the u.n. says children are being increasingly uses fighters and human shields in the syrian crisis by both the rebels and government forces. speaking out in secretly recorded audio from the paul bradley manning revealed why he sent thousands of u.s. classified documents to wiki leaks we discussed how this case could affect whistle blowing. china's new leader elvish he takes the reins of paul with his priorities to boost defense spending to make the country one of the world's military giants.

you're watching r t a live from moscow with me to belmont say it's good to have you company here for more international news and analysis. an increasing number of children are being recruited by both the rebels and pro-government forces in the bloody conflict in syria that's according to un investigators and charity activists as the bloody crisis in syria is approaching is second anniversary this week the u.n. is again warning the conflict is far from a simple fight between good rebels and evil government forces reporter bob dylan was the me has the details from damascus. the conflict is getting more complicated we have seen many many phenomena regarding the children being involved in this crisis we have seen many children like eighteen and. children in the school ages where there's going to destroy and they don't have any other thing that we can get through to done sometime paid for or paid for get paid and one of the north important example of this was the video that was on you tube something like

a month month two months ago for a child of seven years old heading cutting the head of a military officer in an airport and we have many reports about position position of force especially from a new kind of group in syria they are recruiting people are recruiting children between eleven years old and fifteen years old in order to fight with this experienced a group against the government extremist groups getting more control over that evolution we have a very remarkable report by al qaeda of attacking some syrian soldiers and we have also some areas where extremists a few hundred guys are trying to implement our laws in some areas of. implementing all the all the traditional laws of al qaeda inside the cities. russia says any attempt by foreign governments to arm rebels in the syrian conflict a would be illegal warning came as britain indicated it might be prepared to bypass

an e.u. arms embargo on syria to help the opposition fighting president assad as the number of deaths in the civil stand up grow by the day so does foreign involvement as our teens maria explains. the syrian uprising the last of the arab spring sprang up in march two thousand and eleven by august of that year when in another arab spring country in libya colonel gadhafi had lost defacto power it was already clear who was next in the firing line this morning president obama called on assad to step aside as the from key many others would soon echo the same rhetoric is time for bashar to go to the message to president assad is it is time for transition it is totally to go with the regime of bashar al assad must come to an end we ask the regime to step down. has to go through syrian forces fighting assad immediately

felt encouraged the train was in motion and a two year journey later had the destabilization of syria has been a us nato project from day one they have lined up all of their allies in a very ugly effort to overturn the government of syria and to create instability at every and. so perhaps america did indeed pull the others in to then pull itself out two years on washington is criticized for its failure to bring things to head in syria home and abroad we are providing vital humanitarian assistance for my it is terry an assistance doesn't stop bombs the rebels who have suffered losses as heavy as the military now see they feel betrayed by the u.s. we did not get any real action on the ground from the united nation from the united states speculation is brewing that washington is starting to view the assad regime

as the lesser of two evils preferable to radical jihadist groups the obama administration although there are levels and levels of what you what governments do basically it is it has been interested in seeing. there is a way out of this mess but in reality america is still in a white house decision last month may have ruled out arming the rebels an idea backed by the pentagon cia and state department but the countries do little to stop others doing just that washington was silent when another made to member turkey asked for the arms embargo to be lifted nor did protest when the arab league gave the go ahead for weapons supplies and more recently when the u.k. said it could veto the use arms ban the us of a no objections everyone knows that. if it were to tell saudi arabia or qatar or turkey or whoever of its friends there

that they should stop well everyone knows that but he would prevail. the u.s. has decided to watch from a safe distance played a crucial role in starting the americans can't fix this problem syrians have to fix this problem is genuinely surprising after two years seventy thousand deaths a million people displaced tough sanctions imposed on syria dozens of countries within nato and the arab league can dam in assad and urging him to go and after so much money and weaponry invested to achieve this to hear america's ambassador to syria saying that only syrians can fix their problems perhaps there was a time when syrians could have resolved things on their own but pressure from the outside has been relentless and now it could simply be too late for anybody to fix this. r.t. . now it's a story or the of a hollywood blockbuster it features

a ukrainian journalist held hostage by bandits in syria a fifty million dollar ransom and a daring escape. at some point i realize that you there to be killed by the army is i was held in a location from where the bandits were firing rockets or be killed by the rebels in an exclusive interview to our a t and harder question of oz said she had to cross fifteen kilometers of mountainous terrain on foot before finding shelter find out more from the journalists account at our teeth dot com. he's seen by many as one of the world's most renowned a whistle blowers but an enemy of the state by the u.s. government not soldier bradley manning can be heard in his own voice explaining why he sent hundreds of thousands of classified documents in weiqi leaks in two thousand and ten and a new illegal audio recording from his court martial manning accuses the american

army of value human life and says he wanted to provoke a debate about u.s. foreign policy which is going on and she can reports. nobody was allowed to make recordings of bradley manning's pretrial tribunals at the military court in february but someone did and the freedom of the press foundation released mr manning's testimony in its entirety in this hour long testimony bradley manning in his own words explains how and why he leaked all those documents many of which revealed how the u.s. government covered up civilian casualties in human rights abuses during the wars in iraq and afghanistan he served as an intelligence analyst in the military and had access to all those documents the biggest leak in history let's take a listen to just one episode where bradley manning explains why he leaked the video of the apache helicopter gunning down boisterous journalists in baghdad and then targeting those who showed up to rescue the wounded including a band with children in that footage shocked the world. it was me that's

me. you're. going to it was a. huge not. just. for. me . it seems right now is bradley manning who is the and under the magnifying glass of the government very serious charges lined up against him here is a weapon he was there at the hearing when bradley manning delivered this testimony you heard him you saw him did you get a sense of what he would have done the same had he known how this would turn out you know i don't think bradley manning or anyone else would have known that by leaking this information would have been three years or pretrial punishment and detention that's something i think even the u.s. government thought however i do think that he knew that these documents were very

very substantial and in fact in two thousand and ten he said that these were some of the most significant documents of our time last month during his testimony he says he still believes that the iraq war logs and the afghan war logs. are perhaps the two most important documents of our generation let's let's talk about the chilling effect that the whole trial will have on the whistle blower's study happening on exactly. do you think anybody ever is going to do anything like this again having mr manning example in mind i mean faces life in prison people are going to be more hesitant not only does he face life in prison but he could face the death penalty and if the u.s. government that's what they were going to pursue that other people other people who are going to try to seek for more open transparency are going to be more hesitant because they know that this could mean three years of being put away in a chair without ever being taken to trial on the other hand i think i think p.f.c. manning did what he did because he knew that these atrocities need to be exposed and i think other people are going to do that maybe not during our generation but in years to come it's going to happen absolutely thank you thank senator thank you very much well bradley manning has been held in u.s.

military custody for around three years now and the un special rapporteur on torture has formally accused u.s. government of cold the grating treatment towards bradley manning including but not limited to keeping him locked up for twenty three hours a day in solitary confinement for eleven months in a row bradley many pleaded guilty to ten out of twenty two charges brought against him just under those churches he faces twenty years in jail but the prosecution may still pursue the twelve remaining charges including the most serious one one of aiding the enemy and that one carries a punishment of life in prison and the big question for many remains whether it was the enemy that bradley manning aided or the public which has the right to know what their government is doing in their name in washington and vanished. we could be exactly his cock stroke lead believes a man is actually couldn't tom national security. bradley manning has just been nominated for his third nobel peace prize meanwhile he's been charged with aiding

the enemy but doesn't look very good for the obama administration or the government anyway obviously was not motivated to aid the enemy to harm the u.s. he made that very clear he chose cables and videos that had no national security concerns and he released them so that we could have this conversation it's a disgrace every day that years in jail. it's a disgrace to our military it's it's a disgrace to the promises the bamma promised in two thousand and eight. and on r.c.a. dot com we've been asking what do you think about bradley manning's prosecution and the testimony here's how the online version looks a like us so far hall full of you think that bradley manning has become a scapegoat in the us a war on whistleblowers a little over a third to say he is a model for the cause of freedom speech only seven percent of you think he's

actually guilty of a high treason while the same amount of believes he's just a naive idea n'est ce if you haven't gulch a vote get a head to our website and let us know your opinion. god. god. god. god. what. reviving the middle east peace process that has been stalled for years is a q focus off today's talks between russian leader vladimir putin and his palestinian counterpart in moscow mahmoud abbas is on his first official visit to russia since becoming president of the palestinian state in the wake of the un vote now you know going to following the meeting

a way that irina is that actually any chance of achieving progress in the long stalled middle east process. well it's curious to note that this is the first visit by mahmoud abbas to moscow in his fresh new capacity last november the united united nations general assembly has voted to upgrade the status of palestine to that of a nonmember observer state this move was essentially a part was this move was essentially an indication palestine could be recognized as a as this movie socially indicated that palestine could is well it's way to be recognized as a state and it was also regarded as part of the basis for a peaceful solution and of course this is going to be one of the major issues to be discussed between the leaders between between the palestinian and russian leader but it's curious to know that this is coming ahead of the forthcoming visit by

president obama to palestine and there's also happening on the bag drop of a notable coolness inhalations between washington and tel aviv of course president obama has brought new from new fresh faces into his new administration during his second term and some of these faces have been notably if not empty israel then definitely not quite as friendly as the previous administrations have been for example john kerry on his first trip abroad in his capacity as secretary of state has not paid a visit to israel that was noted by many and of course there's also chuck hagel who has openly spoken about israel has said that israel is on its way to great apartheid and was generally regarded as an anti israeli official in the u.s. administration so it's these issues which are obviously dominating the israel palestine possible peaceful settlement and of course these are also the issues which will be on the table for discussion in moscow today r t z u a negative thank you for that quite a lot on the. rides i'll be back with more news just after this short break.

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says all of a once in a decade transition the world are keeping a close eye on who will lead the rising global player with a new. leadership already announcing a boost to military spending it comes amid a battle for influence in the ages between china and the us off to washington's shifted its priorities to the region in what's been dubbed as the asia pivot as we can see on the map of the u. was has been boosting its military presence in the but unsurprisingly the strategy is making china increasingly nervous for more now on this i'm joined by a political analyst a new one wouldn't say it's a competition yet militarily but certainly i can honestly and to some extent in terms of ideology and ideas in terms of how political system should be and liberalization there are a lot of competing ideas right now between the west and to be nation and china specifically china's economy is growing at a very very impressive rate and the economies of these other brics nations and so

trying to provide leadership in a certain way and china as well as their trade relationships with brazil with african nations with russia and india is very very important and so i think it'll be very interesting to see going forward china of course right now in some ways is fueling the world's economy and if it's going to continue to do that it has to make this transition from an economy based on many fracturing to an economy based on consumption that's one of the biggest challenges for china's new leadership in the years ahead. while the u.s. and china are in sizing up but to each other the military the two paul is also moving closer to a digital wall after barack obama promised beijing tough talk over alleged cyber attacks so that's as the u.s. military is creating special units to launch offenses in cyberspace in response to for the attacks. skew reports on this digital conflict build up.

a bigger threat than al qaeda this is how washington officials now describe the legit cyber attacks coming from china u.s. stop it delegates officials now rank the threat of computer large foreign of sorts higher than terrorism transnational organized crime and weapons of mass destruction for the first time since nine eleven washington has long accused china of stealing military secrets and intellectual property from hacking president obama's facebook page to cyber attacks against u.s. flagship media like the new york times but a recent u.s. congress report warns of going beyond online vandalism chinese penetration of defense system threaten the u.s. military's readiness and ability to operate it said that could include u.s. satellites weapons start getting systems never gave computers and many more but are the chinese really the aggressors here as washington wants everyone to believe and is the united states really an innocent victim china's ministry of national defense claimed sixty three percent of the one hundred forty four thousand monthly cyber attacks that it recorded last. be addresses while washington claims its military

cyber programs are there only to defend the country's borders but the stuxnet virus signaled a new aggression experts have no doubt it was created by israel and the united states to derail iran's nuclear program both american and chinese leaders continue to shake hands and speak of fruitful cooperation at official meetings such real world optimism is undermined if not totally negated when it comes to cyberspace and given reports of mutual cyber attacks intensifying in the last six seven months as well as beijing changing the man at the wheel it seems that only the competition between the superpowers will remain fractious if not downright dangerous. right now for more international news in brief syria's clashes protesters and police and multiple arrests mokhtar the night in the new york district of brooklyn fourth that conservative evening war than one hundred people rallied in the streets of voicing their anger over police brutality following the killing of a black

a sixteen year old boy by police officers authorities maintain the dead teenager's or was are the one who pointed a gun at the offices of protesters accuse of the police of murder. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is a liquid party and its two negotiating partners have reached a deal on forming a government the new cabinet appears to search to address pressing domestic issues and is likely to take office and next week before a visit by the u.s. president barack obama netanyahu emerged victorious weekend of from generates parliamentary elections and had to concede on several points a with at the center is a yes a t. do party and the process laju is home party. and the n.t. all storage you rightly broke out in brussels edges are pointed to a meeting of the european council

a group of demonstrators are stronger the office of us several banks and unsuccessfully attempted to enter a european commission building twenty seven even you heads of state have gathered in the building capital to find a balance between the need for austerity cuts but also public investment in the unions and member states. the catholic church has got itself a new leader argentina. better hope he'll has become the first pope from the americas and the first from outside to europe in more than a finals and yet his election was greeted by tens of thousands who gathered at the st peter's square in the vatican the white smoke was finally seen after the cardinals of voted for the first time during the second day of the conclave that will be remembered as one of the fastest in the years the group had to choose

a new leader for more than a billion catholics after the previous pope benedict of the sixteenth resigned one of the main toss up for the newly elected seventy six year old pope will be to rebuild of the churches reputation following the recent scandals. right near a child sex abuse scandals the worst certainly the most demanding for the church let's look at some of these extraordinary numbers the largest number of reported cases of children being abused by priests has taken place in the u.s. as such allegations were made against more than forty thousand priests and deacons one of billion dollars have been paid by the u.s. church it to victims in the settlements now in ireland which comes second in these grim statistics the church had been turning a blind eye at the allegations for thirty years in germany more than two thirds of all a diocese diocese allegedly involved in sex abuse scandals and austria here

is an example of how these scandals have led to people's desire lucian went with the church almost in line thousand austrians a deserted of the church in just one year of course for more of these statistics you can go on our website for detailed statistics on those right besides tackling the consequences of those scandals are appropriate francis the first as another major challenge ahead of him the church is now facing aggressive community communication from islam as you can see here are the islam is a spreading across europe much more so than the christian church gets new members the number of muslims has grown by an estimated ninety percent in recent years and the number of christians by a five percent by twenty thirty the growth of the muslim population is expected to surpass one hundred fifty percent and the winning back the continent will be one of

the most daunting task for the new pope. right after the break more on the dark side of the of gold production in colombia coming up next here on r.t. . a u.n. investigator been emerson has decided to not let the sins of the recent past go he's demanding that the u.s. government release documents about the cia's program for addition and secret detention of suspected terrorists everson believes that there is now credible evidence that shows that cia black sites were used to extradite suspected terrorists with neither charges nor access to a lawyer you know nothing says protect a democracy like snagging people in foreign countries without even charging them

with a crime this huge investigator may have good intentions but the thing is that no matter how much he and his u.n. pals urge the us to prosecute officials connect with torture or expose classified information they really have no power to do anything if you haven't noticed the un is very happy to section and punish someone countries birdie if you out there naive enough to think that they'll sanction the usa or send a peacekeeping mission to stop the human rights violators in washington not a chance the un really has no business meddling in the affairs of sovereign countries but they do it all the time but there is a zero percent chance that the un will stand up to the bad behavior from the us government no matter how much it's investigators whine and plead and beg but that's just my opinion.

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