fighting rages in syria he says he. sort of made some calls for humanitarian corridors also. stemming from foreign support to the rest of. the world might not need to go to sweden after all that is if stock agrees to ecuador's offer to question in his london embassy instead. it would be a lympics summer spectacle getting closer by the hour its corporate giants grabbing the gold people believe london's traffic jams and political controversies. worldwide news live from moscow this is with me will research i welcome to the program syria's second city of aleppo is bracing itself for

a final assault after almost a week of intense fighting syrian rebels are massing medical supplies claiming government helicopters so fired on several parts of the city some states are also calling for humanitarian corridors to be set up. on a point to 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 worst 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 here. 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 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 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 their efforts to give a strategic military advantage to the other side also if such corridors were established the syrian government would automatically cede 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 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 go over 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 meanwhile turkey has worn it may take action against kodesh rebels in northern syria fears the creation of a kosher enclave could provide a sanctuary to separatists. soldiers were killed in the mainly kodesh region of southeast turkey. vehicle was blown up on

a roadside bomb officials blame the attack on the kurdistan workers party which is seeking the establishment of an all of us homeland let's talk about this more now with jeremy salt professor of middle east history of the politics of bill cohen university live in ankara thanks for coming on the program today as you were listening to what we're talking about here now that turkey is saying that it can strike at the kurdish separatists i mean is this giving itself a green light in other words to attack syria. i don't think so but i think that the government has been surprised by recent developments and developments which took place a couple months ago was that the president. brokered a meeting between the syrian. and persuades them to paper over the differences as a result of that they apparently take control of a number of towns close to the turkish border the main group in this is the democratic union has close ties with the k.k.

so from the point of view of bunker what is now seeing is the shaping up of the enclave on the other side of its border and this of course the last thing it wants and what this underlines is the precarious nature of the. relationship with the. with the kurdish area of northern iraq it's in fact develop that relationship at the cost of a very bad relationship with baghdad but he has never made any secret of his belief that. the provinces in kurdistan so you know i think we're seeing at the bottom the kurds here taking taking taking the opportunity kind of seizing the moment as it were. because of what's happening in syria to kind of strengthen their claim you know and who knows how they'll be able to build on that in the future so there's a lot of i suppose in some ways or another behind closed doors are people taking sides here but let's talk about the broader picture the u.s. has recently pledged to take action even outside the u.n. security council bypassing international law as we all know turn. he's

a strong supporter of the syrian opposition do you think it could be a way to start a military attack it seems that many are just waiting for it to happen i think this is this is the real red line they did they manage to get a military attack going in libya as russia has kind of made it clear time and time again by vetoing votes at the u.n. security council it won't allow this to happen again and they keep pushing they keep pushing all the time and i was seeing a very critical stage of struggle taking place in syria between the. syrian government and between the forces kind of group together under the name of the free syrian army many of whom of course are not even syrians they come from other countries. they have no interest in democracy or political reform they're there for a cause they've been whipped up by the shakes there i mean. in the gulf to kind of take part in this struggle we've seen what what happened in damascus over the last week the syrian couple appears to kind of beaten down the challenge by these by these groups infiltrated aleppo and same way that they a few months ago infiltrated homes inside the suburbs getting about is going to be

very very bloody operation. the syrian government must win this and so i think the point of view of the free syrian army the group calling itself that they must win this world because if they don't we have next and in fact that question has to be asked of their foreign backers because one has to realize this whole operation is an orchestrated event and the people behind. the stories are you said that this whole operation of what's going on in syria is an orchestrated event can you can you unveil that for me which had more light on that i can i can i believe that of course there was a there was a genuine protest movement against the syrian government beginning late last year outside governments for reasons of their own very quickly home and for a long time now that arms have been slipped across borders to these groups and the position of outside support for the free syrian army which itself is a creation of. the outside governments as is the syrian national council has become much much clearer and then very open about what. what they intend to do is destroy

the damascus government and their intention is not to bring an end to violence they're trying to bring down the syrian government and they have said if you just pointed out that if the u.n. security council won't give us what we want we should work out some of the security council. at the u.n. that indeed whether if they need international law the need will come into power which. i wish we had more time for this we really don't have professor of middle eastern history and the politics of university thank you for joining us live from ankara today thank you very much. still ahead for you this hour here on our war for some but for others. it's really something you want to see if. there isn't a direction to see if. we report why a vantage point on the israeli border with syria has become a tourist mecca for people with binoculars cameras. and kids human

cloning the grim discovery of a five month old fetus is dumped in a forest in central russia that's also coming up here on our team. now there is a glimmer of hope for whistleblower julian assange it's after news that a long time demand he's been making which he believes will help refute allegations against him could now be that the ecuadorian embassy in london where he's currently taking refuge says swedish authorities are welcome to come over to question of a sex crime allegations the south american country is said to be seeking assurances from all parties to the wiki leaks editor's final destination if extradited from the u.k. as. end up in america which wants him over the release of classified diplomatic cables by its website wiki leaks ecuador says it will decide on whether to grant asylum after the london olympics which the twelfth. legal advisor to both julian

assange and wiki leaks says ecuador does offer hope to her son. 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 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 join us on has been demanding for a long time but despite that demands we refused to in the second respect i think it's our hope that when yulian 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 feel wrong 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 the united states gets its hands on will 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 what probably one of the major truth tellers in the world today. more live from moscow this is r.t. all eyes will be on london just a bit later today when the olympics extravaganza kicks off the athletes are all set spectators are currently pouring into the british capital you look into live pictures right here from london where the olympic torch is taking its final steps after a journey of about eight thousand miles all around the little country and millions of sports fans have already followed its progress as the torch makes its way

towards the olympic park the boat with the flame on board has arrived at the huge olympic rings are floating on the thames above the preparations for the games though have been plagued by countless security traffic and political problems for the british prime minister claims the country can deliver but many are paying the public seem to disagree once again are we looking at live pictures right here of the thames it must be somewhere between what tower bridge and canary wharf some are in that area we can get a wider shot right now but as we look at these live pictures let's turn over to our teaser laura smith now reporting on the problems in advance of the olympics. it's been seven years in the making and the greatest show on earth is finally kicking off in london 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 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 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 carry

a strap and station that 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 i mean they can't. even if you use words like a limb pick starmer all gold in their 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 review small businesses we call open accounts with huge companies and that's

one x. amount of. you know it's a very small business i would love to but we might 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 what's a local people a bit upset i'm not particularly positive to the caves but is really to see structures. being 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 greatest show order isn't for everyone while the fat cats sit back and watch the olympics cash race 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. one of my good friends in paris and congratulations laura smith r.t. london. now even though the british government has high hopes to and big money from the olympics so they might be in for a bit of a surprise let's cross over the business to find out why so. money should be the reigning from the skies well that's what you think but apparently according to the financial track record all through the summer olympics. that it leaves the host country with even bigger financial trouble in fact according to the british this enough time magazine says ninety to sixty every really big about has been overall and that has over on its budget. seventy nine percent i'll tell you more about that in business about six minutes. it will be seeing marina shortly here on the program for now though hundreds of human fetuses found in a forest in central russia may have been removed from a local medical university police questioning

a research of who was sacked last year and could have taken the material she was working on with however some talk to say the fetuses could even be the product of cloning and 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 distances theoretically can be used to reach people there was a criminal case in ukraine who want to go. into terminating pregnancies quite late to extract tissue for rejuvenating. there is one woman who is 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. 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 fetus this could have been thrown out and purpose to create scandal in attract attention maybe attract attention to the ban and cloning humans. people who decide to 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 artie's archons almost right now let's go straight to our saudi arabia to kick off the r.t. want update for you now it's where police have reportedly fired protesters in the district of eastern saudi arabia leaving several people injured a number of arrests were also made the demonstrators have been calling for the release of political prisoners along with the right to assembly on the freedom of expression they are also holding posters of detainees protests in the country began

during the arab spring last year and have intensified in recent weeks. police into musea have fired warning shots and tear gas at protesters who attacked a provincial government headquarters over poor living conditions demonstrators also try to set fire to the local office of the ruling islamist party after breaking into it last year the country's longtime dictator was driven from power by a revolt which ultimately sparked the arab spring. thousands of people have rallied in the romanian capital bucharest in support of the president who is facing an in pietschmann to referendum on sunday triana process through his backers believe his opponents are trying to seize control of european union funds however his rivals are claiming the president was just meddling in government business the political turmoil began after a new opposition premier came to power in may following the collapse of two pro process you see. the raging conflict in syria is not just of

interest to politicians and journalists 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 paula slater 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 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 and besides seeing only the items on television i was actually thrilled to come here today into 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 so i feel i feel very safe you see both his family to see where he fought 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 in order might not be pleasant but there is an attraction to see the thing that actually occupies the media and 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 mortons falling here where one kilometer from the border. huth cotton couldn't wait

to get her jewish parents fled syria in the early fifty's for this visit is a dream come true it's like the promotion because my parents keep the air and they told me that they really bury these are the people and that's why we went. some two groups are now thinking of including the syrian race on their list of must . they maybe day trips now but disasters on the horizon should define. until a bit choose to get involved. you don't know what you have for us so just take it away i do have something rory and that is european markets all know you love them with a passion well that's what we're looking out for us right now and there were see that there are also sets or right now and this is the spine news we got on spain also talk about it in the second but mainly comes from well received reports in the banking automobile and energy sectors will see that the footsie and the. over zero

point two percent of the south now i mentioned spain earlier and that's because its unemployment rate has now reached all time i not seen since ninety nine you for this is for the. job and the surge in the companies. and fears of a recession and that consumer confidence. mark is there you can see still a positive territory that didn't slip back into negative like the european markets there but here we also have stronger crude prices that are of course are helping boost the sentiment now if we move on and take a look at currencies and see what happens the euro was a raise in the earlier days but that was see it's back up again the guys the u.s. dollar the ruble was mixed last hour and now it's gaining again against both major currencies and nothing once much about the ruble by the way so a russian car maker after this has helped actually renault nissan make

a four million euros and that was in the second quarter of two thousand and twelve and i want to go back to the euro zone and talk about the u.k. british prime minister david cameron the hopes that the olympic games. get back on track but sadly as i mentioned earlier historically they almost always leave the host and. true with financial troubles greece spends billions to make the two thousand and four games a success but now its economy is collapsing and that's one of the thing about viola banks is that it increases foreign trade by an average of three percent. and stay with us wars the moment it's about fabio capello now who is now of course the new coach of the russian national football team and never has been discussed in his salary quater lawyer will reportedly or earned over five million euros per year and of course he signed contract and now it's the skull and brain what that entails and why he censor and other than the money and all the benefits here.

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 peter 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 rome and how to move 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 or football glory. four hours after the deal of us as president vladimir putin called the us a sports clubs to try convince them so many lies are sallow saying their asses on the ball and add little to the success of the seams there instead what they do is than there is overseas markets or rory are you think about the fact that great to speak thing the lights at me again well i was going to say you know it's an incredibly tough gig to kick a ball on a grassy field and get paid a million i thought you were about to change a story there you're too because. it's a bit tricky for me to comment i mentioned in previous hours my dad was

a coach so i can say it's. a story about benji not me you know my dad says that after that lee walsh was on how do you fight and i guess i'm going to easy it's not easy but i'm not on next hour it's katie pilbeam and so it's identical to me today or in the exact same color hopefully you will notice the difference perhaps i'll try like marina. back in a second here with the headlines on technology updates you know moment.

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