if you. come from constant pressure. starts on t.v. don't come. syrian protesters a day of rage from us calls for sanctions over the current crackdowns the spread of the arab spring puts our eyes on a wrong. the world's biggest oil producer finds itself running short of russia's petro exports to satisfy demand of home. and a life behind bars is on the cards for the russian author us finds him guilty of conspiring to smuggle drugs and defense insists there are critical fools or conviction.

you're watching out he would have you twenty four hours a day straight to our top story now syria's opposition is planning a day of rage after friday prayers in the face of a violent crackdown on protesters the u.s. is calling for sanctions against syria president assad turning to iran in a way that could unite the two against washington's closest ally in the region israel he's going to go to school and looks at the potential for the arab uprisings to spread further east some like it hot but this spring things have heated up perhaps too much in the arab world egypt tunisia libya now syria northern african region and the middle eastern gulf the brutal civil wars with western powers playing an important hand some believe this won't stop anytime soon so who's next in line for the great upheaval in the region the answer may lie on the surface . president assad is disingenuously blaming outsiders while of the same time

seeking a rainy and assistance in repressing syria's citizens this need to be a hint that's where exactly the united states is looking to get involved i think iran has been targeted for some town and if you watch the propaganda about syria washington is now claiming that iran is helping syria oppress protesters what's different about syria about the protest music in both cases really know for a fact there. are states government was supporting opposition groups and so it's only those two countries where they are to has an interest in intervening t.v. ron has been a longstanding alliance with syria in this strategically important region right next to iran's arch nemesis israel. syria isn't the same as libya geopolitically

we've always belies that syria is iran's springboard in its fight against israel this is why it will eventually make a powerful sunni jesica impact on iran's positions but this brings us back to the question what country will follow syria if it vents in syria progress according to the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar developments in iran unfortunately that is iran will repeat the syrian scenario iranian ships have dropped anchor in syrian ports in numerous books and take to tel aviv but the mask is crippled by a crisis iran may lose its footing in the region this is again a continuation of the idea that he used international machinery to achieve your national objectives under the pretext that you are actually trying to protect human rights should the u.s. and its allies decide to go through with the help of meddling in aiding evolution.

forces in the region the result may be catastrophic that if there is foreign intervention in syria yes iran's intervention in the sponsors that is a definite and very real possibility just as much as it interfered in iraq when the us invaded that country and if this is proved true the world may be in for an entirely different ballgame if iran in the u.s. get involved in a real hot confrontation it in-house quietly moscow. yemen's president has been speaking to r.t. as a standoff in his country gets ever more entrenched demonstrators continue to demand his media resignation spite a deal to step down within a month in sunday's says his opponents can't see the dangers of making changes too quickly. that our opponents reject the idea of holding presidential and parliamentary elections because they're aware they won't be able to gain a majority as a matter of fact what we're having is an unconstitutional coup and they are trying

to force. and are against a constitutional transfer of power in twenty thirteen we really need to agree to their plans so as to avoid bloodshed. some countries in the region and so mr missions connived such tendencies currently being seen in the so-called new middle east is this the controlled chaos and i use a prepared feel it's enough to have a look at what's going on egypt to museum other countries the scenario cannot be called anything other than a plot against the region i believe it or not and they would stoop to anything. but a few minutes how the world is just scratching the surface of government's dark secrets it will grow in chief tells of many more dancing revelations than those published by wiki leaks. look at how solving america's public making ends meet to be achieved by capping the cultures of this intervention.

let's move on to some oddities russian security services have killed at least ten militants in a raid in the south the operation is being hailed as a major success and it's part of a series of stings across the north caucuses in recent weeks a correspondent in the region as you know. joins us along the security forces say there were some high profile gunman among those killed tell us more about the operation. well one of the most successful anti terror operations has just answered the border between the region and you know about a republic now a group of militants cool in it's in a residential area by russian security forces and masses they refused to surrender and opened fire the police finally back and that began several militants including

at least two women were killed in that operation now russian security forces say that among this militants were the local leaders of terrorists in that area and they also that this operation was one of the most successful in recent weeks and stands in the same line with another operation that also happened this week when i group when militants were killed including close associates to russia's most wanted terrorist the open mind of. the number of anti terrorists in the region is rising also acutely forces making significant gains to rethink. well still this area russia's north caucasus remains the main training ground for terrorists in russia and although russia's north caucasus has witnessed a number of successful n.c. terror operations and dozens of militants have been wiped out in recent weeks including a chief al-qaeda agent the leader of militants in dagestan as well as close

associates to go still this region remains the most volatile area in the country and further challenge and search operations are going on across the country across the area at this very moment. from the north caucuses. top story the situation in syria you officials are meeting later in brussels to this sanctions against the syrian regime more analysis from the former speaker of the belgian parliament thank you for joining us here live on a major concern is that sanctions against syria could lead to another attempt to impose a no fly zone do you think there's enough toit's among europe's leaders for another campaign. well actually raise start talking again about sanctions against a new country a whole lot of questions arise not just the ones related to disintegration in libya

this is a very volatile situation this is a regime that in the eighty's killed twenty thousand of its own citizens this is not a regime that's going to be feeling the pressure of sanctions on the contrary it did the question is why so fast now after after we see that in libya it's a mess in libya why do it again and if it is if this is about human rights or a bottom of the massacres why not start with the most cruel medieval resealing in the arab region saudi arabia if this is about prevent a massacre why not do something about the illegal occupation of palestine i mean the e.u. could do so much to support democracy why not give all this money to egypt detainees to tunisia to support the democratic movement that they need that support i mean sentients can work in the long run like if we see what happened with apartheid in

south africa south in the short run there is no history that they'll see that something in the short and have an impact will certainly not for the syrian people but you mentioned sanctions that imposing sanctions on libya fail to make it out what other options oh there to stop the violence in syria. well first of all who are we to judge the situation in the first place and why don't we ask advice to countries in the neighborhood that do have some moral authority like turkey. what moral rightness do you have in the first place now do we have to do something yes yes there's a lot we can do for example to stop supporting these big states in the first place let's not forget these dictatorships are suppressing their own people we need to support the arms that they're bought from europe from from countries here i mean let's stop doing that in the first place of course that's not going to have

a short term impact on things but maybe this might be a time for reflection over what we have been doing for the last forty fifty years in the middle east and in the north african region i mean i do personally i do not believe that the sanctions at this moment will have a positive impact in singapore. but of course it's not just europe involved in all this the u.s. being welcoming the arab revolt spread out fears that iran is getting behind syria what could all this mean for israel. well of course syria and iran have been allies for a long and that i mean it's pretty obvious that if they get into trouble in the masters they're going to look for support elsewhere and they're not and this is really troublesome from israel of course it is i mean but not as the u.s. for example would say because it would i mean this is going to put the whole.

policy of israel within the middle east and the jeopardy let's not forget. that sue for they have been supported by all these. big the total regimes in egypt all over the place. in the long run and industry first but in the short run this is good for israel nobody's paying attention to the fact that the occupation that these settlements will be are going on on the same page that the repression of the palestine people is keeps going on in the long run this is going to be problematic indeed one does not know i cannot tell you what's going to happen i'm very worried about what might happen i just hope that the syrian people just like in egypt might succeed whether we are the ones to tell them what to do whether we are the ones that can impose means or sanctions that will help them and that's you know a lot of discussion i mean this is too volatile a situation previously this is the solution this is what we do let's first look at

what happens in the first place in egypt in tunis where the revolt so to speak is succeeded where there was going to. be there forever with all this volatility going on some say that radical islamists are lining up to get their political share as it were in the rather this arab states right now how much of a threat all day and all this. well well of course the movements extremist movements like that will try to take advantage of these genuine people revulse of the that's pretty obvious that's what these kind of movement do so you should take for granted that they will try to abuse the situation i mean let's not forget a lot of these organizations are already present in syria so the question is what can we do about it is not whether we should find that good or bad what can we do about it for the moment if you look at what we did for the last forty years this is a situation that we probably created if this is about fighting the religious

extremism i'm very sorry but let's let's start by not supporting anymore the most extremist religious fundamentalist regime in the world saudi arabia that's an ally that's one an enemy i mean we talk about the days of islamic fundamentalism well let's start there ok i like to leave it there for now let it go your storm adeptly speaker of the belgian pilot thank you for joining us live here alone thank you very much. well the man behind wiki leaks says his website's revelations are just the tip of the iceberg the publication of confidential cables pretty deeply embarrassing to the u.s. and other countries julian assange has been speaking to r.t. and says it's only a matter of time before more damaging information becomes known if we look at our work over the last. twelve months think about that so all the stories

that have come out actually happened in the world before two thousand and ten people didn't know about it so what is it that we don't know about now. there's an enormous hidden world out there that we don't know about until much much later on but it exists right now you know the release of diplomatic cables we only released . secret classified confidential material we didn't have any top secret cables the really embarrassing stuff the really serious stuff was in our collection to release we didn't store it so what is it. people need to be comfortable. what they receive from me from the main you know is all that is happening you know i'd stayed in strive to get up an execution case for me united states the united kingdom wants to keep at the various levels wants to keep its good relationship

with united states. so if you k. was to reject you would think solution would have. posed terrible problems to any country which used to be harboring. trying to conduct its. freighters presence and the united kingdom. does attempts to excite me to the united states then it faces a difficult position politically which is the bulk of the people in my kingdom support us. when you can watch the full version of our interview with actually in the sun on monday here notting. hill russia is cutting that petrol exports out of fuel shortages hit the home market as a result of pump prices are burning a bigger holding onto its pockets tell yet another kevin looks at why the world's biggest oil producer is spawning itself without. russia with no sounds

ridiculous yet what you did we went to five different gas stations all of them were closed here will be waiting in line for hours what is this isn't this supposed to be country overnight fuel prices jumped twenty five percent in several russian regions as the battle runs out the prize goes up even more their supplies enough only for two weeks all prices skyrocketed at the beginning of the year but russian authorities made an effort to get battle costs at a consumer friendly level as a result foreign markets became much more attractive and profitable for russia will producers. we understand that people have the right to demand for oil prices or oats for to us today in russia thirty to forty percent cheaper than in neighboring countries ukraine not to mention the boat experience the outcome of fixing a fair price has had a questionable outcome for buyers and sellers as

a result of oil companies pulling out of the domestic market what's left is becoming more and more expensive as battle become scarce resource that the price is going up and no one likes it and we're free and prices will rise even more and then why meanwhile in the russian capital it's small gas retailer stations that are under the threat of being closed down it simply became not profitable for the oil giants to self-heal to them down this road alone the saw three am to gas stations now battle lines. in the russian capital during thousands of other factional stations to choose from the regional authorities would you define pieces against the oil companies and. all companies illegally limited all stopped supplying three independent gears filling stations in the region were going to take them to trial minister vladimir putin has ordered an increase in extra duties on russian oil starting from me so that companies can't make extra profit selling for higher

prices abroad leaving them in a no win situation and those in need of fuel have been promised thousands of tons of cash are on the way i think our team must know. they can take a look online for more on all our stories here's what else is our party dot com today california is a traitor for changing the twist once the land of gold rush a dash of desperation as job hungry residents up sticks and move on. to getting europe's leaders to face the naked truth every why the media scantly clad sleep expert suggest it's because the government's own isn't good enough. on the summation. the new york jury has found a russian pilot guilty of conspiring to smuggle drugs into the u.s. . franco was arrested staying in west africa last year and transported to america

he denies all the charges has a sitter going to reports his lawyers say it's under undercover agents who should be in the dock. words not deeds landing foreigners behind bars in the us russian pilot constantine your shango has been found guilty by a manhattan federal court jury of conspiring to smuggle drugs across borders the man was scooped up by u.s. officials in liberia last year and promptly taken to america along with three other suspects from africa what their shimko faced in the u.s. was a ten month wait for a trial a month long hearing and now a guilty verdict the pilot and his family maintained his innocence. all the facts were fabricated all the tapes were distorted by the prosecution u.s. officials played a leading role in the arrest of the russian citizen posing as drug dealers american secret agents conducted meetings with the four resulting in hours of recordings the

prosecution then put forward as proof of the ocean goes intent to conspire to smuggle tons of cocaine to south america and later into the u.s. in liberia he was surrounded by friday agents the second he stepped off the plane he was accompanied by guards they spent day and night in his room only during the trial did he find out that all he had around him were agents they introduced him to some man who transported drugs that's it nothing else happened they wanted to jail him and they did your shackles defense team echoes this the defendant did nothing. to the informant. constant. suggesting that he was with the united states meanwhile your shango has never even set foot on american soil that is until he was handcuffed and brought to america by force in may of last year russian officials were not julie notified of his arrest the man was effectively missing for a month and moscow cited a breach of international law we have. apologized to russia the state department's

excuse we pressed the wrong button on the fax machine. to be brutally for us. notifying romania instead of russia to observers this seemed a joke on the deal the guilty verdict the most important question why this trial is being held on u.s. territory remains unanswered there still is the issue that was decided before. that related to the concept of manufactured jurisdiction which the judge decided pretrial against. that i believe you still have issues that you can be gracious in appellate court an appeal cannot be filed until after the sentencing but hopes are dim he was appeal courts are generally reluctant to reverse decisions made by jury court the sentencing of constancy or some cause it's better than three months on july twenty eighth he will find out his destiny on u.s.

soil his russian pilot faces from twenty five years to life sentence behind bars the country where he committed no crime suspects in turkey no heartsease. news in brief for you. it's. in london today is britain's prince william to take the scenes hands a couple of hours time. i think just here from the british capital hundreds of thousands of people lining london streets as you can see to see the couple make the journey to westminster abbey to treason guests are already arriving at this moment possibly rain that one couple the entrance of buckingham palace in an open topped. city people time for the duke and duchess ok it's. expected to be one last chance in history with around two billion euros around the.

number of people killed by powerful tornadoes sweeping through the southeast united states is rising rapidly but a three hundred have now lost their lives most victims were from alabama. where the storms are described as the worst ever major cities have been decimated by the deadliest tornado outbreak and then filter gives people without homes or electricity while thousands of roads have been rendered impossible. investigation into a deadly bomb attack that's killed at least fifteen in the west in morocco it happened on thursday of a cafe in the capital's main square just they were tourists to the casualties were foreigners and no group responsibility for the bombing the last major attack america was in casablanca in two thousand and three forty five people died. that's fresh air unfitness in moscow out in a few minutes before then we get the south sports news with korean or.

hello and welcome to all business day here on r.g.p. thanks for joining me japan's nuclear crisis coupled with traction of europe's atomic energy programs is pushing demand for gas and examine the gas come back says sales of russian fuel likely to fill that gap. now russian gas becomes more attractive than it was just as well months ago more or i would say outlook for asia to munt is is very good and i didn't see any seam go because we just use less than car sand and growth of gas demand in asia and once again he doesn't have any option other than by ellen she gets including russia now and she saw as a result of that there is there is some free space in the e.u. gas balance we should need to dispute and needs to be through probably with a pipeline gas from russia so as

a result of that i would say that now currently you sure are all for russian gas industry and its ability to compete to alan she is significantly more even taking into account high prices for oil which leads to the high gas prices closer to the end of the year. russia's gas monopoly gazprom has reported pumped up results from last year that profit rose by a quarter to over thirty five billion dollars that's higher than the price of the pre-crisis level benefited from strong local sales twenty seven percent seven europe slipped one percent however analysts expect amounts of pickup partially as usual supply disruptions from the middle east and africa. now is take a look at how the markets are performing in asia the hang sang was losing point three percent on concerns china may tighten its monetary policy over the weekend shares of china overseas land and investment dropped two percent industrial and commercial bank of china and china construction bank close to wrong one percent

despite each of them reporting first quarter profit expectations and the nikkei is closed for public holidays. now european stock markets trade flood to weaker on friday pressured by total and divert market activity somewhat muted by the absence of london markets that are closed for the world wedding national holiday the german dax is trading flat shares of those going to have half a percent after the company reported first quarter results while shares of diamonds slipped one point eight percent of trades that. carry most quickly markets started the day on the downturn the odds he has is trading half a percent lower on the mars express launches musing one point one percent now let's take a closer look at some individual share most energy majors are trading in the red on lower crude prices go snap russia's largest oil producer is losing over one and a half percent it's about reporting

a sixty percent increase the net profit for the first more positive financial results failed to prevent gas from shells from the decline of the stocks are down around zero point six percent and banking stocks are also shedding losses bt be down over two percent. that was not the latest business news i have for you but stay with us the headline is up next the but. the but. the but.

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