how i think it pretty conclusive evidence that what he had to say the spy rock was embarrassing they had us bang to rights clearly they had known about it for some time and had been saving it up for a political purpose. these revelations will be hugely embarrassing for m i six and the british government firstly because they were they were spying in two thousand and six for an aging one agreement but the u.k. made with russia the end of the cold war not to spy on each other and secondly that the fact they were caught doing so by russian television the report actually showed two videos one of one man walking along a path in the moscow park slowing down looking at this rope and slowing down again almost to a halt before walking off and it's believed that he was using a hand-held device to actually date to a computer inside the vault in another video showing a different man walking on the same path looking at the rock actually bending down and picking it up and checking on it and as obvious as it seems from that so long

as the british government actually stayed silent and denied these allegations then they would have remained top secret and that this sort of thing doesn't come to light for another thirty years or so after it happens but the fact that this is actually come from someone within the establishment here and saying no these were this did in fact happen this story is indeed true not only is a hugely embarrassing for m i six and the british government but also potentially very damaging to. sorties over better reporting for us from london r.t. caught up with the investigative journalist who broke the story of the spiral here in moscow arkady moment of who says it was a matter of national importance. that's why i've been in journalism for more than twenty years and i believe that russian journalists must defend russia's interests so as soon as i found out about this story i began to do this again this was a sensation as a matter of my country's security. and doubts about whether all this information

about the stool was actually true and carefully channel it was not in the sources of the documents and the footage i had no more downs. stay with us here on r t still to come in the program back from the blackout i had twenty four hour protest by wiki pedia maybe eighteen u.s. congressmen backtracked on their support for. measure. by first at least eighteen people have reportedly been killed by security forces across syria thursday all as arab league observers reach the end of their month long mission to the country they'll put together a report over the weekend a continuing death rate in syria is pushing the to prepare even more sanctions on damascus they have already introduced penalties on ten separate occasions including an arms embargo and a ban on crude oil imports the u.n. security council continues mulling over what course of action it could take russia introduced its latest draft resolution this week aimed at holding all sides of the syrian conflict to account arkansas refer has more from damascus. how do you stop

the fractured country pulling in a country where some cities now is that the rules say where the economy's on its knees and what children at being shot in the streets. it's a question everybody desperately trying to find an answer to you right now nobody knows what's going to happen some are calling for military intervention this is a cooling that diet the city in case is not isolated if turkey. i mention that mention the west and i mentioned russian died mention. a video. on interests with russian foreign minister saying. that most would not authorize a u.n. resolution involving military intervention has struck a resident chord with the main opposition in the country. we refuse on principle any type of military foreign intervention because it threatens the freedom of his

own country. damascus has promised to push through reforms including parliamentary elections later this year to some head that's simply not enough. this could have been done in the past but the killing in the violence pushed the population and the opposition and the people not to believe anymore and the promises of the regime. protesters had started by calling for reforms now more than ten months into the vest and they simply want president is that. your ear thank god that many in syria right now simply want peace in their country they hate reforms might be a way to achieve the. president announced we will have an expanded government and independent opposition all the parts were included this would be better for us all having different opinions is much better than having one sided discussion.

opposition want to take upon the officials why not all syrians are true we all care about our country. as a country. everyone's desperate to find a resolution it's fake that the government reforms will go some way to building a bridge between the two sides but these were forms have been a long time coming and with so many lives already lost they going to have come at a very high price so. the syrian president's promise to speed up democratic reform in the country political analyst come out was me thinks he can even offer the opposition a power sharing deal. regime need to implement reform and he actually called for having broader government which include a position i think every government here and there needs to update itself and i think the outside know for sure that it needs reform and that reform has to come

fast and i think maybe in the coming months we'll see an initiative by the president of syria where we where he will invite the opposition to establish order to build the next government of syria those people who wanted to build that country i think assad will invite him. there's a new twist in the assassination case of russian journalist anna politkovskaya five years ago another forensic examination of the word murder weapon has found female d.n.a. on the gun the main suspect chechen born mahmoud of oras arrested in two thousand and eleven after several years on the run he's the one believed to have pulled the trigger but his d.n.a. was never found on the weapon the expert who carried out the initial forensic test five years ago is now facing accusations of leading the whole case up a blind alley politkovskaya was shot dead outside her apartment in two thousand and six became one of the most high profile murders in modern russian history. if you

want to find more details on the story our t. dot com has you covered and while you're there you can also check out the latest developments in the gulf tehran accusing washington of plotting europe's quote economic suicide by forcing it to impose an embargoed on iranian oil imports bus. before where the russian scientists are narrowing down the possible reasons for the probes to mars failing to reach the red planet. the world's biggest most popular online encyclopedia is back on line after a self-imposed twenty four hour shutdown we keep pedia deliberately blacked out its english language site in protest at proposed anti-piracy legislation in the u.s. that could affect more than one hundred fifty million people the action by

wikipedia and thousands of other sites eight senators withdraw their backing for the bills the laws designed to prevent illegal sharing of copyright material face criticism of endangering internet freedom connor kennedy from the progressive change campaign committee says the bills could dramatically change the web. no one's opposed to bills that fight piracy but at. the same time we need to be aware that large corporations are going to be able to use these laws to drag their fair competitors into court instead of competing with them in the marketplace for small innovators that don't have access to money for legal fees yet that just spells the end of the internet as we know it what's going to happen to innocent people innocent innovators who are brought into court and forced to shut down their web site even if they haven't by elated the law the spells the end of the american dream it's really important that we have freedom in the ability for kids in college dorms and working in garages across the country to have access to capital and to be

able to change the world from a college dorm room this could threaten that and that's why we in addition to three hundred forty of our members have decided to join the blackout solidarity movement against these bills small innovators are saying look out pay attention to these bills because they do threaten to kill the internet still to come this hour taking the plunge. and they. when you really look at the romans do you i'd say i'm a. party join the russian orthodox opinion celebrations that are not for the faint hearted. but first to libya where entrepreneurs in western nations are lining up for their chance to strike it rich in the war torn country opportunities are plenty for those hoping to cash in on the rebuilding process post gadhafi as artie's works on a boy who reports the same powers that helped bring down the regime are now the

ones eager to make a profit. they may have how to bring down the house. but they were very careful not to burn bridges as libya rises from the ashes of civil war the contras that poured the oil into the fire and now lining to gas sheen undoing the damage the believe that russia benefited more than all others from trading we've got opposition is very widespread here and simply it's simply not true in two thousand and ten moscow was number seventeen on the least of libya's main trading partners accounting for just zero point four percent of its international trade the countries that had the largest trading volumes with. the one that spearheaded the campaign against the european union the united states and turkey and they're all on their own jostling for contracts to rebuild believe via some of them help to destroy your. everything good good

good. american business style is still a bit of an oddity here but it's already catching up construction firm on our richard peters arrived in tripoli just before their prizing to seal a multi-million dollar contract with get off his government the war and peter subsequent incarceration threw him off track but now he hopes to make up for it i don't condemn anybody even the people that work for him you would have a choice here if you don't work for him what do you do die. to reach your companies also involved in rebuilding iraq in afghanistan after the u.s. led invasion and libya is familiar turf he even says the country's business potential make shamble all over other post conflict areas there's nothing they don't need here you know if you compare it to like the united states everything they need everything we have you know everything there infrastructure has to be totally redone all the all the personal abuse you know in some of the things we are involved you know is executive centers with golf courses theme parks these people

haven't really. now you can imagine you know a theme park or a little disneyland americans are not the only ones just looking for food called turkish airlines was the first to resume commercial flights to tripoli they're now packed with businessman scouting for opportunities. even during good at this time turkey was pretty comfortable doing business in libya and was tripoli's fourth largest trade partner lost here but many now hope for even better deals following its early recognition of the rebel authorities definitely if you have a strong relations. with that it would facilitate the instrumental for the business. that's the only ones who are still far slow wondering claiming their business interest in libya or russia and china both countries boucle in opposition to the use of force in libya

a stance that has already backfired most russian companies who did business in libya prior to the war i still have to tend to sound personnel back x. periods of war and that they waiting game may not be the best strategy yet. we're going to lose like we lost iraq syria and the yemen will follow they see they can drive russian others out of the market and then take advantage we have to work there we will take measures we're going to enter those markets are waiting for us if interim government we don't. even say a few words about russian businesses being driven out then just step aside. but the ones losing the most i believe them south in two thousand in tampa economy by about ten percent reaching abbey thing like that growth now seems as having a load that's building the country from scratch. artsy. just

three months after. his death the daughter of a former libyan leader is now seeking justice r.t. speaks with her lawyer who says an investigation into the killing of her father's long overdue is coming up in three hours time here's a piece. that was my motive in the brutal fashion. the whole world saw with. the prosecutor the international criminal court has an obligation to investigate all aspects of the conflict which was referred to the united nations security council. that would include the. especially since the prosecutor has stated that there are grounds to believe that this is a real crime in the present instance we don't believe that to begin with proteins as they stand at present the will to to carry out such best to gratian and that's why we're calling for the investigation to be conducted immediately shouldn't be sitting here today talking about why is an investigation taking place it should

have started a few days after the murder itself. even this on the very same day. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe beginning in southern afghanistan where at least seven have been killed eight injured in a suicide attack in the city of kandahar the bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of an airbase used by u.s. forces the taliban claimed responsibility saying they were targeting a nato convoy this comes just a day after twin blasts killed twelve people in the rest of helmand province. pakistan's prime minister's appeared before the country's supreme court on charges of contempt for failing to reopen a corruption investigation into the president the case against yousef dates back to the ninety's but he insists the president has complete immunity from being questioned if found guilty golani could face a prison term and be barred from holding public office. rescue

efforts have resume for twelve people still missing on a cruise ship that capsized off the italian coast last week the search was suspended tuesday after the vessel shifted slightly eleven bodies have been recovered from the wreckage so far a salvage crews preparing to pump more than two thousand tons of fuel from the ship to prevent a possible oil leak. and greece's government is continuing talks with investors to try to beat a deadline and secure a vital funds for slashing its debt athens needs the next installment of bailout funds to meet a debt repayment deadline in two months thousands of workers hit the streets in their anger at destructive austerity cuts all as the i.m.f. says it needs to raise up to five hundred billion dollars to buffer the world against any further european slump. or mania is now gripped by the worst protests in seen in a decade as demonstrators showed their frustration with the government austerity cuts and corruption in the capital some sixty people were injured in clashes with

riot police who responded to the stone throwing and fire bombs with tear gas artie's tom barton reports from bucharest. night and day they come to scream that defiance by single stare at sea and the feeling the government isn't listening have spilled over into anger even violence. of come here for the pain of the romanian people the pain of the entire country for twenty two years old they have done is destroyed the entire country our youth has no future they have no jobs. mostly water is sixty she's worked all her life in a textile factory in book rest but now she's forced to pay for her social security out of her small pension maybe you know whether you're young or you're a pensioner you need a pension when you get old they need to give us a fair pension and not tell us they're borrowing the money because they don't have it. is not just self some less yes but it's enough to

try and find work young rumanians feel trapped into directing most of their anger at the president trying to. protest as accuse him of trump private democracy presiding over a political elite riddled with. a long steep descent speed down down with disaster as parents left us with a heritage and we have our children president the problem it's the younger ones that need to have a. good life you know mania and we are not allowed to have peace because of stupidity of high level soft government that parliament. and international monetary fund loan in two thousand and nine came with tough conditions unlike in greece the remain in government has tried to force its financial house into water

budget benefit cuts slashed pay pension freezes falling living standards but some say it's the people who are now. forced to pay for the mistakes of the few who stayed the country economic disaster. this was done at the expense of their remain in state and now those who hadn't been guilty for the situation that they didn't even profited from it had to play for those who had proof it's it the government blames international economic conditions however for the country's worse. let's not forget that we're in the eye of a storm of an economic european still all around us unfortunately is a mighty tempest with economic consequences that inevitably affect us to just not good enough so that the opposition who argue of course that they could do better or more every day discourage inefficient government stays in power is a day last for. jews used to shorten the period as much as become an honest process

we can buy fair elections with many of them accepting there is no escape economically politics for them off as the only hope of change and that leads straight back out onto the streets. to know what is at the foundation of the well don't i am an. austerity what should. the president about to actually hear and you can say why remain you want to tear it all down not start again yet i'm boss and i will correct remaining. highly in this news block and maybe the middle of freezing winter here in russia but that's not stopping the determine from taking a cool dip a midnight immersion in water on january nineteenth is the traditional way that orthodox christians ring in the holiday of epiphany but was artie's to bang not say brave enough to test the waters let's find out. and i would. say the russians say well wait the end of christmas tide as well as many people will need is

said to be the day when jesus was baptized and say yes you believe that my dad into trouble holds up a life dream that i may need to come. blasting the water which then turns into a hole you want and the plank to be good and bad they thank god when you know where the romans to live so you believe god the way to die a plan myself i can do it in my are now law. the jacket off. the ball. the be.

dogs there was a. little bit is it a. that's even making me shiver well be back with a recap of our top stories in a few minutes but first kareen is up with the business news stay with us. hi welcome to our business update the south thanks for joining me despite record outflows in two thousand and eleven most experts say no threat of ruble to valuation for the past three days the ruble has been appreciating against the

dollar with money market rates rising most in a month that says russian companies convert overseas earnings into local currency to pay taxes rubin of our dining out from the dialogue says russia is in a very good position right now or will trade much stronger i mean the overall price will stay quite high and which will continue with a good balance of the dollar we have a big economy would be because she were demanding internally with a big demand for infrastructure development in the same time quite stable but i think space will be that we can position ourselves better and we can expand better to people in other parts of the world was going to russia we would have to go through this and tell the government official that leaving business with r. in moscow to brainstorm ways to improve the russian economy and tackle the side effects of the european debt crisis saying you dive of the director of spare banks macroeconomic research center outlined some of the main challenges facing the country right. we discussed the liquidity crisis in the bank uncertain or not and

that banks now want to be more liquidity or from these banks and be used in that's good change and be a more neutral policy on budget of costs or is huge demand for inclusive social spending populism become a pooling device empowerment bods oh it does seem time government has to keep it sponsored more lasts balanced a fine xenon free super system running and sinew investments in infrastructure in. their investments which actually will since it will. be and that's a reason that's a challenge because it bunch of us. and staying with financials russian banks reported record high profits for two thousand and eleven despite the economic uncertainty the central bank says the total profits reached twenty seven billion dollars held by

a strong growth in lending to the central banks banks lower profits this year around twenty two billion dollars. the sound check the markets could all futures trading higher recouping the previous sessions losses oil is higher for the third day over concerns that tensions were raw and could spot disruptions in exports from produced stocks in the u.s. rise at midday after a decline in a bid and applications for unemployment benefits and strong bank earnings bank of america and morgan stanley are up after reporting a better than expected results and the number of people seeking an employment benefits plunged to the lowest level since april two thousand and eight. and in europe stocks were mostly highwood banks leading games investors were closely watching the ongoing debt talks in greece would largely smoothed out options for france and spain media reports indicated that the two parties could reach a debt swap deal in the coming days. killer russia stocks and bad for the fourth day on thursday. day as oil crime in new york the r.t.s.

added nearly a percent in the black the wise x. was point six percent higher here are the biggest movers optimizer acts the nationals did well by the biggest lenders bear bag gained over one percent energy mages and brands to share as a trans their gain one point seven percent of the congress on daily reported that the company is interested in building pipelines in croatia and electricity producer take a ny was among the top game is on news that its parent company is merging its energy assets with gas. well that's it for now but remember you can always find more financial news just log on to our website r.t. dot com plus because.

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next door and lyster with our individual analysis of the global economic crisis artie's capital account coming up. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and it's looking like the greek government may not be able to pay its bills come march athens is trying to negotiate with investors for them to take a bigger haircut the labor unions meanwhile are negotiating on proposed labor cost cutting so how will this greek tragedy play out no one seems to know but what does this mess tell us about the sanity of those who claim to be in control of this crazy economic world we're live in and that's a question we're going to try to answer and a ban on proprietary trading for big banks was debated in congress today as part of the volcker rule which is part of dodd frank and surprise surprise lobbyists and big bank exacts have come out against it will bring.