like groups in iraq. syria. are you know likely believed by the u.s. to be behind some of the spectacular bombings here is charged in syria on the one hand you have the u.s. saying that they're concerned about the armed opposition and their links to. those on the other hand you have the u.s. providing so-called non-lethal aid to the armed opposition be sickly giving apparently a green light to other countries to arm the opposition so yes there is a contradiction in all it's going to stay with syria russia is denying allegations made by the u.s. that moscow supplying the ousted regime with combat helicopters russia's foreign minister said moscow is fulfilling its obligations on earlier contracts which only involved air defense systems the comments were made during circular probes visit to

tehran our correspondent your group is going on is in the arabian capital and now joins us live you go or syria was a key issue for discussion during the visit i understand what has been said in teheran. well the russian foreign minister has. queensmead earlier why he would clinton that russia is allegedly planning to supply syrian authorities with military helicopters. after that announcement by hillary clinton even the pentagon came out saying that it doesn't have the information to confirm these claims and said you know our office said that russia is supplying arms to syria and i thought it was in accordance with previous contracts and these arms can only be used for air defense and not for any sort of aggression against civilians since moscow is completely against that and against supplying any side of this conflict with weapons which can be used to harm civilians unlike the russian

foreign minister said i'm like the united states was also. condemned the calls by some western nations to apply pressure solely on syrian authorities in the current situation. everyone should stop the violence in syria if a part of the international community understands kofi annan plan only as a demand for russia to make the syrian leadership stop fighting then i declare that this is a provocation some foreign powers are already openly claiming that the peace plan is not working but those who say that are largely pushing the unappeasable opposition to continue arms provocations. the russian foreign minister is also reminded that moscow is calling for an international conference to be held on syria and stressed that it's absolutely vital for all outside players including regional players including iran to take part in this conference despite disapproval from

washington. now low grabs a visit i'll also be watching closely with regards to an upcoming nuclear talks in moscow was there any progress on that front on this visit. we are waiting for the talks in moscow to start on the eighteenth of june saw more dialogue on the iranian nuclear program is expected in fact the arena and foreign minister has said today that he has spoken with the e.u. foreign. foreign policy chief catherine ashton just yesterday and the have already discussed the agendas which are going to be also discussed at that conference and the iranian foreign minister said that around hopes for a constructive dialogue which will include the understanding of both sides of this whole situation which recently garden new spin

around has announced that. it's now entering the final stages of developing nuclear submarines stressing that every country has the right to use peaceful energy peaceful nuclear energy if it has the capacity to do so in this energy could be used if the country wants sold to power vessels as well while the russian foreign minister has also once again stressed that anything connected with the iranian nuclear program has to be done so all the through the united nations and any sanctions that could go all around the united nations will only harm the situation that are going to live with us on the line from ted thanks for that. there's another twist in the iranian issue as we explore later this hour for you

with the new embargo against iran's oil trade ready to take on fact we look at what's behind washington's decision to allow india and six other nations to sit out the sanctions. but first top all this officials have condemned the behavior of hooligans in warsaw who attacked russian founds before the two countries euro twenty twelve showdown violence continued after the match true with poland's ambassador to russia saying polish hooligans are to blame for the turmoil that resulted in multiple injuries our eastern european correspondent alexei yourself ski reports. one hundred fifty poles have been arrested for attacking the crowd of russian fans and twenty russians were also attacking for providing violent response to the polish attack anyway we're under stand that those twenty odd russians who have been arrested who've been detained in poland will be deported from the country according to the interior ministry and a future they will have problems of training shan't get

a visa because of all these because of participation in this in this in those rights in a war so now certainly the relations between warsaw and moscow have been very strained have been difficult for many centuries now but for now when the stand that they have basically normalized and the events which happened in warsaw last night is something of a blast from the past certainly there are political forces in poland who are interested in this hatred towards russia but certainly this is a minority of the polish population for now in fact we understand that many poles have been expressing their apologies to russia on the internet on the internet into on twitter and different forums and web sites for what they described to be brainless and mindless a bunch of supporters who attacked the russian crowd it's also understood that the media some of the media in poland have been have been doing everything they can to raise the hype of this game equating this game with the battle of the river in one

thousand twenty when the polish forces of outnumbered by the soviet troops actually managed to be victorious over the bolshevik soldiers and. some of the polish media including the super express newspaper said that you could not go without poland and you have to remember in one thousand twenty and you have to do everything even die if you need to to win over russia so all this hype certainly added more fuel to the fire. but for more on that story my colleague kevin owen spoke to glen ford a former m.e.p. and a member of the anti nazi league he says anti russia sentiment cultivated in poland played a major role in stirring up tension clearly you've got football hooligans on both sides and you've got new nazi groups on both sides the difference seems to be that there are political elements in poland and parts of the media that seem to be whipping up please this is a trade center phobia towards russia towards russian supporters you've got similar

problems in ukraine with extreme naturally sneer nazi groups as well and it's led to a situation where for my viewing from afar of the might choose many of the stadia. i mean how likely is it to progress is there that we're going to see further clashes there in ukraine. well i hope not. but i mean having seen some of the footage that was shown on panorama in the united kingdom extreme right wing neo nazi groups doing nazi dissolute wearing nazi symbols and the rest it's obviously a difficult territory for us to know mark minority votes because i often found in general we've actually got a clip we're talking about there was a fifteen second clip which is going to show our viewers know the came from the b.b.c. panorama program listening to that minute. eleven days telling you it's because first of all the football kicks off. just how safe it is

sometimes be. to set it up very well today i mean is that an accurate reflection of the problems there or was a case of it makes good t.v. viewing in the some kind as well i think is probably in between the two frankly i mean clearly our problems flare and those of us who are looking at the growth of the extreme right across the european union in neighboring countries are well aware of the situation in ukraine and for that matter in in poland. we're also bringing you the latest from here zero twenty twelve online at our team dot com including hundreds of comments from football fans in poland who are just caught in the clashes between rival and join the debate on our website but. if you fancy facing up to internet tormentors then dragging them to court gives you the opportunity with a new law against online trolling being adopted details of our team dot com.

with the leaks founder julian assange is awaiting a decision from britain supreme court over his request to reopen his extradition case it comes to weeks after he lost a previous of peel against being handed over to authorities in sweden where he's wanted for questioning about sex crime allegations such as lawyers claim the european arrest warrant was invalid because it was issued by a prosecutor and not a judge or a court as required by u.k. law if this motion is rejected a son who denies any wrongdoing can still take his case to the european court of human rights his supporters believe that sweden might not be his final destination

and it's just a step toward sending him to the u.s. for prosecution on torture. meanwhile julian assad is just one of the targets of a possible clampdown on whistleblowers which is gaining momentum the british parliament is currently considering a bill which if it up to might to tear people from coming forward and revealing serious rule breaking and corporate wrongdoing sort of further looks at the possible downsides for those who want to speak out. the war on whistle blowing it's a war of attrition a good one to some who has nothing against people that have a lot of wells a lot of power behind the battle against. this video named collateral murder is just one of many wiki leaks revelations exposing real crimes revolutionizing whistleblowing and tearing down the divides between governments and ordinary people and the government furious exposing

wrongdoing can preview risky business as wendy addison found out back in two thousand whilst working as a treasurer of the south african company leisure net she discovered the c.e.o.'s were stealing money from shareholders and sending it to offshore accounts and she blew the whistle it was a decade point that my whole life fell apart. lost my career it was just literally when i started getting their streets and honestly there were occasions where i was almost inclined to consider accepting society completely. and this is a very common thing for. talking about suicide despite risking everything wendy was in poor old in a lengthy legal wrangling and it would be more than a decade before those who committed the crime went to jail model we're still playing techniques have been giving people more power to take on big corporations and even governments now the proposed changes to the law potentially threatening

the protections also at a time when the culture surrounding whistleblowing be making big leaps forward the law could be set to take a big step back the problems being caused by this the enterprise and regulatory reform bill which is currently making its way through parliament and one small discrete line buried away in the text referring to a public interest test we were really worried that putting in a. interest test into the legislation will have a chilling effect on the ability of workers to speak up a member of the international whistleblowing research network and an employment lawyer david lewis tells us the proposed test has dropped a bomb on whistle blame provisions the great virtue of the existing provisions is there's no public interest it was a very simple test as long as you had enormous motu if you could be sure and it found that you would be protected now individuals who those claiming to use the

provisions will have to satisfy public interest to us make it very difficult for people to advise them the government that the changes are aimed at closing a loophole this meant that employees with personal grievances a for employment contract have been able to use the whistle blame provisions but the sun this will be seen as just the latest measure making it harder out the truth. of course is this trend. is one. whistle blowing blowing the whistle have to differing degrees how their lives changed their reputations threatened or ruined their freedoms removed but in the process they've revealed secrets that the rich and the powerful never wanted us to know who has been told i was doing the wrong thing. and yet it felt so right for me and i knew what i was doing the watching their battle highlights the importance of protecting whistleblowers and the public's right to know something they all say was well worth

fighting for surf r.t. london. well for an hour somewhere so blowers are still speaking out and doing a songes doing so right here on r t in the latest edition of his interview program he takes on both plundering online privacy and using the internet for spying and watch as well as all the previous episodes from the series at a special section of our website archie dot our song dot com. i'm julian assange. that is true of wiki leaks web expose the secret these documents belong the united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn. people illegally should. be without charge but that doesn't stop them. today. that can change the world tomorrow. the new sanctions against iran's oil trade are

due to begin later this month but the u.s. has given exemptions to india along with six other nations from penalties against countries which don't take part it's seen as an attempt to smooth the way before high level talks which are underway in washington between u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton running and her indian counterpart the waiver comes in return for cutting purchases and iranian crude and leaves china as a last major importer which could be affected by tough financial sanctions to riot support role which an independent researcher and writer says even if beijing is a affected by the penalties it won't give in to u.s. pressure on the a rainy an issue. it's not just a question of getting its energy from a different source it's a question of succumbing to the power of the months to basically eliminate china if china could to america demands americans demands then it is it's really

inspires giving up part of this and sovereign decision making and for a country that has developed so martian has gained so much internationally that's a very tough price to pay all the china is right now their immediate target and does aside from the countries that are going to up he will slice the united states . into will not be very safe in the long run i mean if if if you recall in the late sixty's the united staes trying to basically join forces to align themselves against a stronger soviet union it's not china it is a fire to dry to target the united states one way or the other with those sanctions education and what have you so india should be very careful and understand where it wants to be in the future with wants to halt this is fucked. a look now at some other stories from around the world a series of bombings has rocked iraq killing at least fifty three people and

injuring dozens others four explosions targeted shia pilgrims in the capital baghdad as they marked a religious anniversary of their blasts mainly shias cities al-qaeda affiliated islamist militants often attempted to stoke sectarian tension by attacking she of pilgrims. i was to tunisian president ben ali has been sentenced in absentia here to twenty years jail by a military court in the country has been found guilty of murder looting and inciting disorder ben ali and his wife fled to saudi arabia for after mass protests last year ended his twenty three year rule saudi authorities are yet to respond to tunisia extradition request is overthrow helped inspire the arab spring uprisings. south sudan's parliament has accused seventy five top officials of corruption but at least four billion dollars stolen president salva kiir wrote

a letter to current and former government employees asking them to return the funds sixty million dollars have already been recovered south sudan declared independence almost a year ago with the country suffering from massive corruption and property. war medals a symbol of a soldier's sacrifice to his country there usually in honor of veterans where probably get in the u.s. some are throwing them back in washington's face and thirty's and see a churkin that explains former troops are joining an american public that's fed up with this nation's continual state of war. dubbed true patriots they followed the order to fight their country's battles scott olsen survived two tours in iraq with your only to be critically injured upon returning home by police clashing with occupy oakland protesters also had joined the military to do the. to help other people to be part of something bigger than ourselves and to defend our country but

instead he and many others discovered an ugly truth about the military escapades they were involved in. riemann gave four years to the u.s. army and spent five years in kuwait as a contractor his experiences changed his perception of the u.s. there are gray in the violence there stop in the peace and there are people from their culture from their communities and killing people in drone attacks. this group of veterans says the system they were part of is one that throws away billions of dollars and less wars pinches every extra penny when it comes to those fighting them when veterans come home one in three of them will be homeless we have eighteen veteran suicides every single day every thirty six hours an active duty soldier kills himself. but u.s. veterans are increasingly taking to the streets to challenge what they believe to be false pretense wars and agree with this illegal occupation that's been held in afghanistan pakistan iraq and other foreign countries because it's now

a war based terrorism is a base it's a war based other motives for money and political power agendas boil in chicago dozens of veterans march the streets. and dump their war medals. by simply throwing them out in rejection of what those medals signify this is where we are in disobedience. really getting. basically this is to the. military and the words were not when they were told they would be. in these protests the veterans were joined by thousands of other americans also outraged with us wars the american people are angry they're frustrated and they don't know which way to turn anymore with presidential elections around the corner these veterans see real change can only. from the bottom up i didn't expect any changes in two thousand and eight when obama got elected and i surely don't expect any

changes now those ones taking commands to fight on foreign soil now taking command of the battle for peace at home. r.t. chicago illinois. check in with me to the app a business that's in oil seems to be in a yoyo mood today what is happening out there or two factors involved here the declining of supplies in the united states and this is a positive fact basically on the other hand there's an opec meeting which is scheduled for thursday and there unless of course expect anything could happen from production quotas to be increased to decrease so what we're seeing right now is light sweet declining eighteen cents brant up twenty five cents a really offering around yesterday's closing values over on the u.s. markets we're seeing the dow jones and the nasdaq now declining flat to negative basically this is on the back of retail sales coming in for the month of may a declining point two percent which is the second consecutive month of declines and

that's indicating a very well possibly a bad trend in europe do you foresee at that accept shown bit of a better performance than in the u.s. but as you can see though they've closed mixed and flat so the basis of barely you know change everyone still expecting anticipating the outcome of the elections in greece so no big moves at least people are cautious trying not to to to expose themselves to big risks on the currencies markets the dollar is falling massively against the euro after these retail sales reports coming in and the russian ruble managed to gain around the percent against the dollar and the year. on the russian market served first day of trading this week after a long weekend traders have come in and started buying up and both indices are up around. three quarters of a percent at the close moving the my sex banking shares nosebleeds burbank much

better than the market up one point eight percent of the close retail retail chain the magnates was up zero point two percent worse than the market was better than market for the session but then there was some selling at the end of the day as it reported revenues go up around a third compared to the previous year in the first five months of the year and gazprom was also worse than a market point one percent story behind the gazprom as russia's government may reduce the planned tax hike for independent gas producers such as nova tec the new rate comes into effect next year and has made gas companies frightened to cut investment and exploration gazprom has turned out to be a potential exception as many believe it seriously undertaxed. also in brief the world bank has put russia on the front line of crisis fighters improve the outlook for the country's economy expecting g.d.p. to increase by almost four percent this year well bank expects the growth to be a mostly supported by stronger production. and debt stricken cyprus is pulling for

another bit of help from russia the islands the media says the country has requested a five billion euro credit to support its financial system is comes after moody's cut the ratings of top cypriot banks that may be depend on the troubled greek economy last year russia already provided the republic with two and a half billion euros worth of a loan which other drivers equal to ten percent of cypresses g.d.p. . that's what i have for you this hour nice i'll be back next hour with more all right we'll see you then same place same time now after a short break we'll bring you expert opinion on tensions between iran and israel that follows a reminder of our top stories. we'll

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it's eight thirty pm in moscow these are the top stories on our chief number two voices his backing for syrian rebels over their fight against the government in a new video released a week after washington claimed to have been killed in. this growing condemnation of polish hooligans after they attacked a russian football fan story euro twenty twelve in warsaw that led to bloody clashes and the arrests of around one hundred and fifty local. julian assange always bring the supreme court decision on whether it will reopen his actual tradition case in the u.k. a new bill that could prevent potential whistleblowers from speaking out. now despite all eyes being focused on syria another war may be on the cards in the region as the israeli iranian standoff continues to simmer israeli political expert

was the rabi shares his views on how the situation is likely to develop. what we now have professor was involved be the director of the center for middle eastern studies at tel aviv university professor thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. my pleasure the israeli defense minister ehud barak recently said that israel would not be duped over negotiations regarding iran's nuclear program do you think that sanctions have been effective here i think since the implementation of this we have sanctions a couple of months ago i think the progress so i think that we're the message is pretty clear in two thousand and twelve we are having a different ball game and iran is realizing that if it is not going to comply it would be.