it's top stories the arab league said to make a move over the syria where armed rebels are struggling to hold back ever seem offensive in aleppo. they pursue riots three away diverted for staging an anti peaches stunt and russia's main cathedral for their case are trying to change that tension and some of the world's biggest music starts. also criminal probes are launched into muslim sects in central russia that catamaran says are true and an underground bunker of a stain. and a major offensive is under way in egypt's ivana tyla sinai region to restore security after the border violence which left sixteen egyptian soldiers dead last

week. and welcome to all see twenty four hour news live from moscow. with the latest news and every view of the week's events first the foreign ministers of the arab league countries and later on sunday to discuss the next moves over syria most members vehement opponents of president assad and on directly biking the rebels inside the conflict ten country the armed opposition suffered a setback this week when government forces pushed them out of a cave district in the commercial capital aleppo as the battle for the city intensifies foreign powers led by the u.s. a piling more pressure on damascus bypassing the yuan washington enteric could have set up a joint group to facilitate regime change and find a place. and fasano with the international community and see where itself split

into warring and those working in public jobs are fearing for their lives as acts on a fork over falls. 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. 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 head you're trying to estimate what's going on by yourself. 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. documents confirm syria's opposition has a hit list which scientists engineers don't just and civil servants only. what started as a battle against the regime now increasingly looks like a battle against the syrian state but there are around a million and a half of the country's civil servants 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 fox whose job is to keep the ruling party in power and civil servants to make sure that streets are clean 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 are permanently drawn not because of the scorching heat but 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 identities. all the syrian people are in danger children the elderly 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 for 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 the some factions in the opposition to make things worse for people so that those people who are the silent majority join in the fight and 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 are put on the line that's a boycott artsy dema syria. and in an hour's time middle east activist and our expert phyllis bennis explains why escalating the militarization of the conflict and only be more dangerous if the escalation continues if the militarization continues what we will then see is that the post assad government

will be led by the men with guns 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 civil society mobilization and organizations they have many things that was not possible in libya 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 if syrian body politic explodes it will be an explosion not an implosion the danger of course is that with that growing the sectarianism growing there is the danger that it will spill over the border. the trial of the russian female punk band pussy riot has reached its final stage

with the vatican expected next friday prosecutors and demanding three years jail for the women for their anti putin's times and russia's main cathedral back in february. on a face falling. over the past few days we've heard from the prosecution and the defendants themselves the prosecution saying that they wanted three year jail sentences for the three women for the demonstration which they held in russia's main cathedral in february of this year the women themselves speaking to the court said that they never intended to cause any offense to the orthodox church or its believers by their protest in which they performed a so-called punk rock prayer calling on the virgin mary to rid russia vladimir putin now we've also heard support coming out for the three women on trial from celebrities in the music industry madonna. speaking about pussy riot during her concerts in moscow also having her having the name of the group painted on her back

madonna of course no stranger to controversy regarding the church itself and nine hundred eighty nine a single like a prayer the video for which caused such a controversy that some catholic church groups were calling for her to be excommunicated was also condemned by the vatican and is also being politicians from . great britain germany and the united states that have been giving their support for the women but it remains a hugely divisive case here in russia with some people saying that the women are modern day saints almost building them up to huge levels of. social standing saying what they're doing is right for russia and others mostly linked to the orthodox church suggesting that these women are essentially the anti christ that we all have to wait until the seventeenth of august at three pm moscow time when the judge in the courtroom just behind me will deliver the verdict. and in a few minutes here on r.c. the american firm that all for arms smuggling the notorious security contractor

which used to be blackwater is allowed to pay its way out of prosecution after a probe into illegal weapons. also data has been landed on the right bush to the nation by surprise a year ago. the first criminal cases have been opened in central russia against some of the parents of twenty seven children rescued this week from an underground bunker they were forced to live in catechumens fine islamic sect for nearly a decade and were barred from any contact with the outside world it is going on has been to find out more about the secretive community. three people in just one square meter this police for it shows the shocking conditions members of this isolated religious group have been living in for years. up to seventy people all cramped in a small country house on the outskirts of men women the elderly and more than

twenty children most of whom have reportedly never seen the late as far as we've thought least children were living in cells in and around the basement right in this syle under the house it looked kind of like an eight story and hill shocked by what they found the authorities began taking the kids outside in order to take them to doctors most of them are still being examined while their parents demand they be left alone. the children are terrified and after everything that's happened they're afraid of what can be done to them despite being in need of urgent medical help some of the adults had to be talked into allowing doctors to see them. one woman had a miscarriage so a doctor had to treat her right at the scene it took a lot of effort to convince her she needed his help with the actors around twenty years old its founder is eighty five year old for the. marks i thought of he proclaimed himself a prophet almost fifty years ago and is now too weak to get out of bed his

followers believe only in the koran and rejecting all other religions and even movements within islam and the police found them while investigating a recent terror attack in the city they also found around a thousand religious books and texts which are now being examined for possible extremist content but sect members appear to be defiant about their way of the way it is really what you are fighting against ally himself the authorities have already opened several criminal cases involving senior members of the sect and the fate of the children is yet to be decided plans are also being drawn up to three house members who are allowed to film inside neither did any of the groups or members agreed to speak with us on camera but off camera the man that i spoke with said that around forty people remain on their territory they do expect the authorities to try to take everything down but he claims that they are going to resist even if they bring a court order since they don't recognize their own neither do they recognize the

authority of muslim leaders or do they recognize the existence of the state or any country altogether. you go to school of. at least four islamist militants have been killed during a major military operation egypt's volatile sinai region that was launched after an ambush on the border with gaza to the lines of sixteen soldiers last sunday egyptian authorities deployed time and rocket launchers to the area and shut down many smuggling tunnels across the border because a crossing was closed except for palestinians wanting to return to their blockaded region militant groups have brought in and there is since the toppling of hosni mubarak last chair is all based journalist lumpkin believes terrorists are taking advantage of egypt's weak security right. now. the attack was first of all to i think increase 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 believe in the act itself as an ideological goal to shield the only used their religion as they see it 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 abscesses if you don't know opportunities for the countries closer together the islamists and especially did you have is that we're talking about you know have been for years. 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 then but we're going to see is chaos and that is what we're seeing unfortunately across the entire region. such account for you and

i'll see why sanctions one stop iranians are grabbing for gadgets way down fighting boggles left to right and center best of getting their hands on trying to market high tech support for an apple setting store in town. all eyes have been in london which is probably hosting the olympics but the success of the games in mind if you remember that exactly. the city was ravaged by my street violence and looting. looks at the riots and repercussions. rioting looting disorder these were the explosive scenes on the streets in towns and cities in england last august shops and warehouses attacked and torched by out of control youths and adults alike. a situation the police took days to bring on to control a year on and on the surface still it's well damaged buildings have been rebuilt

all boarded up and people are going about their business again but they go a little deeper and areas like here in tottenham where the riots started are still troubled and the underlying issues which caused the riots remain unresolved tottenham's m.p. says his community pulled together in the aftermath but at mit's trouble could break out again unemployment is up and it's also true to say that business is on the highroad are still struggling a many of them had very poor pavements under the riot damages act that was made to assist them in a double dip recession that hits the poorest communities hardest so you know it's one of those situations where yes we must be positive and hopeful but it's a fragile a fragile situation for us here in the last year and numerous studies have been conducted into why the unrest became so intense and so widespread what began with

anger over the fatal shooting by police of tottenham man mark duggan became a spark that ignited a powder keg of disadvantage boredom and a dysfunctional relationship with the police something social justice campaign elite just says has not been addressed beyond employment is going up generally useful employment is going up in the country we're seeing closure after the closure of youth facilities and services school services are being caught and i think all of that with more aggressive what is called total policing which which amounts to zero tolerance policing means that takes only a matter of time and not so much if but when in the aftermath of the violence communities banded together to clear up their streets but many accuse the government not only of ignoring the root causes butt. making problems worse but working class families oxfam says the poorest ten percent of society will suffer

thirteen times more from seeing austerity cuts than the richest ten and fifty six percent of young black men in britain are unemployed people in riots hit hackney like to think it won't happen again but are aware that it could. kill. people. and give something you. keep them busy. going to get work i mean hopefully it will be really to address the work that way they kick people off the well. back on the floor so i don't know about it happening again quite the same way i don't think anything religious beliefs are. for these people the fuse is still a light the fear is when and what will trigger the next explosion in their neighborhoods laura smith r.t. london is the third day of soaring action in the moscow region as russia's air

force celebrate a centenary of first sashing the country's skies and high flying style and these pilots are pushing their machines and skills to the limits in a spectacular display for the crowds more than one hundred ten planes and helicopters are taking part in the band including russia's latest state of the art fighter the t fifty the country's renowned aerobatics teens are also dance training some of their death defying stunts and they are joined by pilots from seven other nations including britain france and italy the crown and recently made the military a top priority with a vow to spend over one hundred twenty billion dollars upgrading their flaws over the next few years. and of course no problem if you can't physically make it to moscow all the actions on hold for you where you can watch russia's premier pilots show you all they can do and also my quest to read the russian social network junkies go to extremes to improve their online status but sometimes with tragic

consequences as a report on the. dozens of illegal immigrants cross the was ruled out from mexico but with the help of american border control. it and. today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are on. the international security contractor formerly known as blackwater has agreed to cough up seven and a half million dollars to avoid criminal prosecution it faced seventeen counts relating to on smuggling illegal weapons possessions and other crimes but the u.s.

justice department deferred prosecution if the fine which is now cold academy pays money to the government the company which has been through a few incarnations in its troubled history has previously been the source of strained relations between the u.s. and iraq five blackwater contractors opened fire on unarmed civilians killing seventeen in baghdad five years ago score for ten from harbors magazines as washington may not all of them did a proper trial to take place. your mouth that's being paid is a real pit this is it as these things go generally this is not simply tiny saw the other hand we've got this a black. others not completely out of the woods yet what they got here was a deferred prosecution agreement that is they have time to persuade the justice department not to prosecute the justice department gets an extension in the statute of limitations period to continue its investigation but that being said these sorts

of agreements aren't entered into unless the government thinks dismissal that is non-prosecution is a probable outcome so obviously blackwater has got to be delighted with this one thing that comes out these papers is that a lot of this is being done and a very very close relationship with the united states remember blackwater is a principal contractor for the department of state and it appears in many of these dealings the department of state is opening the door for fire quater we have comparable incidents in many many other countries so they are basically. soldiers of fortune out there for hire and they're operating principle seems to be shoot first ask questions later. and a quick update now of some of today's world news for you a rescue operation is underway in northwest iran after two strong earthquakes razed villages to the ground killing two hundred fifty people and injuring over two

thousand more both quakes happen near the city or to breeze residents were told to spend the night outdoors or warning them of the sharks are suspected emergency crews are struggling to reach some of the remote villages work for lies and tricity home in. prominent bahraini who will rise activist now builder job is to praise crew for allegedly organizing and what is a paging and legal meeting rajab that is already started three months for posting to government statements on twitter that have been a series of while trying dollars against the country's opposition political tool projects in bahrain erupted over a year ago and have seen particularly in our schools arrested at the. protests against ethnic riots have turned violent in mumbai leaving two people dead and dozens injured thousands clashed with police swearing walks and burning t.v. broadcast vehicles it was sparked by media coverage of last month's violence in the state of the sun which is accused of bias against the muslim victims these theories

of incidence claimed at least fifty three lives and caused over four hundred thousand people to flee. a policeman at a road block in afghanistan has opened fire on fellow officers killing at least ten is thought that target was a taliban infiltrator he was killed one police returned fire and it comes a day after six nato troops were shot dead in separate attacks by afghans one of them a police chief. iran led to getting a rough ride from sanctions on it comes to oil trade and buying king but it's a very different matter for high tide addicts a store selling apple products in turn run is blossoming and as sour fast reports the blockade isn't stopping gadget hungry your rainier's from living the life. i pads i phones i pods apple's political popularity has meant that their product familiar sight everywhere from our workplaces times and on our high street there's

one place you might not expect to find products like this on sale and that the iranian capital of tehran where apple along with many of the u.s. products abandoned the functions that had been in place in the years but it seems that techs are the iranians are managing to outsmart this u.s. embargo and products like the not only popular in toronto they're widely available as well just like any other apple next door this one in tiran is bustling and busy . i have no difficulty in importing electronics from the us nor do we feel any impact on imports from sanctions what doesn't come so easy indeed is getting technical support and updates for the products but we still manage to get them all the time or just the secrets of u.s. sanctions has been mainly on iran's banks and oil industry in a bid to curb the country's nuclear ambitions but when it comes to the bans on consumer products alternative trade routes and enterprising iranian tradesmen have

meant that in forcing the sanctions has proved virtually impossible in fact it's estimated there are now hundreds of traders in the capital selling these kids. the only impact of these sanctions that we see is higher prices which alter the real sinking against the dollar we're also forced to charge more from costa mowers in order to keep getting our shipments while bypassing the sanctions and people still want to these gadgets even though they become more expensive. so are the sanctions working. the sanctions have not had the outcome because if they have you we're going to hear new sanctions being announced by the u.s. congress or. western powers the fact that they're coming up. signs of every other than the case on the board thanks i was a mother and working in fact many critics of the sanctions feel that far from achieving anything banning these products the i'm buggered is

a punishing the very people who will help in building around future creative individuals musicians film it is right is the film a key part of apple's kind tell the world a favor. and of course we'll have details of some impressive metal harvesting in london and all she supports next hour because our fleet collected a sixteen medals on saturday making it the country's most successful day of the olympics updates with you and is here in just over an hour. and in a few minutes after the headlines they devastating effects of atomic weapons testing carried out in australia by the british.

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