the one general assembly start to condemn the security council's in action on syria as moscow calls to speed up the search for a new peace envoy. tear gas and stun grenades and brain the government leads a fresh crackdown against the long running protests as activists try and cut off a key highway. and the putin punk band is defending why it pulled a political stunt on russia's main cathedral the three women face up to seven years jail if convicted.

and welcome to our t.v. thank you for joining me i'm karen tara and it is seven o'clock here in moscow and well the u.n. general assembly is to vote on condemning the security council for failing to stop the violence in syria as bloodshed in the country surges russia is urging the u.n. and the arab league to move fast and finding a new chief peacemaker for syria kofi annan is stepping down blaming escalating bloodshed and finger pointing out the security council parties honest i see a child can i reports from new york. after what has been virtually months of diplomatic deadlock highlighted by the recent thursday's resignation of un special envoy to syria kofi anon the international community seems to be back to attempting to make bibi steps in pushing the syrian process forward and this friday the one hundred ninety three member united nations general assembly is set to vote on a resolution which is not going to be legally binding it will be purely recommendation this text basically condemns the syrian government calling

describing the failure of it to pull out of civilian areas it calls on the syrian government to stop the use of heavy weapons and it also condemns the united nations security council for failing to find some sort of tangible solution to the events unraveling on the ground interestingly the initial text of this resolution did call for of bashar al assad to step down and this regime change is exactly what the united states and the west had been calling for this entire time and it's also the exactly the kind of language that russia and china how vetoed three times at the united nations security council and we've seen yesterday on thursday the second the news broke out that kofi annan was stepping down this language of calling for assad to step down was back again on the table from the western nations and the united states even though it had been put on pause for a while when the six point peace plan was put on the table by kofi anon interesting

lee this was taken out because the general assembly understands and the country pushing forward this text understand that a majority is needed and it's not just russia and china who oppose this kind of language it has other countries as well and for this to text to pass this tough language was taken out to get a slight majority still russia has called this text one sided and unbalanced the six point peace plan does remain on the table even though it's proved. to be quite unproductive and didn't go anywhere and didn't get the process started we also know that the united nations observer mission expires on july twentieth whether or not this mandate will be extended remains to be seen we do know that movement on the arab league are in negotiations to try to figure out kofi annan successor is going to be russia has said that it's very important to get this person in position as soon as possible but how soon and exactly how the diplomatic deadlock and the

conflicting positions will be resolved remains to be seen. battle for other serious second city aleppo is likely to get even more bloody u.n. 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 gen torn says america could pay for stoking extremism in syria. it's well known that washington basically has perfected the idea of a truck foreign policy that is to say on the one hand you taught in smile when the other hand and mike in the back that's basically what's happening in syria all this blather about negotiations but they also regime is no more than that other they would like to see regime 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 horses will be coming to power sooner rather than later in the mask and then washington will be faced with a replay of what if helped engineer in afghanistan where they helped engineer the coming to power of the taliban which opened the door for al-qaeda to gain influence of there which led to the tragedy of september eleventh two thousand and one. but they war crimes still ring on at some of the main media outlets coming up we report how balanced broadcast serves from syria get sacrificed for routing support for version change. and echoes of apartheid as south africa's white communities say they're now being made second class citizens. anti-government protesters in bahrain have faced tear gas and stun grenades hundreds of people attempted to block a key highway where this is says 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 son in law narky geo political analyst patrick hemming son says the situation in bahrain is being ignored because it's a washington ally. in bahrain what you have is a genuine uprising a genuine political movement a potential revolution. that is being completely in order for two reasons the main reason is rain host the united states fifth naval fleet it's a very important strategic piece on the chessboard 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 lead so badly the difference between syria and bahrain is that syria refuses to be an outpost for international western imperialism and bahrain is no post 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 situation in bahrain is grave if you're on the side of reform if you're with the royal family everything's fine it's day five in the trial of the russian female punk her pussy riot defense lawyers have begun explaining the anti putin stunt in the capital's main cathedral in february the three band members are charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred participator oliver 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 the 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 and 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 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 is 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. but i hope the court will rule with a just a solution if the bonds let's say defiled a sacred place in israel they would have to cope with some tough because there are difficulties from attempting to leave the country or to for example who went to the caucuses and to freeze to 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 on them and i hope they've made some important conclusions themselves anyway the final decision rests with the court so we're going to. all day five of the trial is currently underway i'll be bringing you live reports from outside the courtroom as soon as we get all the latest news we've been across the trial from the get the full story at our com and i here's what else we have lined up for you shot him dead for trying to claim the wages he was on a low paid worker at a luxury hotel in cairo is gunned down by police as his plight and a furious crowd was. born after 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 rather than their morals.

if you. download the official application so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. is not required to watch all its hear all you need is your mobile device watch r.t. any time any of the. all right it's eleven minutes past the hour and authorities and russia's year olds have refused to open

a criminal case until last week's discovery of two hundred fifty one fetuses dumped in a forest ravine 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 katherine a 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 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 the 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 determined determination into who is responsible the mother of julian assange says she fears her son could face execution if he's extradited to the u.s. christina sanchez an adequate or lobbying for the country to grant asylum for the

wiki leaks at it or she met president chorale who assured her ecuador its decision will not be influenced by external pressure chilliness. 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 teeth that she's proud of her son. what is the number of course i don't know. but is. this because he likes. to. keep school. torture. and cruelty both big financial institutions of course he's my son.

you can watch our exclusive interview with julian assange his mother in just over an hour right here on r.t. and now it's time for more news from around the world an attack by kurds in southeast turkey has killed at least one soldier and wounded 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 the rest in neighboring syria . greece's decision to privatise a banker brought out crowds of angry employees in athens in one of the biggest protests in weeks over five thousand staff of the formerly a state owned bank are five days into a nationwide strike fearing for their jobs greek banks have been under growing pressure to reorganize since the financial crisis hit and plunged the country into

a long running recession. north korean leader kim jong un has set out plans to develop the economy on. people's livelihoods as his top priorities moving away from the military first mindset the statement was made at a 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 was sacked for opposing change. let's return to syria now and specifically how its tragic events are unfolding across the media for many foreign outlets it's simple reports that back up the push for regime change get top priority oksana boyko explains. right now we're seeing a story joining because 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 reported the conflict he became one of the few 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 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 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 glossed over. but you don't you're not getting this it was 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 and get these are 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 sizable number of them european or american but there dispatches are not always welcomed at home christiane sun is an independent belgian writer. and you want to bring a certain picture about syria. the evil.

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 kills 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 hear it calls for rick avoid political dialogue rather it's for arming the rebels and what they were also known as freedom fighters to go on a kind of like artsy reporting from syria racial discrimination was felt nowhere more painful in the world than south africa when apartheid was nearly two decades ago the country was reborn but race related prejudice has re-emerged this time against the whites living their party's paul slayer investigates 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. feels like everybody forgot. all too is one of a growing number of concept africans living a hop skip and a jump from sleeping on the streets who will be positions amount to a bed and some clothes the waist or handouts from charities and churches sometimes she goes without food for days. there are always prizes was 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 apostates 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 beacon 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 innocence sorry five in 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 unsettling 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 chests and. this abandon 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 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 girls and put us in more except the hope that one day a door will open instead of slam policy r.t. top south africa. business is next on our team so dimitri everyone's talking is day is mainly about the olympics how about the business side of the event does it actually generate profit or you know actually many cities of come to regret having hosted the olympics because well it doesn't necessarily generate profit when it comes to love and already under fire for growing costs and that given an economy which is in a double dip recession is a report from laura smith. there's no doubt they 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 olympic park including the eight hundred fifty million dollars stadium itself they're quite extensive four hundred twenty six million and the hundred and sixty six million dollars. and that's where the word legacy comes in where the government hopes the billions spent will carry on paying divisions 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 the community health center in what used to be a depressed rundown area according to experts it's this legacy planning that separates

an olympic host city that profits from one that loses 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 empty and fooling down much like its economy as a whole. 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. well in the stock markets everything is looking to the g.i.f. a lot of buying with their jones up one point seven percent as you can see there this is on the back of a very positive and beating all expectations the jobs report which is an extremely crucial factor indicator in the u.s. economy now for the month of july the non-farm sector added one hundred sixty three thousand jobs while just one hundred thousand were expected and that's more than in

the past five months of but not combined with separately so that's a very good sign europe for instance is also growing on these the news the dax is up a whopping five and a half percent driven by financials deutsche bank is doing more than eight percent of this south something very spectacular. german traders are heading for a very nice weekend well if they're bulls of course light sweet is gaining three point six percent that's again on the on the back of hopes for recovery from global demand and this has been helping the russian ruble on the currencies market to enter this session up against both currencies against the dollar that's actually one point six percent gain very strong performance given that the past two days the ruble has only been shedding of value against both currencies on the russian market this is the closing values of the r.t.s.

growing almost twice what we're seeing on the myself that's as of the year ruble has become stronger so therefore the difference between those two in the seas and it's mainly also driven by a growth in financials also very juicy returns have been promised for investing now in russian infrastructure renascence asset managers say pumping money into new toll roads hospitals and their ports will bring over twenty percent annual returns something most investors can only dream about. russia's government will back businessmen who could potentially. we raise national g.d.p. from four to a predicted six percent by buying into these projects. and also facebook is having a day of a relief after twenty billion dollars of brady been wiped off its value in the previous four days as the bad news stories just keep coming in the sister of facebook's co-founder mark zuckerberg has moved to google and fresh lawsuits accuse

facebook of encouraging ordinary facebook users to invest while hiding negative earnings forecasts mark zuckerberg is now only the seventy seventh richest man in the world. well not a long way from me than to to catch up and beat him in terms of market value or very good luck with that to manchuria. and on the way we ask whether nato is future role as as world police or a museum piece that's after the headlines in just a minute but.

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