week's top stories in the latest news on our team at a security conference in germany israel hints its forces were behind the airstrike on an arms transport near damascus. the operation it military operation in mali will go on as long as necessary according to the french president despite growing number of reports government troops are engaged in war crimes. per minute revolution in egypt back in crisis as a deadly clashes return to haunt the country's streets as thousand state nationwide protests demanding president morsi resign. from the bolshoi theater as artistic director says he's certain who's behind the us it attack that has doctors fighting to save his eyesight.

five am in moscow i'm at treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on our t.v. we begin in syria where president assad says the military can take on any force that confronts it while accusing israel of trying to destabilize his nation it was assad's first public statement since israel reportedly struck an arms convoy inside the war torn country wednesday this coming after the israeli defense minister gave the strongest indication yet the i.d.f. was behind the airstrikes are his policy reports. it does come from the israeli defense minister a good bloke and he has said that it is proof that when israel says something it means that he did stop short of actually a third israel's involvement now u.s. officials have said that the strike targeted an arms convoy that was carrying anti aircraft weapons from syria to lebanon according to the israeli defense minister

ehud barak he said that we do not think and i'm quoting that syria should be allowed to bring advanced weapons systems into live unarmed it is important to make the point that his comments does not constitute acknowledgement of israel's involvement in the strike but it certainly does suggest the possibility that it took place and it was responsible for it but also said that the syrian president bashar assad's fall is imminent and that it would serve as a major blow to his villa and iran need to look at this israeli strategy and it's a strategy that israel has employed in the past and that is namely a strategy of silence it is strategic it doesn't give any kind of confirmation or any kind of denial what israel has done in the past does not want an attack then leave and it really its response has been a no comment which really leaves the question in observations minds it is a cult of moods because this simons allows israel's enemies to save face and thus reduce the risk of reprisal and it's collation against the jewish state of course

the international fallout from any kind of israeli strike in syria or iran would create immense arguments in the international community we've heard for example from moscow who says that if indeed israel did carry out the strike it was an attack on a sovereign state and as such it breached international law the arab league has also condemned the strike saying it is in violation of international law and it is for full tilt against in other sovereign state so israel of course will not want to come out publicly and acknowledge that it carried out such a strike because it would not want to have the kind of diplomatic complications and diplomatic fallout that would follow from such an admission. middle east affairs expert risks damascus has covertly to retaliate against an israeli attack. for now i don't believe that there will be all out military warfare although we have to remember that husband law is one of syria's allies iran is also one of syria's allies and it's important to note here that the the head of the supreme national

security council the iranian supreme national security council side really is currently in syria so more and not respond directly with a direct you know conventional army to conventional army warfare but there might be other means used talking for example through an israeli officials stirring the trouble for israel in general and i think that something that something would syria is an expert at doing syria has on the side and also on the his father has been a source of concern for a very long time for the israeli side of his role once the fall because this will basically break down the iranian husband lost syrian access which is the biggest threat to the not the you know government. meanwhile a new hopes for peace in syria were raised after russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov met with the leader of the main opposition group of welcome the opposition his willingness to negotiate with damascus while sustain any force imposed from

outside the countries of acceptable the editor of politics first magazine marcus papadopoulos things please impossible or other governments are influencing the conflict. the meeting between the leader of the so the planes syrian national coalition and the foreign ministers of russia and the wrongs an acknowledgement by the leader of the syrian national coalition that the syrian government it's not going to be defeated on the military battle fields and it is acknowledgement that thousands of syrian civilians have died unnecessarily and all because outside play is in the region turkey saudi arabia and being flown in weapons and cash to the militants in syria hillary clinton about a year ago accused russian government of having blood on its hands flow unfortunately it's more the countries saudi arabia its own saudi arabia who have the blood trails into patrols or syrian civilians in the hands because of their own geo strategic ambitions to see the removal of presence of sad and the syrian

government's guantanamo bay may be in the media spotlight but mounting evidence suggests the u.s. has other prison camps around the world later in the program we'll look at so-called black secret cia facilities the u.s. government denies exists. but first french fighter jets launched airstrikes on islamist militants in northeast mali targeting logistic centers in training camps this is human rights activists accuse the mali and army of war crimes including extrajudicial killings torture and ethnic reprisal attacks r.t. as an exclusive report exposing realities on the ground of some of the most war torn areas of the country. even in this mob the area we've discovered allegations of war crimes information about them is under the control of mali's military government. i mean i think it's getting more and more the she called to talk to people a lot of. human rights activists who are trying to identify witnesses all saying

that people climbing up and 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. and 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 bad the minister for humanitarian action and solidarity this was an attempt to bring the bomb a call government closer to people who regard the capital as remote from them in 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 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 the ministry says an investigation is underway so far no evidence has been provided so let the judicial system do its job and 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 a sword political power despite very poor infrastructure today we spoke to an army private on his way back from he told us he hadn't been paid or eaten properly for fifteen days if this war continues there will be a need for justice after a comprehensive internal investigation rather than heartfelt celebrations and demonstrations of power on his visit to mali president francois alon claim

french troops will stay on the ground till the government regains complete control there's just days after the u.k. announced it's sending up to three hundred fifty non-combat military personnel to the country jeremy corbyn a labor m.p. though fears britain could fall victim to mission creep in what promises to be a lengthy operation 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 don't have surveillance aircraft going overhead 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

a term to be insurgent forces what then happens you then go after those groups who 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 its allies 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. still to come in the program tortured for caring for the injured. who was a member of the whale family who died it was responsible of my torture she was beating me to true to. medical workers in bahrain claim authorities are targeting them out there treating those who are hurting anti-government protests. but first egypt falling deeper into a severe political crisis one person has been killed dozens injured in the latest

clashes with police as protesters were all stones and firebombs at the presidential palace in cairo situation got worse after footage emerged showing a naked man being dragged in beaten by security forces meanwhile the opposition still refusing to enter talks with the government involving to step up their protests military now is sweeping powers after the declaration of a state of emergency last week opposition activist says the military council wants to tighten its grip on the country as it was in the title bar. the surface interpretation of what's happening definitely that the are groups who are willing to sabotage anything and try to embarrass the government specifically morsi and the military that's on the surface however there are deeper into positions of what's going on some of the intimidation goes as far as that the military council or the military is behind all of this so that big can have so that they can type in the grip over this way it's going and intensify their presence many pettily all over

there probably don't want to see an economic development of this specific strategic area because it would mean handover to civilian oversight of the economic rather than military oversight of the cannot according to the new constitution something called the national defense council this council in most countries and previously had been an advisory stature but now it has. or of an executive stature and it has more military members on this board than civilians which outnumbers the civilians including become on the chief the president which means they can force the president to take certain decisions which we have just seen and the past couple of days when they had the commander in chief say that he will declare martial law or emergency emergency law in those specific areas still to come after

a break we have more on how the artistic director of moscow's bolshoi ballet who had acid thrown in his face could be able to identify those behind the attack stay with us. the first baby steps are joy. foals. are not a big deal. but they can cause terrible trauma. for children can be broken by touch. and only the

will of life can make. and source. fragile people on our team. thanks for staying with us here on r t fifteen minutes past the hour now the artistic director of moscow's world famous bolshoi ballet who suffered horrific injuries when acid was thrown in his face said he knows who was behind the incident sergei filin is currently undergoing surgery after the attack that happened in the center of the russian capital but doctors are warned they may not be able to save his sight or thomas reports. it's certainly is a strange and bizarre story under exposing the deep and dark underbelly of the

world of ballet if you believe it or not. who is the artistic director says he doesn't know exactly who did it he says he's certain he knows but he won't say anything until the police have released their statement regarding the situation and have made an official announcement a little bit about the attack that actually happened about two weeks ago sergei filin was coming from his car to his home here in moscow where an unknown assailant splashed acid in his face. then suffered from third degree burns in his eyes has undergone the multiple surgeries in fact he will be going to germany later this week for further treatment but about the investigation itself while he won't say exactly who did it even though he says he knows he says he is certain that it is to ruin his reputation and of the reputation of the theater in an interview listen to what he had to say about the investigation itself. so all i can say is that i'm amazed by the amount of effort they've put into the

investigation i think in the future get the answers we're looking for. but do your own suspicions match the facts that will by the police. afraid to come back to the bolshoi. for one main reason i still don't feel that i have ever left now ballet believe it or not is notorious for having this jealous dark side to it dancers and artistic directors thinking that they should have their way of the artistic direction of the community in fact the theater just reopening after a six year long multimillion dollar renovation. being the artistic director ever since that renovation took place a lot of people who are not happy with the direction it has taken in fact actually an entire movie was made about this side if you recall the black swan about dan. not liking the parts that they're getting you doing anything that they could to to

go and get the parts that they need so one thing about the ball so itself though. who is one of the prima ballerina is all of this a great stage she has fled to canada and they're saying that she has received threats also not sure that they're committed they're connected but it's talks about what's going on behind the scenes at the bolshoi arts he's not just on air also online to head over to our website for more interesting stories including this the european financial crisis may not be subsiding anytime soon but he knew officials found a spare euro's lying around they wanted to spend on internet trolls find out what european politicians have in mind for the spare cash. and fun fact until recently and he woman who wore trousers and iris was actually breaking the law on archie dot com we'll tell you why the ban on ladies wearing pants has only just been lifted. the first man to blow the whistle on the

u.s. prison torture program has been sentenced to thirty months in jail cia veteran john kerry who was convicted of exposing washington secret interrogation tactics one of his final interviews before being locked away he told r.t. why you think 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 a 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. watanabe detention center continues courting

controversy as pretrial hearings start for some of its most notorious inmates including the alleged mastermind of the nine eleven attacks but america's so-called black sites remain largely on know the existence of secret facilities for enhanced interrogation techniques have been reported in eastern europe in the middle east as are he's really good reports and even if facts were forthcoming justice might not be one tunnel may haul go all the headlines but all the interested it means people are moving their focus elsewhere so-called black sites secret prisons were established by the cia during its well publicized war on terror unlike the cause however these secret facilities were never publicly discussed by the authorities the u.s. claimed they could hold prisoners outside the us because then they wouldn't be subject to the geneva conventions and international law and humanitarian law reports suggest such prisons were in existence from two thousand to basically not long after the events of nine eleven the u.s.

government denied the existence of these prisons until two thousand and six now the only country in europe which has acknowledged the presence of a secret cia facility on its territory is the through any and if you were to look at it you will you will see something almost a deliberate site except for the imposing fences surrounding it likewise a suspected secret prison in poland is believed to be located here apparently in one of the most beautiful spots in the country according to various reports mostly from journalists or human rights organizations so-called high value detainees were flown in by the cia for injured at these polish facilities. so this is compiled on i'm sure i managed to get the records from the airport and. it's clear that they have learned the aircraft used by the cia to the very important evidence because until then everyone denied the unreported different destinations of these blanks for your control however just like their american counterparts the authorities in

warsaw have been extremely frugal with the details and investigation into the secret prisons has been dragging on for almost five years now but once it's on earth during its course remains unknown therefore the extent of the investigations progress just like any information about the torture of prisoners regarding who wants where when and how all of it remains a mystery and build investigation is rumored to conclude next month by the looks of it whatever its outcome it may also be dubbed state secrets and swept under the carpet turnout of some other stories making headlines across the globe hundreds protests in pakistan administered kashmir the call on india to renounce its territorial claims also demanded an end to violence in the troubled region this comes less than a month after five soldiers from both sides were killed in a firefight both pakistan and india seek full control over the disputed territory. hundreds of animal rights activists demonstrated against both fights in mexico city

some of the protesters lay on the ground covered in fake blood imitating slaughtered animals other activists chanted slogans demanding the sport be banned despite concerns over animal cruelty bullfighting remains highly popular in mexico . in bahrain thirty's are continuing their crackdown on the popular uprising of their medical workers in the country claim they're being detained and even tortured for breaking the ban on aiding injured protesters or dislikes airshows ski looks at the risk for those trying to help. nada dhaif was among a group of doctors who were trying to help the injured during a protest in bahrain she claims that after violently crushing the dissent the or turned their attention to her and her colleagues who were providing first aid they deny. health care to the patients and protesters. the doctors did not obey the orders for such. decided to punish

those doctors i was taken to a place for ten days that i didn't know where it was. all that time i was blindfolded and handcuffed i was in a solitary confinement for back to twenty one days. and they would just open the door of the cell and beat me up. there was a member of the royal family who directly was responsible of my thought she she was beating me and she looked cute to me almost two dozen doctors were arrested back then this for the fuel the anger of the protesters and turned the hospitals grounds into the scene of the rally the sound money hospital is bahrain's leading medical institution and that's where most of the arrests have been made after those events it now looks like a fortress guarded heavily by the right police and not everybody can get a human rights activist say if you had suffered for speaking out against the regime

and decided to come here for treatment you could make matters even worse for yourself anyone who was injured from the protests they cannot go to the hospital because they will be arrested in the gated beaten and taken to the jail last year many protester and in jail where torture insults and money we have a story and testimony of people and protesters being tortured and the jail but in my country protests there were tortured inside. britain not who was charged with treason and sentenced to fifteen years in prison before being acquitted because of what she believed to be international pressure on bahrain's government the fate of many other doctors remains unclear the person who allegedly tortured not and others princes. has been officially charged by police she denies all allegations against her meanwhile the guy. women stands recently at the action of two gainst the hospital was the right thing to do. these doctors managed to control the emergency

unit and the first floor of the hospital and started to perform political acts when a hospital is turned into a base for political ethnic work this is a real disaster we had an unbiased committee investigating the hospital eight condemn the acts of these doctors. the case against one of the members of the wall family may seem as an indication that bahrain's government has bowed to the negative global reaction with the doctor scandal being far from the only torture accusation c.c.t.v. cameras have been installed at all prisons in a move to become more transparent according to the authorities but with protests in the gulf states still continuing and accusations of human rights violations intensifying the opposition is still wondering what happens in the places where the cameras cannot see. reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. up next a look at fragile lives taking

a look at people who are suffering from brittle bone disease that's coming up stay with us here on r.t. . secretary of state hillary clinton recently testified to congress in regards to the attack on the u.s. consulate was killed an american ambassador in benghazi libya during the testimony couldn't rather calmly said things like that the revolutions that sprang up during the arab spring like in libya where the events in bali have created instability and safe havens for terrorists and she made it clear that there is no doubt that the algerian terrorists have weapons from libya so the u.s. secretary has basically admitted that the actions of the you.