fears of a libya style intervention in syria as violence continues europe and the us consider sanctions to stop the bloody crackdown on antigovernment protesters. the prime minister putin heads out of the use of force in a 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 some of the veil of an anti terror program. and the breeding ground for terrorism policy explores why the north caucuses attract some of those manipulate. innocent youngsters into the street mists. and despite all that of

commodities and growth in global stock markets russia's r.t.s. mounted salute point eight percent my six point two percent find out more numbers as well as again around twenty minutes. worldwide news from moscow's city center this is artsy gunfire and explosions being reported in southern syria after the army sent in more reinforcements in a crackdown against and government protesters the un has condemned the wave of government led violence and is urging an investigation washington meantime is calling for sanctions and. reports many fear the west is getting ready for yet another intervention. but wouldn't 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 sanctions against the regime in damascus is a form of punishment for this violent crackdown 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 set 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

future intervention and i post will spark a reaction from arab states in washington and brussels where i guess there are a lot of concerns about the fact that syria or like libya is part of an alliance and that i answer 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 pressures what they may get their return is a reaction by the iranian regime by and by his body and others what the consequences if nato and the u.s. step up operations in syria many fear could be the same consequences in terms of what we've witnessing in libya. and there but this in an operation that's a really be on the go for several months and many fear it could continue for months if not years really the situation in libya is

a parallel to what we're witnessing happening in syria today they were experts who are suggesting that this could lead to the eventual 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 to use this terminology a slaughter waste could be preparing the ground for foreign intervention in syria. we are reporting russian prime minister says he's by no terms approach towards bombing libya news conference following a russian swedish talks putin said because quote no matter what the cost. actually the atmosphere it's well known that i used to serve and he'd be at the time the soviet union was waging a war in afghanistan 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 one of his reply came back and expectedly up with me 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 practiced 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. well meantime the 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 is that through the station it's easy then for people in france to believe well when they have a right to listen to my phone calls which they do they have a right to monitor my e-mails and facebook because they're really protected with armed us soldiers patrolling the streets civilian observers say the french government's policies are a far cry from a live. details are coming your way here r.t. in just a minute. nato is insistence that it's bombing libya only to protect

civilians is losing credibility in a month of airstrikes against colonel gadhafi forces is personal compound has been a regular target contributor to live better things the coalition has taken sides in a civil war to secure a lucrative future for its interests. countries involved in the intervention in libya interpret a u.n. security council resolution one thousand nine hundred seventy three in any way they want saying it's protection of civilians they're helping the rebels and they're hitting god-awful stumper and it's obvious that this mission is no longer humanitarian protecting one particular conflict against the other can know of it called humanitarian now the countries for involved in this intervention i have a party to a conflict a belligerent party it's easy to see why maybe one says it will change in libya when the new regime is established a new leadership out of gratitude for the country will say that their programs are

fit would want to sign the new oil agreements and also will allow nato to set up its military base on the territory of libya these are the double standards of police intervention why have an international law if everybody can interpret it in any way they want. ransoms are stepping up security at her hearing revenge attacks linked to its campaign in libya soldiers patrolling the streets has become a common sight the government says these measures are to prevent a potential terror attack as are his daniel bushell reports the policies are the scaremongering 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 fight what it calls the growing terrorist raids 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 there is

a bit frighted to go. to the. premier francois feel says troops are required because france bombing libya threatens a terror attack at home you will now find soldiers at shops tourist sites government buildings train stations airports schools and churches but the experts say 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 just natural station it's easy very for people in france 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 thirty's can now read people's emails under a law passed quietly in february president sarkozy also signed a bill for police to tap phones with belts 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 down. a government recently branded muslims a problem and banned the muslim full. face veil some already mocks the brand and what they see is an arab witch hunt by going else in vocals 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 euro each year enough to create

a million new teaching jobs and embarrassed government and lists a tries to hide the amount. is very expensive because the executive can move resources from one area to another quite quickly it's very difficult to find an exact figure critics like michele coleman have dubbed the video system vishy pierrette vichy 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 bushel of paris. 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 tennesseeans hoping to be reunited with their relatives in france but the country's a far right leader says that france can't cope with the influx that so many of you what's coming your way in a just over an hour's time right here r.t.

. they say we're in a democracy but authorities refused to show the real figures on how many immigrants there are there are probably six to seven million muslims here already plus additional immigration on a massive scale each year this is an all the nice replacement of our population this threatens our very survival we don't have the means to integrate those who are already here there is a lot it's endless cultural conflicts you can be against immigration fight immigration suspend all immigration but not hate immigrants as individuals i understand immigrants wants 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 you can watch the interview about an hour and twenty minutes from now here on artsy meantime in the battle against terrorism in the north caucuses it's not just russians special forces on the frontline within the muslim community their

ideological battle is raging between what are its extremist groups try to lure young people into taba. a busy day at university in russia's north caucasus these students are learning about arab culture and learn which they're trying to broaden their horizons so was so filled with ramiele 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 had started to take food to militant friends and finding when civil wars him to stop it he left home forever as locals say he had gone into the forest. 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 home for more chinos it was

a month later the police surrounded a group of militants there dug a 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 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. i must have had been a vocal critic of both the authorities and the extremists saying there is corruption in the police as in other spheres of society but it doesn't mean the policeman ought to be shot dead. when their ideologists say there is 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 so you can sort of put since the one nine hundred ninety s. 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 was not be made to feel alienated we need. to speak more about a slap to show with the russian federation our government our constitution all wars they. do not do anything against islam as 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 are political raising the question nervously arce here now is where the radicals ideology and methods a lot of desperation of growing confidence on bottom party. talk up here are to

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 what all these and military monsters have been up to in the middle of the night here and sexual. them into. no news in brief for you this hour i don't afghan air force pilot has shot dead eight foreign troops at a contractor and a contractor scuse me. the government was also killed during 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 a security personnel. the white house has released president barack obama's original birth certificate to prove that he was born in the state of hawaii so-called birth or have claimed that obama was actually born in his father's native

kenya making him in energy bill to be president obama did release a less than detailed version before he was elected in two thousand and eight but had refused to make public his original one in told no differences. egyptian security officials say the gas pipeline supplying israel jordan has exploded after an armed attack in the city or town which the blast sent flames shooting in the air as high as twenty meters and force authorities to switch off the main terminal it's been attacked before last month during the uprising that forced hosni mubarak from power government planted explosives which failed to detonate. hundreds of the military personnel have taken part in a pre dawn dress rehearsal for the royal wedding in london the army navy and royal air force were testing their readiness for what promises to be the world's biggest televised the marriage service prince william and kate middleton are to be married on friday and around six hundred thousand spectators are accepted expected to line

the procession. well every day commuters are swarming onto the public transport in rush or they're taking serious risks in their attempt to get to their 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 lethal consequences. has been finding out why. a high speed chase and a miracle that no one was killed. for more than ten minutes volgograd police pursued the speeding shuttle bus which had a drunk driver at the wheel. another shocking example this race between two media buses in central russia that left the teen people injured according to police in some russian cities shuttle vans or in baltimore than have a full route accidents we are in the us sees 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 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 forty random checks and found twenty seven drivers who we using drugs for just one d go to living in moscow who parked his car and took a shuttle bus to work he says he almost got killed. for serious violations in europe during a risky once too ready to read lie going the wrong way i was so scared i was ready to grab the guy by the hand and make him pull over and meanwhile two or jesus never sees they found a solution to the shuttle bus problem a trendy high tech one. 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 press of these plans are it's still unclear how big brother approved back the situation on the roads but with the rising number of shuttle bus relates deaths and injuries it may be once loose cutting down the carnage there is a lot r.t.d. not to see. more of the stories we're covering as well as our videos from our contributors right now what's waiting for you on our website if you love facebook or your love of facebook island. that's what the appropriation island hopes these are renamed after the social networking site in a bid to lure tourists. and the famous russian a violinist turns night one of the world's most renowned musicians of the nearest is awarded with the highest decoration of france the legion of all not metal. ready second quarter all and i knew all the baby crawling championships being held

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being taken up. behave. all right now it's time for the business news with. hello and welcome to business out so good to have your company russian oil companies and new coral are expected to present plans for the first exploration projects of the arctic shelf by the first of september already operating offshore pledges to invest dozens of billions of dollars into shock exploration in russia and abroad i think over. it's not another disaster in the ocean it's a state of the our training center for workers developing offshore oil and gas

deposits the complex is built by lukoil has just signed a deal with ross now on self exploration now to talk on these and more i am joined now by they had a. heat of passion when b.p. planned to sign a deal with ross nafta on the arctic exploration and they pledged to invest the frost billion dollars and provide technology is what will be your contribution to the corporation where season because we have unique staff who are already developing some of the world's largest offshore deposits such as the west occurring we are financially stable we can keep on some a financial risks we are good partners you rosemary. because it's a question of when i am planning to start a joint exploration of the shelf deposits and how much you read it invest. in people first are specialists will have to present concrete feasible projects by the first of september i think government should improve its most projects or in the

black sea or in the caspian sea each cycle of geological exploration especially in the article is about three to seven wells in guyana we spent about a billion dollars to drill these kind of wells i think their minds will be similar here especially if you talk about exploration of the arctic. you. but if the v.p. role sniff deal go through how much does affect you all corporation over the last nafta. or partnership and rose next partnership with b.p. are very different projects which are not connected and they're economically victory or politically when we're talking about cooperation with russia next we're not talking about exclusive partnership but about corporation on concrete projects are you. interviewing the president of lukoil. russia's prime

minister's outlined new details on north stream pipeline which will transport gas from russia directly to europe and says the first gas and the reason why the baltic sea bed will take place in six months time it seems that. the construction of the ten billion dollar gas pipeline will be completed in just about two weeks time and . 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 here bypassing certain underly will transit countries initially it was planned that nord stream will deliver five billion cubic meters of gas per year to hear it but the recent events in north africa the middle east of course the japanese nuclear catastrophe under cooling 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 the limit for the north stream project from his wooden recently thanks again mark for cooperation on this project and has emphasized that the recent events. in north africa and japan once again and that will gas is the most ecological energy resource. markets now u.s. markets opened. that and mixed up to become as the card holder orders for durable goods in march climbed to an office said that's the spurt consecutive month investors are waiting for the federal open markets committee a news conference by fed chairman ben bernanke. european markets are pushing higher in germany coming down in london these are based on strong results by ericsson or some makers all the shares on the rise across europe could run no gaining more than two percent on better than expected corporate results shares a finnish mobile macon nokia also jumped after the company said it would x.

four thousand jobs. russia is showing quite a person missed the picture on wednesday despite growing commodities and positive global markets in which for out the whole session in russia the r.t.s. managed to lose point eight percent a nice six one point two percent energy stocks were among some of the biggest losers take a look at them draws near really down there almost two percent b t v the biggest loser known heavyweight stocks more than two percent down. and we will be back next hour with plenty more business news really is next with the headlines and stay with us. and. the.

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