fresh rebel calls for a no fly zone over syria with the u.s. weighing in with its support but reports of the opposition's alleged atrocities are making many activists turn their backs. egypt's islamised president moves to assert his power over the military as he sacks both the defense minister and the chief of staff made a growing military presence in the sinai region. and with the region and chaos isolated israel is taking steps to keep its borders safe while washington looks set to keep up support for revolutions even if they threaten its allies.

following welcome to r.t.e. this monday i'm karen taraji broadcasting to you from our studio in moscow well the syrian opposition house reiterated its calls for a no fly zone in the country although still reluctant to get directly involved the u.s. has previously voiced support for the move even if it means bypassing the un washington and its allies have also pledged more backing for and sought fighters syrian rebels say they have shot down a government warplane and captured the pilot activist released a video showing a fighter jet catching fire after it was apparently hit by a ground shelling however state officials insist it crashed due to technical failure meanwhile a legit rebel atrocities are forcing more syrian activists to renounce the opposition it's claimed this amateur footage shows insurgents throwing the bodies

of public sector workers from a rooftop in aleppo now a key flashpoint in the conflict the head of one into an dependent media. in syria told r.t. he's surprised the rebels are pleading for foreign auction if they have as much popular support as they say they do. when anybody talks about a no fly zone they are talking about a regional war they know quite well that the syrian army will not allow any foreign power or foreign armies to interfere within the syrian land and any attempt to create a safe zone or a no fly zone will be on the tour by war and any war between syria and turkey or syria and any major nation will turn into a large regional war syria is a part of a huge alliance and for instance the iranians just last week made it clear that if any foreign power tries to interfere in syria they would not just watch their strongest ally for stephen workers are being attacked have seemed rebels kill

people in the streets floater them with knives and then miss clinton comes and gives them money they lost in the massacres they are losing in any poll and as usual whenever the they find themselves in a pickle like this they call for foreign intervention and if they claim that they have popular support as they have been saying for seventeen months why do they need foreign intervention some of those backing the opposition are often unaware of exactly what's going on in the anti assad camp artist to can shed some light on the darker side of the rebellion. ever thought about adopting someone why not a syrian rebel as this headline says for just one dollar a day you too can help a syrian rebel oust president assad these days you have a good number of organizations which present themselves basically as charities where you can make a donation to the rebels in syria this is the website of one of the rebel groups there saying among other things they are seeking military equipment then there is

another organization which collects donations based the here in washington and supported by the u.s. government they're called syrian support group we try to reach out to them and ask how they plan to distribute that money we never heard from them another website one called adopt a revolution they also present themselves as a charity but it's organizer admitted that it's hard to see where the money goes as far as who the donors are he said they range from corporations to retired couples and students possibly those mentioned retired couples who've seen videos like this one with the rebels singing a backstreet boys song oh. oh but what the pitch for donors does not say is that not all rebel fighters are some romantic backstreet boys fans probably not these ones and this footage shows an

apparent mass execution of assault supporters by the rebels in cold blood. reports on the ground show that very sick straightness groups are doing the fighting including al qaida but it's not to say that all of them are all either it's a full blown civil war where the degree of hatred is so high that people commit atrocities on all fronts i spoke with one of america's leading experts on counterterrorism and he told me the bloodshed will be even harder to stop as more outside forces get involved it isn't any more simply a question of sunni versus iowa. it's a question of saudi arabia versus iran and it's a question of turkey's increasing role in the middle east all these things make this more and more complicated and make it less and less likely there we're going to have a peaceful resolution instead we're going to have a winner take all solution one could say the danger is in simplifying things putting them black and white supporting people who kill can be called anything but

charity in washington i'm going to check on me more on the crisis in today's interview and we hear from dr abdul aziz all come here spent fourteen years as a political prisoner in syria he says that a peaceful struggle is the only way to build a democratic future everybody must cooperate. to convience the military groups first of all the regime second round groups although i was assured that it's time it's high time indeed to come to a cease fire and to start negotiations about what to do and how to arrange some of these for a future for the country of course this includes the president and his from the must step aside at least for a while. and the power must be passed or. acceptable personnel from

the regime acceptable to the regime and accept the coup the opposition. then. you can see the full interview with the former syrian opposition leader in just about twenty five minutes here on our team also coming up for this hour the dream turned sour as the e.u. continues to struggle through a recession many turks are now against their countries joining the union despite a long running push for membership we'll tell you why. and we look at how people in one small and asian countries suffer injury and even death to provide the rest of the world with top hot street brands. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harvey welcome to the big picture.

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thanks for joining are to return our attention now to egypt where the president there has taken his most decisive step yet to assert power over the and plentiful military sacking two top generals they were there defense minister who served as

the country's interim leader after hosni mubarak was ousted as well as the chief of staff after the announcement was there nor see his supporters talked to a revolutionary talk or a square in cairo to celebrate many see it as a sign of reform and progress morsi started to move more boldly against the army after an attack by a military that's in sinai that killed sixteen border guards his security presence there has been increased with the president vowing to restore order political sociologist saeed sadik says president morsi is using the violence in sinai in order to further his own policies and get the upper hand over the army. it was a good call but you if you were going to do what he was going to go any way he can have you monsters of that there is a nucleus that you sent on parliamentary elections so it was very important that it goes just on me and that was one of the demand by the egyptian government of course there are some people who i was suspicious of don't want to see is not only helping

those who should monsoor to be useful in the movement it's lonestar the chief of islamizing the egyptians the that and its institutions and then there's your son army is the strongest army of the cost of the destruction of the you know on the levy and also on the syrian economy being firm and this sort of feels that this is evil but at the same position of the egyptian economy the end with the clock really getting stuck between each he would be very cautious not cool and go is labeled america and i think as very good delicious it was the americans and the americans would also be i want and not making a push for any ideological stance that young with all of those while. israel is in the meanwhile concerned about keeping its borders secure ahmed regional instability with billions going into defense of the militant presence and sent sinai growing and al qaida warming its way into the ranks of syrian rebels

feeling isolated amid hostile neighbors arches past layer explains. as a result of the arab revolutions israel now finds itself surrounded by rivals starting with egypt you have a situation in the northern sinai peninsula that last week saw the gyptian air force being employed for the first time these radios are concerned that you have linked jihad it's operating there they're also concerned that they're not going to see the same kind of willingness for cooperation from the new egyptian president mohamed morsi who comes from the muslim brotherhood that you saw in the past between his predecessor of course the mubarak and tell of of as far as the situation in syria goes the ongoing violence has israelis concerned that should if bashar assad is toppled he could be replaced by al qaida the violence hasn't extended to get to the golan heights but certainly israelis are concerned about the

toppling of a same troll control from within damascus they're also concerned that you could have chemical weapons falling into the hands of extremist elements in addition to this you have hamas in control in the gaza strip you have hizbollah operating from lebanon all of this coming on top of an already volatile but dormant situation these are the israelis and the palestinians so certainly tel aviv is viewing with growing concern the volatile situation on its borders afraid that in a moment it could flare up of course here tel aviv. now to some other stories making headlines around the globe police in norway could have done more to reduce the number of people killed by others but i have it last year that's according to the official report which blames officers for taking too long to retreat or a very big admitted killing seventy seven people in twin attacks a verdict is due to be delivered next week the decision will determine whether he

is sent to prison or in a psychiatric facility. occupy hong kong protesters have been ordered to leave. their camp set up near the headquarters of h.s.b.c. bank the high court ruling which gives them two weeks to get out says the anti-capitalism protesters are misusing public space this came amid criticism that the tent town attracted vagrants and the homeless inspired by the popular occupy wall street movement hong kong's protesters took to the streets last october and at their height had hundreds of activists living near the bank. almost a thousand people were evacuated by ferry from of the canary islands overnight where firefighters were battling huge forest fires they threatened some of spain's most popular national parks destroying nearly one thousand actors. officials say could take three decades for the affected areas to recover spain has been hit hard

by forest fires after its tries twenty or in seventy years. london's olympic summer spectacle has come to an end with a star studded closing ceremony britain's most popular artists united to perform at the event with hit songs from across the generations met with cheers from a packed stadium while the international athletes poured into the arena to form the u.k. . the photon was handed over to rio the next summer olympic host with the next winter games due to be staged in the russian city of sochi sports bullets and later this hour for more on the medals won and record set during the olympics. and in just a few minutes our business desk has more on the financial trappings of sporting glory and the event. russia turned out to be the most generous country in terms of its prize money awarding its both men with seven million dollars china only accepts

gold paying nothing silver and bronze and the u.k. traditionally does not provide any financial stimulus for more on this joining me in just a few. for over two decades turkey's been seeking membership a goal that has recently lost much of its appeal thanks to the ongoing euro crisis financial low miles call some turks long term residents to head home in search of better jobs and opportunities artists are silly as the story. what about five and a half million turks living in the european union their presence is certainly felt in societies in europe but as the e.u. continues to be deep in the red the lure of their original country's economic promise is getting harder to resist and the residents living on this street known as little anatolia say that more and more of their compatriots are thinking of

cutting their losses and heading back home like the owner of this snack bar belgian born and moved outside has been finalizing his plans and is set on relocating his family back to turkey. europe is finished the crisis is getting worse every year is going to continue first greece. italy right now belgium a lot of stress a lot of taxes. while in turkey improves every year three powerful life is good you can live well why would you want in belgium it's no longer like this and the numbers say it all the e.u. managed a one point six percent growth in two thousand and eleven while turkey was at about seven point five percent gaining recognition as last year's fastest growing economy in europe while it is expecting a slowdown this year the grass still looks greener on their side and dependence on europe is not quite as it used to be the trade volume used to be very high with the e.u. countries percentage wise it used to be about thirty percent now it has gone down

to just over forty percent that means we're diversifying our trade more and more trade with african countries asian countries all around the world and this of course has spurred a lot of growth so we need people to be able to manage this we need qualified people personnel so we see that a lot of people are now coming you know second third generation immigrants are coming back home for this purpose but there's another reason why a growing number of turks want out of the e.u. . now with the crisis what's the result you're rejecting foreigners obviously now that there are fewer jobs. what happens is my origin is first given to the belgians and after the foreigners the turks the moroccans the russians my decision to go back to turkey is economic but also because when there's a crisis you know there's discrimination you're going up on these communities and yet as this migration trend rises turkey is still officially knocking on the emus door its candidacy for membership hanging in the balance for the last twenty five

years thanks to a long list of requirements to fulfill and political opposition from some e.u. countries people are afraid that the you will come up with more and more excuses even if we do overcome them people say that they'll be other excuses their followers not that it matters any longer for some turks that. turkey doesn't need europe look its europe needs turkey is on the verge of in a few years you would see that i mean against turkey becoming part of the e.u. and right now turkey doesn't seem to be in much of a hurry either does or sylvia r.t. brussels. plenty more stories for you online at our website r.t. dot com and clearing the wiki leaks web site is hit by a fresh wave of cyber attacks from its online enemy and find out why they're so pain on silencing the whistleblower. was standing ovations in london condemnation at home of saudi arabia's first female olympians have been met with

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one of the poorest nations on earth. also one of the world's top clothes producers but in meeting foreign commercial demands factory workers suffer extreme poverty and the tourists working conditions are. investigates why no one is being held to account. i get it i want to smoke that's the last thing i saw before i fainted i don't know what happened afterwards lovely day was only eleven when she almost died in a fire in the garment factory where she was working making only fifty cents a day to help her family survive while lovely escaped many in bangladesh have five hundred workers have died in garment factory fires in the past five years i suffer a lot i still have to buy medicine it still hurts a lot of my hands hurt my legs hurt too it's very difficult for me to walk around

because of its extremely low wages bangladesh is one of the largest garment producers in the world attracting american brands from tommy hilfiger to j.c. penney to gap but the conditions at the factories are shocking low safety standards crumbling buildings and core electrical wiring make working extremely dangerous because many of the clothing companies look the other way when things go wrong claiming that they don't know what their far away factory owners are up to labor activists say that the companies should take an interest in people rather than just profits it to it's very clear these batteries don't care about anything except on the wants dozens of workers may have. corruption between the factory owners and politicians extreme poverty and a slow justice system make it nearly impossible for western brands to be held accountable governments account for eighty percent of bangladesh's x.

for nearly ten billion dollars more of the products are shipped from here mainly to the united states in europe every year despite the international demand workers still put in long hours and work for extremely low wages and those who are brave enough to speak out against the system are often times silent easily one percent of bangladesh's garment workers belong to unions most like lovely or terrified of speaking l. she never received a penny in compensation from any higher ups in her factory or the companies they exported their garments to and has now been abandoned by her family because of the high costs of the medication she needs to survive. i hope that something like this never happens to anyone that no one has to go through such a trauma while lovely hopes that no one else suffers her fate her scars are an every day reminder that because every time in the garment factories her life will

never be the same preassure either r t dhaka bangladesh. joins us from the business desk and bad data from japan depressing the markets today apparently and it's also a time for a correction which is very much demonstrated by the u.s. markets but indeed japan also published g.d.p. data which came out just point three percent in the second quarter and your lies that's one point four percent the whole past year and that's a lower very much lower than expected and therefore starting with asia we have seen the selling today although volumes are pretty low now the dow jones and the nasdaq are down as you can see there moderately that's after five weeks of gains over in the europe we're also seeing a similar picture where the footsie down point three percent the dax is a bit supported by. the resources companies but the volumes are indeed around forty to forty six percent lower than the usual average. on the commodities

markets we're seeing light sweet and brant actually adding some value but they have lost steam that we've seen in the previous kind of sort of couple of sessions and that's very much reflected on the currencies market where the russian ruble is also falling a little with what's happening elsewhere in russia the r.t.s. on the my six are still showing positive performance but that might change we've got twenty minutes left on the clock given that the whole markets everywhere are pulling and the world markets are losing this the moon might see some selling pressure in the final twenty minutes of trading second to what's moving the russian my six ross now is reportedly considering an expansion into the no votes. telecom are also up and that's the despite the fact that their profits in the second quarter went down but they came out better than expected. over in the current cs market the russian ruble was gaining against both the euro and the

dollar is now gaining just slightly versus the greenback and shedding around a further four now a quarter of a percent versus the euro meanwhile the euro still maintains its pretty strong positions relatively strong against the view that. right the financial troubles across the globe are not hampering the moods of sports men who just come back from the olympics because governments across the globe are providing different financial incentives in order to support those who can go faster stronger and higher katie pilbeam report. the olympics is now over for the winners they have a permanent reminder of their victories a big shiny metal but what can the champions expect in financial terms when they return to their homelands well that depends on the individual and national a limpid committees who reward their own sports stars the u.s. was a country with the most gold winners on the victorious that these can all expect

a bonus of twenty five thousand dollars when they get back to the states in total that is one point eight million dollars that the u.s. government will be dishing out china hasn't revealed its official bonuses but it's gold winners will reportedly get a fifty one thousand dollar prize for u.k. athletes there's no extra cash to be won but there is a privilege of getting your head on a stamp so it depends what you consider to be more valuable russia has promised out these one hundred thirty five thousand dollars for gold but some athletes can expect even more the russian judo gold champion is i have to look forward to a one million dollars paycheck when he gets home and even countries that are near the bottom of the league table still offer a lowering amounts singapore was hoping a one million dollar bonus would bring a gold medal but it'll have to wait four years for another chance although it hasn't won a medal since nineteen fifty six and the economic crisis isn't downplaying the

incentives was stricken italy giving one hundred eighty two thousand dollars to each of their winners so while it may be the taking part that counts winning certainly leaves you counting more catch all right karen that's what i have for you this hour but i'll be barker next hour of course to tell you how the russian markets closed all right thanks to me through a quarter. now after the hard lines are former syrian politician who suffered for speaking out why his country is struggling.

you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.