it's on the. video on demand. build. an irish history now in the palm of your. machine. called. the syrian opposition activists to take back to the streets in the funds a volunteer club sounds ball washington reportedly prepares to denounce the country's government as a model for. the hockey first russia wins the days when he says the world championship. because she scores again in a chain of successful bids for top level sporting events all the details are coming up shortly. divided they stand the countries are appalled so you very usually

house refugees from our bob risings unworn border controls back in the year. very warm welcome to you this is the live from moscow. government protesters have taken to the streets across syria after friday prayers several people are said to have been killed all of the security forces and fire despite the government's vowing not to shoot out the demonstrators but as national pressure is mounting on the syrian authorities over the brutal crackdowns at least eight hundred reporters killed and thousands detained for the team on the rest of the e.u. and the u.s. imposed sanctions against syria with washington seemingly debasing whether the eleven year rule of president bashar al assad is little full and designed to use a gun education. reports many believe the u.s.

is laying the foundations for 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 there 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 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 legitimate. it it

would open the door. true various steps taken to remove that government but the south 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 there's an. arrogance in. your government generator not. even some of the u.s. 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 holds power in the world. are you president of the united states and president of the world when can damage government atrocities in different countries in the middle east and 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 you know so he and their d.n.a. argue. it or and work an hour how can they. bring in a movie with a. story. perhaps a rose. in cross country. 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 khadafi is frozen assets i am currently drafting legislation at the request of the state department and the administration there will authorize the trials for 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 and nobody gives away money for nothing or 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 for any involvement in syria could trigger a much worse conflict syria's 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 more awards or in serious serious partnership with iran has long been irritating washington yet another reason say some to go after are silent relying on iran as your best friend. only strategic ally is not a viable way forward critics say the u.s. takes on the policeman not based on its inherent altruism but rather out of self-interest and the bigger question is whether those interests have the wall some for or have to stabilize the more i'm going to shift our reporting from washington r.t. . almost all the syrian opposition against calling for external military help russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov told r.t. that nato is on the patient in the libyan conflict dangerous pathogens. libya cases create a determination for money opposition groups in the region to spark similar situations in the expectations of the west would keep world in the conflict taking

one side it's a very alarming prospect my hopeless want it's crucial that government should solve their problems and dependently. in libya rebels are said to have regained control of the city of what's wrong with help from naysay warships and airstrikes the top libyan opposition official is in washington for talks with the u.s. administration or more support a possible recognition british antiwar activist kate hudson think the coalition's policy is making a mockery of international. when the u.n. security council voted to take action against libya it was designed 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 law it's 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 is illegal under international law but they will do that until their ends and frankly it does look as though now that they may intend to target an executed affy i still have you this hour the forgotten life of the russian province of past times has been failing to hold down people in the countryside but change could be around the corner find out more in just a few minutes here on. russia has

a clear zone a for hosting the ice hockey championship in twenty sixteen its main rivals denmark in ukraine past the park without a fight you got just enough watch the announcement ceremony instructor. the very last moment all three bidding countries were stayed in this race but right just several minutes before the winning bid was announced then mark and the other contestant a korean of course they said that they're just not ready for such a massive sporting event so russia won this big fair and square moscow and st petersburg are going to hold the world hockey championship in two thousand and sixteen to two capitals the russians are going to become the capitals of hockey if you wish for that year he did it sir and the presentation was held here in but i just love russia's prime minister vladimir putin personally came curates watch it in here's what he had to say on. russia deserves to force through these

championships not just. a glorious it humans and not just because we have not been his former indicates but because of our great. tools the great leave him from all the ideals of sportsmanship and salute to use them where fully. infect the we meet in youth when. the speed of the forty and. i do for him to to learn to ski. i must admit it was not easy nor even for a person who had been practicing sports with the kids and i had even harder time learning to play ice with you. know i have first hand experience of link with these truly great. still some time to go and

a lot of preparation is needed for more on this i'm now joined by the president of the continental flock here we examine we did for you going to think you very much for driving. when the best. the moment we were in the you said that we still have a lot to do russia still has a lot to do to prepare for this but there's already a piece can you tell us more about yes he stressed that she was ready because boss was going to be here has a curve to cost plus i study those few plays and i speak take us to. well championship is not just my city and it's up on. its own that's a fan zone and i believe we should take a lot of lessons from the previous championships the body in first class advance to moscow and serbia was making about his study in sandy hook in moscow. respectively in two thousand and ten two thousand and seven but i didn't get all the lessons have a clear view you can post here that all the fans will enjoy this is

a definitely a great event for russian hockey and for just all the sport lovers out there in the country but it's also part of the whole chain off very successful bid so she two thousand and fourteen and we've got the football world championship in two thousand and eighteen what does all this mean for russia i believe it says it's appreciation of that all of russia in the world because you can get that for granted and with a very serious competitor spalls them are going to create. all the radio and surround top of the first class so fucking the asians but they decided though is wrong because they are lies that our us are stronger and there's also another competition obviously still going on here i am going to just love the current world hockey championship and russia is going to play in the semifinal today against finland what do you think are the chances yes the majority of. the

bats the way against russia but russia won i do believe that russia will want today against iran and our boys are you the go thank you very much a player you know good luck. this was the for. the kontinental hockey league alexander we did it so everybody is now we going off course for two thousand and sixteen of course there's quite a lot of excitement here at this current world market share gains where russia is still supposed to play in a semi final final i guess villains later on friday. is going off reporting from the vacuum capital where the announcer. him for lots of refugees fleeing the uprisings in the arab world is driving a wedge between the states according to reinstate temporary or even permanent border controls with union scenes. came to four sixteen years ago. bushell reports europe might have the floodgates. the dream of european

integration goes off the rails in a bid to 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 residents visas allowing travel in the european union that shattered the trust of which the e.u. visa free regime lives. kind of 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 on the strength but fellow member states argue they shouldn't have to pay for its lease mistakes we have one table of the five believe that he owns just on the sea with people coming

from outside and they are not able to fix the problem we are not. terrorists madam and we don't want them here. protested to the french embassy for quotes voile ation of european principles france counts as it already takes five times more immigrants than italy a piece 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 isn't just getting reports from one state to another e.u. security chiefs this week held cross' talks and admitted the system's roit 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 el taking the law into their own hands on wednesday their mortgage 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 but. in terms of illegal immigrants two thousand given back to each other this is not possible isn't possible for the people in question but it's not possible to do this situation ask for more on board of. growing numbers in the unions biggest country wants border checks to germany post possible restrictions and perils of freedom of travel and this is really something that many people are concerned of richer nations in need. also invasion from the restrictions on working and benefits for citizens from central and east european states which joined the union in two thousand and four were lifted on the first of may one a.b.p. was the flood to the u.k. attracts people from the countries that just joined it tracks 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 a generous benefits system in nice european or some european countries like britain for example and actually attracts more migration which is what we're seeing now from north africa the signing of the shingle agreements on visa free travel e.u. leaders were all smiles the fear now is they've opened the pandora's box that they no longer control the new bush you see russell's. or some other entire. international news rather making headlines this hour eighty people killed a neighbor one hundred injured after explosions at a paramilitary had to be in pakistan two suicide bombers blew themselves on the main gate at the facility close to the afghan border most of the dead were trainee recruits but there were also civilian casualties the pakistani taliban said they're behind the bombing and to avenge the death of a solid unlocking. egyptian of the origins of extended the detention of al said

president hosni mubarak for another fifteen days it comes after the eighty three year old was questioned in the military hospital on charges of profiteering the former president is also accused of ordering the death of anti regime protesters meanwhile of origins of also ordered the potential of regards like the fifteen days in a corruption probe. quake hit the spanish town of law has held a funeral mass for victims on wednesday's disaster nine people were killed and much of this is devastated when the tremors struck thousands of people have been forced to camp out since the quake it was the deadliest tremor to hit the country for more than the half the century. the japanese government has agreed a financial aid plan to help the fukushima plant operator compensate those affected by the crisis payments are expected to tickles hundreds of billions of dollars after thousands of people were forced from homes and businesses and returned tepco

will have to drastically cut costs and fall under government supervision of the quake it facility has been leaking radiation into the sea for two months. well for more on how japan's nuclear crisis is affecting people around the world to log on to our dot com also online more stories and eye catching video this is a support battle of internet titans is a real social networking giant facebook hired a p.r. firm in an attempt to discredit people by smearing its rivals privacy policy. and russian lawmakers propose that birthday boys the girls get a day off from work and spend the day with their families rather than bringing the party to the artists find out whether this is like it's a problem nor ourselves. time now to share a bit more of what life in russia was really like when he was our close up team explores the country's region.

and today where in volgograd region some one thousand kilometers southeast of glasgow it got its name from the volga river that runs through the area and is the longest in europe it's one of russia's most progressive regions economically it's well developed agricultural industry our past and takes a look now at the hardships and benefits of life in the countryside. i'm currently stood in a typical russian village street as you can see it's probably not the most glamorous of places not about particularly important to the people who live here the russian countryside it's always been seen as a very practical place whether it's building up extra works on your home and working to try and improve your lot in the countryside it's been a difficult place to live for most of russia's history but it's also been very

central to russia's culture here today it has problems of its own and is some of those themes that i've been examining in my report. it's time for these go to give something back to their own or their wool. and that's where we do a little bit at a time it starts going over after a while look you can even use your hands. geyer is eighty seven years old she's worked in agriculture since she was thirteen she keeps goats peace and chickens sells wooden clothes and eggs and does all the work herself. like i can stay still i'm used to working am an old woman i don't have much left or anywhere to go. kill again lives in farms in the town of all europeans in russia's volgograd region it's typical of russia's rural settlements going from a small collection of verges 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 rule russians are often the source of humor like english countryside spoof of the popular television series sex and the city. but behind the jokes rule russia suffers from a much more serious problem nina works for an emu farm outside a tiny village she says it's not easy work there they become very protective when they lay in bags and male to tax them and again attack you with its legs the needle core is a very dangerous. this is one of many have a culture of drug she's had a lot of children are unlikely to follow that that there isn't a university my son is an attempt grade and we don't know what he will do i label to stay 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 desert in the countryside and move into the city. they need to encourage unstimulated young people to work in the countryside they need to pair and get housing but far from jumping ship and mr sia is one of russian agree cultures bright new hopes she chose to work here rather than being in nearby volgograd and she's not the only one. half of the ex-pats want to hear are younger than thirty it's promising that young people come here to whack their work is very interesting and you can grow as a professional in many different fields talking of fields this isn't a traditional picture of russian farming these three huge and high tech tractors a plant in some of the farms vast thirty thousand hectares of wheat the workers on the mold a man they say they wouldn't trust younger staff with such expensive equipment but soon enough they're going to need them. farming out there has wide horizons it has

a lot of land potentially producing a lot of food what it needs now is the incentives and in fears the asms about young farmers want what's out here tom watson our to talk about region. in just a few minutes i must be around even cheesy to all the death of contemporary art in the russian capital i thought that this is something which to me. thanks alice the chief of b.p. robert dudley says he thinks there's still value in exploring russia's are sick with rosneft for the joint venture and russia's energy minister sergei schwartz called echoes the sentiment saying the deal is attractive enough for a compromise to be found now the russian shareholders i'm seeing here we have already made clear their wish to be involved so that leads rosneft to make a decision for their life for that to happen is monday next week when its agreement to undertake a sixteen billion dollars share swap with b.p.

explains the russian oil nation has given few clues as to what it will decide except to say it will act on its shareholders best interest. another hurdle looms in russia's eighteen year long marathon to join the world trade organization the e.u.'s land tax concessions offered to foreign carmakers to set up assembly plants inside the country the government wants to extend the program started in two thousand and three until twenty twenty which the e.u. says is against the rules and program has had some notable success with a number of the world's biggest car makers setting up operations here but w.t. entry is a matter of negotiation and kremlin may be prepared to offer the e.u. concessions on the import of agricultural products. let's move to the markets there's been some dramatic change over there because crude is down and now around all of the light sweet on worries about global demand. below ninety eight dollars a barrel brant is one hundred twelve and a hard. move good to see how the u.s.

stock markets are reacting is also one percent down even though u.s. consumer prices rose a seasonally adjusted point four percent in april which was in line with expectations we are seeing in the seas on the worries about sovereign debt in europe now european commission warned that the greek economy will likely contract more than previously thought and bailouts may be larger than average in the forecast and therefore well actually european markets don't have much time to react to that and we're seeing the footsie down point three percent the dax half a percent smoove to russia where the r.t.s. m i six ended the week on a flight to quality of note just up point one percent they didn't have time to react to this news coming out from europe either look at the stocks we're seeing gas prom actually declining one percent of slipped into the red on fears that some of the customers might follow the example of lithuania which is announced plans to

buy gas from the u.s. as prices they're all thirty percent lower banking shares were on the rise bt be up one and a half percent and this is where bank of one point three. percent on news it may buy a b.m.p. perry bar retail business in russia. and other news in brief russia's natural gas producing oversight has boosted its net profits by almost seventy percent to six hundred eighty million dollars in the first quarter a strong in expected results was mainly driven by high gas prices company stock is up one percent. and russian bank pretax profits not including largest lenders burbank jumped sixty three percent the first four months of the year banks earned over five billion dollars during that period according to a report from the central bank. a long planned merger of rushes to stock exchanges the nice expand the r.c.s. to be finished by the end of this year some technical issues might be left the side this year the legal integration is likely to be completed by the deadline as the president of the mice exchange told business. what do you mean terms of being

legally binding you is not going to give there are some details so we're trying to work on this difference of opinion so we think that from a gymnast retirement the stroke happened to the end of the year deadline but never mind it which reminds some players good mind for business for gracious and business and good gracious but we leave the sides of the spear a very small degree some and making progression go again over the years he's the best person to be able to accumulate a great from are you going to go close somewhere maybe it. wouldn't be legally will move to cover one company and that's the latest business update with hope for you join me in one hour's time for the.

first sun this is just a parliament building in birmingham. but sixty six years ago it was the final target. and the last major offensive for the red on. its capture became the symbol of the fall of the fascists in town.