a blot on the face of london twenty twelve dozens of cyclists are swept away by police outside the olympic stadium while some are met with blasts up pepper spray. regime and rebel fighters ready for a key battle in syria's city of aleppo as u.n. peace efforts on the ground failed to take hold. and saudi arabia reportedly opens fire on crowds of protesters as ethnic clashes continue in the country with injuries and drabs. screen and online twenty four hours a day seven days a week this is r.t. well clouds descended on the celebration of sport and peace that is the olympics that's after police arrested some fifty cyclists outside the main stadium in london

officers used pepper spray against members of the amateur club who allegedly tried to push through a security cordon parties laura smith reports. see these are right that's were made in connection with the critical mass pike right which is a demonstration by cyclists that takes place in the last part and three month old around the world and what i'm trying to do is to peacefully and that with lots of cyclists to basically talk wherever they want here in london of course maybe weren't able to do that on inspire day not the hope of the moxie security operation that has surrounded the opening night of the indian pit games in london and as opposed to being fifty people were arrested we should see huge numbers to be arrested demonstration here and on said they will stop only between police and the cyclists and the cyclists in practice saying they've been heckled which is a technique that the police sometimes used to bring large numbers of people into a small area and keep them that we have no confirmation about they leave

a capital behind lines of police cars and bonds and then even video which who is to show police a so telling and spraying with have to spray a disabled man who is widely charged to go to these are quite extraordinary scenes and some witnesses will say said that the cyclists were pushed aside you don't let david beckham free to get to the olympic stadium the police have confirmed on twitter that they were arrested large number of people they say that they did the course has to stay away from the olympic park and only critical mass website there are indications that they had this to happen they say that they also have members to have to be peacefully assertive when they are making this demonstration of course this is all taking place along the sidelines of the spirits opening ceremony everybody was about a little bit who's who are pushing society even the queen who participates in a suit g.t.o. along with w. seven daniel craig they then came and the kids took however seems to have been

james bond and the queen into the atlantic stadium where from the queen a pageant that down has ceased and then more ceremony will be at the pay maybe ten thousand documents will be pulses placing it in the live eight games this is the thirtieth olympiad and it's now officially and. security and political scandals have been plaguing the olympics for months but there's a new concern on the horizon coming up we look at how our fleets aren't cashing in on their perfect bodies with glossy covers and fame seeking moves or bracing sport out of the games also. are you excited about doing big i know i'm here. our resident in new york the people whether they actually care about the olympics at all. syrian troops and rebel fighters already in pour a major battle in aleppo that could prove a turning point in the months of on opposition fighters claim they've captured

a hundred soldiers in the city with government forces reportedly shelling several areas but despite u.n. efforts on the ground and international calls on both sides to stop the violence the situation is not improving artie's oksana boyko reports from syria one week has passed as the united nations has issued a new mandate for its observer mission in syria reach at least theoretically should help calm tensions in this country but if anything violence in syria has only intensified over the past week the clashes between the army and the rebel still continue in the northern city of before i left but with the death toll believed to be in the hundreds and enormous damage to the city's infrastructure now before the syrian uprising began aleppo was considered the best case for the burgeoning economic and political ties between syria and its northern neighbor turkey but ever since are there on and bashar al assad stopped calling each other friends turkey

has played a very active and i would say a very destructive row in syrian affairs turkish territory is being actively used to smuggle weapons for the free syrian army i don't the top of that's reuters news agency has revealed that turkey alongside saudi arabia and qatar has sat out a secret. military base in one of its southern cities to direct vital military communications support for the free syrian army now a number of experts have long warning that turkey's adamant support for the syrian opposition may calm at a cost to its own security for a number of decades the turkish state has been struggling against its own militants i'm talking about the crudest on its workers party b p k k b it's been fighting for the establishment of an independent sovereign state for the kurds the world's largest people without a state a few months ago i shouted

a chance to visit several kurdish settlements around syria and i was very surprised to find that they are defacto independent they have their own security forces their own schools that own administration so old these developments with the kurds in syria leave turkey very nervous and on thursday its prime minister accused bashar al assad of aiding kurdish militants in syria and those are the on sad that he's country it reserves the right to strike kurdish targets kurdish locations within syria pretty much like it does in iraq and. may be needed for turkish self-defense but if those attacks carried out that's going to make a very volatile a very bloody very unstable situation in this region far worse the u.s. was also allegedly involved in setting up a secret weapons to smuggle weapons for the syrian rebels dr only mohamad editor in

chief of the syria tribe you turkey and 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 so dearie turkey seem to to like the idea of middle east controlled by the muslim brotherhood which they can control easily thinking of it 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 really get away with it and that's why they act this way and the question is are they going to get away with it. another popular uprising this

time in egypt has far reaching consequences not just for the country's future but for its past as well. ancient artifacts and museum pieces end up in private pockets but the new government has more pressing matters at hand as we report in a few minutes here on r.t. . was georgia is hailed by many outsiders as one of the world's best young democracies but we hear from those on the inside who tell a very different story. police in saudi arabia have reportedly opened fire on anti-government protesters in the country's east several injured a number of activists have also been detained they arrest took place in an area where the shiite minority have been clashing with police over the past year they have been demanding an end to what they call discrimination most and i rulers some of crackdowns have previously taken place in our brain political analyst dr i'm also believes the u.s.

sets the tone for what's going on in the persian gulf arab countries. is simple. in saudi arabia have been for a long time they have been deprived of their basic rights it's an irony that they'll find in this is all kinds of detroit so these people who are set in their country that's why they feel the agony of these people might be a mark of greater value shown in saudi arabia and that's what the united states and this saudis really are afraid of that's why they are killing people in detaining people and also they go to one high end also in a car down they kill people and they detain most of the high years that's why i guess these people will start to their movement and they won't stop they send letters to that king and he did not hear any word of these people saying they increase their guard down everybody knows that this one of the medievalist regimes

in the whole world everybody would laugh if they think that the saudis would really give their people anything in spite of all this money and control you in saudi arabia they talk to show that this saudis oblate being a good life that's not true saudi arabia now is our base for the american for the american magazines have got more on the u.s. position towards the events playing out in the arab gulf countries on our web site r.t. dot com along with many other stories let's take a peek at what's on line right now. packers are asked to help american security forces protect the internet as the u.s. government now tries to win the support of the very people it's previously been prosecuting. and we hear what could be behind the grim discovery of hundreds of human fetuses found dumped in a russian forest all that and more at artesia com. download

the official. r.t. application so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. is not required to watch our team all you need is your mobile device watch r t any time any. level minutes past the hour and the revolution may have brought freedom to egypt but it also dealt a heavy blow to the country's entered treasures looting has become rampant and mean black market for artifacts is booming artie's paul's lair reports of a new leadership just isn't doing enough to stop it. egypt's pride and past which is slowly being stolen from its people here at the museum of egyptian antiquities in cairo more than five thousand years of civilization on display unearthed over the years from the shifting sands with the world's largest collection of fair army

pieces and the treasures of king tooting carmen but the ancient world's artifacts are being plundered so this is this museum and something. from the museum says this is not the one of the better downsides of the chaos of last year's bloody uprising on the streets of egypt an outbreak of fifty museums and antique warehouses across the country more than one hundred thousand artifacts are stored in the cairo museum basement alone and at least a million are stored across more than egypt protecting these treasures requires a colossal effort all the more difficult since many police have left the force in the wake of the countries and raced before the revolution where fifty go to the place the maximum very little ten people. to fifty after the russian it became seventy four hundred people around that's again is the twenty inside it all starts here in the shadow of the pyramids or ancient temples in visit sites here egyptians

dig for a quick and illegal back it is easy to go deep under the cover of darkness and far from the nearest security guard but many don't even go there far instead turning over the own backyards under the ground on the every house there are only one. if you if you want to conclude from a million pieces on the ground even something as simple as a knife from the times of the pharaohs can sell for up to fifty million dollars on the black market deals are done through a labyrinth of illegal buyers across europe and the united states. of money digs happen and vast open places that are difficult for us to access those. sponsible then leave the country by sea or across the border where we have few police it's impossible to know what's been stolen directly from the ground as we have documented evidence that at least three hundred pieces were stolen from museums

through the lucian i don't know if this tomato that illegal digs have increased one hundred for the last year those trying to safeguard egypt's in comparable history feel powerless the country's treasures are falling into the wrong hands and lost to the people forever the egyptian president may have more pressing matters right now but many archaeologists here feel the legacy of the people is surely with fighting for before it's too late egypt is in a state of flux and while there are many people here worried about its future there just as many know you do about preserving its chance to see our team. some other main stories in brief for you now police in the state of maryland have confirmed they have arrested a man calling himself a joker after he threatened to shoot out the business he was being fired from he reportedly made several threats after which police searched his apartment and found heavy arsenal of guns the suspect in last week's rampage at a premiere of the new batman movie in colorado also told police he was the joker.

google has broken its promise to delete it secretly collected on people across europe and australia while using street view cars the company admitted still keeping a small portion of the private electronic information google inc angered officials on both sides of the atlantic in two thousand and ten when it acknowledged its mapping cars had also scooped up passwords and other personal data from why find that works. spain is in the grip of an unprecedented double dip recession or dismal employment figures only going further down help the international monetary fund revealed the figures and warned madrid needs more reform despite. obvious cuts hitting the public heart almost one in every four people is currently out of the job massive protest action has taken root in spain clashes with police are getting ever more frequent with people angered at the government for imposing austerity in

return for an e.u. bank rescue meanwhile britain's economic output has also collapsed leaving the country and its worst recession since the second world war later our financial expert max collins or says politicians and bankers are condoning the money war. written. down draft in their economy simultaneously that both barclays h.s.b.c. to the biggest banks in the world in britain announced that they are involved in massive drug money laundering schemes and library manipulations games are those two connected yes of course they stole all of britain's money and they forced the government to take that austerity and put it out to the british people to pay off the bondholders and the executives at these corrupt banks with the help of tony blair who is a jerry sandusky of banking internationally in the economy in the u.k. is announcing huge downdraft at the same time barclays just b.c. two biggest bank in the world both in britain they announced massive money laundering for mexican drug cartels and alive or manipulations ghana's is this why

the economy is shrinking yes there's george osborne note this in any of his speeches no because he's also a joke paternal character aiding and abetting financial rape by the biggest banks around the world thanks georgie porgie we love you to. watch the kaiser report and around ten minutes time here on our. they olympic games in london have gotten off to a shaky start with political controversies security failings and traffic concerns and now it's some of the athletes in the main spotlight and not only because of their sporting skills it's their toned bodies that are grabbing the headlines as artie's honest us a child can i reports. faster higher stronger bodies built like machines an olympic extravaganza of athletes graced magazine covers baring it all

it would be nice to tape like to not look at these athletes like you know these are special specimens almost members of a different race but these are people just like us they could they could help us strive to do better their superhuman bodies are on display in a competition for attention and personal exposure the olympic gold is not just the the gold at the sleeves when and where but the good old of all these endorsements and all this this ability you know they want to cash in on it's their moment in the sun unfortunately i think that undermines the olympic goal and ideally. the original ideal and only two of lettuces and sherman might scrapped the olympic dream and culture now transformed into glossy images of athletes striking a pose in the nude the original olympics were performed completely naked so you could make the case this is turning back to the original form of the olympics and while london will see plenty of action and t.v.

coverage some people will choose not to watch simply because of its location i don't think london's a fun city to have it in and the brits are boring people so i'm not interested. in an ever expanding entertainment culture surrounding the olympics self p.r. is the new tradition and the fifteen minutes of fame an opportunity not to be missed and you've got hundreds of athletes who come back to nothing but a lot of them really look back and say well what do i get out of the last four years i could have made more money being a manager at mcdonald's corp that's one of the biggest sponsors of the olympics is on a journey to send a somewhat confusing message while the athletes are busy promoting their stunning bodies mcdonald's sets up the biggest joint in the world outside the olympic stadium to record one hundred fifty thousand condoms are also being. distributed at the olympic village that's roughly fifteen condoms for each athlete some argue sexing up the olympics is slowly racing the true meaning of these historic games

the marathon really became into effect and they based it off this is a great story i'm a guy that's a pita coming from wanting you know what is his citizens about basically how the war was ending with the persians and going twenty five miles in just having bleeding feet and how that inspired the marathon for what it is today. while the aura surrounding the olympics of today's anything but poised sportsmanship appears to be the last guest joining this party and as they see a church in a hearty new york and while these athletes work hard to look fabulous and attract attention when people don't really remember their names neither do they pay that much tension to the olympics themselves as our very own new york resident has been finding out. do you really care about the olympics this week let's talk about that are you

excited about the olympics i know i'm here. is it crazy back home because of it yeah and we got out what are you excited about college team usa i hope we go a long way to make it. does that mean we're the best country in the world if we win all the gold medals who i don't know about that people really aren't that into track and field and. you know then the swimming you know the media build up between . phelps and his rival you know but you don't even know the name of the right man even to get his name on the front just finish tonight. for a minute do you think that the olympics are kind of a way to just distract people from what's really going on might be. problems do you think people remember the names of all the athletes three months after the olympics are done i guess it depends what kind of sponsorships they've gotten what advertisements are doing but if their names are in plays and in lights everywhere

they're selling us wheaties yes exactly those athletes will be remembered a lot of them probably wouldn't be you know i guess a sort all some boss that did push ups. and. push ups that i admired for the olympics. that's in the state and so they're trying to yeah they're getting they're getting people excited into any way that they can what is why do they do that just for the good of sports no idea probably just try to drum up some more money for the country at that right over here tourism you know historically the olympics is something that's always meant to be a unifying action yes so it doesn't that kind of take away from that message of unification when it comes down to just drumming up business. you know i don't agree . unfortunately taking over the priority of some folks whether or not you care about the olympics the bottom line is that you should be prepared to be bombarded

by a lot of media coverage in the coming week. praised for preaching freedom and reform the georgian leadership is cast as a fledgling democracy success story both by the western media and by the state channels at home however some journalists working in the country see a very different picture as are. found out. that's exactly what we're seeing in my culture the world in my part of the world you know you are liver and begin your energy by giving people more freedom freedom is the key word find words from the georgian president some western officials like hillary clinton continuously praised me truly for his supposed program of reform but journalists in the country are less impressed and say talk of freedom doesn't extend to the media made it through that were being a journalist is now a dangerous profession in georgia there's always a risk of being accused of being a spy journalist get beaten up frequently all of this is happening in front of the

entire country and. the chances are that most people in georgia won't find out about these cases from their evening news according to the latest polls more than eighty percent of georgians depend on t.v. as their main source of information yet georgians only have free access to three channels all of them controlled by the state one way or the other. one channel is owned by saakashvili eight another his friends relatives so all people get really is just state controlled propaganda you may think so whatever georgians don't get the full scope of their country's events from the t.v. sets after all there is always the internet but so they have to understand a lot of people here still live in rural areas and for a lot of them the world wide web is simply not available readily at their fingertips independent channels like of cossey or channel nine are available only

to those who have satellite dishes and other luxury for most georgians. sometimes i have friends or relatives visiting from other parts of georgia and they watch these channels and say what is this really happening in this country we knew nothing about it but operating an independent media outlet isn't easy here journalists say their cash flow has run dry since advertisers were told by authorities to stay. we from channels which may be affiliated with the opposition on top of that their every move is being closely watched by authorities here by those who know that i constantly find myself facing over the top control from local officials i'm always being followed by some strange people who say they're from someone no news agencies and ask me questions why do we film stories about political prisoners for example cholesterol just it's about the state officials don't feel comfortable coming to us because we ask questions they don't want to answer but state controlled media never ask those questions of

a gulf war president saakashvili is a frequent guest on various american t.v. channels but he's never made an appearance on any of the opposition channels at home perhaps it's not so much the questions that he minds as the effect his answers may have and billy see georgia is an r.t.a. . because a report is just a few minutes away that's after the headlines stay with us.

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