closer to a compromise the u.n. negotiates a revised resolution text on syria which russia's insistence is no longer a regime change. after three days of intense debate united nations security council members are sending a new element of a possible future resolution on syria to their governments for deliberation all the latest details from new york ahead in the program. more killings are reported in egypt after two days of clashes more than seventy military regime criticized for not doing enough. plus the father of murdered. carrying out his son's death.

you're watching r.t. world news and much more welcoming to the program russia is claiming a diplomatic victory at the u.n. after members of the security council agreed to take a more balanced on syria calls for the removal of president assad and then force meant or. have been dropped from a revised text which is still pending approval. ones it will oppose any attempts to even hint at targeting the syrian regime. has more. after some three days of diplomatic deadlock over this arab and western backed regime change resolution it looks like russia's calls that it would not support such resolutions have finally been heard and we're seeing somewhat of a game changer take place delegates and diplomats seem to have agreed on new

elements that they are considering putting into a new document and we do know that these new elements are being sent over to governments at home for consideration approval and deliberation and for what we know the russian ambassador to the u.n. has said that this does not mean that anything has been fully decided yet and russia continues to reiterate that even if the hint of a regime change clause continues to be presented in such a resolution it would not be supported now what we what we're hearing and some reports that this clause will actually be nonexistent in this new text being considered whereas earlier the arab league and the west have been seeing that the syrian leader needs to step down if this does not happen within fifteen days further measures could take place another clause that we're hearing is going to be removed from this document is the arms embargo that russia has also been opposing

but from what we understand what will continue to remain in a new text is a support of a facilitation of a political transition now of course they have to again say that some of the details are still largely up in the air some diplomats are saying that a vote could come very shortly as soon as on friday others are saying that it's going to take a little more time monday possibly we will just have to wait and see exactly how events play out the security council in the days to come will the u.s. is committed to seeing a change of power in damascus going to strengthen its position in the middle east now so beautiful politics first it was. western interest in the conflict in syria isn't guided by wanting to advance human rights democracy or the rule of law in the region if it was about that then we'd probably see an american naval flotilla off the coast of saudi arabia which happens to be one of the most repressive and brutal regimes in the world it follows

a pro western foreign policy syria is a huge player in middle eastern politics and the west principally america has a very problematic relationship with syria so it would be very much within america's interests for the syrian government for president assad to fall from power and for a more accommodating a more sort of pro western government to come to parallel should that happen that would give. almost food dominance politically in the middle way so instead of western governments the british and the american and the french ones talking about president assad stays being numbered they should be more responsible in their outlook and the main focus should be on bringing pates to syria. well our still ahead for you this hour mixed messages from the u.s. why washington is a back tracking statement made by its own defense secretary of the early withdrawal of troops from afghanistan. and how webcams will be watching over the upcoming

presidential elections in russia. that's transparency. to protestors have reportedly been shot dead by police in the egyptian city of syria from a tick there the latest killings in what's now a third day of violence in the country in cairo protesters are continuing to lay siege to the interior ministry having surrounded it on thursday more than six hundred were injured in clashes with police fired tear gas to disperse rioters thousands of rallied against the failure to prevent the death of at least seventy four. nachtwey days ago there was traitors are also calling on the ruling military council to step down or professor of international nations mark almond says there are forces in egypt that actually want more turmoil the police are very demoralized they took a beating if you like barak they were defenders of his regime and the army eventually got rid of him but maybe people who want to use this for their own purposes are on

the one hand the muslim brotherhood has accused the government of failing at being someone responsible for the riots they want the elections to calm and they want a quick transfer part of them on the other hand quite a few of the people in the streets protesting on happy about the muslim brotherhood victory in the elections and they may feel that disorder on the streets might give them more influence than they have actually with the electorate to launch egypt and then as i say that maybe people who say we need a firm hand and we can provide it but it either way it's not a happy prospect transition to a better egypt. but more news updates and videos are waiting few online at r.t. dot com is what you can find on our website right now israel this is the pressure on iran with fresh accusations about the scale of threats from islamic. gagged by google and its latest wave of upgrades the web giant is to begin its sensory muse's blogs on the web site. a russian coffee

house is holding the presidential election of its own customers were portrayed candidates drawn on the phone get a taste of the latest political froth at r.t. dot com. the father of the murdered f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko has made a shock u. turn on claims that russia was behind the assassination of his son he says he regrets the accusations he made in the aftermath of the infamous two thousand and six killing in london by polonium poisoning he also believes his son worked for british intelligence became a victim of a grand spy game ortiz a clinical trial over went to meet him. but.

this is how we found my could lead me and co praying in his tiny italian apartment no electricity no gas no water. if it wasn't for the help of various people i would have died from hunger or freezing to death the last time i took a bath was on christmas. we expected more because six years ago after his son former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko was poisoned in london he was taken care of by some very powerful patrons like cell fix out-i khun ski and ahmed zakayev and a tourist former chechen militant both hiding in the u.k. if you just give them we broke. yet you get dorset through me you know dorset there and he's just give me a yes but here dorothy you will be. one vitally pin and co sent

a letter asking to be interviewed by russian television we expected more of the same but instead what the motive would. be made of each if you watching this program please forgive me for all the slander the thai said and wrote about you for the hatred i had for you if only i had known my son worked for british intelligence i would not talk about his death he could easily have been shot as a double agent betrayers should be shot what else can i add to this. the u.-turn vaulters says came when his sons we doe marina litvinenko revealed to the british media that her husband had worked for m i six further details followed when a newspaper launched its own investigation alexander litvinenko was receiving a retainer of around two thousand pounds a month from the british security services at the time he was murdered it is understood that sir john scarlett now head of m i six and was based in moscow was

involved in recruiting him to the secret intelligence service. at first by turnitin and cole like many others claimed his son had been poisoned with polonium two ten on putin's order the former f.s.b. officer and fierce critic of the kremlin alexander litvinenko spent twenty three days in a london clinic slowly dying from a toxic substance possibly consumed through a cup of tea even before police in london started questioning suspects the victim's father was actively kucing the russian government today by their admits he was saying only what the west wanted to hear. of course i realize russia's f.s.b. and the idiot enough to take polonium to london sprinkle it over some heads and leave traces everywhere and their suspect and a little boy is not a fool either it was anger and blind hatred speaking inside of me vydra now believes his son fell victim to his own game of double agents now he wants his

words to be heard but the media outside russia which once beat down his door for interviews now won't even reply to his requests. why is that why because they like it when i scold the regime i was a root treasure for them all the while there are very few people who would say as many horrible things about putin as i did. live in two thousand and eight while the only thing on call for what russia for sanctuary needs healing is settled in the sleeping quiet town of city guy it offered to new anonymous life the man claimed putin was his number one enemy so hiding in europe he believed was the only safe solution today was the lithuanian co is still afraid to open this door now because of putin though but because of his landlord to whom hill has a lot of money this miserable life has made him a slave of his sanctuary. but surely the namco sold everything he had in russia to come to eataly he opened

a small business several years ago but it went bankrupt things got worse after the seventy three year old had buried his wife but are now fears her casket could be removed because he hasn't paid the cost of a burial plot and it's been months since the electricity was shut off to his flat he's lost forty euros went on a gas canister and that is gone to. this is how my soon overtook it and i've been this door to let the sudden wind inside. there is east and there's russia you're my homeland for tourists i want to go home to russia. i do want to stay here. exiting the church over our tea city got eataly. coming away in the program learning how to be

a community was in belgium our development radical islamic fundamentalist group that's proposing radical wars. washington is downplaying a statement from the us defense secretary said the country plans to end combat operations in afghanistan one year before the plan pull out we are open letter said america intends to shift to a supporting military role sometime in twenty thirteen but washington says that must first be approved by other nato policymakers they summit in chicago america's decade long presence in afghanistan has resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians and almost two thousand u.s. soldiers there a crow of the nonprofit brave new foundation means it's still unclear when troops will be completely withdrawn. first of all pressure from of this year's elections a poll shows sixty percent of american voters are fed up with the war in afghanistan or against that the price is approaching trillion dollars

a time when washington's very hard of cash and it's cutting budgets and obama wants to leander just now regret it already remember he was a peace presidency browed is going to repeat stupid states and this is a very important step he wasn't drawn to a smaller number of fortified bases and the drone attacks will conduct special forces raids it's not over yet understand what's going to have the eighty thousand us paid mercenaries who are in afghanistan remains uncertain. now the german chancellor is in china asking for help and investment for the euro it seems she might get it as china's prime minister says the country is now considering contributing to european rescue funds and the merkel is on an official visit to beijing where she's been trying to be sure the chinese about the economic situation in europe but also see beijing support the western position on iran and syria

trying to get a ten percent of its oil from iran german chancellor has been calling on china to buy more crude in order to support even bother to use its influence to persuade him well and abandon any possible nuclear weapons ambitions this goal analyst christoph waltz to use who will change stance on iran. our chancellor is on a triple begging to if she wants money for europe she wants you know a support from beijing for the new un resolution which beijing is not going to give and she also wants beijing to cut off its own oil supply which beijing is widely not going to do and of course beijing has also to take into consideration that india competition in the region is standing straight with iran and buying ever more rain in oil so i don't think she has any chance of you know talking china

out of buying iranian oil that will not happen again i would say she will not put any much focus on it she will she will say that she will look to the ceiling and then she was smile and say let's talk business now her main focus in this trip is the german economy and she's wise to do that she will even not you know lobby very much for chinese investment into europe because she knows in a heart of hearts that this is truly a bad investment. that's a question of identity versus integration a shari'a islamic group in the belgium is under fire for views which local people feel is too extreme and which other local muslims feel threatened by what is this arsole reports. bearded wearing a comma flushed jacket and constantly surrounded by men for what a belt is hard not to notice he heads the islamic fundamentalist group sheria for belgium in september the group opened the country's first sharia court in outward to mediate domestic disputes among muslims with our own system of belief. of

having things if you want to accept it accept it if you don't. there is judgement if you if you're a muslim you will go to paradise if you are this believer you will go to hell. any further controversy may have ended there if that was all there is to it that video such as these. have caused outrage. the freedom of speech and. the hatred incitement to violence starch we have. leadership. he openly. said. i should be. should be killed because i am an enemy of in january and work or prosecutor recommended two years in prison and a fine of five hundred fifty euros for about the same for inciting hatred and violence against muslims that's in addition to fourteen police court convictions

and criminal convictions for robbery defamation and violence. just a few people maybe a dozen of people maybe two dozen of people dressed like. green flag. and. yet it has its repercussions on other muslims. this kind of group of course they are moved them but they have no religious background it is a minority perhaps that in search of an identity but that's a. and the missile they're using it's scary and it's freaking people like. people unfortunately just kind of group shows a bad image of islam and most muslims condemn this kind of ideology this is a misinterpretation of her secret. muslims comprise about six percent of the

belgian population one of the highest rates in europe and is expected to rise to more than ten percent by two thousand and twenty the muslim who live in belgium they say. they are belgium from the region turkish origin and the first. muslim radical groups such as those of the islamic fundamentalists comprise a minority and it's not representative of the muslim community in belgium nevertheless politicians analysts and even the belgian muslims themselves acknowledge that the problem is what these groups symbolize radicalization the process it spreads and the allure of extreme views. just are so you r.t. brussels. for some world news in brief. two people have been wounded by israeli airstrikes on the gaza strip a three year old girl was seriously injured by one of the strikes which hit a house in the town and. five other attacks targeted several tunnels what israel

claimed was a weapons manufacturing facility the strikes happened only hours after the u.n. chief visited the last controlled territory in a bid to kick start israeli palestinian peace talks. at least six people have been killed and more than twenty injured in colombia the group using pickup trucks homemade police station thirty five officers were inside the building when the attack occurred in the town of. homs just a day off from packed with explosives blew up outside a police station city. killing eleven people at least that attack. one hundred twenty people are still missing after a passenger ferry sank off the coast of perth new guinea most of those unaccounted for are university students who issues believe were trapped inside the ship when it capsized ships helicopters and planes have been sent from australia to aid the

search for survivors two hundred thirty eight people have been rescued so far. and the cold snap sweeping across eastern europe has now claimed the lives of more than one hundred thirty people snow was two meters high in parts of serbia leaving around eleven thousand villages stranded in remote parts of the country sixty three people have died in ukraine alone all the time just plummeted to minus thirty degrees celsius food shortages have been reported in the capital kiev with trucks unable to transport supplies. the watchful eyes of webcams are about to be set up across russia head of next month's presidential elections the move was proposed by a plan whatever you know it and that's after thousands of people took to the streets last year calling for transparency in the election process but he set up a school as a start. after inch mile after mile big brother is

preparing to cast his eyes on polling stations as the massive campaign to install web cameras is in full swing across the entire nation sometimes but i think if anything i ask the central electoral commission to install web cameras at all polling stations across the country so that everyone can watch online what's happening there how much twenty four hours a day and they want that only. the idea was put forward following the biggest protests in russia since the collapse of the u.s.s.r. with tens of thousands demanding fair elections so wiring up over ninety thousand polling stations is a skill and around a half a billion u.s. dollars is the price tag. the system is not be made only for one day we hold this project want only develop elections acknowledges but will also help modernize telecommunications infrastructure across the entire country. all cameras will be feeding the videos the therm to local digital storage facilities after computer

processing will be then sent to seven large storage and distribution centers via cable radio and satellite these centers will then broadcast the information to several web portals it's estimated that all together the cameras will film and broadcast four hundred ninety years of video information in good quality however there is still down to this technology will help make the vault more transparent. you'll get us i'm sure the observers won't be able to check advance if these cameras work or not. everyone knows about cameras in supermarkets but this still doesn't stop robberies from happening. it's every ballot box will be monitored by two cameras one with the general view and another with a close up of the slot there are many ways to rig a vote and the cameras don't provide a hundred percent guarantee against them but using them should still make it much

more difficult to stuff boxes of course there is nothing new. or web cameras. using them to monitor elections on such a scale is a first for any mission and regardless of the success of the idea everyone will be able to monitor the vote online and not to mention no one is against having more real life observers on the spot the war is going on moscow ok he joins us now with the business news. welcome to the business program the sour russia is in the pairs a perilous haul chan ski's made political transition even delegates the choice of economic forum in moscow have been discussed in the reforms the country needs to put in place following the march presidential election in a culture that is at the event for business out. also censored the political cycle

so it's important to assess the current at the moment the informant in its understand what seems is need sleep late in the force will be one of them a time it's over the new president or someone in this already offering their opinions and suggestions it's a point out all those are now joined by six people here you know it's much less lincoln for him and the first person to sleep don't sleep or more sleep i don't. think all the solutions are actually listed in the prime minister's article and didn't listen to us last monday or if you actually said that russia should move away from states get together because he improved the governance to fight the people systemic corruption build an independent judiciary all of that will help to improve business and climate in the basement climb and bring back the capital that has left the country in new foreign direct investment in i'm sure russia and i

shares a bright future if this is done. during the fall or up during the four i'm sorry we caught up with a full mot world bank a columnist david tell he told us all russia has done a spectacular job by the last ten years going false of the many of its emerging market pays bots as all no longer appears to be seen as a driver what wire is economist is whether future growth will come from. big question is where future for. the w two occasion is part of the story we can generate some great from it but even more bored. mr dog fighting sure that everybody realizes it. and if he it was just to. be developed its whole media bit the boys or the diversification. of the russian suits . were going to get over to the markets now as he was dying i would get started

with oil and it stopped a report full cost to show the us that fewer jobs lost on faster for cars but the official figures will be out later this day which investors will be keeping an eye on as it's regarded as a leading indicator for economic activity and therefore of course energy demand for now all is going to get over to asia else see what's going on and as you can see they are indeed down to china's gauge of non-manufacturing industries expanders expanded at their lowest pace in january as japan the stocks all struggling today as investors had a wrong after the things reported to digest among the strong performers and take a they will so which reported a staggering two point one billion dollars loss for the last quarter late on thursday their stock has now rounded to seven point seven percent as investors have sold down the shares ahead of the announcement as you can see the nikkei is nearly

half a percent down the hang is no point two percent down. the russian market is they have now opened for business and they are indeed a struggling for direction as you can see the r.t.s. on the mind set it just a notch down. so for now i have more market news. and about fifty five minutes from it.

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