in the capital, more calls for president bashar al-assad to leave. protests have been mostly peaceful after mounting pressure on the regime to stop using violence against their people. troops opened fire. many people are believed to have been killed. washington says they're not convinced that the regime is convinced about change. -- the regime is serious about change. >> they will allow a political process that will include a peaceful protests to take place throughout syria and engage and a productive dialogue with members of the opposition and civil society. they will continue to see increasingly organized resistance. >> there are also many who would like the president to stay and are rallying in his favor. despite that support and promises of change by the government, these scenes show that there might be no way back for the government. among the government, the sense is that bashar all the stock lost time is up. -- bashar al-assad's time is up. >> colonel gaddafi has delivered an address to thousands of supporters in tripoli. he vowed to continue

in the capital, more calls for president bashar al-assad to leave. protests have been mostly peaceful after mounting pressure on the regime to stop using violence against their people. troops opened fire. many people are believed to have been killed. washington says they're not convinced that the regime is convinced about change. -- the regime is serious about change. >> they will allow a political process that will include a peaceful protests to take place throughout syria and engage and a productive dialogue with members of the opposition and civil society. they will continue to see increasingly organized resistance. >> there are also many who would like the president to stay and are rallying in his favor. despite that support and promises of change by the government, these scenes show that there might be no way back for the government. among the government, the sense is that bashar all the stock lost time is up. -- bashar al-assad's time is up. >> colonel gaddafi has delivered an address to thousands of supporters in tripoli. he vowed to continue

implementation of the reform plan their predecessors have launched but not finished president bashar al assad has lifted a state of emergency and signed a decree that allows holding peaceful demonstrations in the country by doing this the president actually enforce. one of the basic civil rights and besides the draft law and parties were submitted for discussion about the text can be found on the internet previously we had a law that limited be allowed number of parties in syria to ten the new law stipulates that people may create new parties if they wish to their number is no more limited and whether the newly established party will be in opposition or not doesn't matter either a lot of attention is also paid to the new normal mass media which is a central part of the national dialogue as a one party it's one elections on local authority also. other us all couple us you mention the national dialogue as part of this framework the syrian government called a consultative meeting on the national convention scheduled for tenth of july with a what was their position invited to join this convention

and we have had peaceful demonstrations in favor of reforms the syrian government and president bashar al assad responded to the demands of the people but as you may recall every time the government was about to introduce reforms violence surged in the country i witnessed these acts in daraa and other syrian provinces like many other citizens did the incumbent president of syria is committed to reforms and in two thousand he proposed a major program of reforms but events in the region that followed affected the implementation of the reforms gravely the us invasion of iraq and the potential threat that the aggression would sweep over syria after the american government made some tensions clear the turmoil in lebanon and the assassination of the lebanese leader rafik hariri the situation in the region changed in the state of syria is threatened the reforms were shifted to the back burner and defense of the country was made the priority task and has been the most important thing ever since today however the government is considering the implementation of the reform plan their producers have launch

the sense is that if -- that bashar al-assad's time is up. >> the libyan leader colonel gaddafi has delivered a telephone address to thousands of supporters in tripoli. he vowed to continue in his role as leader and warned the nato alliance that they would face catastrophe. the moroccans have been voted on a draft constitution put forward by the king in response to pro- democracy protests. the king says it would give more power to the prime minister. critics say it is not go far enough. he has been the outspoken leader of venezuela for more than a decade, now hugo chavez reveals he is fighting cancer. this comes as a political shock wave following weeks of speculation. >> says the president was first sworn into office, he has been the strong man of the venezuelan politics. a charismatic speaker who understands the power of publicity. potential rivals have been kept from the limelight by regular cabinet reshuffles. those who retain their jobs are completely loyal. his announcement that he had been treated for cancer shows a chink in his armor. >> this is a major intervention. i am recovering s

wants of success and our progress on the reforms travel through under the leadership of president bashar al assad what happened in syria today expected to spread like an epidemic across other our countries in order to weaken now israel in the quest to impose their civilization supremacy values mindset on us i very carefully and all of the signals the west wants from us especially you have restrictions and i must say the truth they do not wish us well. and you can watch that full interview with syria's deputy foreign minister on r.t. throughout sunday. the u.s. media has come under fire for its reporting of a number of high profile criminal trials a case of a single mother casey anthony acquitted of murdering her two year old child earlier this week has been at the center of heated debate for years and is artie's on the stand see a trick in the reports there are concerns that public opinion is unduly swayed by the headlines rather than evidence. innocent until proven guilty it's a whole mark principle of the american justice system legally after shoved aside from the vigor of some of the arrests y

least sixteen people tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets calling for president bashar al assad to step down says the protests began in march government crackdowns have killed more than seven hundred demonstrators syria's deputy foreign minister told us he would have any interference in the country's affairs from the west would end the disaster. series position has been clearly articulated and the global community is aware of the military forces syria hands so even if the west is thinking. we would advise them not to syria is the key to the balance of the middle east and the symptoms who drive this region to destroy the western countries are well aware of this but nevertheless they keep hating arabs and syria in particular what is of our political standing here i was really kind of late because of our success progress on the reform struggle through under the leadership of president assad what happened in syria expected to spread. across other our countries in order to weaken israel in the west want to post their civilization a supremacy. mindset. very carefully signals west want

is tens of thousands took part in a rally in the city of hama on friday calling for president bashar al assad to step down the least thirteen people were killed in mass demonstrations that are. according to activists tanks were deployed in crackdowns on protest was earlier in the week noted fourteen hundred people have been killed since i'm think government protests began in march here is that me foreign minister spoke to our t.v. said that any interference in the country's affairs with every disaster. serious position has been clearly articulated and the global community is aware of the military force in syria hands so even if the west is thinking of intervening we would advise them not to syria is the key to the balance of the middle east which any member of this interview for this year would drive this region to destroy the western countries are well aware of this but nevertheless they keep hating arabs and syria in particular what is about political stand on the arab israeli conflict because of our treatments of success and our progress on the reform struggle through under the leadership

embassy were the last straw with syrian president bashar al assad. >> from our perspective he's lost me also add that if anyone, including president assad, thinks that the united states is secretly hoping the regime will emerge from this turmoil to continue its brutality and repression, they are wrong. president assad is not indispensable, and we have absolutely nothing invested in him remaining in power. now, secretary clinton stopped short of calling for assad to step down, but she also made no secret of the fact that the u.s. does not want him to continue in office. nevertheless, the u.s. continues to say it's up to the syrians themselves to decide whether he stays or whether he goes. wolf? >> jill dougherty, thank you. the attack in damascus as well as stalled middle east peace talks were also part of my interview with former british prime minister tony blair. can you believe that the regime there apparently authorized hundreds of anti-american protesters storming the u.s. embassy in damascus? >> i'm afraid in a way i can believe it. i mean, i think the regime there is increasing

mark on friday calling for president bashar al assad to step down at least thirteen people were killed in mass demonstrations today in other cities. and tanks were deployed in crackdowns on protesters earlier on in the. fourteen hundred people have been killed since anti-government protests began in march syria's deputy foreign ministers told us about see that any interference in the country's affairs would end in disaster. serious position has been clearly articulated and the global community is aware of the military force in syria hands so even if the west is thinking about it meaning we would advise them not to syria is the key to the balance of the middle east and the middle of this interview with dr this relativity is a mystery western countries are one of where of this but nevertheless they keep hating arabs and syria in particular was of our political standing arab israeli conflict because of our chief wants of success and our progress on the reform struggle through under the leadership of president bashar al assad what happened in syria expected to spread like an epidemic acros

. >> warner: the nearly four- month-long uprising against president bashar al-assad showed no sign of abating today, with some of the largest protests yet. >> ir-hal! >> warner: in the city of homs, marchers thundered cries of "ir- hal", or "go", a demand echoing across the arab world this year, aimed at longtime rulers. elsewhere in homs, security forces fired on protesters from roadblocks. large crowds also turned out in most other major syrian cities, in the now-weekly protests after friday prayers. in hama, one sign told assad "sorry, president, game over." activists said more than 200,000 people filled the streets. in damascus, demonstrators marched near the great mosque of mezze and in other neighborhoods. the protests appeared peaceful, but clashes and deaths were reported as well. in the north, the syrian army reportedly staged new attacks, aimed at stanching the flow of refugees toward the turkish border. more than 10,000 syrians are now at camps in southern turkey. during a visit to lithuania today, secretary of state hillary clinton issued a new warning. "it is absolutely c

i think you are seeing some results of the pressure in that president bashar al-assad has indicated he wants to move to a national political dialoguing in some change. i think we have good reason to be skeptical about that give then choices he has made to date but this is the path we are on, continued pressure and isolation to force him to a set of decisions to a more responsive government. >> the president said in his speech on the arab -- that there were points of interest that our values and interests may collide. seems to be nowhere is that more true than in saudi arabia. if there were significant street protests in saudi arabia, would the administration side with the saudi government or the saudi people? >> if this are significant protest it would depend on the circumstance. that is a hypothetical that i wouldn't want to address, wouldn't be responsible nb my position to address. i can tell you this. the united states and saudi arabia have a set of very important shared interests. we have a shared interest in seeing that no country force in the region seeks or tries to achieve dom

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protests continue against president bashar al-assad. heavy gunfire was heard near the military compound. there is no comment from the syrian authority. in libya, seven large explosions reported overnight in the capital of tripoli are thought to be air strikes by nato fighter planes. four explosions rocked the hotel where much of the international media is stationed. there are no reports of damage or casualties. meanwhile, representatives of colonel gaddafi's government have said that they are ready to hold more talks with senior u.s. officials. the offer comes after more than four months of nato bombing raids. we report from tripoli. >> which one man still dominates life in tripoli? the answer can almost be seen from space. tonight, colonel gaddafi's supporters and build a giant picture of their leader. they say it is -- unveiled a giant picture of their leader. they say it is the biggest banner in the world and a good luck charm. >> do you want to protect him? >> we will protect him. we will burn down all the world. >> we were invited

germany has called on the council to condemn the regime of president bashar al-assad. >> germany, together with our other partners and especially our other european partners to work on a common resolution, on the resolution in the security council against the syrian regime. >> russia and china remain strongly opposed to action against syria. negotiations at the u.n. are continuing. anti-government protests show no sign of weakening. these are pictures from the country's third largest city. human rights activists and their say security forces shot dead at least 1 westchester early tuesday. >> russian authorities are facing growing public anger over the sinking of an aging and overcrowded tourist. some divers discovered the bodies of dozens of the children. the death toll is expected to reach 130. this is underscored concerns but negligence and corruption. >> of all russian ships are flying their flag at half mast. like all these boats in the capital. the entire country is mourning the victims of sunday's disaster. the accident had shaken people badly. >> i am really sad, especially since so

hillary clinton says syrian president bashar al-assad has lost legitimacy. new allegations of malpractice by a journalist working for rupert murdoch. >> from greece to italy. eurozone finance minister say that they are determined to stop the crisis from spreading. they say they did not buy their way to success. it is 11:00 a.m. here in singapore. >> 4:00 a.m. here in london. broadcasting around the world. >> that the clinton has said presidents assad of syria has lost legitimacy. she says he has failed to deliver reforms and stop a campaign of violence against his people. she did not call on him to step down but made it clear he had no support in washington. from washington, this report. >> this made washington very angry, an attack on the embassy in damascus. for washington, the fighting and syria has gained a slightly more personal dimension. a few hours after the attack, this was hillary clinton's message to mr. . >> united states strongly condemns the failure to protect facilities in domestic, including french embassies and our ambassadors residents. if