a new massacre reported in syria however estimates of casualties vary dramatically as the timing of the sort of just ahead of kofi annan briefing to the u.n. security council raises suspicions. and the u.n. general assembly is meeting right now here are live pictures from new york and some strong statements of already be made as the u.n. chief called syria's president assad illegitimate we'll bring you the latest in a few moments here. and also the global political focus shifts to the east we're dedicated rein in the afghan issues are discussed in beijing has got to be uprooted meets with the country's leaders. and increased cases of assaults on women in egypt's tahrir square revealed the plight of female protesters inside for democratic change is a fading as business strive to take

a grip on power. around the clock around the world international news and comment live from moscow it's being reported that syria has suffered another massacre and they come up province there are however conflicting accounts as to the number of victims with estimates ranging from nine to several dozen it's also unclear who was behind the atrocities are explains from syria you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. there is even more confusion about this latest bicycle 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 peace 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 however 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 than 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 the clashes that occurred after that two officers have been killed and five others have been only just 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 in bed. right now stewart is just simply impossible to establish who was behind this massacre. despite the uncertainties surrounding the home are killing some western and arab powers have made their own conclusions with some leaders immediately blaming president assad for the atrocity and once again calling for action against his regime. has more on that. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has made comments saying that syria will not be

peaceful in toll. bridge counterpart david cameron also called for a concerted action from international powers against syria for months and months we've seen the u.s. and its western allies pushing for regime change in syria over at the united nations in new york secretary general ban ki moon also said that bashar al assad and his government has all lost all its legitimacy and he said that any regime that tolerates the killing of its own people has lost all humanity clearly the secretary general pointing the finger at the syrian government now the secretary general of the arab league also took to the podium to address the general assembly and called on the u.n. security council to punish the syrian government including the use of force

we have heard in recent weeks the u.s. and european leaders calling for consideration of some type of intervention into syria joint special envoy kofi annan who is also at the united nations has said that he must be frank that the plan that he put together the six point peace plan that calls for many things but most importantly ceasefire is not being implemented mr anon said that the international community must act very swiftly before the circumstance in syria gets any worse he also said you know lateral action or intervention into syria without a consensus would not be a success and of course he will be elaborate in that when he speaks of the members of the security council a few hours. political news kristof will still who's been covering events in the region says there are strong indications the home of most of it was turned. when the terrorists you know called off the peace plan that was a fact the joke they had never kept they had never stuck to it there are terrorists

at work very clearly and very clearly they're sponsored from abroad openly saudi arabia qatar. turkey is involved people you know fighters come over the border from jarden from lebanon from iraq from turkey and that in fact heats up the situation very much and there are kinds of media lies the most recent where we hear that eighty people were killed in a massacre where the same resistance group you know publishing this said a little later that they were just fifty and that it was twenty four this was the german radio and in fact the government says it was nine but the killing was done by the terrorists and i think there is believe bill and the other things are lies the usual lies we hear since a year. or more high on the situation in syria on our website including the theory that the timing of the latest report

a massacre in hammer was no coincidence. to explore how similar the presence of paul really been used in the past to justify military intervention in foreign countries bypassing the un party dot com. russia's kremlin is backing it runs dry for a peaceful atomic program came during central asia regional security summit in beijing spearheaded by russia and china at the event president vladimir putin met with the leaders of afghanistan and iran two nations which often divide opinion in the west and she had a she has this report. 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 pushing 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 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 we're always interested in your thoughts and opinions on the stories we're covering at the moment here and tarty dot com our web site we're asking what you think of the reasons behind russia stepping up its military chinese with china some of the results on the screen so far the majority of respondents think it's to keep washington's asia pacific ambitions in check seventeen percent say moscow wants to ensure regional security others are split between two options we can see there to keep tabs on china's growing military might and to gain more leverage in the un security council it if only one already done so join the voted r.t. dot com. it was the birthplace of the egyptian revolution but tahrir square reputation is now being tainted by a sinister trend activists say female protesters are being increasingly subject to divonne and and sexual abuse and army incidents that some say reflects a much bigger social and cultural problem or to sort of first reports on the plight

of the gyptian women who fear that instead of freedoms promised by mubarak's fall they may be facing an even darker future. when this egyptian woman was dragged into taria to be exposed and abused by the military men it serves 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 they are still a little bit against the having women with them side to side in the 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 is what. 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 is that your harassment that a lot of women complain about. how some areas for women only many of the women say that's to avoid some of the men's wondering. egypt's now facing the prospect of a. 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. broke the rules for women and for america and we will do what is right. these coups to revoke hard won women's rights could risk egypt's new modern democracy becoming a terrifying throwback to the past ages of female oppression now beginning from. point again 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. the time line of the time on in egypt can be found on our website there's plenty more there for you including a blaze on a nuclear submarine in miami may make it into the record books as the most costly

caused by a household appliance find out more and more to you don't come. to say that stone age artists may have been using animation techniques in their caves or in creating the impression of moving animals. live here in moscow coming up to forty minutes past the hour the nicaraguan government is planning to build a thirty billion dollars into oceanic route that set to challenge the panama canal all these business correspondents correspondent daniel bushell brings us now the details. united states opened the panama canal in one nine hundred fourteen and it's taken the lawyers share of trade between the atlantic and pacific ever since but now russia plans to build a deeper void to rival through the sun one river it may bring nicaragua that

threatens the hugely profitable existing route and improve the waterway it would attract many firms that currently go through panama also traders increasingly use joint ships that are too big for the existing canal the center of world trade shifting to the asia pacific region and states like china have long wanted an alternative path not dominated by the u.s. but russia may not get the contract the project director says china japan brazil south korea and venezuela are also eager to fund the thirty billion dollar plan will have more of business just off the twenty past. the e.u. debt crisis meant big business for italy's math here which has been described as the country's number one lender by an italian anti corruption group struggling businesses a boring money from criminal organization to keep afloat as banks restrict lending during the e.u. crisis economics expert alberto main gardy says the government's policies are partly to blame for the maffia boom. beginning of march. on the

economy is particularly strong now because march is cash when you go when people small businesses particularly in the south and in the center of the country to get running short of cash and have some kind of relationship with market because they work for years to buy protection from a few that you may be told to mafia as investors who say capital and they may go into the black sector for getting money not get out. due to this is very troubles and it's a very brutal form that should carry our government we need. to fix some of the problems that are troubling to tell the economy in particular do we need to reduce taxation there's still a bit more money available to tell him because this is more legitimate money coming out of cash and not coming out miles you're not going to see. and later today max

kaiser will be looking at the u.k.'s efforts to snake economic for amid the financial crisis. that police launch 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 in cash from the small time economic fraudster is while they got it backwards in the federal. couple centuries ago alluding at the top began saluting at the bottom if you want to get around to looking at the bottom they were looting at the top which means get ready camera and get rid of born and get rid of mervyn king it's all that happens expect more looting at the bottom and more on the zombie apocalypse. as the european financial rollercoaster continues to bring down economies and governments some smaller political parties are getting their moment in the

spotlight the pirate party in germany has seen a surge in popularity as people abandon more traditional outfits. assesses the 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 now there are almost thirty thousand and with deputies in the three local pullman's including in berlin the parents or hijacking their way into mainstream politics parents have become more digital 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 the pirates are

a newcomer within the party system they produce a policy making people didn't expect from a coalition of party a new stars and political communication and they are kind of a platform for the kind of support of political protest. the borders are 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 school spy 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 us panthers as other politicians are we we know that we're

human and we we make mistakes and accept that make mistakes and therefore we have no promises. saying ok sorry i was wrong germany's national election is planned for next year and the pirates are ready for battle just like organisations the pirate party of germany is going through its own case of growing pains but its popularity and flyers are on the rise and it could be time for mainstream politicians to watch out for the new kids on the block. r.t. germany. some other news now making headlines across the world this. week prosecutors have all of the arrest of a far right member of parliament for his attack on left wing deputies during a live t.v. debate in u.s. custody out is 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 the t.v. debate came ahead of the country's parliamentary election in ten days from now.

hundreds of workers have rioted at the chinese factory foxconn which produces apple devices with dozens of protesters detained employees clashed with security guards following reports of an attempted theft of the manufacture previously came on the farm for forcing staff to work excessively long hours for low salaries. and the pretrial hearing for the bradley manning case is taking place at fort meade twenty four year old manning is accused of aiding the enemy by publishing hundreds of classified u.s. cables on the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks the defense plans to call several u.s. state department workers to assess the damage done to american foreign relations by those disclosures. these civilian death toll continues to rise in afghanistan with dozens of lives lost in the last forty eight hours local officials say eighteen civilians died at a wedding ceremony when nato forces launched an air raid on a village in the country's east alliance commanders deny the report claiming they only hit taliban fighters on the same day three suicide bombers targeted

a market outside a sprawling nato base in kandahar killing twenty two people investigative journalist gareth porter says nature's activity in afghanistan is only adding to the civilian death toll. you know this whole problem of u.s. and nato military operations both air strikes and made raids is a situation that has caused enormous opposition from the population particularly the southern afghanistan around the. region of the country to increasingly oppose the presence of u.s. and nato forces in fact if you look at the chairs of 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 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 the civilian population. that's the way it is at the moment from the news that's now daniels here with the latest business news that the price of oil will collapse daniel if greece does leave the euro that's right the bank of america has just said the price will slide to just sixty dollars a barrel if our friends quits investors say that's increasingly likely as protesters. against. the gross print is currently over one hundred dollars a barrel of doom and gloom for course that just a worsening global recession will follow the so-called create gregg's it crude prices are boosted by the u.s. indications they may pump extra cash into their economies to boost growth on top of that iran signals it will take

a hard line in nuclear talks and now russia nurses lawyers burbank and all major roles in the four go under the how more from september the government's announced jacob no from morgan stanley russia told me earlier global investor interest in the assets will be high. these are some of the great companies 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. the airport 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. i was all sell next year is also ramping up cooperation with america's exxon mobil the new economic school surrogate career 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

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 plan for needs another defense company should be privatized but i would still be until the deal because we're hearing that so many times and we've not seen it is asian happening yet but it's a very good sign that it's been announced in the united states ben bernanke is just said the federal reserve stands ready to act to protect the financial system and the economy in the event of financial stresses from the european crisis escalate meanwhile over in europe british premier david cameron is in germany to warn anglo merkel that the euro is in the last chance saloon he's been pushing for a huge rescue deal to save the failing single currency in the spotlight in particular is spain whose banks need at least eighty billion euro to cover bad property loans it's just sold another two billion euro of it but the government admits that too big to bail out by brussels should also said world markets are now refusing to listen to it for fear they won't be paid back markets closed higher

today russia's state development bank v.b. says it's ready to support russian equity markets by buying shares moscow has been one of the world's worst performing this year hopes to make up. as for course the just talks will rebound also he wants to reduce volatility the head of the v.b. has said time to check our exchange rates the euro's low against the dollar now when it comes to the ruble it's gaining to the main currencies it finished up against both major congresses today and china has cut its key interest rates for the first time since two thousand and eight the world's second biggest economy is doing it in the attempt to boost slowing growth the benchmark one year loan rate was cut by a quarter of one percent to six point three one percent in addition china's delayed the implementation of tougher bank capital rules and it concerns that they may hurt lending bill in europe today most stories on the web site daniel thanks a lot more from you in an hour from now. now in just a few minutes here on r t would talk to the lebanese interior minister to get his

take on the turmoil in syria and that'll be after a recap of the headlines stay with us live this is r.t. in moscow and. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something

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