this is r t live from moscow with. moscow says western nations want to change a un resolution proposed in order to push syria towards regime change russia wanted the security council to urge both the government and opposition to lay down their arms artie's igor of his cannot joins us live now with more reaction from moscow so who are tell us more about what's angered russia. well the amendments proposed to the russian draft resolution on syria at the u.n. security council are aimed at toppling president assad's regime while moscow has a different approach to the situation is calling for both sides of the conflict in syria to put their weapons down and negotiate and it's to address a solution rules out any possible military intervention in all this according to

the russian foreign ministry which says that despite the differences in approaches it's still ready for dialogue on this matter with the west and foreigners but stresses that the libyan scenario can not be repeated in syria meanwhile the secretary of russia's security council has said that foreign military intervention is possible without the green light from the u.n. security council according to the official those reasons to believe that operation is already being prepared by some western states including possibly italy some countries in the persian gulf and possibly even syria's former ally turkey the secretary of the security council has also said that he sees the reasons behind the international tensions around syria don't lie within the human rights situation in the country and issues around the syrian opposition but are dealing directly linked with president assad unwilling to cut relations with iran the tensions around which

are continuing to rise as well. all right our thanks very much indeed for bringing us the can offer boarding there. well the west lays the blame for the bloodshed in syria squarely with the government but as i. doubt the changing society there is suggest the problem is much deeper. nana nag made son to man was an activist he say sure networking sites such as facebook to call for peace in syria he phoned his family to tell them to watch him doing an interview on lake who t.v. so i mean i saw him on t.v. and he looked well but it was to be one of the last times the family saw him alive and soon after that he was kidnapped he left home and never returned we found his body in the morning and his face was mutilated it's too painful for me to remember that moment it remains unclear who killed him and his family thinks it may have

been militants he thought he was working for the security forces of the seeing him speak on television but in reality he'd worked at a sugar mill and was training to become a computer specialist like so many of the young educated people in syria right now he felt the need to be involved in the changing reality in his country syria in fact has one of the youngest populations in the arab world is schools like this in a generation as studying in fact an increasing number of arabs have become better educated and better informed them that parents or grandparents were there not any more aware that the school writes the more able to demand them as well. many young opposition supporters have taken their campaign online relying heavily on social media like facebook and twitter that have helped topple regimes like these in egypt and libya people's literacy and also media literacy has been enormously harvested recent decades by both education technology called trained but i think we should

remember this can cut both ways opposition sides can try to get out their message and can mobilize people but also even supporters of government so much less dependent on a single. station or single state newspaper the between a regime under pressure and an increasingly militarized opposition many syrians have been left trapped in the middle so i degraded museum as i have on. one question what did they kill my son for their son was the politician or a public figure various movements national and local exist in this country i don't understand when my son was killed you know you know and speaking of the floor many of whom were young supporters president this week once again repeated his promises of reform that was met with skepticism from the opposition meanwhile on all sides of this conflict young politically motivated syrians remain committed to fighting for the political future if they country despite the fact that so many liked him

and that fight could end up costing them their lives so. a layer are typical of an he's crossed i guess discuss the influences out work in syria from the arab league monitors to the protesters themselves here's a preview. if you have consistence policies towards syria and i think they took this side of the civilians inside syria and they have clearly i mean sorry if i get interrupt here i mean these are sort of i don't understand when we use the term protesters civilians i mean a lot of these people are armed and there are no longer civilians or protesters there come back now and this is turned into a civil war and some western powers are supporting certain elements within syria taking a side in the civil war would you agree or disagree with that. service hopes to join the e.u. are one step closer to realisation lawmakers have called on the european council to

grant belgrade a long anticipated candidate status at a session in march but it's cost of all that remains the main obstacle to accession and local serbs living in the disputed region say concessions for membership aren't helping them as artie's iraq now reports. the yard near to checkpoint in northern kosovo may not look like an obvious triumph of peace but here is the same spot just two weeks ago since the summer you backed kosovo albanians tried to take control of the border between serbia and kosovo the serb minority erected barricades in response they don't recognize kosovo independence saying that the albanian dominated province is still part of serbia now both sides have finally agreed that the border will be jointly policed their calls belonging to anyone can now freely pass through this checkpoint when you're trumpeting this as a happy resolution that a standoff and while life here has become easier

a lot of serbs are saying that once again they have given up too much for the compromise and have received no rush owen says about their long term future belgrade tried to talk serbs in kosovo down from the barricades so it was to join the e.u. which made a peaceful solution to the border issue a precondition but despite progress on the border belgrade application for candidate status has been stalled in the latest round of talks with brussels some countries which did recognize costs of war and they feel that serbia is a week in just before they are getting the kind of a status because why they are squeezing serbia exacta trying to achieve something more than then usually are asking their candidates. just meters from the soldiers. asked serbian militia many here have been engaged in conflict with albanians since nine hundred ninety nine when an ethnic war divided the territory into they have been coming to this roadblock since july and say they will carry on despite a border deal and only for those why should we be happy to see you soldiers give us

permission to use this road we never used to need permission to use it at all we do not trust the e.u. or albanians wanted it when our relatives and friends have been injured in this conflict for the past twelve years. those who gain the most from the border compromise our ordinary serbs blocked roads prevented many children from coming to school and their parents from buying even basic foodstuffs but normality is some distance away. so. there are constant warning sirens during the lessons these children are not growing up normally their lives are defined by the conflict and this is true not just for children but for all serbs have been living in kosovo for twelve years while opening the roads is a step forward the serb state as an independent kosovo they do not consider their own and that does not appear to want them remains as uncertain as ever bigger and nerve party. i have for you this hour the consequences of america's finest for

pharmaceuticals. if a patient comes in with a needy injury and says. oh are you depressed ok write a prescription. they're given out like him and then. we'll look at the hidden health risks from the increasing use of anti-psychotics and the u.s. . plus an expert explains why he thinks iranian threat is purposefully being blown out of portion by the media and politicians in just a few minutes here r.t. . the us is said to have directly warned iran supreme leader ayatollah khomeini that it will respond if iran blocks a key world transit route in the persian gulf the escalating verbal conflict between washington and tehran has also been made worse by the assassination of an iranian nuclear scientist on wednesday talks between the u.n. nuclear watchdog and iran over its nuclear program have been scheduled for two

weeks' time but lindsey german from the stop the war coalition says iran's atomic ambitions are the only reason for the build up of pressure. if you look at the recent report from the atomic energy authority it said quite categorically that there is not evidence of iran developing a nuclear weapon it seems to me that the forty's in america and britain and elsewhere are ignoring this report and they are definitely stepping up the pressure the assassination of the latest scientist who the nuclear scientists who worked in the science will be seeing quite rightly as a provocation that will be seen as the work of the israelis but by the americans and the troop movements the ships in the gulf all of this points to more and more pressure. robert naiman policy director of u.s. based ngo just foreign policy says the iranian threat is being overblown by

american politicians with even the highest official silence to the dare question it defense secretary. went on these are defense or was a piece the nation on sunday and he say they were trying to be able to develop a nuclear weapon. and the very next night p.b.s. news hour and you know they have steam. and they used to try and argue the opposite is fairness next you already know that we didn't alert p.b.s. on this and received any response so this is part of a pattern. u.s. media certainly part of a pattern in the presidential campaign with republican presidential candidates. remember we're always came to know what you think about our stories so your opinion is welcome and our website vote and today we're asking what's next for iran almost half of the viewers believe the u.s.

will push iran towards all out military conflict about a third are convinced america will strike first the rest are split between whether iran will claim to have nuclear capabilities to urge the west to back off or will protect itself by setting up an anti us alliance himself america live on terror if you go to cast your vote. the pentagon says it identify the unit seen on a video which appears to show u.s. marines urinating on the corpses of taliban fires is just the latest scandal involving the u.s. military get a stand war veteran j. gilberto says the video coupled with previous abuses committed by the u.s. military is very good news for terrorist recruiters. just to remind people of a few incidents that occurred a while back there was the burning of the koran that happened with. jerry jones and then there was the grave incident and before then there was the decision to invade iraq that had nothing to do with nine eleven so all of these these situations pile

on and they add up and what happens is al qaeda and other terrorist organizations and using this video and they put it in their recruiting videos end up on you tube and across the jihad web channels and they end up reading anti-american sentiment this is the hugest recruitment for al qaida that we can do that anybody can do and nobody in the united states military is trained to pee on dead people this is the behavior of ill discipline soldiers under my opinion are probably also separate from of severe amount of p.t.s.d. from a long ended war and what happens when you so from the t.f.t. you end dehumanizing other human beings in the battlefield it's. it's unfathomable how pathetic this is become because the war hasn't been brought to an end like obama said he was going to do and what we're seeing abu ghraib has happened twice now in afghanistan and you can explore all our stories in depth online or t.

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the united states has a passion for pale as americans reportedly consume sixty percent of the world's drugs used to control mental behavior. explains pharmaceutical firms plan to keep cashing in even if a cost people their health. america is regarded as a country with a ravenous appetite for consumption today a widespread fondness for pharmaceuticals has turned the u.s. into a nation of pill poppers bipolar depression doesn't have to consume you here's me and here's my depression you know when you feel the weight of sadness you may feel exhausted hopeless and anxious according to the u.s. government anti-depressant use among americans has increased nearly four hundred percent in the past two decades published reports find that one in five adults take at least one drug for mental health disorders with over fourteen billion dollars in

annual sales anti-psychotics remain america's top selling therapeutic class of prescription drugs says a medical doctor harriet fraud believes big pharma has manufactured a climate of insanity by manipulating and even creating illness for capital gains the advertising strategy is to have a big giant noses and then find wiggle room so that they apply to everybody prescription nexium the u.s. is the only western country that allows direct to consumer advertising of prescription drugs this ad for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder warns that untreated patients will likely end up divorced and this commercial for so long and you'll learn this is to make you happier but side effects may include dry mouth insomnia sexual side effects diarrhea nausea and sleepiness critics also say big pharma uses its financial muscle to ply doctors with gives cash kickbacks and

research funding in exchange for endorsing or purse cry being the latest and most lucrative drugs what you have is a whole network of doctors who are hustling these drugs if a patient comes in with a knee injury and says i'm so sad. oh are you depressed hey write a prescription. they're given out like eminem last year per script and drug abuse became the number one cause of accidental death with more than thirty thousand americans overdosing can consume you sarah quell a bipolar medication generated four point four billion dollars in sales last year listing all its side effects requires forty nine seconds of air time blood sugar has been reported missing or highlights are and medicines like it and in extreme cases can lead to come down the number of children consuming anti-psychotic medication doubled in the past decade millions of american adolescents are taking

drugs like adderall doled out by doctors to treat hyper activity all these drugs are very very similar to illicit really good drugs is a very dangerous now one is a little safer but you're just not sure i mean they're being forced on me. but doctors you know who are telling parents this is the best thing for them when often it's not and so you get a lot of angry resentful just growing up in america here that's already happening because pfizer america's most profitable pharmaceutical company makes anti-depressants not only for people but also for adam and in two thousand i the pharma giant paid two point three million dollars to settle civil and criminal allegations over illegally marketing one of its drugs it was the largest health care fraud settlement in the middle line to ever been paid by u.s. drug companies that being said the money reportedly amounted to less than three

weeks more of wiser drug sales the money is so huge that the fines are immaterial and they're not thinking about the social effects of what they're doing they're thinking about the profits they accrue the pharmaceutical industry remains the most profitable business in the u.s. more success and financial gain for the companies will always remain possible as long as more americans are encouraged to take drugs in a fortnight artsy new york. a brief look now at some other stories from around the world and we start in nigeria for workers issued an ultimatum to the government and threaten to hold oil and gas production on sunday over a decision to eliminate fuel some subsidies which doubled prices in a day and asian why it's dry has and are in its fifth day and talks between unions and the president have made no breakthrough the tension comes amid a wave of sectarian violence started by attacks on christians which has left over eighty people dead since christmas. haiti marks two years since

a devastating earthquake killed around three hundred thousand people nationwide religious services have been held with people all over the country gathering in makeshift churches to pay tribute to those who died the disaster displaced one million and a half people with most of them still living in temporary camps. decision to delay the launch of the i phone four s. at its flagship store in beijing caused outrage customers to attack the shop a crowd have been camped outside refusing temperatures all night and started throwing eggs at the store. open at seven am this plant it's thought staff working certain about the number of people queuing employees were forced to cordon off the area at its second billion store apple's new phones sold out less than an hour. brings us up to date here in our team and kate is here next with the latest business news. i.

know their thank you marina it's all about business for a few minutes the dispute between russia and ukraine continues to build but monopoly gas from says kiev could only have reduced the gas it bought by a maximum of twenty percent and then only if agreed half a year in advance ukraine signed a contract and you receive fifty two billion cubic meters of gas from russia but made the surprise announcement that it would only take some likely more than half of that shift the country's leadership says it struggling economy can't afford to pay the full amount but gas from insisted deal must be met on the tape or pay bases ukraine's energy minister is expected to report to the parliament about russian gas talks later friday capital flight from one of the key rest faced by the russian economy last year around eighty four billion dollars has left the country that's the biggest outflow in three years you've gone you know dorsch in some cases

demo believes the nasty trend is likely to keep pace or bid in a smoother manner. as far as critical eye i don't see any break in the trend here so i expect that the flight because when i look private people i would feel. not only in the close up of the whole world but before yeah it would be what it will be more moderate than in two thousand and eleven but unfortunately i expect a double digit if you get two thousand and twelve to. ok then let's take a look at those oil markets crude prices are up according to an official of the european union and on imports of a raid on is not expected to be delayed for six months to let countries such as greece italy and spain find alternative surprise other european stocks are now open for the day with germany's dax kicked off with point eight percent in the polls a tear in the fence in london is point six percent higher than the asian indices

are heading for modest gains made in the u.s. on the positive news from europe has helped the markets that were successful bond auctions for both. a decision by the european central bank to leave the euro zone's key interest rate of one percent also added to that is a reassuring comments from the east president mario draghi all of this is helping sentiment both in asia and europe and the russian markets are in the red after a painting positive to positive part of may have now gone back down just ever so slightly that not too negative we'll be monitoring that alter out the day for you tell us have a look at the stocks now that individual news all mixes out is slightly higher m is a new leader of. all major new call is in the red and telephony provider telecom is france negative the company is reportedly buying

a seventy five percent stake in armenia gnc alpha twenty two and a half million dollars alexander. i assume metropole says investors should pay post attention to the latest is likely to influence market mavens. the most journo condition would be to pay attention to the shares which tracked strongly usually. to the news current leading news flow is quite positive those shares will be probably the biggest gainers of those for example you can still names which are usually the most reaction from this kind of piece you can sell financials as well as one of the first proxies on global growth and then also you should definitely track the story about the u.s. and iran and see how the oil price action is what's going on on that side. two thousand and eleven left many traders playing a day to day trading day to europe's sovereign debt mess. koskie final capital

says global markets will be hoping the problems in order to boost markets stalls of longer time investment. once we see the end of the european drama for the stock markets for all of the global markets it will be much easier they will know the rules of the game and that's where the real before the investment starts people are very much hungry for making a long term for it least medium term bets the current market does not perform their managers to make medium term bets they need to work on a daily basis and this is a very unpleasant experience everyone is very much interested to see this unfortunate picture of the global markets i care about so often i'll be back in fifty five minutes in the meantime you can get over to the website for its last

business formal. if they shoot something inappropriate from the public they can easily be shown to accept casualties of war ok. i wish he would have never happened but it

has. been a war a t.v. camera becomes an unnecessary what does their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors should leave me and this clear what happens with such witnesses i got on my site. one of many objects submitted. to the issues shooting on our. when an uncomfortable question leads to a grave accusation the world who is more xena following. the president who isn't supposed to hide anything. or it's someone asking him why do you make a secret of it when the powers to be suppress the voice of those who think different. when you get experiencing very serious problems off of the saakashvili

government came to power in two thousand and three if you put it from a book that was when the problems began piling up. interviews were now off limits to our journalists they were often be sent up and humiliated in public when the attempt to protect property puts life in real danger that we have been deprived of the only means of earning a living i have gone to the original sit all the papers. at them legalized the ownership rights on the basis of companies freedom becomes just a stage prop. the it's not about spilling blood. it's the war of the barricades from one side and fears blockade from the other. invisible border has cut people from the land for twelve years.

the conflict that divided serbia into two hostile parts is still not over. welcome back you're watching r t here's a look at the top stories russia says western proposals for changes to a u.n. draft resolution put forth by moscow are aimed at regime change in syria brushes against outside interference in syria and calls on both sides to and violence. solving a border dispute with costs will bring serbia closer to long desired in your membership whether candidate status likely to be granted from belgrade in march but a local server with your travel checkpoints say when it is not helping to make their lives easier.