fighting rages on in syria. so make some calls for humanitarian corridor but there's also a concern that violence is stemming from foreign support to the rest of. the world might not need to go to sweden after all to stop them agrees to. question julian assange in his london embassy instead. and would be an epic summer spectacle getting closer by the hour its corporate giants left the gold with the people fleeing london's traffic jams and political controversy. it is a pleasure to have you with us here on our to today. live in moscow and syria's second city of aleppo was bracing itself for a final assault after almost

a week of very intense fighting. massing medical supplies government helicopters of fire in several parts of the city some states meantime according to tarion corridors to be set up but as our reports from syria there are fears they'll simply open the doors to yet 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 the establishment of humanitarian corridors no inferi 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're talking. lobban 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 of rocket propelled grenades katyusha rockets and two tank missiles on the top of that refugee camps on the border with these countries are being used as a recruitment grounds for the syrian opposition my colleague mario. child to one of them on to 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 if such corridors were established the syrian government would automatically seize control over

a certain parts of its territory and they believe that it would seriously undermine their efforts to fight against terrorism now russia does side the 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 syrian opposition or acquiesce to that cherry tree being used for arms smuggling also sad that if the west and its regional allies were truly interested in putting an end to violence and stopping blacktip they should first stop arming the free syrian army. reporting right there well meantime a government consultant christophe horsetail believes that while having just called back from syria he says that despite rebel fighters being by their western backers at the end of the day they will lose the fight for. the attack on damascus was

pushed back very successfully they are now seeing the house chicks in the masters 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 am 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. this is still ahead for you

this hour war of some show time. it's really something that you want to see some i know we weren't always right but there is an attraction to see. that actually. we report why a vantage point on the israeli border with syria now become a tourist mecca for people armed with binoculars. and criminals no more the u.s. could make a u. turn on it. actually possibly start involving them in matters of national security we report on that in just a few minutes here on our. now there is a glimmer of hope for whistleblower julian assange news that a long time demand that he has been making which he believes will help refute 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 stange over the sex crime allegations south american country is currently said to be seeking assurances from all parties as to the wiki leak editor's final destination if extradited from the u.k. fears if. end up in the u.s. which wants him over the release of a classified diplomatic cables by his website wiki leaks ecuador says it will decide on whether to grant asylum after the london olympics of course those and on august twelfth michael ratner a legal advisor to both julian assange and wiki leaks says ecuador does at the end of the day offer hope to us sir. 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 an american lawyer for julian or someone that it was almost on a 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 assad has been demanding for a long time but despite that demands we refuse to let in the second respect i think it's our hope that when julian gets an opportunity i 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 overwhelmed 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. now all eyes will be on london later today when the olympics extravaganza kicks off the athletes and spectators have arrived the olympic torch of making its final way around london however 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 those seem to disagree in his policies with scuse me laurence smith reports. it's been said. been years in the making and the greatest show on earth is finally kicking off in london but no everyone's please this circus 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 and they look at the

charges in particular on the london area 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 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 and 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 structured center 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 i mean they can't even use words live like a. pick some or all gold in there advertising any games related merchandise must be official and according to stall holder daryl that's not easy it's too much of a risk we really small businesses we call open accounts with huge companies and that's one x. amount of. you know it's we really small business i would love so but.

it's created an uneasy relationship between locals and the games or the corporate monster is such that it's negativity to the games itself which is just so lots of people a bit upset and not to be positive to look a is really see structure 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 order isn't for everyone while the fat cats sit back and watch the olympic cash race in 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 e-mail to one of my good friends in paris and congratulations laura

smith r.t. london. staying with the theme of sports. but as that sounds really you don't sports as well know what's going on or while you're with us the studio we have a financial crisis so maybe i'll be doing the bullets on from sky from my apartment . be nice for me but no of course i'm following salaries and i'll tell you what you need to do to earn five million euros no that sounds sinister but it's not there has to tell you what it is in the business other than about ten minutes from now. are very good things i was expecting something else to go after that i just sounded that awkward silence never mind not not to worry my dear but i look forward to seeing you next hour always a pleasure. my life in moscow this is r.t. hundreds of human fetuses found in a forest in central russia may have been removed from a local medical university police are questioning

a researcher who was fired last year could have taken the material she was working with her however some doctors say the dumped fetuses could even be the product of cloning and starting to sean 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 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 tissue for rejuvenating purposes 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 miscarriages 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 and of course we'll be continuing to follow developments online at r.t. and here on the screen as well as they become available. on tom's reporting there were always are more stories for you on line and. see what's lined up for you there this hour why western states remain silent as united arab emirates follows the part of saudi arabia and bahrain by cracking down on opposition protests. and the pentagon says the biggest couldn't venture. ever created it is now ready for use

its purpose to wreak destruction on its details that are. now the u.s. could start actively engaging hackers in matters of national security get softer it was confirmed that america's surveillance chief is due to attend the largest annual gathering in las vegas that could represent a major u. turn on the u.s. government's approach to cyber warfare this report why he's a marine important. 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 implementing 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. . i will go straight to turkey to kick off the r.t. world update for you now it's where two soldiers have been killed in the mainly kurdish region of southeast turkey after their vehicle was blown off

a roadside bomb if it was blamed the attack on the kurdistan workers' party which is seeking the establishment of an autonomous homeland earlier turkey had warned it would take action against kurdish rebels in northern syria fearing the creation of a kurdish enclave there would provide a sanctuary to the separatists. police in tunis you have fired warning shots and tear gas at protesters who attacked the provincial government headquarters there angry over poor living conditions demonstrators also tried to set fire to the local office of the ruling islamist party after bursting inside there last year the country's longtime dictator was driven from power by a revolt which sparked the arab spring. thousands of people have rallied in the romanian capital book arrest in support of the president who is facing an in peach mint referendum on sunday. backers believe his opponents are trying to seize

control of european union funds however his rivals are claiming the president was simply meddling in government business the political turmoil began after a new opposition premier came to power in may following the collapse of two progress assumed governments. now the raging conflict in syria not just of interest of politicians and journalists as it seems but also to tourists in israel thousands have been flocking to the border for what they're calling a must see event but as artie's polis lawyer reports i was pain heartache for some is little more than a photo op for others. up close and personal you don't get a 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 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 rely on our armed forces that they are aware of the situation and take all the precautions and 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 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 with real fighting in syria and you can hear the moans and stalling here we are one kilometer from the border. couldn't wait to get her jewish parents fled syria in the early fifty's. this visit is a dream come true it's like the promotion because my parents keep there and they told me that they really bury. all the people and that's why when. some two groups are now thinking of income. they may be day trips now but disasters on the who should define to get closer until choose to get involved. on the border. or let's go back to join him remember. you're following people. you've got nothing else to do with rory if you were sitting here day after day

talking about the financial crisis was sure that you would look for other news stories about it as well and yes i talk about people's salaries that is businesses and that's all i'm allowed but i'll get to that in a second for us let's take a look at the european markets which are in the exits of territory and that's mainly because because despite the fact that we received well received reports bang's automobile and the energy sectors we did get bad news from spades and basically the unemployment rate there has now skyrocketed to a fresh all time high that's for the second quarter all of two thousand and twelve this is the sticks with force one and. the surge in the rates is mainly driven by companies cut in half years of a recession and the consumer confidence crisis level has not been seen a lot about since nine hundred ninety four. that's when they were the markets we have russia here where things are completely different we're seeing that basically russian investors are picking up on the optimism left over by the asian markets and

also some of the crude is helping as well and just a bit of information as a russian carmaker off of us has actually helped turn on the sun make a four million euros in the first half of two thousand and twelve moving on to currency is the euro has raised the gains made early in the morning against the u.s. dollar and the ruble i'm expecting at this hour it's still a gain in against the euro but it's now losing to the u.s. dollar now saying going back to the euro zone now i want to talk about the u.k. in particular because the british government has a high hopes for making money from the. limpy games in the hope that it will help the country get back on track sadly historically they almost always leave the host and country with financial troubles greece spend the billions to make the two thousand and four games success but now its economy is collapsing one positive thing though about the olympics is that it increases foreign trade by an average of three percent and b.p. seems to be closing in finalizing a deal with u.s.

authorities worth a reported seven a billion dollars to and all civil and criminal suits and that's of course to deal with the oil spill in the gulf of mexico but as artie's than a bushel now explain it might be a hoarder to draw the line under such a disaster. 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 publicized nightmare 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. 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 disease and missing movements 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 color 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 pulling stocks of crude it seems the conflict will only get worse than your bushel r.t. . and our favorite story of the day i'm talking about the salary of fabio capello who will reportedly get five a mailing and euros a year for side and two year contract to become the coach of russia's national football team and he hopes that he will turn that of course into one of the best football teams and the world at the fickle task but that's what we're going to analyze here i'll leave that for the sports us now we want to analyze

a salary and our team's call and brought in just that. fabio capello 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 it has to predict says 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 rome and i would remove it 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 are 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 or football glory. and hours after the deal vladimir putin called bosses for its clubs implied so convince them that astronomic salaries are little to success and by damage overseas markets well i say just let them they. are really getting all that ball around there see all the grass what are they going to do after there we're going to retire with a load of life exactly so they need the money because i was there i know there's

nothing. like getting there or it's ok by. back in just a second here on our tour the headlines and then special discussion on whether nationalist sentiment is getting a firm grip of europe you're watching i say. scotland

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