syria's opposition as threatens president assad he will not leave the country alive after he pledges to stay in his homeland all mattawa and his exclusive interview with r.t. . cia chief david petraeus quits his post over an extra marital affair and some portion whether there is another reason for his departure. friday prayers and violence in bahrain with police firing tear gas and opposition activists struggling to make their voices heard in ongoing anti-government protests. this is r.t. going to live from moscow it's one pm here and i'm marina joshie of the free syrian

army as a main armed opposition group in the country has threatened president asad he would follow the fate of libya's leader muammar gadhafi this as bashar al assad said in his explosive interview with r.t. he has no plans to leave syria father had of their media department has listened to the words of the president says it is doomed. me that it in his statement you will channel he said he would not leave syria we know this very well because he will not be able to leave syria he and his people not money to leave the country the free syrian army will not let him do this he will not get out of syria long enough you'll be lucky if you reach the same fate as. the western backed syrian opposition is still locked in talks over the creation of a unified group to forge a broader alliance against the government the syrian national council vying to keep its main role has chosen and new leader appealing for more weapons to help oust an

anti-war activist brian becker says the opposition was never after a peaceful solution to the conflict if the opposition is saying to the assad government and other forces within the syrian government that their fate will be the fate of khadafi mean sodomized and murdered by a mob of course that leaves little incentive for the syrian government to sit down and negotiate but these forces within the syrian opposition have never wanted to negotiate there were forces that did want to negotiate did seek to have change and reform in syria but without foreign intervention and without civil war and they have been pushed to the side by the syrian the free syrian army and i should say they've also been pushed to the side by washington and by the nato powers who really only wanted civil war as the main method to carry out the regime change in syria now the syrian president says only the ballot box can determine his future insisting he has the support of his people and bush at

a loss of war against foreign intervention in syria saying the western powers have picked him as one of their a bogeyman r.t. so be sure enough they spoke to the battle leader in the mask. that he's not a western puppet he also denies to fuck that civil war is taking place in this country he's saying that it's not civil war it's a conflict where he has to five different fractions of terrorism he has on the fact that the financing of this terrorist fractions was unprecedented and it was coming from abroad what he told me that if the sinuses were to stop then he would probably need about two weeks more to restore peace in his country and he also said that if west were to intervene militarily it would have a domino effect from atlantic to pacific and no one would be a gain from that and he also said that west tends to create enemies for themselves like communism in iraq saddam hussein and he feels that bashar al assad in syria is the new enemy not syria but he himself so he feels that the fact that conflict has

asked related it is because the west has created a new anime in the space wasn't it told that there wasn't a problem to do with you know the way. it was because we knew that. for different reasons we want to create the new. program the president has to do first of all you have to focus on. what they say i asked him it's not just the west but a lot of countries have betrayed you on the first occasion why do you have some so many enemies in the arab world he said well actually a lot of arab countries support me but they're afraid to say it out loud i asked him why it is because they're all under the strength and power of petrodollars i also asked him about turkey and if the war with turkey was a real possibility and he didn't he doesn't believe that there's going to be an actual war with or here but he also emphasizing the fact that the turkish people are the enemies of syrian people and they're always been a friendly nation it's carried on and his government that's the problem and that's

against bashar and wants to all special because god wants to reassure his and strengthen his political position in. and in the region personally thing that you can use for the autumn and you can control delusion as it was doing both when you pull you. differently. which is. slimy but not gold money can buy not to be ready for but in his how do you think that if i ask him to regret anything what's your biggest mistake he says of course i have regrets and of course i have made mistakes but when i ask him what is your biggest mistake he wouldn't give me a precise answer he said it's too early to talk about precise mistakes and precise regrets because the war or the conflict is still going on i also asked him if he were to turn the clock back to fifteenth of march that's when the protests started to escalate would he do anything differently and he said no i wouldn't because within the marches within the protest marches there were people who started to

shoot innocent civilians and the government forces so the government army had no other choice than to respond with force do what i did exactly the same for exactly the same just. different parties two for to have and to stand against the terrorist group but i always thought he didn't thought as most because there will be a lot of motions but within those motions you have militants who thought that the civilians . at the same time so he said he wouldn't change much about a year and a half ago when the protests started to grow and escalate he would do exactly the same and you can see the full exclusive interview with syria's president bashar al assad at midday g.m.t. here on our t.v. it's also available on our website r t. m so you know. maybe you feel you have to be student. in our to

exclusive friday through sunday on r t v dot com. how one of america's best known military leaders and cia had to get the tracks has abruptly announced his resignation stepping down the tracks of minute tannic extramarital affair saying he was guilty except behavior david petraeus served as cia boss since twenty levon after leaving the u.s. military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan reports say at an affair with his biographer paula broadwell not as currently under f.b.i. investigation a strong will spanned the year with a former cia chief in afghanistan to interview him again for a book on u.s. warfare where she suspected of trying to illegally access patricius classified e-mail intelligence expert lieutenant colonel tony safir told r.t. there is more behind the resignation and just moral issues really telling me there's one of the lessons of washington is whatever they're talking about publicly publicly the issue is something else entirely and i think that's what's here let me

be very blunt here general eisenhower the commander of our forces of world war two related to d.-day invasion one hundred forty four had an affair with his driver f.d.r. president. roosevelt knew about it but they didn't believe it so there's something else deeper here something else that i don't think anybody fully understands this general general petraeus may have is a critics over c.i. a lot of folks have problems at cia i'm a trained case officer trained by cia not cia but i know a lot of friends over there and you know they have a very unique structure a very unique culture of any time alcide or comes in such as betray us and others as well there's a great deal of resistance because all we see is not an insider is not a trained intelligence officer so it used techniques his leadership was different to what a lot of folks were used to and let's face it the military techniques is a general he's used to doing things the military way syria is a civilian organization i think from day one there were clashes going will betray us went through vetting investigations over and over again both to become

a four star general and become the director of cia so somehow during that entire time i cannot fathom the investigation not coming up with this and more importantly the white house not knowing about it. violence flared in the bahraini capital manama when police prevented people from attending friday prayers security forces set up checkpoints and fired tear gas at the crowds killing at least one person a sixteen year old boy reportedly try to break through barricades to get to moscow was chased on to a highway were he was hit by a car thousands of opposition supporters plan together for warship last month authorities banned all public gatherings in an attempt to stop the ongoing protest against the marquis de in political analyst patrick hannifin says the ruling family's been given the green light by the west to crush the opposition. if you look at you know william hague and quit hillary clinton gallivanting around with the friends of syria meetings accusing the assad government of crimes against

humanity you only have to look at bahrain to look at a litany of crimes there revoking nationality of protesters right now there are they blaming the latest bombing on hezbollah as if this hizbollah has any any connection with bahrain so all rajab he's going to have his appeal denied next week by the the all talk or see in bahrain so you know the euro loves they go down there for loads of money in their country formula one grand prix every year and loads of oil coming out of that country there's absolutely zero chance of any democratic reform in this country and this is a country that absolutely needs it washington and london have more or less given the boot the go ahead for the bahraini role family and that and that government that autocracy to really go hard and fast and drop the hammer down on any pro reform movements and that's exactly what we've seen. now a space hack

a train can recession hit britain youngsters are being asked to pay for their future security today we'll have cat big gifts shake our u.k. pensions for its generation that is coming our way after shopping. recently protests and demonstrations of any kind were banned until further notice and buck rein a curfew as in you can't go out of your home when the government doesn't want you to has already been in effect in the country since two thousand and eleven many of the protests which are now totally forbidden were related to members of the public demanding the release of political prisoners four people were also recently arrested for insulting the king over twitter wow a middle eastern country that has totally shut down any form of protest and hud's

you down if you tweet about the leadership so it's pretty undemocratic to me i bet nato is already fueling up ready to take action and bomb some freedom into i'm right well not really if nato really cared about spreading democracy you'd think they'd be more consistent with their targets but that's just my opinion. evening.

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you're watching aren't you live from moscow while combat now the british government is introducing a new pension scheme called automatic enrollment which could see people forced to say from an early age lawmakers claim it will ensure everybody has money to live on in retirement but as r.t. sarah first reports many see it as just another financial burden. cantons i'm

retired and already things that you think about when you're young now if you're a twenty two or you might have to the government's new or so romans it's being billed as the biggest take up of the pension system for over a generation but it's how much of a burden is this going to place on people who are just starting out as you race through life it can be hard to keep the piggy bank for planet say many other things to fork out for pensioners seem like just another financial hurdle but not to worry the government's got a plan to get people saving their little piggy is called auto enrollment it's always something that can be left until tomorrow you always got something else to spend your money on it always seems a long way away and then when it gets close you think was too late and so what automatic in rome and used to help you buy basically saying look you're going to be put in your own decision whether actually you think that that's the right thing and

therefore just go with whether you're actually using no unusual opt out brits have been spending like there's no tomorrow but they're around half the casework is paying nothing to their future but with an aging population automatic enrollment will force companies to sign up every employee even though he's ending far below the average salary will be eligible a wage of just over eight thousand pounds a year is enough to make it apply but the first some will know about it is when they see less money already modest paycheck. the risk of course going to be a cost so he's going to cost people some of the hard earned income every month but having said that it's money is for real spend the pensions campaign is one that is an open door to miss selling and the money will be creamed off by schemes and plays into huge management fees the government's trying to sell this is a winner with tax relief and making employees pay up as well but not everyone's.

convinced out of out of ogun of my own finances rather than forced to by government even. safer to more or less know your future i'm just turned twenty ten or more taking things from a pension i'm thinking about how i'm going to make rent next month more gauge whatever i'm up to my my pension right now with the romans. i would be out. with many feeling we sing governments have made a pig's ear of the country's finances and convinced it should be sticking its snout into the savings can consider much at all because meanest to so many things just to pay for these days taxes of so many things whatever just ridiculous i don't think you should have to pay for to know what was finished with nothing in the pension pot and whilst the government's need does encourage saving in the current economic circumstances it seems that many people in britain will simply be opting out.

artsy. whether u.s. election signed sealed and delivered there's still little enthusiasm was there. i didn't vote i didn't really care why not. i didn't even know like what anybody stood for i'm just not something that interests me i just go to. parties resident takes to the streets of the big apple to find out what people think of the outcome of the exhausting breaks that's coming very short. the u.s. has established its first permanent military base in poland troops will be preparing joint drills and american warplanes and service aircraft stationed there plans for the base were agreed by barack obama and his polish counterparts two years ago or so once more cooperation with washington and even sports is controversial if you're a peon missile the fan system parts of which are said to be deployed in the country russia has voiced concerns over the shield which it sees as a potential threat to national security dr gerald horan author and historian says

warsaw needs to rethink its foreign policy direction. much concerned right now russia is a very powerful neighbor it has many hours across the globe it's a military power as well as an economic power in that part of the world and quite frankly doesn't make that much sense for warsaw to come its nose at such a powerful neighbor and i would hope and imagine that there would be a reconsideration of their foreign policy sooner rather than later this is all very ominous and very dangerous particularly in light of the moves in poland which obviously brings into question the reset with moscow which had been tell it so heavily by administration spokes person but if i were in berlin i would also be concerned because there is rising competition particularly in europe between berlin and washington. now take a look at some other stories from around the world syrian state t.v. reports twin explosions in the country's southern city of draw the two car bombs are said to have killed several civilians and damaged buildings activists claim the

blast went off near the country's military intelligence headquarters in the city it's not immediately clear who is behind the attacks. though she asians over the e.u. budget for next year have collapsed after a member states failed to agree on extra funds for the rest of two thousand and twelve there was a huge gap in so-called emergency funding aimed at covering education infrastructure and research projects one point five billion euros were to be paid to italy poland and spain to help victims of flooding and job cuts the lack of agreement casts a shadow over another long term budget plan for the next decade which is up for discussion later this month. there were huge police search at a sri lanka prison has erupted into violent clashes between authorities and prisoners inmates seized weapons and some managed to escape at least twenty seven people were killed during the ride several prisoners were later caught after briefly going on the run the country's largest prison has seen two similar uprising

since twenty two. moscow says it's deeply disappointed by washington's refusal to transfer jailed russian businessman victor brought to russia to serve out his sentence in his home country botha serving twenty five years in american america for conspiring to kill u.s. nationals and to sell weapons to colombian rebels charges he denies the department of justice says the transfer would set an undesirable president due to the seriousness of the crime russia has been trying to get boots and home in line with an international convention moscow believes that his prosecution was politically motivated and says it will do all it can to get him transferred. watching r.t. live from moscow and more stories are available for you in our website r t v. including stockpiling nuclear weapons is crazy iran's president questions the sanity of any nation whether tommy bombs. is being the game away

seven u.s. navy seals have been reprimanded for divulging secrets including details of a solid bin laden's assassination while working as consult on a popular video game. for more years and that's the message from president obama on twitter caused a stir this week becoming the most retreated tweet ever following his return to the white house but were the u.s. electorate at large really that inspired by one of the most expensive election campaigns of all time residents hit the streets of new york to gauge the public's reaction. the u.s. presidential election is finally over now would this week let's talk about that did you vote are you happy with the outcome. what do you expect to change in the next four years. i guess.

for him to make things right on home or just who was going to choose i didn't vote i didn't really care why not i don't even know why quote anybody stood for just not something that interests me i just go with the flow so you don't think it affects your everyday life i'm sure it does. i'm sure it does but do i have much control over it and it really feel that what voting is the only way that you can control i still and feel like i had that much control no i didn't why not i was torn between the two. for you to be in my own interest but there were more than two running you could have voted for someone else. there were more the people that were running for the presidency and you didn't even know it those two parties are too strong and they're entrenched and i don't think you could change that but what about if we start really trying to separate money from politics or put solutions like that on

the table. we'll have the right to vote. these people out do you think that there might be room for a third party come two thousand and sixteen. well whatever it can. they can do something but it's you know it's a tough road to go here what's it going to take for the american people to wake up and realize there's more than two parties. i'm not sure i sometimes think we put a lot of pressure on the president and a lot of the change has to come from with us as well you know we can't rely on him one hundred percent you know you got to you got to get up in the morning and you've got to work for your country yourself you can't rely on one man to do it all for you oh i. i think the only people in this country that have ever really been able to make a difference usually end up dead. that is so sad sad but true but if they do the middle ever chambers. i would hope it would i don't know what the catalyst for that will be but do you think you and i can be a catalyst don't you think that people can demand more and make

a change. i'd like to think that so do you think that we can make people more aware in these four years that we have until the next election i think so how do we do that. that's a good question we're doing it right now we are whether or not you expect anything to change in the u.s. the bottom line is real change is probably not going to start with the president in visioning it it's going to start with the people demanding it. and shortly are t. we talk to you case filmmaker who finds his inspiration in russian literature and has recently shown his latest tolstoy adaptation of moscow stay with us for that. looking at some dorks you simply do not believe they come speak and goodness how

they can wrong oh. it's an international sled dog race with those driving the dogs. coming from as far away as a strength in canada and the us they come to russia and everybody is so very friendly they welcomed me with open arms and the scenery is so beautiful it's very much like a laska and so i felt at home the first sled dog was brought here from australia now a stray i've come to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this trail ira mazie. but even more amazing is the story of how racing first started here a toll it wasn't the tough mushers of sled dog racing who set the trail ablaze but are none and for all friends who brought their idea to life. five years ago. built a dog kennel in the village kids from the local open age came around to take care

of the dogs and one day they state their life might seem extreme to some the boys wake up at six to feed to the dogs before school in the evening they spend up to three hours training their full legged friends but smother her schedule also encourages her kids to become depth hands on the computer and internet the boys who regularly update their websites and they're in touch with the busy mother twenty four seven on the phone itself. but children are the most important thing my own interests not play any rule any more and regardless of whether parsky has huskies window race or not she hopes the competition will take place in the village next year. but called these dogs and the children it really is not the weaning but actually just the taking part that counts.

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syria. made in syria but after leaving sudan by incident but. i didn't r.t. exclusive friday through sunday on r.t. and r.t. dot com. hello again and welcome to the spotlight the interview show on the t.v. i am child a knob and today my guest on the program is bernard grounders russian literature has been an inspiration for many western the film directors take for example the american war and peace starring orth we have burnett and before that for the british and the egg and put it out finds that a live time there is however a filmmaker in the u.k. who is literally crazy for the russian these films five little telephones.