reports of errors a desperate need for mediation in the region conflict. crucially was also expected to happen is that they are going to be bolstering this mission by increasing the numbers and also by providing training by the u.n. to these officials now we've actually been following them for the past five days and was become 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 one of the major questions that's been raised at the end of this particular mandate was just how successful the mission had been in sort of advancing the situation here in the country this does need that's where the u.n. training is going to come and play a very pivotal role because what's desperately needed in the country right now are people who are very experienced conflict resolution to stop promoting genuine

dialogue now between all the many 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 the remained in the country this is the area that you see in the so-called free syrian army take control of it in the last few days a temporary ceasefire because between the government forces and free syrian army so we've seen it in to cities to see all stream 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 but it's actually an actual fact very very difficult to know exactly who is in charge here the people's houses that we were showing in the city center had been absolutely devastated by the fighting with the children who have been showing us some of the bullet casings that they found around the area all the houses in this part you can see the destruction from the fighting that's been

going are very very dramatic. and this is a. that's worth extremely concerning the people there with a living heard extremely dangerous situation it's not really clear who exactly is in charge think killing hate and that makes the situation very very dangerous and this human cost of the conflict there has been devastatingly high and that's a linear sense of everyone right now is to find some kind of resolution the president had in the invited. by the us. that is done there and. meanwhile the opposition a syrian national council says it plans to press the u.n. security council for intervention in the country where thousands have died in the on rights council believes arab league observers happen useless at ending hostilities and insists that foreign involvement is the only way out but as artie's maria financial reports and there are doubts about the opposition leader's motives

khaled hold just from the syrian national council the country's main official opposition body says make him 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 international community in order to reach this syrian people's freedom and although it's been run by the paris based exile about how the absence he has been recognized as the country's legitimate government by the new libyan authorities and supported by some easy and nato countries which has made some down to the council's innocent intentions with regards to libya the promised 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 brokering 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 a brave thing right opposition forces and their major goal is to overthrow the regime but there is a difference to the essence is headquarters are not in damascus but here in istanbul we are not talking about democratic regime if i go to syria 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 and with the free syrian army fighters who defected from

assad's military in was a clear shift from the essences initial entirely known armed peaceful stance to the cowsills who sees humanitarian corridors and buffer zones as options to protect civilians in syria even though these might mean foreign troops arriving this is a top is all paris operation where this year that gas has been used to activists and that jeddah they need to watch it because they don't want they want to destabilize syria because they want syria to be part of nato at least league to label the opposition claims is just a matter of time before the joint after his sooner or later will force president assad out while 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 it. turkey. dr omar and

a sob he says one thing really observer mission to syria has accomplished is to show abuses that have been committed by both sides. i think it's time in syria for dialogue and the president president assad has created the platform for such dialogue in the same time the arab league has declared an extension for the monitors mission the other monitors mission in syria the arab monitors mission is as your report just stated a few minutes ago that it's lacking manpower it's lacking equipment it's lacking training it needs more time to actually build a comprehensive report on what's there however the first report the trillium in a report has been leaked to the media and i have i have had access to parts of this report this report shows that the there are some grave violations on both sides.

the opposition or what the so called city and free army you have been also using heavy gunfire against civilians it's time that the opposition showed food face. shows a positive sign because it is of the interest of no one of no one's interests that need to steps in they will be destruction and they will be chaos as was the case in libya and as we have seen recently in libya things are not really turning into the beautiful democracy that everybody was dreaming off and the same will happen in syria. and now to developments in libya the deputy head of the country's national transitional council has announced his resignation as a series of protests against the new government continue abdel harvey's go has been accused of being an opportunist who switched allegiances from the gadhafi regime as the uprising kicked off on saturday crowds of protesters stormed the m.t.c. headquarters in benghazi angered by the way the council was handling the country's

assets demonstrators three stones and metal bars that the building breaking windows and damaging the car of the head of the mass rallies have been raging for weeks in benghazi considered the cradle of the revolution that toppled colonel gadhafi. an expert on north african affairs says the council's main goal is to secure western oil interests not establish democracy. mission in libya for example who's not in the country maybe already had the highest standard of living in all of north africa where libya does have is the largest global oil reserve and the oil reserve in africa that is with the national transitional council are being supported in order that they should promote wester all companies with some financial interest in libya and the people will just have to be rid of the people have already been killed a little veritable genocide has taken place as we've seen in iraq so in

a way the same pattern is repeated over and over again where there's a double standard they say that they are promoting democracy but what they are basically doing are promoting good financial and political interest of the global power elite embedded inside the united states the european union and israel. vote counting is underway in croatia's historic referendum on joining the e.u. signs in the us session treaty last year and it could become the union's twentieth member by july two thousand and thirteen if all member states ratify the deal archie's time pardon is in croatia for us. come out about sixty six percent of the population who did vote voted for the four croatia to join you about thirty three percent against that's not as much as was predicted even a couple of years ago it was about seventy eight percent in favor so there has been a slide away from that but it seems most likely that the will now go ahead to join

the e.u. next july a lot of the more conservative elements of society here feel very passionately that they do not want to join another union they see brussels is essentially another belgrade as far as they're concerned that could rule from a fun you have to bear in mind when you look when you're talking about croatia it's parsed especially in these last twenty years since the end of communism in the former yugoslavia croatia has fought very hard for the independence it has now with a group of protesters who felt extremely strongly that the that this referendum and that the e.u. accession would essentially hand away with hunter way croatia's independence to the e.u. was their central message of course is this this is very strong debate that will go on about what the economic consequences are of for joining the e.u.

for croatia a lot of strong feelings about the e.u. have been felt here in pro aisha they've also been felt in other countries just a few days ago i was in remain here this is the second poorest country tree in the at the moment and they have been the largest protests there since remaining the fall of communism. 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. motive 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. water is not just here for herself her son left her mania but it's illegal to

try and find work young rumanians feel trapped and directing most of their anger at the president. protesters accuse him of trampling over democracy and presiding over a political elite riddled with corruption. who wants to take dissent screwed down down with disaster parents left us with a heritage and we're leaving our children with 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 steered the country to 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 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. 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 judy is to shorten the period as much as we can honest fast as we can by fair elections with many of them accepting there is no escape economically politics for them offers the only hope of change and that leads straight back out onto the streets here. out of nowhere is the foundation of

the well don't like it was presented. there was tara to watch it. the president live about to have it here and you can see why when many of us want to tear it all down. yes. europe and the u.s. have expressed their willingness to return to thailand with iran over its nuclear program but despite that the e.u. seems about set to approve an unprecedented embargo on iranian oil france says tougher sanctions are the only way to avoid military action the u.s. and its turn has strengthened its presence in the region by sending a second aircraft carrier to the arabian sea it's reportedly planning to sail through the strait of hormuz which iran has threatened to block in response to sanctions the seaway is a strategic passage for the majority of oil exports from the gulf to the west brian becker from the anti-war answer coalition says washington is deliberately

escalating 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 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 and 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. iran was the main issue discussed by american and israeli military officials when they met friday with washington opposing any unilateral israeli action against nuclear sites but as polar sleeper reports it's not only out of around that fears a military strike people in israel are also on edge. 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 amir 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 the rain ians for 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 ran but 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 and 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 grimmer nation but. iran has many enemies. 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 their biggest joint military drill before the end of the year it would see thousands of american troops deployed in israel where he ran it's the most blatant sign that an attacks coming but no one in israel will come on record and say there is a covert war on iran all talk of an israeli strike is limited to the airwaves

policy r.t. jerusalem. relations with the u.k. have been further strain this week over london's decision to take iranian english language news channel press t.v. off british air iran called the move a clear example of censorship british officials say the channel broke broadcasting rules of editorial control and failed to pay a fine imposed last year but press t.v. believes it's being silenced for a dissenting views phil reese u.k. based author and media analyst believes the channel is another victim of an ongoing campaign against iran. if this had been separated from geopolitics you know with this would not have happened some 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 geopolitical terms so 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 here 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 relations are at their lowest ebb for a long long period. well across the atlantic a freedom of speech battle of a different kind for sundry way the u.s. congress buckled to pressure and recalled to anti-piracy bills this week after a massive internet blackout and hacker attacks on government websites millions of net users and web giants such as wikipedia and google joined together to stand against the proposed legislation if passed the sopa and people laws would have

allowed top media conglomerates and copyright holders to shut down large portions of the web without involving the courts at the same time the anonymous hafter group retaliated against the shutdown of the file sharing site make up upload claiming to have brought down the f.b.i. and white house websites barrett brown who's worked with anonymous on various operations believes the mega upload shutdown shows the government will take action even without new laws in place. 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 them so. as a means of power many other things so and the way that you know this is the raid on megaupload cards in this opens it shows that even without so-called already in place you know already arresting and resting the owners of megaupload and shutting it down and in the future a very near future as you'll see there will be

a number of other groups that will pop up using more military not goods and situation it's worse in the grass and smells of war and the notable civil war in the us. now let's take a look at what else is making news around the world this hour yemen's president only. left his nation after a farewell speech in which he 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. after which he is expected to return as head of the general people's congress party yemen's parliament recently approved immunity from parts prosecution for saleh who's been accused of suppressing protests and ordering the killing of demonstrators. another bombing on saturday night in the north nigerian state of she has killed eleven people including several police and army personnel patrolling a check point two churches in the area were also attacked meanwhile the death toll from a series of bombings in toronto on friday now exceeds one hundred seventy and continues

to rise as well the sect boko haram has claimed responsibility for the majority of the violence that's plagued northern nigeria since christmas. beijing rings in the chinese new year in spectacular fashion from a bell tower in an ancient part of the capital it's traditional to sound the bell one hundred eight times to herald the start of the lunar calendar year the night sky was also lit up by fireworks displays across the country as more than a billion people celebrated beginning the year of water. this week russia has seen al build up of political debate ahead of the march presidential election rival camps and candidates are lining up with blood to miniport in setting out his vision for the country and some members of the public increasing their efforts to ensure a transparent ballot. has more. but just under fifty days before the march

presidential election and major campaign still simmering in the candidates headquarters mr putin decided to unleash his powers of persuasion on the electorate a known public 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 i standing welcoming political dialogue and the strengthening of civil society in russia bush and 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 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 delivery of constituents so they all know where she is tremendous a new public mood has blossomed people are showing the desire to make an educated vote to know where their polls are going to. look the country needs competitive politics those behind the other group are quick to point out they're not going to turn into a political party but do go to become a major support group for anyone wanting to make a difference with their vote i didn't have your logical activists are nothing without this type of newly found public support there to help boost them are the key to public support is good news here and that's with conclusion found he's down to a record low criticizing one of russia's most popular radio stations and moscow for

being too promised or in its coverage. the prime minister told its interim chief not to take offense of his words since i don't get mad when you cover me with liquid crap from dawn till dusk the government the opposition and the electorate all seem to realise they have to think fast and act quickly in order to get the ball rolling with a presidential election just around the corner so after hunt down which is something a lot of the four years the political life in russia and roaring in will go in goes go r t. i'll be back with a recap of this week's main headlines in just a few moments.

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for being with us three thirty here in moscow and a round up of the week's top stories in today's headlines the arab league calls on syrian president bashar al assad to surrender some of his powers to his vice president and form a national unity government with the opposition this comes as the league extends its observer mission despite a lack of progress and doing almost a year of violence. early results show croatia has voted in favor of joining the european union as comes as yet another member of the financially stricken union

romania this is up against its governments and the measures. and other stories that shape this week tension over iran's nuclear program reaches new highs as the e.u. debates and oil embargo and the u.s. ups its military presence in the region. and the power of the internet in action a massive online backlash over u.s. plans to expand website and search it leads to the suspension of pending anti-piracy all that's. up next is a special report from nigeria they are multinational corporations instigate tribal tensions as a smokescreen smokescreen to manipulate the country's vast natural resources state with our team but the best is yet to be seen lost in the brush just a few meters away. before. you know there's.