a deadly one strong strong mask and says the u.n. peace envoy meets the syrian president to try and broker a truce in the top left torn country. tens of thousands gather in the lebanese capital for the funeral of a top security official who died in friday's blast which was blamed on syria before the start of any investigation and. right now live pictures this is beirut central square as you can see crowds of mourners are gathered in what. they call them raged against syria. and another stories that shape that we could dozens are killed as the under siege former stronghold of moammar gadhafi sees another

assault by pro-government militias a year after the western backed turkey in revolt. and stir issues between police and protesters in london more than one hundred thousand marched in anger at deep social costs being imposed by leaders. though and welcome to our tease the weekly for your week's top stories and today's latest news on karen tara raj well a powerful explosion has hit damascus killing at least ten people and wounding dozens of others the blast occurred as the international peace envoy met the syrian president trying to broker a temporary ceasefire in the civil conflict. is in the region for archie.

been apparently an explosive taxi right outside of a police station in the central neighborhood of too much also known as the old quarter or the christian quarter it's a very popular part of the city very busy part of the city actually when we were in syria we were there a lot sort of the hub of the community hub of damascus we do not know who is behind these blasts but when such events have happened before in damascus or aleppo position groups or rebels. with al qaida have taken responsibility for. that this isn't the first nor is this the only time that such happened during a major diplomatic discussion over the situation in syria lakhdar brahimi is in the capital damascus as a matter of fact the explosion occurred almost immediately after he walked out of talks with. syrian president bashar brahimi is in syria trying to broker

a truce for the duration of the muslim holiday which is starting on october twenty sixth and initially in advance of both the governments and the opposition groups it seemed like they were willing to lay down their arms at least for the duration of this holiday however of course both parties had some of some conditions which they wanted the other party to meet so this entire situation with the explosion in damascus goes to show that the solution of the situation in syria. be an open question of course. more advents weapons have made their way to syrian rebels causing concern that some could end up in the hands of his mama six treatments opposition activists say they have got hold of portable anti-aircraft guns from foreign supporters. now takes a closer look at the potential fallout of smuggling arms into syria. training for war getting ready for battle and possibly their deaths these young

recruits are preparing for what their instructors call a campaign to rid syria of tyranny. some of these student to be fighters haven't even held a gun until now. this is the first time i use weapons there was no need for them before the revolution now we carry weapons to get rid of assad. weapons have yet to topple the government of president bashar al assad but they're flowing into the country with ease it's a trend that has some officials worried those will provide arms to either side only a contributing to for the majority and the risk of unintended consequences porous borders with its neighbors make the flow of arms almost impossible to stop and lebanon's town of is one of the main gateways behind me is the way to one of the illegal border crossings between lebanon and syria weapons fighters and supplies go in to syria while refugees fleeing the violence come out but by no means is this

a safe or easy journey frequent shelling as well as a large minefield on the syrian side of the border crossings like being a deadly gamble a gamble that lebanese sympathizers of syria's opposition are more than willing to make. this is five thousand dollars and this is thirteen hundred eighteen hundred and two thousand in tripoli r.t. spoke to this arms dealer whose business was booming. people come or contact me every day we have a revolution next door for sure we are with them will help them topple assad till they do it. the weapons may be easy to come by the harder part is understanding exactly where they go a classified report uncovered in the new york times reveals that many of the arms sent to syrian rebels are ending up in the hands of hardline islamic jihad one of the leaders of the f.s.a. said yeah we admit that we are. infiltration by jihadi jihad is a coming. from all over the muslim world but we don't know exactly who they are

back in syria both in the training camps and in the battlefield rebels talk of high hopes for a bright future. i hope that there will be free elections that the syrian people will be able to choose that they want and that we will win back our rights freedom of expression and political freedom exactly what that freedom looks like may depend on who's getting the guns. lisi captain of r t lebanon. the blast in damascus comes just days after a similar massive explosion hit the capital of syria's neighbor lebanon thousands are gathering in beirut now for the funeral of a top security official who was killed among the eight people in a car bombing right now you can see live pictures coming straight out of beirut the so-called day of rage concludes a wave of protests which have followed the blast which saw in range people blocking roads and burning tires the opposition also called for an indefinite strike and

that a un peacekeeping force be deployed on the border with syria lebanon's rest of neighbors being increasingly blamed for the attack but analysts say that's just political point scoring. already we have the now the political element coming into play are some elements of the march fourth t.v. movement which is known to be anti bush but even before there was no know who was killed in this explosion they quickly pointed the finger at the syrian government now we saw a house on the head of bin laden security who apparently has a main killed more targeted that is known to be actually a robot fourteen is known not to be one of the car supporters ought to be very hard very likable person or those who are in government so i think now this would only lead to more and more fingers from march fourteenth and from there west and how is it being pointed at syria but in a. the fact that many of the car the elements and the extremists who are fighting the syrian government in syria it is said that many of them have fled over here

into lebanon from the city have. taken refuge in the explosion we saw the car bombings indeed do bear the traces of the car that its affiliates and even some foreign intelligence sources in libya the latest clashes in a former bastion of the late moammar gadhafi has left twenty six people dead and two hundred dead might find some of the video we're about to show you upsetting the libyan army and loyalist militia have been attacking of the siege town of bani walid for more than two weeks now accusing gadhafi supporters of. those inside the town say they are suffering severe shortages of food water and medicine political activist see who left libya around a year ago says the state is heading towards further disarray a year after the nato backed. division now in libya there was no unity for. the militias not of.

course. also. used chemical weapons think that it was from. people inside the city do you. believe you can see believe you are using. all of those would be the means. of the nation. is not really covering. the situation believe. that this example is that what we succeed in libya so we will succeed in syria it was. my point of view. u.s. intelligence says last month's attack on the american consulate in libya was most likely not premeditated or linked to al qaida but some washington. since previously suggested the assault in the city of benghazi left four americans dead on mon we've

more about america's troubles ongoing up in the country a year ago. more than one hundred thousand people turned out in london to protest against the austerity being wildly imposed scuffles erupted immediately after the march as hundreds of protesters broke away and tried to storm shops saturday's rally in the british capital was organized by trade unions and attracted people from across the country prime minister david cameron recently warned of more tough decisions for the struggling economy r.t. sarah firth was among the crowd. many people. that message is against the cuts they say a lot like the economy now there are people from all walks of life there are nurses worried about the n.h.s. there are police officers all feed the role worried about the frontline services and amongst the people you see in many many families all across the age range but

they've been affected in some way by the continued cuts my parents rely on the n.h.s. you can see cars getting worse my son to stephen he's paying the ground hearing fees i work in the tree sector and legal aid is being called so we were very vulnerable people won't be able to get the same help from the next year they just protect the rich they protect the interest of the rich and they build out fear in the people who are it now cause it's not just person that's been affected the start because they've had a europe wide effect of the euro crisis rumbles all we see the. taking great the specially in the last month in spain in greece all across the year are you saying that people simply saying that they've had enough here in london as we said possibly into the hundreds of thousands maybe even more that they've come out here so much against the austerity. they were in britain echoed feelings elsewhere in europe with angry crowds gathering in spain and greece to. of thousands of greeks descended on athens as a nationwide strike guard underway clashing with police in madrid parents teachers

and students marched to condemn imminent government cuts to education and kept three days of industrial action but the hands on the purse strings are moving further away from national power but also with e.u. leaders agreeing to give even more powers to brussels if a deal that would bring centralised banking supervision but researcher jerome ruth says no summit will help solve the crisis until it tackles the root cause. there's one thing that we've learned over the past couple of years is that when you're in the u.s. say something about the disgrace is they usually mean the exact opposite and france are only saying that the end of the crisis is inside to grow only means that it's in greece or slipping into depression that greece by next year will have contributed the economy to the contract that you claim to be in but unemployment stands at twenty five percent the good regions in spain which are demanding secession you have actually seen you fascist forces on the rise in greece. a move

that we haven't seen since the one nine hundred thirty for i think really what's happening there is that the press the election is spinning out of these little things are getting a lot worse and the stomach. has to address any of the structural problems which include most important in the embrace between world financial sector which is completely insolvent and a series of states which are completely over. another gaza aid ship sailed close to the way israel has intercepted it and detained humanitarian activists and some european and these are board as they try to take vital supplies to stricken palestinians we've got details just ahead. plus america's deadly combat drones have killed civilians at the cia wants more asking for a white house to pay out or a bigger fleet of missions over for its cockpits. big bigger biggest rush says ross nafta is in line to be the world's largest listed on

producer as b.p. gives a nod towards giving up its happened it's probably trying to crush a venture in russia it's all after the break. a texas mom was arrested and thrown in jail orange jumpsuit and all for neglecting her kids who are playing in front of her house for just a little while a concerned neighbor and sort of say walking across the street you know to talk to an attendant children to find out what's going on went to the total sheep mode and immediately called nine one one because children playing it is truly an emergency worth the police's time but i guess it was worth their time because they showed up and slap the cuffs on the mother who claimed that she was there the whole time and of course to punish you for ignoring your children briefly while they play you'll

get thrown behind bars because that makes sense where does this culture of fear come from if you leave your kids alone on your own property why does that mean that they are certainly going to die there are dangers out there believe me but living in constant fear abuses your children far worse that's just my opinion.

well welcome back to the program on karen taraji profile as seen activist and european m.p.'s aboard the gaza bound humanitarian ship have been detained upon arrival at and i was really port their vessel was coming and derrida by israeli troops during the latest attempt to break the blockade of the palestinian coastal territory two years ago a similar enterprise ended tragically when nine activists were killed as their

freedom flotilla was raided by israeli troops but victorious tran from the company that owns the latest vessel insists their missions won't be held back from bringing international attention to calls with mine. what we can achieve is that we can make the international community to focus on the fact that the blockade is going all that it is a siege going on and to get it is getting worse year by year and what we are doing is actually watch a w.h.o. muni's seth save the children and fifty other n.g.o.s are saying that to see the blockade has to end it is now its sixth year and they also say that there are. two more situation fuel situation the health situation is deteriorating dettori all the time. russian special forces have secured

a massive strike against militants in the country's south forty nine insurgents including nine terrorists were killed and over two dozen are asked main military bases and weapons caches destroyed r.t. dot com has all the details. also a hundred chicago crime suspects come forward to describe how they were tortured into confessions by police and that it was racially motivated. plus the count waltz icon gets his claws into the french president describing francois land as an r.t. dot com tells you why. the cia wants to expand its fleet of drones and try to tap the white house to green

light the move earlier this week it would let the pentagon potentially increase its lethal operations abroad including regular strikes on pakistan a cia's request came shortly after a new troubling statistic submerged on attacks that officially target militants pakistan's interior minister said that more than two thousand people killed by american or almost eighty percent were civilians. from pakistan's first political lobbying group says washington has only creating more miller tents with its tactics . this is a major blow to the u.s. so diplomacy and position in parks done in this is the first time did a u. senior official actually come out to say this make this kind of a statement there's no evidence that the drones have actually helped buckstone control the militants on the contrary pakistan has been very much very successful lives in the military in flushing out terrorist from the northern region of so wide back in two thousand and nine and clear. cleaning up that entire area and if no we

see a resurgence of some of the activity of the terrorist it is because of the safe havens on the what i would call the american side of the border which is the afghan side of the border ninety six incursions from the of gun territory into pikes done resulting in killing of bucks in the soldiers and bugs and civilians monday sees the final and crucial debate between the us presidential candidates and while the two main contenders trade soundbites and jokes on nationwide t.v. again the other candidates are being shoved to the margins green party presidential nominee jill stein and her running mate were arrested this week after trying to make their way to the venue for last tuesday's debate stan blames the system for locking out nearly a third of the country's population at the upcoming election green party campaign manager and man ski believes the two party domination is down to outdated laws and corporate control the reality is that there's nothing in our constitution which prevents a multi-party system from emerging here in the u.s.

but we do have laws on the books all across the country and we also have the actions of private corporations that have grown up over the last sixty years to prevent independent parties from challenging the two establishment parties here in the united states the laws that we have in the books prevent or make it very difficult for independent parties to get on the ballot to kill voters that choice those laws date from the cold war they date from the mccarthy era in which there was a fear of communism and socialism and they tried to make it very difficult for a progressive party some particular of to emerge here at the green party we have overcome many of those challenges joel stein is on eighty five percent of the ballots yet they're still preventing her from taking part in the debate if you look at the success of the green party despite all the obstacles we face it says that there is a great demand for the greens people vote for the greens here in the u.s. . and to help keep the voters' choice open the other candidates get to cut through the mainstream media blackout in their own televised debate brought to you by our

team america we're also keeping a close eye on the upcoming election on our web site. will there be a war on iraq. is a sense of. style we'll see if you. say. it's emerged this week that a new company could take the title of being the world's biggest listed on oil producer and it could be russian giant us now after britain's b.p. moved toward selling its fifty percent stake of its joint venture in russia to be pete in return b.p. gets fifteen percent of our snuff and around seventeen billion dollars in cash the state owned oil major actually wants to get its hands on all of t. and cable and is apparently holding talks with its other shareholders have signed the overall deal is set to become the second biggest oil agreement ever. a new

top dog in a global oil is bound to have some ramifications and global industry and r.t. dotcoms business section alfonse what they could be. tough views on the news can no longer be heard in europe now that over a dozen of iranian t.v. channels have been taken off the air the e.u. says the decisions down to the satellite companies but they insist it was an order from the european commission political analyst chris bambery finds the timing suspicious. you don't have to be a conspiracy theorist to think that by banning. media nineteen t.v. and radio stations from access to europe it does look like you further step towards military intervention against iran given it happens on the same day that the e.u. pauses for the sanctions on iran against the background of a continuing military buildup by america but is british and french allies in the persian gulf and the siren calls from tel aviv for american action against against

iran day therefore it seems to be a father run ping all it's all of this and this is a decision taken not just by a private satellite company to withdraw access. coming up insight into europe's tough choices ahead and why a short sharp shock could be needed. tucked in between the russian mainland japan and the suckling island is the island of minute on named after french seafarer who discovered it it is described as the pride of the sakhalin region we'll take a look at what's in store for us here. until two thousand and four the island was part of the borders own and was completely restricted to visit to know the speech risk place is open to tourists unique plants and animals are its top attraction.

treaty has been exploring the deaths of the world sees for several decades but it's here at more your own island where he has finally found what he'd been looking for . the water here is very clear the visibility is very good and the underwater world here is extremely rich i've been to many diving locations across the planet including the island of bali on top of my list while some go to the cycling region to enjoy the sights others convert the islands nature's riches into a healthy dollar it is home to the biggest seafood processing factory in russia the tonight shot hundreds of thousands of tons of fish get caught in the nets too late to produce delicious salamon caviar almost unnecessary attribute of anything in russia the owner of the enterprise says a good fishing season can bring in more than one hundred million dollars net profit

. at a large extent this is old to do what succulent offers environmentally the tonight show operates in only and natural habitat and mild climate unique natural sights and delicious seafood succulent can offer a diverse holiday for those who are not afraid to travel ten thousand kilometers from europe. the question is whether this distant land would ever be able to become a major tourist destination. the gold fever. turns out as events into slaves. much but also among others involved in the monsoon and since i started working at the moment i stated i look at it. this multinationals. cash cow to be milked

dry and if i think that in this country gold medal logie as an environmental cost which is an acceptable local business mislabeled illegal and controlled by criminals you know in order to protect our lives our families and to work in peace . if. we are forced to pay protection to illegal groups prices colombia going to pay. the price of the modest effect on r.t. .

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more news today violence is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada as. a giant corporations rule today. i'm joined today by dr max also a professor of political administration and author of the books investing rather than saving and the delightfully often mystically titled the crisis is coming to talk to us a thanks very much for speaking to me jeremy currently finds itself in a relatively decent position economically kind of keep that up germany is not so it's all in the driving seat germany's economy is functioning but germany is driven right.