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quick to blame turkey detains nine suspects following the deadly car bombing of a town near the syrian border claiming to have contacts to syrian intelligence. we pakistan's milestone democratic election is marred by violence across the country with the former prime minister claiming early victory and already in talks on the new government but more balanced on bullets in saturday's a storage vote r t brings you the latest from outside of the parliament right here in islamabad. it is seven pm in moscow you're watching r t i'm marina joshua comes to the program
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turkish authorities have detained nine people in connection with saturday's deadly car bombings in a town near the syrian border to blast killed the forty six and over one hundred turkey was quick to blame syrian intelligence for the attack and something that damascus denies the area is home to tales of thousands of refugees who have fled the ongoing syrian conflict our middle east correspond policy or has more. turkey has blamed the syrian president bashar assad for these bombings without having undergone any kind of investigation what they have said is that syrian intelligence is to quote them the usual suspects now the deputy turkish prime minister says that the organization and the members behind the attacks have been largely identified but what is worrying is that this does say it's a bad precedent to merely blame assad right away without giving any kind of proof or any kind of conclusive evidence as to why you say that nine people have been detained all of them are turkish citizens according to the turkish deputy prime minister and he has stressed that there be no links to the syrian opposition
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previously three of the five suspects arrested after the bombings were said to have been the syrian nationals not syria has denied that they are behind the attacks the syrian government issued a statement in which it said that we are saddened by the fall of martyrs in turkey yesterday in one way or another the turkish people are syrian brothers the turkish prime minister has said that the attack could also be linked to the peace process with the kurds and they of course have for a long time been at odds with the government the north of syria is the region bordering turkey and that's where extremist opposition groups are particularly active what is unclear as of yet is how many of them could have in fact crossed over into turkey now the city where the explosion occurred has received tens of thousands of refugees and it is possible that some of them are radical elements there's no proof to say that they are there is no proof to say that they are not these radical elements are setting up their own infrastructure and there are many
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groups among them such as the al nusra front and the salafist who've already done so we have been receiving reports that in aleppo for example there are reportedly some twenty rebel brigades operating and they've set up the machinery of government and justice in three quarters that they have taken over they have set up courts for example that are manned by lawyers and judges they've set up schools they say so that they. no vacuum in the administration and public institutions so you certainly do have this very warning phenomena that there is a large number of explain this elements that are operating particularly along the border as we just heard turkey's deputy prime minister stressed that the detain suspects have no connection to the syrian opposition but foreign policy analyst dr khan holland believes the attack appears to there all the hallmarks of al qaida linked extremists you have to enhance with the onset of government. be stupid enough to pick an open fight with
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a country on its border that has the second largest army in in the north atlantic treaty organization i don't see the sense in that i mean it would suggest that the also the regime has a suicide complex and they haven't demonstrated any any of that in the past the timing is certainly very suspicious you know a couple of weeks ago the syrians were used of using poison gas and then with a party from the united nations sick recently it appears as if that was the insurgency that it used poison gas certainly wasn't gas disappears then this bombing happens car bombs are the particular signature device that are used by their some of this very extreme islamist rebels in syria so i would be very careful about don't point fingers at this point many people warn that that does civil war have the potential to spill over into other
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areas of the middle east that prediction is coming very true. was he now or who you think to be behind the double car bombing in the turkish town well so far in the early have you think the syrian opposition did it to try and implicate president assad forty percent also see turkey itself as the culprit an attempt to force an international military intervention in syria less than ten percent placed the blame on violent extremists with no particular motive a minority believe it's the government retail eating for turkey's support of the syrian opposition well you can log on and let us know what you think on the issue. meanwhile international peace efforts to resolve the syrian conflict seem to be on the verge of a breakthrough or russia's receive backing from the u.s. and the u.k. for a syria conference tentatively scheduled for the end of this month however washington
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and london are still considering arming the syrian rebels with an arms embargo up for renewal in just over two weeks. has more. after months of fiery exchanges on the syrian conflict the major international players russia the united kingdom and the united states have managed to find a common ground principle position has been that it accused the west of supporting only one side of the syrian conflict that is the side of the syrian rebels moreover russia has been particularly concerned with the calls across the atlantic to arm the syrian rebels to provide them with military training and even possibly intervene into the conflict by force also russia was particularly concerned with statements in the western countries that bashar assad must step down at the same time the western world has never been saying that it's the syrian people that have to choose their new government they have to choose their new future now hardly
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anyone expected after all of these rhetoric that a meeting between the u.s. state secretary john kerry and the russian president and the russian foreign minister in moscow would produce something positive never the less international conference which is to be called by the end of this month was the direct result of the meeting in moscow that a conference is expected to have both the members of the syrian opposition and the syrian government at the same negotiation table at the same time a press conference between the russian foreign minister lavrov and john kerry took an interesting twist when a reporter asked about the bill to support the syrian rebels with weaponry which is now being considered by the u.s. congress the reply from the u.s. state secretary it was that if the united states finds substantial proof that chemical weapons were in fact used by bashar assad's troops in syria something which hasn't yet been proven of course then this bill will ultimately become reality which many experts have already described this as
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a certain leeway for the united states to still have a certain leverage in the syrian conflict now also on friday the british prime minister david cameron came to the city of. russia. and the biggest intrigue of that meeting was whether david cameron would sing to the same tune as john kerry did in moscow it's no secret that we have had differing views on how best to handle the situation but we share fundamental aims to end the conflict to stop syria fragmenting to let the syrian people choose who governs them and to prevent the growth of violent extremism so i strongly support the conference that mr lavrov for mr kerry agreed this week to deliver a political solution a solution which has a transitional government based on the consent of the syrian people as a whole so clearly the events of the of this past week have given us a clear indication that there may be interesting things to come in terms of the syrian conflict and this conference can actually produce something of
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a peaceful solution he was toppled jailed and then exiled but now no washer in the looks set to return to power after claiming an early victory in pakistan's general election the vote was the first in which has civilian government after serving its full term that will hand power to another democratically elected government threats by the taliban to disrupt the poll were borne out by attacks across the land that killed at least twenty four people that he tells now from our. despite the threat of violence pakistanis came out in record numbers to vote in the election which will determine the fate of the country for the next five years and as the votes are counted the man poised to come out of the very top is not was sharif and his party fourteen years after being ousted in a military coup he is on the road to a third term as pakistan's prime minister will have numerous problems to deal with from chronic power cuts to a taliban insurgency will be pushing for a create free market economic policies and further strain ties with the united
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states but the vote has also crushed the hopes of millions of pakistanis who want to see real change in the entrenched political system they were counting on cricket legend imran khan and his party he had rallied massive support here in the country with calls to end corruption and to end u.s. drone strikes especially among young voters but it wasn't enough to put him at the top still a significant victory for his party now the pakistan people's party which formed the outgoing government took a beating in the polls paying a price for being seen as failing to tackle corruption unemployment and violence while in power of course this in many ways is a historic election it's the first time a democratically elected government is replaced with another the first time that a staggering sixty percent of voters turned out but also on a darker note the first election to go down as the bloodiest in pakistan's history now a string of bomb blasts disrupted election day killing dozens of people the violence came on the heels of a bloody intimidation campaign by the pakistani taliban which has claimed one
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hundred thirty lives leading up to the vote the group is fighting to topple poppy stands u.s. backed government which it sees as quote on the islamic another war also some allegations of voting irregularities and problems in certain areas mainly in caracas new voting will be held at forty two polling centers where officials said elections are free and fair overall however a successful largely successful election here in pakistan will of course keep you updated on the latest reporting from islamabad. and i wash has already begun talks and forming a new government here largely campaigned on strengthening the nation's stalled economy but policy director at just foreign policy or says he also tried to rein in american influence in pakistan. sure enough and cons. came in first and second. we define. the united states.
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among other issues and differing on obviously. not happy with the status quo the issue of the perception of security and. eternity. i think we're going to see change in that direction i'm sure if on this the main opposition party. expected to be go shooting with a a math. degree significant pull most powerful country in the. between the two countries north carries to new but i think we'll see a less heavy hand of the united states octaves. well more stories just ahead for you including first term failure later on our team finds out why is three quarters of the french population are so unhappy with a president they swept to victory just
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a year ago. and violence and violence boils over in bangladesh over demands for tougher penalties for blasphemers all that and more coming your way very shortly here in our. world. technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got this huge you're covered. story and it's. part of it and realized everything. is a big. deal
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. stream. and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just doesn't matter how would your mobile device if you could watch your t.v. anytime anywhere. talk about here watching r t live from moscow french president francois hollande is facing one of the worst poll ratings in modern history and that's just twenty euro since his trouble in victory aveo action three quarters of the population are now disappointed with the way he has been doing the top job party says are silly has been finding out why. i heard.
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a year ago thousands of people had gathered at this very place to celebrate the victory of socialist president francois hollande but here on the thousands of people are again gathered but for a very different reason this time they're asking the president where are the changes that he had promised asked by the very same people with voted left and put along didn't place recent polls show his popularity has plummeted to less than twenty five percent the biggest force for any french president in the past fifty years. that followed it. i let you know where your promises are come on where are they is said i'm sure he does not have it out yet this is the mission that from now on will be mine to give the european construction a dimension of growth employment and prosperity you have france's hit record unemployment of three point two million people in march the biggest source of
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public anger it's also scratch hopes of cutting the budget deficit to three percent of g.d.p. by two thousand and thirteen and the european commission's most recent forecast shows fast will be in recession until the end of the year the seventy five percent income tax on the super rich is also a no go after france's constitutional court overruled it on the very talk of it pushed french actor gerard depardieu to give up his citizenship for a law should one one time as a law and it did manage to keep is legalizing gay marriage pleasing supporters it also sparking fears consultation. the way it was all the. things people are happy with gay marriage but it doesn't feed our families it doesn't give us food there are realities that are good to say but there are also priorities a priority is employment we need to eat it is ok just to is it your claim. your. you cannot return to the new president immediately.
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into the economy what i would like anyway i just would like to get your credit which is not making that much. which is keeping some kid on which is not going to explain that you know they're imagining receive no one has all. but. yeah yeah yeah i paid a magic recipe this filmmaker. says is nonexistent he made this video during last year's presidential campaign to show the country's lack of choice because. when you listen to the media you'd think there were a lot of differences between the two but that's just on a superficial level on the most important things they agree do we need to intervene
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in another three to intervening in other countries because the weapons nobody will always be behind a lot is well aware of his unpopularity but says he will weather this storm improve he can't keep his promises at the end of this five year term. he needs time fine we are here to tell him mr president time is up and you need to start changing things but others like these workers who recently closed steel plant to easter flowers are not even hopeful symbolically laid to rest a lot of broken promises under which reads. does our sylvio r.t. paris and while unemployment frustration is growing in france across the channel the brits are feeling the pinch too but not their queen who is getting a five million pounds pay rise while the nation bears the brunt of a story we find out why just a few minutes. now russia's been throwing some spectacular
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celebrations this week marking victory day sixty eight years since nazi germany was defeated moscow was the scene of the biggest events among sounds across the country the traditional parade on red square featured eleven thousand troops military hardware and fighter jets the day was rounded off was massive firework displays from fourteen different locations around the capital dozens of precisely timed aerial designs appear to moscow's night sky during the spectacular show we get enjoyed as well as just a click away at our. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world a coal mine blast has claimed twenty seven lives in southwest china emergency services were able to save the other eighty one trapped inside although one man later died of his injuries another twelve miners were earlier killed by an explosion in a neighboring province as china's mines remain among the most dangerous in the war
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. thousands protested in cities across israel against proposers therapy measures due to be debated early next week the plan maps out tax hikes and welfare cuts aimed at saving the government more than five billion dollars the middle class is likely to be hit hard by the finance minister's proposals to see why it is election campaign promises to support them. while giant b.p. has announced it is pulling some workers from its operations in libya over mounting security concerns in the country according to the company they are following british foreign office advice u.k. and the u.s. have also withdrawn non-essential diplomatic staff over the last few days and this comes as two police stations were bombed in benghazi. violent clashes erupted in bangladesh this week when thousands of hard line
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islamists took to the city streets around the country police had back with tear gas rubber bullets and water cannons the country's as well mr are calling for laws against blasphemers and the death penalty for atheist bloggers because outcry earlier this year the government so far refused to give in to the demands that a day of campaign are against war crimes says the trimmest have been conspiring against a secular state for decades now. to really do this if you or i did to job on that issue over the last two years of the. ito's of food. and they're trying to get to another state like they're trying to make. to but creating an okie and what do you assume he's actually the result of all the times they have been trying. for the last forty years for some of the major political parties that you can be the main opposition party has been so. worth checking out
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on our website right now red tape blocks the ambitions of a killer the original mass murderer anders breivik wanted to start a fascist organization but his prison pan applications been turned down over a clerical error. and another click will take you behind the scenes of the crowd as russia's great cardinal suddenly steps down this week. we take a closer look at a lot of stuff i mean the architect of presidential policy. has unemployment cuts on employment and cuts by it in the u.k. a british taxpayers will now also have to cough up for another five million pounds for their queen to carry out her official duties but as our reports the royal pay hike comes as her majesty promises. and her annual speech outlining the government's legislative program. my minister's first priority will be to reduce
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the deficit and restore economic stability at the same time the creed is set to get a five billion pound pay rise this year thirty six point one million pounds from the u.k. taxpayer will go towards the queen and her residence says her royal chefs and footman cost an estimated ten million pounds a year thirty six million is divided into money which runs the royal household of the queen and the duke of edinburgh most of it goes on salaries also on the upkeep of royal palaces such as buckingham palace and windsor castle and all more royal trouble at home and abroad the british monarchy has become synonymous with the image of britain because it is the world's most high profile maliki the queen of ages seven and a consul the duke of edinburgh at ninety one are remarkable examples of
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public service and of national unity but the cost to the public purse rises steadily as austerity sets in the five million pound increase in the queen's expenses from the states represents a fifteen percent rise vital services are being lost while the queen gets this big pay rise i think it's very unfair given that she is personally one of the wealthiest people in britain where the personal wealth of in excess of three hundred million pounds the royal family has over seven hundred servants six palaces they can quite clearly afford themselves to cover any increased costs they shouldn't be begging for the state it's a royal spectacle such as the daily changing of the guards the buckingham palace the drive in terrorists from around the globe but in these times of austerity some of beginning to question why the windsors haven't tighten their belts
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a. but the rest of the queen subjects' last month the guardian poll found that eighty eight percent of brits were happy with the pay rise i think this should give more to the poor not to get too much money the future of not overly impressed to be honest i'm sure she's got more than enough money to survive when she. brings in quite a bit on the toys some whatever but where does it go where where does it come people there because i work i'm a care worker and. they're being kept well where does it our progress given romani elsewhere in europe royals have had to rein in best spending in the face of public opinion the spanish royal family's budget has been reduced for a third year in a row the british monarchy actually stands out around the world it's completely different to almost every other model t. that you can think of in the sense that they are still surrounded by so much home and circumstance and all the marching by. the horses big wide alongside the fronts
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of carriages the published figures suggest that the royal family the queen and everybody else tosses around something close to forty million pounds a year but doesn't take into account all the extra security all the police work for that that's involved in protecting her and the rest of the family and it doesn't take into account the money that's lost to the sticker because she and prince charles in particular get lots of time to privileges that the rest of us aren't entitle to and while the government has pushed through budget cuts to the national health service and slashed welfare as part of an unprecedented austerity drive there are those that say that prime minister david cameron's promise that britain is all in it together doesn't include the queen of england. london and will continue to look out the way the salmon the ravaged the horn of africa and twenty one of the analysts altruistic aspects of humanitarian aid.
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you know i've been asked a few times if i believe in conspiracy theories which is kind of an odd question i mean just in general believe in conspiracy theories like all of them even the ones that contradict each other i mean j.f.k. could have been killed by the mob the cia the k.g.b. and very secret societies at the same time or could he have been know what you just declare themselves the official conspiracy theories that's silly obviously it isn't good just go around fishing for evil plots to explain every situation the mainstream media sure does lie a lot but i think they're telling the truth about that whole sky being blue thing but on the other hand if you never question what the glowing box in your house tells you that just makes you a sucker the kind of sucker who bought that there were magical mysterious invisible weapons of mass destruction in iraq and you know what in all honesty there's actually been real evil conspiracies that have been exposed like the tuskegee
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experiment and the fascist coup attempt against president roosevelt in one nine hundred thirty s. over all people think it spirity theories are a matter of belief but in actuality they're completely a matter of facts and there's a lot of good evidence to support a conspiracy and good arguments that maybe you should consider it but if someone tells you the president is actually a reptilian from the cosmos you might want to just stay away from that one but that's just my opinion. according to the law usaid is allowed to procure up to seventy five percent american products and transport them only on american ships.
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and that means that the shippers have a lot of interest in food aid policy and have been an incredibly effective lobby to fight for the status quo of sourcing in and shipping from the united states the u.s. government is the only government in the world that hasn't made substantial movements in the direction of enabling local procurement of food aid in developing countries in order to respond faster and more cheaply to food emergencies as they arise. so even today the food must first be balt then loaded on a ship in american harbor and then travel for several months in order to reach africa. that would be approximately four to six months from when it has been termed that we want to participate in in a particular road appeal and so when the food arrives. did she.
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