moscow says those behind the latest massacre in syria want to invest once instigate full scale civil war more than two hundred people have reportedly been killed in a village in the center of the country because the security council remains deadlocked time over how to stop the bloodshed it's our top story also. non-profit groups funded for more on involved in russian politics of now become one step closer to becoming for egypt the same as the russian state duma passes you'll find out more from you go to school. and read faces in london as the lympics organizers are forced to call in the british army to plug a massive security gap just days before the flame is lit.

welcome this is r t it's nine pm friday evening out of moscow it's kevin owen here this hour with the top stories for you among those behind the latest massacre in syria want to unleash sectarian violence and ignite full scale civil war over two hundred people are believed have been killed in the central province of hama both government and rebel forces blame each other for the slaughter while the u.n. remains paralyzed on whether to extend its observer mission or impose sanctions reports. opposition groups claimed at least two hundred people most of them civilians have been killed in the syrian central province of hama earlier on thursday fierce clashes broke out there between the governmental forces and the rebels fighting over control to withdraw from so the syrian observatory for human rights says witnesses spoke of civilians died in a to refire before armed militias moved into the village and these are unconfirmed reports and this information provided by observatory change and it's very hard to

be independently verified some analysts have questioned the group's matters as count gunmen armed opposition as civilian casualties even though they are carrying weapons and they're taking part in the armed uprising at the same time we've been hearing other accounts that the syrian army had allowed time for the residents of this village to evacuate it was only after the rebels refused to surrender the fighting intensified the opposition is portraying these latest developments as having a strong resemblance to may's houla massacre that claimed one hundred eight lives most of them children and women at the top of the opposition reported governmental shelling but later destroyed evidence emerged saying that most of the victims were actually supporters of president bashar al assad you and your mission here in series still unable to establish exactly who was behind this massacre in both cases news has come while the un security council was about to consider vital decision on the country's future and while violence continues to rage all across the country

damascus has been reporting that a large number of opposition fighters have tried to enter syria from abroad. to discuss the have with your very sincere and was surrounding them is to know to show me no one a political analyst focusing on middle east affairs from sudan to this college oxford university she's on the line from lebanon beirut we've seen international terms we've reported on the length of violence in syria intensifying in the last week now again this news today of over two hundred deaths in the latest massacre how much time is needed for international peace efforts to work. it's not about time i mean you know things could move at a rapid pace if all the parties were on board i mean there have been spoilers. in syria from from the start and right now it's i think about getting you know not just the syrian opposition which is hard enough and the syrian government on board

but the regional players in particular countries like qatar and saudi arabia who continue to fund militarily and otherwise opposition groups in the country and they have not really been part of. the u.n. protocol and need to be very much so in order to to drive both parties to the table show me let me put it another way then briefly what's going to give us what's going to give the deaths continue. what's going to give. who's going to blink first if you like what's going to happen to try and resolve this. well you know i think. i think it's critical like i said it's critical to get everyone to the table i don't think that i mean syria will continue to disintegrate and basically the countries that are spoilers in this in the u.n. security council the u.s. france and the u.k. will at some point have to pull back because if radicalization of the opposition

takes place as it has been in the last six months that's that's a national security threat for them too so as as syria splinters all. over the fighting and and the opposition gets more radicalized that becomes a different kind of consideration for the for the spoilers thus far and we might start to see a shift then but i think the other thing is when the when the western countries and the g.c.c. realize perhaps that russia china and iran are not going to back down on this issue that this is a matter for syrians to resolve and everyone stands firm on that they may they may start to reconsider their position. of consequences but. should we expect the u.n. to jump into action now. you know it's very interesting because you know these these so-called massacres have taken place before critical security council meetings and in this case. there are two things that have happened has just come

back from visits to syria and iran and you know the west and g.c.c. do not want iran involved in and any collaborative efforts on a resolution so so and he comes he comes out of syria with that with the new energy about continuing the mission and agreement with us on how this could be done to to reduce violence the other thing that's important is in about a week july twentieth as the deadline for me is the end of the current u.n. observer mission and no decision on whether to renew it or not. is going to be on july twentieth they're going to they're going to discuss this beforehand and if there's a perception building activities on the ground that that they can use for propaganda purposes there there are people who will want to spoil this mission for going forward but i just want to say one thing kevin this mission is a very important venture it is collaborative it works with all parties regional and

external and internal it is fact finding and its mission is to reduce violence there is no other option right now can we focus just for a minute. this latest massacre this latest massacre commentators from various sides speculating on the timing of it was beyond it and maybe that it had hidden motives what you think about. well i think it's i think it's very likely like you know i've said already that these so-called massacres seem to happen at opportune moments and they're very much used as perception building you know part of information warfare if you like so right all right you know before vital decisions are to be made these these these events happen and create a perception that makes it perhaps difficult for actors like russia or china or some of the brics even even the u.n. mission had an on and mood to to you know they have to fight through

a lot of narratives to start discussing the main points so. just on the importance of it you know we're hearing as well a commander in the free syrian army is no certain older soldiers promising death if they don't switch sides in a month is not a kind of a judgment from their side at least only in the peace plan for the syrian opposition. you know it's not so first of all the general mood himself has spoken about hundreds of opposition leaders or so called leaders that they have to deal with the mission has to deal with on a regular basis so one making a statement like that does not mean all of them agree with that the u.n. mission has had great success with the various opposition members on the ground who have agreed to cease fires there are always the spoilers and this is the problem whether it's internal or external that we'll continue to see in syria or things of a small she thought show me the common comment and right sort of place in the

political analysis i get the words covering the middle east from signed on to these college oxford university it's about for they were much ok. nonprofit groups funded from abroad will now face tough scrutiny in russia the country's state duma has given the green light to a bill forcing such organizations to register as foreign agents aunties to go piskun off reports but that story today. the idea is that all nonprofit organisations funded from abroad and involved in politics have to register themselves as foreign agents and report to the authorities on their activities the who is to prevent outside forces from interfering with russia's internal matters this draft did was well out of prison and discussion before with many critics saying that it could be potentially anti democratic so some of these amendments were introduced specifying that these nonprofit organisations funding from abroad have to be involved in politics since there is also a wide range of other organisations which are also funded from abroad like mass

media or educational institutions the business is and so on which can't be effected by this right to the initiator say that it's simply a matter of protecting national interest and we need of national security and the similar practices being used for years in the west as my colleague again education explains the west hurry to dump the proposed legislation as a kremlin crackdown on angiosperms shows the money flow where's the money coming. toward you or your organization so you get transparency you get regulation you get some of. these are all framed as a nation a sovereign nation is allowed to do u.s. officials were quick to express concern presenting it as an exclusively russian initiative but as the russian foreign minister said the concept and even the wording of the proposed law was almost entirely borrowed from the american bill

called the foreign agents registration act if you were united states if you work for another country you have to register as an agent at that country. now that again that's that's not a negative. representing that country and there has to be no if you can pay or under the employment of any foreign nation. ironic a question in nick of us says while in the u.s. she was forced to register as a foreign agent even though she was not involved in any political activities. to them i was a representative from st petersburg we promoted to come in corporation to reason cultural ties nevertheless the u.s. justice department which more new touristic two meters of foreign agents insisted that representatives of cities also registered as foreign agents version of the law doesn't even include known political actors like that the foreign agents registration act in the u.s. quote requires persons acting as agents of foreign principals in

a political or quasi i political capacity to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principle as well as a receipt and disbursements in support of those activities end of quote the sponsors of the russian bill say their version is almost identical with the american law the us argues the difference is that their law doesn't address nonprofit organizations but many see another difference. that suit in the u.s. doesn't have thousands of forming organizations which work to change its constitution to change its leadership but in russia do you have a situation when scores of i'm going to say sions where precisely on that for example when some calls for people to join a protest they have the right to know who's behind that and who's payroll they are members of some non-governmental organizations met with hillary clinton behind closed doors in st petersburg afterwards one of them media the russkie said the secretary of state is aware of the proposed law and quote is searching for ways to modify the support of russia's n.g.o.s without subjecting them to

a crackdown end of quote we say non governmental organizations many of these organizations are government funded so they get some of their funding from from the government of the united states anyway so and if she is saying that then the certainly do and they are certainly going to either get over it when maybe she's hinting at covertly i don't know how many of the n.g.o.s in russia which get their financing from abroad to preach openness and transparency and the sponsors of this washington bill argue it only makes sense that they themselves are subject to the same principles of transparency i'm going to check on in washington r.t. . coming up this hour it's been described as latin america's new style of paraguay's the president kind of our lightning sweep gives his explanation for recent events that shook the country on our channel also whistle blowing when victory for wiki leaks in its first large battle against major u.s.

financial companies to its web site the details about that coming up very shortly from tonight. but actually extra three and a half thousand troops will be stationed in london to bolster security for the twenty twelve olympics the additional forces were assigned after a private firm responsible for ensuring the games security admitted it's unfit to stand up to its duties and as r.t. sarah first reports two weeks now just before the olympics kick off the organizers flaws keep on turning up. the london olympics is now just a few weeks away but it's more than the weather that could be said to cause a dark cloud over the events but the transport system already struggling border control checks under pressure and most disconcerting of all the emergence of significant problems in the security system that is london really ready dylan picks twenty twelve soldiers on the streets of london may be an unusual sight but it's one that could be set to greet guests to london's lympics the government have had

to call in the troops after it was revealed that the security company g four s. wasn't quite up to the job despite having been awarded a whopping five hundred thirty five million pound contract to well it shows that it has made a great deal of coordination i think between the private sector chief forest which has this massive contract and the military which itself is putting on a major sort of show of force as it were in the run up to the olympics and i think that you know with such a short time to go one does what one does wonder how three and a half thousand extra servicemen can be implemented very efficiently the drafting in of three thousand five hundred soldiers some of whom have just returned from afghanistan is just the latest in a set of government leaves that have been dubbed the militarization of london on top of the thousands of soldiers that were already being deployed for the games i think that that kind of war is it worse that's called a war on terror that kind of attempt to defend people by intelligence or by

infiltration it's not necessarily by scaring people and by putting out ground missile systems and putting them in blackey park from the top of a poppin blocks or indeed having soldiers on the streets of london or having submachine guns on the tube for the first time in its history the security problems are also causing concern in the transport sector it's already been experiencing major headaches in the build up to the games security just just work with venues they work. how you get people to from the phone use to the strong. how you direct them where they go where they feel safe house is going to operate and at this late stage list four weeks go can we train three thousand five hundred personnel in specialist areas in different environments in different locations to that equally i do wonder the threat of bus strikes congested roads and directives from london underground to walk rather than take the train has left many with more hope then expectation we want the olympics be

a success we'd like the financial basis the money that's been invested in it and we could do with a feelgood factor of my own after a period of austerity but when it comes to the actual benefits to britain's economy campaigners insist it's going to be the wealthy sponsors he pocket the goals they're raising seven hundred million from the sponsors for the london olympics actually six hundred million will be given back in tax rebates and local get software get another hundred million in terms of its own tax rebates so why should the economy there at all with a catalogue of concerns some feel it's already clear who the real winners of this year's olympics will be and i think there's a real danger that the olympic games is becoming a showcase for the international security industry and the military around the world rather than what it should be which is the athlete despite the problems in the build up to the games there's no lack of enthusiasm in london but when it comes to the logistics and organization as time runs out it looks like britain's going to

need to raise its game so r.t. london. meanwhile across the atlantic it's matters of fashion rather than security bothering the minds of some americans in the run up to the olympics these are the uniforms that the u.s. athletes are said to be working for the games very smart all of them were actually made in china it turns out and that has caused a stir in u.s. congress as one senator so flustered about it he suggested burning the suits in the mood quickly caught on the internet the surge of supportive tweets flooding the web we've got more about later. you can read more about the olympics made in china scandal on our website as well r.t. dot com and while you're online as well want to check out these stories too we've lined up for you now an easy pace and all marches in northern ireland turned violent find out what happened when part of the history were crossed on our web site. also an invisible laser able to detect traces of explosives drugs from gun powder without people consent may be introduced in the u.s. learned why not why everyone is not happy about that. also these pictures just from

a couple of hours ago in fact it rained cats and dogs near the center of the russian capital flooded by a massive from the storm if you check out the footage of r.t. dot com. paraguay is facing virtual isolation in south america with neighboring states concerned about the swift ousting of former president fernando lugo in june he was impeached by the country's senate and replaced by his former deputy frederica franco and little over a day brazil argentina and venezuela have all now loosened ties with paraguay in response and several regional trade groups have also suspended the country's membership fredricka franco will now lead a transitional government until elections in april next year in an exclusive interview with r.t. explains why the impeachment took place. on the fifteenth of june six police officers and eleven farmers were brutally murdered and the people responsible for this massacre promoted i don't believe this is ever happened in any other country that someone responsible for seventeen deaths would be promoted to

the post of a police commander so one guilty party became a police commander and the other a regional commander at that point legitimacy was breached the president could no longer do his job this was something called serious mistakes while in office and this was the reason parliament impeached him. and you watch the full interview with fredricka franco in three hours time you're an arterial suspect. the man who replaced as well fernando lugo on his views of the coup you can find out what he had to say about it on our web site right now. wiki leaks has struck back with a spectacular victory in its first battle against major u.s. financial companies which blocked payments to the on my whistleblower accord in iceland has ruled visa and master card local partner their broke the law by refusing to process public donations to the website the credit card giants or most several u.s. payment services that stopped accepting money transfers intended for wiki leaks in

twenty ten came after the websites release of hundreds of thousands of classified american cables and data wiki leaks founder julian assange remains in ecuador's embassy in london right now where he's seeking political asylum in the south american country he's wanted in sweden for questioning over alleged sex crimes he denies i spoke to human rights activist peter tatchell who told me the wiki leaks blockade is an assault on free society. this is a very very important principle of freedom of expression and the right of people to donate to an organization which is not itself until until these leaks was not itself the subject of any kind of criminal investigations or allegations even today during a stange and wiki leaks have not been charged with any offense so to preemptively cut off the finances of a company that has not been found guilty of any crime i think is a very very bad omen it's not what we expect in

a free society and it's very threatening a menacing to freedom all going on as oceans. or n.g.o.s depend upon public donations and the willingness of banks and credit card companies to process those nations once we give those companies the right to veto who's donations to which companies they would accept we're on the slippery road not only just censorship but indeed to an on free society. some other international news washington supposing sanctions on iran over the state's nuclear and ballistic missile programs eleven companies affiliated defense ministry into iran have had their assets frozen of the been blacklisted to use the latest american move against individuals accused of breaching a european ban on buying oil from the country meanwhile the us has also begun reinforcing its military assets in the persian gulf by deploying underwater drones to target a rainy and mini submarine. a bomb explosion in southwestern pakistan has killed at

least five and wounded eleven more the attack of the day before the prime minister's visit to the area where insurgents are active it targeted a political rally by the awami national party which proposes islam is militants no group claimed responsibility for the blast. at least twenty four people have been killed in a train crash in south africa the freight service carrying coal for export to mozambique hit a truck with farm workers at a railway crossing insufficient say over twenty people were taken to hospital. let's get up to speed of business know katie is that i katie said russian oil becoming more expensive than brant was the story yeah that's right western oil companies started buying the so-called you brands and it's due to the embargo on a rainy in oil it sent the year old price soaring and iran oil output sliding as we can see just with many of tehran's customers turning to rock star or a place that there are things taking greens he went to the industry expert for an

explanation of their. has discussed the price this week in the spike in new rules blend joined by alexander and as our of all in gas analysts from gas from. now nice to meet you how long do you think this good fortune for us can last. one so you wouldn't last long like it was before but i think this time it could be different because the reason for that is different and what's the reason for. well unlikely last times when it was some one offs like shadow. board because of some stall the stanleys embargo for iran which will last for months maybe years but soon as that embargo is over then surely the morpurgo option is brand that's why people are going to be putting their money just you know fundamentally brant crude is better than euros for some characteristic so fruity scores eighty so on so it's just lighter there causes some premium for brand historically but in

reality for refineries. they should add some gas going to said enough to two euros and make it. now aside from which is better i mean can russia provide more if there's more demand out that can't supply more oil marginally i don't think so the problem is number first expert capacities they're used almost one hundred percent at least those capacities which are headed to you are yes and the second is that our production capacity is limited we don't have like we don't have a spare capacity for production historically and right now it's the true as well russian companies produce as much as they can't every single moment. and u.s. stocks over wall street are continuing to climb not since as investors really positioning themselves for the possibility of more stimulus from central banks

across the globe and this kind of comes off to disappointing chinese g.d.p. figures with the chinese economy growing at its slowest pace in three years so that hype in the stimulus will be injected to counteract that and we have net profit at j.p. morgan chase as well almost nine percent in the second quarter now more details on the buying others also admitted that the cost of its recent trading era has more than doubled the initial estimates equaling four point four billion dollars dollars excuse me now as london team had taken best to protect the buy buy hedge against his other investments but the strategy dramatically backfired this not j.p. morgan's reputation the bank has lost about fifty percent of its market value since the losses were first announced late in the spring so this is how the european markets got on today then i like very much staged a recovery is us as investors who are also counting on optimism really that the

chinese authorities will be forced into they now the general view amongst investors right now is that the stimulus is now inevitable at some point so stocks are bought now the rewards will come in a few miles an hour is why we see very much the big spray on the markets today if you look at the common currency as well it's also riyadh saying is still there those two year lows that is gaining now goldman signs alice have put a rather bullish night on the show very spread to me euro to rise about seventeen percent in a year and if you look at the russian ruble we see that it was finished mixed i guess the last occurrences i was fooled russia we had all we can say we was a had a rally here in moscow they managed to finish a week on a pilot a soft. the government has said that the economy grew four percent in the second quarter of the year last but the first gains in three sessions both might have

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