into the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on our. general assembly condemns the security council's inaction on the violence in syria by a huge majority russia votes against what it calls an unbalanced stock of. 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 begins defending why pull a political stunt in russia's main cathedral the three women face up to seven years in jail if convicted. welcomes his r.t. from moscow it's kevin owen he will be live this hour it's now eleven pm the 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's voted against the resolution calling it unbalanced because also urging the u.n. in the arab league to move fast now to try to find a new chief peacemaker for syria after kofi annan stepped down at his innocence because across the latest 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 nouns meant 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 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 ki-moon the u.n. secretary general is in talks with the. the arab league two are trying 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 battle for syria's second city aleppo is getting more bloody by the day journalist patrick hayes believes the u.n. general assembly resolution will do nothing to stop the violence either 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 william hague 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 support 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 this 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 you have you know elements there are a lot of people who the west would not want to be business with stuff into this mentality that they're drawn to help anyone get into power there drove

a sports any of the opposition in syria then they would support assad assad has become this bogeyman just like you to keep before him and they just see we need to get rid of him and everything will be ok it's a naive approach that would you know hope. most patrick those talks a bit earlier on the war cry still ring on and some of the main media outlets meantime to coming up on the program we report how violent broadcasts from syria get sacrificed for rallying support for regime change reporter head also reporting two on echoes of apartheid south africa's white communities say they're now being made second class citizens. antigovernment protesters in bahrain and face tear gas and stun grenades as hundreds of people attend to the block a key highway the 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 sunni monarchy to political analyst patrick henningsen 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 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 just leads there is 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. day five and the trial of the russian female punk group pussy riot so the defense begin explaining the anti putin studied moscow's main cathedral in february the three bad members and charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred jacob graves has been following the hearing. really stands out is the first time we've heard from the defense and they've had the chance to put their eyewitnesses 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 say being 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's guardian of this case of not allowing them to properly cross-examine the prosecution's eyewitnesses and even at one point on tuesday they accuse 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 based being 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 save a 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 that 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 me defiled a secret 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 they went to the caucuses and a 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 on them but i hope they've made some important conclusions themselves and the way the final decision rests with the court will look at it. 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 be 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 a maximum sentence it could be handed out here is seven years in prison. well we've been across the pussy riot trial from the outset you can get the full story about si dot com also online right now shot dead trying to claim the wages he was owed a low paid workers a luxury hotel in cairo gunned down by police this is for was a furious crowd stories online from now. both so sweet an exam past of being too supportive of human rights in the wake of the teddy bear fruits which swedish democracy campaign this parachuted into the country earlier in the week bizarre story a got a lot of trouble brewing though it's all online from us at r.t.

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also refused to open a criminal case into last week's discovery of two hundred fifty one fetuses dumped in a forest ravine marty shawn 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 wilderness a very 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 are 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 says she fears his son could face execution if he's extradited to the u.s. christine is in ecuador right now lobbying for the country for the wiki leaks said

it's a president who assured ecuador's decision will not be influenced by external pressure . has been ecuador's london embassy now. for over six weeks he's wanted in sweden over sex crime allegations which he denies saying they were a pretext to had him over to the u.s. to face trial over the leaking secret cables now later in our exclusive interview his mother christine tells our t. that she's proud of. really one is another. called the done. that is this is headed this to get. to and it will. keep the story. torture. and for all involved the funny to which of course these guys.

and you can watch our exclusive interview with julian assange just mother in just over an hour again here on r.t. tonight world news a brief note attacked by kurds in southeast he has killed at least one soldier wounded several others the rebels opened fire on a military outpost as troops are breaking their ramadan fast at sundown on thursday violence has grown in the area as could seek autonomy in the region is thought groups on the border are taking advantage of unrest in neighboring syria. greece's decision to privatizing bag brought out crowds of angry employees in athens and one of the biggest protests in weeks over five thousand staff of the formerly state owned bank and i 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 plunge the country into more recession. north korean leader kim jong un has set out plans to develop the economy and people's livelihoods as his top priorities moving away them 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 reform rivers have been circulating ever since a top military figure in pyongyang was sacked for opposed. change. this return back to syria specifically how its tragic events are unfolding across the media for many foreign outlets is simple reports that back up the push for regime change get top priority as exam a boy cure explains. how do i know pursuing your 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 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 pinned down for its use of force against the militants is a government monster 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 when asked 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 as it was you know what this is not 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 you can come to syria 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. evoke. the use of photoshop or selective editing is hardly a new invention the war wars 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. 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 fighters to go on a summer break artsy reporting from syria racial discrimination was felt there were more painfully in the world than south africa in its day when apartheid was ditched nearly two decades ago the country was reborn but race related prejudice is no real merge this time against the whites living there. are a verse to go. once the color of all to 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. old who is one of a growing number of concert africans living a hop skip and a jump from sleeping on the streets worldly positions amount to

a bed and some clothes the rest are handouts from charities and churches sometimes she goes without food for days. there are always surprises was the girl. draw 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 what was once it was black people in this country who were discriminated against today its white south africans were falling 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 in the since. 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 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. 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. 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 start 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 and i go all this i mean the price anymore except the hope that one day a door will open instead of slam policy r.t.

krugersdorp south africa. hallway we ask where the future of all is the world he saw piece that's in seventeen cross talk of a discussion next that was dmitri with the friday night business roundup from r.t. . let's you know when welcome to business tsotsi london is under fire as the costs of the olympics just keep growing now this is a given the country is in a double dip recession and this is fueling the public anger explains 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 versus dogs but much of it is

going into building the olympic park including the eight hundred fifty million dollars stadium itself there quite sick center at four hundred twenty six million three hundred 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 athletes of god. the stadium itself is currently a worrying white elephant it's been 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 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 and used much planning has gone into making sure london's investment doesn't suffer the same. fate but nothing. 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 to percent dax almost four percent there in frankfurt led by financial gains

with deutsche bank and commerce bank adding more than six percent it just was. 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 dns 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 the shares recover 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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