latest news on the week's top stories in sea where the decisive battle for aleppo is escalating as international peace activists stumble with media take coffee and heading for bags at. the trial of a russian punk group received ride a chorus of responses from all round the world the three members because and up to seven years in prison for performing in unto putin stunned in the country's main cathedral. the regime crowds had started gathering also in the gulf region will saudi arabia squatted down on protesters claiming more lives plus dozens more arrested and injured in clashes in bahrain this week.

this is coming to you live from moscow i mean you know shapovalov with the latest news and a 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 the basle for the country's most populated city is escalating with insurgents making a crucial stand and i'll claim to control more than half of aleppo as district while our stop throws more troops on tung said the frontline pressure fighting is 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 mediated coffee and not through in the towel while the un general assembly passed a resolution that slams the security council for failing to unite to solve the conflict and journalist neil clogged believes the framework for peace is being intentionally undermined. as we tried to bring peace to syria but

unfortunately undermined it every step of the way by western powers because we don't want these. to this crisis we can't really understand what's going on until we realize that struck to russia and china. if we think back to point one of his peace plan was that there would be a syrian led solution to this crisis what of the west backed rebels all the way along the key plays. of the u.s. and its allies because there won't stoke the fires you know we had a vote back in february for a democratic constitution syria censorious vote yes to free elections that were elections so there is a framework to solve this peacefully we don't need violence you there's no reason but of course america wants college and 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 bloodshed that's going on now the tragic bloodshed lies with the u.s. and its allies with the syrian death toll mounting both sides are increasingly

forced to bolster their ranks with inexperienced and in much of franks's but many of the young blood that recruits still willing to die for the cause expecting to be glorified as nonces as on a point come 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 are in their late teens early twenty's. this group of snipers operates in a deserted town forty kilometers south west of homes twice a day to god to shell a syrian army checkpoint near by omar's twenty three he left his family in dubai to join their prizing. to support the young fighters and to feel their pain and to experience was very experiencing on the ground and to help with the operation. while their weapons are becoming more sophisticated if you are good at handling. 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 at a military hospital in damascus a week long supply of coffins has been used in boston forty eight hours while the syrian authorities do you know it really is an illiterate 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. in the beginning of the uprising these soldiers were laid to rest through the sounds of a storm in march but if you days ago a military band was. now the burial site conducted in silence and then. nineteen year old who is an army conscript was tasked with putting bodies into conference it was working in his uncle small shop in alaska before being drafted a year ago. no i am not afraid to die. to be in the place of my fallen comrades and

to become a martyr defending my country and its every man's duty yet 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 and harmony jesus all the prophets calls for peace we need it. martyrdom 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. artsy damascus syria says r.c. and coming up here lace are another trend. it's not the bomb center who is your enemy but rather the politicians who are at the wheel of the country when

they have these like of i'm taking the ground and got in germany and investigate what's behind a. class extradition or asylum the fatal that we can exhibit a jew there are sometimes in the balance with critics saying the u.s. secrecy leads him to find out what the story coming up in about five minutes time. three members of the russian female punk group who see a riot went on trial in monday for staging an anti putin stunt in the capital's main cathedral in february hearings and lasted all week before being adjourned for the weekend jake greaves 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 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 view to be sure this so-called home prayer now is 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 not offenders have been very outspoken throughout the course of proceedings this week they flew in six occasions called for the judge to be are placed on different grounds some of them including the detention facilities the conditions of which they're being detained at the moment amounts allegedly to torture of being a prostitute 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 tragedy are of many human rights organizations international business. as well calling for the release of pussy riot members has been some it galvanized the international press

and most lately we've heard from the president speaking out on this issue. this week i hope the court to rule with a just decision is more if the bond let's say defiled a sacred place in israel that you're going to have to cope with some tough guys there and the other one will do things difficulties in attempting to leave

political risk it's call on this patrick henningsen says the situation in bahrain is being gnawed because of entrenched 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 in board 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 central aggression against iran so as bahrain has

a role family the clique of society locked 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 alp post 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. and coming up later they all tell throwing money out of the wind find out how much washington wasted and kind of the current for a second hunching and reconstructing iraq and afghanistan. also later learn about

the misfortunes of the whites minority in south africa have today become the surprise victims of the known for one of hostile. they form a top spanish judge has now representing truth and a sound has said he has information to suggest proceedings in washington are advancing to have his client extradited for spending u.s. secrets fears he will face torture and even execution if you deported under his know it believes the case. as politically motivated there wiki leaks at the and i quote it was and the same london over six weeks ago breaking his bail terms to request asylum and he's wanted a sweden over sex crime allegations which he denies he says they are a pretext to hand him over to the us to face trial over leaking secret cables meanwhile the whistleblowers mother christina sound that ecuador's president on wednesday who assured her the country's decision will not be influenced by external

pressure and an exclusive interview she told r.t. that's u.s. politicians are still gunning for a french over we can explain for revelations. from the beginning. from the us from politicians and from. news commentary. screaming out his name in the most brutal way. they seem to be. built up all on how they would feel like. calling out to the full force of moving in so much to move against my son and still in the last few weeks there's been folks use this in turn because fox news who had the most violent who was screaming at julian six commission this is somebody who is not cool and he's done nothing more than including this egregious with to be an excuse for his wife doing a waterfall and you can watch all these exclusive interview with christina songs on our website aussie dot com and antiwar activists and journalists don't do bar

believes are saunders correctly taking his time to weigh up washington splat. 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 him to the united states is a ready for what 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 on whistleblowers earlier so the outlook is not good for a songe 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 so right nationalist movements and policies have

blossomed in germany along with an upsurge in attacks on immigrants nationwide artists a link to the growing number of foreign workers being attracted to europe's economic powerhouse but as one of a report with germans should have more reasons to be angry at the government. this sleepy town in saxony seems idyllic 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. suffered abuse and tax at the hands of local view on a moment by police 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 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. 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 only part of this problem of 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 n p d a faced calls for them to be banned from politics the n.p.t. say that they are vehemently 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's 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 to a good choice used during routes through my window. my eyes even germany's robust economy starts to really feel the pinch of the eurozone crisis there were concerns that we could see a good the goings and social problems in the country right here is. the jewel of the. general. us order to say more than two hundred million dollars were wasted by washington on a police training program in iraq the money was used to bills to facade this is in the post complex country but both ended up unwanted by the current the revelations aren't a recent report that suggested billions was spent invading a went missing during the records functional iraq officials have made say precise amount to fold and waste cannot have been a huge sums are reportedly also being squandered on rebuilding and not the country the us invaded afghanistan and i'm due arcsin is jason day it says washington is

quick to spend money abroad without sinking. in afghanistan we've got the same problems we have an 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 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 is going so well and they'll throw some money at that and very rarely do they ever consider it if that program is even needed or wanted so hundreds of millions of dollars go wasted. and some other news and very for you this hour a suicide bombing at a funeral has left at least forty two people dead and more than thirty injured in yemen southern city of jar that tucker reportedly told is

a local militia man who had been siding with the army during that dance of against al qaida insurgents 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 his words malkan attempts to compromise with the military which took control after the ousting of president mubarak last year the general still hold legislative rights and powers to draft the country's constitution which they granted themselves just hours after the presidential elections in may. that leads to new zealand soldiers on two security officials have been killed in central afghanistan the new zealand troops had arrived on the scene to assist local security forces and gauge the shootout with suspended 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 for multiple security slips in the country. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in africa for eleven day martin across the continent which kicked off on tuesday in sinegal promoting democratic values and washington's commitment to partnerships with african nations were highlighted as the key objectives many analysts believe washington is concerned that china's growing influence on the continent is also actually pushing the obama administration towards action clinton warned of the consequences of striking foreign business deals to take advantage of africa's vast natural resources while she never directly mentions the asian economic giant in her statements beijing was quick to hit back saying it's not the washington's business that's so the pan african news why are they your me as a key ways the secretary of state made it blatantly clear who she was drugged. when

they're a little girl and went to africa last year she expressed some trepidation about the relationship between africa and the people's republic of charter but it appears as of most of the. 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. natural gas in east africa off the coast of east africa and these of course are providing you 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. the dark days of apartheid and its discrimination of the black population in south africa will soon be remembered only from history books but twenty years on so the system of they have raised division was over us right some of the countries minority white population and feel they longed for human rights has gone too far leading to a vast discrimination rest again. once the color of all to start and skill was the key to the good life here and now she is merely part of another forgotten face of the new south africa white homeless and unemployed. feels like everybody forgot about us all to is one of a growing number of african south 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 race to hand out some charities and churches sometimes she goes without food for days. there are always prizes was the. drawer since stuff like that it's now just walk into a place there's no got forwards when south africa held its first democratic elections eighteen years ago it marked the end of apartheid separation between whites and blacks but what was once it was black people in this country who were discriminated against today it's white south africans who 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 afrikaner 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 money. created by the system in south africa.

created. even for people since one thousand nine hundred forty 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 many many many many. grandfathers and grandmothers was against. and they were staying. 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 there and lot of work go to a place to go they've got. nothing that's why the. 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 the start and it is a depressing comedown all she can see in the land of her birth is a door slamming in her face forever. the mother the war your girls. i mean this now i'll put ice in a more. except the hope that one day a door will open instead of slam. krugersdorp south africa.

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