international powers agree upon a transition plan for syria ruling out. with un peace envoy kofi annan saying the country needs. which could include members of president assad's regime and the opposition. and here in syria be sure to the new proposal so this is a previously safe. and interim government president bashar al assad. and other stories that shape the week e.u. leaders vote to allow its bailout fund to funnel money directly to struggling banks for the first time in a bit of a. heavy pressure from italy and spain. plus

the undefeated julian assange has just surrendered to british police despite the deadline for his extradition to sweden passing he says he won't leave the ecuadorian embassy into a decision on his asylum request has been met. with the top stories of the week and today this is the weekly with me rule research showing hopes of a diplomatic solution to the syrian crisis have risen to major world powers agreed upon a strategy for the war torn country and the new plan calls for the creation of a transitional government that could include members of assad's cabinet and the opposition russia hailed the agreement as one that does not dictate. solution for

syria and let's not talk to r.t. if you're going to risk an offer if you were there in geneva for these talks that did not end that long ago in fact you go back to moscow at three o'clock this morning perhaps indicating the urgency of this crisis conference you were there how was the atmosphere was there a sense of tension there well rory this whole story has been a diplomatic wall of course sort of since the start it's been going through ups and downs and even before the conference in geneva one foreign minister lavrov met with u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton after that meeting he said that she changed her position on syria but then she wasn't in your conference to confirm this then the meeting in geneva itself lasted much longer than initially planned nobody really knew what to expect in the end the war powers did end up reaching this understanding and signing this deal it's quite curious actually the world powers are finally almost come to the table agreeing on certain experts who you called we're talking about sixteen months of

a bloody conflict ongoing in syria and russia and china have been steadfast to the u.n. security council about our being in opposition to any type of u.n. conflict perhaps what we saw with what happened with libya with u.n. resolution one nine seven three some experts calling this a victory for russian diplomacy your thoughts well unfortunately the conflict in syria is still continuing and people are dying every day so on top of that stops but can't really say that there's any diplomatic victory but russia has been saying the entire time that no outsiders can order any solution to syria and that was reflected in this final document and in fact the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov had this to say. you don't you do we consider it of the utmost importance that this document does not seek to dictate to the syrian sides how the transitional process should happen politically how exactly this process will take place is up to the syrian people this document is very precise on. indeed of the

russian foreign minister sergei lavrov ultimately saying yes there is a transition plan here but exactly what are the details i do think there are many minds indeed that would like to know what's the fine print here or the meaning idea is the syrians and that's very important syrians will form this transitional governing body which will include all sides of the conflict of the afterwards and all groups within the rebels and in the future there will be a new constitution in syria and new democratic elections all of that will be monitored by the you or the u.n. and your special envoy kofi annan plans to continue visiting syria and holding talks with both sides. and will continue to hold talks with both sides it's certainly it's a tough call there when you consider it the opposition as many say it's fractured there up to four or five or more sections of the opposition so actually bringing all members of the opposition to sit at the table with the assad regime may be no small task and when you talk about what is the fate of president assad like to be

you know we've had reports for the past several days turkish military forces amassing on the northern border of syria unsubstantiated reports of saudi forces passing through jordan on their way to syria if indeed that is the case what's next for our side well it is quite a complicated question we don't really know exactly what's going on there. himself was asked this question was a listen what he had to say. well i'm. not. i guess you can really put it better than mr and himself the final line is that the international community was able to reach this understanding and i guess it's really important that this understanding and unity is sustained. as you are saying

that kofi annan there saying that he left his crystal ball home it's interesting how hard he's been working to find some sort of resolution to the ongoing crisis in syria with some support from the u.n. and some nonsupport in the u.n. it's been complicated battle up until this point you got a piece going off thank you for attending that crisis conference in geneva now just hours ago. more live from moscow this is r.t. of the urgency for international agreements on syria is underlined by the intensifying daily violence there is more if a national report from the capital damascus. we haven't heard any official reaction from damascus so far but people we have been able to speak to the syrian capital actually did find it on how to concede to document this meeting in geneva for them indeed call this a breakthrough and run to the end of the tunnel and the seeds could indeed be a solution to the sixteen month long crisis like the crisis here in syria but obviously these optical they see it takes two to tango and it's absolutely unclear

as to from how the dialogue is possible while one of the size of police does he want to talk we've been here we have the full opposition from the syrian foreign based opposition but they will not accept any transitional government and they will not accept any peace plan either side is still in power meanwhile violence is continuing to spread all over the country need syrian almost every day we're hearing about dozens of people killed even more. that's our correspondent national reporter there from damascus while syria looks for ways to end the violence warning signs exist elsewhere about the dangers of outside intervention still ahead for you here in the program of the u.s. and nato involvement in libya last year sparked a conflict in mali we look at the negative effects that foreign and military engagement could have on the entire region. but barack obama welcomes the new egyptian president mohamed morsi bowing to support of the country's push for

democracy we ask though if the new regime could ultimately pose concerns but washington. now this week saw german chancellor angela merkel returning from an e.u. summit defeated for the first time in years e.u. leaders have agreed to allow the european bailout fund to funnel money directly to struggling banks germany have strongly opposed this option but was forced to give in after insistence from spain and italy economic. as the michael ross says the decision of war cost the germans a lot and at the end of the day will not fix the euro zone's core problems this will make on bono ways we have a very big problem problem a very huge problem and it is not solved as well as a matter of fact i call it unconditional surrender of germany which we witnessed in brussels the southern countries with

a new euro zone finally got the credit card there always wanted a credit card for whom the german pact taxpayer has to pay and very interested in the question how long germany would do this the tax burden in the future will become very very high and i know already of people who are keeping the country because they fear that the tax will become higher and higher and to germany has to pay at the end of the day the whole bill as long as you don't solve the problems which we don't we only insert some opium some drac's into the system to carm it i mean if the drug is gone the problem is there and it will it will be even bigger. now on friday the german parliament approved initiatives championed by chancellor merkel and early e.u. meetings including the e.u. is permanent bailout fund in the so-called fiscal compact to limit debt across e.u. states and prevent future crises at the majors could get face a domestic legal challenge however

a claims they undermine democracy as artist oksana boyko reports the debt debacle has sparked sharp divisions between some in germany and people from countries relying on german cash. it's a job interview with geopolitical implications and yours is family has been running these greek restaurant for almost three decades ever since they immigrated to germany hard work and self-reliance made it a success but now they are under increasing pressure to share the fruits of their labor. the problem is that in greece that. they come here and like the money in the street but we're also working very hard. working from the morning till night every day they get a dozen of calls from their greek can patch or it's with requests for money jobs of both some like. takis just walk in a restaurant owner himself he lost his business last year and ever since has been

out of permanent work like about twenty two percent of greeks there is the second world war and destroy. our country from troops so they'll be million of people. not to help but to pay while references to the countries nats of past have appeared more than once in the great coverage of the bailout germans remain unswayed in their position to pay for somebody else's debts polls consistently show that the majority of germans are stronger against finance increases or spain's bailout is one customer of this restaurant put it before placing an order one should check not only the menu but also his wallet some say this bleed of opinions between the power and the public represents a test of germany's democratic system democracy begins at home begins in the wash begins. begins. with the national parliaments

and this is a. good. and if there's a common currency this is taking. decisions in terms of money in terms of budget it's a violation of democracy and it was. your historical mission to bring democracy in the road and now and i am very certain about now. is destroying democracy they seem to be hard working but in a case if europe's most productive country it seems just never stopped coming in the way cards see reporting from germany. why imagine you know by now here at r.t. we always love it when you get involved with us here on our stories on our website r.t. dot com we're asking who will gain the most from the e.u. bank bailout deal agreed in brussels this week let's bring up the numbers and see

how you're voting for this hour so far most of you think it's the reckless bankers and investors will be smiling the broadest almost a fifth if you believe this is a power hungry brussels which will benefit the most down to nine percent now saying it's countries with strong economies and just the bad minority thinking the deal would help states with. still plenty of time actually if you get involved with the dot com we welcome you to have your. it's a good to have you with us here on r.t. today the deadline for julian assange extradition to sweden passed earlier on this week but the whistleblower is still holed up in ecuador's embassy in london he defied a pretty police demand to turn himself in saying he won't step out of the embassy

building until a decision on his asylum request has been made i could also present the latest statement made it clear there is no. no deadline and reiterated that the verdict will be quote absolutely sulpher and were suspecting human rights the main issue being considered by the south american state is the potential threat to julian assange just life and wiki leaks editor insists that if he's extradited to sweden he should be handed over to the u.s. where he could face the death penalty if convicted of espionage huge leak of secret american files the u.s. justice department recently has admitted that there's an ongoing investigation into the wiki leaks affair robert naiman from i just foreign policy an organization which started a petition campaign to support assad his plea for asylum says it's the whistleblower himself who is ultimately the real target my sense sense of other people i've talked to. ecuadorian government officials are sympathetic to their request they

understand situation the same way we do understand the threat to join the songs from the united states and the threat that sweden once they got to be in the song would hand them over to the united states which would then prosecute him under the very controversial espionage act we don't know everything about what the u.s. government has done or night or might do but we know that a grand jury was impaneled in the united states to investigation of wiki leaks and bring charges we know that bradley manning's attorney believes he was harsh treatment in u.s. custody was an attempt to get him to. testify against julian songe there is a recently that they have the opportunity to try to get him in the u.s. custody they will do so this is a totally rational legitimate documented fear well i don't forget there. has been and continues to be a hosting is on and if you program here and see its latest addition is on air this

choose study but if you've missed any of the previous ones they're available for you online at. www dot co. that is true of wiki leaks expose the world secrets these documents the united states government being attacked by the united states strongly condemn. illegally. hundred days now being detained without. doesn't stop the. day. that can change the world tomorrow. this is r.t. islamist mohamed morsi has been sworn in as egypt's new president after taking the oath of office u.s. president barack obama sending goodwill wishes to the leader back by the muslim brotherhood promised further support for egypt's transition to democracy but is

ati's more important reports islamists in power will likely raise concerns across the atlantic. egypt's revolution began with tens of thousands into here square and it became a success shortly after washington sided with the anti-government opposition by stepping down responding to the egyptian people's hunger for change america's indorsement of change has paved the way for the muslim brotherhood to become egypt's strongest political force the international organization is considered to be one of the world's largest islamised movements and mohamed morsi has reportedly called for a constitution that is based on the koran and sharia law in the case of egypt we're taking a piece of the board that was one of our pieces this is why it was one of the strongest american assets in the middle east and for many years we've removed that piece and brought in some people who i do not think will be friendly to us stuck. in this

video film last month and egyptian cleric rally support for the brotherhood's presidential candidate said there can no. similar and we're yet to hear that. ah. is that. the muslim brotherhood has many different factions many different elements they are a political organization but they also have ties to terrorism they're also directly intertwined with what's going on in syria according to the new york times cia officers secretly stationed in turkey are currently working with syria's muslim brotherhood to smuggle automatic rifles grenades and ammunition into the country i didn't work out you know to be honest i don't know what do. you know what it would be. like you know sort of.

origin of the syrian opposition seen here waving al-qaeda flags as received public support from the terrorist network and created what some call a defacto alliance between america and its number one enemy. critics saying america's campaign for regime change comes with the consequence of empowering more radical and extreme leaders in the arab world let's not forget that assad and his government is a secular government just as gadhafi is government was a secular government if you get rid of that and you create the power vacuum or another force that is as organized and as strong will take its place continued political instability in cairo has raised questions about the so-called success attributed to the arab spring governments in egypt and libya were toppled with a u.s. stamp of approval but with new regimes leaning towards extreme islam many believe america could eventually find itself in a circumstance that hardly ever wanted her an important i.r.t.

new york. well this is our armed islamists in mali's northern desert region have destroyed holy sites in the city of timbuktu earlier this week militants with ties to al qaeda claimed control of the region following a violent shootout that left at least twenty people dead middle east expert by me as a kiwi believes it's up to the people of mali themselves to find a solution saying that u.s. or nato intervention would only further destabilize the region. all of this of course is related to the war that was waged against libya last year during two thousand and eleven which brought about the displacement of many of the two iraq forces who had been settled in libya for many many years they were well armed and of course with them entering the situation inside of northern mali is further destabilize and polarize the situation and savard north of the country and of course affected the capital up of mako as well the nato forces led by the united

states destroy the social fabric and national infrastructure and the national economy of libya libya was the most prosperous of the most stable state on the african continent as a result of the destabilization activities on the part of nato the twenty six thousand air missions that were flown over the country over a seven month period ten thousand air strikes against libya the naval blockade the freezing of foreign assets this is of course dislodged and displaced hundreds of thousands of people inside the country and hundreds of thousands or more in the regional context if the u.s. is not going to be in libya last year we would not have the current situation that we have right now in mali but we're totally opposed to french u.s. or nato intervention in mali we don't think that it would solve the problem it would further destabilize the situation in the country and throughout the region. and of

the aftereffects of libya's revolution and nato intervention a still being felt in the country as we get into the day here at least forty seven people are dead and more than one hundred injured after three days of tribal clashes in the country's south that's according to local sources the fighting is between. tribesmen with a lot of opposing the supported by the so-called libya shield brigade it's been deployed by the interim government to act as a peacekeeping force clashes between rival groups a common as the country's. still awash with weapons seized by rebels during the uprising against one market that. millions along the east coast of the u.s. are without power after violent storms pounded the region at least thirteen people were killed by falling trees that destroyed homes and cars it could take her generating companies up to a week to restore electricity to those affected by storms came off the record high temperatures course the area forcing thousands to pack into buildings with backup

power supplies. so a russian girl to store your spacecraft is safely back on the ground in kazakhstan after undocking from the international space station the capsule carried three members of the eye assess crew including one russian cosmonaut all the way back to earth r.t. correspondent i say reports from russia's mission control center in the moscow region from where she watched the safer they've been the all to the international space station for about six months now they had a couple of us simons the two complete as well as some of the mission which they had to complete now this is actually the hundred and twelve mission for the russian space station i mean we're talking it is nine hundred sixty seven here and this mission specifically expedition thirty is actually the third mission on that the more modernize us and one of them that is very notorious is the arrival of dragon now dragon is a commercial resupply ship that's being billed by the space x.

company now a lot of these missions in expeditions you know some of them a scientific some of them are research some of them are just going over to make sure that everything at the international space station is working perfectly particularly those such allies that feed out a few of information that you know that tell us a little bit more about what's going on out the in space. now with less than a month until the london olympic games a massive security operation is mobilizing in the city despite high tech missiles fighter jets and battleships some however are still concerned that basic security procedures are being overlooked this report not artie's laura smith. 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 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 thirty three to 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 dollars 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 hand and it didn't go off he hadn't turned on least 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. twenty twelve to be absolutely confident they're going to be safe and secure and you'll go through security and the x. ray machine to look at anything you bring him with you and that way you can check that anybody coming into the park isn't bringing anything with them they could do anybody any damage that's not lose experience of the operation and he's pessimistic about the safety of visitors to the olympic park it's

a huge knife in there you know there's one right if i mean it gets through 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 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. london. it is good to have you with us on this sunday here on r t up back in just a moment with the headlines.

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