they were water. they were protected by the rift is so with feet that they had this with the relations we. cut the wood for sure we followed the base to gauge and i suspect but they by happy killed by papers of the rebels the opposition to blame me put the government the. speaker . there were a separate group he would have been. there because they didn't belong to them a group of them provoke and he threw the actual alteration. but if this case is he's quite striking are these like the who are the what they were what just before coffee about specific to syria. a. brace up what the situation. is so it seems to be that there are limits who are very old scrupulosity they don't want to go back to

a situation if i have to pay people to go shoot with us. so there recurrent police. where the whole massacre occurred on the eve of coffee and visit to syria this latest bloodbath comes just ahead of a un security council meeting but in the halls of the united nations deadlock over a damascus proving no barrier for some or file lies in plans for a post office that syria right is more 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 us. security council

. my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in airstrikes 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 a war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia montenegro. and 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 and it's 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 get multilateral prove off from the policies that 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 have the legions 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 not i r t new york. clashes in syria how ready spilled over the border to lebanon our team at war the country's interior minister who believes a 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 what 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. what affect the situation in lebanon lebanon security doesn't depend on lebanon alone in the 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. now for a 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 pioneering powers as the shanghai cooperation organization summit in beijing wrapped up all eyes now are on its friends as were iranian and afghan issues are brought to the forefront like here cesky now 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 all of the meetings.

leaders of iran mahmoud ahmadinejad and afghanistan hamid karzai 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 chilled and 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 a 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 on up for the nato troops to deliver its nonmilitary cargo to afghanistan to help with 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 in the 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 leader. china and russia add a very interesting spin to the international geopolitics. reporting there and present how karzai cut short his visit to beijing to return home after eighteen

civilians were killed in a nato airstrike in eastern afghanistan the incident happened at a wedding ceremony when the alliance forces launched an error rate something nato commanders deny claiming they only wide tout taliban fighters 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 wherever 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 nation in southern afghanistan 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 claim but the united states could ever protect the civilian population. well so the counter universe the pirates riding a wave to success mutiny on the political ship in germany as the pirate party uses the economic crisis have a friendly face take a first step onto the ladder to power. as fall america's most famous army whistleblower gets going in court turns out it's the u.s. government that's hiding skeletons in the closet. now the house 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 run off looming on a 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 for many egyptians the revolution hasn't brought the change they were hoping for and that's particularly the case for women to sara first explain. when the suggestion women was dragged on to tear it to be exposed and abused by the military men it serves as a stark reminder that barack mice of being told that egypt's arab spring has many hurdles to overcome if it's to blossom into a democracy for

a conservative cult show watching a woman exposed in that way open the floodgates to show female protesters subjected to violence and sexual harassment not just at the hands of those they opposed that 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 to having women with them side to side in the place that killed women played a vital role in egypt's revolution but will the future now holds 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 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 is that your harassment that

a lot of women complain about 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. 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 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 of female oppression now you see you know

from. zero point which is very for st because usually off to the river 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. lower we've got all the latest stories and videos on our website or to columns or check out what's waiting for you there pray now. why would a us presidential hopeful mitt romney make an appearance at this year's top secret build a conference known for being a meeting of the world's movers and shakers investigate whether it's. and be aware all of the whining bees it's been discovered that thirty thousand years ago stone age people were using animation techniques in their cave drawings creating an impression of animals moving.

now germany says it should move towards a political union in europe even if some states are reluctant to do the same the country's chancellor angela merkel has signaled that could be a cure to the e.u.'s financial woes on wednesday moody's rating agency slab germany's top banks weather down great something some european economists 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 the 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 have 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 the 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 it keeps bringing not just economies but also governments down it's given some political parties a chance to get to the top the pirate party in germany has seen a surge in popularity as people decide not to put their trust in traditional factions r.t.c. corpus cannot assesses 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 has become more beautiful landscape in germany that a lot of parties have to take and you already see that are people reacting to the

party success story started in doing 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. and political communication and they are kind of a platform for the transport of political protest. the power is all about participation and transparency all members to take board in discussions online and it doesn't seem to matter that so for me submitted to me two political issues and school spy ware until come 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 just as other politicians are we we know that we're human and we make mistakes and he 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. r.t. germany. now is take a look at some other stories from around the world thousands of people have rallied

in hong kong casting doubt on beijing's official account of a prominent labor activist death according to chinese authorities. hang themselves in a hospital here after being released from jail he was sentenced for a counter of revolutionary propaganda nine hundred eighty nine following a bloody military crackdown on protesters in beijing. u.s. federal agents have arrested dozens of workers app wherever we go the 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 and they're suspect the belonging to two puerto rico based drug trafficking organizations that were. together it starts the drugs were sent to several american cities including miami and new york. the space shuttle enterprise has arrived at its final home after flowing up the hudson river it's been lifted into place at 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 needle for experiments on the ground and was brought to new york after nasa decided to and the thirty year shuttle program. and the pretrial hearings in the case of bradley manning accused of the biggest classified data leak in u.s. history have kicked off in maryland but there is growing concern over the year fairness where the u.s. government's withholding more than the two hundred thousand relevant documents from manning's to fans blogger kavanah good stall 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 military justice rules and 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 judge is actually the person who makes the decision on whether evidence is supposed to be turned over to the defense is not the government or the prosecution's decision. well let's see what's happening the world of business running costs or is there so what's going on there today well we have some exciting news about the government's power as i say some program this time we know that all company in the country will be privatized a year earlier so investors you have very excited about that i'll tell you the details in a second but let's start with the international markets in europe it's all them positive territory if you look at the numbers right now the footsie is adding around half a percent similarly with the dikes there and basically and messes are reacting to

the bond sale that we had the option by spain i'll mention that in a second and also they're looking ahead at the u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke he will say at this essence of the u.s. congress there that the my be additional stimulus there for the economy but let's talk more about spain the government there held an auction selling over two billion euros worth of debt they hope to get in the end so that's our get has certainly been reached and the auction came amid speculation is that the country has been seeking a bailout from. let's not forget spain these to find at least eighty billion euros to. banks which are struggling due to bad property loans. by the year end rush it's a mixed picture as you can see the r.t.s. is gaining just the last. drop in almost half a percent still and this is all connected to the oil prices which are still ahead in the south and also important to mention that russia is a state development bank v.b. has said that it will try to support the equity market here and the country and

that will do that by selling stock and this will not only result in big profit for the company because russian that would see is very cheap right now but it will also help to stabilize the markets now moving on to crude which as i said always has an effect on the russian markets here with the guys dropping lights we've destroyed in close to eighty five dollars a barrel when it comes to the brunt blenders just above one hundred dollars per barrel and this is this spike the fact that the my be a more stimulation for the u.s. economy and also we're hearing that iran will take a harder stance on this nuclear talks this normally drives prices up but we're not seeing that right now also when it comes to current sees the euro if we can take a look at that it will show off right there the euro is still moving against the dollar that's more or less flat i should say and then when it comes to the ruble a different picture of this hour it's losing against the euro by gaining its dollar and fact when it comes to may the ruble lost fourteen percent of the of its value on the central bank here has more to really hard to support it for the past three

days it's been selling hundreds of millions worth of dollars to support and strengthen that has been working at least for two days now ok let's move on to all the news as i said russia's companies will after all be privatized in the year this should happen by institute thousand and sixteen am of course talking about ralston after the sale will kick off next year and the company's stock should be sold entirely in four years the move us part of the government's privatization plans to sell state controlled energy and for structure companies to boost domestic markets and competition. and there we have it that's all we have the south by tomorrow all right thanks very much indeed a mixed up day there by the yeah you know i was kind of saying rose has ation goes on then that's expanding that's one of us was a little late so i think we're here moving there for a thanks very much indeed for the sub date and our special report is coming your way very shortly stay with us for that of can before that though i remind you off the top stories.

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on the back you're watching r.t. here's a look at the top stories a massacre in syria a government forces find dozens of women and children butchered in a horse style slaughter once again coinciding with a high profile appearance of kofi out. of touching sore points global political attention shifted his words ask president of course in iranian am. leaders in beijing wrapping up his chinese store. plus the political revolution that failed to bring the. women in the year the year fight for equality. joining james brown and his latest offbeat russian adventure as he tours.

the reason is one of those places that offers something for everyone sitting just east of the your rules the country's border between europe and asia this is an ethnically diverse area of more than three million people there's a bustling capital city to enjoy for the nature lovers some of russia's most stunning country something that is right on your doorstep. as well as being very beautiful this is also a very significant part of the screen because over there it marks the start of the european ural mountains also we're on top of one of russia's most significant treasures. just a few meters away is the entrance to the sky a cave and it's supposed to contain some of the best preserved ancient.