today's news on the week's top stories the battle in stereo as the bulls and the regime fight for the country's second city hall the u.n. looks for a new peace envoy after vietnam stepped down. facing seven years for storming russia's main computer all through the trial of anton who in punk band pussy riot divides the country. and violent crackdown on anti-government protesters escalate then called states but the world staying silent on the involved running around rats.

and welcome to our teens the weekly on karen taraji here to get your sunday started off first with they have a fighting raging in syria's second city of aleppo between government and rebel forces it could prove decisive in the eighteen month conflict the syrian army's sending thousands more troops and artillery to the front line in damascus the government says it's pushed rebels from their last stronghold but sporadic clashes are ongoing on saturday forty eight iranian pilgrims were kidnapped in the syrian capital video shown by the all of the ravi a news channel allegedly shows a man identified as the abducted iranian surrounded by rebel fighters international peace efforts were thrown into turmoil this week when chief mediator kofi anon quit the u.n. then voted over well overwhelmingly to. demby syria violence but moscow called it

biased or only pressuring the regime tact journalist neil clark says the peace framework is being deliberately. trying 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 because we understand what's going on until we realize that struck to russia and china has to be simple because if you think back to point one of these peace plan was that there would be a syrian led solution to this crisis what would have the west been do they beat back the rebels all the way along the key plays in all of this 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 made so there is a framework to solve this peacefully we don't need violence you 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 bloodshed that's going on now the tragedy lies with the u.s. and its allies and that's unfolding on the streets of syria seemed to be laid bare on our t.v. screens but some facts on always match the headlines from many foreign outlets reports backing the rebels side of the story get top priority over balanced reporting. explains. pursuing a story and joining the camp when a japanese journalist traveling with syrian rebels converted to islam it wasn't just his old name he abandoned. most but for those around him he still being someone who reported to the conflict he became one of the few camera hanging places where i come back. the 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 weeks of coverage c.n.n. has the earth factor just from the syrian frontlines people all detailing the plight of those fighting began menace and while the regime is always pinned down to 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. 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 the satellite dishes or household commodity syrians do watch western coverage of the conflict and many feel that their concerns that fears their losses are intentionally. put to good feelings just because you know what this is no first time i've been able to come to syria you

know you might want to say before you don't have a visa. we've been waiting for a visa you know you're sort of there with them to get these are 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 sizeable number of them european or american but there dispatches are not always welcome to tall christiane is an independent belgian writer. and you want to bring a certain about syria. if. the use of force or selective editing is hardly a new invention the war war's 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 are told to strive for balance and integrity

and to put humanistic values above. but syria is once again a special case and this bloody conflict was to media rarely roles. political dialogue rather it's for arming the rebels and what they were also known as freedom fighter to go on a kind of like artsy reporting from syria on monday i moscow court began hearing the case of a russian female punk group pussy riot three women are being tried for staging an anti-porn stunt in the capital's main cathedral in february artistic of grievances following the trial that's dividing russian society. 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 she usually involving those who are witnessing the events of date back to fair bring price

a feature of the so called home prayer now as politically motivated but it took place in a very sacred and religious spots 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 if and six occasions called for the judge to be are placed on different grounds some of them including that their attention 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 art 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 are many of them could face difficulties from attempting to leave the country was ready for example they went to the caucuses and a 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 and i hope they've made some important conclusions themselves anyway the final decision rests with the court and we're going to get a bit lonely of who's 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 potentially for seven years if the maximum sentence to be handed out. and

still ahead for you this hour why derma nice going to extremes. it's not who is your enemy but rather the politicians were the country later we look at the spike in anti immigrant anger and europe's richest nation and investigate what's behind it. and clinton keeping a chat on china we look at what's really behind our secretary of state major tour of africa. crackdowns on anti regime protesters are gathering force in the gulf states demonstrators in saudi arabia and bahrain have been calling for an end to discriminations by the sunni monarchy for some eighteen months now a teenage protester and a soldier work killed in clashes in saudi arabia on friday it's the latest violence and the country's predominantly shiite region in bahrain dozens of equal rights

activists were injured as security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades out a video leaked online allegedly shows government mercenaries driving cars at demonstrators geo political analyst patrick henningsen says pa cranes are being ignored because it's a washington ally. in bahrain what you have is a genuine brazing a genuine political movement potential revolution. that is being completely ignored for two reasons the main reason is a reign posed the united states fifth naval sleet it's a very important strategic piece on the chessboard especially in terms of looking towards potential aggression against iran so as bahrain has a royal family that completely a society lockdown because it's free it's 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 lead so badly the difference between syria and bahrain is that syria refuses to be an outpost for international western imperialism and bahrain is you know opposed for that so maybe hillary clinton should be having friends of bahrain meetings to help the bahraini people of course that's not going to happen the situation in bahrain is grave if you're on the side of reform if you're with the royal family everything's fine. joanna saunders lawyer says he has information to suggest washington as advancing proceedings to extradite that was lower for the kyng secret u.s. cables etc fears he will face torture or even execution of deported and some just mother isn't accurate or campaigning for her son's asylum there she exclusively

told r.t. that american politicians are gunning for revenge from the beginning. from the us from politicians and from. news commentary. screaming out. in the most brutal way. they seem to be. built up all on how they were feeling. calling out for the full force of inciting against my son and still in the last few weeks there's been a focus this intense because folks these who hate the fallon who was screaming at killing six occasion this is somebody who is not for the war and has done nothing more than any good in this equation to be interested in this one doing what. you can watch our exclusive interview with christina songe at our teeth dot com on wednesday aqua doors president assured her his country's decision on asylum will not be influenced by any external pressure he wiki leaks editor has been holed up

in the us embassy in london over six weeks now he's wanted in sweden over sex crime allegations which he denies he says and there are pretext to hand him over to the u.s. human rights law expert scott horton says ecuador is decision to grant asylum to asylum will not immediately solve all his problems to me it's hard to understand how the ecuadorians are going to play this but even if they decide to grant his request for asylum that doesn't mean he would be able to walk out of the embassy go to heathrow and fly to ecuador he would still be held there it only be able to transfer out with some sort of consent from the u.k. government and i don't think that will be forthcoming without some sort of agreement from the swedish government so it's diplomatically very very already setting up a scenario in which julian the song may be

a guest in close quarters and the ecuadorian embassy for many years well the question with australia is one that's been in the background for many many years in fact if you look through the history of the war on terror you find a number of australian citizens who were seized by the united states who were mistreated some tortured some held impossible conditions in guantanamo and the australian government was remarkably quiet about all of this not only not intervening but sometimes attacking their own citizens and i think what's going on there is frankly a rather surprising the attitude on the part of the australian government towards the united states has been seek to challenge the us over in the issue. so coming up for you in the program the army draft dilemma arab israelis can find themselves sensually called up for service in the i.d.f. brisk being branded as traitors. for right now

movements are gaining ground in germany along with an upsurge in attacks on immigrants it's being linked to the growing number of foreign workers attracted to europe's economic powerhouse peter all of our reports on how today's anger has spent decades taking root. 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 use on our 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. right wing violence on the streets of germany 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 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. 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 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'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 reopen mohammed's pizzeria is isn't the only business in this town to face this type of attack but. i came here seven years ago

from vietnam and i've been targeted twice throwing rocks through my windows fine as even germany's robust economy starts to really feel the pinch of the eurozone crisis there are concerns that we could say the rights and social problems in the countries areas. feature all over. jenny. we've got plenty more stories for you on r.t. dot com here's what's there right now a fishy catch radiations discovered in marine life and seawater japan while anti-nuclear protesters protest there shall now sign up slowly. and roving around the red planet think two point five billion dollars tapped to look for life on mars.

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twenty minutes past the hour time now for some of today's world news and brief cardus attack on a turkish military house killed at least nineteen people close to the iraqi border the rebels fired rockets at troops in a midnight assault turkey then scrambled fighter jets to seek out the attackers clashes have been on the rise in the area over the past year as kurds seek and totemist homeland in a violent struggle that started in one nine hundred eighty four. a suicide bomber has hit yemen's southern city of jar killing forty two people and injuring more than thirty during a morning ceremony the attack reportedly targeted local militia men who had been siding with the army during their offensive against al qaida insurgents earlier this year the blast came hours after a u.s. drone killed five suspected militants in the country's east. china summoned a u.s. diplomat in protest at a criticism of beijing's

a new military garrison in the south china sea it's believed to be aimed at strengthening of china's control over potentially oil rich islands in the bitterly disputed maritime region the territorial claims of china against u.s. ally the philippines as well as vietnam. china's growing influence has also got america all on the run in africa to counter it secretary of state hillary clinton is there on an eleven day marathon tour the continent's of the next a big economic a battleground with its resource rich and fast growing nations the editor of the pan-african news wire believes washington fears being eclipsed by its powerful asian rival. 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. and 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 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 being branded

a traitor while pursuing equality and this is an option many arab israelis soon might face they've been exempt from having to serve any israeli defense forces but now could find themselves summoned to the military policy reports. 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 called 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 for talks jews and arabs to avoid national service. the israeli military wants to make a server not because they need us to because we want to control the arab state of mind and divide us. any time for the army generals who call it our teenagers 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 away and i don't have another all around and i live here and so i feel it's my responsibility to contribute to the country without the right of of them led there supers two brothers also serve an idea if it means their family has been branded traitors 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 knowledge of prevention but chill 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 with becomes a more moral army but the issue of culture is very significant we are so-called disconnecting the soul just 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 it cross the line you cannot ask me to serve them better then why are you going with me i mean doesn't go like this of us are there for our community sees it as a bad thing to do not appreciate this with the tal nor the sick 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 are t. tel aviv. in a few minutes the latest highlights from london two thousand and twelve in our sports roundup also want americans are and i sickly state of both our health and well not after our weekly headlines coming up.

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