spread the word. that you point to. the drums of war beetle out or in syria's rebel friendly power is spearheaded by the us step up they are a military threat or against scare tactics against damascus. mass murder around there's brevik is sentenced to twenty one years behind bars as a judge declares he was mentally sound when executing dozens of people in cold blood. britain abandons its threat to storm the ecuadorian mission and take julian assange by force a day after both america's rose up in support of quito. in the russian capital you're watching r t with me we're going to josh another chunk

of intimidation coupled with aggressive statements were piled on the syrian government this week the u.s. and its allies are once again talking out of the possibility of acids regime using its chemical arsenal while at the same time dishing out threats to engage in its internal conflict we're in a fortnight has more on what damascus have to say on that. as the violence in syria continues increasing western countries may be inching closer and closer towards military intervention this past week the us britain and france all separately signaled when or why they would take direct action u.s. president barack obama said that washington would intervene if the syrian government deployed chemical or biological weapons against civilians britain echoed america's sentiments while france called for the consideration of a partial no fly zone to be imposed over syria's airspace and that is a suggestion that u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton previously made now the syrian deputy prime

minister who was visiting moscow this week for talks has accused western countries of reaching for any reason that would lead to direct intervention he also said that president obama's threats are linked directly to the u.s. elections damascus also drew parallels between western focus on syria's chemical weapons and the invasion of iraq where the existence of suspected chemical weapons were never confirmed now this uptick uptick in talk and threats over military intervention into syria comes as the u.n. security council is scheduled to have a ministerial meeting on syria on aug thirtieth that meeting was called for and will be chaired by france reporting from new york. r.t. what correspondent and columnist eric margolis believes washington is being pushed

into action by election politics in the u.s. . united states has no strategic interests in syria where this is. raw and that the u.s. is in a very sensitive election year where there's pressure on the obama administration to do something the republicans are screaming do something and so let's hope that the use of threats and verbal i'm still hoping that there will be a diplomatic solution but the chances are receding as political pressure grows in the united states and behind this blitz remember that the u.s. really pushing very hard to do something you know overthrowing the government and even supports its syrian movie breaking up into little cantons fighting one another along religious ethnic and tribal lines that are just as a living on was in the one nine hundred seventy s. this isn't very good for the prospect and we have to work hard to be sure it does

not out opposition activists claim saturday was the deadliest day since the start of the empress was more than three hundred people killed in fighting between pro and anti regime supporters across syria the lion's share of the deaths were reported in the suburbs of damascus which have been witness to fierce battles of late but the war hasn't yet swallowed up the whole country as artists and boycott now reports. a phrase syrians use for someone who loves life and a good description of this nation's character even during a time of war some syrians still preserve their home or dove reality. the telos way there is one of the few communities in syria still largely unaffected by violence. there to begin with i'm flat his huge show here people come to the park with their families every night nothing has changed. it's

a striking contrast to the rest of the country just fifty kilometers west. lize data the city where the syrian uprising began and we're going out to buy bread is sometimes a major risk but for the residents of suede that is no coincidence populated primarily by the jews a religious group that incorporate elements of all major faiths this way that has so far proved syria's most successful peace laboratory the locals say it's because their culture breeds tolerance. in the liberty to be different is a basic right guaranteed by humanity in psuedo we have people of different political opinions we all respect and accept each other as human beings that's why sweden hasn't witnessed any confrontations we can differ politically we still want to preserve our homeland and we have people who are against the government but they're also going to violence then no army checkpoints on the streets and no fear of rebel snipers on the rooftops business is slower than usual but the outlook is

a bit these hotel opened its doors just two weeks ago its general manager is convinced that tolerance both political and religious always pays off. have to continue. people have to. have to. accept. that you have to accept. a culture of people so. i think it's good to open this while the rest of syria gathers for funerals in this way that weddings are still the most common public event when we've among about a dozen couples timed the knot on that particular day higher than the number in hotels where used to seeing very different people and we'll learn how to accept everybody that's what syria needs both sides need to stop killing and start talking

to some in the west it may come across as ignorance and disregard for those. who are suffering but it's actually the opposite the syrians always valued the beauty of the simple life and they won't give it up easily even at gunpoint. you know they are going to be very kindly there where all the killings that are right now they're going to make sure that. maybe never you know do you. think we're going to come the way down you. just made it twelve thousand people have spent two weeks blockaded in the syrian town of probably close to the lebanese border they are experiencing shortages of vital supplies but can't leave the area due to the threat posed by a rabble snipers that's as the syrian conflict has already stepped over to lebanon at least thirteen people including a sunni shaikh were killed there and bloody syria related sectarian clashes this

week troops were deployed to stop the trouble they would face political analyst and lawyer dr franklin lamb says there is an overwhelming drought among the population in lebanon the concierge of my building who is syrian sometimes hides in my apartment they've been round up of syrian national news here in beirut in south beirut even though it's a great deal of fear people are saying not since the civil war how have things been so likely to ignite or the people are feeling so insecure as you know there are two very broods in tripoli the most so for the the. alleyways and the bell to bomb the section right down the middle ironically is the name of the big street called syria street and that really tells the tale up there but we have seen in beirut and other parts of the country a similar division things are very much on the edge and it's not only the spillover

of fact it's the fact that lebanon itself is so fragile and not quite a state in terms of not having a real central government that can enforce the laws and how they're going to compromise army. so i have for this hour no time out for athens european leaders remain on swayed by a greek p.r. blitz asking for more time to implement cuts and problem it's crumbling economy. an average of three months for every person he killed a court this week handed a twenty one year prison term to mass murder under brevik for the massacre of seventy seven people last july it's a maximum sentence possible in norway but it can be prolonged if the killer is still deemed a man as to the society once the terms complete the prosecution have the man of brevik should have been placed in a secure a psychiatric unit saying he was insane but the judge ruled he was mentally sound

the terrorists were never showed any remorse for his actions during the whole trial he said he was satisfied with such a decision the cell brevik will be locked up in has sparked a wave of condemnation as many believing it's too comfortable europe saw a spike in foreign activities after the tragedy and as are teased us are silly enough reports the hearing has highlighted the fact europe's multicultural policy is failing. there's no doubt about his guilt for a right militant unders brave massacre to seventy seven people in norway thirteen months ago to show his rejection of government policies of immigrants and islam oh this case once again highlighted europe's deepening divide over immigration of integration and the subsequent radicalization of ideas. last week a twenty nine year old suspected brave exhibit fizer was charged in the czech republic officers found weapons and police uniforms in his flat and they believe he was plotting a brave extol slaughter. while in norway police are investigating

a threatening e-mail sent to newspapers and politicians from a person who claims to be brave and in command i would my soldiers to give all due respect to our people our culture and our ethnicity and warn all advocates of multiculturalism they get is this war we are now so deeply in physical violence is . a line that we draw very clearly now multiculturalism in the sense that everybody could keep this culture well this idea which has been the official idea for over for the last twenty years this idea is over there is a leading culture of the european values and european culture such far right fire has gained traction in europe but it's also angered racism groups and proponents of the left there are some resorting to very public displays of opposition.

while there's an increasingly vocal wash of ideologies and a rise in political extremes one step at the fringes countries are increasingly criticised for failing to properly engage people on what's needed to sort the problem out and so my social tensions are testing the limits of tolerance cross europe not yet despite the obvious threat of a deepening standoff between europeans and immigrants others say europe's tendency to walk on eggshells in the name of political correctness makes any real and honest debate all but impossible when you have the riots in. we think. you missed and everyone tried to find some excuse. but condition of life and if we don't send a clear message to everyone far right. muslim . it's become impossible to understand the police and others brave extra you may

have reached a clue. asian but europe still nowhere near to ending at all to whether that cycle of fear and hatred. desser is still here r t brussels. and international consultant and former deputy speaker for the belgian parliament believes the idea of integrating and assimilating migrants into europe was doomed from the start. there is more and more radical. giving voice to far right views. something funky of course of their it we can all deny there are problems with him and they are already being forced to do great things and it's the problem that this proceeding to greece you know is functioning that it is a basic problem but the thing is first of all multiculturalism first of all has always been in this i mean something that was used in a political context and secondly i do not believe that this was a key policy of the european union european union is an economic projects and that

is that was the key policy what is the big what is the real problem in society i do believe that there is a problem of immigration in europe i also believe that there is a much bigger problem with the economic reconstruction of europe and this room which is causing all this social frustration. a good deal more still in store for you this hour including further drama from the skies above the u.s. drone strike reportedly goes off targets killing dozens of civilians while the officer is doing remold piloting pick up a new trick from al qaida. britain has backed off a threat to raid ecuadorian embassy in london according to a statement from kiddo's foreign ministry that has drawn comes just a day after the organization of american states sided with ecuador and a blow to britain's a thirty five nations that make up the new world declaring amnesties inviolable territory it also means joining us sanch the man at the center of the storm is safe

for the moment and aside ecuadorian mission laura smith now with more on the decision by america it was a meeting that lasted five hours but eventually got what it wanted out of the me saying essentially they the foreign minister made a speech in which he condemned bresson for what he called an assault on could also . and eventually what happened was that these thirty four countries signed this resolution which rejects any attempts to put at risk the inviolability of diplomatic premises anywhere in the world and and expressed solidarity and support for ecuador in their offering of asylum to julian our stance but also to continue talks between ecuador and britain to try and sort out their diplomatic problems the usa and canada are members of this organization and they were very much against this meeting from the very beginning and they all say that expressed reservations about the resolution that was passed in the end but it goes to show that

particularly in its own region ecuador is not acting alone and it's now got huge international backing across the americas but we've seen no movement in britain stance so far they still remain committed to arresting julian assange to fulfilling this court order which says that he must be extradited to sweden whatever happens and in fact we've seen further proof in recent days that britain is not going to abandon its plans to arrest him we had a policeman photographed outside the ecuadorian embassy one of the many policemen who is guarding the embassy twenty four seven holding this piece of paper a piece of restricted information that says that you do not sign should be arrested essentially at all costs whatever it takes even if he emerges in some way in a diplomatic car even if as some have posited here merges in some kind of diplomatic crate or bag that is not going to put the british police off arresting him they're really very intent on arresting him and fulfilling this court order so

that it's a position that hasn't changed in the last few days and i see no reason that it will change as a as a direct result of this but as i say the international pressure is growing meanwhile due to messages of course still in the ecuadorian embassy in london still very unclear how he will get out. commenting on the night of condemnation from the americas attorney and the spanish says only continued pressure can force the u.k. to let us go the pressure is very important to continue to try to sort of whittle away a. position and stubbornness that england has in this specific case and i would just show each time that these types of meetings take place and the resolutions happen and we see the u.s. position in particular in showing that you know it's going to meas behind all of this it is behind the persecution of the signs and so it's really important their arms out and people understand that governments understand that and that eventually hopefully the british government will back down will have to wait and see why it's

been a hectic few weeks in the saga of julius sounds but we've got the timeline of his predicament and full analysis in our website there can also find it with dorian present interview with r t n his thoughts on how the story will unfold all that is available on our website called. in the meantime greece's reak long pitch for lenny and conditions has fallen on deaf ears where the steering piano and taught us to mars told to show his achievements first the prime minister met the sweet with various european leaders who funded the second greek bailout is trying to win concessions from them to extend its tyranny deadlines and shore up the crumbling greek economy but both the leaders of france and germany were looking warm and best saying any leniency will depend on the grading aladdin's a stereo for its next month andrew gavin marshall from the center of research and level is ations has more time won't save greece. if you actually look at the situation what some iris is complaining about is that he needs more time to have

reforms what are the reforms there's three words which are yours most commonly austerity are just growth if you simply take the rhetoric follow the policies look at the facts you can actually translate the language to what it actually means so. austerity impoverishment adjustment means exploitation and growth means private profits they undermine labor they cut pensions cut social security card health care spending cut all social spending in general far more people from the public sector privatized the economy privatized the infrastructure privatized the water the electricity something foreign corporations to come in and buy everything up and this is all so that they can get a bailout which the money simply goes to the banks just the interest on the loans to the banks so it's this massive scam and it's illegitimate for him to be saying that we simply need more time to recover shark population. the german catholic

church has pressed charges against a group of pussy riot copycats who disrupted a service and colognes cathedral to a man and a woman who were shouting and carrying a banner are demanding freedom for the members of the russian female punk band were thrown out of the building immediately they could now face up to three years in jail of attentional punishments even greater than their inspires received a court in moscow sentenced to post the right to two years in jail for their ma prayer in russia's main orthodox cathedral in germany faces a dilemma now being among the states which rush to condemn the verdict. well remember you can find all his latest stories comments and videos on our website and see dot com and here's some of what you may lie while you're there. the university of the wild west why colorado students can now pad guns as well as books in their school bag. and his big bulging eyes and chubby little face have captured the

hearts of locals work this baby seal has taken up home on a russian beach at a line for more pictures of the cup. u.s. claims that killed one of the leaders of pakistan's fear of the khan and terror network in a drone strike this week are quickly being debunked and is now being reported the missile attack massacred most of his family instead including his thirteen year old son and former pakistani air force commander sultan hali says it's exactly at the sos like this that fuel the insurgency. the information which is being given out is very sketchy because especially since two thousand and nine the united

states seems to have changed the rules. and the able bodied person. who can be considered a militant will be considered a militant in respect to a fact whether the person is a threat to the store or not but it is a mockery of all kinds of human rights and especially coming from a country which calls itself the champion of human rights and one of the reason why the united states is banking on the use of drones is because it considers it means by which its own troops its own people are not at risk but the fact is that the relatives of the victims are approached by the terrorists and since. for their lives have been targeted and killed it is high time that you can because of injury and in fact the number of terrorists who are being groomed and recruited in this way is rising so it is not just a double edged sword it is counterproductive and it is increasing dead or is a rather than reducing it. it's an angel tactic one can down throughout history and a favorite among terrorists but follow up attacks or using the wounded to set up

ambitious for those arriving to help them and now seemingly a valid strategy for u.s. drones in pakistan more than a dozen people in pakistan have been killed in the last few days and such strikes drawing international condemnation kind of chicken has the story. the u.s. prides itself on the rule of law but on a number of issues the line between what's legal and what's not kind of blurred in the last decade or so is wiretapping legal no but in the name of national security yes there are attempts right now in congress to legalize big brother on the web by making it legal for providers to funnel all private correspondence to national security agencies the law in the u.s. protects free speech but never before has there been such a hunt for whistleblowers that's in america but as far as u.s. actions abroad of what's legal and what's not even murkier washington has expanded its target assassinations program in different countries essentially putting itself

above the law now i'm joined by john pfeffer author and co-director of the institute for policy studies he has an interesting theory of u.s. foreign policy he compares it to dexter the t.v. show dexter is a fictional character who is a good citizen by day and a serial killer by night but he only kills bad guys for what's so wrong about being dexter i mean everyone loves dexter it's a very popular t.v. show here in the united states and all across the world but this is difficult moral questions because of course dexter is judge jury and executioner and sometimes he makes mistakes and the united states too is in a similar position united states often says it only kills the bad guys with some of the. other figures that have been attacked by drones over the last few years but the united states also makes mistakes there have been any number of civilian casualties associated with these drone strikes so in some sense they're in

a similar moral quandary dexter and the u.s. government as you said you know there's administration has expanded its drone program dramatically and the strikes in pakistan yemen and other places they end up killing many civilians we're talking about extra judicial killings. here's a question that pops up. you know when when someone does something outside the law they're usually afraid of getting caught but in the case of the us who is the police to catch them there is not police is there well there isn't any police of course there are international laws and there have been a number of reports on the implications of international law on the drone attacks and the un for instance rup or tour has condemned drone attacks as being illegal but i think the chief concern here for the united states in terms of getting caught is being caught by blowback in other words by the consequences of these drone attacks and those i think are significant because of course we've seen people here

in the united states who have cited these drone attacks as the reasons for their terrorist activities for instance so i think it's blowback which really represents the casualty or shall we say the consequences that are most direct of the drone program and i'll stick look at some other stories from around the world riot troops in germany have to use tear gas and water cannon to disperse a violent crowd of use at an annual street festival several hundred people started a bonfire and three stones bottles of police when they arrive the festival has earned a bad reputation having been marred by violence in previous years. thirty six people have been killed in northern china as a fuel tanker collided with a pad bus engulfing both in flames police say most of the passengers were sleeping at the time of the crash and only three of them managed to survive it's not yet clear walk caused the accident the state media suggest over sixty thousand people

died on the country's roads last year alone. hundreds of people have been evacuated from okinawa in japan as a powerful typhoon has hit the island more than half a thousand houses have been left without electricity while all flights to the island have been cancelled the store. it was believed to become the strongest to batter the region in years. well that brings us up to date here on our children actually with a recap of our top stories followed by an in-depth discussion of how the european union can be saved if the euro falls through stay with us.

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