he is an door saying any type of military intervention into syria the most important thing right now according to the secretary general is to keep syria from going from a tipping point to a breaking point joint special envoy for the u.n. an arab league mr kofi annan also has said to the media is that what needs to be done now is for the security council to under stand and to come up with a plan in the best way to implement his six point peace plan and that is up to the security council to to work out and decide while the security council unanimously recommitted its support for the kofi annan six point peace plan washington is still blaming syria for all of the ongoing violence u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice says that is the assad government that has been acting outside of its responsibilities and indeed it is not succeeding because the government of syria is not fulfilling its obligations under the annan

plan meanwhile russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin all so admitted that there has been a few indications of compliance with the six point peace plan but he said that it's not just the syrian government that has fallen short it is also the armed opposition group including the free syrian army which just last week announced that it will no longer acknowledge its commitments under the anon plan deeming it a failure ambassador churkin said that his counterparts within the security council need to take a look at the entire picture within syria the position groups only. failed to comply to. clear the it is their intention not to do so which is a very dangerous development of it go into productive development russia has proposed an international conference on syria which is similar to what kofi annan has. post under the title of

a contact group now this international conference would include the five veto wielding members of the security council as well as countries that have any influence on the syrian government and the armed opposition specifically saudi arabia qatar and iran and vascular churkin said that this international conference must be held as soon as possible and that moscow would be willing to schedule it as soon as all parties announce a commitment. right before a briefing with u.n. syria's suffered yet another massacre this time in the hama province there are conflicting accounts as to the number of victims with estimates ranging up to one hundred being killed it's also unclear who was behind the atrocity as artie's marie if an ocean reports from syria you may find some of the images in her report 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 however these videos contain bodies that by all appearances to degrade i died yesterday raising many questions on the credibility and the truth of their

positions claims and just where these bodies came from on the other hand the syrian government has a completely different take on what happened. in syria they say they got a call from a local resident asking for help after militants took over the village the army has been stationed in the area they've been reporting beforehand that they are preparing for an anti-terrorist operation so after that call they immediately launched this operation and we are receiving right now. reports from official sources in hama that after the army went in they discovered nine bodies of civilians and following the clashes that occurred after that two officers have been killed and five others have been in egypt so as you can see both sides think there is a child there while witnesses reports just contradict each other about who was responsible and without credible. right now is to go out and just simply impossible to establish who was behind this massacre. western eagerness to blame assad for the

killings illustrates their determined pursuit of regime change in syria according to political analyst adrian so poochie. these are the western media who are saying that bashar assad is responsible for these killings and that from the very beginning president assad said be weary of the cable global cable networks like c.n.n. and the b.b.c. and fox news because they are spreading blatant lies no doubt mr assad has less control over his country because this country is being invaded by florent interests by foreign groups who are funded and armed by the united states and other groups the western powers are really playing with fire trying to generate killings and mass civil war inside syria in order to have an excuse for military intervention or diplomatic political and military intervention we can see that there are definitely criminal organizations operating inside syria as they have done in libya and they

are still doing in libya in all these organizations are. trained and armed by the western power still to come on our t. and offer you should refuse to tell you in banks restrict loans or struggling businesses forcing them into the clutches of what khoza no struggle to survive plus . russia intends to join nicaragua and building its ambitions in post to coastal waterway which threatens the rival to rival the famous panama canal. but first the kremlin is backing iran's drive for a peaceful atomic energy the assurance came during central asia as 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 that often divide opinion in the west or things like sarah chesney reports from beijing. 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 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 the withdrawal 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 still there so russia certainly wants to play a very important role in bringing this country to peace it was the birthplace of the egyptian revolution but tahrir square is reputation is now being tainted by a sinister trend activists say female protesters are increasingly being subjected to violence and sexual abuse alarming incidence that some say reflects a much bigger social and cultural problem sorry for her ports on the plight of egyptian women who fear that instead of the freedom promised by mubarak's fall it may be facing an even darker future than before. when the suggestion women was dragged into terrier 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'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 with some men and the streets that there are still a little bit again as to having women with them side to side in the political women played a vital role in egypt's revolution but what the future now holds for women and their rights is far from certain in the life of women actually water 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 the harassment that a lot of women complain about here 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 just 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 clues to revoke hard won women's rights kids risk egypt's new

modern democracy becoming a terrifying three back to the past age is a female oppression now as you can i'm from zero point which is that if this treaty because usually off to. you feel that you're going to gain the political revolution in egypt maybe in full but the cultural one it seems could be just getting started. on the timing. the use debt crisis is meant big business for italy's mafia which has been described as the country's number one lender by and tell you an anti corruption group struggling businesses are borrowing money from criminal organizations to stay afloat as banks restrict lending during the e.u. crisis economics expert alberto mingora he says the government's policies are partly to blame for the mafia boom. beginning with my. aunties how did you call them is particularly strong now because mafia has cash and you've got

plenty of small businesses particularly in the south and in the center of the country without running short of cash and have some kind of relationship we might get because they were poor so many gears to buy protection from a few that you made to the mafia as an investor it was a capital and they may go into the black sector for getting money they could not get out of the show banking sector this is very troublesome and it's a very important point that should can our government really need. to fix some of the problems that are troubling to tell an economy in particular do we need to do six a should there's still a bit more money available to tell the base this is more legitimate money coming out with customers and not coming out mafia and going to going to. europe's financial rollercoaster continues to bring down economies and governments some

smaller political parties are gaining traction in the moment the pirate party in germany has seen a surge in popularity as people of bad and more traditional outfits are he said are pissing off reports. it may seem like a hollow convention but don't let these outfits for you this is the annual conference of the pirate party of germany only three years ago it had just about one thousand members and now there are almost thirty thousand and with deputies in the three local parliaments including in berlin paris or friday jacking their way into mainstream politics paris have become more digital landscape in germany and other parties have to take and you already see that are people reacting to the party success story started in doing 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. policymaking people didn't expect from a traditional party. and political communication and they are kind of a platform for the transport of put it into protest. the point. of participation and transparency is to take discussions on and it doesn't seem to matter that so submitted to. school until it's on surveillance or that their favorite spot is a bar. they don't have a stance on foreign affairs or the financial crisis. with one senior member comparing their success first years of hitler's nazis though he quickly apologized we don't take ourselves so seriously we're not just as other

politicians are. we know that we're human and we make mistakes and make mistakes and therefore we have. ok sorry i was wrong germany's national parliamentary election is planned for next year and the pirates ready for battle just like most young organizations the pirate party of germany is going through its own growing pains but its popularity and size 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. while germans look up more unusual political choices they could be in for a bumpy ride of course for a new country it seems that the tired of my. rules could pose a significant threat to free movement within europe plus. i don't want to hear the u.s. gets a curious delivery from japan that donor doesn't want to. find all the details.

government plans to build a thirty billion dollars coast to coast route that said to challenge the panama canal archy's daniel bushell has more. you know it's it states that the law and share of trade between we have plenty of pacific oceans ever since it's open the pundit market now but no real show plans to build a void a rival through bring. that's threatens the hugely profitable existing routes as traders increasingly go for joint ships that is too big for the existing canal but russia may not get the contract the project director says china japan and venezuela also have to phone the thirty billion dollars plan. turning out of some other

stories making headlines across the globe a pakistani graduation ceremony turn into a nightmare as a blast outside the building killed at least eight people and injured another twenty the bomb was attached to a bicycle that was left by the school gates in the city of quetta investigators say the device was detonated by remote control according to hospital sources three children are among the victims. in bolivia at least sixteen students were killed thirty two injured when their bus plunged into or vene north of the capital the students all aged between sixteen and eighteen were on their way to take part in interschool sports tournament the cause of the accident is not clear but survivors say the driver tried to let another bus overtake on the narrow road before he lost control. at least fourteen people feared lost after their helicopter disappeared in peru's highlands the pleasure flight was carrying nationals from south korea and austria as well as locals and the crew so far no automatic distress signal that

would indicate a crash was registered and a search and rescue mission is underway. saddam hussein's cousin and personal secretary has been executed in iraq. was rated number four on the u.s. most wanted list before being captured the dictator's right hand man was charged with brutally crushing a shiite uprising after the nine hundred ninety one gulf war it's the first execution in the country since two thousand and ten and saddam's former foreign minister is still being held on death row. be back with a recap of the headlines in about ten minutes up next artie's exclusive interview with a lebanese interior minister stay with us. 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 so how can you talk about security in lebanon and. little bit of lebanon security doesn't depend on lebanon alone politically and in terms of security and lebanon depends on external factors as well that the people of lebanon have close religious and family ties with neighboring states. is that an alternative to. the corner and there has to be an alternative even smaller countries than lebanon resist external influence. but what do you think about the conflict between the

shia and sunni. for fitness and in one hundred seventy four and seventy five we had a conflict between christians and muslims in lebanon and this conflict was result well with we adopted a new constitution and a chain of harmony it is possible that at some point lebanon will face the threat of being broken up into pieces and of course it concerns me that look at iraq for example the us occupied the country then they withdrew their troops and what do we have. now iraq is divided there is a danger that something like that will happen in syria two if the current situation persists and if syria is divided this will directly affect lebanon. do you think the counseling regime can protect lebanon. the question is not whether this regime stays in syria or is replaced by another one the problem is that the insurgents in syria affects the situation in lebanon. who do you think is behind

the syrian conflict. we have some global and arab interests clashing here and we all understand that what we don't understand is where this clash will take us in the end but we can say one thing with certain about if the syrian conflict is resolved one way or another this will effect the situation in lebanon but this is the recent events in lebanon the murder of two shakes the situation and after the detention of saudi malawi who was later released in tripoli all these events indicate that seven forces are not only trying to flare up a conflict they want to start a wave of violence in the country we want to understand it but the big question is who stands to benefit from that. but. it's being done so that palestinians can become citizens of lebanon if lebanon is divided palestinians will eventually be able to become lebanese citizens but one who is trying to divide lebanon. i can ask you the same question external forces seek to control lebanon they seek to divide

and we can all the countries surrounding israel in order to ensure israel's security. is based on the current situation in the region and the information we have cannot point the finger at somebody and say that they are interested in this scenario more than anybody else and. i can put it this way we've all heard this expression of the arab spring but who has seen the fruit of the spring no one has egypt elected its president or has the spring ended. most of the same thing is happening in tunisia and in yemen there's no fruit there's just this expression of the arab spring and i really think that what we see today is an israeli spring who will pose a threat to israel now and palestinians dying every day and no one protest before even if one palestinian was killed there was an outrage today three palestinians get killed or ten or twenty and nobody says anything there's not even any talk about differences within the palestinian movement and with. lebanon says that it

will only realign itself in defining its policies and were more take into consideration syria's internal conflict but some said that this is impossible as the geopolitical ties between the two countries are very strong when you think about that but. let me ask you a question what will happen if lebanon pursues a policy that is based purely on its own interests where will such a policy get us english we have a problem but part of the people support the current regime in syria and another part support the opposition but we as a state are pursuing our own policy we recognize the syrian government so as the minister of internal affairs whom should i support if a million people in lebanon are against the regime the minister too should be against the regime whom the we as a lebanese republic cooperate with in syria we cooperate with the syrian government at the un recognizes the syrian ambassador to represent syria in the united nations

what i'm saying is that we cooperate with the government of a country that if there is regime change in syria we will cooperate with the new government lebanon recognizes syria as a nation as does the us the syrian ambassador to the u.n. bashar just fahri has appealed to international organizations among other things offering evidence that the white terry on lebanese territory the lebanese president the prime minister and just south of all deny these allegations who say the. while the idea. may be present in lebanon there are no grounds for terrorism or terrorists yet your defense minister says the terrorists including al qaeda cells may be present. could you please explain these differences in such an important issue. though i have personally met with the defense minister and we've cleared up the situation there was some misunderstanding regarding terminology what the president said on the issue is correct we meant that there are no al qaeda cells in

lebanon but it is possible that individual members of this international organization are present in our country but we don't have al qaeda camps or al qaeda cells in lebanon. mr minister part of the repercussions of the syrian crisis may be avoided by demarcating the border between lebanon and syria. the demarcation of the border will not stop terrorists from crossing over into another country but the situation will be more transparent that's true the situation will be more transparent we should have had a proper border a long time ago. issues that so much to me is going to make a lot of people here you look at lunch time for dinner with the greek economy in tatters and spain on the financial break the future of the monetary union looks

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. time for the euro with the greek economy in tatters and spain on the financial future of the monetary union looks anything but bright world leaders are calling for quick and decisive action to avoid a doomsday scenario the european central bank has come out and said the fate of the currency is not. anything.