and more on these stories in thirty minutes time with my colleague marina joshie up next how the war in the wrong became the bloodiest ever for those armed only with cameras and microphones. the footage kevin sites filmed with his video camera was not only unwanted but completely unsuitable for army propaganda. the invasion in iraq was to be i can ised with images of an overthrown tyrant american the last american troops chose that particular statue of saddam hussein because it was right across the palestine hotel there were hundreds of state use in baghdad but that they chose it because they wanted it to be thurmont it was not like in paris at the end of world war two money see you know when the parishioners who are out in the streets and these nasty welcome into liberation forces the streets of baghdad were empty they use their only in that square there was going ocean though in this hapless are. journalists who criticize the bush administration war plans got into trouble and some of them even lost their jobs in vietnam had resisted criticism kept my job goal for one hundred resist

ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie harris a car bomb attack on a funeral procession in damascus has sparked a wave of mutual accusations by both syrian government and rebels there are still conflicting reports but it's twenty seven people were killed the opposition claims the government staged it to divert attention from its other alleged large scale atrocities the finding across the country shows no sign of easing at a high profile member of the anti regime syrian national council has resigned she suggested visions within the opposition prevented from serving the wishes of the syrian people and as artie's losing confidence reports much of the mainstream media coverage isn't serving the interests of the whole country either. it was another disturbing example of the many atrocities committed throughout the syrian war a truck bomb with homemade explosives headed for a checkpoint to the entrance of syria's largest city. but the men that are loading it aren't assad forces they're one of the many groups fighting under the banner of the free syrian army and thei

and is am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie syria's capital recovers from a horrific car bomb attack on the funeral procession of two government loyalists there are conflicting reports about how many people were actually killed syrian state t.v. originally put it at twelve but later in number of sources including the syrian observatory for human rights claim that coup b s highest twenty seven authorities say rebels were behind the assault the opposition claims the government staged it to divert attention from its other lead which to a large scale atrocities while defining across the country shows no sign of easing a high profile member of the anti regime syrian national council has resigned she suggests gulfs was in the opposition prevented from serving the wishes of the syrian people and as artie's music often of reports much of the mainstream media coverage isn't serving the interests of the whole country either. it was another disturbing example of the many atrocities committed throughout the syrian war a truck bomb with homemade explosives headed for a

in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie where not a british colony that's ecuador's reply to a british government threat to storm its london embassy and take joy in the sun by force the whistleblower sought refuge there in june escaping imminent extradition to sweden marina is reporting now with more on the standoff. the government of ecuador will announce its decision on julia songes application for political asylum on thursday twelve g.m.t. seven am local time that announcement was made by ecuador's foreign minister ricardo patino who during a press conference also said that britain has the right to storm ecuador's embassy in london to arrest julian a song which mr putin has said that ecuador had received from britain quote a written threat that could assault our embassy unquote if a songe was not handed over to british authorities julian assigned has been in the ecuadorian embassy since mid june avoiding extradition to sweden british officials say that they have an obligation to extradite mr assad and it is would be only right that they gave ecuador the full pictu

it is one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshie welcome to the program of bosco court reviewing the case of a feminist punk band pussy riot is set to announce the date when the verdict will be read out prosecutors are demanding three year jail sentences for the women who held a protest in russia's main orthodox cathedral spear all over is outside the court for us now. well here outside of the central moscow corps where the trial is taking place a small crowd is gathered made up of supporters of these three women on groups that say that they should face the three year jail sentence that prosecutors called for on tuesday now on tuesday we heard from both the prosecution calling for those montreux sentences those three sentences for each of the three women also from the defendants themselves where they said that their actions in the may moscow cathedral in february of this year in no way intended to offend the altar docs church that they were making a political protest not no intention to cause any offense there well it's really being quite amazing to me in this tri

in the russian capital you're watching r t was marina joshie paris has made its latest move in the political gambit over the syrian crisis french president francois hollande has called on syria's opposition to form a provisional government saying france won't hesitate to recognize it our correspondents are still your reports on what this means for the conflict. the french president laundered issued a statement with several points when it comes to syria first of all he had urged different rebel groups and opposition members to come together to form a representative provisional government now he said that if and when they do this france is ready to recognize this group now we know that on the ground there are still divisions and different factions of rebel groups however on the outside we also know that there are several members of different opposition groups such as the syrian national council the muslim brotherhood among others who've already been meeting for a few months now are drawing a road map for a post assad syria and they are set to release their plans and their findings in the comin

this is r t coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie crane's high court has rejected his appeal against a seven year sentence the former prime minister was jailed for abuse of power linked to a gas deal signed with russia in two thousand and nine cesky has details. this wasn't so much of a shocking decision for many because there have been very few optimists who believe that the high specialized court of ukraine may actually say yes to tymoshenko appeal and set her free and now we have it confirmed by the court that they feel has been rejected and huge machine co will continue spending her seven years in prison unless there will be a further appeal we also know that defenders of unity mustang defending lawyers brought this case to the european court of human rights and the sessions on this case started just yesterday in the european court of human rights in strasbourg and maybe if the european court deliver some kind of decision on you tymoshenko then maybe the authorities in ukraine will have to act and maybe reconsider her current sentence but as it stands units i'm ashamed to

to live from moscow i'm marina joshie the jailing of three members of russian punk band pussy riot has attracted criticism from across the world and seen protests in support of the women they received a two year sentence on charges of holding his i'm motivated by religious hatred for their mock prayer and russia's main orthodox cathedral foreign governments also have their say on russia's internal matter and u.s. even calling on the authorities to review the case. reports from new york. there's been both political and public reaction over the pussy riot verdict now around the globe there has been several protests on friday in support of the three russian band members that were convicted of hooliganism paris brussels london and tell of evil are among the cities where demonstrators gathered to denounce the trial and the two year sentencing those that are in support of these three women and members of the pussy riot say that the decision that was made by moscow's court was emblematic of russia's intolerance of dissent on a more political front the u.s. embassy in russia has called the ver

one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie a group representing the free syrian army in washington is trying to talk the u.s. into pushing through a no fly zone over the volatile country the measure has always been opposed by russia and china which believe it would destabilize the situation even further the rebels want to bind the hands of feet of assad's forces by taking advantage of nonstop reports claiming an increase in government airstrikes and artillery shelling a hailstorm of foreign media criticism against a mask this was also caused by a recent report of mass deaths in the capital suburb but the release of shocking only the food it's by syrian t.v. has drawn a completely different picture want to see it you're going to reports on the battles being waged on the screens while real people are dying in the streets. thousands of people dead and the conflict between anti assad fighters and government forces seems nowhere near close this becomes all the more obvious as horrifying images like these continue to surface this is a syrian television report featuring

what you are going to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program a moscow court reviewing the case of feminist punk band pussy riot is set to announce the dates when the verdict will be read out prosecutors are demanding three year jail sentences for the women who held a protest in russia's main orthodox cathedral goes outside the court record includes images of a sexual nature. well it does look at this point like the prosecution is the term of not to let this show go on for much longer they are demanding rather harsh punishment for the three members of the punk rock group with the riot and that one of their main reasons for that is that they say there is no guarantee that the three women who will not. pulled a similar stunt in another religious institution and they are saying that the three women are guilty of inciting religious hatred now that is something which the defense and the defendants themselves are vehemently denying there saying that there was absolutely no religious context to their song or to their performance in the christ the savior cathedral but the entir

ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie the syrian army claims to have seized a key rebel held district in the northwestern city of aleppo violence broke out there last month after a major flow of militants into the area opposition friendly activists accuse government troops of using heavy weaponry which results in civilian deaths although currall doubt mcgregor an author and decorated u.s. war veteran says that seems unrealistic. well it's been some years since i saw the syrian army up close but what i did see convince me that of the arab armies in the region the syrians were by far the most competent and capable and they maintained good discipline so we have to assume that the syrians have moved very deliberately in aleppo and that suggests that they have probably moved to seal off the rebels in the enclaves or in the areas that they currently hold to do that they have concentrated armor and artillery for direct fire not for indirect fire and they will move very very carefully with infantry and engineers in support with the object of doing as little da

of the russian capital you are watching r t with me marina joshie in syria activists have accused the country's security forces of killing over three hundred people outside the capital damascus the death toll in the south west town of daraya cannot be independently verified but the government says it carried out an anti terror operation in the area britain says sunday's massacre highlights urgent need for international intervention against the assad regime to and the violence mosque insist any unilateral action by the west will only aggravate the conflict that's already claimed more than eighteen thousand lives ass's forces are resorting mainly to airpower to crush the rebels but are stretched thin as battles continue in the city of aleppo as well smaller operations in the east and south middle east specialist kevin barrette says what happened on sunday in the town of the raw could be a setup for military intervention. and once again as with the houla massacre we have a very interesting set of circumstances where right before this u.n. ministerial meeting coming up on august thirtieth

in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie poland could make a break from its military protectors in the u.s. for the country's president suggesting the development of a missile defense shield all that's on the polish leader said a deal to allow parts of america's planned system on its territory left security at the mercy of policy shifts in washington are just like here chefs explains signing an agreement with washington on taking part in the european anti-missile defense shield project was a big political mistake this was the message of the polish president don't use the criminal ski spoke to a polish newspaper saying that his country played a high political price for signing this agreement back in two thousand and eight something which he believes must not must not repeat itself must not happen again hebrew. that country's previous administration signed this agreement with washington in two thousand and eight that poland would take part in the european a.m.d. project having american missiles american troops on its soil then when the president obama when president oba

to what you are going to live for moscow ten am and the russian capital on marina joshie in syria the government's reportedly massing tens of thousands of troops and columns of tanks around the commercial capital aleppo firing between rebels and loyalist has been raging inside the city for a week and activists fear a massive blitzkrieg style assault by the regime is about to begin the entrenched insurgents claim they control more than half of aleppo as district the government's already pushed the last rebel forces from the capital damascus after three weeks of fighting there as both sides rally reinforcements warred numbers of al qaida linked fighters are reportedly bolstering the opposition's ranks and these groups are being supported by the u.s. despite their extreme views and intentions as guy next to count now reports. hokkaido has infiltrated into the syrian opposition forces and his power there is growing i spoke with one of america's leading experts on counterterrorism and he told me that all kind of is effectively exploited the revolutions in the region they're well armed havi

this is going to live from moscow eleven am here on marina joshie welcome to the program. we are not a british colony and that's ecuador's reply to a british government threat to storm its london embassy and take joy in a songe by force whistleblower sought refuge there in june escaping imminent extradition to sweden where we now crossed over spawn and laura smith who is outside of the young the sea and has more for us on this one laura ecuador is not obviously happy about this embassy raid threat so what more can you tell us about this. but this is really turning into a bit of a diplomatic and political minefield really under international law the building that you see behind me the ecuadorian embassy is considered the territory of the foreign nation. but we understand that in a letter delivered both in quito through the embassy there and also verbal here in london. britain has threatened to storm this embassy if julian assange isn't released we have seen the details of that letter and that has been construed in no uncertain terms by ecuador as a as a threat to storm the

live from moscow one pm in the russian capital i'm marina joshie another chunk of intimidation coupled with aggressive statements were piled on the syrian government this week the u.s. and its allies are once again talking up the possibility of us as regime using its chemical arsenal while at the same time dishing out threats student gage and its internal conflict bring a fortnight has more on what damascus have to say on that. as the violence in syria continues increasing western countries may be inching closer and closer towards military intervention this past week the us britain and france all separately signaled when or why they would take direct action u.s. president barack obama said that washington would intervene if the syrian government deployed chemical or biological weapons against civilians britain echoed america's sentiments while france called for the consideration of a partial no fly zone to be imposed over syria's airspace and that is a suggestion that u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton previously made now the syrian deputy prime minister who was visiting moscow th

it is alive and again in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie in syria activists have accused the country's security forces of killing over three hundred people outside of the capital damascus the death toll in the south west the rock cannot be independently verified but the government says it carried out and tie terror operations in the area the british foreign office has responded that sunday's massacre highlights urgent need for international intervention against the assad regime to end the violence moscow insists any unilateral action will only worsen the conflict that's already claimed more than eight hundred thousand lives the president asad as valid to stand firm in the face of what he deems to be a western plot against his nation designed to operate the government middle east specialist kevin believes was. happened in the town could be a setup for military intervention but once again as with the houla massacre we have a very interesting set of circumstances where right before this un ministerial meeting coming up on august thirtieth we have a big orchestra

of the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie a former o.j. jury and foreign affairs minister could step into the breach and try to give the kiss of life to peace efforts in syria lakhdar brahimi who has previously represented the u.n. in a van a stand in iraq for reportedly replace kofi annan the special envoy to the war torn state stepped aside saying he lacked international support brahimi has his work cut out with no letup in violence on the ground in syria the army has flushed rebels out of a strategic district in the city of aleppo following intense street clashes on a boy who looks at exactly who these rebels are. the syrian uprising now is very different from what it used to be even a year ago and western media are also now waking up to the fact that not all who are fighting the syrian army in the north are really standing up for freedom and democracy just recently a reuters news agency has published. the story about syrian rebel syrian militants complaining about an increasing influx of foreign jihadists foreign radicals within own ra

which are to live from moscow a marina joshie the german chancellor is the latest you leader to be to pass to china with a huge delegation of business leaders alongside beijing all for a says get a chance as an e. for the struggling european economy to attract the investment it needs to avoid financial catastrophe and anglo marco has become a frequent guest in china aiding to nurture a friendship with economic superpower their all over forts. i'm no stranger to china this is her sixth trip to the country since she came to power in two thousand and five and there's going to be some big business to be talked about during this current trip it's not just politicians that are there on this visit a group of around twenty in the delegation including people like siemens and volkswagen who are all there to show that the euro zone still is a stable market to invest in but china has its own vested interest in seeing the eurozone stick together europe is china's biggest export market so they will be support there from beijing to keeping the monetary union together but just expect some kind words

in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie joined us on just called for the u.s. to stop the persecution of whistleblowers who expose the crimes of the powerful the plea was made in his first speech since ecuador granted the wiki leaks out of her asylum a song she has been sheltering in the nation's london amnesty for more than two months now avoiding extradition to sweden for questioning over alleged sex crimes which he denies are just laura smith has more. what happened to the soft news being nothing left in a rally that was several speakers who came on the food scene in a sound sort of whom are packed his longtime supporters including tara kelley the renowned station list but of course there was a serious message behind all this that the old out to support innocence and he really wanted to speak to the people she thanked them he thanked particularly the supporters who are out here today in the hundreds and he thanked them from have for having been here on wednesday night as well when he says that when he was in bed he heard swarms of police coming up the fire

what you are to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program in the syrian capital several people have been injured in a bomb blast inside the state t.v. and radio headquarters now ones have claimed responsibility for the attack this comes as the government reportedly massa's tens of thousands of troops and calls of tanks around the commercial capital aleppo fighting between rebels and moralists has been raging inside the city for a week activists fear a massive street style assault by the regime is about to begin the entrenched insurgents claim the control more than half of aleppo as districts the government's already pushed the last rebel forces from the cow. damascus after three weeks of fighting there as both sides rally reinforcements large numbers of al qaeda linked fighters are reportedly bolstering the opposition's rense and these groups are being supported by the us despise theory extreme views and intentions that's going to count reports. has infiltrated into the syrian opposition forces and its power there is growing i spoke with one of america's leading experts

in the russian capital you're watching r t on marina joshie in syria the government's reportedly massing tens of thousands of troops and calls of tanks around the commercial capital aleppo fighting between rebels and loyalists has been raging inside the city for a week and activists fear of a massive blitzkrieg style assault by the regime is about to begin damascus has vowed to retake aleppo within days while entrenched insurgents play in the control more than half of the district the regime boasts of having pushed the last rebel forces from damascus after three weeks of fighting there with the rebels confirming they have withdrawn from the capital large numbers of al qaida linked fighters are reportedly bolstering the opposition's ranks and these groups are being supported by the us to survive fears of radical islamists are hijacking the conflict that's going to chicano reports. has infiltrated into the syrian opposition forces and its power there is growing as spoke with one of america's leading experts on counterterrorism and he told me that all kind as effectively exploited the rebel

four pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program president obama has apparently authorized secret support for this year in rebels to help them oust president reports of a covert order allowing backing by the cia and other agencies fall washington's warning that the current fighting is syria will be a nail in assets coffin anti-war activist brian backer says america's strategy in syria has never been towards diplomacy. well the united states military and intelligence services are as we know now from the u.s. government admission coordinating through turkey through a u.s. military airbase these are all you know turkey is a nato country the military operations for this so-called free syrian army these syrian so-called revolutionaries and it's clear now that this is not a shift in terms of u.s. strategy it doesn't represent any kind of alteration all that it does is reveal that the diplomacy of this so-called diplomacy the so-called looking for a negotiated settlement is a fraud that the diplomacy is in fact a form of perjury that the reality is

party live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program where not a british colony and and it's ecuador's reply to a british government threat to storm its london embassy and take join us on by force that we can lease whistleblower assad's refuge they are in june escaping imminent extradition to sweden respond laura smith has more from outside the embassy. well this is really turning into a bit of a diplomatic and political minefield really under international law the building that you see behind me the ecuadorian embassy is considered the territory of the foreign nation i.e. ecuador but we understand that in a letter delivered both in quito through the embassy there and also verbal here in london britain has threatened to storm this embassy if today in a song isn't released the foreign office his says that they can give one week's notice and then that diplomatic status of this mission would be revoked and they would be able to come in and arrest them but of course they then said that they do want it diplomatically agreeable solution although agreeable to him is not clear at the

ten am in the russian capital you're watching marina joshie u.n. observers have left the besieged syrian city of aleppo because of escalating violence there nest of spies reports the army has gained the upper hand in the battle against opposition forces who are apparently running out of ammunition the focus of the war shifted to aleppo west months after rebels moved in from the outskirts sparking street battles and forcing thousands of civilians to flee and other developments rebels who captured forty eight iranian pilgrims over the weekend say three of them have been killed in fighting the group says the hostages are from iran's revolutionary guard and is threatening to kill all of them unless the army stops its attacks and there is a convoy who reports from syria literally no one is safe. it's a fixture in any public office in syria whether you buy a ticket or get a driving license president assad will be watching for those working it's not a political statement rather a sign that that company belongs to the state here this time is now becoming a

six pm in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie welcome to the program u.s. president barack obama apparently authorized covert support for the syrian rebels to help them oust president reports of a secret order allowing the backing of the cia and other agencies follow washington's warning that the current finding in syria will be and nail and its cost and the syria issue came into focus at a meeting between president putin and the prime minister of washington's closest ally great britain well let's talk now to laura smith has been following the talks and along the coast here laura now russia and britain we know are poles apart over how the syrian conflict should be resolved surely these revelations about covert u.s. support of one side in the standoff won't help overcome those divisions. yeah and it was quite simple and this came to light about obama having. to authorize secret kind of cia an agency support for. rebels who are trying to oust president assad in syria but that came to light just before the meeting between precision and cameron it went to that