c.n.n. you're a man lawyer one hundred one your. series no one is say to war closer to the country's president has a rebel forces push to bring the fight straight to president bashar assad's don't step i'm very fortunate in damascus for you the latest just ahead. for us in the palin proves a new bill in visa bans and sanctions against russian officials implicated in alleged human rights abuses in the latest diplomatic route to hit times between moscow and washington. western backed revolutions turn arab states into terrorist hobb as a training grounds according to a case by cheap as the threat of homegrown extremism in europe grows more evident.

in the russian gavel you're watching r t with me or you know josh welcome to the program the syrian president has called on his newly sworn in one ministers to do everything in their power to win what he called an ongoing war a shot was his appeal follows a daring rebel assault on the outskirts of damascus while international efforts to end the conflict are being stepped up let's now get the latest from our correspondent maria banaszak there for us now maria this is the strongest statement from the syrian leader since the uprising against israel began more than a year ago so how bad things look. but many indeed this is the strongest statement from president bashar assad since the uprising began sixteen months ago and i have to say that things that are indeed dramatic here on the ground the conflict is definitely escalate to bolt more than one hundred people

have reportedly been dead in the last in just the last twenty four hours and earlier on tuesday the rebels attacked the president's elite a rip. of the can god just a few kilometers from damascus center and in the night before president bashar assad's speech before a new cabinet we've been hearing the sounds of heavy explosions and intense shelling and opposition activists have laid to colditz the poorest day of clashes between the rebels and government all forces say this is the uprising began last march well the situation in deede is very dangerous here on the ground but the government. later after what happened on tuesday that a number of terrorists have been killed many of them have been captured including foreign nationals but we also are hearing about a dramatic arrival just from the military side as well well both sides suffering

and indeed situation is very tense here on the ground we've been hearing a lot recently especially from the western media that the regime of president bashar assad is getting weaker and weaker especially the they've been talking about recent army defections but i have to tell you that the reason new such a feeling in the pit in the despair here on the ground political changes and to go when we've seen parliamentary elections we have a new constitution. just recently new government was formed so it looks like political reforms are going on here in the country but of course the fact that the president himself has confirmed that the country's now in a state of war of proves how dramatic and how dangerous the situation on the ground means well there are international efforts to and the concert but how much progress is made. unfortunately we have to admit that there is little the international community can do about the syrian crisis at this point but still

where we see some international really asked for its own the table the u.n. observer treaty mission here in syria half. suspended it's become too risky for and to dangerous for about three hundred monitors to work here on the ground and then for now the mission remains a frozen and since there is no progress here well we been hearing from u.n. special on envoy kofi annan his his pushing for the international conference to take place this weekend in geneva and the idea is to bring global and regional powers who have influence on both damascus and the rebel forces and see to and the hammer out and try to hammer out a new approach to a solution to the syrian crisis and the idea is to invite series ally iran this is this something mosco has supported but it's been rejected by washington because u.s. and its allies have their road and contact group of series called friends of syria

but the problem with this group is that the they've only been dealing always with the rebels or with only one side and always ignored damascus so they will be meeting next week as well so maybe it too will help somehow but let's not listen to wat rushes in what to you and has said about that. we need to get together and let's be serious let's be serious although you know national selfish agendas in the context of syria have not worked the only thing which they have generators of for the aggravation of the situation of growing growing while and so it's time to get serious and to make sure that we will exercise our leverage on where we can exercise leverage in syria in order to revert to the implementation of course. the road between syria and its neighbor turkey

a nato member. have also been. tense in recently after the downing of the turkish fighter jet here in syria on friday the turkish foreign minister has sat that turkey is now changing its policy and will since now on treat any military object coming from the syrian side close to the turkish border as a direct threat and it will be hated while this is a very strong statement actually and we've been hearing a lot many statements like this recently from turkish leadership and of course this is anything but not easing the tensions here in the region. all right mary thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update. live from damascus. now us a story a girl who are in doesn't think kofi annan peace plan is doomed as long as syrian ally iran is made part of the international coalition to solve the crisis. i think

there's still hope that it might work keep in mind that the north atlantic nations where there are allies particularly saudi arabia or relatively isolated on this barbara think the international community is more the loss of the libyan adventure recognizing that these crocodile tears that are being said about civilian deaths in syria are basically a cover for seen shames that we are international community does not what the happened basically because of the steadfastness of moscow and beijing and iran. and i think it's very important for the iranians to be represented in this upcoming meeting or real party in interest and it would be contrary to international peace and security if they continue to be excluded from such of course. i had for you this hour here in n.z. for wanting stream to an other. it's

a huge knife in there you know if one right if i mean it gets sued by one person and fifty people go through different pierre sees that's fifty rounds of ammunition in the olympics and that's a massacre right then and there. as one of gears up for the twenty twelve olympics skeptics say security at the stadium is up to scratch while weapons abound on the streets. now in their tent for tad rau between russia and the u.s. has been instigated by an american senate committee the bill anatomist lee approved in washington on tuesday slap sanctions and visa restrictions on russian officials possibly implicated in human rights abuses if it becomes law russians could be denied visas and have their assets frozen by the united states president putin said earlier this month that moscow with retail and restrict and for some americans if the bill comes into force the new measure is named after a russian lawyer sergei magnitsky who died in prison three years ago he was jailed in two thousand and eight on charges of tax evasion and fraud i just got to check

out has the details. the senate foreign relations committee has passed this so-called magnitsky law now at this point it has little to do with the actual person that the proposed legislation was named after sergei magnitsky who tragically died in a russian jail back in two thousand and nine the wording of this new punitive legislation is much broader if passed by the senate it would require the united states to deny visas and freeze the assets of russians generally accused of human rights abuses so even though the wording is extremely vague the draft was unanimously passed by the senate committee on foreign relations the fact of the matter is that the u.s. has already barred eleven russian officials allegedly implicated in the death of sergei magnitsky from entering the united states but the names of those people have not been disclosed russia retaliated last year by taking similar measures against eleven american officials accused of human rights violations in u.s. secret prisons in iraq afghanistan guantanamo president putin called deaths in prison a tragedy it's being investigated by russian authorities. this kind of legislation

as interference in their internal affairs a kind of interfere is that will most likely backfire moscow made it clear that they will be forced to adopt similar measures and the potential list of american officials involved in human rights violations around the world can be very long including torture practices again a rack of galveston guantanamo so this could trigger a series of tit for tat moves which will. relations between the countries as far as the obama administration they feel working hard on russia's admission into the world trade organization on lifting the outdated jackson invented commandment in order to give american businesses a better access into the russian market and later this summer congress is set to vote on a legislation that will strike down this soviet era amendment to which would decades had limited u.s. trade with russia but there are attempts in congress to attach this new human

rights bill to the upcoming bill on establishing a permanent. normal trade relations with russia that's what the act is called and frankly moscow is worried about the attempts to replace one punitive anti russian legislation with another. am political consultant any while there are things that move by u.s. lawmakers is ill timed an ill advised the bigger issue for americans is what this may mean for american businesses in russia that's a very big issue another question is whether it's going to be conducive to eliciting a cooperative response in foreign affairs from the russian government i don't see how it's going to be less at that it seems to me that it's very ill timed to have this kind of sort of cold war era rhetoric flying about in washington at a time when it really needs russia's cooperation on a number of very important issues seems to me what the u.s.

ought to be doing is finding a way to cooperate with russia on these issues rather than inviting it to have some sort of a difficult relationship going forward after more news and videos twenty four hours a day log on to our website r.t. dot com here's a taste of what's waiting there for you today. and when football leads to firing why cons about ukraine women caused to radio hosts to lose their jobs after the country's recent win over sweden. the lochness monster exist that's according to one school in america which went to extreme lengths to try to disprove the theory of evolution. a british intelligence chief has admitted that arab revolutions bad by london and washington may have created news events for terrorism jonathan evans named libya syria and egypt among the regions of major concern saying u.k. jihad is are heading to the middle east for training peace activists dr franklin lamb says this is the result of nato's policy in the region. no but my point is why

be even exist. you know to for dignity and to overthrow some dictators but when you've got an operation like nato slaughtering civilians in pakistan afghanistan iraq of course it's going to have to bury them and give them the opportunity as you know al qaeda has urged its readership a surge of people to go to syria and get training and go to southern turkey and also in libya libya has become a major training center and i thought about it as a fact and i would quickly with some of the rebel militia against gadhafi but you say one al qaeda fighter is worth ten of us. while the u.k. spy agency sounds the alarm over the arab spring fallout the country stop news organization has its own dilemma the b.b.c. has acknowledged that its journalists got carried away covering the revolutions and

let excitement take over a professional neutrality t.j. walker c.e.o. of media training worldwide says politics are always attached many many major news organizations like to maintain relations with those in power so it looks like a revolution isn't going to work certainly there is a desire to be seen as still someone who can deal with the powers that be so there may be some politics there let's not forget the b.b.c. used to be the gold standard in part because they just didn't have that much competition these days there's so much more competition they don't necessarily have more resources. and while european governments are more focused on tracking terrorist cells across the globe they face and now their fight at home security experts say domestic terrorism has gained a foothold with web savvy use the coming more effect the bikes trimmest ideology are just there for us has more. in the war on terror in me fight is raging

in europe at the moment we're seeing an ongoing battle of ideologies people a pushing the boundaries of freedom of speech with anti islamic rhetoric but at the same time extremist views are being expressed under the banner of freedom of religion this ongoing struggle is overshadowing a much more serious problem itself radicalization the growing number of young europeans these were not terrorists that immigrated smuggled themselves secretly into europe they were in europe already well then going to terrorists to me mary actually a small part of the global threat they have a disproportionate impact is the possible carrying citizens who understand the countries they live in have good connections they're easy access to information about how they're going to be radicalized. that's basically the internet because it's largely uncontrolled if you know where to look you know you can find anything

you need to build to plan and to carry out a terror attack the young internet study generation you no longer need a mosque to rest coming into contact with radical extremist materials now just a few clicks away investigative journalist a nearby as has been closely following the rise of fundamentalist websites many not only muslim but. of the. beloved and this is a danger such. to radicalism and. to terrorism it is not just rather cool moves lends his views have been carefully monitored the rise of anti islamic sentiment in the west has also been steadily growing and what i really really have a problem with is the totalitarianism called islam you have not chosen which we have defeated. have communism which is more or less defeated on the third one is.

the danger posed by radical anti immigrant thinking it's a tragically demonstrated in the to rethink attacked by and is daring brave inc in norway it was an event that made the world take pause with increasingly anti islamic rhetoric coming not just from controversial speakers the from the european politicians questions are now being asked about just how responsible these these really are we are you see the threat is the young unemployed who are told and shown repeatedly you're not really one of us it doesn't even matter if you've been born here but if they have not been integrated and those will be millions couple that with the religious valve relief valve. which shows the internet actually your brother's abroad are being mutilated blown up or killed by exactly the people where you live and that is an unholy mixture

a very explosive mixture for the future as radicalization recruitment to jihadist terror groups is cause for continued concern simply pointing the finger of blame has proved just as dangerous and in the war of ideologies in europe right now it's become hard to know just who it is that poses the greatest terror threat. the enter. the london olympics are just one month away but the city's security operations are coming under attack thousands of weapons clad police and soldiers will take to the streets all in the name of public protection but skeptics believe the firearms of war actually help those inside the olympic park because basic security there isn't up to par laura smith reports. london two thousand and twelve is almost upon us and with just one month to go it's not just the athletes who are warming up a massive security operation is also getting into gear we've got battleships on the

river thames with missiles we've got pilotless drones with laser guided bombs missile batteries dotted around the city personnel with untold numbers of firearms or you've got to question the proper proportionality of this london two thousand and twelve is actually starting to look more like a security event. not a sporting event. a security event with a little bit of incidental sport on the soil there lympics this is the u.k.'s biggest peace time security operation and the numbers of personnel are staggering on the ground during the games they'll be twelve and a half thousand police officers supported for the occasion by thirteen and a half thousand soldiers but insiders are saying basic security here at the olympic park is seriously lacking investigative journalist li hazeldean is under cover with g four s. the security firm that won the four hundred fifty million dollars contract for the

games he's posing as a trainee and says rule recruits vetting arms training are substandard i was asked during the training exercises to be a would be terrorist i was given a knife a real gun and a fake i.e.d. the gun was in my bag preacher didn't see it i did a good several times he still didn't find it he got behind one did the handle and it didn't go he hadn't turned on police says he's raised his concerns with g four s. but was told to mind his own business no one from the company was available to comment for this report meanwhile the organizing committee remains resolute about safety security is absolutely the top priority for us and we want the people you know come to visit london. but you twelve to be absolutely confident they're going to be safe and secure and you'll go security x. ray machine to look at anything you bring in with you that way we can check that

anybody coming into the hall isn't bringing anything with them that could do anybody any damage that's not lee's experience of the operation and he's pessimistic about the safety of visitors to the olympic park it's a huge nation there you know it's one road if i mean you should get sued by one person and fifty people go through different peirce's that's fifty rounds of ammunition in the olympics and that's a massacre right then and there if a terrorist or a terrorist organization is intent on getting into the olympics all they have to do at the moment is queue up with a month to go the head of m i five says his organization can't guarantee the security of the games what's that and people are asking is the point of the heavy artillery if the park itself is left wide open laura smith london. now is take a look at some other stories from around the world officials have denied claims that water could office former premier was abused after being extradited to libya it comes after a big daddy modi's lawyer is the ex official was beaten and hospitalized upon

arrival in tripoli the sixty seven year old became the first high ranking official to be returned to his home country to face trial when he was returned on sunday modi is in custody facing charges of crimes against the libyan people. a boat has reportedly capsized off the australian territory of christmas island in the indian ocean the vessel was carrying one hundred fifty people trying to claim asylum the israeli government says it's responding to the report of a vessel in distress one hundred twenty kilometers north of the island this comes less than one week after more than ninety asylum seekers died when a boat capsized in the same area. at least twenty four people in thirteen different countries have been arrested in a u.s. led investigation targeting online financial fraud. the operation tracked those buying and selling personal data online through an f.b.i. ron form the two year or staying it was the largest crackdown against criminals who specialize in stealing and trafficking credit card information on the internet

officials say the investigation is protected more than four hundred thousand potential victims and prevented around two hundred five million dollars worth of fraud. to israel now where a former bosnian serb soldier is appealing a decision to ask him to his homeland the mal currently holds an israeli passport but is wanted in bosnia for alleged war crimes experts say the case sets a dangerous precedent as artie's policy or in our reports. behind these walls a soldier awaits his fate a decision with dramatic consequences not only for him but for the whole state of israel the fact that israel is willing to cooperate with an extradition request involving a soldier every israeli soldier in real danger touch on his husband alexander's fake of which is a bosnian serb who only got his radio nationality when he married her years after he allegedly carried his crimes sarajevo accuses him of being part of

a firing squad that executed more than a thousand bosnian muslims in one thousand nine hundred five as part of what became known as the srebrenica massacre. it's hard to live in uncertainty it's been more than a year that we've been living like this not knowing what will happen my husband is not a murderer and he did nothing wrong he's a man with a good heart and he could not have killed anybody why do people believe such lies. it's the same charge his defense lawyer is arguing it should be noted that alexander so it can reach. easy he he's telling very very and he can walk and believe that he wasn't presenting it during the action at all and that he didn't take part in mass extermination and in order to charge anybody with grounds of genocide they should should prove that he in town and to. exterminate the. muslims as

a nation and they should give that and evidence of these special proof but even without that evidence these really courts have a radio agree to extradite him speak which is currently awaiting a decision on his appeal and if he goes that could be the beginning of a slippery slope. with mr smith goal which is a simple soldier who carried out the orders given to him by his commanders i can think of cases in which every israeli soldier can be put in the same situation having carry on. and this is the most dangerous precedent in this request on the israeli soldiers that officials have themselves been accused of the same accusations spectacle which is charged with should the courts here decide to uphold the extradition it opens the gates for palestinians and others to now demand that israeli soldiers oncet for their actions. are t. tel aviv. all right it's time now to check out the latest business news with marina casa or has a business desk for us today so marina how's the day looking primer and all things

that were in store for more performance especially after the figures that we saw in shoes they especially in europe and in russia right now what we can see is the fact that it is again and then the case that in just not sure as the hang seng is already over one percent in the black and investors there are mainly tri-care gains that we saw on the wall street and also we had positive housing data that i'll talk about in a second and of course everyone is waiting to hear wall leaders will say when they will pull their summits all of those there will of course befall and that now let's look at the performance of american shares right now this is the closing picture from tuesday as you can see both the dow and the nasdaq again there over there when it comes to the last i think it over half a percent and investors there were reacting to two reports one was positive the other almost like it's of the positive one was a five by us our home prices for the month of april. in their first monthly gain since last autumn but on the down side with did get consumer confidence that's on

the decline for a fourth month and overall right now and of course this then the help boost investor confidence that now moving on to currencies a secular wants to happen in there when it comes to the ruble again against both major currencies on tuesday figure shortly but when it comes to the euro it's currently flat against the dollar now let's move on and take a look at how the russian markets and of their performance on tuesday there will be open in two hours time as you can see the r.t.s. added over at super science and that's on stronger crude prices which are now gaining after of course nearing eighteen month lows let's take a look at those and see what's been happening now we also know that if we take a look at prices ever go up right now with that light sweet it's still gaining under eighty dollars a barrel when it comes to the brant blend it has now slipped by but it has been recovering every thing in the last couple of days as we've seen but again it's important to note that all of this is ahead of reports saying that iran will cut it

by thirty percent its imports all of the oil that or i well this is how business likes this hour. mr graham thanks very much indeed for this and look forward to the next date. and next year in our bad line stendhal way.

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