long and low over the massive syrian military force allegedly preparers a file assault rocket that it finds a rebel stronghold. also. drawn to be built upon the city brought in six weeks the trio stands accused of moving them is among could face up to seven easy to prison but i don't see him protests that took place russia's main beach will join us for the latest just a few moments. exactly here since last august destructive riots said long to the blaze our correspondent investigate whether authorities have done enough to avoid a repeat.

and the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program in syria the government's reportedly massing tens of thousands of troops and calls of tanks around the commercial capital aleppo fighting between rebels and loyalists has been raging inside the city for a week and activists fear a massive blitzkrieg style assault by the regime is about to begin the entrenched insurgents claim they control more than half of aleppo's district the government's already pushed the last of rebel forces from the capital damascus after three weeks of fighting there as both sides rally are reinforcements a large number of the qaida linked fighters are reportedly bolstering the opposition's ranks and these groups are being supported by the us despite their extreme views. and intensions is going to check out the reports. has infiltrated

into the syrian opposition forces and his power there is growing i spoke with one of america's leading experts on counterterrorism and he told me that all kind of is effectively exploited the revolutions in the region they're well armed having looted cut off its arms stockpile and they're now taking advantage of the crisis in syria six months from now they could be. a major force the opposition hope blocky force. concerns about the growing al qaeda presence in syria are well echoed here in washington but right now we've used more as an argument to justify a foreign intervention the reality is that the u.s. has already intervened to this just come to light that president obama reportedly signed a secret order earlier this year authorizing the cia and other agencies to provide support to the rebels in syria but there was no information on the extent and the recipients have that support reports on the ground show that various extremist

groups are doing the fighting in turn brought in a wave of suicide bombing sturman intelligence has attributed the least ninety terror attacks to al qaeda inside syria since december most recently i went to a senate hearing on syria and the sense that i got was that there is there still is no full understanding of who the syrian opposition forces consist of but nonetheless there is fighting that could tie to provide them with weapons whether overtly or covertly that's another matter of discussion what we need to do is assess ok which groups could we arm and should we arm at what point and make that decision and i think that we're actually at that decision u.s. group that supports the free syrian army has received a waiver from the u.s. treasury department authorizing it to provide financial and logistical support to the armed rebels in syria it's called the syrian support group based in this building in downtown washington they just moved day and it's the building it's just been renovated so the money will be channeled to the syrian rebels through this route how much money and power. it will be distributed those questions remain

unanswered we didn't get the chance to ask the group about details of this newly opened support channel because they never returned our calls i want to go back to the senate hearing that i attended the experts invited to testify were asked about what the direct u.s. interest is in the fall of saddam this would be a decisive blow for the islamic republic of iran i can't emphasize that enough and i think that is in our interests to roll back iranian influence where we find it is not a more effective i think to put the arena and threat in some perspective and reduce its pressure on israel to flip syria and this urge to syria if you will us maybe helping those who never wanted a peaceful solution for syria in the first place and one of the elements of the forces. which thrives in a civil war environment in washington i'm going to shake up. well still to come on

the program here in r t refusing to kill or be killed the syrian government faces a personal crisis as some young men dodge the military draft with that we have the details in just a few minutes. and tensions heat up and asia pacific china lashes out at washington for criticizing its new belgrade garrison in the disputed waters of the south china sea. the trial of the female punk group pussy riot anders its second week three women are being tried for staging an anti putin stunt in the country's main orthodox cathedral in february jacob greaves reports from outside the court. to kick off in just a matter of hours now as you mentioned has been somewhat lengthy so far now large part that's because we've only just started to hear from the defense they've only just had the opportunity on friday to cool to the stand there eyewitnesses it's a trial that's been somewhat dominate his so far by the prosecution from their

eyewitness testimony has been very heartfelt and emotional at times normal with us the defense has been very active throughout proceedings throughout the course of last week's trial held up some of the proceedings as well they have all six occasions now called for the judge residing over this trial to be replaced and asked for a number of reasons ranging from not being able to fully cross-examine the prosecution's eyewitnesses down to the treatment the detention conditions of these three defendants they're being kept in custody those on both sides of the fence have been very vocal when it comes this chandigarh way before them dating back to when these three defendants were initially taken into custody about five months ago that's one sound why this is cause such outrage deference and where it took place now there had been demonstrations taking place involving the pussy riot group beforehand this one was located in the russian russia's main off the docks cathedral christ savior

to this what outraged many offenders we heard from testimony for the course of last week but equally our a should be in those who have called what's transpired politically motivated trial based think at least people shouldn't be facing time in prison that is just and a ministry of crime if anything that should be replaced by a fine or something else and when it comes to those we've got human rights organizations international musicians who've been increasingly outspoken on this issue most lately though someone who's spoken out has been pushing russia's president and he called for some degree of leniency when it comes to this trial that's indeed in reference past when the most controversial. points of this trial so far because what we're trying to find out at the moment is whether or not what they did back in february the so-called punk prayer was a criminal offense more than that whether or not it does is the charge of hooliganism which could mean they face up to seven years in prison. this summer

a london is reveling in its role as a lympics host but it was a different story exactly year ago when the city was a golf biomass street violence and looting riots shook the british capital for almost a week undermining the authorities who failed to restore control artist or smith looks at whether lessons were learned. rioting looting disorder these were the explosive scenes on the streets in towns and cities in england last august shops and warehouses attacked and torched by out of control youth and adults alike a situation the police took days to bring under control a year on and on the surface all is well damaged buildings have been rebuilt or boarded up and people are going about their business again but there's a little deeper and areas like here in tottenham where the riots started are still

troubled and the underlying issues which caused the riots remain unresolved tottenham's m.p. says his community pulled together in the aftermath but admits trouble could break out again unemployment is up and it's also true to say that business is on the highroad are still struggling a many of them had very poor pavements under the riot damages act that was made to assist them in a double dip recession that hits the poorest communities hardest so you know it's one of those situations where yes we must be positive and hopeful but it's a fragile a fragile situation for us here in the last year numerous studies have been conducted into why the unrest became so intense and so widespread what began with anger over the fatal shooting by police of tottenham on mark duggan became a spark that ignited a powder keg of disadvantage boredom and

a dysfunctional relationship with the police something social justice campaign elite just says has not been addressed by unemployment is going up generally useful employment is going up in the country we're seeing closure of the closure of youth facilities and services school services are being caught and i think all of that with more aggressive what is called total plea. which we show monsters zero tolerance policing. takes only a matter of time but not so much if when in the often mouth of the violence communities banded together to clear up the streets but many accuse the government not only of ignoring the root causes but of making problems worse but working class families oxfam says the poorest ten percent of society will suffer thirteen times more from austerity cuts than the richest tenth and fifty six percent of young black men in britain on employed people in riots hit hackney like to think it won't

happen again but are aware that it could belong. to. people. and give something to you. keep them busy. going to get work i mean hopefully it will take many to trust the work that way and they kick people off the benefits well. back on the force so it's going to happen again quite the same way but i don't think anything's been addressed now in this area and for these people the fuse is still a light the fear is when and what will trigger the next explosion in their neighborhoods laura smith london while we followed our event as london was sliding into on the rest last summer in our extensive coverage from the scene of most eye catching images are still available on our website r.t.e. dot com also online today we've got

a priceless legacy and gary and scientists say an army of over two hundred fifty mommies from the eighteenth century could provide the answer to cure and. explain why that can be helpful. now to reuters blog a shutdown after the appearance of several fake posts on the crisis in syria. attributed to the news agencies journalist speculation on who might be behind the attack at our t.v. dot com. foreign ministers of the six gulf arab nations say they'll meet next month to discuss prospects for closer integration the countries most of which are sunni monarchies hope to counter a possible threat coming from the uprisings that hit some of them over the past

year saudi arabia may have largely escaped the turmoil by its continuing a crackdown on protesters demanding social and political reforms the opposition there has been calling for an answer to discrimination since march twenty seventh of the six countries bahrain was hit hardest by an uprising that ass killed at least eighty six people since early last year dozens of demonstrators were arrested and one did last week after security officers used tear gas. to disperse them by alcoa why from the bahrain center for human rights sascha western countries are more than willing to overlook the human rights problems of the or gulf allies. will definitely continue to do what we do which is documenting human rights violations will continue to reach out to the international community does seem like we are making a little bit of progress since there was a joint statement that was made at the human rights council during the last session

signed on by twenty seven different countries of course the united states and the united kingdom the nuts not signed on or will keep pushing and hopefully will will start getting to a situation where there is more pressure to stop human rights violations and as long as the bridge human behind his back by people like saudi arabia i think it's going to be difficult to the regimes in the goals have longstanding relations with the west. in countries and as long as they cannot mix and q. geopolitical interests come before human rights it's going to be difficult to create pressure or to stop human rights violations and we're seeing that in many different examples of the double standards that are being practiced i mean you don't see the same response to the situation in yemen for example the way you do in other countries like for example syria unfortunately it does seem that you know supporting human rights comes in the form of interest they support human rights when it's in their interest to do so and then they will not support human rights when it's not in their interest. now as to the look at some of the stories from

around the world islamic resistance movement hamas deny responsibility for an attack on an egyptian security checkpoint at the border with gaza masked gunmen ambushed egyptian troops while you were breaking their ramadan fast killing sixteen soldiers and injuring seven according to local media the attackers seized two armored trucks one of which exploded as they fled into israel. scientific world is holding its breath as the most advanced mars spacecraft build prepares to weigh on the red planet within minutes nasa span two point five billion dollars on the curiosity rover mission to study whether mankind could ever make mars a place to live russia has also been looking towards the red planet after successfully conducting a five hundred twenty day experiment to test how humans would deal with long term isolation from the outside world. japanese city of hiroshima marked

sixty seven years since the u.s. dropped an atomic bomb on the city in the world's first atomic attacks tens of thousands gathered at the peace memorial near the epicenter of the blast that level the city and killed more than one hundred forty thousand people the ceremony was attended by representatives of over seventy countries including the u.s. ambassador. to china has hit back at the u.s. for criticizing its new military garrison in the south china sea bass created just two weeks ago is in an area were competing territorial claims pit beijing against the philippines and vietnam among others china set up the outpost to administer thousands of square miles of water it says are within its sovereignty but washington believes it's an attempt to occupy the entire south china sea which is rich in oil. of resources the u.s.

has tens of thousands of military personnel in egypt and he has itself as a stabilizing influence and the region because how can a senior analyst at foreign policy focus believe tensions could escalate into an even wider conflict. the chinese are basically saying they want to control their home waters which is understandable and i also think that they want to be able to project naval power to ensure their energy supplies which means that they have to have a presence in the indian ocean. so that they can get supplies from angola from from our sudan from the arab gulf except in this case it's not this isn't a particular. act by the chinese it is it's sort of the u.s. is kind of pushing all of the buttons right now in asia and it's very much feels a little bit like the cold war diego city in the mid one nine hundred fifty s.

a lot of tension while local tension a lot of regional tension also some international tension as well i don't think that the islands per se in this case are sort of critical it's just an opportunity basically for the u.s. to move forces into the area naval forces and i do think it's quite disturbing i mean there is growing tension these are two nuclear armed powers. this is not in the interest not only of certainly of the states or china but for a lot of the other countries in the region because one of the things that's happened is a lot of these countries have started to up their military budget these are not countries that can really afford to spend a tremendous amount on military spending in a sense i don't think there's any winners here there's only losers it does me a little bit though because someone can make a mistake and. things move off the fast in this world. u.s.

china relations was just want to area discuss when our spoke to u.s. congressman dana rohrabacher about washington's foreign policy and a candid conversation he also gave us his take on the u.s. presence in afghanistan he can watch before interview in just over an hour here's a sneak peek. carson is a stooge of the pakistanis all right he is their boy in afghanistan and by the way our state department. just kisses up the pakistanis and has been doing so for the last thirty years which is one of the major reasons we've had problems down there who wants to be in afghanistan i mean why should anybody the russians should understand how that that is a rotten place for people to station their foreign troops. and they're not going to make any friends and the afghans traditionally when they open their eyes and they see foreign troops around them they say i don't like them i don't want them here in

my country but we should get our butts out of afghanistan as quickly as we can. as a number of dead in the syrian conflict mounts both the government and opposition are racing to replace fallen soldiers with fresh recruits while the rebels allegedly turn to mercenaries from abroad the regime has little to choose from so syrians are now trying to escape the draft to avoid killing or being killed except boyko reports. a moment of calm between the clashes on the outskirts of damascus pro-government paramilitary also known as should be camped out in what used to be a tree most a local man who say they quit their regular jobs to defend their homeland only twenty nine prior to the uprising he worked as a t.v. technician and his passion for the small screen is still there while watching this i five blockbuster armageddon scenes of bruce willis saving the planet got him

talking these movies always show americans defending lands that don't belong to them even their own land was the property of indians now they are fighting all around the world so how come deny our right to defend our own land the opposition accuses the shabby heard of conducting massacres but these men say they themselves are often targeted by the rebels some even adopted new come of march to avoid being identified the army is reliant on the prior military has a tactical advantage they know the area but it's also out of necessity as the death toll among troops rises more syrians are dodging the draft military service in syria is a year and a half but those for over eighteen and i not only stands university students can delay or shorten their terms while those for how they should be exempted on medical grounds in the past draft dodgers could also attempt to bribe officials to get the names of the list but the controls got much tighter the base going abroad is the

only legal option to avoid getting called out that's what is now considering six young men from his town recently returned home in coffins and he says for the sake of his family he can't risk being the next before the courses in syria. court all me to go more towards the home. but after the close is. not. to go for me. the syrians love the others so. for me. the extent of draft dodging is hard to gauge since the syrian government does not comment on its military but in the country's hospitals the reasons for avoiding active duty is all too graphic somebody who is also twenty six was conscripted from hama half a year ago while his would will take at least three months to heal he says he

doesn't regret joining the army. it's normal that parents would be worried about sending their sons to the army especially in the times like this some of my friends advised me not to go on the contrary wanted me to join the army at the end my parents said i should do it to have this cleared so that i could go on with my own life the syrian army sometimes pro-trade as a killing machine many of its members are just in their early twenties and if anything they're to honor the victims of a war their country has been dragged into the boycott r.t. reporting from syria for business with natasha any of them across radio her now hello ghana well it seems the capital outflow from russia is easing now what more can you tell us. well it's not only easing it's actually reversing all the details in just a couple of minutes but first let's take a quick look at the equity markets and we'll start with asia and asian shares are

actually demonstrating a pretty positive momentum this monday morning joining in the rally that started in the states at the end of a last week and tokyo the nikkei is up just under two percent mainly helped by carmakers including toyota mazda and isuzu motors and wall street and the a la street on a very bullish note to hear you sing friday's closing figures mainly thanks to the u.s. employment data that beat expectations thanks to that and also to the hand from the fed reserve last week that more monetary easing is coming sometime in the fall and that's really easing the concerns that this is the u.s. economy might fall into a europe footsteps into a recession and for the week the dow and the nasdaq and did want to positive from the lows of early june the s. and p. actually managed to gain around nine percent which is not bad at all the u.s.

dollar is trading flock to against the euro this hour and the russian ruble was stronger against the major currencies on friday we'll bring you all the latest the soon as the russian markets reopen and less than one hour's time and course that brings us to the equity markets sands of mainly to their closing figures which you're seeing right there and as you can see it was by by by three and a quarter percent for the r.t.s. the intrigue of course is whether or not the russian equity markets can assist that can sustain that positive momentum this monday will bring you the latest as soon as they reopen as i said russia oriented funds have managed to turn around the capital outflow they've suffered for the past fifteen weeks of the one in the house a billion dollars that were invested in emerging markets last week about two. hundred million dollars came into russia and that's the biggest amount since last winter and the second inflow for the last fifteen weeks as i said analysts emerging

markets are safe bets given the likely want to recall is easing europe and the united states and of course if you judge by the performance of crude this morning and as you can see it's actually a losing value doesn't look good for russia and namely foreign secretary markets it's a major factor although there's no direct correlation with the equities but we know that energy sales energy exports are a major source of revenue for the russian economy okuda straining a lower as you saying right there at the moment brant is trading just around one hundred eighty and a half dollars a barrel while that brings you up to date see you back here and about fifteen minutes meanwhile you can always find more stories on our site www dot com slash business absolutely not thanks very much indeed well very shortly our special report reveals u.k.'s nuclear secrets i'll be back before that with the headlines

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