a blot on the plains of london twenty twelve dozens of cyclists are swept away by police outside the olympic stadium some are met with blasts of popular sprite. regime on rebel fighters ready for battle in syria's city of level as we went peace efforts on the ground failed to take hold. on saudi arabia reportedly opens fire on crowds of anti-government protesters as clashes continue with the country with injuries threats. though and welcome to our team this saturday where we've got the latest news coming to you live on screen and online twenty four hours a day seven days a week well a cloud has 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 archies laura smith reports. 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 this peacefully and that with lots of cyclists to basically trying wherever they want here in london of course maybe weren't able to do that on this far day not because of the massive security operation that has surrounded the opening night of the indian hate games in london and advocaat have been fifty people were arrested when she future numbers to be arrested demonstration here and on said they will stop only between police and the cyclist and the cyclist in fact to say 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 there we have no confirmation of that they leave a capital behind lines of police calls and bonds and then even video which who is to show police associating and spraying with pepper spray a disabled man who is writing a charge suppose so these are quite extraordinary scenes and some witnesses will say said that the cyclists were pushed aside in order to 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 didn't ask of 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 this huge story opening ceremony everybody was that older who's who were pretty society even the queen who participated in

a short video along with w. seven daniel craig they then came and appears to have a shoot the two of them james bond and the queen into the atlantic stadium where from the queen appeared in countdown had seats and then two more the end of ceremony will be painted ten thousand back repulsive facing to be there again this is a live piazza it's now officially and. security and political scandals have been plaguing the olympics for months but there is a new concern on the horizon coming up we look at how police are cashing in on their perfect bodies with glossy covers fame seeking moves for racing sports the game also. you write about you in fact i know i'm here. our resident in new york is asking people whether they actually care about the olympics at all. syrian troops and rebel fighters are already in for a major battle in aleppo that could prove

a turning point in the months up on rest opposition fighters claim they've captured one 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 situations not improving on a boy the reports from syria. one week has passed since the united nations has issued a new mandate for its observer mission in syria beach and this 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 aleppo 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 france turkey has played a very active and some would say and very distractive role in the syrian affairs turkish territory is being actively used to smuggle weapons for the free syrian army and on the top of that's reuters news agency has revealed that turkey alongside saudi arabia and qatar has set 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 come 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 the been fighting for the establishment of an independent sovereign state for the kurds world's largest

people without a state a few months ago i haue the chance to visit several kurdish settlements around syria and i was very surprised to find that they are defected independent they have their own security force 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 as are the answered that his country it reserves the right to strike kurdish targets kurdish locations within syria pretty much like it does in iraq and at. least may be needed for turkish all self defense but if those attacks ever 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 hard to smuggle weapons for the syrian rebels dr ali mohamed the editor in chief of the syria tribe young says 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 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. other 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 and up in private pockets but the new government has more pressing matters at hand as we reported a few minutes here on our. plus georgia is held by many outsiders as one of the world's best young democracies but we hear from those on the inside tell a very different story. police in saudi arabia have reportedly opened fire on anti-government protesters in the country's east leaving several injured a number of activists have also been detained the arrest took place in an area where the shiite minority happened clashing with police over the past year they have been demanding the release of imprisoned activists and an end to what they call discrimination and i rulers similar crackdowns have previously taken place in

graine political analyst dr marcus han saleh believes the u.s. sets the tune for what's going on in the persian gulf arab countries. in saudi arabia have been for a long time they have been deprived of their basic rights and the irony that they'll find in this is the old guy and. so these people who were in this country you that's why they feel the agony of these people in my. grade to renew sion in saudi arabia and that's what the united states and this i would be. afraid of that's why they are killing people only detaining people and all told they go to one and also. kill people and day to day in most of the high use that's why i guess these people to start doing their movement they won't stop they send letters to that. i did not hear it. the word of these people they

increase their guard down everybody knows that this one of the. regimes in the whole world everybody would love if they think that the saudis would really give their people anything inspired of all this money and draw in saudi arabia they talk to show that this i would be is obvious being a good life that's not there to saudi arabia now is our base for the i'm mad again for the america. we've got more on the us position towards the events playing out in the arab gulf countries on our website r.t. dot com along with many other stories to a timeline right now. girls are asked to help the american security forces protect the internet as the u.s. government now tries to win the support of the very people it's previously then prosecuting. them 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 r.t.

dot com. download the official application so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from our. t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device watch r t any time. it is eleven minutes past the hour now the revolution may have brought freedom to egypt but it also dealt a heavy blow to the country's ancient treasures looting has become rampant and the black market for artifacts is booming as artie's falsely are now reports the new leadership 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 and earthed 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 as is this museum and something. from the museum says this is not the one of the better down sides 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 girls placed the maximum. ten people. to fifty after the russian it became seventy four hundred people and that's again is. the side it all starts here in the

shadow of the pyramids or ancient temples in a desert 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 so if you want to go to looted from million people 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 responsible 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 restore them from museums

since the revolution it's estimated that illegal digs have increased one hundred fold in 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 worth 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 more you do about preserving its past policy r.t. . some of the main stories in brief for you now their man calling himself a joker person arrested in the u.s. state of maryland after he threatened to shoot up the business he was being fired from he reportedly made several threats after which police searched his apartment and found a heavy arsenal of guns a suspect in last week's paid. which left twelve killed and dozens wounded at the

premiere of the new batman movie in colorado also told police he was the joker. british media is reporting the suspected suicide bomber who blew himself up and along with a bus of israeli tourists in bulgaria last week could have been british u.k. security officials travel to the country to collect d.n.a. samples from the attackers body investigators are still struggling to establish his identity as forensic evidence suggests he was of heavy build while security camera footage released shortly after the attack showed a skinny man a fake american id was found on his body israel blames iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah for the attack that killed five israeli tourists and a local bus driver. google has broken its promise to delete data it secretly collected on people across europe and australia while using street view callers 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 cars had also scooped up passwords and other personal data from wife fine networks. spain is in the grip of an unprecedented double dip recession the dismal unemployment figures only going further downhill the international monetary fund revealed the figures and warned madrid needs more reform despite previous cuts hitting the public hard almost one in every four people is currently out of a job massive protest action has taken root in spain clashes with police are 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 building the country in its worst recession since the second world war later our financial expert max kaiser says politicians and bankers are condoning the money war. now

says huge downdraft 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 on to the british people to pay off the bondholders and the executives at these corrupt banks with the help of tony blair who's 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 library manipulations ghana 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 too.

and you can catch the kaiser report throughout the day right here on our team. the olympic games in london have gotten off to a shaky start with political controversies security failings and traffic conditions and concerns now it's some of the athletes in the main spotlight and it's not just because of their sporting skills it's their toned bodies that are grabbing the headlines as art he's an associate can i reports. faster higher stronger bodies built like machines and olympic extravaganza of athletes grace magazine covers baring it all it would be nice to tate 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 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 ideal. the original ideal and old two of lettuces in and human 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 is 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 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 corporation 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 sets up the biggest joint in the world outside the olympic stadium a 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 base it off this is the great story in regards to peter's coming from wanting you know so that citizens about basically how the war was ending with the persians and going twenty five miles and 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 hearty new york and while these athletes work hard to look fabulous and attract attention many people don't really remember their names neither do they pay that much attention 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. but is it crazy back home because of it yeah and we got out what are you excited about well team usa i hope we go all the way to be really great does that mean we're the best country in the world if we win all the gold medals oh i don't know about that people really aren't that into track and field and not so much 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 give his name on the front just finished and i think . 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 you know from your 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 got and what advertisements are doing but yeah if their names are in plays and in lights everywhere yeah they're selling us wheaties yes exactly those athletes yeah they'll be remembered a lot of them probably wouldn't be you know i guess a sort all some boss that did push ups in london for a double decker bus with a big push up so that might for the olympics yeah that's insane so they're trying to yeah they're getting they're getting people excited 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 think greed is 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 i. found out. that's exactly what we're seeing you know my cancer of the world in my part of the world you know you are a 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 at 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. of ourselves 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 by his friends relative to all people get really is just state controlled propaganda and i 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 still 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 can't see or channel nine are available only to those who have satellite dishes and other luxury from 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 away from channels which may be affiliated with the opposition on top of that their every move is being closely watched by authorities here i 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 known news agencies and ask me questions why do we film stories about political prisoners for example. just it's about 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. 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 ga. r.t. . our interview show spotlight is coming your way in a few minutes that's after

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