who. knew massacre reported in syria however estimates of casualties vary dramatically as the timing of the slaughter just ahead of kofi annan is a briefing to the u.n. security council raises suspicions. global political focus shifts to the east this day as delicate iranian and afghan issues are discussed in beijing putin met with the country's leaders. and the increased cases of assaults on women in egypt's tahrir square revealed the plight of female protesters hopes for democratic change is a baiting this isn't a strive to take a grip on power. watching

r.t. broadcasting live from moscow it's being reported that syria has suffered another massacre in the hama province there are however conflicting accounts of the number of victims with estimates ranging from nine to several dozen it's also unclear who was behind the incident but the u.s. and its allies are already blaming the syrian government once again calling for action against assad parties were for national brings us the latest report from syria they find some of the images disturbing. there is even more confusion about this latest massacre here in syria than all of the previous ones and a lot of the details of alleged witness accounts and video just don't match so far the most extreme death toll. stands at almost one hundred and this is the figure that's been picked up very quickly by most of the international media immediately after it emerged now the opposition's claim is that government forces shelled two peaceful villages in central syria not far from the city of hama and

after that allegedly prove. militants went in and they tied people on the sharks that they stabbed and brainstem in an orgy of violence and to support that the opposition posted a number of videos allegedly from this village show when dead bodies but how well these videos contain bodies that by all appearances to degrade to have died yesterday raising many questions on the credibility and the truth of their positions claims and just where these bodies came from on the other hand the syrian government has a completely different take on what happened. in syria they say they got a call from a local resident asking for help after militants took over the village the army has been stationed in this area they've been reporting beforehand that they are preparing for an anti-terrorist operation so after that call they immediately launched this operation and we are receiving right now. reports from official

sources in hama that after the army went in they discovered nine bodies of civilians and following the clashes that occurred after that two officers have been killed and five others have been just so as you can see both sides think there is a child there while witnesses reports just contradict each other about who was responsible and without credibility. right now it is just simply impossible to establish who was behind this massacre what's striking here is of course the timing of this comment as coffee and briefs the u.n. security council on syria today and of course there are similarities between this story and to whom the massacre last month happened exactly on the coffee and ends of arrival to syria for talks with president bashar al assad and the free syrian army the largest and most well armed rebel group here in syria to use these

massacre to withdraw from the internal improved cease fire and rescue a military operation against the government forces there also questions on what possibly a sock can gain from being behind these massacres something the rebels are claiming he knows very well that they care and we'll definitely be used against him by factions in nations that want to him out and back the rebels all the it's has given rise to a view that the rebels themselves may be framing a solid knowing that they've got media support and knowing that the bench really assad would be howard responsible for what happened for the innocent people just yesterday in istanbul we saw him eighteen of those nations of those who support the rebels headed by secretary of state hillary clinton they've come up with a plan also called. syria so what we see now is huge interference in serious internal affairs and knowing how houla massacre was used against assad we can see.

even further interference and we can suppose that this latest massacre could be used against assad again and as could be used as justification for further interference from the international community into syria's internal affairs. and international affairs and defense out of this to believe the circumstances the harbor killings are very suspicious. over seventy were killed be there. by between these by have belonged to a group that was settled in so that they could see the called the baby but with the support of the government they certainly received lads they were even water means to cultivate these they were protected by the already is so i would think that they had this with the relations we feel. i could not for sure we follow them impartial investigation i suspect but they by happy killed by papers of the rebels the

opposition to blame and took the government to try to speak. they were a separate group he would have been the brother there because they didn't belong to the may group provoke an international outrage. but if this case there's he's quite striking he's like. what they were what it just before kofi about specific to syria. but the situation. is so it seems to me that there are limits your pussy show who are very unscrupulous and they don't want to go back to a situation in which i have. to go here with a government that. is so that they are recurrent to these terrible. i have a theory that the timing of the latest reported massacre in syria was no coup instances explode later this hour. similar precedents are already being used in the past to

justify military intervention in point countries by possum un. now foreign military interference in the syria's affairs and strong arming regime change there is unacceptable that's the message from central asia regional security summit in beijing spearheaded by russia and china with fringes of the event russian president vladimir putin met with the divisive leaders of afghanistan and iran and reports. 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 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 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. and there were always

interested in your thoughts on the stories we're covering and that r.t. dot com we're asking today what you think the reasons are behind russia stepping up military ties with china for a majority of respondents think it's to keep washington's asia pacific ambitions in check eighteen percent say moscow wants to ensure regional security others are split between two options to absorb the shriner's pray that you might gain more leverage in the security council if you join the boat party dot com. it was a birthplace of the egyptian revolution but tahrir square is reputation is now being tainted by sinister trend activists say female protesters are being increasingly subjected to violence and sexual abuse and damning trend that some say reflects a much bigger social and cultural problem not the sara firth reports on the plight of egyptian women who fear that instead of freedoms promised my mubarak's fall they may be facing an even darker future. when this egyptian woman was dragged into

terrier to be exposed and abused by the military men it served as a stark reminder that barrack might have been toppled but egypt's arab spring has many hurdles to overcome if it is to blossom into a democracy for a conservative culture 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 as well still 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 political women played a vital role in egypt's revolution but what the future now holds for women and their rights is far from certain in the lives of women actually water i'd like my dog to live. i do less and 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 complain about in cairo the metric system has some areas for women only many of the women say that's to avoid some of the men's wondering how. 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 condoning the practice of female circumcision which was banned under the former regime. who agreed the rules of the constitution first. broke the rules for women and for america and we. do what is right. these clues to are very hard one women's rights could risk egypt's

new modern democracy becoming a terrifying three back to the past ages of female oppression now here is the beginning from the point at which is very frustrating because usually after of russians 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 there. were a timeline of the turmoil in egypt can be found on our website and there's plenty more few there including the plays on a nuclear submarine in miami and make it into the record books as most costly fire caused by household appliance. to come. plus the scientists say that stone age artists may have been using animation techniques in

a cave drawings creating impression on moving animals. germany is urging other states to give up more powers to europe the latest anti crisis proposal that's us talks on some kind of international aid for spain intensify especially after it's a budget minister admitted the country's banks do need help yes and mr patrick young says there's no way the euro zone's fourth biggest economy can be bailed out . all of the politicians have basically left the people stranded the new government and went into the nih all mode from the wall and they came into office and six months later they suddenly realized what anybody who was remotely financially literate could work six months ago or two years ago even spanish banks far and

ultimately there needs to be a way in order to manage to rescue them but the conventional being 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 the greeks when you talk to them on one side they don't want austerity and they don't really think they should have to pay their bills for the deaths that have been grown by the government over the years at the same time they think they should be in the euro it's automatically a little bit like going out and pulling a group of your two year old children no matter they may say that they realize they have to eat sensibly they're going to demand ice cream and jelly for their next meal and for every meal there after as long as they have influence the problem with greece is ultimately it doesn't really matter what they vote for in the course of the middle of june because they haven't actually been taking their medicine greece ultimately is returning to the drachma i think whether it likes it or not because

it's completely untenable as a conventional modern democracy it's simply sadly does not function as one. and they did today max kaiser will be looking at the u.k.'s efforts to stay away from stress and that the financial crisis. that police war and economic crime the metropolitan police in the u.k. are going to go after them in the last twelve months the police have seized over fifty million pounds and from these small time economic front stairs well they got a backwards. couple of centuries ago and learning at the top began slowing at the bottom if you want to really learning. the bottom giver alluding at the top which means get rid of cameron get rid of born get rid of mervyn king it's all that up and expect more looting at the bottom and more on the zombie apocalypse.

as the european financial rollercoaster continues to bring down economies own governments some smaller political parties are getting their moment in the sun the pirate party in germany has seen a surge in popularity as people abandon more traditional outfits. assesses their 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 the three local parliaments including in berlin paris or hijacking their way into mean stream politics paris have 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 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 coalition of party new stars and political communication and they are kind of a platform for the current spot of political protest. all about participation and transparency allowing all members to take part in discussions online and it doesn't seem to matter that so far leave only submitted to me to political motions and schools by where until cancer valence 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 to the

first years of hitler's nazis though he quickly apologized we don't take ourselves so seriously we're not a pun first as other politicians are we we know that we're humans and we we make mistakes and accept that we make mistakes and therefore we have no promise. 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 morse jiang organisations the pirate party of germany is going through its own case of growing pains but its popularity and flies are on the right and it could be time for mean stream politicians to watch out for the new kids on the block you've got this kind of arty germany. this a billion death toll continues to grow in afghanistan dozens of lives lost in the last forty eight hours local officials say eighteen civilians died i thought waiting sorry nato forces launched an air raid on the village in the country's east

lots commanders denied reports claiming they only hit taliban fighters on the same day three suicide bombers targeted a market outside of spawning wanted base in tandem killing twenty two people investigative journalist a goth porter says that his activity in afghanistan has become a magnet for civilian deaths. you know this whole problem of u.s. and nato military operations both airstrikes and mate rates is a situation that has caused enormous opposition from the population particularly the southern afghanistan and the. region of the country to increasingly oppose the presence of u.s. and nato forces in fact if you look at the casual the casualty figures for civilians and you compare them with the level of foreign troops operating in

afghanistan you can see that there is a direct correlation between the two and because of that. the reason for that correlation is obvious that 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 mid-flight. the exact opposite is really the reality. is you know your partner. well some other news making headlines across the world this hour hundreds of workers have rioted of the chinese factory foxconn produces apple devices dozens of protesters detained employees clashed with security guards one report of an attempted theft. previously came under fire for forcing stuff to work excessively long hours for those salaries. the pretrial hearing for the bradley manning case is taking place and meet the fence plans to call several u.s. state department workers to assess the damage done to american foreign relations by

making the exclusions for oil manning is accused of aiding the enemy by punishing hundreds of press if i had missed cables on the recent website. but our top story now the reported massacre in syria hama has both governments and the rebels apportion blame for the slaughter there are concerns its timing is not a coincidence because we are now and due to brief the u.n. security council later on thursday. looks back at cases where similar incidents were used as a pretext for military intervention without u.n. approval. 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 by a leading the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve nato starts a war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia and montenegro. serbia for seventy eight days occupies kosovo and this doesn't have you know enough 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 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 to get multilateral approval 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 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 for ny r.t. new york. times the business news now with daniel and president obama's been hitting back over who's to blame for the economic crisis when secretaries blamed europe's for the downturn in the united states but we reported yesterday how france's foreign minister laurent fabius says it's the of the way room the u.s. calls the euro problems there is that he says lehmann brothers quote was not a european bank we should not shift responsibility. in two thousand and eight spoking global. session france's new socialist government is seen as less friendly to washington than previous incumbent nicolas sarkozy british premier meanwhile gave cameron is in germany to warn anglo merkel the euros in the last chance saloon he's to push for a huge rescue deal to save the failing single currency in the firing line is spain

whose banks need at least eighty billion euros to cover property loans is just sold another two billion in it but the government admits it's too big to bail out the country is too big to bail out but it also said world markets are refusing to listen to it for fear they won't be paid back russia's joint state development v.b. says it's ready to support russia's equity market by buying shares must be one of the world's worst performing this year v.e.e.p. hopes to make a big profit though as for cost of just the market will recover and also reduce volatility on the market crude is gaining ground for a fourth day as policy makers in the us indicate they may pump extra cash into their economies to boost growth on top of their own signals it will take a hard line in nuclear talks that's bad that suggests that the supply could be affected time to check out exchange rates the euro's a bit higher against the dollar in the top of the ruble it's mixed to the main currencies and in other news russia's top oil company rosneft will be privatized

rule the sale will kick off next year and the company's stock should be sold entirely in four years we've been having mixed messages from russia's government the move is part of the government's privatization plan to sell state controlled energy and infrastructure companies to boost domestic markets in competition the new economic school surrogate gouri of says the move has a positive. i think it's a very good sign that the government today decided that the last name should be private i think it's it's a step in their idea actually there is no reason why i should be a government owned company it works in a competitive sector it's not an infrastructure company it's not a defense company should be privatized but i would still be until the deal because we're here that so many times and we've not seen it is happening yet but it's a very good sign that it's been on that. decided to hear more of forty million dollars for brokers who all those were mishandled in facebook's i.p.o. last month the new york based stock exchange says it will pay around fourteen million dollars in cash with the rest of the money credited through lower trading

fees for those who incurred losses. functions on the first signs of trouble in the social networks watched placement facebook shares have fallen by a good since the initial public offering with collective losses of trading firms estimated at around one hundred twenty billion dollars already kerry and europe today will be keeping an eye on that euro situation and the meeting between mr cameron and mrs merkel ok thanks that i'll speak again see. what in just a few minutes here in our team talk to the lebanese interior minister to learn his take on the turmoil in syria so often updates of headlines that go way.

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