it's nine pm moscow time tonight 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 we've got the latest for you. king glorious infidelity veteran general david petraeus is career as the cia's boss is over as rumors swirl that there's more behind his resignation but an affair with his biographer. iraq's defense minister denies that the country is canceling a massive russian arms deal but will review claims of internal corruption. and prayers prevented amid fresh violence in bahrain is dissent an activist explains why he and more than two dozen others have had their citizenship with.

a very good evening it's kevin over here live with the latest news from r.t. this hour and first dozens of syrian security officers have reportedly been killed in twin bombings in the country south today it's the latest spate of violence in the escalating conflict of soul ready claimed tens of thousands of lives middle east correspondent paula slee is got the latest for you. 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 and security institutions have become quite commonplace recently in syria earlier this week there was an attack in the problems of how men are kind of

a critter claimed responsibility for that attack dozens of a seven euless 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 begin to distribute aid and funding 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 were also critics who complained 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 the first 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 take a listen. do you would. shanel 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 managed to leave the country for free syrian army will not let him do this he will not get out of syria lying you'll be lucky if you reach the same fate as market duffy so what we're witnessing is an increase on the ground in terms of the violence inside syria while the syrian opposition really struggling and should try and force or united

church group to try and deal with the situation on middle east correspondent there meantime the group has positioned itself as the rebellious political leader ships again fail to unite the opposition the syrian national council which operates in exile has been disavowed by the local coordination committees based in syria meantime the president of the arab lawyers association told us western efforts to create a revolution from outside a failed. 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. but 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 the religion is going on in syria there is the i mean there is the people who are revolting in syria and they have no links with the external. people who are complaining to represent them so i don't think they credibility before i don't think it would have credibility at the present moment because this is an attempt to create arab ordovician everybody in the west created this something else that and they called it a present that won't let you know if you don't call it already this weekend artie's full exclusive interview with the syrian president later this hour in fact also available and in time with r.t. dot com here's what you can expect in about twenty five minutes from now. the whole issue is not about me thing living it's about the contribute safe or not so the

only that we've been fighting us here i think for the president to stay or to leave is a popular spot percentage and the only way to define this. term . through the ballot boxes so you thought about what we hear about what we can get through that box and that box with any president to say only bash our our sergeant are to exclusive friday through sunday on r.t. and r.t. dot com. next for head of intelligence it was poor judgment with unavoidable consequence says david petraeus has quit as the cia chief after admitting to an extramarital affair with his biographer it's a rapid fall from grace than for the man who was the u.s. army standard bearer in afghanistan and iraq he'd only been in charge of the cia for just over a year or two but the f.b.i. over he was cheating on his wife of thirty seven years was writer paula broadwell great suspicions of illegal attorneys to dig into traces of classified e-mail

pakistani author and journalist couldn't make bell believes a major clash at the very top is behind the resignation or i believe the. nation is not as simple to be used to be in my opinion the difference between america. and afghanistan are involved in this absolute general brochures and president obama were critical matters relating to the war in afghanistan so narwhal. election he wants to excel year into complete withdrawal of need to horses from a canister and immature. policy to end the war in afghanistan. don't want to prolong presence of american forces you know run it talk to president obama has removed one of the media obstacle for his. warry.

iraq's defense minister has denied that the country's cancelled a major arms deal with russia it's in response to an advisor to the iraqi prime minister but earlier said internal corruption concerns scrapping a deal cilia months ago to sell iraq more than four billion dollars worth of hardware details from r.t. shaun 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 in to 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 all of this is extremely curious as well considering this deal was just announced in early october which the deal itself is about 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 iraq they're in a very vulnerable situation they are neighbors. 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 upon 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 thomas they want government to business consultant christopher hostel told me that obstacles which appear over this deal down to the u.s. if this deal head to gone through that would have meant for the iraqi people it kind of you know starting a balanced situation of the evening with east and west so to say and that would be healthy for the iraqi people because this is in line with their geographical very simple geographical situation now putting this deal under pressure you know that

means that the u.s. are insisting on a monopole in the region it is it is very clear you know it is not mr maliki who is calling the shots in the iraqi policies that is the u.s. right now and that they are not able you know to allow a little called a petition just a little you that that is a very sad story for for washington and it doesn't bear good signs for the future. bahrain unleashes its police force some protesters on for a day of heavy volume some moves them sacred thread day the scope of sin for most of the country deals with its best and brightest as a footballer n.e.m.p. explains why he's at the citizenship revoked coming up. also britain savings shive workers might find this salaries a bit lighter in fugit. since to many brits face becoming public pension is reporting on to after this break.

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 ms barber lost a lot of money battling cancer and was facing eviction which 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 that 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 here 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 shift 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 i thought we believed in private property not eternally rented from big banks but that's just my opinion. you know sometimes you see a story. you think you understand it and then something else you hear sees some other part of it and realize everything you. are welcome to the big picture. please be cool language. programs and documentaries in arabic

it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about p.r.p. interviews intriguing stories are you. trying. to find out more visit. bahrain's efforts to destroy dissent a widening with heavy clashes saturday activists say the national guard's been deployed to back up police now as authorities try to quell rising political violence the latest wave of unrest began friday after security forces tear gassed thousands of worship was trying to reach a mosque for prayers a sixteen year old boy was killed in a traffic incident there but there was fresh violence at his funeral today saturday public gatherings were banned last week to two years of anti-government action it's a crackdown that's also seen

a citizenship revoked of thirty activists one of whom explained to me why. we had very strong position against corruption. the budget of the country how it's being manipulated with in the. family and. standing. question this fist on the history of bahrain a position wanted to question the ruling family ministers when the uprising started 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 serious we fall 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 are many cans and britons and this is the support for the lose because it is very strategic location of the world here in the. gulf. now affects us all with people living longer but not thinking about it will pay for it britons decided to dip into workers' wages and force them to save even if they're barely out of school is r.t. sarah ferguson why the same really good intentions could believe people were out of pocket. pensions and retirement 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 that is 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 a planet with 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 and their little piggy is called in rome and it's always something that can be left until tomorrow you've 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 to take is whether actually you think that that's the right thing and their families go with the flow and stay in whether you actually you think 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 already modest paycheck. the risk of course going to be a cost to it so he's going to cost people some of the hard earned income every month but having said that if money is for real spend the pensions campaign is warm that is an open door to misselling and the money will be creamed by schemes in pacing to huge 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. vent out of out of organized my own finances rather than forced to by a government even. say for more or less know your future i'm just turned twenty two i'm not taking from a fiction i'm thinking about how i'm going to make rent next month or whatever i'm up to my my pension right now. 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 their savings so i can consider much at all because the so many things have to pay for these days taxes of so many things whatever you know is just ridiculous i don't think you should have to pay for it no one wants to finish with nothing in the pension pot and whilst the government. does encourage saving in the current economic circumstances it seems that many people in britain will simply be opting out. washington is set up with first permanent military base in poland units stationed on the soil of the nato ally will help maintain aircraft and prepare joint drills plans for the base renounce for barack obama during his visit to warsaw last year poland's long craved for american fighter jets on its soil as well as backing a controversial european missile defense system preparations which are progressing in the north russia those been staunchly against those plans from the start saying they pose a threat to its national security author historian joe horn told me that

a warsaw should rethink its foreign partner preferences. our morris lord be very much concerned right now russell is a very powerful neighbor 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. to 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 persons but if i were in berlin i would also be concerned because there is rising competition particularly in europe between berlin and washington more top stories not in brief military helicopters crashed in southeast turkey has killed all seventeen military personnel on board but whether

that accident the aircraft has been deployed into the country province which is recently seen a surge of kurdish rebel attacks over forty thousand people have died in the conflict between turkey and kurdish insurgents been demanding autonomy for almost three decades now. another headline survive twenty one minutes past nine moscow time e e u budget talks have collapsed after member states of failed to agree on extra funds demanded for the rest of the year there's a huge gap now in what's known as the emergency funding and recovering education infrastructure and research projects one point five billion euros word to be paid to italy poland and spain to help victims of flooding and job cuts this route casts a shadow over the long term budget plan for the next decade which is up for discussion later this month. a train has derailed in iran it's killed a passenger and three crew members and injured dozens more it was heading for the capital from the country south with three hundred twenty two people on board it's

not yet clear why it came off the tracks the last railway tragedy in a ramsey is ago when a freight train carrying fuel and fertilizer exploded after the railing that time killing over two hundred eighty people. but a big week for america isn't it well it's four more years in the white terms for u.s. president barack obama then but the tight race and an expensive election has left some voters less than satisfied what is there a half mistakes a political pulse check in the big hurdle he she is. 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 make because i don't know exactly was going to change i didn't

vote i didn't really care why not i don't even know why quite 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 but voting is the only way that you can control i still in feel like i had that much control no i didn't why not i was torn between the two. figure to be in my own interest but there were more than two running you could have voted for someone else and now i do was running 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 want to 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 full these people out do you think that there might be room for

a third party come two thousand and sixteen. well i focus on whatever i can so i'm hoping they 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 so you think you 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. lawry oftenest a global force for change they're now reporting to tonight it's all verses hollywood has his tax attack on the wealthiest french citizens take a star to report on this seems the legendary film hard. to say is rumored to be making a dash through his kershaw he's not the only one fleeing from says well reporter life you are. plus too fast to be killed an american death row inmate tries to avoid a lethal injection on account of his weight got that story to r t v dot com right

now. on the way as promised to big names talk to us syria's president speaks exclusively to our t.v. with his own perspective on the bloody conflict still gripping his country it's our next program tonight. tucked in between the russian mainland japan and. island is the 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 is now the speech u.s. place is open to tourists unique plants and animals are its top attraction.

treaty has been exploring the deaths of the world seas 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 shock hundreds of thousands of tons of fish get caught in the nets too late to produce delicious salamon caviar and necessary 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

. and to 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. for a diverse holiday but 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.

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