four points pleasures and i would print certainly the splined entire windsor hotel in touch of the future a good girl how would international flood achieve every green lol he killed in total. fears of a libya style intervention in syria as violence continues that europe and the u.s. are considering sanctions to stop the bloody crackdown on antigovernment protesters . head south of the use of force in conflict torn nations saying politicians are not practicing what they preach. the french government is accused of spying on its people and targeting ethnic minorities and a veil of an anti terror program. of breeding ground for terrorism to explore some other north caucasus attracts those enemy to manipulate islam and turn innocent youngsters into bitstream arrests. and russia is expected to launch the

liberties of natural gas by the north stream pipeline to europe in six months time find out more in twenty minutes time and i'll build a business bulletin. with r.t. live from moscow where it's an hour just after five pm gunfire and explosions are being reported in southern syria after the army sent in more times and reinforcements in a crackdown against anti government protesters the un has condemned the wave of government led violence that is urging an investigation washington meantime is calling for sanctions. reports many fear that the west is getting ready for yet another intervention. according to human rights groups at least four hundred civilians have been killed in the last month of violence in the country and in the

last few days alone since the lifting of the emergency law some five hundred people have been arrested now the white house is considering introducing new legislation new stanchions against the regime internets as a form of punishment for this violent crackdown in the hope is that european countries will follow suit in addition to this in another example of the increased diplomatic activity and the call for sanctions against syria we are seeing in the u.n. security council debate over a draft statement that calls for restraint and also contains the violence and it does see the stage for the eventual imposition of sanctions against the country it's thirty backs of course by the un secretary-general ban ki moon for an investigation into the killings against this backdrop there is more concern being expressed by experts in the international community that not only the increased diplomatic activity against the country but also the possibility of

a future intervention and that this will spark a reaction from arab states in washington and in brussels where i guess there are a lot of concerns about the fact that syria are like libya is part of an alliance and that alliance is very wide it begins in iran. elements in iraq's government are part of a syrian regime hezbollah in lebanon on hamas in gaza so if the international community or united nations or united states are going to apply to syria measures all of an economic meaning a direct intervention or political tremendous pressures what they may get in return is a reaction by the iranian regime by by hezbollah and others who the consequences if nato and the u.s. step up their operations in syria really fear could be the same consequences in terms of what we witnessing in libya. maybe but missing an operation that's already be on the go for several months and many fear that it could continue for months if not years really the situation in libya is

a parallel to what we witnessing happening in syria today they were experts who are suggesting that this could lead to the venture supplying of weapons to the opposition in syria in libya we've heard nato and the united states saying that the libyan leader moammar gadhafi is not a target now we're hearing some western powers saying that in years could the same parallel been formed with syria so against the pretext of actually coming in and wanting to assist the local population and actually prevent to use this terminology a slaughter waste could be preparing the ground for foreign intervention in syria. that is politically reporting right there and we'll get back to our top story in just a moment we are currently on standby here at our seats go live down to the baikonur cosmodrome. as we can see the pictures now look at your screen at this moment here we have. a big russian soyuz rocket ready to blast off to the international space station it should be going off in about twenty seconds i can say that from a personal standpoint for the past two nights i've actually watched the iris as fly

directly over central moscow at about nine thirty nine and ten forty nine respectively and here we have the major arms the securing devices being withdrawn from this massive russian soyuz rocket is due to blast off in a while thought it could be just seconds now to bear with us here at the rocket is loaded with over two and a half tons of cargo heading up for the six people who are living aboard the international space station there goes the final restraint right there and it's mostly essential supplies like food and fuel for the station but some of the payload is unique and some of the payload is even a live as a group of fruit flies which are considered pests on earth they're going up for experiments and here we go there is the launch right now of the big russian soyuz rocket taking two and a half tons of cargo up to the international space station look at that a daytime launch usually we have a nighttime launch to be showing from baikonur and as it thrusts its way up into the atmosphere we can tell you that there's also

a container of fungus that is part of the special delivery of the astronauts and cosmonauts will actually plant the fungus outside the station during a spacewalk to see how the fungus will survive in space they want to know where or how living organisms will survive in the board is supposed to be the frigid freezing and lack of. atmosphere there in space here we have it once again i was at the tail end now of this launch from baikonur the baikonur cosmodrome the russian of soyuz rocket up to the i assess it goes and it is the twenty seventh expedition to the international space station which has been a permanent manned a base for ten years there we are live pictures right there on r.t. . well ok let's go back to our main story now and as we talk about libya and syria the ongoing allied intervention in libya in particular the russian prime minister says he's alarmed by nato approach towards bombing libya at a news conference following russian swedish talks putin said but the coalition is

quick to act no matter what the cost. actually the essence of the it's well known that i used to serve in the k.g.b. at the time the soviet union was waging war in afghanistan and many of my friends served in afghanistan one of them was the head of the advisors group in the security bodies in herat one day he went on leave and i asked him listen sasha how's the situation down there and at that time our country had a very patriotic spirit we believe that we're doing a very good thing having this war in afghanistan his reply came back and expectedly up you know without my signature not a single missile or bomb can be fired so what i asked i assess my success and my achievements by the number of orders that i don't sign for me this sounded shocking can you imagine hearing that from a k.g.b. officer at the time i asked him why he said do you know how many peaceful civilians

perish because of these missile attacks but no matter what reasons are behind them sometimes i contemplate how easily decisions on using force are me today in international affairs and it leaves me gobsmacked and that happens against the background of all the fuss around the human rights and humanism which the modern civilized world seemingly practices don't you see significant contradiction here between fearing the words and deeds and the practice of international affairs and we should do our utmost to eliminate this imbalance or you move it with r.t. now france is stepping up security at home that's fearing revenge attacks linked to its campaign in libya and us soldiers patrolling the streets has now become a common sight government says these measures are to prevent a potential terror attack but as i think is daniel bushell reports a policy is either scare mongering tactics of a big brother state. soldiers on the streets with machine guns this is cross is

the jeep here at fist of your most expensive anti terror program to find what it calls the growing terrorist threats the government claims troops make the public feel safer but that's not what people think they look a little bit dangerous they can. use the force and the other way but it is a bit frightening with the guard. to the. premier francois feels his troops are required because france bombing libya threatens a terror attack at home you'll find soldiers at shops tourist sites government buildings train stations airports schools and churches but expose the system doesn't even work and the main feature of terrorism is that it's impossible to foresee. real targets is not to catch terrorists says one investigator but to monitor the public it's easy to persuade people that they could be

a terrorist it's natural station it's easy then for people in friends to believe well then they have a right to listen to my phone calls which they do they do do it they have a right to monitor my emails and facebook because they're really protecting us troops are only the visible part or thirty's canel read people's emails under a law passed quietly in february president sarkozy also signed a bill for police to tap phones without getting judges authorization to justify the invasion of people's privacy says one author so because he makes france's six million arabs a scapegoat he has to make them afraid thinking that there is an arab with a bomb here. down. a government recently branded muslims a problem and burned the muslim food. face veil some already mocks the brand and what they see as an arab witch hunt by going out in virgil's and mini skirts

there's also the law cost world workers continue to be laid off in the economic crisis v.g. pirouettes estimated prices eighteen billion euros each year enough to create a million new teaching jobs and embarrassed government and lists a choice to hide the amount. is very expensive because an executive can move resources from one area to another quite quickly it's very difficult to find an exact figure critics like michelle coleman who have got the video system vishy period she was france's first in the second world war it spoiled and informed people and targeted ethnic minorities. the french government today stands accused of doing the same to its own citizens the new bush or r.t. paris. from inside france and italy are calling for europe's open borders to be

closed thousands of immigrants arrive in the e.u. following the unrest in north africa now many are trinity and soaping to be reunited with their relatives in france but the country's far right leader says that france cannot cope with the influx that's coming up in our interview in just over an hour's time right here on r.t. . some of them were cut they say were in a democracy but authorities refused to show the real figures on how many immigrants there are there are probably six to seven million residents here already plus additional immigration on a massive scale each year this is an organized replacement of our population is threatens our very survival we don't have the means to integrate those who are already here there is no it's endless cultural conflicts you can be against immigration fights immigration suspend all immigration but not hate immigrants as individuals i understand immigrants once a better future here but i honestly say to them. can't find a better future hey we're fighting hard to get a better future to our own people as it is.

and discussion is coming our way in about an hour and twenty minutes here and it's here now in the battle against terrorism in the north caucuses it's not just russian special forces on the front line within the muslim community though an ideological battle is raging between moderates and the extremist groups trying to young people. it's. a busy day at university in russia's north caucasus these students are learning about arab culture and language they're trying to broaden their horizons so was sort of builds but until radical islamists took hold on him. i saw the way his stare changed he became alienated from everyone and brainwashing teaches them to be ready for the next world so they stopped paying attention to this one but the end of university he had started to take food to militant friends and hiding in seville warned him to stop it he left

forever as locals say he had gone into the forest. by already felt something inevitable and sad was coming but i didn't know what to do i didn't have a chance to stop him when he left home from what she knows it was a month later the police surrounded a group of militants there douglas terms capital they were ready to surrender but their leader started shooting to provoke the deadly gun battle in which they all died including in another of the regions capitals now chick it's friday prayers at the city's main mosque but this is a muslim community living under a cloud three months ago the leader of the republican mufti was shot dead outside his home by muslim extremists. and as trish much of had been a vocal critic of both your thirty's and the extremists saying there is corruption in the police as in other spheres of society but it doesn't mean the policeman to be shot dead a jew or a winner ideologists say they are there to make people scared of islam i can't

agree islam is not a thing to be afraid of the only way to promote islam is to make people see the beauty of it if they're scared of it they will refuse it. but since the one nine hundred ninety s. more extreme forms of those around thought to come from outside russia have been growing influence. university staff are concerned at how impressionable some students have proved to be they say the region's muslim majority was not be made to feel alienated we need. to speak a more vulgar slur to show the russian federation our government and our constitution all wars they. do not do anything against islam as itself radical islam isn't thought of arrived in the region until the second chechen campaign started in one thousand nine hundred since then although widespread financing has died down the methods of small extremist groups bombings

and shootings a cliff or is it the question move asli honest here now as well the radicals ideology and methods are ones of desperation a growing confidence from bottom. to the still to come here on r.t. make way for the runaway many of us. find out how russian authorities are planning to stop the dangerous drivers transporting russia's commuters. plus a final role these are military monsters and not so in the middle of the night right here in central moscow. let's go to some other international headlines for you in briefness our afghan air force pilot has shot dead eight foreign troops at an airport in kabul the gunman was also killed in the exchange the taliban says it is behind the attack although that's yet to be confirmed the incident is the deadliest of a number of recent attacks on foreigners by afghan security personnel. egyptian

security officials say a key gas pipeline supplying israel in jordan has exploded after an attack near the city of. plath sent flames shooting into the air as high as twenty meters or so for the streets which of the main terminal it's been attacked before last month during the uprising the fourth asked him about. from power plant explosives which failed today. hundreds of military personnel of taken part in a pre-dawn dress rehearsal for the royal wedding in london the army navy and the royal air force were testing their readiness for commerce is to be the world's biggest televised marriage ceremony prince william and kate middleton are to be married on friday around six hundred thousand spectators are expected to a line of session. but every day commuters storming public transport in russia take serious risks in an attempt to get to their destination shuttle buses are cheap and

frequent some parts of the country they're involved in up to half of all road accidents often with little consequences at least in his polaski has been finding out why. high speed chase and the miracle that no one was killed for more than ten minutes police pursued the speeding shuttle bus we should a drunk driver at the wheel. another shocking example this race between two million buses in central russia the plane people teen people injured according to police in some russian cities shuttled dancer in baltimore don't have a full route experience we are in the us is good southern russia and as you can see shuttle bus is very popular here the cost is less than a dollar per ride but just like anywhere else in the country this type of transportation is fraught with danger moves chortle vans belong to private companies where drivers are often overworked and underpaid some of them try to get

behind the wheel drunk or worse was it this year alone fourteen random checks and found twenty seven drivers who were using drugs. for just one day living in moscow to park his car and keep a shuttle bus to work he says he almost got killed. for serious violation of the narrow very risky ones to running. a war in the wrong way i was so scared i was ready to grab the guy by the hand and make him pull over and meanwhile authorities in the r.c.c. clean but they found a solution to the shuttle bus problem a trendy high tech one. that would just this year we are equipping all shuttle buses with satellite tracking equipment and video cameras to help us deal with complaints on a case by case basis no matter how impressive these plans are it's still unclear how this big brother approved will affect the situation on the roads but with the rising number of shuttle bus related deaths and injuries it may be one small step

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this. week. off the surface reporting right there well a little bit later we bring you the story of a man who went under cover to find out what's driving the american citizen protest movement on ice tea party it's a fascinating documentary you're not see that's coming up in less than ten minutes time that's off the business news with daryn. and welcome to the program we'll start with the top story breaking news this hour the peace partners in this russian joint venture to say they're not seeking a role in the arctic exploration deal between b.p. and it's. also confirms he will not initiate any legal action against b.p.

that owns fifty percent in the russian company only russian. he said the sale is possible if they're offered a good price we'll bring you more on this story as we get more information. russia's prime minister's outlined new details on a north stream pipeline which will transport gas from russia directly to europe where you know putin says the first gas the liveries by the baltic sea bed will take place in six months time things that i don't know as much. they constructed of the ten billion dollar gas pipeline will be completed in just about two weeks time and in it's all going to vary this year the gas pipeline that goes through the bottom of the baltic sea will begin supplying european consumers with natural gas together with south stream pipeline project it should enable stable gas supplies to a year bypassing certain under libel transit countries initially it was planned that nord stream will deliver a fifty five billion cubic meters of gas per year to hear it but to meet the recent

events in north africa the middle east of course the japanese nuclear catastrophe and it's cooling output of nuclear power in europe and russia says it is ready to further increase gas supplies to european consumers as fifty five billion cubic metres per year is not to leave it for the north seems project from his wooden decent feet fame to denmark for cooperation on this project and has emphasized that the recent events unfolding in north africa and japan once again and that chill gas is the most ecological energy resource. going to the stock markets now and european markets are pushing higher boosted by strong earnings results ericsson and poor makers investors are waiting for the federal open market committee a news conference by fed chairman ben bernanke you order shares on the rise across europe right now gaining more than two percent on better corporate results shares of finnish mobile make a note here also jumping more than three percent of the company said it was x.

four thousand jobs. lost in equities a raised earlier gains and are still trading in the red energy stocks are among the main loses despite higher oil prices thank you so so also on the downside. so you look at some of the index move us on the my sex role snifters news in the almost two percent be also week one and a half percent that's the spike posting record high annual profits we'll take a look at that in just a second paul so gazprom is. by just the knowledge russia second biggest lead the d.v.d.'s posted a record high net profit of two billion dollars last year that's against the two point one billion dollars net loss in two thousand and nine and the say the result which appeared to be above expectations was supported by business growth and cutting allocations to reserve funds musette chief financial officer bt believe also reveals the bank is embarking on a new exhibit of the structure of the winners and we have decided that going

forward will be. and based on its. earnings so the international standards the group results not the russian stand alone stand on results and will be paid. to three hundred fifty seven million dollars last year dollars gold results turned out no or than and this expected market watchers hoped for up to four hundred twenty four million dollars on the back of surging them on precious metals. and russia's top internet investment mail room group boosted its net profit by sixty six percent to seventy seven million dollars last year the result was mainly due to revaluation and the sale of its assets this is the first time the company has posed

results since its i.p.o. in london six months ago meanwhile melgar you shareholders have revealed plans to place almost seven percent of the company's shares on the market. russian government still struggling to budget deficit despite growing oil prices but as minister says it will only be possible to close the gap if prices stay at around one hundred twenty dollars per barrel not if the world dipped its ninety three the us about russia would face a budget deficit of up to two and a half percent of g.d.p. because of the strategist warn against basing forecasts from high oil prices. and the price is so. c. eighty dollars but the government will already be running considerable budget deficits until the end of the key maybe two or three percent of g.d.p. and to cut down the deficit the government will shaft to basically fund most of the promises which were given before the elections. and back to our breaking news this

hour just reminded me things partners in this rush into a venture to say they're not seeking a role in the arctic exploration deal between b.p. and gross net and take a b.p.'s also confirms it will not initiate any legal action against b.p. which owns fifty percent in the russian company we will bring you more on this story as we get to join us again next hour around fifty five minutes for that. the.

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