a terrorist a twist a former u.s. soldier is charge was fighting alongside al qaida link syrian rebels after posing with no militants in a video. one ton of the hunger strikers go into day fifty five are facing growing risk of serious health problems that even dad as one of the lawyers claims jailers are toughening conditions to make them stop. and one small step towards inhabiting the moon in less than two decades russians want to be able be a research lab an observatory on. me. three pm here in moscow you live with us on our t.v. with me to say the u.s.

army veteran has been charged with conspiracy for fighting alongside a syrian rebel group linked to al qaeda eric harroun known to syrians as quote the american end quote has appeared in numerous videos with members of the al nusra front designated by the u.s. as a terrorist organization is father claims his son was working for the cia and would never join a militant group artie's gammage again except when exam is now where the u.s. draws the line between terrorists and the so-called freedom fighters. a u.s. army veteran eric karun posted this video online while fighting with the rebels in syria a. former. era karun has joined the al qaeda linked group gentleness where the only rebel group in syria that the u.s. has that ignited this terrorists while in syria eric actively posted photos and videos of himself holding various weapons bragging about the rebels latest attacks

and calling himself a freedom fighter. your days are numbered you're going to die no matter what where you go we will find you and kill you upon arrival in the u.s. he was arrested and charged with illegally using a rocket propelled grenade on behalf of the al qaeda affiliated group according to court documents eric told the f.b.i. that quote he hated al qaeda he did not know any al qaeda members and would fight any regime if it impose sharia law in syria end of quote but in an interview with a journalist before he was arrested eric responded to a question about fighting alongside terrorists is syria by saying quote the us plays both sides to end of quote very karun had never served overseas during his brief time with the u.s. military before heading for syria he had a quiet job with a mortgage company in phoenix arizona worlds away from the walls of the middle east i spoke with and speckhard a leading expert on terror psychology on why westerners end up in the ranks of

terrorists some people over here and in canada i was just up in canada talking to them are going over to syria to be to join freedom fighters son they really believe that they're fighting for freedom but they get there and it's a chaotic situation. may be looking a factor and once you're in a chaotic war torn environment your emotions are high and scared and you may just affiliate with a group that you might not otherwise. affiliated with the official message that these are freedom fighters and they need to be helped in some way it just confuses them even more about a really good point because you know we are calling this a fight for freedom we are speaking about it on the media that it's freedom fighting so when someone feels strongly about it and wants to go on how. are we to blame. but then when they get over there if they join the group that's been

designated as a terrorist group it's confusion probably. we need to get straight on that we need to decide exactly what we're going to do about syria i think that we have a very confused response ourselves as a government right now since the start of the arab spring the us media has finally freedom fighter featuring stories with the likes of. an american who first talked with libyan rebels and then switched to syria once i fall in the war in libya in two thousand and eleven and i saw the effects of what we accomplished and i want syrian stafford as well. in recent months the obama administration has tried to publicly distance itself from radical islamists fighting among the syrian rebels by saying washington supports the more moderate forces among the opposition. but on the ground in syria in the middle of a bloody civil war that line is blurred many of those in the syrian opposition who washington supports welcome the efforts of radical groups like on the street. while

politicians argue about who is a terrorist and who is a freedom fighter or who is a terrorist that can be useful now and dealt with later young westerners like eric may find themselves confused about what they're fighting for in a place like syria in washington i'm going to check out. what went on i'm a bay detainees and shows no signs of ending as it nears the eight week lawyers representing some of the inmates and say they clients are ready to die and. demands are met the prisoners want an end to the indefinite detention and intrusive searches lawyers and activists will say that the vast majority of the hundred sixty six detainees at the facility are taking part the u.s. military initially denied reports of the protests but now says that only thirty seven prisoners line volved most of the inmates they have been cleared for release of the government is still keeping them behind bars the white house has stated it's

committed to shutting down the prison but the pentagon says it's also set for a fifty million dollars renovation cindy a lawyer for one of the hunger strikers told artie's kava with what he thought. i met with him from tuesday through thursday every day and when i first met with him on tuesday i was extremely shocked to see that he had lost about forty pounds from the last time that i saw him and he was in a terribly weak state he was bending over from stomach pains he also said that he had not eaten since february sixth so he was one of the initial hunger strikers and he was in a terribly bad state when i saw you so you can confirm when our viewers are hearing i was told where this is maybe a room we're talking about some of these guys being close to death this is what you've actually seen with your own. i've seen it with my own eyes and i heard him tell me he's supposed to have another meeting with his military council in the

following week and he told me to let them know that he may not be in a state to meet with them he may be by the time they come see him he may be in isolation or he may be under medical watch or he may be being force fed by that time and really not be able to meet with them and he wanted me to take that message to them and this is pretty good ship how long is it going to tell you how long do you estimate it's going to take before maybe someone dies who's going to blink first of the hunger strikers might begin to back off is the government going to do anything what's going to merck's. well you know the firm you know my meetings with mike with my client last week and his conversations with other straight you know other detainees and prisoners who are also on strike they are prepared to stand up for the principles of not having their religious practices disrespected not having the qur'an desecrated and now it's become an even bigger message that they want to deliver which is that they have been now detained since you know two thousand and

two many of them mike i and for eleven years now since two thousand and two some of them are cleared for release have been declared in this in by the united states however the u.s. refuses to transfer them and the congress refuses to provide funds for that the obama administration has closed the office that it had set up in the state department to study the closure of guantanamo and carry that out and it hasn't happened and so this is gone beyond the desecration of the qur'an that disrespect of their religion and they're now also protesting the worsening conditions as these prison officials are essentially retaliating against them and trying to end the strike by making conditions harsher and the detainees have been enduring all of this and plan to continue to do so. because the hundreds are staging a sit in a main front of the u.s. embassy in kuwait protesters expressed outrage at the lack of action by kuwait's

government to condemn the treatment of its own and to nationals who have been housed at the new tories prison for more than a decade one of the inmates has been charged with war crimes but his attorney says the verdict was mostly based on hearsay meanwhile another kuwaiti prisoner has been held without charge. as outside pros and cons to terms with soviet e.u. bailout cash controls the millions of euros less should have been the spirit out of the country just days before the euro group. oppose the punishing levy on bag deposits that's what a local newspaper is reporting pointing the finger at a company related to president unassociated as the firm oco owned by the cypriot a leader's son in law reportedly transferred twenty one million euros to bang in the u.k. however the company criticized the article as quote a malicious attempt to politicize legitimate economic activities and quote meanwhile the president says other claims a ship been best

a gated reporter comes as a scene created struggles to get their money out of the banks and unprecedented restrictions now these include let's look at those bank restrictions daily cash withdrawals limited to up to three hundred euros per person no checks they can be cashed by anyone payments and transferred outside of cyprus are limited to up to five thousand while if you're travelling abroad you're only allowed to take up to one thousand euros per person per trip now aren't you supposed to walk anxious self former chancellor of austria who says you can see the troubles away looming large but nothing was done to other of them. is a tiny country ciera point in the one voice your point two percent of the g.d.p. of the eurozone but the problem was cyprus is eight times more turnover over bylines balances of spain compared to be cheated peace times wars at this is absolutely unsustainable and everybody you would within the

european union people where the the mass media newspapers where all the time complaining something must be done so nobody should be surprised government not this one but the previous government led by a former communist who should have done much earlier the reduction of the size of the financial sector i mean this is variable you cannot have such a huge financial sectors judy banks. you can watch the full interview with wolfgang . later today at eight hundred forty five g m t now they chaotic situation surrounding the so i presume bailout has once again unavailable flaws in europe's financial system and it's not of the for his whole the e.u. is trying to patch a struggling to find ways our over the cash crisis later peter lavelle and his panel of guests debate how western finances have managed to fall into an airbase.

this capitalism there's been around for a while i mean these the bailouts of two thousand and eight follow on from the earlier bailouts of in one thousand nine hundred five of the goldman sachs. that was of the see the huge crisis goldman sachs needed to bail out over its loans to mexico that was the bailout of the s n l's that was the bailout of the banks in the one nine hundred eighty s. each time there was this bailout we are the same situation which is that the bankers they go to government and say well we've taken all these risky loans and if you don't bail us out the entire economy of the world will count on going down and the politicians are don't know whether this is true or not and immediately whip out their checkbooks and write it out this is what capitalism is and therefore what is precisely that the riches are bailed out they continue to earn the massive bonuses while everybody else has to pay for their risky loans and the risky you know

nonsensical decisions where's the personal responsibility in all of this i mean if there is nobody willing to take on loans that they couldn't afford to pay back or take on mortgages that they couldn't afford to pay. there wouldn't be a crisis i mean if if banks where they're saying to people look i want to force this loan a piny when people said look i really can't pay that i really shouldn't be taking that because it's out of my knee and i should really leave anybody out here right on the way around what is the other way round of the another way around isn't it the other way around these banks these people who are not paid. just ahead for you on on life add the u.s. is that it's fine to jets of the korean peninsula for military maneuvers with salt korea amid simmering tension in the region. get ready to take your seat in a space of the history on the surface of the moon we tell you more about brushes

and vicious plans for its closest neighbor.

to. the international airport in the very heart of moscow. thank you for staying with us here watching our team the united states has sent f. twenty two seals flight. but dissipate an ongoing military drills with south korea kyung earlier said it was in a state of war with the south following the latest round of sanctions over its nuclear test two months ago and turned for one that it's a ready to carry out a preemptive strike on its neighbor in case of an eminent attack james the combat

was called report behaves that the u.s. is playing a dangerous game up by trying to benefited financially from the tension which could spill over at any moment i think that the most likely scenario here would be some sort of wonder or misinterpretation on one side or the other because everything is on the knife edge as as i've said before i think that really the but all of the players here have a vested interest in keeping the tension up but not allowing it to spill you anywhere and i think that obviously works for north korea which could be easily wiped out in a in military confrontation but it also works for south korea and america and all of the allies here in this region that are that also serve to benefit from this and we've seen this directly for example with the announcement of more missile defense on the western coast of the united states that there are now going to be fourteen new ground based interceptors deployed at fort greely alaska at a cost u.s. taxpayers a one billion dollars by two thousand and seventeen so this is this is doing

a fantastic business for the defense contractors who serve to to to feed into this tension and play off of it so i don't i think that honestly there isn't a lot of plans for preemptive strikes at this moment i think it's more a question of if this will accidentally spill over into something more. right we're always trying to find out what do you think about the stories that we cover ending all opinion of course. dot com now on all website we also knew what do you make of this military standoff on the korean peninsula let's take a look at what you've said a safe law here on the poll why forty nine percent of you this as part of the this is a you is playing to destabilize china in the east asia while twenty percent of you say that this is kim jong un the building pob a set of home fifteen percent of you believe is a dangerous game which could result in an armed conflict i mean around fifteen percent of you they think that to bring it's all about it's a dangerous game which could result in an armed conflict so-called show of

a day at our tea dot com we want your opinion on the stories that we cover. with europe's financial troubles a dragging on germany is seen as the economic giant of the us keeping the eurozone afloat as well as having to pay to help struggling countries it's also still carrying the burden of the solidarity tax introduce off to reunification with the country's east this as r. g.'s b. to all of a found out is making many germans feel far from well off. over the past twenty

years they have germany have received billions in taxpayer money to help with development after unification but now both paying the taxes here in the western part of germany say they're free of paying too much for too long. and it's time to finish this up we need this money more than them now. you know that it's good enough is enough i know many of these that are doing very well better than here it's time this test was scrapped. it's been twenty years too long now working people live here in worse conditions so that we can continue to pay for the east we gave them a future now this must stop formally the region was home to germany's now pretty much defunct coal mining industry now the main cities in the us area face mounting debts as they struggle to live up to their commitments as part of the solidarity pact which sends money to the east in a statement given to r.t. the lord mayor of dortmund says the practice of taking loans to pay their way could

have dire consequences those cities that have high debts will soon be unable to borrow in order to remain part of the solidarity pact either that or conditions imposed will be so severe as to propel them faster towards bankruptcy the solidarity pact will remain in force until twenty nineteen by which time the west will have contributed hundreds of billions of euro with the major cities in the region sinking further into the red those in the west of germany are suggesting that it's time for the east to help them out here right now we should be at the front of the line when it comes to financial help from the state. that will flow this money needs to be spent in the best interest of the german people today there are cities that need aid. my generation can't be expected to pay for decisions made by the previous generation. voters are now in the east it looks much better just go

and have a look at how bad it is around here it's like a pig starwars the east has been licked clean you don't have to go far to see the effect city debt is having on daily life here in the west local councils can't even afford to keep public swimming pools open while the continued use of taxpayer cash in the east is testing just how solid the germans feel the solidarity pact really is peter all of the r.t. the region germany you'll find all the latest news and updates at our dot com including the world's top currency may soon have a rival on the block well the favorite reserve currency value with dollar may be falling from grace as the little known this little bit point goes up in value that's story online for you plus. some states in america consider grabbing the benefit of all of those on welfare if they have positive point legal drugs or more

head to our meter. we may soon be able to take a not so grounded located at what's going on in space a russian scientists are planning to build a space observatory right on the main surface of beginning with a robot research lab in the near future artie's alexy or chef he reports now from somewhere in the outer limits. almost half a century since neil armstrong's giant step ended the race between the u.s. and u.s.s.r. to put a man on the moon earth's only natural satellite is once again in the spotlight while america has directed its attention to mars russia's central research institute for machinery announce the launch or rather relaunch of the lunar program according to the ambitious plan a russian space ship will fly to and circle the moon by twenty thirty but this promises to be only the beginning and here is where it gets very interesting the next step as the search of claims will be the construction of an observatory on the

moon experts believe earth space rock is simply the perfect spot from which to research space so if this idea proves to be a success expect a laboratory there to the observatory and the lab may soon be followed by a helium mining shafts and if the moon really holds isis scientists believe this could produce both the water and oxygen which would make the earth's satellite inhabitable by humans hotels with rooftop swimming pools grocery stores and a hospital all this could be possible this would not be easy of course expect some competition from the u.s. and china but in five six decades flying to the moon and back would not be just a line from a song but a real human holiday option. and now to some other news making headlines around the world to. seven people have been killed in the iraqi town of tikrit when a truck laden with explosives detonated by a suicide bomber thirty others were injured during the attack that targeted a local police headquarters no group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing

tikrit is the hometown of former dictator saddam hussein and has been the focus of militant attacks since the beginning of the with invasion in two thousand and three . gyptian political satirist the bust them youssef was met by mobs of supporters after being granted bail on sunday three cases have been lodged against them for broadcasting biting. this is a mock prison morsi and religious leaders on t.v. gyptian authorities reason to be instigated a campaign to crackdown on dissent in the country warrants have been issued full five prominent members of the opposition after protests in front of the muslims the brotherhood headquarters in moscow. the afghan government says it will push for peace talks with the taliban before foreign troops withdraw at the end of twenty fourteen this their spine the taliban refusing to speak directly with president cuz i or his government describing them as american puppets however the taliban recently announced as ready to enter politics and has opened an office in doha to

facilitate peace talks with the us years of stalled negotiations followed america's offensive in the country aimed at combating terrorism earlier the afghan leaders set the greatest threat to his country is not the taliban but interference by foreign state security analysts to deepak to ponty believes wrangling between the american and the afghan government is getting in the way of a solution informal contacts have been taking place in doha for the last couple of years but then those informal. talks did break down for two reasons accuse the americans of being shaky and vague. they wanted an exchange of prisoners president obama didn't want to have anything to do with any exchange of prisoners because of many congressional pressure but also outside the congress from his opponents and secondly president karzai himself suspect that he was being

sidelined because the americans done it touch via i mean cities with the thought of under present danger to americans have openly accused president karzai of being incompetent and corrupt so there's no love lost between president karzai and the americans and president doesn't want to be undermined by external forces. in a few moments it will be catching up on all the week's top stories with k. pop it you stay with us. wealthy british style it's. right on. target.

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hello welcome to the r t sports show with me k. cartridge and here's a taste of what's coming up. on the rise defending champions and meet the terror extreme ildiko second in the russian crimean me. while finding that form capello makes it eight games on beacon in charge of russia offering a one one draw with brazil. and all russian course tests can be thrown on the bridge to say top of their group but could face neighbors huge change in the euro league playoffs. but let's kick off with the russian premier league and

the test currently unassailable at the top the focus is on the chasing pack as defending champions an eight one three military act to go second with a games to go because of time but reports. cite erik were banned from playing at home for one game and so hosted zainudin biggest fan the visitors took advantage and the lead after eight minutes actually did sort of finding himself alone in the books to open from a corner xander gives work of swiftly produced his second penalty miss of the season but on the awa center back bruno alvis showed his offensive skills to make it to neil. and consent in the down of soon to be entering stoppage time to see which honest college is manned up to second. meanwhile inform crossland our crew is to their fourth win in five games with the four new home moving of guus hiddink misfiring andrine.