the crucial battle for syria's commercial capital pits rebels against the regime as fears of a new massacre saw with the rising death toll. in a big flame is to be lifted its final destination in the british capital shortly but many londoners are feeling left out of the spectacle and instead overwhelmed by traffic and restrictions. on the u.s. strategy shift as washington goes on a major head hunt for hackers and hopes they can use their skills to aid the government our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day the battle for syria's largest city is in full swing with activists saying aleppo could become the scene of another massacre many residents of fleeing as

rebel forces and government troops converge for 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. 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 and then to the conflict some countries are calling for humanitarian corridors to be set up but russia says that would simply help the rebels and the foreign patrons fuel the conflict even further after six on a boycott has the latest from damascus. the efforts to put an end to violence in syria or on the contrary to stoke actions 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 published meant humanitarian corridors now in theory the square there should only be human suffering and allow for the safe passage of humanitarian workers and refugees but into. 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 the reuters news agency published a story quoting an f.s.a. officer who was boasting about new deliveries all rocket propelled grenades katyusha rockets and missiles on the top of that refugee camps on the border with these countries are being used as a recruitment grounds for the militarized syrian opposition my colleague my or your 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 turn sufferance down since when certain countries openly supply arms for the syrian opposition or acquiesce to that cherry tree being used for arms smuggling sergei lavrov also sad that if the west and its regional allies were truly interested in putting in the end to violence and stopping blacktip they should first stop arming the free syrian army. turkey is reportedly teamed up with qatar and saudi arabia to set up a secret base to funnel weapons and equipment to the syrian rebels that's according to reuters sources in the gulf said to be located in turkey some one 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 take is also stepped up warmongering rhetoric against syria threatening to strike across the border as it's alarmed by what it calls kurdish terrorists to establish a foothold in northern syria with a view to declaring autonomy dr ali mohamed editor in chief of the syria tribune blog i spoke to him a little earlier on r.t. he believes turkey in the gulf states are acting far beyond international law the u.s. seems to have finally understood that it will not have a clean clean clear success in syria and if it decides to intervene it will ruin the whole country on the way and that's why it's leaving the dirty work to do its local proxies saudi arabia and turkey seem to to like the idea of middle east controlled by the muslim brotherhood which they can control easily

thinking that this is their battle it seems gives them the privileged. that's what they think nothing allows them to do so this is against international law this is against every concept of neighboring countries so they think it's ok for them and they think they will get away with it and that's why they act this way and the question is are they going to get away with it 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 burning continues to back these forces in their fight against america's one german journalist has told r.t. that germany 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 that now and 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 is 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. this is r.t. live here in moscow coming up in the program

a glimpse of hope for the world's top. ecuador office is authorities to question julian assange in its london embassy over sex assault allegations as he continues to fight possible extradition to the u.s. . the first friday is a big day for sports fans around the world as the long awaited summer olympic games kick off in london very shortly absolutes of assembled for the opening ceremony and spectators of flock to the british capital as the olympic torch completes its seventy they relay and what you're seeing on your screen right now is the final leg of the journey the torch has made its way towards the game's main arena across the river thames on board a majestic royal barge but not set to become a thrilling sporting extravaganza as a really prove to be a nightmare for others and as our correspondent laura smith reports 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 pleased with this circus has come to town

in fact according to research by currency exchange for travelex londoners 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 that particular on the london area so they have taken the decision to go earlier 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 corporal. sponsors but big corporate hospitality packages in general is an inevitable result of the way the game is it

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 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 hometown edict from the brand police 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 risk we bring 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 so but. it's created an uneasy relationship between locals and the games side with the corporate monster is such that it's negativity to the games itself which is just so lots of local people. upset and not particularly positive to the caves but 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 greatest show on earth isn't for everyone while the. cats sit back and watch the limb pick

cash received the londoners the street seized up because of special olympic traffic lanes and their commuter train grinds to a halt as they route the day the games picked their city the first thing i did when i. was sent an email to one of my good friends in paris saying congratulations laura smith r.t. loved it. or not his website you can have your own say what you think the olympics means for those living in the city we've launched a poll so let's take a quick look at what the results are at the moment so here we have on screen at the moment the majority of voters saying it's a terrible experience when your home gets taken over by a visitors and the media almost a third compare it with misery to security and traffic problems less and want to feel positive about human picks because you can show off your city to the rest of the world and finally just thirty percent think it serves as a great chance to see lots of top sports events. with the sports theme but as always it sounds more cross to our business newsroom for. katie

you're wearing a few hats today i am indeed under the business course and soon i'll be off to your job now as london is gearing up to celebrate we know that i'm going to be focusing on the are they particularly because history tells us that the olympic host themselves are stuck with big bills and little day after the games have ten minutes time are we going through the figures of the. so idea arabia says it has detained a number of protesters in the eastern city of qatif where rioters set tires on fire during an overnight demonstration the arrests took place in an area where members of the shiite minority have been clashing with police over the past year and demanding greater rights and an end to what they believe is discrimination by its only rulers this follows the new arrest that were made thursday in the united arab emirates where the government announced an. geisha into groups plotting crimes against the state similar crackdowns of earlier taking place in bahrain well let's

get more now on this from political analyst more since sunday and he joins me live now from beirut. now saudi arabia fears shiite led protests will escalate as they have done in bahrain what is the likelihood that this could lead to violence and. well everybody knows that the. party in saudi arabia have been for a long time for probably centuries the nineteenth century and twentieth century and they have been deprived of their basic rights when the revolution peaceful this revolution started in behind i guess the saudis saw it and they are right in thinking so because they are discriminating against the essential part of their people in the eastern part and it's an irony that the find in this is all kinds of

. produce there so these people who are in their country that's why they feel that the the the agony of these people might be a mark of a greater volution in saudi arabia and that's what the united states and the saudis really are afraid of that's why they are killing people detaining people and shooting some of the great figures like. and also they go to behind and also in a crackdown they kill people and they detain most of the behind years and this is great. and the gulf that's why i guess these people started their movement and they want to stop and the people feel that these revolutions in the arab world in egypt in tunisia that they have the right to all saw that is

their voice in order to hold up this kind of discrimination they send letters to their king and he did not hear any word of these people and they increase their guard down they increase their detainees and some of the human rights organizations they talk about tens of thousands of thousands detained. the saudi prisoners that's why i guess this this this this will continue in order to achieve their demands what about that crackdown by the saudi authorities understand among those who've been recently detained is mohamed alister curry news accusing general of serving so-called foreign agendas is this a sign that there is actually no freedom of speech in saudi arabia. but everybody knows. everybody knows that this one of the medievalist regimes in the whole world everybody would with

a laugh if they think that the saudis would really give their people anything in spite of all this money and in saudi arabia and most people would call option. not only their ocracy they pay this money to the americans and they put that in the banks and they swim in angola and in some. places and they really deprive the people of any kind of event and light of speech so i'll just explain right there just to explain your reference there to the u.s. does that explain why there's been no reaction over the crackdowns we're talking about in saudi arabia bahrain and the and the united arab emirates in comparison to what the reaction has been to the likes of libya and syria. and they're not says they are a death because of the saudis are puppets of of them that's why they why they don't

want to hear the cries and the argos they are going to use and the pages of the people in saudi arabia and also they shut their mouths and even they blackened the screen and they don't let even the americans to talk about this one they talk they talk while. ideally and. in and man out of that to show that they this saudis are living a good life that's not true to saudi arabia now is a base for the american for the american marines but could we see an uprising in saudi arabia in saudi arabia on the level that we've seen in syria and libya what what is the immediate future do you think. as i said this i would do is they don't have a constitution they don't have me they don't have it's our dr.

a governing very rich state and they deprive people according to their hierarchy and their tribe and their tribal system and that's not as state actually they deprived their citizens as they all of their citizens and also they do they want to do the same thing and other. emirates like and behind and other they all saw impose on them some dictations to deprive people of from saying any a word about evolution and although they are paying a lot of money and they ask to have the syrians and these gangs could you will believe that saudi arabia is helping the revolution whether in egypt or in syria or in tunisia or in lebanon or in palestine or anywhere nobody can believe so i guess this i would be is the last three she would have the right to talk about such thing

and i guess the third one stopped in saudi arabia and the people who want to stop there they got this regime out of saudi arabia political analysts most on salary from beirut thank you very much indeed for your thoughts thanks for being with us live here and thank you. police in central russia continue to collect evidence for the gruesome discovery earlier this week of almost two hundred fifty human fetuses dumped in a forest thought to have been used in scientific research by a woman who worked at a local medical university before being fired last year but all teas sean thomas found out some experts think they could even be the product 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 of the twelve week mark which is considered legal abortion in russia after twenty two weeks of women can only have an abortion only for medical necessary reasons so is this is illegal abortion operation or is this scientific research no one really knows they're trying to get to the bottom of that we talked to one medical doctor this is what they had to say about the subject. this looks like some sort of organs were removed from fetuses to extract in essence is theoretically can be used to reach people there was a criminal case in ukraine who want to go when women were deceived 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 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 big contrast to what these fetuses could have been 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 and this might of course have been the product of miscarriages the fetuses could have been thrown out in purpose to create scandal and attract attention maybe attract attention to the ban on cloning humans. abortion's shocked people with the sight 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 wiki leaks chief in the

science may be inching closer to his goal of asylum in ecuador the country's embassy in london where he's been holed up for six weeks now says it would allow swedish authorities to question the sounds there over six crimes allegations the whistleblower fears that he is sent to sweden he could then be moved to the u.s. to stand trial for espionage for publishing classified information that could all says it will decide on whether to grant asylum to sanjay after the london olympics which concluded just over two weeks his legal advisor says that being questioned in the south american nations embassy provide some hope for the wiki leaks founder. that's positive into your respect 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 a american lawyer for julian assange and that it was almost one hundred percent that he was going to be indicted and extradited to the united states heading out or

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 the man sweden refused to in the second respect i think it's our hope that when julian 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 he should feel wrong first of all that the united states is going after that you know i'm a man who should be protected by our constitution in 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. washington could be initiating a new head hunt for the first time the u.s. tops of a new chief is attending the world's largest hacking conference in las vegas. says opinion is in the air that the u.s. government is trying to get people on its side that it had previously been prosecuting. over the past two years the f.b.i. has arrested and jailed dozens of a legit how kurz and or whistleblowers in connection to groups like wiki leaks. anonymous and the file sharing site mega upload but in addition to prosecuting master hackers it appears as though the u.s. government may soon begin aggressively recruiting them now one indication that many are pointing to is the fact that the head of the u.s. national security agency general keith alexander is expected to speak at the def

con conference in las vegas now this event is considered to be the world's largest gathering of how kurz and so-called computer geeks in this year an estimated fifteen thousand people are expected to show up general alexander's attendance at def con marks the first time america's top surveillance chief would be participating in this event since it began two decades ago but today in an air of cyber warfare many experts believe that washington may soon begin 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. . time to cross over to the business newsroom with the bulls running for over. exactly that's exactly the case of the moment as u.s.

stocks continue to build they are reaching now session highs and it's all to report came out of the european central bank president was. working to reach a consensus on new measures to ease the region's debt crisis now these include purchases and interest cards and long term refinancing the groomers so at the moment we've not had confirmation on the situation but as we can see we've got gains and when it is well that since the might of the u.s. economy expanding in a slower pace than in the second quarter although it was still faster than expected if that makes sense i'm not contradicting myself i promise you now let's go over to europe and see how they're responding just now as well. enjoy gains in the session as well and that was really in response to be easy the president's comments as well as to the euro still strengthening around the two week high also more rhetoric

out of europe from the leaders of france and germany they boost your confidence further they said they will also do everything they can to protect the single currency so it is getting a response to that one twenty three fifty five just as for the ruble it's finished trading now and it managed to finish up what we're going to get for the u.s. and the european car is a must be said for the russian markets as well they managed to get a adding to yesterday's gains as well that his investors became more convinced and next week will bring the raft of measures from said to find his really designed mainly european debt crisis and ready access is a jumpstart for renewed growth around the globe so let's get on movers and shakers them. from net gain in the session then maybe three percent of its first half net profits rose thirteen percent of that in russian accounts also to vast swells up to one and a half percent the company provided one of its main shareholders run out of town

with foreign aid year as a profit for the first half of the year they called and to pay b.p. they that was one of the loses in the session. eight tenths of a percent just now they were in trouble today they were in court and russian arbitration courts they ordered b.p. to pay over three billion dollars of compensation seem kavi third of what was required for a minority shareholder of the russian a british venture to fall the lawsuit he claimed the joint suffered losses because of b.p.'s felt they were rushed next which by the way was brought by russian shareholders of taping he lost the story. to the takes we can't not talk about it calmly now british prime minister david cameron these are you saying that the games will help the u.k. get back on track but somebody looking back in history they almost always leave the host country with financial troubles now greece spent billions to make two thousand

and four games a success but now is economy is collapsing now one positive thing though about the olympics is that it does increase foreign trade by an average of three percent i'll stay with the sports i'm the finishing line it is over business news for this week i'll be back on monday with more updates we have a great weekend thanks a lot and you could have a good weekend now at the right to bear arms pretty well put starters you in the crosshairs in just a moment with crosstalk stay with us for the. future is the same i understand i mean there are always rumors that look we are partners in the market. but it's going to be less. there's going to or we would.