cash for rebels the u.s. president has just congress to call for all power eight billion dollars in aid for syrian opposition fighters to help train them and provide equipment. cranes president signs a trade deal with the e.u. along with the leaders of georgia and moldova it's the very same agreement which ignited the february revolution and on conflict in ukraine's the findings. said just won't fly a long delay in opening a calamitous five billion dollar a port in berlin is blamed on a fake engineer given a key role in the project. wherever

you're watching from in the world welcome to moscow and to our teacher national i'm you know neil rebels engaged in war with the syrian president are in line for a hof billion dollar windfall from the u.s. president obama has asked congress to approve the money the aid also aims to counter the radical islamist group isis which is also finding assad on terrorizing cities in neighboring iraq artie's marina looks at the possible dangers of what. the obama administration is requesting for lawmakers to approve five hundred million dollars in spending for the purpose of arming the syrian opposition the white house claims that only appropriate vetted elements of the moderate opposition would receive direct training from the u.s. military and be equipped with american weapons and ammunition u.s.

officials insist that the weapons would serve to help empower the syrian people and help them push back against the government as well as the militant extremist group isis which actually has been fighting to topple bashar al assad since the civil war began more than three years ago however as recent events have shown american weapons may very well end up in its enemies hands just two weeks ago isis an all out assault on iraq's second largest city mosul causing a reported thirty thousand iraqi soldiers who were trained by the u.s. military to turn around and run as a result sunni extremists have seized stockpiles of american weapons and ammunition as well as u.s. humvees the bloodshed being unleashed in iraq by isis has arguably been strengthened by the fact that militants are fighting with u.s. weapons in afghanistan the taliban is now armed with u.s. made stinger missiles which according to reports were originally sent to libya when the obama administration was arming the opposition rising up against former leader

moammar gadhafi for more than a decade the u.s. has been drowning the arab world in weapons arming locals to help them overthrow governments not only how is it created absolute chaos and bloodshed it is arguably help to strengthen terrorist organizations because the weapons at least some of them are ending up in the hands of the enemy as for syria the devastating civil war has killed some one hundred fifty thousand people and the international community does agree that something should be done question is is sending weapons to one side of the conflict which includes terrorists the best solution reporting from washington d.c. marina. r t. now washington's constantly changed its mind on how to help the rebels in syria it was over a year ago when the u.s. first approved direct non lethal aid in december twenty third dean it was suspended after american supplied equipment fell into the hands of islamist fighters although

early this month the white house confirmed it's actually been sending legally to the syrian opposition on t.v. or computer brian becker sees the us is split when it comes to taking sides in civil conflicts it shows the united states appears to have a schizo front foreign policy there they're saying they demand unity in iraq behind the central government which is fighting what they call islamic extremist from isa's and at the same time they're funding these same armed groups in syria to take down an independent nationalist and sovereign government in syria what the u.s. is doing and has been doing this finally in money guns and more occupation tools in a region that it considers to be vital because it's resource rich that's about it inside syria there are ten million people in need of humanitarian assistance according to believe has the u.n. assessments that's almost half the country's population artie's maria financial reports from one city where people are now returning to their homes after the syrian army took it from armed rebels. this road in central syria used to be

beset by snipers and anyone driving here could be kidnapped that's when the smallest western area known as the moon was controlled by armed drug that's a lawyer brother next to the syrian lebanese border is just eighty kilometers from the capital damascus but it is like a state within a state that has its own security forces police and even the army you can see is symbols of new authorities here everywhere graffiti or three stars that means free syrian army is controlling this area a syrian military cannot enter six months later return to the main square if. you feel the syrian army expect town after months of fierce battles and numerous offensives officers say i can take off my flak jacket my dear friend. it's friday today and the officers told us that all the shops are

closed the restaurants a closed eye roll out so a lot of people in the streets but there is another reason actually many residents fled this town and entire area of cologne in an attempt to escape from atrocities. at the city's mosque the heart of this predominantly muslim town friday prayers have just finished. most of these people who only returned to the town recently when the hot outside. my home was hit and destroyed thank god the army is now back to boot is also home to a big christian community a different face he used to live in harmony here for years until islamic rule was imposed by the rebels many being religious zealots some linked to al qaida or free syrian mostly officially they were religious groups jihadi islam is but in fact it was normally asian or anything else their religion. as money. this young man shows

us what used to be a jewelry shop it was looted and then set on fire. with luck made or bouyeri they were on motorbikes they call themselves the free syrian army they used to also take food coming to town from damascus they were also kidnapping people locals hope the dark days a gun just a week after we left the town fighters attacked the army positions in the region again several other areas across syria still remain held by rebels or jihadists it seems that despite the army's recent success it's still too early to say when this devastating war will be over. rich nationality from syria. moving on ukraine has entered a trade agreement with the e.u. the very deal that started events that saw the previous administration toppled and

ultimately led to the ongoing bloody standoff in the country's east president petro poroshenko signed the association pack in brussels and says he believes this is the way to carry out the will of the nation. the people demanding the european future very clear every single region of ukraine support one candidate demonstrating we are ready for reform we are ready for europe we are ready for peace. and as for europeans who are still bearing the burden of a stir tb are not really into expanding their union right now the blocks and the cheap commissioner warns the be a lock for greece's peanuts compared to the billions brussels would have to cough up to save you cranes healing economy the president of the european commission says the e.u. is not ready to integrate a country like ukraine up this stage and that sentiment is also echoed by the foreign minister of europe's powerhouse germany

a group of european politicians has put together a statement against the association deal with ukraine and did i believe i can speak to one of them how can a. member of the european parliament time to you are the only actual m.e.p. to sign this statement against the association agreement with ukraine why have none of your colleagues joined you. know it's just a reason of. power shell but the shell. has a parliament stopping kneel composition of the parliament. or has it first of july has a problem. people sign disease they flourish and the members of the law there is a former member of. meet the only israel is the only dishes from seven e.u. member states and. so this is

a common position of each we'll be joined by i'm sure. only parliament next week when they step out. just repeated position of the city of clout politicians me in october last year that eastern partnership program should not be some kind of creation of the new. baltic sea. ah-h. h. it beats and iron. or battery and wall that is it bad that ship must include their ash. as a great eastern european states and not to be selective eet ees. not a days is it was also before he vanished summit and now these all events in the

ukraine each shows that is it positional call for creating people is just not what the president poroshenko is society's extremely divided and society is not there when for. the chance in quincy's to the eleventh and have. a sighting of trade agreement the lead to the alignment in the elected in lead to induce aus and for just let it jonesy you know very well seasoned sequences in the last hour economic independence completely ok now the president of the european council voted to create a visa free regime with ukraine and i was just a few hours ago but in reality how soon do you believe that could happen. i myself was voting for then he is a civil liberties going to need to jazz that these are and those that only these a facility de sion agreement or who was assigned during. the

better of nine leaches equal for the crane although all rationale european context and knows that the decision of these are for the addition of his modo was a political one but it is a small counting and very big style from all the ones who have recorded their main and possible so it is not the case for grain and i don't believe that these affinity jean grae is real be granted to pray that a lot of us who. tatiana down arc member of the european parliament thank you for your time. are getting some news just in we're getting reports of over twenty national guard fighters killed near the city of slovyansk in eastern ukraine government forces have allegedly seized the ukrainian forces checkpoint a week long truce between the army and local militia well it expires in less than

eight hours now but the cease fire when it was barely recognized with both sides accusing the other of breaking it let's move to a few examples of what's occurring army attacks on the fine city of kramatorsk continued throughout the week residents there are living in constant fear of shelling that was ongoing artillery fire and. of gaza which was almost razed to the grind during kiev's operation as were just saying the city of slovyansk which suffered the most during the standoff also came under to refire numerous times during the week long truce also the village of preval neuer saw one of the worst spikes of violence with one woman reportedly killed there with a truce a bite to expire the russian president wants it to be extended by your. blood is being shed in the southeast of ukraine real humanitarian catastrophe is under way tens of thousands of refugees of fools to seek asylum in russia ukraine

needs to return to the path of peace dialogue and consent. of president poroshenko said if another round of talks with the east falls today kiev will take a quote very important step dance key political commentator from e.u. reporter magazine believes the ukrainian leader has little interest in bringing peace and stability to eastern regions. trolls already a lot of neglect towards the situation in the east south of here great so far he doesn't pay attention he doesn't invest in itself and that is the result because the ideas he was chosen as far as that sort of general conduct that all the west european union and the united states and he fulfilled his promise and he signed the agreement and basically he doesn't care what happens afterwards because as we know during elections he invested his own seven million fortune to become a president so you can't expect him as a genuine caring about his people he's definitely not he's

a career businessman who cares about his own good. moving on the british monarchy has enjoyed wide public support for many decades but to me or commoners actually know how much the crime is costing them well according to the latest a new report almost thirty six million pounds of spent last year to support the royal family but there are some hidden price tags most of the public are completely unaware of. reports. over eighty percent of brits believe the royal family brings in a significant amount of revenue for the country each year some five hundred million pounds according to the case national tourism agency but those have been campaigning for the abolition of the monarchy believe that figure is incorrect and they're ready to show british taxpayers just how much of their money really goes towards funding their oil is there a public group claims the estimated annual cost of the monarchy is almost three hundred million pounds which is around nine times the official figure published by

the oil household why this disparity apparently the official figure excludes a number of costs including security royal visits and lost revenue from the dutch cheese of line castor and cornwall if they were public figures are to be believed it would mean the british head of state is one of the most expensive government institutions in the world the important point is that they want to close a lot more than many people think. but even if those figures were made public there's every chance that the majority of the british public would agree that the budget he was still with was in fact a poll last year found that forty five percent of the british public strong support for the monarchy up from twenty seven percent in two thousand and six a survey released this month showed that prince william has grandmother and his father are all more popular than the country's top rates of politicians remember the crowds for will's wedding but more people are now saying not having the option to choose who benefits from taxpayers' money is also important so there's also

a principle of democracy about whether it's right that the head of state should be . ready to treat position rather than one chosen by the people and it's also a question of the message it sends to the young people growing up in this country i would rather that the young people growing up in this country were told that no matter who you are too much away you're born matter who your parents are you can rise to the highest office in the land and that would be the case is going to have a really tremendous even though i'm. it was spirits love their queen there is a growing number of those who would like to see their money go towards improving the country rather than the country's palaces marina costs about a reporter from london forty. over eighteen million pounds spent and keeping the royals fade properly maintained that equals around two thousand pensions more than thirteen million pounds go towards keeping the royal polish suspect in spawn that could provide four hundred forty students with scholarships and the money spent on

the family travel costs could feed more than thirty three hundred homeless people republican green smith believes the royals are an insult to people suffering from austerity whether the spending by the world family is going up even by their own official figures it's going up you know they spend four million pounds. renovating a house for prince william. no the public does not owe these people a living it doesn't owe them a house and they need to start cutting by tens of millions not increasing their income and their wealth whilst we are cutting public services and public jobs government simply hands over. millions of pounds to the worlds in the world then get to choose how they spend it and then report on how they've spent to themselves counting it and a lot of spin. and misinformation of course if you look to other countries in europe they have similar heads of state fraction of the price so the republic of ireland for example they get to choose their head of state does

a similar ceremonial job and it costs less than ten million pounds every year so clearly you know having had to stay for three hundred million pounds it's a bit of a nonsense. still to come a few this hour the world turns a blind eye and with always things of african refugees held captive in the sinai peninsula. are melting bags dropping it in their mats this is the bird's nest really activist tries to drum up support for her campaign by putting the terror of human trafficking on torture on the big screen what details are just that. i'm happy martin the stories we cover here not can here in iraq separate story the facts are that while same time there's a reason they don't want international airport and. now let's break the

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twenty minutes into the program welcome back first schedule for takeoff in twenty ten the opening of the third largest airport in germany has still not happened delays per construction and corruption scandals have plagued the project from the very beginning peter all over reports on water or other who is behind the airport's bad karma. at this time of thea an airport should be bustling with holiday makers jetting off for their summer vacations not here though at berlin brandenburg the airport's two years behind schedule and the only people the construction work is still working on the project costs spiraling out of control it's really become a comedy of errors the latest scandal involves the fire safety system moreover the man that designed it it's a merge that he didn't have any qualifications to be in a position to do so what he did have though was a business card that said that he was an engineer turns out that wasn't worth the

paper that it was written on but how does a man with no qualifications find himself in a very important position on a multibillion euro project to find out more on this i'm joined by steve from the party of reason safe if i had a business card that said i was an astronaut would but that mean i got to go into space quite likely for was the space agency was run by the same people that are running this airport wouldn't surprise me at all but what's going on here what's happening with this project right now cost overruns without end technical disasters and political decisions being made and in my opinion it's probably due to the fact that government agencies bureaucrats are trying to make a huge project which should have been better left off to a private consortium to build as it was initially intended to be i mean we don't even know when this airports could open next year no sixteen seventeen maybe eighteen maybe never who knows thank you very much there we go we don't know when

it's going to open some estimates of put a final cost of around ten billion euro on finally getting this airport it berlin brandenburg open it certainly hasn't gone smoothly here. for thousands of african refugees the search for a better life in israel ends up in torture camps set up by human traffickers in the sinai peninsula more than three thousand migrants per month come from eritrea alone many of them are kidnapped for ransom and tortured until their families pay if they don't human traffickers reportedly killed the hostages more than four thousand people are estimated to have been killed since two thousand and eight and around the thousand are thought to be in captivity right now last month the president of eritrea demanded an investigation but the international community has remained largely silent with israel in particular ignoring the problem on its own doorstep estefan the us is a swedish eritrean activist to try to raise awareness about the victims of torture by putting their plight on screen.

the american plastic bags joining in their bags this is. the funnest talk to a niece and now a on in the know she say's there's a big difference in the way captives are treated. i have seen kids children that are two years old being tortured there were some kids that have to watch their mother being burned alive and they survived this are the kind of people that i talked to the torture is it's not in the eyes of tortured like we see horror movie or something it's where people are tortured twenty four hours a day deprived deprived of food deprived how is there not more international

weirdness about what's happening in finite the amount of deaths the type of torture and the millions of dollars that have been made by these hostage takers who. also have to do is race you know we we have seen americans getting kidnapped in the sinai. it took only twenty four hours to release them last year in norway gentlewoman was kidnapped in the same area and it took about a week for her to be released. we've seen last year also israeli man being kidnapped and also it took few days for him to be released so this happens all quite often to westerners as well but they're out with them days and they don't get to experience the torture as a free country so it has to do with race time for some more stories from around the world starting in iraq where government forces have retaken control of the biology oil refinery from isis extreme that is despite the reports that militant forces are

poised to take the entire facility oil production has remained largely unaffected by the current fighting whoever oil commodities reached a nine month high in trading over the last week. clashes between police and protesters continue in berlin despite earlier arrests hundreds for and blockades to prevent the eviction of refugees living in a former school only forty asylum seekers remain in the building has been occupied for more than eighteen months. that is the news for now but up next i'll be martin explores where america's beaches are actually safe for swimming in our not breaking assents coming right on. the federal migration service of russia has recently received more than five

thousand requests for political asylum from ukrainian citizens these requests come from refugees who are fleeing the conflict in the eastern part of ukraine in fact i personally know people who are from the ukraine who are now essentially trapped in russia because their native regions are at war with the kiev government there is a classic mainstream media talking point about russian aggression and russian imperialism which gets repeated constantly in fact so often that is not even question but if you stop to think about it if you were trapped in a region at war and you were going to escape odd thought where would you go into the heart of the aggressors in imperialists no you go in the direct opposite direction interestingly enough in both this conflict and the two thousand and eight war in georgia the overwhelming majority of refugees flee towards russia excluding some sort of bizarre stockholm syndrome it seems that for people in break we republican ukraine and georgia russia is a safe haven they often say that people vote with their feet and in the case of the most recent wars in european history it is clear whose feet are voting for whom and no mainstream media talking points can deny that but that's just my opinion.

well talking about language a little bit i will only react to situations i have read the reports for. the pollution and no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your letter play. list or carry out a car is on the job here. and there they go no more weasel. what you say to a direct question are you prepared for a change when you when you should be ready for a. freedom of speech and a little bit of the freedom to. see

. the the. what's going on folks i might be martin and this is breaking the sat for weeks now the story of thousands of immigrant refugee children on the us mexico border awaiting processing has become the forefront of the media it's estimated that since october of last year over forty seven thousand migrant children have been picked up while crossing into the u.s. by border officers and held in conditions tantamount to those that are left behind but as congress continues to stall on immigration reform the government is faced with a more immediate question of how to deal with the uptake and unaccompanied minors crossing into the u.s. from countries like honduras guatemala el salvador and to complicate matters further just this week and ice report points the deportation of seventy two thousand parents whose children were born here the biggest.