brown who has worked with no mess on various operations says a huge cyber war could be about to start. the problem is that the track record of the us and all governments. is such that giving them power to do one thing is almost always interpreted by themselves as a means of giving them power for many other things so and the way that you know this that this raid on megaupload ties in this opens it shows that even without sopa already in place here they are already arresting resting megaupload and shutting it down so i imagine when so close perhaps in the meantime my group project. initiated operation donkey punch which is the latest effort. to ensure that soap is needed in the those who support so are rather than intimidated and otherwise to mature at least until now but yeah and in the future in the very near future as you'll see there will be a number of other groups that will pop up using more more military not goods

situation gets worse and things will escalate until such point as the notable civil war in the us occurs and coming out just after fifteen thirty pm g.m.t. archies cross talk host peter the valid debates with his gas the reason behind the proposed us online legislation. the fact is that what we're trying to do is enforce u.s. copyright laws on foreign companies whose copyright laws may be different from ours and what we're saying is if you don't follow us law in terms of copyrights then we have the right to shut you down the other part of the problem is affectively that's because through the division of it is another way to assure you if you're objecting to the fact that people are trying to stop sites that are pirating american american intellectual property and it's not always just movies and music it's also physical goods that are counterfeit you know these are counterfeit drugs there are also if you look at the written material that can be on i you know harm in first harm children harm adults this is serious there are serious consequences.

now just syria where the opposition has called for rallies to be held across the country in support of prisoners held since the start of the government under arrest that's despite a general amnesty granted by president earlier this week that has seen almost two hundred detainees released archies maria phenomena look at who's calling the shots in the protest movement. people taken to the streets may look like a real force of power and indeed be one. that in syria protest has apparently failed to prove that months of bloodshed with no sign is going to stop anytime soon. khalid ho jeff from the syrian national council the country's

main official opposition body says making the people's voice louder and bring an end to the violence is what the essence he was created for our main goal is to help the syrian people there present them and their international community in order to reach this syrian people freedom although it's been run by paris based exile about how the asson sea has been recognized as the country's lee determined government by the new libyan authorities and supported by some easy and nato countries which has made some doubt the council's innocent intentions with regards to libya the promise that nato made to the national transitional council perspective leaders was that they be given a major seat at the table in a new libya so there is power broking going on behind the scenes and i absolutely wager that the same thing is happening with syria they've either been bought off

financially or they've been promised a major role in a new syrian regime the national call was in there are clear is national transitional council and the syrian national council and it's not just their names they have in common supported and sponsored from abroad making the rights opposition forces and their major goal is to overthrow the regime but there is a difference to the absences huts courters are not in damascus but here in istanbul we are not talking about democratic regime if i go to syria now we have. you know. we have to be executed there howlett says he spent fifteen years in jail in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's just because his father supported the opposition he claims nothing has changed since then and the oppression has to stop but how is another matter his dictatorial regime they cannot be most of without any pressure claiming they're

only going to rely on political and diplomatic pressure the asson see to is now copper age and with the free syrian army fighters who have defected from assad's military in was a clear shift from the essences initial entirely known armed peaceful stance. the cowsills to seize humanitarian corridors and buffer zones as options to protect civilians in syria even though these might mean foreign troops arriving this isn't a top is that all bad is operation where this year that passes the u.s. says that jeddah it's a day to watch it because they don't want they want to destabilize syria because they want syria to be part of the day to at least lead to label the opposition claims is just a matter of time before the joint after is sooner or later it will force president assad out on his attorneys to stay but the question remains exactly how long should

these people have to wait for the bloodshed to stop and how many of them will actually see the end of that brief notion r.t. . meanwhile the arab league is repaired to hear the final report from the observers a third to syria will be presented at the group's gathering this weekend and the league is now considering extending its expired mission by an independent journalist with a fail and was currently in damascus says they have jumped activity of the observers is increasingly being questioned. the arab league has been playing a little bit more of an object of robots. are you happy with it so we can expect. the purse for their objectives of regime change in other ways and this continues to happen through the media and media war you know what the syrian government is that pushes us winning the media were here yesterday asked or at least some sort of that myself that was some reports that the area of that was done the lebanese goods had been taken by the free syrian army and i went there myself last night and i as i

drove tuesday but i was very surprised to find no check for you by the syrian army on the way and i actually was allowed to go inside of the don and despite having seen footage on the television of the free syrian army feiss i found that there was actually nothing and when i left i was told by the syrian army that i would be free to travel through as it would on the notes of the lebanese. well still ahead for you this hour scholar makes its push for independence but london vows to make any split from the u.k. a costly move for the modern day bravehearts wanting to go it alone. and israel pushes europe for an immediate embargo on iranian oil a decision by quickly of other nations scrambling to find an alternative energy source. but first a multi-billion pound london core duel between russian tycoon and chelsea football club owner among them over which fugitive russian billionaire is off ski is close

to conclusion the judge is considering her verdict in the financial battle after armies of expensive barristers went to battle for their clients exposing some juicy details along the way well let's find out more from our correspondent ben joins us live from london this right i've already been the trial of the century why is that . yes and it certainly lived up to its billing too it's been dubbed the trial of the century for two reasons really firstly the money involved six and a half billion dollars is the potential payout here is thought to be the most expensive civil suit and you can u.k. legal history with all those legal fees it's costing eighty dollars a second in the london commercial court and secondly the subject matter is laid bare all those dodgy dealings that went on in ninety's russia and reaffirmed all the stereotypes there are of the while these even though i think no one actually thought these to really be true but what's even more unbelievable is it's come from

two of the main players in those turbulent times. which two former friends now arch enemies and we've heard some unbelievable claims like better results attended meetings in his dressing down and even signed off threatening text messages to his to his rivals saying i'm watching you on dr evil counter with all the claims from berezovsky against which that remember which was involved in tax evasion embezzlement and murder murderous alimony and wars of the ninety's that we now know a person was killed in every three days in that. grab for wealth and this is trial has been going on for three months already it's just been brought to a close with those closing statements this week. and in that time we've heard from witnesses ranging from kitchen staff to multi millionaires billionaires such as a leg or a pass but what it really boils down to is the relationship between these two main

tightness burberry's also claims that they were businessman as equals when they set up the oil going to seed next together in the ninety's and therefore he's owed a lot more than the one point two billion dollars payout he got he says he was forced to what he calls his shays sell his chaise for a fraction of their true cost as he was blackmailed by. which and so he's owed a lot more than that he's claiming six and a half. dollars. says that payment is purely for protection money a payment to whom he calls with his political godfather in order to get that all important leg up into the world of the super rich formal agreement ever existed and of course is there's no way to prove any of this because all those deals transfers payments meetings none of them were actually written down or recorded it was all done on the shake of the hand all the drop of an unmarked briefcase loaded with cash so the trial is actually consisted of is really. revelations of missions each one. forcing admits an embarrassing revelation of their own in order to try and

discredit the other evils of all and so it's up to the judge to decide now what if any of this is in fact true eighty dollars a second according to my math that's about five thousand dollars a minute live from london we'll see who cashes in in the end thanks for that. well london has another conflict to resolve with russia after a former senior official admitted britain was caught snooping you can find out how moscow uncovered the secret of the spying stone on our website r.t. dot com complete with more pictures and video. on the battle over scotland split from the union in splitting opinion in an increasingly disunited united kingdom scots have been told they can hold a referendum on independence but only if london gives its blessing laura smith explains. britain

a three hundred year old union that once ruled the waves and half the known world but on whom soil the country is closer than ever to a messy divorce. this is the man who wants scotland to go it alone nationalist party leader alex salmond's promising scots will get a say on being single but london wants to cool the shots and get it done and dusted i've been told that the research they don't want to talk about the substance i sometimes feel when i listen to them is not a referendum they want it's a never and i'm questioning that's have the debate and let's keep our country together but why would scotland want to separate itself from a britain that still among the world's richest economies scotland always retained its own distinct national identity and the s.n.p. feels it's almost time to take that one step further and hope for a yes vote from the scottish people would mean scotland would gain control over its

own north sea oil and gas and represent itself on the international stage but it doesn't want to hold a referendum until two thousand and fourteen and that delay is letting london ramp up the scare stories telling scotland it'll have to pay the price such as the billions of pounds british taxpayers spent keeping scottish banks in life that it would have to find its own currency and lose thousands of jobs when the navy heads south not that it seems to pull the scots who see their country as having been strangled for long enough i don't think it's any of his business if we present a strong enough case to be independent then he can argue against. his shock i think a shutter i don't think you should have any say in the flyers and scots have never taken kindly to hearing. words from the mother of all parliaments down in london

but for the nationalists it's a boost to the lack luster thirty percent support for a split mr coleman feels he had to teach the machine to but it's completely but. he's actually been the best recruiting sergeant yes and i think is of certainly since margaret thatcher. in the last seven days with. so you know up to now the u.k. and scotland's key players will continue to cross the woods at stake that alex salmond is a reputation built on restoring a proud scotland the prime minister cameron is the potential to become the man who let the united kingdom come apart. still to come here on our team russia's prime minister finds the pen is mightier than the sword by fear which are now on your tour of russia in a series of articles encouraging the public to focus only on the message of candidates running for president. the

us has strengthened its presence in the persian gulf with the aircraft carrier abraham lincoln sounding into waters off iran on thursday the move is seen as a test of tehran's resolve after it warned america not to send more warships through the strait of hormuz tensions between the us and iran intensified after the islamic republic threatened to block the strait of vital oil transit in response to further sanctions over its nuclear program washington valid to retaliate if you ron did cut off the passage collab maltman from the antiwar group international action centers what the u.s. really wants to regain control over iranian oil decades ago. the motivation for the us 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. 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 that the iranian people and not shell oil and not and not texaco control of the oil resources in iran and 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 or 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 our enemies aren't in iran they're here in the united states in the halls of power in congress and on wall street. we don't have the tape to log onto our website for the latest videos comments analysis and much more at our team dot com here's some of what's lined up for you there today here in verses molotov cocktails romanians join the global wave of protests seeking the resignation of their leaders but the country facing its worst in decades. and the brutal killing of the ousted libyan leader is still being investigated to mom song we give you one more years of pain and why had to r.t.

dot com for more than two. as russia's presidential candidates are busy ramping up their campaigns ahead of the march election from members of the public are increasing their efforts to ensure a transparent vote in light of massive rallies against the parliamentary election in russia last month both a far as i'm protestors admit they need to talk more r.t. is a really good gauge as the temperature of russia's political life was just under fifty days before the march presidential election and major campaign was still simmering in the candidates headquarters mr putin decided to unleash his powers of persuasion on the electorate and nonpublic speaker for change he's decided to be more

scholarly picking up the pen for the first in a series of articles lining his vision for the future of russia what he's calling. built. the reputation way for all that's well like spending welcoming political dialogue in the strengthening of civil society in russia however said people should concentrate on just what candidates are promising to do rather than the theater of personalities we need extended dialogue about priorities about long term. choices national perspective and development this article is an invitation to such dialogue it's important to say that prime minister has never denied the possibility of establishing such a day and i just recovered from his readiness and this is what is making people take the initiative into game hands this week some of the most prominent participants on december's post-election protest pulled together to form the league

of constituents so they all know where she's from then the new public mood has blossomed people are showing a desire to make an educated vote to know where their polls are going on the understanding that the country needs competitors politics those behind the group are quick to point out they're not going to turn into a political party but do hold to become a major support group for anyone wanting to make a difference with their vote i didn't have the political activists are nothing without this type of newly found public support there to help boost them are the key to public support is the media and that's why computing found himself during the cod while criticizing one of russia's most popular radio stations and called last go from being to pro western in its coverage of the prime minister told its editor in chief not to take offense of those words saying yeah don't demand a new company with liquid crap from dawn till dusk on at the government the opposition and the electorate all seem to realize they have to think fast and act quickly in order to get the ball rolling with the presidential elections just

around the corner so if their house down with something that for years the political life in russia and roaring in wealth go go r.t. . coming up to twenty two minutes past the hour let's check on what other stories are making headlines around the world french president nicolas sarkozy says his nation is suspending military operations in afghanistan after four hundred soldiers were killed in a gunfight a rogue afghan soldier who has since been detained was behind the attack that also injured a dozen more soldiers attacked by afghan troops and police are on their foreign partners has become increasingly common something sarkozy calls unacceptable so far eighty two french soldiers have been killed in afghanistan since two thousand and one. rescue operations at the site of the close to concordia cruise liner disaster have been suspended after the ship shifted again overnight twenty one people remain missing eleven were killed when the cruise liner ran aground

a week ago and the ship's captain is currently under house arrest a new audiotape appears to show the crew downplayed the extent of the catastrophe only reporting electrical problems for half an hour after the vessel hit a real. time now to get the latest in the world of business with kareena stay with us. welcome to our business update the south thanks for joining me russia ended two thousand and eleven with a budget surplus of zero point eight percent of its g.d.p. however if excluding oil and gas revenues the country's expenditures still remain significantly higher and the amount of money if you look ahead from the european department of the i.m.f. says this means there's a major concern over russia's economic safety. there's budget should be formulated in a way that. insulates be called i mean from fluctuations you know privacy

laws are in the books are basically good but they are not being implemented until it was fresher through the budget their policy is to be more prudent to reduce the deficit measured in terms of more noise deficit maybe taking out revenues from oil and natural gas and the current budget plants are not prudent because they keep not all of that which is very much a levels which would be sustainable for russia in the medium term. in russia the central bank is trying to make it easier for foreign banks operating in the country to open new branches so it's part of an effort to set up equal conditions for domestic foreign lenders and russia prepares to join the world trade organization banks from broad will no longer have to make special requests to the central bank simplifying the registration process. let's look at the markets now or there's a raising money again that is now trading in the red prices are suffering because

of negative news coming out of the eurozone with e.u. or weakening against the dollar while talks continue in greece and added to that fuel consumption in the u.s. dropped to its lowest level since september two thousand and one. markets in europe are lower as investors took an eye on the debt swap deal talks in greece to put c. is down two point one percent point to nearly point two percent this hour after e.u. governments set tougher rules on budget deficits and laid his traps for profit school to put tax is losing almost half a percent sound. here in moscow the markets are mixed beotch has up point two percent one of my xix is losing around a quarter of a percent and now let's see the biggest movers on m i six b. to b. is lower than where we're flexing the sentiments in the euro. own goal line a response craze among the many losers the company is about to finish taking place from minority shareholders for a buyback of its shares and norilsk nickel is bucking the trend the company plans

to cut production to adapt to a slowing global demand mine are also expected to report a fifteen percent increase in net profits for the year two thousand and eleven. which is passenger jets have roared through the skies of the middle east of the bahrain airshow the one hundred seats or superjet has been the star of the exhibition and russia's top officials see the region as a priority market with airline traffic expected to quarter paul there over the next two decades. is already eyeing three to five super jets with a final decision likely within what's. called the house. this is the middle east they blew off russia's new passenger act probably the bridge at its manufacturer the united agra corporation tax return is one of the priorities to market for the company if they believe the political situation here will soon stabilize and the region one of them want it. and comfortable secure demobbed for the

super trouper john mccain obama praised by the way a professional pilot has prospered back to the plane and the matter factories hope his interest will turn into real or a fall from bof a company has already said they're here. there's no plane similar to see it holds a unique me between planes like. we are in a serious jet. is more comfortable and it's up to fifteen percent more fish each. national airline traffic in the gulf area is expected to quadrupled over the next two decades there are more them to add crop producers here compared to water bottles in the russian. our other group the russian lights closing the show today with a new third segment of aerobatic program and their fellow countrymen here believe

that this is just the thought of russia's current high ambitions at middle east airspace that can be called a bit of artsy probe operated asho. fun that's all the business is the now but don't forget you can always find a more stories on a website called lasts. there

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you're with r t live from moscow how binds hackers strike back anonymous crippled major u.s. government and corporate websites in response to a crackdown on a file sharing service and ing and. syrian opposition calls for more mass protests demanding prisoners released despite a general amnesty granted by president assad earlier this week that critics say no matter how many concessions the syrian government makes the opposition both sides for nothing less than regime change. and the multi-billion pound battle between

russian tycoon armaan opera more rich and fugitive mobile bodies but it is all ski in a london court finally approaches a conclusion. up next the moscow team heads to florence to look for traces of russian culture in the heart. hello and welcome to the program today the moscow team are in italy as we continue our exploration of russian culture abroad music from. spike can do in ski racing creativity has been studied and celebrated for centuries around the world so jovi mahsud andras as we take.