syria is now in a state of war pushing for the country's president as rebel forces push to bring the fight straight to president bashar assad's doorstep i'm refinished that in damascus for you with the latest just ahead. a u.s. senate panel approves a new bill on these abandoned sanctions against russian officials implicated in alleged human rights abuses in the latest diplomatic route to hit ties between moscow and washington. london comes under intense criticism from skeptics who believe the city's mismanaging is security operations as a prepares for next month's eleven big games.

this is are you going to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now in syria gunmen have reportedly stormed the half waters 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 our correspondent is in the syrian capital where 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 is 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 hear in 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 of frozen and since there is no progress here well

we been hearing from u.n. special only envoy kofi annan his his pushing these conferences take place the weekend the lever and the idea is to bring global and regional powers who have influence on both damascus and the rebel forces and to see to and the kind of hammer all of them trying to hammer out a new approach to solution to the syrian crisis and the idea is to invite 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 of 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 international reporting there from syria for us a story in jerrold horn 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 and where there are allies particularly saudi arabia or relatively isolated on his better i think the international community is more the lust of the libyan adventure recognizing that these crocodile tears that are being shared about civilian deaths in syria are basically a cover for xen shames a lot of libya international community does not what the happened basically because

of the steadfastness of moscow and beijing and iran too 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 international peace and security if they continue to be excluded from certain core who gather. radical islamists are reportedly becoming more active in syria and other arab countries and the head of britain's m i five says the trad is a direct result of the arab spring which the u.s. and its allies support of peace activists dr franklin lamb says nato policies are in fact provoking and stimulating al qaida. now but my point is why be even exist. you know to for dignity and to overthrow some dictators but when you've got a valparaiso and like nato slaughtering civilians in pakistan afghanistan and iraq of course it's going to break them and give them the opportunity 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 it was a fact and i would quit too with some of the rebel against gadhafi but you say one al-qaeda fighter is worth ten of us and just a few minutes i had an inconvenient truth later this hour we reported b.b.c. journalist 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 he's wanted for alleged war crimes experts say the case could open up in-doors box find out why in just a few minutes. and the attack for tat route between russia and the u.s. has been instigated by an american senate committee

a billionaire and mostly approved in washington on tuesday slap sanctions and visa restrictions on russian officials accused of alleged human rights abuses the new measure is in reaction to the death of russian lawyer sergei magnitsky who was detained in two thousand and eight on charges of assisting fraud and tax evasion charges ganesh to count has the details. senate foreign relations committee has passed this 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 washington 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 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 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 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 and reporting there and political consultant daniel wagner thinks the move by u.s. lawmakers is ill timed and 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 and still to come radical ideas take hold of you are honest ideas spread as fast as those of hosing down this government struggle to understand which sentiment poses more of a threat. the b.b.c. has acknowledged that is journalist carried away in covering the arab spring and let excitement affect professional neutrality that's after every port was released jesting the u.k.'s leading news broadcaster was not accurate enough in its assessment of the revolution and accuse the organization of being slow to highlight human rights abuses by rebel factions and lead a war and underestimating the violent nature of the syrian uprising as it began it also says the b.b.c.

failed to deliver russia's and china's positions on events unfolding in the middle east and north africa t.j. walker c.e.o. of media training worldwide says the criticism comes as no surprise. 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 they get competition from russia today and i'll just zero and france twenty four there's so much more competition they don't necessarily need more resources and again it's always sexier to go after a store. we where there is a revolution and there is a toppling of a regime rather than an uprising that can be stamped down so it doesn't mean it was good journalistic decision but that is that is reality when it comes to major networks because doesn't matter how rich you are as a network there's always more stories than there are places where you can send journalists and t.v. crews and production crews you do have to make choices 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 now for 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 for you there today. ball leads to firing why comments about ukrainian women caused two radio hosts to lose their jobs after the country's recent win over sweden. walk in this monster exists that's according to one school in america which went to extreme lengths to try and disprove the theory of evolution. theory of security experts are sounding the alarm claiming domestic terrorism has gained considerable foothold in the continent they say web savvy

users are increasingly being seduced by radical ideologists all these lamas but also right wing as artists are for us now explains. in the war on terror me fight is raging in europe at the moment we're seeing an ongoing battle of ideologies people 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 why i'm going to paris to me mary actually a small part of the global threat they have a disproportionate impact is that possible carrying citizens who understand the countries they live in and 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 play and to carry out a terror attack investigative journalist the nearby are being closely following the rise of fundamentalist websites of many not only muslim but. of the. beloved and this is the danger of such hate to radicalism and radicalism to terrorism it is not just radical muslims he's being 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 totalitarianism called islam you have not chosen which we have to see that you have communism which is more or less defeated and the third

one is islam. the danger posed by radical anti immigrant thinking is so tragically demonstrated in the rethink attacked by and is 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 speakers the from european politicians questions are now being asked about just how responsible these these 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 can born here but if they have not been integrated and those will be millions couple that with a religious. volved relief. which shows you. actually your brothers abroad being blown up or killed by executive

people where you live and that is an unholy mixture a very explosive mixture for the future radicalization and the creep into jihad of terror is cause for continued concern simply pointing the finger of blame is please 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 poses the greatest terror threat so. vienna. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world twin bombings have killed eight people and injured nineteen others in iraq the first blast went out outside a house belonging to a shia family baghdad suburb a second explosion came minutes later as neighbors gathered at the scene more than one hundred forty people in iraq have died this month alone in attacks targeting a mainly shia pilgrims. libyan officials deny claims that the country's expert mir was abused after being extradited to tripoli baghdad muti was scored from tunisia

on sunday and is the first high ranking official to be returned home to face trial to me just president was against the extradition stating that levy is new regime offered no guarantees of a fair hearing of moody was the last prime minister of war khadafi is facing charges of crimes against libyan people while the extradition comes as international observers cast doubt on whether khadafi son saif al islam can receive a fair trial in libya. 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 that was buying and selling personal data online through an f.b.i. for the two years staying was the largest crackdown against criminals who. specialize in stealing and trafficking credit card information on the internet officials say investigations protective more than four hundred thousand potential victims and prevented around two hundred five million dollars worth of fraud.

to iran is urging the e.u. to reconsider and arena oil embargo which is set to take effect on the first of july the country's foreign minister urged europe to avoid actions that may jeopardize its future fuel supplies the e.u. says more pressure could be applied of tehran continues to ignore demands to limit its nuclear program iran says its atomic ambitions are entirely peaceful despite western claims that islamic state is trying to develop nuclear weapons. but more on how the e.u. oil embargo will impact european markets stay tuned for a tease interview with pulitzer prize winning author and again amik researcher daniel you're good to have for you later this hour here on r.t. . in the mean time the london olympics are just one month away but the city's security operations are coming under attack thousands of weapon clad police and

soldiers will take to the streets all in the name of public protection but skeptics believe the firearms what actually help those inside the olympic park because basic security there isn't up to par for 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 are you've got to 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 beer lympics is the u.k.'s biggest peacetime 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 by the occasion by me the whole 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 gun and a fake i.e.d. the gun was in my bag the x. ray operator didn't see it it is a good several times he still didn't find it he got behind one did the handle and it didn't go off 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 that they're going to be safe and secure you'll go security and an x. ray machine to look at anything you bring in with you and that way we can check that anybody coming into the hall isn't bringing anything within that to 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 i took a huge knife in there you know if one wrote if i mean you should get sued by one person and fifty people go through different pierces 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. all right straight to the world of business now where marina is ready and raring to bring us the latest and his way here in russia might become the place to work in a decade what's that all about yes that's right marina basically what we have is there are more older people than younger people and there won't be anyone left to replace the workforce so that will mean nine million jobs up for grabs for all sorry about that a little bit later first let's start with the markets and see what's happening and what traders are saying what they're thinking feeling we can see the footsie and the ever so slightly basically tracking gains that we're seeing also that we saw overnight as well as in russia and that's is a more upbeat especially after that the confidence that i came out in germany that showed an improvement there and the sentiment now moving on let's take

a look at the current season see what's happening there when it comes to the euro it is losing against the dollar although at that rate you would say it's pretty much flat when it comes to the ruble and change of scenery i should say for this hour we're. the ruble which is the news in against the dollar but the gaining the greenback now if we take a look at asian markets will see that they sort of swing in between gains and losses right now as they're closing with the all of our of course the territory the nikkei added point seven seven percent gain in over one percent and investors there are really focusing on data coming out from wall street basically as i said we saw gains there and that was because we had a report that was positive and it said that us at home prices for the for the month of april and in fact that was the first monthly gain since last thoughts and so of course for americans major news and asian markets picked up on that as well but if we move on to the russian markets and upbeat sentiment here as well russia markets

are extending their gains from the previous session the r.t.s. added just the knowledge similarly with the my six and of course crude prices which have more or less stabilize are helping in fact let's take a look at what's happening there what we do know about this is that iran has said that it will decrease its oil exports by about thirty percent starting from next week that's what it's estimating now we can see light sweet is still trading below eighty dollars a barrel in fact light sweet has a shred of one fifth of its value since january and the brant blood which was making a comeback in the last couple of hours as well again in negative territory crude is not the only commodities sell for right now you also have aluminum prices which have decreased by twenty percent since its peak which was in february but we spoke to the c.e.o. of alcoa one of the top producers in the world of the metal and he said there is nothing it's a war about even the spider markets are more that we're seeing right now. twenty

percent price decline is painful at the same time we are also seeing tremendous growth as we've seen ten percent world market girls last year we project seven percent world market goes this year we've seen that physic is very very strong the few want to buy a ton of aluminum you would have to buy a physical delivery premium physical delivery of premiums are at a record high you story you have to put these things together the whole new car and you overshadows the whole course very strongly by this question of the wrong 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 are very strong demand is very strong we're entering a lot of additional industries. and i'm very optimistic that this is also want to play well in the russian market and in other news as i was saying earlier russia

may become the place to find employment in the next decade as a nine million vacancies will become available this is according to the wealth management division of bank of america merrill lynch which states that because of the demographic problem in the country that's exactly what we will see happening now to this is because we haven't there aren't enough people available to replace the aging workforce in the country and the banks analysts expect that local employers will raise salaries by roughly six and a half percent a year to prevent their employees from even looking for another job and by twenty twenty this could more than double the average salary in the country bods maryland also expects russia to keep raising taxes due to increasing social spending. so in the way of raising taxes raising salaries it all becomes the same arena that's what i think or as well yeah you know i can't bring in trig while you were. or

telling us about this well we'll see in ten years he said yeah for myself but i please stay in ten years i still referred to was because i won't be the aging workforce it gets worse still have a couple of more heroes left that's well that's a goal that's a good prospect there marine at least optimistic thanks very much indeed for the business update and headlines are coming your way here on r.t. .

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