several media outlets quoting false information as two rivals fight for the same name the original group was hijacked by opposition activists who are posting military deaths alongside civilian once both sides claim their the official observatory this is the original site in arabic with an english version on facebook and this is the fake site launched in the center and mostly in english several foreign news outlets have assume they are one and the same thing quoting the fake sites casualty figures the consequence a very different perspective of the crisis the original cites latest figures showed just over five thousand one hundred civilian deaths against almost two thousand military casualties the rival site claims well over six and a half thousand civilians have been killed and barely six hundred troops a difference many claim suggests this is a lot more than just a numbers game i don't think even the people using these figures are have any

objectivity really they have an agenda a clear agenda is there just the fire by any means possible that assad regime is a brutal massacring regime and it needs to fall a soon as possible and we can see the united nations security council when that human rights strategy for regime change doesn't work how annoyed western governments are how got syrian observatory original observatory strictly opposes military intervention the man who hijacked it's name disagrees. used to translate at the real observatory he was fired after falsely claiming to be an official spokesman and using a live interview to call for a no fly zones since then he's launched a smear campaign against the original group claiming they're the impostors as are we and his figures have been quoted by the b.b.c. c.n.n. and a.b.c. australia the other groups say they tried to pass some political of the itself out by calling. no fly zone for international intervention and we need to clear

a sit on server tree for human rights. original organization is that we are i guess an interventional we are against the no fly zone all we need is to stop the bloodshed in that is going on in syria as always and his group refused to speak on camera stating i cannot waste my time talking about this is the moment people are dying in homs they're my priority right now he did refer us to another opposition group based in london and they too refused to comment on the ownership of the observatory but they did confirm that reporting military deaths was not in their interest it's not our position to report the case of. government troops the b.b.c. and the guardian had to withdraw material after falsely quoting as always the human rights observatory the un stopped counting the death toll claiming it's too difficult to keep track of but its human rights chief also said five thousand

civilian deaths should be enough to provoke international action the real observatory still documents the deaths civilian or otherwise but it may be too late for the numbers to matter either bennett r.t. london. and moscow has been trying to mediate the conflict while saying that president assad is ready for talks with the opposition i thought even to him a little she believes that russia's approach will actually help to solve the crisis by leaving the rebels in syria no choice but to negotiate. after so many months of military operations by the rebels in syria it is pretty clear that what we are dealing with here is definitely not a peaceful protest but an armed rebellion supported from abroad we are dealing with western military political and security infiltration

and to syria both russia and china have created but there are conditions for the opposition to accept dialogue with the government and the veto is helping peace more than anything because at the styling the forum by the opposition that cannot count on a foreign intervention as happened in libya and the iraq to topple of the regime and therefore and fuck the veto is creating better conditions for the opposition to come to the negotiating table and in that sense the veto is fostering peace and helping put an end to the bloodshed in syria. ok you put a human talking to us from jordan just a bit earlier. now as the u.s. and europe pile sanctions on iran over its nuclear program the country's president is facing pressure on the home front as well iranian or make use of some and of mahmoud ahmadinejad to parliament the question him over the handling of the

country's economy when a judge is expected to appear in marginally within a month for the first such questioning since the islamic revolution of nine hundred seventy nine the past year has seen iran suffer a soaring inflation and a drop in the national currency value that's ours the european union which buys roughly twenty percent of oil exported by iran plans to cut off that trade in july however tiran has warned the e.u. that it's shooting itself in the foot of view shared by the spanish ambassador to iran madrid based journalist and more or believes the embargo has been forced upon europe. what we're seeing here is not at the station that comes actually from european countries to spain never want to disembark go to to prove to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union european union actually had a very good relationship in terms of the economy and trade with iran it was

retrieved in the last twenty years the connections that have been lost after the iranian revolution and the situation was improving until we came to this new tension and he's not just to spain and italy also greece imports lots of oil from iran and it could be hard hit in a way that would bring them bankrupt in the coming future that would be a complete disaster for the european union and for the euro and that can happen because of these of these political move it has now become an economic issue and can have even more. destructive effects if the iranians decide to say cut of the strait of hormuz or even if they now decide to beat europe to it by. by by cutting off their oil now because we need this time to find alternative supplies if they cut the supply now we want to be able to find them there will be a huge recession in europe. and financial troubles prove

a health hazard in the united states as manufacturers gamble on america's caffeine dependency often with disastrous results so that story coming your way a bit later on r.t. . and we explore the sky high ambitions of the russian region that pioneered the country's aviation industry out close up series that's still to come in a few minutes. one of the most senior al qaeda chief in pakistan has been killed by an american drone strike along with three other suspected militants but the attack took place in the north waziristan tribal area close to the border with afghanistan but that monsoor is suspected of killing dozens of people in the country and abroad that comes after the bureau of investigative journalism found hundreds of civilians died because of similar cia ordered aerial attacks chris woods who compiled the report things the u.s. is simply ignoring the condemnation over its deadly drone policy. the cia has been

saying for some time that it hasn't killed a civilian in pakistan since at least may two thousand and ten every news agency out of pakistan every credible news organization that's looked at this is finding that that's not the case we know that civilians are being killed in pakistan with these drone strikes that does seem to be an indication that these drone strikes are happening despite what pakistan wants not because of what pakistan wants because are causing huge problems within pakistan united states court has ever looked at the legality of these drone strikes and there's a reason for that every time a case has been brought in the united states that has attempted to look at work that these strikes are legal or not the united states is claiming something called state secrets privilege that that's where they say actually this is a covert operation and we can't discuss it well that's somewhat been blown out of the water by the president himself going on google recently and talking live to

americans about the existence of this so-called covert program. and of pakistan's foreign minister has told all of us here at r.t. that instead of helping to fight insurgency that the u.s. drone strikes are actually harming the war on terror. the region has some serious problems but into terrorism and pakistan has always maintained that it is important to have collaborative joint efforts to be able to rid this region rather than follow sort of unity approaches or stall or slides in how we want to rid this region in our view. not only completely illegal and awful and have north radiation to be used in within the domains of international law but even more importantly there counterproductive to your objective of getting this region rid of militancy and terrorism and extremism because if one strike leads to getting you target number one or target number three today you're creating five more targets or ten

more targets. militancy that it would be. in for good that it gives to the militants to attract more people to join their ranks. and you can watch my full interview in about fifteen minutes right here on art. britain could soon start using chemical weapons for domestic law enforcement a group of experts from the national academy of sciences believes the government intends to develop nerve agents for the police to use against rioters magdeburg fields from the education activists network says it's part of an intensifying crackdown on shows of public discontent. passive. nerve gas as it is as it is called has been used against protesters in the june general strike in greece and amnesty international condemned the use of tear gas in normal language it's called choking gas and has said that the greek government has

waged a chemical warfare upon its very own citizens now you can actually die from the from the gas is being used against protesters against larger crowds and what we have seen is that the police time and time again has lost control of the streets and thus it doesn't come as a surprise in the context of global revolutions and revolt that now the u.k. is starting to use the same measures as countries as mubarak has done in egypt or even the greek government has done to its very own citizens over the general strike so it wouldn't surprise me if these chemicals are being used on british streets that similar a cure and so this would happen but we need to say is that the police have overextended the use of force on previous demonstrations so far they have curtailed the right to protest by threatening students to use rubber bullets and water cannons and the latest announcement actually makes very clear the intentions of the police to further curtail our right to protest. could have passed the hour here in

the russian capital this is r t let's get to some other brief headlines for you from around the world was with the moment deaves it's where a criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for alstott president mohamed nasheed has come just a day off to the leader was among dozens injured when a riot police used force against protesters as unrest deepened. resulted from a police mutiny and popular protest over a controversial decision to arrest a top judge nasheed claims he was forced to resign at gunpoint and promises to return to office. so his troops have killed thirteen kurdish insurgents in two separate class years in turkey nine people died in near the town of bengal and four other. near the town of cut off the rebels attacked a military stationed it's less than a week since took us warplanes bombed three suspected rebel targets in northern iraq tens of thousands have died since nine hundred eighty four in the code's fight for autonomy in turkey southeast. all night talks between greece's prime minister

and debt inspectors on preventing the country's bankruptcy ended with a squeeze me with no result whatsoever lucas papademos failed to secure the support of his coalition for a deal leading to a fresh bailout package the main sticking point was proposed deep pension cuts austerity measures to further reduce greece's debt demanded by the european union central bank and the international monetary fund. in the united states when the economy needs a fix so do the people the country is now the world's largest consumer of coffee and this addiction to caffeine is being exploited by someone scrupulous producers who are looking to boost their profit. reports. in the city that never sleeps are perpetual craving for energy never eases i nearly every manhattan street you'll find two things a coffee shop and customers cutting their fix

a liquefied legal stimulant that most can't envision quitting i feel like now i get it maybe i get. to be three oh yes actually i don't know if i could give a. five or six cups a day yes right not good too much of anything good. is going to drink three cups the. americans consume four hundred million cups of coffee per day making the us believe in consumer of coffee in the world according to medical experts daily intake of caffeine should stay below three. three hundred milligrams or fifteen ounces of coffee one large cup of starbucks contains more caffeine than the daily maximum recommendation however in recent years the country's addiction to caffeine has grown both in portion size and means of consumption consumers no longer have to down twenty ounces of starbucks or sixty

four ounces of soda to get an energy high. unconventional products such as five hour energy drinks and stimulant least gum have made caffeine america's most marketable legal drug because of the work and heritage in america who are working really long hours people are chronically sleep deprived also so they're reaching for stimulants to get amid ongoing economic instability u.s. energy drink sales increased more than thirty percent between two thousand and ten and two thousand and eleven. the newest stimulant hitting the market is a slim a plastic inhaler called aero shot each squeeze dispenses around forty milligrams of caffeine in your mouth no one country ordering. american is a caffeinated nation we know the generation of americans. meanwhile multi-tasker is feeling for the biggest serving are turning to

a product called fifty one fifty juice one gallon contains sixty four thousand milligrams of caffeine the equivalent of four hundred red bulls whole objective for food program is to create repeat customers to get people to their product. is clearly an addictive substance and by creating all these products they're definitely appealing to a wide range of consumers and feeding into the larger problem which is you know happy over consumption of coke and it can be while going after new consumers one u.s. company created national controversy by packaging caffeine and liquor together there's nothing crazy about ok we took two legal products that americans love and combine them caffeine and a butt load of alcohol heavily marketed among college students it turned out to be a deadly mix one family in florida who say four loko killed their son police say dozens of students had been sent to the hospital from these drinks amid lawsuits

mounting criticism and eventually a federal ban the company subsequently removed caffeine from the drink. but the national demand for the natural stimulant remains on compromise with more and more americans looking for their legal high. r.t. me. and you can always find more news online or just at our website at see dot com a simple click away let's have a look at see what's waiting for there right now by the anniversary ali why egypt's new government is deploying more troops across the country just a year after the fall of mubarak's regime. a new study declares that the number of cancer deaths among police officers who were nine eleven of first responders is growing at an astronomical rate of these and other stories online at c.n.n. dot com.

it's easy to. download the official on your only phone oh i pod touch from the. video on demand. comes and already says feed now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. in just a moment here it's the business of casey but for now do join us on an adventurous tour of russia with our close up to.

this time we've traveled almost a thousand kilometers east of moscow to the only on off screen the main city is best known as the birthplace of bloody middle lenin but during the soviet times the region flourished as the center of the country's current military and aviation industries and as a car in a terror russia has been finding out it has all the potential to win back that reputation. it was in the late seventy's that the industrial aviation complex was created obvious star is one of the largest manufacturers of passenger planes as well as re modernizing of existing cargo planes that travel worldwide there islam plane is one of the largest operating cargo aircraft originally designed for the russian military but when the soviet union fell a demand did too obvious star has been renovating existing response and are now

planning a major comeback. a new construction line will launch which will cover the production and the modernization of unique airplanes in the world that are popular such as the roost one. voted new but airlines have used their response freighters to assist in un and red cross relief projects but they'll haul satellites yachts and even the sukhoi superjet two can imagine the two follows and. risher those this brother who brought it from africa to north from the europe for. special so that gratian he also transported one hundred thousand kilos of beaujolais wine from france to japan he says without ever breaking a single bottle many little boys dream of becoming pilots but the path to get there isn't always an easy one here the only one of six civil aviation school it's the only place in russia where one can get a higher education with courses offered in academics meteorology and over one

hundred fifty hours of flight time. students start the training of these models which gives them the complete feed and. what it's like to sit in a real aircraft flight. and it's true the images on the screen and vibrations of the simulator made even me feel like i could be a pilot i'm joined today by all the director of corporate communications of the united aircraft corporation thank you for being with us olga since obvious star has been in existence since one thousand nine hundred eighty how do you evaluate the development of the corporation today we are working to get. the new strategy adopted in two thousand and eleven the new strategy comprises the development of two majors segments international space industry its military aviation its commercial aviation and its transport of a ship but what are the major perspectives the goals of other star and already on

of sky and russia throughout the now we are working over the realization of the program of building aircraft and. planing to get first orders for the aircraft thank you very much you can join us a from aviation to automobiles where with close up takes you on the second part of our series where we discover it was jeeps and join the people who meet them and even take us on a wild ride gracing them karen tara screech an artist who never cared to know with reality of business up to. thank you all right hello. minority shareholders and russia's second largest bank will get all the money back then vested in the company's i.p.o. in two thousand and seven prime minister putin has confirmed the bank will conduct its buyback thirteen point six copecks. that's the same as the listing price but

nearly double what they're worth today the deal will take place during the spring and is expected to cost the bank hall five billion dollars from its profits institutional shareholders will not be allowed to bowl to take parts. to preserve the bank's business and commercial reputation its management has made a very fair decision in my opinion about. the i.p.o. that thirteen point six copecks the boy back will be finalized by the bank itself. made a decision by itself without any pressure. slowing growth and asia and europe is threatening to weaken the core of the russian economy standard bank expects no recovery and demand for all materials until late twentieth when the bulk of china's stimulus policy should be felt however to me. chairman of russia's biggest pipe

producer. so the theory is not being seen in practice. based on purely economic trends there are reasons for metal prices to fall but we aren't seeing the some practice at the moment in fact it's the opposite i mean suppliers of raise their prices slightly in the first quarter of the year this could be a seasonal factor but according to our supplier forecast we're unlikely to see any downward believed meant that would compare with the fourth quarter of last year. let's have a look at the markets now exchange rates past the year. gaining value against the dollar and the ruble following signals that a u. ministers will approve a second bailout package for grace also stronger all those pushing the ruble higher against the u.s. current say. oil is coming high on concerns over the greek bailout package and freezing weather in europe is also boosting to mom's figgy saying as you can see the light sweet is half

a percent half offense up to make and the brant is just about the same amount stronger this hour and stocks in europe let's see how they're getting almost they're actually on the rise at this hour before the european central bank and the bank of england announce policy decisions and as those negotiations continue in greece a foot sea is fun supposed to the dax is doing better off just under half a percent. here in moscow the markets are down this hour. games have gone even further into the red as you can see the r.t.s. is three quarter of a percent down and the my sense is even. one percent down. we're going to see how the stocks are getting on on the my sex new call is now in the red it was positive there wrong while it is heading even further into negative territory. bank is also low often out saying it will buy back shares from minority shareholders at thirteen

point six copecks that was the price of the i.p.o. in two thousand and seven and nearly double the current market prices we were saying earlier on may hit trends on the markets. from the dialog says and this is also as you know in cash waiting for signals to buy in. we or it's very important levels. very close to breaking the two hundred. average moving average i do for you grade these levels probably will see for their growth and that's going to substantial loss and we wish all kind of decent inflows into russia to take you to see. and generally most market funds so i think many investors are sitting on cash and waiting for my car kind of stronger signals that this rally will continue. that's all for now i'm going to have more in fifty five minutes we're going to be following the situation with the base and join me for the .

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now four thirty pm here in moscow this is our t.v. time for your headlines the u.n. considering a joint mission with the arab league to end the ongoing bloodshed in syria but with ever conflicting reports of the number of casualties it's proving harder and harder to get a true picture of what is actually happening. iran's policies are under fire on every level as international pressure over its nuclear program president after within a drought is facing a battle long home turf as well is wanted for questioning by the parliament over is handling of the country's plummeting economy. and several high profile al-qaeda militants have been killed in pakistan in a recent series of u.s.

drone attacks but the london based bureau of investigative journalism has found that hundreds of civilians died in similar strikes a fact that america seems to ignore. or at or next to an r.t. we speak to the pakistani foreign minister who tells us why the united states secret war on terror is actually doing more harm than good you're watching our. he's the youngest foreign minister and of world that has to deal with some of the toughest security challenges he not rabani khar pakistan's foreign minister is joining us now on r.t. thank you very much for your time minister it's been more than ten years since pakistan joined the u.s. military operations in afghanistan do you think that was the right thing to do you see i think. you would you know things look very different but of course. in the back is.