who. the new massacre reported in syria over estimates of casualties very dramatically as the timing of this the water just ahead of kofi annan is briefing to the u.n. security council raises suspicions. global political purpose shifts to the east this thursday is that it could rain in afghan issues are discussed in beijing putin met with the country's leaders. and increased cases of assaults on women in egypt's tahrir square revealed the plight of female protesters who hope for democratic changes updating the lists drive to take a grip on power. on

air and online twenty four hours a day this is r.t. . it's being reported that syria has suffered another massacre in hama province there are however conflicting accounts us the number of victims but estimates ranging from nine to several dozen it's also unclear who was behind the incident but the u.s. and its allies already blaming the syrian government once again calling for action against our side parties rufe an os that brings us her latest report from syria may 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 to peaceful problem in 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 to be 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. have died yesterday raising many questions on the military 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 official. 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 injured as you can see both sides think there is a trial there wow witnesses reports just contradict each other about who was responsible and without credible. right now 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 a whole a massacre last month that 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 sucker can gain from being behind these massacres something the rebels are claiming he knows very well that it's care and we'll definitely be used against him by factions and nations that won him out and backed the rebels all these has given rise to a view that the rebels themselves may be framing a side 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 of so-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 serious internal affairs. and international affairs and defense analyst believes the circumstances of the killings of suspicious. over seventy were killed. by between these by how 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 the lads they were even water. they were protected by the is so with feet that they play with the relations we face. i cut the wood for sure. mr gage i suspect

but they by happy killed by papers of the rebels the opposition played me to. try to figure. they were a separate group he would have been. there because they could make group but then provoke an international outrage. but it is case this is quite striking the east like. it what they or what it just before specific to syria. is about the situation it is massacre happened so it seems to me that there are limits of your pussy show who are very unscrupulous and they don't want to listen to a shooting i have. to go here. and so they are recorded police. from a theory that the timing of the latest reported massacre in syria was no

coincidence he's investigated later this hour we explore how similar presidents used in the past to justify military intervention in foreign countries bypassing the un. now foreign military difference into 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 on the fringes of the event russian president putin met with the controversially this afghanistan and iran. reports. mahmoud ahmadinejad. 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 iran 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 in the still there so russia certainly

wants to play a very important role in bringing this country to peace. i'm always interested in your thoughts on the stories we're covering now to dot com we're asking what you think are the reasons behind russia stepping up its military ties with china. and so far the majority of respondents think it's to keep washington's asia pacific ambitions in check hundred percent say moscow wants to ensure regional security others are split between two options to keep tabs on china's growing military right again move them bridge and security council and join it at r.t. dot com. now it was the birthplace of the egyptian revolution but area squares reputation is that being tainted by a sinister trend activists say female protesters are being increasingly subjected to violence and sexual abuse alarming incidence that some say reflects a much bigger social and cultural problem. reports on the plight of egyptian women the fear that instead of freedoms promised by mubarak's fall and maybe facing an even darker future. when this egyptian woman was dragged on to taria 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's 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 that their fellow revolutionaries as well still we're having a small profit on with some men and the streets 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 is what. i'd like my do 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 but a lot of women complain about here in cairo. 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 condone 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 marriage and we. do what is

right for the gyptian people these coups tour of a 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 we're beginning from zero point zero which is very frustrating because usually after of relations 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 time one of the turmoil in egypt can be found on our website there's plenty more few there including a blaze on a submarine in miami make it into the record books as most costly fire caused by a household appliance more authority dot com.

scientists say that stone age artists may have been using animation techniques in a cave joins creating impression of a thing hannibal's. 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 its budget minister admitted the country's banks do need help investment battery 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 in spin went into the nile 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 and 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 belike 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 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 eight year old children no matter that 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. next day mark skies will be looking at the u.k.'s efforts to snare economic fraudsters and meet the financial crisis. that police launch war on 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 in cash from the small time economic fraud stairs while they got it backwards frederic bastiat a couple of centuries ago eluding at the top began flowing at the bottom if you want to get rid of learning at the bottom get were living at the top which means get rid of cameron get rid of as born and get rid of mervyn king and all that up and expect more looting at the bottom and more than a zombie apocalypse. this

is a billion death toll continues to grow in afghanistan with dozens of lives lost the last forty eight hours local officials say eight hundred millions died at a wedding ceremony nato forces and wants to invade on the needs of the country's east alliance commanders deny the reports claiming they only hit taliban fighters the same day three suicide bombers targeted a market outside a sprawling nato base in kandahar killing twenty two people investigative journalist porter says it is activity in afghanistan has become a magnet for civilian deaths. you know this whole problem of us nato military operations strikes. our situation has caused enormous opposition from the population particularly the southern afghanistan. region of the country

to increasing where you pose the presence of. forces and if you look at the. charis of 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 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 the fighting so the exact opposite is really the reality of the claim but the united states could ever protect the civilian population. well some other news making headlines across the world this hour. prosecutors have ordered the arrest of a far right member of parliament swallowing his attack on two female leftist deputies during a live t.v.

debate is considering this through a glass of water in the face of an m.p. after she brought up his alleged involvement in a mugging case five years ago television debate came ahead of the country's parliamentary election in ten days time. hundreds of workers of rioted at the chinese factories foxconn produces apple devices and dozens of protesters detained employees clashed with security guards one reports of an attempted theft. of previously came on the path of stuff to work excessively long hours for those salaries. the pretrial hearing for the bradley manning case is taking place at fort meade fence plans to call several u.s. state department workers to assess the damage done to american foreign relations by the wiki leaks disclosures. knotting is accused of aiding the enemy by publishing hundreds of classified u.s. cables on the whistleblower website. about our top story now the reported massacre in

a serious as both government and the rebels apportion blame for the slaughter there are concerns its timing is not a coincidence because c.n.n. due to brief the u.n. security council later on thursday night is very important i looks back at cases when similar incidents were used as a pretext for military intervention without u.n. approval. united nations founding charter quolls 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 proven 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 for ny r.t. new york. business news now and daniel's there for us down of the giant sell off of

the crown jewels of russian business will begin this year that's right the government's just confirmed rich pickings and oil major roles are going for more we're joined by morgan stanley's chief economist here mosco jacob know jake thanks for joining us which firms have exhausted investors the most good afternoon well i think the firms are not excited yet we've had a privatized. program back in two thousand and ten and then in twenty eleven and we only had one transaction although the privatization program got larger each time so i think investors are waiting until a deal is that she announced and is proceeding before they start to get enthusiastic it's been a commitment marked one of the big changes of direction during the election campaign when president putin as you know he's again said clearly that he intended to complete large scale privatization of part from resource companies. defense

companies and natural monopolies by twenty sixteen but people didn't really believe that it was going to happen and i think there's still some skepticism out there in the investor community which will only dissipate once we get some big transactions going through and going on the foreign investors if it does go ahead how much we're very be interested in well these are some these are some of the great companies rusher that are being privatized spared bank and obviously the two largest banks in the company rosneft is the largest oil company and you have a number of excellent infrastructure assets including. airport largest airport in the country particular when combined with the nuke of a twenty five percent of russian while weighs a number of ports and so i think that any serious investor in russia will want to take a good hard look at these assets whether they're russian or foreign so i think they'll

be a lot of interest in me in these transactions you know this could all raise nine billion dollars for the russian government will it spend it on well it's in the what you do arithmetic that they'll raise three hundred billion rubles this year and then rising in future years by route fifty billion roubles a year. in fact of course at the moment russia is running a budget surplus so what. happens when it is so use domestic debt or raises money through privatization is that means as a bit more money to save in the oil funds which provides protection against the risk of an oil price fall so at the moment russia doesn't need to do these privatization in order to finance government spending but it does help to provide protection against that risk of an oil price for global share prices including these companies are pretty feeble at the moment why is it happening now well i think that it's happening now because the new governments can mean and there was

a need for clarity about its intentions on privatization. and i think that the government wants to move rapidly precisely in order to counteract the skepticism that it's see among investors which is reflected in the relatively low rating of the relatively low share price on the russian stock market and so on so i think the government wants to move quickly the problem is of course that as a result of concerns about disorderly european divorce. and greek exit from the euro we've had a big selloff across the world in all countries and that's affected russia along with other countries so the moment the government wouldn't get the best price not nearly as good as three months ago for instance in the case of some assets such as spare a bank that are very liquid and and heavily traded and so the question i think for the government is if this crisis continues if russian if russian assets continue to

be as they see it depressed in value as a result of the crisis will they push ahead with the transaction or will they hold hold back until the market conjuncture improve. jacob no morgan stanley will wait and see if it does happen after all nestle we've got time for join us for the opening bell on wall street next hour. ok diane thank you. well that coming up our spotlight interview show delves deeper into washington's foreign policies focusing on the volatile middle east us they'll be back with the headlines.

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