syria gears up for a day of prayers and protest as washington promises to punish the government for human rights abuses fueling fears it's running a repeat of libya. italy and france are battling it out over an immigrant influx sparked by the north african arm rest but to some even countries tighten their borders there are concerns it would jeopardize free movement across the continent. plus an armageddon proof caps you call to meets the russians planning to defend us against the forces of nature in the creation of a multi-billion dollar concept. you're

watching r.t. let's go straight to our top story that syrian security offices have carried out raids across the country ahead of the latest round of nationwide protests against the rule of president bashar al assad reports suggest some twelve thousand people have been detained as the rascasse promises government troops woodruff range from governance activists on the ground put the death toll from a two month long uprising at eight hundred. feet to strongly criticized the syrian government who took out washington is even prepared to decide what assad's eleven year rule has made awful such as many chicken reports many believe it could be the first step u.s. takes towards all drastic action against the regime. who is a legitimate international leader and who is not it seems america will decide

a white house source said the obama administration is edging closer to declaring assad's ruling syria illegitimate and that it would be just the first step we will continue to work with our international partners in the e.u. and elsewhere on additional steps to hold syria responsible for its gross human rights abuses sounds familiar united states is helping to lead an international effort to defer deter further violence put in place sanctions to hold government accountable when the u.s. says it's going to hold someone responsible big spectrum action once the u.s. has officially declared the syrian government illegitimate. it would open the door. true various steps taken to remove the government but the self-proclaimed position of the us is the world's

policeman and judge of which government is legitimate or not doesn't sit well with everyone there's an. arrogance. in governing regenerator not. to be american. it was some of the us long time allies like the yemeni president seem to be intimidated by those zest of the white house to act as the arbiter of who will to power in the world. are you president of the united states and president of the world when can get a government atrocities in different countries in the middle east the north africa the us claims the higher moral ground declaring human rights as the basis for its involvement but the critics say this is a smokescreen for the real reason for interference and the d.n.a. of policy for power and reform how the will how i think.

we've crossed over. america's self-proclaimed humanitarian involvement has led it to take sides in the libyan civil war the us has pledged extensive support for the rebels there senior political figure representing believe the end transitional national council mahmoud jibril as lieve been studied in the us for years is now back in washington asking for money from khadafi is frozen assets i am currently drafting legislation at the request of the state department and the administration. that will authorize the transfer of available cash. to the council so that they will have available money it will not come from the american taxpayer it will come from colonel gadhafi himself newly released wiki

leaks cables show the u.s. had been funneling money to syria's opposition for several years now but some say the help comes with strings attached and nobody gives away money for nothing or arms and the u.s. sees the opportunity of putting in a friendly pro-american route government response to the american interest the coalition efforts in libya have reached a dead end with the country now in military stalemate in the meantime civilian casualties there continue to grow. analysts say foreign involvement in syria could trigger a much worse conflict serious in the heart of the arab world and if it explodes or implodes it will affect all its neighboring countries iraq saudi arabia jordan israel lebanon. they're in they're all likely to get involved in a collapsing were were born serious serious partnership with iran has long been

irritating washington yet another reason say some to go after our side relying on iran as your best friend and your only strategic ally is not a viable way forward critics say the us takes on the role of world policeman not things on its inherent out prism but rather out of self interest and the bigger question is whether those interests have made the world safer or have to stabilize that more and strike our reporting from washington. but the russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov told r.t. that nato intervention in the libyan conflict sends the wrong message to other arab government protesters. it's libya cases created a temptation for money opposition groups in the region to spark similar situations so the expectation of the west would kill a militar of even a conflict taking one side it's a very alarming prospect i hope first of all it's crucial accordance to solve their problems independently. but in libya the rebels have reportedly recapture the city

of misrata with help from nato warships and airstrikes the city has been under siege for its force as many three months now hundreds of reported casualties they too bombs have targeted its office compound predicate tripoli resident pleading with several people or as of april coalition ritter pushed through with some of his close family members however nato maintains it's not trying to kill gadhafi some rebels of calling for a top rebel official is in washington for talks with the u.s. administration and more support and possible definition of fish antiwar activist kate hudson thinks the coalition's policy is making a mockery of international rule. when the u.n. security council voted to take action against libya it was designed as they said to protect civilians and now it seems that with the escalation of the air attacks they are hitting as it seems more and more civilian targets we've heard from a u.n.

agency expressing concern to the security council that civilians are suffering in a number of ways shortages of food and so on as a result of the airstrikes this again raises the question of international law it's not legal to intervene within civil wars and i think inviting. those leaders to washington for talks shows that obama is disregarding that aspect of international rule trampling upon the very legal structure that our states have built up over decades it is a regime change war that's absolutely apparent that of course again it's illegal under international law but they will do that until they achieve their ends and frankly it does look as though now that they may intend to target and execute. well still ahead here this hour better safe than sorry as the plan struggles to contain its nuclear crisis tenney inventors are turning to ways to protect against

potential designs for. discovering russia joyous in a few minutes to prove life countries will reach. the unrest in north africa and the middle east is causing friction between the e.u. member states and recent influx of immigrants into countries like italy and france has raised concerns their ability to move around freely within the union has some calling for the reinstatement of a turn border controls artiest unfortunately has more from brussels. the dream of european integration goes off the rails in a bitter feud between two of the e.u.'s founders france blocked all train services from italy after finding carriages full of african migrants italy had handed out residence visas allowing travel in the european union that shattered the trust on

which the a used piece of the regime lies it has shown a kind of neutral mistrust between two partners between france and italy france considering that italy has not implemented in a good way the rules. for thousands fleeing the violence in north africa italy is the nearest e.u. border security experts who've studied the country's patrols say they're on the strength but fellow member states argue they shouldn't have to pay italy's mistakes . we love the fact the details are just from the sea with people coming from outside and not able to fix the problem we are not criminals terrorists and mad men we don't want them near rome has protested to the french embassy for quote for a lation of european principles france counts as it already takes five times more immigrants than italy in peace here of the european parliament say they need to

control immigration but with each member state putting its interests first and blaming each other for the problem migrants are just getting calls from one state to another e.u. security chiefs this week held crisis talks admitted the system's roig for abuse one and the same applicant for asylum can have like seventy seventy five percent chance of being granted asylum in one country of the european union and less than one percent with the same reasons in another country states and they are taking the law into their own hands on wednesday denmark reintroduced border controls to be. people coming from of the e.u. states will go home of the e.u. headquarters is now calling for the same. thing back to each other this is not possible isn't possible for people in question but it's impossible to. ask for more border things growing numbers

in the unions biggest country wants border checks to germany today proposed possible restrictions in terms of freedom of travel and this is really something that many people are concerned of rich nations in the e.u. the invasion from. restrictions on working and benefits for citizens from simple and east european states which join the union in two thousand and four we lifted on the first of may one m.e.p. was they'll flood to the u.k. attracts people from the countries that have just joined the attract people from outside the european union because they know once they get into your opinion country they can cross borders they can work if they want to or take advantage of the generous benefits system in our security or some european countries like britain for example and it actually attracts more migration which is what we're seeing now from north africa at the signing of the shingle agreements on visa free travel e.u. leaders all smiles the fear now is they've opened the pandora's box that they no

longer control. altie brussels. in japan the fukushima nuclear plant operator admits the damage to its reactor was worse than originally thought the quake hit facility has been leaking radiation say for two months now japanese government has agreed to help the operator tepco compensate the victims of the nuclear crisis however professor robert jacobs from the hiroshima peace institute believes the rescue plan shows just how critical the situation has become . the government of japan is really not in a position to take control of the plants they will have to depend on the professionals who work for tepco so they're not really able to take it over they may be able to take a decision making little timidly it still will be tempting who is on site and who is actually operating and operating the recovery and the crisis management in

trying to contain the situation so it won't be the government of japan but it certainly does mean that affairs are much more serious than we were told earlier this plant has been not down for a while we were not told that a long time probably because tepco did not even realize it a long time i have a rule of thumb that i tend to go by which is that anything that is publicly stated is probably around ten to twenty percent of what's true so it will take us it will take us probably years to know the extent of the contamination and the extent of the fuel melting the best case scenario this situation is that it will take months to begin to stop the leaking of radiation from these reactors. with exhaust is forced to rethink what you can a safety of on the wall of calls have been made to test a nuclear power plants against earthquakes and flooding however some people aren't willing to wait taking drastic measures and paying big bucks to protect themselves

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a blueprint to real construction. the future will tell whether people will be prepared to invest their money in fear after the cold war because this part of. what really did never have to be einstein here has. never came true eager to see. more world news in brief for the south sixty nine people have been killed one hundred injured western pakistan two explosions hit a paramilitary training center nearly all of the training recruits see casualties one of the blasts was carried out by a suicide bomber a second device was planted to study taliban said they carried out the attack against the death of some. chinese state news agency says a petrol bomb attack on route bank north western province of danzig has injured at

least thirty nine people. in a sense through a bottle filled with gasoline into a meeting room so i think the blaze when this is said some people were throwing themselves at four four when the government identified the incident as an arson attack. thousands of people flocked to the streets of the greek capital in protest of the actions of police during wednesday's anti-government demonstrations actually came off a protest or were seriously injured by riot police the government has expressed regret at the bit sad condition of promising a full investigation in the sense you're a strike so it's just everything. and gyptian authorities have extended the detention of former president hosni mubarak for another fifteen days. into three year old is in custody a military hospital after suffering a heart attack the former president is accused of ordering the deaths of some

regime protesters since when barack was forced from power in twenty ministers and is never attained. its targets and traveling but you don't have to pack your bags just join our close up tale as we explore the vast and varied regions of russia. and today we take you to russia as well who grabbed the region located in the southeastern part of the country it's named after the mighty volga river the largest in europe that runs through the whole region it's one thousand year history and region has witnessed both soaring wealth and devastating war ati's tom barton that ruled way of life in the area i discovered why it's so close to the hearts of many russians. it's time for these go to give something back to their own

or their wool. that's what we're doing a little bit at a time it starts going over after a while look you can even use your hands. again here is eighty seven years old she's worked in agriculture since she was thirteen she keeps goats geese and chickens sells well in close legs and does all the work herself. i can stay still i'm used to working am an old woman i don't have much left or anywhere to go . to again live some farms in the town of little prince and russia as well to grab region is typical of russia's rural settlements going from a small collection of villages with many people there still herding cattle fishing and keeping small holdings throughout history russia's countryside has quietly got along with its natural cycles with major historical events often passing by as a result ruled russians are often the source of humor like in this country side

spoof of popular television series sex and city. but behind the jokes rule russia suffers from a much more serious problem nina works for an emu van outside a tiny village and she says it's not easy work. they become very protective when they are agues a male to catch them and can attack him with his legs the needle cloisonne there are dangerous. this is one of many have a cult results these half of the children are unlikely to follow. the raising university my son isn't a tenth grader and we don't know what he will do i leave them to state but there is no future here. russian agriculture was my huge depression the one nine hundred ninety s. livestock numbers fell by half the area grain planting a quarter even now young people all over russia deserted countries. i believe system the system is the one that says they need to encourage and stimulate young

people to work in the countryside they need to pierce more and give us housing. but far from jumping ship mr c. is one of russian agriculture's bright hopes she chose to work here one of them being bipolar branch and she's not the only way. after the experts working here are younger than thirty it's promising young people come here to work the work is very interesting and you can grow as a professional in many different fields. to think of fields this isn't traditional picture approach and for me these three huge and my take trips has a plant in some of the farms but thirty thousand hectares of wheat the workers on the mound a man they say they wouldn't trust younger staff with such expensive equipment but soon nuff they're going to meet the. following out here has wide horizons it has a lot of land potentially producing a lot of food what it needs now is the incentives and enthusiasm to make young farmers want what's out here tom watson r.t.

all the broad reach. of them on the feature stories they can check out our website at r.t. dot com has a quick look at what's on life you right now committing doomsday alien spaceship disguised as a comet is fast approaching the funny thing. that's the rumor that could be spread across the internet. and the food police schools in the u.s. state of texas ok kids lunch and left a false info in what their students eat in a bid to monitor their diet. next since friday's business news with.

as right in here have you bring you the latest from the business desk and are welcome and russian helicopters will spend around one hundred twenty four million dollars on developing a new high speed helicopter in the next three years the state run company said it would also invest another four hundred forty five million into the completion with two other mortals the twenty eight and cost six to the head of russian helicopters parent company also mentioned it would most likely hold its i.p.o. next year he stressed how well there were plenty of other ways of attracting. a lot more. we have many sources for financing and we have a sizeable credit portfolio which has an average interest rate of seven percent this takes into account subsidized interest rates and an array of mechanisms which the government allocates to us. let's take a quick check on the markets current prices continue with losses that meet fears of

loads of money from china and other emerging countries light sweet to still below the one hundred dollars per barrel mark while brant is trading at almost one hundred thirteen dollars a barrel and precious metal prices also down gold is currently in the red but still two hundred dollars barrels so that is also losing it's trading at around thirty four dollars per ounce. and in asia japanese nikkei is down led by the selling of tech shares and hong kong shares move lower as mainland banks direct a hike in reserve requirements by a people's bank of china. and here in moscow the r.t.s. open time wise it's will start trading in a few moments the figures you can see on the screen are all close in the russian indices were heavily in the red wolf as day and if you start small so it was three percent during the day i mean lower commodity prices. russia's bank has overcome the country's largest lenders burbank fighting mountain safe from

corporate clients last year while how well the data included the results of its subsea jurors twenty four feet to the northwest by all other means for bond to still reachable by any local market. well may just have been the cause to get hit by the latest sell off in the russian markets how rather local steinmetz criticize the prospect of a change in the news makes them a buying opportunity but we believe that russian worlds in specific lukoil and was now are well positioned to benefit from a number of things happening in the marketplace both these games have underperformed the russian market close attention for the past couple weeks in addition both are down more than ten percent over the past month and both companies are well positioned to benefit from pending changes in the government's oil sector fax machine the government last week indicated that by the end of june we would see

a concrete proposal in real sector taxes there are various alternatives being laid out right now all of them are quite positive for both. staying with oil b.p. has been hit by another will suit over its arms to deal with all sniffed while to be piece by north shareholders has sued the british oil giant in russia's regional coolidge is seeking to secure a ten million dollars refund for his company saying the actions of b.p. caused losses to its russian joint venture last week the stockholm arbitration says the cesspool between the british company is acceptable only if they let me join the arctic exploration meanwhile the deadline for finalizing to jail and some monday with no decision reached yet. so we have time for knowledge or in the less than one hour and website r.t. dot com slash business.

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a huge market right now for battle area clear because there are a lot of countries in the world that are contaminated by unexploded ordinance. but you've got these companies and then n.g.o.s that have basically run off that have actually. to get rid of these weapons once he was they go to these places they will hire local train the locals how to do the clearance they'll let the locals basically take ownership because you know they have a vested interest in clearing their homes and they're putting themselves at risk every single that they go out there to clear areas of these weapons. a bit better. than in big. rock hard.