big un peace and boy to syria says he is quite sane with coffee and on blaming the international community his failure to unite to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. the dependence prepares to present aid side in the trial of members of a controversial female punk band over an anti government stunt in the main orthodox cathedral in moscow. well it's the court case that everyone seems to have an opinion on both here in russia and deplored in the latest to weigh in with their view is the president vladimir putin join me in a few moments for all the latest on this ongoing case. and accusations of discrimination in the nation that overcame a decades of apartheid with white south africans claiming that now they're victims

of racial abuse and inequality. and you saw russia under around the world this is all she was mijnheer shapovalov thanks for joining us the u.n. and the arab league are looking for a new joint and boy to syria after coffee anon said he'll step down at the end of the month the diplomatic blamed a lack of consensus at the u.n. for the shortcomings of his peace plan for syria where violence is escalating and the situation has the latest from new york for us. this was a job that most called a diplomatic mission impossible from the get go firstly of course because of the intricacies of the conflict on the ground but also because of the conflicting positions of the key players at the united nations security council and now with one month to go before. the job is officially over we're already seeing reactions

from the international community that some could call predictable russia for one has said that the resignation is regrettable other countries have said this is well box we are seeing many countries in the west already back to singing the old tune of regime change something that russia and china have vetoed repeatedly at the united nations security council we're hearing the united states begin the finger pointing again saying that the resignation is actually a sign and underlines russia's and china's failure in the syrian process the west overall is back to calling for assad to step down a stance that was taken off the kofi anon six step peace plan russia never supported regime change in syria it reiterates that the gist of the problem remains the same that the key players are continuing to separate words from deeds because on paper we're seeing seemingly the international community calling for peace talks

and for a peaceful resolution to the crisis yet that is not so much the case in reality take a listen to those who insist that. we should be terminated they do not want this do not want this objective information and they have some other things in mind rather than stopping the violence and the political accommodation russia has also said that if the international community is interested in a peaceful process in syria you one observer's are very useful on the ground but we did hear from the french ambassador who is currently holding the rotating presidency of the security council the u. one of servers mission will and on august nineteenth and for now with one month to go kofi annan. said to leave behind his six step peace plan which for now has proven to be ineffective the peace plan called of course for a transition government to be formed in syria including both sides of the conflict this of course has not been the case we do know that the united nations security council and the united nations general assembly will be focusing on the syrian

crisis for the rest of the week and we know that ban ki moon is currently in talks with the arab league to determine kofi annan successor the u.n. peacekeeping chief says the main battle for syria's largest city is apparently about to begin aleppo has seen heavy fighting between government and rebel forces over the last week but size excuse me are pulling fresh reinforcements to the front line in the struggle to seize the initiative rebels are reportedly receiving a growing flow of weapons from neighboring turkey through a secret transit hub and revelations of the u.s. means it claimed the white house has also rise to more covert support for antecedent forces despite their links to al qaeda author and historian gerald horne says america is repeating past mistakes by stoking extremism in syria. it's well known washington basically has perfected the idea of a two truck foreign policy that is to say on the one hand you talk in smile when

the other hand a mike in the back that basically what's happening in syria all this blather about negotiations with the regime is not more than that either they would like to see regime change although it is usual i don't think washington has caught up with the consequences that is to say that there is a real danger that al-qaeda like forces will be coming to power sooner rather than later in the us and then washington will be faced with a replay of what if helped engineer in afghanistan where it helped engineer the coming to power of the taliban which opened the door to gain influence there which led to the tragedy of september eleventh two thousand and one. as the battle for syria rages the information wall surrounding the country is also in full flow western media outlets are racing to blame damascus for most of the killings while turning a blind eye to rebel or trial cities there's buyers' has infuriated some syrians as exxon a boycott reports. pursuing a story and joining the camp when

a japanese journalist traveling with syrian rebels converted to islam it wasn't just his old name he abandoned. but for those around him he still being someone who reports on the conflict he became one of the. camera hanging in place of a rifle. while religious conversion of journalist is rare on the syrian front lines becoming political disciples on one side the rebels is almost the norm for many reporting to the world in the past week of coverage c.n.n. has the earth five packages from the syrian frontlines all detailing the plight of those fighting the government and while the regime is always come down to for its use of force against the militants this is a government monster acted on friday against rebels fighting for syria's biggest city and commercial capital a lot of killings by the rebels barely get

a mansion but what happened to the go you capture this room he died the rebel commander says god willing he went to hell usually open and talkative syrians are now afraid of cameras those who agree to be interviewed often ask for their faces or names not to be shown for fear of reprisals this satellite dishes or household commodity syrians do watch western coverage of the conflict and many feel that their concerns their fears the losses are intentionally glossed over. to their feelings of course you know what this is not really even first time i've been able to come to syria you know you might want to get away before you don't have a visa. we've been waiting for these you know you're sort of there with them to see it's not the usual claim that the syrian government doesn't let western reporters into the country is not accurate currently there are around eighty foreign media outlets accredited in syria a sizeable number of them european or american. but their dispatches are not always

welcomed at home christiane is an independent belgian rider. and do want to bring a certain picture about syria. even. the use of force or selective editing is hardly a new invention the war war's has long become a cliche but in syria one sided coverage keeps the war going and shooting for t.v. really killed. journalism schools no longer teach their students to be objective it's considered impossible rather they're told to strive for balance and integrity and to put humanistic values above political but fear it is once again a special case in this bloody conflict western media rarely calls for reconciliation or political dialogue rather it's for arming the rebels and what they were also known as freedom fighter to go on

a summer break artsy reporting from syria. and we're closely monitoring the situation in syria on our web site at what the latest news and in-depth analysis is available twenty four seven including video footage released by the free syrian army a water appears to be a mass execution of assad supporters in aleppo plus. xmas in the u.s. demand a stop to the use of drones of own soil with one local court has just approved pointed out the details at all to the. highly controversial music the foreman's sure crusher's society and could now land three members of a female punk band in jail for up to seven years the defense team of this iraq has to present their evidence today during trial in moscow months after girls staged an

anti government punk prayer in the capital's main cathedral and let's now get the details from all t's peter all of a piece of good morning to you sir what are the goals are infamous for. well this all goes back to the incident that took place in moscow's main cathedral in february of this year when the punk rock collective known as pussy riot performed what they called a punk rock prayer a protest song against the current government here in russia now that provoked a pretty harsh reaction pretty extreme reaction from from some elements here in the country really of a polarizing incident this happened in one of the most religious sites in the country of course now the trial of these three women who are accused of being part of the group. that took part in the in the punk rock prayer is in a day five at the moment we're going to hear from the defense later on this they

put forward their case we're also hearing that there is a possibility that we could hear a verdict alyssa later on that's a slim chance but if they are convicted these three women be charged with hooliganism they could face up to seven years in prison so later on we'll be hearing from their defense. right you just mentioned it of course this case has attracted massive polarized attention as you say here in russia and abroad from around the world so people say that. well on one side you really have groups that are related or close to the all the docs church who have been damning in their criticism of pussy riot and of these three particular with an accusing them of blasphemy and calling for the stiffest punishments that are available to be brought down upon them however there are others that are saying that these women have been unfairly treated that they were held in prison for they are awaiting trial for far too long there are also those saying that they are an artistic right

to be able to to perform in the way in which they did know it's not just here in russia that we've heard the sentiments being echoed there's a lot of support from the music industry as a whole both here in russia and the broader artists like staying and. the kids from the red hot chili peppers was playing in a performance in moscow wearing a pussy riot free pussy riot t. shirt so there has been a lot of support coming for these three women and for the the group pussy riot in general however there are those that are extremely critical this very few gray areas when it comes to this what we did what we have heard from what we have heard from i beg your pardon was president vladimir putin who said that well although these girls have committed a crime or may have committed a crime that they should be dealt with not where they should be dealt with too harshly in the courts. i hope the court will rule it just decision if the ban let's say defiled a sacred place in israel they would have to cope with some tough guys there and

would face difficulties when attempting to leave the country or if for example they went to the caucuses and defaced a muslim shrine security wouldn't have enough time to protect them from public anger nevertheless and don't think we should judge them too strictly so they've made some important conclusions themselves anyway the final decision is on the court of the new year. day five of the trial gets underway a little later on friday and i'll be bringing you updates here from outside the courtroom all day as it happens you know raisa will be looking forward to it thank you very much later. so you would all see i'm coming your way in just a few minutes on to terrorists who really scottish police arrests respected members of al qaida believed to have links to terrorism it was discovered they could have been plotting bomb autonomy of europe once they wrote their roost now they tables

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would be soon which brightened if you. from plans to. start on t.v. dot com. this is r.c. welcome bach the mother wiki leaks and it's a treat and a song she was lobbying ecuador to grant him asylum says she fears her son could face execution if his extradited to the united states christina's acquittal was lead to only well the state is considering whether to grant political asylum to whistleblower present caress the decision while they're influenced by pressure from any country this former computer hacker has been holed up in ecuador's embassy in london for over six weeks now that he's wanted in sweden over sex crimes like

a shows but believes they are just a pretext to hunt him over to the u.s. to face trial over a massive leak of secret files and later in our exclusive interview his mother christina cyrus tells us that she is proud of her son and supports him and his son a war text that. truly had once another of course i wish he'd never done and said nothing but as a citizen i believe this because when he lives. to intense fear in the world that the pieces of the corruption keep the story. of torture. and. who would both be funny to see who was on the. spanish authorities claim to have completed a major operation against al qaida they've seized three suspects in the south of

the country who are being questioned over the planning of a tonks in europe including one on a joint u.s. punish naval base two of the men are being investigated for links to terror plots in russia the rest of republic of chechnya and c.n.n. now reports the police in spain have arrested three suspected members carter who they say had amassed explosives and were plotting attacks in europe that's according to the spanish interior ministry of the also said they found enough explosives to quote destroy a boss and he also said that these three men had received training in camps in places like afghanistan and pakistan now one of the men who was arrested on his own they say that he is from turkey and that he's considered the facilitator in this group now the two other men were arrested together while they were planning to make their way to france so these two men were said to have lived in chechnya and as we know what is part of russia's ball of how we should have been north caucasus which over the years have see the waves of violent attacks now well according to

officials these attacks have had had the links to al qaida and the men would masterminded them and also received training in places like afghanistan and pakistan now as far as europe is concerned and they've been on high alert for some time now ever since the attacks the nine eleven attacks and the united states spain in particular has arrested dozens of suspected al qaida members over the years and even more so after the two thousand and four train bombing in madrid now they say that these three men be arrested today had been under monitoring a by the authorities for some time now and we can see that and we can expect that authorities here in europe will definitely be even a higher alert after the arrests that were made today. and let's now take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour security forces in bahrain have fired tear gas and stun grenades as hundreds of protesters attempted to block a key highway late on thursday is the latest in a series of violent clashes between riot police and progress through marks of it in

the gulf kingdom the protest movement against the ruling regime began nearly eighteen months ago since one it at least fifty have been killed and scores of arrested. also chief negotiators for the e.u. and iran agreed on thursday to hold more talks on tehran's nuclear program previous rounds have failed to lead to any compromise with the islamic republic insisting its intentions are entirely peaceful six world powers have been seeking to persuade iran to scale back its nuclear program through intensifying economic sanctions and diplomacy the latest sanctions against the country are targeting banks in china and iraq. to brazil now where country's supreme court has started the trial of thirty eight politicians nor is known as the men sellouts current of the defendants are accused of using public funds to pay lawmakers a monthly bribes for their support during the first government of president. lula

da silva in two thousand and five they have been charged with money laundering corruption and accepting bribes but they deny the allegations the trial is expected to last a month and could tanishq the workers' party and looters legacy ahead of municipal elections. the discrimination of the apartheid in south africa has long come to an end but now two decades after the country's longed for battle for human rights finished is their wives who now feel they are second class citizens policia looks into their claims. once the color of all to start in skin was the key to the good life here and now it is merely part of another forgotten face of the new south africa white homeless and unemployed. alters one of a growing number of concert africans living a hop skip and a jump from sleeping on the streets who worldly positions amount to a bed and some clothes the rest are handouts from charities and churches sometimes

she goes without food for days. always applies as well as the girl. stuff like there. is walk in the place there is no drop or words when south africa held its first democratic elections eighteen years ago it marked the end of the prostate separation between whites and blacks but was once it was black people in this country who were discriminated against today it's white south africans performing through the cracks in the days of apartheid impoverished white afrikaners were cradled by the state the national party came to power in one nine hundred forty eight on a wave of africana nationalism one of its election promises was to guarantee afrikaans speaking south africans employment subsidized housing education jobs and state benefits it left the black population out in the cold there used to be a big clause created by the system in south africa and

that created. sorry five even four people since one thousand nine hundred four the new government has carried out policies aimed at favoring black employees in a bid to do away with the imbalance of the past what this means is that white people are often overlooked when applying for jobs college bursaries and public positions in this brave but often sickening new south africa there are many who feel washed up and unwanted forty year old irene funny has lived here with her husband and four children for six years she suffers from the pain of arthritis which makes it difficult for her to walk she calls the government's well meaning policies little short of reverse racism and many many many many. grandfathers and grandmothers was against black people and i was staying in sheds like us and they were staying in houses got everything and now it's out then we staying in chats and. this abandoned caravan park is home for now it lends those on

the fringes of society a place to sleep but even. in this shaky safe haven is under threat the owners of this land are fighting in court to move off the people below state has got nothing nothing nothing there and go to work then go to a place to go they've got nothing left and that's why they don't yet fifty million people live in south africa one in nine is white and very many of them are struggling try telling that to the millions of black south africans living in grinding poverty but for people like al to find starred in it is a depressing come down all she can see in the land of her birth is a door slamming in her face forever i don't know what is going to happen to my little warrior or a girl's. prize anymore except the hope that one day a door will open instead of slam policy r.t. top south africa. organizers of the olympics are feeling the heat for vast

cost overruns daniels' at our business desk now what's the story there go the yearly as is fueling public anger of the latest figures show britain still more in recession or two slower smith reports now from london. there's no doubt the lympics have been more expensive than it was first thoughts even officially the budget quadrupled and some reports say it's increased by as much as ten times from three point eight billion dollars to thirty eight billion and where has that money gone one point six billion on security first starts but much of it is going into building the olympic park including the eight hundred fifty million dollars stadium itself the aquatic center four hundred twenty six million three hundred and sixty six million dollars fellow drone and that's where the word legacy comes in where the government hopes the billions spent will carry on paying dividends off to the

athletes have gone home and the stadium itself is currently a worrying white elephant is being offered to a number of london football clubs none of whom want to take his own but the olympic park will become new housing parkland and a community health center in what used to be a depressed rundown area according to experts it's this carved of legacy planning that separates an olympic host city that profit from one that loses and there are many cities that have lived to regret its hosting the olympics athens built grandiose spend years up to twenty one of which now lie empty and falling down much like its economy as a whole beijing spent an undisclosed amount of money hosting but the famous bird's nest stadium now lies under used much planning has gone into making sure london's investment doesn't suffer the same fate but nothing is certain. our lives check

mark is because we could things of just please electronics joy and sony slumped over eight percent and sure plunged nearly thirty percent us down into full sessional but you seem to be missing failed to live up to expectations the euro is trading flow. to the greenback the seller those who will finish mix to major currencies on thursday will give you fresh figures when the russian markets open and that will happen in less than two hours time. and more six close over one percent down on thursday tracking global losses will follow the e.c.b. the announcement today will of more stories next on tasks take our eye down the us here later than and i'll be bringing you the headlines in just a couple of minutes so stay with.

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