there a way to avoid sanctions affecting hair the problem for the ordinary person is that the whole syrian economy is going to be more and more affected by the disruption and the insecurity and the total collapse of the tourism industry for example which is increasingly important in syria. so it is those things that are going to harm the ordinary man in the street rather than targeted sanctions how likely do you think it is that syria could tell into another libya type situation i sincerely hope that it won't what is remarkable so far is the extent to which the opposition has remained nonviolent there have been episodes of violence. which is understandable in a country where there's quite a lot of weaponry around. and violence is being used against the people. but so far it is green largely nonviolent there are increasing calls amongst the opponents of the regime saying you know we've got to use violence i sincerely hope they will those calls will be resisted so i don't think it's going to turn into that sort of . civil war type confrontation i also think it's inconceivable that any outsid

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that they should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin a civil war they want to weaken syria first as a as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change. and so it's a compass our on our another outbreak of violence in the middle east report on how would tell the exchange of fire between israel and gaza has overshadowed the installed mass protests that government spending on the people. and the whistle is blown over a breach of weeks as the site is forced to suspend operations as it struggles supply growing financial pressure. first scores of demonstrators supporting the occupy wall street movement have been arrested across the u.s. overnight police in denver moved detaining activists who refused to leave their county and earlier police used pepper spray to disperse the crowds meanwhile at least thirty people were arrested in the states of portland tennessee and california after police went into force curfews removing protesters belongings it was made sure threatening demons in new

is syrian not close to civil war? >> the regime is trying to push us into this but they will not succeed. we are aware of enough of this risk. you can see the muslims, the christians marching together and shouting for freedom for all people. our real enemy is the regime itself. >> on friday, protests take place after midday prayers. the protesters attempted blocked off roads, to delay the arrival of the security forces, and in a network of field hospitals, they are preparing for the inevitable casuty's. doctors have been arrested and tortured for helping gunshot victims. >> the normal thing would be to take the injured with gunshot wounds to the hospital. to our astonishment, we found that when we did that, the injured were arrested or killed. a man would go into the hospital with a treatable injury and his family would be summoned to collect a corpse with a shot in the head or in the chest. . >> these and medical points are hopelessly inadequate. they have to move to escape detection. they are short on equipment. >>

is syrian not close to civil war? >> the regime is trying to push us into this but they will not succeed. we are aware of enough of this risk. you can see the muslims, the christians marching together and shouting for freedom for all people. our real enemy is the regime itself. >> on friday, protests take place after midday prayers. the protesters attempted blocked off roads, to delay the arrival of the security forces, and in a network of field hospitals, they are preparing for the inevitable casualty's. doctors have been arrested and tortured for helping gunshot victims. >> the normal thing would be to take the injured with gunshot wounds to the hospital. to our astonishment, we found that when we did that, the injured were arrested or killed. a man would go into the hospital with a treatable injury and his family would be summoned to collect a corpse with a shot in the head or in the chest. . >> these and medical points are hopelessly inadequate. they have to move to escape detection. they are short on equipment. >

back from the dead the syrian woman reported as the first female victim of the government's pro-democracy crackdown turns up alive and well it's for several media into backtracking after giving her supposedly have saturation coverage. violence flares up during a twenty four hour nationwide strike in greece with police resorting to tear gas to disperse crowds in athens the latest protests come as workers grow increasingly angry with fighting austerity cuts. and in syria we turn to next is the former british ambassador to the stricken country explains how he sees all the events unfolding in the country. today i'm talking to basel eastwood's he's a former u.k. ambassador to syria he was serving in the last twenty nine hundred ninety six thousand the situation's changed a lot since then and we're going to talk about what the situation on the ground is like now mystery support for a russian talking to us today now russia believes that assets deserves at least some credit for trying to instigate some kind of reform do you agree well if he was seriously trying he tried to little them too late an

there a way to avoid sanctions affecting hair the problem for the ordinary person is that the whole syrian economy is going to be more and more affected by the disruption and the insecurity and the total collapse of the tourism industry for example which is increasingly important in syria. so it is those things that are going to harm the ordinary man in the street rather than targeted sanctions how likely do you think it is that syria could tell into another libya type situation i sincerely hope that it won't what is remarkable so far is the extent to which the opposition has remained nonviolent there have been episodes of violence. which is understandable in a country well is quite a lot of weaponry around. and violence is being used against the people. but so far it is green largely nonviolent there are increasing calls amongst the opponents of the regime saying you know we've got to use violence i sincerely hope they will those calls will be resisted so i don't think it's going to turn into that sort of . civil war type confrontation i also think it's inconceivable that any outside powe

back from the dead the syrian woman reported as the first female victim of the government's pro-democracy crackdown turns up alive and well of course in several media is a backtracking after of giving her supposed death saturation coverage. in greece grinds to a halt as the biggest twenty four hour nationwide strike in months turns violent with police resorting to tear gas to disperse crowds in apple's latest protests come as austerity cuts and deep deep well the cash is slowly running out. and it's turned to syria next is the former british ambassador to the stricken country explains how he sees the events unfolding. today i'm talking to basel eastwood's he's a former u.k. ambassador to syria he was serving in damascus through nine hundred ninety six and two thousand the situations changed to not since then and we're going to talk about what the situation on the ground is like now and streets that thank you very much for talking to us today now russia's been the stats assets to at least some credit for trying to instigate some kind of reform do you agree well if you was seriously trying

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back from the dead the syrian woman reported as the first female government's pro-democracy crackdown turns up alive and well it's forced several media into battle tracking after giving her supposed death saturation. and violence flares up during the twenty four hour nationwide strike in greece with police resorting to tear gas to disperse crowds in athens the latest protest workers grow increasingly angry biting austerity. more news coming up for you in fifteen minutes next it's sport stay with us. hello there welcome to. two things for joining us and in this building. gearing up russia's football team for a massive tweak of action wins again. will guarantee them a place. on top of the narrow victory. at the summit told the conference. with the league commissioner david stern to try and save the time to eleven times a twelve season. so it's a whole time for russia's for. ballers this week with your return to to a qualification repping up to cover carts men take on slovak in zealand on friday before a home clash with indoor on tuesday what a magical if occasion will be made certain by

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there a way to avoid sanctions affecting hair the problem for the ordinary person is that the whole syrian economy is going to be more and more affected by the disruption and the insecurity and the total collapse of the tourism industry for example which is increasingly important in syria. so it is those things that are going to harm the ordinary man in the street rather than targeted sanctions how likely do you think it is that syria could tell into another libya type situation i sincerely hope that it won't what is remarkable so far is the extent to which the opposition has remained nonviolent there has been episodes of violence. which is understandable in a country where there's quite a lot of weaponry around. and violence is being used against the people. but so far it has been largely nonviolent there are increasing calls amongst the opponents of the regime saying you know we've got to use violence i sincerely hope they will those calls will be resisted so i don't think it's going to turn into that sort of . civil war type confrontation i also think it's inconceivable that any outside

back from the dead the syrian woman reported as the first female victim of the government's pro-democracy crackdown turns out alive and well it's for several media interactive tracking after giving her suppose the death saturation coverage. and violence flares up during a twenty four hour nationwide strike in greece with police restoring tear gas to disperse crowds in athens and the latest protests come as workers grow increasingly angry with biting austerity cuts. that is syria we focused on next as the former british ambassador to the stricken country explains how he sees events in the country unfolding. today i'm talking to basel eastwood's he's a former u.k. ambassador to syria he was serving in damascus between one thousand nine hundred six and seen thousand the situations changed a lot since then and we're going to talk about what the situation on the ground is like now the streets there thank you very much for talking to us today now russia believes that asaad deserves at least some credit for trying to instigate some kind of reform do you agree well if you was seriously trying he

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but the syrian muslim brotherhood are. relatively modern minded and will be i think prepared to play along with coalition politics. it will i think. be a regime which. is which will i put it. mainly concerned with its internal problems it is not going to be a regime which indulges in adventurism of the israel or anyone else. but it will be a regime that is finding its way under very difficult circumstances if you thought that big business supporting the regime in syria we all say see support coming from the outside particularly from iran how do you think that will play out in such an unstable region well it's one of the things that i think has been spelt inspired e.g. the saudis to come out in criticism of the regime that. they many of the governments in the middle east are profoundly worried about iran. and don't like the extent to which what is happening in syria might increase iranian influence but i have to say that. the iranian government itself does not like to be seen as being the principal supporter of a secular re

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that they should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin the civil war they want to weaken syria first as a as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change the answer to all coalitions brumback of their massive protests for economic justice is you take place in the israeli capital later saturday the organizers are calling for a repeat of september's rallies would so many half a million people show the social conditions columnist and writer bradley burston says people are now questioning everything that previously turned a blind eye eye to. the automatic and and basically behind the scenes allocation of resources from many government ministries to new housing developments in the in the occupied territories may be very much more difficult to carry out without scrutiny the questioning has a lot to do with transparency the question has a lot to do with what actually is happening with the resources that are going to the finances are going to the settlements and even if the settlement acti

apparently, and it is only a parent, the syrians believe there is some value to be able to show that there is still an american embassy, a british embassy. this regime is isolated in the past. they live to fight another day. they want to give a sense that things are going to return to normal in a reasonable period of time. this is just a passing storm. >> do you think they seriously believe that when they look over to events in libya, there must be a sense that time is running out for them. >> and not necessarily. these regimes have a way of being self delusional. moreover, in fairness, there are big differences between libya and syria. syria has a professional army, an army that is loyal to the regime. the same thing for the intelligence services. unlike in libya, where they did not have a competent army, you have not seen any senior defections from the inner core of the regime. in libya, you saw that occur in the on. >> the think that ambassador ford is likely to return any time soon? >> i think the state department will try to return him. >> what about the fact that the syrians ca

regime i think both the syrian regime and the defectors have been inflating. their numbers and they have been talking about like ten thousand soldiers ready to fight against the syrian regime and i think if they had that number i think. we have been facing have been facing a very different scenario in syria i think the other problem is the current defectors are not coming from the higher ranks of the syrian army i think in order to get that pavel e t and influence and power to face with the syrian regime they are going to need to have more factors in terms of numbers and also they have to you know force or they have to make possible the factions or the high ranking officers is there and hardening you frank. i think it's happening but it's happening very slowly and i think it's going to take some time let's talk about this no fly zone this been called for by some of the protesters to think that the u.s. and its allies will answer those calls now the finished in libya. i don't think so in the short run and i don't think that no fly zone would be and they're fiss

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that they should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin the civil war they want to weaken syria first as a as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change thousands of israelis to buy the economic justice of filled the streets of tel aviv once again after many a two month break they are unhappy with how the government spending their money in the what next year's budget plan said back to the drawing board what he's pulled of sleazy television. the last demonstration back in september in early september sold a million people come to the streets of the country logan i'm somewhat satisfied with that turnout and after that a lot of the protesters many of them are university students return to process and things that didn't take a little bit open but said he now what we have seen in the last few hours is not only attention on what is happening internally here from the israeli air force has also strikes on southern gaza eleven people have been killed five of them are members of the islamic

regime i think both the syrian regime and the defectors have been inflating. their numbers they have been talking about ten thousand soldiers ready to fight against the syrian regime and i think if they had that number i think. we have been facing would have been facing a very different scenario in syria i think the other problem is the current defectors are not coming from the higher ranks of the syrian army i think in order to get that kept heavily and that influence and power to face with the syrian regime they are going to need to have more defectors in terms of numbers and also they have to you know force or they have to make possible the factions or the high ranking officials is there and hardening thing. i think it's happening but it's happening very slowly and i think it's going to take some time let's talk about this no fly zone this being called for by some of the protesters to think that the u.s. and its allies will answer those calls now the finished in libya. i don't think so in the short run and i don't think that no fly zone would be an official

but the syrian muslim brotherhood are. relatively modern minded and will be i think prepared to play along with coalition politics. it will i think. be a regime which. is so i put it. mainly concerned with its internal problems it is not going to be a regime which indulges in adventurism of the israel or anyone else. but it will be a regime that is finding its way under very difficult circumstances if you thought that big business supporting the regime in syria but we also see support coming from the outside particularly from iran how do you think that will play out in such an unstable region well it's one of the things that i think has been spelt inspired e.g. the saudis to come out in criticism of the regime that. very many of the governments in the middle east are profoundly worried about iran. and don't like the extent to which what is happening in syria might increase iranian influence but i have to say that. the iranian government itself does not like to be seen as being the principal supporter of a secular regime th

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that bay should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin the civil war they want to weaken syria first as a as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change massive protests for economic justice is due to take place in the israeli capital later on saturday the organizers are calling for a repeat of september's rallies many half a million people march over social conditions called the student right to bradley burston says people are now questioning everything they've previously blind eye eye to. the automatic and and basically behind the scenes allocation of resources from many government ministries to new housing developments in the occupied territories may be very much more difficult to carry out without scrutiny the questioning has a lot to do with transparency the question has a lot to do with what actually is happening with the resources that are going to defense and we're going to the settlements and even if the settlement activity is not blocked the fact of the of the allocations th

and a syrian woman seen as the symbol of the regime's brutality against his own people reappears alive and well after reportedly being beheaded it's forced several media into backtracking after giving a supposed death saturation coverage. and the situation in syria does remain tense with continuing reports of bloodshed next tonight we made a former british ambassador to the country but at least words who gives us his take on events there either. today i'm talking to basil eastwood's he's a former u.k. ambassador to syria he was serving in damascus between ninety ninety six and two thousand the situation's changed a lot since then and we're going to talk about what the situation on the ground is like now mr eastwood thank you very much for talking to us today now russia believes that assets deserves at least some credit for trying to instigate some kind of reform do you agree well if he was seriously trying he tried to little and too late and his efforts have been totally undermined by the. violence that has been used on the peaceful demonstrations so that for every. death it becomes th

on a syrian woman seen as the symbol of the regime brutality against his own people reappears alive and well after reportedly being beheaded for several backtracking out there giving to the supposed death saturation coverage. it's eight thirty one now here in moscow next to meet a former british ambassador to that war stricken country the resolution vetoed by two permanent members russia and china split the security council gives his take on the region on events in the region. today i'm talking to basil eastwood's he's a former u.k. ambassador to syria he was serving in damascus twenty nine hundred ninety six thousand the situation's changed a lot since then and we want to talk about what the situation on the ground is like now astri said thank you very much for talking to us today now ross have been these facts acids deserves at least some credit for trying to instigate some kind of reform you are going well if you was seriously trying to try to little and too late and his efforts have been totally undermined by the. violence that has been used on the peaceful demonstrations so that fo

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that they should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin the civil war they want to weaken syria first as a as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change massive protests for economic justice is to take place in these ready capital later on saturday the organizers are calling for a repeat of september's rallies which sold me half a million people march over social conditions called the student right to bradley burston says people are now questioning everything they've previously to the blind eye eye to. the automatic and and basically behind the scenes allocation of resources from many government ministries to new housing developments in the occupied territories may be very much more difficult to carry out without scrutiny the questioning has a lot to do with transparency the question has a lot to do with what actually is happening with the resources that are going to defense and we're going to the settlements and even if the settlement activity is not blocked the fact of the of th

in an interview with of the russian television station first channel syrian president bashar al assad says he is willing to cooperate with all opposition parties that have emerged during the seven month uprising against his reign but he also raised questions about the true nature of the forces that are fighting against his regime. today we have hundreds of soldiers police and security forces among the dead how were they killed during peaceful demonstrations or because some slogans being shouted out no they were shot and this means we're dealing with armed people we don't know whether the weapons reach syria from israel or any other state that possesses such weapons but there is evidence of mines and grenades that were put in place is packed with civilians this led to casualties in a number of cases mines also targeted security personnel police officers and soldiers their work ace's of using anti-tank mines these are new and very dangerous facts now after seven months down the line since the beginning of the upheaval in syria we possess accurate but not detailed information but the inv

government officials are signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that they should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin the civil war they want to weaken syria first as a as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change a massive protest for economic justice is expected to take place in the israeli capital in just a few hours well let's cross live now to tell of the event speak with israeli american columnists and writer bradley burston i was a person this is the first time of course almost half a million israelis protested nationwide in september but their leaders have since pleasure seek reform through other means so why are they now returning to the streets i think that there's a feeling that there's a need right now to go back to the spirit drove the demonstrations in the summer and the spirit really is based on the questioning of some very basic assumptions of these really really government of this really economy how the resources are allocated and and and and questioning sacred cows like the defense budget and also settlements. yes speaking

there a way to avoid sanctions affecting hair the problem for the ordinary person is that the whole syrian economy is going to be more and more affected by the disruption and the insecurity and the total collapse of the tourism industry for example which is increasingly important in syria. so it is those things that are going to harm the ordinary man in the street rather than targeted sanctions how likely do you think it is that syria could tell into another libya type situation i sincerely hope that it won't what is remarkable so far is the extent to which the opposition has remained nonviolent there have been episodes of violence. which is understandable in a country where there's quite a lot of weaponry around. and violence is being used against the people. but so far it is green largely nonviolent there are increasing calls amongst the opponents of the regime saying you know we've got to use violence i sincerely hope they will reach those calls will be resisted so i don't think it's going to turn into that sort of. civil war type confrontation i also think it's inconceivable that any o

a syrian woman seen as the symbol of the regimes brutality against its own people reappears alive and well after reportedly being beheaded this for several media into backtracking after giving her suppose adaptors saturation coverage. and eurozone finance chiefs look to help out banks that may suffer a blow from greece of burgeoning debt prices meanwhile in athens violent protests erupted against ever toughening austerity measures. will have more details for you and all those stories in about fifteen minutes up next unions here with all the latest sports. thanks and he said great to have you with us this thursday afternoon i indeed it's a busy thursday that's a look at some of the stories we're covering this hour. best in the west the noro home victory for moscow puts over legs and nor a man at the top of their conference. titles on the line multiple world heavyweight boxing belt holder or klitschko announces he's to face former cruiserweight champion marc mormeck in this. let's get going on the ice would you go and join top of the kontinental hockey league the blue and whites topping

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that they should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin the civil war they want to weaken syria first as a as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change a massive protest for economic justice is expected to take place in the israeli capital in just a few hours now let's cross live now to tell a bit and speak with israeli american columnist and writer yeah the person i was a person this isn't the first time of course almost half a million israelis protest the patient right in september but other leaders have since questioned seek reform through other means so why are they now returning to the streets. i think that there's a feeling that there's a need right now to go back to the spirit of the demonstrations in the summer and the spirit really is based on a questioning of some very basic assumptions of the israeli israeli government the israeli economy how the resources are allocated and and and and questioning sacred cows like the defense budget and also settlements yes speaking ab

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that they should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin the civil war they want to weaken syria first as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change. a massive protest for economic justice is due to take place in be israeli capital later on saturday and it's expected to rival september's rallies which saw deeley half a million people take to the streets across the country collison writer bradley burston says even though the construction of new settlements has israelis calling for a budget review the automatic and and basically behind the scenes allocation of resources from many government ministries to new housing developments in the in the occupied territories may be very much more difficult to carry out without scrutiny the questioning has a lot to do with transparency the question has a lot to do with what actually is happening with the resources that are going to the finances are going to the settlements and even if the settlement activity is not blocked the fact of the of the

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that base should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin a civil war and they want to weaken syria first as a as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change the answer to all coalitions brumback of there are massive protests for economic justice as you take place and use really counted later saturday to organize as a calling for a repeat of september's rallies which so many half a million people social conditions columnist and writers bradley burston says people are now questioning everything that previously to blind eye eye to. the automatic and and basically behind the scenes allocation of resources from many government ministries to new housing developments in the occupied territories may be very much more difficult to carry out without scrutiny of the questioning has a lot to do with transparency the question has a lot to do with what actually is happening with the resources that are going to finance and we're going to the settlements and even if the settlement activity is not b

activists say syrian security forces have killed at least thirty people during mass protests calling for the downfall of president bashar assad's regime this comes after the arab league condemned of the continuing killings of civilians in the country the arab ministerial committee is due to hold another round of talks with syrian officials later on sunday to help end the crisis the u.n. estimates more than three thousand people have been killed since march when the entire uprising began some of the protesters have also been calling for a no fly zone over the country and aerial support from nato warplanes dissident syrian a writer and democracy campaigner in shock told r.t. that most of the population doesn't support foreign intervention. of the second or against military intervention whether it's today tomorrow or in ten years' time even if the regime is to ny late every one of us would still be against military intervention we fight for freedom and we don't want to add external slavery to our domestic law we don't want it to become a part of the struggle between the international an

but the syrian muslim brotherhood are relatively modern minded and will be i think prepared to play along with coalition politics. it will i think. be a regime which. is so i put it. mainly concerned with its internal problems it is not going to be a regime which indulges in adventurism because of the israel or anyone else. but it will be a regime that is finding its way under very difficult circumstances if you thought that big business supporting the regime in syria we all say some support coming from the outside particularly from iran how do you think that will play out in such an unstable region well it's one of the things that i think has in spoke inspired e.g. the saudis to come out in criticism of the regime that. they many of the governments in the middle east are profoundly worried about iran. and don't like the extent to which what is happening in syria might increase in iranian influence but i have to say that. the iranian government itself does not like to be seen as being the principal supporter of a secular regime that is using violence in this way and there have been signs

activists say syrian security forces have killed at least thirty people during mass protests calling for the downfall of president bashar assad's regime this comes after the arab league condemned the continuing killings of civilians in the country the arab ministerial committee is due to hold another round of talks with syrian officials later on sunday to help end of the crisis the u.n. estimates more than three thousand people have been killed since march when the regime uprising began some of the protesters have also been calling for a no fly zone over the country and aerial support from nato warplanes but dissident syrian writer and democracy. most of the population doesn't support foreign intervention. or against military intervention whether it's today tomorrow or in ten years' time even if the regime is to ny late everyone of us would still be against military intervention we fight for freedom and we don't want to add external slavery to our domestic law we don't want it to become a part of the struggle between the international and internal forces syrians are peaceful they wan

in an interview with a russian television channel syrian president bashar al assad warns western leaders not to meddle in his country's domestic affairs his words as international pressure mounts on damascus within the arab league calling for an end to the violence against anti regime protesters. and in this week's top stories at nato ready to depart libya but concerns uprise over an acute gun problem as former rebels fight for power and arms control. and outbreak of deadly fire between israel and gaza as tens of thousands of israelis return to the streets of tel aviv to protest against disproportionate government spending in favor of the military. and again for round up the u.s. cities are the words lose patience with occupy wall street protesters detaining dozens imposing a curfew and seizing belongings. and broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow with a recap of the week's top stories this is r.t. in an interview with of the russian television station first channel syrian president bashar al assad says he is willing to cooperate with all opposition parties that have emerged

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that they should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin the civil war they want to weaken syria first as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change. a massive protest for economic justice is due to take place in the israeli capital later on saturday and it's expected to rival september's rallies which saw a nearly half a million people take to the streets across the country calling less and wider bradley burston says even the construction of new settlements has israelis calling for a budget review the automatic and and basically behind the scenes allocation of resources from many government ministries to new housing developments in the in the occupied territories maybe very much more difficult to carry out without scrutiny of the questioning has a lot to do with transparency the question has a lot to do with what actually is happening with the resources that are going to the finance and we're going to the settlements and even if the settlement activity is not blocked the fact of t

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that they should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin a civil war they want to weaken syria first as a as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change. still to come this hour a hearty another outbreak of violence in the middle east we reported how a deadly exchange of fire between israel and gaza has overshadowed a peaceful past protest of government spending and television. and the whistle is blown over a week for weeks as the site is forced to suspend operations as a struggles to fight growing financial pressure. scorsone demonstrators supporting the occupy wall street movement have been arrested across the u.s. overnight riot police in denver moved detaining activists who refused to leave their camp earlier police used pepper spray to disperse the crowds meanwhile at least thirty people were arrested states of oregon tennessee and california after police went to change course curfews removing protesters along its own it was nature a threatening demas in new york after the city

activists say syrian security forces have killed at least thirty people during mass protests calling for the downfall of president bashar assad's regime this comes after the arab league condemned the continuing killings of civilians in the country the arab ministerial committee is due to hold another round of talks with syrian officials later on sunday to help end of the crisis the u.n. estimates more than three thousand people have been killed since march when the regime uprising began some of the protesters have also been calling for a no fly zone over the country and aerial support from nato warplanes but dissident says syrian writer and democracy campaigner and shouted well told our to you that most of the population does not want support from foreign intervention. or against military intervention whether it's today tomorrow or in ten years' time even if the regime is to ny late every one of us would still be against military intervention we fight for freedom and we don't want to add external slavery to our domestic law we don't want it to become a part of the struggle between th

activists say syrian security forces have killed at least thirty people during mass protests calling for the downfall of president bashar assad's regime this comes after the arab league condemned the continuing killings of civilians in the country the arab ministerial committee is due to hold another round of talks with syrian officials later on sunday to help end the crisis the u.n. estimates more than three thousand people have been killed since march when the anti regime uprising began some of the protesters have also been calling for a no fly zone over the country and aerial support from nato warplanes meanwhile in his first interview to a western journalist since the beginning of the uprising syria's president bashar al assad has borne to that military action against his country would be like an earthquake for the entire region this syrian writer and democracy campaigner michele t.l.o. told r.t. that most of the population doesn't support foreign intervention. or against military intervention whether it's a day to morrow or in ten years' time even if the regime is to ny late eve

me who was allegedly tortured and killed by syrian security forces i have no doubt that yousafzai not hosny on t.v. and confirmed she was safe and sound so all the rumors about her were alive today lies in the media have gone beyond common sense some arab television channels have lost all shame and professionalism but the almighty allah shows them what they are doing thanks to allah the truth speaks for itself every day. something delays of the u.n. gives them as leaders time to improve things in the country limited to his presence across the country be peeled back on the bus and we wouldn't mind of the security forces mission ended today do you know what i heard from my relatives in homs who phoned me at eleven pm last night they said fifty five people representing different religious communities had been kidnapped in just one day there abducting people of various creeds in order to sow sectarian hatred in homes and what are we as a responsible government expected to do to safeguard the security of citizens what would you do in our place would you just abandon these people or would y

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that they should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin the civil war they want to weaken syria first as a as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change. a massive protest for economic justice is you to take place in the israeli capital later on saturday and it's expected to rival september's rallies which saudi only half a million people take to the streets across the country collison writer bradley burston says even because struction of new settlements has israelis calling for a budget review the automatic and and basically behind the scenes allocation of resources from many government ministries to new housing developments in the in the occupied territories may be very much more difficult to carry out without scrutiny the questioning has a lot to do with transparency the question has a lot to do with what actually is happening with the resources that are going to the finance and we're going to the settlements and even a cli settlement activity is not blocked the fact of the of

there are grave differences between the syrian case and the libyan case. the syrian case i think it's completely different i mean if you look at it's like social fabric or the sectarian lysine syria we see that all groups i mean from the opposition and also the fighting this regime groups have been living together the syrian dorothy kid dorothy does all that you know a scenario like the one in libya. and now to israel where thousands of demonstrators protesting against social inequality and government spending policy took to the streets of tel aviv again after a nearly two month break he's costlier brings us the latest. the last demonstration back in september and early september so moch eight million people come to the streets of the country logan i was satisfied with that turnout and also that a lot of the protesters many of them are university students return to process and things had to take a little bit of it out exactly now but we have seen in the last few hours not only attention on what is happening internally can be is maybe a source has also gone

activists say syrian security forces have killed at least of thirty people during mass protests calling for the downfall of president president bashar assad's regime this comes after the arab league condemned of the continuing killings of civilians in the country the arab minister ariel committee is due to hold another round of talks with syrian officials later on sunday to help end the crisis the u.n. estimates more than three thousand people have been killed since march when the anti regime uprising began some of the protesters have also been calling for a no fly zone over the country and aerial support from nato warplanes dissident syrian writer and of democracy campaigner and shelter you are told are true but most of the population doesn't support foreign intervention. people were against military intervention what does it say to morrow or in ten years time even if the grazie mr nigh lays every one of us would still be against military intervention we fight for freedom and we don't want to add external slavery to our domestic law we don't want it to become a part of the struggle bet

government officials signaling the syrian opposition and the syrian president that they should learn the lesson of libya is a clear message begin the civil war they want to weaken syria first as a prelude to a more direct intervention for regime change. a massive protest for economic justice is due to take place in the israeli capital later on saturday and it's expected to rival september's rallies which saw nearly half a million people take to the streets across the country cullison wider bradley burston says even the construction of new settlements has israelis calling for a budget review the automatic and and basically behind the scenes allocation of resources from many government ministries to new housing developments in the in the occupied territories maybe very much more difficult to carry out without scrutiny of the questioning has a lot to do with transparency the question has a lot to do with what actually is happening with the resources that are going to the finances are going to the settlements and even a cli settlement activity is not blocked the fact of the of the alloca