the u.n. general assembly condemns the security council's inaction on the violence in syria by huge majority russia votes against what it calls an imbalance documents. tear gas and stun grenades in bahrain the government leads a fresh crackdown against the long running protests as activists try and cut off a key highway. and the anti putin punk band is defending why it pulled a political stunt and russia's main cathedral the three women face up to seven years in jail now if convicted. hello very good evening for me kevin owen here in moscow you're watching r.t. where it's now ten pm our top story the u.n.

general assembly has condemned the security council for failing to stop the violence in syria with a majority vote russia has voted against the resolution calling it imbalanced moscow's also urging the u.n. and arab league to move fast now in finding a new chief peacemaker for syria as kofi annan steps down. across the latest developments this evening from new york. this resolution is yet another step baby step in the attempts of the international community to try to find some sort of solution to the syrian crisis after virtually months of diplomatic deadlock we have one hundred ninety three members of the united nations general assembly having voted on resolution that not only condemns the security council for failing to push forward to any type of solution finding when it comes to the syrian crisis but this is also a text that condemns the syrian government for failing to put down the heavy weaponry

and for failing to leave civilian areas we have one hundred thirty three countries having supported this text twelve voted against it and thirty one members abstained so russia has called this text on balanced and one sided and along with china traditionally did not support this text citing that it was more focused on criticizing the syrian government instead of trying to find a real solution to the realistic situation on the ground it's become quite obvious since kofi. of resignation on thursday that the international community remains pretty much just a split as they were ahead of agreeing on a non six point peace plan as we remember of course the plan included actually left open assad's role in the syrian crisis calling for the syrian people to form a trans a transitional government including both sides of the conflict but really the second that are now announced that he's stepping down we have started hearing loud

cheers from the u.s. and the west again now for the syrian president to step down calling for regime change on july twentieth the united nations observer mission expires in syria whether or not their mandate is going to be extended remains to be seen this is something that russia is certainly calling for we also know that currently moon the u.n. secretary general is in talks with the. for the arab league to try to find a successor after a call here now and it's going to be an important role to fill it's going to be important to see what kind of track record that person has and whether or not that person will have a new plan to put in place and that's certainly something that's going to play a very major role in the events that are yet to unravel the snow talk to patrick hayes reporter for the online current affairs magazine spiked patrick could a big how do you figure so you and why votes a couple of hours ago is going to affect what's happening in syria or indeed the international response from. remember this non-binding resolution this is so so

mean it's not have any direct impact at all i think in general it's being used to try and step up the pressure on both russia and china to start to take a stand against the sides and effectively what it's doing is saying that we disrespect the sovereignty of syria and we don't want the syrian people to determine their own future so i don't think there's anything positive that's going to come out of this i want to say about kofi annan no because it was very striking with the situation is that yes they can condemn the sat from the u.n. assembly but they don't have any alternative when kofi annan was initially negotiating his six point treaty his argument was very much if you take this off the table then what are you going to be left with no one has an alternative to that at the moment william hague today the. foreign secretary of the u.k. basically said we still want the kofi annan plan but we want to imply that there

are consequences if it's not followed there are a lot of empty for going around at the moment but no one knows what to do yet indeed are talking about british foreign secretary william hague there as well while you are you revealed the u.k. plans to step up its help for the syrian opposition he was talking about giving norm lethal help as it was putting it he insists londoners are sending weapons but as it justifying this one sided approach while you talk about william hague. well i mean yes he's suggested he's going to offer non-lethal aid he hasn't given specific details of this yet but it does seem like it's going to be intelligence it does seem like there's going to be an awful lot of supports announced for the rebels over the next few weeks and of course this comes just after president obama has announced well it hasn't been announced but it has been revealed that there has been a secret plan basically allow the cia to assist the rebels as well the thing i find very striking about this is that there's a real historical amnesia that's taking place among western leaders where they

don't really know who the opposition is there are a lot of concerns about the makeup of it that there are jihadi elements there are a lot of people who the west would not like to do business with but they're stuck into this mentality that they're drawn to help anyone get into power they drove a sports any of the opposition in syria then they would support assad assad has become this man just like that before him and they just see we need to get rid of him and everything will be ok because just a naive approach that would you know whole. examined russia's position patrick we've gotten a lot on the line the russians voted against resolutions and i call you one sided because it only pressures the government to end the violence not the rebels why is the international community continuing to do that. well i think it's very striking that you know if the saudi arabia has basically drafted documents which doesn't mention the opposition at all it's completely condemning it and we have you know over the past couple of months as well a complete cherry picking up to the west wants to work with which countries so you

have you have syria's main strategic partner which is a rather not allowed to sit around in the table most of the time so they've been very selective about who they want to work with and you can understand why these things are going to fall apart when the west wants everything done on its terms but i think in general with this resolution the saudi arabia's dress drafted this with the support of various allies and of course western support as well they want to put pressure on russia in particular but also china to say basically to relax their stance which is that we should not get involved in meddling in the affairs of a suffering country which is what syria is going to surely impose is very negative for we've got about thirty seconds we've been reporting on the revelation that president obama apparently covertly allowed rebel support by the cia to help is the u.s. bypassing legal institutions by doing that. yes but it does seem like they are yes and it seems like increasingly that will be the case but if they can't get the

security council to condemn assad's they'll go through nato and they'll find other covert ways of trying to get rid of assad they've got a very bloody minded approach with this and it could intensify and it's nationalized conflict and make situation much worse for the syrian people than it would be if they just backed out completely thanks your thoughts patrick reporter for the online magazine spike there. the war cry still ringing on some of the main media outlets as we're reporting in this half hour of news we tell you how balanced broadcasts from syria get sacrifies rallying support for regime change that's ahead and echoes of apartheid south africa's white communities say they're now being made second class citizens. anti-government protesters in bahrain a face to gas and stun grenades as hundreds of people attended a block of key highway witnesses say some of been taken into custody the demos against the ruling regime began nearly eighteen months ago with activists claiming

they face daily discrimination from the saudi monarchy geo political analyst patrick henningsen says the situation in bahrain has been ignored because it's a washington ally. in bahrain what you have is a genuine uprising a genuine political movement 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 seeds 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 an outpost for them 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 is grave if you're on the side of reform if you're with the royal family everything's fine he'd stay fife and the trial of the russian female punk group pussy riot defense lawyers a big explaining now the empty putin stunted moscow's main cathedral in february three band members a charge with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred jacob graves supports my side the code. really stands out as the first time we've heard from the defense and they've had the chance to put their eye witnesses on the stand to give testimony now as you might imagine the accounts we've heard today differ greatly than what's transpired so far in this five day trial which is really been dominated by the

prosecution the eyewitness accounts of her saving much more glowing of the three defendants one friend of the accused giving her account and also two professors as well now this trial so far is really being dominated by a very outspoken legal team on behalf of the defense they've accused the judge regarding of this case of not allowing them to properly cross-examine the prosecution's eyewitnesses and even at one point on tuesday they accused the judge reside in this case and the detention facility where they're being kept in custody of inhumane treatment or not allow them proper access to food to water and being deprived of the necessary amount of sleep and as such but again heard today of the requesting for the sixth time in this trial the judge reside in the case to be replaced it is really be in the confessional eyes trial between the confessional are the issue ever since these three defendants were initially taken into custody

nurses all for that so called punk prayer that took place back in favoring christ savior cathedral we have to bear in mind here this is really the symbolic head of the russian orthodox faith as such fended many of the faithful we've heard from that in this trial so far from those who were there at the time and also those who witnessed this on the internet since even though this is politically motivated stunt aimed against essentially velimir putin is then his potential to be president and we've recently heard from the president himself given his opinion on this trial . moves with the court. decisions. if the band lets the define of the secret police in israel they would have to cope with some tough guys there are difficulties from attempting to leave the country is ready for example they went to the caucuses on the feast a muslim shrine security wouldn't have enough time to protect them from public anger. over them and so i don't think we should judge them too strictly on them i

hope they've made some important conclusions themselves and the way the final decision rests with the court but we are expected to have a few more days at least when it comes to this trial before a verdict and indeed sentence is reached this is probably the one the most controversial elements of this trial so far because potentially if found guilty of the charges of hooliganism facing the three defendants or the maximum sentence could be handed out here is seven years in prison. now a bit of cross the pussy riot trial from the outset you can keep up to date with the latest twists and turns of the story as the court case goes on martin go home now while you're there these stories also get a lot of clicks tonight shot dead for trying to claim the wages he was a low paid work at a luxury hotel in cairo gunned down by police as his plight draws a furious crowd got the story online. also belo is now putting out sweden's and

basto for being too supportive of human rights in the wake of the teddy bear troops which swedish democracy campaigners parachuted into the country in the week want to catch up on that one keep abreast with a bizarre story actually so r.t. dot com. authorities in russia as you're also have refused to open a criminal case into last week's discovery of two hundred fifty one fetuses dumped in a forest ravine marty 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 does 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 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 wood a fisherman 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 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 julia side says she fears his son could face execution if he's extradited to the u.s. christina sarge is in ecuador right now lobbying for the country to grant asylum for the wiki leaks editor she met president correia who was sure the ecuador decision will not be influenced by external pressure in the science has been 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 us at r.t. that she's proud of her son. to be one is the number of calls i wish he'd done this is nothing. that is this is heading this to get down to the intense do it will that it. should keep the stalls.

of torture and for all involved it funny to which of course i please i say. let's return now to syria specifically how its tragic events are unfolding across the media from any foreign outlets it's simple reports that back up the push for regime change get top priority as exam a boy or explain. right now we're seeing a story about 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 on the conflict he became one of the few scammer 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 mansion 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 the losses are intentionally glossed over. but you don't you're not getting the gist was you know what this is no first time i've been able to come to

syria you know why 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 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 sizeable number of them european or american but there dispatches are not always welcomed at home christiane sun is an independent belgian writer. the story of. india 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 not 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 what they were also known as freedom fighter to go on a summer break artsy reporting from syria. discrimination was no more painful in the world than south africa when apartheid was ditched nearly two decades ago the country was reborn but race related prejudice is reemerge this time against the whites living there. are a verse to go. 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. ultras one of a growing number of concert africans living a hop skip and

a jump from sleeping on the streets to worldly positions amount to a bed and some clothes the waist or handouts from charities and churches sometimes she goes without food for days. always rises was the girl. stuff like there. is in the place and i don't put words when south africa held its first democratic elections eighteen years ago it marked the end of apostate 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 of 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 clause created by the system in south africa and that created in the since sorry fire 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 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

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 people as they see it's 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 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.

top south africa. on the way our exclusive interview with the mother of wiki leaks well it's a jewel in a surge also in the sport coming up as well russia's murray sharapova will take on suni williams to decide who wins the olympic tennis gold medal at the next thirty minutes here on our team from moscow but it's business next. let's you know a warm welcome to business artsy london is under fire as the costs of the a live big just keep growing now this is a given the country is in a double dip recession and this is fueling the public anger laura smith explains. 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 go on 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 division of to the athletes that 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 call 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 grand spend

years up to twenty one of which now lie and t. and pulling 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. less uncertainty indeed today on the stock market says the u.s. labor department presented an impressive jobs report for the month of july now the economy added one hundred sixty three thousand jobs in the non-farm sector last month which is more than any of the five proceeding months this was much more than predicted and even though the unemployment rate ticked up to eight point three percent it's a great confidence booster for the markets causing gold and stocks around the world to rally. is for example the close of the european markets for you with london

adding two percent dax almost four percent there in frankfurt led by financial gains with deutsche bank and commerce bank adding more than six percent just right . over here in russia the markets also ended on a very positive note as boiled prices provided a lot of support and also led by financial shares with bt dnsbl and ing up almost three percent. and very juicy returns have been promised for investing now in russian infrastructure in a sense asset managers say pumping money into new toll roads hospitals and airports will bring over twenty percent annual return something most investors can only dream about nations adds that russia's government will back businessmen who could potentially raise the national g.d.p. growth from four to six percent by buying into the projects. and a sigh relief for facebook as it shares recovers somewhat after twenty billion

dollars was wiped off from facebook's value in four days now the sister of the cofounder mark zuckerberg has moved to google and fresh lawsuits accuse it of encouraging ordinary facebook users to invest well hiding negative earnings forecasts mark zuckerberg is now only the seventy seventh richest man in the world that's it from this edition of the business news on r.t. coming up next the headlines to stay with us.

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