here when observers confirm violent clashes between syrian forces and rebels in the village of tremseh say but the findings put opposition claims of a civilian massacre in question. in other stories that shape to this week russia's south was hit by its deadliest ever floods but thousands of people from across the country joined a efforts to help those who have lost everything. days of anti allstar already protests in spain that lead to dozens of injuries and morning about the strategy of bailing out banks at the people's expense all the fuel public anger plus it's almost a lift up to right now. we see all the latest crew now on the route to the international space station where they'll spend the next four months. thank you for joining r.t. for the weekly this sunday with me karen tara well russia's southern resort region of it is recovering after the worst floods and its history more than one hundred seventy people were killed in the deleuze caused by an torrential rain thousands of houses were also destroyed artie's denis wolski reports. it was a night of cheer for the people of green

what do we know today about what happened in tremseh? >> u.n. observers were able to get access to tremseh over the weekend and their findings indicate that actually it may have been defectors and opposition activists and not civilians who were the target of this military operation. that of course does not jive with the opposition's account. they described it as a massacre of civilians. and what this really goats to show you is just how difficult it is to get to the bottom of facts inside syria where there is so little yip reporting alawed and so much misinformation being disseminate bid both sides. >> clarissa ward for us tonight, clarissa, thank you. >> jeff: secretary of state hillary clinton met in cairo today with egypt's top general field marshal hussein tantawi and urged him to resolve the issues with morsi of the muslim brotherhood. however with an apparent warning shot to the brotherhood tantawi said egypt will never fall, it belongs to all he gyp shan, not to a certain group. the armed forces will in the allow t unquote. in this countr

but your arms are attrition hit syria has visited the village of tremseh in the syrian central province of hama hours after the news of much about the alleged massacre there and they've confirmed indeed fierce clashes between the rebels and the governmental forces took place on the ground but this concluded that's an attack apparently by the governmental forces appeared targeted at specific houses and specific groups especially i mean to faxes and opposition activists and this conclusion actually contradicts initial reports that we've been hearing from syrian opposition here they've been very fortunate there are real to be this massacre the opposition has also claimed that at least two hundred people most of them civilians have been killed in this incident actually what the international observers have discovered is in line with what we've been hearing from official sources here in damascus that the army launched an assault against trouble hope but in this village in the province of hama we've been hearing accounts from official sources that the army even allowed some time for local res

>> well, anthony, cbs news has spoken to a 17-year-old student from the village of tremseh who claims to have witnessed the massacre. he said that at about 5:00 in the morning the army surrounded the village and that a few hours later helicopters began firing down on the village, tanks began shelling, and that then hundreds of soldiers and also militia members those loyal to president assad, entered the village and began to slaughter people. activist video that has appeared today on youtube appears to show villagers from tremseh identifying their family and friends, also burying their dead. this young man who we spoke to said that 74 bodies have been positively identified at this stage, but some of these activist groups are saying as many as 250 people were killed, which would really make this the bloodiest massacre since this conflict began. obviously impossible for us to verify these figures. and u.n. observers were stopped by the syrian air force from getting into that village and doing some investigation. >> mason: clarissa ward in turkey tonight, thanks, clarissa. in cuba today,

team plans to return to tremseh for further investigation tomorrow. secretary of state hillary clinton arrived in egypt today to meet for the first time with egypt's newly elected president, mohammed morsi of the muslim brotherhood. he is locked in a power struggle with generals who have ruled the country since hosni mubarek was forced out. the generals dissolved the new parliament and stripped more citi of many of his powers, brennaman is travelling with secretary clinton in egypt. a former secretary of state condoleezza rice says the united states should never deal with the muslim brotherhood so how did this meeting go today. >> it required some diplomacy. >> presiden secretary clinton wn uncomfortable situation. >> they supported the hosni regime, which jailed members of the muslim brotherhood, including mohammed morsi himself. >> so the exchange they said was constructive and one state of beneficial told me it lasted around an hour, the president shook the secretary's hand and told her the expectations of the egyptian people are high, there is no

does russia have any information what happened in tremseh there are contradictory information coming from there should be doable so as for the first questions already mentioned that will not be able to adopt the u.n. . security council resolution that will not be based on geneva agreements little girl which we spent the whole day and the whole night in geneva to get their agreement on specific wording because to make a defiant of scum bag their idea that it was the western partners had in the beginning we reach a compromise in geneva and it is reflected in our draft resolution if our muslim a partner has still the work you do it would like to block our resolution by any means bam the u.s. mission will not have the mandate and will have to leave syria and they do it will be very saddening and would not have. would another thing that our western partners haven't done sions to shut down this mission as it was the case with the league of arab states mission i do not think so after that it's all co-sponsors solved west turmel's resolution would like to. take from syria their objective mor

damascus and this can fast they were involved in this incident in what happened in the village of tremseh and they've even sad that they were given weapons that abides forces from abroad and especially from turkey fall pollens continues to rage everywhere call syria it still remains unclear exactly who the syrian government the syrian regime is fighting against his more important that since the uprising in syria escalated the west has been consistently calling on assad. and his government to step down and i definitely with him when i go to the demands of an armed opposition but it seems so far his nuclear understanding of exactly they are. still needed. these fighters of the syrian opposition they're brave he's determined full of pride they took the fate in their hands. but for some taken control of their destiny meant taken up arms in this amateur video posted on you tube which cannot be independently verified gunmen calling themselves members of the opposition militia from it explain why this man was hanged and which really helped the syrian regime and was killing the rebels they say ca

the observer mission meanwhile has confirmed heavy weaponry was used last week in the village of tremseh, where pro-assad forces were accused of massacring more than 100 civilians. a unitu.n. spokesperson announced the observers' findings earlier today. >> our observers confirmed the use of direct and indirect weapons including artillery and mortar shells and small arms. counts of 27 eyewitnesses' we interviewed, the consistent accounts indicated the attacks were 5:00 in the morning by shelling and ground forces. >> the al-assad regime has denied carrying out a massacre in tremseh, claiming it killed anti-government rebels. the an arab league peace envoy kofi annan is headed to moscow for talks on a new security council response to the ongoing violence in syria. speaking in lebanon dietarydeputy secretary state william burns called for new pressure on the assad regime. >> we need to act now for a resolution which carries consequences for the syrian regime's continuing and increasing violent noncompliance with its obligations. it is long past time to begin a democratic transition to a pos

let's talk for a moment about tremseh. we know earlier the u.n. observer mission suspended in syria on june 15th, they actually made it to the town. but the last we heard was that the residents of the town did not want them coming in if they were going to be accompanied by syrian regime forces. the syrian regime forces are saying they have to accompany the u.n. observers into that town to defend the delegation. but the residents of that town according to the activist we're speaking with are saying they're not going to let those observers in to investigate unless they are not accompanied by the regime forces. randi. >> then you have the syrian opposition looking to remove kofi annan as a special envoy. he's been trying all these months to get a cease fire. what are they so angry about? >> reporter: they're angry, randi, because they say that ever since kofi annan was appointed as the envoy to syria and ever since this u.n. mission went into syria that not only has the violence not stopped, not only the killings haven't stopped, it's actually escala

syrian government for the carnage but reports of over two hundred people killed in the village of tremseh the region regime i should say denies the accusations saying the army targeted only terrorist western states however are threatening damascus with consequences and a draft resolution in at the u.n. security council it's hard to force a third force against the assad regime the syrian army fails to help military actions within ten days russia and china say the approach is on balance mideast expert tariq ali believes it's no coincidence that the trumps of bloodshed just like previous massacres came at a crucial point in foreign diplomacy over syria. i have seen evidence now from journalists in the field i cross the beanbag who insist there are crossing t's carried out by the syrian national council and they are when i say from supporters of creating mayhem in some areas and they are deliberately carrying out these are crossties so that they can be blamed on to. the regime the regime does its own pings we know that but these people are by no means on the side of the angels as the as they'

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broke out there between the governmental forces and the rebels fighting over control of village of tremseh the syrian observatory for human rights says witnesses spoke of civilians died in a to refire before the militias moved into the village and these are unconfirmed reports and this information provided by observatory could change and is very hard to be independently verified some analysts have questioned the group's math as as count gunmen armed opposition as civilian casualties even though they're carrying weapons and they're taking part in the armed uprising at the same time we've been hearing other accounts that the syrian army had allowed time for the residents of this village to evacuate and it was only after the rebels refused to surrender that fighting intensified the opposition is portraying these latest developments as having a strong resemblance to may's houla massacre that claimed one hundred eight lives most of them children and women at the top of the opposition reported governmental shelling but later strong evidence emerged saying that most of the victims were actually s

washington and its allies were quick to blame the syrian regime for the carnage in the village of tremseh the regime denies the accusations those saying the army targeted only terrorists western states were threatening damascus with consequences now in a draft resolution of the un security council it authorizes force against the assad regime if the syrian army fails to halt military actions within ten days russia and china say the approach is on balance better fighting between rebels and the army meanwhile has spilled into foreign refugee camps inside syria as that is where for national found you may well find some of the images coming up in a report step as. well conflict in syria and its seventeenth month hari find proof of cold blooded violence continues to emerge this photo has appeared in some middle east where. sides it apparently shows the bodies of palestinian refugees who earlier disappeared in the troubled province of homs while only five corpses are seen in the picture health officials reported that there were fourteen of them all identified as members of the palestine liberati

there are reports government forces killed nearly 300 people in a village called "tremseh." the united nations says the military unleashed helicopters tanks, and heavy artillery. opposition leaders are calling on the special envoy for the united nations and arab league to step aside. they say kofi annan has been ineffective. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton met with the president withmyanmar in cambodia today the pair discussed recent changes that have swept the country clinton announced the implementation of a $5 million fresh funding project to boost development in southeast asia this week congress gave the green light to firms to invest in the country clinton has visited several asian countries over the past few days as part of a regional conference. for the first time we are seeing images of the hoodie that trayvon martin wore the night george zimmerman shot and killed him prosecutors released new evidence including these never before seen images in one document sanford florida police described zimmerman as having a little hero complex one officer said he believes

headlines and observers confirm violent clashes between syrian forces and rebels in the village of tremseh say but the findings put opposition claims of a civilian massacre into question. and another stories that shaped this week russia's south is hit by its deadliest ever floods but thousands of people from across the country join efforts to help those who have lost everything. and days of anti-war sturdy protests in spain lead to dozens of injuries amid warnings that the strategy of bailing out banks at the people's expense will only fuel public anger. now we talk with a former national security agency executive in the u.s. who sacrificed his career to blow the whistle on wrongdoings inside the n.s.a. . my guest today is thomas andrews drake he was a senior executive of america's biggest intelligence agency at the beginning of the two thousands he was an expert on elec tronic eavesdropping someone with a top secret security clearance then mr drake essentially sacrificed his career to blow the whistle on his agency's wrongdoings as he saw them he was charged under the espionage act but on

carnage the government and the opposition accuse each other at slaughtering civilians in the village of tremseh but washington was the un's most powerful body to send a signal so lead to the authorities that they will face consequences for the tragedy western states are pushing for the security council to threaten force against president assad if you fails to comply with a peace plan within ten days russia and china say that approach is unbalanced and the middle east expert terry only believes it's no coincidence that the transept blanchard dislike previous massacres came at a crucial point in foreign diplomacy of a syrian. i have seen evidence now from journalist symbol. who. carried out by the syrian national crime scene. and there when i say i'm supporter . of creating mayhem in some areas and they are deliberately carrying out these are crossties so they can be blamed on to. the regime the regime does its own pings we know that but these people are by no means on the side of the angels as the as they've protected if we're going to have sanctions why not impose arms sanctions on these armed

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the killings reportedly occurred in the village name to tremseh, with some reports saying up to two other 20 people died. it would be the worst attack inside syria since pro- government forces were accused of killing more than 100 civilians in houla in may. the reported new massacre has boosted calls for the united nations security council to pass a binding measure in syria threatening new sanctions and potential military action under chapter seven of the u.n. charter. speaking during a visit to cambodia, secretary state clinton called on russia to join international pressure on syria. >> the regime is struggling to hold onto large parts of the country, so we to look to the security council and all of its members, including russia, to join us in a serious resolution that gives special envoy kofi annan what he needs. >> more than 100 people were killed on thursday when a gasoline tanker crashed and exploded in nigeria's niger delta. many of the victims lost their lives as they try to scoop up the tanker's oil as a leak on the ground. an exhaustive independent probe has concluded top offici