market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines to conjure reports. hello again this is the headline. the arab league said to make a move the other the syria where only rebels us trying to get a hold on a regime offensive in a letter to the senate now lies of bolstering the insurgency with french multi-million dollar support and looking for new ways to replace assad to. the three members of russian punk band pussy riot awaits the verge of civil staging and on to putin's stunt in russia's main cathedral prosecutors won't just three year prison time the case of trying to the attention of some of the world's biggest

music stars. criminal probe zone launched into a muslim sect in central russia that catterall sasuke children an underground bunker for almost ten years he is the children aged between one and seventeen games have never gone to school or been seen by a doctor and had really been allowed in today want. to major offensive is under way in egypt's vos while sinai region wants to try and restore security out of the border bought into the shuttle sixteen egyptian soldiers dead last week. under next american world affairs expert if it is that is explains why all mean both sides in the syrian conflict only outside interests. thank you for joining us on r.t. red cross and many other experts are saying that the situation in syria has descended into a civil war a full scale civil war. how does that how does that affect the positions of the

positions of the west versus the position of other countries so far we have seen no indication that either the us or any of the outside actors are taking seriously the consequences of the determination by the international committee of the red cross that this is a full scale civil war what it means among other things is that the international laws of war what's known as international humanitarian law apply throughout the region and it applies to the opposition as well as to the regime they are obligated under the conditions of international law not to use certain kinds of weapons not to attack civilians not to hold prisoners without some kind of process all of those things are part of international humanitarian law and we have seen no evidence yet that any of the outside actors are taking any of that seriously what does that mean to the syrian conflict what it means for the syrian people is that the militarization of this conflict is escalating that can only be in my view dangerous

more dangerous the notion that there can be a transition a regime that would not have the same kind of repression that we have seen from assad all these years is still possible the fact that hillary clinton is now reduced to acknowledging that that if assad himself arranges a transition safe haven whether it's in moscow whether it's in saudi arabia or somewhere else that's still possible then the question becomes who is going to be in control if the escalation continues if the militarization continues what we will then see is that the post. government will be led by the men with guns just like what we saw in libya just like what was so in somalia and many other i don't want to make comparisons libya is a very different country than syria somalia is a very different country but the notion that the victors of a political struggle because this is still

a political struggle in syria when the victors are those with the guns that always bodes ill for women for children for civilians syria is not libya syria has a long history of of civil society mobilization and organizations they have many things that was not possible in libya it's not the same i don't want to equate them but the danger is that you will have certain parallels certain similarities such as unaccountable militias who will not put themselves under the accountability of a new government that is a very dangerous reality and as diplomats have already acknowledged if there is another bigger explosion in syria if the entire syrian body politic explodes it will be an explosion not an implosion as libya was there is the danger because it is becoming sectarian because of that sectarian character that is only now becoming

dominant in syria in a country that was not traditionally a sectarian divided religiously divided country despite the use by the regime of the religious and sectarian divisions to maintain its power this was not a population that identified primarily by their religious affiliation as sunni or shia or alawite or whatever it was a possibility that if you were alawite you had a better shot at power but it wasn't the way people define themselves the danger of course is that with that growing the sectarianism growing there is the danger that it will spill over the borders and. some congress. and senators calls to arm the rebels for the u.s. to intervene don't you think that's just going to make it worse any further intervention by further militarization is going to make things worse the original militarization has made things far more difficult further militarization is going

to kill more civilians the choice of the syrian opposition to take up arms was contested from the beginning by other parts of the syrian resistance who said that we have a better chance of changing our government of overthrowing the government by nonviolent methods so certainly more escalation whether it's by the u.s. or any other outside power is going to be very very dangerous experts now say that the rebels in syria are very much dominated by there is an interest in the united states for instance of downplaying the role of the islamists but it's become more apparent that there are islamist forces whether they are al qaeda i think there is certainly not much evidence yet i think that it is a very dangerous for outside actors who are not on the ground who don't necessarily have good sources on the ground to assume that any islamist forces for instance are part of al qaeda that's a word that's designed to sow terror in the minds of anybody in the west anyone in

europe in the united states it cetera i don't think we know yet what we do know is that the opposition in syria is very diverse there is a part of it that has an islamist framework the same is true of all of the the rebellions that have led to the arab spring we see the muslim brotherhood in power now in egypt that's not al-qaeda there were people claiming it then it was not true we don't know if it's true in syria diplomatically the efforts where do you think that's had given that the escalate the situation on the ground is escalating the fact that the u.n. has. allowed the. monitoring mission to remain on the ground for at least another thirty days is the one bit of hope that i see right now kofi annan team led by general mood the norwegian general has begun a political process in which they have been able to use in one town another town in

small areas from the ground up to make possible a kind of diplomatic process of local commanders of the military and local commanders of the opposition forces of the resistance to create small scale ceasefires in three or four towns the town of day sore is one town in syria where it's apparently working if that could be expanded if that mandate could be shifted from simply monitoring a non-existent national ceasefire to facilitating small scale local ceasefires that could then spread and move up from the bottom bringing people with it rather than trying impose something from outside from the top down which certainly has not worked that might be the one hope for a diplomatic and less militarized solution susan rice and other foreign diplomats at the u.n. said that they're willing or they will withdraw at the withdraw the monitors if

this is the way shown on the ground as does not improve and so far it's not improving so is that is that is that them saying that this is the last time where expanding this mesh that they are saying this is the last time they said that the last time they will change based on political realities not based on the realities on the ground the realities on the ground are not what is determining u.s. positions russian positions qatar's positions saudi positions anybody's positions except for the people of syria what the outside powers are doing has virtually nothing to do with what actually is going on on the ground so what we're seeing play out of the united nations. is a power struggle between the united states and russia between nato and the gulf states on the one hand and other arab states on the other we're seeing a bunch of different battles playing out diplomatically almost none of which are taking into account the interests of the people of syria where do you think that's

had you think there will be since susan rice clinton and other diplomats have talked about intervention on site they want to think that's going to happen do you think that's a possibility that the west is looking at there is already intervention underway the western countries have provided the military of saudi arabia the military of culture that's where they buy their weapons from they buy american weapons so it is already western weapons that are going in it's not coming directly from the us but it is weapons of the west the danger of that escalating is very serious the danger of further escalation involving other outside actors is very serious i don't think the us right now in an election cycle i don't think the obama administration wants to engage in a direct involvement in an air campaign for instance against syria of the kind they engaged in libya i don't think they want to whether what is known in the us as the

c.n.n. factor the political pressure on a president in this case on a candidate in the election based on what people are seeing on their television sets becomes very important it's not impossible that even when the regime in power in any country and in this country when the obama administration doesn't want to engage directly if there is enough political pressure they may give in to that pressure that's happened before it could happen again mccain is trying to exercise that kind of pressure other congress and other senators there's a number of senators there's a number of members of congress there's calls from the punditry in the mainstream media. there's a lot of pressure on the obama administration not because any of them have a proposal of what would actually work but simply because they're using this as a stick to hit candidate obama in the context of the elections that's very dangerous for the rest of the world what are the solutions that you think are best

for syria and he's saying there is still time for dialogue but when the government and the opposition i think there is still time i think the time is diminishing i think that the level of repression from the government has been so horrific and in response the opposition which i support as a principle of the right of people to rise up against a repressive regime the fact that they are using stronger and stronger military. strategies and military tactics makes that kind of discourse that kind of discussion that kind of negotiation more difficult but there is still time i think the question remains will the international community help to make that possible for example by small scale community by community village by village city by city negotiating process is at the grassroots bringing together local commanders with local officials of the of the military to work out a cease fire and then

a political process the best thing the international community could do would be to allow the u.n. to play that role rather than as a fig leaf of international involvement a fig leaf of multilateralism to cover the unilateral decisions of several different governments. nuclear fashionable side. radioactive fallout of government betrayal of the government of law and laws and laws and laws how can the truth be revealed if there's no official evidence there was

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a been allowed in a. major offensive is under way in egypt volatile sinai region it's to try and restore security after the border violence which led to sixteen interruption soldiers dead last week. that's not a charcoal that's going on in the world of sports and a unit is here next of course you know and then picks up top off you know charts but what about those is in need of food borne as plates tell yabsley will be getting the latest from london in just a moment but exactly five sports talk moscow nearly was a top of the table clash in the russian the premier league it's the same petersburg men who come out on top more not just the second. good to have you with us you're sporting headlines this hour are. half

a dozen of our team in russia have the most successful day yet of the twenty twelve olympic games winning sixteen medals. northern mights reaming russian football champions and he claimed their biggest win over type of rivals tech in sixty three years rushing the n.y.t. by. on tight up the top rainstorms play during the penultimate draw and all of the gulf season's final major would remark a royal pita saying leading the way up the p.g.a. chart. russia have enjoyed their most successful day at the olympic games yet six goals coming the team's way on sunday set a new world on a limb pick records in the process from london here is a former. it was a super saturday for russia and a sensational one for their rhythmic gymnasts gania conniver she has become the first person to win olympic back to back titles in the individual all around event

the twenty two year old wiring the crowd and judges with a grace and charm and top scored with the ball and clubs she was only second best in the ribbon and that was the fellow russian doubted me today who got the silver russia have now won this event for the last four olympics and no one is more happy than can i ever get this out of the stars i still have a smile on my face some three hours after the competition wrapped up i'm the happiest person in the world right now i didn't expect so many people to cheer for me at these games meanwhile outside in the sunshine rushes walkers were lining the streets with gold man ever setting a new world record in their women's twenty k. race gliding past teammate and defending olympic champion. at the death of victory in front of buckingham palace finishing in a time of one hour twenty five minutes and two seconds. before that surrogate could set a new or limping record when he won the men's fifty k. race the double world champion said he felt when any to thirty k.

but found second wind to set a new game's best of just over three hours and thirty seven minutes almost a full minute ahead of australia's jared talent who got silver on the track maria suffered over added an olympic gold to her world crown in the eight hundred meters fellow russian a catheter you know claimed bronze behind south africa's caster semenya and after that their women claim silver in the four by four hundred meter relay behind the usa and while that was going on and the church over claimed gold in the high jump the world champion the only woman to clear to meet is and five compadre it should call in and got the bronze and america's brigette of the silver so that takes care of five gold medals but the very first one of the day was won on the water at eton dorney with russia winning the men's kayak double sprint. perry truly pushed the guy and alexander finishing the two hundred meter course a full second ahead of the rest for limb pick glory even still grabbed bronze in

the men's singles sprint. on this occasion there were no gold medals for russia's wrestlers but they did get their tenth and eleventh medals of these games to seek got a silver he lost in the final of the sixty kilogram freestyle to talk rule to go from wallaby yalla markov got bronze in the hundred twenty kilogram category and box to . make sure he got bronze in the flyweight division. so russia opening up a bit of a sprint at the end of these games and it certainly got me out of breath just talking about it for sunday is the home straight and the last chance for russia to close in on their target of twenty five gold medals and three farmer. london. all ahead but some of the showpiece if it again had you saying both at the center of it the jamaican who already historically retained both as one hundred and two hundred metres olympic titles now also a double one hundred meters relay champion was written in the stars just like in

beijing four years ago the sprint sensation shown at london twenty twelve a sketchy run up to the games for the twenty five year old forgotten about it with victory in both of his individual disciplines on those little darts last night as well after he picked up the baton from you home blake for the final leg bolt finishing head of team u.s.a.'s ryan bailey to also set a new olympic record in the event to make it the first team to ever run the really in sub thirty seven seconds thirty six point eight four to be exact all six gold medals officially making him the greatest sprinter of all time. another big event was in the men's football the final between mexico and brazil mexico shocking perhaps the all footballing world by willing to one the first goal coming from arabia peralta one minute in his second mexico. it was second as well coming quarter of an hour from break. this was to one halt but it was little to be left after that smith school winning two on their first ever title brazil

they have never won an olympic despite winning five world cups. despite the numerous debates before the games that looks like london two thousand and twelve has been a major success for britain the olympics simply making the country feel better robert downey and find. we can secure. a transport housing infrastructure just supports the cultural and social legacy from london. for these games and these games to go for decades to come the words of london mayor boris johnson inspire but only time will show if they're true with the games coming to an end we took to the streets of london to find out if the olympics have really changed the country or give you personally oversee is an opportunity for everybody . that i know i in the u.k. to come down to watch the olympics games and. the nation is inspired

a lot of people as it is get involved in sport although for those who do sports and just watch the one great thing in common the unique feeling of being part of the british sporting event on the planet i think it's a emotional impact that it's had on the whole of the country it's galvanized by scotland wales and england has been really fantastic it's quite nice atmosphere and yeah it's really fun i just think it's been amazing has been in london so my home city just being able to come up to london enjoy the atmosphere. with everybody around from all over the well it's just been fantastic the huge investments in the london twelve summer olympics are definitely expected to materialize term benefits for the whole country but on top of all that is simply the way the games just made people feel i was.

i was. i. was. so the hosts great britain along with those who came here to. overthrow the new parts of london. leaving the olympics on dogs with sunglasses to one side i'm talking football now are a stunning result on sunday so the outlook at the top of the table changed dramatically in the russian premier league it's a neat versus spark time to muss a game at any time but even more so this time are considering both sides perfect after three games sharing the summit on nine points but it turned out to be far from an even bottle up north as

a neat seam can you can call fun for the mere bistro off to nail a head after fifty two minutes before dinner your ability off missed the chance to pull of gold back from the penalty spot but i'm unsure cough would immediately make it plain that this is supposed when it mcgeady saw straight red for what seemed like a pretty innocuous challenge picture for showing no sympathy for four until just minutes later for sure cough wrapped up his breaks right up the death five nil when the final scores an eco three point zero. meanwhile mr chance to push up the joint second spot alongside city rival start the real way man held to a to draw at home to a lung in the. twice coming from behind to earn a point in the capital all the scoring don't buy the thirty seven minutes with the in from to mush pushkin the last man to get his name on the scoresheet. on the team who allowed the

a white horse five no last week have got back to winning ways to wreck grozny picking curve to nail at home in chechnya. notching a brace with a strike in a child's terek now up to fifty but face a tough four weeks ahead. rubin and zinni are coming. with all the excitement going on in london one could be forgiven for forgetting there's a massive gulf of end happening across the atlantic rory mcilroy is saying the leaders of the final major of the season the p.g.a. championship with roy in three suspended on saturday because of bad weather there were three men at the top heading into the weekend but carl pettersson and tiger woods are no longer at the summit but it started the day at island setting three over through seven holes saying though is still one of the players to catch the big for g. and six after another solid outing though he too had returned to the clubhouse after seven holes to stop fissions northern irishman mark arroyo is also at the top

last year's u.s. open winner hurting five of the nine holes he managed to play before the weather halted this. is how your sport looks this hour i'll be back in just under two hours time with more weather specs.