hello and thanks for being with us six o'clock here in moscow on charon terra fresh clashes have broken out across syria with at least eleven people reported killed in the island's rages on as the arab league gathers to discuss the progress of its observer mission in the country critics say the league's failing to oversee a peace plan under which the syrian regime agree to end its crackdown on protesters more than one hundred civilians have allegedly been killed by government troops since the first observers arrived last month on friday dozens died in a suicide bombing in the capital damascus which the regime is blaming on terrorists president assad claims his forces are fighting an armed insurgency funded from abroad and some observers agree. a lot of these so-called human rights reports definitely skewed in favor of whatever the current western policies coming out of the u.s. or london and paris of what they would like to see happen in syria which is many.

people in the u.s. state department in the case foreign office and the u.n. want to frame this argument is that assad is having a crackdown on dissidents these are not dissidents these are in some cases armed insurgent and they're being backed in a material way by the u.s. and by some of these countries who actually are in the league guitar also has an interest in regime change in this country libya has said al-qaeda fighters under the command of their tripoli governor to go and fight in syria this contravenes all united name and laws ok if the u.s. is actively involved in supporting this then they are culpable in international court. iran says it's planning new military exercises near the strategic strait of hormuz following its ten day maneuvers in the persian gulf tapper and also renewed its threat to close the strait that's one of the world's most important oil routes

in response to u.s. and european sanctions last week a new washington sanctions began targeting iran's financial and well sectors to hamper its nuclear program france is calling for even tougher measures meanwhile according to an iranian newspaper around has begun iranian enrichment for peaceful purposes how do well protected underground facility near the city of the u.s. and its allies continue to accuse around of seeking to develop nuclear weapons i charge denies. an expert on middle eastern affairs thinks diplomacy is the only way out of the stalemate as sanctions will damage all sides. to the process now have increased this comes at a time when both you were and there you were witnessing a very very economic situation economic problems both in the u.s. and europe and this latest step taken against iran will only of course said the president for increasing economic problems for the west in general escalation and

you saw it whatsoever we've seen the economic situation in europe they'll be somewhat i believe very soon between the french leader and the german chancellor angela merkel to discuss the economic situation and so we see nobody's interest to continue with this and they have to head back to the negotiating table the european union has agreed in principle i repeat in principle for not for an embargo on iranian soil now will that happen in effect will they take this measure in practice june will will see a meeting on january the thirtieth for the european union regarding this matter but that will happen on i believe in the from now until the end of this month until the end of january we might see some kind of a solution with players like turkey coming in trying to bring about a solution. still ahead for you this hour the fate of a dictator as prosecutors in egypt call for the death penalty for president mubarak we hear why is execution could result in more violence for the whole region. plus

here a base and for a rough ride this year as recession and economic instability creep closer towards heavyweights. and america the race for the presidency is in full swing with six republican hopefuls competing for the chance to challenge barack obama in november vote front runner mitt romney's taking flak from his cold republican rivals who have dismissed him as a mere business manager but romney has a comfortable lead after the iowa caucus this week ahead of the first primary vote in new hampshire in just two days time voting will take place across the u.s. in the coming months before a single presidential candidate is chosen at the republican party convention in august seasoned politician and fierce anti-war advocate ron paul is trailing far behind in this poll former congressional aide and john was the urban think that's because paul's agenda is appealing but not to the members of his party because he took so much money for its foreign policy is very distinct from the other

candidates in that he has a more isolationist viewpoint he wants the united states to retreat from international conflicts in the international affairs in some areas that can be good he's opposed to military action with the ron he was opposed to the iraq war but the other candidates are all extremely hawkish on foreign policy very neo conservative and ron paul does stand out among. voters want to support him but he's far as leading the party and getting other republicans on board to really change the agenda no he hasn't done that someone who says i am a free american and i can make it on my own and that's what ron paul really embodies but republicans also understand that kind of positioning will not win the general election against president obama. as the republicans slug it out for the right to take on obama the president himself is ratcheting up support for his reelection bid but with his approval rating down and the economy still on the ropes

some of those who voted for that yes we can men in two thousand and eight say they made a mistake. has more. four years ago one historic campaign turned u.s. politics into a pop culture phenomenon in. the world the democratic candidate achieved unprecedented support international fame and a record breaking six hundred fifty million dollars in donations. thousands of new yorkers celebrated the victory clutching an enormous american flag hand sewn by obama supporters but the winds have changed and the very same democratic symbol waved in honor of the president elect in a way each strayed from a cherished right has been donated to a movement that became a phenomenon in two thousand and eleven other about twenty people holding up david

move food out organize the flag project after being inspired by obama rhetoric a dream shattered by the subsequent years of politics as usual curly what's inspiring me as up as a lot of us like that that's the thing that's inspiring you know like that's why i brought the fight so ws and the thing that inspired me about it is the fact that it's a grassroots movement. that had a like a very clear and transparent process artist shepard fairey seems similarly disenchanted releasing an updated version of his iconic hope poster replacing obama with his now clear support for occupy wall street with an economy still in crisis wall street largely unregulated social programs slashed and over forty five million citizens on food stamps it all starts with making a decision to get in obama's familiar prose may not be enough to win back his familiar fan base who didn't produce what people wanted him to produce in two

thousand and eight professor and author dr cornel west was one of obama's biggest supporters i think you get the beers you got the new mrs. at the freshness taking part in more than one hundred campaign events but last april the prominent intellectual told r.t. that obama has failed he's the friendly face of the american empire abroad he's in the process actually of becoming very sadly a pawn of big finance and a puppet of big business and any politician here knows they're in trouble when the hollywood a listers start turning their backs are you happy with the way that obama has been running the country. you. know now and i think i really think he misinterpreted his. yet the approval ratings show voters are even more turned off with the alternatives leaving obama seemingly

the lesser of two evils america's president clearly enters the twenty twelve race amid a growing band of disillusioned democrats most will still back barack obama over his republican rivals arguably with heavy hearts in two thousand and eight he was the unassailable candidate of choice this time mr obama is likely to stay in my default. new york coming your way in the program walking the plank in germany thousands of this illusion voters are fed up with the mainstream put their cross by the party of the skull and crossbones party explains all of that in just about ten minutes. interruption prosecutors this week demanded out's president hosni mubarak be hanged for allegedly ordering the killing of protesters during last year's uprising they're also seeking the death sentence for the country's former interior minister and six other security chiefs moscow has expressed concerns over the possible death penalty and calls for

a more humane verdict more than eight hundred people died during the violence which forced mubarak out in february last year since his trial began in all the us the eighty three year old has appeared on a stretcher due to poor health u.s. based talk show host and author stephen leatherman believes the military rulers are using mubarak as a scapegoat as discontent with the current regime is running high. this is a distraction these. legionella to. believe being the end. of the process seems the worse no wonder the military and. note also people running the country are sitting in mourning. closely laurie if we can of the ari. do you see because all agreement is that the people who do i think approaches. the people won't be fooled therefore i leave you to

struggle that it will go calls for mubarak's execution are being seen as part of a wider battle by egypt's military rulers to curb the ongoing public anger on the other front are the country's non-governmental organization suspected of fueling the protests with foreign help as he reports from cairo. the revolution may have toppled hosni mubarak the manager passions accuse of corruption and suffocating freedom but now it's the ruling supreme council of armed forces which finds itself in hot water with the west following raids on human rights organizations last week feel this is a very dangerous situation because you have to. produce. but the people on the streets pushing for change secularists who have links with these groups so that the big tension really between washington and kyra left top still phones and more than

twenty boxes of documents were reportedly seized during raids by the police authorities promised all will be returned yet several questions remain what prompted the raids and what could possibly be so suspicious about enjoy your parishioners in post-revolutionary egypt. and the members of the arabic center for an independent judiciary never did get an official explanation for the confiscation of their documents or the eviction from their office that followed. we don't know what they were searching for we told them we could give them anything they wanted but they came in search of everything and didn't give a simple answer whether they wanted bank statements or anything else other than mccann sitting on a sidewalk by their former office the victim to ngo workers point out a certain irony this never happened when mubarak was in charge he says our surprise . to the police like. the transitional

this is you can't take a position. against the human rights activity and believe they should. see. this is a new. human rights activists in egypt believe the rays are attempts to punish them for accusing military rulers of failing to carry through democratic reforms but western observers. say the authorities are becoming increasingly wary of the ever watchful eye from washington and the true purpose of raids is to prove foreign funding over going is ations which authorities accused of destabilizing egypt the seems to be a strand of opinion inside the military inside the state machine that. is very disillusioned with the old friendship with the west and may be trying to find evidence to prove that some of the trouble on the street some of the troubling times has been in some way fostered by these n.g.o.s washington tirelessly repeats

the older dog of the importance of its relations with egypt as a key player in the middle east but the light talk may hide a very different agenda washington doesn't want stabilization they want permanent i need so that they can you know use that as a lever in the entire region egyptian activists aren't too happy with western help which they say can do more harm than good. i don't like the way foreign countries because russia are on egyptian authorities and that's the pressure has to come from the egyptians and we as a human rights organizations should provide it with some of the most common money from us whatever their real reasons for the raids of n.g.o.s offices the increasing internal strife in the country could portend a shipwreck not just for egypt's relations with the west but for the country's revolution in cairo if you meant. to russia's republic of chechnya now where five security service officers have been wounded in

a shootout with militants one suspect has been confirmed killed in a firefight artie's my question of law has the latest from the caucasus region. lisa conti terror operation is still going on between russian special forces and the terrorist in the south of the republic. when these two terrorists were found they refused to surrender they opened fire and the police fired back the had changed a bit of has already commented on this operation by saying that this operation this anti terror raid has been prepared in and vans and during the search of special forces found the place of that appeared to be the main hideout of terrorists and it was also packed with explosives and weapons and the moments of the main aim is to really to wipe out this location also according to the latest information there are from five to turn terrorists there are still on the run and at the moment russian

special forces are surrounding this area russia's north caucasus still remains quite volatile and basically remains of the most dangerous place in the country but still change in comparison to other regions that surround this area has seen the number of terror attacks decreased in the last twelve months so really is this operation that we've been seeing today is such a big is a big thing for the whole republic but in the other regions and own the contrary the number off attacks and terror raised increased in the last twelve months and according to russia's interim ministry over three hundred militants were killed in an tito race and among them was a chief al qaida operative in the north caucasus basically russian authorities have been repeatedly underlying the connection often militants there are present here in

the north caucasus with al qaida but despite a number of a successful anti terror raids and dozens of terror attacks that were prevented by russian special forces still the problem terrorism remains here and search operations continue it. some world news and briefly this hour first in nigeria where days of sectarian violence have killed at least forty four people the latest attack occurred when the radical muslim sect boko haram targeted a church service in the country's north east killing at least fifteen the violence comes after the group promised to kill christians living in nigeria's largely muslim north clashes continue despite the country's president declaring a state of emergency for areas hit by the sect. and afghan investigative commission says the american military abuse detainees at the country's largest detention center and made said bob were in prison say they were tortured and held without evidence at the u.s. russia facility president hamid karzai has demanded the u.s.

hand over control of the prison to afghan authorities within a month the u.s. says it will investigate the claims. so downs' president omar al bashir has offered to help disarm former libyan rebel fighters and integrate them into army and police forces and a state visit to tripoli the leader said the overthrowing of colonel gadhafi was a gift to saddam the proposal from bashir who's wanted on war crime charges in the hague sparked outrage from amnesty international libyan authorities have been struggling to disarm the groups which were formed to fight gadhafi during the country's eight month civil war. keeping with libya the country's government has released hundreds from a makeshift detention center in tripoli officials were eager to paint the gesture as an act of goodwill but most of those jailed never committed any crimes as our correspondent on a boy who reports thousands continue to be held behind bars with little hope for a fair trial. it was one of the first amnesty of the new

libya hundreds of men and women many of them sub-saharan immigrants released from a makeshift prison most of them spent several months in captivity for the crime of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. you know as we are releasing those who didn't commit serious crimes there's been a lot on their hands will be waiting for the prosecutors this is one thing you have the richest were eager to pain the release as a goodwill gesture the detention and the parole seemed entirely arbitrary some of the dictators supporters as these people to be just work for government agencies and others happened to be domestic helpers or government workers and now equal before the law rather before the absence of it they are all still in prison was triple his top detention facility under gadhafi the tories for its mistreatment and arbitrary killings of inmates but while all of its prisoners rest sat free in late

august as the rebels over in the capital dozens possibly even hundreds of makeshift prisons sprang out around the country according to u.n. estimates up to seven thousand allowed to gadhafi loyalists that being held there a little chance for justice a fair trial just a year ago this place used to be a school today demain last i'm being told here is that during the transition to democracy quick reactions are a must when many in the new libyan government held positions of power under gadhafi those who failed to jump on the bandwagon early enough and now finding themselves tog behind bars. now in libya there are about a thousand people in detention and the problem is they haven't had any legal review they haven't had access to a lawyer they haven't been brought before any independent judicial panel or judges so that's what we're calling for now is a quick and. legal review and rebuilding the justice system the treatment is even

more brutal outside tripoli the tell not to run a good the gadhafi forces used to launch attacks against misrata is still a ghost town many of its former residents live in refugee camps and even their extraordinary renditions by militia are common this man says he was tortured for several days before finally being released. to you until you confess to things you haven't committed like entering homes or looting it's a grueling dilemma many of these mothers and wives have to confront to pray for their loved ones to be rotting in a prison if you're being officially acknowledged ditto for their death children need their fathers and women need their husbands the government isn't doing anything to find them if they're dead we want to know where they are more than a month since he. is most famous the reason there's still doesn't have access to a lawyer and while many dollars see full islams ability to have a fair trial he still appears to be better off than many of his countrymen at least

thanks to the limelight he's not running a risk of being executed like his father how many still are. artsy shit believe. it has been a rough start to the year for the eurozone with some of its country's believed to be end or heading into another wave of recession two of europe's larger economies italy and spain are facing a crucial investor confidence test next week as they raise race to raise public funding and time prime minister mario monti met french president nicolas sarkozy and paris on friday to discuss the spiraling debt turmoil what threatens to engulf their economies they called on other member states to show more confidence in the single currency the meeting comes amid fears of the crisis knocking at the door of the heavyweights meanwhile greece has warned of a disorderly default in march if it can't secure more bailout cash economic analysts over felt. says that greece's exit from the euro zone is inevitable. the

greek economy is going down like a stone. g.d.p. contracted by four percent in two thousand and ten by six percent in two thousand and eleven and there is probably worse to come in two thousand and twelve and i think we are now at the point where everybody agrees realizes that we cannot go on like this. unrest and even the country is becoming so much of a threat that some drastic things need to be done and my reading of what the greek government is doing is that they are trying to they are looking for an alibi to offer to their public by which they can say well it's not our fault it's the international community that pushes this to work the exit of the euro zone and i think also here in europe at the brussels escorted of the european commission people start to realize they really are at the end of the road there is no other option left for them they're in a deadlock they cannot rewind the greek economy and so they are facing in

a big black hole for more on the eurozone struggle with its debt and what may be in store this year stay with r.t. for an interview with a prominent dutch economist coming up in just about five minutes time. as the euro zone sings deeper into the financial crisis its most reliable member germany would be the most concerned but more and more people lately have adapted a new way of thinking and an alternative direction artes you go to school all reports. it looks like an ordinary scene at one of the many bars in berlin except there is one thing which makes this party totally different from all the others the parties they must get out of. the pirate part of germany that's right this is an annual meeting of a political party and all these people are alone it's eighteen thousand members across germany like dmitry was tired of the mainstream and i was really

disappointed in. all this the same way. the faces. and the park but it was really different one of its key differences apart from the style in general is a software system called liquid feedback allowing ordinary germans the opportunity to propose policies online the pirate stand for more transparency and freedom on the internet but when it comes to core issues like the economy and we don't have currently a stand on this this crisis maybe we'll have after the. next federal convention but this wasn't a problem of the previous election for the berlin state problem a time when the port party managed to win nearly ninety percent of the vote securing fifteen seats most people who are. just something something fresh like because many germans believe that politics are cross to this time as the big players struggle with big economic and political issues but part party doesn't even

have an official stance on the eurozone crisis or the arab spring nevertheless it continues gathering more supporters i mean a coincidence or an alarming signal for me stream politicians the free democrats party which is anger merkel's federal coalition porter is the first to feel the change of heart from voters and actually lost that berlin vote along with another four local votes across the country mainstream politics is also losing attractiveness because. there's often too little distinction or distinctiveness between different parties from different fields or areas sometimes it's even difficult to tell the difference between conservative and social democrat experts say the part party's key success tool is the internet and see it as the new driving force changing politics similar to the way it was influenced by t.v. over half a century ago so unless the mainstream parties adapt and change their tactics it

may not be too long before they could find themselves on the margins he is going to of or d. germany charlie in the storms ahead as we outline a financial forecast for the euro zone that's after our headline stay with our.

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thanks for being with us the six thirty right now on the latest news and the week's top stories there is no halt to the killings in syria as the arab league gathers to debate the future of its observer mission aimed at overseeing a peace plan critics say the league's efforts are failing to end the syrian regime's crackdown on the opposition. promises to hold more navy drills in the persian gulf and threatens to block a key oil route in the region if the country's crude exports are affected that's as the west tighten sanctions targeting oil and financial sectors.