at least twenty security officers are reportedly killed in twin blasts and the latest attack in war torn syria syria splits emerging the ranks of the opposition as they meet in qatar. iraq's defense minister denies canceling a massive russian arms deal worth more than four billion dollars and says the agreement is on hold and corruption investigation. and include doris infidelity general david petraeus is career the cia's boss is over as rumors swirl is more behind his resignation and other.

international news and comments twenty four hours a day this is out. twin bombings in the south of syria reportedly claimed the lives of at least twenty security offices latest violence comes as the opposition tries to consolidate its alliance against president at a round of meetings in qatar multis middle east correspondent 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 and security institutions has become quite commonplace recently in syria earlier this week there was an attack in the province of how men are kind of a critter claimed responsibility for that attack dozens of a seven euless that 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 but 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 there 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 free 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. do you want. 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 not managed to leave the country for free syrian army will not let him do this they will not get out of syria alive you'll be lucky if you're not the same fate as me. 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 local coordination committees based in syria have announced they 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 the 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 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 the revolution 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 they would have credibility at the present moment because this is an effort to create a group of you shouldn't ordovician anybody in the west created this something else that and they called it a present that well you can tune in to watch artie's for the exclusive interview with the syrian president later today or it's available any time online at r.t. dot com. all of you who thought about all leaving the pub contribute thief or not for this have been me but we've been fighting us here i think for the president to still to leave is a popular issue if not personally the only way to define this. through

the ballot box thought you thought about what we hear about what we came to get through that box and that box with any president because the only blush are our side in our two exclusive friday through sunday on r.t. and r.t. dot com iraq's defense minister has denied their country has cancelled a major arms deal with russia the four billion dollars sale has been put under review by baghdad and with concerns of internal corruption sean thomas has the details. 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 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 moloch 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 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 iraq to cancel this deal now when it comes to this particular deal iraq has said that they are not canceling it at this moment 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. well government and business consultant christoph still says the complications of 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 live to petition 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 the veteran the general david petraeus gay for his resignation as america's top spy master after admitting to an extramarital affair it's a rapid fall from grace for the man who was the u.s.

army standard gonna start in iraq when you've been in charge of the cia for just over a year the f.b.i. concerned and security interest is classified in males you saw that he was having an actor and with his brother in one of the world well i study author and journalist. receives a major question the very top is behind the resignation it is a portrait. of freestyles ignition is not that it appears to be in my opinion the differences between america's. war in afghanistan. general petraeus and president obama were critical factors we're going to war going to start soon nawal people bamma. he wants to excel year into a complete withdrawal of need two forces from afghanistan and general. and the war in afghanistan such a manner general wanted. presence of american forces you know from his talk to

president obama has moved one up to meet your obstacle for his. war in afghanistan. also the camera pulling out of one corner of the world doesn't mean the u.s. isn't ready to go into another washington shows no sign of losing interest in getting involved abroad i spent a. total. loss for bahrain and he and exxon explains how the country's leadership deals with dissent all 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 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 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 renting from big banks but that's just my opinion.

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welcome back. first. the units will help. joints drills plans for the base for president obama during his visit to. the us to deploy. he's also been one of the most proponents of the controversial. defense system. to be deployed in the north of the country. from the start saying they pose a threat to its national security but antiwar activists thinks the move is sure 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 and 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 million dollars so far on missile defense shield. all of that on our website along with how the u.s. was warned off by iran which claimed it tried to down an american spy drone its space. request denied us to russia's extradition pay for bases to boot jails for alleged conspiracy and supplying arms to terrorists.

bahrain has deployed the paramilitary forces against protesters as a fresh wave of anti-government rallies hits the capital the troops were sent to back up police in an attempt to quell the rising political violence there with a series of protests began on friday after security forces tear gassed thousands of shiite worshippers were trying to reach a mosque for prayers for the sixteen year old boy was killed in a traffic incident during a campground and was renewed violence at his funeral on saturday. africa rings were found last week to end almost two years of pro forma demonstrations the crackdown has also seen the citizenship revoked of the protesters such an activist explained why. 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 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 fall and no positive answer came from the government we resign and they found it all the step position 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 lose the governor will lose their the people of bahrain will lose their position will lose and even the super bowl's i really cares and britain's and receive the support of the lose

because it is very strategic location of the world here in the. gulf. the head of the b.b.c. a george enter saw has resigned after a series of scandals that engulfed his leadership of the corporation in latest incident the flagship current affairs program newsnight and false accusations that a conservative lord had sexually abused children this comes following an interview and to a source gave one of b.b.c. radio show which was deemed disastrous during the appearance he admitted his ignorance of the newsnight broadcast and the media reaction to the report but even one of the b.b.c.'s most respected journalists jonathan dimbleby described the corporation's current situation as well a ship heading for the rocks and to a source said he could no longer hold the position of king his fifty four day tenure the shortest in the company's history. elsewhere in the world israeli forces have killed at least four people and injured thirty six others all of them

civilians of the strike in the area of north gaza officials claim it was in response to militants firing antitank missiles at a military vehicle that was patrolling the border at last is threatening to retaliate for the violence. at least seventeen people have been killed and dozens injured in a series of violent incidents in the pakistani city of karachi five seminary students were among the victims the motives for the attacks have not yet been determined authorities say that sectarian political and ethnic violence in the city of claims lives of more than a thousand people this year. and the military helicopter has crashed in southeast turkey killing all seventeen service personnel on board bad weather is being blamed for the accident the ark was heading for the province of sirte which has witnessed a surge in militant attacks on forty thousand people have died in the conflict between the turkish government and this rebels who've been demanding autonomy for

almost three decades. it's four more years in the white house for us president barack obama with a tight race in an expensive election has left some voters less than satisfied what is laurie halfassed 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 yes i mean what do you expect to change in the next four years. i guess i was. expecting for you make these well 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. to get to be in my own interest but there were more than two running you could have voted for someone else and no i do think 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 can 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 i for green whatever i can hope and 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've got to you've 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. 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 it's true but. do you think it'll ever changes. 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 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. up get ready to load for a date with an edge and drew a kalashnikov rifle. the sun rises over what seems like and most forest but here in the new directions quite hundred kilometers north of light of all stalk as in much of the world it's disappearing at a counter struck a crate. motors both illegal and those finding ways to outsmart the system filing down the forests

of a more secure region for them profit goes well beyond the future of our planet and the result could be an ecological crisis the world wildlife fund for nature makes regular trips to help local rangers do what little they can to stop the logging but it's not easy longer set up trucks. in them hard to reach an already rough terrain and have mastered ways to jump through legal loopholes this is a nature reserve were only sanitary logging of disease trees is a lie out according to law and not a single berry can be picked but loggers like this use their sanitary logging permit to cut down absolutely healthy trees and sell the profitable timber over the border in china we are on the hunt for illegal loggers and it's not going to be easy to forests. and our chances are slim now for now we can stay in our dreams but as soon as we find tracks we'll have to drop our wheels and get out silently in

order not to scare the off alexander someone in ca has been a ranger for over twenty five years he can spend weeks at a time tracking a single group of loggers easier to work when snow falls in autumn it's impossible to find human tracks and even transport tracks are hard to see after hours of driving we get sent in the right direction by word of mouth you can see that the ground is soft here which means that if twelve the tractor trails are very fresh which in fact means that we need to be quiet in order to not scare them off as we get closer. this team says they're illegal but have no documents now xander can now call the police to take over his work here is done overwhelmingly outnumbered there are too few rangers working in the region and the w w f says the government isn't doing enough to stop it. now for more.

forest and according to. the guys in the forest to the still. no one tries to stop them in just five years the force will be gone. to china. what will the people who live afterwards do of it's a question more and more people are aware of today climate change and the safety of our environment as a whole are being discussed around the world and perhaps it's those small steps that might be a start to people living in harmony with nature. i am a professional. i always am true without firing single realms full full automatic.

i know the fatigue you know. i would take pride in my work but for one thing. the one who kills that distinction belongs to the nut who pulls my trachea. i am an assault rifle my name is. a group of elite soldiers from russia's interior ministry are amounts to start an 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. rifle so these men it's known simply as. never

yet. these soldiers will enjoy a course of special training lasting almost until. its regular procedure but modifications to the kalashnikov assault rifle to be tested in such units it will be hard to imagine or tough a testing ground but when you're done. one rifle for every batch is thoroughly scrutinized before being sent to units in a field in truth it's more like torture than a scientific trial. the rifles design and michelle kolesnik of cold 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 what's known as the dust chamber where the room is filled with sand.