a blot on the face of london twenty twelve dozens of cyclists are swept away by police outside of the olympic stadium while some are met with blasts of pepper spray. syrian rebels claim regime tanks to start moving into the key city of aleppo as un peace efforts on the ground failed to take hold. and saudi arabia reportedly opens fire on crowds of anti-government protesters as clashes continue in the country with injuries and arrests. and welcome to our team this saturday with me karen tara. 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 corridor artie's laura smith reports. c.b.s. and it's were made in connection with the critical mass pike which is a demonstration by cyclists that takes place in the last three months all around the world and what they're trying to do to peacefully and it's live today is to basically talk wherever they want here in. the woods he would do that on base for a day not because of the mafia security upgrades to the house through the opening night games in london and as opposed to being the people were arrested in chief huge numbers to be arrested demonstration here in london they will stop between police at the side and the cyclist impact as they have which is a technique that police sometimes use to bring large numbers of people into a small area and keep them there we have new. information about cattle behind lawn

police called and then even b.t.o. which who is to show police. and spraying with pepper spray a disabled man whose words were charged to these are quite extraordinary steve and some witnesses will face said the cyclists were pushed aside you don't see david beckham free to get to the olympic stadium the police have tweeted that they were directed at large number of people they say that they did test to stay away from the limp a part and only critical mass website there are indications that they had that to happen they say that they also have members who have to be elite assertive when they are maybe convinced i mean straighten this is all taking place along the side lines look this huge opening ceremony everybody was the little who's who which is the psyche even the queen who participated in a short video along with w. seven daniel craig they then came and it appears to have and shoots to james blunt

mcqueen into the atlantic stadium where the queen appeared in fact and has seats and then to move to the end there are many who will be we pay maybe ten thousand back we will be part of placing it in the village games this is a live piazza it's now officially a. security and political scandals have been plaguing the olympics for months but there's a new concern on the horizon coming up we'll look at how athletes are cashing in on their perfect body glossy covers at the same seeking moves of racing sport out of the games also. are you excited about doing but i know i'm here. our resident in new york there's asking people whether they actually care about the olympics at all. syrian rebels claim government tanks have started moving into aleppo with the battle for the city likely to prove a turning point. and the rest opposition fighters also say government troops

government forces rather are shelling several areas and all this despite u.n. efforts on the ground and international calls on both sides to stop the violence on a boycott reports from syria. one week has passed since 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 into northern c.t. 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 assad stopped calling each other france turkey has played a very active and i would say

a very destructive role in the syrian affairs turkey's territories 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 stabbed 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 days the turkish state has been struggling against its own militants i'm talking about the coup stunts workers party b p k k b it's 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 shall get a chance to. is that several kurdish settlements around syria and i was very

surprised to find that they are a defacto independent they have their own security forces their own schools doubt own administration old these developments with the kurds in syria leave turkey very nervous and on thursday it's 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. least may be needed for turkish self-defense but if those attacks carried out that's going to make it 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 hall to smuggle weapons for the syrian rebels dr ali mohamad editor in chief of the syria tribunals 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 seemed 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 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 an ija has far reaching consequences not just for the country's future before

it's past as well ancient artifacts and museum pieces and up and private park it's but the new government has more pressing matters at hand as we report in a few minutes here on our. last georgia is held 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. place in saudi arabia have reportedly opened fire on anti-government protesters in the country's east leaving several injured and number of activists have also been detained the arrest took place in an area where the shiite minority have been clashing with police over the past year and demanding the release of imprisoned activists and an end to what they call discrimination in our rulers and similar crackdowns have previously taken place in bahrain political analyst dr mohsen saleh believes the u.s.

sets the tune for what's going on in the persian gulf arab countries but it 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 in their country that's why they feel the agony of these people might be a mark of a 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 or they go to one. only people and they detain most of the high years that's why i guess these people are starting their movement and they want to stop they send letters to the king and he did not hear any word of these people they increase their guard down everybody knows that this one of the medievalist

regimes in the whole world everybody would. think that the saudis would really give their people anything in spite of all this money and to draw you in saudi arabia they talk to show that this saudis object being a good life that's not there to saudi arabia now is our base for the american for the american marines we've got more on the u.s. position towards the events playing out in the arab gulf countries on our website r.t. dot com along with many other stories let's have a look at what's on the right now. hackers 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 ecuador is trying to prevent what it's calling the evil of the possible extradition of wiki leaks founder julian assange to the u.s. as it says the whistleblower can be questioned and the ecuadorian embassy in london

all the details on this story and many more at art. can. download the official application itself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from our. t.v. is not required to watch our two all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time any. threats 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 interests looting has become rather the black market for artifacts as booming as artie's paul slayer 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 unearthed over the years from the shifting sands with the world's largest collection of fair army pieces and the treasures of king tooting common but the ancient world's artifacts are being plundered to this museum and something. looted from the museum. 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 can people then to fifty after the russian it became seventy four hundred people of one that's

a good is that when the inside it all starts here in the shadow. 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 really holes there are a foot on one. if you want to conclude from the 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 and it's estimated that illegal digs have increased one hundred forward 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 are just as many more you develop preserving its past policy at the scene of. some other main stories embry for you this hour. at least eight people did it overnight clashes between sunni and. the city of tripoli in northern lebanon eleven his army fired warning shots in an attempt to stop the violence they are

browsing in neighboring syria sparked the ethnic tensions as they syrian president assad. itself there no white clashes in the country's north have been ongoing for months. a man calling himself a joker has been 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 the suspect in last week's rampage which left twelve killed and dozens wounded at a 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 up a bus with israeli tourists in bulgaria last week could have been british kaisa curity 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

a security camera footage released shortly after the attack and showed a skinny band a fake american idol was also found on his body as real blames iran and its lebanese ally has been lost for the attack that killed five israeli tourists and a local bus driver. spain is in the grip of an unprecedented double dip recession with dismal unemployment figures only going further downhill the international monetary fund revealed the figures and warning madrid needs more reform despite previous cuts hitting the public hard almost one in every four people is currently out of the job massive protest action has taken root in spain clashes with the story 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 in its worst recession since the second world war later our financial

expert max cars are says politicians and bankers are condoning the money war. right now there's a huge downdraft in their economy simultaneously that both barclays they just 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's the jerry sandusky of banking internationally and 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 gandalf 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. much the kaiser report in just over an hour here on our team. of the olympic games in london have gotten off to a shaky start of political controversies security failings and traffic concerns and now it's some of the athletes that are in the main spotlight and not only because of their sporting skills it's their toned bodies that are grabbing headlines. 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 specimen almost members of a different race but these are people just like us they could be could help us strive to do better if 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 the gold 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 pool and ideals. the original ideal and old to a flood of citizen 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 take 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 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 morning this morning bodies mcdonald sets up the biggest joint in the world outside the olympic stadium to record one hundred fifty thousand condoms are all. so 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 a great story in regards to the subpoena coming from wanting you know what it is so that 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 hearty new york and all these athletes who are current to look fabulous and attract attention when 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 rod team usa i hope we go all the way. the right 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 think of 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 got and what advertisements they're doing but yeah 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 about 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. 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 here and i found out. that's exactly what we're seeing in my culture the world in my part of the world you know you are leverage that you know 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. so 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 they 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 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 cossey or channel nine are available only to those who have satellite dishes and other luxury for most georgians who are there 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 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 some unknown news agencies and ask me questions why do we film stories about political prisoners for example cholesterol test 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. 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 is the effect his answers

may have and billy see georgia. in a few minutes we touch upon more global issues such as how the universe came into existence that's after the headlines coming up here on r.t. .

if they shoot something inappropriate from the public they can easily be shot by accident against his was ok. i wish he would have never happened but it has. been a war a t.v. camera becomes an unnecessary what does their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors should leave around. and this clear what happens with such witnesses i got him on my flight. one of my many of my checks maybe. we. should be merciless shooting on our.