instituting dialogue with the opposition claim all sorts of changes and there's a role the in bahrain meanwhile they can do neither grow they continue their torture and they continue to do in continually purely and in bahrain majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the. core out of the royal family which has been in power now for two hundred thirty years mostly. there will be no social views in bahrain in the situation that will continue to get more chaotic the jailed punk band pussy riot is infamous anti putin stunt that had them in the global headlines another potential to cash in on that famous scene battle comments over copyright isikoff an offer has the details. pussy riot the members of the band themselves may be toiling away in hard labor as a result of their anti-crime land protest stunt behind me at that price saver but that hasn't stopped some people from trying to cash in on the pussy riot brand shockingly enough the wife of one of the pussy riot attorneys has applied for a permits to essentially gain ownership of the brand rights in order to

i recently found public rallies has failed to deter protesters in bahrain from taking to the streets of several towns on friday and there have been reports of police brutality towards the anti-government demonstrators and the rest of those documenting the attacks calling cavell former lecturer at the university of bahrain says the unrest in the country's only bound together pays. to jail so no one for voicing their opinion violates freedom of expression that violated any standard of democracy around the world there is no improvement at all except that the regime has learned to play the world media like a violin they claim they support human rights they claim they are instituting dialogue with the opposition they claim all sorts of changes and they are just rosy in bahrain meanwhile they could then either crack down they continue the torture they continue to daily and they continue the killings in bahrain majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population of bahrain or add on it that the royal family which has been in power now for two hundred thirt

doesn't it has been some movement doesn't want bahrain to start talks with the opposition until now washington had been quite right but is it the fact that now maybe finally it is telling its attention to the crackdowns on dissent. it will after the election everything's been on hold here in the united states because the election and the contention between the republican romney and the sitting president barack obama has meant that the taken a backseat but should iraq obama be reelected then i think you will see some movement in the middle eastern kingdoms the situation has been a cut a stalemate now for such a long time people protesting for twenty months despite the riot police and the bans on the on the rallies on this week's latest that the rule is still the show will compromise what is going to be the way i do think only. given the majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population of iraq or out of it the royal family which has been in power now for two hundred thirty years mostly they must abdicate the royal family must leave borrowing other

so it doesn't fit the modus operandi of the reform movement in bahrain this hasn't been done before and also by looking at the victims and the locations it doesn't fit standard terrorist bombing so this just leads us to speculate that other forces might be involved which will detail in a minute now do you think you just said this is the first time we've seen something of this nature do you think the blast could be the first step to radicalizing the unrest taking it to a new level. well if their protest movement was behind the bombings or if a so-called anti-government terrorist operation was beyond actually behind these bombings they would have targeted government facilities police facilities to make more of a statement so this this type of bombing actually looks very similar to. other bombings we've seen in places like syria so one should ask that maybe this is a false flag bombing whereby. parts of the government security agencies or mercenaries hired by them have set off the bomb in order to radicalize the protest movement but also to give the judge government justification for a

dictatorship in bahrain that. they are doing ok the international community will stand still against it will not do anything just two months ago in geneva conference of human rights of united nations hundred seventy six inquiries were shot at the from from all the governments of the world. but unfortunately your king and you did not do anything in this regard the they did not share in putting pressure on these two main countries they can do a lot but they are not july alternately yes we've got thirty seconds your prognosis what you think is going to happen. unless there is a legitimate dialogue between the opposition and the government the situation will go very much worse and it would undermine all the interest of the of the of the world really. has to be done as soon as possible thank you former m.p. from bahrain's largest opposition party of five thanks for your thoughts. the age old war between the rich and the poor was at the open in brussels today where european leaders gather to hammer out a budget deal div

and prayers prevented amid fresh violence in bahrain's dissent and activist explains why he and more than two dozen others have had this is some ship withdraw. hello is kevin owen here at r.t. this very good to have you company if you just joined us rather you're watching around the world our top story the dozens of syrian security offices have reportedly been killed in twin bombings in the country south it's the latest spate of violence in the escalating conflict that's already claimed tens of thousands of lives artie's middle east correspondent paula slee is called the latest for you tonight. now what we understand is that there was an apparent double suicide attack according to activists on the ground the blast went off near a branch of the country's military intelligence in daraa that the explosions were followed by clashes between regime forces and rebels now targets un security institutions have become quite commonplace recently in syria earlier this week there was an attack in the problems of how men are kind of acclaimed responsibility for that attack dozens of a certain eule

there will be no social be in bahrain in the situation that will continue to get more chaotic. political analysts here on trial here believes that unlike other arab countries human rights abuses in bahrain continue to be largely unnoticed in the western world but because our the unfinished segment of the arab spring which is now what we know now to be even thrower. you know there's been a conservative powers in the region as well as the church and the and the west and the principle of tried to completely demolish the voice of the people whom you begin of employ in the us as human rights abuses in madrid so here you have to your mismatch between america's ideals of disposing universal human rights and the reality on the ground here human rights are selectively being enforced and are we used to dr regina political or not given what you have is a regional center which is not allowing free expression and then why is for example city of such a hot spot and money not this is the pollution incident of the whole arab spring not to do and we're not going to overcome these double standar

hundreds of peaceful protesters in bahrain of come under attack riot police firing tear gas the rally was against the recent ban imposed on public gathering same as part of the government's crackdown on reform campaigns a problem of activists spain jail six months for posting a tweet said to insult the king kong develop from a lecture at the university of bahrain tell me things that we know peace until the monarchy leaves. to jail so no one for voicing their opinion violates freedom of expression that violated any standard of democracy around the world there is no improvement at all except that the regime has learned to play the world media like a violin they claim they support human rights they claim they are instituting dialogue with the opposition they claim all sorts of changes and they are just rosy in bahrain meanwhile they could do any of the crackdown they continue the torture they continue to jail and they continue the killings in bahrain majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population of bahrain or add on it the royal family which has b

developing you story tonight from bahrain thousands of shia muslims have been violently stopped from attending friday prayers the police used tear gas as people tried to gather for worship in the capital manama led by a prominent leader of the country's opposition at least one person died during a crackdown police public of a drug that were banned last week to stem the regime protests among the shia population state attempts to suppress dissent have seen up to eighty people killed dozens of arrested since february last year just over these developments tonight we're joined by political analyst patrick henningsen on the line from london hi patrick evening thousands of people stopped from going to friday president mentioned a significant step. you know this is a president it move by the government as you know the. violations have been chalking up left right and center for the last year but what we're seeing now is a real effort to accentuate the division between shia and sunny in this in this country only last week kevin news horrible incident where there was a double bombing in a neig

majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population of bahrain or add on it the royal family which has been in power now for two hundred thirty years muscly they must abdicate otherwise there will be no social be in bahrain and the situation will continue to get more chaotic. but you will find it all. also. all areas of people's. private companies. these are. jailed for their. over their ethics. it's you people are very unpleasant to me both on the outside and only in they filled me with extreme negative emotions so much so that i don't like talking about them but i wouldn't put them in jail if i were a judge just because i don't consider it correct that their punishment was in the form of a custodial sentence they've already spent some time in custody that's actually enough. looking back of course it was a three members of pussy riot being found guilty of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred. prayer and moscow's main orthodox cathedral and they were sentenced to two years jail but one was freed on probation after an appeal and the women do ins

five homemade devices go off in bahrain's capital. havoc and reaping death to bring you one expects opinion and who could profit from further destabilizing a country that's been engulfed in opposition protests for more than twenty months now. and still to come british pm david cameron wants gulf moments in an effort to sell them at one hundred fighter jets shrugging off criticism of abuses and pointing to decades of friendship all this after a short break. usually the police and occupy protesters are like oil and water but in atlanta they've come together to save the house of a former detective jacqueline barber unfortunately ms barber lost a lot of money battling cancer and was facing eviction which she turned to occupy homes for help so far she's managed to stay in her home despite it being sold out from under her feet but the main thing is that her fight to stay in her home has become like a bridge between two groups who are usually at each other's throats the police and occupiers the thing is that cruel economic practices can affe

and out to bahrain where violence against pro-reform which has flared up again police accused of using disproportionate force on the streets and online the king is rulers are going all out to try and destroy the dissent as we report just a bit later here on out. and would seeing a disease that on the label put you off your sneaky snacks in a couple of minutes the backlash of a canadian medics we want to put fear into for. horses and bayonets big bird these are the words of internet legend from the two thousand and twelve presidential debates when a candidate says something dumb or odd to so much fun to make silly pictures like these on the internet whoa whoa he he but the problem is that the person who wins the bait is the one who makes the best argument not he who doesn't make a verbal slip ups people react to these debates like schoolgirls picking prom queen or romney talked about big bird who howard dean scream. gaffes don't matter that much it matters if the idea is the candidates present are effective or not but more importantly it matters if they will actually do them if a future

majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population of bahrain or out of the royal family which has been in power now for two hundred thirty years mostly they most of the other was there will be no social feat in bahrain in the situation that will continue to get more chaotic. just three days to go until election day in the united states both mitt romney and barack obama have turned their election campaigns into high gear racing from rally to rally both working to break their stalemate in the latest polls something neither the debates nor the recent hurricanes been able to do here's artie's honest r.c. church with more on the homestretch. the blame game in full swing why didn't you call me when you're working on this thing finger pointing p did make it worse mocking he even called it marvelous which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget a tax this president's a lightweight we've all agreed that families are off limits dogs are apparently fair game what you're seeing is them finally rising up to the level of professional

hundreds of peaceful protesters in bahrain of come under attack from riot police firing tear gas they were rallying against the recently imposed ban on public gatherings seen as part of the government's crackdown on reform campaigns a prominent activist been jailed to six months for posting a tweet said to insult the king collin cavell a former lecturer at the university of bahrain things they'll be no peace until the monarchy claims. to jail someone for voicing their opinion but only freedom of expression violated any standard of the monstrously around the world there is no improvement at all except that the regime is learning to play the world media like a violin and they claim they support human rights they claim instituting dialogue with the opposition they claim all sorts of changes and that their anger doesn't really in bahrain meanwhile they can do neither crackdown they continue the torture and they continue to do and they continue the killings in bahrain majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population of bahrain or out of it the royal fa

and prevented amid fresh violence in bahrain. an activist explains why he more than two dozen others have had their citizenship withdrawn. alone a very good evening from moscow if you just joined kevin owen here at r.t. tonight dozens of syrian security officers have reportedly been killed in twin bombings in the country south today it's the latest spate of violence in the escalating conflict there is already claimed tens of thousands of lives artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer has the latest. now what we understand is that there was an apparent double suicide attack according to activists on the ground the blast went off near a branch of the country's military intelligence in daraa that the explosions were followed by clashes between regime forces and rebels now targets and security institutions have become quite commonplace recently in syria earlier this week there was an attack in the problems of how men are kind of acclaimed responsibility for that attack dozens of a seven euless were killed while this violence is

very simple these are client states of the united states bahrain as is the u.s. fifth fleet the navy kuwait as we all know the role that it played in both wars against iraq kuwait is very much dependent on saudi arabia and the united states and so all of this is part of a geo political calculus of the us hegemony us does not want to see its control over the region slip away by something as piddling as the democratic aspirations of the people that look the region so with that western support there's no way we will see any change in the people really want and those countries. the only way that you'll see it is by. mass movements that develop in the streets they can actually bring down these governments the marquis's they control saudi arabia and some but the other gulf kingdoms these are very tenuous their control their hold on power rather is very tenuous they do not enjoy support of the vast majority of the people but rather they enjoy the support of those groups within those countries that benefit from that however the sheep in a minority in the provinces of sau

and prayers prevented amid fresh violence in bahrain is dissent an activist explains why he and more than two dozen others have had their citizenship with. a very good evening it's kevin over here live with the latest news from r.t. this hour and first dozens of syrian security officers have reportedly been killed in twin bombings in the country south today it's the latest spate of violence in the escalating conflict of soul ready claimed tens of thousands of lives middle east correspondent paula slee is got the latest for you. now what we understand is that there was an apparent double suicide attack according to activists on the ground the blast went off near a branch of the country's military intelligence in daraa that the explosions were followed by clashes between regime forces and rebels now targets and security institutions have become quite commonplace recently in syria earlier this week there was an attack in the problems of how men are kind of a critter claimed responsibility for that attack dozens of a seven euless were killed while this violence is happening in syria the

majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population of bahrain or out of the royal family which has been in power now for two hundred thirty it is mostly they must have the other was there will be no social feat in bahrain in the situation that will continue to get more chaotic just three days to go until election day in the united states both bitter mitt romney and barack obama have take their election campaigns into overdrive racing from rallied around the both working to break their stalemate in the latest polls something that of the debates nor the recent kirkyard hurricane have been able to do here's artie's honest r.c. church on the home stretch. the blame game in full swing why didn't you call me when you're working on this thing finger pointing p did make it worse mocking he even called it marvelous which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget a tax this president's a lightweight we've all agreed that families are off limits dogs are apparently fair game what you're seeing is them finally rising up to the level o

from a lecture at the university of bahrain he thinks they'll be no peace until the monarchy leaves. to jail someone for voicing their opinion by way. of expression violates any standard of democracy around the world there is no improvement at all except that the regime has learned to play the world media like . they claim they support human rights they claim they are instituting dialogue with the opposition they claim all sorts of changes and their answer doesn't roll the in bahrain i mean why are they going to do any of the great down they continue the torture and they continue to dearly and they continue the killings in bahrain majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population. or out of the royal family which has been in power now for two hundred thirty years mostly they most out of thinking there will be no soldier will be in bahrain in the situation that will continue to get more a hero bahrain's long running unrest is not documented on many news sites but you will find it on our side our t. dog kong to the f.b.i. planning to get all access

the government of bahrain calls on a new force to crackdown on those seeking reform for bahrain m.p. explains how the king of the country deals with those who dare to speak out against the government soft break. recently protests and demonstrations of any kind were banned until further notice and buck rein a curfew as in you can't go out of your home when the government doesn't want you to has already been in effect in the country since two thousand and eleven many of the protests which are now totally forbidden were related to members of the public demanding the release of political prisoners four people were also recently arrested for insulting the king over twitter wow a middle eastern country that has totally shut down any form of protest and hud's you down if you tweet about the leadership so it's pretty undemocratic to me and that nato is already fueling up ready to take action some freedom into warmer eight well not really if nato really cared about spreading democracy you'd think they'd be more consistent with their targets but that's just my opinion. you know sometimes you s

friday prayers have become a police operation in bahrain we're reporting on that soon the sunni rule is blocking thousands of shia muslims from weekly worship we get a lot of analysis of the old going he said terry and political unrest there. also libya's big market is it too results ball these days but later we hear how travel agents are being accused of copying western media silence on its own stories and details to you after this break. usually the police and occupy protesters are like oil and water but in atlanta they've come together to save the house of a former detective jacqueline barber unfortunately ms barber lost a lot of money battling cancer and was facing eviction which she turned to occupy homes for help so far she's managed to stay in her home despite it being sold out from under her feet but the main thing is that her fight to stay in her home has become like a bridge between two groups who are usually at each other's throats the police and occupiers the thing is that cruel economic practices can affect us all even retired police like ms barber i know there are some

and prayer is prevented amid fresh violence in bahrain's dissent an activist explains why he and more than two dozen others had this citizenship withdrawn. hello a very good evening she futures choice kevin zero in here at r.t. tonight with the top stories for you and first dozens of syrian security officers have reportedly been killed in twin bombings in the country south it's the latest spate of violence in the escalating conflict that's already claimed tens of thousands of lives artie's middle east correspondent paula slee is called the latest. now what we understand is that there was an apparent double suicide attack according to activists on the ground the blast went off near a branch of the country's military intelligence in daraa that the explosions were followed by clashes between regime forces and rebels now targets un security institutions have become quite commonplace recently in syria earlier this week there was an attack in the problems of how men are kind of a claimed responsibility for that attack dozens of us were killed while this violence is happening in syria the sy

violence is continuing on the streets of bahrain's capital manama national guard troops have been sent to support police in their battle against protesters in an attempt to stop the rising political unrest the latest wave of protests started on friday after security forces used tear gas against thousands of shiite worshipers trying to reach a mosque for prayers a sixteen year old boy was killed in a traffic incident during the clashes but the fresh wave of violence returned during his funeral on saturday public gatherings were banned last week to quell the two years of ongoing anti-government actions here political analyst patrick pattinson says the west's or the ruling families attempt to get the voice of the opposition. well if you look at you know william hague and quit hillary clinton gallivanting around with the friends of syria meetings accusing the assad government of crimes against humanity you only have to look at bahrain to look at a litany of crimes there revoking nationality of protesters right now they're they blaming the latest bombing on hezbollah as if it's hizbollah ha

majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population of bahrain or out of it the royal family which has been in power now for two hundred thirty years mostly they must abdicate of was there will be no social be in bahrain and the situation will continue to get more chaotic. i reported and the british media says the u.k. is on standby to sand warplanes to the persian gulf the initiative which aims to boost the british presence and the turbulent region comes after talks with the united arab emirates where the jets are expected to be stationed but given israel's persistent calls on its western partners to attack iran's nuclear facilities a move such as london's is bound to destabilize the situation in the region says anti-war activist john riis. this is not the first report we've had all western increased deployments in the area there have been a whole spate of them in recent weeks and months which all point in the same direction of increased u.s. british and other western nations deploying a great deal more than the normal commitment to the gulf area n

more of big news stories from us for the past seven days now bahrain's largest opposition group says hopes are fading for any breakthrough dialogue go kingdoms deepening crisis witness fresh clashes this last week with authorities deploying its paramilitary national guard back police in their battle against protesters the latest wave of protests began friday security forces tear gassed thousands of worshippers who tried to reach their mosques for prayers the teenager was killed in a traffic incident during those clashes and then there was more violence during his funeral on saturday thirty. don't public gatherings last week to try to quell many two years of anti-government actions i spoke to geo political analyst patrick henningsen told me western nations are helping the monarchy gag the opposition. if you look at you know what you mean hagan quit hillary clinton gallivanting around with the friends of syria meetings accusing the assad government of crimes against humanity you only have to look at bahrain to look at a litany of crimes there revoking nationality of protesters right no

the first wave of at least five explosions a swept bahrain's capital manama the bombs which exploded in different parts of the city were all homemade and these two people killed in what the government say were terrorist attacks comes amid the kind of regular pro-forma position marches and often end up with riot police resorting to violence to a political analyst from the u.k. economy website patrick police the monarchy will use these attacks as a pretext to suppress opposition and that. it doesn't fit the modus operandi of the reform movement in bahrain says and been done before and also by looking at the victims and the locations it doesn't fit standard terrorist bombings so the government is the one who's benefiting from these blasts and not the protest movement one should ask that maybe this is a false flag bombing whereby. parts of the government security agencies or mercenaries hired by them have set off the bomb in order to radicalize the protest movement but also to give the government. justification for a heavy crackdown against pro reform movements in bahrain uprisings in pl

violence against pro-reform is flares again in bahrain police accused of a disproportionate response on the streets and online the kingdom's root is it going to destroy the dissent the report on that veto a very shortly tonight also would seeing at this season on the label put you off your sneaky snacks well in a couple of minutes time the report of the backlash over canadian medics who want to put fear into food. horses and bayonets big bird these are the words of internet legend from the two thousand and twelve presidential debates when a candidate says something dumb or odd to disown watch fun to make silly pictures like these on the internet whoa whoa he but the problem is that the person who wins the bait is the one who makes the best argument not he who doesn't make a verbal slip ups people react to these debates like schoolgirls picking prom queen or rummy talked about big bird who howard dean scream. gaffes don't matter that much it matters if the ideas the candidates present are effective or not but more importantly it matters if they will actually do them if a future can't

an activist in bahrain's been sentenced to six months in jail for insulting the gulf nations king on twitter three other people are awaiting verdicts on similar charges next week to me while anti regime rallies are continuing despite shoes days ban on public gatherings move the sport harsh criticism from the u.n. in the u.s. but colin cavell as a former lecturer at the university of bahrain he told me the monarchy is unlikely to listen on the left to jail someone for voicing their opinion violate the rule of expression it violates any standard of democracy around the world there is no improvement at all except that the regime has learned to play the world media like a violin and they claim they support human rights they claim that instituting dialogue with the opposition they claim all sorts of changes are just rosy in bahrain meanwhile they continue the crackdown they continue the torture they continue to jail and they continue to kill even bahrain majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population of iraq or out of it the royal family which is po

news continues now wave of at least five explosions a sweat bahrain's capital manama the bombs which exploded in different parts of the city were all homemade at least two people were killed in what the government says were terrorist attacks it comes amid the kind of reform opposition marches that often end up with police resorting to violence well for deeper insight into the story i'm not joined by. keys and official from bahrain's largest opposition party well the government has been quick to blame the terrorists some would say suspiciously. should we be skeptical about these claims. well first start we're clear on the notion turner sort of finance we are against violence on the part and this is not a lot of them especially when it comes to a plus let me answer your question so if you're going to minister just has said that there is not dialogue. there is no dialogue while there is violence which i think capsulated and put big question why this relation from six weeks now from the secu it is starting to creep well people. and know that very quickly that he is saying this some are n

majority overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population of bahrain or add on it the royal family which has been in power now for two hundred thirty years muscly they must abdicate other was there will be no social be in bahrain and the situation we're continuing to get more chaotic. so i have for this hour here on our shocking to a healthier lifestyle we reveal one radical approach to turning people off junk food with the help of deadly diseases. like any a pharmaceutical company is shedding light on the cheap jurors ignored by the big money hungry corporations. the fifteen goats. to. kilograms of roaches one thousand flatbreads. but one is the bride in a bad mood. to tell the group the long. room is a done deal. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom hardy welcome to the big picture. i'm in sochi the only city in europe i'm the host of the twenty fourteen winter the tri

and prayers prevented this amid fresh violence in bahrain's dissent clampdown and activists that explains why he and more than two dozen others have had their citizenship withdrawn. good evening world news live from our moscow headquarters the watching r t with me lucy catherine of well dozens of syrian security officers have reportedly been killed in twin bombings in the country's south it's the latest spate of violence in the escalating conflict which has already claimed tens of thousands of lives archies middle east correspondent polis leader has more. now what we understand is that there was an apparent double suicide attack according to activists on the ground the blast went off near a branch of the country's military intelligence in daraa and the explosions were followed by clashes between regime forces and rebels now targets un security institutions have become quite commonplace recently in syria earlier this week there was an attack in the province of how men are kind of a claimed responsibility for that attack dozens of a set the oilers were killed while this violence is happenin

last for bahrain and exile explains how the country's leadership deals with dissent all that's coming up after the break. recently protests and demonstrations of any kind were banned until further notice and by crane a curfew as in you can't go out of your home when the government doesn't want you to has already been in effect in the country since two thousand and eleven many of the protests which are now totally forbidden were related to members of the public demanding the release of political prisoners four people were also recently arrested for insulting the king over twitter wow a middle eastern country that has totally shut down any form of protest and hugs you down if you tweet about the leadership so it's pretty undemocratic to me i think nato is already fueling up ready to take action and some freedom into warmer right not really if nato really cared about spreading democracy you'd think they'd be more consistent with their targets but that's just my opinion. i mean so the only city in europe on the coasts of the twenty fourteen would through the pick a. thank you. thank you.

bahrain has deployed paramilitary forces against protesters as a fresh wave of anti-government rallies hits the capital the troops were sent to back up police in the tent to quell the rising political violence that when they it's a series of protests began on friday after security forces tear gas thousands of worshippers were trying to reach a mosque as a sixteen year old boy was killed in a traffic incident during clampdown but there was renewed violence at his funeral on saturday public gatherings were banned last week in the most two years of unfair and inspirations. since the citizenship then to protest is one such activist explained why twenty. we had very strong position against corruption against. the budget of the country how is being manipulated with the favor of the ruling family and do we put them in a standing question this first on the history of bahrain a position wanted to question the ruling family ministers when the uprising started fourteen february we founded that more killing is started by the government. our position was to be with the people what they demanded pea

friday prayers and the violence in bahrain with police firing tear gas at opposition troubling to make their voices heard and i'm going to take government protest. this is our take going to live from moscow with mayor ian joshie of the free syrian army the made armed opposition group in the country has threatened president assad he would follow the fate of levy is the leader moammar gadhafi this aspect shot alas it said in his exclusive interview with r.t. he has no plans to leave syria father masri the head of the f.s.a. media department who is listening to the words of the president says it is doomed. in his statement to your channel he said he would not leave syria we know this very well because he will not be able to leave syria he and his people will not money to leave the country the free syrian army will not let him do this he will not get out of syria long enough you'll be lucky if he meets the same fate as more gadhafi. now the western backed syrian opposition is still locked in talks over the creation of a unified group to forge a broader alliance against the government the s

a former bahrain m.p. in exile explains how the country's leadership deals with dissent and that's coming up after the break. recently protests and demonstrations of any kind were banned until further notice and buck reign a curfew as in you can't go out of your home when the government doesn't want you to has already been in effect in the country since two thousand and eleven many of the protests which are now totally forbidden were related to members of the public demanding the release of political prisoners four people were also recently arrested for insulting the king over twitter wow a middle eastern country that has totally shut down any form of protest and hud's you down if you tweet about the leadership so it's pretty undemocratic to me i think nato is already fueling up ready to take action and bomb some freedom into warmer eight well not really if nato really cared about spreading democracy you'd think they'd be more consistent with their targets but that's just my opinion. more news today violen

at least five explosions this went bahrain's capital manama the bombs which exploded in different parts of the city were homemade at least two people were killed in what the government terrorist attacks it comes in with the kind of regular proof opposition. does that often end up with rudd police resorting to violence champignons from the u.k. call them website patrick henningsen but he's the money he will use these attacks as a pretext to suppress opposition to let them on that it doesn't fit the modus operandi of the reform movement in bahrain this hasn't been done before and also by looking at the victims and the locations it doesn't fit standard terrorist bombing so the government is the one who's benefiting from these blasts and not the protest movement one should ask that maybe this is a false flag bombing whereby. parts of the government security agencies or mercenaries hired by them have set off the bomb in order to radicalize the protest movement but also to give the judge government justification for a heavy crackdown against pro reform movements in bahrain uprisings in places

bahrain looks set for more protest rallies as we report a little later on the program the country's main opposition group ballsy to fly a government to ban on public gatherings to spite a crackdown by police and accusations of torture. and anger in the welsh valleys as locals expressed concern at the nearby testing of britain's costly drones knowing that the machines could be sent to kill abroad of those details just ahead. this week the president of egypt signed a decree granting him sweeping new powers that sparked mass protest and split the country security forces have fired tear gas to disperse angry demonstrators in cairo with morsi as opponents and supporters calling for more strikes egypt's judges have accused the president of stripping them of their authority now the opposition says that it will continue with the sit in it off where square pledging to fight what it calls the islamic leaders power grab more civil has defended the new decree is saying that he was leading the country on the path to freedom and democracy lawrence freedman from the executive intelligence review magazi

friday prayers and then violence in bahrain with police firing tear gas and opposition activists struggling to make their voices heard in ongoing anti-government protests. in washington to live from moscow with me marina joshua the free syrian army the main armed opposition group in the country has threatened president acids he would follow the fate of libya's leader moammar gadhafi this as bashar assad said in his exclusive interview with r.t. he has no plans to leave syria final masry to have the f.c.a. media department whose listen to the words of the president says it is due to. me that it in his statement to you will channel he said he would not leave syria we know this very well because he will not be able to leave syria he and his people not money to leave the country the free syrian army will not let him do this he will not get out of syria long enough you'll be lucky if you reach the same fate as . now the western backed syrian opposition is still locked in talks over the creation of a unified group to forge a broader alliance against the government the syrian national council vyin

so all rajab he's going to have his appeal denied next week by the the all talk or see in bahrain so you know the euro loves bahrain and they go down there for loads of money and their country formula one grand prix every year and loads of oil coming out of that country there's absolutely zero chance of any democratic reform in this country and this is a country that absolutely needs it washington and london have more or less given the boot the go ahead for the bahraini role family in that and that government talk received to really go hard and fast and drop the hammer down on any pro reform movements and that's exactly what we've seen. several high ranking russian officials were sacked this last week in the wake of corruption allegations shaking the country's military the defense minister his first deputy and joint chiefs of staff were forced out of the ministry was drawn into a scandal over allegedly selling assets at well below market value and it's not just there russia's space industry is also improved in a corruption scandal these days a government backed probes underway into a

the opposition in bahrain has. valid to resume peaceful street protests an order to fire ban on public gatherings which was imposed last month the ruling family had claimed their structure which sparked criticism from abroad when necessary in order to restore order now the uprising in bahrain has been ongoing for some eighteen months with shiites calling for more fights and democratic reforms from the sunni regime on wednesday a court sentenced twenty three medics to three months in prison for treating injured protesters and partaking in the rally is a un team is set to arrive in bahrain next week and are to assess progress towards its promised reforms now and that is a follow up on a similar mission last year all this comes after a report by leading human rights group which found that torture and oppression were on the rise in a country. where we have that actually the situation is much more spending months ago it's really the terrier eighteen we're talking about at least twenty four people being killed after they

so you know the europe loves bahrain they go down there for loads of money in their country formula one grand prix every year and loads of oil coming out of the country there's absolutely zero chance of any democratic reform in this country and this is a country that absolutely needs it washington and london have more or less given the big the go ahead for the bahraini roll family and that and that government that autocracy to really go hard and fast and drop the hammer down on any pro reform movements and that's exactly what we've seen. iraq's the fans minister denies the country has cancelled a four billion dollar arms deal with russia a report on saturday suggested baghdad pulled the contract but the minister says the sale has been put under review amid concerns of internal corruption government and business consultant chris forceful sastre complications are a sign of pressure from washington if this deal head to gone through that would have meant for the iraqi people kind of you know starting a balanced situation of the evening east and west so this. would be healthy for the ira

international so author of this most recent report on human rights abuses in bahrain thank you. the might be no escape from the biting cold this winter for millions of united kingdom residents soaring energy prices looks at the drug war more people in the so-called fuel poverty within women stay warm and extra blanket that is the recent reports. it's a bitter winter's day in london and inside this plot it's not much warmer single mother of four julie has only one thing on her mind as the cold bites how is she going to pay her ever rising energy bill i decided to take few libel from the ceiling and i only use one in my room it's only sitting among my you just one like trying to cut down. off the bill next time but in regard to bill. we spoke to julie last winter when she was already struggling and we've come back to see how she'll face this year's even bigger challenge five of the six big energy companies have announced price rises of around ten percent according to use which whose business it is to help people reduce their bills it will drive more into an increasingly common for

there will be no social be in bahrain in the situation that will continue to get more clear out. bahrain's long running a rest is not documented on many new sites but you will find it on ars r.t. dot com our website also there as well the f.b.i. has plans to get an access all area pass to people's emails and see the stumbling block a judge now ordering the agency to explain its world wide plan and the spying plans indeed we should force private companies to tailor the technology apparently to make surveillance easier scary stories online from us r.t. dot com also there as well as passports of perfect behavior what's this well tell you it's a plan to get russians to take an etiquette test before going abroad or have a nexus in the maid's edition of prime time on r.t. dot com. morning's today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from the streets of canada. showing operations are old today. russian prime minister to be preventive says the pussy riot punk band should not have been jailed for the moscow cathedral stunt but he has expressed his condemnation of their

loss for bahrain and he and exxon explains how the country's leadership deals with dissent all that's coming up after the break. usually the police and occupy protesters are like oil and water but in atlanta they've come together to save the house of a former detective jacqueline barber unfortunately ms barber lost a lot of money battling cancer and was facing eviction which she turned to occupy homes for help so far she's managed to stay in her home despite it being sold out from under her feet but the main thing is that her fight to stay in her home has become like a bridge between two groups who are usually at each other's throats the police and occupiers the thing is that cruel economic practices can affect us all even retired police like ms barber i know there are some irresponsible people who buy things they can't pay for and here the police have to do something about them but they shouldn't throw you out of your home that you've paid for for years just for getting cancer no one should have to live with the constant fear that their home will be taken away after years and years o

deaths in bahrain as five homemade devices go off in the kingdom's capital manama further rocking a country that's been engulfed in opposition protests for more than twenty months now and. greece is set for a week's freeze as workers across the board take off strikes against austerity while lawmakers vote on a new cards to satisfy international lenders. and moscow lashes out at the arab and western partners it accuses of for if you willingly bloody syrian war instead of encouraging talks. thank you for joining our t.v. this monday live with me karen tara almost thirty million americans have already cast their votes for president curing for hours at early polling stations across the country although too soon to tell which way the vote is swinging barack obama and mitt romney are locked together according to most polls but lost in the rivalry between republican and democrat are the alternatives that many americans have been pining for. here it is the venue for the next presidential debate with the alternative candidates in this election our studio in washington d.c. though it's not very big a

and prayer is prevented i mean fresh violence in bahrain's dissent and activist explains why he and more than two dozen others have as their citizenship withdrawn i speak to. so very good morning from moscow it's kevin know any of this with the top stories from dozens of syrian security officers have reportedly been killed in twin bombings in the country south is the latest spate of violence in the escalating conflict that's already claimed tens of thousands of lives he's middle east correspondent paula has got the latest for you. now what we understand is that there was an apparent double suicide attack according to activists on the ground the blast went off near a branch of the country's military intelligence in daraa that the explosions were followed by clashes between regime forces and rebels now targets and security institutions have become quite commonplace recently in syria earlier this week there was an attack in the province of how men are kind of a cluster claimed responsibility for that attack dozens of a seven euless but were killed while this violence is happening in syria t

so you know the europe's loves bahrain they go down there for loads of money in that country formula one grand prix every year and loads of oil coming out of the country there's absolutely zero chance of any democratic reform in this country and this is a country that absolutely needs it washington and london have more or less given the boot the go ahead for the bahraini roll family and that and that government that autocracy to really go hard and fast and drop the hammer down on any pro reform movements and that's exactly what we've seen dadley and dangerous feared for its effect of this week's pour of the secrets behind the caution of assault rifle up next here on our team. download the official ati application so far choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from atsushi now t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time.

so no bill rajab he's going to have his appeal denied next week by the the all talk we see in bahrain so you know the euro is loved by rare they go down there for loads of money in their country formula one grand prix every year and loads of oil coming out of that country there's absolutely zero chance of any democratic reform in this country and this is a country that absolutely needs it washington and london have more or less given the big the go ahead for the bahraini roll family and that and that government that autocracy to really go hard and fast and drop the hammer down on any pro reform movements and that's exactly what we've seen several high ranking russian officials were sucked out this week in the wake of corruption allegations that are shaking the country's military the defense minister his first deputy and joint chief of staff were forced out after the ministry was drawn into a scandal over allegedly selling assets at well below market value and it's not just their russia space industry is also including a corruption scandal a government backed government backed code is

earlier this week bahrain issued some very alarming legislation that you may have missed but it's the video election frenzy about raney government just banned all protests and rallies centrally squashing dissent according to the country's interior minister thirty's were prompted to do this in order to maintain security and the island nation. and quell the violations committed by protesters bahrain is no stranger to violations itself in fact it's a well documented violator of human rights but somehow this information is not quite making headline news in the mainstream when u.s. foreign policy flags human rights abuses in countries like syria or egypt and makes one wonder why we condemn one country yet ignore another so what could these u.s. double standards mean for already tense us middle east relationship to help me break this all down and more i'm joined by our to arabic correspondent reba. dia thank you so much for coming on thank you for having me so what do you think about this recent banning of protests in bahrain and why are we hearing about this well i would say that this is n

at the moment isn't even being considered seriously by washington partners of peaceful protesters in bahrain have come under attack from riot police firing tear gas they were rallying against the recently imposed ban on public gatherings seen as part of the government's crackdown on reform campaigns a prominent activist has been jailed to six months for posting a tweet said to insult the king column cavell a former lecturer at the university of bahrain thinks they'll be no peace until the monarchy leaves. to jail someone for voicing their opinion. of expression violated any standards of democracy around the world there is no improvement at all except that the regime is learning to play the world media like oh no they claim they support human rights they claim instituting dialogue with the opposition they claim all sorts of changes are just rosy and meanwhile they can do any of the crackdown they continue the torture and they continue to do and they continue the killings in bahrain and we do already overwhelming majority of the population over three quarters of the population. or out of the r