politics by the people and no forced regime change that's what international powers now see is the remedy to syria's bloody civil war. syrian opposition claiming they can be no solution unless president bashar assad steps down the fears are growing here in damascus and the latest peace initiative in tunisia will only remain a solution on paper. italy and spain shelled breakthrough after coercing germany's angela merkel into accepting a bank bailout scheme forcing her onto the defensive at home. the european union's iran oil embargo kicks in on the heels of washington's own sanctions but run says

it's having no trouble selling thanks to america's extensive list of exemptions. back at the past seven days top stories in 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 at an emergency international meeting in geneva the new plan either lays down a political process nor contains demands for regime change allowing syrians to decide their own fate has been always been following the meeting in geneva. 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 met 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 that meeting

. meeting to confirm that so it wasn't really clear that 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 in the end that they did end up signing this document 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 you know 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 sides how the transition 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 it is that they will have a new constitution and democratic elections everything will be monitored by the united nations and specifically by un 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 solutions inside the country and has

more on the reaction to the international diplomacy efforts. 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 al assad steps aside we haven't heard any official reaction from damascus so far but of course kept this isn't is growing and fears are growing that with the opposition now claiming they will not accept they in tearing government 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 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 in syria and the ugliest thing is that if when children are being involved now in this crisis here's my report on that this is 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 in front of camera you know 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 my. and a series of clips posted online showing the ugly face of war and fold 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. we can see children among your son demonstrators. four year old a young is praising his motherland and this is a microphone the kids carrying not a kalashnikov. her young his father couldn't imagine that his youngest son is 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 house as well that the time has come then they sent me a symbolic loop then they put the picture of reality on facebook as 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 in i mean in my years in wanted to prepare for exams and went to sleep in the living you know what you know and this is where they smash first they were shootings and they cried a lot barked at and i hit under the bed in a big sort of building and 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 the s.s. about me they wanted to kill us all like a hula and then see this is the government usually valinor this is their freedom if you're not with them. the funerals of the two teenagers had an on a guard this is what they do syria the family says when someone dies as a martyr not mine is that it's not losing a thing that's enough we lost

a lot not ready to lose any more how that has been suddenly. 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 couple was me 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 have the statement of mrs clinton the secretary of state of the united states you would hear there is a huge difference between that statement one is calling healing the country and one

mr clinton saying we won the president to step down and we wanted him out of the pictures and we it's time to go and he's not talking about starting at transitional period and obviously the sentiment the american sentiment the negative sentiment that actually feeding into this chaos in syria. is i think it's time for the americans 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. countries take in this negative damaging grog i think the level of violence and the hate that will continue to fuel the violence in syria. well later in the program we take a look at another country that went through a revolution one that refuses to die down tribal misgivings in libya turned into

pitched battles with heavily armored vehicles and thousands of competence fighting over territory power. was a bludgeon in the sands defies the police request of london to turn himself in for extradition saying he'll stay safely and i could also embassy until a decision is made on his asylum request. a story still to come but first this week german chancellor angela merkel dubbed europe's mr know we seem to taste defeat for the first time in years it was decided to give brussels the power to pump e.u. taxpayer money into failing banks at will without government it's a move to fiscally conservative germany posed but was forced to relent over the leaders of spain in the city were especially happy proclaimed. a breakthrough this week also saw the ratification of europe's new bailout cash pull and deficit laws economic analyst michael moore says the decision will only end up costing germany

this will make. we have a very big problem problem a very huge problem and it is not solved as a whole 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 that 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 have 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 we don't solve the problems which we don't we only opium some drac's into the system to carmen it mean if the drug is gone the problem is there and it will be even bigger. 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 different message or his accent or barca reports. it's a job interview with geopolitical implications and yours is family has been running these greek restaurant for almost a decade 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 think. they're coming here and like the money on the street but that's also working very hard. working from the morning till night every deed to get it done. thousand of calls from baghdad patcher its 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 troops so they'll be 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 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 spins bailout as one customer at this restaurant put it before placing an order one should check on 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 begins

in germany begins in italy and spain they have a national parliament and. it. is a common currency it 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 if europe's most productive country it seems just never stopped coming in the wake artsy reporting from germany. the european union the iranian oil and started a few days after the u.s. introduced his own sanction. but so far the measure is 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 afshin rattansi author and

journalist says the e.u. is already suffering from its own sanctions iran will be more than happy to replace all the oil exports to europe with their customers whether they be in latin america or nurse 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 are 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 or is

more stores available for your t. don't come our website online all the time including wimbledon's mascot being stolen rufus the hawk patrol the skies pigeons during a competition help police in london are on the hunt for him after he was snatched two days ago. plus an unusual beauty contest in israel the three hundred contestants vying to be crowned the first ever miss holocaust survivor. we can exert is a journey in the sand remains holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london with a deadline passing this week for his extradition hearing police summons to turn himself in and be sent to sweden saying he will stay put until the latin american nation decides on his assigned employee accruals president says he's in no rush to consider the request and will review all possible consequences of show from.

sunday's main fear is that if he goes to sweden he will be handed over to the u.s. where he could face the death penalty under the espionage act for publishing leaked american files we wanted to do was embassies around the world to receive thousands of messages calling on the country to approve this i'm just a sign employee to man evans is the founder of the national security whistleblowers coalition she says the u.s. is ready to pull any strings necessary to prevent such as escape mostly what's happening right now is the political side and you have to realize that they may be and this is the ecuador and me getting all sorts of letters that petitions from activists around the world but on the other hand they are also getting less the ultimatum sent troops from the united states so the rest assured the right now as we speak the state department is in the door planning to think about by showing what kind of consequences they will be facing whether it's the canonical 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 grant asylum to giuliana son but considering their weight the united states carries but also considering the history of our nation in terms of the types of measures they take to put pressure on the other governments it will remain to be seen. whatever get the join in the sanchez's own interview program here in its latest edition is on this tuesday and if you've missed any of the previous ones that are available online at. www dot com. julian assange. it is through where he will be exposed the world secrets these documents belong united states government being attacked by the united states strongly condemn. illegally. five hundred days now

being detained without charge but that hasn't stopped. the day we're on a quest really ideas that can change the world tomorrow. after a turbulent and divisive election isn't as mohamed morsi has been sworn in as egypt's new president among the first to congratulate him was barack obama who expressed hope that america's alliance with egypt would continue but it's not he's made a point now reports islamists in power abound 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 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 what it was one of the strongest american assets in the middle east 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. who no. doubt is that. thing. 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 want to see. you know what would be. is like you know sort of. the syrian opposition seen here waving al-qaeda flanks has received a 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 it hardly ever wanted very important i.r.t. new york. around three hundred protesters have reportedly stormed the national election commission office in libya city of benghazi destroying computers and burning material outside the incident comes just days before the country's first there it pulled for congress which will be tasked to oversee a new government once elected but activists and journalists can chime in as told me to learn r.t. that there is little sign of a democratic process the elections are about to come about in libya in 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 will lead to. a healthy democracy will be taking place are absent so what we have is the relative persecution of women's right relative to what happened in the gadhafi persecution of all dark skin libyans who are being persecuted on the basis that they are loyal by and by but by dint of the pigmentation of this skin to gadhafi we have intertribal warfare girl or 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 what people focus democracy but this is the nature of the empty seat nato democracy and this is the nature of the democracy that nato want to bring to all the peoples of the global south the government of mali is 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 military jointer in march middle east expert abayomi azikiwe he 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 out 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 destabilizing polarize the situation and sadly what the current through it of course affected the capital up of moscow as well if the u.s. is going to be in libya last year with not happy current situation that we have right now in mali now let's have a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world june was one of the rocks bloodiest months since the rule of u.s. troops last year but they have a two hundred fifty people killed shia neighborhoods and security forces were the main targets for attacks in the last few days alone there's been a spate of bombings and shootings across the country it's in the midst of

a political crisis with shiite sunni insurgent could couldn't for prime minister nuri al maliki to resign for sidelining his opponents. japan has restarted its first nuclear reactor since the fukushima disaster protesters have gathered across the country to demonstrate against the move japan's prime minister ordered the restart last month saying currently stands couldn't be maintained without atomic energy the country shut down all its nuclear plants for safety checks after the deadly spill triggered by last year's tsunami and earthquake. new wedge was driven between moscow and washington this week as u.s. senators 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 symmetrical response the so-called magnitsky list primarily targets people advantage and allegedly linked to the death of the russian lawyer said again magnitsky he died of one in custody facing tax evasion allegations three years ago

the u.s. congress has yet to vote on the bill political analyst martin safe says 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 superpowers deteriorate over issues like this this is grandstanding and demagoguery in the senate of the worse current 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. well we're have plenty more details on this case of sanity magnitsky including what led to his arrest and the investigation into his death all the background to this controversial story is available right now online at r.t. dot com poll you've been watching the weekly here on r.t. i'll be back in a moment with a recap of the main stories and offer that's barty's in-depth interview on iran's ability to export oil now that those sanctions have kicked in stay with us for all of the.

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