the week's news and today's top stories on our t.v. tens of thousands gather in the lebanese capital for the funeral of a security official who is died in friday's blast which was blamed on syria before the start of that investigation. paid deadly rocks damascus sounds the u.n. peace envoy meets the syrian president to try and broker a truce in the conflict torn country. also another stories that shape the week dozens are careless and the former stronghold of marjah dompig sees another assault body pro-government militias a year after the western backed libyan revolt. and there are issues between police

and protesters in london where more than one hundred thousand marched in anger at the social costs imposed by a leader. alone welcome to our tease the weekly on charon taraji thousands have gathered in the lebanese capital beirut for the funeral of a top security official was among the eight people killed in friday's car bombing and the so-called day of rage concludes a wave of protests which followed the blasts which saw in a rage people block roads and burned tires live to beirut now and political analyst omar the shall be thank you for joining us our team mr xabi now what's the feeling in beirut right now could this day of rage called night and violence. well there has been some incidents of violence in the past couple of days since the

assassination took place the assassination by the way i just have a clarification that i think that the final outcome was that there were only three people who were killed. and around one hundred or more than one hundred people who were wounded the crime took place in a very crowded neighborhood a civilian neighborhood where this officer was going through this neighborhood the importance of this officer is that he is the one who created the intelligence force that is close to the fourteenth march. cessation took place immediately afterwards there were some political accusations accusing syria of being responsible and also some voices accusing him. of being responsible for this this assassination the criminal investigation has. barely started you know and this has been a trend in lebanon it's the same. prime minister how it was two thousand and five and others were assassinated afterwards there was also this kind of rush to. the

outcome for political purposes and accusations that are based on political interests not based on the findings of independent judicial body. start interrupt you we are streaming live pictures right out of beirut now i want to ask you this a growing number of lebanese who seem to be convinced that the syrian regime is behind friday's blast what do you think they're basing it on i mean could there be other possibilities that haven't been considered. yes definitely general has had created. a security force that was able to arrest a large number or for people suspected of spying for israel and many of these were found guilty so this is another possibility but no one is looking into this possibility in a serious way there's a there's a tension in lebanon between two groups you see one group in lebanon supports the opposition or the armed rebel groups in syria another group facing it does not

support these opposition groups and in the middle is the prime minister who is trying to say that lebanon is neutral towards the crisis in syria and the assassination of general hossam who is close to the fourteenth of march therefore close to the. prime minister is in a difficult situation and he has very close to resigning this would create. chaos this way this was the country at risk of chaos and there is a lot of tension until now many lebanese groups are you know are being more controlling their own people and they are controlling the attention i don't know how long that could last let's see if the coming days you know this is all also related to an international decision you see the united states has a lot of influence and levon on that the united states doesn't make the decision for total chaos the level now mr xabi very briefly many do you notice the resemblance between the blasts in beirut and damascus and their timing i mean

they're so close to the visit of special envoy brahimi now we're looking at live pictures right now do you think there is any chance that there's a possible connection. yes definitely there is a chance there's a possibility we should wait for the investigation apparently no one is waiting for the investigation everyone is really in a rush to accuse and this is very unfortunate perhaps where they have a reason that many people who do not want to wait for the results of the investigation say they'll be there to security apparatus and the justice institutions in lebanon are incapable of reaching any credible results well that puts us in a little i mean that doesn't there's no way out of this except by actually believing that perhaps in the ija addition and security authorities in lebanon will be able to reach some results this time and this is what happened recently you know after the blast after the bomb took place then you'll you could have. the. military prosecutor move to the crime scene in the midst of interior to to help in

creating some order on the crime scene so that the investigating collecting the evidence and maybe. some results that could allow for a formal accusation for a fair trial that remains a dream for many while but we have to hold on to that because. the alternative to that is towards a total chaos and no one eleven on i think really wants to kill us because that would lead to more destruction and destruction that is similar to the structure in syria or the destruction that lebanon went through for seventeen years during the civil war in the seventy's and eighty's so no one wants to go there let's wait there's a lot of tension on the streets today of course the crisis in syria is having a huge impact on these kids' tuition levanon let's see where this is all going the coming days will be decisive analysis and updates from omar in a savvy political analyst live in beirut thank you for your time. working. in syria itself a similar car explosion has had damascus killing at least thirteen 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 a party that has been apparently an explosive taxi or right outside of a police station in the central neighborhood. 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 so it's sort of the heart of the community. damascus we do not know who is behind these blasts but earlier when such events have happened before in damascus or aleppo position groups or rebels affiliated with al qaida have taken responsibility for. this isn't the first nor is this the only time that starts and then it's happened during a major diplomatic discussion is that the situation in syria u.n.

peace envoy lakhdar brahimi is in the capital damascus and as a matter of fact the explosion occurred almost immediately after he walked out of talks with the syrian president bashar. brahimi is in syria trying to broker a truce for the duration of a day the muslim holiday which is starting over 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 conditions which they wanted the other party to meet so this entire situation with the explosion in damascus just goes to show that the solution of the situation in syria remains to be an open question of course. more advanced weapons have made their way to syrian rebels causing concern that some could end up in the hands of islamic extremists opposition activists say that they've got hold of portable anti-aircraft guns from foreign supporters artie's

lucy coffin off now takes a closer look at the potential fallout for smuggling arms into syria. training for war getting ready for battle and possibly their deaths these young recruits are preparing for what their instructors called 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 me jury 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 as 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. infiltrated by jihadist jihad these are 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 the officials 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. you see catherine of lebanon. the latest clashes and a former. libyan leader moammar gadhafi has left twenty six people dead and two hundred more i might find some of the video we're about to show you are disturbing

the libyan army envoy a smallish i have been attacking the perceived town of bani walid for more than two weeks now accusing gadhafi supporters of kidnapping those inside the town say they are suffering severe shortages of food water and medicine political activist ali see who had left libya around a year ago says the state is heading towards further disarray a year after the nato back to. its model division not only. for. the militia of. course. also. inside the city we used. to. live you can see. the means. of the nations.

is not really covering. this at this example. we succeeded so we succeeded in syria. but. u.s. intelligence says last month's attack on the american consulate in libya was most likely not premeditated or linked to al qaida some washington politicians previously suggested the assault in the city of benghazi left four americans dead we've more about america's troubles piling up in the country it bombed a year ago. more than one hundred thousand people turned out to protest against the austerity being widely 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 are to sarah ferguson monkeypox. how many people. there is against the cuts they say have flatlined 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 front line services in the minds of people. 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 is paying nine grand a year in fees i work in the tree sector and legal aid is being caught so we were very vulnerable people won't be able to get the same help from them 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.

europe wide effects of the euro crisis rumbles all we see. taking great the specially in the last month in spain in greece all across the year you say 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 come out here to march against the austerity. a rally in britain echoed feelings elsewhere in europe with angry crowds gathering in spain and greets tens of thousands of greeks descended on our plans as a nationwide strike got 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 the national capitals with even leaders agreeing to give even more powers to brussels with a deal that would bring centralised banking supervision by researcher jeremy over jerome bruce says no summit will help solve the crisis until it tackles the root

cause. if there's one thing we've learned over the past couple of years is that when you're in the us there's something about the disgrace is they usually mean the exact opposite and france are only seeing the end of the crazy side probably means that it's in greece is that going into the pressure that every greece phone next to one of contracts in the economy contract that you claim that unemployment stands at forty five percent of your regions in spain which are demanding secession you have actually seen your fascist forces on the rise in greece. a move that we haven't seen since the one nine hundred thirty s. so i think really what's happening there is that this rest is actually spinning out of these little things are getting a lot worse and the summit. is 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. their gaza aid ship sailed close to

the way israel's intercepted it and change humanitarian activists and some european m.p.'s are bored as they try to take vital supplies to stricken palestinians the details just ahead of. us america's deadly combat drones have killed civilians but the cia wants more asking the white house to pay out the fore. him pig or fleet for missions for foreign skies. and big bigger biggest precious rosneft is in line to be the world's largest listed on producer as friends b.p. plans to get rid of its troubled parts of the joint russian venture and all after the break. homeland security now has robot tunas seriously robot fish the drones in the sky

spying on you just weren't good enough effect they've revealed that they're going to be using robotic hummingbirds soon who how cute these things can only see you though above the water now during the one percent or less of your life that you spend swimming homeland security will be keeping you safe since nine eleven we've heard ad nauseum that we need to be kept safe so americans have given up their rights but if things got that much safer honestly has any of the stuff ushered in some sort of peaceful utopia no it hasn't the best terrorism prevention would be to not bomb secular regimes in other countries like libya so that some fanatical wackos come to power that would help way more than robotic spy fish i hear a lot of people talk about personal responsibility a lot of speeches and yes personal responsibility is a key component of the american way slit people provide for their own defense what is going to protect you more a shotgun under the bed or terminator two so homeland security can the two are

right but i should my being. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are all day.

thank you for joining the program with me tara tara probles an activist and european m.p.'s aboard the gaza balance humanitarian ship papen detained upon arrival at an israeli port their vessel was hum commandeered by israeli troops during a latest attempt to break the blockade of the palestinian cause stop territory two years ago a similar enterprise ended tragically when nine activists were killed as their freedom flotilla was raided by israeli troops but victoria strath from the company that owns the latest vessel insists their missions will be held back from bringing international attention to gaza's plight. what we can achieve is that we can make the international community to focus on the fact that the blockade still is going all that it is a siege and it to get it is getting worse year by year and do what we are doing

is actually walked to w o newly said save the children and fifty other n.g.o.s are saying that. the blockade has to end it is now its sixth year and he also say that there are. to walter a situation. situation the health situation is deteriorating dettori eighteen all the time. russian special forces have secured a massive strike against militants and the country's south forty nine insurgents including ninety terrorists were killed and over two dozen arrests made last military bases and weapon caches were 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 a racially motivated. kept walks and happy it's icon gets his call center the

french president describing francois as an idiot r.t. dot com tells you why. the cia wants to expand its fleet of drones try to top the white house to give the green light earlier this week it would let the pentagon potentially increase its lethal operations abroad including regular strikes in pakistan the cia's request came shortly after new troubling statistics emerged on attacks that officially target militants pakistan's interior minister said that more than two thousand people killed by american drones eighty percent were civilians who were all she from pakistan's first political lobbying group says washington is only creating more militants with its tactics. but this is a major blow to us so diplomacy and position and box done and this is the first

time that you 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 clearing cleaning up that entire area and if you know we see. 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 and it's all a play for in monday's final and crucial debate between the main us presidential candidates as polls put barack obama and mitt romney neck and neck and while they trade soundbites and jokes on nationwide t.v. again the other contenders are going to the margins green party presidential

nominee chill stein and her running mate arrested this week after trying to make their way to the venue for a last tuesday's debate stein blames the system for locking out nearly a third of the country's population at the upcoming election green party campaign manager ben mansell believes the two party domination is down to outdated laws and corporate control. 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 give 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 progressive

party some particular 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 there 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. health keep the voters' choice open any other candidates get to cut through the mainstream media blackout in their own televised debate and it's brought to you by our team america now we're also keeping a close eye on the upcoming election on our web site. will there be more. or is this all of the offensive. stuff you will see if you. told the truth the second. it emerged this week that a new company could take the tunnel being the world's biggest listed all producer and it could be a russian giant us net after britain's b.p. moved toward selling its fifty percent stake of it stright venture in russia t.n.

k b p in return b.p. gets fifteen percent of us now and around seventeen billion dollars in cash the state oil major actually wants to get its hands on all of t. and k.b. and it's apparently holding talks with its other shareholders if signs of the overall deal is set to become the second biggest oil agreement ever. and your top dog and global oils bound to have some ramifications in the global industry and r.t. dotcoms business section outlines what they could be. 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 dealt to the satellite companies but they insist it was an order from the european commission political analyst chris bambery finds the timing suspicious they 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 for the step towards military intervention against iran given it happens on the same day that the pauses for those sanctions are around against the background of a continuing military buildup by america with its british and french allies in the persian gulf and the siren calls from tel aviv for american action against against their own day therefore it seems to be a father run putting all of this in this was a decision taken not just by a private satellite company to withdraw access. and to stay with our teen a few minutes you can watch our special report on the new gold rush of columbia. in this remote siberian village people still sing the songs which russians sang in

the media ages and they cherish things practiced by the will set up church before the seventeenth century the old believers here is sign the area are a conservative community. and if i may believe me there yet again i feel right. now i'm the first to tell you that i am. i the. people here are happy to show their way of life to tourists and teach them how to dance in the local star. seventeen year old nadia is from the same village she now studies in the city and dances at a club. she puts on her costume and the traditional amber necklace only when she comes to visit her grandmother. ok i didn't ask on time for it and say

yes because i want to keep up to date for this morning world but still i would like to have camp my in background hall my ancestors lawyer very attachment to the church brought this to this remote glen deflate by call more than two hundred fifty years ago they were exiled in pesah q-tip for not agreeing to the orthodox who forms introduced in russia in the sixteen hundreds the old believers still bolland cross themselves with two fingers not with three as they do in modern orthodox churches in russia and never knew when praying was more and more young people leaving for big cities this year is the old believers culture could be imperiled. nazia plans to continue her studies abroad. the grandmother says wherever she goes as long as the teen years are fresh in her memory so used to call church.