supporters as rival rallies that raged throughout the country leaving over eighty dead in the sinai peninsula meantime the military's launched a crackdown on supposed street that's. diplomatic wrangling over edward snowden takes a new turn as washington rules out the death penalty for the man who exposed it spying secrets he still stuck in transit limbo at a moscow airport. and the syrian national coalition talks peace with the u.n. and bargains for weapons but the u.s. despite fears the hard will be snatched by terror groups swarming the country. hello this is the weekly or top stories the last seven days here on r t with me kevin are in very good company it's just after midnight here now and another week of carnage in iraq has seen the number of people killed in the past seven days rise to two hundred twelve in july alone a staggering eight hundred people lost their lives in the country has become a breeding ground for terrorists since the u.s. led invasion a decade ago but war not only left to right plagued with daily violence it's also left a disturbing legacy of contamination which has l

our middle east correspondent paula sneer was following the military campaign unfolding in the sinai peninsula. meanwhile egypt has endured a night of deadly clashes between the military and supporters of the deposed president officially there are ninety two casualties but muslim brotherhood activists say over one hundred have been killed and more than a thousand injured they say their supporters were deliberately targeted with shots to the head and chest belcher has a story from cairo. it was a very bloody night here in egypt as clashes erupted in many parts of the country and continue into saturday morning off to the summation wind trying to protest both in support and against the old city to mohamed morsi what eyewitnesses are saying although we haven't completely reports that protested had attempted to extend the city and past the area that they had been staying in for the last few weeks toward security breach at this point security forces then attempted to push them back with t. a gas field hospital doctors are reporting people have died and there are a number of injured as well and what

any opinion of the people attacking government forces in the sinai peninsula and one of the aims. well these are islamists and the current situation in egypt basically is a fertile ground for islamist and other groups in the sinai which has no level of security for for decades to basically. flex their muscle against the central government and hopefully they will get more support from the muslim brotherhood which looks like they have they have been doing. i personally don't think it's going to amount to anything the military will be able to control it and they have a large force now with orders to do basically control them or else this large force we're talking about that's the new. anti-terrorist sweep on that peninsula what is their ultimate goal is the military fighting terrorism or are they just eliminating political rivals here they are doing both fighting terrorism and also also eliminating part of. the government. opposition the muslim brotherhood and slyness at the same time trying to make the borders stores neighboring countries such as israel more safe. in a more. normal r

they give you an army has started a large scale anti terrorist operation in the sinai peninsula bordering israel heavy weapons are being deployed to the area we stream is attacks on the military have been increasing frequent to the details now from our duties of policy. what we do know is that the egyptian military has closed all interns says in and out of the sinai it's launched a forty eight hour operation to deal with a sudden increase in the number of operating the information that we have is that there have been violent clashes in the area i'll check out the way it not only center there but also in areas like elevation other villages in the surrounding area these clashes between the army and extremists that have been operating there for quite some time now let me remind you that the situation in sinai has been on ever since the overthrown all before me gyptian president hosni mubarak and since then we've witnessed an increase in these kind of attacks these kind of violent acts happening in the sinai not what we're hearing from the army as that there are at least five hundred extremis

one side is egypt proper, on the other is the sinai peninsula.sy for two guys and a truck to drive near the suez canal, with a shoulder fired missile take out a ship. stuart: how about the rest of egy egypt? we've learned that the egyptians are going to get $8 billion to keep them going for a short period of time. they're getting it from gulf states. so that keeps them going at least. it's not total chaos. >> it buys them time. the previous-- and morsi, his first trip when he was elected a year ago he went to see iran, saudi arabia's archenemy. what happened? the money from saudi arabia dried up. they don't like -- and the top guys, all have close connections to saudi arabia. a general, an attach there. and the interim president represented the saudi arabian interests in egypt. if they could get with the relationship they need with saudi arabia to write big checks, they could feed the people and potentially restore order and set up a government and get the egyptian economy going. >> let's see what happens with the camps near the suez canal. now t

brotherhood supporters rival rallies raged throughout the country leaving over eighty dead while on the sinai peninsula military launches a crackdown on supposed to extremists. the syrian national coalition talks peace with the u.n. and bargains for weapons but the u.s. despite fears the hardware will be snatched by terror groups swarming the country. diplomatic wrangling would snowden takes a new turn as washington rules out the death penalty for the ban on the expose that spying secrets he's still stuck in transit a moscow airport. hello and welcome this is the weekly with me kevin i went out surrounded by the top stories of the last seven days here on r.t. and another week of college in iraq has seen the number of people killed in the last seven days rise to two hundred twelve in july alone a staggering eight hundred people lost their lives in the country has become a breeding ground for terrorists since the us led invasion a decade ago that war not only left iraq plagued with daily violence but it also left a disturbing legacy of contamination which has led to birth defects. investigates. one hundr

as rival rallies rage or throughout the country living over eighteen people date while on the sinai peninsula the military launches a crackdown on suppose it's remus. a long delayed peace negotiations between israel and the palestinians are finally set to start in washington on monday evening after prime minister netanyahu was happening both release one hundred four listing in prisoners. and the diplomatic wrangling over edward snowden takes a new twist as washington rules out the death penalty the man who exploited spying secrets is still stuck in transit limbo at a moscow eight. am . you're watching r.t. for this weeks of the weekly as well as the top stories from today with me to them with a. another surge of carnage has rocked iraq with two hundred twelve lives lost during the violence over the past seven days in july load a staggering eight hundred people were killed in the country that's become a breeding ground for terrorists since the u.s. led invasion a decade ago and the war has also left a disturbing legacy of contamination which results in birth defects artie's lucic have no repor

to suspend its embassies operations in cairo meanwhile violence in the sinai peninsula continues one soldier was reportedly killed and more wounded as gunmen attacked army barracks earlier the egyptian army said it killed ten x. three miss and arrested twenty others the and has deployed heavy weaponry and aviation in the area to crack down on terrorist forces follows a spike in attacks and soldiers and police in the wake of present overthrow now highways leading to and from the sinai have been blocked to prevent extremists escaping there are an estimated five hundred militants in the area heavily armed and ready to use civilians as human shields it speculated that some of them are muslim brotherhood supporters that have decided to take up arms and fight in military or political social it's just other side is the data says that the army's actions are part of a drive to rican support for the islamist movement. in the last three years old many countries by the egyptian army complains that not succeeded very well for many reasons one of them is that when president morsi who came to power

rival rallies a rage of throughout the country living over eight hundred people while on the sinai peninsula the military launches a crackdown on supporters extremists. and long delayed peace we go chieftains between israel and the palestinians are finally set to restart in washington monday evening the prime minister netanyahu is cabinet varies to release one hundred four palestinian prisoners. and to the diplomatic wrangling over edward snowden takes a new twist as washington rules out the death penalty for the man who exposed that spine secrets is still stuck in transit limbo at a moscow airport. from moscow you're watching r.t. for this week's top stories as well as other weeklies and another surge of carnage has all rocked iraq with a two hundred and twelve lives were lost during the violence over the past seven days now in july alone a staggering eight hundred people were killed in the country that's become a breeding ground for terrorists since the u.s. led invasion decade ago and the war has also left a disturbing legacy of contamination which results in birth defects artie's musica

supporters or rival rallies rated throughout the country leaving over eighty people did on the sinai peninsula the military launches a crackdown on some crazy extremists. the long delayed peace negotiations between israel and the palestinians are finally set and we start in washington monday evening after climate isn't adding up his cabinet voted to reduce one hundred four palestinian prisoners. and the diplomatic wrangling over edward snowden takes a new twist as washington rules out the death penalty for the man who exposed the spy secrets are still stuck in transit limb but at a mosque or if. they are. you're watching our teaser for this week's top stories as well as today with me to them with. another surge of carnage has rocked iraq with two hundred and twelve the lives lost during the violence over the last seven days in july alone a staggering eight hundred people were killed in the country that's become a breeding ground for terrorists since the u.s. led invasion a decade ago and the war has also left a disturbing legacy of contamination the which results in birth defects are. we best

new reports, the army and police have been attacked on the sinai peninsula. reza is live with more for us. >> reporter: we know critics and opponents of morsi, the muslim brotherhood are happy. they have been partying because they are gone. what about supporters of morsi? and supporters of the brotherhood? what are they thinking and feeling? we could find out today. they call for mass protests. how many people are going to come out on the streets? will there be violence? there is concern. in some places, we have seen bloodshed. a brotherhood backlash. more than 100 injured. supporters and opponents of morsi and his muslim brotherhood movement clash in three districts including the ousted president's hometown. thursday night's brawl, the first sign of retaliation by morsi supporters who say he is egypt's legitimate leader. in cairo, more si supporters remain peaceful, but definal. >> translator: we are all present in all the squares in egypt from now on until the legitimate president, morsi, returns back to his natural place, the presidential palace. >> report

rival rallies a razor throughout the country living over eight hundred people a day while on the sinai peninsula the military launches a crackdown on supposed extremists. and long delayed peace negotiations between israel and the palestinians are finally set to restart in washington monday evening the prime minister netanyahu has cabinet votes to release one hundred and four palestinian prisoners. and to the diplomatic wrangling over edward snowden to.

. >> wednesday, two people were killed in an attack on a military checkpoint north of the sinai peninsula. >> since the arab spring beach egypt more than two years ago, the country has struggled to find stability -- since the arab spring reached egypt. >> that is having an effect on one of the country's biggest sources of income, tourism. >> normally, there are no camels on the beach this time of the day. normally, they would be area taurus through the sands of the desert, but normality ended long ago. for the bedouin camel owners, it is a frustrating wait. the attacks in northern sinai are scaring away the taurus -- taurus -- tourists. >> we started working just for touris.ts. >> he feels a long way from the tensions to the north. there are no check points or army vehicles. just sun, sea, and desert. not to mention an eerie calm over the town. the boom of past years has turned to bust. the sea was once teeming with taurus -- tourists, but visitor numbers have plummeted since the overthrow of hosni mubarak. only the scuba divers phil come here. >> it is great for the divers. there are not

elsewhere, six people have been killed. 11 more wounded in the wave of attacks in the sinai peninsula. the violence flared in the area after the army ousted president mohamed morsi more than two weeks ago. his supporters have been protesting in cities across egypt. in cairo, they marched to the headquarters of the military intelligence service. thousands gathered to demand the former leader be reinstated. there has been a large demonstration in support of mohamed morsi in the northern city of alexandria. the professor of political science at cairo university, perhaps you can tell us about the press conference that just happened. i understand the deposed president's family has been issuing a statement. the family a sure they have not been in contact with the president and nobody has been able to visit him or know exactly where he is. have been saying the family is in touch with him. there is the total negation of the of fact. exactly how he will be treated, whether he will be put to trial or continue to stay. ,> it was a very feisty event an opportunity to criticize the military takeov

supporters as rival rallies that raged throughout the country leaving over eighty dead in the sinai peninsula meantime the military's launched a crackdown on supposed street that's. diplomatic wrangling over edward snowden takes a new turn as washington rules out the death penalty for the man who exposed it spying secrets he still stuck in trying to sit in but a moscow airport. on the syrian national coalition talks peace with the u.n. and good news for weapons with the u.s. despite fears the hardware will be.

. >> wednesday, two people were killed in an attack on a military checkpoint north of the sinai peninsula. >> since the arab spring beach egypt more than two years ago, the country has struggled to find stability -- since the arab spring reached egypt. >> that is having an effect on one of the country's biggest sources of income, tourism. >> normally, there are no camels on the beach this time of the day. normally, they would be area taurus through the sands of the desert, but normality ended long ago. for the bedouin camel owners, it is a frustrating wait. the attacks in northern sinai are scaring away the taurus -- taurus -- tourists. >> we started working just for touris.ts. >> he feels a long way from the tensions to the north. there are no check points or army vehicles. just sun, sea, and desert. not to mention an eerie calm over the town. the boom of past years has turned to bust. the sea was once teeming with taurus -- tourists, but visitor numbers have plummeted since the overthrow of hosni mubarak. only the scuba divers phil come here. >> it is great for the divers. there are not

brotherhood supporters rival rallies rated throughout the country leaving over eighty people on the sinai peninsula the military launches a crackdown on some crazy extremists. the long delayed peace negotiations between israel and the palestinians are finally set to start in washington monday evening after climate's and his cabinet voted to lose one hundred four palestinian prisoners. and the diplomatic wrangling over edward snowden takes a new twist as a washington.

brotherhood supporters rival rallies raged throughout the country leaving over eighty dead while on the sinai peninsula the military launches a crackdown on supposed to extremists. syrian national coalition talks peace with the u.n. it is for weapons but the u.s. despite fears the hardware will be snatched by terror groups swarming the country. diplomatic wrangling would snowden takes a new turn as washington rules out the death penalty for the bombing exposed spying you see.

well in political turmoil and violence six people were killed in several militant attacks in the sinai peninsula in egypt borders with israel and gaza dozens were injured in clashes in the town of that's just north of the capital cairo and there were street battles between islamist supporters and opponents of the ousted president morsi both sides used molotov cocktails rocks and fired guns i mean while there despite political divisions egypt has started to amend its constitution she is needed before elections next year however islamists though have rejected the cabinet with its supporters vowing to continue mass protests sophie shevardnadze had the chance to speak to the son of the deposed president morsi to find out exactly what went wrong when his father was in power and what chances egypt now has for peace. mohamed morsi is ruled democratic while going to democracy you have both the ruling regime and an opposition but the case of armed forces taking on a certain political stance is something unprecedented this is sort of a sure sign of the military takeover with all due respect there is no do

state of political turmoil and violence six people killed and several militant attacks in the sinai peninsula that's right along egypt's border with israel and gaza dozens were injured in clashes between islamist supporters and opponents of the ousted president morsi that happened in the town of so as meanwhile despite political divisions egypt has started to amend its constitution which is needed for elections next year but it is a must have rejected the cabinet with his supporters vowing to continue mass protests. sophie shevardnadze had the chance to speak to the son of the deposed president morsi to find out what exactly went wrong when his father was in power and what charges egypt may have now for any long lasting peace. the harmony lost his rule was democratic he was going to democracy you have both the ruling regime and an opposition but the case of armed forces taking on a certain political stance is something unprecedented and this is sort of a sure sign of the military takeover with all due respect there is no doubt morsi has a lot of supporters but in a very short period of time a

rival rallies are raging throughout the country leaving over eighty people dead while on the sinai peninsula the military launches a crackdown on supposed to see mr. long delayed peace negotiations between israel and the palestinians are finally said to mr johnson washington on monday evening the prime minister netanyahu just happened to be one hundred four palestinian prisoners. and the diplomatic wrangling over edward snowden takes a new twist as washington rules are today.

deadlock and street chaos has apparently encouraged militants to ramp up their attacks on the sinai peninsula the most recent such assault left at least six people dead on tuesday the interim president swore in a new cabinet which has no minister linked to the muslim brotherhood islam mr rushed to denounce the move and called on their supporters to press ahead with their protests egyptian journalist shot euro amine is certain that excluding the brotherhood from the political process will not bring peace to egypt. i think that is a fatal mistake excluding any political faction from the transitional political process is a fatal mistake people were complaining that morsi was in one eyes in the state and now they doing exactly the same keeping the islamists sidelined hoping to push them back underground just a short while ago there was a very brutal crackdown on pro morsi protest is outside the parliament we're already hearing jihadi groups say they will launch. a holy war to defend islam this will have very serious implications. coming up the state of the american economy is up for discussion on

state of political turmoil and violence six people killed in several militant attacks in the sinai peninsula and egypt's border with israel and gaza dozens injured in clashes also in the town of suez just north of the capital cairo and there was street battles between islamist supporters and opponents of the ousted president morsi a both sides using molotov cocktails rocks. despite political divisions egypt has started to amend this constitution which is needed before elections next year but islamists though have rejected the cabinet with his supporters vowing to continue mass protests. spoke to the son of the deposed president morsi to find out exactly what went wrong when his father was in power and what ultimately are the chances for peace in egypt. mohamed morsi his rule was . democratic going to democracy you have both the ruling regime and an opposition but the case of forces taking on a certain political stones is something unprecedented this is sort of it a sure sign of a military takeover with all due respect there is no doubt morsi has a lot of supporters but in a very short period

political system the more extremist elements among them are resorting to violence militants on the sinai peninsula near the border with israel and garza have stepped up deadly attacks against police and security forces at least six people have been killed and many more injured in the latest assault on the area meanwhile despite the turmoil work has begun on amending egypt's constitution that as the muslim brotherhood and its supporters refuse to see these protests against what they see is a military coup against their leader mohammed morsi his family in turn has lashed out at the army accusing it of kidnapping the deposed president r.t. sophie chevon are so caught up with morsi son to find out what went wrong when his father was in power and what chances egypt has for pace the harmony morse's rule was democratic while going to democracy you have both the ruling regime and an opposition but the case of armed forces taking on a certain political stance is something unprecedented this is sort of a sure sign of the military takeover with all due respect there is no doubt morsi has a lot of supporters

and world news in brief for you this hour on violence is again on the rise in egypt's restive sinai peninsula islamic militants that have fired a missile at a bus killing three people and wounding seventeen more security officials say the vehicle was carrying workers going to a local cement factory and another incident militants blew up a police station that was under construction leaving one person seriously injured the mayhem in egypt has led to concerns over security in sinai which borders israel the region is flooded with weapons smuggled in from the libya. because really prime minister binyamin netanyahu is again raising his anti iranian retro an interview with america's c.b.s. he called iran's incoming president rouhani a wolf in sheep's clothing the time jaco also owns a ratcheting up of sanctions on tehran and is prepared for military measures if they don't. and a wave of blocks across iraq killed more than forty people on sunday and alone in one incident three bombs exploded near us policy had or has in the city of claiming at least eight lines their death toll has now surpassed thre

with egypt on into the world we go where the political crisis is over the notorious sinai peninsula. on the rise in the rest of area with militants firing a missile at a bus killing three people and wounding seventeen more security officials say the vehicle was carrying workers going to a local cement factory in another incident militants blew up a police station that was under construction leaving one person seriously injured in the mayhem in egypt has led to concerns over security in sinai which borders israel as the region is flooded with weapons smuggled in from libya. and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is again raising his anti iranian rhetoric interview with america's c.b.s. he called iran's incoming president. a wolf in sheep's clothing and yahoo also wants are ratcheting up of sanctions on tehran and is prepared for military measures if indeed they don't. and to iraq where a wave of blasts have killed more than forty people on sunday alone in one incident three bombs exploded near the shiite party headquarters in the city of claiming at least eight lives the de

well there are plenty of arms and chips especially in the sinai peninsula but again given that the some of the most extreme on the business are with the military and indorsed you noting that morsi. and their grip on the system over the most well armed well i don't know that they see much prospect of why once i think there is a great deal between the muslim brotherhood and others. i think that most of it is probably going to try and use non no one needs to regain its position where they would like to disagree because one i don't think that morsi was properly like the republican one i think there's a great deal of manipulation phone and there's no reason to think that the us fairly elected or. the country's authorities are saying the crew was the will of the people through the age of descend into civil war now as many in the country do not share this. civil war it doesn't seem like. a c.e.o. violence among egyptians yes there was just the murder example for shiites a few days ago even murders of christians all built on this is going on there are fights between the soccer the football hool

called terrorism in egypt a large scale counter extremist operation has been launched on the sinai peninsula bordering with israel now this comes amid a spike in attacks on soldiers and policemen there in the wake of morsi is ousting our middle east correspondent paula slayer has the details what we do know is that the egyptian military has closed all interns says in and out of the sinai it's launched a forty eight hour operation to deal with a sudden increase in the number of islamicist operating the information that we have is that there have been violent clashes in the area this way is not only santa there but also in areas like elevation of the villages in the surrounding area these clashes between the army and extremists that have been operating there for quite some time now let me remind you that the situation in sinai has been on rooty if a since the overthrow of the former egyptian president hosni mubarak and since then we've witnessed an increase in these kind of attacks these kind of violent acts happening in the sinai but we're hearing from the army as that there are at least five

terrorism within the country a large scale counter extremist operation has been launched on the sinai peninsula bordering with israel it comes amid a spike in attacks on soldiers and policemen there in the wake of mohamed morsi is ousting our middle east correspondent paula slayer brings us those details what we do know is that the egyptian military has closed all interns those in and out of the sinai it's launched a forty eight hour operation to deal with a sudden increase in the number of islamist operating the the information that we have is that there have been violent clashes in the area is the way it not only center there but also in areas like elevation other villages in the surrounding area these clashes between the army and extremists that have been operating there for quite some time now let me remind you that the situation in sinai has been on ever since the overthrow of the former egyptian president hosni mubarak and since then we've witnessed an increase in these kind of attacks these kind of violent acts happening in the sinai but we're hearing from the army as that there are at l

the toppling of mohamed morsi has made the egypt's northern sinai peninsula even more precarious an increase in attacks by islamic militants there has led to the closure of the border crossing into gaza now the diplomatic correspondent for the jerusalem post says that egypt's unpredictability is a serious concern for israel. but again it's we just have to have a little patience now and wait and see how things play out if you go take some time i think in general you can say a couple things about how weasel looks at these types of events israel is adverse to chaos is the first to unpredictability and i think what this does is this sends the whole region into a certain degree of chaos in a certain degree of improved ability which is uncomfortable for israel israel like stability it likes predictability even if those it's dealing with are not necessarily favorable to it however like to know how they're going to out to take syrian president bashar assad for instance very tough relationship with israel over the years but as you kind of knew what he would do knew how we would react now in syria the

all the egyptian army says its killed attending stream ists and arrested twenty others in the sinai peninsula and has deployed heavy weaponry and aviation in the area to crack down on terrorist forces that follows a spike in attacks on soldiers and police in the wake of president morsi is over strip now highways leading to and from a sinai have been blocked or to prevent extremists xscape being there are an estimated five hundred militants in the area heavily armed and ready to use civilians as human shields it's speculated that some of them are muslim brotherhood supporters that have decided to take up arms and fight the military political social ijaz dr saeed sadec says the army's actions are part of a drive to we could support for the slightest movement in the last world cup but. this company has not succeeded very well for many reasons one of them is that when president morsi who came to power he released many of the terrorists who were. despite that they are ideologically different from the muslim brotherhood. the popular uprising. who was not welcomed by the sinai militants who made a b

deadlock and street chaos has apparently encouraged the militants to ramp up their attacks on the sinai peninsula the most recent such assault left at least six people dead on tuesday the interim president swore in a new cabinet which has no minister linked to the muslim brotherhood is lists rushed to denounce that move and called on their supporters to press ahead with their protest gyptian constitutional expert zoe he says there will be no calm in the country unless all parties are involved in the political process. if the brotherhood doesn't participate in the nvu transition process or at the revision of the constitution what it would mean is that this new constitution that's going to come out of this process will only represent the liberal and conservative sides of society and won't represent the is on the side of the population so would mean that it won't represent a trough. section. i.v. and therefore will not bridget in the sea for a long time to go and what it would mean is. going from one crisis to another for another period of time instead of just reforming the constitution without havi