at least twenty security officers are reportedly killed in twin blasts in the latest attack in syria syria splits in the ranks of the opposition. iraq's defense minister denies canceling a massive russian arms deal worth more than four billion dollars but says the agreement is on hold pending a corruption investigation in baghdad. and inglorious infidelity veteran general david petraeus is career. is over as rumors swirled as more behind his resignation and with his biographer.

around the world and around the clock this is. twin bombings in the south of syria have reportedly claimed the lives of at least twenty security officers but the violence comes as the opposition tries to consolidate its alliance against president a round of meetings in qatar middle east correspondent has the latest. 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 are kind of a cover 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 better distribute aid and funding for the group it 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 there 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 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 take a listen and the human to human. cheryl he said he would not leave syria you know this very well because he would not be able to leave syria he has people not managed to leave the country the free syrian army not let her do this not get out of syria you'll be lucky if you're not the same fate as not. so what we're witnessing is an increase on the ground in terms of the violence inside syria while the syrian opposition really struggling to try and form or united church group to try and deal with the situation. for the opposition that local coordination committees based in syria have announced they're withdrawing from the s.n.c.

which operates in exile the president of the arab lawyers association. says western backed efforts to create a revolution in syria from outside have 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 there were following because what they wanted is the change of three 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 that evolution 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 claiming 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. order of addition everybody in the west created this something else that and they called it a present that but you can tune in to watch artists pull exclusive interview with the syrian president later today or it's available any time online at r.t. dot com. all of you who have thought about. leaving the pub contribute thief or not so with a billion but we've been fighting us here i think for the president to stay or to leave is a popular issue if not personally the only way to define death. through

the ballot box thought you thought about what we hear about what we can get through but walks and that box with any president because they all leave russia our allies sided in our to exclusive friday through sunday on r.t. and r.t. dot com. iraq's defense minister has denied the country has cancelled a major arms deal with russia the four billion dollars sale has been put under review by baghdad with concerns of internal corruption sean thomas as the details there. certainly it has been a very curious and confusing as information and details have been coming out about this story throughout the day regarding 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. has said in the past that he doesn't want to be one country's 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 raised 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 possibly 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. government and the business consultant christoph postal says the complications with the deal are a sign of pressure from washington if this deal head 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 was 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 competition just a little you that is a very sad story for for washington and it doesn't bear good signs for the future. extremely poor judgment that's the reason veteran gen david petraeus case for his resignation as america's top spy master after admitting to an extramarital affair

is a rapid fall from grace for the man who was the u.s. army standard bearer in afghanistan and iraq now he's been in charge of the cia for just over a year the f.b.i. is concerned over the security of tresses classified e-mails discovered he was having an affair with paula broadwell just like a study author and journalist he was a major clash a very top is behind the resignation of modern warfare. dr keith of freestyles the nation is not as simple as that it appears to be in my opinion the differences between america's military leadership over don't war in afghanistan are involved in the search for general petraeus and president obama if you were critical matters were going to war in afghanistan so nawal people bamma. election he wants to accelerate into a complete withdrawal of need two horses from a canister and dribble. pulls up was due to his policy to end the war in

afghanistan in such a manner then he wanted a long presence of american forces in afghanistan so president obama has moved one up to meet your obstacle for his. war in afghanistan. still to come pulling out of one point of the world doesn't mean the u.s. isn't ready to move into another washington shows no sign of losing interest in getting involved as a president sends units to poland. a form of bahrain and he explains how the country's leadership deals with dissent that's coming up after the 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 when 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 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 i thought we believed in private property not eternally rented from big

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welcome back america has set up its first permanent military base in poland the units will help maintain aircraft and prepare joint drills plans for the base were announced by president obama during his visit to war sold last year and his don't want to the u.s. to deploy fighter jets on its soil he's also been one of the most active proponents of the controversial european missile defense system parts of which ought to be deployed in the north of the country russia has been staunchly against the plans from the start so they pose a threat to its national security team or activist brownback. to raise tensions between moscow and washington. the agreement with the polish government the station u.s. military personnel there and going ahead with the creation of a missile defense shield which cannot be perceived in any other way by the russian

government as a threat as a direct threat against russia also partly just to solidify and incorporate poland into an american influence on russia's border i think this says a lot about the obama administration playing the game of the military industrial complex which has a lot to gain economically and politically in terms of its own positioning in american politics by creating a new kind of cold war atmosphere with russia and that's what the missile defense shield is all about in addition to being very good for business they've spent one hundred billion dollars so far on missile defense shield. and that was barack obama sets his eyes on europe people back in the us wonder if there's a wind of change coming to their land. i didn't vote i didn't really care why not. i didn't even like what anybody else did or are just not something they interest me i just go to blow. a tight race and six billion dollars spent on campaigning. wondering if it was worth it what's our port from new york later in

the program. bahrain has deployed paramilitary forces against protesters as a fresh wave of anti-government rallies hits the capital the troops were sent to back up police in the tent to quell the rising political violence that when they it's a series of protests began on friday after security forces tear gas thousands of worshippers were trying to reach a mosque as a sixteen year old boy was killed in a traffic incident during clampdown but there was renewed violence at his funeral on saturday public gatherings were banned last week in the most two years of unfair and inspirations. since the citizenship then to protest is one such activist explained why twenty. we had very strong position against corruption against. the budget of the country how is being manipulated with the

favor of the ruling family and do we put them in a standing question this first 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. our position was to be with the people what they demanded peacefully the seriously fall and nor was it the 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 so we have to solve it with their ruling family and the rest of the content of the people of bahrain beyond that all of us will knows the governor who knows that the people of bahrain will do so positional news and even the superballs americans and britons and receive the support for the news because it is very strategic location of the world here in the. gulf. well the

international news in brief for you now israeli forces have killed at least four people and injured thirty six others all of them civilians after striking an area that officials claim it was in response to militants firing antitank missile at a military vehicle patrolling the border says threatening to retaliate for violence . at least seventeen people have been killed and dozens injured in a series of violent incidents the point is danny city of karachi five seven students are among the victims the reasons for the attacks not yet been determined authorities say that sectarian political and ethnic violence in the city have played in the lives of more than a thousand people this year. a military helicopter has crashed in southeast turkey killing all seventeen that military personnel on board that weather is being blamed for the accident the aircraft was heading for the search

province which has seen a surge of kurdish rebel attacks more than forty thousand people have died in the conflict between the turkish government and kurdish insurgents in demanding autonomy from those three decades. the end of the b.b.c. a george entwistle has resigned after a series of scandals that engulfed his leadership of the corporation latest incident flagship current affairs program news night false accusations that the conservative lord had abused children this comes following an appearance on the b.b.c. zone radio show was deemed disastrous and said he could no longer hold that position . when it's four more years in the white house for us president barack obama with a tight race an expensive election has left some voters less than satisfied what is lower half a list takes the political pulse now in the big apple. 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. what do you expect to change in the next four years. i guess i was. expecting for you to make the oh no exactly 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 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 and feel like i had that much control no i didn't why not i was torn between the two. 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. that 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. the people out do you think though 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 changes. i would hope it would i don't know what the catalyst for that would be so 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. now it's a longer versus hollywood as his tax attack on the wealthiest french citizens takes

a star turn there's injury film five there are two for doing is rumored to be making a dash for this cast it's not the one thing francis we report on life. too fat to be killed an american death row inmate tries to avoid lethal injection account of his great stories at parties dot com right now. but coming up get ready to know can load for a date with a legendary kalashnikov rifle. it's perched atop a jaw drop and the view from the tobolsk kremlin stretches as far as the eye can see up for a city that chilled all of siberia for centuries. it lost its economic importance even before it was bypassed by the chance i bear in railway but the

a spiritual center. things like these are a yearly occurrence thousands of orthodox worshippers of them selves and blessid water to commemorate the baptism of jesus. it doesn't matter if it's minus thirty it's a siberian tradition i do it myself every year for everyone to overcome their worst fears it is desirable to take the plunge. but that's picture postcard churches the story of a city built by opportunist explorers political exiles and crafty fur traders. in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just conquered siberia taking it from

the muslims. surrounded by enemies the balls to be their stronghold constructed on top of the city but soon enough it became an economic hub siberian fire was the oil of its time bringing in a third of all russia's state revenue but the ball location head of the says for the russians the. us to moscow is one of the most popular places to send people to go to santas not any people were exiled that wants a giant bell that was used to incite riots it was supposed to set a three hundred ten. the russian heiress across who led a revolt against the eight hundred twenty five known as the decembrists worse than heroin drove. there they created a replica high society adopting the latest fashions as soon as they came out or at least once they made it from paris to siberia. but the city also serves up some bit of irony for the russian royal family after the bolshevik revolution. this is the

office was nicholas the second spend most of the last year of his life his whole family had been exiled here they were the fairly comfortable existence this was a big house but they weren't allowed to see visitors or go outside themselves whilst leaving this ordinary normal countryside lifestyle they even had thoughts of escape but within the yeah bizarre and his family would be dead. never again its political significance but the streets will always echo with glories paulist death will likely provide the livelihood for some habitants in the future.

i am a professional. i always am true without firing a single rooms full automatic. i know the fatigue you know. i would take pride in my work but for one thing. i do not know my job is. not the one who kills the distinction belongs to the polls my tree. i am an assault rifle my name is coercion go. somewhere near moscow a group of elite soldiers from russia's interior ministry are amounts to start an all day exercise in the morning they line up information according to tradition they pay homage to past comrades who have died in the line of duty. this unit has taken part in many counterterrorist operations across russia. they have a variety of firearms at their disposal but their weapon of choice is still the kalashnikov. kalash.

there yet. these soldiers will endure a course of special training lasting almost until. its regular procedure a modification to the kalashnikov assault rifle to be tested in search warrants it will be hard to imagine a tougher testing ground but. one rifle for every batch is thoroughly scrutinized before being sent to units in a field. in a scientific trial. the rifles designed. one that when he realized his first model was to be subjected to a severe test he looked away he couldn't bear to see it with his own eyes. testing a new variant of the kalashnikov goes through seven stages first the gun is placed into.