bomb blast hits syrian state radio and t.v. had waters in the capital damascus as the government allegedly prepares a final assault on rebels in aleppo the country's second city. the trial of female punk group received broad changes its six week the trio stand accused of hooliganism and could face up to seventy years in prison and teach him protests that took place in russia may be joining us for the latest in just a few moments. plus exactly two years since last august destructive ride said one of them plays our correspondent investigates whether authorities have done enough to avoid a repeat. and the most sophisticated rover nasa is adverse santa marshlands and

stands back images from its mission to explore the possibility of life on the red planet russia wendy a helping hand to. what you are to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program in the syrian capital several people have been injured in a bomb blast inside the state t.v. and radio headquarters now ones have claimed responsibility for the attack this comes as the government reportedly massa's tens of thousands of troops and calls of tanks around the commercial capital aleppo fighting between rebels and moralists has been raging inside the city for a week activists fear a massive street style assault by the regime is about to begin the entrenched insurgents claim the control more than half of aleppo as districts the government's already pushed the last rebel forces from the cow. damascus after three weeks of

fighting there as both sides rally reinforcements large numbers of al qaeda linked fighters are reportedly bolstering the opposition's rense and these groups are being supported by the us despise theory extreme views and intentions that's going to count reports. has infiltrated into the syrian opposition forces and its 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 his arms stockpile and they're now taking advantage of the crisis in syria six months from now they could be. a major force opposition hope blocky force opposition concerns about the growing al qaeda presence in syria or well coached 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 bombings german intelligence has attributed the least ninety terror attacks to all quiet 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. the

armed rebels in syria it's called the syrian support group they're based in this building in downtown washington they just moved day and the building is just being renovated so the money will be channeled to the syrian rebels through this route how much money and how 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 return 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 the u.s. may be 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. now so that on the program refusing to kill or be killed the syrian government faces a personnel crisis as some young man dodged the military draft we have the details in just a few minutes. and tensions heat up in asia pacific china lashes out at washington for criticizing its new military garrison in the disputed waters of the south china sea. the trial of a female punk group pussy riot anders its second week three women are being tried for staging an anti put in stunt in the country's main orthodox cathedral in february artistic agrees reports from outside the court. we call this trial has now begun and has proven quite lengthy in proceedings. so far and that's because we've

only just heard from the defense they've only just had the opportunity on friday to cooperstown their eye witnesses as the trial has been somewhat dominate his so far by the prosecution or from their eyewitnesses testimony to be very heartfelt and emotional at times nonetheless 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 allegedly 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 to this child and these way before then dating back to when these three defendants who initially taken into custody about five months ago that's one sound why this is caused 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 cathedral 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 and that should be replaced by a fine or something else now when it comes to those we've got human rights organizations international musicians who've been increasingly as spoken on this issue most lately though someone who's spoken out has been about i'm a push and 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 they're trying to find out at the moment is whether or not what they did back in for. the so-called punk prayer was

a criminal offense. whether or not it is a charge of hooliganism which could mean they face up to seven years in prison. now this summer a london is reveling in its role as a lympics host but i was a different story exactly a year ago when the city was a golf by massive street violence and looting riots shook the british capital for almost a week undermining the authorities who failed to restore control aren't his laura smith looks at whether a 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 youths and adults alike a situation the police took days to bring on to control a year on and on the surface all is well damaged buildings have been rebuilt all

boarded up and people are going about their business again but they go 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 use facilities and services school services are being caught and i think all of that with a 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 but 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 for working class families oxfam says the poorest ten percent of society will suffer thirteen times

more from austerity cuts than the richest ten 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 be long. till. people. can give something you. give them busy you're. going to get worse i mean hopefully it will take many to trust the work situation and they kick people off the benefits well. i'm back on the force so i'm going to happen again quite the same way but i don't think anything's been interesting it's very well 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 well we followed every event as london was sliding

into unrest last summer our extensive coverage from the scene and the most eye catching images are still available on our website r.t. dot com and today we've also got a priceless legacy from gary unsigned to say an army of over two hundred fifty mommies from the eighteenth century could provide the answer to curing tuberculosis why that can be helpful. now to reuters was shut down after the appearance of several fake posts on the crisis in syria tribute to the news agencies journalists speculation on who might. the behind the hack at r t v dot com. the 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

marquees 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 end to discrimination since march when you live in of the six countries bahrain was hit hardest by an uprising that has killed at least eighty six people since early last year. dozens of demonstrators were arrested and wounded last week after security officers used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse them very alkali from the bahrain center for human rights says western countries are more than willing to overlook the human rights problems of their 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 let's not sign 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 brave human behind his back by people like saudi arabia i think it's going to be difficult to the regimes in the gulf have longstanding relations with the western countries and as long as they can all mix and cute geopolitical interests come before human rights it's going to be difficult sway the. to create pressure to stop human rights violations and we're seeing that in many different examples with 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 does see in that you know supporting human rights comes in the form of interests 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 the most sophisticated maurice rover ever has started to sand its first pictures and tweets back from the red planet after successfully landing on the surface it will spend just under two years there to examine the planet and determine whether it has conditions suitable for humans to survive their craft bosis said of cutting edge devices quoting a russian hydrogen and water had detector which should help answer that very question the long journey which began in a vampire last year concluded on schedule and cost nasa a total of two point five billion dollars. first we've from the from mars read i'm safely on the surface of mars crater i am. now look at some other international news making headlines islamic resistance movement hamas denied responsibility for an attack on an egyptian security checkpoint at the border with gaza masked gunmen ambushed egyptian troops while

they were breaking their ramadan fast killing sixteen soldiers and injuring seven the attackers seized two armored trucks one exploded as it fled into israel the second was hit by an airstrike israel claims to have been informed about a plot to kidnap one of its soldiers. japanese city of hiroshima mark sixty seven years since the us dropped an atomic bomb on the city in a world of atomic attack 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. china has hit back at the u.s. for criticizing its new military garrison in the south china sea the sand base was created just two weeks ago on chinese territory but it's an area were competing territorial claims pit beijing against the philippines and that now 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 resources the us has tens of thousands of military personnel in asia pacific and he has itself as a stabilizing influence in the region but senior analyst at foreign policy in focus believes regional tensions could escalate into an even wider conflict. any as you're 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 bit peculiar. act by the chinese 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. city in the mid one nine hundred fifty s. a lot of tension one local tension a lot of regional tension also some international tension as well i don't mean to the islands personally in this case are sort of critical issues 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 in the united states or china but for a lot of the of the 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 lawful fast in this world yes tyra license was just twenty area discussed when our team spoke to u.s. congressman dana rohrabacher about washington's foreign policy and a cat of conversation he also gave us his take on the u.s. presence in afghanistan you can watch the full interview a layer of the sour but here's a sneak peek. 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 down in the syrian conflict mounts both the government and opposition are racing to replace fallen soldiers and with fresh recruits while the rebels allegedly turn to mercenaries from abroad the regime has a little to choose from some syrians are now trying to escape the draft to avoid killing or being killed exxon boyko reports. a moment of calm between the clashes on the outskirts of damascus pro-government paramilitary also known as should be her camp 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 ones 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 her of conducting massacres but this man say they've 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 up that's what ammar is now considering six young man 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 crosses. the court all need to go moral duty to home. but after that. not. to go for me i really. love the so. call me the 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 sammy 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 war war that country has been dragged into the boycott artsy reporting from syria. while now around twenty minutes time we'll have the latest medal news from the london olympics and you know here right now for

a quick preview of what's had over i certainly i mean right twenty minutes i will be here which sport today will be talking about the olympics of course and what happened to russia they won their fourth gold medal on sunday coming in wrestling one day of wrestling one gold medal already things are looking very good on the market the other two there are three gold in judo earlier in the week but of course it's not all that russian lightning bolt struck again on the night in the men's one hundred meters final more not coming up as they say in just over fifteen minutes time. all right thank you very much indeed a unit and and of course says he says sports will be coming in twenty minutes time before that though we'll take a look at what's happening in the world of business here in the dash and it's got. one of the ash are we hearing that global investors are once again convinced that russian economy is stronger than ever while they're convinced enough to restart investing into russia focused funds all the details in just

a minute but first let's check out the equity markets last friday's global rally and in europe where equities are struggling to hold onto their gains as you can see pressured mainly by oil stocks and drug makers that's certainly true for the pussy over in asia it's still up quite upbeat toward the end of the trading day the equities are extending the rally that started in the states at the end of last week thanks q so i'm positive statistics in two q the nikkei is up around two percent held by two you don't mock they sue sue and other carmakers who want you to currencies the euro is losing against the dollar the sour failing to extend the gains from late last week the russian ruble at the moment is trading mixed to the major currency basket and so far so good for the brush and equity market let's see those numbers there here they are and as you can see it to the picture looks pretty upbeat to the but the intrigue of course is whether or not the russian equities

will be able to hold onto their gains now that europe is following rush oriented funds have managed to turn around the council outflow they've suffered for the past fifteen weeks of the one point five billion dollars that flowed into emerging markets last week about two hundred million came into russia and that's the biggest amount since lots winter and the second inflow for the past three and a half months analysts say emerging markets are so. these bets given the likely monetary easing in europe and the united states but the pressure is mounting of course for the russian equities in the form of following crude futures or though there's no direct correlation with the russian equity markets we all know that energy exports are major source of revenue for russia so we'll see what happens but for the moment crude is trading lower and we're seeing some profit taking because

of that rally late last week brant at the moment just trading just around one hundred eight the house dollars a barrel and that's a latest from business desk and i will see you back here in about fifteen minutes but meanwhile check out our site our two dot com slash business are and they're saying so much in these for this obviate and i'll bring you the headlines after this short break.

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