syrian rebels say they're responsible for a large explosion close to a hotel where the u.n. observer mission stay got a special report from our correspondent who witnessed that. ecuador debunks rumors that it's already granted asylum to julian is sunshine with a decision that will end the whistle blows two months quest for refuge now expected later this week. and no end in sight explosions rocked afghanistan right after the deadliest day this year's almost fifty people killed while another scandal flares up over the u.s. presence in the country. live

from russia ten pm moscow time welcome you are watching r.t. with me kevin in this hour and first the main syrian rebel groups say they're behind a powerful blast that ripped through central damascus earlier the opposition claims the attack targeted a nearby military compound the explosion struck just outside a hotel that was being used by u.n. observers and an r.t. crew a correspondent than a boy who witnessed the attack and was among the first to report from the scene. i know my first appeared to be relatively calm the past few days but as we can see this call was very deceptive and very sharply explosion took place around eight in the morning just ten meters from the hotel where un observers us thing right in the center of damascus close to al malky area it was a very loud bang that was followed by a series of smaller explosions that sounded like a chain detonation of ammunition the blast itself took place at a closed army garage adjacent to the hotel it appears that the device was planted on the fuel tanker parked there it is still unclear whether it was an inside job or

how the perpetrators managed to get access to this heavily guarded facility three people are believed to have been injured in the blast none of them works for the u.n. meanwhile syria's deputy foreign minister who rushed to the scene suggested that the choice of venue for the attack indicates that it was targeting the u.n. observers the move choice of this army in a place for a mix of pros and indicates the intentions of those who are behind this is terrorism attributes thought the international community must work hand in hand against terrorism one supports here many of the united nations observers everywhere they had a view of the mission and syria didn't talk to reporters today though he did appear in front of the cameras his mission's mandate expires in four days and it is still unclear whether it's going to be extended the last time he spoke to the media he

was very skeptical in his assessment of the situation on the ground which is clear that violence is increasing in many parts of syria. indiscriminate use of every worker in spite of government untalkative attacks by the opposition in urban centers are inflicting. behavior at all on innocent civilians he also said that despite all the dangers involved a un observers will continue with their efforts of documenting violence in syria till the last minute and now it seems they don't even need to leave their hotel rooms to do that. r.t. reporting from damascus in syria well earlier my colleague karen tara she spoke to independent journalist james colbert is really extensive about the syrian conflict he believes certain countries will be reluctant to condemn the rebels for this latest attack in damascus. we've seen previous terror bombings taking place in

damascus and not only has the governments of the western countries that have been backing them refused to remove that backing they've actually strenuously supported those terrorist bombings here too it doesn't seem to follow any rules of logic here and i don't think that this is going to find the kind of kind of widespread condemnation that we would expect for a terrorist blast like this you know rebel friendly washington her set or arms backing of the syrian regime is more dangerous than they are filtration of al qaeda fighters within the opposition what's your take on that that has to take the cake is one of the most hypocritical statements in modern political history it's so head scratching and so bizarre that one can't help but laugh at the hypocrisy obviously people now i don't know well i mean it's now openly admitted that obama signed orders for the cia to open we cooperate with the so-called free syrian army several months ago we know now that the free syrian army is training at a u.s.

air base in turkey we know that the u.s. state department has been openly funding the syrian opposition since two thousand and six so for them to come in and say that iran should stop funding me out of the syrian government in helping support that is just such a bizarre such a hypocritical statement that no one i think will take it seriously but it will i'm sure generate many headlines. international press freedom group reporters without borders as well the syrian opposition over the growing number of attacks against journalists in an open letter the organization said government reporters of increasingly become targets of abduction and murder while for a leader of also received death threats from rebels about his test for a set of journalists who've lost colleagues in the crisis crip country. january eleventh two thousand and twelve the first western journalist was killed in homes frenchmen. are missing. the initial reaction from france and many french journalists were that of anger and condemnation over here

a fence elevation to speak to jackie's colleague who was with him in the syria when he was killed. we can't show it as we're used to be now there's only a black and white picture of. hope and he was a great friend he was always smiling it was hard he always wanted to go places always curious he loved his job he was also someone who was very friendly who would go filming we were happy to go together because we would be able to live new adventures like the one we lived through syria he really had this need in his body to tell what's happening on the other side of the world his camera with my camera we were always together i lost a friend christoph says his initial thoughts were that the syrian government was behind the attack however this the week after death a journalist from this newspaper published an article stating the possibility that he might have been killed by fire from the opposition clearly information that went against the dominant narrative in the media but he did find that he wasn't alone in

coming to that conclusion i made by mistake by random french intelligence guy. i don't understand why your report didn't pick up. the new is it because it was our conclusion its intelligence services and friends good conclusion that he was killed by a mortar of eighty one millimeters coming shooting from the rubble area by mistake i published this story it was denied of course by the minister of the fans ministry of foreign affairs of the because it's not really politically correct political correctness that's playing into what has increasingly become an information war as as much. it is a civil war where the villain is usually the heavy handed regime and rebels are shown as advocates of freedom and democracy but the reality is not so clear cut alex thomson chief correspondent for britain's channel four news wrote how he

believed he was led into a death trap by the syrian rebels are quite clear the rebels deliberately set us up to be shot by the syrian army and in a life phone interview he told r.t. my point is. that you don't. have it working out of the backs of any. enemy are going to be an appalling rise again. so that my generation for the rebels with the mind that is. very old there's a nasty war where truth is a smushed a victim as those who've lost their lives for what. it is so for me it's most important to know who did what when this becomes clear that we can go on with our lives but now we are still mourning every day every day when you tess are still your r.t. paris. and just to remind you our teams crew in syria are posting constant updates about the situation there via twitter you can log on to check out the latest

analysis latest discussion about the developments in that conflict on country also to right now several images from the scene of that makes is that attacker available online. the fate of the world's most famous was a blow a jewel in a son's remains unclear despite some sources in ecuador saying is asylum is a done deal the president of the south american country personally denied the room is saying that he's still awaiting a report from the foreign ministry before making his decision during the silence has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london for almost two months now he took refuge there seeking to avoid his extradition to sweden where he's wanted for questioning in connection with allegations of sexual misconduct his supporters believe that from stockholm he might be handed over to the united states where they claim he's already been secretly indicted party is laura smith's in london she's

more on the sanchez plight. flying about a decision on cheating in athens is a silent request by ecuador. citing unnamed officials at the presidential administration saying the wiki leaks founder would be grown since refuge but when we proceed on cools to the presidential administration they denied there had been a decision old what we do know is to expect a decision this week president rafael correia said on state television at the beginning of the week that he would be consulting with advice on wednesday and hopes to make an announcement by the end of the week we also know that in theory he and his foreign minister all amenable to the idea of granting asylum to sign they see it as a humanitarian act and protecting his rights to life and freedom what remains for me one of the most interesting things about this whole situation is how songs

would get a house if this country even if it does grant him aside a date to get he's still liable to arrest the moment he steps outside the embassy the breaching his bail conditions and there's still a cool soldier in place allowing his actual distances we did none of that would change with the granting of asylum he needs safe passage from the british government and there's no guarantee or even any indication that that might happen. nor smith the long running saugus running during his son just certainly never looked plot twists. next another whistleblower went from being held a hero at one stage to being condemned an alleged criminal no. we first met julian assange here in washington in two thousand and ten where he unveiled the collateral murder video at the national press club. it showed it to u.s. army pilots treating war like a video game killing countless civilians in the process including two journalists

a songe appeared in our studios later that night to talk more about wiki leaks and what he hopes to achieve with his website the first step in the fourth state is to get information out about the real world and the second step is to comment on it and to think about the. sources that can get. out to the public in the weeks following a sauna and wiki leaks were everywhere with a week's wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks but it wasn't long before publications that originally partnered with wiki leaks like the guardian der spiegel in the new york times turned against a saw much as did many others who said he should be killed to get her for the american people the way to deal with it and they were in the end the nashik your united states the way to deal with this is pretty simple we got special ops forces i mean the dead man can't leaks that this guy is a traitor a treasonous and he has broken every law of the united states he was then accused

of sexual assault by two women in sweden a sign says the sex was consensual and denies any wrongdoing the founder of wiki leaks arrested by british police this morning after turning himself in he's now facing rape charges in sweden to a british judge has granted wiki leaks founder julian assange bail julian assange is appealing against an order to extradite him to sweden he spent much of the last two years on house arrest in london julian assange also had a show on our team requests. that can change the world tomorrow where he interviewed hezbollah leaders saeed has on those rolla as well as ecuadorian president. what dorian people think about the united states and its involvement in latin america. and it would be president rafael correa that would give julian a songe the green light to make ecuador his new home has been living in the ecuadorian embassy in london since june nineteenth and since the president said he

would make his announcement after the olympic games president correa said if he does grant as political asylum it would be an informed decision and one made in the name of human rights in washington christine for as our party. will be following a surge of course for asylum updating and all the latest developments over the next few days here and i'll tell you also of course if you've missed any of the world famous will still blows interview series for our channel you can watch them all online again anytime you like. dot com. there hasn't been a thing yet on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. the material is. journalism we.

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again that's been fresh violence in afghanistan released fourteen people have been injured after an explosion rocked a market in the country's northwest another attack then took place in a mosque in eastern afghanistan during morning prayers that have been injured nine all this happening just a day after worst violence this year with almost fifty people killed in a series of bombings across the country the surge in attacks comes as u.s. troops gradually hundred sponsibility to afghan security forces and that is another scandal concerning the american mission in the country unravels that he's going to cannes got more on that. senior u.s. military officers blew the whistle on horrific conditions at the national military hospital in tabel they revealed photographs from twenty ten some graphic images showing severely neglected starving patients at the hospital which the u.s.

military sponsors and helps oversee witnesses describe the conditions there as quote unquote auschwitz like lacking basic necessities like feet and soap the hospital treats afghan military personnel but the mentors are mostly americans one of the whistleblowers colonel mark fassel served as inspector general for the nato training mission in afghanistan he says the mission's top commander general william caldwell tried to stall the requested investigation into reported abuse and mismanagement at the hospital his version response to me was how could we do this or make this request. with election coming and then he made the really. shocking term and he calls me bill. what does that mean i took it. for him to the presumably stage moreover a general calls command apparently ordered to destroy any photos and videos from

the hospital here's the memo that they issued in september last year it says quote an official personal photos or video or audio recordings of patients or health care events which already exist will be destroyed or deleted end of quote so apparently they wanted these shots destroyed or delete it while putting forward. positive images like this one positive clips like this one but here at the national military hospital in kabul doctors nurses and technicians are working with u.s. military advisors last year the commission on the wartime contracting estimated that the u.s. lost up to sixty billion dollars to waste and fraud in iraq and afghanistan they call the estimate conservative but in the case of this military hospital in afghanistan it's not just about money pocketed by some incompetent contractors or corrupt local officials but also about apparent attempts to hush down human suffering and possibly cover up abuse to present a training mission in afghanistan as

a success story i'm going to shut down. we bring it to those top world news stories now at twenty two eighteen moscow time at least eleven people have been arrested in bahrain during anti-government protests several demonstrators were injured this place fired rubber bullets and tear gas to break up the rally the latest protests come after a court delayed its verdict on twenty opposition figures who allegedly plotted to overthrow the ruling family forty one years ago today bahrain gained independence from great britain after leaders signed friendship treaty. egyptian president mohammed morsi has appointed a new defense minister and chief of staff the move comes just days after he forced the nation's previous top two commanders into retirement morsi is pretty in a power struggle with the military since he took office in june the previous four egyptian presidents have come from the military indirectly allowing it to rule the country for the past six decades. australia's highest court blocks the extradition of a former hunger in soldier to budapest charles zentai is accused of torturing and killing

a jewish teenager in one nine hundred forty four during world war two the court sided with the previous federal decision to stop the extradition saying war crime charges didn't exist at the time of the killing says he's innocent to disprove fighting extradition for nearly a decade. sketch of a dmitri the business dimitri mixed feelings on the u.s. markets tonight that's right because the glass is both powerful and you've got the u.s. economy which is recovering but it's doing so slowly so therefore we're having the the u.s. markets pretty flat this hour the going from from little losses to small gains worse take a look at what's happening right now in the dow jones is declining point one percent the nasdaq feeling a bit better with amazon driving the growth we've also had manufacturing coming in weak but on the other hand the national association of home builders says it's index that is at a five year high so you have you have both a plus and minus everywhere now over in europe we've had g.d.p.

data for the euro zone coming in with a decline of point two percent in the second quarter but pick. have been all worse if it hadn't been for germany's data which we were putting on yesterday which came in better than expected and interesting stories in london today one of the biggest losers is the british american tobacco global tobacco giant of so you turn australia nancy to bottle lauren this means that from december first all cigarettes in australia must be sold in plain green packets without any branding british american tobacco and philip morris graeme the new claim the new rule breaks their intellectual property rights britain norway and new zealand are all considering similar measures to help fight smoking and are watching the. standard chartered its was the biggest gainer in london more than four percent added as it has admitted to breaking u.s. sanctions against iran the british learned there's a greater three hundred forty million dollars settlement with a new york watchdog which accused it of hiding operations with the islamic republic

and threatening to take it a u.s. banking license however the bank said the amount of illegal transactions totaled only fourteen million dollars instead of the claimed two hundred forty billion. and saying with financials austria's forbes bank has become another european then to just stop speculating trading in food commodities that's up to corn and soybean prices surged to all time highs on u.s. drought the decision is a stand against critics who blame speculators for expensive food. of over two currencies now and the euro is declining versus the dollar all other global currencies main ones are gaining against the greenback while the russian ruble is actually falling your example is losing to the dollar and winning by the same amount to a year. on the commodities markets we are seeing indeed oil shooting up brant now adding more than two dollars twenty cents and that's as inventories declined this week in the u.s.

more than expected for money flow we've got and demand for pitch. as a nine month high. on the russian markets we see the correction after two days of gains this week with the r.t.s. my sixty gloating around one percent but this given the oil price is pretty high could change tomorrow might see some strong opening figures now on the my sex diamond producer our roster was losing half a percent to a bit better than the market that's after it reports of foreign sales up seventy three percent in the first half the aeroflot was down zero point six percent as one of the main shareholders in the carrier said he is ready to sell his shares to the states at a discount and t.m. k. was that in the market a point one percent of the cars. general motors is facing a three billion dollar lawsuit for interfering with the possible sale of sab now the u.s. car giant is accused of deliberately bankrupting the swedish automaker instead of

potentially selling it to russian or chinese investors artie's marina fortnight reports. defunct car maker solve automotive may be running on empty but the saga surrounding its bankruptcy is only accelerating now the swedish company filed for chapter eleven back in december after takeover talks with chinese and russian investors failed u.s. auto giant general motors which owned part of saab was reportedly against chinese carmakers assessing saabs technology licenses now if there are war if there was a successful deal made that would have purportedly provided with the nuff capital to stay alive while also saving some three thousand jobs in sweden according to experts g.m. would have also profit now spyker cars which currently owns saab is accusing

g.m. of intentionally driving saab out of business by railing takeover talks with chinese investors spiker leverage those charges in a three billion dollar lawsuit recently filed against g.m. meanwhile some experts are questioning if g.m. was simply using saab as a pawn in a hidden economic conflict or divide between the east and west and if that is true could that be a developing trend in our practices within the global economy that question and many others may likely be raised when speicher cars and g.m. face off in court or at one find what is it wednesday updates coming up in fifty five good stuff a wonderful overseas. thanks to me looking ahead in sport looking at how newly appointed for capello's done in charge of the russian football team most about

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