that r.t. is coming to life from moscow muslims all over the world are celebrating idol figure out the last day of the annual holy month of ramadan the ninth month of the lunar calendar ramadan is seen as a time of soul cleansing and spiritual improvement the muslim population in russia of course no exception it's a big day for them as well parties agree with explains how this holiday is being celebrated right here and. millions of muslims around russia have been waking up very early indeed before sunrise putting all some of the best clothes as is tradition on this holy day also the flocking to nearby mosques and the graces mosque in moscow is the one just behind me which is currently being referred to seem tens of thousands of people normal less aligning the surrounding streets to listen servants it also be giving praise to god this is coming on the end on the back of the holy month of ramadan no faster and this question will this day shelf fear now actually translates as the breaking of the f

still to come on r.t. this far of news the fallout from the revolution egypt's few remaining jews feel escalating threats from the country's new leadership as cairo's relations with israel sour further. and keeping the internet safe and free but is it really possible to achieve this we investigate in a few minutes. washington says it has visibility inside iran's nuclear program confident it will know if a round moves towards building a bomb those remarks look to be directed it israel then which want to earlier that the international community might not realize in time to prevent iran from acquiring a weapon israeli media suggest the country could launch an imminent strike on iran before the presidential elections in the united states the plans could lead to a rift between the allies and the u.s. insists that tight the economic sanctions isn't enough a new law indeed signed on friday prohibits american entrepreneurs from doing business with the iranian oil sector and also shipping and insurance companies ho

this is r.t. and it's very good to have your company my name's kevin now and first there have been fresh clashes between pro and anti assad supporters in lebanon at least eight people are dead and dozens injured it's not a sign that the conflict in syria is long stopped ending at the borders especially with the mass exodus of syrians into neighboring states is a middle east correspondent paula sleep. the crisis in syria continues to spill over into neighboring countries for the second straight night on tuesday several people were killed in the northern lebanon is the city of tripoli during clashes between alawite and sunni muslims this comes amid growing evidence that massive amounts of weapons are being smuggled through live anonyma portably also through turkey to the syrian opposition now moscow has condemned this in the strongest terms and urged nations not to supply weapons to the syrian rebels at the same time the turkish government is investigating possible syrian links to a car bomb explosi

r.t. . and a war columnist and correspondent eric margolies believes that washington's being pushed into action simply by election politics ongoing in the u.s. united states is no strategic interests syria with this is. wrong and the u.s. . should your. pressure on the obama. strange to do something the republicans screaming do something and so let's hope that these threats of verbal i'm still hoping that there will be a diplomatic solution but chances are receding as political pressure grows in the united states and behind is let's remember that these rare yoopers pushing very hard to do something to. overthrow a government and even support since it's seriously breaking up into little cantons fighting one another along religious ethnic and tribal lines or just as a lebanon was in the one nine hundred seventy s. this is a very frightening prospect and we have to work hard to make sure it does not happen. now opposition activists claim that saturday was the deadliest day since the start of th

welcomes his r.t. from moscow it's kevin owen he will be live this hour it's now eleven pm the top story the u.n. general assembly has condemned the security council for failing to stop the violence in syria with a majority vote russia's voted against the resolution calling it unbalanced because also urging the u.n. in the arab league to move fast now to try to find a new chief peacemaker for syria after kofi annan stepped down at his innocence because across the latest from new york. this resolution is yet another step baby step in the attempts of the international community to try to find some sort of solution to the syrian crisis after virtually months of diplomatic deadlock we have one hundred ninety three members of the united nations general assembly having voted on resolution that not only condemns the security council for failing to push forward to any type of solution finding when it comes to the syrian crisis but this is also a text that condemns the syrian government for failing to put down

this is r.t. around one hundred of pro polished union activists have been stopped by israeli authorities on their way to the west bank from jordan the group aim to deliver aid to schoolchildren in bethlehem refugee camps but were reportedly turned away without any explanation israel's defense ministry later labeled the activists move as a failed a publicist is stunned by this latest incident follows another scandal involving palestinian children a number of israeli veterans have spoken out but describing a degrading culture of abuse and harassment of youngsters in the west bank and gaza activists have released a report containing dozens of testimonies that detail numerous cases of violence committed by former soldiers now this story to r.t. is fall asleep. the israeli defense forces has come under fire from its own rank and file an organization known as breaking the silence has published the testimonies of some thirty israeli soldiers and commanders in which they deal specifically with how the ide

here on r.t. now the russian air force turns one hundred on sunday celebrating it said tina in spectacular style in the skies over the moscow region the grand finale of a three day display will start national and foreign aviation is performing death defying stunts let's look at the picture she won over one hundred planes and helicopters are taking part of the event including russia's latest state of the art five hundred fifty show also include restored planes from the first and second world wars the fav russian knights of the swift also saw for the skies russian president vladimir putin said that more than six hundred new combat planes in the thousand helicopters in some countries but twenty twenty. the u.s. congress is struggling to pass one hundred billion dollars a year farm bill which also has reduced food stamp fraud over the next five years the industry's big hit is such as those making g.m. foods are dominating the discussion of nutrition and health groups but food historian ken obama says

well still to come here on r.t. this hour fourteen the path to life for the red planet the most high tech mars rover ever built touches down and begin sending back images from its mission to explore the martian surface could it support life and become a new place to live report on that in a few moments. and now for news making headlines around the world other stories for you in brief the london based bank standard chartered has been accused by u.s. financial regulator of illegally scheming with iran to launder around two hundred fifty billion dollars it's claimed the bank at work but to run for over a decade more than sixty thousand transactions from the authorities the banks now being officially branded the rogue institution it's yet to respond to the findings . authorities have identified the man who shot dead six worshippers at a sikh temple in the u.s. state of wisconsin as wade michael page was also revealed the forty year old who was killed in the shootout with police was an army veteran page who was said to h

legacy at r.t. dot com as well as many other stories including suspect appeal ultra-orthodox jews can now keep their thoughts on god and the eyes of scantily clad women thanks to the help of some rather unusual glasses. plus those very same glasses could be useful for drivers in some petersburg motorcyclists there are facing fines for taking their girlfriends for a ride on the back of their bikes in the buff and distracting other motorists. just a couple minutes on the world update for now though suicidal that's how the two biggest labor unions in spain it described the government's anti crisis measures and the austerity is particularly life threatening when even at the highest of flyers are being affected as r.t. is alex the reports of spanish pilots say their passengers are being put at risk just to save cash. i fly. with twenty minutes between flights it's almost impossible to conduct a proper check of the aircraft will be. forced to take over without any security check. it's clear that cheaper f

hello this is r.t. from moscow coming to you live it's kevin owen here our top story at nine pm a big developing news story this hour the u.n. general assembly is just condemned the security council for failing to stop the violence in syria with a majority vote russia voted against the resolution calling it imbalanced moscow's also urging the u.n. and the arab league to move fast now on finding a new chief peacemaker for syria as kofi annan is stepping down new york man and in the situations across the developments there for us what else does that resolution entails and sincere. well kevin now this resolution is yet another step baby step in the attempts of the international community to try to find some sort of solution to the syrian crisis after virtually months of diplomatic deadlock we have one hundred ninety three members of the united nations general assembly having just voted on resolution that not only condemns the security council for failing to push forward to any type of solution finding when

r.t. . i'll ask about our breaking news here for you one r.t. of a quick reminder that a russian court has just sentenced members of the controversial punk band pussy riot to two years in jail and this of course following their protests in russia's main cathedral are the three women found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred artie's peter all of our joining us live right outside the courthouse so peter the judge has ruled guilty as charged what's been the reaction what so what's going on where you are now. well i was talking to you just a short while ago and i was saying the police were telling us over thirty people had been detained here today oh that number certainly got up just a little bit as soon as that news filtered through that the judges sentence them to two years in prison a group just behind me and right in front of the courtroom broke through the barriers they were then the police of a stop put up here they were then taken some of them kicking and screaming on to buses just behind me to my left being detained there the

watching r.t. he's reminded our breaking news story ukraine's high court has rejected those 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 she says the case is politically motivated. still to come here on artie's of stay with us for that if you can. right now that we're crossing to the world of business and syria's moving to dodge western sanctions danielle has more and that is it is. the most. exposed including crude. oil the country's economy chief jamil has recently been in talks. of assistance in return. now investors watching how it's a lead that will sell its latest milan is down on the news credit rating of the united states will be called if it doesn't slash the u.s. fifteen trillion dollar national debt point next year says fitch ratings at four months he is expected to unveil good results today on the world all will has been drilled fifteen times the height of the only suspect bu

headlines on r.t. south american states condemned britain's threat to storm ecuador's london embassy to arrest julian assad's father was a follower himself makes his first public speech saying the u.s. must stop prosecuting those who reveal the truth of. the un's new peace envoy for syria says stopping the civil war is now his main task as the bodies observer mission comes to a close amid escalating violence and heavy clashes are reported in damascus and in the southern city of daraa claiming yet more lives. and libya rests on thirty two people for alleged links to a bomb blast that come a year after rebels took control of the country all those detained allegedly belong to a network of khadafi loyalists and have been receiving financial backing from abroad . by let's get some action here on r.t. time for everything from the world of sport with pope. he very much rory welcome along the to the sports headlines here is what's coming up. the top russian premier league leaders any stronger than jay just a p

cyber attack which struck many hours ago and has made r.t. dot com unavailable around the world on twitter a group calling itself anti leaks is claiming responsibility for the attack they linked in their tweets to the topics june sanj and wiki leaks they also made a joke about the show hosted on r.t. saying that they wanted to see him smoking cigars and drinking whiskey but that they weren't able to because of this attack those and other tweets indicate that they wanted to stop artie's coverage of the granting of diplomatic asylum to the wiki leaks founder by ecuador's embassy in london d.o.'s or distributed denial of service attack is where attackers use remotely controlled computers around the world to flood a website with too much traffic for it to handle and to leaks has previously attacked wiki leaks his site itself would didio us as well but they say that their primary target is julian assange himself describing him as a new breed of terrorist the group says they're based in the usa there's much speculation as to who antiques actually a

four i thank you for joining r.t. it's time now for some other world news and brief for you this hour hospitals and iran's northwest star struggling to cope with the influx of thousands of people in the wake of saturday's earthquakes which killed more than three hundred entire villages were leveled in the quakes and thousands of people are sleeping outside fearing for their aftershocks rescue workers had battled through the night to recover survivors from the rubble but their efforts are now in helping the estimated sixteen thousand who are left home looks like. jury a says it's killed at least twenty suspected members of the islamist militant group boko who are all the military raid reportedly targeted one of the groups hideouts in the northeast boko haram denies any losses accusing the military of killing civilians instead scores of people have died in the group's attacks in the area and recent months. tens of thousands marched in the capital of mali after the country's interim president urged the prime minister to

our team at r.t. dot com is working twenty four seven to provide you with the best stories and videos from around the world and here's a quick look at what we have for you on the website at the moment the school of hard knocks despair for two thousand students in the u.k. who may face deportation after the university lost its right to admit foreigners. plus the mass. of all the new global best in thailand with the taxation and at this remarkable record breaking see the video and story in full at r.t. dot com and catch all our best videos on our you tube channel. the killing of a spiritual leader of dagestani muslims by an islamic extremist is being seen as another sign of a steady rise in radicalism in russia the attack came on tuesday when a female suicide bomber entered the clerics home disguised as a pilgrim and blew herself up concern is also being fueled by last month's double to soften muslim figures in the republic of tatarstan some experts believe the roots of extremism lead all the way to the

and next hour here on r.t. we talked to a german a left wing politician a yarn about the ongoing bloodshed in syria and he believes the government lynn is actually being two faced when it comes to the ongoing crisis. officially they don't take sides something sure of the. human rights for. repression within the country sure enough but officially them are taking the other side with the rebel to whatever informally and we see it from their involvement you know with this from the ground you know the. invite three and put it to. the time thereafter. here. and officially they seem to take sides but it's clear to me who they are somebody selected people. on the basis of which criteria look lou i mean we now have been invited for a final discussion by margaret i mean how can you train some people who are smart i mean we left party to link you in germany we have contacts to left politicians some people in syria i would know who i would pick but obviously these are different people. and the interview is for next hour he

for r.t. and moscow american author and former university lecturer thinks this shows the tactics of western mainstream journalism to. it's pretty obvious what happened which is that the b.b.c. reported some news that higher ups in the western intelligence apparatus don't want them to report so they forced them to take it down and that doesn't surprise me at all that's just one example of many examples of b.b.c. complicity in this military agenda you know the b.b.c. is heavily complicit in this series of wars of aggression that were triggered by the events of nine eleven and it's very sad because western journalism used to be more independent and today everybody and all the big outfits located in the beginning speaking countries are putting out propaganda twenty four seven three sixty. and later in the program a glimpse at what syrians who escape the war now think. jordan has called for international help to deal with the growing influx of refugees from its neighbor and saying it can't cope i r

and into the r.t. world out there we go now we'll start with egypt where president mohamed morsi will visit iran for a summit at the end of the month it was the first trip by an egyptian leader since relations with terror and broke down decades ago but the invitation was delivered earlier this month by iran's vice president for the first high ranking official to visit egypt in years. and to iran a lot had full diplomatic relations since one nine hundred eighty following iran's islamic revolution in egypt recognition of israel. the u.s. military's top general martin dempsey has arrived in afghanistan for a meeting with senior afghan officials over a recent wave of so-called friendly fire attacks against international forces in the latest on sunday two afghan policeman turned their weapons on us and. troops on the border with pakistan killing one ten u.s. soldiers have died in such incidents in just the past two weeks. but the wife of a former chinese communist politician has been given a suspended death

r.t. reporting from madrid in spain. well next iran r.t. one of the architects of the european union tells us why the integrated bloc shouldn't leave spaniards and greeks to face their problems alone. you are in the same boat you are in east timor. mountain link together. you're in the same boat rowing if one is trading the others will probably. arab israelis could sue find themselves called up for the military they'd previously been exempt from having to serve in the israeli defense forces but now they will face a difficult decision risk in order to fight against their own people or volunteer because that is a traitor as our middle east correspondent paula slater explains. a monument to israel's fallen look more closely and you will see many of the names are of arab soldiers fighters who joined an army that many of their birth one here call the enemy. but in meetings like this across the country the mood is changing most arab israelis are saying no to being drafted into the israeli defense forces the issue is up for debate as is where we'v

download the official r.t. application so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from our. t.v. is not required to watch r.t. all you need is your mobile device watch r.t. any time. it's clever you should try it if you have so now after years of spying on unsuspected muslims based solely on stereotypes the new york police department never produced a lead on a terrorist suspect offices hopes the covert democratic demographics rather unit would provide a warning system against terrorism which is proving fruitless as a said let's talk more about this with alex that it's ruby news website alter net exhaustless also written extensively about this time mr kane the n.y.p.d. has given various examples of my of why this type of surveillance is necessary do you see any situation where this kind of spying is justified though yourself. you know this. obviously. impacted muslim communities in the u.s. . and specifically in new york the n.y.p.d. has made muslim community largely law abiding innocent peo

over a warm welcome for me kevin owen here in moscow this is r.t. coming to live at ten pm moscow time washington stepping up plans for a syria without president assad and getting ready for worst case scenarios too including a possible chemical weapons attack us foreign policy chief hillary clinton has pledged a further five and a half million dollars meantime in aid to syrian rebels during a visit to turkey it brings total funding to the opposition to eighty two million since the conflict began last year in istanbul clinton received a far from warm welcome riot police clashed with turkish antiwar activists from a leftist party who were trying to reach the building where she was to me promise to air they were offices responded with batons and tear gas at least five people were injured there ankara recently stepped up threats to weigh in with force in syria if it feels threatened from across the border activists and journalists on the part told me that by supporting the rebels the us is only adding to the violence. there's been some discussion of the

on r.t. tonight three german copycats of russian punk band pussy riot could face three years in a german prison for their protest stance in the cathedral this despite burleson's condemnation of the shorter prison and into the moscow trio. mass killer anders breivik to clear it saying and given twenty one years in prison while his fight against islam serving to inspire radical groups across you. know results of fresh nuclear talks between iran and the un's energy watchdog which says to rand's not cooperating enough put faces criticism itself for being biased. if you just joined us this is r.t. live from moscow my name's kevin owen it's ten pm here now the catholic church is pressing charges against three german copycats of the russian punk band pussy riot after they disrupted a service in cologne cathedral the trio of activists could now face a prison sentence that's longer than the one given to the moscow counterparts last week verdict on pussy riot sparked a wave of condemnation abroad inclu

well in a warm welcome to business r.t.ussia's central bank chairman has landed near top notch in the global bankers rating beating ben bernanke he and mary are drug global finance magazine as graded fifty central bankers with marks from a to d. on the basis of several criteria including levels of inflation and climate in their countries the biggest grades were given to only six heads of financial regulators including the ones from australia canada and israel interestingly the chairman of russia's central banks of gig that you have over took his colleagues from the fed and the e.c.b. that he was given a b. plus great well ben bernanke you marry a druggie had to be content with just b. and b. minus respectively. while a second ago what was happening on the stock markets on thursday this is the closing picture for europe many reasons to be depressed for investors on this trading session mainly because of the us jobless benefits standing flat and that means hiring is basically at a halt and the economy is not developing really

and political analyst i thank you for talking to r.t. to see me all right thank you very much reisa just to remind june if you're just tuned in our breaking news story this hour judy innocence has been granted political asylum by aquittal two months after taking refuge at the country's embassy in london as foreign minister made the announcement saying the whistleblowers fears of being politically pesach seem to flourish in secret u.s. files are justified he added that neither the u.k. provided any going to look at us on just human rights respected if it was extradited to stockholm and that for the prosecution in the us remained a genuine danger that's what britain the foreign secretary william hague said ecuador's the decision did not change anything when in that all the geishas to extradite assigns to sweden will still be carried out he also reiterated a son to one be granted safe passage from the country in turn sweden have summoned ambassador paul in the asylum decision on acceptable. and thursday has also been decision day for anothe

r.t. is broadcasting live worldwide news with me rule research showing here in moscow ukraine's high court has rejected yulia tymoshenko as appeal against a seventy year sentence the former prime minister was jailed for abuse of power linked to a gas deal signed with russia back in two thousand and nine all the details now to r.t. correspondent. ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko who is now spending seven years in prison and will not free this is according to the high specialized court of the country which rejected her appeal which had been running for several months now in fact it started in may that had been postponed on several occasions now the court has delivered its decision and it believes that the initial verdict which was given to you to assange we're told will last year will stand and there is there are no reasons whatsoever to cancel the decision of the court like reminds one of you is that your. education protests in chile. of the movement are to dot com and on ou

thanks for joining r.t. it's thirty minutes past the hour and joining us on just lawyer says he has information to suggest washington as advancing proceedings to extradite the whistleblower for leaking secret u.s. cables the wiki leaks editor fears he will face torture or even execution and deported mother isn't awkward or campaigning for her son's asylum there she exclusively told r.t. that american politicians are gunning for revenge from the beginning. from the u.s. from politicians and from. news coming. with screaming out for his mood in the most brutal way. they seem to be. built up all on how they were feeling . calling out to the full force of mood and so i think it's myself and still in the last few weeks there's been a focus is this entire because folks these. fallen who was screaming out julian six occasion this is somebody who is known for. his done nothing more than any good in this egregious which is to get. his money doing the work for. watch our exclusive interview with christina songe at r.t

well we've also been following the trial of a punk band on our website r.t. dot com and here's a quick look at what else is waiting for you there in the u.s. army spends three million dollars on the development of a nasal spray that the woman had suicidal thoughts go online for the details. plus the chinese beauty queen is crowned miss world read about all the pomp and pageantry at parties dot com. syria's president bashar al assad has been shelled on state t.v. praying in a mosque his first public appearance since bomb blast killed top officials last month in the capital damascus meanwhile the u.n. observer mission mandate for syria expires later on sunday as government forces try to push the rebels out of their key strongholds fierce clashes are continuing in the country's commercial hub aleppo with bashar al assad's army turning increasingly to airpower push back insurgents trying to seize the city a new mediator lakhdar brahimi was confirmed by the u.n. this friday as expected to give a new impetus to peace efforts for meanwhile russia says the u.s. will

download the official r.t. application so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite from our now t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time any. one of the poorest nations on earth bangladesh is also on the world's top close produces to but in meeting foreign commercial demands factory workers suffer extreme poverty often in the torricelli hard working conditions of his prius free there investigates then why no one is being held to account. i get it i want to sew or smoke that's the last thing i saw before i fainted i don't know what happened afterwards lovely day was only eleven when she almost died in a fire in the garment factory where she was working making only fifty cents a day to help her family survive while lovely escaped many in bangladesh having five hundred workers have died in garment factory fires in the past five years i suffer a lot now i still have to buy medicine it still hurts a lot of my hands hurt my legs hurt too it's v

this won't necessarily r.t. get in belgium. greece is struggling to curb the flow of illegal immigrants claiming scarce public funds more than six hundred people be kicked out of the country after the latest crackdown all part of an effort to save money in any way possible greece is sinking under its own debt but economist roger bootle believes leaving the eurozone is the only way the country can save itself the full interview is coming up in the next hour. greece and my view need to get out of the year i cannot see any way in which this current policy of austerity is going to free any relief or slow the riving process of trying to. take. credit for a very i don't think it's possible to imagine a return to economic growth in the current setup by contrast with the euro breaks i can imagine economic growth so far from being a disaster i think it could be the major step that leads to the restoration of growth in europe. the gyptian prime minister has reportedly been assaulted as he arrived at a funeral service for sixteen security

it is good to have you with us here on r.t. today. life in moscow and heavy clashes continue in the heart of the syrian capital as activists claim rebels have shot down an army helicopter over damascus where the footage allegedly shows a military helicopter engulfed in flames shortly before hitting the ground activists have accused syrian security forces meantime of killing more than three hundred people in the town of the riaa that's very close to the capital and the government says it did carry out an anti terror operation in that area a briton who responded to the alleged massacre arguing that it highlighted the urgent need for international action against assad this while the syrian president has vowed to stand firm in the face of what he describes to be a foreign plot against his nation let's get some more on this now and speak to a journalist neil clark thanks for coming on the program mr clarke. it's good to see you today before i get to my questions i should warn our viewers that the footage we're going to show during our conv

the latest headlines of the week's top stories from r.t. syria's rebels fight to take control of aleppo again with the help of further western financial backing as the u.s. and turkey reconsider a no fly zone to put pressure on damascus. egypt's president orders the country's powerful defense minister and the chief of staff to resign it comes amid a militant crackdown in the creasing leave volatile sinai region. members of the russian female punk group pussy riot await their verdict after the antiproton stands in the country's main cathedral in a trial that divided the nation. and what a difference a year makes a look back at last august's riots which raged across england at local fears they could return. hello this is r t you're watching the weekly with me kevin owen it's a round of of the top stories of the last seven days and first with syrian rebels struggling to regain can ground and control in the second city of aleppo foreign powers led by the us apart and more pressure on the mask bypassing the u.n. washington and turkey is discusse

this is r.t. live from moscow welcome if you just joined us my name's kevin now in our top story at ten pm here it's crunch time for greece right now the german leader and french president are working out whether to grant athens the breathing space it says it needs to sort its finances that the country has been relying on international loans for over two years but is struggling to meet its bailout conditions meanwhile chancellor merkel's allies in berlin say a greek exit wouldn't have a great impact on the euro but we're going to the german capital to catch up with our correspondent peter all of a very shortly tonight for the latest live comment on that i got some earlier all know just last hour for investment advisor patrick and he told me whether or not greece is provided with more time there's no chance at all managed to get this economy back on track within the eurozone. it's really rather sad this whole situation i mean the great political class are utterly delusional if they believe that the

for r.t. and moscow of american author kevin barrett says it's not surprising that powerful forces can push the media and their withholding pictures or information they don't want the public to say. it's pretty obvious what happened which is that the b.b.c. reported some news that higher ups in the western intelligence apparatus don't want them to report so they've forced them to take it out and that doesn't surprise me at all that's just one example of many examples of b.b.c. complicity in this military agenda you know the b.b.c. is heavily complicit in this series of wars of aggression that were triggered by the events of nine eleven and it's very sad because western journalism used to be more independent and today everybody in all the big outfits located in the big english speaking countries are putting out propaganda twenty four seven three sixty . just a bit later here on r t a former french intelligence agent who served in the middle east tells r.t. that whatever the outcome of serious c

r.t. with me kevin in this hour and first the main syrian rebel groups say they're behind a powerful blast that ripped through central damascus earlier the opposition claims the attack targeted a nearby military compound the explosion struck just outside a hotel that was being used by u.n. observers and an r.t. crew a correspondent than a boy who witnessed the attack and was among the first to report from the scene. i know my first appeared to be relatively calm the past few days but as we can see this call was very deceptive and very sharply explosion took place around eight in the morning just ten meters from the hotel where un observers us thing right in the center of damascus close to al malky area it was a very loud bang that was followed by a series of smaller explosions that sounded like a chain detonation of ammunition the blast itself took place at a closed army garage adjacent to the hotel it appears that the device was planted on the fuel tanker parked there it is still unclear

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free video down to r.t. dot com. latest headlines in the week's top stories syria rebels fight to retake control of aleppo with the help of further western financial backing while the arab league puts its emergency get together on hold. members of the russian female punk group pussy riot await their verdict after an anti putin stunt in the country's main cathedral in a trial that divided the nation. egypt's president orders the country's powerful defense minister and the chief of staff to resign it comes a bit of militant crackdown in the increasingly volatile sinai region. what a difference a year makes to look back at last august's riots which raged across england amid local fears they could return. hello there this is r.t. you're watching the weekly with me kevin zero in our round up of the top stories of the last seven days and first the arab league has postponed sunday's crisis meeting on syria where rebels are struggling to regain ground in the country's biggest city of aleppo foreign ministers were to discuss

download the official r.t. application so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from our. t.v. is not required to watch our two all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time. a lot of the clothes we wear are created in bangladesh it's one of the world's top manufacturers but also has a disturbing record and deaths and injuries among its workers factories cutting back on safety to save every dollar and leave those on the shop floor paying with their health for minimum wage jobs pressure to have the story. i get it i want to smoke that's the last thing i saw before i fainted i don't know what happened afterwards lovely day was only eleven when she almost died in a fire in the garment factory where she was working making only fifty cents a day to help her family survive while lovely escaped many in bangladesh have it five hundred workers have died in garment factory fires in the past five years i suffer a lot now i still have to buy medicine it still hurts a lot of my hands hurt

bootle tells r.t. he believes leaving the euro zone is the only way greece can save itself and the full interview is next hour here is a preview. greece in my needs to get out of the euro i cannot see any way in which this current policy of austerity is going to bring any relief or stop this rounding process of trying to bring prices and wages down takes years decades correct the sort of on competitiveness that greece is going through i don't think it's possible to imagine return to economic growth in the current setup by contrast at the euro breaks i can imagine economic growth so far from being a disaster i think it could be the major step that leads to the restoration of growth in europe. telecon of virtual pussy riot punk trio are preparing to make their final pleas to the judge the are on trial for protesting in russia's main cathedral and are now waiting to see whether that will be their final performance or whether the show will go on are just bitter all over a looks at the case and his report i

over our web site r.t. dot com you can of course find any other stories may have missed on air parcel out more to the taste of a few others online right now than a religious right that germany finds wrong with the country's multicultural image is strained further now after a rabbi is charged with a banned procedure up more than online and the masses in montreal demonstrators hope to pin down vote hunting canadian politicians in the long running feud over school fees. download the official r.t. application. choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from arts now t.v. is not required to watch r.t. all you need is your mobile device watch r.t. any time. take a look at some other international news this first to africa and the massacre that shocked kenya to rival communities are mostly brought together to try to settle the tension which saw fifty two people brutally slaughtered women and children were burned alive or hacked to death in their huts when the village came under attack the two war

r.t. reporting from damascus in syria i also spoke to independent journalist james corba who has written extensively on the syrian conflict he believes rebels are unlikely to draw condemnation from some foreign countries after the latest attack in damascus. we've seen previous terror bombings taking place in damascus and not only has the governments of the western countries that have been backing them refused to remove that backing they've actually strenuously supported those terrorist bombings here too it doesn't seem to follow any rules of logic here and i don't think that this is going to find that the kind of kind of widespread condemnation that we would expect for a terrorist blast like this you know rebel friendly washington has said iran is backing of the syrian regime as more dangerous than they are filtration of al qaeda fighters within the opposition what's your take on that that has to take the cake is one of the most hypocritical statements in modern political history it's so h

live from moscow this is r.t. still to come for you just a bit later how dream for a better life can make matters worse. in syria you die quickly but here we are dying a slow death as we report on the faith of tens of thousands of refugees fleeing the violence in syria but only to meet despair at their new. looking for traces of extremism in islamic russia the recent assassinations of two prominent muslim clerics and buffalo investigators trying to identify the roots of hatred. syrian officials walked out of the nonaligned summit after the egyptian president called the government in damascus oppressive the gathering in iran is made up of a third of the u.n. members who don't consider themselves part of any world power block a host of terror on used the meeting to propose creating a three nation group compromising of itself egypt and venezuela to try and help end the syrian conflict the un chief ban ki moon he's at the meeting despite u.s. objections he says that iran can play a major role in halting the war in syr

wall still ahead for you here in r.t. in the weekly libya marks one year since the fall of tripoli but the celebration is anything but joyous as continued trouble than it's threatens to send the country into chaos. last resentment on the rise in pakistan as the u.s. continues to blur the lines when it comes to it that the transfer. stories started coming first this week of the case of a norwegian mass murderer and as brave it reached its conclusion breivik admitted killing seventy seven people was declared sane by judges he. jail for a maximum of twenty one years for his bombing and gun rampage in oslo. and last year he smoked twenty heard the verdict which he says will not appeal during his final statement he apologized for not killing even more people has always insisted on his sanity and that the killings were part of his fight against the islamification of norway and you countries were suffering a rise in far right activities before the tragedy but as reports graphics ideas of fueling even more hatred towards immigran

are coming from china and north korea over at our website r.t. if you can find any stories here manifest on air there's a taste of what stories we have on line right now. a religious right that germany finds fault a country is a multi multi images strained further after rabbis charge for a bad procedure. bad mean lasses in montréal demonstrators hope to pin down vote hunting made in politicians every long running feud over school. download the official application itself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from arts l.t.v. is not required to watch all its hear all you need is your mobile device to watch our t.v. any time. all right let's take a look at some other international news this hour first to africa and the massacre of that shocked kenya to rival communities are to be brought together to settle the tension which saul fifty two people buta least slaughtered women and children who were burned alive or hacked to death in their hearts when their village came under attack the two warring communities have long fall out

download the official r.t. application so choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. t.v. is not required to watch artsy all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time any. all right it's time to take a look at other news from around the world this hour. more than one hundred tanks have been seized from a militia group loyal to former libyan leader moammar gadhafi officials say several dozen weapons were also found when security forces raided a camp near tripoli meanwhile in northern libya ethnic clashes have killed at least three people and wounded dozens more since gadhafi fell last year weapons have been flowing freely into the country and are often seized by violent gangs. chillies long running clashes over poor education standards have seen thousands of students clash with riot police and santiago officers used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the protesters who hurled rocks in return president pinera criticize the students for holding on authorized demonstrations many of