u.n. peace keepers say in syria, it can be considered a civil war. >> and four senior officials in china are jailed for bribery and obstruction. welcome to "bbc world news", i'm geeta guru-murthy. >> and lit take in some of the country's most historic sites. >> and the u.s. and france team up to celebrate with two 20th century musical icons. police in iraq say 62 people have been killed and more injured in a wave of bomb attacks across the country. the bombers hit 10 locations. 15 people were killed when two car bombs exploded. the bbc's correspondent reports. >> in iraq, the latest fathom of sectarian violence. in the capital of baghdad, this is the third attack in a week. four car bombs but they gather to commemorate one of their saints. shiites were victims of attacks elsewhere, too. signs the sunni groups are sidelined by a shia president. two car bombs, one detonated by a suicide car bomber exploded outside a restaurant killing two waves of officers. in kirkuk, the headquarters of the party

syrian rebels reject the u.n. peace plan and renew international calls to impose a no fly zone to force out president also has voiced his bro and some arab and western countries for armed action after the civilian smarter. despite expectations syria would also dominate the russia even summit in st petersburg it was russia's own affairs that were in the spotlight when commenting once again on the imprisonment of former oil tycoon mikhail cover for ski budgeter putin reiterated that there was no political interference in the case. and thousands of canadian students returned to the streets to protest against the rising cost of education two days after talks of combat from authorities on the instant broke down protesters also say they fear their country is copying the u.s. system that's landed young americans deep in the dam. time now for some sports action here in r t with paul. thank you and also welcome to the world of sports is what we've got coming up still outstanding russia's sole representative in the french open ma

president vladimir putin's rejected calls for military intervention in syria reiterating that the u.n. peace plan is the only way to prevent a full scale civil war the comments were made this week during his first foreign tour of his new term meeting with leaders of germany from some better was said of the russia east summit in st petersburg. syria's president assad says his government had nothing to do with the houla massacre in which over one hundred people were killed last week the u.n. or business best occasion to find out who is really some. big protests in egypt has ousted former president hosni mubarak begins a life sentence for his part in the deaths of hundreds of protesters during last year's revolution thousands rioted in cairo many angry that he's not to be executed . and time's running out for julian assange with a fortnight now left for his legal team to file a last ditch appeal after britain's supreme court ordered his extradition to sweden to sexual assault accusations he and his supporters fear it could eventually lead to him being handed over to the u.s. to face espionage c

vladimir putin has rejected calls for military intervention in syria and iterated his view that the u.n. peace plan is the only way to prevent full scale civil war the comments were made this week during his first foreign tour off his recent inauguration meeting the leaders of germany france and the rooms head of the russia new summit in st petersburg. as rebels and government forces in syria trade blame accusations and really massacre in which at least one hundred eight people including many children died the u.n. investigation to find out who's really responsible comes as clashes between syrian government supporters and opponents in neighboring lebanon eight people dead. broke voting for ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak as he begins a life sentence handed down to his partner of hundreds of protesters last year during was closely followed by massive demonstrations across the country thousands of rioting in the capital cairo angry that he's not to be executed. time running out for during the sanford less than two weeks left in his legal team and he'll. lose his battle against extraditio

brushes off the notion of military intervention in syria saying the u.n. peace. conference major european tour of which he met with leaders of germany france and got a ruse. as rebels and government forces in syria trade accusations of the massacre which at least one hundred eight people died the u.n. investigation to find out who's really responsible. to egyptian president hosni mubarak he begins a life sentence handed down for his part in the killing of hundreds of protesters last year demonstrations for the car of the crowds angry he's not to be executed. on time running out with less than two weeks left for his legal team to file an appeal. his battle against extradition to sweden in britain's supreme court. where you're watching ati's weekly news review on the kerry johnston welcome to the program the russian e.u. summit kicks off later today but. has already met some of europe's main players this week on a trip taking in germany and france he talked tough on nato expansion u.s. missile defense shield plans. and ongoing violence in syria. has the details now

president putin brushes off the notion of military intervention in syria saying the u.n. peace plan is the only way forward comments major in a european tour on which he met the leaders of france germany and other groups. as rebels and government forces in syria trade accusations over the mass killing which at least one hundred eight people died the u.n. investigation to find out who's really responsible. rock bottom to the gyptian president hosni mubarak as an ins and life sentence handed down for his part in the killing of hundreds of protesters last year the demonstrations follow the court verdict. crowds angry he's not to be executed. for time running out for june in the sun for less than two weeks left for his legal team to follow in the heel of the whistleblower loses his battle against extradition to sweden in britain supreme court. this is artie's weekly needs review well. into the program carrie johnston. the russia e.u. summit kicks off later today in st petersburg but putin has already met some of europe's main players this week on a trip taking in germany and france

president vladimir putin brushes off the notion of military intervention in syria saying the u.n. peace plan is the only way forward comments made during a european tour of which he meant the leaders of germany france and. syria's president assad says his government had nothing to do with the houla massacre in which over one hundred people were killed last week as the un orders an investigation to find out who was really responsible. rock bottom for ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak as he begins a life sentence handed down for his part in the killing of hundreds of protesters last year but demonstrations follow the court verdict in cairo with crowds angry he's not to be executed. and time running out for julian assange with less than two weeks left for his legal team the father peeled off the whistleblower loses his battle against extradition to sweden in britain supreme court. hello and welcome you're watching the weekly here on our roundup of the top stories of the last seven days with me kevin owen and first the russia eve summit kicks off later today in simply to. putin's alre

syrian rebels reject the u.n. peace plan there are new international calls to impose a no fly zone to force out president. thousands of canadian students return to the streets to protest against the rising cost of education here in their country is complicating the u.s. system a splendid young americans deep in debt. and trouble in tripoli armed militia man takeover of libya the libyan capital international airport and ground all flights demanding the release of one of their leaders. from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's good to have you with us ten pm here in the russian capital our top story the opposition's free syrian army says it's no longer committed to the u.n. backed peace plan instead it wants foreign states to impose a no fly zone to help oust president also but as voices grow in some arab and western nations for armed action after the civilian slaughter in houla but has reaffirmed most in a reports recent incursions set dangerous precedence. ten days after th

syrian rebels reject the u.n. peace plan and renew international calls to impose a no fly zone force out president. thousands of canadian students returned to the streets to protest against the rising cost of education here in their country is copying the u.s. system that's landed young americans deep in debt. and libyan authorities have detained dozens of armed militiamen after the group seized tripoli international airport demanding the release of one of their leaders. it's one am in moscow this is r.t. coming to you live now with our top story and the opposition's free syrian army says it's no longer committed to the u.n. backed peace plan and said it wants foreign states to impose a no fly zone to help the president also said this is voices grow louder and some arab and western nations for armed action after the civilian slaughter in houla but as for no snow reports recent incursions so dangerous precedents. ten days after the terrible massacre in the syrian city of houla the world is still watching to see how this

u.n. backed peace plan. instead it wants foreign states to impose a no fly zone to help oust president also that that's as voices grow in some arab and western nations for armed action after the civilian slaughter in houla but it's more of the knows the reports recent incursions set dangerous precedence. ten days after the terrible massacre in the syrian city of houla the world is still watching to see how these tipping point will shape the crisis while there is still at least some hope of a peaceful solution many analysts believe those hopes are fading fast the american british and french push for military intervention in syria is absolutely enormous we've seen hague of course william hague the british foreign secretary calling for intervention we've seen the new french president saying the same thing the americans of us.

syrian rebels back the u.n. peace plan -- are not committed to the peace plan, ending the ceasefire. and a diamond jubilee concert, supporting the 60th year on the throne, but prince phillip misses the party due to an infection. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs and america. rescue workers in nigeria still don't know how many people died when a plane crashed into an apartment building. there may be more victims on the ground. the country's president declared three days of mourning . >> the day after the crash, where buildings once stood, workmen pull out burned pieces of the plane. 153 people were onboard, but nobody hand d a chance of surviving. the pilot sent a call as both engines failed. it happened in lagos, not far from the city's airport. >> the diggers have moved in but this is a salvage operation now, moving the huge chunkd of thiks of this aircraft. through the day they bring out the remains of those who died in this crash. it is not clear how many people died on the ground. families were destroyed in seconds

syrian rebels reject the u.n. peace plan and renew international calls to impose a no fly zone to force out the president also. if someone suggested i go to prison and i'll have good company. because he made a brooch in response to opposition leaflets given out during the russian you summit in st petersburg but again stresses there were no political motives behind the jailing of former oil pride calling me creo. and thousands of canadian students returned to the streets to protest against the rising cost of education here in their country is copying the us system that's minded young americans deep in debt. from our studios in the central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's good to have you with us eight pm here in the russian capital the rebel free syrian army says it's no longer committed to the u.n. backed peace plan instead it wants foreign states to impose a no fly zone to help oust president also that has voices grow in some arab and western nations for armed action after the civilian slaughter

this conflict here in syria russia so committed to the u.n. peace. planned and is now actively pursuing they are now backed idea of setting up an international group how to mediate a solution and this is something that nations back in rad also including the who has a strongly criticizing as they have already this kind of international group friends of syria but they only deal with the opposition so as we can see the world is also divided and there is a lot of confusion not only inside syria but also outside on how to act on syria and how to end the violence here in the country three financial reporting there now a prominent british journalist who has just returned from syria claims rebels set him up to be killed by the syrian army sounds and from channel four news described terror t. what he calls a stunt pulled by opposition fighters in order to deal a propaganda blow to the assad regime. we would get it. out of the way which they knew the rebels you would. go with go down the route which looked dangerous to us but we trusted them that we would go d

syrian rebels reject the u.n. peace plan and renew international calls all to impose a no fly zone to force out president assad. and libyan authorities have detained dozens of i'm to militia men off to the group sees tripoli's international airport demanding the release of one of the. it's six am here in moscow you're watching r t with me tom would say the opposition's free syrian army says it's no longer committed to the u.n. backs peace plan instead it wants for instance to impose a no fly zones old to help president assad that has voices growing louder in some arab and western nations for armed action after the civilian slaughter in houla but as maria for national reports a recent in cautions said dangerous presidents. ten days after the terrible massacre in the syrian city of houla the world is still watching to see how this tipping point will shape the crisis so while there is still at least some hope of a peaceful solution many analysts believe those hopes are fading fast the american british and french push for m

kofi annan, who brokered a u.n. peace plan aimed at ending the violence, said what many on the ground already know. >> i must be frank and confirm that the plan is not being implemented. >> reporter: complicating diplomatic efforts even more is that the u.n.'s assessment if the conflict in syria drags on, not only will it implode and worsen the situation inside the country but it will explode across the entire region. >>> now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. newly released video from the pittsburgh police department show a gunman nearly killing three people inside a vehicle, one of them a 1-year-old infant. the 19-year-old suspect fired multiple times causing the fleeing victims to crash right into parked vehicles before they could escape. police are still looking for the teen gunman. >>> a tragic turn of events in texas. six children watched their mother die after she was accidentally hit by her daughter with the family car. and the mother instructed her 12-year-old to pull the vehi

rethink possible. >>> the u.n. peacethe syrian conflict has now become a civil war, describing large chunks of syrian cities that are now under control of anti-government rebels. richard engel is nbc's chief foreign correspondent and joins us from cairo. richard, you reported last night that a western diplomat had told you the assad regime may be quote, wobbling. what can you tell us about that and are there indications that the minority around him are beginning to, there are cracks in that support system? are we seeing cracks from russia under increasing pressure and isolated as there have been more and more massacres? >> reporter: several questions there. i don't think we're seeing cracks with russia and there are reports that russia's actually going to supply syria with more attack helicopters. i'll get to that in a minute. that could be a very dangerous development. the reason i was told that there are indications that syrian regime is quote, wobbling, is exactly the same reason we're seeing the u.n. today or at leas

the current u.n. peace plan has been ignored by other regime and its opponents. question at the united nations today is how can we stop this bloodshed? >> in vote 2012, a new poll shows president obama leading mitt romney 47% among virginia voters. the university poll released today reports the margin is slightly smaller than in march before romney had clinched the presidential nomination. virginia a battleground state, which could determine the 2012 election. the fbi is reportedly investigating a number of u.s. defense leaks. seven will involve a u.s. cyber warfare program against iran. leaders of the house and senate intelligence committee said to hold a joint meeting on the issue today. congresswoman dianne feinstein spoke about the effects of these potential leaks earlier this week. >> it has this made our allies and puts american lives in jeopardy. it puts our nation's security in jeopardy. >> i call on the president to take immediate and decisive action including the appointment of a special counsel. >> arizona senator john mccain suggested the obama admini

kofi annan who brokered a u.n. peace plan aimed at ending the violence said today what many on the ground already know. >> i must be frank and confirm that the plan is not being implemented. >> while annan spoke, syria continued to burn. civilian military continued its assault on towns where civilians young and old were fleeing the shells raining down and while the international community continues to wrangle over what it can do, syrians caught in the middle continue to cry out for help. complicating diplomatic efforts further is the fact the assessment by kofi annan if violence continues in syria, not only is it going to implode and drag syria into a worse situation, but it will explode across the entire region. >> ayman mohyeldin starting us off in cairo. thanks. >>> now to domestic news, specifically the news today about our weather and our climate. the final numbers are in and it's official now. this spring was the warmest in the recorded history of the united states. also the 12-month period since they started keepi

president vladimir putin has rejected calls for military intervention in syria reiterating that u.n. peace plan is the only way to prevent to scale civil war comments were made this week during his first foreign toward his new term meeting the leaders of germany france and the roost at the russian e.u. summit in st petersburg. as rebels and government forces in syria blame each other for a massacre in which at least one hundred eight people including many children killed the u.n. orders an investigation to find the culprits it comes as clashes between syrian government supporters and opponents in neighboring lebanon and people dead. big protests in egypt as ousted former president hosni mubarak begins a life sentence for his part in the deaths of hundreds of protesters during last year's revolution thousands rioted encounter any angry that he must be executed. and time's running out for tuna sounds with under a fortnight left for his legal team to find a last ditch appeal to britain's supreme court what is his extradition to sweden done also a sexual assault positions his supporters fear i

it has also been a contributor to u.n. peace keeping operations. the united states thus recognizes the importance of maintaining a broad range of partnerships as we encourage a lasti lasti lasting democratic peace in the country. the united states and other international partners have encouraged the government of sri lanka. serious allegations of violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law committed by both sides at the end of the war remain to be investigated and have slowed reconciliation. in large the human rights council adopted a u.s. sponsored resolution calling on the government to implement the recommendations of the own government appointed lessons learned and reconciliation commission. in april the state department issued its third report to congress on accountability since the end of the conflict in 2009. achieving genuine reconciluation will ensure equality and justice for all particularly those living in the conflict areas. such steps include demilitarization of the conflict zones, establishment of a mechanism to

syrian rebels reject the u.n. peace plan and renew international calls to impose a no fly zone to force out a president a sad also. if someone suggests i go to prison we don't have good company but him a potent response to opposition leaflets given out during the russian review summit in st petersburg but again stresses there were no political motives behind the jailing of former all tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky. and sounds of canadian students return to the streets to protest against the rising cost of education fearing the country's copying the us system has landed young americans deep in debt. hello seven pm monday evening here in moscow this is r t it's kevin zero in here with you this hour and first the rebel free syrian army says it's no longer committed to the un backed peace plan it's developing news this hour instead it wants foreign states to impose a no fly zone to help president assad that's his voice is grow in some arab and western nations for armed action after the civilian slaughter and hold but it's rare

well special u.n. peace and void kofi annan has reiterated that iran has a role to play in mediating and then that to the audience in syria the comments was made though for a slew of declarations from western these opposing tehran being given any such rule . has more on the invoice be used in exactly one month the u.n. supervision mission in syria will expire and at this point the international community is attempting to exhaust all options one of those options according to joint special envoy kofi annan is to form a contact group meeting one that could take place as soon as june thirtieth in geneva joint special envoy kofi annan says that in that contact group it would be a meeting of the permanent members of the security council members of the european union and also countries that have direct influence on the opposition group in syria as well as the syrian government mr kofi annan says that he has made it clear that he believes that iran should be part of that contact group part of a solution that the int

monitors to verify the impolicemention of a u.n. peace plan. >>> u.s. officials have gradually shifted toward demanding that assad be removed. secretary of state hillary clinton has stressed the need for a full transfer of power. clinton made the remark at a meeting on syria in istanbul. representatives of 15 western and arab nations as well as european -- as well as the european union took part. a u.s. official said clinton proposed a new strategy for syria including a transition of power that would eventually include free and fair elections. the united states is also seeking a u.n. security council resolution to impose sanctions on the assad government. but they will need to get support from russia and china. >>> leaders of china, russia and four central asian countries said they oppose any military intervention to stop the violence. nhk world's susumu kojima reports from beijing. >> reporter: the six leaders adopted a joint statement in beijing on thursday. at the end of the two-day summit of the shanghai corporation. chinese president hu jintao and

live from moscow i have mine syrian rebels rejecting u.n. peace plan to renew international calls to impose a no fly zone for south president. thousands of canadian students returned to the streets to protest against a rising cost of education fearing their country is complicating the u.s. system that's landed young americans deep in debt. and trouble in tripoli armed militia men take over libya and the libyan capital international airport ground all why it's demanding the release of one of their leaders. next the story of a modern day outlaw and a one man crusade to protect america's notoriously violent border with mexico. we had to earn it i mean we have to earn it every single day of our lives we have to get up every morning we have to go to work and you know we have to pay our bills and we have to do it and that's just the american dream and if you want the american dream you have to go by the law and i figure spoken like the great granddaughters when they were going to go yes yes mike well we're all immigrant we're all immigrants as well that

leader has again rejected calls for military intervention in syria and reiterated his view that u.n. peace plan is the only way to prevent full scale civil war. as rebels and government forces in syria trade name accusations and the massacre in which least one hundred eight people many children died the u.n. ordered an investigation and was released once more it comes as clashes between syrian government supporters and opponents of neighboring lebanon eight people dead more than one. quarter of the ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak as he begins a life sentence handed down for his party a killing of hundreds of protesters last year during most closely followed by massive demonstrations across the country and thousands rioting in the capital car a hundred that he's not to be executed. one time running out the jewel in the songs you less than two weeks left for his legal team to fall in the peel off the whistleblower loses his battle against extradition to sweden and britain supreme court saundra his supporters there it could eventually lead being hunted them to the u.s. to face and spi

and the u.n. peace plan, he says, is still worth backing.ridget kendall, bbc news. >>> richard murphy is a former u.s. ambassador to syria and to saudi arabia. i sktd if there can still be a diplomatic solution to the crisis. >> i can only hope so because as the area moves toward increasing violence, the violence we see in syria today is starting to have echoes in leabnon and threatens the stab -- lebanon and threatens the stability in jordan and perhaps even iraq and turkey. >> apart from diplomacy, what other options are there without russia blocking everything that goes on in the united nations while it continues to block the majority opinion in the united nations? nothing can be done. if that wasn't there, what would the options actually be? >> well, what seems to have started is efforts to introduce arms into the opposition's hands, and that's been cited as an object of concern by the american side and i think by most of the european powers, also feeling that militarization of the present situation is going to hasten the worsening and t

envoy to syria want more international pressure on damascus to bring about compliance with the u.n. peace plan but kofi annan also urged the increasingly aggressive rebel forces to lay down arms. where the latest from new york. after hours of closed door consultation and members of the security council and the secretary-general ban ki moon have come out first mr obama hugh moon saying that kofi annan six point peace plan the violence in syria remains at the center of the international community's efforts clearly nobody has calling this plan a failure and at this point nobody is endorsing any type of military intervention into syria the most important thing right now according to the secretary general is to keep syria from going from a to.

the un backed peace plan in syria took another blow with the observer mission there are suspending its activities due to an escalation of violence the syrian opposition has urged the u.n. to send the peace key.

and the u.n. peace plan, he says, is still worth backing. bridget kendall, bbc news. >> the executive director of the middle eastern north african division of north rights watch says international diplomacy could still help reduce the violence in syria. >> everybody wants more concrete mess ures but the challenge is how to get there. how do we get russia and china not to veto security council resolutions for more concrete measures that would include, for example, strict sanctions on the government or referral to the i.c.c. i think that the diplomatic measures are the art of what's possible in a very challenging political environment. >> do you think there's any way if you're looking at it ultra cynically, actually countries like the united states and france and great britain may be thinking that it suits them that russia is blocking any potential movement on the ground. because at the end of the day, everybody is scared of what may come after assad. >> i certainly hope not and one can always have a cynical assessment of everything. i think w

they say damascus must implement the u.n. peace plan by noon local time on friday.not, they will no longer observe any commitments other than to defend its civilian lives. >> let's focus on those comments from hillary clinton earlier. we will go over to washington. max, fill us in on hillary clinton's message. she is exasperated with the russians. >> yes, she is, and that is the big difference to the intervention in libya one year ago. this time, there seems to be no chance of convincing the russians to go further, to go beyond what they already have in the security council. they have backed the peace plan, but they seem unwilling to use their influence over syrian president assad to up the pressure and to stop the violence. that is what many here think would be the only possibility of changing things on the ground except for military intervention. >> at the same time, military intervention -- hillary clinton has been very clearly ruling that out at this point. >> that is right. one of the reasons is is an election year and the public here is very tired of wars. the

even more bloodshed if the west helps unleash military intervention and signal that abandoning the u.n. peace plan could push the country into a full scale war voices are growing and some arab and western nations for armed action to force regime change after the civilian slaughter in houla but is out is where if national reports no recent incursion said dangerous presidents. ten days after the terrible massacre in the syrian city of houla the world is still watching to see how this tipping point will shape the crisis while there is still at least some hope of a peaceful solution many analysts believe those hopes are fading fast the american british and french push for military intervention in syria is absolutely enormous we've seen hague of course william hague the british foreign secretary calling for intervene.

at ten thirty pm moscow time these are the top stories from r t syrian rebels reject the u.n. peace plan and renew international calls to impose a no fly zone president also has a voice was growing some arab and western countries for i'm back after the civilian slaughter in houla. thousands of canadian students returned to the streets to protest against the rising cost of education two days after the pullback of sardi's on the issue broke down protesters also say they fear their country is complicating the u.s. system a splendid young americans deep in debt. but trouble in tripoli armed militia men take over libyan capital's international airport storming it with heavy machine guns and armored vehicles crosses are now reportedly taking place as a group demands the release of one of its leaders. up next we'll talk to american economist and nobel laureate eric mask him to find out what he thinks is on the horizon for the troubled world economy. i will aria it in economics it's great to have you with us sir today it's a pleasure so we'll start with greece and the latest news we know th