and piled more pressure on the regime direct military action is little doubt but reports suggest british special forces are already in the call for example and while the u.s. and its allies criticize russia for supplying military hardware to damascus there are now calls from american lawmakers to arm the opposition as our partner reports the indians already been flooded with firepower and made in the usa. at the united nations security council america holds one permanent seat but when it comes to weapons the world's largest arms exporter is often seen as sitting on two chairs they say there isn't an international embargo on arms preventing them from doing that that is a fact but that doesn't change the immorality of supplying a dictatorial regime that is killing its people in massive numbers every day and we are are deeply concerned about that as u.s. officials continue publicly scolding countries over relations with syria critics

say the accusations are being thrown from a tremendous glasshouse the us is a hugely difficult in this regard because they've long been the largest arms dealer and most of those weapons the us sold the story really more than four hundred billion dollars worth of since the one nine hundred sixty s. have gone to the middle east and you can't argue. seriously that it's made the region any more stable in the past few years nearly fifty percent of u.s. weapons exports have been flowing to the middle east many countries with the biggest appetite for american weapons have also made headlines for carrying out brutal crackdowns against dissidents and opposition groups if you are are so you know ok for their thug you're not i mean this is for all of us who have been overseas the duplicity and. of american foreign policy is painfully. evident according to congressional fee. years america has sold one point four billion

dollars worth of weapons to bahrain since two thousand and america struck its single biggest arms deal when saudi arabia ordered sixty billion dollars worth of arms the us has long subsidize the israeli military and recently supplied them with bunker buster bombs experts say this strategic arming of middle eastern countries is aimed at iran and extending u.s. dominance in the region. is going on. against your own. you know human rights. geopolitical f.b.i. whistle blowers sibel edmonds has accused america of playing particularly dirty while leading a campaign for regime change in syria and it's not some kind of. simultaneously op rising situation where people are

a ballet and then suddenly they are mysteriously arms and mysteriously arms are being smuggled into syria from turkey well who was providing this arms nobody's asking in the us media well these are u.s. arms shipped to turkey this as the u.s. military complex flush with record revenue continues to lobby its interests on capitol hill arms manufacturers are some of the biggest companies in america they're some of the most powerful lockheed martin not only do they making so much for the defense department around the world they're a federal contractor and many other levels are going to vote in elections this statue outside the u.n. headquarters is a symbol of global peace and nonviolence but critics say the idea has been twisted by the u.s. which goes around advocating peace while arming countless conflicts all for the sake of profit. new york. russia has been trying to mediate a peaceful solution to the syrian conflict for months and wants to. stocks between

the warring sides and one middle east expert told me that negotiations would be hard to bring about as long as the syrian opposition is rallying for regime change . meeting with the russian foreign minister sort of a lover of expressed his readiness however the other side is not expressing its readiness there are some members of the syrian opposition who are expressing readiness however there are other sides a lot including the muslim brotherhood who actually don't seem to want to participate in the gauche ations setting pre-conditions or setting it up off center negotiation is a must for all and i think that is part of. the whole thing for the west is not about negotiations is about overthrowing a regime which is a part of the i brought up block which washington or which some western states western powers want to get rid of including israel also wants to get rid of them. re politicians last minute agreement on freshest already plans hasn't exactly been greeted with open arms forty eight hour strike has been called by the country's two

major labor unions and eurozone member states say they will put even more conditions on greece before handing over a second bailout after a struggle athens did manage to broker a multi-party austerity deal which has been demanded by creditors it was in place just a matter of hours before you were ministers met in brussels but we're still unhappy and unwilling to hand over one hundred thirty billion euros the greek parliament now has to pass a package of cuts and reforms by sunday the journalists. and media sas the situation in the country is deteriorating and the consequences could be dangerous. what we get from all these measures. if we have all the fault then we. where we have to face death from starvation in greece this situation in greece you see extreme at the moment we have children playing in their school because they don't have proper breakfast and because they don't they don't have enough food and you realize that the she tray should be getting washed and washed we have

a lot of people as i told you that they are hungry at the moment first of all they demand the election which i have to tell you here and now they want elections they want to. check on they have been wondering who are we forming at the moment in greece she said i mean the greek government there should be comes from the i.m.f. and there should be simply doesn't work. it's going to raise each old view that troika gives their main. orders and you know that we get more and more she in the last two years. as they say and i agree with them easier to see this time to morrow rice from the west than to see all of these orders and all these measures bring us to growth and bring us back to normal life. robert oulds chair of the london based think tank group believes that it's the european currency it self pushing greece to the edge. greece is in severe economic difficulties and it's failed to meet many of

the targets that the eurozone in the i.m.f. has set it for what it has to do in terms of to be able to reform its finances to be able to pay back some of the debts that it so that has been largely caused by issues to do with the euro itself and the problem that the euro creates and how it makes the greek economy competitive so basically greece cannot survive while it is in the euro and the more austerity measures which are being forced upon it or just hurt the greek economy even further wages have been cut thirty percent on average in greece pensions of being caught people are finding it very hard to survive because of the result of the austerity measures in the problems caused by the euro what they're doing at the moment is just throwing more money at the problem and really putting back the day when greece will have to deform will have to leave the euro. coming your way later in the program in

a sense lost in afghanistan to find out why the latest airstrike has left afghanistan president condemning foreign troops. and separated spouses why israel is stopping sounds of palestinians from permanently living with israeli families. our civil society in russia is moving to the forefront of politics with a mission to keep the upcoming presidential election fair and transparent a group of leading public and pro-active figures are joining forces and crucially they seem to have the support of the candidates and developers are going after has more. it doesn't take long to find videos of alleged violations during the recent parliamentary vote in russia just a couple of clicks is enough since scores of these files have flooded the internet and even though most of the allegations are still to be proven in courts tens of thousands of people have been taking to the streets demanding fair elections with

marches presidential vote is just around the corner events are unfolding quickly with. people want to vote responsibly and to know where their votes go their own political competition independent courts and media forming the voters' league is not cheating and the idea was floating in the air the voters league was officially founded in january by a group of journalists bloggers activists artists writers and other public figures and statements way g.d.s. clegg t.v. host and now activists who want to get ready for africa or the head of a charity fund and blogger liz idea that bianca also known as dr lisa. of coordinating of the blue buckets movement fighting for equal rights on roads for everyone. our league is an opportunity to gather people who are not indifferent to what's happening the more people with

a similar position there are the better the leagues main goal is to ensure fair elections is published a list of initiatives on the web divided into groups that everyone can be a part of public discussions and online votes are the key instruments and letters have been sent to all presidential candidates asking them to cooperate with the league and even though the project is less than a month old everyone has so far agreed including pledging middleton another candidate businessman mikhail prokhorov has already struck a deal with the leak you have to go on willing to authorize one hundred fifty thousand league observers we've also arranged to put. together unified database to keep it from the election because according to its founders around ten thousand observers are needed to ensure a fair election in moscow alone. it's great that the civil society wants to be more active but it's critically important not to cross the line and observers not only are positioned it is serious so if limitations not to take sides in the political

process. the league's founders say they'll shut the organisation down if it ever starts turning into a political movement gleaming keen to work with all candidates equally there is no doubt society has changed more people want to have more influence on russia's political life perhaps that's why it took less than one month for the vote was leaked to establish ties with both the authorities and the opposition and with the help promise from the candidates the league just may secure enough access to effectively monitor the vote in march as long as it avoids taking sides and protects its neutrality is going off r t moscow and you can always get all the latest news and updates on line by logging on to here's what's waiting for you there today iraq iran returns to argue one hundred seventy drone that was downs last december to the united states only now it's at about eighty if that's the regional sides. also online spoke too soon germany's forced to switch back to

nuclear energy just one year after declaring he was giving it up find out why on r.t. dot com. the afghan president has ordered an investigation into an airstrike that killed eight children on wednesday in a statement of karzai can damage the aerial bombing by foreign troops but just a week ago the united states announced it could hold combat operations in afghanistan earlier than expected but this strike could worsen them already strained relationship between karzai and washington amid a mounting afghan desk told documentary filmmaker born things that despite condemnation civilian casualties will continue to rise. he.

have any viability is a legitimate see as an afghan will something like this happens but he is basically a tool of the american occupation there so we can expect any real demand to change from here this kind of thing obviously doesn't win hearts and minds this happened in the same area were afghan soldiers recently killed troops on board and i think because the u.s. is planning to pull out of the movie next day for because of the injured are moving their troops out we can expect more airstrikes and more civilian casualties in afghanistan we already saw two thousand and eleven. of two thousand and ten in terms of civilian casualties i'm afraid we're going to see that trend continue in two thousand and twelve precisely because they know that they have to pull out safely because they noted again this. just

a month before we're out of the presidential vote itself sadia one of the candidates is in hospital joya his recovering from a stroke she suffered on thursday when prosecutors arrived to take her and for questioning she's being called as a witness to a raid on government offices late late last year to have a claim victory in of ambers disputed presidential election which was a nod by the a city and supreme court the country's capital was gripped by protests four weeks after a vote so i was planning to state her own inauguration as president this friday which the acting head of the republican and attempted coup. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world germany's finance minister has been caught on tape saying portugal's bailout plan may need to be revised once a second bailout for greece has been finalized the comments came at a meeting with other eurozone ministers an hour the first acknowledgement from a high level here official that portugal may need more time and money to get me back on track the country received a seventy eight billion euro bailout last april and has since fallen ten. deep

recession. pakistan's supreme court has rejected an appeal by the prime minister against a contempt of court charge yousuf raza gilani will be charged unless he agrees to reopen the corruption case against the country's president has refused claiming the president has immunity from prosecution while in office if found guilty the private history could face up to six months in prison and be disqualified from holding public office. a planned strike by police in rio over a low paid could put next week's famed brazil carnival at risk despite an agreed pay rise of thirty nine percent over the next two years law enforcers want to double similar industrial action in the city of salvador saw the murder rate double with one hundred twenty people killed during the nine day police strike the army could be deployed in rio to provide security. and das year in our poll found there steve jobs released by the f.b.i. includes allegations of drug use and former friends describing him as deceptive and

not honest the previously classified files were put together when jobs was being considered for a sensitive job as a trade consultant to president george w. bush the computing pioneer who died in a toll were after a long struggle with cancer had also received bomb threats according to the report . and israeli citizenship law is denying thousands of palestinians the right to permanently sell down with their israeli spouses and children the government says the law was designed for security reasons but as we are now reports it seems the battle against terror could be doing more harm than good tearing families apart this is the document that's ruining launders life it makes no mention of a university degree a husband or two children it simply states she's palestinian and therefore illegal and wanted in israel. just to breathe.

and drink. and for me it's not allowed but lorna chooses nonlife because it's where her husband and children live by law very israeli where is the rest of her family live across the border in janine palestine each time we travel during the week. goes through a path. i on the kids go through a mother. i have to walk. until now known as move between the two worlds with temporary visas issued by television but she's afraid they could stop at the government tightens its grip on an eight year old law denying permanent citizenship to palestinians married to israelis it's trying to limit the graphic. growth of the arab citizens encourage. citizens will marry palestinians from the west bank in gaza or from jordan to actually immigrate to actually leave israel israel says the law is for

security purposes and it's trying to prevent palestinians from taking advantage of being able to get an israeli id through marriage and then carry out attacks on israeli citizens but human rights groups don't buy that they petitioned the law arguing that in the last fourteen years more than one hundred fifty thousand palestinians entered israel because of family ties with israelis only fifty four of them were ever found to be a security risk. in upholding the so-called citizenship law the israeli supreme court president said it was one of the most difficult questions in the state's history the battle against terror while at the same time maintaining the nation's democratic nature we are talking about thousands of family that as a result of the decision of the supreme court that validated upheld the law they are now living under the earth tangible threat of being forcibly separated from their spouses from their children from their parents so we are indeed talking about

a huge issue with a huge effect on thousands of people this law is thinking about it. i mean one. of you greed is before having your very pure jewish state but in the meantime it threatens to tear families apart as non-interest and now face the very real danger that they might not be able to continue living together. israel. while when the winter comes to town moscow can look like a fairy tale city albeit a cold one so our moscow team went to try some winter seem to timothy's on the outskirts of the russian capital from magical forests and hosking dogs to snowplows and tiny villages here's a preview. of

what. was counted as coming our way an extra hour here on t.v. but let's now cross to the business desk for the latest financial news with kareena . for him in his past one pm here in moscow hello and welcome to business russia's second largest lender v.v. will buy shares from its minority shareholders at a price they paid during its i.p.o.

in two thousand and seven the stocks were floated at thirteen cope expressed share and as you can see it has never risen above the listing price currently if it is stocks are trading at around half the price they were initially sold on the market buyback will cost the bank around six hundred million dollars and will be implemented in the next three miles ahead of the question if the buyback is a one off event. we live in a time characterized by deep and prolonged financial crisis the instruments that work for decades of failing today otherwise the germans would not be rescuing the greeks the e.c.b. would not be giving interest free loans of course such moves cannot be the every investor must understand he's responsible for the shares he bought between russia this was one of the first ship placements and back in two thousand and seven none of us really understood the world was heading towards a global recession one. that even though some people are happy they will get their

money back may result in further problems down the line and the share buyback applies only to small shareholders like the american cause q from north capitol says that this could pave the way for conflict and lawsuits. this initiative creates so we're all this student to arbitrage opportunities which are north qualified as a purely market and bonus practices when you see the same thing costing different amount of money you can buy cheaply somewhere and sell it more expensive somewhere else if the certain category of shareholders are ground to approval which it must be explicitly explained why the other category of shareholders are not despite those fears that he says they have taken into account all legal risks everything will be carried out in full accordance with the law what's more some

experts seem to be and faced by the move business r.t. spoke to the international rating agency standard and poor's and they believe the buyback will not affect the bank's credit profile in the long term it's not really interested to the strategy of the bank itself and you wouldn't expect this to happen again in this this really is not something that that makes much of a difference from the way we started towards look at the institution and look at its credit profile or potential performance of the future. well besides he will bring you the latest updates on the story as we get them meanwhile let's check on the markets most european stocks are lower after you finance ministers held back a rescue package for greece the european central bank has kept its key interest rate at record low one percent in a move to stave off possible government default and bank failures the footsies down over a quarter of a percent while the dax is down over more than half a percent of the banks are leaving europe down barclays has reported three percent

fall in profits to five point nine billion pounds last year hit by a slowdown at its investment bank card. here in russia the markets are in the negative territory as well though my search is losing more than half of besides the obvious is down around one percent and most of the blue chips pointing downwards let's have a look at the individual shambles on the lies exposed to our reach he continues the slide of the previous session following the. point is gold is raising only losses following reports about a failed to tie up with pauline metal will give you more on that later on that in the program and gazprom you have is down around. around half a percent the company has reported a seven percent increase in production for two thousand and eleven. the euro is lower against the dollar amid on certainty about the greek debts. all is weighing on the ruble which is losing value against with both the european and u.s. currencies. crude is falling for almost three weeks high as concerns about europe's

debt crisis over way signs of an economic recovery in the united states brant blend is trading at just under one hundred eighteen dollars a barrel. as it over ninety nine dollars. a multibillion dollar merger between russian miners gold and probably metal has failed in the midst of newspaper cites sources close to the talks are saying. he's not satisfied with the terms. the owner of russia's largest gold miner we hope prokhorov claims the firm doesn't need additional assets and the country company now wants to merge with one of its foreign rivals foreigners gold and fundamental are jointly worth around seventeen billion dollars and the merger could have created the ninth biggest gold miner in the world. well that's all i have for you this hour but join me in about fifteen minutes for more here on this art.

from los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand severe problem is not enough inpatient beds not enough earth emergency department beds and not enough nurses to man those that take care of all the people who are the only real health care system that we have in the city of los angeles is the los angeles fire department in fact when i started my venture is a firefighter i didn't want to do so i started out going to just do fire fighting

it's about eighty two percent of what we do the florida problem this medical got a rescue couple weeks ago waited four hours for i've waited sometimes three hours i wouldn't say it's a francis in lynnwood for four hours and fifty minutes standing against a wall of patients and we have a federal law that mandates that you can't turn no one away who seeks care in an emergency room. we have the most expensive health care system in the world and it's probably valued the least. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images and seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are old today.

live from moscow these are the top stories syrian state media reports several blast in the country second biggest city aleppo have killed at least eleven people and the government is blaming wot it calls terrorists it comes as american gathers a coalition of nations to help bring down the syrian regime indirectly. greek labor union stage a two day strike in response to the latest wave of us which they say is pushing workers and the economy for the financial abyss the measures were a crucial step toward securing a desperately needed one hundred thirty billion euro bailout package. a group of public figures from russia's civil society gather widespread support on their

request to keep the presidential elections fair and transparent after succeeding in establishing ties with both the authorities and the opposition they are planning to monitor the vote in march. of next step the second parts have a special report on the american paramedics known as doctors in a box who treat everything from heart attacks to stomach aches. the orange dots show hospitals that are no longer here in the green dots represent those that are still in existence here but you don't see. those there are no new hospitals constructed to do so. if you look at this area from a health planning standpoint. the medical desert is to. try to get the medical records.