he is fighting in syria as regime troops try to push rebels out of a case they see while defections among top officials continue to plague the government. and the wild german intelligence finds evidence al qaeda is behind some ninety terror attacks in syria but suggestions are rebels have been passing that own victims of a fatality is of the regime. and the united arab emirates follows the example of saudi arabia and bahrain as it leaves the french clampdown protesters but the west to stay viable. here's from russia and around the world this is all she was me thanks for joining us finally continues in a serious city of aleppo with troops trying to hold

a rebel advance the country's commercial hub has been plagued by fia street battles for several days since opposition fighters began their souls they says two more senior syrian officials have defected from the government and here's all she is a son avoid. over the past few days has been. at the center of a major military operation reno that the army the syrian army used tanks used military helicopters to strike its targets the free syrian army has also. enlisted a lot of support for it's a parade. they're calling it. and there are some reports on the eve of this battle they received major reinforcements and supplies to the military equipment you supply arms from turkey and saudi arabia when you talk about syria what's important to keep in mind is this sequence of events it is. the syrian army

is employing having artillery in this city but they are conducting drive military operations in response to terror attacks that have been happening in this city that have been happening in aleppo for several months and many residents of aleppo are telling us that they don't understand why the to the government so long to conduct those military operations because they've been suffering from this criminal activity for quite some time now the residents of also telling us that before this military operation was launched the army how to evacuate the residents local residents most of them are now stationed at the complex of the university residence from auburn locations of. food to the campus so. on one level syrian people were able to come together and try to help which other and what's important to stress also is that is believed to be the stronghold for both the bashar al assad government and for the opposition but most people i've spoken to they say what they want now is the violence to stop and then they can proceed with the political

process. and we're keeping a close eye on the developments in syria with crew reporting from the heart of the country and all she's a voice is bringing you the latest updates and pictures via twitter. he says people are beginning to return after last week's travel asshole from the city with damage to the infrastructure across the country now estimated at eleven dollars. with major clashes between serious troops on the opposition forces has reported in aleppo let's not talk to ahmad a freelance journalist who's in the city not how was the situation in aleppo. today it does go on but you know aleppo is a big city maybe there is some clashes between our little ones and we can we are i'm lumping in another area but it is gone and we have not witnessed any any

clashes since two or three days. there's been some suggestion. you know that the issue here it's a little a little bit longer we used to be then it's used to be three c.d.'s ago do we not we used to hearing on gun charges or some explosions sometimes you can see where you got the. moment in the sky but today but we've seen nothing although we heard some gunshots because. you know i mean police. have to have some police stations. there. just so there is also a suggestion that perhaps these iteration aleppo is being hyped by the media something we've already seen previously elsewhere in this conflict. on that. actually. as i told you the largest city here in syria so we have many areas some

areas are very very calm and peace but the others are having so. i think the problems of people who left their homes and move to choose to schools. and the level of. the syrian army doing its job by fighting the rebels inside us areas areas characterizes by a little feel a little militancy a lot among the people there is a. lack of education so the liberals used to take this area as shelter for them to do their operation against the army. five days ago that they must leave that area outside the city but they refused so the bulk of the school. still a lot of it is it is limited in by four or five blocks but which

a large the geographical space. this time freelance journalist in this era says many thanks indeed. german intelligence has found a large number of terror attacks in syria could be attributed to al qaeda as creed's while a war correspondent has suggested a rebel fighters have been passing up civilians they've killed the extent of the regime. from belin. german intelligence the b n d a saying that around ninety terror attacks may have taken place in syria between december of last year and july of twenty twelve these attacks being carried out by groups with connections to al qaeda as well as other jihadist organizations now this is come to light following a question that was raised in the german parliament and it's all across the newspapers here in germany at the moment prompting one senior german foreign it was

correspondent to suggest that the rebels in syria were deliberately killing civilians and passing them off as victims of government troops coining the phrase the phrase of massacre marketing for these actions now germany has been something of a quiet partner. keeping something of a real low profile when it comes to syria although they have supported their allies in the united states and the united kingdom have been far more vocal in pushing forward with un resolutions now this is those resolutions of course some in favor of military intervention in syria something which russia is be imminently opposed to but this information coming out shows that germany had intelligence regarding what was happening on the ground in syria and they didn't do anything about that it's also being reported that germany's foreign office is working with the

syrian rebels to try and determine what will happen to come up with a concrete plan for the transition of power should assad to be toppled. and later this hour look at whether it's only about medals behind the efforts of serious alyn beck squad but he had of the syrian army become a c. band from the thousand and twenty twelve or so already facing accusations it's become. in politics. also later agreement discovery as hundreds of five month old fetus is found dumped in a russian forest it's thought they may have been used for research. but before that a new way of crime down on protesters has taken place in the united arab emirates eight new arrests have been reported with almost forty people now in custody who are detained for allegedly opposing the constitution as well as the country's ruling system follows similar developments in saudi arabia and bahrain but the

silence in it from the west is deafening says hussein abdullah from americans for democracy and human rights in bahrain. uprising in bahrain as shown. clear the standard in the us one policy toward the country is that going through the arab spring or the democracy movement while they support some countries. like syria or in the first libya because we don't you know sisters not like jean they're the best way to change this because of the genius to use the democracy here how are the people in bahrain the people should they be and people in yemen are calling basically for the same rights self-determination of free and fair elections but we don't see the same kind of forceful a clear foreign policy toward those countries especially by the so the arabian

because those countries are those governments are considered allies saw somehow democracy now is used as a weapon against the countries that we don't like however the people in blue jeans that are considered allied to the united states who are supporting the government that is oppressing them. and you can find a more stories online that are here are combing clipping. saying it will finally make a decision on whether to grant julian assange political asylum after the olympics a top whistle blowers fined has given a heavyweight post of this he tells our at r.t. the whole thing. and parachute storm this kind months of training were needed to prove there are no limits but the russian team is tied to setting a new world record information sky diving. download the official r.t. application to self choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite

from our team well t.v. is not required to watch our team all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time. europe has been delivered a new blow as moody's investors service announced fresh downgrades let's have crossed our business desk for the details in marinas that maria who was the target at this time. of the summer was once again germany let's not forget last time what we're heard was that several german regions were downgraded more talk about the economic outlook here then of course we heard about the euro zone's rescue fund now this time around there was seventeen and german banks the situation just keeps getting the war sources one blow after the other and we'll have all the details in business in about fifteen minutes from now. a sinister discovery in central russia has shocked the entire nation that after barrels full of human fetuses were found

dumped in a forest investigators are now poring over the evidence for clues the fetuses are over five months old and may have been used for medical research and you may find in the presidential thomas report disturbing. a picturesque meadow in russia's urals at first seemingly serene but an unfortunate encounter for one outdoorsman reveals a scene far more disturbing i discovered the birds while i was you know went to get some food for the campfire which i found the barrels and i thought i would take them home but when i looked inside i saw many little babies medical waste in total two hundred forty eight fetuses each around half the size of an adult human hair and some turned with surnames and identification numbers discarded in a remote ravine around seventy kilometers north of the catalina berg in some cases the remains spilled onto the ground was inspecting the scene we found a total of four barrels fifty to seventy liters each filled with human fetuses

police will investigate this incident the materials found will be examined at the lab the mystery of the discovery in the woods. and how it got there has sent a shockwave around the world but one main focus for investigators is where the fetuses came from in the first place in russia abortion is legal only up until the twelve week mark and early evidence in this case shows that these fetuses were terminated between twenty two and twenty six weeks russian law states that women can only have an abortion during this time period for medical emergency reasons now investigators must find out why there were so many late term abortions in such a relatively small area was there something deeply sinister going on such as an illegal abortion operation and why were they discarded so carelessly human tissue is classified as hazardous waste and as such it should be incinerated when disposed of properly in the hospital contracts out the service which is where companies can

cut corners. we've got to be nation discarded syringes and other materials were dumped into centipedes and the double in children said. police say hospitals in the area had been contributing fetuses to scientific research but the project supervisor was fired in two thousand and eleven they believe she took some of the bio medical waste with her when she left with whom say those fetuses contain stem cells which may be used to treat cancer various immune system diseases and forage of an asian purposes but skeptics say this scenario is unlikely considering the fetuses were found in formaldehyde rendering them useless for this type of research now the health ministry has requested information from all clinics within one hundred kilometer radius hoping to find answers to a story that has left a community perplexed in moscow sean thomas r t. let's have

a look at some other stories making headlines around the world the interest a valid putzes has risen in the u.s. and especially in the state of colorado where applications to buy firearms korea by about forty. son following this in a mass shooting in the state many americans want to be able to protect themselves and not have to trust the police to ensure their safety the colorado massacre left twelve dead and fifty eight wounded their cues that james holmes is due to hear the charges against him at a court hearing on monday. organizers of the london olympics have been left red faced after they mistakenly displayed the south korean flag instead of the north korean one it happened at the beginning of the women's football match against colombia the north korean team page for an hour in protest before an apology was a shoot is the latest the bar's mental the organizers after numerous high profile security problems. israel's defense minister who'd barat has warned of tough

decisions ahead that said the latest european union sanctions failed to stop iran's nuclear program his comments came shortly after iran's supreme leader and oust increased pressure will not interfere with his country's desire for peaceful atomic energy the latest use sanctions targeting the islamic state oil industry came into force on july first. and later a bill ayres tells r.t. he believes the u.s. and israel are leading a campaign for war ignoring their nuclear arsenals. it would be a catastrophe for everyone if the united states or nato which is just the united states' fig leaf or israel went into iran and attacked iran there we can live in this world as a nation among nations as long as we insist on the old colonial mentality that we can dominate other peoples we can tell them how to be and have a double standard that's just so grotesque so we're frantic about the possibility

that iran might have a nuclear warhead some day meanwhile we have two thousand nuclear warheads and that doesn't make us frantic israel is the third largest nuclear power in the world not part of nuclear proliferation and part of even admitting that they have that this is a world that's dangerous that's you know unstable but it's not unstable because of the run there are so many better ways to be a citizen of the world but the shake your sword every time you feel like it. and you can watch the full interview with acts of it's a bill as in just now it's time hail analyse. the summer games maybe at stop by the traditional day olympic truce looks likely to go unfulfilled as part of precious series sent its biggest delegation for decades claiming its participants bring with them a message of peace but as always he's mr notion reports despite efforts days and

thanks have failing to stay away from politics. for almost half his life twenty eight year old has been taught of series national weightlifting team during the opening ceremony for the two thousand and eight olympics in beijing he carried the syrian flag this year his going to the games in london he's just as important a mission. to keep the situation in series better than how some media trying to show that we are going to send the message that country safe and beautiful and that. people don't want violence and hate says his major competitors in london will be from russia but the country's true enemies the athlete flames nations back in the rebel forces it is a very grave situation it is murder and. britain the country that's hostin this year's games and has been among the most through loudly condemning the bloody regime of bashar assad calling for tough sanctions military intervention and the

president to step down seems to turn a sport into another battlefield he had of the syrian olympic committee former syrian army general and a close friend of the country's leader has been refused a visa and will be watching games on t.v. in his home in damascus. this is a conspiracy against syria and its people and it even contradicts the olympic charter i feel sad and disappointed though this is part of a pressure package and serious psychological pressure today the cycling team will have to double their training the day before it was cancelled due to security concerns apart from the psychological pressure the syrian athletes six men and four women have been preparing for their peaceful mission in a real war zone at home with a real risk to their lives the u.n. says in seventeen months of the revolt of a ten thousand people have been killed while some opposition sources estimate

almost twice that figure to go but despite a national wide crisis the country send in its biggest of a geisha instance the nine hundred eighty moscow games but. we are in a state of war we are not listening to what they see a bogus especially the bad media we know the truth and this is very important that we specially this time we raise the flag of our country the world the best of our faces support x.p. say syria is unlikely to go home with any medals these year but it seems winning is not the highest prize. well the team sport is often described as a matter of life and death but for serious olympic team the phrase is a reminder of a real conflict they'll be leaving behind however it will be a message of peace not war that these competitors take to the london games. not t. from damascus in syria. ok let's go back to business news room now and marine is that i was moody moody's and now spend marina thanks you well first of all for

those out there listen to the beginning of the program we are of course talking about moody's investor services and how it downgraded we're talking about the economic look for seventeen german banks and this is not the first time it's done that but for more on this we can cross to brussels and our correspondent tess arsole there are all of these cells about that's as far away. things are much merino wool here and europe really when there is bad news the question is not if there is bad news but how bad it really is moody's has downgraded seventeen german banks and this is just a week after the country's a credit rating was down downgraded from stable outlook to a negative outlook there so it it was a very surprising that this on the banks had followed mainly because many of those banks that have been downgraded hold government back to debts and therefore if the country's credit rating is not stable it just goes to show and follow that the banks themselves are not stable as well they've been struggling since two thousand

and eight and also since the onset of the eurozone crisis now aside from these downgrades outlook in german business is not very good across all sectors business confidence has gone down in june certainly not bad news for the country that's considered the main creditor in all of the euro zone nations funding a lot of the bailout that had gone to the other countries now one of the main a destabilizing factor in the euro zone is actually spain its current situation very unstable and it has long passed that psychological threshold on the interest rate on its sponsors seven percent right now investors are asking for seven point six percent of our doesn't take much to figure out that this is a very very unsustainable level and that there are there fears that spain is going to ask for a full country bailout to keep investors really jittery now greece has also been on the spot like the troika of the i.m.f. the e.c.v. of the european commission had just gone there and really there wasn't much of a surprise of what they had found out i think investors are already expecting to

hear that greece is still off the track and it still needs a further death restructuring in order to get its finances in order so therefore we're not seeing good news any good size at all from the euro zone nations and it's just it's not it's not just from the euro area the u.k. which is part of the european union outside the euro area had just seen a shocking this is what we call a shock. drop of zero point seven percent and very g.d.p. this is a big drop compared to what barry can expect it which is just as zero point two percent. very bad there data coming from there so i'm afraid marina i don't have much good news for you coming from this part of the world aside from the fact that most of europe as i've already gone on holiday but on the economic front it's still very very bleak that's right so i suppose once they can blame you for being the bearer of bad news instead of me this time around when it comes to spain though we did hear analysts actually saying that the market has given up on the country and of course that was tess arcelor reporting from brussels i want to move on and take

a look at how european markets are reacting to this just like i said last hour it's a lackluster day across the board as you see the footsie and the but it's pretty much still too negative on least when it comes to the footsie european commission prize than the wholesome i know but also is in fact hasn't through athens to assess the situation there as there are concerns that greece will basically miss the debt reduction targets moving on to currencies the euro similar raising its gains on wednesday against the u.s. dollar when it comes to the ruble it's sad and against of both major currency a quick look at russian markets as i said it's a similar situation as it is in europe it's in the right both the artist and the my successor not that much but still if we can take a look at some of the individual share moves on the my six right now we saw in the beginning most new chips were higher now was in different sectors for bankers and that is territory similarly with big c.b. we have some stories there is burbank is expected to raise its burdens benchmark

mortgage loans and that's next month when it comes to be to be we know that a subsidiary of society in general is becoming a minority shareholder in the bank and also when it comes to roles that sound that important is now warning it could downgrade the company if it continues and manages so quire c n n k v p now crude prices always important for the russian economy still. in south their lights we're trading at eighty eight dollars around their per barrel and this all comes as the stock piles are on the rise and analysts say this might signal faltering demand and now in other news the summer out has regained that's crowd as the world's top all to make up in the first half of the year japan's firm sold almost five million vehicles three hundred thousand more than last year's leader and that's general motors earlier on today are lost the title as its production was hit by the two thousand and eleven natural disasters and i mentioned asia and i want to talk about china and particular because its

cooperation with africa is becoming more and more stronger and what we know is that china's president has even said that their relationship has reached a new level with africa that is and we know that already china has replaced the united states as the top trader on the continent and i would seize that explain why and how that all came about. a ghost town in angola for a whole four million people gleaming new headquarters for the african union involves opening sudan's electricity choice no return for the continent's fabulous riches from whole of the world doing wins to two thirds of its platinum mobile phones use the mineral coal term congo in a decade china has overtaken the states as number of his top trading partners taking a whopping ninety three billion dollars in goods stricken by did washington and brussels have taken the oil spill and the continent's leaders are hoping mad at the

west continued colonial attitude china's intentions different from europe to south africa's president europe still influences african countries for this benefit lose from beijing also cheaper and come without lectures on transparency and human rights but made by choice may have gone too far the project. being built so badly they crumble and go lose new general hospital shut down off the big cracks appeared patients in l. seen intense new chinese build roads linking zambia were quickly swept away by rain and the mainland brings its own workers distrusting local labor more chinese have come to africa in ten years the europeans in the past four hundred says one top official just getting started but this month china africa forum president hu jintao promised to take relations to a quote new level with twenty billion dollars fresh cash for the continent adding

we will forever be a good friend good partner and good brother of the african people and i believe we covered all the south africa asia russia in case. antarctica may be all right in arena thank you very much and i'll be back with a recap our top stories in just a few minutes. well

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