syria is now in a state so war according to the country's president has rebel forces push to bring the fight straight to president bashar assad's doorstep i'm very fortunate in damascus for you with the latest just ahead. you sent a pal approves a new bill on visa bans and sanctions against russian officials implicated in alleged human rights abuses in the latest diplomatic graue to hit ties between moscow and washington. as london prepares for next month's olympic games the city's security operations are facing strong criticism.

it is ten am in the russian capital you're watching our marine and josh welcome in syria gunmen have reportedly stormed the headquarters of a pro-government news channel killing three employees this comes after the country's president called on his newly sworn in ministers to do everything in their power to win what he called an ongoing war. in this year in capital with the latest. this is the strongest statement from president bashar al assad since the uprising began sixteen months ago and i have to say the things that are indeed dramatic here on the ground the conflict is definitely escalated fault 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 republican guard just a few kilometers from the masters 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 to have late to colditz the poorest day of clashes between the rebels and governmental forces saying this is the uprising began last march the government. later after 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 hearing about a dramatic arrival just from the military side as well 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 after its own the table the u.n. observer treaty mission here in syria has been 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 own envoy kofi annan his his pushing pull 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 kind of hammer out and try to hammer out a new approach to solution to the syrian crisis and the idea is to invite to see raised ally iran this is this something most code. has supported but it's been rejected by washington we need to get together and. let's be serious let's be serious all those you know national selfish agendas in the context of syria have not worked the only thing which they have helped generate is a further. vision of the situation and growing growing while and so if 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 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 they've they've only been dealing always with the rebels but with only one side they will be meeting next week as well and of course this is anything but not easing the tensions here in the region raven are reporting there us a story in gerald horne doesn't think 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 and where there are allies particularly saudi arabia or relatively isolated on this matter of think the international community has learned the lessons from the libyan adventure recognizing that these crocodile tears are being shed about civilian deaths and syria are basically a couple who are seen shames a lot of libya international community does not want that the happen basically because of the steadfastness of moscow and beijing and iran who i might add i think

it's very important for the iranians to be represented in this upcoming meeting or a real party in interest and it would be contrary to the international peace and security if they continue to be excluded from such of course gather radical islamists are reportedly becoming more active in syria and other arab countries and the hat of britain's m i five says the tran is a direct result of the arab spring which the us and its allies supported peace activist dr franklin lamb says nato policies are in fact provoking and stimulating . the my 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 and iraq of course it's going to activate them and give them the opportunity as you know al qaeda has urged its

leadership and surge of people to go to thirty and get training and go to southern turkey and also in libya libya's become a major training center and i thought that 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. and just a few minutes ahead here in our team and inconvenient truth later this hour we'll report on how journalists exaggerated facts in their pursuit of a bigger story while covering revolutions in the arab world. plus the israeli citizen fighting extradition to his country of birth worry he is wanted for alleged war crimes experts say the case could open a pandora's box find out why in just a few minutes. and their tit for tat route between russia and the u.s. has been instigated by an american senate committee a billionaire and a mostly approving of washington on tuesday slap sanctions and these are

restrictions on russian officials accuse of alleged human rights abuses the new measure is in reaction to the death of russian lawyer gaming needs kate who was jailed in two thousand and eight on charges of fraud and tax evasion or he's going to have the details. the senate foreign relations committee has passed the so-called magnitsky a 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 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 the deaths in prison a tragedy it's being investigated by russian authorities deems this kind of legislation as interference in their internal affairs a kind of interfere is that will most likely backfire also 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 in iraq of galveston guantanamo so this could trigger a series of moves which will aggravate 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 and bennett amendment in order to give american businesses have 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 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 russian legislation with another. reporting there and political consultant daniel walker thanks to move by u.s. lawmakers is ill timed and 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. the b.b.c. has acknowledged as journalists got carried away in covering the arab spring and a lot excitement a fact professional neutrality and that's after a report was released suggesting the u.k.'s leading news broadcaster was not accurate enough and its assessments of the revolutions it suggest the b.b.c. underestimated the violent nature of the syrian revolution in its early stages the report also accused the organisation of being slow to highlight human rights abuses by rebel factions in the levy war it also says the b.b.c. failed to deliver rushes in china's positions on events unfolding in the middle east and north africa the media outlet was also criticised for its sporadic coverage of the bahrain unrest t.v. walker is c.e.o. of media training worldwide says politics are always in play. 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. for more news and videos twenty four hours a day log on to our website r.t. dot com and here's a taste of what's waiting for you there one full blown leads to find out why the comments about ukrainian women caused two radio host to lose their jobs after the country's recent win over sweden. the loch ness monster exists that's according to one school in america which went to extreme lengths to try and

disprove the theory of evolution. while european governments are more focused on tracking terrorist cells across the globe they face and now they're a fight at home security experts say domestic terrorism has gained a considerable foothold in the continent as artie's there refers explains web savvy use our increasingly does victims of radical ideologies. in the war on terror to me funny it's raging in europe at the moment with being an ongoing battle of ideologies people pushing the boundaries of freedom of speech with the islamic rhetoric was 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 immigrate smuggled themselves secretly into europe they were in europe already well known going terrorists to marry

actually a small part of the global threat they have a disproportionate impact is the possible pairing citizens who understand the countries they live in have good connections they're easy access to information. they're going to be radicalized or have already been that's basically the internet because it's largely uncontrolled if you know where to go you know you can find anything you need to build to plan and to carry out a terror attack so the young internet savvy generation you no longer need. of to rest coming into contact with radical extremist materials now just a few clicks away investigative journalist the nearby atty has been closely following the rise of fundamentalist websites are many not only muslim but. there are converted to islam versa but the. beloved and this is vengeance such

hate leads to radicalism and radicalism lead to terrorism but it's not just radical muslims he's these have been carefully monitored the rise of anti islamic sentiment in the west has also been steadily growing what i really really have a problem with is this third totalitarianism called islam you have lots of them which we have to here that you have communism which is more or less defeated and the third one is. the danger posed by radical anti immigrant thinking so tragically demonstrated in the rethink attacked by and this daring brave it in no way it was an event that made the world take pause with increasingly anti islamic rhetoric coming not just from controversial speak is the very european politicians questions are now being asked about just how responsible is he is really are well 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 a religious volved relief. which shows the internet actually your brothers abroad are being mutilated blown up or killed by exactly the people where you live. and then on the whole a mixture a very explosive mixture for the future radicalization and recruitment to jihadist terrorist 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 you just who it is that is the greatest terror threat. the vienna. else take a look at some other stories from around the world libyan officials deny claims that the country's x.

premier was abused after being extradited to tripoli. moodys lawyer says the former official was beaten and hospitalized upon arrival the sixty seven year old was a scored from tunisia on sunday and is the first high ranking official to be returned home to face trial modi was the last prime minister of war khadafi and is facing charges of crimes against the libyan people. one hundred twenty three people have been rescued from a capsized boat off this trillion territory of christmas island in the indian ocean these trailing prime minister says most of most if not all passengers have been brought to safety this comes less than one week after more than asylum seekers died when a boat turned over in the same area. least twenty four people in thirteen different countries have been arrested in the west lead investigator targeting online financial fraud the operation tracked those buying and selling personal data online

through an f.b.i. run form the two year listing was the largest crackdown against criminals who specialize in stealing and trafficking credit card information on the internet official say the investigations protected more than four hundred thousand potential victims and prevented around two hundred five million dollars worth of fraud. so a lot is urging you to reconsider the radio oil embargo which is set to take effect on the first of july. country's foreign minister urged to europe to avoid actions that may jeopardize future fuel supplies as more pressure could be applied have to iran continues to ignore demands to limit its nuclear program iran says its atomic impatiens are entirely peaceful despite western claims that the islamic state is trying to develop nuclear weapons. well for more on how the oil embargo will impact european markets stay tuned for an interview with pulitzer prize winning author and economic researcher a daniel yergin that's had for you in just

a few minutes. to israel now where a former bosnian serb soldier is appealing a decision to extradite him to his homeland the man 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 are now 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 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 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 he should be noted that alexander. easy he he's telling very very and he can walk and believe that he wasn't presented during the action at all and that he didn't take part in months extermination and in order to charge anybody with crime of genocide they should they should prove that he intended to. thanks terminate. us now muslims as a nation and then should give that and evidence the special proof but even without that evidence the israeli courts have a radio agreed to extradite him speak of which is currently awaiting

a decision on his appeal and if he goes that could be the beginning of a slippery slope there are some of the 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 out an order and this is the most dangerous precedent in this request of the israeli soldiers and 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 on so for their actions are t. tel aviv the london olympics are just one month away but the city's security operations are coming under attack sounds of weapon clad police and soldiers will take to the streets on the name of public protection but skeptics believe the firearms won't actually help those inside the olympic park because basic security there isn't up to par or 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 a question the probe 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 is that you can. 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 the occasion by the way that 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 dollar contract for the games he's posing as a trainee and says rule recruits vetting and training are substandard i was asked during the training exercises to be a would be terrorist i was given a knife a real guns ammunition and a fake i.e.d. the gun was in my bag operator didn't see it it is a good several times he still didn't find it he got behind one. 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 people to come to

visit london in twenty twelve to be absolutely confident that they're going to be safe and secure and you'll go security x. ray machine a look at anything you bring him with you and that way you can check that anybody coming into the hall isn't bringing anything with them they can do anybody any damage that's not please experience of the operation and he's pessimistic about the safety of visitors to the olympic park i took a huge knife in there you know there's one right if i mean one person and fifty people go through different seas 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 he's the organization can't guarantee the security of the games people are asking is the point of the heavy artillery if the park itself is left in. london.

was having a world of business the russian markets are open now and one of the numbers like the arena you know all the russian markets are extending choose these games if you take a look at the numbers will see that both the r.t.s. and m i six are adding the numbers are coming up right now on your screen they should be there and basically what we're seeing is investor feeling more to mistake us crude prices seem to be stabilizing again as you'll see in a second they aren't off in the south but they have been on the rise for the past couple of trading sessions mix there is still volatility and they still remember a lot of the eighty dollars per barrel mark but things seem to be getting slightly better so that's the optimism that you can see there moving on there we go you can see that light sweet still trading below eighty dollars for all the line has been rising but again it slipped into negative territory as well this hour what we know about crude is that we know that there is a report of the u.s. economy is strengthening this would provide

a much needed boost for food prices but at the same iran has signaled that it will decrease its supply of oil by thirty percent starting from next week and also of course crude prices without their lowest level nearing eighteen month lows and by just light sweet alone lost a fifth of its value since january and this knowledge just crude that's taken the head. of the special the euro zone dog that crisis you also have aluminum prices have decreased by about twenty percent since the cedar street which was in february and we spoke to the c.e.o. of alcoa which is one of the world's top aluminum producers and he said that he remains optimistic about the industry at this point that's on the financial markets . twenty percent price decline is painful at the same time we all just seeing tremendous growth we've seen ten percent. a year we project seven percent world market grows this year we've seen that physics is very very strong if

you want to. you would have to pay a physical delivery premium physical delivery premiums are at a record high. you have to put these things together the whole. overshadows the whole costs very strongly by the questions around how is europe going to be developed it's always shadowing the pricing. let's make no mistakes that has very little to do with the fundamentals that existed no market fundamentals of very strong demand is very strong we're entering a lot of additional industry. and i'm very optimistic that this is also going to play well in the russian market right now let's continue with international markets you know we have asia the nikkei and the hang seng are adding basically tracking losses on wall street let's see what happened that markets are closed so we'll see the closing picture on tuesday and we had the dow adding just a notch in the nasdaq out of a half a percent and investors are reacting. and that's the fact that the u.s.

home prices have shot up in the month of april in fact that was the first monthly gain since i last bought on the downside we had consumer confidence which they collide for a fourth a month in a row in fact that's the lowest point since january but this is out of i wanted to focus more on the positive side of things reflected in the figures there but if we move on and take a look at currencies we have updated figures for the ruble and the ruble is now losing against the euro by gaining to the greenback and when it comes to the euro it's a flat against the dollar now same with. the e.u. you have the u.s. authorities have now suggested creating a european treasury. which would have a power over national budgets a proposal is. designed to strengthen the euro zone and provides a crisis it also includes measures like limits in the amounts of debt for individual countries as well as common policies on the taxation however critics say

the latest suggestions will not address the current debt problems and of course everyone will be watching to see what leaders will be saying that. will happen on thursday and of course we'll have all the latest developments on that but for now back to you marina all right thanks very much indeed for bringing us. on in the world of business and here on our t.v. there is plenty coming your way including the headlines stay with us for that.

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