syrian rebels are sort of trade heavy weapons from abroad for the first time despite american officials fears they might be used to target civilian airliners. during a son just lawyer confirms that sweden refuses to question the wiki leaks supreme when london the big concerns the country wants more than just solving the sex crimes complaint against them plus. i'll be having a look at how to top belorussian officials who've lost their jobs thanks to an invasion of teddy bears.

welcome mrs arty live from moscow is kevin owen here this hour with our top story at eight pm syrian rebel forces are thought to have acquired the first surface to air missiles from foreign allies they believe have been delivered via neighboring turkey the rebel free syrian army denies those claims which come as join the u.s. and saying president assad will be forced to leave soon some american officials have been wary though of arming the opposition with missiles fearing they could easily be used against civilian airliners the u.n. also confirmed that assad's opponents now have heavy weapons including tanks as the wrist misreports opposition forces are also courting some of the world's most respected media even though the facts not always be what they say. journalists speaks out says the headline in the b.b.c. on the guardian syrian regime t.v. reported defects that talking about hats hands who claims he was a reporter to syrian state t.v. channels but couldn't bear to be a part of the. propaganda machine anymore and after spying for the rebels for

months eventually defected to turkey but the syrian news channel. says he's nothing but a fantasy business willing. to work as a correspondent in the syrian news channel have nothing to do with reality. you have to go to channel didn't find. souces from near the other t.v. stations labor claims to work for also confirmed he never had nevertheless the guardian and b.b.c. have jumped on the story as the first example of quote a high profile defector from damascus is powerful propaganda. but as an actual anchor from pointed out when we spoke to him it's labor really was a public figure it wouldn't have been hard to verify his credentials or thought i think i saw his preferred on facebook and was shocked to discover it says he was

right there are lots of ways to check this each of us has an idea of a journalist employed by the syrian news channel so we can use to confirm our identity and employment if it comes to that we have our stories and materials to prove that to each journalist accumulate some materials in the process especially if they were the syrian news channel. the british media has used labor to tell a story of a propaganda machine in syria that pumps out of pro-government message we're godless of the truth meanwhile the b.b.c. and the guardian appear to be sticking like glue to their own line that equals rebels equal freedom fighters labor himself now says he wants to work for an opposition channel he told the guardian he met someone from out who called him a government spy with a psychological problem perhaps that is closer to the truth than the british media got. laura smith there were main media outlets are often quick to pick up stories

denouncing assad's regime although they frequently ignore videos like the one you're seeing and you screens now this clip reports to reveal the execution of captured assad supporters by rebels from the free syrian army the pictures posted online appears to show bloodied men surrounded by an excited crowd a government of late later opened fire well it depends journalist james colbert there believes the black and white picture being painted of the syrian conflict in the media is far from fair. what this shows is a coordinated series of efforts on the part of the media to really to really undermine the basic journalistic truth when it comes to the reporting in favor of skewing the story against the assad government and towards the rebels and that shows the political bias of many of these outlets but what's happening in syria even if we want to talk simply about the internal conflict in syria we have to look at the deep sectarian divisions in syria and talk about the the sunni majority the shia minority the alawite minority within that shia minority christians and how all

of those forces are at play in this conflict and it's something much much more difficult to to understand than simply framing it in that pro-democracy versus tyranny type of debate that that appeals to to the black and white narrative that they're trying to portray and i think that doesn't even take into account the bigger picture of the international forces that play there. just to remind you and our team crews in syria updating you via twitter there's analysis and reaction in our correspondents tweets about bringing you the latest pictures from a conflict torn country of one of the. two in the songes lawyers confirmed to r.t. that sweetness rejected ecuador's invitation to question the wiki leaks founder and its london embassy that's despite two years of trying to get a statement over sex crime allegations the whistle blowers been holed up in ecuador's diplomatic mission now for over six weeks seeking asylum it sounds denies

a sex crime claims and believes they're just a pretext to have a vote in the u.s. . prosecution for espionage after a massive leak of secret diplomatic and military files a sound just lawyer jennifer robinson says america's give no assurances that they're not interested in prosecuting him even though it could be done easily. i have confirmation from from mr stein himself that that request that was put into question him in the ecuadorian embassy has been denied but we don't have any yet. but for that and we have never had an adequate explanation from sweden as to why they haven't used it to a legal assistance to question joined in relation to these allegations he has been offering this testimony since well before the european arrest warrant was issued we have requested the a straight in government to ask the very same assurances that we're now seeing ecuador ask in accordance with their obligations in investigating the political asylum application but it is a great shame this is to my knowledge the first time in history than a straight in citizen has sought refuge with a foreign government because our government refused to take the action which was

legally possible for our government to take many suspect that there is an existing sealed indictment for julian and that that indictment there simply waiting for the appropriate time to exercise it was to implement that indictment as a matter of u.s. law as a criminal offense to reveal the existence of a sealed indictment but what the u.s. government has not done and which is available to them that if they are not interested as the u.s. ambassador states then it would be a simple matter for the u.s. attorney general to state explicitly to confirm that the criminal investigation is over and that no charges will be laid and no extradition request would be made but they have so far failed to do so. or a scarce resource from scott horton is contributing for harper's magazine is joining us on the line from new york harbor scott even as a just heard branches to question the sons the last two years never got the opportunity why are they taking up that opportunity. that's a very solid question frankly this is there are actually no criminal charges pending against assad in sweden what's going on is that there's an open case being

investigated in the prosecutors have asked to speak to him and i think his lawyers actually made a very sensible offer to the swedes in saying they would present him in the embassy in london for examination but the swedes are saying no to that and i think the question that's hanging over all of this. and that has been articulated by a song by his representatives in the past is whether the swedish proceedings are not in fact simply a ruse for the transfer of julius on to the united states to face charges in the united states. maybe you can you can paint a better picture on this some i've heard before one of the reasons why ecuador is protecting julian assange is a kind of a personal friendship between julian assange and the president but of course it brings home to the question why is a strange kind of left their own citizens of their own devices so why it could kill and why isn't the strain of doing more. well the question with australia is one

that's been in the background for many many years in fact if you look through the history of the war on terror you find a number of australian citizens who were seized by the united states who were mistreated some tortured some held in possible conditions in one time tomorrow and at. cia black sites in egypt and morocco and the australian government was remarkably quiet about all of this not really not only not intervening but sometimes attacking their own citizens and it caused some political stir the case of david hicks did in australia but i think what's going on there is frankly a rather surprising attitude on the part of the australian government towards the united states has been seek to challenge the us over any issue how does this look to you the moment does it stands tonight what are the chances you think you could

avoid extradition to sweden at this point then. well i think that you know the u.k. courts have spoken on the issue finally and the the extradition rather the. appeal to ecuador for asylum is it's a last chance an effort. to me it's hard to understand how the ecuadorian zur going to play this about even if they decide to grant his request for asylum that doesn't mean he would be able to walk out of the embassy go to heathrow and fly to ecuador he would still be held there you don't need be able to transfer out with some sort of consent from the u.k. government and i don't think that will be forthcoming without some sort of agreement from the swedish government so it's diplomatically very very already setting up a scenario in which doing this on may be aghast in close quarters

in the ecuadorian embassy for many years scott thanks for giving us your thoughts his cohort contributing editor of harper's magazine online from new york. and while under house arrest student signs cause produces on t.v. series shown here on r t interviewing the political fire brands who the other networks ignored all twelve programs just to mind your online from us you can watch them anytime you like streaming at a songe dot r.t. dot com. has fired two vets military top brass over their failure to stop an invasion of swedish parachuting teddy bears all these people are explains why the first flying in minsk. but would seem this if you don't have to go down to the woods in bellary see if you are looking for a big surprise the teddy bears are literally power shooting in the sky now those bez on parachuting in for a picnic they were parachuting in bearing

a messages of free speech against human rights abuses now it's understood that the swedish group calling themselves studio. were behind this stunt they believe rented a light aircraft in lithuania flew it across the border into bellary swear they dropped the bundle of b. all means if you will as funny and his life hard as this all seems it has resulted into a valorous a senior generals losing their positions we're talking about the heads of the belarusian air force and as offenses as well as the general who's in charge of border control the russian president alexander lukashenko and no joking mood when it comes to these treaties and on the ground to belorussian citizens who are being arrested and charged with aiding and abetting the swedish stunt could face seven years up to seven years in prison so as much as this is a very fun story and not so much of

a teddy bears picnic though for those who have lost their jobs or a facing trial. mention for a website called we've got the world you think it is what he wanted just a few clicks away we're covering tonight the apocalypse coming maybe for coca-cola . explain why they do predictive mind that will see the american drinks try and put it out of the livy unlikely she tells online from us and how to make an entrance if you're the mayor while you london's boris johnson has been hanging around the city proper. this is our take good to have you with us now while the people of greece face raising hurdles over their debt crisis is all fun and games for the country's a limb pick delegation they've reportedly splashed out almost two hundred thousand

euros to hire an exclusive london club for athletes to meet get sponsors and politicians and let's talk about that there with journalists in place a glamorous crystal sardis is putting us on the line from athens christos hi good p.r. or just bad tartly where is the money coming from me as well i think that it is a. bird. of wasting our money. from. their fifty percent of them i don't know where from the lottery it's all the other minute we're all for or already funded by the i think you know the main problem we start is the problem of timing and of symbols or. we call it. as we call it it's. this is the problem crystal is a far cry isn't it from the early days here we're at one stage in the bill that the

olympics there are even fears that greece couldn't compete at all because of the huge cuts in funding for the team it's going to change and turn the right corner isn't it exactly and you know for example the. most of the sports federations didn't have the money through the roughness of the cent over. the response not to be able to turn their athletes who have been living for insulting someone of my family for for the recourse in four or four for foreign relations relations that are not in favor of the of the currency bonds must form a question of interests you know well there are some p.r. people of course that are very much in favor of it the organizers claim the club is being used to attract much needed investment in the country you could kind of see where they. coming from but the back flip to that is that going to work if investors these investors they're trying to attract can see all this elaborate spending during such tough times it's kind of got to put them off isn't it of course i think felt that they would. go out and

all scramble events then it's secure environment doing both the money and i think. if. we want. to do best once you know ground zero or one of two to formulate the same environment in terms. of social peace and with this kind of of policy so i don't think that they will be a problem now of course lympics for any country involved is it is a time of the citizens to stand up most of them anyway and support their country it's a very patriotic time but what do great people on the streets make of this spending that's been coming out now we're hearing about what's being spent by their limping delegation was the real feeling on the streets there i think that i think decided europe because. this was also before is very well because neither wished. the prime minister and virtually destroyed the other part of this by strong and

democratic support of the government that discussing almost almost all to certain measures will have to be made from some of the time that you have this is a strong. you can't. you are. this is this will cost thousands when we lose. the spirit ok crystal try this journalist and political analyst thanks very much for your thoughts this appreciated and you know what you think about the stories one line. later this hour on r t one of the architects of the european union tells us why the integrated bloc should not leave spaniards and greeks to face their problems alone. you are in the same boat you are in east timor galpin east clambers of the mountain link together. you're in the same boat rowing if one is failing the others will fail probably.

arab israelis could survive themselves called up for the military they've previously been exempt from having to serve in israeli defense forces now they face a difficult decision that risk in order to fight against their own people or volunteer and be cast out as a traitor as our middle east correspondent paul asli here explains. a monument to israel's fallen look more closely and you will see many of the names are of arab soldiers fighters who joined an army that many of the bridge one here call the enemy. but in meetings like this across the country the mood is changing most arab israelis are saying no to being drafted into the israeli defense forces the issue is up for debate as israel reviews current military draft laws that allow for talks jews and arabs to avoid national service. the israeli military wants to make a serve not because they need us to because we want to control the arab states of mind and divide us. any time for the army generals will call upon our teenagers and

against whom will they fight against our arab and palestinian brothers. but remarkably some arabs actually choose to serve in the last two years those volunteering for the i.d.f. doubled to four hundred. i volunteered because this is my home away and i don't have another land and i live here and so i feel it's my responsibility to contribute to the country so that they were right about them let their supers two brothers also serve in the idea if it means their family has been branded traitors people who have sold out to the enemy for money. i'm not a traitor i am an israeli arab i think it's high time that the arabs of israel shoulders some of the responsibility and volunteer for the army i'm not saying there's no races no liberation but chill me a country that's perfect. the i.d.f. is working hard to recruit from the ranks of the country's one and a half million arabs one of the recruiters is colonel ram is made from the druze

minority. when the i.d.f. is composed of the full spectrum of israeli citizens with the becomes a more moral army but the issue of culture is very significant we are so-called disconnecting the soul just from their culture and immersing them in another call. which is israeli integration is difficult. but the voices of criticism from within the arab community are loud not in a shift since the i.d.f. is an occupying force and those arabs who choose to serve in that cross the line. of the world then why you can discriminate against me i mean doesn't go like this vast majority of our community sees a. bad thing to do. with the towel nor sick to expire on august the first arab israelis and ultra-orthodox jews who until now have been exempt from military service may find themselves forced to do so regardless of their beliefs each israeli prime minister has said to the arab community first

serve in the army and then you will be treated as equals but arab israelis are asked what kind of equality is it when regardless of whether they serve in the army or not israeli jews will always be more equal than them r.t. tel aviv. or the struggles for every day israeli families take another tragic turn to a second man has died from self-immolation in a hospital after protesting against israel's drastic welfare cuts that follows the death of a disabled fifty seven year old man who set himself on fire during demonstrations earlier in july the so-called occupy israel movement over social injustice is gaining momentum now as the government struggles to boost the economy through increasing taxes and cutting spending. but world news tonight the typhoon that swept through the philippines has now claimed at least twelve lives police and coast guard searching for those who are missing after strong winds and intense rain swept the country more than one hundred thousand people are displaced flooding interventional downpours in the capital also forced the u.s. embassy compound to be closed. uses a twenty four seven on line for most of r.t.

dot com sketch of the business now it's coming up to twenty two minutes past eight o'clock and all eyes to me the upcoming fed meeting in the us tonight will there be more stimulus that's a big question that's exactly the question i never. bodies minds because will or will the united states go ahead with the quantity easing phase number three will they run the printing press and stimulate the economy that's what everyone wants to find out so we're looking very much forward to the minutes released from that fed meeting tonight meanwhile this is what they have to deal with basically the fed statistics recently came in on the jobs market calling to a.d.p. automate the process saying that the private sector added one hundred sixty three thousand jobs in the previous month that's a bit of an improvement on the month of june and also manufacturing improved just a tad from forty nine point seven to forty nine point eight but everyone is of course anticipating when will we see

a value above fifty which would indicate expansion in manufacturing it's not happening yet and there might be a need for more stimulus basically this is what's happening on the stock market so far very cautious trade with the dow jones up just point three percent nasdaq even moving into negative territory so really pretty quiet so i would say on the stock market european markets have already closed this is the closing picture completely different moods in london and in frankfurt london's quite buoyant and the interesting story here is that manufacturing the p.m.i. for europe came in as a year low and that has not stopped british investors basically happy with all the olympic games going on in london i guess to to buy up more stocks see this as a time of a bargain maybe as move over to to russia where the session ended mixed the r.t.s. losing one of my six gaining supported by a weaker ruble we'll look at it just

a second now main gain is on the mind sex with the financials financial sector was led by the t.v. bank it's up over more than one percent but the best best performing stock of the day is of course metals miner mitchell reported still. production up thirteen percent and therefore this was seen as a very positive signal to buy among investors and gazprom was weaker than the market as it continues to fight against the nationalization of a pipeline in lithuania in court and commodities it was saying commodities go up in value a very nice round number there are lots of circles in those four rates on light sweet but this is not very much supporting the russian ruble on the currencies market the russian ruble lost around half a percent against the basket of currencies and it's moving into dangerous territory there with the with the us dollar thirty two point thirty copecks that's

a very low value we haven't seen for quite a while already and the euro is you know you're doing pretty much the same spot where was all day not that much changed against the greenback. now at top banker has admitted that his profession is to blame for the financial crisis and the whole day at the bank of england said the theories became a quote theological doctrine we started believing assumptions and saying things that made no intellectual sense and this is the latest salvo in the crisis blame game with both the states and the european union blasting each other for the world's economic problems that's what i have for you at the moment all right thanks very much but fifteen minutes tonight the latest action from the olympics in london in our sports running for the world cup the main stories for you that's coming up in about four minutes from now.

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