our children in our congress here in united states legislatures throughout the world we've got all these different laws to laws and. good can be more important than deciding on the i'm going to jail if you choose life on earth. the pressure on libya. on allies to intensify benefits for moscow insists a peaceful solution is the only option for the talks with the brothers sides. russia puts the brakes on the efforts by countries wanting to take action against syria as a criminal says could lead to a military intervention. american death row inmates are being laid for the objective of drugs human rights groups claim is tantamount to torture.

me twenty four hours a day broadcasting live from moscow this is r.t. work. similar goals but with very different methods for bringing stability to libya their chief is calling on the coalition to get even more active in what is already an intensified campaign at the same time russia is discussing peace with both the regime and the rebels the kremlin is a special envoy saying both sides of the war is not the solution he is in libya with more. nato continues probably we've been hearing heavy strikes overnight as about this during the day this week actually the libyan capital has seen the most intensify rate since the beginning of the operation in march with nato targeting gadhafi compound and command and control centers in an attempt to. hold colonel and force him out russia actually wants to seek it out. free to step down most coups

and boy has visited libya and has met opposition leaders here and has also mad because after his closest ally and his cousin in cairo and after that may come together both sides had a mutual understanding that military actions is not an option and this conflict should only be resolved through peaceful means nato allies are in agreement khadafi must go but the scene is. real simply about how to do that the alliance is general secretary rasmussen and the u.s. defense secretary robert gates are demanding more participation more help from certain members because the reality is that the only page out of twenty eight nations members has joined the air raids meanwhile the country which is not in nato sweetness preparing to send its marines to enforce. weapons and cargo and has agreed to extend its presence in this operation in fact the latest murmurs of

discontent coming from the radicals they. want to be sure as they say that they turn. out for the political process in the case in a national issue where we can see that they to has intensified sematic really its military efforts here in libya wow this campaign this whole operation against gadhafi is getting more and more and popular among all the sides been involved. head of france's nationalist party has told r.t. go to war in libya isn't a humanitarian mission but a mission to topple the current regime there some of what we'll hear later on. that they're competing outside international law we should stop talking nonsense it is no longer it's all an air exclusion zone we are in a mission to bring down a man and a regime and in order to do say we are sad helicopters and tomorrow obviously we will send an army on the ground so it's no longer it's all about humanitarian

issues it's about a civil war in which we see one side. or with russia concerned over abuse of the u.n. mandate in libya trying to make sure the same mistakes are not repeated elsewhere it's effectively blocking resolutions put forward at the u.n. nuclear watchdog on the security council which are aimed at pressuring the syrian regime as all reports are reports it's because the same kind of language is being used which led to the bombing of libya. following two hours of closed door consultations with the u.n. security council members france and britain did not corner enough support that they clearly needed for this resolution that they introduced to be adopted in that resolution introduced by britain and france calls for a condemnation against the syrian government for our crackdown on anti-government protesters that has taken place over the past three months the resolution the draft

resolution proposed by the u.k. and france as i mentioned also urges countries to not supply weapons to damascus it also calls on syria to comply and to work with the u.n. human rights organization now this is a big effort on the part of these european countries to try to get the international community to clamp down on syria following three months of under us but as we've been reporting other countries veto wielding countries such as china and russia have spoken out against adopting any resolutions against syria russian ambassador to the united nations batali churkin says he believes that diplomacy should be used for solving political problems not creating conditions for a new armed conflict the russian envoy said passing more and more in more resolutions puts the international community in

a position where it's picking sides within an internal conflict let's take a listen to what he said during an interview with channel russia. concerning interfering in syria fears milito an escalation of violence because it may be misinterpreted by destructive opposition forces who want change of power in damascus such a position will definitely lead to more bloodshed and an escalation of violence it's important. news needed and we remember that in libya it also started with defending human rights which ended up with a war led by the coalition russia among many other countries believe. that it would not help the situation in the middle east could possibly destabilize syria possibly other countries and in the aftermath of what has taken place in libya a resolution being adopted back in march and some criticizing the fact that european and the us have overstepped the guidelines that were put out in that resolution russia and other countries are

a little bit more reserved on how to act with syria choosing a more diplomatic approach in the meantime consultations at the united nations will continue again thursday morning as the u.k. and france continue campaigning for support against this draft for this draft resolution against syria. the united nations most of course of action over syria crackdowns on protesters in yemen and bahrain now being overlooked war correspondent. says that washington is using the u.n. as a tool to protect its friends and punish its enemies. there is growing pressure washington in saudi arabia and from israel or the us the western powers somehow to get in paul syria maybe just for a year i don't think they stand on danger as the syrian syrian situation is and how it collapse of syrian government could gender great regional stability but it's the

other half of the middle east people are looking at and you're seeing united states . worried about human rights in syria but wait a minute western backed governments and rain and in the end then not to mention in israel are gunning down civilians they are not the words coming out of the us three hours about this and we're in a built standard it's a lot of across the muslim world the united nations sympathy at the security council has come as former u.s. secretary of state madeleine albright said an arm of us are almost sick and the u.s. is using it suits us and we send syrian soldiers in there we. train syrian next targets for takeover it's a very dangerous onerous and this is not right and balances most of the united nations it's supposed to be mediator not an instigator so more diplomacy is called

for when it's the router i snatch. up that way keeping your cross the turbulence in the arab well i'll take the call what's more this cover there as well as on the. right it's the life something pilots reports a surgeon that they said. that. one will take them so they. will say we remember the birthday oh what a nice little to question marks it's a great plan more about what i think of. wasco is pushing ahead with efforts to create a joint european missile defense system with nato despite the lukewarm cooperation of the alliance russian officials say they are very disappointed summit in brussels

a joint european missile shield idea proposed by moscow is being brushed aside by nato which runs its own system that's based in coordinating russia's president says nato is approach could lead to a new arms race by one hundred twenty brussels also refuses to provide legal guarantees that its field is not directed against russia. the system is in the so-called rogue states but what's going to not convinced the french minister and of course summed up the kremlin is concerned. we're worried approach missile defense elements being placed in europe before twenty twenty this will certainly diminish russia's nuclear defense potential we are openly voicing our concerns to the u.s. and. we want to achieve progress in this respect although we have a feeling that our partners simply you know its heroes. are also ahead the american civil war that's still being fought on why it is there's

a south divide. a drug designed as a cure is now being used to kill americans death row is a powerful chemical used to treat epilepsy but he's also used to put animals to sleep in rights groups say may subject to a lingering death. if you think you or eliot if you would read we don't see the word execution from a dog's life to a dog's death prisoners on death row and now being killed with an animal drug pensive orbitals used to put pets to sleep but it's never been tested on human executions this can cause excruciating pain if something goes wrong and because we have their tests we cannot guarantee that they will go around the paper at risk of not just being killed but being talked at pencey barbara jewels already been

adopted in over twenty states is strictly an anesthetic and is normally just one ingredient in a lethal cocktail but in ohio it's killing alone it is not a painkiller we know that with will so if you add other words have some what we call and then immediately if it to get over that then you can ensure that there is no pain. so the broccoli is another pinky or so that was your pension produced for a danish company back it's primarily used on humans to treat epilepsy and seizures but it's already been used in nine executions u.s. prisons ran out of the usual sodium thiopental after britain and italy banned exports but denmark can't do that because the new weapons made in america this is long breaks headquarters in copenhagen despite owning the drug and opposing its misuse its protests in the united states have been unsuccessful as the government

there sanctions the death penalty and it's reluctant to remove planted by itself on the market completely because it says it will do more harm than good our problem is that this product has been for the american market for many years so we are in there is a goal to limit where we will stop the production records for the market because that would actually. make people patients who come in to life threatening situations that the distance to limit really in business indeed the limbic cells fifty million doses appended barber to every year each claims it can't prevent death row using it as a killer because of a complicated supply chain but human rights groups don't buy it people are beginning to realize that the statement there's nothing we can do is a fallacy and if i visited the industry can do a lot and has a responsibility not to be complicit designations reprieve claims little break has

the power to control who gets the drug since it does with other products but that comes at a cost at the moment and bricks not budging neither a u.s. presence using a federally approved drug designed to treat people to kill instead i've been it r.t. copenhagen. or world headlines in various. teligent officials say eight pakistani soldiers and twelve insurgents were killed in a militant attack on a security check post an insurgent stronghold in the northwest it's arcane it was a starter for the next u.s. missile strike which killed twenty people there the region is home to several militant groups connected to multiple attacks across the border in afghanistan. japan's fukushima nuclear plant has suffered temporary power cuts to its reactance effect the central control rooms are rethinking radiation data collected the

facilities operator says the blackout did not affect the operation to cool the reactors and is investigating what caused the outages. germany admits that its response to a deadly outbreak wasn't good enough draining a fracture public health structure poor coordination twenty six people have so far died from the newton strain and thousands of others on the number of new cases of the climbing but it's still not known where the break again russia than imports of fresh produce from as a precaution and says it will be lifted the bacteria source is identified. time to explore more of the world's largest country now as we take in more of russia in close up.

our expedition today brings us to one of russia's smallest regions the republic of north the thirtieth is a case in the very heart of the caucasus where the continents of europe and asia meet when health care is taken up with national parks and game is well known for its fresh water springs. in the country never if you're going through the terminal but if you have guns. with breathtaking views across five mountain regions and over fifty lakes this land leads to friendly open people and amazing national food. be capital of this republic in russian it means a place that owns the caucasus and indeed it was a former fortress closing the way to the greater caucasian mountains and i'll defer stop that we made through this region was this all south in town with the narrow streets and small houses so typical of this area the city also stands on the biggest fever in pickle patient region we were terri and the people that live here call themselves such and such and with their own language many of them strictly

follow the traditions of their ancestors they try to do so in our free aspect of their daily lives from what to cook to what to wear watch our report to find out more. in this part of the world cooking is not considered a real man's job but it is all valid ever wanted to do or you thought of them are going to being involved in the confectionery business for as long as i can remember i always wanted to learn the secrets of a certain national cuisine i wanted to help people through making good food. none of his family supported him in the village home he shared with his mother and five brothers he loved his home and moved to the city and watched his passion grow into a number of food factories. the crew broke out in a city and it means abundance and everything wife develops now but we shouldn't forget around certitudes and we should follow our traditions that's the most important thing i believe. a certain food is based upon three poise toward us some

of the secrets that have been handed down through the generations the forest service hands these poised much more than just simple first of food ask people saying have the round shape of this life signifies the universe of the poor in the middle it's creator says it is for. three points on the table it's one or three elements what are worth and i am. living in the mountainous area locals try to use average things the earth gives them for the filling they used potatoes homemade cheese and even beetroot leaves in wealthy families price were also made with martin it's not just these tasty treats which have stood the test of time but also family ceremonies and weddings are among the most deeply held and as static traditions on answering this bridal silent is like stepping into a cultural time machine where the spirit of the south hince through the ages are

woven into these delicate gowns most prized choose their own wedding dress but here they take constant ization to the highest level all girls here learn the intricate skills needed to make almost average inch of detail in those handmade gowns unique and precise following in the traditions of their parents most women in north or south try to get married wearing national wedding costs to this one for example is a perfect copy of what prices were two hundred years ago and it looks just as good today but the detail here is how and ways and it takes more than a month to get a dress like this ready for the big day. skilled craftwork like this runs in the blood of the people in north from trusting brides ensues for office workers to lavish costumes for the top stages in russia one of the workshops for student petersburg's prestigious marine ski au-prince bali theatre is based here in one of

the narrow streets of latika us. this idea belongs to the russian conductor valerie garrett give resurgence and peters the two years that would begin careers but now we do everything independently and bring initial cost you know to the theater there for a region in caused by towering mountains north is that his presence is felt way beyond . prudence traditions don't translate in pride and you lightly travel to come. no question about russia calls out my dick of course north to censor. many americans are still writing unfair treatment just as they were hundreds of years ago the legacy of civil war divisions are still in evidence based that's what more than fifty percent of all u.s. citizens believe nazis learned this to explains why. it's a war that lives on in the united states. soldiers can be found camped out near the battlefields where forefathers once fought reenacting the civil war one hundred

fifty years later and off these fields its legacy still runs through the country the ohio river was once considered an extension of the mason dixon line in the united states dividing north and south a division that still remains today. mostly a civil war of the world in one country we had to come to confer to space american units in the south there's still rebellion against the northern victors version of events and battles rage on and americans minds about what was its state in this conflict then and now there's a lot of people here i think the civil war is still a current topic not a historical topic. in this town it's left residents defensive over their right to bear arms except will never. be here owning a gun is mandatory southerners view the last gasp of the citizenry against a. oppressive government is to revolt. and in the very

capital of the nation. the. residents are still fighting the federal government for full voting rights and to represent taishan in congress the residents of the district of columbia have never had the rights that are persist or to apply to everyone else in this country the limits to their rights stem in part from civil war divisions that steffen only part of it before that. people never thought of blacks at all but scholars argue though the war may have ended slavery it was far from ending racism with washington d.c.'s large population of newly freed black citizens at the end of the war to limit their influence political elites pushed to curb voting rights for. everyone presidents are still fighting that legacy today. this is fabulous just like standing up for soy. and the tea party protests that have swept across the u.s.

have reenergized to rally behind states' rights reminiscent of confederate rhetoric one hundred fifty years ago when you look at source software clee of how they line up and indeed there are even genetic pedigree on storm level going back to the states that the most these people are from it's not more aligned with the confederacy of eight hundred sixty southern belles celebrate civil war states the session one modern day civil rights activists are created to celebrating treason and slavery and polls show a divided country more than half of americans believe the civil war is still relevant today only a minority relegate it to history but the country remains split over the cards. so while the literal reenactments of the civil war may be the most visible leftover of a war that divided the nation. left over battles are still being fought by many more in a war that lives on today or in the stair r.t.

. business news next hour with korea. our welcome to our business boss and russia's economy is all the rise but growth remains not to spark the high oil price he didn't think who just four and a half percent in the first quarter and royal bank expects it to slow down slightly in the next couple of years but says that's nothing to worry about. growth of seventy eight percent it was basically based on a very neat historical circumstances of it with extreme global liquidity an extremely probably low price she's incredibly close let's let's do it if we could preserve the parachute we know we are in a world of much more moderate growth and much more constrained international economic environment and that is going to meet with the reality the normal under which we operate. now let's take a look at how the markets are performing crude continues to rally after opec failed

to agree on increasing output this raised fears that could be supply the supply shortages could fall later this year light sweet is trading at above one hundred one dollars a barrel and brands as it around a hundred and eighty dollars. in asia stocks are broadly lower on thursday the hang seng is down for the six day in a row airlines are suffering from high crude prices with their china down around four percent worries about u.s. economic growth are weighing on japanese shares and technology companies are especially hard hit in tokyo strongly yet as we're seeing exporters lower some he's losing around two percent for some but is down more starts. here in russia the r.t.s. over his heart or fourth day from isaac's is still closed on wednesday the indices ended the session slightly higher. now uncertainty has been the main trend in russian forces in recent days neither bears nobbles able to take a leak it means investors prefer to stay in a defensive. i think valuation wise you want to look at branksome telecoms and

particularly gas looks cheap but you know really long term it's not going to do very well in my view as they have done over the last sort of ten to fifteen years if you're looking at momentum trades i think that's again a very difficult one i would go defensive if you see you believe in a downturn in the market in all process i would be telecoms utilities consumer staples i would call more aggressive i do finance them into the fold if you more bullish on the market if you and i think this is actually a trader you should turn on and should always have one in russia is that you go for corporate governance. russia has how electricity supplies to bed i was because the trouble country is under paid fifteen million dollars power generator into raul will record at least stop all deliveries of payments on brought up to date it was earlier said supplies to both countries will not be affected even though there was is a transit country and russia's car market is speeding up the association of european

business is sales jumped around fifty percent in may from a year earlier russia's largest automaker after gas remains the best seller of foreign brands are accelerating fast sales for general motors rose eighty percent compared to just. pass so for now other pack with more about.

more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is and charge it up and people have to be aware that they're far away from civilization sean thomas discovers flight make sense articles so special and attractive for many life in antarctica. and the friends of. the expedition to the bottom of the earth are seeing. the close up team has been to build a brand richard thank you all the turning point i'm bringing more to. this time the party goes for the region where half of the area is occupied by a nature preserve cool in the young generation transition their ancestors.

and where the mysterious city of the deadlocks world come from republic of more perceptive russia on our cheek. it was created to serve public interests to inform. and to entertain. these days there's nothing easier than opening a new media outlets but there is nothing harder than revoking its license in case of corruption on. the stand. in front. of you can involve in a community where you have one large corporation controlling the daily newspaper and radio stations television stations the cable outlets that you tell me that that sounds like democracy public opinion versus f.c.c. broadcast blues.