league observer delegation is in cairo at the moment presenting their findings that despite the arab league observers mission monday having finished you can see they continue to travel around the country to look at what's going on been seen as further evidence by some people that this mission is to continue possibly for another month one of the observers that i spoke to earlier of camera when i asked whether they would be staying here longer whether the mission would be extended he said it looked like it would be this is the area that you see in the circle free syrian army take control of it in the past few days a temporary ceasefire be cooled between the government forces and free syrian army sweeping into the city to see what's being happening certainly it's an area extremely divided on one side you've got the government in control on the other side the free syrian army the arab league observers have been meeting some of the government officials here in downtown suburbs on me to try and establish exactly what it is that's been happening in the city where the children have been showing

us some of the bullet casings that they've found around the area and all the houses in this part you can see the destruction from the fighting this be going are very very dramatic. in this very nice was extremely concerning the people who are still living heard extremely dangerous situations not really clear who exactly is in charge being killing hate and that makes the situation very very dangerous indeed this is the remains of one of the houses that the relief and say thank you are targeted by security forces people careless she says haven't done any chanting and cooling phrases the shimon cost of the conflict in syria has been devastatingly high and absolutely essential for everyone right now is to find some kind of resolution that this is the might is the. money that is done.

opposition activists from syria's national council have formally asked the arab league to refer the crisis to the u.n. security council but as our reports there are doubts over whether it's peace they are after. howlett ho jeff from the syrian national council the country's main official opposition body says making the people's voice louder and bring in 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 two national committee in order to reach this syrian people freedom although it's been run by paris based exile that hamdani in the absence he has been recognized as the country's legitimate government by the new libyan authorities and supported by some 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 libya's national transitional council and the syrian national council and it's not just their names they have in common supported and sponsored from abroad i think he likes opposition forces and their major goal is to overthrow the regime but there is a difference to the absences huts cortez 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 claiming they're only going to rely on political and diplomatic pressure the asson see to is. now copper age in 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 the sees 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 all patters operation where this year that gas was being used to address that jet that they made to work at that because they do what they want to destabilize syria because they want syria to be part of nato at least late to label the opposition claims is just a matter of time before the joint efforts sooner or later will force president assad out while his attention is 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 it and raef an ocean r.t. turkey. and coming up later in the program when the rose tinted glasses of the revolution give way to a crystal clear view of reality egypt gets a new political face with islamic parties dominating the recently like the parliament sparking concerns the country will now become a diplomatic headache for the west. it also check out our website our tito conforte for a first hand reports on these were arab spring euphoria quickly gave way to disillusion and outright pessimism. now this week saw more clouds gathering over the standoff surrounding iran the u.s.

and israeli officials held close talks on friday regarding the tense situation in the persian gulf while the exact contents were not disclosed the u.s. was expected to have a ridged israel not to rush an attack on iran while washington tries to garner additional global support against iran well before that israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu urged the e.u. to bargain rein oil asked quickly as possible over to iran's alleged nuclear weapons program meanwhile iran has been threatening to block a key trade route out of the persian gulf if sanctions are imposed on its own exports the u.s. has been at massing forces in the region with thousands of troops sands to israel for war games and two battleships strike groups arriving in the arabian sea brian becker from the antiwar answer coalition says washington has escalated the situation to create a pretext for regime change in iran. the united states government has created an artificial crisis that's first and foremost it's

a manufactured crisis iran is complying with the. iran does not have a nuclear weapon iran is not threaten its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear weapons in on. like the run refuses to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty does not allow. inspectors into its country so there's not really a nuclear menace or a nuclear danger from iran so what is the cause what's the cause of the crisis of the artificial crisis the real goal is the united states government has embarked on a course of extreme economic aggression against iran with the hope that by creating economic suffering economic isolation economic misery that part of the population will rise up or become disenfranchised with the government so that the u.s. can do as it has in history carry out regime change with regional tensions simmering people are in agile not only in iran but also in israel as policy reports

many there are expecting a war at any moment and some experts say covert warfare is already underway. from this rather spartan recording studio in jerusalem one israeli jew has been reaching out to people in iran for fifty two years ties between tel aviv in tehran off a bit in but it's never stopped menasha from reading the news in farsi every night and hosting a weekly show for listeners in the persian world to share the views he thinks around a million rain ians tune in and the topic they most want to talk about the possibility of a foreign attack on iran they are very much afraid that the iranian nuclear installations will be bombed by a foreign powers where they're israel or the united states or any other country but it's not only be rainy and who are suspicious of israel or america taking action people here in israel since something's in the air you can see signs of wink and nod from israeli officials when talking about it israel is signaling to the world.

if the world doesn't do anything if the wall doesn't call for more fierce actions for more crippling sanctions quoting the secretary of state clinton then israel would take the initiative and strike along some wonder if israel hasn't already declared an unofficial war on terror and what suspicions raced further after the assassination of another iranian nuclear scientist earlier this month while on his way to work putting everything together it is clear that whoever it is but if someone or somebody or some agency is very successful in infiltrating understanding last sabotaging the iranian nuclear project the attack is the latest in a series of mysterious accidents linked to iran's nuclear program two aircraft accidents in the space of three years scientists disappearing equipment damaged and computer viruses unleashed and the fingers pointing at israel. and the united states this is

a very respectable grammar nation but. iran has made moves. is as good as mine and it's not beyond imagination adding fuel to the fire the plan for israel and the united states to conduct the biggest joint military drill before the end of the year it would see thousands of american troops deployed in israel for you ran it's the most blatant sign that in a text coming but no one in israel will come on record and say there is a covert war on the run all talk of an israeli strike is limited to the airwaves. to jerusalem. and as if sanctions sabotage and a military buildup near its borders weren't enough yet another front has opened up for the battle of islamic republic tehran's english language news channel gets the boot from british airwaves as patients so with its alternative stance runs then

details are coming up next hour here on our team. this week romania has had some of its biggest protests in years our range with pay cuts and corruption people gathered in the streets of bucharest to call on the country's president to step down on friday hundreds were arrested and dozens injured as police used tear gas to disperse crowds from newcrest artist on barton has the story. 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. our youth has no future they have no jobs. motor 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. they need to give us a fair pension and not tell us they're borrowing the money because they don't have

it. or is not just here for herself her son left romania but it's illegal to try and find work young rumanians feel trapped and directing most of their anger at the president try and. protest as accuse him of trampling over democracy and presiding over a political elite riddled with corruption. who wants to eight percent down down with disaster parents left us with a heritage and we are leaving our children with just debt and international monetary fund loan in two thousand and nine came with tough conditions the remaining in government has tried to force its financial house into water budget and 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 there are

many in state and now those who hadn't been guilty for their situation they didn't even profited from it to pay 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. sequences that inevitably affect us to just not good enough so that the opposition who argue of course that they could do that every day descript inefficient government stays in power is a day north for. or jews used to shorten as much as we can once fast as we come by fair elections with many of them accepting there is no escape economically politics for them is the only hope of change and that leads straight back out onto the streets. these are. the foundation of the.

territory should. the president. be here and you can see what made you want to tear it all down and start again yeah. yeah well coming up a little later here on our team at the battle for scotland's sovereignty find out how london has switched its p.r. machine into full throttle apparent effort to suppress growing clamor for in the pants. plus the upcoming presidential election in russia stirs up political life in the country we look yeah the twists and turns of the campaign trail. from an organizer and why blackouts to some of the biggest hacker attacks on top of media and u.s. government websites this week saw an unprecedented internet revolt over new web censorship legislation the anonymous group was retaliation against the f.b.i.

shut down a file sharing website uploads and brought down the websites of the department of justice and universal music thousands of websites including which pedia joined together to stand against the proposed legislation dubbed sopa and people the laws if passed would allow top media conglomerates and copyright holders to shut down whole swathes of the web pulitzer prize winning. political cartoonist mark fiore believes it's all part of a shell put on by an ineffective government. what i see is the congress in the united states is largely a do nothing congress in the face of economic calamity and this is really been their attempts to say hey we're doing some about the economy we're going after all this online pirating which really you know is not as big of a problem as they're making it out to be so you know yes it's terrible but i think they would do a hell of a lot better if they went after offshoring jobs and you know things that really made a difference in the economy you know in a more large scale so i think

a lot of this is grandstanding and it will continue to happen i mean there's there are going to be government attempts at blocking the internet or controlling the internet you know from now to infinity you know it's always going to be an attempt but that's way issues like this and movements like this and you know people coming out to speak out against this are important. that if you want to give your opinion on a protest that had a washington railing or read up on the anonymous have them as a group there's plenty more now website dot com. the battle over scotland sovereignty is heating up in the u.k. with the scots being told they may hold an independence referendum only if london

gives its blessing it comes as a british government fearful over losing or sea oil reserves unleashes a barrage of rhetoric against the bit as archie's laura smith reports london's desperation is playing into the hands of scottish nationalist. britain a three hundred year old union that once ruled the waves and tossed the known world but on soil the country is closer than ever to a messy divorce. this is the man who want scotland to go it alone nationalist party leader alex salmond's promising scots will get a say on being single but london wants to call the shots and get it done and dusted . very soon they don't want to talk about the substance i sometimes feel when i listen to them it's not a referendum they want it's a never ending question that's have the debate and that'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 ethen piece feels it's almost time to take that one step further. yet 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 alive 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 i can't see that he can argue against. his shocked i think a shock to you but i don't think you seventy see it as myers a small. school it's of never taken kindly to hearing stern words from the mother of all parliaments down in london but for the nationalists it's a boost to the lackluster thirty percent support for a split mr cameron feels he had to shoot to but it's completely by following these actually being the best route through things. i think is a certainly says margaret thatcher. in the last seven days with. so you hope for now the u.k. and scotland's key players will continue to cross swords at stake but alex salmond is a reputation built on restoring a proud scotland for prime minister cameron is the potential to become the man who let the united kingdom come apart laura smith. and next

hour we report on another political scandal the u.k. got involved in this time it's an international. top british official comes clean about spying on russia admitting the country used a fake rock to snoop on the kremlin that's after six years of stoning some. male plants have finished their bombing mission in libya with western companies now stepping into their shoes hoping to profit on their rebuilding effort with a string of the lucrative deals. and this week russia has seen a build up of political debate with the country's fifth presidential election looming archies are in a little look at how rival camps and candidates are lining up ahead of the vote was a lot of important setting out his vision for the country as he eyes a return to the top job. with just under fifty days before the march presidential election and major campaign still simmering in the candidate's 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 outlining his vision for the future of russia what he's calling for its new economy to be built. the gravitation away from dependence on oil high spending welcoming political dialogue in the strengthening of civil society in russia putin 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 save it prime minister has never denied the possibility of establishing such a dialogue and they just become friends his ravenous and this is what is making

people take the initiative into their own hands this week some of the most prominent participants of december's post-election protest pulled together to form the league of constituents so where should the new public mood has blossomed people are showing a desire to make an educated vote to know where their votes are going on the understanding that the country needs competitive politics those behind the new group are quick to point out they're not going to turn into a political party but do hope 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 the key to public support is the media and that's with him in found himself touring the card while criticizing one of russia's most popular radio stations and go from being to pro western in its coverage. the prime minister here in chief not to take offense is his words since you don't get mad when you come to me with liquid crap from. the

government you up with this in and director it 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 they're hunched down with something lasted for years the political life in russia and roaring in will go it goes go r t political tension across the atlantic is also on the rise as the u.s. presidential primaries bring their first surprises early results suggest can reach speeds the rival republican contender mitt romney in the south carolina primary it's coming as a surprise after he finished last in two other states south carolina is seen as a significant indicator of the winner there as won the nomination for the presidential candidacy in both since nine hundred eighty and it will turn around means gingrich could establish himself as a true alternative and challenger to barack obama in the november election. egyptian activists have been calling for nationwide street protests saying that

revolution is not over and out the country has a long way to democratic rule this comes after islamist parties captured an overwhelming majority of seventy five percent as they won the country's first post mubarak parliamentary elections the new assembly is due to sit for the first time in just two days yacov lopping a reporter in jerusalem post says the new chip will be much more hostile to the west and the old regime. people have called for democracy in egypt this is the result when people call for democracy they may not always just realize that the electorate has a very different vision of how they would like their society is run than in other places such as western europe we have islamist hard line parties coming to power and it's going to be an earthquake for both egypt and for the region the muslim brotherhood has been preparing for this. moment for decades they have a very thought out detailed agenda for how they wish egypt to look like and it's

a very different egypt from what we've known until mouth's going to be a much more religious conservative place and much more hostile to the west. i just a few minutes we'll bring you a part of our special report on the oil industry in nigeria and how a blessing us turned into a curse and that's after the top stories of the week in just a few moments. when

we can uncomfortable question leads to a grave accusation the world sues morzine a fog. the president who isn't supposed to hide anything. where it's someone asking him why do you make a secret of it when the powers to be suppress the voice of those who think different. when you go experiencing very serious problems off of the saakashvili government came to power in two thousand and three but. that was when the problems began piling up. interviews were now off limits to our journalists they were all from beason up and humiliated in public when the attempt to protect property puts life in real danger in fact we have been deprived of the only needs of owning and living i have gone to the original super only papers. then legalized the ownership

rights on the basis of companies freedom becomes just a stage prop. see . some. six. if you. are going to take three days for charges.

three. three stooges free. food free board your video for your media projects a free video our t.v. dot com. come back if you're watching our team here's a look at the top stories of the the arab league is said to decide whether to give the go ahead to another month of the or monitoring mission in syria while the opposition wants the u.n. security council to get involved. pushed to the edge of the internet erupts in a furor over a plans to expand web censorship striking back with internet why blackouts and massive hacking attacks. israel and the us stop tactics over a possible conflict in the gulf as they gather forces at iran's borders while the

e.u. prepares its oil embargo over to iran's alleged nuclear ambitions. and in romania public anger spills over hundreds arrested and dozens injured as a police quell violence amid a massive ongoing anti-government protest. up next a special report from nigeria holds vast oil reserves but while they held fuel the world he also fuel a bitter and bloody struggle for control of their riches on offer which often fail to trickle down to the country's people. but the best is yet to be seen the most in the brush just a few meters away that's a show for. you know president to them for do all they can from. obasanjo the former president of nigeria in march two thousand and one problem is that if i got a manager it was a beauty.