handed 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. the embarrassing revelations confirmed the findings of a russian television report in two thousand and six it showed this video of a man slowing down and looking at the rock as he passed apparently an agent beaming top secret intelligence from a mobile computer to a digital drop point concealed in the stone another man was filmed picking up the rock and collecting the data. the moment of was the one behind the exposé and left no stone unturned but much more at first dulce i thought it might be a fake story or a political game but we cross checked everything with multiple sources and it turned out to be true some footage we didn't include in the film was particularly convincing for example there was a video of a british spy unit in front of the camera that camera was hidden under

a tree in the songs lying nearby the guy wanted to look natural so we pretended that he needed to take a leak n.e.p. right in front of the camera before picking up a stone and leaving. but it was his word against theirs britain fiercely denied the allegations with tony blair laughing them off as russian propaganda the truth was buried inside the u.k. secret service headquarters supposedly never to be seen again so after six years of dodging the bullet wide net it now they're very embarrassing but i think that the british government has decided. to have bygones are bygones and say ok we made a mistake. up and we want better relations from now on so i would see this as a first step on the road to improve relations with russia this is the home of britain's spooks m i six the governments is abroad their job may not be secret but

how they do it is or at least should be so the embarrassment of these revelations is not so much the spying itself but the fact they were caught doing it a post cold war. agreement supposedly for the bigs britain and russia from spying on each other no doubt they'll be more careful from now on on the bennett's london . will stay with us here on our t.v. coming up shortly in the program back from the blackout why a twenty four hour protest by we keep made eight u.s. congressmen back tracked on their support for a controversial anti-piracy law. but first syrian forces have retreated from the rebel held town of zabadani under a local cease fire but the violence is still raging across the country are of league observers have reached the end of a month long mission to try and broker peace and are set to compile a report over the weekend more than twenty people were all ported to reported to have been killed across the country thursday adding to a mounting death toll of more than six hundred since the monitors override the

rising casualties are pushing to prepare more sanctions on damascus after ten previous measures already introduced the u.n. security council continues mulling over what course of action it could take russia introduce the latest draft resolution this week came to the holding all sides of the syrian conflict to account for this firmly against foreign intervention r.t. sarah ferguson has more from damascus. how do you stop the fractured country from falling at a country where some cities now is then below was a where the economy's on its knees and which children at being shot states on the streets. it's a question everybody desperately trying to find an answer to you right now nobody knows what's going to happen so i'm a cooling fan minute she incidentally and this is a cooling diet of the city and case is not isolated to. mention that mention the west and i mention that mention. everybody has on interests

a russian foreign minister thank a lot for a refund that most would not authorize a u.n. visit. lucian unfolding 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 hair 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 in the promises of the regime. protestors had started by calling for reforms now more than ten months into the unrest and they simply want president is that. you're right.

that many in syria right now simply want peace in their country they hate reforms might be a way to achieve that. the president announced we will have an expanded government and independent opposition if all the parts were included this would be better for us all having different opinions is much better than having one sided discussion of . the opposition want to take current then of course why not we are all syrians after all we all care about our country. as a country descends deeper into crisis this 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 reforms have been a long time coming and with so many lives already lost they're going to come at a very high price so. the best guess. the syrian president's promise to speed up democratic reform in the country political analysts canal was many

things he couldn't even offer the opposition a power sharing deal. regime need to implement reform and he actually called for having broader government which includes position i think every government here and there needs to update itself and i think 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. stay with us here on r.t. still to come in the program or maybe a becoming the latest european country go by protests. angry demonstrators the latest part of

a global trend demanding leaders step down. but first a new twist in the assassination case of russian journalist anna politkovskaya five years ago another forensic examination of the murder weapon has found female d.n.a. on the gun the main suspect chechen war in the mood of those arrested in two thousand and eleven after several years on the run he's believed to have been the trigger man but his d.n.a. was never found on the weapon the expert who carried out the initial forensic testing five years ago is facing accusations now of leading the whole case up a blind alley politkovskaya was shot dead outside her moscow apartment in two thousand and six in what became one of the most high profile murders in modern russian history. if you want to find more details on the story you can always check out our team dot com we've got you covered there as long as as well as several other stories about the latest developments going on in the persian gulf terrorizing the washington's plotting of europe's economic suicide by forcing it to

a vote forcing it to impose an embargo on iranian oil imports. plus the phobos riddle russian space scientist narrowing down possible reasons that the probe to mars failed to reach the red planet. the world's largest and most popular online encyclopedia is back online after a self-imposed twenty four hour shutdown weiqi pedia deliberately blacked out its english language site in protest of the proposed anti-piracy legislation in the u.s. that could affect more than one hundred fifty million people action by week and thousands of other sites eight senators withdraw their backing for the bills the law is designed to prevent illegal sharing of copyright data face criticism of endangering internet freedom connor kennedy from the progressive change campaign committee says the bill's 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 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. turn now to some other stories making headlines across the globe first to southern afghanistan where at least

seven civilians were killed in a suicide attack outside a nato us air base in kandahar although no military members were killed no details were given about injured nato personnel the taliban said it was to blame saying a nato convoy was its target this just a day after two blast killed more than a dozen people in helmand province and insurgent stronghold. pakistan's prime minister has appeared before the country's supreme court on charges of contempt for failing to reopen a corruption investigation against the president the case against yousef dates back to the ninety's but he insists the president has immunity from questioning the prime minister's been given a month to explain why he's not reopen the corruption case against president he's a dollar if convicted be allowed he could face a prison term and be barred from holding office. rescue efforts have resume for twenty one 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 readying to pump more than two thousand tons of fuel from the ship to prevent an oil leak. the greek government is continuing talks with investors to try to beat a deadline and secure a vital funds to slash its debt athens is calling for the next installment of funds to meet a deadline and meet a real debt repayment deadline in two months thousands of workers hit the streets voicing their anger at the destructive austerity cuts all of the i.m.f. says it needs to raise up to five hundred billion dollars to buffer the world against any further european slump. meanwhile romania is gripped by the worst protests it's seen in a decade as demonstrators show their frustration with government austerity cuts and corruption in the capital some sixty people were injured in clashes with riot police who responded to stone throwing in a fire bombs with tear gas artie's tom barton reports from bucharest. night and day

they come to scream defiance fighting austerity and the feeling the government isn't listening have spilled over into anger even violence i'm in. here for the pain of the remaining 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 arrest but now she is forced to pay for her social security out of her small pension. 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 boring the money because they don't have it . or is not just here for herself her son left her maid yes but it's illegal to try and find work young romanians feel trapped and directing most of their anger at the

president try and assess could protest as accuse him of trampling over democracy presiding over a political elite riddled with corruption. he wants to descend down down with disaster as parents left us with a heritage and we are leaving our children with just debt the problem it's the younger ones let need to have a. good life you know mania. and we are not allowed to have peace because of stupidity of the high levels of government that parliament. an 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. being forced to pay for the mistakes of the

few who stayed the country economic disaster. this was done at the expense of their many in state and now those who hadn't been guilty for this situation they didn't even profited from it to play for those who had profited the government blames international economic conditions however for the country's worst. let's not forget that we're in the eye of a storm of an economic european stool all around us unfortunately is a mighty tempest with economic consequences that inevitably affect us too it's not good enough said the opposition who argue of course that they could do better every day discourage inefficient government stays in power as a dane last for rumania or jews used to shorten the period as much as we can honest fast as we can by 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. here to know what is the foundation to build on. them there was territory what should. the president about to be here and you can see why remain you want to tear it all down and start again yeah. and turn into libya where entrepreneurs and western companies 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 post gadhafi rebuilding process as are his acts out of waco reports the same powers that helped bring down the regime are now the ones eager to 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 those poor doyle into the fire and now lining to gas sheen i'm doing. the believe that russia benefited more

than all others from trading we've got out this regime 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. me the one that spearheaded the campaign against him 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 you do. everything right they did a 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 the good of 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 don't 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 and afghanistan after the u.s. led invasion and libya is familiar turf he even says the country's business potential make shamble all over their post conflict areas there's nothing they don't need here you know if you compare 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 facilities you know and some of the things we are involved you know is executive centers with golf courses theme parks these people have been through. 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 someone that's confesses this is an instrument for the business. is not. the only ones who are still far slower hundred claiming their business interest in libya or russia and china both countries for a 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 are still has it into some personnel bag x. spirits of war and that they waiting game may not be the best strategy. we're going

to lose like we lost iraq syria and yemen will follow the sea 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 we are waiting for us if interim government see we don't. they will say a few words about russian businesses being driven out then just step aside. but the ones losing the most i believe themselves in two thousand and ten day economy grew by about ten percent reaching abbey thing like that growth now seems as have a load as building the country from scratch on a boycott artsy ship. coming up libya may be trying to move on from. four decades of khadafi robot his children are demanding justice coming up a lawyer for the late leader's daughter explains dorothy why his death still hasn't been investigating.

the daughter all four may be a dictator muammar gadhafi has hired an israeli noire to force the international criminal court to investigate the full circumstances of her father's day at the could make health thank you very much for joining us here on r t why have you agreed to take on the case of i should gadhafi. has a jamaican place her father was murdered murdered in the brutal fashion the whole world saw it prosecutor the international criminal court has an obligation to investigate all aspects of the conflict which was referred to him by the united

nations security council that would include also the murder of mormon gadhafi especially since the prosecutor himself has stated that there are grounds to believe that this was a crime which is the case stand at the moment well at the moment i've written to the prosecutor i've asked him whether or not he intends on the investigating it i received a reply the reply was essentially that we're going to see what the new penal forty's do about it will give them about five months by the time i made my next report to the security council will see what they've done. my view is that that symphony even too late this is not the sort of investigation which can be put off for five months it's a complex investigation. there's a need to examine the crime scene to perform forensic police tick analysis to take evidence from objective witnesses all these sort of things have to be done it's not the sort of investigation that you can put off just for five months and see what

happens what is the international criminal court so reluctant to speed up the investigation well the general rule of the i.c.c. is a what's called the rule of complementarity that means that domestic state authorities if they are capable of performing an investigation should be left to do so in the present instance we the people of forty's as they stand at present have the capacity to carry out such best to gratian and that's why we're calling for the investigation to be conducted immediately the international criminal court issued a warrant to persecute gadhafi in june of last year and then in october he was killed shouldn't the i.c.c. be willing to what happened to be suspect of its own investigation despite what the libyan government says and does. it's an obligation on the office of the prosecutor to investigate all aspects of the conflict at the present moment in time no one from the libyan or forty's has put forward

a concrete plan for bringing let's say for example say from islam to justice and prosecuting him under the rule of law given that that's in fact the case i would have thought that the obligation rests with the office of the prosecutor to ensure that the libyan affair as i may call it investigated conduct and prosecuted before the international criminal court for your experience what can the international criminal court do if it was winning. for good first of all in the hands of the prosecutor at this present moment in time. one. should get victim status before the court in the situation in the libyan situation of course is. subject to the decision of the judges then i will examine whether or not there are legal grounds for requesting the judges to intervene and to expedite the investigative process what is your interaction with ice and how is she doing.

daily interaction with her. situation is not simple she is currently under some form of restriction on her freedom of association on the other hand she is grateful to the algerian authorities for offering her some form of humanitarian protection. she's really traumatized by the. under her brother i must add. to brutal murders which were witnessed by the whole world on various video clips she's with her mother in two glasses any sense of how they all fare in as i said it's not easy for them on the one hand they are grateful for the humanitarian protection which has been offered them by the algerian authorities but on the other hand they are guests in the country by force of circumstance they don't have complete freedom of association complete freedom of movement so the situation is

a complex one at all who is seeking asylum anywhere else i can comment on that at the present moment in time following what's happening with her brother safe of course she is in it seriously concerned so. she regrets the fact that safely hasn't been afforded legal representation at this moment in time. and she hopes that it will happen in the very near future do you think that say al islam will get a fair trial in libya once again it's a very sensitive issue there is nothing to the present moment in time to make me believe that a fair and effective trial company can go to do libya based on the fact that the libyan authorities were ordered by the international criminal court to file a response to the press. trial chamber one hundred of them out say for the by the tenth of january information concerning safe states is what the libyan authorities intentions are with respect to the polygonal forty's requested payment for fighting

that response citing security concerns or my belief is that if the security concern so serious that they prevented the would be no forty's from fighting the response to a court order then the sorry conclusion i have to draw is that the same security considerations would present a fair in the fact of trial in other words the libyan authorities should be ensuring its safe is one hundred over to the hague in accordance with the arrest warrant what really needs to be done to establish the truth and can it be established that only of course the truth can be established and if the office of the prosecutor was sufficiently serious he would have initiated an immediate investigation especially bearing in mind that the prosecutor has gone on the record and stated that this was in fact a potential war crime we 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 thank you very much for talking to us you are

not welcome. wealthy british style. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you

don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big show. one thirty am in moscow these are your r.t. headlines london had made some electronic spiral rocks found by the f.s.b. in moscow six years ago belonged to her majesty's secret service the u.k. had vehemently denied involvement in the scandal. more tough new sanctions against the syrian regime in the pipeline is the arab league observers mission ready said final report into how to stop the daily deadly violence over the weekend the regional body will decide whether to continue its own efforts or call on the un to intervene. and romania gripped by mass protests as frustrated crowds call for an

end to the government's austerity measures on corruption and the president to step down some sixty people were injured in violent clashes among protesters and police in the capital. kaiser report coming up stay with us. here this is the report everything appears to be sinking. stay server talk to me it's more like listing to the side everything is well max i have this great headline here south african police rescue asian pear kidnapped in for one nine scam after hundreds and hundreds of billions of emails sent by nigerian scams fears somebody apparently answered one of them a south korean man received an e-mail promising him tens of millions of dollars.