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did you understand the wake up call to the old security council saying its members on doing enough to counter the syrian crisis fears mounts the conflict torn country will sink it deeper into violent. activity is a row call for an all out war on the government which had these of ignoring debilitating domestic issues while wasting millions on settlement construction in disputed territory. and a new wave of protests that hit the rain leading to more wild downs on the descent with dozens of people arrested and the injured after they demonstrations calling for political reform.
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international news live from moscow this is all she was me you lash above all of thanks for joining us russia asked criticize the new u.n. resolution on syria as one sided supporter of the armed opposition moscow says the non-binding motion passed of the journey was somebody does nothing to ease the conflict this comes after the un envoy to syria kofi annan announced he was stepping down casting doubts over the future of the peace effort and citric and has more from new york. this resolution apart from condemning the security council for failing to move the syrian peace process forward also condemns the syrian government for failing to stop using heavy weaponry as well as condemns the syrian government from for not withdrawing from civilian areas among the ones that voted against this text was of course russia russia believes that the behind the humanitarian facade of this resolution lies the militarization of the opposition
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and russia says this resolution is not helpful and that the country supplying weapons to the opposition are well known take a listen it is a this resolution exacerbates the confrontations and solving the syrian crisis it's not helping the sides enter into dialogue find peaceful ways to solve the crisis in the interests of syrian people this resolution is not how great you are because it contradicts the efforts to realize the and it undermines the syrian led crusaders from a political resolution. russia believes that this particular text is one sided and balanced as well as the whole idea of pushing the syrian government of stepping down is really an intervention into sovereign affairs six point peace plan remains on the table as coffin and steps out of the picture this plan of course called for the creation of the transitional government in syria the idea was to have both sides of the conflict. form this government to hold new elections however the idea
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of where exactly this would leave assad was left open and now with countries continuing to push for him stepping down it's unclear what's going to happen to the plan we do know that the moon is currently in the process of speaking with the arab league trying to find a successor for kofi annan we're going to have to wait and see who that person is going to be and how that person will handle this particular crisis and of course we also have the you want to serve a mission expiring on august twentieth unclear whether or not it will be extended we will have to wait and see we certainly know that this is something that russia is strongly rooting for journalist patrick hayes believes the countries that promoted the latest u.n. resolution are failing to see the dangers of supporting the rebels. 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
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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 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 you have you elements there are a lot of people who the west would not like to be dismissed with their stuff into this mentality that they draw 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 it before him and they just see we need to get rid
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of him and everything will be ok it's a naive approach that will do no hope no help at all. more than a hundred people have reportedly been killed in syria over the past twenty four hours alone as the battle for aleppo escalates and clashes take place across the country with one observer mission set to expire and the looming departure of coffee i'm not on a peace mediator there's growing concern the prospects for a diplomatic solution are fading. the latest on the. decision to resign as un special envoy for syria was mad with disappointment and almost despair in this country if confirmed what many people felt all along that the situation in that country is only getting worse the death toll continues to rise and violence. new areas so seeing kofi annan throwing in the towel certainly doesn't instill much confidence in the quick resolution of this bloody conflict something that the
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overwhelming majority of syrians desperately need in the beginning of his term he held a number of meetings with both president bashar al assad and prominent members of syrian opposition but he didn't succeed in bringing these two warring parties to the negotiating table most recently he's asked for is focused on trying to bridge the divide within the international community especially within the u.n. security council but he wasn't that much successful on that front either now as far as u.n. monitors are on the ground are concerned they still continue with that mission the only thing they can really do in the current circumstances is to try to go to the areas affected by the violence talking to the people trying to document the destruction mandate is expiring in two weeks and with an answer resignation it looks like the chances of a renewal of that mandate got only slimmer as far as russia is concerned this is definitely a negative development moscow was
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a very strong supporter of and six point plan from big. had to go and in reaction to an ins resignation russia's deputy foreign minister going to go to a road on his twitter page died and it was an honest broker and by that there were always fighters who tried to get him all of the game to unite hands before i quote force action now. when we are talking about the security situation on the ground things are not looking drive. the clashes in syria largest city of aleppo still continuing and here in damascus after a relative after a week of proactive calm the city was once again rocked by a series of explosions so despite an enormous demand for some sort of peace settlement violence here in syria still continues and you can also follow up on the stories that i'll see docomo got plenty more in store for you there including the
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culture graced by the ongoing trial of the perceived rioters who took to moscow's main cathedral to express the antiproton outrage we have all the details from the courtroom online for you. and in new york city refuses to defend a home caught on camera pepper spray occupy activists find out more on. student and social activist groups and giving up to deliver a clear message to the government tonight by drawing from thousands on to the streets of tel aviv one of the main cools it for resentment is this week's cabinet approval of austerity and tax hikes that have plunged premie have been in the town yahoo's popularity to record lows recent pool so just over sixty percent are
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unhappy with the prime minister's work until government rallies are nothing new. for israel what they protest mood has been on the rise in recent months a number of people have even taken things to the extreme setting themselves on fire but critics say the government keeps sticking to its gun buy the syrian regional political goals and sending the money far from where it's needed for netflix like. in the middle of the west bank on land palestinians and the international community claim is not there is fifty israeli families live in a small city outpost which government money has helped to pay for. the world of course the government has invested a lot here just as it did with other settlements but we don't know the reason for the social protests if people find it hard and expensive to live in cities should not point fingers at settlers but fingers are pointing and calculations made the cost of constructing certain lands during the years was close to
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nineteen billion dollars and it includes investment in infrastructure like housing like electricity like energy like. also roads like water about fifty percent of the budget and settlements are financed or subsidized by government or activities the supreme court ruled this outpost to make was illegal and has given status here until august the twenty first to move out either way israeli taxpayers foot the bill this is where the settlers will be moved to the israeli government to spend more than four million dollars building the site that translates into some eighty thousand dollars per family the state budget is a cake. if you take one piece for this there is much less left for the other there is one place where the government has already has enough money for anything
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and this is in the occupied territories for the settlements. and this is why israeli taxpayers are saying enough is enough for a second straight summer protest similar around the country's large cities but where we have last year's vast numbers of protesters who support leaders in tel aviv have refused permission for tense along its main boulevard in symbolic defiance paper tens have sprung up but for many of these people the tents are home and the protest is not temporary they're in for the long haul. shame on you mr netanyahu you should help the poor in the week i've been homeless for twenty years and no politician has ever come here they don't look at us as humans they think we're animals in the soup already people have set themselves on fire if nothing changes we'll all start doing it too by comparison not one person appears homeless and outposts like this one to make one as the social protests continue more and
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more people are demanding answers to why the government is pouring money into new settlements at the expense of the poor in existing communities policy r.t. migwan outpost in the west bank. you're watching on c.n.n. still to come in the program refusing trade find out how these are frozen be united states firing on ordinary americans desperately seeking jobs plus what do you know about the iran contra scandal. goes all over north was taking the funds from selling arms to iran to use to fund the contras. in the. congress said no it's not nicaragua you got it and now we make iran out to be the bad guy but here we were exchanging arms went down and why do you think the world is ok with that well because america's a hypocrisy all right to find out more about the iran contra scandal and join our
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resident around ten minutes time here on. the nuclear file side. radioactive fallout over government betrayal the government blog entry laws and claude and claude how can the truth be revealed if there's no official evidence there was indeed a very great danger to the servicemen concerned who will give them no problem. and to the people of this country generally because of radio like the fall of. the secrets of the u.k.'s nuclear tests excuse. me.
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welcome back to the activists in bahrain say at least forty five people have been injured after the country's security forces used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse protesters hundreds of demonstrators have been in the streets demanding political reforms around forty people have also been arrested in the gulf monica in the early hours of friday on thursday members of the opposition bloc to key highway pushing for their main demand and elected parliament bahrain's uprising began again though and a half ago with intense intermittent clashes between police and protesters continuing to this day and told of roughing up from the front yard on middle is democracy says the your ass has so far failed to help with the reconciliation of the country. there would be a mistake of the united states and the general public to to overlook the importance
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of bahrain for the united states' interests and especially for the people of bahrain we want to see progress want to see tangible progress that the government has promised so we're really hopeful and. i do use the term but our fingers are crossed that things will get better unfortunately we haven't seen a lot of progress in toward toward that toward that end however as you said it really is difficult to follow and the lobbyists in d.c. and abroad have been very successful but you know many of us in d.c. and elsewhere are working to to help even of the story and your voice is what people voice given medium to the other side so i think there's there's effort on both sides but you know it's it's really really needs to step up and play it play a stronger role and said some expectations and said milestones for the bahraini government if we want to you know have had their country heal and make steps towards reconciliation. some other international news stories making headlines
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around the world south sudan and sudan have reached a long anticipated deal on oil payments a border dispute and disagreement on crude provoked violent clashes earlier this year and has greatly damaged both of the economies the conflict erupted after south sudan declared independence last july taking roughly seventy percent of sudan's oil but landlocked south sudan was forced to suspend all production after failing to agree on transit fees but it's all been. except for a blast in yemen have killed at least seven people and wounded dozens and attack on a motorbike through a grenade into a busy market in the city of tire and the capital sana'a in explosive device went off near a popular internet cafe sporadic violence continues in the country despite. stepping down as president of the february after months of violence. for what talks punished judge who's now representing julian our son has said he has
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information to suggest proceedings in washington are advancing to have his client extradited for spilling u.s. secrets songe fears he will face torture and even. if deported his lawyer believes the case is politically motivated and some stick refuge in ecuador's embassy in london over six weeks ago breaking his bail terms to request asylum and later this hour here on ars he will have an exclusive interview with the weekly lakes mother christine message. may be known as the land of opportunity but the united states remains highly selective over just who it allows in from abroad to set up a bit as the authorities fear the outsiders may take jobs from ordinary americans but as r.t. is priya sridhar reports they are the ones who could and found to be providing them . one of south asia's hottest new entrepreneurs twenty eight year old ball is behind india's largest e-commerce company snapdeal dot com is often compared to
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amazon for its daily deals on services and products but we have tremendous momentum in the business we have you know sixteen million registered users one out of six internet users in india is registered on snap to you growing by a million a month by the end of the year to be twenty five million highest traffic e-commerce site in india. but if the young business tycoon had it his way he would have started in the united states where he got his ivy league qualifications but paul had no choice despite his eagerness to start a firm and create jobs america's searching on employment saw immigration authorities deny more and more visas for foreigners when your resume gets rejected you pretty much have to go back that is annoyed there's no recourse us such and i think that was disappointing maybe we would have started something in the u.s. had we gotten. my visa but then you know it doesn't matter experts say it's no
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coincidence that the rising rejection rates occurred as america's economy tanked but acting on the perceived fear that immigrants were taking american jobs has had the opposite effect it's unfortunate if denials are being made that are justified because what happens if it ends up being an incentive to u.s. companies to locate more resources outside the country in some ways in ways that might. well u.s. immigration authorities have increased the rejection rate of temporary work visas for citizens of all countries india has been the hardest hit just last year a lot of infrasound of indian applicants for a certain type of temporary work were rejected while only around three birth of applicants from countries like germany and the u.k. were rejected for the same type of temporary worker. the other sting in the tail for the states is that by turfing out skilled foreigners it's missing out on big
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bucks opportunities that were forged in america's colleges i don't think we would be as effective entrepreneurs here had we not spend time in the us they don't think that the time i spend can color. really helped us in building the company we've been able to snapdeal now turns over one hundred million dollars a year the kind of innovation that indian immigrants have long been known for in the united states we found recently that. half of the top fifty venture funded companies i mean to companies that were started with venture capital had at least one immigrant founder so what we found is that if you keep people out you'll get less job creation and less innovation in the united states jobs america desperately needs nolen ploys fifteen hundred people in ten cities across india we are now having the time of our life we also know that this opportunity of building a market leading internet e-commerce company in our own country is never going to
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come again one door closes another opens for this internet high flyer america's visa rejection put him on the road to riches and indians into work preassure either r t new delhi india. it was one of the biggest scandals of the reagan presidency of revelations that washington had been breaking an arms embargo on iran and using the profits to fund the anti communist opposition in nicaragua they so cold in iran contra fashion the country to its foundations exposing america's flagrant breach of international law following the end of the capitol hill hearings into the case exactly twenty five years ago president reagan took full responsibility for what hate cold things he was unaware of but decades later that full extent of his involvement and his awareness remain unclear the man who broke the story of a perry there are still too many details that will never see the light. what you
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saw here was the failure of the institutions of washington to get control of these things there had been an effort in the seventy's after watergate after the exposures of cia abuses to bring some constraints on to this process and then you saw the iran contra scandal it was the first test case really what would congress really hold the president to task in and make sure that he couldn't go off in his own direction the institutions of washington failed to both enforce the law suit the law was in force but also in just explaining to the american people what had happened there are still many sections of this scandal that we don't know the full story about or even a chunk of the story so much of this remains still something outside the historical picture that the american people have been denied we don't really know who did what and why and even how. very new york president went to find out and russia
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people remember on the phone about the headline grabbing scandal. western media would have you believe that iran is some sort of evil enemy so do they not remember their run contra scandal of one thousand nine hundred sixty this week let's talk about that have you ever heard of the iran contra scandal. sorry no i haven't no you haven't i state no i have not heard. something big he know yes yes do you member it was about what was it about you remember. nuclear weapons i believe iran is but the army going in and trying to do for the oil is and it was about all over north was taking the funds from selling arms to iran to use to fund the contras.
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in nicaragua you got it and now we make iran out to be the bad guy but here we were exchanging arms with them why do you think the world is ok with that well because america is a hypocrisy do you think that the world knows that this is a hypothesis that you. i guess we know a little bit about it but sometimes i find us to be very naive and we are not really enough to wear over everything that's going on out there they were in a war with iraq so you know we we thought that they were they were the good relative good. in iraq was the you know the bad guys you know it's just the whole it's ridiculous if we change our definition of of who's good and who's bad to suit our needs when ever doesn't that kind of make good and bad relative and meaningless absolutely it's almost thirty years ago so there in thirty years someone can go from being an ally to an enemy well unfortunately that happens yeah so we should
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probably be more careful with whom we give arms to that is a very good old. savation but then again you never know which side of the regime you fall on when you support something on one of the issues of u.s. foreign policy is they've always picked sides which they did in vietnam they did it in other places sometimes they were successful sometimes they weren't whether or not people remember the iran contra scandal but the bottom line is the media thoroughly seems to have a selective memory that suits what every month that they'd like to promote. and plenty more still to come out this hour including al gore something you which of course will bring you the latest from london and let her a quick check of you in an hour an hour for studio to check out what's ahead so you know we are in the hall ways sage of the olympic games not so what's your verdict on team russia so far well if this was a school reporting no china team usa they would be russia would have to be a b.
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minus but i tell you what's there on a star in judo three gold medals and that is all that russia have at the moment have come and you know this particular one was silver on friday day seven six silver in all on friday so not a bad day at all including a brace of the silver gongs coming in the pool but i tell you what the second week of action is going to be pressuring russia to improve their tally we've got more on the up in iran in twenty minutes time in sport today plus all the rest of the day sporting action fantastic thank you so much here in looking forward to it and shortly we'll charge listening to you with the mother of the world's biggest whistleblower julian us that's right after the headlines in just a couple of months.
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