politics by the people and no regime change that's what international power is the remedy to syria's bloody war. also syrian rebel groups go on the hunt for anyone with pro or sad views and according to reports not even children the sake. of. it in spain shall break through after coercing germany's angela merkel into accepting a bank bailout scheme forcing her on the defensive at home. and with a budget in the sands defies a police request in london to turn up and be extradited to saying he will stay safe and i could always embassy until a decision is made on his asylum request. than

a back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly on r.t. a transitional governing body is the latest solution put forward to end syria's bloody internal conflict the idea was agreed at an emergency international meeting in geneva the new plan neither lays down a political process nor contains demands for regime change allowing syrians to decide the fate. of was following the geneva talks and spoke to my colleagues about it a little earlier here on r.t. . it's been a diplomatic roller coaster from the start it's been going through ups and downs and even before this conference in geneva. russia's foreign minister said. clinton in st petersburg after that meeting he said should change their 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 normal really nobody really knew what's going to what was going to come out of it worked in the end they did end up signing this document so at least some progress appears 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 no outsiders could order no 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 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. 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 so what exactly does this new. and entailed 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 it 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 is 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.

i guess you can't really put it better than this are on him so the bottom line right now is that the international community was able to reach this understanding it's vital for this unity to be sustained and even if some new interpretations do appear then it's all inked in this document. some of syria's opposition groups have already rejected the roadmap describing it as a waste of time and impossible to implement and the country state newspaper expressed little optimism saying international powers remain divided what is more if a notion is inside the country and has more on the reaction to the international diplomacy . the people we have been able to speak to here in the syrian capital have actually divided on how to concede to this document this meeting in geneva some of them indeed call this a breakthrough and light at the end of the tunnel and they say it could indeed be a solution to this sixteen month long crisis but the crisis here in syria with all of it is a very skeptical they say it takes two to tango and it's absolutely clear soufan

how the dialogue is possible while one of the size of the police doesn't want to talk with friend here we have before 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 if a site is still in power almost every day we're hearing about dozens of people killed ever more injured everywhere in the country but the obvious thing is that if one children are being involved in this crisis here's my report on that this may be . the place for these kids boys and girls is at the playground and someone dressed them in a militia uniform hung them with real guns to teach 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 kids home from a sam and. this food and she 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 through a son demonstrators. four year old or young as praising his motherland and this is a microphone. the kids carrying not a kalashnikov. baryons father couldn't imagine that his youngest son's participation in apache arctic rally would put all his family in danger and lead to the murder of his other two children and if they threatened us many times once the road on the houses were all the time has

come then they sent me a symbolic loop then they put the picture of reality on facebook promising five hundred thousand syrian pounds to those who bring him to them we couldn't imagine they'll come to our home and out the living and i mean in my years in wanted to prepare for exams and went to sleep in the living room which and this is where they smash first they were shootings and they cried a lot darker than i hid under the bed. and i was crying because they killed years and i miss him a lot i am unsure me is 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 the us as they wanted to kill us all like houla and then see this is the government usually valinor this is bad freedom if you are not with them. the funerals of the two teenagers had an on a guard this is what they do here in syria the family says when someone dies as

a martyr not mine is that through not losing a thing that you know we lost a lot not ready to lose any more how you doing some of the deed of whether your man 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 always found to stop the violence. r.t. reporting from syria. beirut based political analyst coming wasn't he says washington hasn't changed its stance over syria and continues to encourage rebels to carry on their fight against the regime. i mean if you hear the statement of the russian and you hear the statement of mrs clinton the secretary of state of the

united states you would hear that there is a huge difference between that statement one is calling healing of the country and one mrs clinton saying we want the president to step down and we want him out of the pictures it's time to go and he's not talking about starting a transitional period and obviously the sentiment the american sentiment the negative sentiment that actually feeding into this chaos in syria is still. i think it's time for the american to be silent and set aside for the persian gulf country stop meddling inside syria so we can see positive reinforcement and real dialogue taking the place as long as these these countries take in this negative damaging grog i think the level of violence and the hatred will continue to fuel the violence in syria. syria looks for ways to end the violence revolutionary fever

is spreading be on the arab world later this week for the negative effects that foreign military engagement can have on the wider region as nato involvement in libya last year is blamed for sparking conflict in mali. suffering a welcoming face of amr congratulates egypt's new islamist president despite strong indications of a troubled relationship or head. on that still to come but first this week german chancellor angela merkel europe's from nine missed no we seem to taste defeat for the first time in years it was decided at an e.u. summit to give brussels the power to pump e.u. taxpayer money into failing banks will all without governments having a say it's something that fiscally conservative germany had staunchly opposed but was forced to relent over the leaders of spain and italy were especially happy proclaiming. breakthrough this week also saw the ratification of europe's new

bailout cash pull and deficit laws but european parliament member nigel farage delts merkel gave it into anything she didn't agree with. it is perfectly clear that the brussels machine does dance to the german tune 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. regardless of merkel's ambitions for the european union in the homeland there's burgeoning opposition to the country play in our policies for

those who believe germany's financial fortunes down to good luck the people driving the economy have a different message what is next on a boycott reports it's a job interview with geopolitical implications and jess 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 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 tonight every day they get a dozen of calls from their greek can patch or with requests for money jobs of both some like mall attack is just walking 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 a million people is the german. not to help but to pay while references to the countries nats of past have appeared more than once in the greek 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 financing greece's or spain's bailout as 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 our 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 see it pays to be hardworking but in the case if europe's most productive country it seems just never stopped coming in the wake artsy reporting from germany you're watching the weekly here in our team more coming up for you in this next hour including a lympics security fence with one month to go and a massive operation underway to secure the games there are concerns the event could be jeopardized because the basics have been forgotten. the first wiki leaks at a journalist remains holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london with the deadline passing this week for his extradition he ignored

a police summons to turn up and be sent to sweden saying he will stay put until the latin american nation decides on his assigned employee president says he is in no rush to consider the request and will review all possible consequences on children with a soldier's main fear is that if he goes to sweden he'll be handed over to the u.s. where he could face the death penalty under the espionage act for publishing leaked american files meanwhile ecuador and embassies around the world received thousands of messages calling on the country to approve his asylum plane so bill evans is the founder of the national security will blows coalition and she says the u.s. is ready to pull any strings necessary to prevent the sky. what's happening right now is the political side and you have to realize that they may be. getting all sorts of letters that titian's from activists around the world but on the other

hand they are also. list them all to made them send tracts from the united states so rest assured that you right now as we speak the state department is in the door plenty to think about by showing what kind of consequences they could be facing whether it's the nominal 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 have the silent to giuliana signs but considering their weight the united states carries but also considering that history of foreign nation in terms of the types of measures they take to put pressure on other governments it will remain to be seen. whatever get the deal in the songes zone interview program here on r.t. its latest edition is on this coming tuesday and if you missed any of the previous programs are available right now online at. www dot com. julian assange.

it is true of wiki leaks expose the world secrets these jackets belong the united states government being attacked by the united states strongly condemned. illegally shoot five hundred days now being detained without charge. hasn't stopped. the day we're on a quest for relief ideas that can change the world tomorrow. after a turbulent and divisive election islam is 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 also easier in a porno reports isn't this empower a bone 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 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 what 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.

that. said. 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 sort of. the syrian opposition seen here waving al-qaeda flags has received public support from the terrorist network and created what some call a de facto 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 it hardly ever wanted her an important i r t a new york. 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 the west african

nation has seen constant attacks since it was taken over by a military. middle east expert about me as a kiwi blames the nato backed revolution in neighboring libya for the violence in money. 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 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 and sad north of the country and of course affected the capital up of moscow as well if the us is not going to be in libya last year we would not happy current situation that we have right now in mali. and you which was driven between moscow and washington this week as u.s. senate has backed sanctions against russian officials it suspects of human rights abuses moscow says it's an interference in its internal affairs and has warned of

a simic trickle response the so-called magnitsky list primarily targets people allegedly linked to the death of the russian lawyer magnitsky he died while in custody facing tax evasion and occasion three years ago the us congress has yet to vote on the bill political analyst martin safe says that the move is extremely ill timed in terms of u.s. russia relations. the united states and russia are the two great thermonuclear powers in the world russia remains the preeminent strategic partner in the eurasian land mass the united states and russia have an enormous amount of strategic interests and concerns in common they are equally threatened on alarmed by islamist fundamentalism they both face major drug epidemics crime epidemics within their own countries the need for security and law and order cooperation between the united states and russia is absolutely preeminent in the world but that is not going to happen when relations between the two great super powers deteriorate over issues

like this this is grandstanding and demagoguery in the senate of the worst carried and what's particularly striking to me on this is that this isn't coming from the house of representatives it's coming from the senate and the senate is supposed to take the long term and be the more thoughtful reflective legislative chamber in the u.s. constitutional system where we have plenty more details on the case of segue magnitsky including what led to his arrest and the investigation into his death you can find all of the background on this controversial story right now at r.t. dot com. high tech battleships and missiles are on standby to protect london journey upcoming in and pick some of concerned it looks more like war games than a sporting event that is artes nor smith explains heavy weaponry may not be enough 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 or you've got to question the probing proportionality of this and 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 b.l.m. picks is the u.k.'s biggest ever peace time security operation and the numbers of personnel are staggering on the ground during the games they'll be twelve and a half thousand police officers supported for the occasion by thirteen at home thousand soldiers but insiders are saying basic security here at the olympic park is seriously lacking investigative journalist leigh hazel dean 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 role recruits vetting and training a 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 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 you can check that anybody coming into the hall isn't bringing anything with them that can 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 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. and 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 r.t. london. well coming up next a frank discussion on just how effective or ineffective oil sanctions on iran a proving to be that's in our in-depth interview but first

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