center telma karl rove so told the karl rove these are her children can't have any sure marco results until sort of the sochi august. when results might come beverly plaza hotel mccann riviera hotel mccann cintra hotel mccann. national community come to a dead end unable to agree on how to stop syria's bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters. washington's support for opposition movements in the middle east and north africa could be backfiring on its biggest ally israel fears it's actually posting a radical islamists. brush that cracks down on trucks with new measures aimed at forcing still keep the capital kabul the details on this in just a few moments. and in business this hour the russian markets have rebounded

towards the closing bell with energy made is leading the way join me for this story and around twenty minutes time. twenty four hour news live from moscow this is artsy now russia has blocked un plans to condemn syria's brutal crackdown on anti regime protesters saying that there are no grounds for international interference u.s. on the european nations have called for quote strong measures if damascus rejects appeals to the violence syria's leader faces international criticism for using troops and tanks to put down the arms out that's already claimed hundreds of lives however moscow believes foreign interference could do more harm than good making protesters in other countries reliant on foreign support meanwhile the wave of uprisings sweeping the arab world is alarming the region's only known muslim power

that of israel washington's behind the scenes efforts to support democracy in the region may actually be fueling a rise and extremist and see these rain bands as policy has more from china. these gunmen mean business and they're upping the stakes just that little bit higher yanni at leas years the egyptian regime like a zionist enemy trying to stop us foreigners and girls are but we always got the weapons we needed to fight the zionist enemy. and now they give more than they could give a hopeful but for me gyptian president hosni mubarak's men gone the borders couldn't be easier to get through to go the goons in the. worlds all swaddled. who. have much more freedom to do whatever they like. and they doing it smuggling weapons into gaza the result two attacks in three months on a natural gas pipeline that supplies

a quarter of israel's electricity which is why is the us claims it's bringing a new tomorrow to egypt most israelis would rather remember just a year the eagerness of the united states to topple the former egyptian president hosni mubarak and bring about regime change as i want to meet most candid closest ally in the region israel the u.s. says it wants to establish democracy in the region but instead of democracy there is a very real possibility that radical islamism could come to power the u.s. strongly supported the opposition in libya despite al qaeda connections among its ranks now it's apparently governance and support against syrian president bashar assad and the wiki leaks website claiming that washington has been funding some anti-government factions what is afraid that if he goes away what's a warlord can fix it so instead of incident in syria we're going to islamist. swapping one dictator for what could be worse if and when radicals come

to power they're likely to direct the arms at israel people will be very conscious of the fact that syria is not libya and the fact that if you do the sides intervene in syria you will have knock on effects across the region in iraq in lebanon. to israel palestine whatever new threats israel might face from an even more hostile arab world emerging from the president's ability some experts believe the security of the jewish state is not under any grave threat israel has never been an unsafe place and one of the greatest lies is the mother and father of all lies as it relates to the israeli palestinian conflict is that israel has been in danger of a violation i detail in the three volumes of my book it is a complete israel's existence is never be in danger any convolution of our of military force and that is unlikely to change in any foreseeable future but the fighters on the ground aren't giving up hope and there

are many this morning is that is worse to come. and the moment time of defeat and retreat is over now it's time for the israeli people and the israeli enemy to. israel is keeping quiet amid the current chaos in the middle east and north africa but behind closed doors they'll be plenty of disquiet here about how much america's desire to make new friends in the arab world is fueling serious instability paula c.r.t. television. will be caught up with a veteran middle east reporter for his insight on the events in the arab world or bring about the full interview in about an hour's time here on r.t. . not long from now actually of barack obama is expected to announce a big changes to his national security team appearing to bring in a new defense secretary the new head of the cia a commander in afghanistan a new ambassador to kabul. retired u.s. army colonel and ex diplomat and right so often times still stuck in

a bush era military mentality. it's the recycling of everyone who's been involved in really ten years of u.s. wars my administration is just continuing the war strategies of the bush administration and in fact obama has increased the war and afghanistan dramatically now over fifty five percent of the american budget his related to military expenditures and yet we see schools that are laying off tens of thousands of teachers we have a health care system that's going down the tubes and yet we spend fifty five percent of our budget on war we certainly need some new ideas some new initiatives and this in was for the united states as is involved and just recycling the same old people switching jobs with them is not the way that you ensure the national security of the united states in my opinion. and i still have for you the. changing

face of india they have a parish they want to splash a new class of big spenders emerging with an appetite for all things. drug addicts in russia will soon face much tougher punishment for their habits under a proposed new law or clubs. held responsible for allowing drug use on their premises that measures are designed to deal with an. across the country. present to make sure that it has afforded to toughen up the punishment given to regular users of non-medical not according to some psychotropic drugs as it now these people can only be charged up to two hundred dollars and arrested and held up to fifteen days don't suffer punishment will also be imposed against those who distribute drugs and in particular those who attract under aged also the owners of nightclubs and other entertainment that uses lines use drugs in these venues will

show responsibility now the focus has shifted from just punishing drug addicts to preventing people from becoming users to bed it suggests but also with shipments for people from bits of minor drug related crimes that the made work alternative punishment as of the beginning all the years six hundred m.b. two thousand drug addicts were registered in russia and some experts claim that the fever is much higher than that estimating it to be anywhere up to people and seventy percent of these drug users and probably young people under the age of thirty to get it also points the finger of blame at the mass media in russia who the mosaic popularizing drugs which can be for the months and sold in pharmacies and he believes that these websites should be loosed and he still wanted to come until those states and not the current that's the way to use compulsory testing the school kids. the country the age of those used to use trucks in russia was told

simply to allow them to come here to these circumstances the president believes that old school children from the country should step up but of course this initiative was raised that needed to phase with them on some as a similar drug testing initiative to try various ways that it would encourage corruption amongst the boys for some of the patients and of course there is a leadership exemption human rights here as ortiz either abroad reports talks counselors worry that the focus is in the wrong place. this moscow student is taking a drug there voluntarily but the russian president dmitry medvedev has his way hundreds of thousands of students and even school children as young as thirteen will be compulsory this week when you see i do feel a lot of parents are saying the compulsory drug testing is unethical but i think what's behind their reluctance is an unwillingness to face the problem which prevents their children from receiving proper treatment our country has not dealt

with this problem compulsory drug testing an educational establishment has already been piloted in several russian regional although so far only voluntary schemes for the underage have been approved countrywide field employed by an influx of drugs from a garrulous there it's estimated there are over three million regular illegal drug users in russia most of them under twenty five this by protests from human rights groups fearing this league medinah zation of your children by association with drugs officials insist this thing must start at school but it would we want to catch people not when they are drug addicts who one day are younger and have just tried drugs to ascertain whether there might be a potential risk for developing an addiction. the initiative has raised questions of not just ethics but effectiveness and there's voluntary rehabilitation said that in moscow there's skepticism about the tests and if you don't think it would have changed anything for me when i was in school i wanted to take drugs at the time so

we just did towards the end of school i wasn't even hiding my drug use that much. more than the aspirin i am categorically against these tests i remember my own reaction to the test will alienate unprovoked feelings or weaken him trust those around him even less also some will cheat and that will give them a sense of invincibility. psychologists at the center say the proposal actually don't go far enough a little muscle with this measure will just give us the statistics of who takes drugs not the solution but they're going to kick out all those who fail we will those students go what are they going to do to treat them. at the moment there are only one hundred sixty states lots of drug rehabilitation clinics in the whole of russia but one for every million of the population under the new ones would have to be built or thousands more addiction specialists trained simply to cope with it upsurge of patients identified by the compulsory drug these initiatives have caught

the headlines but now the government has to prove that beyond them it has a cogent program that will stop people from trying drugs ever rage and this is something that governments both here and abroad have tried and failed to do before you go. see moscow i wish we had some other headlines from around the world this hour there's been a massive explosion in morocco with at least fourteen people dead the blast occurred at a cafe in america the main square which is a tourist hot spot around twenty people were injured including two russian nationals the cause of the blast is being investigated with government officials saying evidence now points to a bomb attack. the number killed by storms sweeping across the southern states of the u.s. has now exceeded two hundred structural damage and several towns in alabama where most of the victims were dozens of roads are impassable hundreds of homes destroyed

power lines are also down a state of emergency has been declared in alabama arkansas and tennessee the number of dead could rise with more victims thought to be trapped under. a tree five people were killed over a dozen injured in the pakistani city of karachi when a roadside bomb hit a bus carrying navy personnel it's the third such attack in the last few days with two navy buses targeted on tuesday it wasn't immediately clear who was behind this latest attack but the taliban claimed two earlier ones security experts say the navy is seen as a soft target with less effective protection and this could also be part of a new militant strategy. but the power of the spending power of the huge indian population is literally shifting the center of global influence people middle class by an economic boom has developed an appetite for the finer things in life that's opened the door for a wave of entrepreneurs prius reader has the story. can you tell ya'll is living

the dream age of twenty eight the former investment banker is now running a restaurant and bar in the heart of south delhi then years ago if i were to take over from my father would have. financed the points of. view. but in the past ten years india has experienced enormous change and with it came a new set of hopes for the world's youngest population. is a market is huge the opportunity. to spend money tail spar is located inside this market one of around six hundred magnum models that have sprung up in india within the past decade that is driven by the desire to. get good. and there's a lot of money. so both combined could design and. it's going to be a big. today indians can get just about any international brand from hong

kong to the u.s. to the u.k. it's access to change the mentality of many to. the people. already gone so it would be. seen as is the is there the globalization is there so people are. thinking in a very different manner india's economy is booming twenty five years ago ninety percent of the population lives on what's going to dollar a day by twenty twenty five forty percent of the population here will be caught by to middle class and with the growing income in here being a new culture of consumerism and brands from around the world are ready to cash in on it india is a huge country with one point two million population and so even if everybody's friends i don't be so it's a huge sign that despite the success most indians are aware that the country still has a long way to go and while things are moving in a new direction and there is

a large portion of the population who is at risk of being left behind in that respect is widening there because of the rich rich was getting richer and the poor class is getting poorer but largely middle class indians and especially the young working demographic try to focus on the positive and watch with pride as their country comes to be and is able to achieve a global status they always believed was possible it's like a feel good factor for us i mean earlier question did you used to think that population is a burden but now i guess even the area lazing that the more the people the more the purchasing power the more the mining the more they ignore me gram's power that is difficult for the world to ignore preassure either r.t. new delhi india. you know what i would want to talk com for more stories where. i'm going for you twenty four hours a day is a taste of us somebody got him so waiting for you there right now and i can control the universe that's what a reclusive russian mathematician who rejected

a one million dollar award believes the media shy a genius of the order of the government finally gave an interview to the details. on the some wonderful news for all fans of soviet movies russia's largest cinema studio film is not lost his very own new tube channel now watch all of its films with english subtitles. plus the center of moscow is full of. sorts of other military machine but no need to worry it's all in advance of the victory day parade check out the footage of the preparations for the main event in red square on may the night let's meet the press in pictures there just log on to our to talk.

about one of the main stories now and out of drug addiction in russia to discuss the whole issue join us with. these are the head of the charity united way of russia of person to give their funds to hold a legally responsible for their how did any chance this will reduce the number of them in russia do you think it will but. the shooting and you have at least here i'm sorry can you hear me. yes i hear your ok i'm so sorry so do you think this is a whole initiative proposed by the russian president will work to lower the number of drug addicts here in russia. i can't listen to what i think about. the use of the. back in the russians like interest throughout school it's becoming more and more urgent issue and then it's different mr made the video. made the

official medical taste of basements in the school it is one stuff but the implementation is absolutely different stuff and these two different picture the issues are these each of these you know in the russian culture there is the crime and punishment and that is not an in-between it means that it is good when one on the one hand to make the tastes of the medical taste of the few pills and the second the risk who just taste even the ah the drug use this or not but the problem is there is not. supports ron begad movement the same as from the society so some in the middle it means that drug he is in this is not only the problem of the direct he uses this is also the problem of the parents or the relatives of the social locus of the teachers the whole society needs to be involved in our usa so you're saying they're already there many parties involved when it comes to the issue of drug problems or the users are the parents of society as a whole is you're saying but you know there's a lot to be said for supply and demand if drugs are available then people will

continue using them shouldn't the government be constraining all of his actions on the route of the problem by eliminating the supply of stuff. you know the air because it meant a child i think represents on the one pole of the society it means the government and state care about the distinguisher the problem but this illusion of it this is second starts it means as long as it is based system in general of support of the parents religious directly with us and the people to sit around and down doesn't exist the social innovation center of the big privacy which is also the key point of our society and how to keep it privately he says i don't think being at the whole of initiative will be fruitful for russia and i think this is my brother under the new proposals here clubs and bars will also be held responsible for allowing drug use on the premises how we're going. the police i'm. sorry that i did a had to be the owners all the clubs and restaurants if there's any type of drug

use on their property they will be held account to account and they could be punished but how can that be policed do you think. it should be you know the pressure and all of the onus of the restore on so we have the drug there so office was sent an assault this is a clearly this is something that needs to be clarified needs to be prosecuted by the minute still or in time of a something else but as for the whole issue as related to the dracula's this is absolutely a difference about i should say you know ten years ago just occasionally i was involved a month ago by where is the big network in all the prisons ah and i have been visited upon that particular department over there one of the prison where about thirty people the eighth addicted through the direct he was in to go are they are put by the government after the course and it is my one of the worst experience in my life because those people who are considered as and it was the great wall of the

prison those just locked. aids addicted vessel and the people of the state and this is something that which the government can with nothing to do because the people they think differently and less the government is not involved in the process of the change in point of view are top of the dracula's this form are told that runs for more social acceptance for more social and human supports the problem is not you know they'll know this solved so there's a need for more tolerance a need for more social support but by some estimates there are up to three million drug addicts here in russia did you have june do you think that's the right is not the right number there what is the real situation do you think our you know actually i'm quite suspicious about this that he sticks government out i think this is the modern state so people are driving. this is estimation this is not official statistics this save for example homeless people the same as the children the trees our homeless children it is estimated to number i do not know if it's correct or

not all right. i'm sure that's all the time we have for today i thought you guys are going to see united way russia thank you. thank you right now type of business with katrina. and welcome to the business bulletin for the south russia suspending the export of picher chemicals in order to tackle a few shortage on the domestic market several regions have suffered from a lack of petrol in recent days alexander has several from gazprom explains what is happening in the market right now the problem is that the government has applied the new tax regime for export. oil products so probably now for some oil companies it is more profitable to export these natural diesel outside russia russia rather than to sell it to domestic retail stations also to force more of the.

expertise the crude oil was provided to very attractive that banks for their crude to export so basically oil companies also prefer to export crude rather than refining their brushing so together with some minor regional e.g. states problems it turns into some regional deficits or. in some russian regions the russian government is to ease the tax burden the picture chemical produces in order to ensure better domestic fields upon that's off the minds of the current prices don't cover producers costs the head of russia all night to look oil had warned that fuel prices could rise by up to seven percent. if you will. and we are preparing for a possible fuel supply disruptions this summer of course will prevent us now we are already saving fuel to supply our customers that time during a holding period but the current price on a russian market does not reflect the company's spending on petrol and diesel

production and their delivery to customers while the terrorists for natural monopolies are indexed that's why we believe that prices may grow but not significantly we have a number of restricted factors a place we are discussing the issue with the government by seven percent of the turns of course if the government will have to be excise tax which it had introduced on the first of january no more than your. goal has extended its run on the back of a declining dollar why by the fed's decision to continue to help shore up the u.s. economy gold is gathering pace and is at one thousand five hundred thirty six dollars sorry what thousand five hundred thirty dollars and sixty five cents with silver at forty eight dollars and forty two cents meanwhile hong kong is known for new trading in gold futures i'm going to capture rising interest investors in the middle. and that's have a look at the markets now the u.s. markets are trading mixed this hour with the dow jones up point two six zero percent and the nasdaq down point zero five zero zero percent that's our music and

u.s. economic growth has slowed in the first quarter to an idealized raising one point i can say is compared with a three point two percent reported the previous quarter analysts claim the growth has been hampered by high energy prices which continue to weaken consumer spending . in europe the markets are trading in the back the footsie is gaining a point one four percent and the dax is also up a point nine percent among the top movers deutsche bank is up three point four percent on the back of strong quarterly results. russian equity markets are trading in the black this out the r.c.s. is that point five six percent in the my six up point seven of a percent let's take a look at some index. movers on m i six now most energy majors are trading in the black this hour russia's largest oil producer rosneft is up one point nine percent . point seven percent and v.t. back is down almost two percent one point eight six this down the u.s.

federal reserve has cut the country's economic growth and raise the inflation forecast for this year but american interest rates will remain on hold because the fed's reluctance and reluctance are to make any quick moves to combat higher inflation or slow down growth the fed statements have pushed the dollar down to a three year low against major currencies simon denham from london capital group believes this could have a next impact on the russian economy but as the dollar falls the commodities do naturally rise they do they do seem to have a multiplier effect and therefore a one or two percent five percent move and the dollar tends to be created to a seven to ten percent move in the commodities so on that basis russia should be doing them a significantly better on its back sports of course that is the you know that's what all you cannot make out there is a double edged sword to be the one for one kind of the three is increasing at the moment because the euro much of russia's imports are priced in europe so

they lose with one hand and gain with the other and so in the long run russia should actually in the long run should benefit from the weakness in the dollar but there might be some pain on the. import prices. well that's life as a business for this sound but remember you can always keep up to date on obscene dot com forward slash business i'll have with you just under now. the.

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