from finance to impression its. stance on t.v. dot com. politics by the people no forced regime change that's what international powers now see as the remedy to syria's bloody civil war. with syrian opposition claiming they can be no solution unless president bashar assad steps down fears are growing here in damascus that the latest peace initiative forged in geneva will only remain a solution on paper. it's all in spain shall break through after collapsing germany's angela merkel into accepting a bank bailout scheme forcing her on the defensive at home. european union's iran oil embargo kicks in on the heels of washington's own sanctions but iran says it's having no trouble setting thanks to america's extensive list of exemptions.

with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly on r.t. a transition governing body is the latest solution put forward to end syria's bloody internal conflict the idea was agreed to in the mergence the international meeting in geneva the new plan either lays down a political process no contains demands for regime change allowing syrians to decide their own fate. has been following the geneva meeting. it's been developed out of control costs or from the start it's been going through ups and downs and even before this conference in geneva one russia's foreign minister said you are often met with hillary clinton in st petersburg after that meeting he said she changed her position but then she wasn't we were at the media conference following that meeting took a meeting to confirm that. so it wasn't really clear then the conference in geneva

itself was 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 sixteen months so 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. we consider it the utmost importance that this document does not seek to dictate to the syrian sites 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. well the idea of

this plan is that syrian people and that's the most important part syria will establish this transition governmental body which will include all sides of the conflict with the authorities and all groups within the opposition including the rebels then the idea 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 but 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 what is more information is inside the country and has more on the reaction to the international diplomacy effort. syrian

opposition has already criticised harshly and agreements reached by world powers we can't engineer as to beg to be able to and the ongoing crisis the sixteen months long crisis here in syria we've been hearing from both syrian national council turkey based opposition umbrella and free syrian army military when all of the opposition that can be no solution unless president bashar assad steps aside we haven't heard any official reaction from damascus so far but of course skepticism is growing and fears are growing that with the opposition now claiming they will not accept they interrogate him and if i saw it and his closest allies will also take part in that that this latest peace should mr default in geneva with all they remain as solution paid for we have been able to speak to all the people here on the streets of damascus and they've been saying that all they want

is peace and security and safety to come back to the country they don't oppose as part of this government if only this helps to stop the violence here in the country this is indeed a very ugly conflict syria and the ugliest thing is that if when children are being involved now in this crisis here's my report on that. 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 to teach them what to say and in front of camera. this little girl. maybe five years old and she's almost crying as people behind the camera her and other kids to chant and slogans out of nineteen kids after me and. this is just a. and

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 among pro assad demonstrators. four year old ray young is praising his motherland and this is a microphone the kids carrying not a kalashnikov. very young his father couldn't imagine that his youngest son's participation in apache artic rally would 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 house as well that 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 not let me and i'm in my ears 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 darker than i hid under the bed and i. believe i was crying because they killed yes 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 the us as they wanted to kill us all like houla and then see this is the government usually valinor if this is their freedom if you are not with them. the funerals of the two teenagers had an honor guard this is what they do 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 thing suddenly. 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 and 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. well later in the program we take a look at another country that went through an armed revolution one that refuses to die down trouble if things in libya turn into a pitched battle heavily armored vehicles and thousands of competence fighting over territory and power. to fire as a police request in london to turn himself in and be extradited saying he'll stay safe and i could also embassy until a decision is made on his asylum request. this

week german chancellor angela merkel dubbed europe's miss no was seen to taste defeat for the first time in years it was decided to give brussels the power to pump you 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 a breakthrough this week also saw the ratification of europe's new bailout cash pull and deficit laws but european parliament member for raj delta merkel 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 some by some magic formula giving away control of everything to one person will solve everything. but regardless of america's ambitions for the european union in the 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 different message bodies accent a bike a 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 the milk and honey 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 patcher it with requests for money jobs of both sound like a small 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 not just troops so they'll be millions of people is the german. not to help but just 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 strongly against finance increases or spain's bailout is one customer at 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 russia begins in germany begins in italy and spain with the national parliaments and. it. is a common currency is taking. decisions in terms of money in terms of budget it's a violation of democracy now and very assertive now. is destroying democracy they said peace to be hardworking but in the case of

europe's most productive country it seems just never stopped coming in the wake artsy reporting from germany. there's more coming up for you here on r.t. including a lympics safety fits with the money to go in a massive operation on the way to guard the games there are concerns the event could be jeopardized because basic security measures have been forgotten. also the cost of helping washington 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. all that sort of come but first the european union embargo of iranian oil started on sunday a few days after the u.s. introduced its own sanctions but so far the measures are said to be having little effect iranian officials are reported to have boasted that selling oil remains no problem thanks to america's extensive waivers and actually returns the author and journalist says the e.u. is already suffering from its own sanctions iran or we more than happy to replace

all the oil exports to europe with their customers whether they be eleven america or knows notably china because of course the u.s. has examined china and the chinese foreign minister is already on record as saying that these unilateral sanctions are outrageous and and wrong johnnie's oil imports crude oil imports from iran rose five percent back to two thousand and eleven levels it seems that the united states presumably again lobbied by israel which is to be running its foreign policy well to do this at the same time as the great economic crisis in europe is causing havoc increase oil prices certainly going to make not only the euro but european finances suffer so you know this isn't going to help the world economy and it's certainly not having any impact on iran. we could he said to join in the song 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 himself in and be sent to sweden saying he will stay put

until the left an american nation decides on his asylum plea and couldn't the president says he's in no rush to consider the request and will review all possible consequences shouldering the whistleblower charges main fear is that 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 have received thousands of messages calling on the country to approve a sign just a sign in plain sibel edmonds is the founder of the national security whistle blows coalition and she says the u.s. is ready to pull any strings necessary to prevent a charges the state. 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 ultimatums and traps probably the united states so the rest assured they

right now as we speak the state department is in the door plan to think about by showing what kind of consequences they will be facing whether it's economical and whether it's political and so this is the reason they are taking this long and we are hoping that their decision will be yes they would wear the silent to giuliana son but considering their weight the united states carries but also considering that he's three or five nation in terms of the types of measures they take to put pressure on the other governments it will remain to be seen and to forget that you know his own interview program here on r.t. its latest edition is on air this tuesday and if you missed any of the previous ones that are available online at a sound dot com. i mean julian assange. it is true what she reeks of expose the world secrets these documents belong the

united states government been attacked by the united states strongly condemn this question. illegally shoot five hundred days now being detained without charge but that doesn't stop the. day on the quest for revolutionary ideas that can change the world tomorrow. this week seventeen pakistani soldiers were ambushed and beheaded by taliban militants seven more died in a separate roadside bombing volunteered stream ism at home is believed to be the price the nation is paying for assisting the u.s. in its fight against afghanistan a war that would have been possible without pakistan's support is going to check on reports. it's not only u.s. bombs that fly in pakistan but also the stream of demands and accusations from washington there are several things that where asking the pakistanis to do more and better number one they've got to do more about the safe havens inside their own

country even ridicule the u.s. defense secretary has laughed at pakistan for being in the dark on the bin laden raid. one. little in washington's rhetoric now suggest that during the decade of war in afghanistan pakistan had been there milf instrumental ally in the region the united states could not have had secured a gunstock in three weeks with minimum cost in terms of. money and in terms of in terms of the lives of its soldiers that would not have been possible without fox and the assistance and help free sentiment towards the alliance with the us has domestic insurgency in pakistan some has lost about somewhere between five thousand to six thousand soldiers and paramilitary soldiers but more than that we've lost more than thirty five thousand civilians and these

people died because of these bait of bombings in a crude comparison the us has lost two thousand troops in afghanistan they want the pakistanis to do our dirty work for us and the pakistanis have simply said we've supported you forward eleven years we can't do it anymore you're killing our stability they have to stop the civil war in the country they have to stop the war that's going on on their own territory because of their help for the united states so they have a number of problems which i think amount to a mess and they're going to be left high and dry when we leave as many washington see a different picture of a country that does not fully do their bidding in a. changed with the billions they'd sent them were given taxpayer money to this country which is not treating us right but we've made a mistake we were we have trusted pakistan way too long the pakistanis see another mistake there's one mistake that we've committed we've put all our eggs in the

american basket and part of the deterioration in our genes strategic position over the past decade since two thousand and one is because of this fact that we completely relied on the americans and it's not the first time they've dished up beef before as well but but so to speak we made this mistake and we're trying to now correct that mistake pakistan is now working hard on its regional alliances primarily with china but the u.s. still needs pakistan washington has been able to continue drone strikes in pakistan likely because of its military leaders tacit agreement the u.s. also needs the fork route through pakistan to supply the troops in afghanistan is shutting down last year in response to the killing of two dozen pakistani soldiers but with elections approaching their end with people furious at the u.s. there is little chance the pakistani policymakers will want to be seen as being more accommodating to the united states the mockery and condescending remarks from washington make those chances even slimmer during the last decade of war in

afghanistan pakistan is a belt with an unprecedented insurgency in their own country terror which has killed an awful lot of people much more than the losses carried by the u.s. in afghanistan and that to a large extent was the price pakistan paid for its alliance with the us but these days in washington it seems hardly anyone keeps that in mind when handing out another portion of factorizations and humiliation to the nation they once convinced to become their ally i'm going to check out reporting from washington r.t. . around three hundred on protesters have reportedly stormed the national election commission office in libya city of benghazi destroying computers and burning voting material outside the incident comes just days before the country's first direct poll for congress which will be tossed to oversee a new government once elected but activist in general a second child and says there is little sign of a democratic process. the elections are about to come about in libya in a few days but i don't think it's

a sign of any democratic progress in libya because all indicators which should be there which would lead to. a healthy democracy will be taking place are absent so what we have is is the relative persecution of women's rights relative to what happened in the gadhafi persecution of all dark skinned libyans who are being persecuted on the basis that they are loyal by by by dint of their pigmentation of their skin to gadhafi we have intra tribal warfare go lot we have four hundred militias all across libya there is no there's no law and order there's no security so this is this is far from any basis of a true people focus democracy but this is the nature of the n t c nato democracy and this is the nature of the democracy that nato want to bring to all the peoples of the global south. now a look at some other stories making headlines around the world in our world update at the stage of the day june was one of iraq's bloodiest months since the withdrawal of u.s. troops last year with over two hundred thirty people killed in neighborhoods and security forces were the main target of attacks in the last few days alone there's

been a spate of bombings and shootings around the cross across the country it's in the midst of a political crisis with shiites sunnis and kurds calling for prime minister nouri al maliki to resign for sidelining his opponents. japan has restarted its first nuclear reactors since the fukushima disaster protesters have gathered the country to demonstrate against the move to power prime minister yoshihiko noda i should say all of the restart last month living standards couldn't be maintained without atomic energy country shut down all its nuclear plants for safety checks after the deadly spill which was triggered by last year's tsunami and earthquake. high tech battleships and missiles are on standby to protect london during the upcoming olympics are concerned it looks more like war games than a sporting event with 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 a 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 got to 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 incidental sport on the pier lympics is that you case 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 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 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 i did 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 you can check that anybody coming into the hall isn't bringing anything with them that 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 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 seas that's fifty rounds of ammunition in the olympics and that's a massacre right then and there if a terrorist or a terrorist organization is intent. well 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 then people are asking is the point of the heavy artillery if the park itself is left wide open laura smith r.t. london. well let's say the weekly for you at this stage of the day twenty seven

minutes past the hour i'll be back with the sum of all main stories in three minutes from now stay with us is aussie life in moscow.

industry claims the process is perfectly.

safe. to say that brings nothing. but the environment knows better and the industry isn't telling the whole story. above. up.