syrian rebels claim regime tanks started moving into the key city of. un peace efforts on the ground failed to take hold. up a lot on the face of london twenty twelve dozens of cyclists are swept away by police right outside the in the big stadium that will summon met with a blast of pepper spray. and saudi arabia reportedly opens fire on crowds of antigovernment protesters as clashes continue in the country with injuries and there were. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow i'm. syrian rebels claim the government tanks are moving into aleppo but the battle for the city possibly likely to prove

a turning point in the rest opposition fighters also say the troops are shelling several areas they have managed to seize russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says moscow doesn't. support it and directed by some arab states will force us to go. in the situation where the opposition groups take control of cities in particular aleppo even not hiding that they intend to create there some buffer zones and some alternative all suspicion governments how can one expect the existing authorities would just accept it and say ok i was wrong go ahead and overthrow mean change the regime but this is just realistic. and the latest violence in syria comes despite u.n. efforts on the ground and international calls on both sides to stop the bloodshed but as our reports some states are only helping to inflame the conflict. 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 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 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 days the turkish state has been struggling against its own militants i'm talking about the crudest on its workers party. 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 had a chance to visit several kurdish settlements around syria and i was very surprised to find that there are defected independent they have their own security force their own schools that own administration so all these developments with the kurds in syria leave turkey very nervous. and our thursday its prime minister accused bashar al assad of aiding kurdish militants in syria and those are the answered

that he country it reserves the right to strike kurdish targets kurdish locations within syria pretty much like it does in iraq and. me be needed for turkish all self defense but if those attacks every carried out that's going to make a very volatile a very bloody very unstable situation in this region far worse i do use oksana boyko reporting the wall of meantime the u.s. was also allegedly involved in setting up a secret weapons hub in order to smuggle weapons for the syrian rebels dr ali mohammed the editor in chief of the syria tribune says that her turkey on 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 to like the idea of a 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. and yet another popular uprising this time in egypt has fallen reaching consequences are not just for the country's future but for its. use in pieces ending up in private pockets with a new government has more pressing matters at hand. in just a few minutes here on r.t. . you'll hear is hailed by many outsiders as one of the world's best young

democracy but we hear from those on the inside tell a very different story. this is a cloud has descended on the celebration of sport and peace that is the olympics that's off the police arrested some fifty cyclists right outside the main stadium in london some officers are used pepper spray against members of the club who allegedly tried to push through a security caught on laura smith reports. ciggies a 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 all around the world and what i'm trying to do this peacefully and that with lots of cyclists to basically talking wherever they want here in london who are snake big words unable to do that on this far 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 when she future numbers to be arrested demonstration here and on said they will stop between police and the cyclists and the cyclists in practise saying they've been heckled which is a technique that least 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 have to spray a disabled man who is widely charged to go to these a quite extraordinary scene and some witnesses will say said that the cyclists were pushed aside you know david beckham free to get to the olympic stadium the police have tweeted that they've erected a large number of people they say that they did also creates 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 keep the peace really

assertive when they are making this demonstration. i know security and political scandals have been plaguing the olympics for months now but there's a prior new concern on the horizon coming up here on our team look at how our affiliates are cashing in on their perfect bodies without going to see couples in flames thinking i mean i'm sorry racing some of the sport out of the games also. are you excited about the olympics and i know i'm here. our president in new york is asking people whether they actually care. police in saudi arabia have reportedly opened fire on anti-government protesters in the country's east leaving several people injured also at the same time a number of activists were also detained the arrests took place in an area where the shiite minority have been clashing with police over the past year has been demanding the release of in prison the activists on an end to what they call discrimination by sunni arabs some of the crackdowns of previously taken place in

bahrain political analyst dr most and believes the u.s. sets the choose 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 the 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 of greater value surely 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 high end also and they can only kill people and they detain most of the high and that's why i guess these people are starting their movement and they want to stop they send letters to that king and he did not hear any word

of these people they increase their guard down everybody knows that this one of the . 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 in saudi arabia they talk to show that this saudis are living a good life that's not there to saudi arabia now is a base for the american for the american. well we've got more on the u.s. position towards the events playing out in the arab gulf countries are just get all our website at www dot com there were many other stories of course see what else is online right now hikers are asked to help american security forces protect the internet the u.s. government are trying to win the support of the very people that spent years prosecuting. ecuador is trying to prevent what it's calling the evil of the possible extradition of wiki leaks founder julian assange to america says the

whistleblower can be questioned inside the ecuadorian embassy in london details on that story also on our website. revolution i may have brought freedom to egypt but it also dealt a heavy blow to the country's treasures looting has become rampant and the blowing black market for artifacts is booming. in our reports the new leadership simply is not doing enough to stop. 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 two tin common but the ancient world's artifacts are being plundered to this museum and something. from the museum. 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 there where fifty go to the police the maximum very little can people do. to fifty after the russian it became seventy four hundred people of them that's a good is the twenty inside 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 very house there are only one.

if you if you want to go 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. 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 were stolen from museums since the revolution and 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 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 do about preserving its past policy r.t. . straight to the r.t. world out there now we will start with tripoli in northern lebanon it's where at least people have been wounded in overnight clashes between seeing. the lebanese army who fired warning shots in an attempt to stop the violence. the uprising in neighboring syria has sparked ethnic tensions in lebanon for months the two countries share a complex web of political and sectarian ties and rivalries of the syrian president himself is an overweight. british media is reporting the suspected suicide bomber who blew up a bus with 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 forensic evidence suggests he was of a heavy build while this security camera footage shows a skinny man thought to be behind the attack fake american id was also found on the body of the attacker 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 who you also told police that he was called the jerk. spain is in the grip of unprecedented double dip recession with dismal unemployment figures only going further downhill the

international monetary fund reveals the figures and warning madrid needs more reform despite previous cuts hitting the public very hard almost one in every four people is currently out of work massive protest action has taken root in spain the clashes with police are getting ever more frequent 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 keiser says politicians and bankers are condoning the money war. britain 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 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 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. you course because report throughout the day here on out saying. now the olympic games in london have got off to a shaky start with political controversies security failings traffic concerns as well now though it's some of the athletes in the main spotlight in not only because of the sporting skills it's amazing toned bodies that are now grabbing headlines i

thought he's an associate reports. faster higher stronger bodies built like machines and olympic extravaganza of athletes grace 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 ideal. the original ideal and old to of 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 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'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 base it off there's the great story in regards 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 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. while these athletes are work hard to look fabulous and attract the attention of many people sadly don't even remember their names neither do they pay that much attention to the olympics themselves well that's according to our new york resident in the pick up.

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. the right 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 think of 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 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 the 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 you know i guess a sort all some boss that did push ups in london for a. big push up so that might for the olympics. that's insane so they're trying to yeah they're getting they're getting people excited anyway 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. yeah greed is. unfortunately taking over the priority of whether or not you care about the

olympics the bottom line is. to be bombarded by a lot of media coverage in the coming week. so i could have you with us here today praised for preaching freedom and reform the georgian leadership has cost as a fledgling democracy a success story by both the western media and of course by state travels at home however some journalists working in the country see a very different picture. that's exactly what we're seeing you know my culture the well you might part of the world you know you are liver and 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 praise 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. 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 aid another by his friends relative to all people get really is just state controlled propaganda and we 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 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 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 less than 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. . as we are come to you live from the heart of moscow certainly hope you can stay with us our spotlight on the headlines in just a second. download

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