eventually syria is absolutely enormous we've seen hague of course william hague the british foreign secretary calling for intervention we've seen the new french president saying the same thing the americans obviously taking the lead suspect of a military solution returned before an investigation into who was responsible was even launched they're all saying that their side regime is committing human rights abuses and they repeat this message obsessive i am confident to predict that indeed it will remain fixed in people's minds and could well be used as a pretext and you don't have to look back too far to see where hasty joe to me saw a rush to take up arms at the course of a war and nine what happened in our division of a massacre which was the village of archer you have a u.n. inquiry that was severely bullied by the u.s. ambassador it was leaving your observation mission on the ground your claims that it was a brutal murder on programs occur of innocent civilians by government troops serving

it was lame presented with ultimatum and random games and bombed back then the yugoslavian government just like the syrian one now condemned militants for the killings in this case blaming the ban in separatists from the kosovo liberation army an investigation was launched to find out whether the victims were innocent civilians as the international community claimed or whether the country's army had been battling professional fighters two out of three forensic inquiries proved most of the casualties died in combat the third report by an e.u. team has never been made public interesting we know about the we have been reports of syrian rebels whoever they are liaising with the. think of being in kosovo liberation army the people who were basically agents of mido in the coastal war. basically treading on i don't know they were saying they were training in democracy and human rights but definitely the only. kaley there never even anybody is how do

you see the massacre in your state or war and i believe that's the exact what's happening now. but even with hindsight after the nato bombing of you can slavia who in their minds who say strikes in libya last year history isn't being prevented from repeating itself again and again with this seven images coming from syria and making world headlines everybody agrees those who are guilty must be punished but the reaction from the international community has been so sweet and so called united the reason is that punishment will come before even those who are truly responsible for expats and that could mean not just a loss of justice but also huge loss of life. refinishing r t reports in from syria . russia stepping out of halfords to mediate a diplomatic solution at once an international contact group to persuade the mascot's and the rebels to cease firing and our talks moscow says that even a willing to accept president abbas's departure but only if the syrian people show

him the door. when we hear reports of another massacre in syria and currently we see such atrocities almost daily many international media outlets place the blame entirely on damascus the government of any country is of course responsible for what's happening within its borders but we're sure the regime alone is not to blame for everything that we see massacres in houla terrorist attacks in damascus and aleppo that have been condemned by the un security council all this is a result of confrontation that are getting more and more support from abroad but first of all moral support for the so-called armed opposition which is being supplied with money weapons and bolstered by militants from neighboring countries. the u.s. isn't backing russia's call for syria conduct group with washington continuing to prop up the armed rebellion against us at the opposition's political leaders have chosen a new chair man and say they want to unite against damascus still observers say the syrian government is up against much more than a group of dissidents. these are the western media who are saying that bashar assad

is responsible for these killings and from the very beginning president assad said beware of the trail will go global cable networks because they are spreading blatant lies no doubt mr assad has less control over his country because this country is being invaded by foreign interests by foreign groups who are funded and armed by the united states and other groups for 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 or 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 financed trained and armed by the western powers cooperation between moscow and beijing as in full force with president porton taking russia business leaders to china sweet handful of

agreements on investment management banking were signed and both nations say they hope to top last year's record trade up eighty billion dollars ask a report from beijing. who could have thought half a century ago when china and russia clashed over disputed territory that in twenty twelfth russia's president would be greeted by a red carpet in beijing during a lavish state visit. where we know that two years ago china became russia's largest st bernard you know outstripping other nations in the former soviet union as well germany and other european nations you know the security cooperation in russia and china the parallels are. going to other forms of cooperation china needs and how i like russia putin and hu jintao is alliance was reconfirmed by their unified stance on middle east issues in particular the syrian conflict that are being to some difference as a patron russia china and a subway some that are up in countries from thailand the russia prospect they have

the key solution lysine. the presentation but and that's planned rather than lies and whether or not we see the poverty. the existing government that is now the committee so i think russia and china's position on syria so it's a more responsible and design to have prominent on the final solution see references and putin splendid to boost their already strong military ties so to be pleased beijing in light of us need to war games in the region and the recent tour of the us defense secretary to the asian pacific china is strengthening its armed forces at an predicted rate the united states invaded the philippines in one thousand nine hundred in one thousand eight hundred it invaded the asian part of russia to stop the russian revolution during world war two it fought most of the war in asia then it went to korea vietnam the united states has fought many many battles in asia so a pivot towards asia should be considered something of great alarm for the people

of the continent russia and china were also joined in beijing by iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad who supported their stance on syria the leaders also agreed that. only diplomatic and political approaches should be considered when dealing with the issue of tehran's nuclear intentions condemning any international talk of aggression towards the republic the chinese and the russians probably you know don't want to see and over over the us which i think is understandable coming from moscow and beijing and i think what the u.s. i think does and to some degree the u.s. with europe with western europe does you know does seem to be coming down quite strongly in the middle east. as the. russians and the chinese you know have their interest which and honestly congruent with those of europe or the us they would probably want to protect those interests important talks in difficult times and dozens of multi-billion dollar business agreements signed three day visit all but

confirmed that the countries have kickstarted a new era in their relations and the fact that putin chose beijing as one of his early priority since returning to power indicated that's in the far east where moscow has one of its most important partners more than half a century ago the chinese describe the u.s.s.r. as the elder brother by the time the soviet union collapsed the sentiments were long gone two decades on the first ever state visit to beijing suggested that the two countries may not feel like a family just yet but have definitely moved much closer to each other. see reporting from beijing in china still ahead this hour here in r.t.e. sorry for the slaughter even of him personally apologizes for the airstrike that killed eight hundred civilians more than half of which were women and children. plus the court appearances began for america's most famous army was the lower but

it's the u.s. government that started something to hide as we reported shortly. spain has become the fourth and largest country to ask europe to rescue its teetering banking system it will request a bailout of up to one hundred billion euros and follows an urgent meeting where the euro zone ministers the international monetary fund carried out stress tests and spain's debt laden banks and concluded they need a bigger buffer against any severe financial shops earlier the fitch ratings agency slash spain's credit score by three notches warning that a further downgrade to take place in the coming months investment alice patrick young doubts the bailout will help spain just as it failed to agree its. all of the politicians hope basically left the people stranded the new government and went into the no i all mode from the moment they came into office and six months later they suddenly realized what anybody who was remotely financially literate could

work out six months ago or two years ago even the spanish banks are lost and ultimately there needs to be a way in order to manage to rescue them but the conventional belike mechanisms are not going to work and that's why ultimately it's very difficult to see tragically whether or not there really is a future to the euro was a currency the greeks when you talk to them on one side they don't want austerity and they don't really think they should have to pay their bills for the debts that have been grown by the government over the years at the same time they think they should be in the euro it's alternately a little bit like going i don't pulling a group of eight year old children no. mark or 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 they're after as long as they have influence the problem with greece is ultimately it doesn't really matter what they vote for in the course of the middle of june because they haven't actually been taking their medicine greece ultimately is returning to the drachma i think whether it likes it or not

because it's completely untenable as a conventional modern democracy it's simply sadly does not function as one spain at least gets off having to impose strict a sturdy conditions unlike countries such as ireland which have been forced into cuts to get its rescue money but one beleaguered towns taking a punt on boosting its own economy as laura smith now reports. it's a blast from the past as this customer uses the irish punt to pay for some everyday purchases in the town of clueless arlen's joined the euro from the get go in two thousand and two but crisis hit business owners here have revived their old currency to try and desperately claw some cash back into the community if you bring in pointed to was twenty point whatever you spend or fifty pounds whatever you spend we will give you the change of tone as time voters which you can then go and spend cross the road and supervisor you are in the clear or go for

a drink up the town it's it's a great scheme for the child it means all the money remains within the town as for the euro here it's been reduced to a novelty item printed on tissues and toilet paper and customers come from miles around to spend their puts often stopping by for a haircut while they're here oh yeah a lot of people come from from belfast especially our own from people from the phantom zone us. out there's an estimated two hundred eighty five million tucked away in drawers and under mattresses forgotten about ok to souvenirs when arlen joined the euro a decade ago they're no longer legal tender but would have a value of around two hundred forty million euros just a fraction of which would make a massive difference in crisis hit close the permit scheme has undoubtedly boosted

the local economy but the ravages of the economic crash are still all too evident the main street is lined with boarded up shops with around fifty percent of premises empty it's a scene that's repeated in small towns and bigger cities throughout our land austerity here means business people are being hit with a variety of taxes and levies making it harder and harder to stay afloat letter. turn a profit it's not just told the sun as the whole country has suffered with starting measures with the. new water charges which are common in shortly you household charge which which came in this year will increase every year. there was a two percent hike up to twenty three percent on the point of sale tax which we have to do something something to improve the situation shopkeepers say going back to the point isn't a political statement it's a survival tactic and as the face of the euro hangs in the balance clearness may not be alone in you looking back for its future nor a smith r.t.

closest island. farty dot com has the world wrapped up online to let's look at what's there right now british politicians are to be quizzed over why has security firm linked to allegations of human rights abuses might have been hired or the one to the olympics. and bounty for obama somalis on this offer tan camels for the president in response to the state department putting in every ward of thirty three million dollars to capture their leaders. those wanting to vand their anger during public protest in russia could now face a half a fine president putin who signed the bill into law on friday says it's aimed at protecting citizens from radicalism as aligned with european standards the measure

came into force after a lengthy parliamentary debate and revise the rules on public gatherings with increased fines of over seven thousand euros for public one of violations the law faces its first test next tuesday when an anti-government rally called march of millions is due to be staged russia's opposition has been holding mass protests since last december some of which were sanctioned and saw scuffles break out. coming up in a just a few minutes here and there a bomb a blog buster not a sign of the mob is getting the hollywood treatment and producers been getting unprecedented security access to make sure the election time movie is just right. thousands of egyptian protesters are keeping up the pressure i had in next week's presidential runoff demanding that hosni mubarak's former prime minister be banned from the election what hankering than is

a financial fix close ties to the fallen regime and the military they believe his candidacy could be a threat to the revolution demonstrate years in cairo as to every square held block trial for having a bar acting out sentencing him to death egypt's one of the years serving life over the murder of hundreds of protesters during last year's revolution is former prime minister is up against muslim brotherhood candidate mohamed morsi in next week's presidential run up arab affairs journalist and the on die says people are furious at the lack of positive change it seems to be and to reach. led to people missing and massive beyond the here square last year and the beginning of the uprising. very much seen again on the streets of not only cairo and square in particular but across the country as a whole with all the demonstrations who were organized and when their verdict could alec but also more demonstrations planned across the country in the days leading to

the second round of elections so the and anger at the mubarak and ministration in general is still very much there and it's directed at many things first of all the fact that mubarak himself avoided execution over he's like a who believed to protect the life and nine hundred and some demonstrators in last year's uprising most crucially they won't to six top aides in the mubarak regime which were acquitted and that is an indication as far as egyptians are concerned that although the hairs has been removed the body destruction of the mubarak regime is still very much in place. well the u.s. commander of nato forces in afghanistan has apologized for the deaths of civilians including women and children in an airstrike this week general john allen visited the side of the tragedy to deliver his condolences and villagers say the victims were celebrating a wedding when they were bombed first nato denied it claiming instead they took out

eight military commanders in the strike without mentioning civilian casualties ross baker the editor of who what why dot com says the alliance and tactics in the region result in more violence not less it's entirely disproportionate when you receive a small amount of arms fire to send did airstrikes and i think there's going to have to be much more of a discussion about how a proper this is and also the consequences of alienating afghans even more and provoking more suicide bombing killing civilians particularly in the border regions . and it's just difficult to see how this benefits anybody how this advances world peace how this really significantly sets back the taliban i think an entirely different solution is going to have to be conceived of in it it does not involve bombs. house take a look at some other stories from around the world france has to the polls for

parliamentary elections that will determine whether the new president will have enough manpower to push through his reforms socialist already control the french senate francois hollande took over the presidency last month from the u.s. argentine who was widely criticised for agreeing to harsh cuts and for his aggressive foreign policies. war crimes court is demanding the release of staff members who have been detained by the libyan authorities after they met market out the son saif al islam reports claimed one of the lawyers was held in after trying to deliver a documents that may be in authority said were a danger to national security. is accused of a role in killing of protesters during the revolt that toppled his father. ivory coast government is vowing to hunt down those behind an ambush in which at least eight civilians were killed near the border with libya area seven u.n. peacekeepers who were patrolling a remote village also die it's not yet clear who is behind the attack but it's

believed to have targeted u.n. monitors who had a piece observing mission there since two thousand and four to help and the country's civil war was but it's still. a free trial hearings have begun for the soldier accused of america's biggest leak of classified data in its history twenty four year old bradley manning is charged with aiding the enemy by giving hundreds of u.s. cables to the whistle blowing web site we can leaks but the fairness of his upcoming trial is in question because the government's withholding more than two hundred thousand documents believed relevant to manning's defends his lawyers plan to call several u.s. state department workers to assess the damage done to american foreign relations by the disclosure national security was a lowers coalition chief said. the case will set a worrying precedent. it is going beyond just setting an example by a punishment this is also sad precedence and this is what the american public

and actually people around the world need to understand you are seeing as elation and with each case where there is bradley manning or julian aside or the recent whistleblowers who have faced indictments you are seeing escalation u.s. government is waiting to see what kind of reaction they are going to get from the public this is just that has gays and if u.s. public fail to not support this bail in supporting and getting outraged and supporting these whistleblowers we are going to see a war and war situation not only with governments was laura's but also with journalists that bloggers and activists when it comes to handling classified data teams u.s. leaders have a very selective approach have been a cardinal now explains hollywood's got a backstage pass to the pentagon. from a former cia officer who question waterboarding to suspected we keep small bradley

manning the obama administration has waged an unprecedented war on whistleblowers prosecuting more of them under a span ash laws than old previous administrations combined but it seems one man's snitch is another man's spin doctor the problem with the current situation with the current white house is they have leaked classified information for both times what it serves to do one of those with what was wrong with the book obama's wars done by bob woodward played out two chapters of information about current operations and also with the catholic bigelow project regarding seal team six takedown of gun laws last year at this time the film in question which is titled ast zero dark thirty covers last year's raid by u.s. commandos on the pakistani compound where some of bin laden was hiding the conservative watchdog judicial watch has obtained records revealing that hollywood filmmakers were given access to proof the undisclosed information about the

operation oscar winning director kathryn bigelow and screenwriter mark boal were even granted at tour around the fold as cia building were tactical planning for the raid took place the film is out in december but was initially due to be released just weeks before november's presidential elections bad facts so some flak fly the administration's way while the entire project has raised concerns over the way intelligence is dangerous it's best that this kind of information particularly as it revolves around what's surrounding this movie remains classified it absolutely has to it's very unfortunate that it's coming out to be used for political purposes for a congressional election however there is nothing unusual about the defense department collaborating with the makers of hollywood blockbusters. it's a partnership that dates back to the middle of the twentieth century and it has

proved effective the pentagon has what hollywood filmmakers won access to millions of dollars worth of military equipment to use in the movies and hollywood has what the pun again once the endsleigh institution were called its actions and attract millions of potential recruits in recent months to other movies about the navy seals long survivor and how to valor how for safety official assistance veteran hollywood reporter david robb says the pentagon has for a long time had access to the scripts of hollywood filmmakers to show the military in a better lot in the american people are seeing hundreds and hundreds of thrones and television shows that have been sanitized by the military and to make the military seem more heroic than it really is and never wrong and always good that this creates a false image in the american people's mind so while for some banks will get trapped

right there are others who are trying to project patrick tells him and propaganda on to the silver screen but my integration r.t. reporting from las angeles california. all russian tennis star maria sharapova is back as the world's number one she's trying to get a french open completing a career grand slam and you have got more on this in our team sports update next hour. and just in a few minutes on the people putting their lives on the line in the battle for nuclear disarmament that's after the headlines in a few moments. if

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welcome back here with our t. here's a look at the top stories the u.n. says the syrian peace plan is in the firing line after another gruesome massacre this week as foreign powers forced to intervene russia is pushing for an international contact group to mediate a cease fire talks but washington's shining the idea. a big deal in beijing russia and china sign up for more trade in pledge to top last year's record breaking eighty billion dollars worth of business leaders of two nations signed more than a dozen agreements and launched a joint investment funds to boost projects in russia. status seek up to a hundred billion euros to help salvage its tumbling banks making it the fourth and largest country to ask for a bailout it follows the i'm after now and that spain's dead laden banks need

a bigger a buffer against a severe financial shocks. and thousands of egyptians protest said they are former. death and that his last prime minister has made it to the poll next week egypt chooses its first president since last year's for evolution. up next here in r.t. an insight into what it takes to keep the world from a full blown nuclear war. the nuclear age is over sixty years. i can describe exactly how an underground test was done. there were three two one zero you couldn't hear anything there was no noise at all when the ground lifted up. we live under the threat of increasingly sophisticated weapons.