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one of the you. know farewell to arms of the e.u. lives the syrian weapons involved with the u.k. and france are winning the battle to allow the supply of legal aid to the rebels this is russia and the u.s. trying to map out a road to peace in syria. region considers a climbdown an extremist preachers an expanded powers for the security services amid a growing criticism of m i five we are to prevent the brutal killing of a soldier. and egypt's top constitutional court will says the country's military and police should be allowed to vote triggering a backlash from the ruling islamist party concerned over national security.
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and it's a very good morning and a very warm welcome to you if you've just joined us here on r.g.p. i'm to bomb would say let's take a look at the international news this morning. the you has agreed to lift the syrian arms embargo the u.k. and france and let the effort which has now opened the door to lethal aid flowing into the hands of the syrian rebels however some states approved the move to saying it would only feel the conflict this is russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry met in paris to organize syrian peace talks are going to school has the details. european union has agreed to lift the embargo on syria but but when we see agreed it means that there's actually a lot of discontent and disagreement over the embargo issue in the european union
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itself but it does look like the k. and france have actually pushed out through and they were the ones who were pressing for the lifting of the embargo all along and now it seems to be that on may thirty first the embargo that isn't placed at the moment will be no longer in place of course the issue of sending arms to syria has long been a great matter of discussion between all parties involved in the conference on peace process in syria and the two states that have been worried the most about it of course are russia and the united states the issue remains that a lot of groups operating in syria on the side of the rebels are also affiliated with al qaida and that is something that neither mosco nor washington can let go off they're saying that if arms are indeed going to be shipped to syria it means those arms could end up in hands of a known terror organization but that doesn't seem to faze london or paris unfortunately it also happens to be the day when. russia's foreign minister sergei
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lavrov as well as the secretary of state john kerry met in paris to discuss. the implementation of the peace process in the geneva conference on peace what was the concept in syria which is to take place next month bowles to carry a lover off have agreed that it is very important to work together in order to bring the the opposition the syrian opposition as well as the syrian government to to the table and have them figure out a way to bring about a the ended to the bloody two two year long conflict that's going on in syria at the moment. the u.k. aid agency oxfam has warned of devastating consequences if more arms are sent into syria britain however believes arming the rebels would complement rather than work against the peace process claiming it would strengthen the opposition's hand in negotiations with assad and to war activists rishon backers says of the arms embargo never stop the western supporters of the opposition. the arms embargo is
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a bit of a fiction anyway they aren't supporting into the opposition in syria they're for coming from qatar and saudi arabia there are undoubtedly be organized by the united states and the other nato powers where they really mean is that they want to send heavier weapons and because the opposition has suffered serious setbacks recently and so we see it all pushed as dr post peace conference approaches on both a civil level and a military level to try to strengthen the opposition which is dependent upon the support it's receiving from outside otherwise it does not have any hope for victory and so you can be deceived in these clear today at the leading nato powers the us britain and france leading the way and their allies are client states in the
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middle east have all joined in this effort in what is really remarkable about it is that we have decided to try and so the concern for some of the for human rights and democracy in syria and try to are united arab emirates saudi arabia jordan these are all family my parents they are united in their objective in your objective is to bring down the government in syria to replace it with what would be a reasonable to u.s. interest as tired of a strategy of domination of the middle east. meanwhile one of the strongest u.s. advocates of the syrian opposition senator john mccain has made a surprise visit to syria for talks with the rebel leader so i asked about poor al rake an independent research and right to says washington the it's not entirely since yeah when he called for peace talks. all these education is against us started in two thousand and three at least what's known to us openly and there was if lived an article written in the time magazine in december of two thousand and
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six which mentioned there had been secret meetings going on and they cited some secret documents in which it was stated that the opposition was being nurtured in europe with the american support so this much we know at the same time we know that john mccain senator mccain is old he went to syria to meet with the free syrian aggression army whatever they like to call them the opposition so america is involved in all this i don't believe america wants a peaceful resolution to the conflict america started it i don't think that senator mccain would take it upon himself to go to syria and research with the opposition how they had not had a nod from the government otherwise he would be locked up the minute he returned. another journalist or loses their life reporting on the conflict a prominent syrian war correspondent is killed by rebel sniper fire the details
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online for you at r.t. dot com while also they have a conflict in syria threatens to go beyond its borders fears of an all out sectarian war increase in lebanon after hezbollah strongholds shelled. download here to show locations so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television or it just doesn't matter how would your mobile device if you can watch our t.v. any time anyway. in the wake of the brutal slaying of a u.k. soldier the british government's responding with the battery of measures to track down terrorists a new top falls hoskins top to focus on radical preachers on the home secretary is
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demanding extra pause for law enforcement agencies the authorities focus on islamic extremism has been raising many questions as revelations that m i five had enough information about the suspect to prevent the attack pileup artie's polly boyko reports the first time the home secretary theresa may proposed the data and communications bill came under so much criticism from civil liberties groups and even the deputy prime minister that the government had to scrap plans for its implementation but after the killing of an off duty soldier in south london last wednesday it looks like the so-called snoopers charter is back in the spotlight the current secretary to resign may says it's essential that police are granted the powers to access data communications in order to tackle terrorism that means being able to view citizens skype histories web browsing and e-mail histories whether or
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not such a law would have prevented the killing of lee rigby is up for debate both suspects were already known to intelligence agencies for their extremist views but would both deemed safe enough to continue their activities one of the suspects michael audible larger reportedly handed out extremist literature on the streets of london and was even arrested in kenya back in two thousand and ten for trying to travel to somalia in order to train as a terrorist at the same time the home secretary to reason may says that police needs to be given the tools they need in order to fight terrorism but considering that british intelligence had all that information about the willage suspects already many here are questioning why the home office didn't just use the tools they were he had. r.t. london. reports say one of the suspects in the brutal machete killing was considered a low risk by m i five despite numerous warning signs dating back as flies two thousand and three and at the time the alleged attacker was
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a member of an extremist islamic group that was being monitored by security services and later banned investigative journalist tony gosling says more power and money to monitor the population is not the solution how did these guys who were right at the very top of the terror watch list their x l maturin people how on earth did they not get spotted preparing for some kind of terror act what was the car bugged for example this is one question that hasn't been answered m i five are gone very quiet on all these kinds of topics they've got something like four thousand staff m i five and if they can't keep an eye on the people who are very top of the watch list then there needs to be a real shake up and heads need to roll there the over so it of the security services really needs to be looked at there isn't any proper oversight and what these intelligence services seem to do every time is to hide behind the veil of national security we can't tell you what's going on even the inquiry that's been instituted into the failures of what happened last wednesday is going to be kept
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entirely secret and i'm afraid it's time for them to come out from under their shells and get a proper looking at so this kind of thing really can't happen again and they're not going to play this game sure you of saying we need more money we need more power and we need more surveillance of the general population because they all the laws they needed to stop these people doing what they did last wednesday you don't need any more power whatsoever. but timo still to come here on r.g.p. including a familiar has stayed away disseminate egypt before and after the revolution highlighted by political infighting and schmaltz taken the ball into their own head . a trip to the by canoe comes with the way our very own rory sushi it's one of the next mission to the international space station that's coming up.
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dragging on in europe it's industries us struggling to prop up their production which is still over ten percent below the two thousand and eight pre-crisis level and finding enough skilled engineers in the u. in the e.u. rob it is a period one of the main problems for the companies despite soaring unemployment darkeys sessile sylvia looks at what's happening to your p. and manufacturers. manufacturers and industrialists have been voicing their concerns sounding the alarm over what they say is a locker shortage of skilled talent here in europe now this does add another layer to the story of employment or lack thereof here in the bois as the economic crisis continues and then in an interview would be a financial times the c.e.o. of siemens europe's largest engineering group had said of this problem is particularly acute in countries like germany and in turn this affects their competitiveness which forces them to move substantial parts of their research and development to countries like china and india and all of this is being said as the
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block is facing record unemployment or we spoke with a research fellow from the eggman institute to give us a bit more insight into what is happening here in europe. has sold to do with the current crisis is the fact that. the industry in europe is receding but it is a long term trend in terms of losing market shares in many countries so just to confirm that the almost twenty seven million if i'm not mistaken unemployed in europe it's still hard to find at least five hundred thousand engineers that they're saying now and i think the skill mismatch as we can call it is a concern but it's only of very a part of the of the problems in southern europe you also have the the cost and price competitiveness of these countries. you have the question of the mix of what you produce what you can export but certainly. skill mismatch is still so rightly pointed out thank you very much for that well if you just look at the industrial production numbers right now in the e.u.
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with still more than that via ten percent below its pre-crisis high in two thousand and eight but again europe's competitiveness comes to the forefront even more as leaders are still struggling to find a sustainable growth a process out of this economic crisis that are in reporting from brussels on tests or so you. we've got more stories on our web site twenty four seven including a un head to says the guantanamo bay prison breeds all kinds of contempt human rights chief good record saying the detention center is an ideal recruitment tool for terrorists this as the hunger strike be and to is a hundred and eleven the day had to r.t. dot com for more info. oh you can also go to our you tube channel to find out just what it takes to turn a construction crane into this mass of metal that's all on archie dot com.
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today violent games played out. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. during operations throughout the day. egypt's top court wants to allow members of the country's armed forces to vote many have praised the decision but the really muslim brotherhood and others oppose it saying it threatens national security and as artie's tom bottom explains these are signs that egypt is still facing many of the same problems it had under the rule of the also president hosni mubarak. members of egypt's army and police haven't voted since one nine hundred seventy six a move designed to stop them interfering in politics but now judges have said that rule and twelve other pieces of electoral law are in breach of the country's new
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constitution much contested but passed last december human rights groups and some of the largely secular opposition have welcomed the decision as they say all citizens should have the right to vote but some islamists and former soldiers are opposed saying politics should be kept out of the army and raising fears of politicians abusing a huge voting reservoir this all comes as egypt tries to adjust after decades under mubarak's control his regime was infamous for torture since his departure human rights reform of the security services has been limited now or president mohamed morsi is muslim brotherhood faces widespread accusations of moving into positions vacated by mubarak's old cronies largely because of political unrest egypt's economy is now doing worse than it did under mubarak and mubarak's foreign policy imperatives seem to remain important to the current government to the dismay of
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some islamists the security situation has been deteriorating in egypt where the country now seeing some of the worst cases of vigilante justice that the twenty eleven uprising of visuals have been encouraging citizens to reza lawbreakers and had them over to authorities but angry mobs have increasingly become the judge and jury on the street to examine the brutal trend. angry crowds viciously drug a young man through a street sets his corpse on fire and strings that are video clips like these have become boringly frequent in brule egypt since the revolution two years ago as citizens increasingly take justice into their own hands are most upper east sun mr a thirty one year old civil servant from the nile delta is one such victim he was brutally murdered and hung from a tree in broad daylight. the crowd thought that he was a thief because he's mentally ill the first blow came from behind on the back of
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his head and then part of his skull was hacked off the second here it was to his chest they caught him open arms sabri story is not unique since the two thousand and eleven revolution have been at least seventeen similar lynchings in this region alone the most high profile victim who was killed last week was the son of a leading member of the missing brotherhood's political party security forces for their part say they are able to control the situation particularly when entire villages are involved in these bitter lanty mobs rights advocates like karim and nora say they lynchings which are on the rise are symptomatic of the state's continued failure to provide security and justice. increasing cases of lynching in an community by the people taking just isn't on. but always a very visible sign of just increasing lack of face into. his level face into the criminal justice system and obviously people in egypt have always had
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a negative inviting relationship with the police and not very good relationship with with even that has even become worse after the revolution officials from the ruling freedom and justice party and the police admit that the authorities are reluctant to confront suspected mob killers for fear of backlash however local party leader ahmed shah hearts who personally knew one of the victims main. security is improving post revolution egypt has experienced one of the best revolutions in history the country's being healed very quickly we're almost in a stable situation there will be security we have a plan for the economy and security and reject this is little consolation for the families of victims like sabri who have seen no justice. the local security chief said just give me one arrest in twenty four hours now most often has been dead for fifty days and security director has done nothing. against the
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backdrop of escalating civil unrest after the revolution many fear this violence is here to stay and that the worst could be yet to come true for our t. shirt. now to some other news making headlines around the world more than sixty people were killed and one hundred and sixty injured in a wave of car bombs in baghdad on monday targeted to districts of the iraqi capital while another blast was struck in the heart of the city close to a sunni mosque incidents were also reported in other towns in iraq the deadly spiral continues with more than three hundred people killed in may. of visuals in the u.s. state of texas have identified sunday's concha county killer as marine cops officer esteban smith police say the twenty three year old opened fire on passers by during a two hour shooting spree in three towns in the state before being killed in
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a shootout with the street troopers one woman was killed and five others wounded in what has been described as a random pattern of gun violence. thousands of ethnic albanians rallied in the cause of un capital pristina to demand the release of five former rebels accused of war crimes suspected of running a detention center and orchestrating the abuse and murder of several roma in albanians civilians help the during the war fifteen years ago the former militants include a local mayor as well as kosovo's and better to albania. now to the by canoe cosmodrome in kazakstan where r.t. is rory's says she is following the final preparation of the next mission as they get ready for blast. we're not that far off from the russian soyuz of blasting a traditional three man crew up to the i assess you to be led by the russian
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commander a few that your chief backed up by the american astronaut karen nyberg second time to the i assess but new come a look up how to make tunnels from the european space agency is first time to the opening space lab but he's got at least two spacewalks to do one to try and repair a camera on japan's keep more general but also to try and repair the i assess for the hopeful soon arrival of russians and their landing the multi-purpose we operate treatment you will as well now occur in my book the american astronaut a second time to the i assessed to spend six months or so away from her husband and a little three year old boy as well but not to worry they'll be having what they call daily internet protocol phone calls as you chat with their family and once we do a live video. so the blast off is twenty thirty g.m.t. on tuesday that will actually be two thirty am launch on the wednesday from baikonur with a dark sky the late night launch it should be a good backdrop for such a launch indeed and the only full all bits off the launch for orbits around planet
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earth than a six hour flight to the i assess to meet the remaining three members of expedition thirty six that have been on the i assess for quite some time at a height of three hundred twenty fellow meters above our heads a speed of nearly twenty eight thousand kilometers per hour it's going to be a wild ride and incredible view as well to join us here or not see the live broadcast with me rory sushi at twenty thirty g.m.t. on tuesday reporting here from black in all kazakhstan hope to see if. we look forward to that launched they now in a few minutes catch up on all of the week's top sports stories like a partridge. they
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hello welcome to the action packed artie's full show with me carrie partridge and here's a taste of what's to come. the champions are enrolled in school as the late winner is brian munich rosia dortmund to want to wembley to win the european cup for the fifth time. while europe old boss with the top and bottom two already confirmed there was a scramble to get into europe how to avoid the relegation play offs on the last day in the russian premier league. and loads of the ring alexander given talent to return to tame the beast not that bad a carry such as a shock defeat on a night atop l.a.'s may action in moscow. but first a football whereby in munich won the champions league with a thrilling last two one win over brasil dortmund in the first ever all german european cup final at wembley because of him to top off reports from london.

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