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 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 and they say they got a call from a local resident asking for help after militants took over the feel of the army has been stationed in the area they've been reporting beforehand they are preparing for an end to terrorist operations so after that call they immediately launched this operation and we are receiving right now. reports from official sources in hama that after the on the 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 so as you can see both sides think there is a trial there and while witnesses reports just contradict each other about who was responsible and without credible investigation right now it's just simply impossible to establish who was behind this massacre well despite the uncertainties surrounding the killings the u.s. and its allies have made their own conclusions some of this immediately blaming present for the atrocity once again the calling for action against his regime chris lawrence wants he's reporting. what 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 and told. 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 the 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 a 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 own 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 these show due to brief the u.n. security council on syria we expect to me anything concrete from this session. well the 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 non to i now it's 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 it is expected that he will be talking to the security council and. and suggesting that there would be

a creation of a contact group where world and regional powers that have influence on both the syrian government and the syrian opposition could come together and try to broker a better kind of peace process now that contact group would reportedly include the veto members of the security council it would also include other countries that had 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 to 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 us far then u.s. officials say that 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 she should say the joint special envoy kofi annan is still trying to bring some type of. stabilization to syria but he has players that say that they are supporting him on one side and then calling for for a president a country to go on the other side so clearly it is in a very difficult position but a lot of discussion will take place at united nations now or is that. ok for now thank you. well very important also to look to 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. web site and some don't. well more reaction on syria from political analyst christopher postal who's extensively covered events in arab states. thanks for joining us here on our who do you think been behind these latest killings and. again please. who do you think might have been 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 that the 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 nice 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 or 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 does a billet. over 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 imprisonment people have disappeared yes but ever 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 that either it's an either or question either the new government in syria or tackler comes to terms with this challenge of you know challenging the western media at home or they will fail that is very clear in the 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 island peace plan

that was in fact a joke they had never kept they have never stuck to it so 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 there's an all over 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. ok persona's kristof hostile thank you for joining us here. well the kremlin backs iran's dry for peaceful nuclear program insurance came during its central asian region security summit in beijing spearheaded by russia and china now the event russian president vladimir putin met with the leaders of afghanistan and. 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 he can all feel relaxed and smiling we saw on the cameras as he was walking inside the building how children relaxed he was definitely putting on him have a lot to talk about because russia plays a very important role in mediating the conflict between iran and the west moreover the timing of this particular meeting in beijing is very important as well because in the middle of june we're expecting a five plus one group of negotiators to meet in moscow to discuss the iranian issue certainly this happens i mean the time when washington does not rule out military action against tehran and constantly keeps slapping iran with different sort of economic and trade sanctions both russia and china support to support the civil nuclear program in iran at the same time they would not support any military nuclear program in this country now as for the meeting with it's also seen as very

crucial because russia is now playing a very important role in afghanistan providing one of its military bases in the town 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 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 sinister trend activists say female protesters are being increasingly subjected to violence and sexual abuse of the many incidents 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 woman was dragged into terrier to be exposed and abused by the military men it serves as a stark reminder that barrack mice of 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 they 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 life of women actually water i'd like my dog to to live her 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 is that your harassment that a lot of women complain about here in cairo that racist has some areas for women only many of the women say that's the voice 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 just 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 and then moving to see about the rules for women and where and who. do what is right. these clues to are they hard won women's rights kids risk egypt's new democracy becoming a terrifying three back to the past age is a female oppression now again i'm from. zero point which is very frustrating because usually after. you feel that you're going to gain the political revolution in egypt maybe in full play the

cultural one it seems could be just getting started. with a timeline of the turmoil in egypt can be found on our web site and there's plenty more for you there including a blazing nuclear submarine in miami make it into the record books as the most costly because by going to science find out more to come. on to say that artists may have been using animation techniques and. internet impression in. germany is edging 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 basement and mr patrick young says there's no way the euro zone's fourth biggest economy can be bailed out. all of the politicians basically left the people stranded the new government in spirit went into denial mode from the law and they came into office and six months later they suddenly realized what anybody who was remotely financially literate could work right 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 being like mechanisms are not going to work and that's why ultimately it's very difficult to see tragically whether or not the really is a future to the euro was a currency the greeks when you talk to the law 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 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 thereafter 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. as efforts to snare economic fraudsters and the financial crisis. met 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 fifteen million pounds and pads for only small time economic front stairs

well they got it backwards frederic bastiat had said a couple of centuries ago and learning at the top began flowing at the bottom if you want to are looking at the bottom. railing at the top which means get ready camera and get what i was born and get rid of mervyn king and all that happened 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 cliff fishel say eighteen civilians died a wedding ceremony and nato forces the worst an air raid on the village in the country's east alliance commanders deny the report claiming they and taliban fighters in the same day three suicide bombers targeted a market outside of spawning then to a base in kandahar killing twenty two people if they stick out port-a says nato has

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 occupation of southern afghanistan the. region of the country to increasingly oppose the presence of u.s. and nato forces in fact if you look at the cache 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 the 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 united states could ever protect us you know. population. so ivan is making headlines across the world this hour greek prosecutors avoided the arrest of a far right member of parliament although his attack on to feel the left wing deputies doing a live t.v. debate is simply are it's through a glass of water in the face of an m.p. after she got out he's alleged involvement in the mugging case five years ago and vision debate came ahead of the country's parliamentary election in ten days time. hundreds of workers rioted at the chinese call it produces apple devices with dozens of protesters detained employees clashed with security guards following reports of an attempted theft. previously came under fire for forcing staff working

excessively on hours for those salaries. the pretrial hearing for the bradley manning case is taking place that meet thirty four year old manning is accused of aiding the enemy by publishing hundreds of classified u.s. cables and whistle blowing web site wiki leaks defense plans to call several u.s. state department workers to assess the damage done to american foreign relations by the disclosures. of the business is now and investors a senate russia's crown jewels it seems. the big privatization will stall this year join us bank 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 airports 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 sale starts next year it's also ramped up cooperation with america's exxon mobile economic schools the gury 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 name should be private i think 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 should be privatized but i would still wait until the deal because we're hearing that some in your bones and we've not seen it is asian happening yet but it's a very good sign that it's been on that now after facebook support started here

last month the nasdaq may compensate some losses shares in the social network of shed 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 anglo merkel the euros in the last chance saloon he's to push for a huge rescue deal to save the single currency in the spotlight in spain in particular he's going to need at least eighty billion euro to cover property loans is just sold another two billion euro dead but the government admits it's too big to bail out which would 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 has been one of the world's worst performing this year markets v.b. hopes to make a big profit as for cost 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 of higher against the dollar this hour on the ruble it's gaining to 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. few minutes top the lebanese interior minister to get his take on the turmoil in syria a softer recap of the headlines.

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this is all to the headlines now and you massacre of course in syria however estimates of casualties vary dramatically and the timing of the sort of just ahead of kofi annan briefings. u.n. security council suspicions. global political focus shifts to the east. and afghan officials are discussed in beijing. with the country's leaders. and increased cases of assault some women in egypt's tahrir square reveal the plight of female protester his hopes for democratic change is a fading as is a list strive to take a good one. and next our exclusive interview with a lebanese interior minister gives his outlook on how the bloodshed in syria could play out the entire region.

well again. lebanon is affected by internal tensions and we do not conflict or decisions related to security issues are made outside by other countries from how can you talk about security in lebanon. little bit of lebanon security doesn't depend on lebanon. politically and in terms of security and lebanon depends on external factors as well when the people of lebanon have close religious and family ties with neighboring states. hello dana is there an alternative to external influence. that has to be an even smaller countries than lebanon has just exploded . a conflict also what do you think about the conflict between the shia and sunnis and the. needs of our fitness and in one hundred seventy four and seventy five we had a conflict that.