breaking news tonight an arctic international mediator kofi annan quits syria envoy blaming finger pointing and name calling at the u.n. his decision threatens to throw peace efforts into a tailspin therefore. also president obama apparently authorized covert support for the syrian rebels in their violent drive to oust president assad just as russia and america's closest ally britain tried to bridge divisions over how the crisis should be resolved. they were screaming out. in the most brutal my. mother says the u.s. threatened her in an exclusive interview in ecuador where she met the country's president as part of the whistleblowers asylum played more about this to.

welcome this is r.t. from moscow my name's kevin now in our top story eight pm here kofi annan is standing down from his role as syria envoy blaming finger pointing and name calling at the u.n. security council has been the key figure in the international hopes to negotiate a diplomatic solution to the crisis in the stricken country let's get the latest comment now from washington to go to a chorus one of their garniture can get a big news in the last what is the u.n. saying about resignation tonight. well kevin breaking news indeed in a statement by the. secretary general ban ki moon he said mr and heading formed him of his intention not to renew his mandate and we know that kofi annan his mandate expires at the end of august in

a reportedly mr annan grew increasingly frustrated over his failure to achieve even a basic cease fire in this conflict and we also heard that he got tired of as you mentioned finger pointing at the u.n. security council and the red rhetoric at the u.n. security council has indeed been very very harsh kofi annan has been the face of a political solution to the crisis in syria someone who called for both sides in the conflict to switch down their arms and started dialogue his efforts were very much supported by russia but kofi annan resignation could effectively be the end of this international effort to bring about a political solution in syria if there ever was an international effort because we know that you know one can argue that there never really was that effort because the pressure was only just on on one side. of this war of this civil

war and the points that were laid out by kofi annan were were effectively not observed just to give you a sense of what the appetite here in washington is i was at this senate hearing yesterday and everybody's talking about intervention but by the united states but not over in for intervention but according to then show without actual books on the ground at least without american boots on the ground. and right after. hearing we heard the news about the leaks. about president obama having signed a secret order to provide support to the rebels in syria it would also we don't know exactly the full. and the support that agencies like the cia and my provide might be provided to those who have for so the u.s. and its arab allies have already effectively intervened in the conflict.

also at this theory at this hearing what i found very interesting they were discussing. direct u.s. interests in the fall of intervening in the conflict and all of the experts that they invited they all said it iran's basically and that was articulated very very clearly they were saying that of all of us are iran's. threat. oregon a year thanks for your thoughts i think we're going to hear from kofi your man but i guess we don't have a clip ready no problem we'll get that from him later thank you now in washington i just got in front of me here the latest statement by the sacred journal on the joint special envoy for syria it's called long statement just to bring you a little bit of it here tragically the spiral of violence in syria is continuing one hundred standard to turn away from violence in favor of dialogue and diplomacy spelled out crucial six point plan we've heard so much about has not been taken

even though it still seems the best hope for the people of syria will bring in more of that statement a little bit later and of course a lot more common to this big story this afternoon well let's get some now and go to neil clark he's a journalist a contributor for britain's guardian newspaper he's extensively covered developments in syria thanks for being with us where does kofi annan is departure leave the diplomatic solution for the syrian crisis as we speak tonight well kevin it's a very very sad day i mean he's worked hard as we tried to bring peace to syria but unfortunately been undermined every step of the way by the western powers basically we don't want to see in this crisis we can't. what's going on until we realize that that russia and china have fully supported cokin and if you think back to point one of these peace plan was that there would be a syrian led solution to this crisis or what one of the west indian let me back you rebels all the way along and the violence has to end now but i'm afraid it won't.

be divisions in the security council for his resignation with the international deadlock over how the syrian conflict should be resolved do you see the country's future tonight. well i mean the key player in all of this are the u.s. and its allies because they're the ones stoking the fires you know we had a vote back in february for a democratic constitution syrian each time sense us voting yes to free elections that were elections in may so there is a framework for solving this peaceably we don't need violence it is no reason that barack wants a violent regime change all they care about is to present a sad that's what's causing the bloodshed so let's make no mistake about this you know the responsibility for the bloodshed that's going on now the tragedy lies with the u.s. and its allies the un's current look in them for a replacement for kofi annan who do you think such person would be to take on a role of this very difficult stage i don't think it matters kevin i don't think it matters unless we get a shift in position to the west because what we've got in syria we've got

a government in power that has caught one of the charges of war. and yet the people who support you don't count as far as west and they want a bargain changed to support that government but in a pro western government and you know it could go on for months and months and people are getting killed every day the violence is continuing so it doesn't matter what your question who is the u.n. envoy unless britain and america and the west powers and their allies change tack and actually support covielle and supplant russia was it china was what if the west wasn't a problem for just. a little of the comment from the latest statement has come out from the un one of the last lines is the un remains committed to pursuing through diplomacy an end to the violence they see. led solution that meets the legitimate democratic aspirations of its people how much of a wakeup call for the security council members about the need for more consensus and less internal squabbling is this a fact of resignation today while there must be

a wake up call but the trouble is is that the u.s. is hell bent i mean you were referring to reports in the documentary that president obama's. operations there the u.s. is helping out one thing and that is you know toppling president sat and so long as we're not going to get syria as i've said already got democratic elections got a framework there's no reason for anybody in syria to be using violence but we've got the weapons coming in we've got money at almost massive money coming into the rebels so until that stops we're not going to get peace and the responsibility of the budget as i said lies with western powers and the russians repeatedly accused western arab nations of trying to derail. the syrian opposition to continue the fight has been talking about yourself how justified are those accusations. well i think they're very justified as the i think i think that really russia has really got it coming out and say to us and britain particular bookstop this because this could go on for months and months you know present

a sack does have sizable support in syria and if there is to remove this regime by the syrian government you that this could go on for months and months and months or even less than how many people get killed there so you know the stakes are high here and the big problem of course is is that syria as far as west is concerned is an ally of iran and it's all about pairing the way for the tack on iran this is why the west mystic so much truckstop on the syrian. stakes are very high i'm afraid unless they change this is going to continue your thoughts appreciate your time a journalist and contributor to britain's guardian newspaper thank you. before announced he was quitting it emerged that u.s. president barack obama apparently authorized covert support for the syrian rebels to help the most president assad reports of a secret order allowing the cia and other agencies to give backing for washington's warning that the current fighting in syria will be in their lynas coffin the syria issue came into focus at a meeting between president putin and the prime minister of washington's closest

ally great britain or a smith follow the talks in london. it was quite important that this came to light about obama having signed this order to authorize secret kind of cia and agency support for the rebels who are trying to oust president assad in syria but that came to light just before the meeting between police and cameron it went to that meeting any easy tool of course was obama's represents is foreign intervention in syria and it is taking sides in syria and those are two things that president putin as we know it's very opposed to of course the u.k. and russia really represents the polar opposite in the two sides of this argument the u.k. represents a sort of much as the u.s. does a move towards the u.n. security council resolutions taking sides against president assad's trying to force president assad to step down whereas on the on the completely other side of the

equation russia represents a drive towards diplomacy and a not taking of sides in this in this issue and of course this is not the only issue opponent which russia and britain all poles apart but it is certainly the most important issue at the moment and we understand in fact that as it's two two other issues that british relations have had in the past this is now hampering economic relations with the two between the two countries which might go some way towards solving the problem because as we all know money talks in a way that politics potentially doesn't and of course with these opposing views it is a worry that diplomacy as a part of solving the syria conflict may be slowly dying as this process takes place. this brian burke america's strategy on syria has never been towards diplomacy. well the united states military and intelligence services are as we know

now from the u.s. government and mission been coordinating through turkey through a u.s. military airbase these are all you know turkey is a nato country the military operations for this so-called free syrian army these syrian so-called revolutionaries and it's clear now that this is not a shift in terms of u.s. strategy it doesn't represent any kind of alteration all that it does is reveal that the diplomacy of this so-called diplomacy the so-called looking for a negotiated settlement is a fraud that the diplomacy is in fact a form of perjury that the reality is that the u.s. government the obama administration with the pentagon and the cia i have been neck deep coordinating the military operations to overthrow a sovereign government in syria ok let's turn our attention to also my website today out c dot com if you think the camera never lies do think again and take a close look at this picture from the austrian new spy you see how it compares to

the original report on the european media's digital deception in the syrian conflict. and what's often ignored by leading foreign media when it comes to covering the syrian conflict so the brutal tactics employed by some of the rebel groups and horrific video surfaced revealing the other side of the syrian conflict the footage announcing purports to show the cold blooded execution of assad supporters by syrian rebels several men stripped of some of their clothes bleeding you seem to be forced to kneel all in front of the government and then. turn this pepe escobar on his own research into the images and says with incidents like this there's no end in sight to the syrian crisis. i received this video as well from a source in arabica then i asked for answers lation this it was a very classy this is a very important clearly north and liberal and some of them there were executed in cold blood this is what this two. minute video shows in fact this is an extended

when they have like twenty thousand brothers sisters the extended family clan tribe you know so this means that all these people east stand of being recruited to the opposition now they will be fighting the opposition because they are being executed in cold lot in this explains among other things why christians all over syria now are taking up arms to defend themselves go because they know if there is a falls assad called by sunni hard core elements the including salafi jihad just this is what's going to happen they're going to be only protected minorities and at the moment they are protected minority to some of the assad government. for the syrian conflict left hundreds of thousands of people displaced many heading for shelter across the borders into neighboring countries but it's artie's marouf a national report even in the refugee camps politics overshadow basic human rights . a conflict of contrast and contradictions freedom fighters

with guns in their hands and that kind of support call for jihad those claiming to want to stop the violence in the country continue providing the warring sides with more weapons and now a supposedly peaceful humanitarian mission is being used as a breeding ground for hatred and division. plane refugees may have felt this cape through war but it seems the conflict has other plans for them the village of muslims out in the northern lebanon is known for being strongly opposed to both its home government and the syrian regime scene for much tension for years especially after the disaster in custody of a local man accused of being part of al qaida today it's home to many islamic organizations and many are still believed to have ties with a terrorist organization situated right on the syria lebanon border the border is over there it's where many syrians fleeing the cares at home had a comparatively safe haven one which provides shelter for some but by no means all

. a group of islamic n.g.o.s is called in eighteen the humanitarian mission here their mercy carries a subtle message the boxes bear would look to the swords of the muslim brotherhood for the few who are clear and here's what has to be enough the remark from one family i know those here is rice crops. dry milk. the man in charge is a selfie a radical sunni group appearing to fundamentalist islam and not tolerating moderate forms of the religion she colleague says anyone is welcome to relieve just so long as they share in his one sided beliefs. we will not accept anybody who supports such a criminal regime maybe i will try to talk to them but convince them not to be on the bad side if they accept was there more than welcome if not last don't tell us. that this. no surprise therefore we didn't find a single a star supporter here newly arrived refugees most of whom are families

with small children sleep on classroom floors and a giving just basic creations but empty stomachs are only helping to nourish and sentiments eloquent in the middle additional hope that i would join the free syrian army if only i had a chance but they don't need me if i'm not in the military and if i have an opportunity to kill saddam with my bare hands i won't hesitate to. tell what's on the surface look like helpless refugees in an instant can turn into odd not revolutionaries. i wish i'm with the free syrian army to fight against assad no matter what will get him i will not accept him to leave the country will see cutthroats and all terrible things and when we finish with him we'll go and take those and back in his regime we all know them very well first sobs wife has problems like me i wish i had kids i shopped into tiny pieces. these people at

their most desperate are given the helping hand that they need and it's one that will always be there although we strings attached as long as people are happy to tell you with the n.t.'s sideline they will be ready call groups happy to feed them it's not only guns that are powerful in this war. an option r t from northern lebanon. more updates available on the situation in syria of course from r.t. on twitter we'll bring you the first hand experience of our crew on the ground there as well as reaction analysis on the latest images to disturbing as they are a lot of it said r.t. underscore common. of the new snow today during the sun just mother whose medical dollars leader as

her son pleads for asylum the president said the decision won't be influenced by pressure from any other country cristina such talk to r.t. to during a visit telling us that u.s. politicians are still gunning for revenge as you put it over wiki leaks some even calling for sons execution the full interviews on air later this hour on this channel is some of what we expect. from the beginning. from the us from politicians and from. news coming ahead it's what they were screaming at his news in the most brutal way this interview no filter at all on how they were feeling and calling out for approval for the submerged inciting movie against myself and still in the last few weeks. there's been a fox news it has integrity because fox these school paid the balance and who was screaming at julian six occasions this is somebody who is not writing the war and

it's done nothing more than any good in this a good journalist would do just to be interested in what is one doing a waterfall. louis a blow has been holed up in ecuador's embassy in london for six weeks now the decision on a sunday's asylum request is expected within ten days he's wanted in sweden of a sex crime allegations but believes they're just a pretext to hand him over to the u.s. to face trial over the massive leak of secret files i spoke to scott horton from opposite magazine he told me even if he gets asylum he won't be out of the woods. to me it's hard to understand how the ecuadorians are 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 thorny and setting up

a scenario in which julian the songs may be aghast in close quarters in the ecuadorian embassy for many years 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 guantanamo and the australian government was remarkably quiet about all of this not really not only not intervening but sometimes attacking their own citizens and 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. don't forget your dishonest drone breaking interview series still available should watch if you want with any of it there are twelve and all if you want to see them again there on our

website to go home and what we're talking about called. terror. well a root story brought yesterday if you didn't catch it it's about the fur flying after these cuddly commandos were dropped into the secretive country because the right fuss though caused the president to say military chiefs got the full story online and while the people of greece turned the belts to the extreme the country's olympic delegation spends big money at an exclusive club in london we tell you why in these tough times. more rules news for you know brief spanish police have arrested three suspected al qaeda members who were planning an attack in europe two of the men that lived in russia's chechen republic during a wave of terror attacks there while the other man is of turkish descent all of

believed to been trained in pakistan media reports in spain say the men possessed explosives and poisons. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in uganda's capital as part of her africa it's currently battling an outbreak of the deadly ebola virus which is so far killed sixteen people nationwide u.s. officials admit the seven nation visits largely to push to prevent china's growing influence in the continent since its next stop is south sudan whose vast oil industry depends heavily on chinese investment. updating or not slow moving time sweeping through asia and now it's hit taiwan and it's killed at least seven people while it's done so surveillance video showing one man tragically falling to his death when a road collapsed burying him in the rubble renshaw rains flooded low lying areas paralyzing the main international airport and the railway network to earlier this week that typhoon killed twenty three people in the philippines. for i've just joined

a reminder of the breaking news this hour kofi annan is quitting his joint u.n. arab league role as the key global mediator in. syria's conflict blaming finger pointing and name calling at the u.n. security council for six months he's been the main negotiator for a diplomatic solution in the syrian crisis i don't architect of the six point peace plan it is both the rebel forces and the government to stop fighting an engaging dialogue but leave the side fully here to the commitments they would security council remains deeply divided right now over how the syrian crisis should be resolved the u.s. and its allies are calling for action against the syrian regime whereas russia and china oppose intervention they want dialogue between the warring sides russia's commented it says it regrets kofi annan decision to resign but hopes his remaining time in the role will be effective despite the tough conditions people cross all our stories twenty four of course at r.t. dot com it's now coming up to twenty five minutes past eight o'clock moscow time right i see dmitri there the business dimitri but

a busy all day on the markets and it's been sell sell sell the up and have pretty much the same story as yesterday when the fair failed to present as that was the e.c.b. mario drug now just a few days ago so-called super mario promised to do everything possible to save the euro but now he can't really back his words with actions apparently investors are disappointed with the fact that no new concrete measures to save the euro and resolve the debt crisis have been revealed now angus campbell from london capital group says this is because the easybeats hands are apparently tight. the most important thing about the e.c.b. and its current mandate is that it does not have the same sort of powers of other central banks like the federal reserve or the bank of england it is very restricted in water it can do it hasn't specifically got the power to really do you full

blown quantitative easing. of germany the paymaster of europe who are really trying to drive home that the e.c. b. must not step outside its mandate so without those suffer powers there is not much they can do beyond as i say what they've already done this is this isn't enough for the market. well here's your market reaction jones falling more than one per cent this is also as factory orders have come in on a decline with a decline of half a percent on the in the month of june this is yet another indication that basically the economy is faltering and the fact that the fed or the e.c.b. for that matter are not doing much about it is a bit worrying for investors so they're just staying on the safe side moving into cash same picture absolutely at the close in europe as take a look at the foot to see a decline in one percent the dax even more so two point two percent really no

confidence boost there from from this drug will have to do better in order to support the markets and bring back confidence in the in the system and in the euro for that matter also on the currency markets the year as you can see it was gained one hundred seventeen points of versus the dollar that was a pretty hefty gain but as you can see right now it's pulling seventy four points to make going to lose it all that and even war and that would be russian ruble ended mixed it was stronger versus the year week of versus the dollar no surprise there on the russian markets at the close we saw the r.t.s. m i six in line with that with everybody else and declining on the m i six interesting stories the state gross hydro. declined it was actually up at the close because of that. thirty seven percent and this is quite weird but

apparently investors were expecting a worse number ross telecom is up one percent as it's a modeling some kind of assets for full merger with two and snap was down to what are half percent as it's the second quarter profits actually went into a negative territory that was a loss and that was unexpected now traders dubbed it's the surprise losses very bad . the two hundred forty seven million dollar hit the follow profits of three billion in the first quarter blames a high tax bill as well as the volatile well and ruble markets. but it's all i have time for this i would have and i'll be back in around thirty five minutes time to bring you more more i think for much appreciated coming up ahead the mother of. her mission to save her son for a vengeful united states is a really good watch if you're not seen it's on this channel from moscow just over a couple minutes time.

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