the crucial battle for syria's commercial capital pits rebels against the regime as fears of a brand new massacre with the rising death toll. to be lit within hours in the british capital many bundles of feeling left out of the spectacle instead overwhelmed by traffic and restrictions. at u.s. strategy shift as washington goes on a major head hunt for hackers all of this in hopes they can use their skills to help the government. it isn't just after five pm on friday here in moscow this is arts he lives with me rory sushi the battle for syria's largest city in full swing with activists saying aleppo could become the scene of another massacre many residents are fleeing as

rebel forces and government troops converge for what many are calling a decisive clash dozens of reportedly been killed in the nation's economic hub over the past twenty four hours while scores are also said to have died in and around damascus the former head of the u.n. mission to syria says the fall of assad's government is simply a matter of time some countries are calling for humanitarian corridors to be set up but russia says that would simply help the rebels and their foreign patrons fuel the conflict even further but the latest now from damascus with a point. 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 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 a humanitarian corridors now in theory these corridors 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 about turkey lebanon on iraq possibly even jordan just a few days ago and there are there's news agency published a story quoting an f.s.a. officer who was boasting about new deliveries of 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 in the 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 side with syria on this issue russian foreign minister sergei lavrov ruled out the idea of humanitarian corridors in the current circumstances when certain countries openly supply arms for the syrian. position or acquiesced to that cherry tree being used for arms smuggling to get out of also sad that it west and its regional allies which only interested in violence and stopping logic should first stop arming the free syrian army. reporting right well just a bit earlier i spoke with a german journalist who was in the syrian capital just last week a jury in

a so-called battle for damascus. thinks the rebels are making a desperate push in hopes of provoking foreign intervention the better. the same plot like the devil of damascus what i know from inhabitants i got the information right yesterday it's the same plot that in the city center it is more or less come off course they are managing some militants to go into the city center and to make some trouble with gunfights but the war itself is located to the suburbs around aleppo it is right now not a real war inside the city i think this is an important fact but what makes the situation may be different is the fact that aleppo is located close to the turkish border and we all know that there are a lot of training temps located in turkey right at the border where militants are foreign militants are infiltrating i think it's a sort of media strategy especially from the rebels to give the impression to the west that they are able to put no leave or even to the damascus people because this

fact might make the decision much more easy to help them with really last push with for example a military action of the west to overthrow the syrian government. this is still to come for you in the program a glimpse of the killing. that actually occupies the media and it's like you feel you are in the center of the tourists flock to the israeli occupied golan heights to get a peek of the deadly action across the border in syria those details for you in just a few. but the news for the world's top whistleblower ecuador swedish authorities it's a question julian assange of a sex assault allegations if he continues to fight possible extradition to the u.s. . well obviously our friday is a big day for sports fans all around the world only a few hours left until the long awaited summer olympic games of course are kicking off in london police are preparing for the opening ceremony spectators are flocking

to the british capital and the olympic torch is completing their final kilometers of its seventy day relay. now. you want to hear the torch has made its way towards the games the main arena across of course are the river thames right there taking place on an apparently a rather majestic royal barge here are some of the crews what is ultimately set to become a thrilling sporting extravaganza for some has actually already proven to be a nightmare for others as our correspondent laura smith reports are that while the city is set to sparkle with energy many londoners have chosen to flee. it's been seven years in the making and the greatest show on earth is finally kicking off in london but not 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 that they want to avoid the

olympics you know they look at the streets and they look at the 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 a lot of tickets have gone to not only the corporate sponsors but big corporate hospitality packages 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 structured 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 home town edict from the brand police i mean they can't. even use words like a limp pick summer or 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 really small business as we call open accounts with huge companies and that's one

x. amount of. you know it's business i would love so but. it's created an uneasy relationship between locals and the games sadly the corporate monster is such that it's given the negativity to the games itself which is just. people. upset and not particularly positive to the israeli see structure. 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 great is show order isn't for everyone while the fat cats sit back and watch the olympics cash raised in the london as the streets seized 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. for willow staying with the theme of sports as odd as it sounds were crossed over to our business newsroom for that let's join katie katie you are wearing many hats today i am i'm an ambitious go roller a business or i want to do it all now i certainly don't want to defuse the buzz that's going on in london today but as far as the financial records are concerned it does say that the highs can't you really does feel the pain when all the crowds have gone home are they giving you the financial analyst about ten minutes times over that. super bowl see shortly from now there were police in central russia continue to collect evidence following a gruesome discovery earlier this week of almost two hundred fifty fetuses dumped in a forest there are thought to have been used in scientific research by a woman who worked at a local medical university before being fired last year but as our two user sean

thomas found out some experts think that the fetuses could even be the product of that of cloning. 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 passed in 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 in essence is theoretically can be used to reach people there was a criminal case in ukraine who want to go when we would just say you didn't terminate 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 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 peterson's 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. 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 is shock to 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 to social thomas reporting right there will always more on our website and see dot com that's a quick look and see what's waiting for you there right now feeling frustrated and think twice before spilling it online find out how an impulsive twitter post could get you involved in a year long trial. and the european commission wants to spend some four hundred ten million euros on drone aimed at solving one of the use of major crises so which one

is that find out online. or at a five a fifteen pm here in the russian capital this is our wiki leaks chief julian songe may be inching closer to his goal of asylum in ecuador but the country's embassy in london where he's been holed up now says it will allow swedish authorities to question a songe there regarding sex crimes allegations there were similar fears that if he is sent to sweden he could then be sent to america to stand trial for espionage for the publishing of classified information ecuador says it will decide on whether to grant asylum to us after the london olympics which include in just over two weeks i want legal advise of a team says that her being able to be questioned in the south american nations

embassy provides some hope for the wiki leaks founder. 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 was an american lawyer for julian 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 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 julian gets an opportunity under the circumstances that sweden westerns 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 the united states gets its hands on would 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. this is ot see just a moment on the world update up but for now washington has begun reaching out to how kids this in an attempt to get them on board to aid with national security the country's top savannah's chief is currently attending the world's largest hacking conference in las vegas and offering participants of some pretty major career opportunities that could represent a massive u. turn on washington's approach to cyber warfare that's what is more important or

explains. over the past two years the f.b.i. has arrested and jailed dozens of. a legit how cars and or whistle blowers 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 curbs 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. r.t. . russian security forces have shot dead six militants in a house seats near the capital of the country's southern republic of dagestan officials say the group had been planning terrorist assaults to carry out during the islamic holy month of ramadan the minutes and so were blocked by special police in a private house and put up a severe shoot out overnight for children that had been taken hostage were released in the morning hours before the building was ultimately stormed. or right so the world of

a novice get on here the program first in saudi arabia is where police have reportedly opened fire on opposition protesters in the district of qatif leaving of at least. several injured a number of arrests have also been made the clashes occurred as hundreds marched to demand the release of political prisoners and freedom of expression balance between security forces and protesters has intensified recently after two demonstrators were killed earlier this month. international financial inspectors have urged greece to push through more reforms if it wants to secure its vital latest bailout tranche the country continues to contract at a an alarming rate with experts speculating that it may have to leave the euro as soon as january greece has only enough money to make it till the end of the summer with tough cuts having already called violent rallies all throughout the country. now conflict weary israel's on increased alert over a possible spillover from the violence in syria the neighboring golan heights held

by israel now becoming a hotspot for curious onlookers but the death and despair across the border is not being turned into a casual attraction paula sleep reports. up close and personal you don't catch basin 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 over look 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 you 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 support 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 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. couldn't wait to get there 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 lived there and they told me that they really buried. all the people and that's why we went. some two groups are now thinking of including the syrian race on. list of the must see excursion is they may be day trips now but disasters should define to get closer until a bit choose to get involved. on these radios syrian border. off the curfew we go curtly i understand you've been keeping a close watch on. the roads in the green as far as i understand the u.s. economy may be on the absolutely that's right but we just sort of freshens my house just now the u.s. economy is funded by one point five percent and that was during the second quarter number is slightly above expectations but it's not not already hunky dorey because in the first quarter the result was two percent so it's less bit of a mixed reaction now let's have

a look at the european markets and see how they're reacting just now and they're still managing to get in for a second day and that's because there is a report that the european central bank is preparing to buy spanish and italian debt we also had some massive corporate results come out today to tell france's biggest producer chris is well the u.k. second largest bank both of them topped estimates. for them jobless rate skyrocketing now to a fresh record high of almost twenty it has said so what's the euro dollar doing them have a loop it is still gaining one twenty two eighty six m. for the common currency for the ruble though it remains a mixed against the basket of currencies we will see how the e.c.b. president. alleging to keep the euro in touch no matter what you can see if you are just there saying yes please i want to stay now let's get on to russia see how they actually markets are doing they are indeed mirroring the rest of the world just now playing copycat we've got gains in the session for the r.t.s.

on the my stakes both are over half a percent there is the end of the month there tends to be a bit of window dressing but it's looking good let's get on to some movies and show you here is we've got gas from you have to still managing to get one and a half percent is first half net profits rose thirteen percent for that. in russian accounting stand with the activists as well one and a half percent of the company provided one of its main shareholders are not in a stand with four million euros a profit in the first half would be good to be paid is down over a percent is net profit fell by over a third in the first six miles of a year and most strive for the company a russian arbitration for households of being paid to pay over three billion dollars of compensation paid lots of third of what was required by minority shareholder of the russian british french up who filed a lawsuit he claims the joint suffered losses because will be felt with rust now which by the way was brought by russian shareholders of t. and k. b.p.

is a complex story but it's an intriguing one now moving all we're going to schools here is having a football coach fabio capello will try his best at turning russia into one of the world's best football teams well considering his rumored to be getting more than five betting your as a year for two years work i should certainly hope so that could have bray reports. 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 that it simply says it's less than what dick advocaat 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 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 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 for football glory. thank the lord he is british prime minister david cameron hopes the olympic games will help you take get back on track but that day looking back in history they almost always leave the host country with

financial troubles but here's the make the two thousand and four games as it says that now is the quantum is the lap say one positive thing about the olympics is that it doesn't craze finds fade by an average of the read as says another you're quite fair aren't you or a are not really sure about either but i try to very good for you cheers katie by. back in a row with the headlines or a special interview about the social legacy of the soviet union do stay with us if you can one out.

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