the crucial battle for syria's commercial capital pits rebels against the regime as fears of a new massacre saw right alongside the rising death toll. the olympic flame is to be lifted its final destination in the british capital within an hour so many londoners are feeling left out of the spectacle and instead rather overwhelmed by traffic gun restrictions. at the u.s. a strategy shift as washington goes on a major head hunted for because the hopes are that they can use their skills to help the government. it is good to have you with us here on our to you today i'm sure live in moscow it's now or just after seven pm here at the battle for syria's largest city it's in full swing now with activists saying aleppo could become the scene of yet another

massacre many residents are fleeing as rebel forces and government troops all converge what some are calling could be a decisive clash dozens have reportedly been killed in the nation's economic hub over the past twenty four hours all schools 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 but won't necessarily spell an end to the conflict some countries are calling for humanitarian corridors three set up but russia says that would simply help the rebels and their foreign patrons feel the conflict even further from damascus now with our two year old son aboard. the effort simply an end to violence in syria or on the contrary to stoke tensions in this country that depends on your wrist still continue just a few days ago the arab league has called for an emergency meeting of the un general assembly to discuss the stop this meant i. 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 a 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 my are you . troubled 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 steve control over a certain parts of its territory and they believe that 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 indicates current circumstances when certain countries openly supply arms for the syrian opposition or acquiesce to that territory being used for arms smuggling sergey lavrov also sad that if their. regional allies were truly interested in putting in that into violence and stopping blacktip they should first stop arming the free syrian army. well he's worked on

a boycott reporting for the meantime turkey has reportedly teamed up with and saudi arabia to set up a secret base to funnel weapons on the quick to the syrian rebels that's according to reuters in the gulf the hub is said to be located in turkey some hundred kilometers from the syrian border the u.s. is allegedly in on the operation as well although in this case is supporting the insurgents through its proxy allies without being directly involved or has also stepped up warmongering rhetoric against syria threatening to strike across the border he says it's alarmed by what it calls kurdish terrorists who have a foothold in northern syria with a view to declaring autonomy one middle east expert told me earlier that anchor is fueling chaos on its own doorstep by supporting the rebels. it once in their own game right now we know that the collective know its friends syria and friends of syria have their own game to begin side syria fight to have their own game and we

know the kurds have their own game i mean there are people taking a bit of a hammering in history and they're now seeing the opportunity i think in what's happening in syria to strengthen their own position you know no more than any anyone else and they tell exactly how this will play out but if we assume that let's say. this kind of effort to dislodge the syrian government works and the syrian government does collapse house will be the result and then the kurds will be taking what they can so i think they kind of preparing themselves for that if it doesn't happen well then they are getting on and back on a different path. now the german government admits it knew that nearly one hundred terror attacks in syria have been committed by organizations with ties to al qaeda nevertheless the bulling continues to back these forces in their fight against damascus one german journalist told me earlier that germany is simply following orders from overseas. i am surprised about the surprise in berlin because what they say now what they admit now what is going on in syria is not

a thing which goes on since one day or one week this is what is going on there since several months so i am surprised now if they are acknowledging what is going on there with the rebels and of course with sunni extremists with al-qaeda related militants going on against the syrian civilians and the syrian government why is germany thought the german government knows about what is going on not able to do. this fact they know this might have to do with the fact that the german government until today is not making a foreign politics like a sobering state should do it. i think we are very close to washington and before a german politician tells anything he will ask in washington if this is ok so i think this has to do with the fact that the german government especially in foreign relations and it's not acting on their own behalf but on the behalf of the so-called western community of. the. european community but not

in the interest of the german country or of germany. live from moscow or will become for you in this program but have a glimpse of the killing. that actually occupies the media now it's like you feel you are in the center of stuff. it's really occupied golan heights to get a peek of the action across the border in syria those details coming your way in just a couple of minutes. plus good news for the world's top whistleblower ecuador off shore story to use the chance to question julian assange london embassy of course this would be a sexual assault allegation so she continues to fight possible extradition to america. of course friday is a big day for sports fans all around the world only a few hours left now until the long awaited summer a limping. games kickoff in london preparing for the opening ceremony spectators

are flocking to the british capital and the olympic torch is completing the final kilometers of its seventy day relay are now and what you're seeing here you see via the latest pictures on the final leg of the journey of course this would be the river thames with the barge there and the flame of the torch has made its way towards the game's main a rino across the thames are all on board this barge as you're seeing here what's set to become a thrilling sporting history of again surface some has already proven to be a nightmare for others as our correspondent laura smith reports that while the city is set to sparkle with energy many londoners have left town. 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 troops people are saying specifically they want to avoid the lympics 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 foreign 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 here in stratford station they can be no

doubt what's going on the whole place is branded london twenty twelve i'm also surrounded by massive billboards on every building there's an advertisement for one of the main corporate sponsors b.m.w. lloyds t.s.b. but over here is the stratford that always was struck. it's full of independent traders who have come up against the big corporate sponsors unlike rich corporates local stallholders aren't allowed to capitalize on this world class event in their home town edict from the brand police i mean they can't. even if you use words like a limp pick some are all gold in their advertising any games related merchandise must be official and according to stall holder darell that's not easy it's too much of a really small piece of cheese we call open an account with huge companies and that's one x. amount of. you know it's very small business i would love so but. it's

created an uneasy relationship between locals of the games side with the corporate monster is such that it's keeping the negativity to the games itself which is just so what people. i'm not positive to the caves is really to 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 isn't for everyone while the fat cats sit back and watch the olympics cash raised 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. got to. one of my good friends in paris and congratulations laura smith

r.t. london. are staying with the theme of sports. more on this hi good to see you again katie certainly spinning a few places absolutely wisco rape in the bar what do they say jack of all trades master of none that's me all right but you know a little bit about find out. about jack on that one now i'm sure about the olympic games in history and the how and when the london is not looking too good so because looking back as far as the hosts are concerned they're often left with the big. the prize because it is simply such an expensive event so tell me it's time i'll go through the money for you rory are very good thanks so much will see that. the police in central russia continue to collect evidence following a gruesome discovery earlier this week of almost two hundred and fifty fetuses dumped in a forest they are thought to have been used in scientific research by

a woman who worked at a local medical university before being fired last year because r.t.c. sean thomas found out some expose think 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 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 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 when women were deceived into terminating pregnancies quite late to extract issue for. there is one woman who was in charge of some scientific research in the area she was terminated in two thousand and eleven police are looking to see if she had taken some of the material she was working with with her when she left and if this could possibly be that material now there are some other disturbing theories saying that illegal scientific research could be behind this find as well in fact this is what one medical expert says on the subject. it may sound a bit. 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 and purpose to create scandal and attract attention maybe attract attention to the ban on 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 and so it's a controversial story it has shocked many people around the world of course will be continuing to follow developments online at r.t. and here on the screen as well as they become available. i want to forget we always have a plenty more on our website on promise of a quick look now and see what's waiting for you are feeling frustrated think twice before spending 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 and ten million euros on your own aimed at solving one of the e.u.'s major problems but

which one will it be go online to find out. it's good to have you with us here on r.t. today wiki leaks chief julian assange may be inching closer to his goal of asylum in ecuador the country's embassy in london where he's been holed up for some time now says that it will allow swedish authorities to question a songe there inside the embassy over these allegations of sex crimes that were civil affairs that if he sent to sweden he could then be moved to america to stand trial for espionage for publishing classified information ecuador says it will decide on whether to grant asylum to a son after the london olympics which wrap up in just over two weeks is a legal adviser says that being 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 in my view with the 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 it so the fact that he might be able to do what he has been demanding for almost two years which is to be the question who london about. the allegations would be a major step because it means he could answer questions so it's a major positive development it's one that doing this on has been demanding for a long time but despite that demands we refused to go in the second respect i think our hope is that when you get some help to the under the circumstances. that

sweden where shoot him that he would be exonerated of these allegations and that would be the end of he should be or one first of all the united states is going after 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 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. just a few minutes on the world update here and see if an elder washington is driving a push to reach out to. get them on board to help national security for the first time the country's top surveillance chief is attending the world's largest hacking called friends in las vegas but as more important i reports the government is now trying to get people on it saw it that it had previously been prosecuting. over the

past two years the f.b.i. has arrested and jailed dozens of a legit how cars and or whistleblowers in connection to groups like wiki leaks little sec 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 kurds 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. . now russian security forces have shot dead six militants in a house siege near the capital of the country's southern republic of dagestan officials say the group had been planning terrorist assaults and during the islamic holy month of ramadan the militants were blocked by special police in a private house son put up severe resistance overnight four children that had been taken hostage were eventually released in the morning before the building was still . why straight to the r.c. walked up to it as promised we'll start with saudi arabia where police have reportedly opened fire on opposition protesters in the district of qatif leaving

several people 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 violence 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 the latest installment of yet another bailout traunch of the country continues to contract at an alarming rate with experts speculating that it may have to leave the euro as soon as january and greece is only enough money to make it to the end of summer with tough cuts having already caused violent rallies. north and south korea's have marked the fifty ninth anniversary of the korean war cease fire the military conflict on the korean peninsula erupted when the communist north propped up by the soviet union invaded the south although

a cease fire was signed tensions remain high in two thousand and ten two south korean soldiers and a pair of civilians were both killed in an artillery attack by the north which it claims to have been provoked by the south. now a conflict where we israels on increased a lot over a possible spillover of the violence in syria and the israeli occupied golan heights just across the border from the fighting and now tourists are flocking there as the death and despair in syria becomes a casual attraction for some tourists this report swansea's paula slim. 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 tourists 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 boy is keen on getting a glimpse of syrians killing each other from a safe vantage point the only hard way they carry binoculars and cameras. on our armed forces that they are aware of the situation and take all the precautions and so i feel i feel a very safe use he bought 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 we too are in order might not be pleasant 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 noise and sprawling here we are one kilometer from the border. and couldn't wait to get the jewish parents fled syria in the early fifty's for this visit is a dream come true it's like the motion because my parents lived there 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 income. on the list of must see excursions they may be day trips now but disasters on the one is and should define to get closer until of it choose to get involved. on these radios syrian border. over the curfew. so exactly you know seven twenty five pm in moscow we battling

that friday feeling no it's all good in the hood actually this is going on right now because we're looking across the board particular a. way i mean investors are going to have a good time as we're looking for a second day and that is despite the u.s. economy expanding a slower pace in the second quarter much because of softening jobs data already prompting americans to curb their spending sprees but as you can see that optimism in the air there were many pinning their hopes on the european central bank actually they were hinting bomb by want to talk about facebook if i may as well shares of facebook they all plunging forty percent and that's after announcing his first financial results since the i.p.o. now what the social network second quarter revenues varies those you percents it was also reported a one hundred fifty seven million dollars loss who now so if it was linked with payments to shareholders such as a chief executive himself mark he can't be complaining he should be by the jury now

let's talk about european markets shall we because they are indeed still gaining as well as a safe haven for a second session and that's also the e.c.b. report the president mario draghi he did vowed to keep the euro intact whatever he said i'm sticking with that let's have a look at the year then charlie it is indeed still gainey it's not a surprise where it is still going to have seventeen members of the moment one twenty three sixty five as of the ruble is finished up shop now and they did gain against the ball skids of cars as i did what i mentioned spain as well because the jobless rate skyrocketed to a fresh record almost twenty five percent that was a bit of a nightmare. see the russia next the markets and and they too were feeling the love it's going to be a friday night to remember we've got we all just maybe two and a half percent we've got them eyes that is one point six percent of them positive territory he was moving in and. then it makes card especially if you've guessed from next it managed to get it to you at home has sent its first half net profits

very same sense about russian accounting standards and after a vast amount of game one and a half percent the company provided one of its main shareholders not a sound with the form of the euro as a puppet in the first half of the yes. that managed to finish a tenth of them said the negative territory is that profits over a third of the first six months of the year ok a russian arbitration court has ordered b.p. to pay over three billion dollars of compensation to take a big pay and that's a third of what was required by minority shareholder of the russian british french who followed that also it's a kind of joint suffered losses because of babies felt the way they were snatched which by the way was brought by russian shareholders of. the labor sand next we have got british prime minister david cameron he's hoping even big games will help the u.k. get back on track if you back in history they almost always leave the host country with financial troubles. to make the two thousand and four games as spots now its economy is collapsing one positive thing about the olympics is that it does

increase more in a three percent well my mouth gets a workout warry then this job i don't have anything else well we enjoy it very much and. so you see you later bragging about where the headlines are that it's going to be crosstalk. culture is the same i understand my family and i have always will my son look back would be a good look but it isn't the mark of a killing. what explains my level of money to buy these guns gun ownership really

pull up and save. your new super secret lover taurine to mccurry was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and world this is why you should care only on the dot com. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.