going on there's a funeral procession going on at the same time as well so we were able to speak to the people who were living in this area to speak to some of the free syrian army members as well because of course a very little is known about who exactly these people are little is known about who exactly these people are really have made it very very clear to us just how divided the country is now becoming whilst we were that i was sort of a moment of confusion we did hear gunshots in the background some of the crowd got nervous and started running which for we we were all sort of told it was safer to leave it and we've been left that area a very tense situation certainly a very dangerous situation for the civilians in this area as well you gave these suburbs you can see bullet holes in the walls it's not really clare and so much of the country now who exactly has control and as we said you know the fact that this is now happening in a suburb just fifteen minutes will say from the city center here in damascus where

he goes to show you just how much the situation here is now deteriorating or russia has made its position extremely clear that they're not going to back the western resolution whilst it doesn't rule out the sanctions the military intervention they've put their own proposal forward and you've had this sort of back and forth with neither sides really being able to come to some form of agreement i mean the big sticking point here really is the military intervention because so many different factions in the country it is even more still here in the country very very hard to really understand who exactly is in charge where he was the voice of the people because this is a originally a peaceful protest movement even now got increasingly armed opposition groups sent those reports today that saudi arabia that could tar have said that they're going to be backing the opposition and providing funding and arms as well and the last thing that anyone wants to see here at the moment is that this conflicts of become even more. even more violent because that day death toll is you know just

devastatingly high at the moment talking to the people in this suburb today they were extremely emotional you know the people here in this country have lost all sense of safety all sense of security. so their excuse are for porting from syria until one has a blog on our to dot com where she's constantly posting the latest updates and pictures as well you can check it out learn more about every day by the suburbs of damascus also on our website we've caught up with the only foreign journalist prominently living in syria mainstream media coverage maybe distorting what's really going on behind the scenes all that more and more for you are. now libya's new government is being accused of torture and abuse in detention centers but it's also front today is suspending its mission and misra bust saying it's repeatedly treating patients for injuries sustained during interrogation with

thousands of gadhafi loyalists still behind bars it's raising kid questions about the people nato helped bring to power. now reports. doctors without borders known for going do their job in the most dangerous and notorious places around the globe but in n.t. see. the group has encountered a formidable obstacle they couldn't overcome burns from electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all the evidence of the continued to churn of prisoners say the doctors and now off the two inmates died from reaching the international group has stalled its mission in protest. patients were brought to us in the middle of interrogation for medical care in order to make them fit for further interrogation this is an acceptable our rule is to provide medical care to war casualties and sick detainees not to repeatedly treat the same patients between torture sessions the news comes amidst rising anger with libya's interim government

demonstrations in benghazi last week ended with the resignation of a high ranking member of the m.t.c. in the former gadhafi stronghold of bani walid locals pushed out their traditional council forces claiming systematic abuse it started with the very beginning of the rebellion very beginning of the insurrection the second day of the rebellion on eighteenth of february the african migrants were rounded up locked in a detention center and burnt to death and then peace expressed support for this time and this is part of the strategy of the west you know divide and rule and that was given the green light of the torture and execution that we're seeing now so this is a clear recipe for civil war meanwhile the nato operation that brought the m.t.c. to power is by itself raising questions. a high profile international team of human rights activists has been to leave here to

investigate some of make sure that it bears entity of where with that if we go in the throngs and there were guiding the air raids and directing them and court of dating them if you are mandated. protectively view that. it is very very accurate in a way that i myself saw the killing of so many people in front of moore my eyes are so the killing of fifty one people in front of my eyes being dissed was fifteen years old and while all sides and believe in conflict are to blame for violence and violations of human rights activists claim not all of them have been held responsible for their wrongdoings investigating what happened during libya's seven months civil war and the nato campaign to protect civilians this fact the mission discovered again crimes against humanity but the goal was not to judge but to shed

light on what happened and not to repeat the mistakes in recent united nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly. r.t. . there's further fallout from the notorious international online piracy pact it's being signed around europe a french m.e.p. has quit calling the uk to deal and in poland thousands marched in protest even m.p.'s down the anonymous hacker groups masks to sell their contempt like sirus have reports from warsaw. down with censorship the end so i come to a few trade agreement known as act which poland signed on thursday has upset many

internet users across the country in the small town of libyan alone several thousand people hit the streets fearing the treaty would allow corporations to crackdown on the freedom of speech online the idea of funding. for publishing the trademarked material. is somehow illogical to me it's like punishing the corporation that produces knifes for. being used to kill somebody that will be used to our internet activity i believe that talking through the internet email for a form of self-expression this was yet another rally in a whole string of protests held in poland since tuesday large crowds in several cities voiced their anger at the government for signing the document most of the country's government websites were hijacked by the anonymous group they had threatened to reveal sensitive information about the authorities should they go

ahead with the act there are certain countries which are very interested in. this is this is a former this is a job. and because day. long businesses. are property laws and they want to enforce it all over the world but this doesn't mean that this is good for the people and this is why would we have this protest in poland because people feel oppressed by that essentially. actor is about protecting intellectual property from music and books to pharmaceuticals and clothes similar in form to the stalled us bill sober and people that also sparked widespread protests however critics say actor was engineered in complete secrecy bypassing government procedures and the criminal punishment it allows alerted many in the legislation must be founded in the public opinion of what's right and wrong when

you have a copyright industry that's talking about extraditing a person who has done nothing but linking to t.v. shows extradition does something useful murder and genocide as this is such an abuse of power. think is time is more than ripe for a serious review of what we want with copyright law and it's certainly not calling out just terrorists very. few doubt this will happen given that prime minister to six party holds a majority in the save the government says the agreement is not a threat to freedom but maintained the internet should not be a space of legal. but protesters say they will bring even more people to war so central square on friday to stop it becoming law in the space of just three days protests unfold have managed to gather tens of thousands of people and wow there's a still little chance that this bill would not make it through parliament the

rallies unlikely to die down let's you know r.t. reporting from poland. well let's now get some more on this from robert harris from the u.k. the pirate party now joins us live via broadband thanks for being with us making movies is a business and people who are involved surely expect and deserve profit for their work in africa isn't that what is designed to protect here. the whole outfit is obvious is the right of those who benefit from the current copyright model which is completely. current how it goes got the internet over there is that what this. the more music and films that get sold in the last incentive there is to make anymore but those sharing content argue it actually attracts more interest in genuine purchasing along the line where do you think the middle ground is here.

us that we think there's any middle ground i think we've got a group of people who benefit from the current. who don't want to try and change anything and we've got a lot is that just drawn in a force that is not on and i thought i don't think it's correct that people who share music. online spend more than the fact that binge results in numerous studies have shown that. maybe it's a big relief today the industry needs to try and want to watch to make sure that the time from a new business to ensure that you can still get profit in the current. i'd like to ask you about a separate development twitter saying it can now filter out tweets per country depending on local laws where the censorship hammer now falling means government ordering us out down when they're unhappy or twitter when it's seen as free speech platform in

a press of countries per se. i think we've got some twenty. reading. it think about that i mean is that pharmacy censorship by ensuring an economic only sense that it needs to. start out with a do censorship. very well i will tell you that we have people such as the prime minister in the u.k. head david cameron made a statement of the hope that that was wanting in that way. so it's about. down during future. the big promises we've got in the start to the arab spring starts around about a year ago which heavily with the prime interest. in how social for after success and we don't want to have a situation where that not popular debt. all right robert harris from the u.k.'s pirate party thank you very much for your input. well if you're minutes from now

here in archie the euro's undergoes financial forensics in switzerland. the house and have nots gather in the swiss alps at the davos world economic forum to try to sort out the highs and lows of the global economy deeply in trouble and the future of the eurozone we'll have more coming up. on five names are cleared to run for russia's top job in march we'll tell you winding up later on. we run can cut off its oil supplies to europe as early as next week in a radian m.p.'s signaled when they could flick the switch with part of them and prepared to debate it on sunday is to preempt the e.u. embargo set to start in july which is designed to force iran into talks over its nuclear work arounds repeatedly said in recent weeks that it's ready to do just that but the u.s. first wants iran to prove its atomic program is. nuclear inspectors are due there

in the coming days syringe from the campaign against sanctions and military intervention in the wrong things to europe and the us are really interested in talking. to a grace period that the vision for six months for does go to take place may actually not be that graceful so iran is taking matters into his own hand and the other issue is that it shows the complex feeling in the midst of politics and the power that the iranian parliament holds and that is accountable to its people and it's not going to just sit back and watch what's going to happen to the national. the wrong foot nuclear issues really an excuse for deepening the confrontation between iran and the list actually as the same time that is imposing does involve those on the run if you see that some european countries are selling more arms to the countries to the arab countries off the persian gulf so they are benefiting from this is iran the phobia of a start creating in the region so why solve the problem with negotiations why some

countries are cashing in by deepening the conflict already. we're keeping an eye on developments around iran and other world flashpoints at r.t. dot com many other stories there too here is what's lined up today a one time series overhaul reverberated worldwide twenty five years after me how did a bunch of introduced produce the i got to the u.s.s.r. we assess its successes and struggles. and nature gives norway a night to remember sit back and enjoy the show with one of the most spectacular northern lights displays in a long time it's on our you tube channel right now. but delegates in davos have got their money on the table today as the world economic forum assesses the dollar euro and the struggling euro zone in the future of heavily indebted greece is inevitably on the cards with cautious optimism and sharp criticism alike are just more lyster isn't davus. we heard from

a number. of ministers and also from. the president. monetary affairs for the european commission we heard them all speak today in a panel and strike an optimistic note that they believe that things will be resolved now many people would disagree with that but as far as the people on stage . and was confident that the greek bondholders will come to an agreement on greek debt write downs and haircuts this week and that's kind of what made the major headlines and also believing that the fiscal compact the tighter fiscal compact for the eurozone will come together and a meeting on monday and that would impose of course fines for people that are countries rather break the deficit and debt ceiling rules we saw today that spain their unemployment rate came out a seventeen year high of twenty two point eighty five percent the finance minister from spain says that this is the biggest issue facing the spanish economy and we

know spain is one of the largest economies in europe also a lot of disagreement over euro zone solutions we've seen george soros we've seen david cameron we've seen some finance ministers to timothy geithner say a larger fire wall is needed basically saying more bailout funds need to be committed from angela merkel's remarks we heard earlier this week she was trying to convince people that europe would be fine without pledging more money timothy geitner we did hear from today the u.s. treasury secretary i thought was pretty interesting he said that the two biggest issues facing the u.s. economy that will determine its outcome are what happens in the euro zone and whether or not the u.s. congress can agree on some short term solutions for the u.s. economy i thought this was quite interesting because although yes the eurozone economy very much weighs on the united states i've heard from italian economists for example that year and the u.s. they're much more pessimistic about europe and maybe part of that is coming from the fact that it is an easy scapegoat for u.s. politicians to say oh what's going on in the u.s. is dependent on europe when in reality the u.s. has some major problems of its own

a major debt overhang both private and pup. blick the fed has been very active in trying to reflate the economy but an effective and effective does far high unemployment more than sixteen percent for people that either don't have work or want more work you know these are some real issues that the eurozone has nothing to do it and a congress that is bitterly divided in an election year is not likely to pass much so some real concerns that are being addressed here well five candidates are in the running for russia's top job in march electoral commissions confirm the applicants for the presidency and are to use peter all over the shortlist. the central election commission of put the rubber stamp on the five names that will be running for the top job in russia on the fourth of march now those going for president will be blood of me and putin from the united russia party again it is uganda all from the communist side of the middle of all of their russia vladimir zhirinovsky from the liberal democrats and the independent candidate billionaire who are all heard all four of those five do actually have their current jobs in office to do they are

well but to be approved is the prime minister the rest of the leaders of their respective political parties to help a lot of is the the the only candidate who doesn't currently hold office sodomy prince but he must be going about his job as prime minister he was in siberia a few days ago in his hometown of st petersburg to day. not so much campaigning as they say is really going about that role of being the pm we have seen as amy how brutal the only candidate that doesn't currently hold office he's in siberia at the moment trying to show his face and press the flesh amongst those who perhaps maybe don't know who he is the. billionaire owner of the new york fed the new jersey nets is he is somewhat a familiar face in moscow and st petersburg he's going out to the the far east of this all of the far east of the siberia to try and show his face there to make sure you can jog support as for the other candidates we've seen them that he should and also given the lib dems and so to give it all up from a russian speaking in the duma just behind me to say they are the leaders of their

respective parties their joining up support in their own way as is gone off from the communists so it is starting to slip into the next gear as we approach that election on the fourth of march. let's take a look now at some other stories from around the world a blast at the funeral procession outside baghdad killing at least thirty two people and wounding sixty five explosions stockers mourners gathered to bury a person killed a day earlier there have been more than two hundred deaths since the beginning of the year with increasing sectarian attacks since american troops last december. the firm that owns the capsized cruise ship off italy's coast is offering passengers fourteen thousand dollars in compensation it also promises to refund medical and transport expenses of the holiday sixteen people are confirmed dead while over a dozen remain missing the ship ran aground off tuscany two weeks ago with more than four thousand people on board. and sixteen kilos of cocaine have

been seized at the un headquarters in new york but turned up last week march with a fake u.n. insignia and came from mexico the global body it says it nor its staff were the intended recipients it's thought to have been a bungled attempt by traffickers to get drugs into the u.s. . now one of the most notorious terrorist in russia's north caucasus has been killed in a counter terror operation in the republic of korea. was behind a market bombing invited cause in september twenty ten which killed one thousand people with a live was i had the head of the largest terrorist network in the republic as well as one of the leaders of the international terror group because two other gunmen were also killed in the shootout which lasted several hours and explosive device in arms cache cache and a suicide belt were found in the building where the terrorists were hyped. that

brings up to date from the news desk business is here next to me. welcome to the program cautious optimism is the message from the world economic forum and the potential for catastrophe remains especially in europe but a number of politicians and heavyweights industrialists think much of the rescue work has been done told them in the head of investment banking at troika dialogue says the event has done much to clarify economic sentiment. that's been outstanding opportunity for some of the world's leaders politically in commercially to come together and share some ideas about how to resolve the crisis not only in europe but some of the other global problems that we face today having said that i think most people and i'm certainly i'm cautiously optimistic about a resolution of some of the issues that we're facing in europe today but i have not seen anybody who would display signs of terror and it's a really i think quite

a unique opportunity for some of the leadership of across europe across the world in fact to come together and share ideas in an open and frankly very constructive way i think that a lot of the solutions that have been talked about over the last weeks and months this has been an opportunity to move those ideas forward and whether there are concrete outcomes is probably less important than the fact that a lot of the leadership of the world has come here in order to actually focus on these issues and again i think it's a been a very very constructive dialogue rather nice sun is moving closer to increasing its share in the russian economy after bass speaking at the devil's forum the head of the group says an agreement could be reached within weeks plans to raise its stake from twenty five percent to fifty percent expects after vows to provide the law and share of read-only sound sales in russia. there is a lot of progress hopefully sean i'm not going to tell you when but soon we'll be able to announce for you

a positive conclusion hopefully weeks maybe months but i don't think it should last but we have a goal of forty percent participation to help market share of the seed the largest part of feed when we come from which is of a brand of off the us and it would be sure to buy rudolph. from the other side so it's got just a few cheap work made by three brands addressing different different people. look at the markets and a lot is actually changed over the past couple of hours except for the crude movements still positive light sweet still above one hundred dollars per barrel now why have i said a lot of changes because we've had the latest g.d.p. figures coming out from the united states and they've come in at two point eight percent growth in the final three months of twenty eleven when a three percent growth was anticipated therefore you see that the footsie and the dax have reversed into the red the fancy down more than one percent lead by mining

in energy shares. let's move over to russia which has another twenty minutes of trading left on the clock and also a change of mood the odds us moving down point eight percent in my six point six percent overall the week has been positive so far around one point two percent growth for overall segment of what's moving the my sex this hour now financials have reversed above and was one of the biggest gainers among liquid stocks is now down a notch gazprom still down also m m k as it increased its movement into the red down two percent as the market is unimpressed with a seven percent production increase and twenty left. when it comes to their currencies not much of a change be a ruble is weak of vs the dollar by around thirteen copecks versus the euro it's up eight copecks whereas the euro is just slightly stronger versus the all my clothes and mark. the double dip recession in europe is all but

a reality the continent's problems will also drag on the rest of the world's international monetary fund now thanks to global growth this year will slow to three point three percent from four percent it was predicted just a few months ago russia is not immune the i.m.f. says the country should focus on targeting inflation to protect itself from external shocks. russia needs to the ruble to be flexible flexible extra sure it is a very important component of a successful inflation targeting this is the experience from all countries that have made that transition and here russia is moving in the right direction i think there's a realisation that you cannot target both the action and inflation at the same time so the banker rush has a lot a lot more flexibility in the ruble since two thousand and it also has defects that when and if things get worse than in the us or globally flexible actions they will help to some extent insulate the russian economy so it also has that effect that

will limit the effect on russia. over the crisis. headlines on x. amount see with a nice. lose lose.

your guard see live from moscow for headlines the free syrian army takes control of a damascus suburb with violent clashes with reports houses opposition fighters now move towards the capital center that's what the u.s. do for a closed door talks in the few hours on a resolution which backs arab league calls to get president assad to go. libya's

new leaders face accusations of torture and doctors without borders pull out of a key city thank the same pace and. for turning but with new interrogation in dreams it's raising few questions among human rights groups about the people of nato how into power. and the public politicians and after of lash out against an international online piracy pact a french m.p. has m.e.p. who has quit over on the rallies continue in poland to stop a secretive deal having regular internet users. up next year in order to moscow out continues its italian twist.