u.n. observers reach the side of the latest massacre in syria but struggle to make sense of what happened while international efforts to solve the conflict are stepped up with russia taking the lead. and you launch tougher fines for protestors violating public order comes into force today in russia after a lengthy parliamentary debate now demonstrators could face the out of pocket by seven thousand euros for breaking the rules. after being blacklisted by baltic states if you were the phillies or the so-called threat to national security party's reporter investigates what's really behind the motion.

a.t.m. in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie you want to servers in syria say they can't confirm the details of the latest massacre in the country the monitors have investigated to the scene of the killing but are unable to determine how many died or who's to blame well several explosions and gun battles have since erupted across syria and in the capital damascus from where we are now joined by our correspond maria. so worried tell us what's happening where you are and has the fight come to present its door step. yes exactly damascus last night has been hit by what some have been describing as the heaviest fighting between the rebels the opposition the armed opposition and the governmental forces we've been do you been hearing sounds of explosions and how we shall ngs and separate shootings for several hours nonstop and as it's become normal for the syrian conflict we've been hearing conflicting reports on exactly what happened and why this occurred london based syrian observatory for human

rights have been saying that the rebels before it all started organized a really huge anti government rally and then attacked one of the checkpoints of the syrian army here in the capital damascus and this is how the clashes started while official sources and this is something we're hearing from local media here in damascus is saying that that has been a terror attack organized by the rabble so again it's very hard to establish the truth but one thing is absolutely clear damascus. fifteen months of the conflict here in syria has most of the time remained under the governmental forces control but what we have seen now is that the rebels are trying to indeed bring the fight straight to. door to achieve their goal which is obviously. regime change. well what's preventing in this case the u.n. observers from making a conclusive report on the latest massive groet. well it's been three days over

these things the news of all the second massacre. of the massacre the second message in the last two weeks emerged but so far there is no clear understanding what happened who was behind the killing in the village in the central province of hama and actually how many people died they've been hopes that the u.n. and more interest will be able to shed light on the incident on friday finally managed to make aid to the scene of the massacre but what we're hearing from them. is that the site has been cleared and they've only discovered some traces and evidences of clashes and recent fighting such as current and destroyed houses they haven't met people there as the village has been abandoned and usually the home to around one hundred thirty people has been absolutely and t.

by the time when the u.s. . morning tori's entities and bodies haven't been discovered either it's absolutely clear that such incidents are very dangerous and that is they are threatening peace after is in the region last massacre in the village of. houla was used by the free syrian army the biggest and the most well armed opposition group here in the region as a pretext to withdraw from the international approved cease fire and to resume military operations against the government of course is so it's also complicated by. by the fact that the are more than two sides in this conflict at least three sides we have what you're going to tell his uses the just want to ask you very briefly what other efforts of meeting can solve the crisis but very briefly if you could apart from the u.n. of course. well we are still seeing diplomatic diplomatic after it's too.

complicated syria russia so committed to the u.n. peace plan and is now actively pursuing. and backed idea of certain are an international group to mediate a solution and this is something. that they should inspect in raggles including the u.s. as strongly criticizing as they have already kind of international group friends of syria but they only deal with the opposition so as we can see the world is also divided and there is a lot of confusion not only inside syria but also outside on on how to act on syria and how to end the violence but all right maria thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest from damascus where you finish is there. a prominent british journalist who's just returned from syria claims rabble set him up to be killed by the syrian army alex thomson from channel four news described what he calls

a stunt pulled by opposition fires in order to deal propaganda blow to the assad regime. we would deliberately out of. a way which you say the rebels you would. kill to go down a route which the dangerous to us but we we told them that we would go down the route. we turned them down the road would blow that was a rowboat if. there was nobody around at that point to do the vehicle around it it's pretty. strong and it would definitely be dangerous situation i'm sure you know down but i did it deliberately my point. was that you don't have to be very clever to work for the better of any. syrian army are going to be an appalling blow again. so the motivation for the

rebels would come find that it's. very obvious you know this is the wall these things will be made. and get all the latest updates on the conflict in syria has to our website dot com so let's have a look at what else is online for you there they had nato forces in afghanistan personally apologize for the deaths of eighteen civilians in afghanistan over half of their women and children publicly acknowledging their killings for the first time. extraterrestrial presence or a failed missile launch find out what israelis saw high in their skies on r.t. dot com. and the russian law increasing fines for people taking part in protests that

violate public order comes into force today demonstrators could now face penalties of more than seven thousand euros russia's opposition has been has been bubbling with indignation ever since parliamentary elections in the samara last year but as jake agrees reports it's unclear whether they can keep the momentum alive apart from their dislike of the man at the helm. it's been dubbed moscow's take on the globe who occupy movement. in america canada and around the globe we've seen protesters bedding down in their thousands here they've never quite reached those numbers for the people needed to do these because most of them just come to us in the weekends and in the evenings fair where the support and a continual game of cat and mouse with the city's police has taken its toll it's all keep our style protest in moscow was only starting up a short time ago it's already is the poor seems to be dwindling for those with to

come out and visibly show their support numbering fewer and fewer we're talking about tens rather than hundreds more often than not and what's left is a hardcore few struggling to keep this movement alive like occupy elsewhere this has been organized online and a picture minds by their encampment but that's about where the similarities end rather than demonstrating against perceived social inequality this is principally about one man in charge president vladimir putin is a stance that has won them support spurred by the backlash from disputed parliamentary elections but it's a faction that has little else to agree on conglomerated fusion of very different political forces will have national socialists already called bolsheviks were here a lot of people who just don't want to look some people just want to have a party you saw in this case when you have these fusion or very different political

forces it's next to impossible for them to. have any demands symbolized by white ribbons the movement survived nearly half a year with mass peaceful demonstrations initially grabbing the public's attention hard to ignore some electoral reform has followed. but more recently the effort to be marred by violence leading to a change of tactics swapping classes for camping the stage. after tweet but prominent activist alexina valmy arrests have followed but many don't see the police as the real threat to the movement's longevity of a civic just examples of a leader is always required as without a leader any movement is doomed to fail there is a unique situation here though as there is presently no leader here in my hands were willing to push this i have not seen any leader that i can vote for myself but i hope that this movement will result in the birth of

a new smart balanced and you candid leader their development as a movement is something many will be watching intensely currently it still ranks in its infancy finding its feet its convince a nation let alone supporters more than tents and twists it will be needed to greece must. also had for you the sour shooting in the city find out why it likely harvey has taken the big apple by storm pan has women flocking to the shooting range in droves and do you trust your bank. why do so what do you trust about them the mortgages they're investing in. the derivatives market. now what's going to have them only god knows this. do you think god has his money in a bank god is smarter than that. and how do you save your life for a rainy day i find find out more in less than five minutes in our president

program. a study in security police have branded r t an enemy of the state blacklisting it and accusing its record of carrying out a story and rhetoric our correspondent in the baltics i was here have ski investigates where the motion comes from and what it really means. my name is alexi your team is eastern european bureau chief reporter now every time i travel to a story i always enjoy the wonderful hospitality the food and the sightseeing of this baltic country from the journalism point of view over the past several years i produced several stories on social and economic issues here but i never expected that my reports from a store near would be regarded by some as a threat to national security reported by the country's security police stated that my last three stories had an estonian tone and had nothing to do with the reality that is despite the fact these reports and rising neo nazis and

a punitive new language law and the economic problems in the country featured prominent politicians and think tanks we went to the capitol tallent to investigate what this was all about. now finding myself on that list certainly came as a big surprise until i managed to speak to some of the locals who say that being there is nothing out of the ordinary here is andré has also been the victim of the security police for several years now. and how long have you been on that list. for three years now and this is connected to my work as a producer for russian channels basically all people who are somehow connected to russia get on this list the police don't do anything bad to as only minor things for example last year forty five minutes after i talked to one of our chief producers on the phone i saw a parking fine on my car's windscreen it had been standing there for more than a year and then i suddenly got a fine among others to be blacklisted were russia's foreign minister almost every

russian t.v. news station and a handful of us tony a stop politicians some of whom were in fact jumped to our defense tallinn's mayor said in a statement that accusing r.t. of anti is stony and propaganda made the country a laughing stock we asked his closest political ally parliament member began the form as to why they risk their careers and decided to support us when we deal of. why did the mayor and your party try to defend r t well personally rushing to take on the list was not only about your can we believe this is undemocratic what gives them a right to label the media as safe and unsafe and putting black stains in certain people's reputations when i got on the very same list i told my mother about it she's old and she remembers soviet repression very well too upon hearing this news she nearly fainted and i had to call a doctor. to get says i decided to go straight to the security police i was

stalled their press officer was out of town but they gave me his telephone number i called. and he told me i had to address my questions by email. i did but all i got in response was this it seems that you haven't read our annual reviews they're public for everyone and the english translations can be found on our web page we have grown used to a stony as officials denying us interviews so this response was no surprise i did not receive any explanation neither as to why my work is considered offensive in a store nor what consequences may face but i along with many a stone years on the blacklist hope that this mystery will soon be resolved with so many questions being asked domestically about the actions of the security police and the country's leadership is now under severe pressure to deliver some answers in the middle of june we're expecting a storm as prime minister to produce

a statement explaining the actions of the organizations meanwhile there was a story and so found themselves on the blacklist in their home country are hoping that this practice will be then abolished look see russia r.t. reporting from tallinn in a store near. and money makes the world go round when high yield savings rates start dropping that we have to save our money in the prior way or simply hide it in a sock our own president or his gauge the pain on the streets the big apple. do you trust your bank with your money this week let's talk about that the banks that we have all money on is like they all are doing in swiss francs most of it so this is like the safest currency at the moment in europe so we're feeling pretty good we're on the good side you and you're here in new york laughing at us with their silly dollars not really well. compared to the your it's getting stronger and

stronger i mean i do so what do you trust about the mortgages they're investing in . well no. derivatives market well no i don't trust people they've got control of all your mother who's just a personal thing you know. they might be the best business is a personal say so what's the alternative what can we do about it because i think a lot of people feel that way. put it in your had it on the globe or you get me we are affected by a very much our economy follows on what's happened in europe's. exchange rate is not good and the rand is plummeting so we wait for better times does that make you mad at europe as a continent. it's a sign of the times a bunch of german banks just got downgraded i don't know if germany is supposed to be like the icon of europe like this opposed to be one of the stronger economies and other supposedly solid there is of course. the storm and so we're not too far

off and maybe you're right to not have your money in banks i mean it's secured but . when it all breaks down to it what's the dollar going to be a way it's paper i know for a fact that banks are colluding with many different institutions in our country and across the world. how do you feel about that i mad as hell. burns this the core of my being here so what can we do because i think a lot. people feel that way but they don't know what to do well obviously it needs to come down to a private or local levels what do you think is going to happen i mean it's going crazy all over the world and in europe things are going much. better. only god knows this. and you think god has his money in a bank. all the smarted and. no matter how you feel about the economy in general

these days the bottom line is it seems like there's less unless you can bank.

it's technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. in a gypsy thousands have flooded the capitol to hear your square calling for a ban form next week's election runoff the cost mubarak's former prime minister protesters are alarmed by fakes close ties to the fall regime and the military they believe his candidacy could be a threat to the revolution along with the anti-shock rally dozens of activists have marched on top three are calling for the end of violence against women and number of assaults on females have risen dramatically since the start of the revolution with her pastor of blaming the military for the attacks human rights activists human helmi says it's human to the revolution are falling short of expectations. i

think that definitely people didn't expect to see mubarak's expression minister an ex minister of education and a muslim brotherhood. in the second run for the elections in egypt but at the same time i did think that we should someone like that should think in the same musket as morsi as corrected as someone like sheikh for example the milter council had a huge influence on the entire process the elections is under their supervision and icing deaths having any kind of elections with the military council in power in egypt has no difference between having elections before there is mention when the work was in power is still the military it is integrated in all the institutions of the country and there are definitely part of the works he she so i think that they wouldn't allow he wouldn't know some resolution of a candidate or someone who is going to change the status coupe to come into power through the elections now to go get some of the stories from around the world

seventy un peacekeepers from as you are now been killed in an ambush in ivory coast near its border with libya area they were part of a patrol trying to protect civilians in a remote village it's under sued the group was attacked by a large number of people with no other details yet it was the first attack of its kind of more than forty peacekeepers remain in the area the u.n. has had a peacekeeping mission in the country since two thousand and four to help and it's civil war yes but you're right police in bahrain's capital manama fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters it was the largest demonstration in over a year on going on the rest in the island kingdom no casualties have been reported from the clash and shiite led opposition is pushing for greater rides and reforms from the country's sunni rulers. and the russian fans were attacked in the ukrainian involved right after russia's match with the czech

republic the brawl broke out as russian supporters emerged from the fans and chanting slogans celebrating their. it was a victory some of those involved are reported to have been wearing the shirt the national team of police broke up the fight and temp one of the attackers. well despite trouble among the fans it was still a beautiful game of football and you can tell us more about the match yeah it's all for the mark euro two thousand and twelve us here marina was a day one it's been already russia thrashing the czech republic for one to get off the mark and i tell you what this is a game worth waiting for two years in the waiting where we were waiting for. two golds in the four one victory we're going to have much more all not result in around twenty minutes in sports but it's how you want to buy these very very well for their next game on june twelfth which is the day of russia big holiday here

against poland so much more not coming up with me in sport today in a round twenty minutes. and in other news here in our team that amber all female gun owners in the u.s. has nearly doubled in the past seven years now women and the big apple are joining the craze by spending their free time at the shooting range as maria bird now reports the city's fire arm frenzy is only gaining in popularity. it's the show that define new york city's ambitious successful female soldiers who are known for their minola blog knicks and cosmopolitans. in real life. the latest trend attracting career women of the big apple pops more punch in the sweet cocktails call it cheating in the city we're still let those and rifles meet and different it's not common but i've been fairly quiet and i rather do it it's pretty cool actually it's

a very empowering thing that yeah you know you get ahold of a gun who does this not only with a human hands west side pistol range has become something of a networking hotspot a place where women from finance law education and many other industries gather to schmooze which would be a magazine round of ammunition and learn how to fire fifty rounds of bullets from a twenty two caliber semi-automatic rifle to. this growing unconventional trend was first triggered by a new york city social networking group called urban girl squad which organizes for weekly new york city events open to its ten thousand members the last time we did this event it was sold out immediately like within hours organizer rachel bressler says rifle shooting is one of their most popular events are seeing that women are into like teen care of themselves and being that strong women in new york and increasing number of females are not only firearms they're also buying them

according to statistics the number of women going to orders in the us has nearly doubled in the house seven years with an estimated twenty three percent of ladies throughout the country currently packing for the past year the majority of new members at manhattan's shooting range have been women why can you do it why can't i right show me how i'll do it better that's what we're going to see a movie. trigger happy he mails making firearms something of a new york fashion i did or i could have done better i'm coming back then going to that site on marina putting. our t. me york. later i would have four in general as they rob about examples of how the pentagon part of hands to hollywood script and forces filmmakers to make changes. were right here in los angeles a few miles from the u.c.l.a. campus there's

a tall building on one entire floor as the film liaison offices of the brink or air force army navy and the coast guard and they sit up there and the filmmakers who want military assistance give them their scripts they look at the scripts they mark out what they think is they don't want and make suggestions on how to change the scripts to get approval then if they make a deal they sign a contract then once they start shooting the film they have a military minder who actually comes on to the set to make sure that it's shot just the way it was agreed to be done and then before it's released to the public it has to be screened in washington d.c. for the generals and admirals i think the american people knew that their films were being sent to thais by the military and then prescreened for the for the. in washington for the generals and admirals that they would be outraged.

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