finding rages on in syria the city of aleppo made some calls for humanitarian corridors there is concern it's a stunning support to the arrival of. the world's top whistleblower might not need to go to sweden that it's a agrees to ecuador of all port to question julian assange in its london them the sea instead. and with the olympic summer spectacle only hours away it's corporate giants like grabbing the ball with people leaving london's traffic jam turned political controversies. the markets regain momentum as clued prices and make a u. turn and go ignored all the details of the business update its once proper that's.

thank you for joining r t with me karen taraji this friday well and almost week long battle for syria's city of aleppo looks to be entering its final stage of syrian opposition fighters are massing ammunition and medical supplies while government troops say they're preparing to halt their offensive some states are calling for humanitarian corridors to be set up but as are two thoughts on a boy the reports from syria there are fears they'll simply open the doors to more bloodshed. the efforts to put an end to violence in syria or on the contrary to stoke tensions in this country that depends on your worldview or worse still continuing just a few days ago the arab league has called for an emergency meeting of the un general assembly to discuss this that the shipment off humanitarian corridors now in theory these quarry there should only be human suffering and allow for the safe passage of humanitarian workers and refugees. but in practice when you look at the

map of syria it is surrounded by the countries that are being used to smuggle weapons for the free syrian army we're talking about turkey lebanon on iraq possibly even jordan just a few days ago the reuters news agency published a story quoting an f.s.a. officer who was boasting about new deliveries all rocket propelled grenades katyusha rockets and missiles on the top of that refugee camps on the border with these countries being used as a recruitment grounds for the syrian opposition my colleague mario financial trouble to one of them on the lebanese border just a few days ago and she says that people who run these camps make no secret that they provide humanitarian assistance only to the f.s.a. sympathizers so in this context it's hardly surprising that the syrian authorities reject the idea of humanitarian corridors they believe that all these humanitarian talk is here and not their efforts to give

a strategic military advantage to the other side also effects such corridors were established the syrian government would automatically seize control over a certain parts of its term tree and they believe that it would seriously undermine their efforts to fight against terrorism now russia does sides with syria on this issue russian foreign minister sergei lavrov ruled out the idea of humanitarian corridors indic current circumstances when certain countries openly supply arms for the syrian opposition or acquiesce to that cherry tree being used for arms smuggling to deliver for also sad that if the west and its regional allies were truly interested in putting in the end to violence and stopping blackjack they should first stop arming the free syrian army. government consultant chris starr horse star who's been to syria recently believes despite rebel fighters being armed by their arab and western backers to lose the fight for

a lot. the attack on damascus was pushed back very successfully then now seeing the house chicks in the massacres going on by the army by the government army and what we have in aleppo is of course a fight for the main let's say production and trade center that is very serious for syria and the survival of the government and as for now i'm quite confident that pushing back of the insurgents come terrorists will be successful that we had an influx of one to two times ten thousand fighters from outside syria into syria mainly from jordan and lebanon recently and these fighters have made their way to aleppo and damascus we have a leading group of small attack teams very highly trained obviously and to my best guess with a secret service background sponsored by the usa. so i had four of us our war for

some show time for others it's really something that you want to see some oh i know we were you know we might go to prison but there isn't a fraction to see the thing that that you people could prize the museum no we were aboard why a vantage point on the israeli border with syria has become a tourist mecca for people armed with binoculars and cameras. also criminals no more the u.s. could make a u. turn on its out attackers and start involving them in matters of national security as we report in a few minutes here on our team. there's a glimmer of hope for a whistleblower julian a song after news that a long time demand he's been making which he believes will help refute allegations against him could now be meant the ecuadorian embassy in london where he's currently taking refuge says swedish authorities are welcome to come over to question a songe over sex crime allegations

a south american country is said to be seeking assurances from all parties as to the wiki leaks editor's final destination if extradited from the u.k. a songe fears if handed to stockholm well end up in the u.s. which wants him over the release of classified diplomatic cables by his website wiki leaks ecuador says it will decide on whether to grant asylum after the london olympics which and on aug twelfth michael ratner a legal advisor to both julian assange and john wiki leaks says ecuador does offer hope to assad. that's positive in two respects it's positive because julian assange made a choice not to go to sweden because he knew in sweden he would be put in prison. not given bail and that it was more likely than not in fact my view is that american lawyer for julian is someone that it was almost one hundred percent that he was going to be indicted and extradited to the united states never getting out of prison so the fact that he might be able to do what he has been demanding for

almost two years which is to be question in london about these allegations would be a major step because it means he could answer questions so it's a major positive development it's one that julian assange has been demanding for a long time but despite that the man sweden refused to in the second respect i think it's our hope that when julian gets an opportunity under the circumstances that sweden questions him that he would be exonerated of these allegations and that would be the end of it he should be a ruling first of all that the united states is going after him that you know i'm a man who should be protected by our constitution and the first amendment why if united states gets its hands on to be put into an underground prison and treated cruelly like bradley manning was treated the man who allegedly got access to the documents so he's obviously very worried about that situation and very angry that

the united states is wanting to suppress what probably one of the major truth tellers in the world today. all eyes will be on london later today when the olympics extravaganza cakes off the athletes are all set and spectators are pouring into the british capital right now you are looking at live pictures from london where the olympic torch is taking its final steps after a charity of eight thousand miles around the country right now the flame is on a boat on the river thames being rode by former british olympic rowing chris that certainly is an impressive flotilla but the preparations for the games certainly have been plagued by countless security traffic and political problems the british prime minister claims the country however can deliver many among the public though seem to disagree archie's laura smith reports. it's been seven years in the making and the greatest show on earth is finally kicking off in london but not

everyone's pleased this has come to town in fact according to research by currency exchange firm travelex londoners are fleeing their city in droves people are saying specifically they want to avoid the lympics you know they look at the streets and they look at congestion. charges. so they have taken the decision to go a third of people traveling this summer will head off during the games but for those who stay behind it will be a television only affair millions ended up disappointed in the public lottery to get tickets and it's recently been revealed that hundreds of thousands of tickets returned by for an olympic committees are being privately sold to corporate sponsors it's provoked outrage but not surprised. not only the corporate sponsors but big corporate. backers in general is an inevitable result of the way the goings

of done primarily for the interests of the rich in the olympics i'm afraid are just the epitome of some of the worst things in the world the removal of resources from poor people and giving it to rich people parents drop and station they can be no doubt what's going on the whole place is branded london twenty twelve i'm also surrounded by massive billboards on every building there's an advertisement for one of the main corporate sponsors b.m.w. lloyds t.s.b. but over here is the stratford that always was struck. it's full of independent traders who have come up against the big corporate sponsors unlike rich corporates local stallholders aren't allowed to capitalize on this world class event in their home town edict from the brand police mean they can't. even if you use words like a limb pick some or all gold in their advertising any games related merchandise

must be official and according to stall holder darell that's not easy it's too much of a risk we review small businesses we call open an account huge company that's one experimental as well. you know it's really small business i would love to but. it's created an uneasy relationship between locals and the games were the corporate monster is such that it's negativity to the games itself which is just what's alone who people are upset and not to be positive to look at what is really odd to see structures will be covered and coated with corporate sponsorship so from that point of view i don't like it despite the much vaunted olympic spirit it turns out the great is show water isn't for everyone while the fat cats sit back and watch the olympics cash raised in the london as the streets seize up because of

special olympic traffic lanes and their commuter trains grinds to a halt as they route the day the games picked their city the first thing i did when i. was sent an email to one of my good friends in paris and congratulations laura smith r.t. london. you can head online tarted our com to find out it's not only london getting in on the games action india has also been holding its special olympics victims of the world's biggest chemical spill staged event protest at the fact one of the sponsors of the london games is connected to the pump and a responsible for the fatal accident back in the 1980's. and the pentagon says the biggest conventional bomb ever is ready for. use to wreak destruction upon the enemies of the us more details all not at r t dot com.

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with r t at fourteen minutes past the hour hundreds of human fetuses found in a forest and some troll russia may have been removed from a local medical university police are questioning a researcher who was fired last year and could have taken the material she was working on with her however some doctors say they dumped fetuses could even be a product of cloning john thomas reports. right now the investigation is focused on two parts first how did these four plastic containers containing two hundred forty eight fetuses end up in the woods about seventy kilometers north of why and where did these fetuses come from the possible explanation is legal scientific research we do know that all of the fetuses that are in question here were terminated between twenty two and twenty six weeks this is well past of the twelve week mark which is considered legal abortion in russia after twenty two weeks of

women can only have an abortion only for medical necessary reasons so is this illegal abortion operation or is this scientific research no one really knows they're trying to get to the bottom of that we talked to one medical doctor this is what they had to say about the subject. this looks like some sort of organs were removed from fetuses to extract essences theoretically can be used to reach people there was a criminal case in ukraine who want to go when women would just say you didn't terminate pregnancies quite late to extract tissue for rejuvenating purposes there is one woman who was in charge of some scientific research in the area she was terminated in two thousand and eleven police are looking to see if she had taken some of the material she was working with with her when she left and if this could possibly be that material now there are some other disturbing theories saying that illegal scientific research could be behind this find as well in fact this is what one medical expert says on the subject. it may sound

a bit contrasting but these fetuses could have been the product of cloning despite its universal ban and that's why they were thrown out like that these were not future human beings but half human half artificial creatures it's a very daring. this might of course have been the product of miscarriage and it's the fetuses could have been thrown out and purpose to create scandal and attract attention maybe attract attention to the ban and cloning humans. to shock people with the science of the speeches that we've been tracking this story from the very beginning following the developments and the feedback that we're getting is that it touches at the very core of what people believe in so it's a controversial story it has shocked many people around the world of course will be continuing to follow developments online at r.t. and here on the screen as well as they become available. the u.s. could start actively engaging hackers in matters of national security but after it was confirmed america's surveillance cheap is due to attend the largest annual

hacker gathering in las vegas and that could certainly represent a major u. turn on the u.s. government's approach to cyber warfare as artie's merino explains. over the past two years the f.b.i. has arrested and jailed dozens of alleged how curves and or whistleblowers in connection to groups like wiki leaks. anonymous and the file sharing site mega upload but in addition to prosecuting master hackers it appears as though the u.s. government may soon begin aggressively recruiting them now one indication that many are pointing to is the fact that the head of the u.s. national security agency general keith alexander is expected to speak at the def con conference in las vegas now this event is considered to be the world's largest gathering of how curves and so-called computer geeks in this year an estimated

fifteen thousand people are expected to show up general alexander's attendance at def con marks the first time america's top surveillance chief would be participating in this event since it began two decades ago but today in an air of cyber warfare many experts believe that washington may soon begin ploy the same people that they've been jailing if it means that the u.s. government stands to benefit from having hackers on team usa reporting from new york. r.t. . time out for a quick look at other stories making international headlines police in tunisia have fired warning shots and tear gas at protesters attacked a provincial government headquarters angry over poor living conditions demonstrators also tried to set fire to the local office of the ruling islamised party after bursting into it last year the country's long time dictator was driven

from power by a revolt which sparked the arab spring. unidentified gunmen have attacked riot police in the south east of tajikistan for earlier government troops launched an offensive against militants in the area killing thirty and capturing forty after which a ceasefire was announced and talks began a mountain region is still volatile fifteen years after a civil war and a seeing heavy fighting between government troops and militants loyal to a former warlord. thousands of people have rallied in the rumanian tappable bucharest in support of the president who is facing an impeachment referendum on sunday but i am also schools backers believe his opponents are trying to seize control of european union funds however his rivals are claiming the president was meddling in government business the political turmoil began after a new opposition premier came to power in may following the collapse of to probe

the cesspool government's. the raging called left in syria is not just of interest to politicians and journalists it seems but also tourists in israel thousands have been flocking to the border for what they're calling a must see event but as archie's polish layer reports its pain and heartache for some is little more than a photo opportunity for others. up close and personal you don't get basic ringside seats in this this is the israeli syrian border and it's now also the latest israeli tryst attraction feels good to be able to get close to it a little bit and besides seeing only the items on television i was actually thrilled to come here today to syria to realize that with only a few kilometers and that country unfortunately there are hundreds of people being killed every day it's the perfect spot it seems for war boy is keen on getting a glimpse of syrians killing each other from

a safe vantage point the only hard way they carry binoculars and cameras rely on our armed forces that they are. of the situation and take all the precautions in them so i feel i feel very safe you see both his family to see where he forty against the syrians nearly fifty years ago the border areas which could erupt again as the free syrian army takes on assad forces near israel but for now it's good business and tour guides are making a killing it's really something that you want to see some oh i know it's war and or might not be present but there is an attraction to see the thing that actually occupies the media now it's like you feel you are in the center of stuff the fog was sparked when israeli defense minister who came to see for himself what was going on. here in the border was real fighting in syria and you can hear the moans and sprawling here we are one kilometer from the border. cut and couldn't wait to

get the jewish parents fled syria in the early fifty's for this visit is a dream come true it's like the motion because my parents keep the air and they call me that they live very peaceful with all the people and that's why when. some two groups are now thinking of including the syrian race. they may be day trips now but there's also news on the who should define. until a bit choose to get involved. on these radio. time now to get the latest business news however it seems more like a sports arena that's right carol that's because we're talking about the olympics and football but don't worry i'm not going to have paul scott out of a job any time soon so first i want to see where the mark is because this is business after all let's take a look at how europe is performing in general i have to say it's been a pause of day for markets across the board if we can take

a look at the latest figures i will tell you how europe is there and there we go we see gains of both the footsie and the bags and all this comes after the european central bank said that it will keep the euro zone intact and it predicts that the euro will survive those were the comments that by the head of the president of the european central bank move on and take a look at markets in the russia there of course following suit tracking gains overseas also stronger crude prices are helping and also in the open up side information here we know that russian carmaker after us help around the sun make four million euros in profit in the first half of two thousand and twelve move on to asia it's still trading and there we also have a positive sides and that's been boosted by record profit results off south korean tech giant and i'm talking about samson electronics as we can see both the day and the hindsight are added i'm saying now over two percent in the politeness our quick look at currencies the euro is again and against the euro as dollars you can see

there and the ruble is extending its gains against both major currencies now want to stay with the euro zone though and so more about they say when the british prime minister david cameron hopes of the olympic games will help the u.k. get back on track however historically they almost always leave the hosting country with financial troubles greece spends billions to make two thousand and four day was a success but now its economy is collapsing because the thing though about the olympics is that it increases foreign trade by an average of three percent. and b.p. finally looks set to close the lid on its oil disaster in the gulf of mexico of course we know that is not close to finalizing a seventy billion dollars deal with the us authorities to close all civil and criminal claims spots as it is than a bushel now explains in my be not that easy to draw a line under such natural disasters. this is turning into a huge costly concern for the industry scientists here at the institute of oil are

trying to find a way to contain what's become an ecological and publicist. russia spill six b.p. disasters a year from it says one report that's more than any other country even volatile nigeria the african superpowers just fine show for its biggest in a decade two years after the world's largest offshore disaster b.p. is nearing a deal to settle all outstanding claims but fishermen affected say it's impossible to count how much and how long their lawyer will continue to be hit fish of the coast of louisiana being born with diseased wounds and missing organs in the gulf six times more dolphins than usual still. this week is the second anniversary of the costliest on shore oil spill in u.s. history protesters shouted the kalamazoo of the eight hundred thousand gallons of crude oil spilled into the river people so they'll no longer put up with the damage

to their health from polluted learned and water but with oil titans ever more desperate to part fulling stocks of crude it seems the conflict will only get worse than your bushel. right now want to talk about fabio capello has of course now russia's new coach of the national team and he has a very difficult task if i may say of turning the russians national team on one of the best in the world and apparently has a year contract will bring him over five. hours call him by. he. was already considering early retirement when he signed up as england coach in two thousand and seven but this year he got an offer he couldn't refuse the russian football union hasn't revealed it simply says it's less than what dick advocaat aren't but commentators say it's a salary to envy. for two years away from good pizza and candy it's estimated

capello will earn more than five million euros let's compare that to euro twenty twelve record the most expensive national team coach cost just three million besides the lucky italian will reportedly have lower taxes as he's going to pay them in russia his two predecessors paid the dutch tax man which almost half of their final incomes russia began to splash the cash on forty coaches six years ago that's when the football union dissatisfied with homegrown talent or the lack thereof invited good hiddink thanks to the generous sponsorship of romano but i'm over here and seven million dollars in just a year and a half in return he led russia to the last four in euro two thousand and eight but hiddink failed to repeat the success of his fellow dutchman and successor dick advocaat also lacked inspiration it said national teams are not the place to make money they're a platform to make a name for yourself fabio capello has already done that but he's still clearly got his eyes on the prize be it

a fat paycheck for football glory. and hours after the deal lot of airports are called rosters clubs that's why kick some sense over them on what i mean by that is a try to convince them that astronomic salaries at their all to the success of the also the focus and of course the obvious is. that lives are i care and that's about see i don't know if that song is stuck in your head but for me every time i. get over it it's only thing along as well thanks for that i've daivari or. up next an update of our top stories in a few minutes stay with us. culture

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