the latest news in the week's top stories barack obama's tough foreign policy action kicks in quick off the softer rhetoric securitas control of the white house for another forum is. the greek parliament approves next year's budget with

a comfortable majority stashing spending to satisfy its foreign lenders and funny qualify for the. e.u. bailout that. by western powers to step down and facing death threats from the rebels the syrian president exclusively tells r.t. to stay until he's voted out. and israel takes aim at its neighbors firing its first rounds at syria since nine hundred seventy three softer killing six palestinian civilians retaliation for attacks from gaza. watching all of you welcome to the program. well two grueling campaign that cost almost a billion dollars barack obama secured a second term as a u.s.

president he edged hard line and mitt romney by asserting a socially conscious domestic vision diplomacy based focus on foreign affairs the bomb is a softer campaign talks and transformed into even tougher action that's before all the ballots had been counted and he's going to just kind of states in the wake of president obama's reelection there was no sense of euphoria as in two thousand and eight but his victory did come as a relief to most americans his challenger mitt romney was widely seen as more aggressive especially his foreign policy rhetoric also a seemingly out of touch with middle class america we are an american family and we rise or fall together as one nation. waiting for him right after we election is the so-called fiscal cliff a combination of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts all we need is action from the house. and i got the pen right to sign the bill right away. but averting the

fiscal cliff is probably not the first issue addressed by the president. he also rise the drone strike targeting a group of al qaeda militants in yemen on wednesday the u.n. has raised concerns about the legality of such strikes due to reported heavy civilian casualties on the lack of transparency on the u.s. part we're in uncharted waters when it comes to policy american policy related to drones this week the administration imposed financial sanctions against iranian officials so the u.s. planes were jamming satellite broadcasts and blocking internet access in your rant that comes on top of a whole lot of other sanctions that had been put in place by the u.s. which proved to be crippling for the iranian economy the goal is not to change the iranian government's decision making it's actually leverage ordinary civilians against the iranian government and threaten to topple the government by inciting you know food riots or you know people who are unhappy because they can you know

their grandparents are dying and can't get medicine and on friday despite president obama's claims the u.s. should move away from the cold war thinking in relations with russia the white house launched its first permanent military presence on polish soil the issue has been a constant so warning the side of relations between moscow and washington as the u.s. also plans to install missile interceptors in poland but the president every other democrat that i'm aware of is also made clear that if it needs russia is still opposed to it still sees it as as a we're just going to have to go ahead with the president's actions so far have shown while he may be talking soft he's acting tough looking at some of president obama's first moves after reelection one could say he picks the idea of america being the wall police very seriously but the question is who can hold that world police itself accountable in washington i'm going to check on. a former cia officer

told r.t. that a bomb in the to break free of the pressure exerted by america's right wing. what i would suggest is that he call a press conference what he would say is you know the campaign is over and i found out that i've been grievously misled they told me to say that iran had threatened to wipe israel off the map and i found out that they never said that it's a matter of fact the israeli deputy prime minister sort of said ok ok they never said that and so my speechwriters are being canned i'm going to get some new speechwriters the intelligence community keeps telling me that he run has not yet decided to build a nuclear weapon and so i'm going to get rid of all those folks from brookings other places who are the solve all of the speech saying well you know you still have to worry about this instead of negotiations once these troublesome people have their own agenda are dismissed then he has a square chance of saying look we're going to do is deal with iran just as i said

five years ago we're going to talk directly to them and we're not going to let that be sabotaged by either israeli intelligence or is really fishy or not those within the neoconservative camp in washington. well i'm voting machine glitches to bureaucratic barriers voting wasn't exactly straightforward to some americans couples having some stuff about the united states relations like this to scrutinize other country's elections and it's a report later. greek lawmakers have approved next year's budget that will see the government spending slashed by nine billion euros i think at the moment by international then this follows the passage of another even more extensive austerity package that sparked a violent protest on thursday with the cuts in place on things now qualifies for next tranche of bailout money from the e.u.

just in time to avoid bankruptcy economist dmitri see an openness passing the budget on the such terms if that's enough. working economy or about external control of a greek bonuses. the release of these lawnmower wagered long delayed early one point five billion euro tranche that's the only thing that the government has just if you give the program. meets at the program is unfair and probably is going to bring more recession then a recovery or leaning light year what they want to do is to have full control of the terry gratian i was reading as their disempowerment off and p.s. you have a say in the market itself so we'll have to do with who is in control of the budgetary administration in greece is it the greek government

or is berlin. having to say nothing or syria's president has rebuffed western calls to step down intervention will spark a global disaster this is an exclusive interview for r.t. this week and you can catch it online at r.t. dot com interview or sufficient in us explains what bashar assad had to say. the thing that really mark me the most is how really how much more complicated situation inside series that from what we see in the media because i talk to people yes the country is divided and even the people who didn't like us before this conflict started are now so scared that fundamentalists will come to power fundamentalists who are fighting on the side of the free syrian army and syrian people are not about that i mean this is like the only secular that had a lot of different religious groups always living in peace with each other whether it's sunni or shia or always or christians so there are really scared that if the

army will fall apart and then you know you have this extremist muslims coming to them and asking them to basically be just like them so it's not just about assad i think people feel like whether he goes or stays. it's only can get worse if it goes because it will get i mean that the terror attacks will continue and the fundamentalists will come to power so they're very scared of that. that he's not a western puppet he also denies the fact that civil war is taking place in his country he's saying that it's not civil war it's a conflict where he has to fight different fractions of terrorism. on the fact that the financing of this terrorist fractions was unprecedented and it was coming from abroad what he also said that if the west were to intervene militarily it would have a do you know if from atlantic to pacific the problem. is going. to be more the whole world came before because if you have a problem in syria and rolled with the loss of twenty. thirty in the region and

coexistence. between have a domino effect. to the pacific you know because you know. you worth of going in but. we got but you're beautiful nobody can tell you what's next for president assad maintains that only elections can determine his future but it seems that not everyone agrees the free syrian army media chief says they want the president's head on a plate. in his statement to your channel he said he would not leave syria you know this very well because he will not be able to leave syria he and his people not managed to leave the country the free syrian army will not let him do this he will not get out of syria long you'll be lucky if you notice the same fate as.

leaders of the syrian opposition say they've signed an initial agreement to form a new umbrella coalition at a conference in qatar but also elected a new leader for the united opposition. i ask this cleric who fled syria over the main anti asaad group the syrian national council has lost support inside the country itself to key activists there broke away from the exiled officials meanwhile the u.k.'s top general says his country may launch a limited military intervention as early as this winter. list thanking them says that only foreign action can topple assad at this point. out third a nato type no fly zone massive massive air strikes no i don't think. the regime can be defeated because their air force is being supplied it still has a lot of reserve and i don't i don't fear a measure got nato or a ground invasion i think what we've seen so far of this opposition which is

actually splendor again some ways they've got a very steep slope to climb the only reason we have that almost tissue quality was the threats and they could join the political pressure that was put on them pay had to do something this weekend do you think the west is going to show up in qatar and arrange a show no result no how long it will last we don't know and it's been twenty one months if you recall and there are factions still aren't glued together and they had the benefit of nine thousand. i mean runs by nato so i i think that the other problem is not the groups themselves which are very disparate but the lack of support. they've got now among the syrian people and what they have lost in terms of respect with through a lot of crimes they've committed a lot of assassination to massacres this is a last ditch effort in

a sense to try to put together by a bull opposition and only time will tell if it's going to stick together and that is the syrian opposition struggles to form a viable force israel fos its first rounds at the country in decades comes on the back of the strike or some price for any forces on gaza retaliation for an attack by militants. on the end of the siege of the libyan city of money while the planned out just how much is not being revealed to countries to arrest invasion still ahead in the program. largest opposition group says hopes are fading for any breakthrough dialogue kingdoms deepening crisis witnessed fresh clashes this week forces deploying its paramilitary national guard to back police in their battle against protest as well latest wave of protests began on friday security forces to cast thousands of

worship is trying to reach their mosques for prez. a teenager was killed in a traffic incident during the clashes more violence during his funeral on saturday authorities banned all public gatherings last week to quell any news i think on the actions opposition politician. says the national community has to put more pressure on by. doing. things well. meeting in d.c. with different. ministers and officials so everyone is saying. all of the international community are saying to their government. they don't want to go to that don't they don't want to respond to their people to the one demand. they are doing. security aspect and trying to lastly they all.

on the air they want to buy land but this is creates more violent platforms. not to go to political dialogue without. pressure from don't tell national community to go back only get to ask for deadline a time frame for the dialogue and for to reform nothing will happen and we will continue with this stalemate but this is stalemate and stagnation. and known situation. israel's military is currently engaged on both its northern and southern front test the country fired into syria for the first time since the seventy's response to a mortar attack on the golan heights and television is warning of tougher action against militants in gaza after a surge in some of those from the palestinian territory in our ports. only on sunday afternoon israel fired into syrian territory for the first time

since the nine hundred seventy three war as though karelia with the israeli defense forces listen unit who did confirm that these warning shots took place he said that they were in response to a war to show for a link near and the israeli military post in the golan heights now these ladies to me that they were the target they do believe that the shell was part of the byproduct of the internal fighting taking place in syria between forces loyal to assad and rebel fighters but the army is saying that if one hundred made more attacks on syria that violates the disengagement agreement between israel and syria now there have been several such incidents over the past two weeks just last week three syrian tanks crossed over the demilitarized zone between the two countries along israelis and also causing them to raise their alert in the area the idea has filed a complaint with the united nations saying that any kind of high image meeting from syria into israel will be responded to also on the southern israeli border we have

seen a clear out of violence between the israelis and palestinian militants the latest we heard from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is that his country is ready to strike hondo against the gaza strip if it does not stop attacking israel he made these remarks today sunday at the weekly cabinet meeting in which he said and i'm quoting that the world must understand that israel cannot sit idly by while attempts are made to attack it the hostilities along the israel gaza border have it's going to choppy particularly this past weekend this follows israeli airstrikes that killed six palestinians four of whom were teenagers and two of whom belonged to the militant group islamic jihad according to the gaza health ministry spokesperson there are a number of people who were injured the biggest stands at around thirty including children the problem though is that often in these israeli airstrikes israel lands of killing civilians and not militants as its intention. it is a must have taken responsibility for this attack they were four israeli soldiers that were wounded in it and response from the palestinian side was dozens of

rockets that were fired into southern israel early on sunday morning the whole south of israel is in a state of high alert and this comes of palestinian militants about to take advantage for these diffs now flare ups along the israeli gaza border are quite common and we have seen already two flare ups this month this though is one of the highest casualty counts in gaza in a single incident in recent months. and violence between the rival religious groups are upset in neighboring lebanon three people were killed in a gun battle in a sunni followers of a hardline cleric confronted has been a fighter's comes at a time when shia muslims including his mark and i know ten day mourning fest ritual is the latest spillover of the fighting in syria which analysts say is a mirror image of lebanon's own sectarian divisions. current clashes have broken out in warsaw after around twenty thousand people mark polish independence day

testers chanted anti-government slogans and threw firecrackers security forces used rubber bullets tear gas and battens to bring the situation in pro two police officers were injured in certain right wing nationalist the tank. a british soldier in afghanistan has been shot dead by a man wearing an afghan military uniform the shooting took place in helmand province and is the latest in a series of so-called green on blue attacks such incidents have claimed the lives of more than sixty coalition troops this year alone at least twelve people have been killed and dozens more injured in the devastating earthquake in me in the six point eight magnitude quake struck in the largest city of mandalay collapsing a bridge and throwing workers into the river is the biggest earthquake to hit the country since twenty seven. libya is trying to tout its wealth of ancient ruins to encourage tourists back to the country after the revolution the

visitors went away the country's most recent history is off the map and holiday makers aren't likely to learn much about the deadly siege of bani walid less than a month ago auntie's sara further explained. we here at the world travel market a trade show a taking place in london or people can consulates the holiday inspiration that scouts' an exotic spot for a honey one country you probably wouldn't expect to see being touted as a tourist destination and that's libya the places where the tourist interesting the site is a political side so it's completely safe to do it's got to be safe more than even pounced big downs like london or like new york but there's somewhere that's not mentioned in the guide burke bani walid a desert town this remain loyal to formally to colonel gadhafi it's just a few hours dry southeast of the traditional tourist destination tripoli but it's

a world away from the safe environment the two guides to pitching. the town's become the scene of some of the sisters fighting since the libyan uprising last year but despite reports of indiscriminate shelling and gas attacks on the local population at the hands of the libyan army there's been an almost total media blackout in the. us he ran the story for more than a fortnight before anyone else picked it up back in london and despite libya being shaikh ace it seems that bani walid has once again being conveniently left out the conversation when i saw. it was of course with surprise and i came to the feedback of the situation at the moment and if we have so many people it means situations they could be coming most and we can think for next season to do something with libya and it's a wonderful country so. good about what's happening. but

do you mean what's happened was being happening there there's been fighting do you know about that no we went to confront the tour operator i saw you speaking some people you telling them about what's been happening in bani walid at the moment. this is. for the future. because it was deeply disturbing is that despite a growing body of evidence about crimes against civilians and increasingly vocal concerns from human rights organizations the media and government remain resolutely silent they've got to sort of package this as a success it's very important for nato so we have. of these countries have been liberated in inverted commas great places to go great places to invest and the reality for the everyday person in these countries is a living hell really pick up one of travel information and you'll be given reasons to visit libya and undoubtedly there are many there's a concerning silence in

a case by the u.k. media a seeming refusal to talk. about what's been happening in places like. the reality is that the new government is struggling to control its militias and bridge the divides that remain in the country none of that you're going to read about. five months behind closed doors is taking its toll on june the songs it's fear the worst of the mental health. report on life. the. cia. and running with tough times force one of mick jagger's friends from the sixty's who. says no.

the u.s. election wasn't without its glitches with some reports of voting irregularities in areas but it's overseas polls which seem to be a big concern to americans so nice to see a chicken in their reports. you know like to me to tell you the truth honesty is the best policy while maybe not in u.s. elections two words define why people hate america double standard on everything this presidential election season these two words are back in full swing the basic definition of a double standard is a rule or principle unfairly applied in different ways to different people or groups let's find out if this is relevant to the us election system from questionable voter id regulations to shortened early voting time slots to gerrymandering were rejoicing congressional district lines to favor certain party

laws affecting voters' rights are passed left and right and vary state by state do you have an eric holder this video shows how easy it is to attempt to steal attorney general eric holder's vote when an idea is not required i should forget my id. yet places that do ask for a government issued photo id can affect over ten percent of americans that simply don't have one there is an attempt to prevent large numbers of people from actually exercising the ballot election monitors usually serve the purpose of keeping track of and discrepancies and while the u.s. likes to keep a close eye on the way elections are handled abroad even the carter center which grows a rod and does the great work of monitoring elections. refuses to monitor u.s. elections on the grounds don't meet basic standards of integrity when election ideals are not met elsewhere criticism runs rampant elections in venezuela elections in iran elections in russia. the press will go to town on any sign that

the outcome was fixed and while nit picking abroad is all the rage the elephant in the room remains unnoticed at home policymakers and to a great extent our media and and trickle down to the american people have literally the literally think that the rest of the world is stupid. that they don't see it that everybody naturally house to admit you know admire us that we're great and that's not the case well obvious flaws are met with a deaf ear and here in and year out a flawed election process continues to be the first vote cast in the u.s. and is there in our party new york. or unease in just over half an hour's time meanwhile a deadly and dangerous we explore the secrets behind the kalashnikov assault rifle of the break.

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