turkish the saudi find said to have been captured inside syria helping the rebels fighting against president assad all inside a conflict now that sees more civil servants targeted for simply being employed by the government. three years behind bars the demand of prosecution as the trial of the headline grabbing pussy riot has draws to a close here in moscow. but tolerance is put to the test in belgium as a candidate with mental health problems runs for public office however critics fear it's nothing more than a publicity stunt. live

from the heart of moscow's city center this is a city with me rule received syria says its forces have captured a group of military officers from turkey and saudi arabia in the flashpoint city of aleppo now the group is a thought to have run rebel combat operations against the syrian army the area in northern syria has been the scene of deadly fighting if the rebels moved in from the outskirts last month early reports suggested the opposition had started to receive its first heavy weaponry from foreign allies via turkey and saudi arabia was paying salaries for fighting against assad and his art his works on a boy reports from syria but even those who are not involved in the country standoff are still living in constant fear for their lives. to fix the problem. but he invited to 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 this day. this is now becoming a death mark for an increasing number of state employees. this call in the middle of the night cost here my brother. was one of syria's most experienced civil pilots u.s. educated he logged 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 age you're trying to estimate what's going on. his brother a plastic surgeon also received. their family belongs to the al away it's the same religious group as assad but they were never politically active. you said the way

documents confirm syria's armed opposition has a hit list for 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 with around 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 any government in the world where they seem aquatica not has two distinct groups of people working for a political force 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 the scorching heat 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 that identities. all the syrian people are in danger children the elderly farm workers civil servants doctors and scientists there are no exceptions for 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 so i am not surprised to hear that some groups within the free syrian army are with 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 tension from the media from the international community it is and interests. the some sections

in the opposition to make things worse for people so that those people who are the silent majority join in the fight and round of world attacks against the 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 to the line to boycott are democrats because syria. you continue following oksana on her twitter feed she's been traveling all over the country with her colleagues and brings you the latest updates and analysis from both sides of the political spectrum there. from our prosecutors have demanded three year jail sentences for members of the controversial feminist punk band pussy riot who station anti putin protest stand in russia's main cathedral where the women are on trial or they're accused of inciting religious hatred in a case that's caused a storm not only among the russian public but also abroad now it is pretty all over

takes up the story though i should advise you is reporter does include images of a sexual nature. it's the trial that's gripped global attention three members of the punk rock collective pussy riot of hooliganism after taking part in an protest inside moscow's main cathedral the demonstration dubbed a punk rock prayer to rid russia of vladimir putin to media focus around the world . but i would like to reiterate our stance which we have expressed from the very start of our defendants did not perpetrate a criminal offense and therefore any verdict of court say for an acquittal it will be unlawful. the group of being called political prisoners by human rights groups and media outlets support for many within the music industry sting faith no more and the red hot chili peppers of all call 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 for those who defend the women say 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 also 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 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 harshly and

they don't deserve it by the way i strong. they disapprove of that act i'm old enough to be that debt 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 with the over the call for clemency was repeated by president putin the man who was the target of the protest over just. what 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 to 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 on their hope to meet someone who conclusions themselves on the way the final decision rests with the courts. the trial continues here in moscow is public opinion is divided over

what punishment if any should be handed down to the three women in the dock peter all of a r.t. . we have more reaction to the trial online including a plea for leniency from the queen of pop of course madonna this while some finnish activists show their support with a copycat protest this time that's all getting the largest orthodox church in western europe. also online just days after a u.s. army veteran goes on a shooting spree in a sikh temple a radical baptist church praises him for carrying out god's work. on a web site. if you're. forty acres and

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a week. i have no rights. would be soo much brighter if you move from france to pressure. these flu stunts on t.v. dot com. thank you for joining us here on our to today security leaks from the obama administration continue despite an ongoing internal investigation cording to the u.s. house intelligence committee agencies are now hoping to crack down with harsher punishment

for those caught spilling information to the media this explanation to out who's gonna check out. the f.b.i. is on a hard to believe kurtz 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 of the way they kept the distinct chill over press coverage of national security issues as journalists here say agencies declined routine interview or firestone 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 or on authorized sharing of information with the media so you have an assault on the first number both the government and the lawmakers former assistant director of the cia's that everybody in the intelligence world agrees never have there been so many high low level leaks one has to what

ministration is being so hard on leakers as this one we're talking about all kinds of leaks leaks about the administration's targeted killings. as it continues to illegally. execute suspected terrorists abroad or leaks about government agencies sweeping surveillance capabilities that home the obama administration alone has prosecuted government officials believe king information to the press more than all other paths that miss ration by earlier i spoke with one of the. great that is once was a senior executive of america's largest think our legislature 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 today's world power elites. those in charge they don't like dirty linen being here they don't like the skeletons in the closet being seen. 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 the 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 rise 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. the moscow times still to come for you in this program about of a russian satellites becoming dangerous space junk posing a potential threat to space objects off of their rockets fail to deliver them to their intended to open. up british investment bank one just twenty three percent after i say sins of money laundering with their on all the details

and business shortly. now europe may be facing a tolerance crisis with the far right and immigration rhetoric intensifying a bit to the other extreme in the belgian city of ghent politicians are being accused of being too tolerant by allowing a man with mental disabilities to run for office as reports. 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 d.d.a. pelham on the forty one year old candidate of the flemish christian democrats 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 the single to do people in the end also people with disabilities can run for elections in our community are 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 he would like mechanics if he's physically disabled it's not ridiculous but he has mental disabilities 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 for them and got a lot of respect for them but they have to realize themselves that they're not able

to do everything all the other get residents like frederick 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. melissa pool elections did you know 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 a broader diversity because you may not this one just silly r t get in belgium and r.t. is coming to live from moscow greece is struggling to curb the flow of illegal immigrants claiming scarce public funds and more than sixteen hundred people will be kicked out of the country after the latest crackdown all part of an effort to save money in any way possible and greece is sinking under its own debt but economist roger

bootle believes that leaving the eurozone is the only way the country can save itself and the full interview coming up in about twenty three minutes. greece in my need 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 slow the grinding process of trying to. take. decades sort of a credit freeze very i don't think it's possible to imagine a return to economic growth in the current setup by contrast with 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. just a moment on the world update here on r t but for now egypt has accused the israeli spy agency mossad of being behind a deadly border attack that left sixteen security officers dead on sunday is what i

call the allegations nonsense and instead blamed islamist militants journalist and believes terrorists taking advantage of egypt's weak security following its long term uprising. the attack was first of all. increased tensions between israel and egypt i think that's one of. the attackers had in mind and second of all we have to remember that these organizations will leave that violence. and justifies all means they believe 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 homicide terrorists are not able to carry out their plans so very absent no opportunities for any countries closer together in the islamists and especially did you have to use that we're talking

about now have been for years. 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 and all the other countries north africa then what we're going to see is chaos and that is what we're seeing unfortunately across the entire region. to kick off the update it's where the regime demonstrators have continued their protests demanding the release of political prisoners tempest once again fresh clashes with police arrested one man was injured when his patrol was talkative with petrol bombs on monday security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets an attempt to break up the rallies. you zealand's been forced to close main roads on several airports softer a volcano erupted in the center of the north island. started a meeting of rocks into the sky last night covering the ground with

a thick layer of dust a number of locals had to flee their homes to safety the volcano has been dormant for decades and experts are trying to assess if this is the beginning of a possibly new tippity cycle. marina's here in two minutes with the business for another two communications satellites are lost in space after a russian rocket failed to place them into orbit on monday experts admit they now pose a threat to other satellites and possibly the international space station artist on barton has more. the greatest fear now is that the booster and the two satellites that are stuck in an emergency all of it could become potentially dangerous space junk flying around the earth the greatest danger it potentially come to the international space station. has said that no emergency maneuvers are planned for the i assess that hasn't allayed fears of

a possible collision the booster with the two communications satellites is now stuck in a low orbit the chances of those satellites getting to where they're supposed to be is nearly nothing says ross course most probably fall back to work on this is come as an embarrassment to ross cosmos which saw a string of arrows in space flights last year. and there's marina as promised good to see you again a few moments ago you were giving us a brief bit of information about this scandal about a british investment bank what else do you know about it well of course naturally they're denying the allegations and this comes after eight years we see who was involved in a similar scandal some of them very good for the banking sector in the u.k. about now but more on that in a second let's start with the markets which are pretty much focusing on that though as well we've seen a lot of performance across the board all the markets have been swinging between gains and losses right now the policy is mixed when it comes to the foot sea it's flat and i've got seven and we have the german dax which is firmly in the half

a percent in the black territory but as i said and that's those are really focusing on the british investment by let me just tell you some more information about that i told you that have plummeted over twenty three percent and that's twenty three point seven six to be exact and we're talking about the standard chartered and this is that it is suspected of why didn't tens of thousands of transactions with iran which is of course subject to us economic sanctions american financial regulators have said the bank has laundered as much as two hundred fifty billion dollars over nearly a decade. now standard chartered which denies the allegations i mentioned earlier faces losing its u.s. banking license. and staying with the us federal reserve chairman ben bernanke he has suggested paying more attention to alternative economic indicators rather than p. which he says sometimes masked important information he gave an example of the better life and ex used by the organization for economic cooperation and development which

compares countries by you some indicators of quality of life ben bernanke he also slides of the kingdom of bhutan which stopped tracking his g.d.p. in one thousand nine hundred seventy two in favor of a gross national happiness index he said conventional indicators could help analysts measure the real state of economic affairs. but and here in russia you can see the figures there were firmly imposed of territory for the past two hours ago i was out in the negative then it went up and down and there you have it the odds he has got in over half a percent similarly with the mines sikes crude prices have been there as well but the prices remain on the high levels compared to the previous months that we saw if you move on and take a look at the exchange rates also volatility there today when it comes to the euro its continuance again against the u.s. dollar when it comes to the ruble again i'm expecting this hour it keeps changing and then we have the ruble which is losing against the euro by again and it's to the greenback not staying where they were but with russia to be precise in local

company news i'm talking about megaphone which is the second biggest mobile operator in the country it has once again postpone this along in this thing previously the four moved from july to september signing financial turmoil on the markets now in the us the newspaper says the company plans to go public in the middle of all to for the very same reasons it is the only on trade of russian big telecom company and they're reportedly plans salissa twenty percent of its shares aiming for four billion dollars. and now let's talk about clearing up the arctic as . that's the mission of russia's geographic society kicked off an exhibition to clear the islands of the barren sea from collected industrial garbage and ahead of the trip flatter me of truth in that said that russia is now focusing its efforts on boosting activities in the region but us all alone in doing so arctic nations are also planning to do the same as that of a local and i explained. greener than you think this is the arctic temperatures

this july topped 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 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 poll a very close five arctic countries russia norway denmark canada and the us have the right to explore waters up to three hundred seventy kilometers all the coasts but it's the central poolers 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 pool to developing their arctic according to a civilized manner of behavior and proposed

a drilling moratorium in the central pullers zone this year all giant rosneft signed contracts to explore russia's arctic with america's x. and marvels norway's stance lawyer 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 quake of its own charges for giving this racial home to many political battles transformed into a high tech. make that you have a core business the arctic and we have more arctic related stories on our website of course as our two dot com slash business record just want to look out your race profile just get the business partners head straight to r.t. dot com. i love you. just a second here on ars you will get to the headlines and then more financial analysis i deem controversial by some and just

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