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

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

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

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

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 months about. the syrian opposition training with chemical weapons in turkey with the intention of having a false flag events in syria to be blamed the governm