national community to start admitting that too it's only last tuesday that rich foreign secretary william hague also knowledge that groups affiliated with al qaida were operating in syria all visibly vastly on the side of the rebels and he will end the conflict and violence here in the country we've also been hearing a lot and many times from mar grand members and from. league members that they're ready to provide the rebels with all kinds of support that everything they need be money overlap and this news has come at the time of the reason volumes all over syria and dramatic escalation of the events and the u.n. has expressed its concern over what's going on here in the country and banking moon has called on all countries with influence on both rebels and the syrian government to call on all parties to lay down arms and to pull back as he put it from the brink. also during his visit russia's foreign minister responded to u.s.

secretary of state hillary clinton's claims that moscow supplying syrian authorities with combat helicopters artie's lucy caffein off as mine. while the top top u.n. official may have labeled the syrian conflict a full fledged civil war according to the u.s. secretary of state russia could actually be to blame for the escalating crisis secretary of state hillary clinton a raise some eyebrows and stirred some diplomatic controversy on tuesday when she insisted that russian attack helicopters were on their way to syria take a look we have confronted the russians about stopping their continued arms shipments to to syria. they have from time to time said that we shouldn't worry everything they're shipping is unrelated to their actions internally that's paid only untrue and we are concerned about the latest information we have that there are attack helicopters on the way from russia to

syria now washington seem to be caught off guard by a secretary of state hillary clinton's remarks which stumped even the pentagon's own spokesman when asked to explain exactly what types of helicopters the secretary of state was referring to captain john kirby well was a bit surprised to take a look can you provide any details as to what kind of helicopters where they live or how are they. i have not seen reporting that indicates. that the russians are providing attack helicopters to the syrians or just not seen that while washington was left to sort out its confusion over the comments russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov was very clear in his denial of those allegations now moscow does have a longstanding military relationship with damascus but as explained at a press conference in iran on wednesday the any sales are for filling preexisting contracts comply fully with international law and are for defensive purposes only

now russian attack helicopters are in hot demand right now and that's because the u.s. pentagon. spends millions to buy russian made and my seventeen's on behalf of the afghan air force poland's interior ministry is calling for the severe punishment of hooligans involved in bloody clashes with russian football supporters in warsaw between before rather both countries euro two thousand and twelve showdown after violence continued after the match with poland's a basket of russia saying polish pseudo fans are to blame for the turmoil that resulted in multiple injuries are eastern europe correspondent alexei or chesky has more. the radical supporters of the polish team were attacking a regular simple russian fans just marching through the streets of warsaw in something in an action which had been agreed before that now the violence was so strong that the police had to use small bombs tear gas and water cannons to pacify the angry polish more we understand that for now two almost two hundred fans have

been detained by the authorities one hundred fifty of them are polish twenty russian fans who responded violently to this attack they're also being detained and they will be deported from the country and definitely their relations with russia and poland have never been easy but definitely from what i've seen in these pictures from this is something like a blast from the past generally the relations between warsaw and moscow have proved greatly since let's say twenty years ago but clearly there are some political forces in poland who are still interested in inciting hatred between russia and poland because of something of a sentiment on the message boards in poland on the internet that russian fans must pay for their violent clash with two words during the first game with russia beat the czech republic bogles one we know that russia has already been officially punished for that it is due to pay one hundred twenty thousand euro fine for for the for these actions but some of the polish media have been raising the hype ahead of that game saying equating that match to

a battle of one thousand nine hundred twenty when. the bolshevik army was outnumbering the polish forces but the polish forces still managed to gain victory and some of the magazines portrayed the polish national coach in a military uniform saying that poland still has to be at the euros and the players i quote must die on the pitch if they need to but need to stop the russians so all this hype certainly added more fuel to the fire. now for more on the story my colleague kevin owen spoke with glyn ford a former m.e.p. and a member of the anti nazi league he says the anti russia sentiment cultivated in poland played a major role in stirring up the tension in the country. clearly you've got football hooligans on both sides and you've got near 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 these this is hatred this center phobia towards

russia and towards russian supporters you've got a similar problems in ukraine with extreme nationalist neo nazi groups as well and it's led to a situation where for my viewing from afar of the matches many of the stadia. i mean how likely is it there will be 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 of extreme right wing near nazi groups doing nazi salutes wearing r.c. symbols and the rest it's obviously a difficult territory for us to know mark minority because i and found in general we've got a clip we're talking about there was a fifteen second clip which is going to show our viewers know that came from the b.b.c. panorama program listening to that minute. eleven days tying your ribs because the football takes off. i am just how safe will

some fans be. out of the 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 there 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. you all the latest news from euro two thousand and twelve online on our web site r t dot com including hundreds of comments from football fans in poland discussing the buffers between the rival fans enjoying the debate on our web site. if you fancy facing up to enter a tour of editors and dragging them to court and britain gives you the opportunity with the new law against online trolling your adopted all the details are put away

at our t. doesn't come. wiki leaks founder julian assange is awaiting a decision from britain's supreme court over his request to reopen his extradition case he's wanted in sweden for alleged sex crimes the supreme court earlier rejected a sunday defense argument that his in europe so that his european arrest warrant was invalid if his latest appeal is thrown out of can still take his case to the european court of human rights prolonging the legal battle that started a year and a half ago the famous whistleblower denies any wrongdoing his supporters here extradition to sweden is the first step in sending him to the u.s. for prosecution on charges of espionage in. the case of julian assange isn't the only one in a possible crackdown on whistleblowers a bill put forth in the british parliament might if adopted limit legal protection

for employees who reveal corporate wrongdoing or illegal activity r.t. sarah furthur takes a look at the possible repercussions for those who hope to speak out. the war on whistle blowing it's a war of attrition a good one to some and has nothing against people that have a lot of wells and a lot of power behind the battle against. this video named collateral murder was just one of many wiki leaks revelations exposing war 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 was 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 if i started getting the streets anonymously 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 modern 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 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 it was you would be protected now individuals of 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 some this will be seen as just the latest measure making it harder out the truth. of course is

this trend. is one. 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 that i was doing the right thing their battle highlights the importance of protecting whistleblowers and the public's right to know something they all say was well worth fighting for sarah r.t. . there's new hopes of progress out of high level nuclear talks with iran do it a place in moscow next week tehran's top negotiator said it was finally agreed that both proposals from both sides will be discussed at the negotiations or he spoke

with sorry joe we all from the country's supreme national security council who says it's time to reject stereotypes but only a few powers can decide the world's future. the world is changing that people are no longer willing to accept a reality when a few select powers can dictate the course of the world that the balance of power is shifting into the hands of the people the fact that some nation seek to between power through military means that is being rejected. the new order a new model that will all nations and peoples would respect each other and that is what we've always stood for that democracy never comes from violence. through military means we will keep ation and those that claim to use violence to further democracy in the end they always admit that they had ulterior motives and that in turn to some other stories making headlines across the globe a series of bombings has shaken iraq killing at least sixty six injuring more than two hundred four explosions targeted shia pilgrims in baghdad as they marked

a religious festival other blasts went off in mainly shia cities al-qaeda affiliated islamist militants often attempt to stoke sectarian tension by attacking shia pilgrims. ousted tunisian president ben ali has been said in the state absentia to twenty years in 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 after mass protests last year ended his twenty three year rule saudi authorities i've yet to respond to tunisia's extradition request his overthrow help inspired the arab spring uprising . south sudan's parliament has accused seventy five top officials of corruption with at least four billion dollars stolen president salva kiir wrote a letter to the current and former government in floyd 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 poverty. war

medals a symbol of a soldier's sacrifice to his country usually an author to veterans and they wear them proudly but in the u.s. some are throwing them back at washington. to reports former troops are joining an american public and say they're fed up with the nation's continual state of conflict. true patriots they followed the order to fight their country's battles scott olsen survived two tours in iraq only to be critically injured upon returning home by police clashing with occupy oakland protesters also had joined the military to do good work to help other people to be part of something bigger than ourselves. but instead he and many others discovered an ugly truth about the military escapades they were involved with me remained gay for 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 in the piece and there are people from their culture from their communities 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 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 agree with this illegal occupation that's been held in afghanistan pakistan iraq and other foreign countries because it's now a war base of terrorism is a big it's a war. 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. disobedience . really get. basically this is done to them. military and it was were not when they were told they would be. in these protests the veterans were joined by thousands of other americans also outraged with the u.s. wars the american people are angry and 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 come 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. chicago illinois. back to the headlines in

a few minutes meanwhile the heightened tension in the middle east lead to all out war in the region israeli political expert shares his views on how the situation is likely to develop stay with us the interview next. 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 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 that since the implementation of this we have sanctions a couple of months ago i think the progress so i think that what 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 very pricey for iran if iran is beginning to feel the pinch why are we still hearing from the israeli leadership i think that the israeli leadership is doing just to. capitalize on kind of a man to live with the sanctions first of all in the mind of many israelis spatially those leaders you're talking about the implementation of song since it's

kind of a byproduct of an israeli pressure. so it's because israel actually threatened. to militarily attack iran. this was all forced the european union and the americans especially the americans to come up with a much more let us say strict policy with regard to iran in order to appease israel this is how it sort of takes think now since obama and the american ministration would not like the idea of having kind of an im broadly go in the middle east before november i think is what obama did with the swift suctions is on the one to tell israel we are on board and you should just set aside now actually and we are going to dictate the rhythm with regard to iran on the other hand there was a message which he was sent to iran that it's going to be very pricey so basically

it could cut either ways but i think that what we stand now is kind of a stable me but the last just one more note i think that what the iranians are doing and this is very very typical of their diplomacy they are trying to bribe the wage between the israelis and the americans between the americans and the europeans by coming up with those notions as to say yes so we would like to actually listen carefully to what you all for we have offers on our side is that enough to satisfy the israeli leadership or could we still see as well as attacking iran i think it is unlikely. first of all i'm pretty sure that until november nothing will happen in that regards. and even after november we are going to have the same problem there are many now let us say figures are public figures like the former head of the mossad and others who are coming up with kind of

a contra argument the final analysis of which at the bottom one of which is it at least at this time this is not the think israel should come up with don't talk actually about military solution if the summary unfolded that israel attacked iran there are nations that would help iran acquire a nuclear weapon is that of realistic. yeah i mean in a way that could be kind of a scenario that we're going to have or see there but i would say that the problem with a nuclear iran is not that iran is going to the story israel i do not believe in but. it would be kind of a source of inspiration a nuclear iran. for many radical groups in the beach or. to start to actually act in a different manner and now when they have kind of a nuclear backup. this is the thing so i'm not sure that the game is i mean no the main issue is. in the question as you put it i think that what we

have here is kind of psychological. moving across to syria israel has been surprisingly quiet and inactive in terms of developments there is it because time is on israel signed all because it does not want to see regime change there well i think there's that is pretty confused about that this is kind of a multi-ethnic multi-religious. linguistic state. a state which is comprised of many. different. religious and ethnic types and this is a state that could easily become what we call failed state which means a state that cannot control over all the territory and more often than not you have some flags or regions that are becoming kind of a normal incidents we have had there in libya ready after the toppling down of gadhafi we do see that in sinai. and other radical groups are

capitalizing on that kind of a situation and really you have a weak central state and this is exactly kind of a byproduct of the toppling of the dictator or we going to have a bunch of power centers so it seems to be more concerned with turkey than with his well how can syria be so sure that israel won't take advantage of its weakening i don't think that is a would take an advantage because in that sense because you know what the israel had had when it. mean for the twentieth century i mean the closing decades of a greater century is a quite silent go on heights or border with syria. i think that israel is a spectator israel cannot influence or do something good about the ever changing region no top of the arab spring. as i said before i think is what is confused there is or has to just come up with kind of a strategy or at least the set of tactics of how to deal with this new situation

basically it is becoming much more difficult middle east for israel because egypt and turkey one tory friendly and staunch supporter supporters of the west in the region are not there anymore professor thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. thank you. for sure is that so much i'm going to make a lot of people a variant of the look at moscow streets thousands protested in russia's topical for a wide variety of reasons one issue knights many of them are against the return. if you're followed up on my doubt you'll go to the. sort of a throwback and archaic part of. it goes back to

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moscow here r.t. headline number two voices his backing for syrian rebels over the fight against their government the new video released a week after washington claimed he didn't kill. growing condemnation of polish fans after they attacked russian football fans during the euro two thousand and twelve in warsaw played into bloody clashes and the arrest of around one hundred fifty locals. while julian assange to wait for the supreme court decision on whether it will reopen his activision case cables a new bill that could prevent potential whistleblowers from speaking out. more news in a half hour's time but up next couch surfing a different way to travel a special report coming up.

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