no longer deny tony blair's former chief of staff come clean admitting british spies were caught red 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 out of the moment was the one behind the expose a and left no stone unturned but. at first i had to be dealt i thought it might be a fake story or 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 carroll's hidden under a tree in the song was lying nearby the guy wanted it 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 the 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 government is a broad 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 food beads britain and russia from spying on each other no doubt they'll be more careful from now on on the bennetts. israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu has called for an embargo on iranian oil saying sanctions on iran must be intensified due to the country's nuclear ambitions as a tense standoff between tehran and washington continues the islamic republic warns it will block the strait of hormuz a vital world fuel supply route if its national security is threatened to move the u.s. says could lead to military action for more on this we're now joined by news from new york by caleb. from the international action center an anti-war group thank you

for joining us now if you don't mind let's start off with iran it's been under international sanctions for years and western countries are still calling for more but what effect can these new measures possibly have these new measures against iran are just part of a continued repression of the iranian people punishing them for the fact that in one nine hundred seventy nine they rose up they overthrew the u.s. backed shah u.s. backed dictator and they took the oil for themselves the u.s. has never forgiven them for that and they continue to seek to isolate and threaten iran and that's why i'm excited about the february fourth national day of action coming up when people all throughout the united states going to take to the streets against these sanctions these these these assassinations of nuclear scientists and these threats of war because the iranian people have the right to control their own oil resources that's what this war as these threats of war that's contained isolation is really about it has nothing to do with fear of nuclear weapons all

right moving back to the sanctions though if the e.u. does impose a new embargo and of the strait of hormuz is shut down by iran what global economic impact could that have around the world. well we saw what the sanctions on iraq did in the lead up to the iraq war and invasion and they resulted in thousands and hundreds of thousands if not millions of deaths of innocent iraqi children that starved to death you know this is the one percent i proud to be part of the occupy wall street movement right here and in new york city and i and this is the one percent of the world the ruling elite the people who own the banks the factories the oil wells and all of that and just like they're waging war on working people here in the united states they're waging war against the iranian people they're waging war against people all over the world who want to stand up against them and that's why i'm so excited about the upsurge going on my enemies are in iran my enemies are in africa or in asia my enemies are right here in new york city on wall street it's the banker elite that runs this country and

it's time we stand up against them so any threat of war against iran must be strongly opposed and they continue efforts to isolate them it can only hurt the people of the world and it can only benefit the ruling elite now you mentioned that the war in iraq and also we know that tension is rising all the time in the standoff between the u.s. and iran is this just sable saber rattling between the two or is washington really prepared and really ready for military action in the region now that the iraq campaign is over. i think that the one percent and the ruling elite in this country are very nervous because they realize that there is nothing they can do to save their system the capitalist system on a global scale is in a state of collapse and so in desperation and desperation they're trying to find some strategy to fix their system and it may be that they'll be deluded into thinking they can save their system by starting a bloody war with the iranian people and and committing

a crime against the people of iran and if that's the case that's an outrage and we need to we need to turn this what would be a war of international aggression into a civil war against this ruling elite and start fighting against the ruling elite here in our own country i would refuse to go fight in iran and i think there's millions of youth that would refuse to do so as well so do you think that the u.s. is really gearing up for regime change in iran what are their motivations where could this all lead. well like i said the motivation for the u.s. to continue repressing the iranian people to assassinate nuclear scientists has nothing to do with any love of democracy it has everything to do with the fact that the iranian people rose up in one nine hundred seventy nine and took control of the oil resources and they have never ever forgiven them for that and the us has never wanted to tolerate the fact of the iranian people and not shell oil and not and not texaco control of the oil resources in iran and they've never wanted to forgive them for that and so these continued saber rattling this continued threats who

knows one of the comes you know it may not come perhaps the resistance of the people will be too strong and they won't but i don't know but any threats of wars must be strongly opposed because these kind of wars serve the ruling elite they serve the wall street bankers and they don't serve working class people there are millions and millions of unemployed people in this country if they cut the military budget they could put people to work there could be jobs but there's not jobs there's war there's continued threats of war and that's why february fourth is going to be a great day in the u.s. are the people say our enemies aren't here in the united states or are our enemies aren't in iran they're here in the united states in the halls of power in congress and on wall street all right thank you very much caleb been from the international action center an anti-war group thanks for joining us. now syrian forces have retreated from the rebel held town of dani under a local cease fire but violence rages on across the country arab league observers have reached v. end of a one month mission to try and broker peace and are to compile a report over the weekend over twenty people are reported to have been killed

across the country on thursday adding to a death toll of more than six hundred since the monitors arrived the rising casualties are pushing up the to prepare more sanctions on damascus following ten previous measures already introduced un security council continues to mull over what course of action it could take russia introduced its latest draft resolution this week aimed at holding all sides in the syrian conflict to account for. firmly against foreign intervention parties first is in a country. how do you stop the fractured country from falling apart a country where some cities now resemble a was a where the economy's on its knees and when children are being shot dead on the streets. it's a question everybody's desperately trying to find an answer to you right now nobody knows what's going to happen some are calling for military intervention this

cooling that dialogue this case is not isolated. and i mention that mention the west and i mentioned the russian mention. everybody has its own interests when russian foreign minister sergei lavrov re-offend that most would not authorize a un resolution involving military intervention it 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 in the promises of the regime. protesters had started by calling for reforms now more than ten

months into the unrest and they simply want president is that. your. idea 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 a soul having different opinions is much. with them having one sided discussion you know. the opposition want to take on the new fools why not we are all syrians are true 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 tea sites forms 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 syrian president promised to speed up democratic reform in the country political analyst to come out was new thinks he could even offer the opposition a power sharing deal. need to implement reform and he actually called for having a broader government which includes position i think every government here and there needs to update itself and i think you know for sure that it needs reform and reform has to come fast and i think maybe in the coming months we'll see initiatives 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 want to build that country i think assad will invite him. there's

a new twist in the assassination of russian journalist. five years ago another forensic examination of the murder weapon has found female d.n.a. on the gun the main suspect born mahmoud off was 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 gun itself the expert who carried out the initial forensic test five years ago is facing accusations of leading the whole case blind alley. was shot dead at her apartment building in two thousand and six in what became one of the most high profile murders in russia's modern history. on to some world news in brief for you this hour first to southern afghanistan at least seven civilians have been killed in a suicide attack outside a nato u.s. air base in kandahar in afghanistan although no military died and no details have been given about injured nato personnel the taliban said it was to blame saying

a nato convoy was the target it comes just a day after twin blasts killed more than a dozen people in the helmand province an 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. dates back to the one nine hundred ninety s. but he insists the president has complete immunity from being questioned the prime minister has been given a month to explain why he's not reopened a corruption case against president zardari if convicted could face a prison term and be disqualified from holding public office. rescue efforts have resumed for twenty one people still missing on a cruise ship which 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 crew is preparing to pump more than two thousand tons of fuel from the ship to prevent a possible oil leak. senior palestinian politician and member of hamas the wake has been arrested at an israeli army checkpoint between ramallah and jerusalem the israeli military has not said why he's being held almost one sixth of the one hundred thirty two members of the palestinian parliament including two former ministers are currently detained by tel aviv tensions between palestine and israel are on the rise while peace talks remain stalled. the greek government is continuing talks with investors to try to beat a deadline and secure vital funds to slash its debt needs the next installment of bailout funds to meet a debt repayment deadline in two months thousands of workers hit the streets to voice 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. romania is gripped by the worst protests 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 and fire bombs with tear gas are. reports from bucharest. night and day they come to scream their defiance biting austerity and the feeling the government isn't listening have spilled over into anger even violence i'm in. here for the pain of their mean 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 mania 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 school protest as accuse him of trampling over democracy presiding over a political elite riddled with corruption. who wants to be sent down down with disaster as parents left us with a heritage and we are leaving our children with just a dent in the problem and 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 steered the country to economic disaster. this was done at the expense of their remain in state and now those who hadn't been guilty for the situation they didn't even profited from it had to play for those who had profited 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 storm 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 now accepting there is no escape economically politics for them offers the only hope of change and that leads straight back out onto the streets. to know what is the foundation to be build on the five percent of them there was territory what should. the president about the matter be here and you can see why remain yeah i want to tear it all down yeah and start again yeah and i remain yeah yeah as libya's trying to move on from forty years of colonel gadhafi his role his children are

demanding justice next to the israeli a lawyer of the daughter of the late leader explains it to r t why his death still hasn't been investigated. the daughter of all four may be a dictator muammar gadhafi has hired and is raiding noir to force the international criminal court to investigate the full circumstances of her father's day at the big

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 judgment complaint her father was murdered murdered in a 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 and that would include also the murder of normal gadhafi especially since the prosecutor himself has stated that there are grounds to believe that this was wrong 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 me investigating it i received a reply the reply was essentially that we're going to see what the maybe more thorough of these do about it will give them about five months by the time i make my next report of the security council will see what they've done. my view is that in fact needing it 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 listicle analysis to take evidence from objective witnesses all the 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 don't believe the authorities as they stand at present have the will 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 the 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 authorities has put forward a concrete plan for bringing that say for example safely. 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 is on they call it investigated to conduct and prosecuted before the international criminal court from your experience what can the international criminal court do if it was willing. don't forget it's the first of all i'm 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 would 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 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 severely traumatized by the. brother i must add. to brutal murders which were witnessed by the whole world various video clips she's with her mother in two glasses any sense of how they all failing 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't comment on that at the present moment in time following what's happening with her brother safely it's not of course she is and it's seriously concerned. she regrets the fact that the safe 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 seiko islam will get a fair trial in maybe at 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 come be conducted in libya based on the fact that the libyan authorities were ordered by the international criminal court to file

a response to the pretrial chamber hundred the matter say for the by the tenth of january information concerning safe status and what all the libyan authorities intentions are with respect to the libyan authorities requested payment for fighting that response citing security concerns or my belief is that if the security concerns are so serious that they prevented the libyan authorities from filing a response to a court order then the necessary conclusion i have to draw is that the same security considerations would prevent a fair ineffective trial in other words the libyan authorities should be ensuring safely is one hundred over to the hague in accordance with the arrest warrant what really needs to be done to establish the truth and cannot be established at all when of course the truth can be established and if the office of the prosecutor were 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 here on r.t.e. you're welcome. this is claude. allen sitting on the edge of hope. that's present. missing reality it's nothingness.

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