the syrian prime minister is cited and a bomb blast hits the state t.v. headquarters all as the government allegedly prepares a final assault on rebels in aleppo that happens to be the country's second largest city. as the gulf nations plan a meeting next month to discuss ways of curbing protests in the region more arrests and crackdowns occur in saudi arabia and bahrain. the trial of female punk group received riot enters its second week the trio stand accused of hooliganism and could face up to seven years even prison for an anti putin protest that took place in russia the speech will join us for the latest in

just a few moments. but exactly a year since last august the destructive riots set in london a blaze our correspondent investigates whether of thora he's have done enough to avoid a repeat. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the moscow i'm real research i live in the heart of the russian capital syria now saying that the country's prime minister has been sacked he reportedly fled the country earlier along with two other ministers also on monday several were injured by a bomb blast inside the state t.v. and radio headquarters in damascus and all this comes as the government report leave masses tens of thousands of troops and columns of tanks all being set up around the country's second city of aleppo fighting with. the rebels out of all

it's has been raging inside the city for over a week now and activists fear a massive blitzkrieg style assault by the regime is about to begin now as both sides suffer losses they are racing to plug the gaps with fresh recruits and while some volunteers and conscripts say they're ready to die for the cause others are trying to dodge the draft as artichokes on a boy to report. a moment of calm the twenty 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 not even their own land was the property of indians now they are fighting all

around the world so how come you deny our right to the. opposition accuses the shabby her of conducting massacres but this man say gave 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 for those who are over eighteen and are not only sons university students can delay or shorten their terms while those with how they should be exempted on medical grounds in the past draft dodgers could also add time 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 man from his down recently returned home in coffins and he says for the

sake of his family he can't risk being the next before the grosses. the court the army to go my duty. home. but after the close is. not. to go for me or even the syrians love the others so i was. born me thought. 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 hammer have a year ago while his what it will take at least three months to heal he says he doesn't regret doing the army. it's normal that parents would be worried about sending their sons to the army will 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 are the victims a whole war their country has been dragged into and the boycott r.t. reporting from syria. still to come for you on the program here on our regional brewing in asia pacific china lashes out at washington for criticizing its new military garrison this in the disputed waters of the south china sea. the foreign ministers of the six gulf arab nations say they'll meet next month to discuss prospects for closer integration the countries which most well we should say 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 but it's continuing a crackdown on protesters who are demanding social and political reforms if your position there has been calling for and to discrimination since march of two thousand and eleven of the six countries that brain was hit the hardest by an uprising that has killed at least eighty six since early last year dozens of demonstrators were arrested and wounded just last week after security officers used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the activists. that we not mention her whereabouts says western countries are more than willing to overlook the human rights problems of their gulf allies. the place for activism behind today seems to be prison we have added all the whole agenda to be able to judge war both very prominent human rights defender not just them behind him but in the region and then also is in all in prison and so it does seem like it but he doesn't know how to deal with human rights defenders and does view them as

a threat to the regime in the country. continue to do what we do which is documenting human rights violations will continue to reach out to the international community it 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 did 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 of law is the bridge 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 pure geopolitical interests come before human rights it's going to be difficult sway them to create pressure on 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 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 in watching r.t. it's good to have you with us today this summer london is reveling in its role as a lympics host but it was rather a different story exactly a year ago when the city was engulfed by mass street violence and looting riots shook the produce capital for roughly a week undermining the authorities who did fail to restore control r.t.s. or smith looks at whether lessons have been 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 on to 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 they go a little deeper and areas like here in tottenham where the riots started are still troubles 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 after the closure of youth facilities and services school services are being caught and i think all of that with a more aggressive what is called total plea. zero tolerance policing means that takes only a matter of time and not so much if when in the often mouth of the violence communities banded together to clear up their 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. and fifty six percent of young black men in britain on employed people in riots his hackney like to think it won't happen again but are aware that it could. kill those ten people. and give something. to keep them busy and they're. going to get work somehow believe me it will take many to trust the work situation and they kick people off the benefits well. i'm back on the porch now i'm going to happen again quite the same way but i don't think anything's going to just going it's very well for these people defused is still a light the fear is when and what will trigger the next explosion in their neighborhoods laura smith r.t.

london. now we did follow every event in london that was sliding into under arrest last summer our extensive coverage from the scene and the most eye catching images still available on our website are two dot com also that have a priceless legacy and scientists say. two hundred fifty years from the eighteenth century could provide curing tuberculosis or explain why that could be how. it was a blog is shut down off of the appearance of several fake posts on the crisis in syria attributed to the news agencies journalists. a speculation on who might be behind the house at all if you don't know. more news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the

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from still. don't come. it is a quarter past the hour and at moscow time the trial of the female punk group pussy riot now entering its second week i three women are being tried for staging an anti

putin stunt in the country's main orthodox cathedral in february. now reports from just outside the courthouse. the second week of this trial has now begun and has proven quite lengthy in proceeding so far and that's because we've only just heard from the defense they've only just had the opportunity on friday just to stand there eyewitnesses this is a trial that's been somewhat dominate his so far by the prosecution from their eyewitnesses testimony has been very heartfelt and emotional times no less 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 child 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 them dating back to when these three defense were initially taken into custody about five months ago now to understand 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 altar docs cathedral christ savior feature this wire outrage and many offenders we heard from testimony from 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 it's just an administrative crime if anything and 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 out spoken on this issue most lately though someone who's spoken out has been very may 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. 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 deserves the charge of hooliganism which could mean they face up to seven years in prison. it's good to have you with us here on our t.v. today just a few minutes from now that over the way of life on the wreck of the most sophisticated rover. to mars. back images from its mission to explore the possibility of martian life more on that breakthrough and what's next still ahead. they are trying to has hit back at the united states for criticizing this new military garrison in the south china sea the sun shar base created just two weeks

ago is an area where competing territorial claims pitted beijing against the philippines and vietnam and among others as well china set up the outpost to administer thousands of square miles of water that it says are within its sovereignty and washington believes it's an attempt to occupy the entire south china sea which is rich in natural resources at the u.s. has tens of thousands of military personnel in asia pacific and views itself as a stabilizing influence in the region and a specialist to bill says that america would like to continue trying to keep china off. the americans have overwhelming. especially its feet so. chances of china actually engaging. with any of the other contesting. the sea is unlikely. to have the strategy of the important part of that of going after lives on the economic. issue and then all these moves in alliance in.

northeast asia weeks ago when there was a chance. through jand of the alliance. between these are. social in. india is not really goes way too much. and so is also the start i don't see the one area where the have all the advantages they have a real contest. between. the countries in the region so it's sort of to have incentives if you want to. if you want to build up alliances and if you want the chinese. so that's what was. well the u.s. china relations just one area discussed when we spoke to u.s. congressman dana rohrabacher about washington's foreign policy and

a rather candid conversation he also gave us his take on the u.s. presence in afghanistan now the full interview coming your way later this hour for now though a quick preview. karzai is a stooge of the pakistanis all right he is their boy in afghanistan and by the way our state department. just kiss is up to the pakistanis it 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 have stationed their foreign troops. and they're not going to make any friends in the afghans traditionally when they open their eyes when they see foreign troops around them they say i don't like them and i don't want them here in my country we should get our butts out of afghanistan as quickly as we can.

get in a limb pick tees and i'm with you neal for now though the most sophisticated mars rover has just started to send back its first pictures and tweets from the red planet of course after successfully landing on the surface i don't spend just under two years there to examine the planet and determine whether it has conditions suitable for humans to survive there how the craft boasts a set of cutting edge devices including a russian hydrogen and water heater which should help answer that very question and the long journey which began in november last year finished jewel and cost nasa a total of two point five billion dollars. from the russian academy of cosmonaut extolled us the achievement is a breakthrough but that's still a lot for a lot of work to be done. for us all from i think mission which will. complex result of mars you have to understand the city is a very complex machines it can see so hundred different systems including

dozens of highly sophisticated instruments and. he'll. be a program manager and spot hundred percent certain. of this system so activated this all of them properly they will more or there are fewer us if you do move an inch from the place where it is now and the overall testing of systems and instruments could big from weeks to several months so. expect to get anything from the new york city anytime soon then we know the next two or three weeks. in about twenty minutes or so here on r.t. will have the latest medal news from the london olympics of course our unity right now as promised quick preview understand it took a while but there's been another goal for russia and yeah it's been a few days but i tell you what rory when hairy men in lycra come out it's usually

good for russia at the olympics because that means one thing wrestling we've already had one day and one gold for russia coming in the greco roman wrestling event the minus seventy four kilos so that was good on sunday plenty more coming up hopefully this week but we're going to look back on the weekend that was in sport today in iran twenty minutes time as you say much more going with the legs of course russian prime league football as well rory what you know always a pleasure many many thanks indeed. ok let's for now you can all see you later in about twenty minutes time for now though let's cross over to the business desk natasha joins us next to bring us the latest on the business news. well absolutely and i think one of the first thing we should do is take a look at the equity markets because that's where the action is right now european stocks may be off their four month highs a lot they're certainly managing to stay in the block at this hour and that's after

opening below the line pressured mainly by stocks and drug makers that's certainly true for the footsie now moving on to the currencies the euro is the losing against the u.s. dollar as the sour down from a one month high of wants to friday the russian ruble is recovering and strengthening to both the euro and the dollar goes sour and so far so good for the russian equity markets the intrigue of course is whether or not they would be able to sustain this positive momentum now that to europe is zigzagging and that crude futures are trading in the red more in crude in just a minute rush oriented funds have managed to turn around the capital outflow they've suffered for the past fifteen weeks of the one point four billion dollars that flowed into emerging markets last week about two hundred million dollars came into russia that's the biggest amount since last winter and the second inflow in

about three and a half months analysts say march markets are a safe bet especially given the likelihood of the monetary policy easing in europe and the united states. but pressure is mounting for the russian equity markets in the form of hauling crude prices that i mentioned already that's out for oil futures on friday closed at the highest level in about two weeks at the moment brant is trading just above one hundred eight dollars a barrel. and londoners are working from home to avoid traffic during the olympics . and that's really the story will bring you next hour or natasha right now absolutely we'll see you here thank you. all right back to me with the headlines you're watching out here live from moscow have to see you in just a moment. in

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