it's time to. go. to. the market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy there's a report on our. washington news no ships and troops close this in libya there's growing concern the u.s. and the u.k. could lead a military intervention in the country. in the power of p.r. is revolt pools in the middle east and north africa in sports or spin doctors being recruits its own way the plugs. out as america's top diplomat hillary clinton campaigns for funds are missing america's news in the media war we look at the u.s. as cards spending the cash washington's message.

and i was well can see this is all to see life from moscow now there's increasing speculation the u.s. and u.k. could intervene in libya with the use of force president obama said he's keeping all options open and is ready to act if the crisis deepens washington has already increased its minute your presence in the region still has more of a situation. the u.s. has already sent walsh have reached the mediterranean and are making their way towards libya we're hearing that four hundred u.s. soldiers are in the mediterranean right now ready to board these warships at the same time the british prime minister david cameron calling for a no fly zone there are many other an international community who are against this

including the arab league as well as russia and they say that it creates an aria where you have to have some kind of short term solution being put on the table but no long term prognosis in terms of how this will play out we are hearing the same from locals here they are against any kind of international intervention with opposition leaders saying as much they say that it will spread the conflict it will undermine the democratic movement and at the same time we're hearing that a no fly zone will involve military attacks on libya's air defenses now and this was done in other countries such as iraq and there it proved that it is unlikely to hold the regime's helicopter and ground operations of anything it runs the risk of expanding the violence here as gadhafi will then have the justification he needs to merely step up his fighting and his campaigns against people who oppose him there was renewed fighting between government troops loyal to leader moammar gadhafi as

well as opposition forces according to residents and eyewitness reports they were named airstrikes in the town of brega the town was briefly taken over by government forces before and what we hear it is firmly back in the hands of the rebels it is not mean two weeks of violence and moammar gadhafi is losing control over the eastern half of his country that he has vowed to stay in power and continue fighting. well washington's also not ruling out the idea of establishing an a fly zone over libya which is proposed by its nature alley you cagle just recently the pentagon said such a move would be an act of war as it requires the bombing of libya's air defenses in germany for the stop the war coalition says the country is considering intervention in libya should learn from their previous mistakes and stay away from the region i think the international community should actually keep well away from what is going on in the middle east the people of the region in tunis here in egypt in bahrain

and all these places have shown with great courage exactly how you do get rid of it and they have to be allowed to do this in libya but the international community after all of the people who sat. right saw the very people who sold. arms and weapons which he's now using against his own people and it's simply a fact that you cannot trust them to intervene we've already seen in iraq we've already seen in afghanistan the terrible mess the americans and the british have made and they really should not be even thinking about trying to intervene in any way here. you know with all t.'s deal to come in the program losing ground it's that means of dollars unlike eighty two u.s. media abroad of being conned him out of getting the message across.

resume away three younger kilometers north of moscow show you how one of russia's all of the world is keeping up with the twenty first century. now when it comes to revamping a damaged image is the weapon of mass distraction whether it's a bloody dictator or a shady business that they will turn to certain companies to help polish away the solid reputation there's all these emmets reports there's no such thing as the money. the influence of p.r. companies in distorting the truth is well known in hollywood movie wag the dog a p.r. agent engine is a war to distract from the president's philandering. to show the world it's a country. and sometimes truth is stranger and much more damaging than fiction spin has been crucial in middle eastern politics for many many years i mean spin is what took britain into the iraq war for example

. headlines about weapons of mass destruction and in forty five minutes p.r. industry experts reckon the majority of the arab states in turmoil bahrain egypt libya have some kind of representation in a london p.r. firm and the reason they come here and regulation while in the u.s. if a p.r. company takes on a foreign government it has to register the fact that the department of justice in the u.k. does no such. if you're a foreign government getting the representation in london you know further than that cultivates in the building behind me although very cagey about who its clients are is believed to represent the club with the bahrain belive reduced and exiled russian tycoon bodies but it's going to be the fact it's also been writing together this in recent days on behalf of the member of the libyan royal family and it's all based certainly representing government elsewhere in the region bellport injured declined to give us an interview for this story but they've assured r.t.

in the past that p.r. can influence questionable regimes for the better a country frequently modify. its actions and its policies in order to three. sometimes. looking to improve. but that doesn't always happen libya for one has used its p.r. machine before with misleading results in one thousand nine hundred five u.k. based. our agency was paid four million pounds to try and subvert the evidence that pointed towards libyan involvement in the lockerbie case and this is what has led to all sorts of alternative theories about lockerbie although of course all the evidence to point to the fact that al macgraw in female were actually responsible so you know how to play by these these rules they know how to play the game and it's transparency that's lacking in the u.k. p.r. information appears in the media but people have no idea who put it there and the

only way one can be really sure about all the information that will be bombarded with on a daily basis is where does it come from and is that person partial or impartial in that way we get a much clearer idea of what it is that we're being told although there is a new body in the u.k. designed to regulate the p.r. industry declaring clients is still voluntary london's soho is the heart of the p.r. industry in the capital where images of burnished and the un palatable becomes palatable to london's top p.r. firms are known to be working on declared to some of the world's most unpopular regimes but their expertise could be being used to shape the future political landscape of a vulnerable region nor am its r.t. london. america is losing the war of words to new players r.t. being one of the u.s. top diplomat hillary clinton has lamented that foreign english language media is posing homegrown news networks to shame she's asked congress for more castro's

america's agenda brought him forward investigates where the money is actually going . since one thousand nine hundred forty two the u.s. has broadcasted its culture and politics around the world. out there with the full weight. transmitting in over fifty languages to the tune of seven hundred forty five point five million dollars per year but what happens when people just start tuning out more and more u.s. funded media outlets designed to promote america's image abroad our channels in search of an audience but taxpayers are still footing the bill and. america has sunk one billion dollars into alberta and arabic language news network author and professor bill see this is the network's model is stuck in the past when american news was welcomed by some competition in. the arab world dominated by

zero zero. that there really is an audience outside of iraq. fifty three percent watch al-jazeera only half a percent of arab you are but florida which is broadcast from suburban springfield virginia its credibility and arab audience for the most or wants to hear about themselves from other arabs critics say that from day one there was a major disconnect executives who didn't speak arabic staffing the network with lebanese christians to broadcast to its overwhelmingly muslim audience. and it audience that associates the channel with the u.s. the architects of the iraq war should a new television service will begin providing reliable news and information across the region and supporter of unpopular and repressive regimes throughout the middle east but even now what has small viewership is a lofty goal for another u.s.

network david martin would receive. this they were. able to settle for. for twenty six years and gave a mighty have fallen on deaf ears in cuba says cuban journalist my lean alone so champ. it's hard to talk about the impact of radio and t.v. marti because on television it's not seen on the radio it's practically unheard and on top of that in cuba the signal is jammed congressional reports point out the miami based channels quote failure over many years to adhere to generally accepted journalistic standards i'm good at what i'm are talking about a radio show that tells people to go and kill cuban leaders from the point of view of journalistic ethics it's very troubling and i may have had a fifteen million dollars budget in two thousand and eight to pay cuban dissidents on the island as its reporters and fuel in fly to gulf stream planes that circled violent to broadcast t.v. marti and the u.s. isn't just paying for news u.s. state department dollars also finance eagle four and afghan police drama former

marine jake deliberate says shows like this send a subconscious message to support the military support the police force in this sort of thing and in many ways it does on a broad scale with twenty four thirty here in the united states ten years into the u.s. war in afghanistan deliberate though says forty five percent of the media is run by rupert murdoch's news corp. creators of twenty four as series designed to drum up support for the war on terror in the u.s. twenty four was also created to support the doctrine of torture much of much of eagle force propaganda inside of afghanistan is trying to mimic that trying to say that confronting insurgents and confronting terrorists and what. is a good thing and afghans who support what's on screen in afghanistan contrasts with the reality off screen with little sign of afghan support with

a staggering one point four trillion dollar deficit at home and propose cuts in everything from medicaid to education. so merican they're saying that the u.s. should switch out of international broadcasting and let the rest of the world watch what they would be watching anyway and for our t. washington d.c. . or for our top stories blogs analysis videos do log onto our web site allison dot com he's just a taste of what's online for you right now just drops in on suspicion because of privilege and america's list of community based f.b.i. agents on spying on bush it's. the second prototype of the future of russia's fighter jet program rules and tonight it was some of the most involved see your legs on the planet more about as up to date flying machine on our web site and . now they may soon be going where few have gone before but the now the new place they're heading is actually a school the next crews of the international space station are today sitting down

for it sounds to make sure they're fully prepared let's get more on this now with that in a good. system for us in moscow you know what i guess if you're heading into space the questions are going to be a little harder than simple mass of geography so what are they actually. well as a matter of fact today is like i said today is a rather big day sensually it's the day our final exams for the next crew off for the next mission to the international space station now there are two crews which are taking part in the training or in the final examinations our one main crew you can see them they will be wearing the blue outfits and. also there is the back up crew and now both of these crews will have to undergo examinations on the training modules all of this so use. of this so use aircraft which will take them into orbit and also on the training more module of the international space station the exams

will last for two days because when arts and each team contains two cosmonauts and one astronauts the teams will be graded in a five grade scale with high with five being the highest grade the examinations will essentially are focused on the situations which they will they will be undergoing at orbitz and on the way to the orbit they will have to pick out of three options. they will be dealing not just with the spender procedures but also with emergency procedures so basically these crews will have to be prepared for anything that may go wrong in space or on route to the international space station what's when they gave their press conferences just before the training started this they did say that they're absolutely certain everything will go as planned because after all they have been training together for the last two years and they are physically and mentally prepared to spend the next half or six months up in the

orbit working at the international space station where when or if they pass with flying colors today what's next for these explorers. well the launch date is set for the thirtieth of march and that will it will be no ordinary no ordinary launch of course no launch where the one when met are going up to space could be called anything ordinary at but this particular time it will be held on the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned flight into space as a matter of fact be so use to me to one module which will be going which will be taking the cosmonauts to the orbitz is named after yuri gagarin and the everything which will be taking place on the thirtieth of march will also be concentrated on the anniversary of the garden's first flight and of course the crews are very excited about it they said it's a great honor for them to be flying into orbit on the fiftieth anniversary of the

first flight and they're really looking forward to it and like i said they're prepared and very very roaring am ready to go. and many updates hasi that in the good news give our reporting. ok brief. get some other international headlines a retired f.b.i. agent disappeared in iran four years ago is alive and being held in southwest asia according to the u.s. state department robert levinson disappeared during a business trip in march two thousand and seven while staying on the island of kish where the u.s. is asked around to make a humanitarian effort to return him safely to his family iran however has a piece of being denied any knowledge of what happened to him. the u.n. security council has worn civil war could return to ivory coast after months of political deadlock and his son or daughter is internationally recognized as the winner of last november's presidential election then come and lead

a little bug ball refuses to step down the situation has become increasingly violent the supporters of the two men were a piece of the clash the u.n. says fifty people died of violence this week alone including six women shot wednesday by forces loyal to buckle. it. is raining extreme right wing activists and settlement advocates have expressed anger after an instant's plastic bullets to disperse crowds of protesters the groups that brought the road bed lies and chanted slogans and so will dave grange indications across israel and the west like the protests stem from television decision to dismantle and in the call she was now face in the west bank settlements remain a stumbling block to this nation's be honest in its. its teenager at the center of the trial of its halle in prime minister silvio berlusconi has stolen the show at the vienna or pro bowl. get ahead of the event with

a seventy eight year old millionaire in business but this past guessing group paris hilton. will stand trial of a parade of charges and pay the gulf of sex when she was under age big news is influence to cover it up both has denied having a sexual relationship. got an unforgettable experience as some of russia's hidden as we take you. he has traveled three hundred kilometers north of malls go to the yaroslavl region the main sellers of animals and years old but its residents are certainly keeping up with the twenty first century it's aim to one of the largest oil refinery plants of the country and a third of the population and smaller cells also forge ahead zip reviving the dying

calls with more. then the frogs to close a thriving businesses. whether it's fast motors historic real estate or funny felt the people of the jaroslava region are not short of space for their robust ambitions the landscape for example almost thirty seven thousand square kilometers covered in snow in the winter months so back in the one nine hundred seventy s. rusco mechanica set up a factory and repents churning out mans new best friend in the area the russian made snowmobile in russia actually that is not all the trails writing. we have a huge north territory gets you can write anywhere. and now the company is the number one snowmobile manufacturer in the country with seven hundred employees every machine is fully tested before it leaves the factory down for customers who

include even the local police. over four hundred thousand of these have been manufactured since the company began in one nine hundred seventy one and with the winter olympics hitting saki in twenty fourteen it's hoped the bay will be used exclusively in running those winter games. moving at a slower pace is the sleepy village of yachts go. investor only a jar of showed me around and told me why he left a career in science to create a tourist destination in an almost forgotten place he wrote about just a few years ago he has sunk a cool million dollars into an antiques museum restaurant hotel and revived neighborhoods to attract travelers seeking a russian prevention experience with nationalism and the whole thing began as a hobby gradually evolved into a way of life and then to a business project we can describe as

a social experiment of sorts into reviving our culture in historical heritage i've been here in this project for the last four years and the local populations changed their attitude radically and now confidence in me this market has very much economic potential. and people living here are now keeping that potential alive by promoting traditional russian lifestyle choices from baptising everyday to the way they keep warm. i learned how to make stills and fireplaces from or a grander people are rediscovering country life styles and they were a russian stove in the house faced with ceramic tiles and brick generally new villages are that way it's widespread i give thirty years warranty grandchildren will live long enough to enjoy it. back in ribands children are on the minds of a creative couple working in the business pavel gavriel off a children's book illustrator thought of another canvas for the characters he created on paper and started adapting nam into felt the funny felt company is now

something between art and factory mass production it employs single mothers so they can work from home and raise their families. as people are very different newell here this region is well to do compared with other regions. you see this is there are many people with artistic minds or isn't cause and has to find ways to let them be manifest it often is difficult to find how to do that and many people a idea of socially important and separate as oh new they don't understand what it means and i believe it's the future of this region. whether it's sports history or art there seems to be something here for everybody who wants to make a buck and create new ideas in the jaroslava region when de france r.-t. .

about as a way than. to say with great. hello and a very warm welcome to the business news here on our team and a friday we'll see. shareholders meet to decide the fate of the joint venture between b.p. and rosneft the two sides concluded the deal in general but were forced to put it on hold after a are the russian partner in the joint venture to be claimed the deal by late it's

clues that agreement with the british oil nature now teen p b p which is heart owned by b.p. said it's can raise the financing it may need to replace the british oil giant in an alliance with state run draw snapped and to be an obvious there for the scheme as its fourth quarter profits jumped by fifty one percent to one point nine billion dollars thanks to increased production improving efficiency and soaring oil prices our correspondent daniel bushell has the story. ok b.p. wants to pour the british firm out of the rolls and if deal chief financial officer jonathan your claims they can easily raise the eight billion dollars plus needed the trouble is both rules never and the russian governments want b.p. not t. and k. b.p. because only its has the expertise to develop in conditions the stock called patrician call to suspended p.p. was enough to greenland while they sort out their dispute b.p.

spokesman of libya boyan of says it will consider any t k p p but has serious concerns with the financial operational and strategic aspects of the proposals russia has become the pole in the p.p.p. caught live with and can't live without becomes should provides a full twenty five percent of its worldwide profits picky shareholder a rid themselves of team k p p russia badly off the saying he favored the british saw it they also accused b.p. of blocking international expansion by the joint venture now this warbling threatens to derail these new exploration plans in january the head of b.p. told me how important the arctic was to the future of the company if you look out to the year twenty thirty the growth in oil production will be fairly limited its value though will be high yeah the world will need forty percent more energy by twenty thirty it's going to be something the world will be peace chief executive

they're both sides have said they hope they can make progress towards settling their disputes in the talks today. so and in the latest twist in another struggle for control of the world's largest oil in the new producer on sun has rejected nichols offer to buy out twenty percent of its shares saying it wouldn't be in the best interests of shareholders last month you're also offered to buy twenty percent of it shares from roussel for twelve point eight billion dollars which were. believe the aluminum giant majority owned by tycoon only do pasta with a five percent stake commenting on themselves decision rules to nickel said it will be a new move by all of history and shares over some are rising three point nine percent in hong kong which brings us to the markets let's have a low cal the asian markets are doing this our japanese stocks followed usa which is higher in friday's trading with exports focus shares out be forming after a better than expected show as jobless claims reports but it is up one percent this

hour hong kong shares also climbed all the overnight gains on wall street banks and energy produced this among the big paydays. and in russia there are g.s. is up in early trade the option is was also seen in russia on thursday the r.g.s. crossed the psychological benchmark of two thousand points and gained one point seven percent in my six and of the day at a polish point four percent on the right mark rubenstein for a much more live see says the upcoming trading may see some profit taking. we have been seeing the markets going hard this week after their short correction last week and earlier there's where you and we could face a situation where you know the rumors sell the fact so we might see some profit taking a number comes in very strong on the other hand i still think if we're susan crawford taking the boers are wired to step in and if there is indeed profit taking

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