the yeomen below as local carmakers are under pressure to match their foreign competitors but have more in our business both in britain but. it is not am in the russian capital you're watching r t joshua welcome to the program arab league observers are in syria where the aim of helping to stabilize the conflict torn country they'll have a big job as reports of continuing violence suggest hundreds of people have been killed in just the last few days moscow's hoping the arab league can help stand the bloodshed without the need for outside military interference r.t. sara for us reports. the advanced arab league team is now in damascus they have of course to pave the way for the observer mission is expected at the end of the month

they're going to be looking at the government's promises to implement that peace plan now of course many people here in the country extremely skeptical about whether or not any real change is going to come from that arab league observers mission entering here a big concern is whether they're going to be able to cover enough ground to get the places where the colds and try to conflict is actually happening now that's been a real problem here in the country was we've been here for the past week actually getting to these areas accessing these people that are on the ground where the armed conflict is breaking out has prevented extremely difficult but getting accurate information of verifying it full stop has been a major challenge we visited the city of homs and there you can hear the gunfire ringing out in the distance but ahead of the arab league team arriving here in the country we've heard very harrowing reports of violence breaking out at civilians us

but they seemed if anything to being free singapore's sitting around two hundred people having been killed in the past few days and as the conflict continues what we are seeing is this becoming all both sides seemingly increasingly arms increasingly bloody certainly that team of observers are really going to have their work cut out for them that everyone is going to be very much are you paying this some form of change can now be a vote about that this is going to be an important step in the right direction but do remember it is of course just one step in many many more that are going to need to be taken before you see the situation here in syria coming down. first reporting there will syria's state news agency says over two thousand members of the security forces have been killed since unrest began and damascus claims recent un human rights reports alleging a brutal government crackdown are not the whole story activists about adman says the western media is storing the picture of the real situation to help increase

public support for war against the country. what we see hear about these atrocities add five to housing. deaths here and the so-called massacres none of these numbers are confirmed they are actually given and if you look at the media they are actually telling you that they're getting their information from the . rebel army but they're not getting it from inside the country but of course when you look at the mainstream media at least here in the united states they are just repeating those numbers now in our four hour news websites we have been getting information from syria and these are not necessarily the supporters of a sudden these are the people who are providing information to us they are there they are on the ground and then be run these stories nobody picks them up except a handful of international news outlets because it does not conform to what the

group reporting here in the united states does all this is basically a makeup of a psychological warfare first of all the decision on syria was made months or years ago even as the preparations began and this is. the border there there are nato air base there injured airbase may two thousand and eleven so they have the decision they have had the decision they have been preparing for an actual war and then they begin the propaganda and the psychological warfare by trying to get the public support for an unwarranted war and that's the key popper sea off the u.s. foreign policy you're looking at live playing right in front of you. sybil adman's founder of the national security whistleblowers coalition talking to us from washington. a wave of synchronized bombings rocked the iraqi capital of thursday causing more uncertainty about the ability of the authorities to ensure

security and also threatens to make the political faultiness in the country even wider almost twenty separate blast ripped through the city ranging from car bombs to hidden explosives seventy two people are confirmed dead and over two hundred injured the attacks took place a few days after the withdrawal of the american troops from the country u.s. leaders insist they left behind a stable nation nine years after launching an invasion jeremy corbyn british labor m.p. and member of the stop the war coalition has a very different view. what's been achieved has been a large number of deaths a huge amount of profits for arms companies a lot of oil contracts signed by western oil companies and a lot of chaos on the streets and a huge level of private mercenary security forces under the biggest u.s. embassy the world has ever see and it doesn't look to me it has been a complete withdrawal it looks to me as though there is

a security presence left behind in order to protect the government that has been so happy to do business with the west this could play out into something extremely nasty over a long period it does require a democratic coming in the whole country and it does require the participation of all those political forces in that outcome and that clearly is not happening at the present time the war was an attack on a sovereign state it was a war for regime change were in the case of britain the british parliament was told it was sold in a war for disarmament of the non-existent weapons of mass destruction and the damage it's done in iraq in the region and the civil liberties of everybody in every one of the participating countries is absolutely huge. but damage done to the american soldiers who served in iraq and other countries is also uncountable even when the guns fall silent and cease fires are agreed wars live on in the minds of the man and women who fought a killer stocks and that is more deadly than the enemies they once face so it is

less wall reports. being in this environment is killing us soldiers but surprisingly the biggest killers are not enemy combatants fortunately and have is the demographic in the united states that kills itself pretty much more than any other out there for the second year in a row more soldiers killed themselves than were killed in combat four hundred sixty eight soldiers took their own lives in two thousand and ten and even off the battlefield suicide rates continue to soar matha sure rose in afghanistan war veteran turn anti-war activists we come home feeling terrible despicable about what we did and what we saw sure roe is one of thousands returning from deployment feeling detached and conflicted the laws of decency don't apply to soldiers in combat and when you go back to having to apply those lost yourself all the time. you know that that for many you know leads either to the grave or to jail an

average of eighteen veterans per day commit suicide and many more attempted last year twenty percent of the thirty thousand american suicides was a soldier or better and it kind of cumulated in. disaster. in that you really start to wonder if you're ever going to be who you were again dr jan kemp says many soldiers come back feeling disconnected from the world in which they once lived then all of a sudden they're there back things happened in their families while they were gone the situation they can come back to is not often the same one that they left and fact many come back to bleak situations a quarter of the homeless in america are military veterans the unemployment rate among vets hovers over twelve percent meanwhile campaign such as army strong glorify life as a soldier and aim to entice america's young men and women. to enlist.

or shooting is that's not the military. to advertise since retiring from the army sharon has been committed to showing students the other side of the army experience the side recruiters fail to show it's all part of the we are not your soldiers tour his message is clear don't don't become one of us. and he hopes that message will prevent students from turning into a statistic from washington lismore hearts. and still ahead r t is sean thomas remembers a plane crash that wiped out the entire jaroslav lokomotiv hockey team he looks back at the tragedy in our special series on the last twelve months. there was anger there was frustration there was sadness there were tears. and

the outpouring of support from everyone in the town coming to place flowers and pictures and jerseys and stuffed animals and light candles in front of the stadium where the locomotive practiced it was just amazing to see such an outpouring of support. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven on our t.v. . turkey has hold a diplomatic and economic ties with france after the lower house of the french parliament passed a law making it a crime to deny the genocide of armenians in turkey in the early twentieth century if approved by the senate the founders could face a year in prison and a fine of forty five thousand euros hundreds of french terms have been protesting in front of the national assembly in paris more than fifteen countries have recognized the slaughter of around one of the half million armenians but turkey

denies the genocide saying it's up to an international committee of historians to decide what really happened here professor of political science at parris west university thinks france's move is just a way of scoring political points. percival you have to realize that it's a build good through the lower house. and then it has to go to the senate most probably it would not go to the senate before the presidential election and maybe. he will do so little political game is played by various political parties. there is historical debate genocide is not going down there was a genocide and there's also the political games being played by various just to get the armenian vote in the french elections every nation has to investigate its crimes in the past but establish an historical truth is the work of the story and

it is not something that should be done and established by law. big brother is set for a ride on oxford taxis that is if the local authorities have their way and install audio surveillance and every cab in the british city privacy activists are fighting them tooth and nail claiming people's rights will be violated in a court in another city has sent its own message by rejecting similar security surveillance there are just laura smith reports. in oxford surveillance cameras everywhere and now in a city council scheme taxis will become the latest targets of state bugging operations over the next few years license caps will be required to install equipment monitoring both driver and passenger it's a fact of life in towns and cities across the u.k. that you're being watched wherever you go on the high street in shops on public transport the surveillance along this stretch of street will only record images but

the systems in taxis will record sound to effectively eavesdropping on the conversations of private citizens buses already have and sound recording but aimed only at the driver taxi passengers will be recorded too and some who fear for their security late at night are reassured others see it as a staggering invasion of privacy i think it's going to end there i think it will make people feel a bit safer it's amazing the purpose aim the dice you have to talk enticing just like chatty friends and not be corny. not to get heavy isn't it. puts a lot of pressure on people who behave. innocent person probably feel. absolutely i think there are enough people surveillance camera in oxford and also i think it's quite awkward to have a video camera and everything in a taxi good we don't think to keep to became or you know to have to be cautious

about what you say day and night recording will stop when the car engine switched on and and thirty minutes after it's turned off the council says footage will only be available to police for ongoing investigations i don't believe that it will be this let's remember this is not someone's front room this is not somebody better and this is the back of a taxi. driver in the front seat who will be a able to overhear any conversation that we're having with a passenger or someone on fire previously campaigners on the other hand i can't understand how the council can justify this and accuse them of refusing to hand over statistics on taxi related crime big brother watch says the move is unjust to fire billy intrusive props for council of coy threats which exist that requires them to record not just video but also the conversation of passengers we simply

don't accept that the force is great enough to warrant every part of the conversation be recorded indiscriminately rather the for example a panic button system being how it treats everybody as potential criminals. treating everybody as a law abiding citizen drivers will have to fork out four hundred pounds that's six hundred dollars to pay for the equipment themselves and while the council says it has the support of cappy as many at this local firm object to the blanket approach if people used. as in the hours are not working is a camera still going to be because they're not going to family and friends filmed while the puzzle being what it would. whoa is you know it me. they may question why are we want to. sort of fear that. this is like a prison oxford city council doesn't think it's going to have any trouble pushing

this measure through but previously campaigners see it differently they're launching a complaint with an independent data protection body to try and stop what they see as the further creeping encroachments of the state prying eyes and is into innocent people's lives nora smith oxford. ok we're stories for you on our website or to dot com and here's what's on the line for you there. from a ship loaded with american missiles disguised as fireworks gets busted and finished poured with a shipment believed to be our route to u.s. ally south korea. and president medvedev outlines democratic reforms proposing direct elections for regional heads and simpler registration all political parties and his annual state of the union address watch the entire speech and get expert analysis at our problem plus what some of our best videos on our you tube channel.

is. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world the pentagon says mistakes led to nato airstrikes in northern pakistan to kill twenty four soldiers every pore by the u.s. government said the alliance was retail haiti against what it saw it was an insurgent attack the u.s. blamed the incident on poor coordination with pakistani border forces the attack in a van were put significant strain on relations between washington and islamabad causing the pakistani government to close the border routes into neighboring

afghanistan. rival palestinian factions have made a significant step towards a reconciliation with the announcement hamas will join the palestinian liberation organization hamas and fatah also agree to hold an election next year to create a single government for both the west bank and gaza the breach between the two groups has been an obstacle to peacemaking efforts with israel hamas took power in gaza in two thousand and seven leaving palestinian president mahmoud abbas to govern only the west bank. that hearing on u.s. soldier bradley manning accused of causing the biggest national security leak in history has adjourned to decide whether the nineteen year old private well face court marshal matt is charged with stealing hundreds of classified documents and handing them over to whistleblower web site we can leaks the soldiers the fans accuse the american government of failing an emotionally troubled man and asked for a reduced thirty year prison sentence. in the u.s.

republican leaders have caved in on president obama's demands to extend a payroll tax cut members of the republican led house of representatives have previously refused to vote on the extension of the cuts will save around a thousand dollars a year for the average u.s. pay packet ambra new jobless benefits for millions of unemployed workers will also now avoid a significant hit to their paychecks in january. our team is looking back at some of the major events of two thousand and eleven and today we remember the fatal plane crash that took the lives of the entire jaroslava locomotive hockey team in russia sean thomas talks about the grief and sorrow he witnessed while covering the tragedy in the team's hometown.

you were hearing it on the radio in fact in the taxi on the way to work you know they were there were listening to it and everybody was it was just hitting them the gravity of what had happened. this was much bigger than a plane crash it was much bigger than. it was and a worldwide event. as you got to you you felt that the personal connection of everyone in the town to the team. there was anger there was frustration there was sadness there were tears. and the outpouring of support from everyone in the town coming to place flowers and pictures in jerseys and stuffed animals and light candles in front of the stadium where the locomotive practiced it was just amazing to see such an outpouring of support. i haven't missed a single much since i've been living in you know. i go every season and that's why

it's painful. i remember we were at the scene when it was pouring down rain it was in the middle of the day my glasses were just. fogged up with the rain thousands of people came to pay their final respects to the team members and as soon as we finished our live shot we saw this one player in jersey walking with two of his friends in this moment of shock in this very rare and very well moment that was very special that he shared some of his feelings and his thoughts with us in a time when he was just processing what was going on. the entire community rallied around this team and speaking to the individual members of the community the fans the people who really felt like they knew every single one of these players that did it it's the most serious loss of my life like losing families.

they were like family they all had something to say and they all internalized this loss. that final day inside the stadium the coffins were lined up with flowers and one by one there is a procession of people including the prime minister vladimir putin who came to pay his respects. the graphic images in covering this story there's images of the plane still on fire images of them pulling the bodies from the actual crash site one of the survivors who survived the crash and in chile who is one of the stars of the team and then later to find out that he passed away just taking the hope away from this entire community. the desire in the willingness for this team to go forward to the team itself and the players and the young players really rallied and were on the ice the very next day. after the plane crash while there

were funeral services and while there were rallies there were players on the ice ready to rebuild the jaroslava locomotive team so that there could be a team in the future and that was an inspirational thing to see. all them brings us up to date here on r.t.m. korea is here with us these. hello and welcome to business the south thanks for joining me now that russia has been approved for w t o membership local carmakers are under pressure to match the foreign competitors as your venture between truck maker year of it and the next investment group is trying to push ahead by making russia's first hybrid car the bill the project has also won support for the gas monopoly gas problem archies maria costa. has the details. this is the whole concept one of the two

car showcased here today the doors slide back we're treating about a foot from the bumper and instead of your side mirrors you have video cameras instead now this futuristic little yellow will cost you no more than fifteen thousand dollars and the company claims it will save you even more money in the long. all of the you know cars have an internal combustion engine and generator they can run on petrol and natural gas and of course natural gas is not only cheaper it's also better for the environment you know auto has been showing off its pride and joy for a couple of months now and it has already secured one hundred fifty thousand orders mass production is expected to begin next spring and they plan to make forty five thousand cars a year for the. gazprom will encourage the promotion of the project in the market we see this car as a consumer of gas engines you see additional demand in the russian market experts say the russian car market could become the world's six largest by twenty twenty

selling four million cars a year this will come on the back of foreign partnerships modernization and more local production with russia joining the w t o it's now more important than ever to modernize the country's current the street and these yama deals are seen as great contenders to compete with foreign auto powerhouses but car experts are already skeptical about the yos with some doubt saying they will work and others claim in the company's designs are not practical and their prices will eventually have to go up because here is not only to deliver what they promised but to convince russians that locally made cars can be better than foreign ones and that's not an easy task marina cost service business r.t. . cast probably has to postpone class to create its first electricity joint venture in western europe germany second largest utility r.v.

parties and talks to set up the venture after training to agree ideal the joint venture was planned to operate germany u.k. the netherlands started in the summer as part of our means to mitigate costs for parents to save or to phase out nuclear power. in ten years separately from says it's considering taking part in up to five projects in bavaria. looking at the markets now all is heading for its biggest weekly gain in almost two months three fell the most in a decade last week that's tough for us economically for to indicate that the growth in the world's largest consumer will accelerate light sweet is trading at. just below one hundred dollars brant is a one hundred nearly one hundred dollars put out of the seven markets in asia rebound on friday but trading. in the region as markets closed probably call it a. beacon on the picture in the u.s.

as boosting sentiment saying it is up over one percent with commodity stocks notable. that's what the opening bell here in moscow so let's take a look at thursday's closing. senate plus a positive. one percent alexander pisco from troika dialog previews with a strange. one pretty much from is there such a cry or oil prices in the russian market is the most popular means that there will be some credible momentum we can expect some. moves you know especially. before the new year in christmas it's really difficult to expect we'll be seeking if you can impart some peach you with this market except for if you will have some downgrades from some of the major european submarines we have some. sold one of simple. that's our update this self but don't forget you can always

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welcome back you're watching our t.v. and these are the top stories of arab league observers and their syria aiming to help stabilize a conflict torn country russia hopes the peacemakers can help stem the violence before a foreign military intervention and. more u.s. soldiers are now losing their lives to suicide than enemy bullets unable to reach just a peaceful why that's causing some veterans to warn young people not to enlist. them.