please please please. please . politics by the people forced a regime change that's what international powers now see as the remedy to syria's bloody war. italy and spain shall break through after coercing germany's reluctant angela merkel into accepting a bank bailout and support program for struggling. and was a blow julian assange defines a police request in london to turn up and be extradited he says he'll stay safe in ecuador's embassy until it is surgeon is made on his asylum request.

with the top stories of the week and of today this is the weekly with me wrong research in a transitional governing body the latest solution put forward to end syria's bloody internal conflict the idea was agreed upon at an emergency international meeting in geneva a new plan that neither lays down a political process nor contains demands for regime change allowing syrians to decide for their fate while you're going to joins us live here in the studio to tell us more about this ultimately being called a set of crisis talks i think to enforce the urgency of this crisis conference which you say you just got back from geneva at three o'clock this morning you were there at the conference ultimately witnessing what some are calling make or break situation well this whole story has been a diplomatic roller coaster from the store it's been going through ups and downs and even before this conference in geneva. russia's foreign minister said with

hillary clinton in st petersburg after that meeting he said she changed her position but then she wasn't really at the media conference following the. meeting to confirm that so it wasn't really clear that in the conference in geneva. much longer than initially expected nobody really nobody really knew what's going to what was going to come out of it but in the end they did end up signing this document certainly some progress piers to be made here but we know that the conflict in syria approximately sixteen months in the making now the violence continues as we speak russia when it comes to the u.n. security council russia has been steadfast in its opposition to any type of military outside military intervention in syria now experts are saying this final document is essentially a victory for russian diplomacy what do you think exactly sixteen months it's a very long time and since the beginning russia has been saying this is an internal

matter for syria and no outsiders could order a solution to the situation there and. it's a mystery why it took so long for the international community to agree because now it's reflected in this final document it took all these vetoes and discussions it's just unclear really why it took these sixteen months and certainly on the heels of that we have a comment here from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. we consider it of the utmost importance that this document does not seek to dictate to the syrian side 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 that. so the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov saying there that this document is very precise however there does seem to be some fine print as well the inside of this what exactly does this new plan entails well the idea of this plan is the syrian people and that's the most important part syria will establish this

transition governmental body which will include all sides of the conflict what the authorities and all groups within the opposition including the rebels then gave you is that they will have a new constitution and democratic elections everything will be monitored. by the united nations and specifically by u.n. special envoy kofi annan was awful planning to visit syria and for talks with both sides now certainly for the past number of months so when it comes to the members of the u.n. addressing the ongoing issue in syria the united states has been quite eager indeed to have president assad step down now in the past twenty four hours and washington seems to have changed its mind saying that perhaps assad can stay but with the transitional government still though what do you think the fate of assad will be well it's an interesting question actually kofi annan himself was asked this question at the media conference following the meeting in geneva and let's listen to what he had to say on this.

yes. i guess you can't really put it better than the surrounding themselves but the bottom line right now is that the international community was able to reach this understanding it's wide open for this unity to be sustained and even if some new interpretations do appear then it's all inked in this document and i was certainly one way to avoid the question to dodge the bullet by saying kofi annan saying i've left my crystal ball home oddities are you going to spin off thank you for attending the crisis conference in geneva now less than twenty four hours ago welcome back. well some of syria's opposition groups have already rejected the roadmap describing it as a waste of time and impossible to implement or if an auctioneer is inside the country and has more on the reaction to the international diplomacy people we have

been able to speak to the syrian capital and actually defined it on how to concede to document this meeting in geneva for them indeed call this a breakthrough and want to get the tunnel and they see could indeed be a solution to the sixteen month long crisis to crisis here in syria but obviously we have to call they see it takes two to tango and it's absolutely clear as to how the dialogue is possible while one of the size police just want to talk we've been here we have people from the opposition from the syrian opposition both from internal opposition and. foreign based opposition but they will not accept any transitional government and they will not accept any peace plan even if still in power almost every day we're hearing about dozens of people killed even more everywhere in the country but the idea is that if one children up. and for this

crisis here's my report on that because. the place for these kids boys and girls is at the playground and someone dressed them in a military uniform hung them with real guns told them what to say and put in front of camera now this little girl for maybe five years old and she's almost crying as people behind the camera pushed her and other kids to chant and slogans out of nineteen q it's hard for me sam and. this footage is just one in a series of clips posted online showing the ugly face of war unfolding in the country recent u.n. report says both sides in the syrian conflict the rebels from the free syrian army and the government are using children in their fight. to look and see children a month your son demonstrators. four year old or young is praising his motherland

and this is a microphone the kids carrying not a kalashnikov. their young his father couldn't imagine that his youngest son is participation in apache arctic rally which put all his family in danger and lead to the murder of his other two children and that if they threatened us many times once the road on the houses were all the time has come then they sent me a symbolic look then they put the picture of rwanda on facebook as promising five hundred thousand syrian pounds to those and bring him to them we couldn't imagine they'll come to our home and not let me in i mean in my eyes and wanted to prepare for exams and went to sleep in the living room which is and this is where they smash first they were shootings and they cried a lot barked at and i hit under the bed and i bet that it also. i was crying because they killed years and i miss him a lot i'm unsure me as eldest son was shot dead on the way to hospital as. he was

trying to get help to his injured brother little rayyan escaped death only because that night he stayed with his grandparents in english as they wanted to kill a song like hula and then see this is the government usually valinor if this is bill freedom if you are not with. the funerals of the two teenagers had been on the guard this is what they do here in syria the family says when someone dies as a martyr not money and started to not lose anything that's enough we lost a lot not ready to lose any more how you had a thing said matilda very well yemen has three more brothers left he has something to lose in this cemetery we found at least eight fresh graves small ones but in the rubble kids are becoming victims of grown up games in this conflict they've been used as human shields they've been forced to take up arms and they've been killed for a purpose they barely understand and no one can say for sure how many more will die

until a ways found to stop the violence. r.t. reporting from syria. well meantime a former pentagon official michael maloof says forcing regime change in syria will only open the door to a flow of extremists. unfortunately if the opposition is this. confused and and fractured and they try to attempt to get into office it's just going to be an open invitation for more extreme elements to take over and then what you have before you before you know it if assad were to leave voluntarily is a country that it becomes another base for extremists and i don't think that any country in the region really would welcome that and we're already beginning to see some spillover effect here in beirut where i am right now and i think that this is this problem has got to be resolved i don't see removing assad is the answer at this point he has been

a balance for the most part he's got to defend the country and if people are shooting that government forces they have to defend themselves. and syria looks for ways to end the violence a revolutionary is spreading beyond the arab world later this hour on our t.v. explore the negative effects that foreign and military engagement can have on the wider region as nato involvement in libya last year is blamed for sparking conflict this time in mali. thus putting on a welcoming face obama congratulates egypt's new islamist president despite strong indications of a troubled relationship. this is r.t. just this week a german chancellor angela merkel dubbed europe's nine was seen to taste defeat for the first time in years it was decided to use summit to give brussels to politics pumping e.u. taxpayer money into failing banks will hold without government even having

a say something fiscally conservative germany had staunchly opposed but was forced to relent over the leaders of spain and italy were especially happy proclaiming a breakthrough this week also saw the ratification of europe's new bailout cash pool and deficit laws but parliament a european parliament member vital for doubt smoko gave into anything she didn't agree with. it is perfectly clear that the brussels machine does dance to the german team and smaller countries are very frightened of going against really in the end what angela merkel says the focus always is on germany you know will merkel blink or not and what germany is saying is that all the member states of the euro zone should abolish their democracies should have their independence surrender their birth rights and give it all to a super bureaucrat to push on to a full fiscal union to a full political union indeed to the union that will be absolutely dominated by

germany and by some magic formula giving away control of everything to one person will solve everything. but regardless of merkel's ambitions for the european union in her homeland there's burgeoning opposition to the country's bailout policies for those who believe germany's financial fortunes are down to good luck the people driving the economy have a very different message as artie's oksana boyko reports it's a job interview with geopolitical implications and yes this 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 the think in germany that. they come here and like the money in the street but we are also working very hard. working from the morning to the till till night every day they get a dozen of calls from their greek can patch or with requests for money jobs of both

sound like morley tackiest 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 the troops so they'll be a million people is the german. not to help but just to 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 strongly 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 parlor and the public

represents a test of germany's democratic system democracy begins at home begins begins. really begins in italy and spain we have a national parliament and. it. and if there's a common currency is taking. decisions in terms of money in terms of budget it's a violation of democracy now and very assertive about now. is destroying democracy they said place to be hardworking but in the case if europe's most productive country seems jews just never stop coming next in the wake artsy reporting from germany. and it's so good to have you with us here on our to today there are still lots more to come in a limb pick security. with just one month to go now and

a massive operation under way to secure the games there are concerns the event could be jeopardized because the basics would be forgotten. now wiki leaks editor julian assange to remains holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london with a deadline passing this week for his extradition he ignored a police someones to turn up and be sent to sweden saying he will stay put until the latin american nation decides on his asylum plea acquittals president says he's in no rush to consider the request and will review all possible consequences of sheltering the will so blow up a soldier's main fear is that if he goes to sweden he will be handed over to america where he could face the death penalty under the espionage act for publishing leaked american files meanwhile ecuadorian embassy as around the world have received thousands of messages calling on the country to approve a saunders asylum plea simple edmonds's the founder of the national security whistleblowers coalition says the u.s.

is ready to pull any strings necessary to prevent saunters of sky mostly what's happening right now is the political side and you have to realize that they may be and this is the. old letters that the titians activists around the world but on the other hand they are also getting a list of also made them sent troops from the united states so the rest assured they right now as we speak the state department is in the door plenty to think about by joint what kind of consequences they will be facing where there is the economic will and whether it's political and so this is the reason they are taking this long and we are hoping that their decision would be yes they would grant asylum to julian a son but considering the weight the united states carries but consider also. during the history of my nation in terms don't. match yours they take to put pressure on their governments it will remain to be seen. well i don't forget that

julian assange has his very own if you program here one r.t. the latest edition is going on this tuesday if you've missed any of the previous ones that are always available for you. dot com. it is true of wiki leaks expose the world secrets these documents belong the united states government being attacked by the united states strongly condemn this question for. illegally. five hundred days now being detained without charge. hasn't stopped. the day we're on a quest for revolutionary ideas that can change the world tomorrow. by from moscow this is r.t. after a turbulent divisive election islamist mohamed morsi has been sworn in as egypt's new president among the first to congratulate him was u.s.

president barack obama who expressed hope that america's alliance with egypt would continue but it's not he's more in a porno reports. a bound to cause headaches in washington. 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 president mubarak responded 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. in this video film last month and egyptian cleric rally support for the brotherhood's presidential candidate. and we know that he is the last. is that. really. 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 it didn't work out you know. you know it would be.

like you know some of. the syrian opposition seen here waving al-qaeda flanks has 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 al qaeda or another force that is as organized and as strong will take its place continued political instability in cairo has raised questions about this 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 it hardly ever wanted marina porton i r t new york now the government of mali has appealed to the united nations to take action after al-qaeda linked extremists destroyed holy sites in the city of timbuktu other west african nation has seen constant attacks since it was taken over by a military junta in march middle east expert by me but nato backed revolution in neighboring libya and the ongoing violence in bali. all of this of course is related to a war that was waged against libya last year during two thousand and eleven which brought about the displacement of many of the two our forces who have 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 destabilizing polarize the situation. the current through and of course of the capital up of mako as well if

the us is intervene in libya last year with the current situation that we have right now in mali. and the libyan revolution has failed to bring peace but almost fifty people killed as a result of tribal warfare in the last several days alone groups in the south of the country have been locked in a bitter conflict reportedly to control smuggling in the sahara and to short of coup from both sides are using heavy weapons including vehicles libya's interim government has deployed its forces to the area to act as a buffer between the conflicting camps. japan has a restarted its first nuclear reactor since the fukushima disaster protesters have gathered across the country to demonstrate against the move to crowds are prime minister yoshihiko noda ordered to restart last month saying current living standards couldn't be maintained without atomic energy the country shut down all of

its nuclear plants for safety checks softer the deadly spill which was triggered by last year's tsunami and earthquake. bolland storms have swept across southeast america killing at least twelve people and leaving three million without power in the region it's currently in the midst of a heat wave with temperatures topping one hundred degrees fahrenheit a state of emergency has been declared in five states now the storm began in the midwest before passing over the appalachian mountains and hitting the southeast. well high tech battleships and missiles are on standby to protect london during the upcoming olympics some are concerned it looks more like war games rather than that of a sporting event as artie's smith explains heavy weaponry may not be enough though to tackle the real threat. 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 you've got a question the 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. fear lympics is the u.k.'s biggest peace time security operation and the numbers of personnel. on the ground during the games they'll be twelve and a half thousand police officers supported the occasion by me the whole thousand soldiers but insiders are saying basic security here at the olympic park is seriously lacking investigative journalist lee hazeldean is on the 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. 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 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 the people who come to visit london in twenty twelve to be absolutely confident they're going to be safe and secure and you'll go through security and an x. ray machine a look at anything you bring him with you and that way we can check that anybody

coming into the park 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 it's one riot if i mean it gets 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. when 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 something a lot more to come for you in the next hour here on our including the cost of helping washington's most pakistanis think of the u.s. as an enemy extremism is on the rise as people grow tired of the price of assisting

with the fight in afghanistan. the russian soyuz spacecraft are safely back on earth after carrying three crewmembers home from a six month. i'll be back in just a moment with the headlines.

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