group cancel syria's membership blaming solely the massacres for violence and ignoring the rebels' al qaida style terror attacks. he weighed square up in asia and europe port maps extend america's military buildup in the region china eagerly for its allies of its own. it is standing out in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie we are not a british colony and that's ecuador's reply to british government threats to storm its london amnesty and take join us by force the whistleblower assad refuge of the year in june escaping imminent extradition to sweden art is more important i reports now with more on the standoff. the government of ecuador will announce its decision on julian a 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 sign mr putin has said that ecuador had received from britain quote a written threat that could assault our embassy

elements of al qaida in iraq. infiltrated into syria basically what you've got is a kind of a foreign jihadi movement it's becoming pretty embarrassing for president obama who tells the fact that he killed osama bin ladden to wind up in a de facto alliance with al qaida the u.s. is trying to vet the opposition groups to prevent the arms from getting into the hands of al qaida and other. insurgents but once you flood an area with weapons it's folly to think that you can control where those weapons go to the syrian army is very sensitive unlike the us about the issue of collateral damage and so they're taking a good deal of time to avoid civilian casualties basically the minor forward looking urban based segments of the population do not want to see an insurgency with neo solid fundamentalists and even al qaida becoming a dominant factor in their country they know that this will lead to absolute chaos and violence. the conflict is that going elsewhere in the region members of a shia clan have blocked an airport road

tension for years especially after the death in custody of a local man accused of being part of al qaida today it's home to many islamic organizations and many are still believed to have ties with a terrorist organization situated right on the syria lebanon border the border is over there it's where many syrians fleeing the chaos at home cards for comparatively safe haven one which provides shelter for some but by no means all. a group of islamic n.g.o.s is called in eighteen the humanitarian mission here their mercy carries a subtle message the boxes bear would look to the swords of the muslim brotherhood holder you have put on here's what has to be enough in the market for one family you know those here is rice crops. dry milk. the man in charge is a selfie a radical sunni group appearing to fundamentalist islam and not tolerating moderate forms of the religion she colleague says anyone is welcome to relieve just so long as they share in his one sided beliefs. we will not accept anybody who supports such a criminal regime maybe i will try to talk to them but convince them not to be on

the white house has also rise to more cover support for anti assad forces despite their links to al qaida author and historian gerald ford says america's repeating past mistakes by stoking extremism in syria. it's well known that washington basically has perfected the idea of a two trucks foreign policy that is to say on the one hand you can smile when the other hand and mike in the back that's basically what's happening in syria all this blather about negotiations with the regime but you don't want that either they would like to see regime change although as usual i don't think washington has what the consequences there is to say that there is a real danger that al-qaeda like forces will be coming to power sooner rather than later in the past and then washington will be faced with a replay of what engineer in afghanistan where the engineer of the coming to power of the taliban which opened the door to gain influence there which led to the tragedy of september eleventh two thousand and one. coming your way later this hour coverage uncut point down why some syrians have slandered mainstrea

and pakistani intelligence work very well together for him to launch numbers of al qaida roll them out very tightly the issue is who these drones are targeting and your and your excellent website will shows most of these drone strikes a knocks against al qaida they're actually against militant groups that have peace deals with pakistan that are fighting an insurgency across the border and that's what this is really about now kyra practically destroyed and drones have helped to put out their emotional resonance no building here about the times square bombing chris how do you how do you talk about the crime square bombing when five times square ball i was very. back of yeah not not al qaeda and. it certainly was and you know why the t.t.p. said that the timing of these raids are going to be nice if you a train strike problem this is it's not a serious group they were attacking. jamie when a job in engineering is going. to be allies with al qaeda with other groups. you know this you know it's one thing to start talking about the practicalities and so forth but you know there is internatio

and while the northeast egyptian border heats and al qaida linked groups infiltrate syria israel feels trapped in the middle beefs up its security forces just in case. karen terrorists are here to start your monday all off with r t while the political leaders of the syrian opposition have made fresh calls for a no fly zone in the country the syrian national council even wants foreign troops to start patrolling areas near the borders with jordan and turkey but the u.s. and its allies remain reluctant to get directly involved and are instead bolstering material support for anti-government fighters meanwhile a legit rebel atrocities are forcing more syrian activists to renounce the opposition this amateur footage apparently shows insurgents throwing the bodies of loyalists from a rooftop in aleppo a key flashpoint in the worsening conflict the head of one independent media outlet in syria told r.t. that he's puzzled why the rebels are pleading for foreign action when they claim to . half the people support. when anybody talks about a no fly zone they are talking about a regional war they

in just a few minutes on to terrorists who really scottish police arrests respected members of al qaida believed to have links to terrorism it was discovered they could have been plotting bomb autonomy of europe once they wrote their roost now they tables have. let. them go to a place to go they got nothing. they were poor and they claim to hardships of the white minority in south africa who say the end of our times has meant discrimination that. wealthy british. time to. market. why not. why not what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headline news. report on r.g.p. . would be soon which brightened if you. from plans to. start on t.v. dot com. this is r.c. welcome bach the mother wiki leaks and it's a treat and a song she was lobbying ecuador to grant him asylum says she fears her son could face execution if his extradited to the united states christina's acquittal was lead to only well the state is considering whether to grant political asylum to whistleblower present caress the decision while they're influenced by

the waves of violent attacks now according to officials these attacks have had had the links to al qaida and the men would masterminded them and also received training in places like afghanistan and pakistan now as far as europe is concerned and they've been on high alert for some time now ever since the attacks the nine eleven attacks and the united states spain in particular has arrested dozens of suspected al qaida members over the years and even more so after the two thousand and four train bombing in madrid now they say that these three men be arrested today had been under a monitoring of by the authorities for some time now and we can see that and we can expect that authorities here in europe will definitely be even higher alert after the arrests that were made today. the mother we can read said to jude and a song being a call to grant him asylum says she feels his son could face execution if he's extradited to the united states christina songs most equitable zita own wednesday was considering whether to grant political asylum to the whistleblower president said the decision won't

spanish authorities claim to have completed a major operation against al qaida they've seized serious suspects in the south of the country who are being questioned over the plotting of a tox in europe including a one on a joint us punish naval base two of the men are being investigated for links to terror plots in russia's restive republic of chechnya oh she's tests on syria now reports the police in spain have arrested three suspected members who they say had amassed explosives and were plotting attacks in europe that's according to the spanish interior ministry of the also said they found enough explosives to quote destroy boss and he also said that these three men had received training in camps in places like afghanistan and pakistan now one of the men who was arrested on his own they say that he is from turkey and that he's considered the facilitator in this group now the two other men were arrested together while they were planning to make their way to a friend so these two men were said to have lived in chechnya and as we know what is part of russia's volatile region of the nort

geological rules iran and hezbollah along with notorious terrorist groups including al qaida must pay six billion dollars for the nine eleven at a time reporter why the decision could be and i quote from america's military past . true to sound as mother speaks out the has some pass alleging that put her in the president to agree to the whistleblowers as silently. that's later but now a nine antigovernment activists have been arrested in the united arab emirates in the last two days authorities that are cracking down on political dissent saying foreign linked groups threaten the state security and political studies professor steven scenes however says it's just suppression of a rising internal social movement so these are very local activists. who are moderate islamists who want a greater sense of fairness and equity within society they are among three dozen dissidents who've been arrested in the past couple months some people some not for calling for the overthrow the government or anything but simply who are allowing the partially elected advisory assembly to have a little more power

government official tacitly accused the journalists of being sympathetic to al qaida let's be under no illusions there are a number of elements who would like nothing more than to malign these efforts and help al qaeda succeed to suggest that in any way oh my news organization of your investigative journalism or in any way sympathetic towards al qaida or its goals it is disgraceful i do think those kind of smears indicate the stakes involved that the cia remembers claiming that it killed ninety civilians in pakistan from all the year round our reporting the reporting of many other credible newspapers and academics now shows that simply isn't the case that simply aren't true usa today journalist tom banda burke and ray locker became the subject of a sustained internet campaign to discredit their work just days after they began publishing the results of their investigation into a multi-million dollar pentagon funded propaganda mission in iraq and afghanistan fake websites twitter feeds and facebook accounts were set up under the journalist's names in which they were accused of being back

reports on the ground show that very six treatments groups are doing the fighting including al qaida but it's not to say that all of them are all either or it's a full blown civil war where the degree of hatred is so high that people commit atrocities on all fronts i spoke with one of america's leading experts on counterterrorism and he told me the bloodshed will be even harder to stop as more outside forces get involved it isn't any more simply a question vs a whole. it's a question of saudi arabia versus iran and it's a question of turkey's increasing role in the middle east all these things make this more and more complicated and make it less and less likely there we're going to have a peaceful resolution instead we're going to have a winner take all solution one could say the danger is in simplifying things putting them black and white supporting people who kill can be called anything but charity in washington i'm going to check out. and later in the program we hear from dr abdul aziz of al-qaeda who spent fourteen years in prison for his political activism in syria and he says t

and spanish authorities question three suspected al qaida operatives over bomb plots in europe and links to chechen terrorists. the defense in the trial of members of the pussy riot female punk group is due to present it signed over an anti putin stunt in the capital's main cathedral in february charged with hooliganism motivated by religious hatred or hostility the three accused could face up to seven years of jail if convicted parties bitter all over has the details. listen all goes back to the incident that took place in moscow's main cathedral in february of this year when the punk rock collective known as pussy riot performed what they called a punk rock prayer now that provoked a pretty harsh reaction pretty extreme reaction from from some elements here in the country really a polarizing incident this happened in one of the most religious sites in the country of course the trial of these three women who are accused of being part of that group is in day five at the moment we're going to hear from the defense later on as they put forward their case we're also hearing that there is a

regime and leave you there's a lot of boy who says the i'm going violence in syria has provided al qaida with yet another base from which they can stage attacks. blasts and gunfire a daily occurrence here in damascus but once the explosion right next to the u.n. headquarters was something ordinary it took place at a heavily guarded army garage and you can probably see a fuel tanker on there which the explosive device was planted still standing over there in terms of the damage it was relatively minor a few shattered windows in this hotel and in the building next to us but this explosion definitely attracted a lot of media attention because of the proximity to the u.s. borders now. the free syrian army already claimed responsibility for this blast even though they said that they never intended to target to you in observers and they were aiming for the syrian army personnel in any case the explosion the really underscores how easily available and how widely used explosives have become these days in syria in the beginning of the syrian uprising the rebels primarily on small arms but over mo

are calling for ms for this help from the west also say that they're ready to join forces with al qaida so you know overall for also to the west for trying to bury the agreements reached in geneva one world powers were able to reach mutual understanding on syria saying that equal pressure has to be applied on all sides of the conflict and that they have to put their weapons down simultaneously and said you said that that community just signed in geneva gives a way for a peaceful end to this conflict but judging by the steps truly being made by many western states it's not really peace they're interested in but simply regime change in syria the russian foreign minister also rejected the speculation that this opposition by moscow to the west when it comes to syria is creating political isolation however a major media war against russia is currently underway which is aimed at harming its image and distorting its position on syria so you have also commented on how he's now often called mr know because of this opposition to the west on syria and he says as long as it means up holding the int

nine eleven attacks and the united states spain in particular has arrested dozens of suspected al qaida members over the years and even more so after the two thousand and four train bombing in madrid now they say that these three men be arrested had been under monitoring a by the authorities for some time now and we can see that and we can expect that authorities here in europe will definitely be in a higher alert after the arrests that were made today. the discrimination of the apartheid in south africa has come to an end but now two decades after the country's long sold basile for human rights finished is the whites who feel that a second class citizens policy and looks into that. once the color of all to start and skin was the key to the good life here and now it is merely part of another forgotten face of the new south africa white homeless and unemployed. god. alters one of a growing number of concepts africans living a hop skip and a jump from sleeping on the streets who worldly positions amount to a bed and some clothes the rest are handouts from charities and churches sometimes

absolutely detest and loathe al qaida are also now coming to hate the united states because of this policy that is not a successful foreign policy ok chris i want to stay with you could you said something really important there was no comment for a half a year that no. civilians were killed in these drone attacks why isn't it the media in the west won't report on these why are there not interested or it's taboo what's what's going on here it's not you know it's not that the media in the west isn't interested in fact our experience and i'm sure there was fire in some of the agencies there are good reputable agencies on the ground do get the details of civilian deaths at the time and they're often reported internationally unfortunately there's a fire wall around the mainstream us media that will report the militant leaders killed they won't report the civilians killed and that's led i think the united states public to think well these strains of fine there's no problem they only kill militants when of course that's not true and all the time you're getting people angrier and angrier in

more of the world's news for you this hour the spanish police have arrested three suspected al qaida members who were planning an attack and you were two of the man had lived in russia's chechen republic during a wave of terror attacks there while the other man is of turkish descent all are believed to have been trained in pakistan media reports in spain say the man possessed explosives and poisons. the secretary of state hillary clinton is in uganda's capital part of her africa tour is currently battling al break of the deadly ebola virus which has so far killed sixteen people nationwide and u.s. officials admit the seven nation visit is largely a push to prevent china's growing influence in the continent clinton's next stop is south sudan has vast oil industry appearance halley chinese investment. slow moving typhoon moving through a. taiwan killing at least seven people surveillance video showed one man tragically fall to his death when a road collapsed burying him in rubble rental rains flooded low lying areas paralyzing the main our national airport and a railway network well ea

and washington slammed for al qaida style tactics for striking those arriving to help victims hit in the wake of another american drone raid multiple american missiles have to build over a dozen people in pakistan in the last few days in areas that u.s. claims are full of militants. germany is a long held the safe keys for europe's finances now a former executive of its central bank explains whether keeping countries together with a currency has a future. it's easy to be a euro skeptic these days but our today's guest had reservations about the future of europe's common currency from the very start he was about seen the former member of germany's central bank is joining us now on their t. thank you very much for your time sir in your latest book you claimed germany didn't bat after that much from the introduction of hurons and a lot of aspers from other european countries could make the same claim is it any member that in your view can actually say that europe has been good for it no i don't think so as a northern states did not to profit from the euro but it didn't. harm them eyes u

and accused of copying al qaida tactics there's more evidence the u.s. is launching follow up at times after its drone strikes in pakistan targeting people who promised to the aid of the wounded reports claim the methods been used in the latest search of drone assaults. up next artie's speaks to. a german politician and former executive all of the deutsch bundesbank about the future of the e.u. and the single currency. it's easy to be a euro skeptic these days but our today's guest had reservations about the future of europe's common currency from the very start he was about seen the former member of germany's central bank is joining us now on their t. thank you very much for your time sir and your latest book you claimed germany didn't about after that much from the introduction of hurons and a lot of experts from other european countries could make the same claim is it any member that in your view can actually say the euro has been good for it no i don't think so as the northern states did not to profit from the euro but it didn't. harm them eyes up to

the yemeneze identifyed the dead as all al-qaida operative.meanwhile the death toll rose today to 45. the yemene government blames al- qaida for that attack. >>> in syria rebel forces are preparing for an all out assault by government troops. syrian forces are threatening to mount a decisive battle. 20,000 government troops had descended around alepo. the 38 iraniansed yet were spied. >>> security is education pearly tight tonight along the israeli election border. maas gunman -- the gunman seized armoured vehicle and tried to crash into israel and israeli military spokesperson since it felt like it was going to attack. >>> lightning is blamed for killing one person and injurying nine others at the racetrack. the deadly lightning hit after the break. it's not clear if it was one lightning strike or severals. >>> newly released documents for the boy scout shows dozens of repeat cases of child abuse. the document from a 2010 lawsuit detailing 400,000 cases of molestation. 15 were repeat offendsers. overlooked another a second o if he thinks got

that toppled the country's longtime leader ali abdullah saleh last year meanwhile five suspected al qaida members have been arrested in the country's volatile south the raid came over a week after a deadly attack on the country's intelligence headquarters which left twenty one dead. the libyan interim interior minister has resigned amid fears of renewed sectarian clashes in the country this after sufi religious sites were destroyed by armed salafi and government security forces libya remains volatile ever since the popular uprising resulted in the ouster and the death of its longtime leader moammar gadhafi last year the country is currently ruled by an elected general national congress. as tropical storm isaac has towards the u.s. gulf coast at least three states have already declared emergencies the storm hit south florida with heavy rain on sunday and is expected to slam into other parts of the country as a category two hurricane on wednesday this as restoration works begun in haiti after seven people died and fourteen thousand were forced to evacuate escape the flood waters as isaac ba

monitoring mission in syria rebels they are pledged to step up their fight threaten to join forces with al qaida. though they have us here in our next hour g interviews author and journalist now we wolf was says a crackdown on whistleblowers could expose corrupt u.s. officials to. naomi wolf author journalist activist thank you for sitting down with r.t. today it's always a pleasure marie and i first question for you recently u.s. defense secretary leon panetta announced and ordered pentagon officials to begin monitoring major news stations in the u.s. to see if any media outlets are disclosing classified information as a journalist and as an american what is your take on this i mean you know my immediate take is a profound feeling of nausea and its sense that somehow the united states has collapsed into you know the soviet union circa sort of mid thirty's. this is horribly foreseeable but i can't believe it's come to this. the bush administration begins trajectory. seven or eight years ago by saying ok we're going to start to react to the espionage act and they threatened to go after the new yo

expertise the iraqi government even went on record to say that they have sold information that al qaidawas crossing from iraq into syria to carry out those attacks on the top of that reuters news agency published a story a few days ago in retreat quoted an f.s.a. field commander who was saying that thanks to you of the expertise of iraqi insurgents they've been able to increase the debt to nation range of their bombs up to seven kilometers also the use of mobile phones to sad those bombs off something that is very common in iraq and that was extremely rare in syria is now becoming more and more widely used what many in the west fail to recognize is that terrorism is not necessarily a derogative term it's a descriptive term to denote a guerrilla warfare a tactic that justifies the use of terror the use of violence for achieving political goals and at the same groups that must. tactics and bomb making skills on iraqi civilians on the u.s. soldiers in iraq and now applying the same expertise here in syria. reporting from damascus in syria international community however. other official mee

monitoring mission in syria rebels they are pledged to step up their fight and threaten to join forces with qaida. and am in the russian capital you watching r.t. on marina josh welcome to the program julia sound has got political asylum in ecuador a but now no way of getting there britain's gone out of its way to make abundantly clear it would take drastic action to prevent the whistleblower from taking that asylum from an hour ride denial of safe passage all the way to threats to radiate with dorian ambrosi and take him by force charges laura smith who was at the embassy on a day of drama reports. it was the day they'd all been waiting for julian assaults holed up in london's ecuadorian embassy for two months and his supporters who turned out to cheer for him rain or shine since his legal battle against extradition to sweden first began more than eighteen months ago also there in large numbers the police who didn't wait long to make their first arrests and. when the decision came it was the one they wanted. we decided to grant asylum to julian a song. called it a significant victory and his mot