the latest news on the week's top stories a serious sees some of the heaviest fighting on the entire conflict the one stumbles and it's the setting with mediated coffee and not adding dads in. the trial of the russian un to putin punk group we see wrong and the violence and horrors of the responses from all around the world three members could spend up to seven years in prison for singing in the countries maybe it's a draw. down to the regime protests are gathering senescent the gulf region with two people killed in saudi arabia and dozens are arrested and injured in bahrain this week.

hello and welcome to all seeing twenty four hour news life for most of our with the latest news and every view of the week's events the first in syria hundreds of people have reportedly been killed this week in fierce fighting between government and rebel forces they battle for the country's most populated cities escalating with the insurgency making a crucial stunned they now claim to control more than heart of aleppo's district while assad throws more troops on tung said the frontline fresh fighting is also being reported in damascus where forty eight iranian pilgrims have allegedly been kidnapped by rebels international peace efforts have suffered a setback after a mediator coffee and none threw in the towel while the u.n. general assembly has clams the security council for failing to unite to solve the conflict and a journalist a new clogged believes the framework for peace is being intentionally. coke and i was worked hard as we tried to bring. peace to syria but unfortunately being

undermined every step of the way by the western powers basically don't want to see a peaceful solution to this crisis we can't really understand what's going on until we realize that struck to russia and trying to help police if you think back to point one of these peace plan was that there would be a syrian led solution to this crisis what of the west but they backed rebels all the way along the key players in all of this of the us and it's our eyes because they're the ones stoking the fires you know we had a vote back in february for a democratic constitution syrian sense you're smoking yes to the free elections that were made so there is a framework for solving this peaceably we don't need violence or there's no reason but of course america wants a violent regime change all they care about is to present a sad that's what's causing the bloodshed so let's make no mistake about this you know the responsibility for the bunch and that's going on now the tragedy lies with the u.s. and its allies. they've made whole surrounding the conflict is also full swing

western media outlets have racing to blame damascus for the lion's share of the killing while often turning a blind eye to rebel atrocities such inconsistency rated some syrians as a kind of boycott reports. or seeing a story joining the camp when a japanese journalist travelling with syrian rebels converted to islam it wasn't just his old name he abandoned. but for those around him he still being someone who 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 aired packages from the syrian frontlines all detailing the plight of those fighting the government and while the regime is always pinned down to boys who use

of force against the militants this 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 when asked 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. but you don't. know what this is no first time i've been able to come to syria you know you might want to before you do you don't have a visa. we've been waiting for a visa you know sort of there will be. the usual claim that the syrian government doesn't love. western reporters into the country is not accurate currently there

are around eighty foreign media outlets accredited in syria a sizable number of them european or american but their dispatches on not always welcome to tall christiane sun is an independent belgian writer. and you want to bring a certain about syria. if. they use a photo 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 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 politico but syria is once again a special case and this bloody conflict was to media rarely polls conciliation

a political dialogue rather it's for arming the rebels and for the war also known as freedom fighter to go on a kind of like artsy reporting from syria. coming up here one are seeing a few minutes another new trend. it's not to know who is your enemy but rather the politicians who are at the wheel of the country that will have these kind of anti immigrant i'm going germany and investigate a water behind. last extradition or asylum and the fate of the we can leaks added to julian assange chung's in the balance with critics saying you are supporting secretly leaving him in limbo and out of the norm this story coming up in about five minutes here on our c. three members of the russian female punk group who see a riot went on trial on monday for staging an anti putin stunt on the capital's main cathedral in february hearings last of all week before being adjourned for the weekend aussies jacob greaves reports throughout the course of the week this trial

and its proceedings have been somewhat dominated by the prosecution they've mainly been having the opportunity to call witnesses to the stand test and he's been very emotional much of the time. been involving those who are witnessing the events that date back to fair bring price a bit the show the so-called home prayer now it was politically motivated but it took place in a very sacred and religious sports the symbolic head of the russian orthodox church as such is offended many of the believers out of fairness have been very outspoken throughout the course of proceedings this week and six occasions called for the judge to be replaced on different grounds some of them including that they're pretty detention facilities the conditions of which they're being detained at the moment amounts allegedly to torture of being deprived food access to drinking water and sleep as well they also think the judge isn't allowing them is preventing them

from properly cross-examining the prosecution's witnesses so far in this trial so there's also the. of many human rights organizations international musicians as well calling for the release of pussy riot members and it's been some it's galvanized the international press and most lately we've heard from the president speaking out on this issue. this week i hope the court will rule with a just decision if the band let's say defiled a sacred place in israel they would have to cope with some tough guys there and would face difficulties from attempting to leave the country or 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 nevertheless i don't think we should judge them too strictly on them i hope they've made some important conclusions themselves anyway the final decision rests with the court. calling for some degree of leniency when

it comes to this trial and perhaps the most controversial part of it so far has been the potential prison sentence that could await these three defendants on charges of hooliganism that's potentially for seven years if the maximum sentence or to be handed out. and you can also follow up on the stories that dot com we've got plenty more store for you that includes thousands gathered for an anti-government protest in tel aviv on saturday night but it left open eyes is disappointed find out why and why. plus the white house scrambles to explain the latest data of broccoli gone nuts not while he was talking on the phone about a delicate international you should. have.

efforts on the soldier have been killed in a shootout between anti regime demonstrators antinomian the trial in south arabia is the latest violence in the country's qatif region that's home to minority shiite muslims who demand social reforms the opposition has been calling for an end to discrimination by the sunni minority since march last year and in neighboring bahrain x.-ms say dozens have been arrested after an evening by a clash that forty five people injured after security offices used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse protesters demanding political freedoms and an end to rule of rule and your political analyst patrick henningsen says the situation bahrain is being ignored because of french to u.s. interests in the gulf in bahrain what you have is a genuine uprising a genuine political movement a potential revolution boiling and it's being completely ignored for two reasons

the main reason is bahrain host the united states fifth naval fleet it's a very important strategic he's on the chessboard especially in terms of looking towards potential aggression against iran so as bahrain has a role family that completely of the society lock 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 the u.s. military presence in the country which they need 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 that so maybe hillary clinton should be having friends of bahrain meetings to help the bahraini people but 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. coming out of the all out of throwing money out of the window pointed out washington wasted and conned a turn for after catchin into reckon struct iraq and afghanistan. making a tough call of israelis who could find themselves called up for the army of risk being branded as straight. former top spanish judge who is now representing julian a son has said he has information to suggest proceedings and washington are advancing to have his client extradited for spilling u.s. secrets asylum fears he will face torture and even execution it departed and his lawyer believes the case is politically motivated the wiki leaks editor it's a graphic and ecuador's embassy in london over six weeks ago breaking his bail terms to request asylum is wanted in sweden of

a sex crime legations which he denies is has there a pretext to hand him over to the u.s. to face trial of a leading secret cables meanwhile the whistleblowers mother christina sound dramatic was present on wednesday i should hope the country's decision will not be influenced by internal pressure and in an exclusive interview she told r.t. proud of her son and supports him. truly. one is the mother of course i wish she'd never done nothing but as a citizen of a business to go with he lives. to. the world about the abuses of corruption. extortion. torture. and all involved in the big financial institutions of course is my son. and you can watch of his exclusive interview with christina in our web site where she's asked and activist and journalist don't devolve

believes assad has correctly taken his time to weigh of washington's plans. well they're not interested in questioning him they're interested in you know obtaining control of his person and i think he correctly assesses that that's so he can be forwarded to the united states the process that's being used to bring into the united states is a ready fraudulent those who are whistleblowers have come under particular attack from this administration from the obama administration in fact much greater attack than even the bush administration was able to muster and was so blowers earlier so the outlook is not good for us on as one of the preeminent whistleblowers of our time this country in general is hostile to the idea of free speech and particularly disclosure of state secrets particularly when they reveal that the government has been doing illegal things so i don't think that the prospects for a fair trial are very good at all. right so far right nationalist movements and

policies have blossomed in germany along with an upsurge in the toxin immigrants nationwide and it's a it's linked to the growing number of foreign workers being attracted to europe's economic powerhouse but is petone of reports germans should have more reasons to be angry at their own government. this sleepy town in saxony seems i however even here right wing extremists have made life hell for people who came to this country to set up businesses mohammed came to this town in the east of germany from pakistan to open a pizzeria he and those working for him suffered abuse and attacks would be hands of local views on bible is over every time we called the police and the police came every time we called them but until now they haven't found anyone they threaten to kill us and now we have a real fear that we cannot continue like this anymore the pizzeria is now closed

after the last attack in early may mohammed explained to me how a group aged between eighteen and twenty five gathered outside the shop near closing time they broke windows and taunted the terrified staff telling them to go home a small explosive device was detonated which fortunately didn't cause any injuries but means the pizzeria is having to undergo an expensive refit. the country saw a rise in extremist violence after reunification in one thousand eight hundred nine followed by an economic slump in the east which caused people to look to the far right and the fascist campaign as a warning that juju europe's current financial predicament we could see a similar rise again our d. is a problem i think today we have facing developments in the old part of the germany a lack of jobs leads to helplessness and despair which are the main ingredients the trend is young handsome flour right ideology but there is

a belief among activists down the issue of right wing extremism is being ignored by large numbers of the german people go education is in that part of this problem the need citing as a how to pay more attention to it that there needs to be more options for cultural integration especially for young people. germany's far right national democratic party or in p d that faced calls for them to be banned from politics the n.p.t. say that they are be imminently opposed to any organization carrying out violent attacks and are working with young people to try and educate them i mean don't loiter our message to young people who come to our seminars is that it's not the kabab center who is your enemy but rather the politicians who are at the wheel of the country however those words won't reopen mohammed pizzeria his isn't the only business in this town to face this type of attack. i came here seven years ago from vietnam and i've been targeted twice used throwing rocks through my windows right

as even germany's robust economy starts to really feel the pinch of the eurozone crisis there are concerns that we could see a further rights and social problems in the country areas. peter all over. jenny for. us all to say more than two hundred million dollars all wasted by washington on their police training program in iraq the money was used to build two facilities in the post conflict country a bus ended up being and wanted there revelations at a recent notice reports that suggest of billions they have gone out of the window during their records fraction of iraq officials admitted a precise amount lost to fraud and waste can never be known i get another report from vale's that hundreds of millions are also being squandered on rebuilding and another country the us invaded afghanistan and antiwar activists jason did says washington's quick to spend money abroad with little consideration. in afghanistan

we've got the same problems we have and iraq but we also have the problems of government corruption being much worse throwing money at it with very little idea where it's going to go or if those programs are going to be successful is it is just a recipe for that money being stolen or wasted or just disappearing a lot of these programs that just sort of get added ad hoc to say the occupation in iraq or the occupation in afghanistan the administration will come up with something that they think is the reason why the war isn't going so well and they'll throw some money at that and very rarely do they ever consider if that program is even needed or wanted so hundreds of millions of dollars go wasted. and some other news in brief for you this hour or so side bombing at a funeral has left at least twenty five people dead and dozens injured in yemen southern city of jar the target reportedly targeted at local militia men who had

been siding with the army during their fansub against al qaeda insurgents and this year the blasts came only hours after a u.s. drone attack killed five suspected members of the islamist militant group and the country's east. egypt's president mohamed morsi has praised the army for its role in the run up to his presidency in his speech before hundreds of the military council his words mark an attempt to compromise with the military which took control after the ousting of president mubarak last year the trials to hold legislative rights and powers to draft the country's constitution which they granted themselves just hours after the presidential elections in may. at least two new zealand soldiers and two security officials have been killed in central afghanistan the new zealand troops have arrived on the scene to assist local security forces engaged in shootout with suspected insurgents this comes a day after they are going to parliament passed

a vote of no confidence in the country's defense and interior ministers lawmakers blame the government or multiple security slips in the country. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in africa for an eleven day marfan across the continent which kicked off on tuesday in senegal promoting democracy values and washington's commitment to partnerships with african nations war highlighted as the key as the key objections so many analysts believe washington's concern over china's growing influence on the continent is actually pushing the obama administration towards action clinton warned of the consequences of striking foreign business deals that take advantage of the continent's vast natural resources while she never directly mentioned the asian economic giant in her statements beijing was quick to head by saying it's none of washington's business that still the pan african newswire are the yama as a key words as the secretary of state made it blatantly clear who she was driving

at. when hillary clinton went to africa last year she expressed some trepidation about the growing relationship between africa and the people's republic of china but it appears as if most of the states in africa have a very positive view of the burgeoning relationships between the african states and china and i think this is something that's very very frustrating for the united states the u.s. has been heavily dependent upon all that comes from various parts of africa there has been huge discoveries just recently both all and natural gas in east africa off the coast of east africa and these of course opera vidame new opportunities for the people's republic of china to enter into economic partnerships with africa and because of the economic crisis in the united states it's going to pose a challenge to the u.s. state department i don't believe that hillary clinton is going to be successful and

discouraging this growing relationship between africa and china in fact she may bring about some resentment for involving herself in the internal affairs of africa and africa as a relationship with china. arab israelis have been exempt from having to serve in the israeli defense forces could not find themselves a summons to the military of those eager to join the forces risked being branded as traitors as aussies porous airports a monument to israel's fallen look more closely and you will see many of the names are of arab soldiers fighters who joined an army that many of the bridge one here call the enemy. but in meetings like this across the country the mood is changing most arab israelis are saying no to being drafted into the israeli defense forces the issue is up for debate as israel reviews current military draft laws that allow orthodox jews and arabs to avoid national service. the israeli military wants to

make a serve not because they need us because we want to control the arab state of mind and divide us. in time for the army generals who call a party in ages and against whom will they fight against our arab and palestinian brothers. but remarkably some arabs actually choose to serve in the last two years those volunteering for the i.d.f. doubled to four hundred. i volunteered because this is my home where and i don't have another land and i live here and so i feel it's my responsibility to contribute to the country that people write about them let their supers two brothers also serve in the idea if it means their family has been branded a traitor is people who have sold out to the enemy for money i'm not a traitor i am an israeli arab i think it's high time that the arabs of israel shoulders some of the responsibility and volunteer for the army i'm not saying

there's no races no deprivation but still me a country that's perfect. the i.d.f. is working hard to recruit from the ranks of the country's one and a half million arabs one of the recruiters is colonel ram is made from the druze minority. when the i.d.f. is composed of the full spectrum of israeli citizens it becomes a more moral army but the issue of culture is very significant we are so cool disconnecting these soldiers from their culture and immersing them in another culture which is israeli integration is difficult. but the voices of criticism from within the arab community are loud not in a shift says the i.d.f. is an occupying force and those arabs who choose to serve in it cross the line you cannot ask me to serve them better then why are you going to ask me i mean doesn't go like this over for their forthcoming sees a. bad thing to do or not the press here with the tal nor say to expire on august the first arab israelis and ultra-orthodox jews who until now have been

exempt from military service may find themselves forced to do so regardless of their beliefs each israeli prime minister has said to the arab community first serve in the army and then you will be treated as equals but arab israelis are asked what kind of equality is it when regardless of whether they serve in the army or not israeli jews will always be more equal than them. r.t. tell of of. the back with a recap of today's news on this week's top stories after a very short.

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