so in observatory of human rights syrian observatory for human rights the syrian observatory for human rights it's one of the most widely quoted sources of syrian casualty figures is not always a telling the truth of an ownership a syrian observatory for human rights has left several media outlets quoting if people see one nation as two rivals fight the same namely an op of the original group was hijacked by opposition activists in postings military deaths today alongside civilian one that's both sides claim they're 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 sand and mostly in english several foreign news outlets have assume they are one and the same thing quoting the fake cites 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 the justify it 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 arab league monitor the 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 the. and he's launched

a smear campaign against the original group claiming they're the imposters as are we and these 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 views so far by calling for no fly zone for international intervention and we made it clear that sitting on the server three 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 whilst 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 casualties 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 i've given it r.t. london. in recent days moscow has been trying to mediate the conflict while saying that president assad is ready for talks with the opposition talk to each other he believes 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 at this 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 trace and to syria both russia and china have created but there are conditions for the opposition to accept dialogue with the government the veto is helping peace more than anything because at the styling the forum backed opposition that cannot count on the 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. they're talking to us a bit earlier in jordan. 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 lawmakers have someone that must move to a community parliament to question him over his handling of the country's economy within a judge is expected to appear. within a month for the first such questioning since the islamic revolution in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine the past year has seen iran suffer soaring inflation and a drop in national currency value says the european union which buys roughly twenty percent of oil exported by iran plans to cut off trade in july however there on his war the e.u. that it's shooting itself in the foot view is shared by spain's ambassador to iran who says his country suffers the most from the continuing e.u. pressure against the islamic republic and some in madrid believe the oil embargo has been forced upon europe. what we're seeing here is not a decision that comes actually from the european countries to spain never wanted

this and bargo 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 connection of that has been lost after the iranian revolution and the situation was improving until we came to these 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 this. to say cut off the strait of hormuz or even if they now of 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. ten minutes past the hour here in moscow you're watching r.t. and still to come for you here in the program financial troubles prove a health hazard in the united states as manufacturers gamble on america's caffeine dependency often with disastrous results but that story coming your way shortly here in artsy. bando we explore the sky high ambitions of the russian a region that pioneered the country's aviation industry our close up series to stay with us for that. one of the most senior al-qaeda chiefs in pakistan as being killed by an american drone strike along with three other suspected militants the attack took place in the north waziristan tribal area close to the border with afghanistan but that it 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 this report things that 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 but with these drone strikes that does seem to be an indication there that these drone strikes are happening despite what pakistan wants not because of what pakistan wants these are causing huge problems within pakistan and no 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 is attempted to look at whether

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 pakistan's foreign minister has told all of us here at r.t. that instead of helping to fight the insurgency u.s. drone strikes are actually hindering the war on terror. this 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 unitary approaches. in how we want to rid this region in our view. not only completely illegal and awful and have north resolution to be used

within the domains of international law but even more importantly they are counterproductive to your objective of getting this region rid of militancy and terrorism and extremism because if one straight leads to getting you target number one or target number three to be you're creating five more targets with ten more targets in the militancy that it breeds in the in the for doing that it gives to the militants to attract more people to join their ranks. and you can watch that interview in full in just over an hour's time here on out. 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 gas agents for the police to use against rioters mark kirk from the education activist network says it's part of an intensifying crackdown on

shows of public discontent. income past the. nerve gas as it is as it is called has been used against protesters in the 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. in about ten minutes time katie is here with the business but for now time for the r.t. walt update some other international news and brief we'll start with the most criminal called there has issued an arrest warrant for ousted president mohamed nasheed this comes a day after the leader was among dozens injured when riot police used force against protesters as unrest deepened his ousting resulted from a police mutiny and popular protest over a controversial decision to arrest a top judge now she claims she was forced to resign a gunpoint and promises to return to office. his troops have killed thirteen kurdish insurgents in two separate clashes in turkey nine people died near the town

of being. gold and for others near the town of cut off the rebels attacked a military station there it's less than a week since turkish warplanes bombed three suspected rebel targets in northern iraq tens of thousands have died since one thousand nine hundred four in the kurds fight for autonomy in turkey southeast. all night talks between greece's prime minister and debt inspectors on preventing the country's bankruptcy have ended without a result 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 trade unions are currently holding a two day strike now in protest of the austerity measures. in the united states when the economy needs a fix well so do the people the country is now the world's largest consumer of coffee and this addiction to caffeine is being exploited by some unscrupulous

producers who are looking to boost their profit in a fortnight i reports. in the city that never sleeps are perpetual craving for energy never eases i nearly every man has 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. two are both of the three of us. i don't know if i could give a little i love. it five or six cups a day yes right not good too much of anything good night mr going to drink three cups of. 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 hundred

milligrams or fifteen ounces of coffee one. arch 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 imperative 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 the whole one country ordering. american caffeinated nation we know the generation of americans. consume 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 frequent reasons is to create repeat customers to get people to keep 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 boatload 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 point nine zero r.t. me or. twenty minutes past the hour here katie will join you in just a few minutes with the business but for now to bear in mind always more news online for you at our teeth dot com just a click away some of the items are waiting for you at the moment for example the anniversary army why egypt's new government is deploying more tanks and troops across the country just one year after the fall of mubarak's regime. and

a new study declares that the number of cancer deaths among police officers who were nine eleven first responders is growing at an astronomical rate read these and other stories on line twenty four seven at r.t. dot com. well it's good to have you with us you're watching r t let's now if you will join us for an adventurous tour of russia with another edition of our close up team adventures. no this time we've traveled almost a thousand kilometers east of moscow to the only on off school region where the main city there is a brush known as the birthplace so vladimir lenin during the soviet times the region flourished as the center of the country's car military and aviation industries and as he's current erasure has been finding out it has all the potential to win back that reputation. it was in the late seventy's that the riyadh

of skin dust real 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 are some plane is one of the largest operating cargo aircraft originally designed for the russian military but when the soviet union fell and 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 that was long also watched though good news 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 thousand killers of those this brother who brought it from africa to. north from the europe for a. special celebration with ali 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 their training of these models which gives them the complete feeling of 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. 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 together with. the new strategy to two thousand and eleven the new strategy comprises the development of two majors segments in the russian outer space industry its military aviation its commercial aviation and its transport of the one of the major perspectives the goals of other star in oregon of sky and russia throughout the now we are working over the realization of the program of building aircraft and we have to get first. thank you very much so 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 the was jeeps and join the people who meet them and even take us on a wild ride racing them karen terror on the screen. and a close up series continues for the next few days here at r.t.

if you mess anything though on i just have to r.t. dot com and you can watch anytime you like twenty four seventh's about the business with kate. hello welcome to the business program this hour we start with a story that has the whole russian market talking minority shareholders and. country's second largest bank the too big to get all the money back then vested in the company's i.p.o. in two thousand and seven despite the share price currently being hauled off the list price for more i'm joined by all tuesday business of this caliber shell. high that done you so just how ten rest is the bank being here to be will buy the shares at the price investors paid in two thousand and seven so-called people's i.p.o. so let me show you thirteen point six copecks it's almost double the current actual share price of seven copecks but the democrats insist the money will come from the

by its profits not from state farm's although the government will remain the main shareholder holding to one source the lender to sixteen thousand dollars of shares from each shareholder in total the move will cost the bike up to six hundred million dollars that's one fifth the v.t. business profit some ordinary people do feel tricked by lavish advertising for the public up here back in two thousand and seven which suggested big returns with a low risk of losses the boat will happen within months in other words before mr putin stands in presidential elections for most of the force some see the move as bowing the votes of the t.v. minority shareholders paid for by the banks main institutional investors they're being excluded from the buyback and made feel justified in being aggrieved on this invest carefully calculated place complete to be the current financial performance the share price at the moment of seven copecks is actually the fair one. ok thank

you very much indeed daniel for the latest situation on the t.v. bank we're going to get out of the market now and see what's happening business also with exchange rates for the year is gaining value against the dollar and the ruble falling signals that e.u. ministers will approve a second bailout package for grace the russian currency is the law against both the euro and the dollar. oil is climbing high on optimism over the greek package and freezing weather in europe is also boosting demand for heating as you can see like sweden do rather well it's a healthy three quarters of a cent. brant is just half a sense and the stocks in europe have managed to stay in the boat they are awaiting the european central bank and the bank of england and now it's men's policy decisions and as i mentioned there's the all important going on in greece of this

quarter sent up and the doctors point seven percent. here in moscow markets are down this hour they're raising earlier days as you can see the point eight percent down on the my sex is down just about the same amount we're going to have a look at the individual moves on the mice. as you can see it's a sea of red blue color is now in the red after earlier gains that is heading even farther into negative territory. is also love after that buy back announcement that daniel was telling us all about. so in growth in asia and europe is threatening to weaken the core of the russian economy standard bank expects no recovery into mom for raw materials until late twenty thirteen when the bulk of china's stimulus policy should be felt however to meet. the chairman of russia's biggest part producer. so the theory is not being seen in practice.

in the media based on purely economic trends the reasons for middle grocers to form but we aren't seeing the practice at the moment in fact it's the opposite suppliers of raise their prices slightly in the first quarter of the year this could be a seasonal but according to our supplier forecast we're unlikely to see any down meant that would compare with the fourth quarter of last year. so for now we're going to be following the share price of banks stay with us fifty five minutes i'll be back.

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five thirty pm here in moscow you want your naughty time for you had lunch now the u.n. is considering a joint mission with the arab league to end the bloodshed in syria but we have a conflicting reports of the number of casualties it's proving hard to get a true picture of current events. iran's policies under fire on every level of international pressure mounts over its nuclear program president is facing a battle on the home turf as well he's wanted for questioning by the parliament over his 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 the bureau of investigative journalism has found that hundreds of civilians died in similar strikes a fact america seems to ignore. the syrian crisis in the spotlight. for. hello again and welcome to spotlight the interview shall on our team i'll bring oliver and today my guest is. the political crisis in syria.