finding rangers in syria's key city of aleppo amid some calls for humanitarian corridors there is concern of violence the stemming from foreign support to the rebels. the world's top whistleblower mind on need to go to sweden after all that is if stockholm agrees to add doors all for to question julian a solace in its london embassy instead. then we feel in big summer spectacle getting closer by the hour it's corporate giants love to grounding the gold with the people fleeing london's traffic jams and political controversies. hello and welcome to our team this friday with me karen broadcasting to you from our studio in moscow well an almost week long battle for syria's city of aleppo

looks to be entering its final stages 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 archie's oksana boyko reports from syria there are fears of will simply open the doors to more bloodshed. the efforts to put an end to violence in syria or on the country 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 meant off humanitarian corridors now in theory the square there should alleviate 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 are 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 are being used as a recruitment grounds for the militarized 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 there africa to give a strategic military advantage to the other side also even such corridors were established the syrian government would automatically cede control over

a certain parts of its turn 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 has ruled out the idea of humanitarian corridors indic current circumstances when certain countries openly supply arms for the. in opposition or acquiesce to that territory being used for smuggling to get out of also sad that if the west and its regional allies were truly interested in putting an end to violence and stopping plactic they should first start arming the free syrian army government consultant christoph horse all who's been to syria recently despite rebel fighters being armed by their arab and western backers bell lose the fight for a lot. the attack on damascus was pushed back very successfully they are 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 production and trade center that is a very serious for the survival of the government and as for now i'm quite confident the 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 because 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. and so i have for you this hour war for some so time for others. really something that you want to see some oh i

know roots were you know we might not be preserved but there isn't a russian to see the thing that actually is the museum we were for 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 it's out of two to hackers and start involving them in matters of national security as we reported a few minutes here on our. well it seems there's a glimmer of hope for a whistleblower joining a solace after news that a longtime demand he's been making a cheap believe for a few allegations against him could now be met 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 currently said to be seeking us surance says from all parties to the wiki leaks editor's final destination and extradited from the u.k.

that sounds fears if handed to stockholm will 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 end on august twelfth michael ratner a legal advisor to both joined us on jan wiki leaks says ecuador does offer hope to a song. 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 that my view was an american lawyer for julian someone that it was almost one hundred percent that he was going to be indicted and extradited to the not. 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 who 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 demands we refused to go in the second respect i think our hope that you'll get some help to the under the circumstances that sweden weston's 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 created 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 probably one of the major truth tellers in

the world today. and all eyes will be on line then later today when the olympics extravaganza kicks off the athletes are all set to spectators are pouring into the british capital as you can see right here at live pictures from london where the olympic torch is taking its final steps after a journey of eight thousand miles around the country sports fans are lined up along its path and the impressive float with a torch has been making its way across the river. but the preparations for the games have been plagued by countless security traffic and political problems the british prime minister claims the country can deliver many among the public though seem to disagree as artie's laura smith reports. it's been seven years in the making and the greatest show on earth is finally kicking off a lens and. but no everyone's please 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 in particular. 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 foreign olympic committees are being privately sold to corporate sponsors it's provoked outrage but not surprised tickets have gone to 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 stratford center it's full of independent traders who've come up against the big corporate sponsors unlike rich corporates local stallholders aren't allowed to capitalize on this world class event in their hometown edict from the brand police mean they can't even use words like a limb pick some or all gold in their advertising any games related merchandise. must be official and according to stallholder darell that's not easy it's too much for rich we really small businesses we call out that we can't reach huge companies

and that's one x. amount of says well. you know it's a really small business i would love to but we might but it's created an uneasy relationship between locals and the games with the corporate monster is such that it's sort of negativity to the games itself which is a sporting event so what's a low who people a bit upset but not particularly positive to look away which 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 limping 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 heard that london got to do was send an email to one of my good friends in paris and congratulations laura smith london taken an online tarty dot com to find out it's not only london getting in on the games action india has also been holding a special olympics victims of the world's biggest chemical spill staged event and protest at the fact one of the sponsors of the london games is connected to the company 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 at r.t. dot com. download the official application so choose your language stream quality and

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the forest and central 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 or some doctors say be dumped fetuses could even be the product of cloning as artists on 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 is 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 in essence is theoretically can be used to reach people there was a criminal case in ukraine who want to go when women would just sieved into terminating pregnancies quite late to extract this issue for rejuvenating. there is one woman who was in charge of some scientific research in the area she was terminated 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. 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 just as could have been thrown out in purpose to create scandal and attract attention maybe attract attention to the ban on cloning humans. people listen to these speeches as we've been tracking this story from the very beginning following new developments in 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 that 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 that's after it was confirmed america's surveillance chief is due to return the largest annual hacker gathering in las vegas and that could represent a major u. turn on the u.s.

government's approach to cyber warfare as artie's marine important explains over the past two years the f.b.i. has arrested and jailed dozens of a legit how kurz 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 kurz 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 employ 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 greene important r.t. now to some other stories making international headlines two soldiers have been killed in the mainly quarter region of southeast turkey after their vehicle was blown up in a roadside bomb officials blame the attack on the kurdistan workers' party which is seeking the establishment of a new tone of this homeland earlier turkey had warned it would take action against kurdish rebels in northern syria fearing the creation of a kurdish enclave there could provide a sanctuary to the separatists. police in tunisia have fired warning shots and tear

gas at protesters who attacked a preventable government headquarters agri 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. thousands of people have rallied in the romanian capital bucharest in support of the president who is facing impeachment referendum on sunday i am bus e'squus 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 two probe a cesspool government's. raging conflict 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 both slayer reports what's pain and heartache for some is little more than a photo opportunity for others. up close and personal you don't get base 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 a country unfortunately there are hundreds of people being killed every day it's the perfect spot it seems for war voices keen on getting a glimpse of syrians killing each other from a safe vantage point the only hard way they carry binoculars and cameras. on

our armed forces that this is. the situation and they take all the precautions and so i feel i feel very safe you support 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. but for now it's good business and two guys are making a killing that's really something that you want to see some oh i know we too are annoyed 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 with real fighting in syria and you can hear the noise and sprawling here we are one kilometer from the border. cotten couldn't wait to get into the jewish parents fled syria in the early fifty's for this visit is

a dream come true it's like in motion because my parents keep the air and they told me that they live very peaceful with all the people and that's why we went. some two groups are now thinking of including the syrian and waste. maybe day trips now. should the. until of choose to get involved. on these radio. time to get the business update on it seems like marina you're not the only one who is enough thank god it's friday kind of mood but the markets as well am i right well you're right about me and you were a lot about the markets up until about five minutes ago because a europe has now slipped into negative territory if you take a look at the latest numbers a we'll see that it's pretty much a flat negative i would say we'll see that the footsie as you can see it's poster boy was negative literally two seconds ago but as you can see it's still flat

german dax is adding although it was losing by the same amount as i said little minutes ago so investors are struggling to find direction even though we've seen some earnings reports in cyprus of the banking sector the auto sector and energy as well and also the european this head about so that basically he foresees that the euro will survive and that the euro zone will remain intact a positive comments they're moving on to the markets here are doing a great they're continuing to do that was the r.t.s. and the my stocks are adding they're also strong of crude prices are helping with that and of course we're tracking gains overseas that we've seen in asia if we take a look at those are now closed and they closed in the black make hay out of almost one in the half percent on the right hand side minus to say two percent in the black there as i said all tracking gains overseas it was a look at currencies the euro has now raised earlier gains of the group although it's still remaining that it's again and again so both major currencies let's take

a look at all the news now talking about the british government in particular which hopes the olympic games will help the u.k. get back on track sadly historically they almost always leave the host country with financial troubles greece spends billions to make two thousand and four the games then a success but now. its economy is collapsing but one thing about the olympics is that it does increase foreign trade by an average of three percent. b.p. which looks finally said to seal the lid on of course the oil spill in the gulf of mexico it's now in the final stages on the goetia asians on the seven billion dollar deal with the u.s. authorities to of course the claims that have to do with civil and criminal suits there but as artie's daniel bushell now looks into it he sees that it's quite difficult to draw a line under such 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 nightmare russia spill six b.p. disasters a year from its pipes as 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 die this week is the second anniversary of the costliest on shore oil spill in u.s. history protesters shouted we are the kalamazoo of the eight hundred thousand gallons of crude 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 falling stocks of crude it seems the conflict will only get worse than your bush or r.t. moscow there are a lot of course that fabio capello is the new coach of the russian national team and he will apparently get five million euros and his contract and we've got our teams call him braves take a look at what that entails. 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 do you count the current but commentators say it's a salary to envy. for two years away from good pizza and candy. system aided 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 predisposes paid the dutch tax man which almost half of their final income was 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 rome and i would remove each 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. four hours after the deal of lot of europe was uncalled process for school and told them that arsenic salaries had little to

success and in fact damaged overseas markets so there you have it all right karen i didn't lose my mind earlier european markets are in there where there's just some of that but without a little arrows are supposed to be pointing downwards. ok good cars are good although there's right behind me but also if i do well i've been down we look forward to hearing next to report thanks maria. well up next an update of our top stories just a few minutes from now stay with us. if

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