to retaliate and the recognition of the breakaway republics as subjects to international law with the bike decisions to make it i believe my actions were constitutional but not only am i unashamed of what i have done i believe my decisions will nor for thought out unnecessary. thank you very much mr president. the latest in science and technology. the future covered. in india in the movie. the gateway hotel the grand imperial should.

read this is the hotel treat. for. market struggle to recover a. day. in my private conversation with the president of syria i discuss the same ideas reforms need to be carried out if he fails to do that then a sad future awaits. syria's president says at least ten people were killed in new mass protests following friday prayers. and former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko was arrested for contempt of court. trial sparking unrest.

international news and comment this is live in moscow it's just one am here in the russian capital. markets back then but remain unstable after the shop is full since two thousand and eight raised fears of another wave of the global recession amid the slowing u.s. economy and that crisis. in the markets from brussels. the euro virus is spreading to new countries france and belgium next day yields have hit record highs against germany's the u.k.'s financial services authority has asked british banks to reveal how much debt they hold in belgium on fears that that country could be next italy and spain have entered crisis talks with the e.u. as their yields hit critical new highs so now you have investors pulling out of france italy and spain. and fourth largest eurozone economies and that is

why the investors in the markets are panicking the moment the leaders of france spain and germany are holding an emergency teleconference to try and stop the open relative to coming out the top you have italian prime minister silvio berlusconi and his finance minister openly disagreeing on this solution solutions to the crisis and the e.u. president jose manuel barroso slammed on discipline communication by e.u. leaders for making the crisis worse and germany is furious at such an open attack this time when it's already critical as in europe we've seen the america really suffering and raising the debt ceiling doesn't tackle the key problem which is making the problem worse giving them more debt and their economy is weak because they know the your the u.s. have really started to tackle that key issue yesterday was the wall street. years

there was steep slumps in the share price and there are now fears that america will go back into recession which would strongly hit not just america but the whole world economy and u.s. and europe politicians keep trying to reassure the public that everything is ok but it's investors who are really making decisions they're the ones that are pulling their money out of these markets and they're saying that they don't they don't like the situation at the moment at all. america's financial center wall street has closed its poorest week and more than two. new year's and the stock plunged the u.s. government reported a gain of one hundred seventeen thousand jobs but as jeff steinberg from the u.s. based executive intelligence review magazine says the current economic situation will be remembered as being worse than the great depression. the main factor to take into account is that nearly two hundred thousand people were removed from the jar market because they've been chronically unemployed and they're frankly given up on trying to find work so the actual figure here i think states is somewhere

actually have the city of twenty percent and if you add in those people only working part time that figure comes somewhere between twenty five and thirty percent it's depression level collapse and the quest area measures you are going to hell which is worst in two thousand and eight because it's a continuum from two thousand and eight there's been no real recovery since that point the new york banks are facing worse volumes of non-performing toxic assets now then they had at the time of the collapse of lehman brothers there's four and a half million additional foreclosures either having occurred or pending in the united states and all of that means that the banks are in fact hopelessly bay there's taught here in washington that bank of america and see group two of the largest the big six are in desperate straits bernie is talking once again about the

need for one to take it easy three to bail out both the u.s. and european banks and unless there's a fundamental bankruptcy where you are going to say shit for example starting here in the united states with the reinstatement of glass steagall the breakup of the too big to fail banks and the separation out of the speculators from the normal commercial banking activity there is no hope whatsoever for the entire trans-atlantic system to recover in fact we're about to hit a rock bottom situation that will be looked upon in the future is worse than the great depression of the thirty's. still ahead. a group of muslims try to enforce. opening a new front of multicultural tension. complicit as

a top secret documents suggest british intelligence agents were involved in torture imprisoned. told the former guantanamo detainees. their story still to come but first president urging syria's leader bashar assad to kick start reforms and end the violence in his country before it's too late to reach him if it was giving an extensive interview to as well as. radio and georgian t.v. channel peak here's a preview for you and the full version of this interview is coming up in about an hour from now. unfortunately the situation in syria has taken a dramatic turn we real politicians should follow developments gadhafi gave violent orders to destroy the opposition the syrian president gave no such orders unfortunately a lot of people are dying in syria this is our biggest concern in my private conversation with the president of syria and in the private letters i sent him i

discussed the same ideas reforms need to be carried out he should establish peace with the opposition establish peace in the country and create a modern state if he fails to do that then a sad future awaits him and at the end of the day we'll have to make our decision we are watching the situation it is changing our guidelines are too. meanwhile syrian forces say they are succeeding in crushing an uprising in the city of hama the report said five day crackdown has left over two hundred dead despite that people took to the streets in other parts of the country with troops reportedly killing thirteen protest as nationwide on friday international pressure is growing on the syrian leadership to stop the violence the u.s. says it's working on a new ways to try and influence the situation beyond just sanctions i. there's islamic leadership tension of a very different kind in britain with hardline muslims trying to enforce sharia law in london from abstention to amputation artes nor emmett's been hearing help they

want to instill their tough code on the capital. so we are here to tell you that islam. is unstoppable in europe stoning for adultery cutting off hands for stealing death of renouncing islam this group of men is trying to enforce shari'a law in the u.k. they've started a campaign to make certain areas of london and other cities islamic law controlled zones starting with will from stone east london will be along the good of good evil because of usama as an alternative to the muslim of an all muslim community also looking to believe that muslims kind of together trade according to the sharia was all their problems. and even police themselves to a large extent hopefully one day to have a summit governments who should have authority locally security locally i do you provide well for locally choudhry and his friends are fly posting parts of london with large muslim populations they want to ban drinking gambling and playing music

and they say they've got bands of young men ready to patrol and in full shari'a law by any means you know that enforcement will not initially be in on the level of inviting and for being verbally but if someone has the capability to be what an essentially like pornography situation it should do so. that by that you mean it of course i believe the pressures that are needed most should be running today in rio these muslims say british society is broken riddled with drugs crime and prostitution because of that they firmly believe members of the communities that targeting will welcome shari'a law but the word on the street about the campaign tells a different story comes down to if you don't like the laws of the place you live find somewhere where you do appreciate the laws and. things are completely legal in this country this is not indira pakistan this is our own laws people have a right to coming here and bringing their laws in here we often have trouble but

councillor martin. agrees saying this could destroy community cohesion we've. taken down the post this assumes that because we do not want these posts. they have no place for us citizen equality campaigners say this should real supporters shouldn't be considered a religious movement. political organization with opposed to campaign designed to divide and conquer communities their danger lies in dividing people dividing communities creating mistrust particularly among from non muslims towards moderate muslims i think this is part of their aim is to create mistrust so they can then turn to moderate muslims and say look everyone hates you we're your friend turn to us and it's a very very dangerous thing and it's a pleasure to increase their own power undeterred by opposition childfree and his group plan will they see as the beginning of an islamic emirate not just in the

u.k. but all over europe police have mobilized to take these posters down as fast as they appear but choudhry and his group say they formed bands of vigilante and forces to make sure. all physically and in other parts of london women have already been harassed for not covering their heads if these muslims ever get their way i won't be able to dress like this on the streets. or many other parts of london brussels rome and paris and it's r.t. . filreis is a writer on terrorism and political violence and he told me that he thinks because britain's government doesn't treat the. seriously that message is becoming dangerous. of course he takes a very literal reading of the koran and a literal understanding of sharia law and i think this goes to the heart of the

problem for islam perhaps throughout the world and indeed for for muslims living. in muslim countries but the trouble is that it's never really discussed on a serious level because it is considered so outrageous and you know then it creates then the opposite of that which is non muslims in britain saying let's lock them up these people are dangerous so unfortunately what he's done is he's trivialize the debate which is a very serious one for muslims but it was introducing these group that triggered the formation of the english defense league in a town north of london called so actually you know while i know them and consider them i mean i've always talked to them a bit like the flintstones the way they behave but indeed because their messages can be amplified by the media all around the world they've had some very very serious consequences both in creating groups like the english defense league and perhaps even by a string of then struggling people like i was breivik in norway. unrest has broken out in central kiev after ukrainian charge ordered the arrest of former prime

minister yulia timoshenko citing contempt of court she's been on trial since june over alleged misuse of power while signing gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine argues that she had a shift she has more now from the ukrainian capital. a decision by judge in the key of course ruled out units in the central ukraine storm a prime minister is now placed under arrest now before that she was forbidden to leave the country now she is taken to a detention center and that's where she will spend her time until the trial comes to him then certainly the atmosphere inside and outside of the court building here in central kiev has been electrifying over the past several weeks or so ever since the trial started in june supporters of units of a second have been flocking here several hundred of them are now here protesting the decision which they believe politicized in the case itself they believe to be orchestrated by the country's president. now the atmosphere inside the courtroom

reminded of the chaotic times in ukraine's politics when there were sporadic fights in ukraine's parliament fighting accusations those scenes we've seen inside the courtroom for the past several weeks and today this certainly was the culmination when the judge ruled that tomasz uncle was to be placed under arrest so the supporters of the former prime minister as well as several deputies of the country's parliament tried to block the armored vehicle which was to take huge machine go out from the building to the detention center they in fact blocked this central city but then the policeman managed to disperse the crowd and the bus started to move with no problems whatsoever. british intelligence services have allegedly been violating international law for almost a decade top secret documents suggest agents were involved in the torture of prisoners held overseas the policy was reportedly first implemented in two thousand and two in afghanistan was embedded who spent three years in guantanamo and all the

prisoners says he himself witnessed british intelligence agents being complicit. they were physically present when i was being abused they saw my hands behind my back they sure my legs shackle base or guns pointed towards me i was subject to the sounds of women screaming i was let the lead was my wife being tortured and i am completely one hundred percent sure that i would not have gone to guantanamo or to bagram had it not been for the involvement of british intelligence services i am the head of an organization called caged prisoners in which we have been campaigning for people to take without charge or trial by the us we have highlighted over thirty cases that include syria egypt bangladesh morocco pakistan in which british intelligence services have been involved in puce or have been complicit where people have been abused in these countries and we have offered this information to the police. time now to update you on some other international headlines now an update in libya's government describe reports that the youngest

son of moammar gadhafi was killed in a nato air strike as a dirty trick rebels claim the twenty eight year old was among the thirty two who died in the raid which the alliance says targeted and ammunition a military police facility and. they may want to get off he was killed along with three grandchildren when a nato bomb hit the house they were. in thailand has its first ever female head of government. has been elected prime minister after her party secured a parliamentary majority she's the sister of former pm he was overthrown in a military coup five years ago he was charged with corruption and fled the country to speculation he might try to come back now his sister is in charge. for the moment i'll be back with some of our main news stories about. fifteen minutes from now in the meantime it's our culture program.

hello and welcome to the program on this week so i'll be exploring one of the oldest and largest museums in the world and will be taking

a day trip to the pizza hut palace with its impressive gardens and fountains founded in seventeen sixty four by catherine the great to have its paws here posting great million items in five historic buildings this is one day trip in st petersburg you could not miss out on. most businesses journey started here at the british teaching jordan staircase full of lies and gleaming with gilding amir is said case extends for the whole shite of the winter palace its golden white system designed his retreat base of course will follow. you can see here the location of the home it's mostly created on palace where the buildings and in principle saw along the embankment of the leverage a built in the eighteenth century by the italian architecture strelley it became the home of katherine when she ascended to the throne in seven hundred sixty two over the centuries the palace coup larger than a theater and various new buildings. ices approaches and the native

until by the twentieth century the hermits is one of the largest museums in the world. a lot of these museums from what i have read but this goes far beyond all my expectations using the present is the same thing. and you can only dream about it it's absolutely fabulous since i too for want art and the building all together it's just beautiful and this museum is incredible we have a great tour guide and she's shown as just a small piece of it but a small piece we've seen is just incredible we have a private tour and i think it's fair we can see a few more things in their understanding. of things they always ask a lot of. the palace bows almost two thousand windows and over a thousand elegantly and largest decorated pools and rooms. many of which are open to the public. it is estimated that to see all the exhibits in the home it's hard

to have to move twenty five miles perhaps even a little fascinating at least for those interested in riches glory days if not just distances of the exhibits the brushes imperial past also the rundown of the treasures would be complete without mentioning the museum stimming collection of western european art which states with thirteenth century onwards michelangelo manet matisse. who's who of history. hall on the first floor was designed in an eclectic style. eight hundred fifty eight in serious here are just breathtaking it occupies the northern territory of the small hamlet and that the main focal point is this amazing peacock clock. from seven hundred ninety seven to the present day the peacock cloak has been one of the hematologist most famous exhibits the figures of a peacock called cool and all that form part of this elaborate fine piece of the

tin with mechanisms that set them in motion today so it's one of the few of its size still in working condition. to see how fast everybody was but it's really interesting to see so many people from different places gathered together to see something so unique very very beautiful especially when that happens when you're out errors. even see the famous collection of antiquities including a large number of gold artifacts bracelets rings earrings and male and female clothing decorations. lived surrounded by wealth and luxury. here dates back to the fourth millennium b.c. gold in russia became popular via siberia and the black sea the wealth and of course it's high and abundance of gemstones least far behind the splendor of other . you worked in courts while your precious stones were only on ladies' clothes in

russia many rivaled women in self to. dignitaries studded with gold and diamonds only in russia russian and western painting sculpture and applied a prehistoric period to the early twentieth century is displayed in hundreds of holes if you do visit. or a group tour the habits hawes he calls information overload. guides come in several languages is true is given a number which you press when entering you'd simply be lost without a guide of some sort in the hermit's harsh one of the highlights of the museum is the collection of paintings by leonardo da vinci called madonna and child it was rumored to be painted in the lamb but the artist lived in fourteen eighty two the image shows a beautiful. child the personification of maternal love there are only twelve works so not a left in the world today we have in this museum i entitle to madonna leapt out and

it's very famous for its elegance and beauty and it was a challenge i remember from my books and textbooks at school and i was really impressed when i searched for the first time about ten years ago. to have space museum and one of the best in the world even if you're not an art level story and will only be impressed with what has on offer as a museum and a grand palace unworn a visit to the state hematology said petersburg is something you will never forget . leaving the hermitage now let's continue our journey crossing the street to the riverside next to the hermitage and you'll see very spent stands and a large jetty this is where we'll catch our boat to peterhof the journey takes twenty minutes and as much from sweden traveling by car or train. you can see on final destination here we have to travel around the entire coastline to get to the

world park in a state taking a bunch of fast food to the area. because the journey time down considerably. doesn't it was about it because of the state museum reserve peterhof is a big complex wishing to use the power of peter the great instrument the alexandria park. parks and peterhof and also parks and palaces in. each year more than four million tourists visit peterhof is named one of the wonders of russia when you plan your visit here make sure you've got the whole day just early enjoy this is silly. in my opinion this is one of the most pleased taking sides in . the past some part of peterhof often referred to as the aside.

the french palace was the inspiration for peter the great designer to build a similar complex in the suburbs of his new city the window to your. piece of health which means peace is close in jail it is easy to leap up little pieces ground to impress elizabeth who will do the expansion of the grand palace. peterhof was ravaged destroyed by the german troops during the second world war it was one of the first to be resurrected and thanks to the work of military engineers and over one thousand volunteers. structure has been fully restored by nine hundred forty seven the most famous founded on someone peterhof is the grandest cave here with dozens of water jets creating this breathtaking view surrounded by impressive gold statues at the center so the famous samson fountain resting in the jaws of a lion erected in the seven hundred thirty s. it was built to represent russia's venture. oversweet with.

the grocer behind the great escape which is once used to small parties contains the enormous pipes origine wooden the feet the fountains most visit is a stack and when they are told that the fountains were only to the use of gravity. it's really beautiful actually more so than with all looking at photographs that we saw people came definitely worth a visit beautiful beautiful and it shows a lot of russian history i like it i think it's spectacular how it was built three hundred years ago and it's just. a lot of the alleyways and the and all the pot. fountains. in stone for example to see is not just because it's very very nice to spectacular parkland pizza house is remarkable for the shia variety of styles encompassed its layout and features.

around the gardens is a must for every visitor. representing nearly two centuries of european socratic fashion executed to the highest standards peterhof is like an encyclopedia of design. remember to bring your camera and also note the parts of mission is not included when you pay if you harder for john to. come rain or shine the trip to the venice of the north will be something you'll never forget. the first time you enter the hematologist dazzling staircase to really sing the rainbows created by the grand cascades fountain in pisa hoff said petersburg constant involves reconstruction assistance. as you can see the day we tell as compared to life and for those who happen to see the magic of the new of the capital i suggest you come here quickly to fool even survived. absolutely spectacular one of forcefully that's all the time we have from to the

most peaceful attractions here in st petersburg i'll see you again at the same time next week so until then for me and the rest of the crew from peterhof bye bye for now. the. last time close up was in the cool gum region where men flock from all over the world to add a few centimeters to their self-confidence. this time r.t. goes to the on the region. for the gold rush still gets people like joe. an ancient tried like to save its culture. where cranes are protected in the first ten dollars.