the latest news on the week's top story the border shelling between syria and turkey as fresh violence hits damascus with a car bomb exploding outside police headquarters. then as well averted for a new president oh maybe the previous one longstanding socialist leader good job that's faces the tough challenge the democratic opponent. and italians fury over mountain cuts of descends into clashes while civil servants are marching for the jobs in spain.

you're watching artes of the weekly with me to bang with say a car bomb has exploded near police headquarters in the syrian capital damascus killing at least one person syrian t.v. has already described it as a terror act the blast is the latest in a series of attacks aimed at security personnel and government institutions with damascus in particular becoming if we can target this syria and turkey send another round of a tiller shells over the border at each other i'm a middle east correspondent policia has the latest. for the fifth straight day take a shot tell him he has fired into syria this coming just minutes after a mortar landed in taking fire from syria we understand that at least eight mortars were fired from turkey into syria now according to the mayor of the turkish border town where this shell landed. he says that there was very little damage other than

damage to a grain depôt but other than that it landed in an empty field and there were no reports of injuries it is the same border village way five members of the same family with children left on wednesday that was two women and three children when a mortar five from syria landed and was eventually building at the same time we're hearing continuing words from the turkish prime minister that he will not allow these kind of events to go unprovoked he says that if pushed he will declare war and that has been quite a strong message from him now that it's going to be soon that this instability and on the turkish syrian border will result in regional instability there's also concern by numerous critics who have put forward the argument that they believe that the shells that are being fired from the syrian side of being fired at liberty in each remember that this rewarding area on the syrian side between syria and turkey is an area that is controlled by the way bills and as such it is possible that they're firing these these rounds deliberately to provoke turkey to go to nato

and cool the foreign intervention of course this is something that many people are increasingly concerned about the situation in syria after eighteen months of fighting is showing you know lacing up there continues to be almost daily blas in the capital city of damascus and they're particularly cost suicide bombings has become almost the norm the same situation is happening in the leftover the commercial hub of the country in the north and they we're hearing of continuous heavy fighting and also in recent days and in recent weeks we've witnessed a rise in suicide bombings there were also receiving a twitter feed from the chef adnan out of not he is a sunni muslim preacher and the salafist leader has become almost a symbol of the rebels find him in syria he says that they have captured the cousin of the syrian president bashar assad we have no information on that at this stage and no way of actually being able to independently prove it russia continues to play a mediating role they are. expecting that the e.u.

in nato envoy to syria could be in russian they say this month and as such will be there for talks but russia is edging calm and saying that this kind of escalation in tensions along the take a syrian border is completely unacceptable in any kind of cross border operations halt to be found upon political analysts shall we no one e s says turkey has been cradling the ideal direct action against syria and pull long time turkey has declared war on syria long time ago this is aragon endeavor to lose war they've supplied weapons and they've supplied training assistant they've harbored you know gunmen in jihad just on their territory so so you know turkey's at a situation now crossroads where they cannot seem to get the international system fail need to sort of you know do a last question against the assad regime they cannot get a u.n. security council resolution to authorize these things and this may be you know

setting the groundwork a pretext for a backdoor into military intervention because of course turkey then caught it can call on its nato allies to to assist and it's essential to the nato allies who would anyways do you know a military confrontation with the assad regime if there was a u.n. security council resolution and there are questions about this is this the false why you know operation to to sort of set the grounds for military intervention there's been many false narratives over syria i think this is just another one. but keeping up it's cranked on pro-reform protests causing more fierce clashes between police and demonstrators on friday tear gas and water cannons we used to disperse crowds weiland started after the funeral of a young protester who died in custody activists demanding equal rights from the shooting more nike and the release of political prisoners one of them prominent human rights defendant has gone on hunger strike. to attend his mother's funeral

but was not allowed to mourn further with his family ridge obviously having a jail term for participating in illegal gatherings meanwhile c.n.n. reports and beyond believes that documentary on what's happening was censored by the net worth. paying c.n.n. to create content that shows bahrain in a favorable light even though c.n.n. says this content you know is editorially independent it doesn't see it the fact that what we've seen that with this documentary not airing and also with the constant struggle i have seen and to get coverage accurate bahrain coverage of the human rights abuses on air while i was there what c.n.n. is doing is they're essentially creating what some people have termed infomercials for dictators and that's this sponsored content that they're airing on c.n.n. international that's actually being paid for by regimes and governments and this

violates every principle of journalistic ethics because we're supposed to be watchdogs on these governments we're not supposed to allow them to be paying customers who are able to kind of dodge our minders and sneak into some of the villages and actually see these atrocities patients who have run out of the hospitals that were shot up with birdshot and as we were heading back out of these villages we were violently detained by security forces and buffering and luckily my female producer and i were able to hide some disks in our broads and we were able to actually. get out of the country with this content so you can imagine surprise when we got back to the us and this content was airing on c.n.n. and right after that is when the phone calls started coming into the network complaining about me and trying to get my coverage. of violence and unrest has returned to tunisia to this time it's a clash over the trash at least thirteen thousand and we residences the streets and said cause a blaze over the reopening of a rubbish dump more details on

a website. in washington becomes the latest american city to display empty jihadi ads we look at whether it may actually be provoking even more hatred towards the muslim world this and more features and stories waiting for you and they are to you website. change almost all of the same that's the question venezuelans have to answer as they head to vote for president longstanding leader chavez now faces the biggest challenge to his socialist rule from a young democrat the governor of has the details. well we're in caracas where voting has finally kicked off in venezuela you can see a huge line of people stretching around the corner we're not even close to the polling station but the excitement here is a man and these people have been lined up as you can see the line is starting to finally move for hours hours before the polls even opened both candidates have been

urging people to take to the streets to really get out there early to try to build up a mass of popular support early because as soon as there is an irreversible trend the winner will be announced now what is at stake here on one end and comments president hugo chavez who is really radically changed both venezuela and the region under his so-called socialist twenty first century policies one of that has translated to is essentially nominal izing certain industries using venezuela's oil exports revenue to really focus attention on the underprivileged the poor here in this country that's translated into social programs free health care education. communications housing and transportation services for people who really didn't have access for that and this has over the years built up a groundswell of popular support for the officer for ten years and he wants to stay for six more years now his opponent has really seized on some of the problems that continue to plague this country this is corruption a very high crime rate in. young

a forty year old wealthy businessman who has criticized this country's economic policies he's promised to improve ties with the west and could really radicalize the way this country's resources are drawn now critics here suggest and worry that perhaps you could represent a radical alternative to shopping nominally in the sense that he could reverse a lot of those social programs policies potentially impose austerity packages on the country and really take away some of the programs of the poor here who continue to rely on of course that is not what his campaign says but that is the fear you seek out in caracas venezuela. u.s. media coverage of the presidential race in venezuela has been criticized as biased against chavez asia times correspondent basketball says washington would like a puppet in caracas not an intractable e to. but as the author of elections which is show this war against washington which it was the united states didn't love to have to be a client state and that's where i like it was before jarvis before these two of us

but chuck was it's amazing because if you follow the stream media india way in the western year or even the last of south america big private groups controlled media it's also america even as well in brazil and argentina out for instance show this is the most did when i was head of state in modern times even more than said that was saying. or other the image that you made that it's amazing. these private groups most of them they are aligned with washington just like the situation that you see sometimes in as well so often is that chavis is there just as a communist or even a fascist or even a mix of tools like a communist fascist this is completely absurd. the bug is tiny a tree has blocked an anti us motorcade rally which was heading towards the country's tribal hub along the afghan border the protests which was led by cricket

legend turned politician imran khan and attracted thousands of people a large number of civilians have died in american drone strikes and khan is calling for an end to the killings robert naiman activist and then analysts pushing for reform soon with foreign policy claims civilians have become the main victims from drone attacks not high level militant leaders as washington claims of. president obama's counterterrorism advisor his claim that civilian deaths from drone strikes are exceedingly rare well we know that the bureau investigative journalism in the u.k. has counted somewhere between four hundred hundred meter. civilian deaths since two thousand and four from u.s. drone strike so in fact far from being exceedingly rare the civilian deaths are normal that's a regular thing and in fact there are seven to fifteen times as many as the deaths of these so-called top level terrorist leaders so the actual policy is something

completely different from the story that's being told in united states the stories being told united states is it's all about targeting top level terrorist leaders and it's not killing civilians the reality is the total opposite of that the un special rapporteur tour on extrajudicial executions has said that you know if these reports are true about what the u.s. is doing there would constitute war crimes. america's involvement in neighboring afghanistan has also seen countless civilians as well as nato troops lose their lives later on a large sea we look at the legacy of washington's war eleven years on and whether it has brought more harm than good these stories and much more to the break that stay with us.

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and vast stops. virtually undiscovered by tourists until some twenty years ago i haunt us quickly become a magnet for nature lovers and fuel cigars you're quite some way from civilization here accommodation on the island is very basic so you can forget about its. or even running water for most people a tent is the only eruption but for those who come here it's exactly what they're looking for. and sure need to buy coal can be unique a trip of a lifetime and the locals say once you've seen it they'll be coming back again and again.

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with our team it's good to have you with us and. is mounting and europa civil servants take to the streets while a second day in madrid trade unions have gathered thousands to demand an end to comebacks and public sector the privatized public services it's a leader has also seen especially elvis' action this week led by the country students who clash with these thousands of mosques in major cities quoting for the government. to save schools not banks in rome up to six police men away injured as students hurled stones at them and try to rush the police then while in venice independence supporters marched on saturday to demand the region go it alone investment advisor petra again says the e.u. is headed towards collapse. the european union constantly believes it knows what's best for all of its client states therefore it pushed countries like ireland into a below it in order to basically appease french and german borrowers there are absolutely no positive results from what the e.u.

has done over the course of the last five or ten years indeed basically the history of the euro is not a horribly soiled exercise in effectively breaching the people and trying to destroy economies the european union has several fundamental problems ultimately it is a very rich area was a great deal of resources the difficulty is it's very difficult to start a business it's very difficult to run a business if you're successful in business they're going to tax you to death and in the meantime they're all running absolutely ridiculous communist era sized socialist states the truth is western europe is bankrupt it cannot afford to have the government be the major economic actor in the system and therefore just as we saw russian partners of collapse so too we're seeing the death of western european socialism a terror the seventh eleven years ago the day the u.s. led war in afghanistan began over three thousand alliance troops have died in the

conflict or most of them americans far more afghan civilians have lost their lives international affairs commentator regret believes the only thing nato has achieved is causing hatred among the local population. precious little has been accomplished on the boss of sons of course by the western military intervention an occupation in afghanistan. most or you know arguably the only accomplishment dubious as it is that opium production of star iraq could under the watch of the u.s. and nato in afghanistan you know evidently the afghan people are not on developing foreign boots on the ground and you know particularly after such a long period of time the so-called green on blue attacks are an indication that the rank and file of the afghan population would like to see by us in their nato allies the u.s. and their nato allies vacate the country x. as quickly as possible and that none of this. the ball would have occurred in the

first place out of north korea or the card or in the reagan administration straight to the war which you know exacerbated make and regional and other tensions inside the country and there's a massive it's led to thirty four year war in afghanistan and we have to place the blame where it belongs this is the result of u.s. intervention going back to the late one nine hundred seventy s. . now some news making headlines around the globe libya's recent feedback to the prime minister has been forced to stand down off the vote of no confidence from the parliament. failed for a second time to win the lawmakers approval for a new cabinet the initial cabinet lineup was rejected on thursday protesters stormed the building and call for the prime minister's resignation who was the country's first elected leader off the losses overthrew colonel gadhafi. and as palestinian the militant was killed and nine other people injured by the israeli air strike in gaza

a crop targeted to motorcyclists who israel claims wage jihad is plotting a terror attack against troops and civilians witnesses identified one as a member of a palestinian militant group two children were among those hurt. about twenty two protesters were arrested in an unannounced march in san francisco that was reportedly marking the one year anniversary of the worldwide compain movement police just words the crowd which was blocking traffic in response demonstrates demonstrators threw rocks and flares and injuring one officer marchers were arrested all of their variety of charges including conspiracy and assault and not having a permit. now miss understanding that left the young men badly beaten in the hospital bed a russian student who had been detained on charges that were later drugged is now facing a lengthy and uncertain recovery after being brutally beaten by inmates at

a canadian demond center and his family and friends say the country's authorities aren't doing anything to help as archie's political reports. a trip to study english in canada gone horribly wrong twenty four year old denise telecasts arrived in calgary in june eager to learn about the country and make new friends it was at this language school those friends would quickly turn to enemies with a misunderstanding over a girl she was charged with making threats and placed in calgary's remand center actually we're going to go if like you were just family. you don't know whether you know. that and it will not die or. something i mean. i don't know why it was a big misunderstanding while his family in moscow tried to scrape together the bail money things took a turn for the worse cellmates brutally attacked him jumping on his head repeatedly

after months on a life support machine denise recently regain consciousness doctors say he's in a vegetative state his adoring family is devastated still waiting to go you know eating our meals are you have. you're already in a grueling durative you are on your holier arias go our way or you know very slowly or very the charges that denise faced have now been dropped which in turn meant the detention center was no longer responsible for his medical bills leaving his family facing a financial nightmare on top of the emotional one local media campaigning to raise funds for denise's ballooning medical bills iraq who will watch action. also we'll call it to call them to call it bull or. general. all. or we all all.

denise isn't the only victim to emerge from this facility last month another man christopher kirk suffragette a lacerated spleen and a broken nose after a similar attack while in custody. very often in fact i mean all we were and it's been a normal lot but. you know and we've buried in good grounds or in the worse i mean. the young man so eager to find out about life in canada studying english like he didn't initially set out is now a distant prospect for he'll once again have to learn the basics how to walk feed himself and speak his native russian denise's family can only hope that the country where this brutal attack took place provides him with the help that we so

desperately needs party boyko r t. m l look at the scars of conflict is still visible in vietnam or was forty years after former president richard nixon and also us would end this war them that's all x. program after the break stay with r.t. . if you're passing through rushes to veer region you really can work on the wild side. thousands of kilometers of unspoiled countryside make up an area where it's still possible to live off the learned and enterprising locals so the fruits of the forest by the side of nearly every road such spectacular scenery makes it a paradise for fisherman and provides a business opportunity for hunters. canady has been hunting for more than thirty years and works for a company providing expeditions for tourists this season ducks are on the menu.

for two things a successful duck under a blanket and a bubble silence which means that i need to be very quiet i'm not going to write in the. office. but when you've been in the business as long as he has the birds don't stand much chance. there are defined hunting seasons in russia but lax enforcement means many animals are killed out of the allotted times which can leave young animals orphaned and unable to survive but environmentalists are fighting back the heart of just u.s. forest provides a sanctuary for the most famous beast in russia it's home to a group who rescue often bear cubs and raise them when they're old enough to fend for themselves the cubs a target taken to a remote location and released back into the wild but it's not just bears who find a haven here this is wolf island here wolf pups have been captured by

hunters or bought from zoos have a second chance at life and conservationists have a unique opportunity to observe them these walls are all around four months old and they'll stay in this area for up to three years then most will go back to the wild for good just viewing them from the car was an experience in itself but then after a bit of a bumpy ride came an opportunity i just couldn't pass up. and this is where i was hoping for when i heard i was coming to a place called wolf island a chance to get close and personal with the locals and it's these guys are going to act as foster parents for the next generation of wolves who come here. using the old rules as surrogate parents has already proved a successful technique. every i place infant wolves with one year old wolf cubs his parental instinct is totally shaped and they take them as their own cubs it's an

important part of the world's development and a major factor in the success of a project which has seen more than twenty generations of cubs grow up it is going to continue to take time and money to rehabilitate the wolf's reputation in russia but the keepers here hope their research and dedication mean that wolf island remains a place where visitors can truly understand the cool of the wild. i mean all those years dealing with p.t.s.d. and vietnam and age you know and you know i mean you know as as well as like all those years you know america's moved on left us stuck in time how dare they we're going to come out and we're going to we're going to take over where the veteran voice has has been stopped has been discontinued they think that that's all that was necessary to hide their lives but they're wrong because

they forgot about the widow this is a piece they did after my daughter danielle and i had the diagnosis with her spine are we in the process of diagnosis this is. agent orange is evil and. my has been bud and six very much like plucky day ad and my youngest daughter liz beth says she's in prison and by everything that's happened to us plus her us asperger's and the alcohol and drug abuse as a result of his p.t.s.d. and other illnesses and this all came about because of danielle's mind problems she access to that vertebrates putting apart the u.s. air force.