well the mission was going to play an already very volatile situation and unfortunately that seems to be exactly what we've seen happening here now foreign minister sergei lavrov was speaking today on his tour of the asia pacific countries and he said that he didn't understand why such a useful tool had been treated in this way we've seen the observer mission start and eventually grounds to hold they never really recovered after that decision last week for the goal stays when they withdrew their monitors now their decision they said was because they felt the mission had failed to hold the syrian government to its pledge to end the violence and it was a surprising decision that's how the foreign minister described it because at exactly the same time that the gulf states made that decision the decision would also be made to extend the mission so just that a very very crucial time with the situation in the country while the then making this mission stronger rather than trying to make it more effective if you have the goal states withdrawing them on it is now he said that that aroused questions we

saw the me saying coming up on cheese day where the arab league against three presenting. the findings essentially briefing the u.n. and most gays maimed remains very very adamant that it's not going to back any plan that's going to leave the door open to foreign military intervention in fact again their response to western cool's now that it's said that it's impossible to hold dialogue with the regime here the foreign minister called very irresponsible and indeed unforgivable as i think there's a real sense that this arab league with the want to put unity ready to piss you good resolution to dialogue and to try and calm is extremely volatile situation it's shocking waiting to see how much the situation is escalating day by day when a you've really seen this conflict creeping towards the capital people in damascus who waking up to the sound of gunfire from the suburbs this hour. league mission

essentially has turned out to be a dance club and the little people has saying what was the point and having that manifest place if they were going to be made strengthened if they were going to try way too as was. always essentially were going to lead to un action anyway. steve in london believes it's not a coincidence that the arab league throws its mission just as western powers up the calls for involvement well my goodness that sounds like a no fly zone and different language it was an open sesame to direct intervention meeting war the observers were saying if there's syria you know they picked the wrong man to lead the mission because sudanese generals they thought they had the air management your eyes who would deliver the goods if you insist aside believing him for everything going oh i'm cool what a general we do he said his sorrow is cooperating it's exactly the opposite of what

the last one they wanted a pretty character to step up whatever they have in mind which is some kind of intervention the best solution is the worst syria's civil it's only the syrians here is a legitimate opposition in syria syria is that authoritarian state a reporter in the when they've got a young reporter and we get to go get a national poll that apparently go some credibility he said good bye joran he also syrians aside for america and britain and the arab league and there's to intervene in syria years and three years and to have an arrogant resolution saying and all the power to it yet be unique in two weeks well assad absolutely should in diplomatic way which tell these people to go to hell. and also coping with unrest in egypt coming up but yeah safe uprising fine it's a tough game so why has hundreds of miles off the ground again be absent powell diverted a military jump on its remark to step down. nuclear

inspectors have started a three day mission to examine iran's atomic activities tehran says the talks with the international atomic energy agency the fast and more than three guineas will prove its nuclear program we spewed it peaceful the on a visit comes as tensions between iran and the west in a crisis level on monday e.u. nations adopted unprecedented set of sanctions against the islamic republic thank you to complete in dog own oil supplies from the run and are expected to come into force in july and director of the center for research on globalization and my heigho. what we are witnessing now is part of a big u.s. plan for war against iran i think what we are witnessing here is is a build up towards the ability to really call for a jaish in these sanctions. goes to you in some regards the

staging of of of a military agenda and i should mention that we have a mass the well it was of u.s. military troops going into israel to be stationed in israel troops going to call rates. you know naval forces in golds in the arabian sea. and that in other words i think what we're going to states what. it would be is our allies it's all going to look really like which will give you a few with the old wolf we. under way keeping a close eye on the iranian oil and you can as song go on air and online to head to our website all to dot com for more analysis and updates on the latest development .

a u.s. occupy movement protest has once again turned violent in oakland california police fired tear gas on some two thousand demonstrators several hundred were arrested as they're tempted to occupy a vacant convention center before storming into city hall on she's marine a fortnight hustle. it began around saturday afternoon when roughly two hundred fifty occupy occupy optimists in oakland california began demonstrating in the streets and it was our first past the crowd grew stronger and stronger up to crosley twenty two thousand people strong cult a million what the goal was for this demonstration is for protesters to take over empty 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 and this

was an attempt for the top oakland optimist to set up a new headquarters but as the crowd grew stronger and larger attention late the police in oakland began firing tear gas and flash grenades i v occupy atlanta this morning to the police you see members of the crowd began throwing things at times at the officers and that is what ultimately triggered this clash between police officers came to occupy an optimist but as you guys we know this is not the first time we've seen a fierce clash between officers and activists in oakland california doc in october there was a least 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 a police tear gas canister canister and this is something odd that put a lot of criticism on the police department in oakland california they've been

criticized for being very harsh with occupy activists. under supply the increasing violence and the rise southlanders from the international action center tells us he the future of the occupy movement is still very bright. it's very much achieving its goals in terms of waking up the youth in the u.s. waking up working people in the us to the reality the reality that poor and working people are losing more and more and that one percent actually one thousand one percent is gaining a normal new wealth so that there are very successful in drawing attention to that despite a shutdown by the media and by the police and that movement is very determined to continue and to find new tactics. you know we've got much more coming up for you later in the program. for election agitation grips russia we take

a look at how politicians are making a push for power on the internet. earlier this week president obama vowed to reform tax and fight poverty while hailing america's military during his annual state of the union speech much of that focus and that he gave address was dedicated to the country's struggling economy and the pressing problem of inequality ordered by the occupy movement about also praised army advances abroad and the assassination of osama bin ladin in the speech is regarded as a pre-election chance of obama to sell his campaign for the public and the fact that poor child or food from california state university believes they have clearly demonstrated that policy priorities chosen by. your use that you are code for. we're going to have an enduring relationship. which means we're going to have bases in the country and stood there for ever whether they want

to serve. likewise he said regional gadhafi syria's next day and if iran doesn't behave there the after that so. it is totally contradictory to say that he's going to be able to pay down the american debt in mixed race and government spending programs domestically with savings from bringing in soldiers older mors what in fact he has plans to expand what he didn't mention cited by day 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 on them though and he's threatening them to do it in a tavern and week for part and which so thousands of people protesting against the

anti web piracy pacts that countries signed up to along with twenty one other european states actually saving multinational deal which still needs to be ratified by the european parliament and last chance to censor the internet and if they actually asked reports now from. 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 to six government under fire for signing the agreement on thursday most governmental websites were hijacked by the anonymous hacker group i think they are trying to maximize us with. the promise is that there

would be a sudden closer touch to the documents. that we have. the right 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 designer 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. and in some countries it needs to be ratified by parliament but not in every country so we have another. option for many many countries

it was too much for one french e.u. deputy quit calling act charade then came the twitter twist the micro-blogging site saying it can now censor tweets country by country. act to protests. in warsaw were expected to gather up to forty thousand people but a sudden big freeze kept many away never the last of the indians to rally for several more weeks hoping to urge warsaw's ruling circles to take a step back drawing to one other issue member states along with poland signed an actor but it's only here but the decision has caused so much control over sea and public dissent the document is yet to be ratified by the country spar laments which certainly leaves the possibility of more protests everywhere across the european continent let's. see reporting from poland. and as our correspondent mentioned the micro blogging on twitter is not my. kind of that and

both nor not i felt that on our website amanpour dot com including one suggestion that the move will ultimately by our own government. twitter is said to make it very clear that their users your government is censoring you and i think that'll be a huge step in pressuring both people that share the stuff that was censored but also pressuring governments to change their policies or typical conversation about internet liberty going to be an irishwoman ask you to come and don't sound like. the internet's most famous and with bill blair is getting ready to reveal even more on t.v. then a fundraiser launching his own talk show here on archie all the details of what. this week egyptians marked a good thing is the beginning of the country's uprising with hundreds of thousands

flooding to have square the iconic baath place of the revolution polls have opened for the upper house of parliament weeks out the islamist parties claimed an overwhelming majority in the lower house telling the government it's also tasked with developing the country's constitution. and just today are demanding the dissolution of the military council which inherited up the power from deposed president hosni mubarak. and control egyptian will make a friend at risk change will be held to a minimum. i don't see it as being that big of a shift i mean we lived under military rule for thirty years and that gave the government the authority to do just about what they wanted to me it's just a formal matter and that they they lived emergency law while we live under the rule of a military jumped up since the military took over general twenty eight's over fifteen thousand civilians that we know of have faced military courts and have received trials of anywhere between six months to fifteen years and they've tasted power

they have massive economic interests in the country again everything that's happened in egypt really needs to be looked at from an economic perspective in that there's a group of cronies of my own box and his government that were in power they've been moved out of power and there's a new group of cronies that are in place and they will not just let go and hand over power like that without having guarantees that their interests will be secured . clashes between fighters belonging to libya's interim government and soldiers loyal to the. slain colonel gadhafi in bani walid this week sparked fears of a new civil the you not show transitional council reportedly began amassing forces including truck mounted anti aircraft weapons near the former stronghold of the khadafi regime the build up came after government troops were forced out of the rest of town and rest to me or is the growing frustration leave many people accuse the empty c.e.o. incompetence of violent power struggles between former rebels and pound

a spokesman for british civilians for peace in libya explains why the council is failing to unite the country. the gadhafi regime could control the whole of libya could find peace among all the tribes the new regime cannot even control something in one town or one area i mean they turn libya into a war and of the hunting of black skins 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 so really this is the chief of freedom and democracy by nato it's all become very clear 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 ruling western aggression against other countries in the global south. 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 international organizations not seen some frontiers and at least international say detainees have

been tortured and killed in recent months they also point to widespread abuse of former gadhafi supporters and as always mary of the notion reports hopes of phasing that the nation by its government can actually also a new beginning. doctors without borders known for going do their job in the most dangerous and notorious places around the globe but an end to see run leave the group has encountered a formidable obstacle they couldn't overcome burns from electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all this evidence of the continued torture of prisoners say the doctors and now after 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 support for this kind of behavior 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 recipe for civil war meanwhile the nato operation that brought the anti to power is by itself raising questions. a high profile international team of human rights activists has been to leave to investigate some of the two that it bears entity of were with their evolution in the frogs

and there were guiding the air raids. korda been raping them if you are baited to protect. that. it is very very accurate in a way that i myself saw the killing of so many people in front of my eyes i saw the killing go fifty one people in front of my eyes was fifteen years old and while all sides in the libyan 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 in recent united nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand prove khadafi 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. . election campaigning in russia where weapons that are on the front line on the battlefield and retro has been looking at the cutting edge tactics being used to wear hot. because there were others that were right is that was that it was gray suits and ties and slogans cold out from the poor d m r the traditional election season fair but they're no longer considered politically in vogue. today's compay ning has gone online in a hot new trend in russia. with programming and

bloggers making fun of the opposition portraying them in prayer outside the u.s. embassy on sundays claiming they are connected to the us 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 your viewers attention not so although that to may he were police video reach millions of the excellent live it's not enough to just have the message 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 porter became an overnight. it's an industry doing this you

will. see what i see you stuck with some could use that go to the caribbean they're going to go you'll make. sure that when you're put in it would you. prefer got there but it will just be them but you put it on conference of jubilee apart from catching images memorable catch phrases are used against those in the corridors of power opposition blogger alex enough while me was the first upload his shop which is tongues online a year ago he labelled the ruling united russia party of the. and scoundrels. brazen first appeared on the net but quickly migrated to almost every magine of all 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 thieves and scoundrels for ten years of economic growth with the party of these in scoundrels united russia. the mastermind behind that

video and state duma deputy robert proved his party can also fight its wars online broke out superballs the use of being able to 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 but i see these putin and russia without putin would rise why not give away your country your beautiful girlfriend to some foreign guys what will happen to the caucasus nothing less just give it away to you spawning a war technically this video is made of very professionally you can see that a highly paid specialist it appeals to primitive responses but works one hundred percent first thought is that there is indeed no intro without put but videos from the opposition are just. an audible a 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 very same self described them in a phone as the other person. here commits either of them as property or. your property or to your comfort or. it's naive to expect from any side when we are living in an election year there are no holds barred in this war not even interfering in someone's private life but. 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 should build with them online political attari pushing the boundaries of a virtual world even without borders exceeding the gradual r t two. that's how the news of this week but there is still

a lot more money that sound when i see our interview with the head of russia's high tech state corporation earth's not always coming up in just a few minutes if they were that.

we have seen the damage it has done to our environment mark amoco it's what the poor props we do not want any more no to most. a core system it's just there was a does more experience and i'm just just appalled that that's allowed to go on where. we are getting this unfortunately because we don't know what's in it there's no labeling there for it being used like a board to experiment be used as guinea. well you know we've. been we've we've heard him like.

welcome back this is on c.n.n. days at the week's top stories. believes pretty good mission arab nation as a whole steps of his work in syria reports of an upsurge in violence because that could make playing into what. talks between iran do you

a new play inspectors resume a big international tension and turn on is considering stopping fuel supplies to the view within days as a response to sanctions. also goes on to call for protests and feel the full force of the wind oakland began the little this is a resorting to chant gas and flash grenades to despise the demonstrators and the rest hundred. on the international proposals to stop what i would see as small class protests in poland actually would say bad government is supporting ex-pats censorship not called rights protection. as the headlines coming up next all she calls not would be had of russia's high tech states cooperation well snotty economic forum in davos to discuss the country's business and but it took each. what's one action should russia's new government take to stop business leaders.