compromise the u.n. negotiates a revised resolution text on syria which. is no longer aimed at regime change. after three days of intense debate united nations security council members are sending elements of a possible future resolution on syria to their governments for deliberation all the latest details from new york. more killings are reported in egypt after two days of clashes left more than seventy dead. doing enough. the father of murdered. says he regrets accusing the kremlin of carrying out his son's death.

on air and online twenty four hours a day this is. russia is claiming a diplomatic victory at the u.n. the members of the security council agreed to take a more balanced stance on syria calls for the removal of president. have been dropped from a revised resolution text which is still pending approval but moscow is warning it will oppose any attempts to even hint at targeting the syrian regime. has more. after 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 russia's 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. well the u.s. is committed to seeing a change of power in damascus go to strengthen its position in the middle east to view politics first magazine that it. 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 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. the shooter almost full dominance politically in the middle east 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 pace to syria. but i still ahead this hour the electrolyze on launching a web cam be presiding over the upcoming presidential elections in russia and the move ultimate transparency now though katie. had laid

the the question this is the year is same day or has it indeed risen from the dead well that spends on he usually relate as a conflict of opinion going on thanks a bank while the dame doesn't pause that ultimate day i'll have more details in twenty minutes time but it's. to protesters have reportedly been shot dead by police in egypt is only on friday the latest killings in what's now a third day of violence in the country in cairo clashes have resumed with protesters continue to lay siege to the interior ministry having surrounded it on. thursday more than six hundred were injured in pasadena police fired tear gas to disperse francis thousands of violence the phone about to prevent the death of at least seventy four or so for us to consider demonstrators are also calling on the ruling military council to step down professor of international relations 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 that are on the one hand the muslim brotherhood has accused the government of failing at being someone responsible for the riots they won the elections to parliament 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 to buy have actually the electorate to launch egypt and then as i say that maybe people will say we need a farm hand and we can provide it but either way it's not a happy prospect for a smooth transition to a better egypt. well i would like to know what you think about what's happening in egypt today we're asking you why a congress not yet returned to the country on the last year's resolution can log on

to our website at all to dot com to take part of our latest poll. forty three percent of you believe it's between the supporters of ousted president barack assumed power. to say it's just a radical you know arrest twenty one percent suggest every revolution creates its own down for a minority believes the use of the final resting for many protesters to have mid-terms go to r.t. dot com and cast your vote one of them check out what else we have for you on live today. israel increases the pressure on iran with pressure accusations about the scale of the threat from islamic republic. by google and its latest wave of upgrades the charges to be consensual reasons for the hoax or about that on our web site. under russian coffeehouses holding a presidential election of its own indulging customers with traits of hundreds from

only a. taste of the latest political froth something dot com. the father of the murdered f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko has made a shocking u. turn over 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 pavillion poisoning. went to meet him. this is how we found like that leaves me and co praying in his tiny italian apartment no electricity no gas no hot water what.

if it wasn't for the help of various people i would have died from hunger or frozen to death the last time i took a bath was on christmas day 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 self ixil tycoon boris berezovsky and ahmed zakayev and a tourist former chechen militant both hiding in the u.k. . you could be here just as much three of them we brought. here to get extremist you know dorset that he's given your yapper here doris you would be. one vicariously namco sent a letter asking to be interviewed by russian television we expected more of the same but instead. we're going to we're different it's not the me that be made of

each if you watching this program please forgive me for all the slander the thai said and wrote about you the hatred i had for you even 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 short of story what else can i add to this. the u.-turn vaulters says came when his sons we doe marina lee finn and co 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 co like many others claimed his son had been poisoned with polonium to tan 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 kissing the russian government today by their at me it's he was saying only what the west wanted to hear. of course i realize russia's f.s.b. and the indian have to take polonium to london sprinkle it over some heads and leave traces everywhere and their suspect andrey lugovoy is not a fool either it was anger and blind hatred speaking inside of me vikram 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 because

they like it when i scold the regime i was a root treasure for the end of the hall there are very few people who would say as many horrible things about his ideas what we're living in two thousand and eight but that in between young call flat russia for sanctuary needs healing is settled in the sleeping quiet town of sunni 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 libyan young co is still afraid to open this door now because of putin though but because of his landlord to whom here was a lot of money this miserable life has made him a slave of his century 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 barrel plot and it's been months since the electricity was shut off to his flat he was lost forty euros went on a gas canister and that is gone to. this is how my son of us took it that even this dual to let the southern wind inside. there is east only as russia you are my homeland for tourists i want to go home to russia. through i don't want to stay here. sit in the church over our t. sity ghalia eataly. well coming your way in the program a community conundrum muslims in belgium are divided the local and the good for hosting a radical was. the german chancellor is in china asking for help investment

from the u.s. it seems she might get it china's prime minister says the country is now considering contributing to european rescue funds either merkel is on an official visit to beijing if she's trying to reassure the chinese about the economic situation. she also like to see beijing support a western stance on iran's nuclear ambitions joining the european bargain on oil in one islamic state analysts say beijing is an important player released and it's only interested in a diplomatic solution to the crisis in iraq. is not. sanctioned in a believe that china we not reduce its import off oil from iran it doesn't mean that china is going to increase its import of oil from iran but i think china. its influence in the middle east we. have the mantle of principles of china is diplomacy and i believe that china easing

a very strong body position in the middle east because he didn't do a lot of evil of course i know it's very good relations. but china relations we. saw china really your power broker in the middle east. where as the us presidential campaign holds up we look at who the republicans may end up choosing to challenge barack obama here's a quick look at what's you know cross talk debate today. for mitt romney to have a debate with the president on the health care reform bill it's going to be laughable because the bill that the president signed into law was based almost entirely on the bill that mitt romney signed into law on him as true. you're right he's not even going to be able to make that argument and the question earlier is is a conservative enough i mean how could anyone call him a conservative when he himself has called himself a moderate the real deal here is the republican party trying to get the

conservative grassroots to support the guy who lost to the guy who lost to obama and so there's this endless cycle of you know it's your turn that's being shoved down the grassroots throat he's been running for five years he already has organization set up in all the states plus the backing of goldman sachs and the republican establishment and the guy still can't break fifty percent i don't think he would do well in the general. it's a question of identity versus integration the islamic group in belgium is on the five views which the people say go to extreme which other local muslims feel threatened by what used to sort of appalls. bearded where you come a flush jacket and constantly surrounded by them. it's hard not to notice he heads

the islamic fundamentalist group shiria for belgium in september the group opened the country's first shari'a court in outwork to mediate domestic disputes among muslims with our own system of belief. of having things if you want to accept it except if you don't that's your problem 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 fall. and starch we have laws about leadership here for him and he openly. said. i should be. i should be killed because i am an enemy of islam

in january amount of work or prosecutor recommended two years in prison and a fine of five hundred fifty euros for about a seven for inciting hatred and violence against muslims that's in addition to fourteen police court convictions and criminal convictions for robbery defamation and violence. cones just a few people maybe a dozen of people maybe two dozen of people dressed like me. middle age. and green flag. and this is a joke yet it has its repercussions on other muslims. this kind of group of course they are moved but they have no religious background it is a minority perhaps that in search of an identity but that's ignorance and the message they're using it's scary and it's freaking people language.

unfortunately just kind of group shows about image of islam and most muslims condemn this kind of ideology this is a misinterpretation of her secret for. 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 declination of. mostly 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 bells of muslims themselves acknowledge that the problem is. what these groups symbolize radicalization process it spreads the allure of extreme views. just are still here r t brussels. well some world news in brief for you now the south two people including

a three year old girl have been wounded by israeli airstrikes on the gaza strip both were injured after one of the strikes hit a house in the town of beit there. five other attacks targeted several tunnels and what israel claimed was a weapons manufacturing facility the strikes happened only hours after the u.n. chief visited a mass controlled territory in a bid to kickstart israeli palestinian peace talks. at least six people have been killed and more than twenty injured in colombia two groupings in pickup trucks who make moves without a police station thirty five officers were inside the building when the attack in return of. the comes just a day off a motorcycle explosives blew up outside a police station in the city of to market level people that police blamed that attack on the left wing record. because snap sweeping across eastern europe has now claimed the lives of one hundred sixty four people snow was

two meters high in parts of serbia leaving around eleven thousand villages stranded because one hundred people have died in ukraine and of the term just plummeted to minus thirty degrees celsius food shortages have been reported in the capital kiev trucks unable to transport supplies to. the watchful eyes of webcams are about to be set up across russia ahead of next month's presidential elections as proposed by premier that he would putin but after thousands of people took to the streets late last year calling for transparency in the election process . has the story. inch 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 but actually sometimes but i think if anything i ask for a central electoral commission which is to install web cameras at all polling

stations across the country so that everyone can watch online what's happening there almost twenty four hours a day and they go we sit still and then let. 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 the scale and around a half of a billion us dollars is the price tag. the system is not be made only for one day we help 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 theorem 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 and ninety years of video information in good quality however there is still down to this technology will help make the vote more transparent. you'll get a stool i'm sure the observer is going to 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 view and the cameras don't provide a hundred percent guarantee against them but using that should still make it much more difficult to stuff boxes of course there is nothing new in c.c.t.v. or web cameras but using them to monitor elections on such a scale is a first for any nation 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. to katie now after they test from the business well. hello welcome to the business program this hour market watchers expect the darkness of the year as a debt problems to get some lights in writing agency standard and polls expects the current c union to gradually climb out of that small recession in the second half of the shah and into two thousand and thirteen the european economies which are six exclaims. the risks of a more severe recession. that could go into twenty thirteen that are significant we estimate about forty percent probability yet i think we have to look at all the

factors there has been some and pull edging ever upwards inside the you was own and outside the eurozone what we expect is the moment from emerging markets particularly. a shelf to strengthen again in the second half of the year and that should be supportive of a very gradual recovery in the euro zone we also expect that investors confidence will gradually come back. as they you up in central bank continues to provide ample liquidity to the banking sector in the euro zone. of course not everyone agrees such as a bank thinks the prospects for the euro zone are as hot as the wave of extreme weather that's got europe and its icy grip is predicting an economic apocalypse a way that european x e market is losing around

a quarter of the value they share while also author of the best selling extreme money that is why he's placing his bets. well i think the best way to describe yes to the report is whatever they're smoking i'd like to have some as far as the sex a bank report goes i think they are believers in the mayan calendar which believes that the world will indeed do cause well but i think the major thing is that when you look at the situation there is no way that europe is going to have a small recession it's going to have a long recession because the government spending will have to be cut and that has been the major stimulus which that is economies grow the second thing is the banking system in most of these countries is not creating any credit will not be able to create this technically if you are honest about it they are marginally solve the good bits and we still have not result the datasheet of the real question is what will happen to portugal what will happen to say what will happen to italy and there is absolutely no result on the part of european leadership and the

european economic community because there is really no easy solution. see what's happening now in the european markets they are indeed closing calls in may that trading an hour right now max that wants a negative investors on looking ahead to the key u.s. non-farm payroll data later today so all eyes will be focused on lattimer right now investors aren't too confident as you can say moving on. the russian market is now that still blames the direction in the fourth hour of trade this friday bill t.s.s. been stuck in the red bull much of the day whereas the my sense is just managed to edges self into positive territory fright aidid trading at this hour moving on it to the movies on the my sax and as you stocks all next gas problem is put itself into the black in the last few minutes of trade independent gas produce another tag is down also

a positive. trade despite the company's gas reserves rising sixteen percent last year and is also. change of fortunes will be today then no down point eight percent. and here's what's going on in the exchange rates at this hour here is trading just a notch higher against the dollar and by year the year of pain now in the us currencies are gaining a small fraction against the russian ruble. while the commodities will will get started with oil although it's trading their six week low it is indeed for the moment as i mentioned before investors are waiting for those u.s. job figures narrow guarded as a leading indicator for the health of the world's largest economy and that for energy demond right now lights is. thoughts of positive and so is the bank as you can say that will be monitoring at those figures also out the day for you here on business all tazer join me and fifty five minutes.