before an investigation into who was responsible or even launched they're all saying that their side regime is commission human rights abuses and they repeat this message obsessive lee 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 to far to see where hasty jokingly saw a rush to take up arms at the cost of war and nine it's exactly what happened in our division of a massacre which was the village of russia you have a un inquiry that was severely bullied by the us ambassador it was leaving your observation mission on the ground your claims that it was a brutal mowing programs occur of innocent civilians by government troops serving with blame 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 interestingly enough. 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 by i don't know they were saying they were training in democracy and human rights but definitely the only training that the k.l.a. could have ever given anybody is how to figure massacre in or stage a war and i believe that's exactly what's happening now. but even with hindsight after the nato bombing of yugoslavia all ruin the alliances these tribes in libya last year history. been prevented from repeating itself again and again here 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 co-ordinated the result is that punishment will come before even those who are truly responsible for x. pace and that could mean not just a loss of justice but also huge loss of life. refinishing r t reports in from syria . meanwhile moscow is stepping up its efforts to mediate a diplomatic solution in syria it wants the international contact group to persuade damascus and the rebels to end fighting and begin talks but russia says some external players are provoking the syrian opposition to continue fighting despite co-financing peace plan. 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 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 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 syrian opposition groups like to the kurdish activist as its new leader. said it was thought to be trying to help in lismore kurds to their ranks which have previously been accused of being dominated by islamists and who are activists don de bar told us the rebels will not sign up for a peaceful outcome as long as they've got washington strong backing. it's absolutely essential that some sort of peace you know oriented mission take place or there will be bloodshed horrible bloodshed in syria little make libya look like a picnic united states has been very clear from the outset really of the activity

in syria that they want to see assad gone they have geopolitical reasons for that particularly the relationship with iran the u.s. has been intervening since this uprising quote unquote began these are clearly professional soldiers that are conducting these operations these are not protesters that decided to grab some rocks or maybe a pistol because of the response of the state to their protests this is an army that was placed there either emigres from syria or just foreign nationals gente generally that's being supplied from the outside from thirty the nato country from jordan and from lebanon and so the intervention is already a fact whether or not it becomes an overt intervention outside of the u.n. which by the way is illegal or you know take some other form the intervention has been underway since this you know since the arms struggle quote unquote began. the struggling eurozone has been dealt a fresh blow spain has become the largest economy so far than to ask for help ours

had to admit it needs one hundred billion euros to probably beleaguered banks that cash is said to be fed directly to a special fund with madrid ultimately responsible for the money further this plan led spain avoid committing to additional cuts imposed from the outside as happened in the case of greece and portugal the spanish prime minister has praised the loan as a victory for the single currency is credibility but investment advisor patrick young is question this effectiveness and even the euro's future as a currency. all of the politicians have basically left the people stranded the new government in spin went into denial mode from the wall and they came into office and six months later they suddenly realized what anybody who was remotely financially literate could work right six months ago two years ago even spanish banks are lost and ultimately there needs to be a way in order to manage to rescue the but the conventional be like 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 the 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 automatically a little bit like going out and pulling a group of eight year old children no matter that they may say that they realize they have to eat sensibly they're going to demand ice cream and jelly for their next meal and for every meal there 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 and 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. patrick young and now the fact we're getting a huge hand there with no hysterically strings attached has led to calls in dublin

for it to negotiate its deal but one small irish town isn't waiting for the government to sort things out far from it as laura smith reports people there are looking back to help move forwards. 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 point whatever you spend we will give you a change of tone has turned voters which you can then go and spend cross the road and super value on the credit note or go for a drink up the tone it's it's a great scheme for the child it means all the money remains in the tug 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. a lot of people coming from cross border from about fast especially our own from people from the phantoms from the functions on us have a complication mountain. out there's an estimated two hundred eighty five million tucked away in draws and under a mattress is forgotten about ok to souvenirs when i 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 biggest 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 let alone . on a profit it's not just told this town it's the whole country has suffered with starting measures with the. new water charges which are common in shortly new household charge which came in this year with increase every year. there was a two percent hike up to twenty three percent in 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 norris myth r.t. closeness and. the french casting their votes for a new parliament with polls suggesting the outcome will favor recently elected

president francois learned it would be the socialist first parliamentary majority in a decade they already hold control the senate allowed to defeated nicolas sarkozy last month as promised reforms to cut joblessness and revive a stagnant economy sarkozy it also faced criticism of his aggressive foreign policies which his success has vowed to change french first journalist robert hollyer says the main election intrigue though is whether all land will be able to break free of the hold of nato and the us. if you look at past won't so campaign says very little about our policy because the french elector are not interested but we're right at the end the very last words are and if i am elected i will work to make sure that nato returns to its original role as a defensive alliance. that me that could mean two things it first of all is he's trailing his coat he's making a signal to the communists and on the. if he's elected he won't be

for the americans and nato central he could mean that he really means that that's what he wants to do because very very difficult to say at the moment but he's going to be less ostensibly. the reality though is why i asked america how six huge military dominance it's very difficult for any western european country to go very far in the american arms. this is r.t. still ahead for you this thousands of egyptians are furious holds the holes in center death as the former president snow said to be in a critical condition of a late. eurasians two because countries have cemented their partnership this last week has russian president vladimir putin visited china and handful of business deals were signed but apart from ensuring the trade flourishing moscow and beijing of a number of pressing international issues to tackle to elect serious cesky for t.v. reports from the chinese capital. who could have thought half

a century ago when china and russia cost 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 street party you know outstripping other nations in the former soviet union as well as 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 why some that are again countries from thailand the russia's perspective the key solution lysine. the presentation and that's planned rather than license whether or not we see the property. existing

government that is now the committee so i think russia and china's position on syria as a more responsible and they signed a prominent on the final solution to the sea of red crescent and putin splendid to boost their already strong military ties so to be pleased beijing in light of us major war games in the region and the recent tour of the us defense secretary to the asia pacific china is strengthening its armed forces at an unpredicted 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 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 off aggression towards the slavic republic the chinese and the russians probably you know don't want to see and overly domineering us and which i think is understandable coming from moscow and beijing and i think what the us i think does and to some degree the us with europe with western europe does you know does seem to be coming down quite strongly in the middle east and in so far 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 put in story day visit all but confirmed that the countries have kick started a new era in their relations and the fact that putin chose beijing as one of his early priorities since returning to power indicated that's in the far east where most co has one of its most important partners. more than half

a century ago the chinese described the u.s.s.r. as dog the elder brother by the time the soviet union collapsed these sentiments were long gone two decades already were put in 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. reporting from beijing in china. always more news great pictures on our website r.t. dot com online of the moment for you disputable defense the british government is facing questions of why a security firm accused of human rights abuses in the west bank has been hired for the london olympics is on loan from us and somali islam is wanted in the u.s. with a thirty three million dollars bounty have come up with a counterproposal offering ten camels for president barack obama get the full story about tito com. the health of egypt's former president hosni mubarak's reportedly

worsened he is currently serving life in a cairo prison where he said to be slipping in and out of consciousness thousands of people have been drawn to tahrir square this last week angry at the verdict in a barracks recent trial demanding the death sentence for his role in killing hundreds of protesters during last year's uprising but also angry that his former prime minister's made it to the presidential election runoff next week where he's facing the muslim brotherhood candidate the ruling military council says it will transfer power to the elected president by the first of july first journalist danny told us people are furious at the lack of positive. seems to be anger and reach. lead to people missing and massive beyond the mere square last year beginning to be . seen again on the streets of not only cairo and the square in particular but across the country as a whole other demonstration. organized and wondered. could al but also

more demonstrations now. and across the country in the days leading to the second round of the elections so the am anger at the mubarak administration 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 his lack of ability to protect in the one nine hundred thousand demonstrators in last year's uprising and more crucially the ones the six top aides in the mubarak regime which were acquitted and that is an indication as far as egyptians are concerned there's all the hair has been removed the body destruction of the mubarak regime is still very much in place. just ahead for you trial and error because was famous on the whistleblower bradley manning appears in court his supporters say the prosecutors have got something to hide plus . hundreds and hundreds of films and television shows and military seem more heroic

than it really years and never wrong and always good but this creates a false image in the american people's mind when it comes to the u.s. army's damaged reputation hollywood comes to the rescue with a little help from the pentagon. demonstrators breaking the protest regulations here in russia will now have to pay seven thousand euros or took to two hundred hours of community service in future president putin stressed the new rally laws in line with european standards in france for example protestors breaking the law could be fined up to forty five thousand euro and even face several years in jail a new law will be put to the test next tuesday when the opposition plans to stage a million man march scuffles broke out of the last large anti-government rally in may after which activists staged seven sanctioned citizens. so today's world views a brief government of open fire at a church in northeast nigeria it's killed and wounded many people where they then went into the main building itself where the killed yet more people now in a separate incident as well

a suicide bomber blew. of outside another church in the central part of the country there's no immediate word on casualties there are no plame of responsibility. the second day of fighting the libyan soldiers and tribesmen has seen thirteen people killed in violence erupted on saturday in the volatile region near libya's borders with chad and sudan longstanding rivalries and the smuggling of weapons in libya have intensified following versus uprising on the death of former leader moammar gadhafi. tear gas and pepper sprays been used against protesters in canada as hundreds marched in montreal around a dozen demonstrators were arrested after the clashes with police there people took to the streets as part of protests against university tuition hikes as well as the city's hosting of a grand prix race students been protesting for months now demanding a jewish should feel free. to form a union vice president's been killed with six other people in a helicopter crash near nairobi ga toti was serving as the country's internal security minister and plan to run for the presidency next year burst into flames of

the hit the ground police are investigating the cause of what went wrong. the pretrial hearings have begun for the soldier accused of america's biggest leak of classified data in history twenty four year old bradley manning is charged with aiding the enemy by passing materials related to the war in iraq to the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks now manning's lawyers fear the trial won't be fair though as the government's withholding documents believe relevant manning's defense campaigners that press event to witness the hearings. it's like watching a poorly executed circus act here i think the prosecution's verbal acrobatics really reached new heights and i think it really came to the surface for the judge that the prosecution is simply using word games to try to stall and delay this trial so there were a number of occasions where the judge basically caught the prosecution essentially misrepresenting the facts for example they may say that they were unaware of wiki

leaks impact assessments for example and as it turns out in a memo that was revealed in court they actually were quite well aware of these things and so there were a number of instances where it became clear that they weren't telling the truth bradley's intentions were clearly to inform and alert the american people you know the prosecution is basically saying that his intentions don't matter they've even said in court it doesn't matter how pure is intentions were it doesn't matter that what the impacts were the government is arguing a very narrow point that simply by putting classified information on the internet if the enemy can also read the internet therefore you've helped the enemy and this would establish a very alarming precedent whereby essentially any soldier even if they are intentionally reveal something completely harmless they could face capital punishment so this i mean this could have a really huge impact on journalism not only for sources but on the ability of the american people to know what their elected officials are doing the actions of

whistle blows like bradley manning of hugely damaged the image of the u.s. saw me put helping to repair the reputation of hollywood blockbusters which promote patriotism and show the bigotry in a heroic light the kind of coverage that the pentagon is even ready to leak classified information. from a former cia officer who questioned waterboarding to suspected we can take small bradley manning the obama administration has wasted an unprecedented war on whistleblowers prosecuting more of them under a span ash laws than all previous administrations combined but it seems one man 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 them to do so one of those with what was with the book obama's wars done by bob woodward or they played out two chapters of information about current operations and also with the catholic bigelow project regarding seal team six laws

last year at this time the film in question which is titled asked 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 to add facts or some flak fly the administration's way while the entire project has raised concerns over the way intelligence is being used it's best that this kind of information particularly as

it revolves around what's surrounding this movie remains classified absolutely cost it's very unfortunate that it's coming out to be used for political purposes for a congressional election however there's 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 pentagon wants the end sloan's to sugarcoat its actions and attract millions of potential recruits in recent months to other movies about the navy's. viber and how to valor how persiflage fish will 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 on the american people. are seeing hundreds and hundreds of films and television shows that have been sanitized by the military and to make military seem more heroic than a really is and never wrong and always good that this creates a false image in the american people's mind so while for. others to project patrick and propaganda on to the silver screen i didn't question archie reporting from los angeles california. now just let you know in a few minutes the syrian information minister tells me that apart from an anti-government uprising damascus also a p.r. offensive as well more about that the headlines the next life from moscow.

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has condemned these people. it is necessary to. everything we do to punish them. but it needs to be done nobody wants to be linked to the. historical. of the american death penalty today in large part from the nazis. and they execute. the house. telling me they came here.

i won't be there i will now. this is. stories from. dozens of being killed across the country of the. void. in the middle east. this last week.

you're watching say from moscow. that it then miss the arab league council has asked satellite operators are upside . down the broke cast of sirius satellite channels what do you think about this decision. this decision is an attack on free media and freedom of expression it's an attack on syrian media with the purpose is to hide the truth about what is really going on in syria from people both inside and outside the country this is part of the smear campaign launched by certain satellite channels and supported by the gulf nations behind the decision contradicts fundamental moral and professional standards. in the arab world.