live from moscow this is r.t. time for your headlines now the euro crisis looms large over the g eight summit in america with president obama expected to urge more rescue measures from the e.u. experts say it's key to keeping afloat his own chances of reelection which are dominating his thoughts likely to mean major agreements at the summit will not be reached. last outrage in iran over plans to merge two of america's gulf allies which terrans calling a u.s. plot to reshape the region saudi arabia is moving to cement a military and political alliance with bahrain where a crackdown on pro-democracy protests continue. and egyptians may have hoped the revolution would bring them change but it seems that only brought a rocketing crime rates and unsafe streets it's. time to lighten the mood little bit here on r.t. time now for moscow out and the team taking you all over the capital's iconic tourist spots right here in moscow. hello and welcome in this week's episode will be taking a look at various and stable spots around t

but from moscow this is r.t. time for your headlines now leaders of some of the world's most influential states take another shot at stemming the fiscal crisis in europe as efficiency and relevancy is put to the test. germany's financial hub frankfurt is brought to a standstill as thousands of police flood the city in a bid to contain a fourth day of protests. opposing sides the same plea the loss of loved ones brings israelis and palestinians together in a unique organisation seeking better understanding between the conflicting sides. bill daughters here in half an hour's time but for now a spotlight focuses on russia's immediate priorities now the has returned to the crapper. welcome to the spotlight and to the show on the arts and i'll be. glad to put his refusal to attend the g. eight summit and david seems to be an important symbolic step the media started speculating about the new president's foreign policy and as for now it looks like news is concentrating closer neighbors the c.i.s. . countries really become m

here with r.t. time to recap our top stories now egypt's worst clashes in months leave at least eleven dead around one hundred protesters injured accusations that the military rulers are complicit in the violence adding to deep concerns about the country's stability of presidential elections. american chinese relations are tested as hillary clinton's high stakes visit to beijing is ever shadowed by controversy over the coup dissident even refuge for a short time u.s. embassy this latest dispute comes of tensions continue to rise of the u.s. military buildup in the pacific. and u.s. refuses to limit its missile defense system in europe despite russia's concerns turn moscow is building a high tech case against a project that it said is a threat to national security. catches up with the president of the sochi olympics organizing committee to find out how ready russia is for the games that's in our interview show spotlight. i i i i. i. i. i. hello again and welcome to the spotlight they insist on art i'll be

r.t. for israel. time now for the r.t. world update here and a stronger aftershock hit northern italy causing more damage and more buildings to collapse it comes after a powerful earthquake killed at least four people and cost serious damage to buildings in several towns terrified residents were forced onto the streets in the early morning hours walls and roofs collapsed back in two thousand and nine a devastating quake killed more than three hundred people in the central italian city of luckier. the man convicted for the nine hundred eighty eight lockerbie bombing which killed two hundred seventy has died at his home in libya said ellen mcgirt he was found guilty of blowing up a flight over scotland in two thousand and one he was released from prison in scotland two thousand and nine on health grounds and returned to libya where he received a hero's welcome the former libyan intelligence officer has always denied responsibility it was the night when moscow became the perfect place for everything aspiring cinderella when t

of the former indian ambassador to iraq i do wish we had more time for this we daryn but thank you so much for coming on r.t. today. i let's get some other global news for you in brief time for the r.t. world update now that the cia claims it awarded an al qaeda plots a bomb an airliner on the first anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden involved a bomb concealed in underwear that was to be detonated a border passenger jet a similar scheme was used in december two thousand and nine but failed when the explosives didn't go off properly no information has been released about the status or identity of the would be bomber. the iranian scuse me the israeli prime minister and opposition have reached an agreement following all night negotiations to avoid snap elections in our plan to form a unity government with benjamin netanyahu is party on monday netanyahu brought the date for the poll forward to temper the fourth cues in the opposition of blackmail and populism. the afghan president has said the recent nato killings of civilians could hinder a peace pact he just signed with barack obama last week the ag

what's the latest episode of genocide in just over an hour's time here in r.t. . all the time to get the latest from our business desk now and marina's there for several european leaders are set to meet today said to discuss growth in the eurozone are investors there any more domestic because of that. well karen there's a lot of skepticism on the moments in europe greece is of course the main focus and after the comments made by the former greek prime minister jim but he helped matters because he said that there already preparations in case greece has to exit the eurozone and he said that if that happens it will come at a high cost which could lead to an inflationary spiral and the markets have a move reacted very well so that if would take a look at the numbers will see that both of what's in the bags are extending losses losing over old one percent each now a similar picture here in russia as well investors are reacting there only to the troubles in the euro zone but also a decline in oil prices which i'll get to in a minute but as we can see the r.t.s. is alread

police officers last marched on mass three london the next time sure to be sooner than that if the government continues its squeeze on the bennett r.t. london. time now for a live as business news with katie and russian markets extending losses today tell us more absolutely i'm out there now closed up and i need to hear the lows and that's of all the political impasse in greece really taking its toll here in moscow now the all certainty is that they triggering a run for perceived safe havens such as the us dollar for example now to discuss the issue in that i'm joined by our correspondent daniel bushell he's at the russians so it's dangerous now let's talk about greece why is it the focus for investors right now. well today fresh elections are called in greece for june seventeenth as you say that means another month of indecision an interim government is all markets can say good news from what they call the uncertainty seven hundred million euro has been taken oh greek banks since last election is a fortnight to go off and stock market hit twenty year low yesterday some bookmakers no longer taking bit song greece quitting the euro t

police officers last marched on mass three london the next time sure to be sooner than that if the government continues its squeeze on the bennett r.t. london. time now to check in with katie at the business desk. markets under pressure for another consecutive day tell us more you're absolutely right them out the global stock markets are indeed heading for yet another session of losses and that's all to do with the political turmoil and grace of the uncertainty is triggered by a run of perceived safe haven invest that such as the u.s. dollar that's where investors are heading out the moment now to discuss a she i'm joined by our correspondent daniel but. for thrust in moscow to tell us the new why are investors so fixated with this greece situation right now. fresh elections have been called in greece for june seventeenth that means another months of indecision and an interim government markets can take good news and bad what they stone seem to like is uncertainty it does seem greeks don't like it either there are reports of a bank run which sent athens markets to a twenty year low yesterday hundreds of millions of viewers have been

r.t. brussels. time now for more developments from around the world this hour. violence has engulfed a jail in honduras where armed inmates took control of the building and battled among themselves at least one person was killed and eleven injures when prisoners opened fire on each other in the city of san pedro sula some women were also held hostage in a jail and a tourist for bloodshed and armed clashes thirteen prisoners died there and march during an uprising under imprisons are infamous for overcrowding and rioting. thirty four people have been killed after a bus overturned and crashed into a river in central they had knowledge that it smashed through the rails of a bridge and plunged over the side of the bus was traveling from the central highlands to holcim mina city in the south of me twenty one other people were about . revolutions a don't just bring freedom and human rights as a chip shows are finding out since last year's uprising the country house faced crisis chaos and a crime wave of burglary and armed robbery parties it even has the story from cai

now half past the hour here in the russian capital you just in time for your r.t. headlines now a major antiwar march outside the nato summit in chicago it goes violent around a dozen activists injured and many more arrested after clashes with police. the violence contagion spreads further into lebanon on deadly street clashes between opponents and supporters of the neighboring syrian regime now weeks the streets of beirut. and a lot of me appeared in unveils a new cabinet made up of mainly new ministers but some familiar faces do make a return as well. my colleague bill dodd he's here in half an hour's time for all those people of all on cross talk of putting america's banking system under the microscope which could prove to be rather messy that will be in just a moment thanks for watching arts. well for the. science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. and if you. want to. blow in welcome to crossfire computable crony capitalism this is what critics call america's banking system again the world has wit

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r.t. reporting from moscow for a time to talk money on r.t. that's a cross over to our teaser daniel bush will be business good to see you again daniel at this hour i understand you've spoken to a banker who wants more from russia's new president yes the vladimir putin got the job on monday and. thinks he should help more minority shareholders in big public companies. and the important thing as i said the actual was the new economy policy and our friendly this policy will be towards minority investors take a simple example gazprom put in says that investment program at no point should be threatened by those arrest will basically be taken in texas why not imagine you're a minority investor so some money will be spent for infrastructure projects investment program and the other minor overpaid in taxes so what are you getting as a minority investor in a sense there's a tendency to treat as a whole russian economy as belonging to the state and that has to serve the interest of the state which is true which is right and probably is good for the rus

r.t. new york times we'll get to the aussie world cup that in just a couple of minutes from all those serbia's newly elected president has been criticized in the west for his rather nationalistic views still though joining the e.u. does remain his top priority during an interview with r.t. he told us how he intends to balance his goal with his convictions you can watch the full interview in about fifteen minutes time for now though a quick preview. yes i am a nationalist but i'm a democrat as well and as far as european values go we will respect them because of our constitution the constitution the cost can eat and i wrote together i respect it sincerely i'd like to bring order to serbia the way that germany is organized probably a lot of time will pass until the western press accept me treats me fairly as for many years they've written about me negatively but now it's difficult to change that but after achieving victory in an acceptable conditions during an incredibly dirty media campaign it's more probable that the media will change their opinion to moreover i showed that i want to be the pr

r.t. well it's time now to check in with our web team to see what they're working on r.t. producer web producer andrew blake is in the newsroom to tell us what he's got cooking and what it what you are going on there if i tell you what we're working on it will you promise to go read them later i absolutely well ok as long as i have your word first things first earlier this year a nineteen year old college student in pasadena california was shot and killed by two police officers real tragic story but only recently did the results of the coroner's investigation come out today we wrote about how in that investigation was determined that after the cops shot this boy seven times they then handcuffed him and let him die on the streets. warner's report is outstandingly disgusting so you have to go to our to dot com so she will say read all about this story because now the parents of the c.s. boy are filing a lawsuit in california also remember the whole story of trayvon davis all kind of similar accounts george zimmerman the man the confessed killer of trayvon davis in that case

r.t. . and more on the fiscal treaty referendum in our interview section about twenty minutes time here on r.t. . now what important is making his first foreign trip as russia's president to belarus after snubbing the g eight summit and the u.s. already has already has all the details from the country's capital mints. but the two presidents will be discussing economic matters political matters foreign policy internal policy a lot of things really will be covered during this particular meeting. course russia did have some rather rough relations as of late is not exceptionally bad not what you would call bad relations but they did have some disagreements over some of the issues for example as gas transfer from russia to europe but it does seem like those issues have been ironed out lately and it does look like this trip is what many believe to be indicative of russia's foreign policy of the way it's going to develop in that mean the nearest future and it does look like this trip which it is pointing to the observers that he is going to be focusing on russia's relations with its closest neighbors

r.t. i mean time a real you know great of president putin has already ushered in his own corrections to russia's future political course. hundreds of activists remain in central moscow protesting against putin's return to office some of them have been camping out overnight after police made around four hundred arrests following violence on the eve of putin's inauguration. and france's newly elected leader francois hollande has little time to enjoy the fruits of victory as he needs to get right down to business to bring about probably.

r.t. new york times which you know fifty point people and says she's center of florence joining us live now from the west coast we're going to exist so this isn't just a bit of sort of the incident. if you miss something on the air you can always catch up online let's see what our websites got and still for you right now what would a dead nobles do if they get bored with skydiving all bungee jumping these russian adrenaline junkies will call themselves the right. thing on subplots. no room for he runs our teammates the american war veterans who felt so betrayed by the system that they threw their medals away in disgust. welcome back so b. as a newly elected president has been criticized in the west for his nationalistic views now he aims to bring his country closer to membership during an interview with r.t. he told us how he intends to balance this goal with his convictions you can watch it in full in about fifteen minutes but here's a preview. i am a nationalist but i'm a democrat as well i'm just far as european values go we will respect them because of our constitution and the constitut

time here dotty. now more stories on our website at r.t. dot com here's a taste of what's there right now maybe china the u.s. congress exposes counterfeit electronic parts by age old nation corporations and i can enforce it. as a potential threat to security. and read about the controversy over the russian opponents plans to otay a bill to enforce a tough a punishment sanctions protests or other stories are going to dot com and then forget to check out the latest videos on our you tube. is he. the official on t allocation your ipod touch from the top story. video on demand. old girls. and streets now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. the conflict in syria is continuing to ferment trouble across its border in neighboring lebanon where they've been fresh protests becomes a syrian rebels reportedly kidnapped thirteen lebanese shia muslims returning from a pilgrimage recent clashes between pro and anti i said supporters and have left a dozen dead over the past few days from the ocean as more the roster signs of the recent violence

r.t. paris. asia times roving correspondent peppa escobar says clashes over all lines foreign policy will stretch far beyond france. but i buy me a cozy now is medical and so whole and only terminal front in europe he'll be trying to cool this merkel that this all stare at that business is drowning europe and only external frot hill coordinate with the bridge to say look i'm not only to change the whole system is to try to change the financial system as it works and this is where obama in the hole and it will clash head on in spite of the whole them a sympathy for a whole elder for the left in france and for the left in europe in general i learned once a renegotiation of the financial arrangement in the world and that means the end of the us dollar as a reserve currency the greeks want the same thing in now they have an ally in society european union that happens to be one of the molders of the european union so expect major fireworks inside europe and across the world as well. it's not just the burden of c

r.t. i mean time a real integrated president putin has already ushered in his own corrections to russia's future political course. hundreds of activists remain in central moscow protesting against putin's return to office some of them have been camping out overnight after police made around four hundred arrests following violence on the eve of putin's inauguration. of france's newly elected leader francois hollande has little time to enjoy the fruits of victory as he needs to get right down to business to bring about promised change leaving behind the era bringing an end to aggressive foreign policies and tackling austerity are among the new presidents for stocks. and we are just receiving news right here at. up to a dozen vehicles mounted with the guns are surrounding the prime minister's headquarters in tripoli libya and the gunmen are believed to be former rebels demanding payment we will bring you more about that as soon as those updates unfolds for us here in our city for now though the arab spring revolutions are the focus of the world's most famous whistleblower in the latest explo

little bit of the program and you can see the whole thing which is being broadcast for the first time on r.t. cheese day don't miss it. running up more world news for this tuesday night from moscow fresh violence i've learned. today after forces opened fire on a crowd in the central part of the country during a un visit to a car belonging to u.n. monitors was also damaged comes just a month after the ceasefire came into effect meantime syria's announced the results of its parliamentary election state media released the names of the two hundred fifty winning candidates but didn't mention which party they represent or how many votes they received president assad's national unity bloc has claimed victory. yemeni military officials say they've intensified a new u.s. back to fence against al qaeda insurgents in the south of the country the clashes continued into loli on tuesday killing at least four soldiers and thirteen militants officials also say that in a separate incident raids had mistakenly killed eight civilians and wounded twenty in the southern town of jaar. political turmoil in yemen h

greek people but it's wait and see time but with deeper resistance in greece towards austerity there's no clear outcome in sight for this crisis these are all of r.t. berlin. kindergarten story time should be about adventure and fairy tales but at one nursery in lead it became a nazi wartime weaponry displayed by two right wing nationalist toddlers may not have fully understood what they were being taught but there's been a fear as public reaction to the for to us as i explained. this was described as a lesson of patch or it isn't in a kindergarten in riga. was. in fact the man who wore the uniform of lot of us as sas legion which fought on the nazi german side in the second world war one of the outfits even boasts the notorious thunder like symbol moreover they let the three year olds play with real nazi weapons. this is a grenade if you pull this buying just like a party popper christmas. despite nazi symbols being outlawed in law to be along with soviet emblems no legal consequences have followed so far the owner of this kindergarten who is also a right wing nationalist party member sees nothing wrong. with this is our history and no way to tel

full interview with an activist from the london occupy movement in just over twenty minutes time here on r.t. . with egypt gearing up for the presidential election in three weeks' time it's not just voters being rude but visitors as well the government insists the tourism industry vile for egypt's economy will bounce back as a political situation stabilizes but that could be just wishful thinking as are sarah first now splines. egypt's terrorism industry with once riding high but recent political turmoil has hit the industry hard and in the new political landscape this talks of bringing in new roles and regulations relating to it and there are serious concerns that that could leave the industry with even less business. everyone in egypt is hoping that the economy will pick up pace and with post economic growth so closely tied to tourism off the stop was to meet a woman he could give us a crash course into exactly what's happening to egypt's economy right now come two thousand that was. theoretically we would have continued to grow along the same slow that's what should have happened. and the

a little bit of the program you can see the whole thing which is being broadcast for the first time on r.t. tomorrow cheese day at eleven thirty g.m.t. don't miss it. after a disheartening failure yesterday the greek president called for a new round of coalition talks in athens later today but the full cost is bleak with the second largest city fractured refusing to even attend the meeting its leader alexis says the probe parties perpetrating a crime that he wants no part in but the crisis in greece is being viewed very differently in europe with more and more speculating on the exit from the euro zone and greece maybe well the year is also said to be considering cutting payments to greece as well as punishment for its bad behavior journalist and lecturer probably got his attorneys told me a default is guaranteed on the country's massive debt. i think the only way to solve the problem is to have a radical change in policy is austerity cannot continue if you know it is a choice between austerity and democracy the people have rejected the terms of the bailout agreements they have rejected th

r.t. dot com any time if you are more on today's top stories and here's what else is a click away moscow police play got yet another opposition have angering protesters find out where the activists are headed to next. hour while could spoil a priceless wonder of the world babylon threatened by iraq and plans to extend a major pipeline get the details on our website. israel is denying reports its army has shelled parts of gaza wounding several civilians claims come from palestinian doctors who say they're treating the wounded latest to our middle east correspondent paula sleeper. here we're being told that anything between four and seven gazans have been hurt in this latest israeli artillery fire in northern and eastern gaza two people have been taken to hospital but we've been told that ambulances as well as emergency vehicles are still in the area now according to palestinian sources there was somewhere between six to eight israeli tanks and bulldozers that entered gaza and according to eyewitnesses the soldiers started firing indiscriminately on farmers who were working their land also being

r.t. it's a songe time with his explosive show the world famous whistleblower talks to the new president of tunisia who says securing human rights in the country is his top priority. i'm julian assange. stress. it is true of wiki leaks expose the world secrets these documents long united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn the said quote after quote he broke the law illegally shoot five hundred days now i've been detained without charge but that hasn't stopped us. today where on a quest for revolutionary ideas that can change the world tomorrow. during the last year the middle east has been shaken by rebel movements in tunisia is the country where it all started. today i talked to the first president of the new tunisia months if you keep a medical doctor and human rights activist by training my zuki he's cut from a very different cloth to his plan boyington corrupt predecessor been only. exiled and imprisoned under the bin ali regime music he is considered to have the greatest moral authority of all arab leaders but i wonder how long can it last t

all right let's go to some other world news in brief for you time for the r.t. world update will start with yemen a suicide bomber killed at least ninety during a military parade rehearsal in the yemeni capital reportedly wearing an army uniform blew him self up in the middle of a group of soldiers standing near the presidential palace it's not clear if the assailant was actually taking part in the drill this is the deadliest attack in the capital since a new president was sworn in this february. second day of protests in nepal has turned violent this after clashes over an ethnically divisive general strike a three day shutdown called by the federation of indigenous nationalities wants the proposed state regions under a new constitution to be based on ethnic grounds strike supporters attacked cars of people thought to be breaking the stoppage and there were several arrests violence on sunday saw vehicles burn and around fifty protesters detained. the un's chief nuclear watchdog is in iran for the first time since taking the job the head of the i.a.e.a. wants to

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r.t. . and more on the fiscal treaty referendum and our interview section in an hour's time here on r.t. . now what important is making his first foreign trip as russia's president to bella rose after snubbing the g eight summit in the u.s. earlier this month germany and france are next on the list were put in we'll be talking energy security and economic ties well for more on russia and belarus relations i'm joined in the studio by political analyst dmitri bob each thanks very much indeed for being with us in the program to discuss this so russia's president putin chose as his first foreign trip distillation why is that i would not attribute too much symbolism to that choice of destination because as you just mentioned from means he will go to a burden in paris my suggestion is that actually if you look at the economic ties between russia and these countries you will see a very clear picture verdun is russia's biggest partner in europe the european union is in general russia's biggest trading partner and in the former soviet union bella who is the biggest trading partner in the close of t

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full interview with an activist from the london occupy movement in just over twenty minutes time here on r.t. . spain has plunged into a second recession the spy deeply unpopular astaire and cuts intended to rein in the country's debt ratings agency standard and poor's has downgraded nine of spain's banks while the unemployment rate of around twenty five percent for maine's the highest in the eurozone economist and currency expert hankel says hundreds problems spell worse troubles ahead for the euro this means problem not only for spain but also for a whole you will push pressure do for you will be in currency for you all because your cannot remain currency if you are more and more complex are becoming go weak economies but to leave a problem is and. can a country was in a monetary union. it's. the form it serve so according oh experience and even the. budget needs its own currency and not learn from currency namely easy your will is a foreign currency it's vital to force be to fight against this crisis and to gain an employment and give people especially young people a new perspective but t

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a little bit of the program you can see the whole thing which is being broadcast for the first time on r.t. tomorrow cheese day at eleven thirty g.m.t. don't miss it. as nato member states get ready for this summit in chicago later this week a report surfaced blaming the alliance for dozens of civilian killings during its military campaign in libya new york post human rights watch has called for a thorough investigation while for its part nato denies the accusations. from human rights watch says the alliance is trying to hide from its responsibility. well my colleagues went to eight sites and louis they knew the civilian deaths had. people died and there were no signs of any military presence so of course lots of questions asked to nato we found at least seventy two civilians have died without any connection to any military activity on the ground so we are asking nato to investigate the laws of nature sent us to the states the states and us back to nato so we have kind of trapped in a bureaucratic thing machinery there and they to really is obliged they need to investigate the killings the

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r.t. . but first it's time for britain to come up with a plan b. a new i.m.f. report says if the country is to survive the turbulence building in the euro zone the annual summary of the state of the u.k.'s finances also warns that unless britain eases off on a sturdy it could make the impact of future shocks even worse meanwhile in spain everything from elementary schools universities have shut down as teachers and students strike together protesting against severe cuts they say could deprive thousands of the charms of education james the new economics foundation think tank says. is deepening crisis. if you drive weak economy europe is collection of weak economies if you drive a weak economy into greater and greater austerity you don't make the economy stronger you make it we could still you know really this is one of the mechanisms that helped drive the great depression the one nine hundred thirty s. for germany to be insisting austerity now is leading only to stagnation inside europe it's making the crisis much worse than it needs to be you can certainly see

next episode of julian assange show featuring not built that is on today in just over an hour's time on r.t. if another quick preview for you. a lot of people who have i mean i would be surprised or you should not be surprised. but then you population coming out didn't want to put this is still happening it's not happening in any of the revolution what none of that evolution we had in the history in the past fifty years you would see fifty percent of the population of the industry didn't want to protest but you would see him but unfortunately because of the debate is than many countries because of the debate is than that of many. candidates like. european chandan is that they don't highlight this but this is the reality. they speak to two leading revolutionaries one from bahrain where the revolution failed was really gypped where the revolution is now in turmoil what makes a revolution and where is the arab spring going to go. forward in a just a few minutes or an r.t. will get to the world but for now india's attempting to avoid a showdown with the u.s. over his continued dealings with ira

time to. go. margetts finance scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy is a report on r.t. . and. welcome back across time you know about your mind you were talking about the financial crisis in the euro zone. ok might go back to marshall in new york marcia one of the things that has been covering this crisis since it started here and one of the things i find very interesting is that you know we look at protecting sovereign countries looking at greece we're looking at the other paid countries here but i've always got the sense it's really about protecting banks ok because every traunch that goes into greece pays off some banks here and there is no benefit for the people of greece at least in the immediate term ok and this is one of the troublesome things about this whole crisis is that you have politicians looking after the interest of their banking friends but not of the people on the ground this is why we're having so much turbulence. yeah i think that's true and again i would go back to the earlier point they were only i don't think this has been a public problem a public prophe

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can see the full interview with the syrian deputy foreign minister in about fifteen minutes time here in r.t. . before out from the conflict in syria is being felt in neighboring lebanon street violence has been shaking the capital beirut for a second week running the rest started following disputes between sunni opponents of president assad's regime and it's on a white supporters auntie's roof and spoke to locals who fear the beginnings of a new civil war. and overnight of street protests in beirut. it was sparked when thirteen lebanese pilgrims were kidnapped in syria apparently by groups linked to the syrian rebels the lebanese capital witnessed what it hadn't seen in years. between sunni and shia muslims this is at least what i see in a lot. the reason the spillover from the chaos in neighboring syria shia muslims here generally support syria's president assad while most sunni's favor the rebels likewise lebanon's ruling calling led by the powerful share hezbollah is process while the opposition backs the uprising situation is getting worse obviously in the region and this is having a sp

r.t. it's. yours. now let's get to some other major news headlines now from around the world time for the r.t. world update and former liberian president charles taylor has been sentenced to fifty years in prison after being convicted of war crimes last month he was charged with eleven counts of helping rebels in sierra leone to slaughter fifty thousand people tell himself has been accused of cannibalism in the past the sentence so is unprecedented with taylor the first acts head of state convicted by an international war crimes court since the second world war. rescue workers in northern italy have removed what's believed to be the last body from the rubble following tuesday's earthquake it brings the number of dead to seventeen a series of strong aftershocks have shaken the region which is now suffered two major earthquakes inside a month almost a fortnight ago seven were killed and. thousands left homeless. the former top media adviser to british prime minister david cameron has been arrested over accusations of perjury it relates to colson's evidence in the trial of a former scottish polit

r.t. germany. ever vigilant for financial misdeeds max keiser and stacy hope but also weigh in on the state of the eurozone coming up in about one hour's time here on r.t. the kaiser report looks at the problems of financial hardship. little by little the e.u. commission is taking on the role of legal guardian of the economic affairs of the member states yeah the girl with the dragon tattoo i remember that film she was awarded this date and what you're saying is that that the the wards are being abused like the character in that film the girl the dragon tattoo and we see this all over the world so this argument that well the greek people brought this upon themselves or even the american homeowner brought this upon themselves by taking out mortgages is a false argument because everyone has become the ward of the various states and then this state or their caretaker is unmercifully beating them in some kind of drag coney and you know poor house scenario and this is being played out around the world. because of cars of course later today on our finale though fifteen hundred palestinian prisoners are stepping up their month long hunger strike i

in this region peter simmons from the world socialist web site thank you for your time thank you very much all right r.t. dot com has a lot more stories for you to explore its claim to police in the u.s. are unsparing some a legal resources on occupy protesters. activists say they've been given drugs by police in the state of minnesota in exchange for information as authorities order an investigation. and are waging a man set himself on fire in oslo outside the court where a mass killer on that's but i have it is currently on trial the badly injured man was taken to the hospital you can read more about that story at r.t. dot. police have cleared an oppositional protest camp in the center of moscow which had been in existence for more than a week on tuesday in moscow court order of the activist to site but many refused police orders to disperse some twenty people were detained most of them have now been released a group of about thirty people have moved to a different part of the russian capital looking for a new place to demonstrate activists arrange sit in protests after president vladimir putin's inau