they want all the places of london twentieth while dozens of cyclists are swept away by police outside the olympic stadium while some are met with blasts of pepper spray. syrian rebels claim regime tanks start moving into the key city of aleppo as u.n. 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. follow and welcome to our t.v. this saturday with me karen terrell with the latest now 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 use pepper spray against members of the amateur club who allegedly trying to push through a security quarter parties laura smith reports. were made in connection with the critical mass. is a demonstration by its likeness that takes place in the last part three months all around the world and what they're trying to do this piece. is to basically talk wherever they want hearing. the words need to do that on this day not be put to good marks security upgrades to the house. and as opposed to the people were arrested to future numbers to be arrested demonstration here in baghdad. between police. and the cyclist in practice they have which is a technique that police sometimes use to bring large numbers of people into a small area and keep them. we have no confirmation about leaving behind lawn

police. and then you can be do you know who. police. and spraying with spray a disabled man who is widely charged to these are quite extraordinary and some witnesses. who wish to fly. back. to the olympic stadium the police have who they regret to equal they say that they did stay away from the olympic park and only critical mass website there are indications. that they have and they say they also have members of the elite and when they're making this demonstration 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 athletes are cashing and all their perfect bodies but glossy covers and fame seeking moves are racing sport out

of the games also. are you excited about the olympics i know i'm here. our resident in new york that is asking people whether they actually care about the olympics at all. syrian rebels claim government tanks have started moving into aleppo what the battle for the city likely to prove a turning point in the arm rest opposition fighters also say government forces are shelling several areas all this despite u.n. efforts on the ground and international calls on both sides to stop the violence marches 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 the violence in syria has only intensified over the past week the clashes between the army and the rubble still continue in the northern c.g. before i left but with the death toll below. to be in the hundreds and the 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 a very destructive role 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 at 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 church of state has been struggling against its own militants i'm talking about the police on its workers party the p.k. cave 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 visit several kurdish settlements around syria and i was very surprised to find that there are a defacto independent they have their own security force their own schools out 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. these 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 harb to smuggle weapons for the syrian rebels dr ali mohamed editor in chief of the syria tribe you're on 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 seems 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 and up and private parking but the new government has more pressing matters at hand as we report in a few minutes here on r.t. . plus georgia is held by many outsiders as one of the young'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 have been clashing with police or for the past year they've been demanding the release of imprisoned activists and. an end to what they call discrimination and i rulers similar crackdowns have previously taken place and dark reign political analyst dr. believes the us 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 it's an irony that they'll find in this is all kinds of detroit so these people who are in the country that's why they feel the agony of these people might be a mark of a greater value ssion in saudi arabia and that's what the united states and this saudis really are afraid of that's why they are killing people detaining people and

also they go to one and also only kill people and they detain most of the. 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 medievalists regimes in the whole world everybody would. think that the saudis would really give their people anything in spite of all this money and draw in saudi arabia they talk to show that this saudis are living a good life that's not there to saudi arabia now is our base for the american for the american. they've got more on the u.s. position toward the events playing out in the arab gulf countries that's on our web site r t dot com along with many other stories let's take a peek at what's on mind right now. acars 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. well 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 in the ecuadorian embassy in london all the details on this story and many more at archie dot com. download the official location so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. is not required to watch or it's all you need is your mobile device watch r t any time. it's 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 and those arches polis lawyer 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 egypt and 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 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 go to a place the maximum benefit was 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 near 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 monocoque looted 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 of these three hundred pieces restore them from museums and through the lucian i think it's estimated 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 are just as many more you develop preserving its chance to see on t.v.

. time now for some other main stories embry for you this hour at least eight people have been good in overnight clashes between the sunnis and the allawi it's in the northern tripoli in the city of tripoli in northern lebanon the lebanese army fired warning shots in an attempt to stop the violence the uprising in neighboring syria has sparked ethnic tensions in lebanon for two months the two countries share a complex web of political and sectarian ties rivalries while the syrian president himself is an hour. british media is reporting this first specter a suicide bomber blew up a bus with israeli tourists in bulgaria last week could have been british u.k. security officials travelled 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 idea 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. 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 the police he was the joker. 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 warned madrid needs more reform despite previous cuts hitting the public card almost one in every four people is currently out of

a 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 and 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 kaiser says politicians and bankers are condoning the money war. britain . downdraft in their economy simultaneously that both barclays ages b.c. to the biggest banks in the world in britain announced that they are involved in massive drug money laundering scheme 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 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 gammel is this why the economy is shrinking yes there's georgia. was born note this in any of his speeches no because he's also a job paternal character aiding and abetting financial rape by the biggest banks around the world thanks georgie porgie we love you too. and you can watch the kaiser report in just around ten minutes here on our team. 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 not only because of their sporting skills it's their toned bodies that are grabbing the headlines as are teasing us to see a chicken over ports. faster higher stronger bodies built like machines an olympic extravaganza of athletes graced magazine covers baring it all

it would be nice to table it 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 because 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 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 goal and ideal. the original ideal and old to a medicine 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 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 they're starting 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 based it off this is a great story. that's a pita coming from wanting you know citizens about basically how the war was ending

with the persians and going twenty five miles in just having bleeding feet and how that is. 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 it you're going to hurt new york. and while these athletes work hard to look fabulous on attract attention many people just don't seem to remember their names neither do they pay that much attention to the olympics themselves and 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 a long way to be really great 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. 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 i have 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 has 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 it from 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 leverage that you know energy by giving people more freedom freedom is the key word fine 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 tonight that we're 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 and we think so what if the 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

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 some unknown news agencies and ask me questions why do we film stories about political prisoners for example with their 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 to the 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. because a report is just a few minutes away that's after the headlines coming up in a few. wealthy

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