now we've actually been following the past five days and i was becoming extremely clear is that certainly what is needed now it is more facilitation of dialogue between all these different groups that you see now in the country between the opposition between the government the arab league mission has come under criticism during the time he's been in the country because this conflict continues we've seen it escalating we've seen it becoming increasingly arms of course in syria at the moment you've got very different narratives it depends when he speaks see where you go in the country is very very hard to get a grasp on exactly what is happening. that is going to prevent equally sure that they're going to be able to get people in now to train your service to be able to start building structures from the ground up with these people to stop promoting genuine dialogue now between different sides nuclear really was the need to bridge these widening gaps than in the town of zabadani we actually visited there yesterday with the if that is he remained in the country this is the area that you

see in these so-called free syrian army take control of and in the last few days a temporary ceasefire because between the government forces and free syrian army so we've seen in sadr 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 side the free syrian army but it's actually in actual fact very very difficult to know exactly who is in charge here the people's houses that we were shown in the city center had been absolutely devastated by the fighting with the children have been showing us some of the bullet casings that they've found around the area all the houses in this part you can see the destruction from the fighting that's been going out there to see a very dramatic. and this that is that was extremely concerning that people who were still living hurt externally dangerous situation it's not really clear. who

exactly is in silos he's going killing hate and that makes the situation very very dangerous and the seeming cost of the conflict in syria has been devastatingly high and absolutely essential for everyone right now is to find some kind of resolution in the prison and then invited i think ira. that is done in our area. meanwhile the opposition syrian national council says it plans to press the u.n. security council for intervention in the country torn apart by an arrest the council things are of league observers have been useless at ending the crisis and insists that foreign involvement maybe only way out parties marie if an ocean reports though there are some doubts about the opposition leaders motives. howlett hold 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 to national community in order to reach this syrian people's freedom and although it's been run by paris based exile that hamdani in the absence he has been recognized as the country's lee determined 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 prospective 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 think he writes 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 i know we have. you know we have to be executed there hallett 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 the town is another matter claiming they're only going to rely on political and diplomatic pressure the asson see to is. now cooperating with the free syrian army fighters who have defected from assad's military it was a clear shift from the essences initial entirely known armed peaceful stance. the council says sees humanitarian corridors and buffer zones as options to protect

civilians in syria even though these might mean foreign troops arriving this isn't made to istanbul paris operation where to syria the actual cost of speeding use duets vezina jeddah they need to look at that because they don't want they want to destabilize syria because they want syria to be part of nato at least lead to maybe the opposition claims is just a matter of time before the joint after his soon only turn 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 raef notion asti turkey. the deputy leader of libya's ruling national transitional council says he's stepping down after series of protests against the country's new rulers saturday crowd stormed the council's headquarters in benghazi angry at the slow pace of democratic reform and demanding

the government's resignation protesters threw stones and metal bars at the building in the first acts of violence against libya's interim leaders demonstrators have been rallying for weeks in benghazi the epicenter of last year's revolution against the khadafi regime leadership of lacking transparency and want to know how libya's assets are being spent for more and more of the country's headed i'm joined by some kind of spokesman for the british civilians for peace in libya. thanks for your time so we set up the first n.p.c. official are leaving leaving his post after the latest protests are we going to see others give up as well and quit on demand by the people what do you think. absolutely i think so i think in his afterlife marma good off he is having the last laugh in relation to nato and the and the n t c i mean this has been a revolution of sodomizes and the lynchers of black i mean they've turned libya into a war and of the hunting of black skins they have they're selling off their oil and natural resources and sovereignty to nato and now the thieves that is the rebels

they're all falling out with each other they can't even be paid by their own masters in what they've done which is actually perform regime change on behalf of the former colonialists of libya that's the italians the french and the british and the americans now my sources on the ground tell me it's confirmed that there is a benghazi representative to the m.t.c. called mrs sam who has resigned and she had said that others are to follow and as you mentioned the deputy head has resigned after a violent protest against him now if you don't want to believe what gadhafi said about what was going to happen after the regime fell and everything that i would say that he said has come to pass then listen to the georgia or listen to of the georgia saying libya is descending into depravity and hatred i mean who is probably about to resign if he's not assassinated like the military head of the thought that eunice has said libya is in danger of descending into a bottomless pit so really this is the chief of freedom and democracy by nato it's all become very clear so in the event that there are members of the m.d.c.

who do step down who do you think will step in to replace them. you know who is the whoever can have the dog you know you think it's. the thing is with the new electoral law anyone who has any real association or loyalty to the previous regime of moammar gadhafi the gadhafi regime could control the whole of libya could find peace amongst all the tribes the new regime cannot even control something in one town or one area now the b.b.c. is reporting from gary young about the secret prisons about the torture torturing that's going on the b.b.c. is feigning surprise that this would be that this is the outcome of the nato enterprise in libya everyone knew this everyone with a little bit of political mouse and pragmatic reality could see that this is this was coming to pass but what about what about. still tortured in these you tube videos of him being tortured what about khalid came what about what about mr dawoud the representative to the united nations everyone in the united nations knows mr

bordeaux he is today being tortured he is being tortured and many other former senior regime people where is the red cross where is the united nations are they facilitate is to a nato project in libya or are they actually there to provide some semblance of humanitarian support so in terms of who's going to step in i mean who is going to step in to do what what can they actually manage in libya it's a complete farce and the people of syria and the people of lebanon and the people of the global south have to see about what's happening in libya is coming to them if they're not able to defend themselves and stop this western aggression i guess i was trying to say the national transitional council is failing to cover the basic needs of the people why do you think this is happening when there is so much oil wealth there this is this is happening because this is the business of the west is to absolutely devastate and knock out any country that's an obstacle to their total domination. in the world you know it's no coincidence who wouldn't want to use the as a reason to be in the west advantage to rebuild the infrastructure there to keep it

going so that in case their primary desire there is oil to have a functioning country that can keep providing it. a great chinese revolutionary said that the west only picks up a heavy rock need to drop it back on its feet you know they've they've picked up the enormous rock which is libya and isn't and isn't and is dropping constantly into the feet of nato meaning that they just alliances the political ones that they've made they're in a catch twenty two because the political winds of they've made these allies of the libya are absolutely just steep to deep into tribal into tribal conflict and into political fratricide of conflict so there really is no way out really for any type of order in libya perhaps and this is the this is the main strategy that the west want to knock out libya as a resistant nation the global south and try to secure in terms of security and western mercenaries etc the oil wealth of libya but it remains to be seen whether the resistance in libya can allow that to happen or not we have to leave it there a spokesman for the british civilians for peace in libya thanks for your time.

croatia has voted in favor of joining the e.u. the initial results were announced by the state referendum commission this after a third of the ballots had been counted saturday police clashed with protesters who tried to pull down a new flag ahead of the referendum almost half the population opposed the move according to surveys taken just before the vote crucial will join the block by july of next year its membership is approved by all twenty seven states and that's what advisor patrick young says there's nothing to gain though with a bloc. people like slovakia slovenia is stony up all coming to the europe european union they join the euro zone and they find it the worst poisoned chalice imaginable because slovakia nurses and pensioners are not getting paid a third of what they would get paid if they were working in greece and to add insult to injury they're actually paying money to the greeks in order to support their euro zone bailout we have clear examples of the german government trying very very hard to manipulate the politics of serbia serbia and its state kosovo and

you've got all sorts of issues arising through like the european union work when things seem to go against the european union's viewpoint they're dropping in technocrats we could argue that this is all because of huge economic problems in terms of the technocratic elements but of course what's happening is the groundswell on this on the streets the people in bucharest for example in romania are protesting because what they see is a european union that is not delivering its side of the dean and the deal is free trade and jobs and ultimately there is economic chaos within the european union at the moment driven from the euro zone and that is not to the advantage of croatian citizens. anger reaches a boiling point in romania which saw its worst violence in years as anti sturdy protesters clashed with police for the second week running people have been demanding the president and government step aside is against a backdrop of wage cuts and tax hikes in the e.u.

second poorest country struggling to meet the demands of its international creditors artie's tom barton has the latest from bucharest. night and day they come to screen defiance by single stare at sea and the feeling the government isn't listening have spilled over into anger even violence. our youth has no future they have no jobs. motive water is sixty she's worked all her life in a textile factory in bucharest but now she is forced to pay for social security out of her small and. they need to give us a fair pension and not tell us they're boring the money because they don't have it . water is not just here for herself her son left her mania but it's a need to try and find work young rumanians feel trapped into directing most of that around the president. protesters accuse him of trampling over democracy

and presiding over a political elite riddled with corruption. who wants to take the cesspit down down with disaster parents left us with a heritage and we're losing our children and just debt an 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 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 the situation they didn't even profited from it had to pay 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 storm all around us unfortunately is

a mighty tempest with economic consequences that inevitably affect us too. not good enough said the opposition who argue of course that they could do better or more every day discourage inefficient government stays in power as a dane last for rumania or judy is to shorten the period as much as we can honest fast as we can by fair elections with many that accepting there is no escape economically politics for them offers the only hope of change and that leads straight back out onto the streets here was the shouting. out of nowhere or the foundation of the movie was held on like it was for. him there was tara to watch it was unafraid of the president a little about the already here and you can see why when many of them want to tear it all down. yes it will be ready to remain you know. stay with us here on our

t.v. it's now seventeen minutes past the hour still plenty more to come in the program including this with less than fifty days to go we take a look at the current political climate in a rush ahead of the presidential elections in. but first europe and the u.s. have expressed their willingness to return to talks with iran over its controversial nuclear program despite this the e.u. is seemingly set to prove an embargo on iranian oil france even says the time to avoid military intervention is running out for the u.s. this week it strengthened its presence in the region sending a second aircraft carrier to the arabian sea reportedly planning to sail through the strait of hormuz which iran has threatened to block in response to sanctions the straits of strategic waterway which the majority of oil exports from the gulf to the west pass through brian becker from the anti-war answer coalition thinks washington may be deliberately escalating the situation to create the pretext for regime change. the united states government has created an artificial crisis that's

first and foremost it's a manufactured crisis iran is complying with the i.a.e.a. 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 and unlike 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 relations between london and

tehran took another hit this week iran said to signal a decision to kick its english language news channel press t.v. off british airwaves was a clear example of censorship the official reason cited for revoking the channel's license or a breach of broadcasting rules over editorial control and failure to pay a fine imposed last year press t.v. says it's been silenced for its descending use it thinks it was targeted for its critical coverage of issues ranging from the cost of the british royal wedding to last year's london riots through a recent you k. based author and media analyst things press t.v. is another victim of an ongoing campaign against iraq. if this had been separated from geopolitics they know that this would not have happened and some other kind of sanction would have been would have been made and the deal would have been struck so i think the press t.v. has been viewed through geo political terms and that is the breakdown of relations between britain and iran at the end of the day i think that most of the criticisms

of press t.v. ad been due to its coverage because you know it sees the middle east very differently for example than the mainstream media in britain this repeatedly comes up pro israeli groups repeatedly complain about it we know very well that the british government at the very highest level was discussing with the american ambassador how to limit press t.v.'s output in britain so now what we've got is we've got a real limiting of dialogue in the me in the british media and i think that's a tragedy and certainly a tragedy at a time when british arabian relations are at their lowest ebb for a long long period. u.s. congress has recalled two controversial anti-piracy bills this week after a massive internet blackout and hacker attacks on government websites millions of net users and web giants including we keep p.d.f. and google joined together to stand against the proposed legislation that was dubbed sopa and pipa if passed the bills would have allowed media conglomerates and copyright holders to shut down large parts of the web at the same time the

anonymous hacker group retaliated against the shutdown of the file sharing site mega upload claiming to have brought down the f.b.i. and white house sites in response barrett brown who's worked with anonymous on various operations and is sometimes seen as the face of the group believes the mega upload shutdown shows i think government can take action even without the new laws in place the problem is that the track record in all governments. is such that giving them. news almost always interpreted by themselves as a means of power. so and the way that you know that's the rate on megaupload cards in this opens it shows that even without sopa already in place here they are already arresting and resting the owners megaupload and shutting it down and in the future. there will be a number of other groups that will pop up using more. military not goods situation

it's worse in the grass and smells of war and the notable civil war in the us. more than a million people visit our web site r.t. dot com to get more information on sopa and people you can join then and let us know your opinion on the two controversial bills and what else is available online at our team dot com. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe in a farewell speech yemen's president ali abdullah saleh apologized for his mistakes and said it's time to hand over power he's leaving the country to have medical treatment in the u.s. yemen's parliament recently approved immunity from prosecution for a solider who's been accused of suppressing protests and ordering the deaths of demonstrators he is not expected to return to the country. another bombing on saturday night in the northern nigerian state of balochi has killed eleven people including several police and army personnel patrolling a check point two churches in the area also attacked meanwhile the death toll from a series of bombings in kaino friday now exceeding one hundred seventy and

continuing to rise is a lot a sect boko haram claims responsibility for the majority of violence plaguing northern nigeria since christmas. this week russia has seen a build up of political debate ahead of the march presidential race why of all caps and candidates are lining up with your putin setting out his vision for the country and some members of the public stepping up their efforts to ensure a transparent ballot. has more just under fifty days before the presidential election and major competing simmering in the candidate's headquarters mr putin decided to release his powers of persuasion on the electorate and nonpublic speak for it seems he's decided to be more scholarly speaking of the pen for the first in a series of articles planning his vision for the future of russia. built. the gravitation away for all dependents oil. extending welcoming

political dialogue and 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 develop. and this article is an invitation to such dialogue it's important to say that prime minister never. 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 december's post-election protest pulled together to form the league of constituents so they all know 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 in your group are quick to point out they're not going to turn into

a political party but due 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 with conclusion found himself during the card criticizing one of russia's most popular radio stations and moscow for being too protester in its coverage the prime minister told its editor in chief not to take offense of those words since i don't get mad when you cover me 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 they're hunched down with something that for years the political life in russia and roaring in wealth go go r.t. . we're back in a few moments with a recap of the week's headlines stay with us. more

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market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines in two cars a report. twelve thirty am in moscow the headlines arab league officials say the observer mission in syria that expires this week will be extended for another month the number of monitors also stepped up this despite criticism from the syrian opposition that wants to see the u.n. step in. in favor of joining the e.u. despite the issue previously sparking protests and some violent clashes this as the bloc itself continues to be shaken by anti austerity rallies with people in romania

now raising rising up against their about. other stories that shape the week tensions around tehran's nuclear program stirred further by e.u. plans to impose an embargo on iranian oil and the us building its warships presence in the region. and the power of the internet in action i'm not. of online backlash over u.s. plans to extend web censorship lead to this is spent you know pending anti-piracy legislation. when it comes to big money and us politics lobbyists are the one who know exactly how it works jack aber mob used to be one until he was convicted of conspiracy and mail fraud for his role in an extensive corruption case he now tells us why he thinks washington is corrupt to the core of the interview coming up. i'm sitting down with jack off once the most powerful lobbyist in.