region of the country are 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 united states could ever protect

the civilian population. also at home for you the program the pirates riding a wave to success there is mutiny on the political ship in germany as a pirate party uses the economic crisis can a brand we face take a first step onto 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. but health of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak has worsened dramatically 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 depression with a runoff looming on june the sixteenth hundreds of thousands of in tahrir square are calling for mubarak's former prime minister ahmed shafik to be disqualified

from the presidential race for many egyptians the revolution hasn't brought the change they were hoping for and that's practically the case for women aren't you sara firth explains. when the suggestion women was dragged on to tear it to be exposed and abused by the military men it served as a stark reminder that barrack mice of being toppled egypt's arab spring has many hurdles to overcome if it is to blossom into a democracy for a conservative cult show watching a woman exposed in that way open the floodgates to shocking tales of female protesters subjected to violence and sexual harassment not just at the hands of those they opposed but their fellow revolutionaries is still we're having a small profit on with some men and the streets that there are still a little bit again as having women with them side to side in the women played

a vital role in egypt's revolution but will the future now hold for women and their rights. it's far from certain in the life of women actually water i'd like my dog to live. 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 a sexual harassment that a lot of women any complain about here in cairo the metric system has some areas for women only many of the women say that's avoid some of the men's wondering hands . 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 just 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. from one man who agreed the rules of the constitution first. the rules for women and for america and we will do what is right. these coups to revoke hard won women's rights could risk egypt's new modern democracy becoming a terrifying throwback to the past ages a female oppression now you see. from. zero point zero which is very for street because usually off to. you feel that you're going to gain the political revolution in egypt maybe in full flow but the cultural one it seems could be just getting started so if the timing for member a we've got all the latest stories and videos on our website r.t. dot com to check out what's waiting for you there right now. why would you ask

presidential hopeful mitt romney make an appearance at this year's top secret build a bird conference known for being needing all of the world's movers and shakers investigate what. and being aware of the running beast it's been discovered dad thirty thousand years ago stone age people were using animation techniques in their cave drawings creating an impression of animals moving. to germany as it should move towards a political union in a europe even if some states are reluctant to do the same the country's chancellor angela merkel has signaled is that could be a cure to the financial woes on wednesday moody's rating agency slap germany's top banks were a downgrade something some european economist have been expecting all along. we've

really heard the truth that i think many in finance knew all along but i'm such as commerce spike 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 and in other words all the places where not they can't possibly sell their debt because the government sort of effectively in huge problems so therefore what's happened is once more or another little layer of the onion let us say because we are way and that's examining and showing us that ultimately the euro has no clothes the european union is in a total mess due to its three years of denial of its economic problems all of the politicians help basically left the people stranded the new government in spain went into denial mode from the government 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 or two years ago even spanish banks are lost 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 was 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 as a european financial rollercoaster ahip spray 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 guess they were just kind of assess as their political ambitions. but 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 the three local parliaments including in berlin paris or hijacking their way into mainstream politics paris have become more beautiful landscape in germany and other parties have to take and you already see that are people reacting to the party success story started in berlin local elections last september when they surprisingly won newly named 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. a newcomer within the party system they produce a policy making people didn't expect from

a traditional party a new political communication and they are kind of a platform for the transport of political protest. the borders are all about participation and transparency members to take board in discussions online and it doesn't seem to matter that soon for leaving the submitted to me to political issues in schools why where until gone surveillance 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 they have already made a few mistakes we would 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 as other politicians are we we know that we're human and we make mistakes and the accept that we 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's 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 of r.t. germany. was on take a look at some other stories from around the world several dozen people rallied in hong kong following the recent death of an ailing chinese labor activist tacitus have cast doubt on beijing's official explanation that he hanged himself but he won young who have been in prison for two decades died in a hospital and here after being released from jail he was sentenced for counter-revolutionary propaganda in one hundred eighty nine after the bloody military crackdown on protesters and beijing. u.s. federal agents have arrested dozens of workers abhor the ricos the largest airport

on suspicion of smuggling millions of dollars worth of cocaine thirty three people are accused of sending the drugs aboard commercial flight for at least a decade and they are suspected of belonging to. two puerto rico based drug trafficking organizations that work together now it's thought the drugs were santa to several american cities including miami and new york. the space shuttle enterprise has arrived speil home after blowing up the hudson river it's been lifted into place 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 it was brought to to york after nasa decided to and thirty year shuttle program. a pretrial hearings in the case of bradley manning accused of the biggest classified data leak in u.s. history have kicked off and maryland bob there is growing concern over the air

fairness with the u.s. government's withholding more than two hundred thousand relevant documents from manning's to fans blogger caravan star who witnessed the first hearing shares his 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 the 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 of the judge is 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 into the world of business from here. what do you have for us this hour well first of all i think i'm going to stop making predictions about the european markets because i never get it right i do want to go so there are some markets though i guess that's why i'm presenting the analyzing if you will let's take a look at the european markets and the latest figures what's happening there well they are in pause the techs and the thing goes down as we've been saying earlier that's because right first of all they started minimizing earlier again by then they sort of backed off that the footsies gained almost half a percent of all the banks is already there and what we have investors waiting to know what will happen when the u.s. federal reserve chief ben bernanke will make a testimony to the congress there and also another. in spain and we have more than that first of all the government there will test the waters of the

global credit market later today and it will do that by raising one point six billion dollars it will try to do so that's amid speculation is this one seeking a bailout funds that are. he needs to find that least eighty billion euros to shore up which of course have been struggling due to bad loans. well you're wrong show the markets are in red territory we can see the masses drop in around half a percent although my sense is already over half a percent we've been seeing vollertsen it's over the past su days and also important to mention that russia is they development bank b. is run in sioux city or the russian equity market in the will do so by. right now not only will it make profit because russian that bt is quite cheap right now but it will also help to reduce volatility on the markets now the reason why the russian markets are in the right territory that's because the oil prices are headed south and will have more of that in just a second but let's take a look at currencies forest and see what's happening. which is the moves in the

against the dollar when it comes to the ruble it's gaining against both major currencies and that's credit. which has been put in a lot of effort to make sure that it's stronger and that's because we've seen a lot of weakness will there will be especially for the month of may when that lost fourteen percent of all of its value now crude as i said who sold gains for the war this strange day and then that mindset it had in the south because the lights were destroyed i had eighty four dollars and sixty nine cents per barrel and for the price of letters exactly i had one hundred dollars more a barrel and this comes despite the fact that we're hearing that the u.s. economy might get an additional quantitative easing but we're not sure yet no announcement has been made and also iran has signaled that it will take a harder stance on its nuclear talks normally this combination should result in higher prices but we've seen the prices now and the final look at asian markets which have now close are the only ones that close in positive territory so far the

nikkei added up over one percent while the hang signing at a point eight a five percent and there we add. well and also weakening the yen helped to boost exporters in japan we had and pound us all they are. before precise and applied and this is how the business up that looks the sour vatsim arena right now predictions for you are a fellow where the actions are not god i'm done with kay well looking forward to more news from you next hour of course as always and coming up here on our team just a few minutes our interview with a lebanese interior minister right after her minor the headlines stay with us.

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for the back you are with our tears look at the top stories massacre in syria government forces find dozens of women and children butchered and a whole lot of once again coinciding with the hue of the high profile appearance of kofi annan. touching sore points a global political attention ship forward as president put the needs iranian and. wrapping up his chinese tour. lots of political revolution that failed to bring a cultural one women in egypt fear their fight for equality is doomed and as long as rise from the ashes of the uprising. well next an exclusive interview it was a lebanese interior minister marwan char bell who gives his outlook on how bloodshed in syria could play out for the region.

well at tennis i love the lebanon is affected by internal tensions and we do not conflict or decisions related to security issues are made outside by other countries so how can you talk about security in lebanon. how. little bit of lebanon security doesn't depend on lebanon alone politically and in terms of security and lebanon depends on external factors as well that the people of lebanon have close religious and family ties with neighboring states. is that an alternative to. the corner and that has to be an automatic even smaller countries than lebanon has just extended. a conflict also what do you think about the conflict between the shia and sunni. there.