what had been able. to get insurance. where did it take. it's nice to see activists in syria holding a day if they should why protest against the government with reports that demonstrations have been fired upon dozens killed the u.s. is threatening action and is slamming syria's alliance with the run also. russian security forces killed ten armed militants including a leader for charis out responsible for a number of attacks. by the russian pilot found guilty in new york of conspiracy to smuggle drugs was taken to america illegally and the beauty in custody according to moscow.

just joined us this is our team from moscow my name is kevin know and he would do this with our top stories of eleven pm more than forty people have reportedly been killed in clashes across syria as thousands of poor onto the streets for a friday of rage i witnesses say around five have been injured because of the tank here the base of the ruling an outrageous in plain clothes fired on demonstrators and 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 crackdown called international condemnation meantime the u.s. is pointing at the radio interference on the side of the government all these are in english the looks of all those accusations could mean for. 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 east and often brutal civil wars with the 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 at the same time seeking a rainy and assistance in repressing syria's citizens this need to be a few things here and it's clear exactly the united states is looking to get involved i think around has been targeted for some time and if you watch the propaganda about syria washington is now claiming. iran is helping syria crash protesters which different about syria read about the protests

in both cases really know that there. are state government you should who are in a position. and so the only those two countries where there's an interest in. t.v. and 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've always belies that syria is iran springboard in its fight against israel this is why it will eventually make a powerful sunni jetted impact on iran's positions but this brings us back to the question of what country will follow syria if it benson 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 enormous books and seek

to tel aviv but damascus crippled by crisis iran may 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 a habit of meddling in aiding revolution. the result may be catastrophic but 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 if suspicions proved true the road may be in for an entirely different ballgame if iran and the us involved in a real confrontation it involves quite. well the un is giving the go ahead for an investigation into serious but a crackdown on protesters and demanding the immediate release of political prisoners and top senior u.s.

officials say president obama looks likely to hit top syrian officials with sanctions over the brutality that's being dealt the protesters right to show britain wants told us it's too late now to take action what is collapsing in the air how is the west on policy the western policy has been to see. me they and other counties like saudi hear. and other fifteen which were not better or more democratic. than. they were friendly to the west the friendly to is very often the case for whatever and also doing during the hike i always say that once you start. doing this policy it's going to buy fry and now it's backfiring and the whole police is collapsing in the only way we can do is to stay out of that region no matter how bad the events i don't think we can we are able to fix what's going to happen because what's happening is to some extent of his over five previous releases so in those periods when he sees

a failed. yemen there's another arab state or a nationwide uprising refuses to go away new killings have led to demands of president saleh is a media resignation despite a deal with the opposition to step down within a month in an interview you gave to r.t. the leader says the dangers of rushing into change are greater than his opponents imagine. that or opponents reject the idea of holding presidential and parliamentary elections because they are aware they won't be able to gain a majority as a matter of fact what we're having is an unconstitutional coup they are trying to foist a muslim and are against the constitutional transfer of power and likely to redeem we're even ready to agree to their plans so as to avoid bloodshed. some countries in the region and some western nations connived such tendencies currently being seen in the so-called new middle east it is this the controlled chaos and aerials are prepared for it's enough to have a look at what's going on in egypt tunisia and other countries the scenario cannot

be called anything other than a plot against the region i believe to that end they would stoop to anything. coming up on our team tonight why should road rage. down this road alone this all three and to gas stations now battle the lines by that white paper the world's largest oil producing country if suddenly found themselves running on empty. before that though ten militants have been killed in a special operation by security forces in russia's north caucuses authorities said that among the terrorists were there head of an extremist group others responsible for deadly attacks in the region i think within a culture has got the latest for you. 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. 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 surrender and opened fire at the end of the shooting turn militants including at least two women were killed now russian special forces are safe among those militants were some high profile terrorist and regional investigation committee also. among them a leading figures in a so-called buckstone game in the republic of course. they were not regular bandits but high profile ones they're responsible for one hundred crimes in the republic of good but if you little crew and the other regions. in the house where they were killed plus who if was among those militants who were killed in that operation 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 at the hydro power plant and the terror attack on the racecourse or

a loss here now in another figure among terrorists as you have jump with was also among the killed militants investigators that hughes jumped with a game 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. during massages verb to continue revealing the world secrets speaking in exclusive interview to us about the controversial whistleblower says the media could have helped prevent many conflicts around the world. one of the hopeful things that i've discovered is that really every war started in the past fifty years there's been a result. we don't want. the media could have thought that if we had searched

people that had requested government they could stop it but what does that mean. that we basically populations. populations have to be fooled with. populations that are willingly and we both are not going to. if we have media. also because. it was called the restrictions in egypt use for it's sort of everybody around but. so facebook in particular. is the most appalling spying machine because they were being put into. here we have the world's most comprehensive database about people all sitting within the united states all accessible to us and talking to.

us is a short excerpt from a full interview if you'd like to see the full thing with julian assange and you can it's being shown here on monday throughout the day on. the world's eyes will be on london today has prince william and kate middleton tie the knot in a lavish ceremony at westminster abbey thousands of police officers were deployed in one of the biggest security operations in the u.k. indeed over forty people were arrested in the run up to the event for him i thought intelligence officer told me the police approach was heavy handed. they have to take measures to protect the event from any such terrorist groups irish republican dissidents or middle eastern terrorist groups and i don't think anyone complains about the fact that they're trying to stop stop protestors xor exercising their right to freedom of expression around the world waiting is of much greater concern because the police are talking about such squads and drawn raids and in fact there's the sort of measures that are indeed used in countries like syria but we used against u.k.

protesters including notably leading peace activist charlie veach who was swept up yesterday as a preventive measure and has apparently just disappeared into a better system his family his girlfriend can't trace him they're being blocked in light by the police even his lawyers can't find him so he seems to have sort of disappeared in a rather cath caressing way and i think it's dangerous dangerous path to go down because this man hadn't done anything he might even suspect he might want to protest but he hadn't done anything so effectively what we're looking at is an already in thought crime within what is a notional u.k. democracy. producers have to come up with a new plan big boxes and four of these are cutting the sports much slower on the domestic market that many of them selling abroad and for getting a boat local as a result of that purple stations be drying out and prices have been skyrocketing. while the world's biggest oil producer has been running on empty. russia would know sounds ridiculous yet what it is we want to five different gas stations that were

closed here we'll be waiting in line for hours what is this isn't this supposed to be the oil rich 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 while 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 russian will producers. we understand that people have the right to demand for oil prices a lot further to us today in russia petrol is thirty to forty percent cheaper than in neighboring countries ukraine not to mention the boat it states the outcome of fixing a fair price has had a questionable outcome for buyers and sellers as a result of the oil companies pulling out of the domestic market what's left is

becoming more and more expensive as battle becomes a scarce resource that the price is going up and no one likes it and we're afraid prices will rise even more and then what i mean while in the russian capital it's small gas retailer stations that are under the threat of been closed down it's a great game 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 file cases against the oil companies and. all companies illegally limited or stopped supplying fuel to independent as filling stations in the region who are going to take them to trial prime minister vladimir putin has ordered an increase in expert duties on russian oil starting from may 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 on the way and then of course r.t. moscow. now online of course you can get all the latest on your stories at r.t. dot com if you fancy having a load there including these the reality of the situation in syria is far from the picture painted by the western media according to an eyewitness in the country who got an interview online about that tonight also talking about a new partnership promising to be a winner at this year's cannes film festival pressure in china taking on the international movie see the good of that story interest you see dot com is the place to be unkillable and thanks without eating like the news continues just a minute from. wealthy british style. margetts weiner scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on our team issues that so much in it is

a huge music issue on the market as the arab spring interested six months it appears to have run into some serious head do some. bringing you the latest in science and technology from. the future covered. for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. this is r.t. from moscow also says that the russian pilot found guilty of drug trafficking by a jury in new york came under psychological and physical pressure in the u.s. constantine who was arrested last year in liberia and then taken to america he was

accused of smuggling drugs around the world to try to bribe senior liberian officials but as honest as going to reports he insists she's innocent. 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 a 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 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 maintain his innocence. all the facts are fabricated all the tapes were distorted by the prosecution u.s. officials played a leading role in the arrests of the russian citizen posing as drug dealers american secret agents conducted meetings and therefore resulting in hours of recordings the prosecution then put forward as proof of your shingles 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 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 he or she was defense team echoes this the defendant did nothing. other than listen to the florida. state suggesting that he was going with the image that meanwhile your show 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. people really for all. notifying romania 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 here still is the issue that was decided before a trip. related to the crime should give manufactured jurisdiction which the judge decided pretrial against. that i believe you stated there will be issues. that can be patient advocate. an appeal cannot be filed until after the sentencing but hopes are doomed he was appeal courts are generally reluctant to reverse decisions made by jury court sentencing a person to your son cause expensive three months it's like when she eats he will

find out his destiny on u.s. soil if you for us in the pilot faces ten years i say to see high horse country where he committed no crime is that's a tricky part see if you. can take his case is being compared to that of another russian with the way to the u.s. from a third country to boot investigative journalist what madsen says both cases highlight america's disregard for international regulations. and the problem here is the extra territorial imposition of us. on people who have really no it in both victor boot case selling even if you believe he was selling weapons to the colombian fark what does that have to do with the united states now that the federal government says well the weapons would be used to target american citizens that's that's kind of that's a giant leap. that cocaine was coming from the colombian fark and making its way through africa into western europe where is the connection to the united states and

whatever happened to interpol in these matters why is it that the united states is trumping interpol there's many things about this case that are strange first of all we know that the irish apparently was offered a deal by federal prosecutors to if he would testify against victor boot they're actually in the same prison in new york the southern district of new york is notorious it's one of the places but the cia likes to use the kangaroo courts in addition to the u.s. it's record washington d.c. in the u.s. this records number ginia and the price cia courts to try these cases and i think we have to look at the impartiality and i don't think the impartiality is there. investigative journalist wayne madsen elsewhere around the world tonight at least seventeen people have died and five more are missing after a ferry accident on the river nile in egypt some reports say the victims were on a bus that slid off the ferry well the reports say the boat capsized transporter actions are common in egypt they're often blamed on poor maintenance and

a lack of regulation. number of people killed by a powerful tornado sweeping through the southeast of the united states is rising rapidly nearly three hundred have lost their lives most victims are in alabama where the storms are described as the worst ever two major cities with paralyzed by the deadliest tornado outbreak in nearly forty years a state of emergency has been declared in seven states with many people left homeless. interpol says the attack on a cafe rocco the killed sixteen people was most likely to have been a suicide bombing that happened in the bustling heart of marrakesh is all quarter with most of the victims forward to arrests no group claimed responsibility officials say it's too early to lay blame for the explosion although suspicion has fallen on cells linked to al qaeda it's the deadliest attack in the country since two thousand and three. but will be using u.s. public defender wants to be reappointed to represent alleged nazi war criminal john demjanjuk in court it comes of recently leaked f.b.i.

report indicated that there are many death count guard id card may have been a fake he's currently on trial in germany on charges of bail excess three to over twenty eight thousand during the war ninety one year old there were new york denies the charges. crewmembers on the international space station gives me to treat courtesy of a russian freighter the progress successfully dr the i assess and delivered more than ten tons of cargo and team up they've got fresh fruit and vege as well as some pastoral from psychologist of that my very own no more technical side of things they also go to york city and regeneration unit and equipment biotech experiments maybe some of the most interesting gifts going up there fruit flies by here and funding spins of the longest some of those bugs of a death team will probably be using them for experiments. twenty three twenty three moscow time to be with us tonight our programs continue shortly

crosstalk so on in a bit host people of well tonight is guest debate how far middle eastern governments will go to maintain the status quo amid widespread protests or that learned about ten minutes tonight but first as get up to speed the latest business from the military. alone a very welcome to business see the cost of borrowing is going up in russia the central bank is increasing its key interest rate by twenty five basis points to eight point two five percent is the second hike this year after the bank increased the refinance rate by the same amount two months ago alexandra if you're from the city 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 are concerned about one trend progress of the central bank. no it is that mentions that they see a decrease in savings rate this means that people are calling cute banks they are

boring they are going to spend more and this will drive inflation high and so the central bank is trying to prevent this by rise in rates be making deposits more attractive so median savings more attractive for. russian markets and the do we have no choice with overall weekly the kleins amounting to one point two percent in the r.t.s. two point nine percent of the my six that's despite high oil prices rosneft russia's largest oil producer lost one and a half percent on friday despite reporting a sixty percent increase in net profit for the first quarter positive financial results also failed to prevent gazprom shares from the climbing or and that was the second banking stocks were also down with b.c.b. shedding almost two percent the russian markets have been vulnerable to profit taking on lower trade levels over the past week you're going to get your models of capital believe soever that this is simply due to them outperforming other markets in the previous months. recipe what we're seeing now russia is lagging and slagging

however in the previous couple of mars it was our performance other developed markets so i believe that it's well a consolidation of course produces some profit taking some segments where. it's stronger than the rest of the market for a person still sector with. russia still major us being significantly lower this week however we still see the. blue chips like nickel gas problems para bank. some others. in russia's gas monopoly gazprom has reported on top results for last year net profit rose by a quarter of thirty five billion dollars that's higher than the pre-crisis that has brought benefited from strong local demand would sales up twenty seven percent domestically but sales in europe slipped one percent however and this expects a man to pick up possibly due to supply disruptions from the middle east and africa

. things were better than we expected or actually much much better and faster results of our revenues were above our expectations that income was also go to speak to a chanst thanks to lower your interest expense and the gains from the this year seems to be a very good year potential for forgiveness for me in terms of sales but i think there's a fair chance to look into those or goodness knows probably will not suffer from the seasonal slowdown that's new wolfowitz and second quarter frank thanks to the price of the e.u. in europe. and russia's most popular search engine yand x. is hoping to raise up so billion dollars and suck up an i.p.o. in new york i don't know he will stop marketing the listing next week the number of shares is yet to be determined handaxes placement comes six months off of the one billion the london flows of its biggest russian rival male thoughts. i don't next

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