a new massacre reported in syria however estimates of casualties vary dramatically as the timing of the slaughter just ahead of kofi annan briefing to the u.n. security council raises suspicions. global political focus shifts to the east this thursday as delicate rainy and afghan issues of discussed in beijing have anywhere putin met with the country's leaders. and the increased cases of assaults on women in egypt's tahrir square reveal the plight of female protesters whose hopes for democratic change is off bathing as islamist drive to take a grip on power. internationally

isn't comment twenty four hours a day you're watching on t.v. it's being reported that syria has suffered another massacre in the province there are however conflicting accounts as to the number of victims and estimates ranging from nine to several dozen or so so unclear who was behind the atrocity as artie's national explains from syria you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. there is even more confusion about this latest massacre here in syria than all 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 problem in villages in central syria not far from the city of hama and after that allegedly prove as solid 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 however these videos contain bodies that by all appearances 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 feel of the army it has been stationed in the area they've been reporting beforehand that they are preparing for an end to terrorist operations 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 child there while witnesses reports just contradict each other about who was responsible and without credible had been. right now just simply impossible to establish who was behind this massacre. well despite the uncertainties surrounding the hammer killings the u.s. and its allies have made their own conclusions some leaders immediately blaming president assad for the atrocity once again calling for action against his regime cross live to our t.v. report marina how has washington responded to the reports. well washington is not waiting for an independent investigation u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has made comments saying that syria will not be

peaceful intell assad goes those comments in the context of holding the syrian government responsible for the most recent violence that took place in hama and now secretary clinton made her statement during a meeting and instead with with foreign ministers and senior officials from a european countries arab countries and of course turkey in addition to the comments coming from from ms clinton the british prime minister david cameron also called for concerted international action against syria more we've seen that western countries over the past months have been pushing for more pressure on the government of syrian president bashar al assad inside the united nations an outside with their private independent meetings making public comments over and over again that more pressure needs to be taken so clearly there hasn't

been an independent investigation or findings even to what happened in the most recent violent circumstance in in syria western powers are clearly taking sides siding with the opposition just like they did two weeks ago when we saw the massacre in houla. this latest atrocity in syria comes just before kofi annan is should do to brief the u.n. security council on syria expecting anything concrete from this session. well international envoy kofi annan has been trying very hard over the past few months to try to bring peace to syria with his six point peace plan that was endorsed by the security council us through a resolution but we've seen that it's made very slow progress just last week the free syrian army the leaders of it out called on mr anon to announce that his plan has failed that plan called for many things one which was

a ceasefire that clearly is it holding well in syria mr non is expected that he will be talking to the security council and. suggesting that there would be a creation of a contact group where world and regional powers that have influence in both the syrian government and the syrian opposition could come together and try to broker a better kind of peace process now that that contact group would reportedly include the veto members of the security council it would also include other countries that have influence on both sides in syria and those countries include saudi arabia qatar turkey and even iran now this is also a plan that russia has also proposed clearly members of the security council in addition to the u.n. envoy is trying to come up with a way to broker some kind of peace to quell the violence but we did we

have been hearing comments lately from u.s. officials that if if the peace plan that presented fails and if the security council cannot agree on sanctions against syria which russia and china have opposed those far then u.s. officials say countries may have to consider taking action outside the authority of the security council so there is going to be a lot of talking to go shushan today the joint special envoy kofi annan is still trying to bring some type. stabilization to syria but he has players that say that they're supporting him on one side and then calling for for a president a country to go on the other side so clearly he's in a very difficult position but a lot of discussion will take place at the united nations now or is that. ok for now thank you. well very important also looked at the theory that the timing of the latest reported massacre in syria was no coincidence here reports she explores how

similar precedents were used in the past justify foreign military intervention right across the un. website. with more reaction on syria from political analyst christopher hosta who's extensively covered events in arab states. thanks for joining us here on r.t. who do you think might have been behind these latest killings and. again please who do you think might be responsible for these killings. it is very clear now and that has been reconfirmed yesterday to the shock of many people by a catholic bishop coming back from extended travels and syria that the western media are not telling the truth about the situation in syria there are terrorists at work very clearly and very clearly they are sponsored from abroad openly saudi

arabia has said qatar that same turkey is involved people you know fighters come over the border from jarden from lebanon from iraq from turkey and that in fact heat up the situation very much and there are kinds of media lies the most recent was from homs where we hear that eighty people were killed in the massacre well the same resistance group you know publishing this said a little later that there were just fifty and that it was twenty four this was all in official german radio and in fact the government says it was nine but the killing was done by the terrorists and i think that is believable and the other things are lies the usual lies we hear since a year so what are they what would they be trying to achieve then the perpetrators of this atrocity. you see what we have here is a strong this is a billet after the old the outgoing syrian government to handle this public

relations case they were able to point out what this is very simple truth this so-called syrian revolution was instigated from abroad yes the government was not very fair to many of its citizens there was torture there was in prison and people have disappeared yes but ever a revolution going on that was made from abroad we have eyewitnesses i have quoted this on this t.v. station thanks to you and now we have the situation there either it's an either or question either the new government in syria tackling comes to terms with this challenge of you know challenging the western media at home or they will fail that is very clear in this solution can only come you know if there are lying stops and those countries behind the terror are openly addressed while the peace process is now clearly stalled in syria with western and arab states calling for action as you say what impact will these latest cause likely to have on the bloodshed.

you see the bloodshed going on right now that it's a desperate fight when the terrorists you know called off the annan peace plan that was in fact a joke they had never kept they had never stuck to it so why what they did was they you know committed to this. acceptance of this plan openly that this is a new quality and now what i hear the recent news of today is that there's an all of a fight going on between the syrian government troops and those terrorists and i do think the vast vast majority of the poor syrians are trapped in the middle there's a very bad situation. christopher hostile thank you joining us here. well the kremlin backs iran's dry for peaceful nuclear program came during its central asia region security summit in beijing spearheaded by russia and china at

the event russian president vladimir putin met with the leaders of afghanistan and iran. in the west 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 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 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 also seen a very crucial because russia is now playing a very important a role in afghanistan providing one of its military bases in the for the native troops to deliver its military cargo to afghanistan to help the withdrawal of the u.s. troops from the country by the end of twenty fourteen it's evident to many that the nato 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. and of course we're always interested in your thoughts on the stories we're covering r.t. dot com we're asking today what you think are the reasons behind russia stepping up its military ties with china well so far the majority of respondents think it's to keep washington's asian pacific ambitions in check seventy percent say moscow wants to ensure regional security while others are split between two options to keep tabs

on china's growing military might gain more leverage in the un security council during the vote as r.t. dot com. it was the birthplace of the egyptian revolution but squares reputation is now 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 ortiz reports on the plight of egyptian women who fear that instead of freedoms promised by mubarak's for they may be facing an even darker future. when the suggestion women was dragged into terrier to be exposed and abused by the military men it served as a stark reminder that barrack myself being toppled egypt's arab spring has many hurdles to overcome if it's to blossom into a democracy for a conservative culture watching

a woman exposed in that way open the floodgates to shocking 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 and the lives of women actually is what war is i'd like my do 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 but 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 where and who do what is right. these coups to revoke hard won women's rights could risk egypt's new modern democracy becoming a terrifying throwback to the past ages of female oppression now. from. point which is very frustrating because

usually after the relations you feel that you're going to gain the political revolution in egypt maybe in full play but the cultural one it seems could be just getting started so that. we're timeline of the turmoil in egypt can be found on our website and there's plenty more for you there including a blazer a nuclear submarine in miami make it into the record books as the most costly because by sort of science to find out more at home to come. across scientists say that stone age artists may have been using animation techniques and. it's an impression in.

germany is aging other states to give up more powers to europe and the latest anti crisis proposal that says talks on some kind of international aid for spain intensified especially after its budget minister admitted the country's banks do need help vestment 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 in spin went into denial mode from the wall and they came into office and six months later they've suddenly realized what anybody who was remotely financially literate could work out six months ago two years ago even spanish banks are 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 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 it two 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. and there today my skies will be looking at the u.k.'s efforts to snap economic fraudsters and the financial crisis. met 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 fifteen million pounds in cash from these small time economic fraudsters while they got it backwards federal. couple of centuries ago looting at the top began saluting at the bottom if you want to are living at the bottom get were 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. the civilian death toll continues to grow in afghanistan dozens of lives lost in the last forty eight hours and clear fishel say eighteen civilians died of wedding ceremony and nato forces don't stand a raid on a village in the country's east alliance commanders deny the report claiming the enemy hit taliban fighters on the same day three suicide bombers targeted

a market outside a sprawling then to a base in kandahar killing twenty two people. journalist kind of porter says nato has activity in afghanistan has become a market for civilian deaths. you know this whole problem of u.s. and nato military operations both your strikes and. use a situation that has caused enormous opposition from the population particularly the southern afghanistan. region of the country to increasingly the presence of the two 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 the us 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. so ivan is making headlines across the while the south greek prosecutors avoided the arrest of a far right member of parliament although his attack on two female leftwing deputies doing a live t.v. debate yes i think you know this through a glass of water in the face of an m.p. after she got up is alleged involvement in the mugging case five years ago television debate came ahead of the country's parliamentary election in ten days time. hundreds of workers have rioted at the chinese actually foxconn produces apple devices with dozens of protesters detained

employees questioned security guards following reports of an attempted theft. previously came under fire for forcing stuff to work excessively the now as for those salaries. the pretrial hearing for the bradley manning case is taking place at fort meade twenty four year old man is accused of aiding the enemy by publishing hundreds of classified u.s. cables whistleblowing website. defense plans to kill several u.s. state department workers to assess the damage done to american foreign relations by the disclosures. what are the business news now and. best is a senate tips this russian crown jewels it seems the government's announced the big privatization will start this year join us it's like burbank and all major roles in their full go under the hammer from september jacob know from morgan stanley russia told me earlier global investor interest in the assets will be high these are some of the great companies russia that are being privatized spared bank and obviously

the two largest banks rosneft is the largest oil company and you have a number of excellent infrastructure assets including. airports largest airport in the country particular when combined with the nuke of a twenty five percent of russian railways a number of poor. and so i think that any serious investor will want to take a good hard look at these assets whether they're russian or foreign the rosen of starts next year it's also ramped up cooperation with america's exxon mobile economic schools the guru of says the company is moving in the right direction. i think it's a very good sign that the government today decided that the last name should be privatized i think it's it's a step in that i did 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 you should be privatized but i would still wait until the deal

makers with your are there some in your times and we've not seen it is asian happening yet but it's a very good sign that it's been on the now after facebook's start here last month the nasdaq made compensate some losses shares in the social network of shared some hundred million dollars on reports facebook had weak growth estimates from investors meanwhile over in europe british premier david cameron in berlin to warn angela merkel the euro's in the last chance saloon he's to push for a huge rescue deal to save the single currency in the spotlight is pain in particular these banks need at least eighty billion euro to cover property loans is just sold another two billion euro debts but the government admits it's too big to bail out which it also said world markets are refusing to listen to it for fear they won't now be paid back ross is just a development v e b says it's ready to support russia's equity markets by buying shares moscow's been one of the world's worst performing this year markets v.b. hopes to make a big profit as for course suggests they will rebound and also reduce volatility on

the market crude is also helping russian markets they gaining ground for a fourth day as policy makers in the u.s. say they may pump extra cash into their economies to boost growth on top of that iran says it will take a hard line in nuclear talks which has ramped up the oil price exchange rates the euro's a bit higher against the dollar this hour on the ruble is gaining the main currencies yet again for another day carrie and europe today more stories on the web site all to dot com slash business ok thanks that you. when just a few minutes aaron our t.v.'s top the lebanese interior minister to get his take on the turmoil in syria a softer recap of the headlines state. there

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