for the weekly. top stories of the week. activists accusing the joint forces of. torture. information about the report of a. report from one of the war. i am a little a little focus this time on the day he goes today molly's attention is gripped by the visit of president francois hollande to team book two where the french military's victory over islamist terrorists was celebrated so triumphantly in this mop the area we've discovered allegations of war crimes information about them is under the control of mali's military government. i think it's getting more and more that he called to talk to people

a lot of. human rights activists who are trying to identify witnesses all saying that people. are feeling the heat they are scared to speak a lot of people here. very few fool the malian army seems to be doing whatever it can to prevent people from speaking to openly as they put it this government took advantage of the media's interest in all and for the first time visited the city's worst affected by hostilities today in the town of qana we were surprised by the arrival of mamadou cd bed the minister for humanitarian action and solidarity this was an attempt to bring the bomb a call government closer to the people who regard the capital as remote for them with this visit in this event staged by politicians coincided with the publication of reports by international organizations such as amnesty international and human rights watch alleging atrocities crimes and violence on both sides for instance in

qana several civilians were reportedly killed in french air force shelling of we tried to interview the injured however were unable to obtain evidence in a community that has until now been strictly regulated by the military authorities and he said. the ministry says an investigation is underway has got so far no evidence has been provided so let the judicial system do its job to list all of these government its people and military are well aware of current events and we know that we cannot play this game. the government has been attempting to assert political power despite very poor infrastructure today we spoke to an army private on his way back from god he told us he hadn't been paid or even properly for fifteen days and he if this war continues there will be a need for justice after a comprehensive internal investigation rather than heartfelt celebrations and demonstrations of power. now the french president during his visit to mali's said

that terrorism has been repelled but not wiped out francois hollande reiterated the operation will go on for as long as necessary now with the u.k. joining the efforts by pledging several hundred troops for combat support a german call been a labor m.p. a member of the u.k. parliament says britain could be in for a lengthy stay in mali. david cameron is getting sucked into something that i don't think he's seriously thought through two weeks ago we started offering transport planes to france we then sent force protection to back up the transport planes we sent trainers and we have additional force protection to protect them we then have surveillance aircraft going overhead and there are reports of u.k. special forces i think we've been dragged into this the danger is the more you send any troops in trainers over anything else just suppose something awful happens like one of the training groups is killed by what it to be insurgent forces what then

happens you then go after those groups you then have a greater british military involvement we may well be in for a quite a long high tech surveillance and warfare being conducted by the french and possibly was britain and others as it is against people that know the terrain very well and will be hidden by the local population this could be a very long and very nasty conflict are turning our attention now to that of egypt reaching a second week of turmoil now with your position stepping up calls for president mohamed morsi to resign and the latest wave of violence and protests one person killed and more than fifty injured in clashes near the presidential palace over sixty people of died throughout the country since the latest protests began. well the egyptian prime minister as meanwhile had his car pelted with stones and bottles in cairo's tahrir square this according to local media president morsi warned of

decisive measures in dealing with the unrest with the military now enjoying expanded powers during a month long state of emergency imposed last week the protesters accuse the islamist leader of betraying the twenty eleven uprising a claim that he denies i can say just sort of smile says that morsi is repeating the mistakes of his predecessor. but this is very unfortunate that president morsi you know he is repeating the mistake over. the mubarak of egypt he is a city that did it i believe he was it's the people that run the country to see action and that's very unfortunate but the good outcome of mubarak was very very clear and i don't think there will be a second term to look forward to war with this kind of this practice continuing on the street under the color of the and the lack of security the unemployment has meet a new generation of problems that really before forcing his agenda on the people.

there was nothing changing the reality that people are working and training under mubarak for thirty years they are running from the sea in the books the land is the protocols the only way to know how to do the top echelon for the police is still there and running the country with a seat that big they learn. the dealership they don't know how to do it differently . it was on wednesday when news of israel's as strike on syria broke the arab league slammed israel for its alleged as strikes describing it as a flagrant aggression and a violation of syria's sophron city and moscow said that if the attack is confirmed it will be an abuse of the u.n. charter a syria says israeli jets destroyed a military research center near damascus killing at least two western diplomats and syrian rebels claim the target was an convoy near lebanon's border destined for hezbollah militants iran reiterated it will continue to support syria in the face of aggression this is russia's foreign minister met the leader of the opposition

syrian national coalition on the sidelines of a munich security conference both parties agreed there's a mountain to climb before negotiations between the rebels and the government can happen peter all of a has more on this. this is the biggest security conference really in the world and arguably syria is one of the biggest security issues in the world right now sergey lavrov such down for me seeing as our who's the leader of the syrian national coalition the foreign minister of russia coming away seemingly quite happy for the meeting he said upon his arrival back in moscow that swell. the syrian national coalition seemed willing to speak with the current syrian government citing the fact that the whole reason that the national coalition exists in the first place is because they had previously refused to talk to president assad

however sergey lavrov did err on the side of caution saying that there was no guarantees that this dialogue would take place bringing up the point that the coalition is so fragmented he could hardly really agree with themselves never mind sit down to open negotiations with the current syrian government syria featured very highly in the address that was given by surrogate love rove to the the security conference he also told directly to russia's western partners as a second called for unity and trying to bring in an end to the violence and bring discussion to the forefront rather than talk of international intervention he does however raise a few questions towards russia's western partners suggesting there was it worth while pursuing their mantra of regime change in countries like syria at the expense of terrorist acts being cast a blind eye to as those acts take place against the civilian population and the the syrian army we also saw around two thousand people gather elsewhere in munich in

protest against what they see as they just continuing growth across europe that was relatively peaceful but it was also a topic that had been touched on by surrogate lover of in his address where he said that there was no real need. to expand in the way that it was in those two thousand or so people in the city also voicing the similar opinion. on a pier over porting right now marcus papadopoulos so the editor of politics first magazine says that while this sideline meeting was a good thing there's still an awfully long way to go the meeting between the leader of the so claims syrian national coalition and the foreign ministers of russia and iran is an acknowledgement by the leader of the syrian national coalition that the syrian government it's not going to be defeated on the military battlefield and it is acknowledgement that thousands of syrian civilians have died unnecessarily and

all because outside players in the region turkey saudi arabia qatar have been fun and weapons and cash so the militants in syria i think circle a lot of the russian foreign minister said last year how surprised he was by the way he did say the form of a syrian opposition in coolie perceptual president assad's to go from power to resign to step down except that's not the way diplomacy works that's not the way peace process. hillary clinton about a year ago accused russian government of having blood on its hands oh unfortunately it's more the country saudi arabia it's on saudi arabia we have the blood of files and upon thousands of syrian civilians on their hands because of their own geo strategic ambitions i.e. to see the removal of presence is sad and the syrian government's. you're watching on t.v. it's a good to have you with us today and still to come your way in just a few. we don't even realize how much of

a police state the united states has become. a former cia officer who became a whistleblower on america's torture program is now waiting to see two and a half years in prison. and greece's labor ministry headquarters turns into a battleground hundreds of protesters brawl with the police so the imminent pension cuts that and more after a quick break. here the reindeer is interesting for the herders. and when it suffers. people do their

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. live from moscow this is on the us political establishment continuing to endorse new chiefs defense secretary nominee chuck hagel was grilled by the senate this week while senator john kerry has been sworn in as u.s. secretary of state kerry took over from hillary clinton and many analysts believe he is likely to be rather old school in his current approach you know there may be

some changes in style and tone but there won't be a change in substance to to kerry and clinton any more frankly than there was between his condo lease already seventy three clinton in the last twenty years even in the last since bush and obama what is really change trey's first rate wars in afghanistan and pakistan and now they're positioning so-called missiles the fence which is essentially a first rate weapon targeted assassinations intensified under obama and his assertion of his right to order the killing of american citizens anywhere in the world is carried in a stand up in international forums and say no that's wrong we can't do that i don't think so neither did hillary clinton. the first man convicted over america's prison torture program is now waiting to stop a two and a half year jail sentence but decorated cia veteran john kiriakou didn't interrogate anyone rather his crime was to tell the world about washington's then

secret program one of his final and defused before being locked away he told us here at odds he exactly what he thinks why he's being punished. first of all my case was not about leaking my case was about torture when i blew the whistle on torture in december of two thousand and seven the justice to department here in the united states began investigating me and never stopped investigating me until they were able to patch together. charge and force me into taking a plea agreement and i'll add another thing to when i took the plea in october of last year the judge said that she thought the plea was was fair and appropriate but once the courtroom was packed full of reporters last friday she decided that it was not long enough and if she had had the ability to she would have given me ten years in this post nine eleven atmosphere that we find ourselves in we have been losing

our civil liberties incrementally over the last decade to the point where we don't even realize how much of a police state the united states has become you know ten years ago the thought of the national security agency spying on american citizens and intercepting their emails would have been anathema to americans and now it's just part of normal business. the idea that that our government would be using drone aircraft to assassinate american citizens who have never seen the inside of a courtroom who have never been charged with a crime have not had due process which is their constitutional right would have been unthinkable and it's something now that happens every every so often every few weeks every few months and there is no public outrage i think this is a very dangerous development. are you watching that we can hear a nazi with me will research i still ahead for you in this hour fighting to stay afloat we'll take a look at how one of britain's oldest local shops has found

a way to survive against the domination of super stores and an ever struggling economy. but for now a bug areas government is expected to suspend the russian finance construction of a nuclear power plant and this comes after a national referendum sora vote in favor of the project and the ballot however was deemed invalid due to a low turnout the government said it was holding construction because it can't afford the high cost of the plan although some experts suggest that bog areas allies in europe and the u.s. just fear the project could mean energy dependence on russia then a p rumor of charge off says that or thought he's used every angle they could to get to know. you have to take you to go that you're using clear nuclear power of approximately forty years and the source of. contrary to all three books that we're using really see for a very real world will look at once in the super bowl you're uncertain

usually supporting nuclear power or just. more with. approximately twenty percent just because of the fear for the majority but i think you've created a special new special commission in the parliament. just for that is the people look to have all the support. even if these conditions bulgarian vote. and on are you right now iran demonstrates its growing self reliance rolling out a bold design for homemade fighter jets which official said designed for defense purposes only and can evade radar i take a closer a much closer look on our website at some doggone. for you israeli soldiers using tear gas and stun grenades against a group of palestinians who are. in protest at settlement expansion in the west.

more analysis and background on the web site. twenty minutes past the hour moscow time let's get into it now the world update some other global headlines for you in brief starting with iraq at least thirty three people have reportedly been killed some seventy injured after a group of gunmen in a suicide bomber carried out in a northern iraqi city of course they were targeting the police headquarters but failed to take control of the compound no group claimed responsibility the ethnically divided city a deeply embroiled in sectarian. a roadside bomb attack in the south in the province of afghanistan has killed a family of five a two of the victims were small children they were traveling by car when it ran over an explosive device it's not yet known whether the family was targeted on purpose roadside bombs are a favorite weapon for the taliban islamists fighting the western backed government

but innocent civilians are often caught in the crossfire. to spain where riot police have clashed with hundreds of protesters in madrid respond after the prime minister denied corruption allegations and not to resign has been accused of receiving more than two hundred fifty thousand euros in bribes over a decade if your position is planning more demonstrations across the country if he doesn't step down the pictures you're seeing now are among the first for marty's recently formed international video news agency called raptly. and to greece where thousands of supporters of the extreme right golden dawn party marched past the u.s. embassy in a procession they were chanting and to us and slogans to commemorate a border incident that caused a crisis between greece and turkey seventeen years ago back at the time though a greek helicopter crashed over a disputed the island in the aegean the turkish military accused of shooting it down. was also hit by austerity strikes this week this

time protesters were angry at an imminent round of cuts to pay and pensions hundreds battled with police after storming the building of the labor minister's office and lawyer george says the authorities response was part of a new approach. the government has decided to follow up all the c. of zero dollar us as it says ideas that is distance to their state emissions so we have steam to the government to take the medicine measures that they are opposed to do so another against the very sentence likes it now we've got a soon to order it will release very violently against identity peaceful and kind of the most recent when it seemed the last three or four weeks i completely of propaganda try to convince us that now they're worse has become best the reason i don't believe that this is true is exactly because we are following this same set

of policies of was thirty minutes of that for three years content greece the us five of slow death that this recession of the economy going to actually move the economy on a third source or other measures followed by a vote when i see some of the book releasing and also affect the socialites i think that as far as what we're following this said of course is there's a school for us. and believe on auto economists in the u.k. have recently warned about the heavy snowfall in britain that it could actually lead into a triple dip recession independent retailers though already face a struggle to keep going as it is but also his party boy who went to see one ancient business which is turn the tide and is thriving with a little help from its friends kim palace and talib ridge and it's been a local stall in the heart of rural east england for three hundred and seventy yes

this is you stumble across the altering and village shop in this remote region of norfolk say that it's like you know way south in the middle of the desert. it was faced with going out of business until twenty five villages stepped in raise five thousand pounds to keep it open and offered to walk them for free i couldn't live in this village without. the community made short of literally the free workforce allows it to stay open and breakeven i think people are happy in their lives by working for free. to come in and do something knowing that your contribution has a meaning or purpose isn't. it just heritage and we want to make sure he does continue for the next generation volunteers who run the say that there are two secrets to success the locally sourced produce means that the propping up the local economy take for example your free range eggs delivered from

a nearby village there's a second recess secret that the famous chocolate biscuits customers travel far and wide for this homemade treat but even with volunteers staying open is hard the major national chains these immense buying power tempts shoppers with food sold for next to nothing has killed off thousands of independent british shops leaving villages in their wake when obviously we're up against supermarkets and we all use supermarkets but to be able to have a local store which does local produce and is something where you can chat to people you meet everybody the gossip goes on in here is amazing it would be dreadful if we did it because once you lose something like this you can never get it back again and they're not alone in getting together to save their small shop from extinction there are three hundred other communities stores in some of the u.k.'s most rural pockets winning customers by knowing that retail means detail.

in really difficult economic times but they really punching above their weight community shops are offering something. very often quite different from what a supermarket is. offering for example they offer cafes they're offering postal services they're offering somewhere to go in and talk to your neighbors and your friends and if working for free is what it takes to keep it hearing him shop open and so be it you know you. really do it's the kind of spirit that could see this tiny store whether the was just and hopefully stay open for another three hundred he is. north norfolk u.k. order trying not to get frostbite on the next program and just as to prepare yourself to go subzero or not see.