[000:00:00;00] please please . turkish and saudi officers are reportedly caught offering the syria country we're now even a loose links to the government is turning ordinary civilians into rubble targets. yon's high profile data leaders within state u.s. government and lawmakers are pretty noising certain kinds of information spills while deliberately planning their own. plots people in a belgian city say one local party has taken political correctness to far after get caught up with mental problems as

a candidate and municipal election it's. one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with me rita joshie a group of turkish and saudi officers have been arrested in the flashpoint city of aleppo according to syria's state t.v. the focus of the war shifted to the area last month after rebels moved in from roads sparging street battles and forcing thousands of civilians to flee earlier reports suggest to the rebels were receiving sophisticated weapons by the turkish border and gulf nations said they were putting the fighters on payroll you want to have meanwhile left the siege to aleppo for security reasons or he's a tomboy the reports from syria literally no one is safe. it's a fixture in any public office in syria whether you buy tickets or get a driving license president assad will be watching all. those working here it's not a political statement rather

a song that their company belongs to this day. is now becoming a death mark for an increasing number of state employees. but we know 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 since when you were rounded incapable of using your head you're trying to estimate what's going on. his brother a plastic surgeon also received brads the family belongs to the alloway it's the same religious group as assad but they were never politically active you said the documents confirm syria's opposition has

a hit list which scientists engineers doctors and civil servants only. 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 municipal 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 a south sympathizers in damascus hospitals window blinds is permanently drawn now because of the scorching heat for 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 revealing the identity of. all the syrian people are in danger children day old really farm workers civil servants doctors and scientists there are no exceptions over the fact that my life and the lives of other syrian people are a true makes me tremble with fear along with fears put their safety syrian civil servants also have to deal with a much higher workload many now put in sixty hour weeks but barely a day off due to inflation their salaries have devalued as have their lives so i am not surprised to hear that some groups within the free syrian army are targeting those people who are trying to make life better or orderly because at the end of the day if things get back to normal they will lose any support they will lose any attention from the media from the international community it is in the interests of at least some factions in the opposition to make things worse for people so that

those people who are the silent majority join in the fights around the world attacks against they don't 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 on the line that's not boycott artsy democracy syria and still around the sour israel image of trade accusations over failure or assault some experts believe creating a regional to intern is exactly what the attackers wanted. a car versus trial of an anti put in pond pan anderson's pile stayed with public debate centered on whether the women shocking the people mormons deserves the harshest punishment. the obama administration is taking the plucking to a new level and president of manhunt is sweeping u.s. state agencies in an attempt to root out data spills that are becoming increasingly frequent but as

a garnish to counter reports not all kinds of leaks are being criminalized. the f.b.i. is on a hunt pull the 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 kept 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's employee of their position in punishment for an authorized sharing of information with the media so you have an assault on the first one both the government and the lawmakers 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 do with 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 that home field 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. great that is who once was a senior executive of america's largest intelligence agency and he blew the whistle on fraud and abuse with regard to the agency's secret surveillance program here's what he told me speaking truth to power is very dangerous and it is 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 leaks are 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 the authorized that really helped 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. spain is already is are also accused of trying to spin the media their own way as we reported just a few minutes of the country's technocrat government or some journalist off the state for slamming the massive cuts forced to be conditions. tolerance and political correctness may have reached its limit in the belgian city of gant a man with mental disabilities is running for office insisting his condition should

be no obstacle to a political career but as our tests are still in our reports we want to greece. where here and get the city in 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 him on the forty one year old candidate of the flemish christian democrats who is hoping to get a seat in ghent city council he admits he has difficulties in speaking and writing . 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 no 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 i've 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 political i spend a lot of energy campaigning the rest is up to voters to be just given out this one just the r t gant in belgium. greece plans to deport more than six hundred people in a massive crackdown against illegal immigrants claiming public funds it's all part of an effort to save money in any way possible in a country which is sinking under its own debt but as economist roger bootle tells r t he believes leaving the euro zone is the only way greece can save itself the forgery in this next hour and now it's short preview. in 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 do 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. prosecutors have demanded three year prison sentences for the members of congress feel punk band pussy riot the trio is 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 well arty's peter all over looks sad the case and his reporting colludes 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 rusher of blood amir putin to media focus around the world. 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 sting 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. actually that's not what 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 but it's that political character and the search for the shocking is clearly visible when you look at what the women have done previously past stunts of 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 foremans 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 harshly and yet an example 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 too far. 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 decision if the bonds let's say defiled a sacred place in israel they would have to cope with some tough guys there and would face difficulties from attempting to leave the country or if for example they went to the caucasus and defaced 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 i hope they've made some important conclusions themselves anyway the final decision rests with the court but the trial continues here in moscow as 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

quoting pob deal madonna say moscow she once leniency for both iraq. and finnish activist who decided to support the russian punks with a copycat progress targeting largest orthodox church in western europe. plus civil services are paralyzed in a california city police and firefighters are bankrupt and out of gas line as fuel companies will use refill on till debts are paid off. and i manned russian rocket launch from by going to rise winter on monday has failed in a way were two communications satellites into orbit are just on barton joins me now to explain so tom tell us what happened. at the moment.

on the m launches rocket launches have been suspended as experts try to work out exactly what did happen with the failed launch of this rocket and its booster carrying two communications satellites up toward it the main worry now is that the rocket is a dangerous piece of space junk or at least potentially dangerous the main worry obviously being the international space station the russian space agency ross cause more ses at the moment no a vase of maneuvers are planned but that hasn't allayed fears even but there could be a potential collision the booster failed to get the communications satellites up to their proper orbit the booster fired at the correct time but only for seven seconds when it was supposed to fire for more than eighteen minutes that has left the booster with the two communications satellites attached floating out to lower emergency orbit this all comes as a great embarrassment for ross cosmos with a string of mistakes happening last year including

a supply rocket plunging back to earth and the failure of admission designed to take samples from the martian moon phobos it's also the third satellite launch failure since two thousand and ten a lot of all of these communications satellites cost immense amounts of money this was one of the satellites before it was the first purchased by into an easier and more than the physical cost it's a blow to attempts to try and restore confidence by ross cosmos in a once great and groundbreaking russian space industry. all right tom thanks very much indeed for bringing us this day tom. reporting their. candidates in the u.s. presidential race are trading political blows over iran and the crippling sanctions america striving to impose republicans are targeting obama's former campaign

manager after he was paid for a speech by a company linked to iran's revolutionary guard david plouffe god paid one hundred thousand dollars in twenty time for speaking in nigeria just weeks before he fish and we became part of the obama administration job d. from the national iranian american council says obama's policy towards iran is coming back to bite him. 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 passed you know the strongest iran sanctions the strongest nations frankly that's ever been imposed on any company in 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 it left at least sixteen security officials dead israel denies the claims of blaming iran militants and criticizing post revolution egypt for losing its grip of the region journalist and also believes the uprising has harmed the country's security. the attack was first of all. increased tensions between israel and egypt i think that's going to be. the attackers had in mind and second of all we have to remember that these organizations believe that violence. and justifies all means they do that in the act itself as an ideological goal to shield . their religion as they see it a responsible decision makers in egypt should be trying to increase cooperation with israel in order to ensure that these kind of homicidal terrorists are not able

to carry out their plans so perhaps this is going to not unities from. the countries closer together the islamists and especially did you have these that we're talking about now have been for years operating inside and now what they're doing is taking advantage of the fact that there is an unstable situation in egypt but if you just listen as we've seen now across the region egypt syria i mean all the other countries north africa and what we're going to see is chaos and that is what we're seeing unfortunately. now is to look at some of the stories from around the world are militants fired on worshippers in a christian church in central nigeria killing nineteen now group has taken responsibility for the attack but religious violence like this is usually attributed to muslim extremist groups. earlier this year a wave of attacks on christians more than one hundred thirty people killed. at least twelve civilians have been injured after

a truck filled with explosives blew up at the entrance of a nato military base in eastern afghanistan officials are blaming taliban militants saying they stole the vehicle and this is the second outbreak of violence in afghanistan today after eight people died when a bus hit a mine in not far from the country's capital kabul. more than fifty people have been killed by floods in the philippines were to. the 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 seasonal monsoon also caused the region's major dams and reverse to overflow. spain's riling government has been accused of silencing dissent a number of journalist were sacked from the state channel for their critical stance a worry you ban and sweeping a stare at some in the spanish media believe mario roy's technocrat government is

destroying democracy in the country. never in the spanish history of public television after the franco data ship the government control of the television or radio was stronger nowadays in my opinion the. democracy probably the best question to china to raise a political situation you know spanish a lack of democracy the government missing the banks and markets and a little of the scene is going to be due to your soul noble but anyone who does not understand the media's right to see this and right of information by the government of public television and public radio the us political welcomes before the arrival of my i'm a hold to the government it was necessary at least a conscientious between the main political parties represented in the parliament and the trade union you know order to constitute our leaving it in team the administration country look the public radio and public television unfortunately they were men of the whole you change the law and now decorum and to control the

absolute control of television without any kind of agreement with all their ideas and the trade union. right now. and let's get all the latest from the world of business where you know what's happening well right now we're seeing changes in the market movements naturally that's what is there for in this hour of course as well every hour we're looking at here first and what's happening there is really investors are struggling to find direction haven't gone from positive to negative if i can take a look at the latest figures as i talk there will see that basically when it comes to the footsie it's slipped into negative territory just a launch there the german dax is managing insists they and course of tears are maintaining that half a percent in the black there and unless i'm really hoping to hear about a possible european formed by and that's what they're focusing on but i want to talk about a stock as their per secularly badly today and in fact that setting almost nineteen percent this hour and that is british investment bank and we're talking about so.

and there child if we can take a look at it we'll see standard chartered and basically the reason this is happening is as this suspect all of hiding tens of thousands of transactions with iran which is of course subject to u.s. economic sanctions american financial regulators have said the bank has a longer this much assume hundred fifty billion dollars over nearly a decade now standard chartered which denies the allegations of face is losing its u.s. banking license. revenue is the man you see there u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke he has suggested paying more attention to alternative economic indicators that's rather than the g.d.p. and he says sometimes that last important information he gave an example of the better life index used by the organization for economic cooperation and development which compares countries based on indicators of quality of life ben bernanke you also saw it said the kingdom of tong which stopped tracking this g.d.p.

in one thousand seventy two in favor of a gross national happiness index he said conventional indicators non-conventional i should say could help analysts measure their real state of economic affairs. and here in russia invest in managing to maintain that positive sentiment that is basically what's driving the asian markets that we saw earlier was that the arts yes is that a third of a percent similarly with the myself and also most of the blue chips are the much better as well but we'll take a look at those and next hour for now let's move on to currencies so what's happening there the euro is still gaining against the u.s. dollar although it's pretty much flat as you can see there and the mixed picture for the ruble this hour it's news in against the euro gaining to the greenback now on local company news out like to talk about megaphone which is the second biggest operator in the country and it has once again postponed that's the london listing previously the firm moved it from july to september science and financial turmoil

in the markets but now that i'm. newspaper says the company plans to go public in the middle of for the very same reasons it is the only on trade of russian big telecom company and ever quarterly plans to list twenty percent of its shares aiming for four billion dollars well it's about clearing up the arctic because that is the mission of russians joe graphic society which is basically has kicked off an expedition to clear the islands of the bar and see from the collected basically industrial garbage and before the trip live near putin did say that the country is focusing its effort on boosting its if it is in the region and also that's something that all the arctic nations are planning to do and that anabolic over has all the details for us. greener than you think this is the arctic temperatures this july and topped those in moscow and rising on average twice as fast as and you where else in the world the record i smelled has made the arctic's vast natural

resources easier to get than ever before imo then we all want to be horrid off our planet oil and gas reserves and in fact that have been heaven bordering countries and even china eager to pull labor 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 cooler 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 is the last contender to send an expedition to the pull 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 exxon mobil norway's

startling and easily. 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 quake of it's on charge of and on for giving this nation home to manage our political battles will transform into a high tech economic hub that can open a call of business our to the arctic. for business news like style for our station