army's 3rd squadron, 3rd armored cavalry division are on patrol in mosul, iraq. captain conrad brown is on command. >> mosul was mostly al qaeda insurgents that had been pushed out of the sunni triangle in the presurge 2006/2007. they had taken root in mosul. >> it's the sixth straight day of around the clock operations. the men are exhausted. >> we'd been up for about 36 hours at this point, and we're making our way back to our combat outpost. >> the battle worn neighborhood is known as an insurgent hot spot. >> the terrain favored the enemy immeasurably. the bombed out buildings were difficult to see from the windows. narrow alleys leading up to those roads and those particular intersections. >> but on this day the major supply route for both u.s. and iraqi forces looks clear and the squadron decides to take it. >> i got it before every attack, that pit in my stomach. that's why i decided to take out the camera and start filming, just based purely on hunch. >> staff sergeant jason catrel is acting as lead scout standing up through the hatch of his bradley fight

house churches are becoming very popular through baghdad, mosul, and even up through the kurdistan areaand south places, like kerbela, which is shi'ite stronghold. many muslims are having dreams and visions of jesus. people are coming to know christ. so in the midst of a shrinking church, you have this sort of dichotomy, there are some the holy spirit has spoken to that they're supposed to stay. >> george: greg, a real quick question: there is some talk about cutting up iraq into different partitions. the christians have said for a long time, listen, we need our own on cleave en cleave, our own protection. is that gaining any attraction? >> because they have become such a small minority -- they were small before, but, s -- so the chance of having their own place, the christians are in a precarious position. >> george: it is a tragic, tragic situation. greg, thank you for your insights. all good to have you on the show. >> thanks, george. and let's continue to pray for iraq and our brothers and sisters in that country. >> wendy: amen, greg. the vatican representative to the united nation

across what appears to be a dead city and yet today mosul is in party mode. my name is ahmed and about i am a law student today is a festival of university day that's why we can see all the troops they're here to protect us. the situation is very difficult the country is undergoing a wave of anonymous attacks and assassination my dream is quite simple i just want to live in an iraq that's safe and at peace it's a magnificent country mustn't forget that it was once respectfully known as mesopotamia the land between two rivers i dream of peace. but peace seems impossible. the americans are gone but now kurds shias and sunnis battle for control of the city even the mosques are under military protection the internet in killing goes on in the name of allah. a leave muscle with no regrets. this road fraught with danger can also hold certain surprises and. stops to help a friend even in iraq one can run out of petrol. it's hilarious we have the world's second biggest oil reserves and we're short of petrol and gas. were reduced to filling up on the black market at ex

the capital most of the victims were boys under the age of sixteen violence also struck the towns of mosul dollar shark and hill iraq is in the midst of its deadliest a wave of violence since the end of the country's civil conflict in two thousand and eight with fears sectarian charged bloodshed could continue to escalate more than two thousand people have been killed by attacks and fighting in iraq since the start of april. hundreds of demonstrators marched near mark stadium in rio de janeiro head of the final game of the confederations cup in brazil riot police blocked the crowd from getting close to the stadium the protesters are angry about the billions of dollars the brazilian government is spending on hosting global sports events social problems plaguing the country including a high crime rate high taxes and increasing transportation fares. this week saw the first piece of russia's revamped maybe take to the seas the stern of a mistral class helicopter carrier built in russia's st petersburg shipyard is now awaiting its trip to france where the entire vessel will be fully assembled n

baghdad several shops were badly damaged in the attack a policeman also died in the northern city of mosulafter another blast it out police convoy. former south african president nelson mandela is said to be in a serious but stable condition after being taken to hospital with a recurring lung infection it's the fifth time the ninety four year old has been in care over the last two years when dell led the fight against apartheid and spent twenty seven years in prison before winning the nobel peace prize in the only ninety's. europe today here in r.t. and coming up as promised it's the latest kaiser report stay with us. welcome to the kaiser report well in mexico as are you know the american dream is the national if those of the united states life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement regardless of social class or circumstances of birth of course as the late great comedian george carlin said it's called the american dream because you have to be frickin asleep to believe it right stacy the dream is dead long live the

in the moscow subway and was followed by a second short circuit a few hours later and that's not at mosul. where he's following the situation in moscow. are you going to thank you very much for joining us so how has the train service been resumed. while the movement of train says now been resuming moscow's much although we did take several hours to fix that faulty power cable for now thousand people have been evacuated in toward all over sixty bass and usually needed medical assistance including one six year old boy most of the injuries are connected with smoke inhalation and three people are being treated in intensive care units now it all started as you eat here moscow time the steady peak of the morning rush hour when the measure was used by hundreds of thousands of people and this is exactly the time when the first main power people short circuited inside a tunnel linking two essential metro stations this is one of these had to suspend the movement of trains for the first time and just started evacuating people. it did take them a few hours to fix that cable and shortly after be recei

explosions rocked half a dozen cities and towns in the central park of the country and near the city of mosuld fire on police on a remote stretch of a pipeline. >>> president-elect rohani after being announced the winner of the election, the moderate cleric says his country needs to enforce and remain committed to law in order to achieve peace and stability. hassan rohani's victory opens space for moderates and liberal voices in iran that were stifled after ahmadinejad back in 2009. >>> u.s. intelligence officials now say dozens of potential terrorist attacks were prevented because of the information gained through the use of the government's controversial data gathering program. they say one was a plot targeting new york city four years ago. dan has the details. >> reporter: in september 2009, nazi was arrested for plotting to bomb subways. in january, an arrest of an alleged co-conspirator, both serving life sentences which proves that the surveillance programs work. according to the information released on saturday by the senate intelligence committee, this plot is one of dozens officials

not all that much difference between the physical torture that many prisoners undergo in one town of mosul and the emotional toll and their relatives are forced to deal with at home like the family of rock monash batty a yemeni terror suspects held at the controversial detention center since two thousand and two after his arrest the whole family was accused of links to terrorists omar and now we have them america's support for human rights is merely is about its own people well it destroys the rights of all others who have been suffering for thirteen years now. in yemen president obama's recent promise to lift restrictions off get detainees specifically from the country was greeted with nothing but sneers. start of these nonstop lies a bomb remembers about guantanamo only during election campaigns and on holidays he promised to shut it down several times and to forward their cases to their home countries these are all lies. meanwhile back in one town away itself as the thirty yemeni prisoners wait for the u.s. president's promises to come true the four month long hunger strike against thei

later, bombs went off in mosul, aimed at police stations. the obama administration could decide this week whether it's time to ship arms to rebels in syria. top u.s. officials began meeting today to consider the question. and secretary of state john kerry put off a trip to the middle east to take part in the sessions. white house spokesman jay carney would not say which way the president is leaning. >> the president has made clear, i have made clear, that all options remain on the table in terms of syria and... although he has also said that he does not foresee a circumstance that would involve american boots on the ground. but options... he insists that all options be available to him and he is constantly reviewing them. >> holman: the u.s. is under growing pressure to act, despite concerns that weapons would end up in the hands of extremists. that's because syrian government troops have been retaking key areas, with the help of hezbollah guerrillas from lebanon. last week, they captured the town of qusair, and now the city of homs appears

and is to him i will ask our factories to make a very good and expensive one for him out of the dust mosul and with a good stone thank you. well there are also some big economic announcements to made by president putin as the address the business forum with russia signing off and on and present a deal with china it is kitty pilgrim has got more on the little bit later in the program they will also have the debate on syria as well coming up. but before all that a second fatality case now reported in clashes rattling brazil that suffer an eighteen year old demonstrated died in the state of so part of earlier when a car crashed through a barricade what started as a rally of a transport fares is now snowballed into a one million strong protest engulfing more than one hundred cities across the country president has canceled her trip to japan to hold an emergency meeting of the country's key ministers that's following the most recent nights of violence over eight thousand police officers have been deployed to rio head of a football match there when activists attempted to dance on city hall they