piers riding in syria as the regime troops try to force rebels out of it can city water factions along top officials continue to play the government. while german intelligence finds evidence al qaida find some ninety terror attacks in syria just since rebels have been pouncing their own victims often stray televisa of the regime. and the united arab emirates follows the example of saudi arabia and bahrain as it leaves a fresh clampdown on protesters but the west stay silent. fire from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's two pm here in the russian capital one pm in damascus and opposition fighters are

ready in themselves for a major advance on syria's key city of aleppo the country's commercial hub has been plagued by fierce street battles for several days since opposition fighters began their assaults this as two more senior syrian officials have to fact it from the government here's on a boycott. over the past few days aleppo has been at the center of a matter major military operation we know that the army the syrian army used tanks used fighter jets 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 did battle for aleppo and there are some reports that on the eve of this battle they received major reinforcements and supplies to all the military equipment new supplies of arms from turkey and saudi arabia. for medical. research members but what.

you're really also lord i mean for instance over and through about flying through there are people i think there are. four people three other. children who are in the inner peace in the. fort when you talk about syria what's important to keep in mind is this sequence of events it is true that the syrian army is employing having artillery in the city but they are conducting die 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 it took 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 the laptop also telling us that before this military operation was launched the army how to evacuate developed and local residents and most of them i'm now stationed at the complex of the i left

university residence from other locations of. the campus so it policed in on one level syrian people were able to come together and try to help with each other and what's important to stress also is that alaska is believed to be the stronghold for. well of 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. but we are keeping a close eye on developments in syria with our crews reporting from the heart of the country are some of boy goes into massacres as you just saw bringing us tweets on the latest on what's happening as well as pictures for you so follow her son a voice underscore r.t. . this erie unravels continue their assault on the country's key cities and say they have been inspired by last week's attack in damascus activists. danny feels

the violence by the opposition fighters make it impossible to find a political solution. so called rubble they don't have a decision in their hands the decisions come from outside the from countries like united states backed by the saudi arabia and qatar so they just do what they've been told is to break the infrastructure of syria i mean believe me. economy so that's what they're taking on but i believe since a we this is the massacre happened in syria. killed. commanders in syria the syrian the syrian army has called now for a swift action and the people is called false reporting we are here we called for swift action from a month or two months ago because enough it's enough these people they understand only the language of the guns and the language of the bullets so the how this is

what they have to be faced by the syrian army by the bullets and it's going on now the masters is nearly nearly cleaned from them is going to be cleaned we were we want as a syrian we want to dialogue we want a political process we want to ballot box. but german intelligence has found a large number of terror attacks in syria could be attributed to al qaida or jihadist groups a war correspondent has suggested rebel finders that have been pavin passing off civilians they've killed as victims of the regime which is peter over reports from berlin. german intelligence the b n d a saying 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 u.n. 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 well 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. but later we'll look at whether it's only about medals behind the efforts of syria's olympic squad but the head of the syrian olympic committee banned from the event london twenty twelve has already facing accusations it's become marred in politics. also a grim discovery as hundreds of five month old fetuses are found dumped in a russian forest they may have been used for you to be going to search. but first the united arab emirates says there's an international plot aimed at overthrowing the governments of the arab countries in the persian gulf the chief of

dubai police has warned the threat is coming from the muslim brotherhood as well as syria and. the u.a.e. appears to be following in the footsteps of bahrain and saudi arabia which have launched crackdowns on anti-government protests eight new arrests of activists have been reported in the united arab emirates with almost forty people now in custody the protesters were detained for allegedly opposing the constitution thanks well as the country's ruling system but the silence on the situation from the west is deafening says hussein i'll go from americans for democracy and human rights and back right. the uprising in bahrain has shown. clearly the standard and the us foreign policy toward the country is going through the arab spring or the democracy movement while they support some countries that. like syria or in the first libya because we don't you know says does not like that

so the best way to change this those of the team is to use the democracy here however the people in bahrain and people saudi arabia and people in yemen calling basically for the same rights self-determination free and fair elections but we don't see the same kind of forceful clear foreign policy toward those countries especially bahrain and saudi arabia because those countries or 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 and blue jeans that have been sort of allied to the united states who are supporting the government that is oppressing the. you know by more stories online that are dot com including ecuador saying it will finally make a station on whether to grant julian assange political asylum after the olympics top whistleblowers fight is given a heavyweight boost get the details of r g dot com. and parachute guru

storm in the sky months of training were needed to prove there are no limits but the russian team now set a new world record information for. download the official r.t. application to choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from our t.v. our t.v. is not required to watch r.t. all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time any. a sinister discovery in central russia has shocked the entire nation that's 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 illegal medical research you may

find the images and so on 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 girls while i was out there fishing and i went to get some wood 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 hand some ten and with surnames and identification numbers discarded in a remote ravine around seventy kilometers north of you katherina berg in some cases the remains spilled onto the ground. 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 isn't 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 ok. alice lee 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. of contamination when discarded syringes and other materials were dumped into sent beats and ended up in children. 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. 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. . coming up on our to europe is the liver of a fresh blow by one of the ratings giants this time into the region's power center . moody's downgraded the outlook on seventeen german banks just

a week after it made a similar move on the conference credit rating certainly confidence in the euro area go even further down more details coming up in the business update. a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world the interest in gun purchases has risen in the u.s. and especially in the state of colorado where firearms license requests grew by forty percent probably in the cinema 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 the accused 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 left the pitch for an hour in protest before an

apology was issued it's the latest embarrassment for organizers after numerous high profile security problems. israel's defense minister ehud barak has warned of tough decisions ahead that's if the latest european union sanctions fail to stop iran's nuclear program his comments came shortly after iran's supreme leader announced increased pressure will not interfere with his country's desire for peaceful atomic energy the latest sanctions targeting the islamic states for oil industry came into force july first. later activist bill ayres tells archie he believes the u.s. and israel are leading a campaign for war ignoring their own nuclear arsenal. it was tasker fee for everyone if the united states or nato which is just the united states fig leaf for 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 nonproliferation in the heart of even admitting that they have them this is a world that's dangerous that's you know unstable but it's not unstable because of iran there are so many better ways to be a citizen of the world than to shake your sword every time you feel like it. you can watch that full interview with activist bill ayres at half past the hour here on r.t. . wealthy british style is not. the time to. go around the.

market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. line. would be soon which brightened if you need someone from funds to freshen. screens don't talk t.v. don't come. here with r t live from moscow well the summer games may be out start but the

tradition of olympic truce looks likely to go unfulfilled in spite of pressure syria sent its biggest delegation for decades claiming it's participants bring with them a message of peace because of financial reports despite efforts these olympics are failing to stay away from politics. for almost half his life twenty eight year old ahead has been part of syria's 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 who is just as important a mission i know. this intuition in syria is better than how some media trying to show that we are going to send the message that our country safe and beautiful and that its people don't want violence and had says his major competitors in london will be from russia but the country's true enemies the afflatus claims are

nations back in the rebel forces it is a very grave situation in. britain the country that's hostin this year's games and has been among the most loudly condemning the bloody regime of bashar al assad calling for tough sanctions military intervention and the president to step down seems to turn support in turn other battlefield they 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 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 israel risked 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. but despite a national wide crisis the country's sinden its biggest of a geisha instance the 1980's most skilled games. although we are in a state of war we are not listening to what the sea about is especially the bad media we know the truth and this is very important especially this time we raise the flag of our country to the world the best of our faces sport x. three so you see it is unlikely to go home with any medals these year but it seems winning is not the highest prize for 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 written off knotty from damascus in syria. time now to get the latest from the business das and more details on moody's new downgrade merino it's just one blow after another these days isn't it how are investors in the markets reacting well in this league there were reactions to it at all because i think the sort of become immune to this by now with so many downgrades i was seeing in previous ones but now of course the markets are good if they get to territory of all look at that a little bit later but first as our scenario will bring us up today with everything that's happened at all in the recent downgrade of the economic outlook of seventeen german banks the second us. the moody's is 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 so it it wasn't very surprising that this on the banks had followed

mainly because many of those of those banks that have been downgraded hold government back to debts and therefore if a country's credit rating is not stable it just goes to show and followed 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 the 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 have gone to the other countries and 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 sponsor 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 many there are fears that spain is going to ask for a full country be allowed to keep investors really jittery 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 here in order to get its finances in order so therefore we're not seeing good news any good science at all from the euro zone nations all european commission for us in the house and i know but also is heading to athens to assess the situation that's of course us concerns mounds of greece will miss its that production the target and as you can see the markets are reacting to all of that with a loss as the footsie moves in the quarter of a percent almost of one percent in the red there. and also in all that spanish banking giant suntan that if and when that's not something that is has posted its second quarter profit and now it plunged ninety three percent needless to say it missed analyst expectations let's move on to currencies which we can see the euro

is raising the wednesday's gains of zero minimize now for now and then when it comes to the ruble it's still gaining the gains of both major currencies if we can have a quick look at the russian the markets here. i have to say this is exactly what we saw all the wednesday force that was gains their losses and now gains once again the r.t.s. is out over half a percent in the my success slightly behind there and now if we can go and take a look at crude prices. for the graphics are the same here and the crude price us still ahead in south lights were trading at eighty eight dollars a barrel and the brand blend just under one hundred four dollars per barrel that's as u.s. stock piles on the rise and analysts are assuming that this signals a faltering. now if we can focus on toyota for a second now because we know that it has now regained the crown of the world's top auto maker it sold almost five million vehicles in the first half of the year that's a three hundred thousand more than last year's mido which was general motors earlier

on to your last the title as its production was set by the two thousand and eleven natural disasters in asia. and i'll stay with asia china the summer on cooperation with africa is getting stronger and stronger china is a prize that has actually even pledged a new level of relations with the continent and we also know that china has replaced the united states as the top trader in africa and bush will examine the whole situation for us. ghost town in angola of a hole for a million people gleaming new headquarters for the african union and vols doubling sudan's electricity all built by choice in return for the continent's fabulous riches from half the world's diamonds to two thirds of its platinum mobile phones use the mineral called turn mined in congo in a decade china has overtaken the state as africa's top trading partner taking a whopping ninety three billion dollars in goods stricken by did washington and

brussels have taken their eye off the ball and the continent's leaders are hoping mad at the west's continued colonial attitude china's intentions of different from europe's as south africa's president europe still influences african countries for this sole benefit loans from beijing are also cheaper and come with on transparency and human rights but made by china may have gone too far big projects are being built so badly they crumble and go lose new general hospital shut down off the big cracks appeared patients are now seen intense new chinese built roads linking zambia work quickly swept away by rain and the mainland brings its own workers distrusting local labor more chinese have come to africa in ten years than europeans in the past four hundred says one top official here they're just getting started at this month's 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. as hard as us likes this our new says seeing that sometimes better is my word of the day let's see how many times i would get it wrong they didn't sell far right makes it interesting renay thanks for that will see you next hour and i'll be back with our top stories just after that stay with our chief.

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