dozens of syrian security officers are reportedly killed in the latest attack inside the war torn country just hours after a key split among the opposition. and inglorious infidelity veteran general david petraeus his career as the cia's boss is over as rumors swirl that there's more behind his resignation than just an affair with his biographer. and iraq's defense minister denies that the country is canceling a massive russian arms deal the review of claims of internal corruption. and prayers prevented amid fresh violence brains descend clamp down and out of us to explains why he and more than two dozen others had their citizenship withdrawn.

good evening you're watching r t with me catherine of dozens of syrian security officers have reportedly been killed in twin bombings in the country's south it's the latest spate of violence in the escalating conflict which has already claimed the lives of tens of thousands of syrians warrantees middle east correspondent paula sleazier has more. now what we understand is that there was an apparent double suicide attack according to activists on the ground the blast went off near a branch of the country's military intelligence in daraa that the explosions were followed by clashes between regime forces and rebels now targets un security institutions have become quite commonplace recently in syria earlier this week there was an attack in the province of how men now kind of a claimed responsibility for that attack dozens of

a set were killed while this violence is happening in syria the syrian opposition is meeting quite far away in the qatari capital of doha now there are deciding their fate this essentially is a meeting that has been called because many of the international backers of the syrian opposition particularly the united states are unhappy with the deep divisions within the syrian opposition and at this stage it seems as if those divisions are going to prevent the syrian opposition from coming forward with any kind of a viable new opposition body the whole idea of these this meeting in doha was essentially to establish some kind of group within the syrian opposition in exile that would have more direct links with the opposition with inside the country that would be able to distribute aid and finding that the group is being accused of not being representative enough this despite the fact that the main opposition by the the syrian national council just yesterday friday did elect a new head and they are also critics who complain that the new legislative body

being put forward is not representative enough or does not have enough women in it so he does not have enough minorities the syrian army which is the main armed opposition group in the country meanwhile has threatened the syrian president bashar assad that he'll follow the fate of the former libyan leader moammar gadhafi versus as assad said in an exclusive interview to our t.v. that he has no plans to leave office the state media department head said that assad is doomed to take a listen. no 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 will not manage to leave the country the free syrian army will not let him do this he will not get out of syria line you'll be lucky if you reach the same fate as. so what we're witnessing is an increase on the ground in terms of the violence inside syria while the syrian opposition really struggling she trying for united group to try and deal with the

situation parties parsley or there are all the group that has positioned itself as the rebellious political leadership has again failed to unite the opposition the syrian national council which operates in exile has been disavowed by the local coordination committees which are based in syria meanwhile the president of the arab lawyers association says that western efforts to create a revolution from the outside have failed. yes and see the only credibility it had was with the western powers we all remember when the us forced many countries to attend a meeting in turkey to recognize this as the legitimate representative of syria which was part of the political gimmick that the us and the western powers nato france britain were following because what they wanted is the changer for e.g. this is a unique case where there is a true revolution within syria but those who are recognized by the us and others

have absolutely nothing to do with it and so most of them have never been there and most of them have been out of the country for tens of years and the us knew that and the west knew that but they were still nevertheless recognized as the representative of the people now they have come to realize that actually that evolution is going on in syria there is the free army there is the people who are revolting in syria and they have no links with the external. people who can a me to represent them so i don't think they had credibility before i don't think they would have credibility at the present moment because this is an attempt to create a better view sheehan ordovician everybody in the west created this something outside and they called it a present that. largest full exclusive interview with the syrian president airs in just a few hours that's also available for you right now on our web site that's r t dot com and here's a little taste of what's ahead for you at five thirty pm g.m.t. . it's not about. leaving supposed to contribute safe or not so

this opinion that we've been fighting us here i think for the president to stay or to leave is a popular issue he spoke to senator and the only way to define. the. pre-suppose he threw the bottle pox so you sort of all what we hear it's about what we can get through the books and the books we've any president to say only. did it in our two exclusive friday through sunday on r t r t v dot com well for a head of intelligence it was poor judgment what unavoidable consequences david petraeus has quit as a cia chief after admitting to an extramarital affair with his a by although for as a rapid fall from grace for the man who was the u.s. army standard bearer in afghanistan and iraq he had only been in charge of the cia for just over a year the f.b.i. had found that he was cheating on his wife of thirty seven years with the writer

paula broadwell which weighed suspicions of a legal attempts to dig into petraeus as classified e-mails now pakistani author and journalist paul believes that a huge clash of opinions in washington is behind this resignation. of freestyles ignition is not. to be used to be in my opinion the different food for america's. war. effort. and president obama were critical factors into war even going to sue nawal. he wants to extend your into a complete withdrawal or need to force him. from a kind of stop and human ritual cool for you to respond if you do and the war against gravity has had many. wanted a long presence of american forces in afghanistan to president obama has he moved

one up to mean you're obstacle of for his dream to end the war in afghanistan well the iraqi defense minister has denied that his country is cancelled a major arms deal with russia meanwhile a prime minister's spokesman earlier said that corruption concerns caused the scrapping of a deal that was sealed only four months ago to sell a rock more than four billion dollars worth of military hardware from russia that he tells now from artie's sean thomas. certainly it has been a very curious and confusing as information and details have been coming out about this story throughout the day regarding it the arms deal in the possible cancellation of this arms deal now r.t. has spoken with the iraqi prime minister's media adviser who says that there is an investigation into this deal regarding concerns of corruption on the iraqi side of things now this deal is on hold pending the results of that investigation now the

timing of all of this is extremely curious as well considering this deal was just announced in early october which is the deal itself is about a four point two billion u.s. dollars which would make a russia the number two arms dealer behind the united states it is specifically geared towards air defense systems attack helicopters and missiles and it gives you a little bit of a look into the internal politics of the rock there in a very vulnerable situation they are neighbors with iran and they've been looking to the united states for support they've been looking to iran for support as well as russia for support so kind of trying to play all sides of the deck if you will to gain some support in fact. he has said in the past that he doesn't want to be one countries a pawn when it comes to an arms monopoly is one reason why he went to russia as well not to rely on the united states has raises some speculation that the united

states might be losing some influence in the country and also some speculation that the united states itself may have put some pressure behind iran to cancel this deal now when it comes to this particular deal iraq has said that they are not canceling it at this moment in time things are just on hold until they can review this investigation pending the results at that time they say that they are going to be sending a new delegation to russia to review the deal pasta. we resigned the deal saying that some of the original negotiators on the iraqi side may have been the sources of this corruption which started this whole conflict in the first place well from stopping muslims from preying on their holiest day to stripping people of their citizenship bahrain's efforts to destroy descent seem to be widening in the capital security officers forced a tear gassed apartment tear gas thousands of shiite worshippers trying to reach a mosque for friday prayers

a sixteen year old was killed after reportedly being chased by police onto a busy highway public gatherings were banned last week in order to quell almost two years worth of anti-government actions as a crackdown that's also seen the citizenship revoked from thirty activists one of whom explained why to r.t. . we had very strong position against corruption against. the budget of the country how it's being manipulated with and the favor of the ruling family and we put them in a standing question that's faced on the history of bahrain a position wanted to question the ruling family ministers when the uprising started in fourteen february we founded that more killing is started by the government and . our position was to be with the people when they demanded peacefully the seriously before all and no positive answer came from the government we resign and

they found it for the stiff opposition from the opposition against the ruling family mainly so they want to give. this we have to solve it with the ruling family and the rest of the content of the people of bahrain beyond that all of us will knows the governor will lose that the people of bahrain will lose a position will lose and even the superballs americans and britons and receive the support or the lose because it is very strategic location of the world here in the . gulf. well britain's saving shy workers might find their salaries a tad lighter in the future and that is because too many brits face becoming already pensioners as we report later on also. i didn't vote i didn't really care why not i didn't even know we like what anybody stood for are just not something that interests me i just go to flow well a tight race six billion dollars worth of campaigning but what four or somewhere in new york to see whether it's

a case of election and yes an important difference that i'm plenty more stories for you in just a few moments. usually the police and occupy protesters are like oil and water but in atlanta they've come together to save the house of a former detective jacqueline barber unfortunately miss barbara lost a lot of money battling cancer and was facing eviction what she turned to occupy homes for help so far she's managed to stay in her home despite it being sold out from under her feet but the main thing is that her fight to stay in her home has become like a bridge between two groups who are usually at each other's throats the police and occupiers the thing is the cruel economic practices can affect us all even retired police like ms barber i know there are some irresponsible people who buy things

they can't pay for and you know the police have to do something about them but they shouldn't throw you out of your home that you've paid for for years just for getting cancer no one should have to live with the constant fear that their home will be taken away after years and years of payment just because they got sick and america thought we believed in private property not eternally rented from big banks but that's just my opinion. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing corporations rule the day.

sigrid lumber tour to mccurry was to build a new its most sophisticated robot which unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tunes mission to teach creation why it should care about human to. this is why you should care only. watching r.t. with me lucy tough enough when people living longer but not necessarily thinking about how they're going to pay for it britain has decided to dip into workers' wages until forced them to save even if they're barely out of school here's what here's sarah further on why the seemingly good intentions can actually leave people out of pocket. cantons i'm retired and already things that you think about when you're young now if you're 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 replenished 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 in rome and it's always something that can be left and 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. automatic enrollment is 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 with around half the case workers paying nothing

towards 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 in the already modest paycheck. there is golf course going to be a cost to him so he's going to cost people some of the hard earned income every month by having sent back its money is for the pensions campaign is one that is an open door to miss selling and the money will be creamed off by schemes in place each management fees the government is trying to sell this is a winner with tax relief and making employees pay up as well but not everyone's. events out of out of vogue and of my own finances rather than forced to by a government even margin there right now across europe and probably the same for

more or less in the future i'm just turned twenty two on the ticket thing from a pension i'm thinking about how i'm going to make rent next month more gage whatever i'm up to my pension right now for the moment. i would be out. with many feeling we sing governments have made a pig's ear of the country's finances the unconvinced it should be sticking its snout into the savings column consider much at all but i mean is this someone you can just playful these days touches of so many things or 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 will simply be opting out so. well washington has set up its first permanent military base in poland you know stationed on the soil of the nato ally will help maintain aircraft as well

as prepare joint drills. now plans for the base were announced by barack obama during his visit to washington that poland has long range for american fighter jets on its soil as well as balancing the controversial european missile defense system and preparations for that have been progressing in the country and north russia has been staunchly against the plan saying that they pose a threat to its national security meanwhile author and historian gerald ford yes that warsaw should rethink its foreign partners preferences after. more saudi very much concerned right now russia is a very powerful neighbor it has many allies across the globe a military power as well as an economic power in that part of the world and quite frankly doesn't make that much. more from its nose at such a powerful neighbor and i would hope 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 persons but if i were in berlin i would also be concerned because there is rising competition particularly in europe between berlin and washington well another world news a military jet has crashed in southeast churchy killing all seventeen personnel on board. bad weather has been blamed for that accident the military helicopter was being deployed into the country's search province which has recently seen a surge of kurdish rebel attacks over forty thousand people have died in the conflict between turkey and courage of kurdish insurgents who have been demanding the top i mean for nearly three decades. budgets have collapsed after member states failed to agree on extra funds demanded for the rest of the year there's a huge gap in what's known as emergency funding which was aimed at covering education infrastructure as well as research projects one point five billion euros

were to be paid to italy poland and spain in order to help victims of flooding as well as job cuts the row casts a shadow over the long term budget plan for the next decade which is also out up for discussion later this month. meanwhile it rains the rails in a wrong killing a passenger and three crew members as well as injuring dozens more it was heading for the capital from the country's south with three hundred twenty four people on board and it is not yet clear why it came off the tracks the last railway tragedy in iran was eight years ago when a train carrying fuel and fertilizer exploded after derailing killing over two hundred and eighty people. well it's four more years in the white house for us president barack obama but the tight race as well as an expensive election has left some voters well less than satisfied arches their harshness takes a political pulse in the big apple let's take

a look. the u.s. presidential election is finally over now what this week let's talk about that did you vote are you happy with the outcome yes i mean what do you expect to change in the next four years. i guess i was. expecting for you me because. it was going to change i didn't vote i didn't really care why not i didn't even know we like what 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 oh it sure does. i'm sure it does but do i have much control over it and it really feel that voting is the only way that you can control i still than 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 parties are too strong and they're entrenched and i don't think you can change that but what about if we start really trying to separate money from politics or put solutions like that on the table. who will 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 whenever i. can do something but it's you know it's a tough road to go you know 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. do you think it'll ever change. 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. well its whole long versus hollywood us his latest tax attack on the wealthiest

french citizens takes a star turn legendary film firebrands gifford drew is rumored to be making a dash for this cash and as we report on line he's not the only one who's fleeing friends. was to fats to be killed an american death row inmate tries to avoid lethal injection on account of his weight that story for you on our website at our team dot com. well in just a few moments it's over to abby martin for the latest episode of breaking the set don't go away. looking at some dogs 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 strand in canada and the us i 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 it's trios come to this remote russian village to take part in the race it's not surprising they love it this trail are amazing but even more amazing is the story of how racing first started here atoll it wasn't the top. grazing who set the trail ablaze but a nun and for all friends who brought their dia to life. five years ago of a bill to dock 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 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 updates their websites and they're in touch with the busy maga twenty four seven on the phone it's. the children are the most important thing my own interests not play any rule any more and regardless of whether part of schemas huskies win the 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 winning but truly just the taking part that counts.

here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call i don't know how it concludes the longest while this campaign in our history ours and the let me format of the book was that some were good friends. with twists and turns that belong to this campaign like you watch the world to do good you cover here to feel like i'm still. what that guy is i'm not. martin and this is a break in the set so there are a lot to be happy about you guys friday things given just around the corner and of course the breaking news that general petraeus just resigned oh if only he would resign for his crime of overseeing

a murderous drone program and not an extramarital affair which brings me to this interesting development there's a new drone propaganda website in town called increasing human potential. interesting choice of words there the site advocates the use of drones and how fitting that it's just in time for obama's second term to look through websites wholly dedicated to taking any humane edge off the practice of drone warfare and the mission statement says its goal is to quote highlight the valuable and endless benefits of all the unmanned systems and robotics what's behind this fancy rhetoric is that the people in the yemen pakistan somalia afghanistan and any other country that the government has a shadow war in right now are being terrorized on a daily basis let's call a spade a spade this is just a pathetic attempt to rebrand the drone king's policies just hours after obama got reelected he oversaw a drone bombing in yemen but you know when you have news agencies like the washington post which censors severe.