syrian rebels in the golan heights. thousands of venezuelans mourn publicly their late leader with the death of lugo chavez leaving behind a political vacuum and uncertainty. unknown drones the u.s. and pakistan trade barbs over who was behind the airstrikes last month as the spread of unmanned aircraft raises the specter of unaccountable killing. ten m. in moscow très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story this hour the u.n. is demanding the immediate release of a group of its peacekeepers taken hostage by syrian rebels in the golan heights militants say they're using the observers as human shields and mold on to them until syria's government forces pull back from

a nearby village the provocative move by the opposition comes despite some leading u.n. members increasing their support for the rebels as artie's policy reports. the united nations says that around twenty of its peacekeepers have been detained by about thirty armed syrian rebel fighters not only the rebels released a video where they accuse the united nations of assisting the syrian president bashar assad's forces in entering rebel captured areas in the same video they also put forward their demands. we demand from the u.s. the u.n. and the security council that the troops of bashan ascents regime withdrawn from the village until then the peacekeepers will remain our hostages if our demand is not fulfilled during the next twenty four i was we will treat the hostages as prisoners now the united nations has of course condemned this incident the u.n. is currently negotiating with the rebels it demands the immediate release of its

forces there is no reason at all under any circumstances in any kind of a sick imagination to try to harm harm those people so clearly gross disrespect for united nations gross disrespect of international norms of behavior of the united nations says that it's observers were on a regular supply mission earlier on wednesday when they were stopped by the militants the un force was established back in one nine hundred seventy four to monitor the disengagement of israeli and syrian forces and maintain the cease fire between the two countries who are technically still at war it will come to the golan heights from syria back in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven and syrian troops are not allowed in this area but recently the area has been the scene of clashes between syrian rebels and government forces. there earlier my colleague bill dodd spoke with our teaser in a delusion about the ramifications of the increased foreign backing for the syrian rebels. we do know where they get their arms from at least there has been plenty of

information to deduce that from we do know that saudi arabia as well as qatar as well as turkey libya and the united states have all offered some sort of aid financial or military in one way or another to the syrian rebels we don't know exactly how much has been shipped to these countries we do know that for example qatar has offered has made the latest offer to the syrian rebels which amounts to one hundred million dollars and of course there is also talk from the united kingdom where william hague has already said that he thinks the u.k. should step up their aid if the words. towards the syrian rebels as well and he is talking about something in the amount of roughly one thousand in a half million dollars and that would include armored vehicles body armor search and rescue and disease prevention so there's plenty of aid coming to the syrian rebels and really countries do not seem to shy away from offering it to them john

kerry he's expressed confidence that weapons are going to the right people so who then all of these so-called right people taking u.n. peacekeepers hostage hard line islamic jihad azour which there are reports show there is plenty off in syria and these are the types of people that the u.s. guitar saudi arabia and the rest of them have been supporting and given them plenty of aid they have offered them basically everything they have on the table and now we can assume that it's safe for them to say that they have in fact created a monster because now these very people are taking hostages international peacekeeping troops which are on the ground and it really have no role in the syrian conflict whatsoever so our analysts say the hostage crisis could be a wake up call for the groups who are supporting the rebels and have no control over how the assistance is distributed. kind of make sure that the weapons well and up and down and and sides and again if you look at the fact that what this incident

illustrates with these kind of guns or productive nature the lack of control that any minute three or somebody on the ground for the opposition or outside political sorry t.v. is intrigue doing this job and doesn't exercise that one troll that he claims it does so the west should really think a lot before doing i'm harming the rebels because they most certainly won't want to end up with with the target groups it seems that the kind of the so-called rebels started to hand you in peacekeepers hostage they weren't quite sure and you didn't want kind of the purpose of that young group that was there which is the story has been there to separate israeli and syrian troops soul and they kind of completely seem to be unfamiliar with what the purpose of those troops are or peacekeepers are and any kind of they're dead asking for a complete international demand and again that's another indication of how explosive an international situation has become that is whalen seven days of

mourning after the death of charismatic outspoken leader who go chavez thousands to throng the streets after he died tuesday after a long battle with cancer lizzy failon a producer for his video agency ruptly reports from caracas. caracas today is streets a very calm but really very somebody asli the coffin of hugo chavez was taken through the streets today and was finally taken to the military academy where thousands of people have gathered outside the military academy and there's a queue which seems to know no end of people who are waiting to be able to see the body of hugo chavez and pay their final respects the people are still very much in a state of shock obviously hugo chavez has been battling with cancer for a very long time at the moment there's a lot of confusion about what kind of coming days and weeks have to bring all of the. projects because he knows that the last fourteen years that he was in power benefited the most marginal marginalized sections of venezuelan society of course

before hugo chavez came into power in one thousand nine hundred nine venezuela was one of the most unequal societies are not that that gap has been reduced because of a number of social programs that were aboard ten by hugo chavez thanks to be immense oil wealth that this country has been through. chavez came to power in one thousand nine thousand nine much about oil wealth was obviously going into the pockets of a very small elite in venezuela. and which. supporters today say form the backbone essentially of the opposition that if the opposition they get into power then essentially the country would robust back to pre-one thousand nine eleven was a big stream in their policy obviously we know that there's going to be elections in the next thirty days and among chavez's supporters here the people who have been out in the streets today they're very confident that the vice president nicolas maduro is going so comfortably win the next elections but of course you know that remains to be seen for washington the death of her go chavez will bring an end to

a constant stream of criticism but professor of latin american studies miguel tinker sol those things that well but as we look chooses it's a new leader in the u.s. person tries to keep a low profile. washington that would be will advise to not get involved in venezuela the least they can say at this point is the better this is a process we're going to see a very heated election and any intervention on the part of the u.s. even a misstep on obama would be taken as as as hostility towards venezuela would play into the into the elections in venezuela in this context but after the election of a new president i think that there are good conditions for an effort to reestablish relationships but i think we should understand that it's not just venezuela that had a has had difficulty with washington also ecuador has no embassador from the u.s. bolivia has no embassador from the u.s. and the wiki leaks reports really indicate how u.s. attempted to maneuver and to play country against country in latin america and it

really provide a revealing look about u.s. foreign policy and how little it has changed either from bush or obama. you know up later this hour a changing tide the british public growing weary of its old school political leaders with growing support at the polls for so-called none of the above party. plus egyptian authorities struggling to control the rest of city of port sayyid where the cond were under arrest and nonstop government anti-government protests have taken the lives of more update on the crisis after a short break stay with us here on our team. least be cool language. will programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the i p interviews

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they're your bodyguards to watch themselves because the same goes for them. regards from saying i never heard of such a case as ours were so much money in gold school so many. for all the gold in colombia on our t.v. . thanks for staying with us here on r t twelve minutes past the hour now the u.s. dodging accusations its drones killed up to nine people last month in pakistan saying pakistan's own military could be to blame phantom strikes though becoming

a problem because it means people are being killed and no one knows who's to hold account or he's wearing a port i reports from new york. america has long been considered the leader of drone warfare dominating the skies in the middle east africa and most recently here in the u.s. in pakistan the cia has reportedly carried out some three hundred thirty drone strikes since two thousand and four but a new problem involving the unmanned aerial weapon is emerging the problem of anonymous drones when two drone strikes killed nine people in pakistan's tribal belt last month is long was filed an official protest with the american embassy however u.s. officials say that washington has not carried out any attacks in pakistan since january instead u.s. officials have pointed their fingers to pakistan's air force it is impossible to know who executed the strikes but some experts believe that the situation can soon

open up a pandora's box of anonymous drone strikes around the world it's led to the sell to the anonymity why the very nature of the technology that there are zero control can be from hundreds or often thousands of miles away this is one of the corrosive and dangerous impacts of liberation of the use of drones and so has accused the united states government has led the way and negative around a lot of the terms of normalizing the use of drone attacks across international borders as of last month at least fifty countries are reportedly using drones in the united states a new revelation has come to light the attorney general says that washington can authorize lethal drone strikes on americans on american soil without trying and it's testimony before the senate judiciary committee eric holder says that under extraordinary circumstances like september eleventh the president could order

strikes to protect the homeland the same type of drone strikes that have. news around the world to fight the war on terror according to new york bring up or not hard to. the attorney general's admission that drone strikes could be used inside the u.s. angered members of the senate republican ron paul launched an old school five hour filibuster speech demanding the obama administration promise not to target its own people as a result the democrats who control the upper chamber were forced to delay a vote on john brennan's nomination as the new head of the central intelligence agency. and alitalia pilot has told controllers he recently spotted an unmanned aircraft as he came to lead a j.f.k. international airport in new york author and academic mark mason says now more drones than ever are available and they pose new dangers and a greater risk of being misused the report was made at this point the information

is not available as to it was a data model airplane was it a surveillance drone it was reported to be relatively small three four five six feet that really to be small in terms of drones so this point we don't have the information but what we do know with certainty is that drugs that you are going to be a little bold not only to governments but to individuals and they will diversify in terms of their innocent knows size are going to be made u.s. air force has already announced it's going to be making drones that is sized insects that can assess it people so these this technology is here. immediate protesters have set streets aflame in the city of port saeed in battle security forces and a challenge to the state's authority there demanding the release of prisoners and six people including three policemen have died since the under arrest or up to three days ago the latest up joy updates i'm joined live from cairo by our

correspondent there bill true so tell us the latest of what's going on on the streets. were we still seeing chaotic and violent scenes in the streets of port saeed the battles raged through the night said largely focused around these keep things these key government buildings in pool with protesters heading mona talks to security forces the army again to try to intervene to assist the police force and haven't been able to quell with the dissent that these all are heads all possessed of a very contentious verdict in the poor sight but all disasters happened last february basically we're going to see the last of this story the betting on the final defendants in this trial that it's very very contentious here in egypt very angry as twenty one who was sentenced to death in a fast round of this but it we have the second round coming up with a lot of dissent will go to i'm get hit also in cairo and so we will have when we

wait to see what's going to happen and what steps is the government taking now to try and suppress this unrest. or yes they are used to change the head of security in port side even this five days of fighting on the streets they are faced with the deputy and they all say president mohamed morsy was of course thinking mumming minute shari'a taking over the police i eat out of a drool at least as i'm getting very much between protesters and the police themselves the police actually are very angry as well by saying that the situation for them is extremely violent and that they don't have good working conditions eight thousand. police officers are currently reported being on strike in sinai in suicide they are actually calling for the current mission in syria. to step down and which is a lot of pressure on the current administration. now another sign of those crisis

is the fate of egypt's elections that were scheduled for next month for the country's parliament tell us more give us the latest updates for that. egypt's administers of courts basically i roomed yesterday that and. should be egypt's parliamentary election the it should be pos the high constitutional court this is a technicality to shore account so and egypt's hire a house a kind of parliament had basically out all to bad or had been drafted and failed to send my country should call for rectifying it before the president and he should three saying that parliamentary elections would take place in april i said well the admin support the saying is that they said actual costs to be ratified by the constitutional court so it is a technicality however this has thrown the political side to into disarray here in egypt people are expecting and it said that the elections happen in april and this may not happen at the constitution court rules that is unconstitutional people are wondering is this damage to the courts. throwing

a punch at the presidency in the background of the continued unrest in the country is extremely worrying all right bill true life for us in cairo thanks very much for that update. be the first to get updates on the world's top headlines on our web site among other things online at r.t. dot com right now you can learn how north korea turning up the heat on the peninsula with preparations for the latest round of drills for its million man army also online. he.

british politics shifting with swathes of the public growing disillusioned with the policies of mainstream parties recent elections saw the governing conservatives beaten into second place by the u.k.i.p. a party that's never held a seat in parliament and until now has been dismissed as a fringe movement r t sarah first reports from london. britain's political landscape is changing the stranglehold of the old three party system appears to be listening and it's a pin the door to some colorful turns to fill the polls and percentages and opinions from politicians and pundits it can be hard to get a clear picture of exactly what's happening in british politics right now as are looking at last week's by election in eastley slow not very little not five but full team different candidates of all shapes sizes and colors and all of them

willing to take on the mainstream party to recast government in britain. to turn it from top. to bottom up genuine democracy where the larger all forces have to obey the will of the people they to disillusionment it seems is an all time high something that's backed up by recent polls and there's certainly a bit of a perception that maybe the traditional parties aren't concentrating on some issues particularly around immigration that we know research is a big issue for many members of the german public puts can certainly be a hard bunch to please it used to be that fed up voters would throw their backing behind the liberal democrats but not anymore. possibly for us as a party which is good but it doesn't mean the protest vote has had to go somewhere else and the one of the above party has the moment as you keep many of the parties

using the sea change in public opinion as a blank canvas on which to stamp their mark. a protest vote. well let's face it that's a lot to. you kick beating the conservatives to second place in eastley last week might have come as a shock to some but it's not. first time a small parties this told us in a byelection last year and the respect party had a sensational win when george galloway won the proudfit seat from labor of course gaining a bit of media coverage is one thing turning that attention into votes in a ballot box and winning seats is quite another something few of the smaller parties have yet been able to day but with a general election not say far off and with some polls putting almost half of the recent support the ukip is coming from former conservative voters well you can

perhaps understand why the prime minister's not the picture of happiness right now sara r.t. london. breaking the set coming up after a short break stay with us here on our team. did any of you see darth vader and storm troopers trying to make their way into the ukrainian justice ministry as part of a protest well probably a lot of you saw this fun viral video but how many people remember what exactly they wanted and what their protest demands were all about probably not that many trust me i just did it using wacky protest tactics gets media attention and if you

are pushing a cause that media attention is critical but when no one even gets what you want or why you're in that wacky costume it doesn't help there seems to be like almost a protest a culture and language like you see people protesting there so satisfied with themselves in their costumes and silly gimmicks but if your protest is actually aimed at people in power then how is it going to cure cost of goods with the opinion of heartless bureaucrats sitting in some soulless office again media attention is great but if you want to be taken seriously wearing a rainbow wig and thawing while fighting for your rights doesn't seem to send the right message but that's just my opinion. to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous. i mean. as i've said really not so. serious so most of the.

worst shit for the. white house soup of the day. radio guy for a minute. what. for about two years you've never seen anything like this until. what's up guys on the team are in the break in the set so as you already know john brennan has been nominated to leave the cia in fact now he's just waiting for final approval in the senate but interestingly enough one room alone the senator rand paul has been asking for answers he's appealing to the obama administration to address whether or not the president could assume authority to kill american citizens by drones on u.s. soil and not surprisingly he got a less than assuring response to d.o.j.

eric holder issued a letter back to him in which he had this to say he said the question you have posed is entirely hypothetical unlikely to occur and one we hope no president was ever have to confront it is possible i suppose to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it might be necessary and appropriate for the president to authorize the military to use lethal force within the us oh so basically what he's saying is that if something should happen to supposedly possibly occur then the government could maybe suppose that they possibly resort to killing american citizens with drones right here at home whom i know about you but that many hypotheticals in one sense is downright terrifying or holder said here should be a wake up call to us all believe me i have many of my own problems with senator rand paul but i will commend him for today for taking to the floor to invoke a talking filibuster that has prevented the confirmation vote from taking place

during his speech today senator paul had this to say he said i will speak as long as it takes until they will. armas sounded from coast to coast that our constitution is important that your rights to trial by jury are precious that no american should be killed by a drone on american soil without first being charged with a crime without first being found to be guilty by a court that's absolutely right and that's why i find it so perplexing that president obama a former constitutional law professor himself doesn't see it this way and after this ill logic let's go break the set. looked like where are you searching going to be like. have you ever heard of a bit coin the first decentralized electronic currency not.