fears of a libya style intervention in syria as violence continues in europe and the u.s. consider essential to stop the bloody crackdown on antigovernment protests. prime minister putin it hits out of the use of force in conflicts or nations saying politicians are not practicing what they preach. and the french government is accused of spying on its people and targeting ethnic minorities under the veil of an anti terror program. and a breeding ground for terrorism he explores why the north caucuses attracts those aiming to manipulate is london and so innocent youngsters enter extremists.

worldwide news and live from moscow this is a hot say gunfire and explosions are being reported in southern syria after the army sent in more tanks and reinforcements in a crackdown against anti-government protesters the un has condemned the wave of government led and is urging an investigation washington meantime is calling for sanctions and as artie's reports many fear the west is getting ready for yet another intervention. according to human rights wheat 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 sanctions against the regime in damascus as

a form of punishment for this violent crackdown in the hope is that european countries would follow suit in addition to this in a nother 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 condemns 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 and there is more and 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 i thought this would spark a reaction from arab states in washington and in brussels that i guess there are a lot of concerns about the fact that syria are like libya is part of an alliance

and there is very wide it begins in iran. elements in iraq's government are part of the syrian regime hezbollah and 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 demands pressures what they may get in return is a reaction by the iranian regime by by hezbollah and others what the consequences if nato and the u.s. state their operations in syria many fear could be the same consequences in terms of what we've witnessing in libya. and maybe but the sting operation that's a really 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 there were experts who are suggesting that this could lead to the venture supplying of weapons to the opposition in syria in libya we 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 he is 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 if you use this terminology a slaughter the waste could be preparing the ground for foreign intervention in syria that is policy reporting right there i mean the russian prime minister says he's alarmed by nato approach towards bombing libya at a news conference following russian swedish talks coalition is quick to act that out of the cost. which is the official record of over it's well known that i used to serve an occasional beat 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 and a 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 and his reply came back and expectedly 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 the sound of chocking 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 got smacked 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. of french intervention in libya has the government in paris taking drastic steps all in the name of security . it's easy to persuade people that there could be a terrorist this literal station it's easy then for people in february to believe. right to monitor my emails and facebook because they're only protecting us with our soldiers patrolling the streets civilian observers say the french government policies are a far cry from the libertarian accounted for sanity all the details coming up in just a minute here. italy is joining nato its bombing campaign against colonel gadhafi in libya rome had been holding out on a decision for over a month and it mounting pressure from its allies military jet i think more bombing will only mean more suffering for the libyan people nato says it's trying to

protect it so it has become the seventh member of the most the leader and club among the nato members who take part in humanitarian bombing twenty four seven over alleviate the most important thing that still eludes the nato strategists and them masters in washington d.c. is there despite the humanitarian bombing as coalition we've all be though the leave your participation we've poorly they're out there predator drone strikes are possibly even with the introduction rather of being gunships the situation is not going to change dramatically and is not going to change the equation in levy and situation for a very simple reason because as any military approach can testify

in any stalemate and particularly in leave you're the aerial campaign only intensifies the suffering awfully b. and people on both sides and steadily degrades and ruins the lead be an economy and its infrastructure. well france is stepping up security at home fearing revenge attacks linked to his campaign in libya and armed soldiers patrolling the streets has now become a common sight the government says these measures are to prevent a potential terror attack but it's not easy daniel bushell reports now the policies are the scare mongering tactics of big brother state. soldiers on the streets with machine gun this is france is the chief here at fist of your most expensive time to tear a program before it's what it called the growing terrorist threat the government claims troops make a public feel safer but that's not more people think

a little bit dangerous they can. use the force and the other way if there is a good fright it is god for the. premier francois feel says troops are required because france bombing libya threatens a terror attack. you'll now find soldiers at shops to recites government buildings train stations airports schools and churches but expose the system doesn't even work in 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 this 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 only protecting us troops or only the visible part or storage fees 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 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. the government's recently branded muslims a problem and banned the muslim food. face veil some already mocked the band and what they see as an arab witch hunt by going out in virgil's and mini skirts there's also the large cost world workers continue to be laid off in the economic crisis video estimated prices eighteen billion euro each year enough to create

a million new teaching jobs and embarrassed government and lists a tries to hide the amount we think is very expensive. can move resources from one area to another it quite quickly it's very difficult to find an exact figure critics like michelle cologne have dubbed the video system vishy pierrette vishy was france's first history in the second world war it spied and informed on people and targeted ethnic minorities the french government today stands accused of doing the same to its own citizens then you will sure r.t. paris. well 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 many are unity and is hoping to be reunited with their relatives in france but the country's a far right leader says that france cannot cope with the influx. into about twenty

minutes time right here out. of those they say we're in a democracy for the thirty's refused to show the real figures on how many immigrants there are there are probably sixty seven million listeners here already plastic immigration on a massive scale each year based on all the nice replacement of our population base threatens our very survival we don't have the means to integrate those who are already here there is the it is endless cultural conflicts you can be against immigration fight immigration suspend all immigration for not hate immigrants as individuals i understand immigrants wants a better future here and i honestly say to them you can't find a better future here we're finding it harder to get a better future to own people as it is. with article out of moscow now our europe will get its first direct russian gas delivery by autumn that india has

a completion of the north stream pipeline news it's a let's let's cross over now to our business does not have to me to write about it so dimitri good news i forgot surprise in europe yes it was good news for europe and good news for russia for europe it's very important to ensure supplies given the tense situation in north africa right now for russia this will give direct access to some of its most important clients in europe without having to go through transit countries like ukraine and belarus so it's a win win situation for both partners and yet construction work will be completed on may fifteenth then technical maintenance will begin in the summer and europe will receive its first supplies in we'll have more on that in around ten minutes time in the business world. so you. on now in the battle against terrorism in the north caucasus it's not just russian special forces on the frontline within the muslim community there are an ideological battle is raging between moderates the extremist groups trying to lure young people parties

time parts. but busy day at university in russia's north caucasus these students are learning about arab culture and language to try to broaden their horizons so were civilians but until radical islamists took a hold on him. through i saw the way his stare changed he became alienated from everyone the brainwashing teaches them to be ready for the next world so they stop paying attention to this one by the end of university he has started to take food to militant friends and find him when seville want him to stop it he left home forever as locals say he had gone to the forest yet but muscle car i 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. and what she knows it was a month later the police surrounded a group of militants their data stems couple they were ready to surrender but their leader started shooting to provoke

a deadly gun battle in which they all died including ramiele in another of the region's capitals now chick it's friday prayers at the city's main mosque but this is the muslim community living under a cloud three months ago their leader republic's mufti was shot dead outside his home by muslim extremists. and asked should have 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 policeman to be shot dead. when their ideologists say they're 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 you are scared of it they will refuse it. but since the nineteen nineties more extreme forms of islam 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 has not been made to feel alienated we need. to speak more about islam to show that the russian federation our government our constitution all wars they. do not do anything against islam has itself radical islam isn't thought to have arrived in the region until the second chechen campaign started in one thousand nine hundred since then although widespread fighting has died down the methods of small extremist groups bombings and shootings a proliferation the question nervously asked here now is where the radicals ideology and methods awards and desperation or growing confidence don't bottom ninety. party and overcome for you in a program make way for a runaway minibus. find

out how russian authorities are planning to stop the dangerous drivers transporting russia's commuters. what all these a military monsters have been up to in the middle of the night right here in central moscow. tyler. there are some other international news in brief for you this hour and an afghan air force pilot was shot dead eight foreign troops at an airport in kabul the gunman was also killed in the exchange the taliban says it's behind the attack although that has yet to be confirmed the incident is the deadliest of a number of recent attacks on foreigners by afghan security personnel. the white house has released of president barack obama's original birth certificate to prove he was born in the state of hawaii so called bertha's to claim that obama was actually born in his father's native kenya making him ineligible to be president obama did release a less and detailed version before he was elected in two thousand and eight but had

refused to make public his original until now differences. gyptian a security officials say a key gas pipeline supplying israel and jordan has exploded after an armed attack near the city of. last sent flames shooting into the air as high as twenty meters force authorities to switch off the main terminal it's been attacked before last month during the uprising that forced hosni mubarak from power gunmen planted explosives which failed to detonate. hundreds of military personnel have taken part in a pretty daunting dress rehearsal for the royal wedding in london the army navy and royal air force were testing the readiness for what promises to be the world's biggest televised marriage ever prince william and kate middleton are to be married on friday at around six hundred thousand spectators are expected to line the procession of route. every day commuters storming public transport here in russia

take serious risks in an attempt to get of a destination shuttle buses are cheap and frequent but in some parts of the country they're involved in up to half of all road accidents often with little consequences and he's been lots has been funding our. high speed chase and the miracle that no one will skilled. for more than ten minutes police pursued the speeding shuttle bus which had a drunk driver at the wheel. another shocking example this race between two million buses in central russia and the plane people injured according to police in some russian cities shuttle vans are involved in more than half of all route accidents we are in the us sees good southern russia and as you can see shuttle bus is very popular here the cost there's less than a dollar per ride but just like anywhere else in the country this type of transportation is fraught with danger most shuttle vans belong to private companies

where drivers are often overworked and underpaid some of them try to get behind the wheel drunk or worse. this year alone fourteen random checks and found twenty seven drivers we using drugs for just one day go to living in moscow parked his car and took a shuttle bus to work he says he almost got killed. for serious violations in a row very risky wants to. go in the wrong way i was so scared i was ready to grab the guy by the hand and make him. meanwhile authorities know what i see clean that they found a solution to the shuttle bus problem a trendy high tech one. but this year we are keeping 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 attack the situation on the roads but with the

rising number of shuttle bus relates deaths and injuries it may be one small step cutting down the carnage there is a lot ski r t never cease. summary mind you can always check r.t. dot com for more on all the stories we're covering as well as blogs and videos from our contributors that's a look at the website right now and see what's waiting for you if you love facebook you'll love facebook island that's what the mayor of a croatian island hopes he's renamed it after the social networking site in a bid to lure two wrists. and a famous russian of violinist turns night one of the world's most renowned musicians of what. is awarded with the highest decoration of france. on a metal. plus the ready set crawl and then you will a baby crawling championship is being held in the russian city of semen and check out our com for more adorable footage and to find out who won or who cried all the way home.

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this. very special delivery has blasted off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan a russian progress space ship is headed for orbit to take some much needed supplies to the six people aboard the international space station the craft is loaded with tons of mostly essential supplies like food and fuel for the station but some of the payloads unique and even there's a group of fruit from. some unique experiments but a. fungus got on the outside.

organisms that behave. in the business with dmitri. welcome to business and secrets of your company russia's prime minister has outlined new details on a north stream pipeline which will transport gas from russia directly to your butt in the persian says the first customer is why the baltic sea bed will take place in six months time he's not telling the. construction of the ten billion dollar gas pipeline will be completed in just about two weeks time and in extol green avenger 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 europe bypassing certain under libel transit countries initially it was planned that north stream will

deliver fifty five billion cubic meters of gas per year to hear it but amid the recent events in north africa the middle east of course the japanese nuclear catastrophe underscore when output of nuclear power in europe russia says it is ready to further increase gas supplies to european consumers as fifty five billion cubic metres per year is not believe it for the north stream project from is within reason feet famed denmark for cooperation on this project and has emphasized that the recent events unfolding in north africa and japan once again and that she will gas is the most ecological energy resource. b.p. may finally resolve his dispute with his russian oil partners as he says it's ready to sell its stake in the joint venture because one of the partners in the consortium which owns fifty percent simply everything says the sale will be possible if they're offered a good price had earlier refused

a twenty seven billion dollars offer and suggested the price should be forty billion dollars he wants to buy out its russian partners after the british share swap an article exploration deal with ross. first of the stock market some restarts with the united states and markets open to mix them flat after the commerce department reported orders for durable goods in march climbed preferred consecutive months of two and a half percent there appear markets are pushing higher to boost the boys strong earnings results from ericsson and which have made his investors awaiting for federal open market committee a news conference by fed chairman ben bernanke shares are on the rise across europe with brando gaining on better corporate results here's a finnish mobile make and nokia are also out after the company said it would x. four thousand jobs. russia will handle wednesday's trade around twenty minutes time not because he's raised

a gaze that we saw in the morning of wednesday's trade was in the outyears down three quarters of a percent the my sixty one point three percent energy stocks are not the main news is let's take a look at those. if we look at the stocks we see ross they have this one of the biggest losers is down two percent so is v t v and gas problem which is very impressive the market still down by just. now russia second biggest lender d.t.b. post for the record high net profit of two billion dollars last year that's against a two point one billion dollars net loss in two thousand and nine and as a result which appeared to be above expectations was supported by business growth and cutting allocations to reserve funds herbert moose chief financial officer bt b. also reveals the bank is embarking on a new the evidence strategy. we have decided that going forward he will be paying based on its. earnings so the international standards the group

results and all the russian stand alone stand alone results and we will be paying a range between ten to twenty percent of our consolidated for us profits going forward for the next three years so we expect that this will bring a level of expectation level stability in investor realisation. holdings gold rush is the largest gold producer boosted its net profit by ninety one percent to three hundred fifty seven million dollars last year but the company's results turned out lower than and this expected market watchers hoped for up to four hundred twenty four million dollars on the back of surging demand for precious metals. in the south he will be back around fifty five minutes time with an update rory's next round lots to say about saving.

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