the drums of war beat louder in syria as rebel friendly powers spearheaded by the us step up the militarist rhetoric and scared tactics against a mass. mass murderer i just brevik 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 just a day after both america's rose up in support of peter. highlighting

the top stories of the week here on r.t. rule received share with the weekly another chunk of intimidation coupled with aggressive statements piled on the syrian government this week that the u.s. and its allies are once again talking up the possibility of assad's regime using its chemical arsenal while at the same time dishing out threats to engage in its own internal conflict. has more and more to damascus had to say in response to that . as the violence in syria continues increasing western countries may be inching closer and closer towards military intervention this past week the u.s. 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. . and a war columnist and correspondent eric margolies believes that washington's being pushed into action simply by election politics ongoing in the u.s. united states is no strategic interests syria with this is. wrong and the u.s. . should your. pressure on the obama. strange to do something the republicans screaming do something and so let's hope that these threats of verbal i'm still hoping that there will be a diplomatic solution but chances are receding as political pressure grows in the united states and behind is let's remember that these rare yoopers pushing very hard to do something to. overthrow a government and even support since it's seriously breaking up into little

cantons fighting one another along religious ethnic and tribal lines or just as a lebanon was in the one nine hundred seventy s. this is a very frightening prospect and we have to work hard to make sure it does not happen. now opposition activists claim that saturday was the deadliest day since the start of the rest more than three hundred people killed in fighting between of course a pro and anti regime supporters all across the country the lion's share of deaths reported in the suburbs of damascus where chaplin witnessed a fierce battles as of late but the war at this point has not yet swallowed up being tired country as artie's oxana boy tells us. 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 joviality.

the town of sway there is one of the few communities in syria still largely unaffected by violence. and with objects life is usual 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 lies daraa 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 psuedo that is no coincidence populated primarily by the jews a religious group that incorporates elements of all major faiths this way that has so far proved syria's most successful peace laboratory the local say is because their culture breeds tolerance. in the literary different there's a basic right guaranteed by humanity in sweden 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 confrontation we can differ politically we still want

to preserve our homeland and we have people who are against the government but they're also against violence there are no army checkpoints on the streets and nor fear of rebel snipers on the rooftops business is slower than usual. but the outlook is a big these opened its doors just two weeks ago its general manager is convinced that tolerance both political and religious always pays off. to continue. people who have to. have to. accept it. which you have to accept. about. those people so. i think it's good to open up this while the rest of syria gathers for funerals in psuedo weddings are still the most common public event when you were among about

a dozen couples time did not on that particular day i have a distant memory in hotels where used to seem 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 someone 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 at gunpoint thank you very much you love me i mean we're telling you right now that you really think that. maybe maybe you. want to read. well now in neighboring turkey also seeing an upsurge in violence recently nine people almost half of them children were killed in a car bombing close to the syrian border on monday at this point no group has

claimed responsibility for the attack but turkish politicians are quick to point fingers at the syrian uprising however says the unrest across the border has nothing to do with the blast laying the blame on a kurdish rebel group. instead international relations professor mark almond believes the turkish government has created vulnerability inside its own stuff. one of the reasons why ankara had been so supportive of bashar assad was that he was very close the border going infiltration of his interest her trip was a very long border and what we're now seeing course is that the border between turkey and syria is open to incorporation into syria rebels and also. because i'm surprised the west and some of these of course it's been it's been down through the old smuggling routes the billboard america the problem is if you cooperate all the time a blind eye to the border into syria there's always the risk of course for the right

price. this is r t thanks for joining us today still ahead for you in this hour the road to ruin we peek into the future of post revolution libya as recent islamist attacks on religious shrines triggered fears the country is about to plunge headfirst into tribal chaos and bloodshed and. no time out for athens european leaders remain on swayed by a greek p.r. blitz asking for more time to implement cuts sun to prop up its ailing economy. or to temporize the hour moscow time an average of three months for every person he killed a court this week handed a twenty one year prison term to mass murderer anders breivik for the massacre of seventy seven people last july now this is the maximum sentence possible in norway but it can be prolonged if the killer is still deemed a menace to society once the term is complete the prosecution had demanded that

breivik should have been placed in a secure psychiatric unit saying he was insane but the judge ruled he was mentally sound the killer who never showed any remorse for his actions during the whole trial said he was rather satisfied with such a decision the cell brevik will be locked up in there were sparked a wave of condemnation as many believe it's more like a hotel as artie's reports his example has encouraged others now to take up arms. and off weaponry and explosives to kill dozens of people that was the discovery of the czech police when they raided at twenty nine year old man's apartment in the city of a strong man was reported by his neighbors to have some mental problems that's why the police decided to take action and later they arrested this man he was carrying a remote detonates of an explosive device on him when he was detained it has also been revealed by the czech police that an explosive device made of an aircraft bomb

was found in his apartment and they did it could have killed dozens of people it was believed to be a very powerful explosive device of several kilograms of explosive in it the police are now does not reveal and does not know what this man's intentions were but it's already has all the reasons to believe that the man was a sympathizer of the killer from norway and that is brady sources within the interior ministry of the czech republic report that this man used a brave as he is on the internet in different forums and different social networks for now the police is trying to determine whether there have been eighty connection between the detained man and him self now will know little about this man for now that a few pictures had been released by the czech media of this man detained and cuffs on him being put in a police car but for now the police are trying to keep all the information secret regarding this man so that he won't have any more followers and they're trying to determine whether he actually had any more followers or he was planning to act

alone and. an international consultant and a former deputy speaker for the belgian palm and he believes the idea of integrating and assimilating migrants into europe was ultimately doomed from the very beginning. there is more and more radical opinion in giving voice to far right views. i think partly of course there if we can all deny there are problems with immigrants they are already believe forced to do really and it's the problem that this process of integration he was functioning that it is a basic problem but the thing is first of all multiculturalism first of all has always been i mean something that was used in a political context in 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 with 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. live from moscow this is r.t. still a good deal more to come for you in this hour including how the deadly trend of afghan forces turning their weapons against the nato troops helping to train them is adding get more challenges to the country's dreams of peace. you're watching the weekly on r.t. britain has backed off its threat to raid the ecuadorian embassy in london this according to a statement from tito's foreign ministry there with her all comes just a day after the organization of american states sided with ecuador and a blow to britain for thirty five nations to make up the new world declared embassies diplomatic safe havens it also means joining our songs the man at the center of the storm is safe for the time being inside the ecuadorian mission

parties laura smith now with more of the decision by the americas it was a meeting that lasted five hours but eventually got what it wanted out of me saying essentially they the foreign minister made speech a. in which he condemned britain for what he called an assault on could all sovereignty 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 sons 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 and 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 that 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 of course still in the ecuadorian embassy in london still very unclear how he will get out. commenting on the united condemnation from the americas attorney and r.t.e. spanish host eva golinger says only continued pressure can force the u.k. to let a songe car the pressure is very important to continue to try to sort of whittle away the. position and it's stubbornness that england has taken in this specific case and as it does show each time that these types of meetings take place and that their resolutions have been and we see the u.s. position in particular in showing that the united states government is behind all of this it is behind the persecution of the sides and so it's really important that comes out and people understand that governments understand that and that eventually hopefully the british government will back down we'll have to wait and

see. certainly been a hectic few weeks in the ongoing saga of julian assange but we've got a whole timeline of his predicament on the full analysis at our website r.t. dot com you can also find ecuadorian president rafael courageous and if you with us here on r.t. of course including his thoughts on how the whole ongoing story will unfold. the german catholic church has pressed charges against a group of pussy riot copycat suit destructed a service in cologne's cathedral two men and the women who were shouting and carrying a banner and demanding freedom for the members of the russian female punk band were quickly thrown out of the building where they could now face up to three years in prison a potential punishment even greater than their inspirers received a cold in moscow as we all know sentenced the whole pussy riot trio to two years in jail for their prey and russia's main orthodox cathedral and germany now faces a dilemma being among the states which was first to condemn the verdict. now greece

is a week long pitch for leniency on bail out condition says fall on deaf ears with its touring prime minister and to notice of mara's told to deliver results first the prime minister met this week with various european leaders who sponsored the second greek bailout he's trying to win concessions from them to extend austerity deadlines and use the time to shore up the crumbling the greek economy but both the leaders of france were luke best saying any leniency will depend on the grading of athens or sterrett efforts next month however i drew govern marshall from the center of research on globalization says any amount of time still won't save greece . if you actually look at the situation what summers is complaining about is that he needs more time to implement reforms what are the reforms there's three words which are used most commonly austerity just growth if you simply take the rhetoric of the policies look at the facts you can actually translate. language to what it

actually means so i stared. i just meant means exploitation and growth means private property rights they undermine labor the cut pensions cut social security card health care spending cut all social spending in general to hire more people from the public sector privatized the economy privatized the structure privatized the water the electricity something foreign corporations can come in and buy everything out for cheap and this is also that they can get a bailout which the money simply goes to the banks just the interest on 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 republish our population. well to remember here at r.t. you can always find the latest stories comments on videos on our website let's have a look and see what else is standing by for you right now at r.t. dot com for example the defense on the go brush your unveils

a new missile system capable of ultimately breaking off the wings of almost any flying. a gram a day though a creating a full scale shield within just minutes. but his big bulging eyes and chubby little face capturing the hearts of locals where this baby seal has taken up home on a beach in russia all those pictures and video very cute online. dot com. it's one of three twenty in the afternoon here on sunday in moscow it's the latest manifestation of afghan anger with occupation and it's proving one of the deadliest for coalition troops to date at least a dozen u.s. soldiers have died in so-called green on blue attacks in the last few weeks alone

as afghan security forces increasingly turn their guns on their american mentors he's an associate now with more on the sinister trend. the u.s. war in afghanistan is known as the longest military conflict in american history and as u.s. officials hope for a successful exit strategy by the year twenty fourteen an alarming new trend is spiking on the ground indicating that this may not happen so easily u.s. troops have been dying at record rates in so-called insider attacks at the hands of their afghan allies at least ten u.s. troops have been killed in these attacks in the last two weeks alone this makes up for over thirty percent of u.s. military deaths in august of last year there have been at least forty such deaths in so-called green on blue attacks where members of afghan forces turning against western troops sixty nine people were wounded and one of many attempts to tackle the increasing problem a top u.s. general flew to afghanistan this week to address the issue only to have his plane

become the target of a rocket attack experts say it's yet another sign of growing discontent in the war torn country as u.s. president barack obama says more needs to be done to protect u.s. troops from attacks by afghans thought of as partners the question of how exactly this should be done remains unanswered afghan officials have been attempting to spy on their own recruits to prevent these incidents but reports are growing that members of the afghan security forces are increasingly switching sides defecting to support the taliban in one recent incident four afghan army officials were charged with supplying arms to the militants some experts explain the increased insider killings trend as a result of frustration with the length of the war others point to the fact that this comes after several scandals involving the conduct of u.s. troops on the ground from koran burnings to desecrating afghan bodies by you were needing on them and shocking videos that made headlines around the world the afghan

wars and its eleventh year and the fact that this year has seen more deaths from insider attacks than ever before seen as a worrying trend for several reasons the attacks have highlighted the disconnect between the u.s. to exit strategy. to transfer most of the fighting power to afghan forces by twenty fourteen but the fact that the situation on the ground continues to be a lot more complicated that some u.s. officials try to downplay with chaos on the ground the question of whether the u.s. involvement deadline is feasible looms large. party mosque. and meantime a. marine corps veteran and he will activist believes that insider attacks show just how angry yeah the afghans have have grown against the ongoing occupation you expect from afghans after ten years of enduring bombings and rape and mass murder in the hands of under u.s. occupation the violence is not going to stop after ten years of american rule the

afghan civil society has been destroyed i mean the infrastructure we have a puppet government in kabul increasingly becoming authoritarian and it's not going to stall and it's a sad thing the fact of the matter is the united states does not have a goal or purpose in mind in containing occupying afghanistan and we're there just so we would we are sending american troops there to pacify a country that doesn't want to be pacified under u.s. rule and they are responding to that by frightening resisting american imperialism so the fact that i guess it's very site it's a vicious cycle that's not going to end just because the u.s. wants it to end. all right now time to go into the r.t. world update now we start with germany where riot troops have used tear gas and water cannons to disperse a violent crowd of youths at an annual street festival several hundred people

started the bonfire and started throwing stones and bottles of police when they arrived the first of all there was on a rather bad reputation having been marred by violence in previous years. thirty six people killed in northern china as a fuel tanker collided with a packed 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 what caused the accident though state media suggests over the last year on the country's roads sixty thousand people were killed. almost forty people killed more than eighty injured after an explosion of rock to venezuela's biggest of all refinery another blast that was caused by a gas leak comes after repeated outages on installations run by a state oil company the country's president hugo chavez already declaring a three day long mourning period this is the worst accident to ever hit the opec

nations industry. neil armstrong the man who once made one giant leap for mankind stepping for the first time in human history on the moon has passed away at the age of eighty two his condition deteriorated after recent heart surgery to clear blocked arteries an estimated half a billion people watched armstrong on t.v. as he stepped onto the lunar surface on july the twentieth one thousand nine hundred sixty nine. now on the threshold of the first anniversary of the fall of tripoli libya it seems to be marking the event with violence and chaos in the latest in a series of recent attacks on sufi shrines islamists are blamed for blowing up and bulldozing a fifteenth century sanctuary meanwhile ethnic clashes not. far from the capital left at least twelve people killed and dozens injured after the warring sides reportedly used anti aircraft guns against each other as follows last week's

violence when an egyptian different parts car was blown off in the city of benghazi and after deadly twin bomb attacks in the capital political analyst i consultant peter things of libya will only descend further into chaos because libya is following the same trend as all the other countries where there was a for sure we have the same scenario in iraq we have the same situation in afghanistan we've got the situation in libya which was again a force regime and as you would expect there will be breakaway groups because at the end of the day although gadhafi was a fraudster in many ways brought that country from the doldrums into great prosperity and the wrong government got in and so the military is still trying to pull that the strings there and of course such failing very fast and i think we will see a natural rebellion occur like it's ongoing in iraq like is ongoing in syria and egypt. certainly could if you join us here on our team back in just a moment with

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