the latest news on the week's top stories in syria the decisive bonce upper level is escalating as international peace out that stumbled with a mediator can't be anon heading for the exit. the trial of the russian punk group to see a riot about a chorus of responses from all around the world the three members could spend up to seven years in prison for performing an anti brutal stunt on the country's main cathedral. and the regime brought out a gathering if it wasn't the gulf region with saudi arabia's crown down on protesters claiming more lives by the dozens were arrested at the injured in clashes in bahrain this week.

hello and welcome to r.t. twenty four hour news live from moscow. with the latest news and a review of the week's events in syria hundreds of people have reportedly been killed this week in the fierce fighting between government and rebel forces the battle for the country's most populated city is escalating with the insurgents making a crucial stand they now claim to control more than half of aleppo's districts while assad throws more troops some time said the front line fresh writings also being reported in damascus where forty eight year reign pogroms have allegedly been kidnapped by the rebels the regime has been blamed for multiple massacres but this week a leader the video portrays the one side of the story tries to rebel gunmen executing several captured assad supporters by a fiery hundreds of bullets at them from point blank range john this at the escobar says the footage paints a gruesome prospect for syria without the current regime. i received this video as well from a source you know not. arabica dead then i ask where it's from is lation this it

was a very clan this is a very important gland in norse and all it will and some of them do were executed in cold blood this is what this soon a half minute video shows in fact this is an extended gland they have like twenty tiles and brothers sisters the extended family clan tribe you know so this means that all these people is steadily being recruited to the opposition now they will be fighting the opposition because they are being executed in cold lot and this explains among other things why christians all over syria now are taking up arms to defend themselves go because they know that if there is a falls assad called by sunni hard core elements the including some of the jihad just this is what's going to happen they're going to be protected minorities and at the moment they are protected minority to some of the assad government the formation or surrounding the conflict is also in full swing western media outlets

are racing to blame to muskets for the lion's share of the canning while often turning a blind eye to rebel actresses who are such inconsistency has infuriated some syrians as a kind of like of reports. i shudder i know pursuing a story and 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 reports in the conflict he became one of the. 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 of the rebels is almost the norm for many reporting to the world in the past week of coverage c.n.n. has the earth five packages from the syrian frontlines all detailing the plight of those fighting the government and while the regime is always come down to for its use of force against the militants 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 often ask 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 glossed over. to their feelings as it was you know what this is no first time i've been able to come to syria you know you might want to get away before you don't have a visa. we've been waiting for a visa you know you're sort of there with you can come to syria and get these are the usual claim that the syrian government doesn't let western reporters into the country is not accurate currently there are around eighty foreign media outlets

accredited in syria a sizeable number of them european or american but there dispatches are not always welcomed at home christiane sun is an independent belgian writer. and they want to bring a certain picture about syria. evoking. the use of photoshop or selective editing is hardly a new invention the war wars has long become a cliche but in syria one sided coverage keeps the war going and shooting for t.v. really kills. journalism schools not longer teach their students to be objective it's considered impossible rather they're told to strive for balance and integrity and to put humanistic values above political but syria is once again a special case in this bloody conflict was to media rarely calls for reconciliation or political dialogue rather it's for arming the rebels and for the war also known

as freedom fight to go on a summer break r.t. reporting from syria and coming up here on our scene a few minutes and ugly trend. it's not sure who is your enemy but rather the politicians who are at the wheel of the country. these spike of anti immigrant journey and investigate walls behind it. plus extradition or us the fate of the we can least editor do that a function hangs in the balance with critics saying u.s. secrecy leaves him in limbo and find out more on the story coming up in about five minutes. three members of the russian female punk group pussy riot went on trial on monday for staging an arm to protest stunt in the capital's main cathedral in hearings that lasted all week before being adjourned for the weekend has taken 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. being involving those who are witnessing the events that date back to fair bring crocs a bit to be sure the 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 it offended many of the believers not offenders have been very outspoken throughout the course of proceeding. this week they first 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 i mean to pry 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 there's also this issue attracted the honor 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 a just decision if the bond 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 with her to 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 even. 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 to be handed out. and you can also follow up on the stories that are c dot com we've got plenty more in store for you that including. thousands gathered for an anti-government protest in tel aviv on saturday night but it left organizers disappointed to find out why and why. and plus the white house a scrambles to explain the latest voter of barack obama's snap while you will stalking on the about a delicate international issue. that details. a

protester on the 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 minority shiite muslims who demand social reforms the opposition has been calling for an end to discrimination by the sunni monarchy since march last year and a neighboring bahrain activists say dozens have been arrested after an evening riot on thursday the clash left forty five evil angel it out the security officers used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse protesters demanding political freedoms and an end to roil rule and human rights activists say at. seven nations government closes its eyes to the real concerns of the. problem the authorities always try to change the subject and saying there is. only additions crimes against them. on the other hand there are the by only thing the.

trying to. live alone again is the people saying that they are trying to control the security of the country the problem they don't listen to the opposition demands. looking forward to about a real dialogue. truthful dialogue they are trying to disappear from this deal because of the violations against human rights is the politics issues which is more narrow. window mation of all the. strictest of all that it is like judicial authority so it's going to be. the others. this is. the art of throwing money out of the way find out how much washington waits and can't account for after

cashing in to reconstruct iraq and afghanistan. and making a tough call arab israelis who could find themselves called up for the obvious risk being branded as traitors. that's later but now these former top spanish judge who's now representing julian our son has said he has information to suggest proceedings in washington are advising to have his client extradited for spearing u.s. secrets fears he will face torture and even execution if deported and his lawyer believes the case is politically motivated we can mix edited to graph huge and ecuador's embassy in london over six weeks ago breaking his bail terms to request asylum he's wanted a sweden of a sex crime allegations which he denies and he says they are a pretext to hunt him up or to the u.s. to face trial over leaking secret cables you know while the whistle blowers mother christina songe met ecuador's president on wednesday assured the country's decision

will not be influenced by external pressure and in an exclusive interview she told r.t. she's proud of her son and supports him. we have one is the mother of course i don't know. but it is the students who believe this because he likes. to do is who will. keep. school. torture. and fraud involved in big financial institutions of course he's my son. and you can watch all these exclusive interview with christine arsalan our website and. 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 in 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 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. far right nationalist movements and past who have blossomed to germany along with an upsurge in attacks on immigrants nationwide and let's say it's linked to the growing number of foreign workers being attracted to

europe's economic powerhouse as peter all of appalls drivers should have more reason to be angry and 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 jus to europe's current financial predicament we could see a similar rise again i would these are popular model 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 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 and it 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 mahomet's pizzeria is 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. 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. germany. us ordered 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 unwanted by by the dad the revelations as to recent report that suggests of billions were spent and they went missing during they reckon struction of iraq officials admitted the precise amount lost of fraud and waste can never be known and huge sounds are reportedly also being squandered on rebuilding another country big u.s. invaded afghanistan and antiwar activists jason debt says what does quick to spend money abroad without thinking. in afghanistan we've got the same problems we have in 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 and briefly you this hour a suicide bombing at a funeral has left at least forty two people dead and more than four hundred in yemen some uncertainty over draw but turkey reports have they talked to local militia men who have been siding with beyond me during that fence against al qaida insurgents and the blasts came only arrows after a u.s.

drone attack killed four at suspected members of the islamist militant group in the country's east. troops president mohammed 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 market attempt to compromise with the military which took control after the ousting of president mubarak last year the generals still 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 had 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 for multiple security it slips in the country. and the rainbow

colored flags have been flying brightly in the capital of vietnam as hundreds that turned its first ever gay pride parade the demonstrators crossed the city in style on bicycles and motorcycles shouting slogans in support of gay marriage and this comes as the vietnamese ministry of justice proposed adding same sex couples to the country's marriage law legislation could make vietnam the first asian country to allow gay couples to join in matrimony and adopt children. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in africa for an eleven day martin across the continent which kicked off on tuesday in senegal promoting democratic values and washington's commitments to part two partnerships rather with african nations were highlighted as they can have checked so many analysts believe washington is concerned over china's growing influence on the continent it was actually pushing the obama administration towards action. because of course is

a striking foreign business dealings 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 head back saying it's none of washington's business and the editor of the pan-african news why are you only as a key reason as the secretary of state made it blatantly clear that she was driving at. 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 dependent 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 is 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's relationship with china. now arab israelis who's been exempt from having to serve in these really defense forces could now find themselves summoned to the military but those eager to join the forces or risk being branded as traitors as aussies policy of a pool. 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 their birth

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 is where we've used current military draft laws that allow orthodox jews and arabs to avoid national service and ask 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 will 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 the right of them led super's 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 becomes a more moral army but the issue of culture is very significant we are so-called disconnecting the soldiers from their culture and immersing them in another call. 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 that cross the line. of the world then why are you going to me i mean doesn't go like this a vast majority of our community sees the. thing to do. with the towel 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. television. and let's cross over to our very sporting enthusiasts you know neal to find out who his goal is still for us and that is in twenty

minutes and you know not exactly a day to write home about russia on saturday right no not a lot of glory on the day there was five medals there was three so over. gold one of the biggest talking points came in the tennis maria sharapova she has won every grand slam out there she was aiming to complete the golden set by winning a limp dick gold but i tell you what's really william said no no no not on my watch her up but having to settle for silver but as i said it was five it was the work twenty three goals are for grabs on the day russia not grabbing any of those so it's a case of must try harder i'll be here on fifteen minutes time with more it would be plain silly to miss it we're waiting for it you know thank you very much under shortly. if the concept of the good life is dying out in america first that every car line.

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indeed a very great danger to the servicemen concerned who were given no problem protection and to the people of this country generally because of radio like the fall of. the secrets of the u.k.'s nuclear tests exclaims.