tv [untitled] August 27, 2012 4:00am-4:30am EDT
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the bloodiest day so far in syria sun that report of the claims more than three hundred twenty lives of fierce battles between the country's government and rebels outside the capital damascus. activist outraged israel's military refuses a delivery of aid to palestinians schoolchildren in the west bank the incident follows recent revelations that mass abuse of palestinian youngsters by israeli soldiers. and iran's foreign minister rings the opening bell of the world's nonaligned summit into wrong which will see a third of you when members take part despite the west undermining the event. go produce the record poised to pull the double from here it will look good while in the business of the twenty.
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international news live from moscow you're watching r t was the arena joshing in syria activists have accused the country's security forces of killing over three hundred people outside the capital damascus the death toll in the south west town of iran cannot be independently verified but the government says it carried out and to terror operation in the area the british foreign office has responded that sunday's massacre highlights urgent need for international intervention against the assad regime and the violence moscow insists any unilateral action will only worsen the conflict that's already claimed more than eighteen thousand lives president asad has vowed to stand firm in the face of what he deems to be a western plot against his nation designed to uproot the government middle east specialist kevin barrette ways. what happened in the town derived could be set up
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for military intervention. but once again as with the houla massacre we have a very interesting set of circumstances where right before this u.n. ministerial meeting coming up on august thirtieth we have a big orchestrated p.r. event designed to smear the government in damascus and the west intervening in syria and i'm very suspicious i was asked about this shortly after the fall a massacre and i said we need to wait and see what really happened and there are some indications that much and perhaps most of the killing in the whole a massacre was actually perpetrated by the rebel forces and the same thing might be true this time the so-called no fly zone of course what that really is it's just a euphemism for an aerial attack on the country and again i'm told that if western countries do try to take over syrian airspace he may very well be shot out of the skies and that is so i certainly hope they don't try because this is the world to
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the brink of a very dangerous confrontation. later this hour r.t. talks to a german left wing politician than i can about the ongoing bloodshed in syria he believes the government in berlin is two faced when it comes to the crisis. be they don't take sides something sure of the. human rights violator repression within the country sure enough but am officially them taking any other sides with the reposts of whatever got install maybe it was see it from their involvement in over the supply ship on the ground there and other stuff and they invite syrian petitions for the time they're after and train them here so officially they seem to take sides but it's unclear to me who they are so somebody selected people and i don't know on the basis of which criteria i've no clue i mean we now have been invited for a final discussion i'm afraid. i mean how can you train some people to mean we. let
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you do lincoln germany we've called left politicians some people in syria are would know why i would pick but these are different people. now around one hundred pro palestinian activists have been stopped by israeli authorities on their way to the west bank from jordan the group aims to deliver aid to schoolchildren in bethlehem refugee camps but were reportedly turned away without any explanation israel's defense minister he later labeled the activist move as a failed publicity stunt this latest incident follows another scandal involving palestinian children a number of israeli veterans have spoken out describing degrading culture of abuse and harassment of youngsters in the west bank and gaza activists have released a report containing dozens of testimonies that detail numerous cases of violence committed by former soldiers or two spotlessly or as the story. the israeli defense
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forces has come under fire from its own rank and file an organization known as breaking the silence has published the testimonies of some thirty israeli soldiers and commanders in which they deal specifically with how the idea of treats palestinian children palestinian minors they talk about the op or treat use of violence by soldiers when it comes to children and at the same time they say that very often the idea of deliberately targets children using them as human shields during its operations but these reporters who go on to say that even when children are not deliberately targeted they are not afforded any kind of protection when there is a shootout or any kind of military operation now these reports come out on the heels of another two danley conclusions that were reached by two separate groups one being an imminent group of british lawyers and another an international human rights group known as save the children foundation now both of these found that the idea is in violation of international law when it comes to how we treat palestinian
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children they say they very often these children are put into solitary confinement they are treated and abused they suffered extensive damage at the same time the army is using things like shackles to extract confessions from these children that those confessions are extracted under duress and also these children are not afforded any kind of legal representation now also this weekend there were demonstrations as indeed there are even weekend now which is a palestinian village villagers there are complaining about the gradual encroachments of a nearby settlement on the water supplies they say that those water supplies are being taken over by the citizen as a result they have no water with which to use on the fields all for drinking water but in footage that was captured on camera these soldiers can be seen going from house to house and physically taking people out of their homes one person was injured at least six people were just. five of whom were children and there are
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pictures of the daughters of one woman trying to save their mother as she was manhandled by the soldiers who were stun grenades so certainly not a good time for the i.d.f. it's finding itself being criticized on a number of fronts point. television coming up later in the program tolerance test it. may be that this is not the islamic world they have to accept that in germany it is ok to criticize islam if they cannot accept that they shouldn't be allowed to leave. germany reminds us muslim community has laws come first by allowing protesters to display cartoons of the prophet muhammad also . in just a few minutes find out how doing the basic things all journalists shoed like gathering the fagots could land reporters on a back list of some governments. iran is open the doors to delegates
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of the sixteenth gathering of the self described nonaligned states the largest international summit to have ever been hosted by the islamic republic fifty leaders from the countries which don't consider themselves connected to any power block are expected to convene in tehran within the week. nuclear weapons nonproliferation ad the conflict in syria will be among the issues topping jammed up the i secondly general ban ki-moon has decided to attend despite pressure from washington and its allies which have been accused of trying to play down the importance of the summit times correspondent have escobar believes now western attempts to undermine the gathering won't succeed. but just look at the math it's very simple who is into run at the moment this is the real international community trying to find solutions to pressing problems such as the runnion nuclear dossier and the war in syria and that coverage i have to talk about journalism here as a journalist to cover it in american mainstream media ranges from the that sick to
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the upsurge of the only talk about iran trying to use credentials and show that it's not isolated it was never isolated in the first place this is a figment of the imagination of the obama administration and the european goals the allies and the g.c.c. better monarchies in the middle east so this is a real very important meeting this is how to implement diplomacy works at the highest levels we have to find a solution involving the main partners in the region and a solution that will save face for everybody the problem is the main people who are interfering which are basically they just to see better monarchist even if they are in an washington they don't want a rational solution they want regime change and so you know this goes way beyond you know you can have joint to five summits all over the world and you'll never find a solution for this contradiction how are you going to spread democracy in the middle
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east when you're calling for a humanitarian bombing or regime change based on a bunch of guerrillas in a sovereign nation. and don't forget if you missed some of our stories you can always find them on our website our in-depth news and analysis is available twenty four seventh's. hacktivist group anonymous announces war on u.k. special services in support of the we can leaks editor julian a song's launching online attacks on a number of key websites was. prisoner with benefits norwegian authorities pledged to grant undisclosed conveniences to mass murder anders breivik because they fear for his mental health pointed out the details at our team dot com. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world
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portraits of the prophet muhammad the most rationing is have been taking place in a number of cities across the country artist peter oliver reports. demonstrators in germany display cover to choose of the prophet mohammed outside a mosque german courts gave the green light to allow the cartoons of muhammad to be displayed saying they were protected by artistic freedom and did not qualify as a call to hatred the same cartoons which originated in denmark have resulted in violence around the world since their publication in two thousand and five. those behind the protest say that they're doing this to gauge the willingness of the islamic community to out here to germany if you put your midst of all this is not provoke ation on the contrary we are testing the propensity of extremist muslims who have built a base here in berlin to respect their laws
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a spokesperson for germany's islamic community has said they won't be baited into taking action. point out we're going to ignore these people and we will not organize a concert demonstration that is the right position to take and it is one that will hold there was a reaction elsewhere though in egypt among tossed for nail bombs into the grounds of the german embassy he said he was incensed by the court's decision to allow the cartoons to be shown during the protest right wing politicians say that while in germany muslims should accept german law i would. invest some of his in this is not the islam make world we should be able to decide what cartoons are shown or they have to accept that in germany it is ok to criticize islam if they cannot accept that they shouldn't be allowed to live here and right wing groups say that muslims aren't the enemy their problem is with government policy which they claim allows islamic extremism safe haven within german borders and if they're doing
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awful quiet our message is clear it's not the kebab seller but the politicians following false parlous ease who are your enemy for. they're the ones letting you slimy extremists thrive here the incident with the cartoons isn't the first time german courts of past controversial judgment regarding islamic beliefs already this year a ban on circumcision received an outcry from the country's most limb community if lawmakers want to avoid future protests of this nature that it's up to them to come up with a solution to tensions between not muslims and germany's islamic community peter all of a r t. two pussy riot members want to buy the russian authorities have reportedly fled the country and they're said to be hoping to strengthen their movement by recruiting feminists abroad the news has come just over a week since three women were jailed for two years after pulling and i put in stunned in the country's main cathedral their trial polarized communities both in
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russia and abroad sparking protests around the world a twitter account affiliated with the group claims that twelve more members of the movement remain in russia journalist and blogger and a ferrari believes the media attention given to pussy riot is out of perspective to what's happening elsewhere. this is very. case which has got a lot to do western russia you have seen and stopped outrage for things which are much much worse than what happened on the. trial you know just think of was. lucky star. in the eleven year old. syndrome accused of blasphemy by her neighbors without any evidence at all and she could face that and we haven't seen even. all of the quote is that we've seen.
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in western media in modern west the british and more west than. seeing here is and group so and see the arts council has lowered their protects. the feelings of people and really just people being offended you really kind of offending them. let's take a look at some other stories from around the world and it's been a bloody twenty four hours of ghana stand where an ambush a tab by taliban insurgents at a military outpost in the south has claimed the lives of at least ten soldiers four others were injured and six more troops are said to be missing and a separate incident suspected members of the taliban be had seventeen villagers in the neighboring district meanwhile the man an afghan uniform has shot dead twelve nato troops in the country's east violence by alleged afghan soldiers against coalition forces has recently escalated in the country the taliban says it's part of its anti nato tactics. at least one person has been killed in
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a drive by shooting in yemen when gunmen opened fire on a peaceful protest hundreds of people have gathered for the sit in demanding reforms related to the uprising that toppled the country's long time leader ali abdullah saleh last year while five suspected al qaida members have been arrested in the country's volatile south the raid came over a week after a deadly attack on the country's intelligence headquarters which left twenty one dead. leaving an anteroom interior minister has resigned amid fears of renewed sectarian clashes in the country this after sufi religious sites were destroyed by armed officers and government security forces levy remains volatile ever since the popular uprising resulted in the ouster and death of its longtime leader moammar gadhafi last year the country's currently ruled by an elected general national congress. a strong vocal storm isaac has towards the u.s. gulf coast at least three states have already declared emergencies the storm hit
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south florida with heavy rain on sunday and is expected to slam into other parts of the country as a category two hurricane on wednesday this as restoration of works begun in haiti after ten people died and fourteen thousand were forced to evacuate his cave the flood waters as eyes a battered the caribbean. now everyone should know both sides of the story or at least in principle yet that's not the premise the u.s. government seems to be sticking to what it comes to telling the truth about its operations overseas as it is going to reports its the people tasked with uncovering the real facts there are left to face the music. in the u.s. free speech is protected by law so what can the government do when they don't like what some journalists reveal about them it turns out a smear campaign is one of the options chris woods is co-founder of the london
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based bureau of investigative journalism the organization to great efforts to report on the deaths of many civilians in cia drone strikes overseas the cia. elements of the u.s. intelligence community chose to attack their work. rather investigate some of the points that we were raising for the particular of the deaths of civilians in several articles including this one in the new york times an anonymous u.s. government official tacitly accused the journalists of being sympathetic to al qaida let's be under no illusions there are a number of elements who would like nothing more than to malign these efforts and help al qaeda succeed to suggest that in any way oh my news organization of your investigative journalism or in any way sympathetic towards al qaida or its goals it is disgraceful i do think those kind of smears indicate the stakes involved that the cia remembers claiming that it killed ninety civilians in pakistan from all the
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year round our reporting the reporting of many other credible newspapers and academics now shows that simply isn't the case that simply aren't true usa today journalist tom banda burke and ray locker became the subject of a sustained internet campaign to discredit their work just days after they began publishing the results of their investigation into a multi-million dollar pentagon funded propaganda mission in iraq and afghanistan fake websites twitter feeds and facebook accounts were set up under the journalist's names in which they were accused of being backed by the taliban we tried to contact mr locker but he wrote back saying his editors prefer that he does not do any interviews on. subject but a smear campaign wasn't the punishment for the prominent yemeni journalist. shying he was the first to report on the u.s. drone strike in yemen which killed fourteen women and twenty one children back in
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two thousand and nine he's now in jail in yemen upon the request of barack obama himself convicted of having ties with terrorists and what's what's most outrageous for me as a as an american journalist is the role of the u.s. ali abdullah saleh the president of yemen gets a phone call not from john brennan or whatever obama's advisers but from president obama himself and president obama said we're very concerned about the release of this guy we don't know the full extent of what happened in that phone call with the white house and state department in fact i interviewed the state department admit that obama in fact said the u.s. wants him to stay in jail here in the u.s. or in the u.k. for that matter journalists are protected by law and it's not easy to put them in jail but there is one way to get back at them try and discredit their work by suggesting they're helping terrorists or the taliban or whatever else one might argue that the label of paris is becoming an all too convenient for the government to brush off investigative journalism which exposes their flaws i'm going to check
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our reporting from washington. all right straight to the business ask and daniel bushell with some glittering gold for islander and yes the gold price is already at record highs that it could more than double again missiles go to mccutcheon explains what. you have massive amounts of printing right now that's been sort of very carefully and very well concealed to plug up deficits what people are seeking about when you talk with the four thousand five hundred dollar notes argue is when the velocity of money does kick up basically what happens everyone scared take the money of the banks take the money out of different things that investment and keep the money cash you know where it is narratives that music. simply be the turnover money goes down now once people sort of see there's lots and lots of printing money into the system to get money to move around in the build new businesses and everything else once they start to kick in and the velocity of money kicks up but they printed so much money in the past three years that when the
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velocity does kick in the effect it has is much bigger because that much more money out in the system and that's where you can get the gold price of gold. but as i understand gold prices have been mostly driven up only by the belief that base is as safe as it is about the ultimate bubble to say that it's a bubble it's pretty hard because we talk about the total amount of assets invested in gold globally it's minister very very few people actually have gold in their investment portfolios very people very few people have gold is there gold mining shares or gold related stocks in their overall investment portfolio and so that this doesn't smell like a bubble a bubble is when people take out margin one hundred to one to buy an internet stock that they don't know anything about has no revenue no earning and nosiness been around for two months it's not a bubble if you're buying for cash gold not on margin and sticking it in your safe that's not a bubble and that's more that represents more of the gold market today than any sort of public stock has happened. addictive like
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a drug germany's central bank or dubs e.u. quiet of spanish football news i think it doesn't solve you that crisis the footsies closed for a holiday today there was just one off on the greenback the ruble still mixed as we move into the afternoon all change in moscow this hour as early game swing into falls and poor company results from the likes of roussel and sun sun shares suffer the biggest plunge in four years off the u.s. courts was the firm infringed six apple paid since for mobile devices the south koreans tyson will pay over a billion dollars compensation but he has another hearing upcoming that could lift a sales ban on some of its products in the states. a mcdonald's refreshes the parts of the chains can't reach the junk food. it's expanding to siberia one of the last places on earth you can't get no gates open the first restaurant in the town of crusty else late next year before rolling out through the region twenty percent growth a year makes russia one of its most lucrative force food markets but for the last
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decade paul it just sticks and the lack of supply is a fool to book bills if it's to open the euro up to date readable stories we know it's absolutely indeed good stuff daniel thanks very much for that and see you next hour well and coming up here on our team got plenty more including the russian football premier league reigning champions as were run over by design three been which became their first loss this season that's of course in the sports update from kate in about twenty minutes time before that though bringing the headlines to this.
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