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 the assad 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 at the cost of war and see exactly what happened in our division of a massacre which was the village of russia you had a u.n. creed that was severely bullied by the u.s. ambassador it was leading your observation mission on the ground your claims that it was a brutal mowing program as occurred of innocent civilians by government troops serving it was lame presented with ultimatum and random games and bumped back than

the yugoslavian 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 the we have been reports of syrian rebels whoever they are liaising with the. over think of being in kosovo liberation army the people who were basically agents of mido in the causal war. basically treading on i don't know they were saying they were training in democracy and human rights but definitely the only training the k.l.a. could have ever given anybody is how to figure massacre in order to stage a war. i believe that's exactly what's happening now. but even with hindsight after

the nato you could slavia ruin the alliances the 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 donated the reason is that punishment will come before even those who are truly responsible are exposed and that could mean not just a loss of justice but also huge loss of life. refinishing r t reports in from syria . meanwhile russia is stepping up its efforts to mediate a diplomatic solution in syria it was an international contact group to persuade damascus and the rebels to halt violence and start talks but moscow says quote some external players are provoking syria's opposition to keep fighting despite kofi annan plan for peace. 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 the 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 with international calls for military action in syria growing its neighbor israel has spoken out in favor of intervention a senior israeli ministers accuse president assad of committing genocide during the fifteen month long uprising demanding a libya style campaign has shot to bear from the center of middle east studies in beirut believes israel may have been given confidential assurances that if assad were to fall a new government in damascus would be pro israel. israel has always been conscious

of about what's going on in syria but for more than one year israel did not take. me. for many reasons first they believe that israeli like they said many times that and 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 forget that there is a ceasefire between the two countries which has been respected and not violated forty years and israel has. fred and a lot about. the power in syria some extremist groups for

example. and the harm to israel. and israel specially in the borders and now i believe. it's time to decide maybe a day and some signs. some guarantees from united states which of course support opposition in syria or directly from syria and national. group like muslim brotherhood that they will not against israel. they're struggling eurozone has been dealt a fresh blow spain becoming the biggest economy yet to ask for help as it admits it needs one hundred billion euros to prop up its beleaguered banks cash will be fed directly to a special fun with madrid ultimately responsible for the money but the plan to let spain void committing to additional cuts imposed from outside as happened in the case of greece ireland and portugal spain the prime minister praised the loan as

a big. the single currency is credibility but investment advisor patrick young questions its effectiveness and even the euro's future as a currency. all of the politicians have basically left the people stranded the new government in spain 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 out 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 them 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 them on 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 thereafter 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 socialist candidate it's our in the lead according to early results after sunday's parliamentary vote in a france exit polls and most forecasts also suggest the outcome will favor of the recently elected socialist president francois hollande his party already controls the country's senate are these tests are sillier reports from 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 front that's your. party who was trying to get seats in parliament for the first time since the one nine hundred eighty s. will they 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 have garnered about zero point five percent of the votes are going to go for the second round for 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 who were coming voted for socialist stuff and so long they had voted for change in a small because they didn't want any more so simply symbolically this is a test of ability to get that support from the french people if 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 for so long who was going to be aiming 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 him they're certainly not going to be happy about it in front of a lot just in the beginnings of a stern 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 all support. posed to withdraw troops from afghanistan earlier here earlier than planned and if he does intend to 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 camille grant from the foundation for a strategic research says the predicted socialist victory is part of a larger political trend in europe the most likely scenario is that he will get a clear left majority to big issue is whether it would be dismissed or it would be built only around a socialist all do we need to support of socialist and eyes such as the come in useful kinda greens in parliament french politics are. interesting because they're not always go with the overall cycle in europe where we do see certainly is the rise of those nationalist he's all over the board in europe and this is clearly the case in france as elsewhere in europe and this is this is a phenomenon that it is happening across the board when it comes to the rise of

socialism what it was clear in the recent actions in europe is that the. parties in power have about a tendency to lose elections that are happening greece in their own hands in spain and in italy so this is a situation where incumbents are are in trouble. still to come on r t while hosni mubarak is reported to be in critical condition gibson's gathered to express their anger the former president wasn't sentenced to death for his violence of president demonstrations during the revolution that ousted him from power. but first your asia's two biggest countries have cemented their partnership this week as russian president vladimir putin visits china and a full of business deals were assigned but apart from ensuring that trade is flowing moscow and beijing have a number of pressing international issues to tackle or he selects airshows q. reports. who could have thought half

a century ago when china and russia glossed over disputed territories that in twenty twelve 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. we can other forms of cooperation yes china needs and 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 the some difference as a patron russia china and some why some that are up in countries from china and the russians prospect that he solution lysine. the implementation and that's plan rather than lies and what about with the property the existing

government that is now the committee so i think russia and china's position on syria so it's more responsible and designed to have prominent on the final solution . see references and putin spoke 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 asia pacific china is strengthening its armed forces at the many 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 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 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 are not necessarily congress with those of europe 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 concerned 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 on a 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. let's see reporting from beijing in china you can find more news opinion and analysis on our web site r.t. dot com a click away right now an ungodly scandal files seized in the police raid on the former head of a vatican bank allegedly exposing misdeeds inside one of the world's most secretive organizations. in somalia extremist islam is wanted in the u.s. with a thirty three million dollars bounty come up with a counterproposal offering ten cavil's for president barack obama all the details of the. health of egypt's former president hosni mubarak is reportedly

deteriorating he's now in a cairo prison hospital said to be slipping in and out of consciousness thousands gathered in tahrir square this week angry at the verdict in mubarak's recent trial they're demanding the death sentence for his role in killing hundreds of protesters during last year's uprising also angry his former prime minister made it to the presidential election a 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 july first arab affairs journalists in a deal around danny says people are furious at the lack of positive change. it seems that the anger and reach. led to people missing and massive beyond the media square last year beginning. and then much seen again on the streets of not only cairo and three square in particular who crossed and to see the country as a whole we all the demonstrations who were organized and wondered. could and but

also more demonstrations planned across the country in the days leading to the second round of the elections so the and anger i do mubarak administration in general is still very much there and it's directed at many things and first of all different than. an execution he's like a who believe to protect the. the one nine hundred and some of them strengthens and in last years that frightening and most crucially the ones the six top aides in the mubarak regime which were acquitted and that is an indication as far as the egyptians are concerned that's all their heads has been removed the body destruction of the mubarak regime is still very much in place still ahead promoting patriotism on the silver screen. hundreds of bones in total shows a military scene more heroic that really is never wrong and always good at this

present false image of the american people when it comes to the u.s. military hollywood lens ahead with a little help from the pentagon. but first tens of thousands gather in georgia's second largest city kutaisi in support of one of the country's major coalition groups the georgian dream party was set up by a local billionaire and is expected to provide the main challenge to the ruling party of mccalla saakashvili ahead of elections later this year director of the year asia democrat democracy initiative peters all may have says if history is any judge the government's response to the rallies may not be a peaceful one. no the opposition has criticised the shoes increasing for kerry and tactics and unfortunately daddy she has not gotten enough traction among voters press this i guess because government has been known to do with opposition protests this quite harshly 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 then it has so far so good she was going to not have a good enough excuse to crackdown and it will have to rely. on the peaceful methods in dealing with these demonstrations maybe deny media coverage to the opposition and i also do we have it is still quite assured. meanwhile protesters are in russia who break or advise law and demonstrations will now have to pay up to seven thousand euros or face two hundred hours of community service president vladimir putin the stress of the new rally laws in line with european standards in france for example protesters violating the law can be fined up to forty five thousand euros and face several years in jail the law will be tested tuesday when an opposition rally called the march of millions is set to happen previous anti-government protests of this kind ended in scuffles between police and protesters. the obama administration says it will crack down on

government whistleblowers in the name of national security but that may not square with the hollywood filmmakers granted special access to sensitive information while producing movies promoting military heroism critics say it's a double standard artie's medina coaching over reports. 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 spanish laws than old 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 is one of those with what was with the book obama's wars done by bob woodward where they played out two chapters of information about current operations and also with the catholic bagel bigelow project regarding seal team six takedown of gun laws last year at this time the film in question which is titled as

a 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 where 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 that facts saw 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

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'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 off a military equipment to use in the movies and hollywood has what the pun again once the end sloan's to sugarcoat its actions and attract millions of potential recruits in recent months to other movies about the navy's. biber and act of valor how for a shift 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 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 it really is and never wrong and always good that this creates a false image in the american people's mind so while. others actually project patrick and propaganda on to the silver screen i do not question the artsy reporting from los angeles california taking a look at some other stories making headlines across the globe government have attacked a church in northeastern nigeria killing at least six and wounding several others in a separate incident a suicide car bomber blew himself up outside another church along with the attack or the blast left at least four worshipers dead and injured more than forty radical islamists local whole rom claimed responsibility for the strike that targeted christians in the religiously divided nation. a plane carrying parachutists crashed

near ukraine's capital kiev killing five fifteen more suffered injuries some of them serious the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing after and counting heavy rains and high winds and investigations been opened into the cause of the crash. foliage police have arrested fourteen football fans after officers tried to break up fighting between irish polish and korean supporters the incident happened just before the curry show vs ireland game at the euro two thousand and twelve championships it's the latest in a string of clashes that have already seen a number of teams warn over their supporters behavior. police in chile had to use tear gas and water cannons to disperse anti pinochet demonstrators in the capital santiago thousands took to the streets protesting against the screening of a documentary praising the former dictator who ruled the country for seventeen years the government estimates more than three thousand people were killed during his rule. we're back with the headlines in a few moments stay with us here on r.t.

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i won't be there i will now go with my. six thirty am in moscow here are two you have like fierce fighting across syria over the weekend reportedly leaves dozens dead as moscow continues pushing for an air national conference to resolve the crisis and the un admits neither side is sticking to the peace play. madrid asked the eurozone for one hundred billion euros to shore up struggling banks becoming the largest economy yet to seek the plan live spain avoid additional cuts imposed from the outside as happened in the cases of higher alert and portugal. boosting trade and tackling the crisis in the middle east because countries cement their partnership is russian president vladimir putin visits china. syria's drawn out conflict leaving neighboring lebanon suffering some

of the fallout next lebanese interior minister tells us why the violence won't be confined to its borders. well. lebanon is affected by internal tensions and regional conflict all decisions related to security issues are made outside by other countries so how can you talk about security in lebanon and. lebanon security doesn't depend on lebanon. politically and in terms of security lebanon depends on external factors as well the people of lebanon have close religious and family ties with neighboring states. is that an alternative to. going on has to be an alternative even smaller countries than lebanon resist external influence.