calls on the new one to speed up the search for a new syria peace envoy as kofi annan quits over growing violence in the country and the blame game the security council. care girls and stun grenades involved reign of the government reads a crackdown against the long running protests as activists try and cut off a key highway. and the anti putin punk band is due to defend why it all the political stunt in russia has made the three women face up to seven years jail if convicted.

cohen thanks for being with r.t. it is friday and four o'clock here in moscow and karen taraji well russia is urging the u.n. and the arab league to move fast in finding a new chief peacemaker for syria kofi annan stepping down blaming bloodshed and finger pointing out the security council now the u.n. general assembly is to vote on condemning the security council for failing to stop the violence. is across the latest from new york. 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 as well 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 weapons and the political accommodation russia has also said that if the international community is interested in a peaceful process in syria you one observers 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 the 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 bonn ki-moon is currently in talks with the arab league to determine kofi annan successor. the battle for syria's

second city a lot of ball is likely to get even more bloody un observers report a heavy build up of weapons in the area rebels have been accused of executions and abuses against regime supporters even so revelations in the u.s. media claim washington is funneling more covert aid to the opposition historian gerald horne says america could pay for stoking extremism in syria. it's well known that washington basically has perfected the idea of the two trucks or policy that is to say on the one hand you can smile when the other hand and mike in the back that's basically what's happening in syria all of this blather about negotiations with the regime is no more than that either they would like to see we've seen change although as 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 speech and then washington will be faced with a replay of what if helped engineer in afghanistan where they helped to engineer the coming to power of the taliban which opened the door for either to gain influence there which led to the tragedy of september eleventh two thousand and one . but the war cries still ring on at some of the main media outlets coming up we report our balance to broadcasts from syria get super feisty part rallying support for regime change. and echoes of apartheid as south africa's white communities say they are now being made a second class at a sense. that our government protesters in bahrain have faced tear gas and stun grenades hundreds of people attempted to block a key highway where the success some have been taken into custody the demos against

the ruling regime began nearly eighteen months ago with activists claiming they face daily discrimination from the sunni monarchy let's now talk to patrick henningsen geo political analyst at the current affairs u.k. column website patrick thanks for taking the time to be with us now the conflict in bahrain looks to be escalating but it's sort of largely glossed over by international media in favor of say maybe syria why's that. the situation in bahrain is this is very different than syria in bahrain what you have is a genuine uprising a genuine political movement a potential revolution boiling and it's being completely in order for two reasons the main reason is bahrain host the united states fifth naval fleet it's a very important strategic piece on the chess board especially in terms of looking towards potential aggression against iran so as bahrain has

a role family that completely have society locked down because the fifth fleet is there there's no way that the u.s. wants any kind of a democratic uprising in that country because it will make the government's policy unstable towards hosting u.s. military presence in the country which they need so badly that protesters say they are suffering from abuses and basra and why are international bodies like the u.n. now trying to stop what's going on well the arrest in the recent imprisonment of the bahraini human rights activists. and the people rajab and who's probably being tortured right now as we speak this is gone completely. untalked about in the in the media and you know so there's a double standard here this is the difference between syria and bahrain is that syria refuses to be an outpost for international western imperialism and bahrain

is an outpost for that so maybe hillary clinton should be having friends of bahrain meetings to help the bahraini people of course that's not going to happen the situation in bahrain his grave if you're on the side of we for if you're with the royal family everything's fine patrick how much is my offering become a pall in any power struggle between saudi arabia and the u.s. against iran. we have to remember bahrain used to be a province of iran only in recent years is recent is an early one nine hundred sixty s. midnight and sixty's it gained complete independence but the situation in bahrain is very much mirrored all over the region you have a shiite majority in bahrain and you have a minority on of one hobbyist ruling family the family who are in charge. as as the aggression intensifies against iran from the west particularly

from the u.s. and israel you going to see a lot more of this of uprising in countries like iraq population obviously syria has a shiite population lebanon bahrain even parts of saudi arabia and they're going to have a very difficult time keeping this under control and there's going to be more brutal crackdowns from these governments now what a brain oh i'm sorry to interrupt you i just want to ask what about the international community i mean should they interfere number one and if so what should they do what to face off this crisis and. well if the international community had a true moral authority they would intervene in bahrain ok just like they should have intervened in egypt when some one thousand people lost their lives because the brutal egyptian military government beat down the protests in egypt last year ok bahrain same situation but the international community does not have

a moral authority and that is the crux of the matter so they should intervene but they're not a bahrain is had the same prime minister for forty years he's the uncle of the king ok this is it's kind of a joke really to talk about the even added myths that is not present in the gulf states and these are all the same gulf states like it's our bahrain saudi arabia that are funding al qaida in syria who are suicide bombing innocent people ethnic cleansing christians in syria so again we have a double standard is so obvious to see right now anybody in washington and london and so forth you can see this double standard who are trying to gloss it over all right as if the trigger unfortunately that's all the time we have i'd like to thank you for joining us on our t.v. patrick henningsen geo political analyst. it's day five in the trial of the russian female punk group pussy riot defense lawyers have begun explaining the

anti putin stunt on the capital's main cathedral in february the three band members are charged with hooliganism motivated by villages hatred participator all of our is following the hearing. 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 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 that group is in day five at the moment 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 are being charged with hooliganism they could face up to seven years in prison on one side you really have

groups that are related or close to the orthodox 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 now 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 abroad artists like sting and to me kate is from the red hot chili peppers was playing in a performance in moscow wearing a pussy riot t. shirts are the latest to weigh in with his opinion his being president vladimir putin no he said although what happened in the church was wrong in his opinion that

these three women shouldn't be judged too harshly just based on the circumstances regarding where this incident took place. i hope the court will rule with a just decision if the bond lets me defiled a sacred place in israel they would have to cope with some tough guys there and would face difficulties from attempting to leave the country or to for example who went to the caucuses and feast a muslim shrine security wouldn't have enough time to protect them from public anger. nevertheless i don't think we should judge them too strictly and i hope they've made some conclusions themselves on the way the final decision rests with the court. well day five of the trial is currently underway they'll be bringing you live reports from outside the courtroom as soon as we get all the latest news women across the pussy riot trial from the outside and you can get the full story r.t. dot com here is what else is lined up for you. shot down for trying to claim a wages he was on a low paid worker at

a luxury hotel and haro is gunned down by police as the supply draws an angry crowd plus. for a look at the pentagon missile defense staff are ordered to stop watching x. rated material on their office p.c.'s but it's to protect their machines or rather about. health already isn't russia have refused to open a criminal case until last week's discovery of two hundred fifty one fetuses dumped in a forest serving artie's sean thomas has more on the story which stunned people across the country. no criminal investigation into this case of around two hundred fifty fetuses found about seventy kilometers north of you've got to bird in the year olds in the wilderness there in fact police have directed an administrative investigation into the urals medical academy where they have determined that these fetuses that came from in the first place now this is interesting because the car

that was determined to have dumped the fetuses was believed to be registered to the municipality of the region so that's interesting it did not belong to the actual academy itself now they have one month to conduct this investigation if they do not come up with an answer of who is responsible for this negligence then police have said that they will open up an administrative investigation into the director of the academy himself so very interesting turn of events here let me give you a little bit of a brief history last week around two hundred fifty fetuses were found dumped about seventy kilometers north of you capturing a bird by a man who was looking for water fishermen and he found these four large barrels closer inspection found that they held a visa human fetuses all between twenty two and twenty six terms which are late term. foetuses so kind of a mystery in terms of where these came from this of course created shock and scandal not just in russia but around the world as well now the health ministry

believes that there was a woman who was responsible for research who was fired in two thousand and eleven might be responsible for these fetuses of being found in the woods but the actual academy itself says that they actually have to conduct their investigation before they can make any determination determination into who is responsible the mother of julian assange says she fears for son could face execution if he's extradited to the u.s. christina sanchez and ecuador are lobbying for the country to grant asylum for the wiki leaks editor she met president who assured her what a wise decision while not finest by x. journal pressure. julian assange has been in ecuador's london embassy for over six weeks now he's wanted in sweden over sex crime allegations which he denies saying they're a pretext to hand him over to the u.s. to face trial over leaking secret cables later in our exclusive interview his mother christine tells our t. that she's proud of her son. one is the mother

of course i don't know. but is this is this is. this because we keep the. student who will get the. stool. or will evolve to be funny to institutions of course. my son. and you can watch our exclusive interview with joy in a soldier's mother in just over an hour here on our team well time now for more news from around the world and talca by kurds in southeast turkey has killed at least one soldier routed several others the rebels opened fire on a military outpost as troops were breaking their ramadan fast at sundown on thursday violence has grown in the area as kurds seek autonomy in the region it's

thought groups on the border are taking advantage of unrest in the neighboring syria. railcard a suspects arrested in spain have appeared in court for questioning they were detained on wednesday accused of plotting attacks in europe and amassing explosives one of the men is reported to come from russia's chechen rebel outlet. north korean leader kim jong un has set out plans to develop the economy and people's livelihoods and his top priorities moving away from the military first mindset the statement was made during a meeting with china's foreign minister in the aftermath of floods and famine which have devastated swathes of north korea performers have been circulating since a top military figure in pyongyang sacked for opposing change. alright let's return now to syria and specifically how it's tragic events are unfolding across the media

from many foreign outlets that simple reports that back up the push for regime change get top priority oksana boyko explains. i know we're seeing a story joining the camp when a japanese journalist travelling 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 in the conflict he became one of the few camera hanging in the place of a rifle. while religious conversion of journalist is rare on the syrian front lines becoming political disciples on one side the rebels it's almost the norm for many reporting to the world in the past week of coverage c.n.n. has the earth five exactly just from the syrian frontlines people all detailing the plight of those fighting the government and while the regime is always pinned down to boys who use of force against the militants is a government monster killings by the rebels barely get

a mention 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 the satellite dishes or household commodity syrians do watch western coverage of the conflict and many feel that their concerns their fears their losses are intentionally lost. but you don't. just was you know what this is no 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 a visa you know you're sort of there with them to get these are the usual claim that the syrian government doesn't love western reporters into the country is not accurate currently there are around eighty foreign media outlets accredited in syria a sizable number of them european or american but there dispatches are not always

welcome to tall christiane sun is an independent belgian writer. if. india want to bring a certain 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 syria 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 for the war also known as freedom fight to go on

a summer break artsy reporting from syria racial discrimination was felt nowhere more painfully in the world than south africa when apartheid was ditched nearly two decades ago the country was reborn race related prejudice has reemerged and this time against the whites living their arteries paul slayer investigates. once the color of ulta from start and 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. feels like everybody forgot. all too as one of a growing number of concept africans living a hop skip and a jump from sleeping on the streets there will be positions amount to a bed and some clothes to waste on handouts from charities and churches sometimes she goes without food for days. always applies as well as the girl. stuff like that. is the place for words when south africa held

its first democratic elections eighteen years ago it marked the end of a 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 off we can't speak in south africans employment subsidized housing education jobs in state benefits it left the black population out in the cold there used to be a big model clause created by the system in south africa and that created in the since. even for 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. it 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. this shaky safe haven is under threat the owners of this land are fighting in court to move off the people people as they get 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 comedown 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 all right girls and put us in more except the hope that one day a door will open instead of slam policy r.t. krugersdorp south africa. dmitri joins us from the business desk and london is under fire for the olympics fast cost overruns there as i write that is correct well given that the country is in a recession the fact that costs could be going up almost ten fold really makes

people angry let's watch this report by. from one. there's no doubt the lympics have been more expensive than it was first thoughts even officially the budget quote drew polls 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 dogs but much of it is going into building the limpid hawk including the eight hundred fifty million dollars stadium itself their quest to extend to four hundred twenty six million and the hundred and sixty six million dollars. that's where the word legacy comes in where the government hopes the billions spent will carry on paying. off to the police and go to. 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 a community health center in what used to be a depressed rundown area according to experts it's this current of legacy planning that separates an olympic host city that profit from one that new and there are many cities that have lived to regret its hosting the olympics athens built grand spend years up to twenty one of which now lie and she and pulling down much like its economy is a wholly. spent an undisclosed amount of money hosting but the famous bird's nest stadium now lies to used much planning has gone into making sure london's investment doesn't suffer the same fate but nothing is certain. all right let's have a quick run through the markets right now and the euro is coming back against the dollar the russian ruble seeing its first gains in three days versus the greenback

as it's losing to the same amount against the euro. in europe the disappointment we saw in yesterday's session. druggies the lack of action is now changing too optimistic ahead of crucial u.s. unemployment data that's out in around two minutes something to do in the next hour for that and in russia we're also seeing a similar picture two hours before the close the obvious my six again around one percent that's all i have for you again a reminder next hour we'll have the crucial u.s. job states and for you so do join me then all right we look forward to it thank you dmitri holloway we ask whether nato is future role is as a world police or museum piece that's after the headlines in just a minute. if

they shoot something inappropriate for a public they can easily be shot i am she's a war ok. i wish she would have never happened but it has happened. in a war a t.v. camera becomes an unnecessary what destroys their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors should leave around. and it's clear what happens with such witnesses i got it on my site camera one. many objects obtain it.