president prime minister. of jordan with more defections. all of. syria's. closer. protesters gather with dozens of. deadly terror strikes in russia's republic of chechnya reports suggest suicide bombers may have a. point. and a year after riots and looting on london's streets. just

after five pm on monday here in moscow this is the life with me rule received in damascus says the syrian prime minister has reportedly fled to jordan has been sacked but is thought he's not the only recent defection from assad's elite although he is the first from his cabinet on monday several were injured by a bomb blast inside the headquarters of the state t.v. and radio channel in the capital the explosion caused considerable damage to the building this despite the government saying it's pushed rebels from their stronghold in damascus meanwhile the syrian army is massing more troops and artillery near the country's city of aleppo as opposition fighters are ready for a major battle with casualties reported on both sides to plug the gaps with new

recruits and while some conscripts say they're ready to die for the cause others are trying to dodge the draft. report. on the outskirts of damascus. government paramilitary also known as should be her camp out in what used to be a eatery 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 for those for over eight seeing and i not only stands 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 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 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. the court all me to go boy. home. but

after the close is. not. to go for me. the syrians love the others so i was. horribly 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 hama half a year ago while his what it 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 yet many of its members are just in their early twenties and if anything they're to are the victims of a war that country has been dragged into the boycott artsy reporting from syria. and the gulf arab nations are seeking closer ties as the foreign ministers of the six states set to talk integration next month saudi arabia and bahrain which have seen popular uprisings for the past year and a half have been at the forefront of pushing for gulf cooperation shiite protesters are calling for an end to what they call discrimination by the sunni monarchies which have been stepping up their crackdowns in bahrain dozens of demonstrators were injured and arrested last week after security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades at the activists also demanding the release of political prisoners a bit earlier my colleague talking human rights activist america. who asked us not to reveal her location she explains the hardships of a fight in the face of the hypocrisy of the international community. my father

still recovering from has long hunger strike that he staged a few months ago and he's he has this ongoing appeal in a sham trial and behind because of course i'm behind we don't have an independent or a just my sisters or us the two nights ago during the cell determination protests you were staging a one person protest inside around the ball just talking about you and your sister i mean how much danger is there no for activists in your country is that a fair representation the place for activists and behind today seems to be prison we have the whole agenda to be a legit war both very prominent human rights defender not just them behind but in the region and then also those in of the whole region now 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. julian assange when his interview show was broadcast here on the channel criticize the u.s. for backing the rules in the gulf state i've got a quote i just want to read out to our viewers if you let me he said it's very

clear now that the united states democracy and human rights are only applied in countries which they have problems with not with dictatorships that they have good relations with how do you view that as. well i think that's very true i mean 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 they will not support human rights when it's not in their interest. to go. so i think it's mostly going to be a situation where we need to raise awareness amongst people in those countries you know the difference between the worst and a lot of our countries is that the vote actually does have an influence in some situations and so if we can get people in the united kingdom in the united states

and other countries to actually tell their government that we're not happy that you support a regime that is committing widespread human rights violations you know and we will vote for you again if you continue to do so then maybe we will see a change. you're watching r.t. . this hour storms are brewing in the south china sea beijing lashes out at washington for criticizing its new military garrison in the disputed waters certainly more details on that shortly here on r.t. also. the trial of female punk group pussy riot enters its second week the trio stand accused of hooliganism and could face up to seven years in prison for an anti putin protest that took place in russia's main cathedral join us for the latest in just a few moments. now deadly terror attacks have hit russia's volatile republic of chechnya conflicting reports point two suicide bombers attacking an army checkpoint killing

four soldiers in the capital all of this while a separate car bombing killed three servicemen let's get nothing details on this tom good to see you the story seems to be changing by the hour what are officials saying now. authorities had previously said that four soldiers may have been killed while trying to diffuse a mine but now local and national officials say in a preliminary report that there have been two bombs that exploded in near the capital of russia's chechen republic the first attack was carried out by two suicide bombers using just one device near a checkpoint that killed four soldiers and may have wounded some civilians as well the second attack in a separate attack a military vehicle that was driving him towards the city had a bomb planted underneath it when that exploded it killed three soldiers and wounded three others these reports are not confirmed yet and neither are the

casualty figures but there have been numerous gun and bomb attacks like this in the past months in russia's north caucasus region. there live in central moscow thank you. it's the olympic summer spectacle that comes to mind first when london is mentioned this august but one year ago blazing fires and rampant looting were in place of the banners and olympic rings on the city's streets police unable to bring the situation under control for almost an entire week artie's laura smith now investigates what lessons the u.k. has lunde. rioting looting disorder these were the explosive scenes on the streets in towns and cities in england last august shops and warehouses attacked and taught by out of control youths and adults alike a situation the police took days to bring under control

a year on and on the surface so 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 but unemployment is going up generally useful employment is going up in the country we're seeing closure after 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 means that 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 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 seeing 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. kill. people. and give something to you. keep them busy. going to get work coming out of. it well i think maybe it's just the worst situation and they kick people off the plane well. i'm back on the porch so i don't know about it happening again quite the same way but i don't think anything's going to just go and 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 r t london now you can always follow up on the stories we're covering here just do so on our website r t top twenty more for you there including reports surfacing of a top secret u.s. israeli treaty to attack iran and find out online whether there are any around to these rumors. but you can watch how rainbow flags have been streaming through the streets of vietnam's capital for the first time in the country's history post its inaugural program. this is arts who you know the trial of the female punk band pussy riot has now resumed after a weekend recess three members of the group face prison on hooliganism charges for the anti putin stunt and moscow's main cathedral in february for reporting just outside of the courthouse artie's graves. the second week of this trial has now begun and has proven quite lengthy in proceeding so far and that's because of 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 from their eye witnesses testimony to be very heartfelt and emotional at 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 resigning 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 defense were initially taken into custody about five months ago now to understand 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 feature 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 it's just an administrative 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 in 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 the. because what we're trying to find out at the moment is whether or not what they did back in february this so-called punk was

a criminal offense more than that. charge of hooliganism which could mean they faced up to seven years in prison. still to come here and i'll tell you that the path to life on the red planet for the most high technology. to explore. a new place to live we reported just a few miles. from china has hit back at united states for its new navy base in the south china sea an attempt to occupy the entire region the facility became operational two weeks ago in beijing claims it's only to protect its territories specialist america which views itself as a stabilizing influence in the asia pacific will do all it can to keep china. the americans have overwhelming no just curiosity especially at sea so i think they

chances of china actually engaging in combat with any of the other contesting powers to the south china sea as it is their unlikely instructor and the americans have a strategy behind china and part of that are building up alliances on the economic trends we have with tb via the transfer to the ship and then run all these military alliances. and north east asia a couple weeks ago when their intention. through jand of the alliance the machine country in shock or in japan to a part because of popular opposition in in south korea. india's not really going their way too much china and so forth to the south china sea and one area where they have all the advantages they have missed real contest. tween game and the countries in the region so it's sort of the heavens and if you want to. if you want

to build up alliances and if you want to see the chinese. what was a. and while the u.s. i may be seeking more influence in the asia pacific region in afghanistan it's slipping away the country's president has been forced to accept parliament's decision to sack two top ministers both with key links to washington well we spoke to u.s. congressman dana rohrabacher who gave us his view on the difficulties that president karzai continues to face. the government that this was a stablished after nine eleven and afghanistan does not reflect. the values of the afghan people themselves and so it's a totally different structure it's a centralized system where afghans demand more centralized authority in their village and tribal leaders and karzai of course has no basis support so as i'm pointing those things out and the fact that he's so tied into the pakistanis. as i

don't want me around so he exercised his prerogative. and you can watch that and if you in about an hour and ten minutes from now here are not for the time being though and let's get to the will start in america where i have identified the man who shot dead six worshippers at a sikh temple in the u.s. state of the sconce and the man's name wade michael page it was also revealed the forty year old who was killed in a shootout with police was an army veteran page who was said to have held a radical white supremacist views and at the temple on sunday morning and began firing at the incidents caused outrage with sikhs in india demanding the u.s. do more protect that. israel has found the bodies of eight gunmen who attacked a security checkpoint on the border with egypt

a heavily armed assault have left at least sixteen egyptian gods killed and eight injured when the government tried to cross the border israel responded with artillery fire both sides blamed the attack on is the most militant group in increasing the. activity in recent months. iranian state television has broadcast the alleged confessions of fourteen suspects in the killing of five nuclear scientists in recent years and the pro castro some of the suspects are supposedly reenacting the assassination as in the capital tehran pictures from a military garrison in israel were also shown its claim that the suspects were trained to run believe the killings were part of a campaign by israel and the west against its ongoing a program how do you. buy in a moment it's katie with a business for now though if life on the red planet exists it could well be found rather soon as the most sophisticated mars rover starts sending its first pictures after successfully landing on the surface it will spend two years there and could

determine if it's possible to one day colonize the planet for you to cut off from the russian academy of cosmonaut fix things the achievement is a breakthrough but still there's an awful lot of work to be done. the curiosity is there or the mission which will seek answers for the whole range of questions from whether there are conditions which could support why do or whether there is enough water. under the surface of mars warning and of course one of the major questions is whether the conditions on mars are adequate to hold some day a human mission to the red planet or your city is a very complex machines. can see so far a hundred different systems including her dozens of for fairly sophisticated instruments and the right time to deal. with a program manager and start hundred percent short some of the old systems are

activated they will more or their curiosity to move an inch from the place where it is now and their overall testings of systems and instruments could big from weeks to several monster do not expect to get anything from can your city anytime soon then we know the next door three weeks. promised over to katie pope and we go the r.t. business desk good to see you again all the action with the olympics in london but as far as i understand retailers are singing the blues i know it is a problem much at the moment because they were expecting to make a little bit more passed out of all the locals a terrorist bustling in a hungry after watching all of those us what they see they can pay say but it hasn't quite worked out that way at all explain a little later we'll rake in the meantime let's get stuck into the markets and see what's happening because the european markets they all still rising there is

standing behind now and that's all to graze on its creditors agrees on the need to strengthen the policy efforts to support grice must really kind of when investors want to hear them i you mad. also we've still got whispers on the trading floors about the european central bank intervening at the moment they too want that to happen if we look at the current says that will be able to see that the common currency is indeed still losing a little bit of traction our recent comments from the italian prime minister are a little bit concerning because he's voiced his concerns about the common currency in the i talian magazine that he's talked about psychological dissolution about the common currency which did little bits alarm bells going off completely now we've also got the russian river as well which is actually managing to get against the basket cars is in the session we've got it rising i get the us dollar a year from now that brings us into their two markets here in moscow that now they are managing to stay afloat it's healthy gains we're experiencing that the softer

new the r.t.s. that are around to know how percent opposed to the territory in the mines that surrounds the one and to really kind of thing copycat i suppose to be european and the asian markets both want to mention as well that the u.s. stock futures are pointing upwards as well so it is optimism there also it's worth mentioning it is sort of low volatility at the moment because people. it is august after all that we've also got to mention as well we'll have a look at the prices and it's interesting that these prices aren't necessarily having a big impact on the markets here most go today they all declining as i say the russian exit markets are rushing this off at the moment now it's about their live pictures let's talk about it now londoners what they're doing at the moment is that choosing to work from home wide to avoid the traffic now apparently as many as one other half million of them choosing to do this now of course it makes the roads of believe reset is already panicking because the british capital is turning into

a bit of a ghost town and you follow me he reports for us. before the olympics began many traders thought that these games would give them a timely boost in trading but unfortunately many have found themselves lagging behind there has been a drop in custom and there are two main reasons people believe firstly the number of tourists that have come to london is lower than expected and secondly around one and a half million people have decided to work from home and it's because they wanted to avoid any traffic chaos in the middle of london well this is affecting traders like anybody here who runs a sandwich shop he's been running one for the last two years but there's been a distinct lack of custom during lunch time periods what have you noticed during the olympics during the olympics where for would be really busy but actually it's gone down like twenty five percent not many people around with enough choice around all staying in stratford and a lot of people walking from that's why it really affected us i had to get rid of

one of my staff because it's not that busy. really and what about fellow traders are they all saying a similar thing exactly the same all my neighbors i talk to there and they say they are complaining that it is really quiet at the moment is there anything that can be done i mean i know david cameron now is urging people perhaps to come into the city center to what can be done but. we're just hoping the olympics will finish by the next week so we get back to normal ok well thank you for your time and let's hope things pick up so it has to be said lympics isn't entirely bad news seven billion pounds worth of business related contracts were generated by these games but just like the lympics in sport itself it appears that winners and losers have been created in the economy. probably next hour the only thing is that the u.s. markets are very good so you then just a moment or an r.t. will get of the headlines but then i rather intriguing documentary a special report that reveals the u.k.'s nuclear secrets just a second. nuclear

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