this is why you should watch only on the algae dog god. the latest news on the week's top stories in syria be decisive battle for aleppo is escalating as international peace efforts kumble with mediate a copy are not heading for the exit at. the trial of the russian punk group received prior to a box a chorus of responses from all around the world it's remembers could spend up to seven years in prison called the filming and to put in a stunt in the country's main cathedral. turned out immersion prozac i gather it was in the gulf region where two people killed in saudi arabia and dozens are resident dangerous in bahrain earlier this week. this is all she coming to live. with the latest news and their review of the week's

events in syria hundreds of people have reportedly been killed this week in fierce fighting between government and rebel forces there vassal for the country's most populated cities escalating with the insurgency making a crucial stand they now claim to control more than half of the lebanese districts while assad's foes more troops on tyneside the front line fresh writings also being reported in damascus where forty eight iranian pilgrims have allegedly been kidnapped by the rebels international peace efforts have suffered a setback after a mediator coffee and none three in the towel while the un general assembly passed a resolution that slammed the security council for failing to you nice to solve the conflict and journalist patrick hayes believes the country is behind the motion are pursuing a shortsighted agenda. 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 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. harvey elements there are a lot of people who the west would not like to be 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's assad has become this bogeyman just like it actually before him and they just see we need to

get rid of him and everything will be ok it's a naive approach that will do no hope no help at all. with the syrian death toll mounting but signs are increasingly forced to bolster their ranks with inexperienced and immature feiss that many of the young blooded recruits had still willing to die for the cause expecting to be glorified as martyrs as example like reports young minds burning hearts bad blood while the syrian conflict often comes across as a power struggle of grown man on the ground many of those who fight and die in their late teens early twenty's. this group of f.s.a. snipers operates in a deserted town forty kilometers southwest of homes twice a day to god to shell a syrian army checkpoint nearby omar's twenty three he left his family in dubai to join the uprising. to support the young fighters and to feel their pain and to

experience what very experiencing on the ground and to help with the operation. while their weapons are becoming more sophisticated if you are good at handling them most say they want to become martyrs and their dads help recruit their younger brothers. but those they're aiming at are not much older but a military hospital in damascus a week long supply of coffins has been used in the past in forty eight hours while the syrian authorities do you know it really is military just so all indications are that over the past few months it has increased dramatically here in damascus main military hospital soldiers and officers just the last two days. and the beginning of the uprising the soldiers were laid to rest to the sounds of a solemn march but if you days ago a military band was ambushed now the burials are conducted in silence and then

bollock nineteen year old he is an army conscript who is tasked with putting bodies into conference he was working in his uncle small shop in aleppo before being drafted a year ago. no i am not afraid to die i would do all that to be in the place of my fallen comrades and to become a martyr defending my country it's every man's duty. another nineteen year old lies in a coffin just a few steps away he was the victim of a sniper near homs but unlike many in syria his father and uncle are not calling for revenge. we just want peace. jesus all the prophets calls for peace we need it. marching them has long been glorified in muslim countries but it's also one of the reasons why the conflict in syria has been so protracted and sold deadly when the youngsters profess readiness to die for their cause they usually even more ready to kill for it. r.t.

damascus syria. and coming after you here are to get minutes and ugly trent. who is your enemy brother the politicians who are at the wheel of the country so i will look at this spike of anti immigrant i'm going to germany and investigate what's behind. extradition or asylum the fate of the wiki leaks. is in the balance with critics saying the u.s. secrecy leads him in limbo find out more on this story coming up in about five minutes here on. three members of the russian female punk group you see riot went on trial on monday for staging an anti putin stunt in the capital's main cathedral in february hearings last week before being a drunk for the weekend his jacob grieves now 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 and testimonies been very emotional much of the time fusion been involving those who are witnessing the events that date back to favoring price a view to feature the so-called home prayer how it was politically motivated but it took place in a very sacred and religious spots the symbolic head of the russian orthodox church as such it offended many of the believers out of fairness have been very outspoken throughout the course of proceedings this week they first and six occasions called for the judge to be are placed on different grounds some of them including that their detention facilities the conditions of which they're being detained at the moment amounts allegedly to torture i mean the price of 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 this issue attracted the r. 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. as well i hope the court will rule with her just decision if the bond let's say defiled a sacred place in israel they would have to cope with some tough guys there are many of them would face difficulties from attempting to leave the country was 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. nevertheless 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 will get a bit lonely in a sense she calling for some degree of leniency when it comes 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 were to be handed out. and you can also follow up on the stories that are plenty more in store for you there including thousands gathered for an anti-government protest in tel aviv on saturday night but it left organizers disappointed find out why. the white house scrambles to explain the latest spate of braga obama stopped while he was talking on the phone about how delicate internationally she so go to detail.

a protester under soldier have been killed in a shootout between anti regime demonstrators and an army patrol in saudi arabia is the latest violence in the country's qatif region that's home to a minority a shiite muslims who demand social reforms the opposition has been putting their hands to discrimination by these sunni monarchies since march last year and a neighboring bahrain accident say dozens have been arrested after an evening riot on thursday the clash left forty five people injured after security officers used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse protesters demanding political freedoms and then to royal rule and human rights activist siad hardy on a sour week so the nation's government closes its signs to the real concerns of the people the problem the authorities always try to change the subject and saying there is a way by only additions crimes against them. while you are on the other hand there are a buy only thing the. trying to. live alone again

is that people are saying that they are trying to control the security of the country the problem but they don't listen to the opposition demands they don't looking forward to the. a real dialogue. truthful dialogue let's say they are trying to disappear from this angle because of the violations against human rights is the politics issues which is. domination of all the. strictest of of liberties like judicial authority and so it's going to be. the others. coming out the art of throwing money out of the window find out much washington wasted and can't account for after cash to reconstruct iraq and afghanistan.

the former top spanish judge who's now representing julian assange has said he has information to suggest the proceedings in washington are advancing to have his client extradited for spilling u.s. secrets a son's fears he will face torture and even execution if deported and his lord believes the case is politically motivated that we can leave said ascetic refuge in ecuador's embassy in london over six weeks ago breaking his bail terms to request asylum is wanted in sweden our sex crime allegations which he denies he says they are a pretext to hand him over to the u.s. to face trial over leaking secret cables meanwhile the whistleblowers mother christina's son met ecuador's president on wednesday who assured her the country's decision will not be influenced by external pressure and in an exclusive interview she told r.t. that he wants politicians that still gunning for revenge a we collect painful revelations. from the beginning. from the u.s.

from politicians and from. news commentary this was screaming out for his mood in the most brutal while they seem to be. built up at all and how they would feel like. calling out for the brutal force of murder is such a move against my son and still in the last few weeks there's been folks who say it is integrity because fox news who paid the balance who was screaming at julian six a commission this is somebody who is not right in the world and has done nothing more than any good investigative journalist would do just to be untrue to one is one very big water hole. and you can watch his exclusive interview with christina sanction our website homeland. lawyer jennifer robinson says america's given no indication they're not interested in prosecuting him even though it could be done easily. we have requested the a straight in government to ask the very same assurances that we're now seeing

ecuador ask in accordance with their obligations in investigating the political asylum application but it is a great shame this is to my knowledge the first time in history than a straight in citizen has sought refuge with a foreign government because our government refused to take the action which was legally possible for a government to take many suspect that there is an existing sealed indictment for joy and that they are simply waiting for the appropriate time to exercise it was to implement that indictment as a matter of u.s. law as a criminal offense to reveal the existence of a sealed indictment but what the u.s. government has not done and which is available to them that if they are not interested as the us ambassador states then it would be a simple matter for the u.s. attorney general to state explicitly to confirm that the criminal investigation is over and that no charges will be laid and no extradition request would be made but they have so far failed to do so. so far right nationalist movements and parties have blossomed in germany along with an out surge in attacks on in the grounds nationwide analysts say it's linked to the growing number of foreign workers being

attracted to europe's economic powerhouse but as all she's pieces are all of the 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 and those working for him suffered abuse and attacks would be hands of local views on police 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 jus to europe's current financial predicament we could see a similar rise again i would these are popular today we have basic 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 that there is a belief among activists down the issue of right wing extremism is being ignored by large numbers of the german people. 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. for young people. germany's far right national democratic party all in p d the faced calls for them to be banned from politics the n.p.t. say that they'll 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 and whether those words words 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 throwing rocks through my windows. as even germany's robust economy starts to really feel the pinch of the eurozone

crisis there are concerns that we could see a nice and social problems in the country is. peter all over. us all to say more than two hundred million dollars were wasted by washington on a police training program in iraq the money was used to build two facilities in the post conflict country but both ended up being awarded by baghdad they revelations as to recent report that suggested billions were spent in vain or went missing during the record struction of iraq officials admit the precise amount lost to fraud and waste can never be known and huge sums are reportedly also being squandered on rebuilding ever building another country the u.s. invaded afghanistan and antiwar activists jason dead says washington's quick to spend money abroad without thinking. 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. some other world news in brief for you this hour a suicide bombing at a funeral has left at least twenty five people dead and dozens injured in yemen southern city of jaar that target reportedly targeted a local militia loner who had been siding with the army during their offensive 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 in 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 troops and the military council and his words mark an attempt to compromise with the military which took control after the ousting of president mubarak last year the general still holds legislative rights and powers to draft the country's constitution which they granted themselves just hours after their 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 out of the argand parliament passed a vote of no confidence in the country's defense and interior minister lee's makers blame the government for multiple security it slips in the country. the u.s.

secretary of state hillary clinton is in africa for an eleven day marson across the continent which kicks off on tuesday in cynical promoting democratic values and washington's commitment to partnerships with african nations were highlighted as the key objectives many analysts believe washington's can sound of a child is crying influence on the continent and more sanctioning pushing the obama administration towards action clinton wants still the consequences of want the consequences of. stricken foreign business deals that striking rather i should say business deals that have advantage on the continent's vast natural resources while she never directly mentions the asian economic giant in her statements beijing was quick to head back sanction on washington's business the editor of the pan-african news wire and they know me as a kiwi secretary of state made it blankly clear who she was trying at one hour 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 of 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 depended upon all that comes from various parts of africa there has been huge discoveries just recently both. in east africa off the coast of east africa and these of course are providing new opportunities for the people's republic of china to enter into economic partnership with africa 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. the dark days of apartheid that is discrimination of the black population in south africa will soon be remembered only from history books but twenty years on so the system of the race division was over to over throw some of the country's minority white population and feel the longing for the battle for human rights has gone too far leading to reverse discrimination fall asleep investigate 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 feels like everybody forgot their barriers. all to as one of a growing number of we can't stop africans living a hop skip and a jump from sleeping on the streets who will be positions amount to

a bed and some clothes the rest are handouts from charities and churches sometimes she goes without food for days. always rises was the girl. stuff like that. is the place for words when south africa held its first democratic elections eighteen years ago it marked the end of the prostate separation between whites and blacks it 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 speaking 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 claws created by the system in south africa and

that created innocence sorry five 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 chests 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 to work then go to a place to go they've got nothing nothing 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 alter from start and it is a depressing come down all she can see in the land of her birth is a door slamming in her face forever i don't know what is going to happen to my little war your goals. for us anymore except the hope that one day a door will open instead of slam policy r.t. krugersdorp south africa. this is aussie and i'll bring you the headlines after

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