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with me karen tara russia's a south is ahead by its deadliest ever floods by thousands of people from across the country joint efforts to help those who have lost everything in observers and burma violent clashes between syrian forces and rebels in the village transair but the findings put opposition claims of a civilian massacre in question. and days of anti-war sturdy protests in spain lead to dozens of injuries amid warnings that the e.u. strategy of bailing out banks at the people's expense will only fuel public anger. up next a dumpster dive in the back alleys of los angeles as supermarkets as we explore how much good and food is just thrown away. here's my letter to dan bain the c.e.o. of trader joe's have also included a copy of the good samaritan act which was signed into being in one thousand nine hundred six by bill clinton and that encourages grocery stores to donate food and it protects them from being sued so i'm just asking him to consider moving trader joe's into the next step of simply not wasting as much food and giving it to people who need it i figured the c.e.o. of

thanks for joining our team with me karen tara wall fighting ranges all in and serious key city of aleppo all of the rebels all amongst them munition government troops say they're preparing to halt their offensive amid some calls for humanitarian corridors moscow says the violence of stemming from foreign support to the rebels. the world's top whistleblower mind on me to go to sweden after all that is a stockholm agrees to ecuador's all for to question julian assange and its london and the seen steady they south american countries currently said to be seeking assurances that assad won't eventually be extradited to the u.s. . and with the olympic summer spectacle only hours away the athletes and spectators have arrived but it's corporate giants left grabbing the gold but the people blaming london's traffic jams on political controversies. and that brings you up to date this hour coming up next an all new technology update. hello and welcome to technology update i'd like to open this program with a toast to the seven billionth person that into the world just a few weeks ago however as the p

i'm karen tara and u.n. convoy comes under fire in what appears to be a rebel held area in syria washington considers injecting pots of money into the opposition. press reports say millions of dollars and training locals to maintain security in iraq and restoring infrastructure in afghanistan are going to waste as critics attack plans to send u.s. police across unstable regions of the world. and russian police get closer to solving the shocking mystery of more than two hundred human fetuses just covered in the woods but the source revealed as a state institution. up next it's our special report literally from the middle of nowhere as we explore the daily life of people who choose to live off the beaten track. name is never. be am. it's really nice to see the nice to see too if it was good cause your good self just fine if you spin it. i'm on my way to the village you have to tell you right now my custom is awaiting for me they're. all in one. of my clients mining. i have. has a long waiting list of customers

at half past the hour i'm karen tara with a quick recap of your headlines violence in syria flares up as the u.n. calls for a halt to all arms supplies from abroad meanwhile the geneva peace plan has highlighted differences within the opposition which its factions happen struggling to overcome. the new eurozone rescue fund is facing challenges and from within not even a week after it was agreed to a bailout plan has sparked anger in finland and the netherlands with a court challenge to germany. and america's hunt for julian the psalms appears to be continuing while the whistleblower is waiting for atwood or to make a decision on his a solemn bid that says on a t.v. set to bring you the final episode of his interview show. up next as promised our interview what with author and correspondent martin shay with the middle east and focused on the volatile transition underway in the reach him. i. i'm sitting down with martin c. a veteran correspondent he's covered foreign affairs for many years one of his latest books is called the politically incorrect guide to the middle east he also wrote

thank you for joining our team with me karen tara shelling continues in the syrian city of homes as a u.n. monitor at mit's the violence in the country has reached unprecedented levels more than one hundred people have been killed in over the last three days our correspondent riffing off not heard heavy artillery herself as she toured the war torn neighborhoods of homes. but. this part of honey so maybe back on the syrian army control but their patrols never stop soldiers are searching house to house they're looking for terrorists or snipers but that's not what they usually find. some people in their homes became the grace to in this room look human bones or at least one person. who seems to have been burnt to death. and the next house we find three more charred skulls. activists claim up to eight hundred thousand people have been killed since the uprising began sixteen. you honest amazing around ten pounds we have no way of telling if these remains or others like them were even counted at. baba amr used to be home to one hundred thousand people now we're driving through ghost area pe

thanks for joining our team with me karen tara that's half past the hour and time for your headlines the former boss of barclays is set for tough questioning from british m.p.'s this wednesday over a deepening banking scandal but many are asking why the u.k. government has allowed the financial industry to maintain a strong hold on politics for so long. they you parliament is expected to decide whether a highly disputed anti-piracy act will get the drain line counterfeiting trade agreement known as act is aimed at tackling copyright theft the critics say it risks destroying all non freedom. and as the final episode of julian assange news making interview show airs on our t.v. we'll look back at the highlights and impact of the series while the whistleblower himself is holed up in at the doors embassy waiting for a decision on his asylum it. up next it's the last in the series of julian assange as interview shows this time the malaysian opposition leader talks about the fight for freedom in his country against a backdrop of high level corruption. i'm julian assange. it is true where s

hello and thank you for joining of the weekly with me karen tara chief for your week's top stories well russia's southern resort region of course not bad is recovering after the worst floods in its history more than one hundred seventy people were killed in the deluge calls by torrential rain thousands of houses were also destroyed are trees down as well it's reports. it was annoyed of turf for the people of greensburg in almost an instant the small town was a good chile swept away by a torrent of rain and mud there which we pulled up to seven meters most of the buildings there willing to was lucky to survive in the sudden burning queue woke up with wife and son before rushing to help an elderly disabled me from the many dreams proves what arose immediately we tried to do something to save our belongings but the water was there. where it was high time was saved ourselves who climbed up onto the roof process others were not so lucky with many elderly people in particular found amongst the dead in the morning survivors desperately needed help pressure water dry clothes and food their s.o.

hello and thank you for joining aren't here with me karen tara this monday it's eight o'clock here in moscow and transitional government and free elections that's the latest international plan to try and put an end to syria's bloody internal conflict and a deal agreed in geneva states the syrian people are to decide the fate of the country and there are no demands for regime change are cheesier going to school reports. the diplomatic roll calls to reform the stores we're going through ups and downs and even before this calling for. in geneva. russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov met with hillary clinton in st petersburg after that meeting he said she changed her position but then she wasn't really at the media conference following that meeting. meeting to confirm that so it wasn't really clear then the conference in geneva itself much longer than initially expected nobody really nobody really knew what's going to what was going to come out of it but in the end they did end up signing this document sixteen months it's a very long time and since the beginning russia has been saying t

thank you for joining r t today with me karen tara broadcasting from the heart of moscow well barclay's former boss has tried to distance himself from the right or a gang scandal that's shaken the bank that's after he was quizzed by m.p.'s bob diamond was also grilled on the allegations the bank of england and political top brass were involved in over charging interest on loans for the explains. well this story just looks set to run and run really full mochy for executives buckley's bob diamond giving very little away when we saw him being quizzed by m.p.'s yesterday about the rate rigging that went on. now the process went on for a number of hours and piece left the end of that seemingly very frustrated at their inability to get any concrete information from him a lot of people had been speculating about whether he was going to go down fighting but it was less of a smoking gun and more of a dunce certainly what we saw over the hours was at the very beginning where bob diamond had seemed quite uncomfortable he was reaching for his water a lot of the time very very little solid informati

screen and on line twenty four hours a day seven days a week thank you for joining our team with me karen tara while the u.k.'s banking scandal is set to widen with departed barclays chief executive bob diamond to be quizzed by m.p.'s potentially dragging the bank of england and government officials into the affair the u.k.'s third largest lender has been found guilty of fixing a system of interbank lending rates it's all homeowners and businesses overcharged for loans at the height of the financial crisis the government's ordered a full parliamentary inquiry into the country's banking sector are to sarah for a three ports. it's been a truly terrible week for the city's reputation and it could be set to get even worse than we've already seen buckley's bank leads a number of its top executives that of kools coming in the wake of the revelations that buckley's was involved in fixing key interest rates known as libel those interest rates were responsible for setting the calls the millions of businesses can see images and invest it is now following in the footsteps of the resignation of pokies chi

this is r t where on screen all mine twenty four hours a day seven days a week i'm karen tara well a new and observer mission convoy in syria has come under attack by tanks according to the world body chief ban ki-moon the incident apparently happened in an opposition held area outside the flashpoint city of holmes meanwhile a u.s. state department spokesperson said washington is planning to increase aid on top of a fifteen million dollars package already allocated for the opposition anti assad forces have also called on their foreign supporters to supply them with sophisticated weapons to use against government tanks and aircraft that's amid continuing clashes in the country's northern city of aleppo where both the army and rebel forces claim progress the focus of the battles have shifted to the syrian commercial hub after of troops flushed out rebels from damascus over a week ago on a boy reports the dust is now slowly settling in the capital. it doesn't take much to set syrians off these days on average and on the very tight budget residents of damascus are now trying to reclaim t

thank you for joining our team this tuesday with me karen tara well despite the latest international peace plan for syria the fighting there is intensifying across the country as well as near damascus the u.n. has urged a halt to weapons supplies from abroad to the warring sides which it says is fueling the violence. as and damascus. situation is very dramatic in syria as president bashar assad has recently sat series now in the real state to go and this is exactly what we see right now on the ground the clashes between the rebels and the syrian army have only been this place in recently and the last several hotspots of the fighting in the central part of syria not far from the city of palms that northern part of fall from the turkish border on the syrian iraq people but the fear is clashes happening some time into full ten kilometers from where i am right now around damascus in a belt of villages and suburbs that they have been known as opposition strongholds and have been permanent source of trouble since the beginning of the uprising here last march this time u.s. has made it clea

and welcome to our team this saturday it is one o'clock here in moscow and i'm karen tara well government forces in syria are launching an all out counter attacks on the capital to reclaim districts held by rebels but the country is now facing a new religious front ramadan is meant to be a time of peace and prayer in the muslim world but it's now being used for political means and syrians have little hope it will help curtail violence as artichokes on a boy go reports from damascus. it's a call for prayer that at times sounds like a mother's way of and it all there is like a sinister cry in a horror movie themes of smoke are now competing with men their roots on the damascus skyline and few expect things to get any better in the coming months saturday is the first day of ramadan for many syrian muslims but not for all their philly cheese and the rebels that seem to disagree on just about everything also differ on the holy month is supposed to begin the start of ramadan is determined by the side of the new moon which varies from country to country to the weather. syria as well as in iran o

this tuesday with me karen tara wall series armed conflict has now engulfed the capital damascus and its suburbs with fierce battles between regime troops and rebel forces now taking place in broad daylight the military is thought to have deployed armored vehicles near the city center after a threat of a full scale assault on a loyalist units across the country is in damascus. clashes between the army and rebels never stop here in syria now the fighting is going on here in damascus activists and residents have described it as they have us the most intense fighting in the capital since the beginning of the revolt here last march was in fact this is the first time we see a battle in the very heart of the regime damascus has been considered the area totally under governmental control the fighting recently has moved as close has to its suburbs there have been several army assaults against opposition hotbeds in the eastern outskirts of damascus some fourteen kilometers from the city center now we're hearing about at least four neighborhoods in the southern part of damascus some twenty min

this monday with me karen tara it is one o'clock here in moscow syria's opposition has rejected a new international plan to end the country's a bloody and turn all conflict they say they don't want president assad or the members of his government to be part of the political transition a meeting in geneva international powers agreed that the syrian people are to decide the fate of the country and there are no demands for regime change is more if a national has more from damascus. the geneva peace proposal was the latest attempt to reconcile the divided sides in the syrian conflict with a unity government facto president really fading even before the delegates in switzerland returned to their homes the syrian national council and see and the free syrian army the political and military forces spearheading the uprising both financed from and based abroad have made it clear they can be no solution with us are in power as allowed in the geneva agreement the home base position is less direct though some still warn it's too late for dialogue the un and so our party boycotted mase parliamentar

communications now paralyzed news about friends and loved ones caught up in the disaster area is limited as karen tara reports i'm here in moscow standing in front of one of the major transportation halts this train station behind me are where the trains depart to head into and we've been seeing cancellations and delays but more importantly it's the families who are suffering families of those people who are still stranded in cross and they can't even reach them let alone not by train but even by telephone a lot of the electricity is still out over there and so you really can't make any sort of phone calls to find out what's going on there on the ground so a lot of fear a lot of concern but you also have children in summer camps it's a very popular spot for children to relax throughout the summer and while most of the children in these camps have been evacuated still many are unaccounted for and parents here telling me today that they just want to find out if everything is alright keep in mind now cross the thought that is right by all the right on the black sea and the main port is also dealing with

this sunday with me karen tara. a southerner resort region of course now that is recovering after the worst floods in its history more than a hundred and seventy people were killed in the deluge caused by a tarantula rain thousands of houses were also destroyed dennis bolts reports. it was a noise of turf for the people of greensburg in almost an instant the small town was a good chile swept away by a torrent of rain and mud there was a giant wave of up to seven meters most of the buildings there willing to was lucky to survive the sudden burning to walk up his wife and son before rushing to help an elderly disabled neighbor from was. i presume enjoying the spirit is what arose immediately we tried to do something to save our belongings but the water was everywhere it was high time was saved ourselves climbed up onto the roof and i said i'm spices others were not so lucky with many elderly people in particular found amongst the dead in the morning survivors desperately needed help fresh water dry clothes and food th

and welcome to our tea with me karen tara she where we broadcast to you live twenty four hours a day seven days a week welfare's finding continues in the syrian city of aleppo between government forces and rebels but heavy casualties reported on both sides the opposition is urging international action as they claim army tanks attack helicopters are bombarding areas in the city which is just kilometers from the turkish border syrian officials say the rebels are now trying to turn on the ball into a base for terrorism having failed in damascus together with qatar and saudi arabia has reportedly set up a secret base to funnel weapons and equipment to the syrian rebels but the u.s. also allegedly involved dr ali mohamad editor in chief of the syria tribe you know so is turkey and the gulf states are acting far beyond to trash a lot. the u.s. seems to have finally understood that it will not have a clean clean clear success in syria. if it decides to intervene it will ruin the whole country on the way and that's why it's leaving the dirty work to to its local proxies so. turkey seem to to

for the weekly this sunday with me karen tara well russia's southern resort region of it is recovering after the worst floods and its history more than one hundred seventy people were killed in the deleuze caused by an torrential rain thousands of houses were also destroyed artie's denis wolski reports. it was a night of cheer for the people of greensburg in almost an instant the small town was virtually swept away by a torrent of rain and mud deluged by a giant wave of up to seven meters most of the buildings there wellington was lucky to survive in the sudden burning queue woke up his wife and son before rushing to help an elderly disabled neighbor surprise them injuring experience what arose immediately with dread to do something to save our belongings but the water was everywhere it was high time was saved ourselves and we climbed up onto the roof spaces others were not so lucky with many elderly people in particular found amongst the dead in the morning so reivers desperately needed help fresh water dried clothes and food their s.o.'s message was answered with russian president vl

hello and welcome to the weekly for your week's top stories with me karen tara welfare spending continues in the syrian city of aleppo between government forces and rebels with heavy casualties reported on both sides the opposition is calling for arms and wants international action as they claim army tanks and attack helicopters are already areas in the city which is close to the turkish border syrian officials say the rebels are now trying to turn aleppo into a base for terrorism having failed in damascus this week turkey has stepped up its rhetoric against syria threatening to strike across the border. alarmed by what it calls corbis terrorists over stablished a foothold in northern syria with a view to declaring autonomy jeremy salt professor of middle eastern history says that turkey's fuelling kelso on its own doorstep by supporting the rebels they were in their own game right now we know that the collective no trains into syria have their own game but deep inside syria fighting have their own game and we know. there are people who take me to the hammering in history and. anyone else

s wednesday broadcasting from our studio in moscow i'm karen tara well amid deep international divisions on how to curb the syrian conflict the problem minister of neighboring turkey arrives in the russian capital for talks moscow and on kata have opposing views on how to resolve the crisis which is very much reflected in the u.n. which votes later on today on just what to do archie's sean thomas joins us along with the details sean well it certainly is a difference of opinion between russia and turkey but are we really likely to see a sort of meeting of the minds. well karen it is interesting in fact turkish prime minister erdogan is meeting in moscow today with the russian president vladimir putin primarily because the two countries are allies and there's a lot of things that they're going to be discussing including trade agreements as well as construction and energy contracts but the one question on everybody's mind of course is syria a topic which both countries have opposing views on if you look at the differences in the two turkey is more aligned with nato i one point in time they

and welcome to our teens the weekly in this sunday with me karen tara well fierce fighting continues in the syrian city of aleppo between government forces and rebels with heavy casualties reported on both sides the opposition is calling for arms and walls international action as they claim army tanks and attack helicopters are bombarding areas of the city which is close to the turkish border syrian officials say the rebels are now trying to turn aleppo into a base for terrorism having failed in damascus this week israel said it's prepared to deal with syria's chemical arsenal if it falls into hezbollah's hands should assad's regime collapse the u.s. also threatened damascus over its chemical weapons this by the surance is from the government such arms will not be used to settle the country's internal conflict all three kevin barrett says the whole issue has been hyped up to justify intervention . this does remind us so the bogus empty accusations that were floating around prior to be improved invasion of iraq there have been all sorts of stories in rumors over the past couple of mon

and welcome to our team this saturday with me karen tara. clouds descended on the celebration of sport and peace that is the olympics that's after police arrested some fifty cyclists outside the main stadium in london officers used pepper spray against members of the amateur club who allegedly tried to push through a security corridor artie's laura smith reports. c.b.s. and it's were made in connection with the critical mass pike which is a demonstration by cyclists that takes place in the last three months all around the world and what they're trying to do to peacefully and it's live today is to basically talk wherever they want here in. the woods he would do that on base for a day not because of the mafia security upgrades to the house through the opening night games in london and as opposed to being the people were arrested in chief huge numbers to be arrested demonstration here in london they will stop between police at the side and the cyclist impact as they have which is a technique that police sometimes use to bring large numbers of p

thank you for joining our team for this week's top stories with me karen tara well russia's a southern resort region of cross is recovering after the worst floods in its history more than one hundred and seventy people were killed in the day caused by a trench of rain thousands of houses were also destroyed artie's done as well as ski reports. it was annoying to cure for the people of green in almost an instant the small town was good to be swept away by a torrent of remote village great junk we pulled up to seven meters. to the buildings there willing to was lucky to survive the the sudden. enqueue woke up his wife and son before rushing to help an elderly disabled neighbor from personal experience what's a rose immediately we're trained to do something to save our belongings for the water was everywhere it was high time was saved ourselves climbed up onto the roof of my son's busses others were not so lucky with many elderly people in particular found amongst the dead in the morning survivors desperately needed help fresh water dry clothes and food their s.o.'s message was answered w

karen tara wall to the top stories a double veto from russia and china at the u.n. as they block a resolution supporting the use of force against the syrian regime that's as fierce clashes continue across the country with rebel leaders managing to seize all four border crossings the rock and one into turkey. angry crowds are met with rubber bullets and tear gas in spain as the public events first ration out the country's policy of more cuts madrid is trying to slash sixty five billion euros from its budget and return to more bank rescue by the e.u. . also the standoff between israel and iran reaches new heights israel now accuses iran's our lot in hezbollah of the tucking israeli tourists in bulgaria and killing six people. now peter laval and his guests debate the difficulties faced by republican candidate mitt romney on the u.s. presidential campaign trail cross talk is next. please. if you. still. want to. go in welcome to crossfire i'm curious about the trials and tribulations of g.o.p. presidential candidate mitt romney is romney's rich history and less than tr

oh and welcome to our tease the weekly with me karen tara the fierce fighting continues in the syrian city of aleppo between government forces and rebels with heavy casualties reported on both sides the opposition is calling for arms and wants international action as they claim army tanks and attack helicopters are bombarding areas of the city which is close to the turkish border syrian officials say the rebels are now trying to turn aleppo into a base for terrorism having failed in damascus this week germany has admitted knowing that almost a hundred terror attacks in syria have been committed by organizations with ties to al qaida nevertheless berlin continues to back the rebels in their fight against the regime with dozens of high ranking syrian opposition members being secretly trained in the european country a german journalist told r.t. that berlin simply follows orders from overseas i am surprised about the surprise in berlin because what they say now what they admit now what is going on in syria is not a thing which goes on since one day or one week this is what is going on th

and thank you for joining our team for the week's top stories with me karen tara well new details have emerged about the bloodshed near the syrian city of hamas which reportedly resulted in two hundred deaths u.n. observers on the ground confirmed there had been fierce clashes between the heavily armed syrian army and rebel fighters on two on thursday the findings appear to contradict opposition claims of civilian massacre by government troops the un team says it found evidence of a wide range of weapons used in the attack including our chiller e and small arms syria's military insists the army targeted and killed terrorists in the village of tribes say but not civilians and as maria financial reports from syria although the opposition enjoys widespread western support the rebels are calm about methods are driving fear among many syrians. since the uprising in syria escalated the west has been consistently calling on assad and his government to step down you know this. actively want to give in to the demands of the armed opposition but it seems so far there is no clear understanding of

this tuesday with me karen tara eight o'clock here in moscow that despite the latest international peace plan for syria the fighting there is intensifying across the country as well as near damascus the u.n. has urged a halt to weapons supplies from abroad to the warring sides which it says is fueling the violence more from artie's honest us the truth can i new york. the united nations human rights chief briefed security council members on the latest developments on the ground in syria pillai reiterated that both sides of the conflict are continuing receiving weapons which is adding fuel to the fire and escalating the conflict on the ground she also said that both sides have been involved in attacking civilians polite underlines that this conflict should be called called an internal armed conflict because of the involvement of armed groups and not a civil war and importantly she has asked the security council to refer these human rights violations to the international criminal courts and something that was mentioned an important fact in earlier human rights reports but gone largely unnot

on right now and it's affecting not only the people there but people throughout russia as well karen tara reporting for us there now keeping with the story discussion of the floods is dominating russia's blogosphere online users are expressing their condolences as well as searching for someone to blame for the disaster or choose to take a look at some of the more controversial comments. the blogs for years have been buzzing obviously giving support and also reiterating the shock of this disaster more importantly sharing some of the witness accounts and just sending support to the people who have been affected by this you know social media is a place where people can share their thoughts they can debate about things that is important to them but what i really want to share with you is some of the tweets and some of the messages that really shocked me and i want to start off with this tweet that we got now it says those did should blame themselves they voted for this stability now as any human being with any hard do you think how callous can somebody why that and tweeted to the rest of the

loan welcome to our team this thursday with me karen tara well there are a new clashes in syria between the rebels and government forces with a series of heavy explosions and shelling heard in the capital opposition fighters say they are behind the latest bomb attack in damascus that killed several top officials but although there had been some condemnation that's been drowned out by stronger western calls for more action against assad as archie's more if a national reports from damascus. earlier been hearing reports that it's been a massive very intense bombing but as you can see this is the building is not very much damage some windows broken and actually this is all the damage as we can see from here also from what we can see from here we can understand that the explosion happened inside the building and syrian army has already claimed responsibility for what happened on the last of the killings the news about blast has come at a very tough time for the syrian capital in the last four days damascus has been seen for positioning a story an army have dubbed the final battle for damascu

hello and welcome to our team with me karen tara these are your headlines the turkish prime minister visits moscow for syria crisis talks about russia and turkey have opposing views on how to bring peace to the war front country this is very much reflected in the u.s. which votes later today on just what to do. with the olympics promised security firm proving incompetent u.s. agents are now being flown in to man the post airports call the u.k. is forced to draft in thousands of troops to make up the numbers. from the largest party in parliament withdrawals from israel's ruling cola coalition leaving the prime minister weekend at a sensitive time the split comes over conscripting ultra religious jews to the army . thanks stop cross talk debates the media coverage of the conflict in syria and whether mainstream broadcasters are rallying support for regime change. and you can. start. with. a low and welcome to crossfire i'm curious about covering syria are we witnessing a new generation of warfare and information war there appears no doubt western media aims to construct a consensus to

s wednesday with me karen tara wall made deep international divisions on how to curb the syrian conflict the promise of neighboring turkey arrives in the russian capital for talks. to have opposing views on how to resolve the crisis which is very much reflected in the u.n. and votes later today on just what to do is john thomas has the details. prime minister aragon is meeting with russian president vladimir putin to discuss syria the two countries are allies but this is one area where the two countries disagree turkey they're calling out for assad to step down and for regime change syria has said that turkey has become a hotbed of terrorism and of course tensions have not been great between the country since a june twenty second where syria shot down a turkish airplane now russia's stance on the situation is that they are wanting to promote dialogue they're opposed of sanctions of any kind against syria and they also don't want any kind of foreign military intervention and this might be one of the reasons why earth began is here today to try and make one last ditch attempt to sway russi

though and welcome to the weekly this sunday with me karen tara well fierce fighting continues in the syrian city of aleppo between government forces and rebels what heavy casualties reported on both sides the opposition is calling for arms and wants international action as they claim army tanks and attack helicopters are bombarding areas in the city which is close to the turkish border syrian officials say the rebels are now trying to turn aleppo into a base for terrorism having failed in damascus this week israel said it's prepared to deal with syria's chemical arsenal if it falls into hezbollah's hands should have solids regime collapse the u.s. also threatened damascus over its chemical weapons despite assurances from the assad government such arms will not be used to settle the country's internal conflict although william angle says all allegations serve the single purpose of military intervention. how many times it's going to take before people wise up to the fact that this is all those scenarios is scripted the rand corporation did the did the book on this in the pentagon put i

it is eleven o'clock here in moscow i'm karen tara well the u.n. security council has agreed to disagree on syria russia and china have vetoed another attempt by western states to push a resolution threatening sanctions and use of force against the assad regime now the extension of the u.n. observer mission in syria is at stake as artie's marina pour not reports. russia has said for from the get go that he would not support any resolutions on syria that would include the potential of sanctions being imposed or even military intervention this western backed resolution that was drafted by the u.k. called on damascus to immediately seize any kind of fighting and the use of heavy weapons and withdraw from populated centers and the resolution gave the syrian government ten days to comply with those demands otherwise sanctions would be imposed. what was attached to that dilution is a forty five day extension of the u.n. supervision mission in syria so that is quite clear why russia would not give its support to this western backed resolution because it w

and welcome to our tea this friday with me karen tara broadcasting to you from the heart of moscow well syria's second city of aleppo is bracing itself for a final assault after almost a week of intense fighting syrian rebels are massing ammunition and medical supplies claiming government helicopters have fired in several parts of the city some states are calling for humanitarian corridors to be set up but as artie's oksana boyko reports from syria there are fears they'll simply open the doors to more bloodshed. the efforts to put an end to violence in syria or on the country to stoke tensions in this country that depends on your worldview worse still continuing just a few days ago the arab league has called for an emergency meeting of the un general assembly to discuss this devilish meant a humanitarian corridors now in theory the square there should alleviate human suffering and allow for the safe passage of humanitarian workers and refugees but in practice when you look at the map of syria it is surrounded by the countries that are being used to smuggle weapons for the free syrian ar