now fighting between protesters and government forces continues in syria as well the city of hama has witnessed some of the most severe clashes but a few days ago the army withdrew an hour to. travel to the city to assess the aftermath of the violence. the city of hama around two hundred kilometers north of the capital damascus religiously conservative sunni dominated city it's been one of the centers opelousas tensions here in syria for many years in one thousand nine hundred eighty two during the current president bashar assad's father rulon the city saw a bloody massacre according to amnesty international over ten thousand people were killed there in the regimes crackdown on the city's sunni population but during this conflict this city has been among the last to join the national opera's in the army were moved into in july and withdrew ten days later i t. is now going to see how things are on the ground after the army left the city and to try to find out exactly what happened there during a ten day military operation. the way to hama goes through homs the city where activists have

this is what's left from the opposition in the center of the city of hama feel safe it was attacked by three mr graves operating here shortly before. six hundred eighty two is the country which many believe is following in libya's footsteps and our special report on the aftermath of the military operation in the syrian city of hama it's coming away later this hour here on. france plans to hold a high level meeting next week to discuss libya's political future top libyan opposition leader has been invited to paris to attend a bushel reports now from the french capital. most every e.u. state has now declared it wants to take an active role in libya's development while at the same time saying it was the libyan people to decide their own future so exposed they were raising the question what does europe want does it want to continue interfering in libya's affairs or let them democratically decide their own future even poland's foreign minister has said that poland was to take part france has really taken the lead president sarkozy will meet the rebel leader mahmoud jibril on wednesday in pa

this is what's that on the offices in the center of the city of hama officials say it was attacked by extremist groups operating here shortly before. the six. party tour of the country which magically was following maybe as footsteps our special report of the aftermath of the military operation in the syrian city of hama coming up later this hour. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says there could have been a less bloody resolution to the libyan crisis but both nato and gadhafi didn't allow it to happen. we have always wanted a quicker outcome and it could have been faster but a number of factors prevented this from happening including could i face position told allies they could actually insisted that negotiations were only possible to him as actions were also on the floor exceeded the mandate or do you want security council. fighting in libya is reported to have reached the country's border with tunisia or heavy gunfire has been heard to beefed up its army presence in the frontier area as lenient and full traders have allegedly crossed the border artie's corresponded to remove

r t damascus hama syria. and i'll be back with a recap of today's top stories in a few moments after the business news with yeastie this. flow that's right time to delve into the world of business the latest plunge in the markets could force russia to revise its privatization program one of the most anticipated deals of the autumn and the sale of a seven point six percent stake in spirit is under threat country's biggest lender has lost twenty percent of its market cap since july lemme say the current market situation is not favorable for selling any assets as a good price earlier this day who says it's privatization program aiming to get over two hundred billion dollars why twenty seventeen. and staying with china's second largest lender plans to open a subsidiary in russia and china's construction bank will invest one hundred fifty million dollars into the project this will allow the firm to get a retail license straightaway and his her market the company is mainly focusing on mortgage operations decision i

at the entrance to hama all the cars. but that's not the only reminder of the recent unrest. rich in the city of hama became infamous after it appeared in amateur video posted on you tube showing the baathists thrown to the r.c. river comment accompanying this video sad these were residents of hama killed by security forces while syrian t.v. reported they were policeman. disappointed presidents photo and all military operations against anti-government protesters they've recently been reports about the army still being deployed in several cities across syria including hama. this is what's left from the office is quiet in the center of the city of hama officials say it was attacked by extremists the roads operating here shortly before the armor and the city by. say that. the building on fire and killed at least twenty soldiers who were inside the building at the time of. the only came to remove barricades and behind these barricades there were armed people not peaceful demonstrations and there were clashes between them and the troops. while the governor is sharing his views on

the way to hama goes through homs a city where activists have been reporting dozens of civilians arse over the last few months of violence. the closer we get to it the more dramatic history becomes checkpoints appear and on the highway. at the entrance to hama all the cars are checked but that's not the only reminder of the recent unrest. this bridge in the city of hama became infamous after it appeared in amateur video posted on you tube showing the baathists thrown to the r.c. river comment accompanying this video sad these were residents of hama killed by security forces while syrian t.v. reported they were policeman. disappointed presidents photo and old military operations against anti-government protesters they've recently been reports about the army still being deployed in several cities across syria including hama. this is what's left from the offices in the center of the city of hama officials say it was attacked by a stream is the roads operating here shortly before the armor and the city they say that. the armed groups the building of fire and killed at least twenty soldier

>> yes, that's the stance they're taking and they have said repeatedly and warned hamas, even if hamas is not directly involveed in the attacks, the retaliation could come against hamas or hamas-linked groups. this evening, in fact, it wasn't case. it was this group. six members of this group, the palestinian resistance-- at least five groups were killed in the attack. >> suarez: as we discussed earlier, there is instability in egypt. there's also on israel's northern border instability this syria. has there been a rising feeling of threat in israel because of all the tumult on its border? >> yes, there has, and a lot of that is linked to next month's possible declaration of palestinian statehood by the palestinians at the united nations. the palestinian authority, based in the west bank today and hea headed by president abbas, will declare a palestinian state. israel is warning it could jeopardize the peace process. there is concern in israel that could lead to widespread demonstrations at the west bank, gaza and some of the borders, for example what we saw in syria earlier-- a couple

damascus hama syria a time now for the business news with us here. hello that's right time for your business update well the latest plunge in the markets could force russia to revise its privatization program one of the most anticipated deals of the autumn the sale of a seven point six percent stake as burbank is under threat the country's biggest lender has lost over twenty percent of the capital since late july and say the current market situation is not favorable for selling any assets to good price and it stayed with its product as asian programme aiming to gain over two hundred billion dollars by twenty seventeen. crude prices dropped sharply on monday as the rebellion in oil rich maybe a bit close to ending a resumption of oil exports which is worries of the global supply constraints but of course prices just three year highs this year however christian says corona from standard and poor's says it will take the country at least a year to get back on top. i think it will take about a full year before production he said its peak i believe is curr

are armed groups up in hama.single gun. the most dangerous weapon i saw was a slingshot. >> reporter: as the army tightens its grip, activists ani human rights groups say at least 100 people have been killed there. secretary of state hillary clinton says the syrian eovernment has killed 2,000 people countrywide since protests began four months ago. >> the shooting death of a 1-year-old recently by the syrian regime's tanks and troopi is a very stark example of what is going on. >> reporter: the people of hama/ have a history of rising up against the assad family, up to 25,000 people were killed there in 1982, when a rebellion was crushed. an eyewitness in hama interviewed on thursday criticized the arab world and the international community for watching silently as the syrian people are being butchered. echoing the sentiments of many protesters in syria. lara logan, cbs news, washington. >>> in texas today polygamist leader warren jeffs faces sentencing for sexual abuse of children. yesterday it took a jury over

are armed groups up in hama. i went there. i didn't see a single gun. the most dangerous weapon i saw was a slingshot. >> reporter: as the arm tightens its grip, activists and human rights groups say at least 100 people have been killed there. secretary of state hillary clinton says the syrian government has killed 2,000 people countrywide since protests began four months ago. >> the shooting death of a one- year-old recently by the syrian's tanks and troops is a very stark example of what is going on. >> reporter: the people of hama have a history of rising up against the assad family. up to 25,000 people were killed there in 1982 when a rebellion was crushed. an eyewitness in hama interviewed earlier today criticized the arab world and the international community for watching silently as the syrian people are butchered. echoing the sentiments of many protesters in syria. >> pelley: lara, the u.s. government's imposed sanctions against the syrian dictatorship. what would the next step be? >> reporter: well, they

this is what's left from the office of crowd in the center of the city all the hamas official says it was attacked by extremist groups operating here shortly before and to the city r.t. towards the country which man you believe is following him may be useful steps our special report on the aftermath of the military operation in the syrian city of hama is coming up later this hour. france plans to hold a high level meeting next week to discuss leamy is political future the top libyan opposition leader has been invited to paris to attend well arty's danio bushell joins us from the french capital with more hello to you daniel so to what extent is that you you're involved in what's going on in libya the moment. well almost every e.u. state has now declared it wants to take an active role in libya's development while at the same time saying it wants the libyan people to decide their own future so experts here are raising the question what does europe want then they want to continue interfering in libya's affairs or let them democratically decide their own future even poland's foreign minis

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arwa, this is a decisive escalation by the regime, why hama and why now?rter: yeah, son, it certainly is, activists will tell you this is the way for the regime to deliver a decisive blow to hama, it's been the scene of the largest, if not the largest, demonstrations to take place in syria. people there, some of them going so far as to say they have liberated hama from the regime. many say with the anticipated, even larger demonstrations scheduled to take place during the holy month of ramadan, the regime decided it was time to bring this about to anened, when it comes to this regime, that means a military?aofñend. if you remember, this crackdown began on sunday. there were short military incursions into hama, not all the way into the center of the city, though, this morning 6:00 in the morning, residents who we spoke to say that the tanks went barreling through, firing indiscriminately, gunshots, snipers positioned on rooftops. that main square where we had been seeing all those demonstrations happening, now is a tank position. food shortages, water short

even in hama. when i talk to people, about what do you think the americans should do, the international community, they were very clear, christiane, they did not want american military intervention. i want to underline that. they did not want american military intervention. >> what is the united states going to do to ratchet up the pressure to try to influence what's happening there? >> well, we are going to try to ratcheheup the pressure. the violence with the syrian government is inflicting on syrian protesters from our point of view is grotesque. it's not from our point of view, but the point of view of the entire international community. we are looking at additional unilateral measures, but also measures that we can work with partners, to get the syrian government to stop shooting protesters, to release political prisoners and to stop these arrest campaign. >> ambassador, thank you very much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> you can hear more what ambassador ford had to say about american's at

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we have more on syria in the city of hama. the government is shooting at anything that moves. >> the city has been under siege for five days. lettis reports say as many as 45 civilians have been killed. now there are food and medical surge -- shortages. activist has sent pictures of the bbc -- to the bbc, but many are too shocking to show. the ones in this report are disturbing. >> syrian military vehicles are heading towards hama today. the video is hard to verify, but a troubling picture is emerging. yesterday it seemed tanks and troops swept into the city center -- a concerted effort to crush the uprising in hama. >> they were using anti-aircraft guns to shoot the buildings, the cars and the people. they're trying to find anyone and kill them. the hospitals are shut down. the generators do not work anymore. there is no food. it is like a battlefield. it is like some villages in iraq when the u.s. army invaded. >> as evidence from these pictures, injured civilians being targeted. what we are now about to show maybe distressi

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are demonstrators also where being met with the same force that we see in hama?er: not necessarily the same level of military force, but most certainly there have been a number of reports where demonstrations throughout the country came under attack by syrian security forces. there's some pretty dramatic images that show people who appear to be holed up in a mosque coming under attack. and this, again, john just goes to show you the bravery and the defiance of these demonstrators. there's one clip in particular where you see the cameraman, the person filming it, appears to be on the roof of the mosque, and you see a plume of smoke rising. you hear gunfire, but you also hear the chants of the people want the downfall of the regime. so, it seems that despite everything that the government is trying to do, despite the fact that it appears to be literally trying to bomb and shoot these demonstrators into submission, at this point it's not working. >> arwa damon for us tonight from beirut, arwa, thank you. >>> let's continue the coverings with syrian human rights acti

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as in other news a short ceasefire between israel and hamas comes to an end once again as militants launch more than a dozen rockets from gaza forcing the jewish state to retaliate and. it is one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with myriad joshie will begin with breaking news government tanks are shelling parts of central tripoli despite rebels claiming they are in control of most of the libyan capital meanwhile state t.v. is still a ring frockcoat often programs at the fighting has been reported near the libyan leader's residence earlier three of his sons were said to have been arrested following a night of chaos in the capital crowds were seen in the city's central square with people waving revolutionary flags dr franklin lamb director of americans for middle east peace who was shot by sniper on sunday says gadhafi may be preparing a massive counter-attack. i borrowed a bicycle some thirty here and i rode around for ninety minutes to green square checking out the streets of tripoli which were quiet as they are on the right now and coming back by. the by one shot and i right

they've always had slightly mixed feelings about hama. one hand there are very large protests there which obviously they didn't like. but on the other hand there was a huge massacre there in 1982 and 10,000 people were killed. the regime is thought to be wary of those memories. so i feel they didn't quite know what to do. but now they've sent a clear signal that this is a message not just a hama to the whole protest movement, don't think about escalating things in ramadan. >> woodruff: how are the demonstrators resisting? what do they have to resist with? >> in hama, one told me all they have really is sticks and stones literally. there's not very much they can do up against armored vehicles and machine guns. there are reports in the east where they have slightly eyes access to weapons and are shooting back but not on a very large scale i've heard of. overwhelmingly this is a protest movement. that's all i hear the people on the ground saying. the protest organizers are very keen to keep it that way. >> woodruff: this is the first day you