gargi dot com. turkish and saudi officers are reportedly pot operating in syria a country where now even a loose links to the government is turning ordinary civilians into rebel targets. yeah yeah i hans high profile being the leaders of the state agencies the u.s. government and lawmakers are personalizing certain kinds of information spills while deliberately planning their own. boss people in a belgian city say one local party has taken political correctness too far after that put up a man with mental problems as a candidate in municipal elections. from

moscow when we were in a josh group of turkish and saudi officers have been there arrested in the flashpoint city of aleppo according to syrian state t.v. the focus of the war shifted to the area last month after rebels moved in from the outskirts sparking street battles and forcing thousands of civilians to flee earlier reports suggested the rebels were receiving sophisticated weapons via the turkish border and gulf nations said they were putting the fighters on payroll you want observers have meanwhile left besieged aleppo for security reasons as our boys go reports from syria literally no one is safe. it's a fixture in any public office in syria whether you buy a ticket or get a driving license president assad will be watching over those working here it's not a political statement rather a sign that that company belongs to the state your design is now becoming

a death mark for an increasing number of state employees. but. this call in the middle of the night cost here my brother. was one of syria's most experienced civil pilots u.s. educated more than twenty thousand hours around the globe he was coming home from the airport when gunmen attacked his car. radical islam. is the worst enemy of radical islam when you were rounded incapable of using your page you're trying to estimate what's going on. his brother a plastic surgeon also received brad's their family belongs to the l a way it's the same religious group as assad but they were never politically active. he said the documents confirm syria's opposition has scientists engineers doctors and civil servants on it. and what started as

a battle against the regime now increasingly looks like a battle against the syrian state but the round a million and a half of the country's civil servants are becoming targets doctors teachers many simple workers have all been kidnapped or assassinated for simply doing their work and the government in the world where they seem aquatica not has two distinct groups of people working for a political fox whose job is to keep the ruling party in power and civil servants to make sure that streets are cleaned and hospitals are running and in syria regardless of that political affiliation civil servants are being targeted as assad sympathizers in damascus hospitals window blinds is permanently drawn now because of this. the fear of snipers a local doctor was kidnapped on his way from work a few months ago his family hasn't heard from him since his colleagues are now afraid of prevailing the identities. of. all the syrian people are in danger

children the elderly farm workers civil servants doctors and scientists there are no exceptions to the fact that my life and the lives of the syrian people are a true it makes me tremble with fear along with fears for their safety syrian civil servants also have to deal with a much higher workload many now put in sixty hour weeks with barely a day off due to inflation their salaries have devalued as have their lives. around the world attacks against the din situations carry some of the highest sentences and promptly condemned as terrorism yet in syria for the sake of ousting one man millions of lives up to the line it's not artsy democracy syria on the program here in art israel and egypt trade accusations over a fatal borisov some experts believe creating regional tantrum is exactly what the attack first one of. the controversial trial of an anti put in the punk band and

tour of its final stage but public debate centered on whether the tree it was shocking to see will form and deserves the harshest punishment. the obama administration is taking leapfrogging to a new level president of manhunt a sweeping u.s. state agencies in an attempt to root out data spills that are becoming increasingly frequent but it's going to reports not all kinds of leaks are being criminalized. the f.b.i. is on a hunt bullied kurds they have interviewed current and former high level government officials from the white house the pentagon the national security agency and the cia all to reveal those who spilled the beans investigation has already cast a distinct chill over press coverage of national security issues as journalists here say agencies declined routine interview requests and refused to provide background briefings on top of that the legislation is in the works in the u.s.

congress that would for example allow to strip the government employee of their position in punishment for an off the ride sharing of information with the media so you have an assault on the first from both the government and the lawmakers the former assistant director of the cia is that everybody in the intelligence world agrees never have there been so many high low level leaks one has to would ministration as being so hard on leakers as this one we're talking about all kinds of the leaks about the administration's targeted killings program as it continues to illegally execute suspected terrorists abroad or leaks about government agencies sweeping surveillance capabilities at home feel bomb administration alone has prosecuted six government officials believe king information to the press more than all the other past administrations combined earlier i spoke with one of them on the break that is who once was a senior executive of america's largest intelligence agency then he blew the

whistle on fraud and abuse with regards to the agency's secret surveillance program here's what he told me speaking truth to power is very dangerous and has world power elites. those in charge they don't like dirty linen being your. they don't like the skeletons in the closet. scene. and they not only do they object to it they decide to turn it into criminal activity. i guess we have to point out that not all the start being criminalized because you have a type of information that the government leaks deliberately to manage and control the discourse in the media so to say but any journalist would tell you that it's the on all the rides that really help reveal a sensitive story to the public otherwise journalists would just have to copy paste and reprint whatever the government decides to release to the press in washington i'm going to check out. what space authorities are also accused of trying to spin

the media their own way as we report and a few minutes the country's tech or government forces several journalists off the state t.v. channel four slamming the massive constant force to meet conditions. of tolerance and political correctness may have reached its limit in the belgian city of gand a man with mental disabilities is running for office insisting his condition should be no obstacle to a political career but as are teased us are suing are reports not everyone agrees. where here again the city of flanders known for its pretty medieval town center but it's also recently made headlines when a political party put a man with mental disabilities on its candidate list for local elections meet d.d.a. pelham on the forty one year old candidate of the flemish christian democrats who is hoping to get a seat in gan city council he admits he has difficulties in speaking and writing. yeah i've been active in community work for a living years our party slogan is everyone's included so i want to be given the

chance to be counselor to express myself and help people with disabilities. he says he wants to encourage voluntary social work and make the city more accessible to people with handicaps by promoting the use of simple language this is just a saying you know to the people in the end also people with disabilities can run for elections in our community. here in ghent so we can't ignore them you'd be hard pressed to find someone who'd say such people weren't part of society but some see the party's move as inappropriate where public office is concerned raising questions of whether politicians have pushed the envelope too far this time. if he's physically disabled it's not ridiculous but he has mental disability so that's another question you may have problems with reasoning. i think he's not capable of making decisions for other people i do voluntary work myself

with mentally disabled people and got a lot of respect for them but they have to realise themselves that they're not able to do everything other get residents like frederick and think it's really nothing more than a publicity stunt and i know it's difficult when you criticize such a nice and good guy but i don't want to criticize him in person i want to criticize his party for using him as a kind of political tool and to get media attention in a time where we are close to. when the simple elections did you is well aware of the criticism but as far as he's concerned these are poor because i spend a lot of energy campaigning the rest is up to voters and to be just given out this one just silly r t get in belgium. greece plans to the poor it's more than sixteen hundred people in a massive crackdown against illegal migrants claiming public funds it's all part of an effort to save money in an yway possible in

a country which is sinking under its own debt but as economist roger bootle tells r t he believes leaving the eurozone is the only way greece can save itself the full interview is this hour here's a preview. to my needs to get out of the euro i cannot see any way in which this current policy of austerity is going to bring any relief or stop this rounding process of trying to bring prices and wages down takes years decades correct the sort of on competitiveness that greece is going through i don't think it's possible to imagine return to economic growth in the current setup by contrast at the euro breaks i can imagine economic growth so far from being a disaster i think it could be the major step that leads to the restoration of growth in europe. got a virtual pussy riot punk trio are preparing to make their final pleas to the judge there on trial for protesting in russia's main cathedral and are now waiting to see

whether that will be their final performance or whether the show will go on our dispute are all over a look south of the case in his report includes images of a sexual nature. it's the trial that's gripped global attention three members of the punk rock collective pussy riot are accused of hooliganism after taking part in an anti putin protest inside moscow's main cathedral the demonstration dubbed a punk rock prayer to rid russia or of vladimir putin to media focus around the world now the three women in the dock face up to seven years in jail. but i would like to reiterate our stance which we have expressed from the very start our defendants did not perpetrate a criminal offense and therefore any verdict of court say for an acquittal will be unlawful. the group of being called political prisoners by human rights groups and media outlets donning support from many within the music industry staying faith no

more and the red hot chili peppers of all called for the women to be set free but groups associated with the russian orthodox church were outraged by the demonstration and called for the harshest penalties available however those who defend the women say the protest wasn't born out of any religious hatred. this x. obviously had political character which just went side by side with other such political acts the didn't stand out so the attempt to proclaim what has happened as abusive actions motivated by religious hatred is ridiculous. that political character and the search for the shocking is clearly visible when you look at what the women have done previously past stunts have included inviting the media to an orgy in a museum and one member performing a sex act with a frozen chicken in a supermarket because the performance though was a step too far for many in a nation where the majority of people orthodox kristie in search of a foreman's in the country's main cathedral saw some accusing the group of

blasphemy however some of russia's most ardent anti government activists who agree the women took things too far also said they shouldn't be punished too harsh. and yet on the whole they don't deserve it by the way i strongly disapprove of their act i'm old enough to be their dad so i would just spank them properly and let them off and now when they face up to seven years of prison this is going to far feel. the call for clemency was repeated by president putin the man who was the target of the protest. but i hope the court will rule with a just a citizen if the band let's say defiled a sacred place in israel they would have to cope with some tough guys there and would face difficulties when attempting to leave the country or to for example they went to the caucuses and a feast a muslim shrine security wouldn't have enough time to protect them from public anger nevertheless i don't think we should judge them too strictly and i hope

they've made some important conclusions themselves on the way the final decision rests with the court that the trial continues here in moscow with public opinion is divided over what punishment if any should be handed down to the three women in the dock peter oliver r.t. moscow. well we have more on the punk band trial and plenty of other stories online glueing pov diva madonna say moscow she wants any and c. for the ride. and finish activist who decided to support the russian punk with a copycat targeting the largest orthodox church in western europe. plus a new hazardous piece of space junk that's how all the ross cosmos described the most possible outcome of a new space mission after engineers lost connection with their two satellites.

candidates in the us presidential race or trading political blows over iran and the crippling sanctions america is trying to impose republicans are targeting barack obama's former campaign manager after he was paid for speech by a company linked to launch revolutionary guard david pull of god paid one hundred thousand dollars and two thousand and ten for speaking in nigeria just weeks before he officially became part of the obama administration. the national running american council says obama's policy towards iran is coming back to bite him. it is troublesome for the obama campaign and i hope that the irony is not lost on people that this is a president who is being criticized by mitt romney for being too soft on iran and yet he's. you know the strongest iran sanctions the strongest nations frankly

that's ever been imposed on any company on any country and they're so broad that his own top political advisor is now being ensnared in the same sions so you know either the same things are too broad and are having a counterproductive effect you know or this president has actually been pretty tough on you or on to the extent that even his own guys are now being sucked up in this it has accused israel spy agency mossad of orchestrating sunday's attack at a border checkpoint that left at least sixteen security officials dead israel denies the claims blaming islamic militants and criticizing post revolution in egypt for losing its grip of the region shia political analysts to arab dreiser thinks the attackers goal was to put the two countries at loggerheads. it's less important to examine necessarily who might have carried that out because it's a somewhat unknown but the significance of this playing up the idea that egypt and israel must be at each other it benefits both sides because the muslim brotherhood

is able to play to their base while the reactionaries in israel behind netanyahu and the ultra right are able to play to theirs so this is stoking the conflict stoking the tension in order to execute the geo political agenda of the west there is the obvious which is to destroy whatever cooperation does exist as a remnant of the egyptian israeli treaties this is also perhaps to bolster the muslim brotherhood in terms of the salafi. extremist elements in egypt but at the very end of very basic level this is to stoke the conflict that is existing in that region and drives up the cost of gas for example attacking the gas pipeline infrastructure and a variety of other geo political issues this is just political in nature not ideological take a look at some other stories from around the world are militants fired on worshippers in a christian church and central nigeria killing nineteen now

a group is taking responsibility for the attack but religious violence like this is usually attributed to muslim extremist group boko haram earlier this year i wave of attacks on christians more than one hundred thirty people killed. one fifty people have been killed by floods in the philippines where torrential rains continue to pound the country tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from the capital and work in offices and schools has been suspended downpours set off by the season well known soon also cause the region's major dams and rivers to overflow. a blaze at a chevron oil refinery in california has been contained although fire crews continue to battle the flames residents from nearby areas have been advised to stay indoors because of the danger of toxic smoke the fire started monday evening although investigators don't yet know what caused it. spain's right wing

governments has been accused of silencing dissent a number of journalists were sacked from the state channel for their critical stands over in the bank bailout and sweeping hysteria some in the spanish media believe marianna ruiz technocrat government is destroying democracy in the country . never in the spanish history of public television after the film go to a dealership the government control of the television and radio was stronger nowadays in my opinion the. democracy probably the best question to china to raise a political situation in spain is a lack of democracy the government needs in the hands of banks and markets and the little abusing is going to be due to your soul and mobile but anyone who does not understand the media's have probably right to cities and write books information for the government of public television and public radio yes political welcomes

before the i lost my i'm a hold to the government it was necessary at least a conscientious between the main political parties represented in the parliament under trade unions you know order to constitute our leading leading team in the administration country of the public radio and public television unfortunately they were minister a whole you change the law and now decorum and to control absolute control of television without any kind of like remain with all the ideas and the tree. and straight to marina now the latest from the world of business so we're hearing that a russian company has a side to delay its i.p.o. so which one is it and why exactly when a well we're actually talking about the second biggest mobile operator in the country that's a megaphone of course and they postponed that due to the financial turmoil on the markets right now and of course after facebook i mean i'm hardly surprised but we'll have more details on the next hour when i want to start with the markets here

particularly you can say that this is the hour of recovery there's a lot of the markets are now down i complete u. turn and they're in positive territory once it up on the fourteen and the backs are added over one percent of the damage that's a fact of a half a percent this hour and that's only general optimism that we're seeing of a possible european a bond buying that may be announced later on. this week now if you want to continue take a look at the russian markets to see that they're that done a complete u. turn again let's not forget they started negative territory now we've seen them extend their gains from monday now we can see the r.t.s. is at an over half a percent and the my six slowly heading there and crude prices are now going back off as well of course naturally helping the russian investors as well let's take a look though at some of the major movers on the my psych's most of the blue chips are now higher we see the bank is added just the knowledge there and we know that a post that it's net profit for the first of a monster of the year and it's included six percent of us on the russian accounting

standards then we have still a major seven saw added almost two percent in this hour every of our ratings agency fitch has upgraded the company's rating to a stable outlook and energy majors like gas from a war in negative territory before because they're on the pressure but now with oil prices going higher so are their shares in the stocks are there you can see now if we can move on and take a look at exchange rates also slightly different picture this out of the euro is now again in against the dollar as the ruble is extending the skase against both major currencies let's not forget that on monday we saw the ruble close at its highest level of the summer against both major currencies now if we continue with asia it's now closed and the picture there was positive then they added over half a percent the hang signed didn't manage to get the point there but still impulsive territory and there aside from that optimism in europe another thing that was helping was positive earnings reports in japan stay with asia in particular when the talk about one solid up to the not only in hong kong but in london as well

we're talking about almost sixteen percent in the red and that's what british investment banks. that's as it is suspected of high didn't tens of thousands of transactions with the wrong which is subject to u.s. economic sanctions american financial regulators have said the bank has laundered as much as two hundred. one hundred fifty billion dollars over nearly a decade now standard chartered which denies the allegations naturally face is losing its u.s. banking license. and there you go the man you see there u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke he has suggested paying more attention to alternative economic indicators rather than the g.d.p. which as he said sometimes masked important information he gave an example of the better life and that is used by the organization for economic cooperation and development which compares countries based on indicators of quality of life ben

bernanke he also slides of the kingdom of which stock tracking is g.d.p. in one nine hundred seventy two in favor of a gross national happiness index and he said non-conventional indicators could help analysts measure the real state of economic affairs. now let's talk about clearing up the arctic because that is the mission of russia's geographic society which has kicked off an expedition to clear the islands all the barren see all of this collective garbage and industrial waste as they called it and basically after the strip was announced flood near putin a did say that it's now one of the priorities to boost the seas in the region and all the arctic nations are planning to follow suit says that in the public on our reports. greener than you think this is the arctic temperatures this july top to those in moscow and rising on average twice as fast as i knew where else in the world the record i smelled has made the arctic's vast natural resources easier to get than ever before i know them they all want to be horrid off our planet

oil and gas reserves and in fact that have been seven bordering countries and even china eager poll a their quote five arctic countries russia norway denmark canada and the us have the right to explore waters up to three hundred seventy kilometers coasts but it's the central pullers zone that may now be up for grabs russia's already owns a vast arctic territory but there are concerns that this may unite the others against moscow's polar ambitions most recently denmark as a last contender to send an expedition to the pull cold to developing their arctic according to a civilized manner of behavior and proposed a drilling moratorium in the central pullers zone this year old giant rosneft signed contracts to explore russia's arctic with america's next and more bill norway's startler and any billions of dollars is already pledged but much more will

come when the pool is partitioned and the borders set so the more businesses that come here the quick of its own charter and for giving this racial home to many political battles will transform into a high tech economic hub that help a core business r.t. the arctic. so next hour asia is ounce megaphone is saying with more details buffet amerie urines take it away all right absolutely as things very much for this day we're up to speed and more financial analysis incurring a plan for your breakdown coming up in our interview right after the headlines stay with us. keep.

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