welcome to our teens the weekly for the latest headlines and the week's top stories syria's rebels fight to retake control of aleppo with the help of further western financial backing while the arab league puts its emergency get together on hold and had been due to discuss a replacement for peace envoy kofi annan. members of the russian female punk group pussy riot await their verdict after an anti-gay stunt in the cup country's main cathedral in a trial that divided the nation prosecutors are demanding a three years' jail for the women but the final verdict expected on friday. an

egyptian forces killed seven suspected militants in a massive operation turn attack left sixteen border guards dead and increasingly violence in our region kairos deploying extra troops tanks and weaponry to the area while destroying many smuggling tunnels into gaza. that's american world affairs expert phyllis banus explains why arming both sides in the syrian called flicked only serves 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 and 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 by some congress. 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 the 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 but susan rice and other foreign diplomats at the u.n. said that they are willing or they will withdraw at the through the monitors if this insulation on the ground is 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 land do you 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 on their congress and other senators if there's a number of senators there's a number of members of congress there is calls from the punditry in the mainstream media it's. 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 processes at the grassroots bringing together local commanders with local officials of the of the military to work out a cease fire and then the political process the best thing the international

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believe. it's. the latest headlines on the week's top stories syria's rebels fight to retake control of aleppo but they help a part of their western financial backing while the arab league puts its emergency get together. all modes that have been due to discuss a replacement for peace envoy kofi anon. members of the russian female punk group mostly ride away their verdict at turnaround time to the stunt and the country's main seadrill in a trial that divided the nation prosecutors are demanding three years jail for the women but the final verdict expected on friday. an egyptian forces killed seven suspected militants in a massive operation launched after an attack that left sixteen border guards dead

to me increasingly violence in our region cairo's deploying extra troops tanks and weaponry to the area while destroying many struggling tunnels into gaza. thanks to all the latest from the world of sports with paul. thank you very much karen welcome along to the sports headlines here's what's coming up still at counting girls the south today is russia's most successful day of the olympics so far the country continues to add to its tally on the final day of competition. on a stoppable reigning russian football champions in eastern petersburg the net biggest win over title rivals moscow in over half a century rushing the red and whites five now. and the tough test result gaspé

reaches the final of the rogers cart for the second time in his career now faces the ominous tasca of taking on novak djokovic. both state is the final day of competition at the london olympics on russia have added to their gold medal tally it was a dramatic comeback in the men's volleyball finals russia one gold and they came from two sets to love down to beat brazil cool meanwhile a gold medal concept has won gold in the light heavyweight category because of strong winds i'll be back in the battle on a judge's decision there was a close bond with the fighters level on fifteen points at the end of the contest for the judges decided the goal should go into the twenty seven year old. gold has also come in the rhythmic gymnastics competition that came in the group all around events completing a very successful games for russia in rhythmic gymnastics where they finished top of the medal table. while russia also secured a bronze in the basketball it was

a dramatic victory for david plotz man with barely anything separating them from argentina heading into the final sixty seconds of final three pointer in the final minute secured the win on the bronze medal russians by sharing in an olympic park. all competition ever. look out the latest medal table then with only a few hours of the games left you can see the usa are firmly on top with forty five gold china in second with thirty eight great britain and northern ireland have guaranteed third place ten goals behind the chinese while russia will finish in four. now despite the numerous debates before the games it looks like london twenty two hours has been a major success for britain along with the financial bonuses the olympics of may britain feel great again as rob about daniel found out. we can secure. they transport housing infrastructure supporting 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 for good personally oversee is an opportunity for everybody. that i know in the u.k. to come down to watch the olympic games and. the nation is inspired a lot of people what i said 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 it has been really fantastic it's quite

a nice atmosphere and yeah it's really fun but 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 deaf only expected to materialize in term benefits for the whole country but on top of all that is simply the way the games just made people feel i. i was. i. was. so the hosts

great britain along with those who came here in two billing get. coverage for the new york city lawn. so let's see what russia can learn from great britain ahead of the winter olympics in sochi in two years' time the boss of the main sponsor of the countries in him picks can't make out because neither of which has his thoughts on the matter. i think that this experience of the olympic games should be used ahead of the store chill index there are a lot of good points that russia can borrow from london from excellent transportation solutions to the way they put on a show for this because teachers at these games every fan felt involved as a participant of this great competitions. for a living then impacts to one side in talking football now where the russian premier league continues on sunday with four more fixtures the one thing carmel you have finished goalless in right now struggling. taking on. the stadium

is kind of one nil to the hosts a few minutes before the final whistle there in the last few moments later on we've been struggling rock bottom one point less than our mark potter in a subject off go head to head with a hostile. now in saturday's inning versus spartak it's a massive game at any time but even more so this time now considering both sides were perfect after three games but it turned out to be far from an even battle up north maksim can you not make off as ready made by strong as any who know ahead after fifty two minutes before dinner you are dean of missed the chance of polo go back from the penalty spot run much of a cough would immediately make it three no the visitors was deepening one and in the game they saw a straight red card for what seemed like a pretty innocuous challenge picked off in a showing no sympathy for four nil just minutes later before she recalled wrapped up his brace right out the death five male the final score as an inker three point

clear at the summit. marty moscow meanwhile missed the chance to push up to join second spot along with. the railway men were held to a two two draw at home to allow the very car cars outfit twice coming from behind to on a point in the capital all the scoring was done by the thirty seventh minute with the. thomas prisk in the last man to get his name on the scoresheet. you whitewashed five mill last week have got back to winning ways telegraphing taken care of vulgar to yell at home in chechnya. a den coach in a brace with a strike in h.r. tara and now at the fifth to face a tough four weeks i had dinner. and then eat up coming challenges. well in the mean time on british soil two of the premier league's top sides chelsea and manchester city were in action on sunday in their community shield clash

a five goal thriller finished in favor of manchester city the english premier league champions of course three to the finals pool that's their first trophy of the new season. meanwhile and a tennis rashard cascade will have to overcome novak djokovic in the final of the rogers cup if he is to claim his seventh career singles title the frenchman beat big american john is not in straight sets in the semi's seven six six three was the final school it's the second time the twenty six year old has reached the final in toronto having lost to roger federer in two thousand and six world number one that's federer olympic champion andy murray and spaniard rafael nadal who pulled out of the tournament now faces defending champion djokovic in the final he meanwhile i would kind compassionate young go to salivate six four six four in the second set. up a non-zero serving very well so. when i want to take

a break i felt very confident just out of this again certainly not for sure i played well and i return all the time so it was a few of the match from my return so i'm very happy with the way. the mall in montreal pollings like nascar advance would have to wait a little longer to become the world's number one victory in the rogers cup would have seen her catapult to the top of the rankings for the first time in her career however she went down six two. six one to china's lino in the results of finals now is now looking to reach how third a final of twenty twelve having lost already in sydney and then right i mean i like to say today you know both those top ten play so here are also many times before so you know a lot here today he was just playing my tennis trying to make him he didn't think much like where are losing you know well that is all from the world of sport for now but i'll be back with plenty more in just under two hours time here on r.t. the world weather is next followed by the headlines with carol.

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