combusted it's like the who killed points pushers and who would print such ill disciplined in touch with the who tell me to let you build the fictional a google how would international house flood to achieve every green little bit till. syria gets ready for a day of prayers and protest washington promises to punish the government pre-human rights abuses fueling fears of planning a repeat of libya. italy and france duke it out over an immigration influx struck by north african arrest but some e.u. countries tighten their borders there's concerns will jeopardize free movement across the continent and. close mooring the un to the country artie's close of team travels to the world side of the ball the grad region locals will pulling out all the stops to get the young generation out of the city and into the field. and in

business and the other way on the way of frustrating w t all of them are how the e.u. has lent concessions offered to foreign carmakers to set up assembly plants inside the country have sometimes minutes. three pm in moscow why matras or bring you today's top stories here on r t the syrian government is taking measures to stop and hiring protests as people pour into the streets across the country after friday prayers to mosque damascus has ordered troops not to fire on the opposition after dozens of civilians were reportedly killed by snipers earlier in the week activists on the ground put the death toll from the two month long uprising at about eight hundred the international community strongly condemned the syrian government for the brutal crackdown washington even preparing to examine whether the eleven year rule of president bashar assad is lawful or he's got

a cheapie on reports that many believe the u.s. may be laying the foundation for a 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. united states is helping lead an international effort to deter further violence put in place unprecedented sanctions to hold the gadhafi government accountable when the u.s. says it's going to hold someone responsible expect action once the u.s.

has officially declared the syrian government illegitimate. it it would open the door. true various steps taken to remove that governor but the self proclaimed position of the us as the world's policeman and judge of which government is legitimate or not doesn't sit well with everyone here and. now against the. president you saw it with your government is your generator not to be anywhere to be american. it was some of the us long time allies like the yemeni president seem to be intimidated by the zest of the white house to act as the arbiter of who will to power in the world. why are you president of the united states the president of the world when can get a government atrocities in different countries in the middle east and north africa the us playing the higher moral ground declaring human rights is the basis for its

involvement but the critics say this is a smokescreen for the real reason for interference with no such thing in the d.n.a. from. the or all of them how in the world how i think. when they. are on saudi arabia perhaps the most. you cross the country and. 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 the libyan transitional national council mahmoud jibril as lieve been studied in the u.s. for years is now back in washington asking for money from could offas 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 assets to the

council so that they will have available money it will not come from an 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 nobody gives away money for nothing more arms and the u.s. sees the opportunity of putting in a friendly pro-american. government responsive to american interests 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 or a war torn 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. only strategic ally is not a viable way forward critics say the u.s. takes on the role of world policeman not based on its inherent altruism but rather out of self-interest and the bigger question is whether those interests have made the world safer or have to stabilize the more i'm going to check the reporting from washington r.t. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov war is the syrian opposition against calling for external military help he tells r.t. that nato is participation in the libyan conflict has set a dangerous precedent. this includes libya cases created

a temptation for money offices and groups in the region to spark similar situations so the expectation that the west would keep a military complex taking one side it's unfairly arming prospect i hope this won't happen it's crucial both solve their problems are dependent three. in libya rebels have reportedly recaptured the city of misrata with help from nato warships and airstrikes the city has been under siege from could r.t. forces for nearly three months with hundreds of reported casualties nato bombs are targeting gadhafi coffee's compound in tripoli allegedly killing several people this follows an april coalition attack that killed some of his close family members but nato maintains it's not trying to kill gadhafi something libyan rebels have been calling for a top rebel officials in washington for talks with the administration are more support and possible recognition of british anti-war activist kate and some things the coalition's policy is making a mockery of international law. when the u.n.

security council votes 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 to be targets we've heard from the u.n. agency expressing to incent the security council that civilians are suffering in a number of ways children she says of food and so on as a result of the airstrikes this again raises the question of international law it's not legal to need to be within civil wars and i think in voicing. those leaders to washington for talks shows that obama is disregarding that aspect of the world it's trampling on the very legal structure that our states have built up over decades it is a regime change war that's not the power and that of course again is 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 talk. stay with us here on our team still ahead this hour farmers wall street knows any email with handlers and much much more discover the world life in russia is evolving gradually even here on r t a few minutes. before we get to that an arrest in north africa and the middle east is causing friction between each new members a recent influx of immigrants into countries like italy and france has raised concerns or ability to move around freely within the union has some calling for the reinstatement of internal border controls but he's daniel bushell has more from brussels the dream of european integration goes off the rails in a pizza feud between two of the e.u.'s founders france blocked all train services for its elite of the funding carriages full of african migrants it's illiad handed out resistance visas allowing travel in the european union that shuts of the trust

of which the e.u. visa free regime the law as he does show on a kind of mutual mistrust between two partners between france and italy france considering that italy has not implemented we do good with 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 patrol say they're on the strength but fellow member states argue they shouldn't have to pay for italy's mistakes are we responsible of the fact that the italians are just in the sea with people coming from outside and are not able to fix the problem we are not criminals or terrorists madmen we don't want them here has protested to the french embassy for quotes voile ation of european principles france counters it already takes five times more immigrants than italy in peace here or 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 reports from one state to another e.u. security chiefs this week held crisis talks and did muted the system's roy for abuse one and the same applicants 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 for people coming from of the e.u. states build your home of the e.u. headquarters is now calling for the same thing. called immigrants to give back to each other this is not possible isn't possible for the people in question but it's a possible to the. situation ask for more border. 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 in the. shin's in the e.u. invasion will be restrictions on working and benefits to citizens from a sinful and east european states which joined the union in two thousand and four we did on the first of may one day b.p. will still float to the u.k. attracts people from the countries that have just joined it attracts people from outside the european union because they know once they get into a european union country they can cross borders they can work if they want to or take advantage of the generous benefits system in my stupid or some european countries like britain for example and actually attracts more migration which is what we're seeing now from north africa at the signing of the shingled agreements

on visa free travel e.u. leaders were all smiles the fear now is they've opened the pandora's books that they no longer control. altie brussels and 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 into the sea for two months now japanese government has agreed to help the operator tepco compensate the victims of the nuclear crisis but professor robert jacobs from the hiroshima peace institute believes the rescue plan shows just how critical the situations but. affairs are much more serious than we were told earlier this plant has been melt down for a while we were not told that for a long time probably because tepco did not even realize it for a long time even though the releases of radiation certainly implied to many people and many people did say that first week that the plants were helping out so. it definitely is a much more serious situation then we have been led to believe. there's very good

reason to believe that there is much more serious situation going on at reactor number two and reactor number three and also in the spent fuel pool in reactor number four 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. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe eight people have been killed more than one hundred injured in northwest pakistan after two explosions hit a military training center nearly all of the dead were troops but there were also civilian casualties police say both blast with the cause of suicide bombers pakistani taliban said they carried out the of the attacks in two or avenge the death of osama bin laden. thousands flocked to the streets of the greek capital in

protest over the actions of police during wednesday's anti-government demonstrations the reaction came after a protester was seriously injured by riot police government has expressed expressed regret at the victim's condition promising a full investigation athens has faced numerous strikes over the government's austerity cuts. a petrol bomb attack at a rural bank in northwest china has injured at least thirty nine people a former employee threw a bottle filled with gasoline into a meeting room and set it ablaze the suspect was fired last month for allegedly embezzling public funds witnesses said some people were jumping out of fourth floor windows to escape the blaze the government has identified the incident as an arson attack. turning now to slovakia where russia looks to net a double victory on the ice the country is now reportedly the only contender bidding to host the two thousand and sixteen ice hockey world cup it's after the russian hockey. team canada and the ongoing world championship for more on this

we're joined live by our team peter all over you with us peter so in the insulin vikki a team russia gearing up for the semifinal face off on the ice against family and where does twenty six thousand fit in with office. well what we're hearing coming out of ikea is that the the two other nations that were busying for the twenty sixteen world championships ukraine and ten mark that they pulled out well waiting to confirm not but if they have them then that would leave only russia as the contenders to host the world championships in twenty sixty no that would be a great boost for a country that loves its sports russia's city doesn't ice hockey one of the most popular sports in the country well the scenes last night around. two hundred in the quarterfinals over the old enemy canada there's a fantastic celebrations around the city shooting it's mostly great seats. the the ice hockey arena now this would be the latest in what's been really a wave of sporting success when it comes to fitting for the big tournament so if

you will russia already has sewn up the the a lympics in sochi the people will cup finals formula one coming here as well in the coming years and now if this is correct what we're hearing coming out of. the ice hockey world championships is well well russia has a great pedigree in not told them and one of the greatest ice hockey nations in the world in the current team totally has the finest ice hockey player in the world right now it was on the ovechkin and now it. is as russia they've won the world championships three times last time back in two thousand and nine but it's the u.s. this are of course the dominant powerhouse on the ice really. twenty two wins for the u.s. this. looking to try in on a full win to see that tally if they can get past finland later on today i'll be itself much though at that what they'll have is looking to set up

a final repeats of the final it from last year against the czech republic the russian repeat may not find the us to begin to put right but of course not all depends on russia getting past and the czech republic getting sweet so we'll be keeping an eye on not as they say the moment it looks like russia could be set for a couple victory on the ice not only beating canada last night they could also feel it seems the twenty sixteen i saw the world championship the students get confirmation on out of bring it to you all right we'll stay tuned to find out our heater all her life from sara hills in moscow thanks for that report. and time now for some traveling but you don't have to pack your bags just to our closeup team as we take another look at the vast and varied regions of russia. today we take you to the vulgar grider region in southeastern russia it's named after the mighty boulder

a river flowing through it the largest in europe that runs through the entire region and it's housing your history the area has witnessed both soaring wealth and devastating war parties tom barton takes a look at how the rural way of life in the area and discovered why it's so close to the hearts of so many russian. it's time for these kids to give something back to their own or their wool. that's all we're doing a little bit time and stars are going to move or after a while look you can even use your hands a little bill again here is eighty seven years old he's worked in agriculture since she was thirteen she keeps goats and chickens sells well and loads of eggs and does all the work herself. i think i can stay still i'm used to working am an old woman i don't have much left or anywhere to go. well again lives in farms in the town of europeans in russia as well the bad region is typical of russia's rural settlements

going from a small collection of the edges 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 room russians are often the source of humor like english countryside spoof of television series sex and city. the behind the jokes rule russia suffers from a much more serious problem nina works for an evolving outside a tiny village and she says it's not easy work then you become very protective and they laid eggs and they all contacts them and can attack you with his legs the needle cloisonne they're dangerous. this is one of many have a cult result is half of her children are unlikely to follow. the reason university my son isn't a tenth grader and we don't know what he will do i label to state but there is no

future here. russian agriculture was hit by a huge depression the one nine hundred ninety s. livestock numbers fell by half the area of grain planting a quarter even now young people all over russia deserve to come. inside a new city. then each interaction stimulates young people to work in the countryside the need to pass mindless housing. but far from jumping ship and the star sea is one of russian and with coaches bright new hopes teachers to work here one of them being bipolar grant and she's not leaving the path of the experts working here 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 thing the fields this isn't a traditional picture of russian farming these three huge and high tech truck has a plant in some of the farms blocks thirty thousand hectares of wheat the workers

own them on demand they say they wouldn't trust younger staff with such expensive equipment the su nuff they are going to need the. plumbing out there has wired 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 from boston artsy belgrade region. or more you can always check out our website our team that com here's what's on the line for you right now. could it be comedy doomsday an alien spaceship disguised as a comet fast approaching the planet or just a rumor quickly spreading across the internet check it out. and the food police schools in the u.s. state of texas could be going through children's lunch leftovers or according to what the students eat in a bid to cut calories. and

i'm down to my last should've script here which means it's time for the business news with you'll stay with us. that stuff is the right time for your business updates and another hurdle looms and russia's eight to me a long marathon for the world trade organization the who has slammed tax concessions offered to foreign carmakers to set up assembly plants inside the country the government wants to extend the program started in twenty three two thousand and three until twenty twenty which. is against the rules program has helped some notable successes with the number of world's biggest car makers setting up operations here and budget three is the metro. or maybe the e.u. concessions in both the great cultural products. for b.p.

has been hit by another lawsuit over its stalled arctic deal with rosneft battle to minority shareholders has sued the british oil giant in russia's regional court the plaintiff is seeking a five to ten billion dollar refund for his company saying the actions of b.p. losses through. last week stockholm the share sport between the british company is acceptable only if they let ten people join the arctic exploration meanwhile the deadline for finalizing the deal ends on monday with no decision reached yet. sometimes check on the markets crude prices have recovered from yesterday's had a sell off as you can see light sweet just still on the one hundred dollars a barrel mark french's trading at one hundred fourteen. precious metals prices also on the rise gold isabel fifteen hundred dollars per ounce of a percent and silver is trading at three point four. and

european markets have risen from the expected economic data on strong earnings results to some group as little strong this before it was on the tax on still make as high profit results and in the u.k. mind share as a mostly high as one of the price of a car with pulling masts in session posted. here and most of the r.t.s. in the might say it's gone higher tracking u.s. stocks the russian indices were heavily in the right on thursday dragged down by a load more of these prices on friday investors not making any big moves so far ahead of the weekend as they await us inflation data due out later in the day at sixteen that's a good time let's have a look at the individual share moves energy shares a mostly. stories have to say i will ask them sleep international fears some of its customers might follow the example of this lead which has announced plans to buy

gas from the you asked us prices that authorship are some lower ranking shaz on the rise each b. is about one and a half percent out surprising to spinning on the news it may be in p. parables retail business in russia. well may just have been the cause to get why the latest selloff in the russian markets how the michael stein from a screeching the prospect of a change in the news flow makes them a buying opportunity. we believe that russian whirls in specific well and was now are well positioned to benefit from a number of things happening in the marketplace both these names have underperformed the russian market close attention over the past couple weeks in addition wolf are down more than ten percent over the past month and both companies are well positioned to benefit from the pending changes in the government for a second tax inching the government last week indicated that by the end of june we want to see a concrete proposal on the oil sector taxes there are various alternatives being

laid out right now all of them are quite positive for both and rising up michael stein from it creates a that russian helicopters will spend one hundred and 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 fifty five million into the completion of the models the three eight six to the head of the russian helicopters parts company also mentioned it would most likely hold its i.p.o. next year his first how well they were all the ways of attracting funds. and those movies which 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 then array of support mechanisms which the government allocates to us. that wraps up the business boys

who join my colleagues which were designed and one else time and for a small that sly about sargent dot com slash business. culture is the same much different a huge music has to find it more or less as the arab spring continues to sweep the arab middle east where does this leave iran with a new and democratic regimes in the region now just the sims. wealthy british style

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