the result sunny of beach hotel the listing result use of doing some. of it still some in the distance below the resort and spa the risk pools and who still ground many of you closer to the season so it's the silt on which to. activists in syria holding a day of nationwide protest against the government with reports demonstrators have been fired upon us is threatening action and slamming syria's alliance with iran. russian security forces killed ten armed militants including elite outfit charis south responsible for a number of attacks. and a russian pilot faces prison after a new york court finds him guilty of conspiring to smuggle drugs into the u.s. a constant constant pinjarra shakos defense team says he committed no crime against america. despite high commodity prices in global markets moving forward moderately

russia's markets end the week on the negative note bringing the overall weekly declines to one point two percent below its yes in two point nine percent but among six find out more in twenty minutes the now this is. news around the clock from around the world seven pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us at least eleven people have reportedly been killed in clashes in the same syrian city of daraa there among thousands who poured onto the streets across the country for a friday of rage eyewitnesses say around five people have been injured in the coastal city of latakia the base of the ruling elite after agents in plainclothes fired on the demonstrators in the capital damascus police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of protesters the opposition promised president assad the biggest rally yet

following a series of killings of demonstrators a bloody crackdowns caused international condemnation the u.s. even pointing out iranian interference on the side of the government parties are really going to show the looks of what these accusations could mean for tehran. some like it hot but this spring things have heated up perhaps too much in the arab world is it's too easy a libya now syria more than african region and the middle east and often brutal civil wars with the western powers playing an important hand some believe this won't stop anytime soon so who is next in line for the greater evil in the region the answer may lie on the surface. of president assad is disingenuously blaming outsiders while at the same time seeking a rainy an assistance in repressing syria's citizens this need to be a bailed him and that's where exactly the united states is looking to get involved i think iran has been targeted for some time now and if you watch the propaganda

about syria washington is now claiming that iran is helping the syrian oppress protesters which different about syria and rare protest music in both cases really know for a fact. the united states government is supporting opposition groups and so it's only those two countries where rush to has an interest in intervening to run has been a longstanding alliance with syria in this strategically important region right next to iran's arch nemesis israel syria syria isn't the same as libya geopolitically we always realize that syria is iran's springboard in its fight against israel this is why it will eventually make a powerful sunni appear to impact on iran's positions this brings us back to the question what country will follow syria if events in syria progress according to

the libyan scenario we will probably see a similar developments in iran unfortunately patti's iran will repeat the syrian scenario iranian ships have dropped anchor in syrian ports. enormous proximity to tel aviv damascus crippled by crisis iran neal lose its footing in the region this is again a continuation of the idea that you use the 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 habit of meddling in aiding. the result may be catastrophic if there is foreign intervention in syria yes iran's intervention in response that is a definite and very real possibility just as much as it interfered in iraq when the us invaded that country and it's the species proved through the world may be in for an entirely different ballgame if you're running the u.s.

get involved in the real hunt confrontation it involves quite a. yemen is another arab state where a nationwide uprising refuses to go away you killings have led to demands for president saleh is a media resignation despite a deal with the opposition to step down within a month in an interview with r.t. the leader says the dangers of rushing into change are in his opinion greater than his opponents imagine. our opponents reject the idea of holding presidential and parliamentary elections because they are aware they will be able to gain a majority as a matter of fact we're having is an unconstitutional coup and they are trying to. and are against a constitutional transfer of power in twenty thirteen we're even ready to agree to their plans so as to avoid bloodshed in. some countries in the region and so mr mason's connived such tendencies currently being seen in the so-called new middle

east it is this the controlled chaos and use of prepared for it's enough to have them because it's going to museums other countries the scenario cannot be called anything other than a plot against the region i believe if it did not and they would stoop to anything . else are meeting in brussels to discuss sanctions against the syrian regime the unions three largest countries germany france and the u.k. are all pushing for tougher measures despite yesterday's decision by the u.n. security council to stay away from the conflict for more on this we go live to brussels where john author of the book humanitarian imperialism joining us live good to have you with us are russia and china have blocked it out because they condemn the violence in syria saying there's no grounds to interfere but sometimes they seem determined to go ahead what do you think is the driving force behind their initiative. well i don't know exactly what their motivations is but they think. the problem with syria is exactly what was predictable when they intervened

in libya if you want to intervene in libya and we see why you don't think that would be. the first thing was why don't you intervene in behind and why don't you intervene in. both israel and so on but there he was against intervention you know against their allies and of course they are not going to intervene against their own eyes with now there is a problem of syria and put them to be at hand so they can intervene against their enemies the problem is that those in their midst namely syria in your hand a much bigger and stronger than media so i didn't feel afraid of intervening in syria in libya in see it in syria and then you hand because you know we had he had you know problems in the hurricane in afghanistan and so on so i think that his he did do intervene and he's going to be never the less we look to give their intervention in libya he's not the shouldn't there be in syria also in every way and potentially we would be led into a denies rule in the middle east at this time i say anything if at the same time

we're seeing reports that bashar al assad we're seeing video from the streets that he stepped into the deadly crackdown in recent days i mentioned the army snipers tanks plainclothes police who have allegedly fired on protesters people are dying every day how else could the international community address this. well the goal in this there is no international these no such thing as the international community you see the vigorous notice of the police is they're being aided it's a really nasty in years have made sure that there is an international community because people are. wary of the intentions and the polices of the united states overage working in the hike in afghanistan only need be. and you see the question in china skeptical of what the united states want to do there is no international community is being destroyed so if it would be desirable to have you here the international community's action then you need to have had a previous peace by the sea which the simply does not exist and i think there is

nothing can that can be done in syria we just you see what is collapsing in the air how is the west going policing the rest i'm pretty sea has been consumed and we demonize certain counting they can do it on the counties like saudi arabia. and other hazim which you are not the homeowner democratic then you hand but this you quoted them because they were friendly to the west of friendly to reason often need to or an interest or whatever and most of the region working in fact i always say that once is not doing what do you see it's going to backfire and now it's backfiring and the whole police is collapsing and thinking the only way we can do is to stay out of that page and no matter how bad the events i don't thing we can't we are able to fix what's going to happen because what's happening is to some extent of his or the five previous bodies there or nine years when he sees our favorite our report our correspondent just earlier talk about the u.s.

and here is iraq of being part of the violence that's taking place in syria here of the iranian ambassador today saying that it's israel and the u.s. who are to blame or do you think the truth lies here who do you think is behind the uprising is it growing organically from the people based on the. policies or what do you think. look i am no more expelled than anybody to know what's going on i'm quite sure that the us is genuinely supporting opposition group wherever they can and the idea of meaning in many cables that does not mean of course that the revolution or the uprising in syria is entirely manufactured by the united states there must be a lot of discontent in syria as there is in many counties now whether they will know whether the hand intervenes in syria again i don't know i mean you see accusation of intervention in there and you and i have been going all all all over the place but there is no doubt in my mind that the united states as

a community to itself we need to intervene everywhere in the world so if you hand intervenes in syria they consider that an acceptable they didn't see anything hong we damn intervening everywhere in the world including in the in africa in riyadh world in your hand it's a cloud and of course having wars going on so it seems to me that we are the turning point where we have to choose between continuing the war like policing of the last ten years and maybe get involved in the general areas will in the middle east where it's back to back home that policy you can keep on that policy of permanent wars and the proud of these and go be haitian even though the situation in the present in the story may be tragic in syria angry at other places it seems to me that we are not qualified to throw the poll that we've done and we have shown it by the fate of our policies all right thanks very much and britain author of the vote humanitarian imperialism. thank you very much. coming up your own

archie a russian road rage. down this road alone with all three m. to gas stations nope that's true now lines find out why people in the world's largest oil producing country have suddenly found themselves running on empty. but first ten militants have been killed in a special operation by security forces in russia's north caucasus authorities say among the terrorists where the head of an extremist group and others responsible for deadly attacks in the region are he's been a coach you know about has the latest. another successful anti terror operation has been carried out by russian special forces on friday morning after a thing happened at the border between the region and about you know about cairo republic when a group of militants were cornered in a residential area and after the civilians at the scene were evacuated to safety and militants refused to sit around and open fire at the end of the suits him turn

to the tents including at least two women were killed now russian special forces say among those militants were some high profile terrorist and regional investigation committee also. among them some leading figures in a so-called but fun game in the republic of combat if you are both right in the you were not regular bandits but high profile ones they're responsible for a hundred crimes in the republic of good but if you little quoted in the other regions we were reading the piece in the house will be with you cause a bit but sure if was among those militants who were killed in that open ration and he was believed to be involved in a number of terror attacks not only in that region but across the north caucasus including a terror act out the hydro power plant and of the terror target on the racecourse last year now in another figure among terrorists as you have job was also among the killed militants investigators accused was again of attacking tourists from moscow

in february twentieth levon and russian security forces also further d.n.a. tast would probably be required to identify some of the militants and as this identification process is under way at the scene of the special operation at the moment. spouter julian assad has vowed to continue revealing the world secrets in an exclusive interview with r.t. of a controversial whistleblower says the media could help prevent many conflicts around the world. one of the hopeful things that i've discovered is that when you read a wall that it started in the past fifty years has been a result of the meeting going on. in the media could have stopped if they had searched but it hadn't required government propaganda they could put it what does that mean. that means basically populations that iraq will.

populations have to be fooled and the world's population is going to remain and we don't think it's going to work so even if we have a quick media aren't there in the old sort of things from it when it was smaller demonstrations in egypt and used but it's going to be running around to the front lines. so facebook in particular. is the most appalling spying machine because they've been inventing he we have the world's most comprehensive database about people all sitting within the united states all accessible u.s. intelligence and watch the full interview with julian assad monday here on r.t. . the world's eyes are on the run ins a day is prince william and kate middleton tie the knot in the lavish ceremony at westminster abbey thousands of police officers were deployed in one of the biggest

security operations in the u.k. and more than forty people were arrested before the event a friend of one of the arrested protesters silkie carlos says the police approach was too harsh. it's been around one hundred pre-crime arrests which is not something you come to expect a democracy and these are people who really planning on just voicing their opinion and opposing them want to k. they do live in a very hierarchical system a very unfair system one that promotes inequality in poverty i mean it's thought that the cakes at the wedding a costing around one hundred thirty three dollars per slice there's been about twenty four million british pounds just spent on security by public funds and yet at the same time there are cuts being made to disabled people for students so it really highlights. the deep deep problems that we have in this country and the police rounds of the listening to it were posed the morning shutting them are

russian oil producers well off they're coming with a new plan to make big profit as authorities are cutting exports much lower prices on the domestic market had many of them selling abroad and forgetting about local demand and as a result petrol stations have been drying out and prices have skyrocketed or he's an italian overcover fines are why the world's biggest oil producer is running on empty. russia with no sounds ridiculous yet what it is that we want to five different here stations that were closed here will be waiting in line for hours what is this isn't this supposed to lead this 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 skyrocket and 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 russian

will producers. we understand that people have the right to demand for oil prices for a what's fair to us today in russia thirty to forty percent cheaper than in neighboring countries valorise ukraine not to mention the baltic states 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 natural becomes a scarce resource that prices going up and no one likes it and we're afraid prices will rise even more and then what meanwhile in the russian capital it's small gas retailer stations that are under the threat of being closed down it's a good again 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 there are thousands of other petrol stations to choose from but the regional authorities are beginning to find cases against the oil companies and. all

companies illegally limited or stopped supplying fuel to independent as filling stations in the region we're going to take them to trial trying to save lives even put in has ordered an increase in expert duties on russian well starting from me so that companies can't make extra profit selling for higher prices abroad. keeping them in a no win situation and those in need of fuel have been promised thousands of tons of potential on the way i think. must be. there to look online for all our stories and more here's what's on our team dot com right now the reality of the situation in syria far from the picture of painted by the media pouring into an eyewitness in a country our interview was. at a new partnership is promising to be a winner at this year's kava film festival as russia and china take on the international movie see.

a jury in new york has found a russian pilot guilty of drug trafficking constantine jarosz ankle was arrested last year in liberia then extradited to the u.s. and he's accused of moving drugs around the world and trying to bribe senior liberian officials but are he's out of stasi churkin or reports he insists on his innocence. 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 your shimko face to me west 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 your cause intent to conspire to smuggle tons of cocaine to south america and later into the us in liberia he was surrounded by five agents the second he stepped off the plane he was a country by guards 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 he or she was defense team echo's this defendant did nothing. other than wish the informant. if 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 duly 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 facts which are. to be brutally for us. notifying rumania instead of russia to observers this seemed a joke on the day of 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. it related to the concept of manufacture jurisdiction which the judge decided. against it. then i believe the state if. it can be the

basis. for an appeal cannot be filed until after the sentencing but hopes are dim u.s. appeal courts are generally reluctant to reverse decisions made by jury court the sentencing of senior center is expected in st months on july twenty eighth he will find out his destiny on u.s. soil to choose russian pilot faces ten years license at sea hindmarsh country or keep committed no crime that's a trick in our part see. turn now to some other stories making headlines across the globe at least seventeen people have died five more missing after a ferry accident on the nile river in egypt some reports say victims were on a bus that slid off the ferry others say the boats capsized transport accidents are common in egypt often blamed on poor maintenance and a lot of regulation. the number of people killed by powerful tornadoes

tearing through the southeastern united states is rising rapidly nearly three hundred people lost their lives most of the victims in alabama where storms were described as the worst ever two major cities have been paralyzed by the deadliest tornado outbreak in nearly forty years state of emergency has been declared in seven states many people left homeless. interpol says an attack on a cafe in morocco that killed sixteen people was most likely a suicide bomber that happened in the capital's main square with most of the victims core and tourists no group has yet claimed responsibility officials say it's too soon to lay blame for the explosion of those especially has fallen and so are the cells away with all the deadliest attack in the country since two thousand and three. dimitri joins us next with all the latest business news stay with us here at our. welcome so you business see the cost of borrowing is going up in russia the central

bank has increased its key interest rate by twenty five basis points to eight point two five percent is the second hike this the up to the bank increase the refinance rate by the same amount two months ago i think some of the capital outlines the reasons for the move. well the central bank is obviously concerned about inflation and particularly they mentioned in the statement that they're concerned about one trick drive recently the central bank. note is that mentions that they see a decrease in savings rate this means that people are going to bank they are boring their it going to spend more and this will drive inflation high and so the central bank is trying to prevent this by raising rates be making deposits more attractive so being in savings more attractive for a poor people. going to markets now the dow and nasdaq are still mixed or the dow is up five point four percent caterpillar is leading the way up it's two point

seven percent higher or better than expected results. europe is trading flat very much on the royal day we're seeing a full sea close there because of the national holiday due to the way other markets away by turns out and the dax is trading quarter of a percent actually point four percent higher though namely is down almost one percent this out. here in the moscow the week was pretty negative for the final note the obvious down point one percent my six point four percent overall in my six lost almost three percent over the week energy majors are trading in the red on the lower crude prices rose does down the half percent gazprom is down by just a notch despite positive financial results from russia's largest gas producer thank you so it's we're also down the shooting point nine percent in the

session. more detail now on those results from gas promise reported very positive results for the previous year their profit rising by a quarter of that over first the five billion dollars that's higher than the pre-crisis level gazprom benefited from a strong local demand with sales up twenty seven percent sales in europe so the one percent however and this expected to pick up partially due to supply disruptions from the middle east and africa. so these were. places where we expect and action much much closer and as a result of revenues going about our expectations that income was also about the expectations thanks to lower your interest expense and high gains from the sales this year seems to be a very good year potential for the forecast for me in terms of sales but i think there's a fair chance that in terms of growth in this gas pump will not suffer from this season of slowdown that's and will for the first and second quarter think thanks to high prices really you are in europe russia's most popular search engine yandex is

hoping to raise up to a billion dollars in its upcoming i.p.o. in new york the company will start marketing the listing next week a number of shares is yet to be determined yandex its placement comes six months after the one billion dollar london of its biggest russian rival melgar are you. and we will be back next out whether or not they come up next on i'll see the headlines with matthew save us. all.

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