and 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 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 over the course of a war and nine it's exactly what happened in our division of a massacre which was the village of archer you had if you were in korea 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 ramble again and bumped back than the you just love in government just like the syrian one now condemned militants for the killings in this case blaming the ban in separatists from the cost of a 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 we have been reports of syrian rebels who are 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 training on by i don't know they were saying they were training in democracy and human rights but definitely the only training that the caylee could have ever given anybody is how to figure massacre in order to stage a war and i believe that's exactly what's happening now. but even with hindsight after the nato bombing of yugoslavia ruin the alliances these tribes in libya last year he's. three isn't been prevented from repeating itself again and again with

this seven images coming from syria and making world headlines everybody agreed those who are guilty must be punished but the reaction from the international community has been so sweet and so called donated the reason is that punishment will come before even those who are truly responsible. and that could mean not just a loss of justice but also huge loss of life. our t. reported from syria. well with international calls for military action in syria getting louder its neighbor israel has once again spoken out in favor of intervention a senior israeli minister has accused president sat of committing genocide during the fifteen month long uprising demanding a libya style campaign let's get more on this from his job from the center for middle east studies joining me live now from beirut well israel hasn't been too vocal over syria so why has it stepped up its calls for intervention.

yes of course israel has always been cancelled about what's going on in syria but for more than one year israel did not take. any clear position. opposition in syria or to support the opposition in syria for many reasons first they believe the israeli like they said many times that. you know it's better than anyone you don't know they were talking about president assad. despite that is state of war between israel and syria but we don't have to forget that there is a ceasefire between the two countries which has been respected and not violated for almost forty years and israel has. a thread and awarded about. the power in syria some extremists the group for example.

and the harm to israel. specially in the borders and now i believe that it's time to decide maybe they signed some sometimes some guarantees from united states which of course support the opposition in syria or directly from the syrian national council or islamic groups like the muslim brotherhood they will not against israel surely surely that's the reason why israel would want to keep the status quo in effect to keep a side in because of course if there is a regime change there is every chance that an extremist government leadership could take control and after that. yeah i think. the israelis maybe. they believe that they have to support the

opposition like you said they believe that they will not against israel you don't have to forget that president is the first to their. syria now and. for the hezbollah which come from iran and any regime may come to syria now i think they believe there is a believe in this and the regime will not be a lie. and. maybe it will be neutral but it will not be allowed to. give israel. what you provide what. many. support. will be

cut and let's talk about iran and of course. and its relationship with damascus it seems to be the main regional irritant for the u.s. in israel especially with iran in competition with western states over its nuclear activities do you think damascus could be a stepping stone to regime change in iran the question of course many people. no i don't think iran will change at least in the near future its position. is committed to support the syrian regime today but iran. at the end of the day it's nation. concerned about its interests and no so far the syrian regime in my opinion will be supported by iran. and iran would be against. a military operation. against syria and.

remember this one is for military and that eventually this suppression is it's not clear if we're talking about military intervention is different and military operation from outside the military on. syria it happened when you provide weapons to. a military operation when run your. training. and you send them back and other countries to syria to fight the government it is a military operation. the military recently but talk about military intervention israel saying they'd like to see some sort of intervention that they saw in libya where we saw obviously nato taking sides with the opposition do you really think that the talk coming from washington as well that intervention military intervention is likely in syria quite soon very briefly place. no i don't think that dog will be against any resolution from that's the good it. will do it behind and outside of the military council it will not succeed in my opinion at all

it is not libya and also then it all said mr money is that then it is not about any military operation against syria. or out of it that is that united states may prepare your military and get a vacation in some way or another and not like in libya. but in my opinion it's not at all like provide a don't do that and it's not this would which are. there to do it here much more complicated in his young job i thank you so much for your thoughts thanks for your time live there from the center for middle east is in beirut thank you. the struggling eurozone has been dealt a fresh blow spain has become the largest economy so far to ask for help as admitted it needs one hundred billion euros to prop up its beleaguered banks the cash will be fed directly to

a special fund with madrid ultimately responsible for the money however this plan lets 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 investment advisor patrick young has questioned its effectiveness and even the euro's future as a currency. all of the politicians basically left the people stranded the new government and went into the almost from the law they came into office and six months later they suddenly realized what anybody who was remotely financially literate could work 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 conventional be like makin isms 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 deaths 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 influenced 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 and now the fact madrid is getting that huge turned out with no a sturdy strings attached has led to calls in dublin for it to renegotiate its bailout deal but one small town isn't waiting for the government to sort things out

as or 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 spend or fifty point whatever you spend we would give you the change of tone this time voters which you can go and spend cross the road and supervise you are in the clear or go for a drink at the town it's a great scheme for the time that means all the money remains in 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 definitely

a lot of people come from from belfast especially our own from people from the phantoms from the onus of a complication. but. there's an estimated two hundred eighty five million tucked away in draws and under mattresses 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 . and a profit it's not just told us turns the whole country has suffered with measures with the. new water charges which are common and 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 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 clueless may not be alone in looking back for its future norris made r.t. island. polls have closed in france as people of course are votes for the new parliament only a figure suggested the outcome will favor a recently elected socialist president francois hollande his party already controls the senate. is in paris. initial estimates of come out at eight pm

local is the actual results you have the aggregate of the left now getting forty seven point one percent then you have the right thirty five point four. party was trying to get seats in parliament for the first time since the one nine hundred eighty s. will be have thirteen point four percent so that is a victory for her in this sense and you still have forty two point nine percent that will go on to the second round those would be votes that candidates that are guarded about zero point five percent of the votes are going to go for the second round of what he really wants is an absolute majority if not an absolute majority of all the socialist party getting more than fifty percent that would be a majority of the left at least he would support his policies but let's remember that during the presidential election the people would come and voted for socialist stuff and so long they had voted for change in a small because they didn't want any more so symbolically this is a test of ability to get that support from the french people he doesn't get the majority essentially you will have

a president who is on the left and you will have a parliament that is on the right right now before this elections it was the conservatives that was had the majority in the lower house and this will certainly pose problems into passing new laws that he wants to get into place such as his proposal to add sixty thousand new jobs in education sector or tax the rich by as much as seventy five percent you know first of all a lot it was campaigning on his anti austerity more growth measures and getting faster out of the crisis and then if he doesn't get if he doesn't get the support of the lower house he will not be able to go on the dispatcher and the conservatives are going to be more for this asserting measures now we see spain in trouble and you see my trickle down into france and if the french people get even more steady passant of them they're certainly not going to be happy about it in front of a lot just in the beginning of a storm does not want to see supports less and for the socialist party well as far as long as foreign policy is concerned the part of the military and defense years old supreme. posed to withdraw troops from afghanistan earlier here earlier than

planned and if you if he doesn't follow through with the promises he made during his election campaign he will need the support of the lower house he already has the majority in the senate and it's crucial that he does get the support of the parliament in france. to sicilia talking to learn from paris where for more on the french election we're joined now by comedic role from the foundation for strategic research in paris should all and secure the majority in the lower house of parliament he already controls the senate does that mean france will drop the e.u.'s thirty policies and turn against brussels. most likely scenario is that you would get a clear majority of the big issue is whether it would be dismissed or it would be built only around a socialist or do we need to support a socialist. such as the communist party and the greens in parliament but.

out of the oh i don't foresee major changes you know around stance would be a visit to europe but i haven't people voted for him as a president because of business terrors he policies and you would think that perhaps in this parliamentary election the sentiment would go his way as well. clearly the left majority did it. including me mr on yourself or are more leaning towards a more relaxed but he wouldn't come to a story. because you were but all together it. is keeping its promise which is through. try to reduce the deficit by raising taxes not so much by only reducing government spending because you are proposing looking at the result so far the national front who performed quite well in the presidential election seem to gather more than ten percent now how lame fluence the

politics of this new government and parliament. interesting thing is that given the french director of system. most likely scenario is that the national front will only get one two three members of parliament because it's a majority objection and not. do very very good results somewhere between ten and fourteen percent or does the national front we get nationally will not give them any significant numbers of seats in parliament so all together the outcome from that perspective is limited where we way is that probably in the second round it would sing some of the national front candidate would be in a position to run for the second around the will proceed to victory of a candidate coming from the left so it is interesting is in the presidential election we sourced huge support an increase in support for the national front and

now what we're seeing perhaps in france is indicative of what we could see for the future of europe a rise in socialism a return of socialism and indeed a rise of nationalism. well projects are. interesting because they're not always go with the overall cycle in europe when we do see certainly the rise of those nationalist. all over the board in europe. where in europe this is because you can imagine that it is happening across the board. when it comes to the right solution even. with clearing the recent actions in europe and the. parties in power dependency to the direction that are happening . spain are in need to be so this is a situation where incumbents are in trouble and this is exactly what happened to stock was just briefly talk about sarkozy and his foreign policy on land he's

announced a troop withdrawal from afghanistan he's regarded overseas having a much softer approach to foreign policy compared to suckle see what all the developments can we see now that he appears to have his position at home secure well. positioned on syria which is the hot issue of the moment is broadly similar to that effect was a year of both calling for a u.n. decision to. go on and then a clear vote in the u.n. security council on all destruction in syria. iraq is broadly similar where where you more reluctant probably on the use of force. as we've seen with israel from afghanistan camille great to talk to you thank you so much your time camille grohl from the foundation for strategic research in paris thank you. for your asia's two biggest countries have cemented their partnership this week as russian president vladimir putin visited china for the business deals was signed but apart

from ensuring that trade is flourishing moscow and beijing have a number of pressing international issues to tackle and the. reports now from the chinese capital. who could have thought half a century ago when china and russia clashed over disputed territories 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 as germany and other european nations you know the security cooperation in russia and china parallels you know that we can other forms of cooperation yes china needs an ally like russia or putin and hu jintao is alliance was reconfirmed by their unified stance on middle east issues in particular the syrian conflict that harpy into some difference as a patron russia china and some by some that are again countries from china and the

russians perspective the key solution lies seeing. the implementation 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 time its position on syria so it's more responsible and the scientists who have prominent on the final said also. see references 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 u.s. defense secretary through the asia pacific china is strengthening its armed forces at any 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 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 our 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 overly domineering. which i think is understandable coming from. and i think what the us i think does and to some degree the u.s. with europe with europe does you know does seem to be coming down strongly in the middle east. as the. russians and the chinese you know have their interest which are not necessarily congruent with those or the u.s. 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 priorities 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 these sentiments were gone for decades 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 tens of thousands of people are gathered in georgia second largest city of could see in support of one of the country's major coalition groups the georgian green party has been set up. and is expected to provide the main challenge to the ruling party of president. later this year director of the eurasia democracy initiative. he says if history is an indigo by the government's response

to the rallies may not be a peaceful one. no the opposition has criticised that issue is increasing authoritarian tactics and unfortunately that issue has not gotten enough traction among voters presidents actually this government has been known to deal with opposition protesters quite harshly in the past one particularly brutal crackdown if you remember occurred in two thousand and seven ironically the fourth anniversary of the rose revolution yet if the opposition sticks to its peaceful methods and it has so far so good she was government will not have a good enough excuse to crackdown and it will have to rely. on the peaceful methods in dealing with these demonstrations maybe to deny media coverage to the opposition and i also believe that it is still quite assured. in october. demonstrations breaking the protest regulations in russia one after pay

several thousand euros all due up to two hundred hours of community service president putin stressed the new rally law is in line with european standards in france for example protesters breaking the law could be fined up to forty five thousand euros and even face several years in jail the new deal will be put to the test next tuesday when the opposition plans to stage a million man march scuffles broke out as the last large anti government running in may after which activists staged several unsanctioned sit ins. on that brings up today for the moment here in r.t. i'll be back with the headlines for you in a few minutes from now followed by our interview with syria's minister of information stay with us for this is r.t. .

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this is the weekly here in the russian capital top stories now deadly clashes in syria as u.n. officials admit their envoys peace plan is being broken on both sides dozens of reportedly been killed across the country over the weekend while foreign calls for intervention being ramped up. madrid asked the eurozone for one hundred billion euros to shore up its struggling banks and becomes the largest economy to see. this planet spain avoid additional cuts imposed from the outside and in the case of greece and portugal. also boosting trade and tackling the crisis in the middle east because countries have cemented their partnership this week russian president vladimir putin visited china. well that's the way it is for the moment with the

news team with another summer in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime as one of the violence on the ground in syria damascus has been fighting and information war with the country's unrest on t.v. what next syria's minister of information explains why there's often more to the coverage than meets the eye a special interview next. we that hit and 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.