as condemning of the thing it could actually result in more bloodshed and foreign military intervention at the un security council resolution on syria is under consideration russia rejected the latest draft put forward by e.u. and arab states calling for regime change in the country and allowing further action if damascus doesn't comply political analyst david letterman believes it's not a coincidence that the arab league throws its mission just as western powers up the calls for foreign intervention. well my goodness that sounds like a no fly zone to different language it was an open sesame to direct intervention meeting with the observers were saying it to syria you know they picked the wrong man to lead the mission the sudanese general the they thought they had the air man in charge who would deliver the goods against the side believing him for everything going or who what a general he do what he said assad is cooperating it's exactly the opposite of what

the last one they wanted a precarious just step up whatever they have in mind which is some kind of new day the best solution is the way the sooner you settle it so i want to see it is usually a chicken opposition in syria syria is an authoritarian state a reporter in the when they got a young order that we could do it go get a national poll that apparently go some credibility so that the oven jari of syrians aside for america and britain and the arab league to intervene in syria as the scene is and to have an arrogant resolution saying and all the way to what you are unique in you to weeks well assad absolutely should in diplomatic way which tell these people to to go. well around one hundred observers are still in syria awaiting further instructions but gulf nations are not taking part they withdrew their monitors saying the mission has failed to hold the syrian government to its

pledge to end violence but it's our further reports weakening the fact finding team leave syrians on the ground preparing for the worst. saying their good bye and heading home they've said it's from the gulf states leave for the airport then mission incomplete leaving behind a country in a deepening crisis is never going to be easy so you want the arab league monitors to stay. i don't want to cry from the word gay the missions prefer problematic the opposition accuse the monitors of being too closely aligned with the government the government's now accused of being part of a foreign conspiracy and they will it just tickle complains to the observers seemed ill equipped on the ground and there were concerns that they were simply too few numbers to undertake such a major task but if things were bad at the beginning now they seem even worse

following in saudi arabia's footsteps all the gulf states withdrew their observers after damascus rejected their recent proposal that included president power to a deputy and a unity government was interesting that this conference is very interested in democracy and they have nothing and this is the most interesting this is something pani will talk about. or will have a new constitution we are going to more democratic country multi-party it was about what about to do about the west talk about syria which would be true changed. lives. damascus is rejection was no surprise those sides of the conflict of shame equal unwillingness to soften their stance even when the daily death toll in the country continually rising the killing of the head of the syrian arab red crescent was on the road to damascus yet another remind the spiraling situation. of the

observers at such a crucial may even to the country's quite serious is seen as controversial the arab league essentially has no credibility on the arab street. what the arab league mission is trying to accomplish he's got enough evidence concrete everything about human rights abuses on the part of the also very team to the intake to the u.n. and the evidence will be so strong that even russia and china both feel compelled to work but as of now one month after this mission started they seem to know the monitors things and i know more about what's going on the ground than they did at the beginning and so it all looks like you know we're going back to square one as the death toll rises the earlier proposal being floated to increase the number as it is on the ground and provide them with u.n. training could be a life saving would but for now those plans have been pissed on hold in fact much of the substance of the report that they graded pieces on both sides seems to have

been lost in the flurry of diplomatic activity now france and britain have joined forces at the united nations to try to end president assad's rule waving goodbye to that gulf state colleagues some observers remain but it's small consolation syria didn't close the doors in for the arab league i think. it's diplomacy would give anyone to help the syrian but the last decision in the hands of the syrian people not in the hands not arab league squad council it's a gloomy outlook for the country with little regional or international agreements or what action should be taken to stop the violence of putting an end to the crisis seem to be slipping further and further as a very. artsy damascus syria. well if syria is locked in a spiral of violence and libya is not far behind coming up on our team months after the fall of gadhafi respected n.g.o.s doctors without borders suspended mission to

libya after being forced to treat torture victims were then sent straight back for further interrogation. but first un nuclear inspectors have started a three day mission to examine iran's atomic activities tehran says it's certain the talks the first in more than three years will prove its program's purpose is purely peaceful the i.a.e.a. visit comes at a time when tensions between iran and the west are approaching crisis level on monday even nations adopted an unprecedented set of sanctions against the islamic republic which include a complete embargo on oil supplies from iran that's meant to come into force in july but experts say the imposed ban will hit the struggling european economy much more than the iranian this is not in favor of european interests what we are doing with this stupid senseless and also wrong embargo and what we clearly see is that this happens upon washington's wishes so we have

a few countries greece in the forefront with twenty five percent of its overall oil imports in two thousand and ten the coming from iran but then we have italy with spain with ten percent so in this regard we do have a lot of european mostly homemade problems now in addition to that we have problems with this oil embargo and as we see on the other hand i just spoke to some of your renewed friends iran will do quite well even under the embargo. well meanwhile tehran is preparing a response to the e.u. in bargo range of lawmakers are considering an immediate halt of oil sales to europe sure i'm sure friday an activist from the campaign against sanctions and military intervention in iran says the measure shows tehran is powerful enough not succumb to economic pressure the 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 hands and the other issue is that it shows a complex city are 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 sovereignty off the wrong to issues really an excuse for deepening the confrontation between iran and the list actually has the same time that imposing does involve those on the wrong if you see that some european countries are selling more offers to the countries to the arab countries us to persian gulf so they are benefiting from this is iran the phobia to start creating in the region so why solve the problem with negotiations why some countries are cashing in. we're keeping a close eye on the iranian oil and nuclear saga on air and online for you head to our web site r t v dot com for more analysis and updates on the latest developments .

well u.s. occupy movement protests once again turned violent and open in california police fired tear gas and being backgrounds and some two thousand demonstrators several hundred were arrested as they attempted to occupy a bank it can fensham center before storming into city hall parties were an important house more it began around saturday afternoon when roughly two hundred fifty. occupy optimists in oakland california began demonstrating in the streets and as hours passed the crowd grew stronger and stronger up to crossly twenty two thousand people strong ultimately what the goal was for this demonstration is for protesters to take over and abandoned building where they wanted to

create their new headquarters because as our viewers may remember crossed the country in the united states just a few months ago police departments are removed activists from their camps of this was an attempt for oakland optimist to set up a new headquarters but as the crowd grew stronger and larger of the engine late the police in oakland began firing tear gas and flash her means at the top to high up to this morning to the police they say members of the crowd began throwing things at not the officers and that is what ultimately triggered this clash between police officers and occupy optimist but it was as. you know this is not the first time we've seen a fierce clash between officers an activist in oakland california topped in october there was three hundred people arrested and a former u.s.

marine by the name scott olsen was left in critical condition with a head injury from being struck in the head by police tear gas canister canister and this is something i put a lot of criticism on the police department in oakland california they've been criticized for being very harsh with occupy out. well those occupy protests in america come against the background of the race for the white house military might or coping with the crisis find out what president obama's administration is putting top of its to do list our expert evaluates the leaders state of the union speech. election agitation i get a shot i sense a group we take a look at how politicians are making a push for power on the internet. but it's been a turbulent week for poland which song thousands of people protesting against the anti web piracy pact their countries signed up to along with twenty one other

european states say the multinational deal which still needs to be ratified by the european parliament allows firms to censor the internet. reports from warsaw. at first thousands across poland directed their anger squarely at the notorious anti counterfeit trade agreement the idea of funding. for publishing the. material it's somehow illogical to me it's like punishing the corporation that produces knifes for. being used to kill somebody but with every passing rally the protest grew more political the crowds put prime minister government under fire for signing the agreement on thursday most governmental websites were hijacked by the anonymous hacker group i think they were trying to maximize us with. the promise is that there would be a sudden closer touch to the documents that says that we have rights. to. the

rights for our own interpretation of the can but that's not possible knows a lot from our government technically active should be a good thing protecting intellectual property ranging from music to design your bags but the global online community fears corporations will use it to police the web and take regular users offline for harmless internet behavior it certainly has a striking resemblance to the much debated sopa bill in the united states which sent even online giants like google and wikipedia to take direct action but the law was only meant to work locally across the atlantic while act would be applied more globally. racial groups and in some countries it needs to be ratified by parliament but not in every country so we have another. failed but actor is still an option for many many

countries it was too much for one french e.u. deputy he quit calling act a charade then came the twitter twist the micro-blogging site saying it can now censor tweets country by country. active protests in. war so we're expected to gather up to forty thousand people but a sudden big freeze kept many away nevertheless the intends to rally for several more weeks hoping to urge war soldiers ruling circles to take a step back do you want other e.u. member states along with poland signed but it's only here that the decision has caused so much control over sea and public dissent the document is yet to be ratified by the country spar limits leaves the possibility of more protests everywhere across the european continent let's. see reporting from poland. well as our correspondent mentioned the microblogging from twitter is enough. we've got more analysis on our web site including one suggestion that the move will

ultimately backfire on governments. make it very clear to their users your government is censoring you and i think that will be a huge step in pressuring people to show the stuff that was also pressuring governments to change their policies and you can watch the full conversation with the internet liberty campaigner. on our team dot com also online. the internet's most famous whistleblower is getting ready to reveal even more on t.v. . launching his own talk show here on our. on our website. deadly clashes between fighters belonging to libya's interim government and soldiers loyal to the flame of colonel gadhafi in. need this week sparked fears of

a new civil war the national transitional council reportedly began amassing forces including truck mounted anti aircraft cannons near the former stronghold of the could tap the regime but the build up came after government troops were forced out of the rest of town we underestimate the growing frustration in libya many people accuse the m.t.c. of incompetence amid violent power struggles between former rebels patrick hayes a reporter for online magazine spike says he's not surprised by the latest events. the national transitional council itself was very much something that was already chosen by the west not something that was chosen by the libyan people it was very much kind of put in place and then those kind of helicopters didn't get a result so the thing i find very striking here actually is that the n t c isn't doing itself any favors into the pro-democracy campaign is also seeing off the. support as well warnings for a long time that this could happen in bani walid people are saying very least two

we may get a pro get off the uprising here and the m.t.c. did nothing about it so it's not surprising it does seem like the m.t.c. is impotent and is reflecting the needs and desires of anyone in libya at the moment. well libya's interim leadership also came under fire from the u.n. this week over a failure to stop the torture of thousands of prisoners to resume national organizations doctors without borders and amnesty international say detainees have been tortured and killed in recent months they also point to widespread abuse of former gadhafi supporters as financial reports hopes are fading that the nato backed government can actually offer a new beginning. doctors without borders known for going do their job in the most dangerous and notorious places around the globe but in n t c iran libya the group has encountered a formidable obstacle they couldn't overcome burns from electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all these evidence of the continued to

churn of prisoners say the doctors and now off the two inmates died from beatings the international group has stopped 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. 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 the n.p.c. expressed their support for this time this is part of the strategy of the west you

know divide and rule that was given the green light but the torture and execution that we're seeing now so this is a clear recipe for civil war meanwhile the nato operation that brought them to see to power is by itself raising question as. a high profile international team of human rights activists has been to leave here to fast a gate some of make sure that it bears entity of the word with. the friends and there were guiding the air raids and they addicting them and court have been raping them if you are mandated. the project the review that you are it is very very accurate in a way that i myself saw the killing of so many people in front of more my eyes are so the killing of fifty one people in front of my eyes the youngest was fifteen

years old and while all sides and believe in conflict are to blame for violence and violations the 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 a recent united nations report has revealed 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. our team. well libya however isn't the only nation coping with post-revolutionary on the rest

back to egypt tahrir square as hundreds of thousands rally against the absolute power of the ruling military and its reluctance to step down we have more on that for you next hour on our. president obama vowed to reform tax and fight poverty while helping america's military during his annual state of the union speech much of the focus in this year's address was dedicated to the country struggling economy and the pressing problem of inequality embodied by the occupy movement obama also praised army advances abroad and the assassination of osama bin laden the speech is regarded as a pre-election chance for obama to sell his campaign to the public professor paul sheldon foot from the california is from california state university believes the address clearly demonstrates the policy priorities chosen by obama's administration . he used the cute little code phrase that we're going to have an enduring relationship with death in a stand which means we're going to have bases in the country and stay there for

ever whether they want to serve not. likewise he said we kill gadhafi syria's next day and if iran doesn't behave they're there after that so. it is totally contradictory to say that he's going to be able to pay down the american debt and expand government spending programs domestically with savings from bringing soldiers home for morris when in fact he has plans to expand what he didn't mention try to find a me also said that we have a pacific strategy and the world will know that we are number one. and that was a thinly veiled threat against china even i mean how insane can you be china's holding more than a trillion dollars of our debt we've got tens of thousands of factories there we're highly coordinated doing depended upon them now and he's threatening them to. well

in election campaigning in russia it's when weapons that are on the frontline of the battlefield now ours is a gathering of our trouble has been looking at the cutting edge tactics being used to win hearts and minds over there doesn't want is that you were right is that was that it was gray suits and ties and slogans called out from the poor d m r the traditional election season fair but they're no longer considered police in both. today's complaining has gone online in a whole new trend in russia. with program in bloggers making fun of the opposition portraying them in prayer outside the u.s. embassy on sundays claiming they are connected to the u.s. state department and the opposition filming funny cartoons about politicians made out of lego. getting information out there is becoming easier all the time but the internet is

a very different medium to television while on t.v. it's enough to just look into the camera like this to show viewers attention not so although that to me you are police video reach millions of lives it's not a lot it just. it also has to be provoked to brazen and sometimes project a whole different image. it's no surprise then that as a character from harry potter became an overnight hit. doing this you will. see what i see you stuck with some use that wrote it but good though you'll make. sure that when you're critical of it would you. put a bug out there but it was just beat them. but i'm comfortable apart from catching images memorable catchphrases are used against those in the corridors. power

opposition blogger alex enough while me was the first upload his sharp tongue online a year ago he labeled the ruling united russia party the eaves and scoundrels the insulting phrase it first appeared on the net but quickly migrated to almost every magical media in russia and beyond a year after the party won in the parliamentary elections and reworked the catchphrase felicity's a vote for the party of scoundrels for ten years of economic growth with the party of easing scoundrel's united russia. the mastermind behind that video and state duma deputy robert proved his party can also fight its worst online broke out super powers to use opinion with my aim was to provoke supreme reality darker than that is often i don't agree with such statements in my videos but they do work. in that russia without putin would rise why not give away your country your beautiful

girlfriend to some foreign guy what will happen to the caucasus nothing less just give it away to you spawning a war technically this video has made it very professional you can see that a highly paid suresh was did it appeals to primitive responses but works one hundred percent first thought is that there is indeed know the true without put but videos from the opposition are just as. an adequate trend of this election season eavesdropping on politicians and posting recordings online or those taking part in a massive opposition rally in december were surprised to find out that one of their inspirations for the recent self described them in a phone as. hear from mitch peter of from a reporter for your comfort your. naive to expect from any side when we are living in election year there are no holds barred. in

this war you're not even interfering in someone's private life so good. a lack of privacy for today's politicians is already a modern day reality and with fifteen million russians going online today about forty percent of the adult population she's the future is predicted to be she deals with them online political all the tarps pushing the boundaries of a virtual world without borders exceeding the gradual ban our t.v. . but a recap of our top stories is coming your way after this short break stay with us.

well. science technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. there with our tail live from moscow we have the week's top stories cover for you this sunday here is what we're looking out the league's beleaguered mission arab nations help their observers work in syria over reports of an upsurge in violence damascus fast that make things worse. talks between iran and un nuclear inspectors

resume amid international tension iran is considering stopping fuel supplies to the e.u. within days as a response to sanctions. also u.s. anti corporate protests full force of the law in oakland again with officers resorting to tear downs and flash grenades to disperse demonstrators hundred are arrested. multinational proposal to stop web piracy sparked mass protests in poland activists say their government is supporting internet censorship not copyright protection. well coming up next our two caught up with the head of russia's high tech state corporation roosts non-o. at the economic forum in davos to discuss the country's business and political future. the trip was. should.