very warm welcome to you this is our life from moscow syria could be the next object of a foreign military intervention of some opposition groups get their way their calls for outside help are growing louder insisting is the only way to protect civilians from government security forces the libya stance of man comes despite the latest decision by them ask us to allow arab league observers to monitor how the regime is doing with the rest there's been recent reports suggesting that dozens of armed desertions killed by syrian troops others asking saira first found out the situation in syria now looks more like a civil war than a government crackdown. we're here in the embattled city of homs and you can hear heavy gunfire in the background that is really hard to other than the sheer insurances that the civilian population here live here as week of the wait

a month after month they've had to endure this conflict the ongoing violence is taking its toll best had they had the room a boy who's there been suffocated surrounded by armed groups there many people who've been kidnapped who had enough who did we do to deserve this homs is being described as a city on the brink in civil war where some of the series fiercest fighting has broken out. driving through the streets there are clear signs of conflicts bullet holes in window panes in and usually slogans on the walls there's a heavy military presence we weren't able to visit some of the areas where concentrated fighting was continuing they were deemed too dangerous to visit. but in other areas of the city daily life struggles on under the backdrop of gunfire. you can see the children playing here in the homes that this is day one of the major. conflict continues for the safety of the civilians if they continue living

here and this is the situation in homes right now is far more complex than simply one of the opposition against the regime has a deep seated sectarian conflicts coverage their heads. from the very beginning homes it was sick to read because the equal large numbers of both sects much more than in other cities. a military funeral held yesterday gets under way for five soldiers killed by what the government says is an increasingly militant movement and on the same day reports from the opposition the harrowing accounts the civilian deaths around the country make serious decision to allow the arab league to send observers to the more important this is naturally we want to facilitate their visits to syria. and in the same time preserve our sovereignty so really it depends on the intention do they really want to help syria or course. the

decision's been flattened by the main opposition outside the country b s n c. the opposition inside the country has welcomed in the north. we hope it's going to be implemented on the ground as it stated in the protocol and we remain completely against international intervention it would lead the country to destruction. with a fractious opposition and rising death toll with facts and information still very hard to verify even on the ground if that is a rival here in syria will be an important step but it's going to be just one of many more that will need to fully and seeing to ensure the name or lives lost. city of homs in syria. he says they want foreign intervention in syria don't really have humanitarian. we know how the syrian people

feel they're all against foreign intervention and we've seen what foreign intervention has done in our country in iraq for example and in libya recently it was a disaster so nobody you know i think not only let alone the syrians know i would welcome a foreign intervention that these people the so-called opposition has gone out of their minds i think that they're just lost and they're beginning actually to lose contact complete contact with the syrian people it's the simple as that these people are desperate they want power they they of course they want to topple the syrian regime and they don't care about the country you know even if the country is destroyed as long as there is toppled as long as they. gain power that. they don't care much about their own homeland after all they've been out of their country for a long time and i don't think anybody who calls so foreign intervention is actually

in him because not only to the syrian government but to this eerie and people to the syrian homeland so to come this hour on the program beaten up by the mob the bungles it's a bailout cash deadline after block struggle to convince member states to chip in for the common good of their way. now to the oil rig that capsized in russia's far east on sunday where rescue operations are continuing despite fading hopes of finding any more survivors a total of fourteen have now been safely brought to shore and of being treated in hospitals or his take agrees that some of them as they arrived in port. dry land and the end of a nightmare for the weary few on board this ship rescued from a horrific ordeal in which friends and colleagues were lost they are among the few to be found alive after an all rig on the toast sank in freezing waters for the

servant he thought about so make port and their families awaiting them the moment will no doubt be one of intense relief but their tale of survival differs greatly to that the majority of those aboard this ill fated oil rig. psychologists and doctors met the survivors upon arrival filled likely be an experience that will haunt them for a lifetime. i swam away from the rig a bit turned around inside capsized and i started swimming away as fast as possible in fear that i could be drawn into the board techs but those found alive you can see that in comparison they are the fortunate few dozens are still missing in the icy hoxsey following more than two days of searching planes are flying sorties to try and locate those lost and they're being accompanied by boats in the area but the hours spent scouring the horizon so far program fruitless as only the numbers found dead appear to grow and angry relatives for they know just who's to blame and

seem to like why did they need so many sixty seven people at the rig why what was the purpose of having sixty seven people there. yes you know i'm the wife of captain kozlov before the voyage here dressed every official morning and i'm going to talk again was prohibited in the winter months by law. it may have been one of the largest oil rigs in russia but disappeared beneath the waves in a matter of minutes on the shore in another wattles investigators are looking into three possible causes of the accident firstly it could have been due to violations of safety regulations during the talking of the drilling rig signally the condition of the rig itself might be to blame and lastly the decision to tug the rig might have been taken without proper consideration of the weather conditions of the wreck site. but the official findings will take some time and whatever the outcome for the families of those involved the little comfort they still to come to terms with

losing their loved ones something more may experience as a hope remains alive the possibility discovering further survivors appears slim jake agrees r.t. sakhalin in russia's far east. we'll continue to follow the rescue operation. on twitter monitoring developments as they happen and one of his recent tweet he reports on the anger of the victims' relatives who are raising questions over why the request held its. follow on twitter feed on our web site.

the body of north korea's late. died of a heart attack today has been put on display his son and successor. was the first to pay his final respects video from the country also shows thousands of mourners weeping in the streets the news that came north and neighbors on high and that hearing instability in the region japan called a special security missing south korea said its military standing ready for peace on the korean peninsula depends on how much the outside world. house according to the former head of the u.n. atomic watchdog. i think it is important that they are outside the world. does not make. threats from the outside. we know that list with a lot of jewelry arrange for a north korea so even without looking for weapons the situation would be risky.

and if north korea were provocative. there could be a risk also of encouragingly. well you can watch the full interview with hans blix later in the program here on scene . now public apologies and embarrassing explanations the fate of one of russia's opposition leaders after recordings of some of his phone conversations surfaced online but is them solve could face a split within the ranks after using insulting words to describe his allies hamsters and cowardly penguins were among the least offensive talented artist on bottom. revelations were published in life news dot ru a notoriously tabloid sensationalist website in russia and they concern six hours of private phone conversations recorded boris nemtsov an opposition figure in which

he insults fellow opposition leaders using very profane language and calls protesters how would leave kind wins and internet comes to those protesters turning out on the reports of widespread vote rigging in the december's parliamentary elections boris nemtsov one of the all denies of the protests has hit back saying that this is kremlin phone tapping and that they've been released these phone conversations to try and discredit him and to split the opposition he doesn't ever admit that some of the phone conversations did happen and he's apologized for any insult caused in those but he says that others were falsified life news is oh no for its part has also added to the controversy by refusing to say where they got the recordings were from and all of this is caused a great storm of controversy on the internet with people shocked by themselves words on his use of language about other opposition figures and the possible splits

in russia's opposition that that could indicate. political life isn't just a case of entangled check out our website dot com there we look at how washington is playing a big politics to the country after the influence. and the protests to follow. who went missing after. the russian president takes an unexpected tag. antiballistic missile has been test fired in kazakstan as part of the russian military defense modernization drive this is the first time the russian ministry of defense has released footage of its detests the display of firepower comes amid the

long lasting russian nato standoff over the u.s. backed missile defense system planned for eastern europe and turkey washington says it will not threaten russia's security while moscow demands legal guarantees it also says jest of the actions of the u.s. could undermine the recent start nuclear reduction treaty now the e.u. missed a self-imposed monday deadline to come up with two hundred billion year a for its latest block wide bailout scheme the union fell fifty billion short of its target with political bickering paralyzing the project the cash pool was intended as a debt on my wall to become one of the last lines of economic defense but the plan stalled on takeoff with britain among others that are refusing to pump more cash into the euro their reasoning is that the euro zone should sort out its own problems but is our solution as the reports that may be asking tomorrow from member states on the last two legs. on paper these people live in one of the most

prosperous economies of the baltic region reality their homeland. is the e.u.'s poorest country and after spending a year being part of the euro zone these people say the positive changes they were promised are nowhere to be seen at the helm of recently euro commission check their pensions are authorities told they received an average pension of six hundred this is far from reality pensions in greece which fifteen hundred here get around two hundred. still only adopted the euro last january but despite a general positive attitude towards the move until now it is mostly big businesses and politicians that are really enjoying the transition there are clearly some political advantage in terms of if you want locking a stone more firmly into the. economic advantage as well in terms of investment the support for the euro is holding up very well people seem to be to see the advantages you may be politically rather than economically but the year award

option party soon brought a painful hangover since september story has agreed to take part in the european financial stability facility the body created to combat financial crisis and the bailout countries like greece and now experts say this membership comes at a price you can not afford to buy the formula for us is very bad because we need to . or. from our g.d.p. rich countries something more than nine percent from our budget the poorest country we need to pay off march richer countries the country central bank has even warned of a possible recession recent polls suggest up to sixty percent of historians are against their country's membership of the. the government however doesn't seem to great junction and refuses to drop out of this relief and meanwhile members of this

community say they would rather help greece with potatoes and for it would then see their pension money having their adopting the euro soon or later was a necessary condition for a stone you to join the european union but being part of the european financial stability facility was not in the agreement and while economists are speculating whether stoner should continue its membership in this organization ordinary people are left to wonder why they have to pay someone else's debts. r.t. reporting from tallinn in a store near kitchens and other international headlines this hour now and troops and riot police swept through cairo's tahrir square before dawn on tuesday in another attempt to protesters beating them and using live ammunition as well fourteen people have lost their lives in five consecutive days of clashes in the capital demonstrators are calling for an immediate end to military rule in force

since egyptian leader hosni mubarak was ousted in february and these are live pictures that we're now seeing from cairo where thousands of people defiantly remain on tahrir square. piers morgan has denied phone hacking took place while he was editor of the daily mail on the news of the world the current c.n.n. host was giving evidence to an inquiry into the conduct and ethics of the british press the scandal broke after it was discovered that the news of the world had been illegally accessing the cell phones of high profile people this july so the hacking revolutions revelations rather forced the title to close this was several executives and journalists have been arrested in an ongoing police investigation into the scandal. a minute's silence was held across belgium as thousands remember the victims of last week's shootout in the city of leisure the incident saw a man go on a rampage shooting and lobbing grenades at a crowd they were christmas market five people were killed in

a row hundred twenty injured in the incident the attacker who shot himself before the police arrived was an exit convict to serve the sentence for firearms and drug related crimes. iraq's sunni vice president eric al hashimi has lashed out against terrorism charges brought against him by the government he said the allegations have been fabricated and proclaimed his innocence iraqi officials issued an arrest warrant fame yesterday on suspicion of running a hit squad that killed government figures there the so does increase tensions between sunni and shia groups just days before u.s. forces complete their withdrawal from the country. i was countries suspected of developing nuclear weapons or trying to global concern perhaps the best person for expert analysis is the former chief of the un atomic energy was dogged our interview with the man who was at the head of the agency. is up next here on asking

. well i'm joined by mr hans blix from stop calling mr blix chair to international

atomic agency for energy agency for sixteen years and was the head of the u.n. inspections team in iraq prior to the second iraqi war mr blix it's great to have you with us sir now i'd like to start with i should latest news came young male who during who seventeen year old rule north korea has emerged as a nuclear state has died of a heart failure now his son and is the next national leader what do we know about him are things going to stay pretty much the same or where general security under threat how vigorously will he have push for nuclear weapons. while we are generally rather it. about the. architecture of the power building in north korea. but the change has been underway for some time but of course we. figure is. and there's always a risk in such

a structure that there can be changes i think it is important that the outside world. does not make them. because they will feel themselves in a situation of weakness and any threats from the outside might have make them provocative for the last few years iran was number one nuclear enemy for the united states do you expect maybe a shift of interest from iran to north korea or does a country need to have oil as well to justify that much attention from the west no i think both places are of great importance in the north korean situation first of all we know that within artillery range for all of north korea so even without nuclear weapons the situation there would be a risky one and if north korea were provoked at here. there could be

a risk also of encouraging. forces in japan. i don't see that now. but that would be a risk in the case of iran. on the other hand we see that already in. their work in iran to develop a capacity we enrich uranium has increased threat tensions enormously. and there there is a great arms race going on. and we hear who works in israel and then in the united states saying that they should bomb iran oh yes sir it is very simple similar to what happened in iraq. could we be seeing an iraqi scenario unfolding here as far as iran goes well there are some similarities in the. escalation of the language and the threats. that we had in the case of iraq and

now having a case of iran on the other hand we must remember that in case of iraq they talked about. weapons that in fact did not exists today they are talking about iranian intentions that may or may or may not exist. but the difference is that iran certainly has a lot of nuclear installations iraq did not have that but in your own opinion easyrider of any imminent threat to any nation at this point. i don't think so really you. give is it true that you are. come out in that area very bad language about israel and wiping israel off the map of the world but i think most people with me think that he is really talking to the arab street he has want to want to destabilize arab states that have supported the united

states. iraq iran does not have a track record of aggression and in fact there was iraq that attacked iran. so i don't see an immediate threat from iran but i can understand that israelis are nervous but the u.s. and israel maintain the latest i am a report provides very strong evidence that iran seeking a nuclear weapon. here's the question do you think iran has a nuclear weapon. no i think in nobody really thinks they have a nuclear weapon and i think one must read that report rather carefully. what they say is that they see some evidence that could be explained if they were dealing with a weapon or a mere weapon and that there seem some other evidence that is very hard to explain unless they were working towards a weapon but they have not said that they established that iraq or actually intends

to do it they might stop short of their weapons thank you very much for this interview. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven on our t.v. . this was the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned in a condition where it had become

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. very warm welcome to hear it's now here in moscow this is a serious decision to that observers and to the country splits opposition groups some welcome the move while others intensify in the house side military intervention to end months of on the last. despite fading hope of finding more survivors from a capsized oil rig in russia's far raising the search goes on a seven who were pulled alive from freezing waters arrive in hospital. mind you was one of russia's position.