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when tain of cabinet ministers and security officials has been a go you know there have to say that these area where last happened is known to be very safe and very calm is actually a luxury area we've been there many times and there are many restaurants that it's home to many official buildings such as the old building the foreign ministry of culture ministry of course security has been very tight specifically in this area so this is why right now there are many concerns on security situation here in damascus obviously free syrian army has already claimed responsibility for what happened but we're also hearing that world news agencies are saying that the man who carried out the said tag has been one of president bashar al assad's bodyguards of course given how massive the last was we can understand that there's been many civilians killed and many many damages caused by these blasts the buildings
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and cars around the syrian capital has been going for a really tough time in the last seventy two hours of the last four days we've been going through what's free syrian army and opposition and all forces trying to bring in assad regime down has dubbed as final battle and the decisive battle for damascus we've been hearing shootings in very different parts of the capital we've been seeing in black smoke drifting over the city skyline and we've also been hearing helicopter is not only flying over. the oldest continuously inhabited capitals in the war but also firing so it's been a very dramatic picture actually here on the ground and people here those who we've been able to to speak. say they are surprised actually the couldn't imagine this to
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happen all just they didn't want to believe that this may happen in their home and our correspondent for notion of a life in damascus would mean time by russia's foreign minister because of the off he insists that moscow will not support un sanctions against syria he added that if the western policy of supporting the opposition continues it will only lead to an impasse of the comments come as turkey tries to talk moscow out of voting against the latest of coming security council resolution which would ultimately put a lot of pressure on damascus with this proport now over to sean thomas. this is a visit by ed one is seen as a last ditch effort to try and swing at russia over to the side of a lot of the international community who want to go for this it boots on the ground option with the un security council resolution coming up now russia is against sanctions and russia is it more so against the idea of foreign military
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intervention in to syria in fact if you look at article seven in this resolution there is a cause a clause rather on the table that states as a last resort that foreign intervention it could it be used in the syrian case is something that russia certainly does not want russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has actually come out and propose another meeting that to correct to the flaws of the original geneva agreement more specifically he wants to bring iran to the table and to saudi arabia to the table who were not there before he also in the meeting today is that sergey lavrov and he came out just a little bit ago with some statements supporting just one side in the conflict will draw syria into civil war this is something that russia does not want to see happen he also says statements that assad must leave is really a sign of weakness off from the international community also sanctions mean supporting only one side of the revolutionary movement and that's not fair to all parties involved and that also russia does not support the assad regime but russia
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does believe that they are sure he will not believe by himself but also the policy of supporting only one side in the conflict is going to lead to nowhere so coming out saying those statements giving the statements and the fact that russia is stalwart against this article seven it doesn't look like any minds will be changed today turkey and syria their neighbors that they had friendly neighborly relations but then has this conflict escalated turkey began to switch sides now we know that turkey is more aligned with nato something that syria does not necessarily support but also syria has it said that turkey is a becoming a hotbed of terrorism on june twenty second syria shy. down a turkish fighter plane and things have progressive like gotten worse since then now they are bordering countries so turkey does have a very important stake in the outcome of this. conflict in syria. reporting right there let's get some more insight and opinion on this from m k a
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but there are former indian diplomat who serve both in russia and turkey and are joining us live here on the program good to see you today what do you think are the one's chances of persuading moscow to change its stance on syria could it come down to an issue of trade ties or is there actually a true friendship that could help resolve the crisis. see the relationship between turkey and russia historically has been a multitude of relationships. it certainly should be shown one looks very nice you know it was like that and bizarre it was like that. and yes even to be you know of for you know free. you know all of those friends you could look at it we did it well but. the major factor in that alicia should be demoting is a big issue. for him not to be because. in.
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order to do in the past. you know from the from the present government has been we have policy. problems with its own immediate neighbors so i'm down to just got a good position to be i don't want to be problems with bush if you want it's neighbors . he's the most stunning manifestation of this you know from a country which had to be stuffy. to slow i'm so i'm sort interrupt you know i do apologize for this and what you're saying is very interesting indeed but when you talk about the relationship between turkey and syria and you suggested to. he's been having problems with all of its neighbors certainly the conflict in syria stands alone that's a very different issue than just to say well that you know he's been having neighborly problems in recent history. this is definitely it is the most as i said it's the most stunning box office but i still like to see this going
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and overall framework of where the bush policies are we. going to go to see the i think it's a very well documented fact even western media. you speak of it both of them in. that city and dissidents and also we do have signs of militant elements. we got on your soil and. on the road for. syria but this is i'm not speaking about. it but from damascus i'm speaking about videos that call. coming out of it. i mean as you say as you say we understand the western media the western media has been very gung ho with ultimately at the end of the day a total regime change the toppling of the assad regime but there are fresh calls to take decisive action on syria at the u.n. the british foreign secretary he's one of many calling for
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a chapter seven resolution talking all about the justification of some type of military intervention how much of a difference do you think that enter national action if indeed allowed can make at this point in syria. the whole point is that you know we use some sort of mead six five six months ago to the city and pretty easy to collapse but get back the gods. that we immediately want distant show this is a weak spot if it is substantial amount of support in the city if you can the city in michigan so what has been going on in the last five six months. it's like you know she can't see you know this is what just been happening or what influence has been on all people stuff for months now will be expected to be on the bottom of these falls the only the western countries but even to them but you seem to read. their expectation is that didn't stop me surely more than you would be doing you
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feed us we have had no word intervention. possible to be justified in the international media so you see the august issue has been going on on several fronts that i'm going to see this as long as a new development but pass a law that they believe in the issues you want to see coming up in the united nations security council has a lot. of a whole lot of processes that you've been doing on for the bus loads of india and i understand what you're saying about it you know it's funny what you say about the un security council getting involved you used the word logical there are many many in this world that might say take a take a few are chuckles with that let's talk about the fighter ok we understand that the turkish prime minister out of the one is here and moscow he's trying to get russian support to support turkey when it comes to the syrian conflict but i'm curious has warned it will take military action against syria if it feels threatened do you think that could happen and frankly do you think you think turkey would try and do it unilaterally or would it call on nato to come in with it. see the un
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so insistent on what the suspicion and i don't think that that is that constance's on the city and policy at all it is stronger it's. been about the policies that policy you term rather than. the present government. evolved you know discussing with the people believing that as one aspect of it the second aspect of it is i have been assured that jackie has that into the children sources at the diplomatic acumen to understand that you for the city are. going to see this process for sick. so i actually took. the form of that we. all. certainly in the back. and we. took you going along with this he said but i must admit i must admit that i do
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agree with it from personal level i don't see turkey going into unilaterally or frankly i don't think the western conglomerate of powers would allow turkey to go in unilaterally ally from india m.k. it bother me but the former diplomats who serve both in russia and in turkey thank you very much for coming on the program today. i will still to come on the program here on r.t. british bank scandals raging on with the added twist of drugs and terror the country's biggest bank h.s.b.c. is accused of laundering drug cartel money into helping saudi arabian organizations fund terrorism details coming up in just a few minutes. and the gloves are coming off in georgia we report on how the government tightens its grip on power oppressing the opposition ahead of parliamentary elections. now the boss of a pretty security firm has admitted the company's reputation is in tatters after
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failing to provide security as it promised to do i'm going to interrupt this story i do apologize for that as you may have known if you're watching the new cast here the turkish prime minister is here at moscow for talks with the russian president and there they are let's let's shoot in right now and listen to russian president vladimir putin and turkey's like the one. we discussed some issues both in our bilateral relations and on the international. which or. what was the you i would like to emphasize that turkey has always been our strategic partner guided me a reliable partner to his among the. media. and i will go as we. know he will over the past three years so we have been able to bring our relations up to
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a very high level of it of course rather would have made about the trip our trade group by twenty six percent and has reached almost thirty two billion dollars use the you know at the. last poster but it like where you name it. from three of the space we may soon reach the level of their hundred billion dollars. but you can they use me at a lot did you do you. have a way to curing them what i will give you to get your part of our energy copper ration is article effective. i mean in various areas we are developing nuclear energy corporation and will show you money. and very much attention to infrastructure projects. along. you know where. we also are cooperating in some new areas i did for example
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the metal industry had to do. a lot of the. turkey is a traditional destination you would please believe me but the case destination for russian tourists is three point five million russians tourists visitors during the last year i did. it. and you are you watching. the researcher in the studio to apologize for interrupting this conference here a big apologies indeed ultimately we've got the turkish prime minister of the one meeting with the russian president vladimir putin the basis of the meeting is that all of the issue of the ongoing crisis in syria today we've heard some of the biggest bombings today it in syria three major officials killed in the bombings as well you can follow this on r.t.
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dot com we will be coming back to this was a little bit later in the program so we appreciate your patience on this for now here on our. now the boss of a british security firm has admitted the company's reputation is in tatters after failing to provide enough staff to guard the olympics however he still wants to claim the fifty seven million pound management fee saying it's all part of the contract as artie's laura smith reports olympic security concerns are now extending far across the atlantic. as athletes and guests start to arrive here at heathrow airport for london olympic games they'll be met by all the usual sites including loans that immigration as u.k. border officials struggle to cope with the sheer numbers involved but it won't be just a u.k. officials come across some may be surprised to see american agents operating on british soil the u.s. transport administration or dorothy has reportedly been allowed to bring in agent
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in a move aimed at helping british authorities to secure american flights in and out of the u.k. the agents apparently won't be allowed past boarding gates or u.k. aircraft but their mere presence could prove controversial in the u.s. they've been accused of performing intrusive doubt just the native confession that britain's been forced to make to the u.s. which doesn't believe the olympic host is done enough to ensure the security of the games the american team will reportedly bring with it five hundred f.b.i. agents to protect its athletes and diplomats plus a five hundred security staff all of whom will be operating on british soil raising questions about still brinsley american needs follows a catalogue of failures on behalf of the security company that won the contract for the games g four s.
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. it's admitted it couldn't provide the number of security staff it had promised that meant that three and a half thousand soldiers and hundreds of police have had to be drafted in at the very last minute to plug the store. our live from moscow this is our two let's go straight to the world update for you now we'll start with pakistan or at least fourteen people have died in the northwestern part of the country as a minibus carrying shiite muslims hit a tank a landmine and none of them. militant groups have so far claimed responsibility police are describing it as a sectarian attack this is the latest in a series of violent incidents targeting the shiite minority in the mostly sunni state. and staying in the volatile region over twenty nato fuel tankers have been destroyed in a bomb attack in northern afghanistan an explosive device was planted on one of the trucks transporting fuel into the country from neighboring uzbekistan which comes
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only weeks after pakistan reopened alliance supply routes into afghanistan for seven months blockade was caused by a two thousand and eleven nato attack which claimed the lives of twenty seven pakistani soldiers. and the world's most wanted nazi war crimes suspect detained for questioning in budapest has pleaded not guilty ninety seven year old last tardy had previously been sentenced to death in absentia for the assisted murder of almost sixteen thousand jews during world war two so tired he escaped to canada after the war however he was stripped of his citizenship and has been in hiding since one thousand nine hundred ninety seven. and in libya a liberal block of the national forces alliance is celebrating success in the parliamentary election held earlier this month their group claimed almost half the seats reserved for political parties the muslim brotherhood fared bit worse they only got about twenty percent of the party places the lawmaking bodies do to
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appoint a transitional government and oversee the drafting of a new constitution coming up or we will be interviewing journalist patrick hayes on what's next in libya for now a quick preview for you. world notes for nato intervention last year i think these elections should really have been something to celebrate the election itself has been administered by the national transitional council which was effectively cherry picked by the west rather that than actually selected by the libyan people it's an unelected body and there have been a lot of disagreements has been a lot of protests over the past nine ten months by the libyan people who are unhappy with the lack of transparency from this government's their own happy with the fact that the transitional council does not represent their views or the people that they want to be in power. thanks for joining us here in r.t. today london based bank h.s.b.c.
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it's under fire all of this after a report found it had laundered drug cartel cash and helped saudi arabian organizations finance terrorism a us government report claims that banks branches move billions of dollars without checking where the money came from a my colleague bill dodd he spoke to middle east affairs expert ali risk who believes this news will cause some countries to ultimately reconsider their alliances. i think this proves what many people have said all along that it is saudi arabia which is the main export are of radical of this religious extremism of the radical elements and i think how they handle it it just explains what underwater guys under what guys we're talking about what will soon a terrorist group we were talking about here well we're talking about you know for example the extremism those people who are now are for example causing violence in syria but those who were sent to chechnya are the paper people of groups it was
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pakistan even al qaida as well we have to have to say here that some elements of the royal family also have their own facts on tribute to as well to our car either but more importantly i think that this report. that sheds light on the on the alliance between the saudi family the saudi royal family and some western countries what this will do with it will put more pressure on the western governments to try and change their policy here now of course saudi arabia is considered to be an ally for how long could this continue in many people are speculating that maybe the western governments might reconsider might soon reconsider their alliance why why early what are you or i would they be doing that first of all because we have the uprisings currently happening which puts more pressure on the on the u.s. government on the british government the saudi arabia until now hasn't taken any
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steps towards political reform and the other reason is that saudi arabia when it becomes more known that saudi arabia is the main source of this extreme islam that will lead to a popular vigilance for example in the u.s. in countries like britain i believe that this report and more similar developments would put more pressure on the on the u.s. and all of these western countries. as promised so there's a. he's critical of him standing by the r.t. business desk i couldn't see you again so wall street is now moving and shaking are much like you on saturday night or a must like you know where they're all made and now i can see marcus is talk about them because they all made a mistake and that she is performing a rally at the moment and that's also the head of the u.s. federal reserve says he's called sons about the economic recovery but ben bernanke has also outlined options to ease policy of unemployment and that's a good time for a. caterer to apologize i'm so sorry for interrupting you at the moment we have got
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this ongoing press conference here in moscow the turkish prime minister with the russian counterpart of course president putin let's have a listen and see what they say about syria. associates we have simply exchanged ideas that we have noticed. following the incident. we had. a phone conversation with mr putin. in the wake of the incident and we have. data. reciprocally but we have not exchanged any official documents or statements. but the russian media is also welcome to ask your questions coming is sent to t.v. . but do you use the microphone.
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i have a question. but i didn't hear the gun and as we all know turkey. has been also the end of the assad regime in syria three of them were from. has indicated. a change nobody leadership in syria the same time as impression and cherokee. interested in stability in this region more than any other countries in the world don't you believe that falling. devastation of president assad's syria might. become my total quagmire and chaos which might also affected neighboring countries. because it isn't then in. us it is imminent. and then the dynasty.
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that is human in. this is the missing then. to. us that. of a process thank you for this question has she. sued in. civil life. we share. our outlook on the issue of providing stability in syria. questions.
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we are categorically against. any. any. violation of syria's a territorial integrity. song. as you know. here in which even syria. has already taken action that has caused some eighteen thousand lives civilian lives in syria and. we are looking at every g.m. there is. wiping out its own citizens. some forty thousand refugees from syria are currently accommodated in turkey. one hundred fifty thousand refugees are injured or are in jordan right now. and another
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twenty thousand refugees are currently harbored in lebanon the. question. considering such a situation we have our own assessment of what's going on. all. we are saying that. syria should be decided by the will of its people. and we would like. to see. the play the fate of serious opposed to assad to be. chosen and decided by none other then the people of syria themselves let the syrian people make up their mind when they made
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the decision. to go to. in a situation like this. the un security council has some very important tasks and that also goes. for many members. of this. meeting in geneva has a right it has to take the lead with their vital roadmap and. we believe. that it is possible. too. but to reach the necessary result of aging within the framework of the decision taken in geneva. you need to. know.
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however. long the protests and clashes in syria result in more civilian casualties. something we have already seen in the. presidential presidential term of president assad's father. to again he's only interested in an end to violence in syria let's syria in june peace. and let the syrian people decide its fate and let us safe here weird. but you know that russia was turkey years ago when your supports in implementing the decisions made in chile you were this is a good for. our actions for the future.

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