which brightened if you. are from france to. start on t.v. don't come. president assad's prime minister is sacked after fleeing to jordan with more defections being reported and all the while the final battle reportedly set for syria's second city. gulf states seeking closer ties as crackdowns on protesters gather force with dozens injured and detained in bahrain. deadly terrorist strikes in russia's republic of chechnya with suicide bombers attacking an army checkpoint while a car bombing claims more than. the most amount is closed up in positive territory today following on probably gave made across the global equity market spite of all prices dropping in the south so now i have

a breakdown of the figures are much more intense in the funny business but. it is good to have you with us here on our t.v. today on real research i live in moscow damascus says the syrian prime minister who has fled to jordan has been sacked but it's thought he's not the only recent defection from assad's elite although he is the first from his cabinet on monday several people were injured by a bomb blast inside the headquarters of the state t.v. and radio channel in the capital but the explosion caused considerable damage to the building this despite the government saying it's pushed the rebels from their last stronghold in damascus meantime the syrian army is amassing more troops and artillery near the country's city of aleppo as opposition fighters are readying for a major battle with casualties being reported on both sides. they are each racing

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 on a boy that's the story. on the outskirts of damascus pro-government paramilitary also known as should be camped out in what used to be very 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 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 defend our own land the opposition accuses the shabby heard 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 but those for over eighteen and i not only stands university students can delay or shorten their terms while those but 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 men from his down recently returned home in coffins and he says for the sake of his family he can't risk being there before the courses. the court all me to go boy. home. but

after the close is. not. to go for me or even the syrians love the others so i was. taller than 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 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 a 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 country wanted me to join the army at the end my parents said i should do it to have these cleared so that i could go on with my own life the syrian army sometimes per trade as

a killing machine many of its members are just in that early twenties and if anything they're to honor the victims a whole war that country has been dragged into the boycott artsy reporting from syria. and now gulf arab nations are seeking closer ties as the foreign ministers of the six states are a set of talk integration next month saudi arabia and bahrain which have all 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 say is discrimination by the sunni monarchies with choppin 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 are also demanding the release of political prisoners earlier my colleague kevin owen talked to a human rights activist omarion who are starting not to reveal her location she explains the hardships of her fight in the face of the hypocrisy of the

international community. my father still recovering from has a long hunger strike that he staged a few months ago and 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 sister was arrested two nights ago during the cell determination protests she was staging a one person protest inside a roundabout is talking about you and your sister how much danger is there now for activists in your country is that a fair representation the place for activism behind today seems to be prison we have a lot of whole origin of your logic were both very prominent human rights defender not just them for them 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. as a threat to the regime in the country. julian assange when his interview show was broadcast here on this channel criticize the u.s. for backing the rules in the gulf state i've got

a quote i just want to read it to our viewers if you let me he said it's very clear 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. 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 fortune or does that say 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 they will not support human rights when it's not in their interest. to go over most do you think well 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 and it's good to have you with us today to have for you in this hour the legacy of disorder a year after the riots and looting on london's streets locals and this summer's olympic capital i'm not sure the violence won't make a comeback also. the trial of a female punk group pussy riot enters its second week of 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. from now deadly terror attacks have hit russia's volatile republic of chechnya a suicide attack on an army checkpoint killed four soldiers in the capital grozny

how all of this while a separate car bombing killed three servicemen tom barnes been following this story all day it's good to have you back on the program tom it's been a bolding all day going back and going for what are officials saying now. investigators say that they have found a belt on body parts suspected to belong to a suicide bomber after three blasts around grozny the capital of russia's republic of chechnya two explosions were reported at a checkpoint it's not known whether that was the work of one bomber or two and for four deaths have been reported after those explosions although they may include the body of the bomber in another incident a car a military vehicle on its way into the city was blown up by a device planted underneath the vehicle that killed three soldiers and wounded three others. none of these figures are finalized and neither of the reports can be

finally concluded but in the region in russia's north caucasus region there have been numerous gun than bomb attacks in past months or in art is art. live in central moscow thank you. well it is the olympic summer spectacle that comes to mind first when london is mentioned this august but a year ago blazing fires and rampant looting were in place of the banners and olympic rings on the city's streets police were unable to bring the situation under control for almost a week. when to look at what lessons the u.k. hopes to have learned the. rioting and looting disorder these were the explosive scenes on the streets in towns and cities within england last two best shops and warehouses attacked and taught by out of control youth and adults alike a situation the police took days to bring on to control

a year and on the surface all is well damaged buildings have been rebuilt all boarded up and people are going about their business again but dig 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 it mitt 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 pavement under the right 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 fraud 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 distant phone. boredom and a dysfunctional relationship with the police something social justice campaign elite just says has not been addressed and employment is going up generally. 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 more aggressive what is called total policing which which amounts to zero tolerance policing means that takes only a matter of time and not so much if but when in the aftermath 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 are unemployed people in riots hit hackney like to think it won't happen again but are aware that it could be lungs. filled. with people. and give something to do keep them busy and they're. going to get worse i mean how. i think it will take many to trust the work situation and the kicking people off the benefit well nothing. i'm back on the force now i'm going to happen again quite the same way but i don't think anything's been addressed knowing 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 r.t. london of course you can always follow up on the stories on our website on t. dot com a plenty more for you there including i reports surfacing of a top secret u.s. israeli troop. to attack iran find out online whether there are any grounds to these rumors. but you can watch how rainbow flying to been streaming through the streets of vietnam's capital for the first time in the country's history as it hosts it in or gay parade. there are moscow time or the trial of the female punk band pussy riot has resumed after a weekend recess the defendant currently being cross-examined three members of the group are facing prison on hooliganism charges for their stand inside moscow's main cathedral cathedral and that was back in february now reporting from outside the courthouse. the second week of this trial has now begun and has proven

quite lengthy in proceeding so far not 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 eye witnesses testimony to be very heartfelt and emotional time 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 the judge resigning over this trial to be replaced that's for a number of reasons ranging from 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 way before them dating back to when these three defendants who initially taken into custody about five months ago to understand why this is cause such outrage and where it took place now that had been

demonstrations taking place involving the pussy riot group before this one was located in the russian russia's main the docks cathedral cross savior to this what outraged many. the famous 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 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 outspoken on this issue mostly 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 this trial so far because what they'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. if you're watching are looking for you in the program here that over forging the path to life on the road are the most high tech mars rover ever built touches down and we can send them back images from its mission to explore the martian surface support life and become a new place to live report in just a second. for china has hit back at the u.s. for claiming its new navy base in the south china sea is an attempt to occupy the entire region. facility became operational two weeks ago and beijing claims it's only to protect its own territories specialist beall says 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 in the south china sea is is is there unlikely in the short and the americans have the strategy of containing china and important part of that to building up alliances on the economic trends we have to be a transfer to the ship and then drop all these military alliances. and north east asia a couple weeks ago when their intention. through jand alliance. between south korea and japan so far because of popular opposition in in south korea. india is not really going their way too much china and so forth to the south china sea is one area where they have all the advantages they have missed real contest.

between the countries in the region so it's sort of the heavens and gift if you want to. if you want to build up alliances and if you want to see the chinese. so that's what was safe. now while the u.s. 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 keeling's to washington we spoke to u.s. congressman dana rohrabacher who gave us his view on the difficulties that president karzai continues to face. the government this was established 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 courses no base of support so as i'm pointing

those things out and the fact that he's so tied into the pakistanis. cars i don't want me around so he exercised is. you can watch our full interview in just over an hour's time here on r t for now though a straight to the u.s. state of wisconsin for the r.t. world update it's worth origins have identified the man who shot dead six worshipers a sikh temple the name of the man as 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 radical white supremacist views and to the temple on sunday morning and began firing incidents caused outrage with sikhs in india demanding the u.s. do more to protect their people. israel has found the bodies of eight gunman who attacked a security checkpoint on the border with egypt the heavily armed assault had left

at least sixteen egyptian gods killed and eight injured when the gunman tried to cross the border israel responded with artillery fire both sides blame the attack on islam and the militants who have been increasing their 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 the broadcast showed some of the suspects supposedly reenacting the assassinations in the capital tehran pictures from a military garrison in israel were also shown it's claim the suspects were trained there iran believes the killings were part of a campaign by israel and the west against its ongoing atomic program. now if life on the red planet exists it could well be found rather soon as the most sophisticated ever mars rover starts sending its first pictures after of course successfully landing on the surface it will spend two years there and could determine if it's possible to one day colonize the red planet. from the russian

academy of cosmonaut expecting the achievement is a breakthrough for the still 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 life do. whether there is enough water and the round of the surface of mars morning and of course one of the major questions is whether the conditions on mars are adequate to hold some day i think a mission to the red planet your city is a very complex machines it can see so far hundred different systems including curd doesn't settle for fairly sophisticated instruments and time to deal. with a program manager and start hundred percent short term of the whole system so active waited several more for their curiosity to move an inch from the place where

it is now and their overall face thinks of systems and instruments could big from weeks to several months for do not expect to get anything from can your city anytime soon then we know the next two or three weeks. from now for the only business update there's a building standing by the market tesco understood though it's at this point on a start it's a pretty good start to the week it is that is the yeah there's no proof this monday till we got stocks gaining across the board really basically those in the us is they now into the trading hour they are still gave it a little but it's because of better than anticipated corporate earnings and one of the biggest ones today is the electronics retailer best buys up nearly fifteen percent salt of the founder offered to take the company private as a big news event going on over the shoulder was also galls recent reports that the

german chancellor angela merkel is government is going to be back in the european central bank's fall and buying plan. with that in mind is have a look at the european markets as well and see how they're responding that now we're in towards the end of the trading day and is looking like they're going to and as you can see about the but see that nearly seven tenths of percent all the that is around my tens of positive territory we also have the news coming out from greece their creditors that they agrees the need to strengthen their policy efforts really to support the growth in the region and investors also considering the likelihood of spectators well for me requesting financial aid in the coming days is a busy week for europe very much so with that in mind as have a look at the common currency and it's recently. upward trend is still managing to gain for the second hour and that's all to fall in for much of the session as investors remain cautious about how effective the latest pledge is really are other

group although complete change of fortunes it matters if it is up because the u.s. dollar the european currency is now trading at the highest levels of the summer so far so as have a look at how the russian markets ended the session today microsoft imposed a church to help you guys just earn those following the gains across the board really in spite of all having a challenging session up before we all markets closed the prices were lower if we look at them now we'll be able to see is a change of fortune in the last five ten minutes or so they've just seen some gay they were benefiting on friday the how to jump on friday after the better u.s. jobs data and they've really started getting as the u.s. markets have gained as well also wanted to mention as well that they will supply disruptions in turkey after a pipe blew up and also is now having its biggest gain since june i can't even picture that because the retailers well they're not have paid they are apparently suffering and that's because locals are choosing to work from home and that's

because they don't want to get stuck at a traffic jam apparently as many as one and a half million choosing to work from high now of course it makes the roads less chaotic of course but where he said it is they're beginning to panic because the british capital is apparently now looking a bit like the ghost town and you farmhouse these house. 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 that has been dropping custom and there are two main reasons people believe firstly the number of tourists 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 emily hay 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 we for we would be really busy but actually it's gone down like twenty five percent not many people around because enough tourists around all stay in stratford and a lot of people working from home that's why it really affected us i have to get rid of one of my staff because it's not that busy. really but what about fellow traders are they all saying a similar thing they're exactly the same all my neighbors i talk to there and they stay 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 doing 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 the 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 and there we are back about fifteen minutes

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