and if your comic set out thank you. for now the person of the stories making headlines around the world this hour radical muslim cleric with alleged links to al qaeda in britain arden's right hand man has been released from prison on bail ok so extremist preacher look at time he's been in jail for six years last week a tribunal and should be freed but officials say he poses a threat to the country's security and attempts to deport him back to jordan to face terrorism charges have been blocked by the european court of human rights. police fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters on brains capital of the first anniversary pro-democracy demonstrations crowds were attending illegal government rally. round about the country's uprising began a year ago at least sixty people have died since the shia led protests began last bravery demanding a constitution amounting to. serbs in northern

cross holding a referendum on whether they accept the current rule of the self-proclaimed republic results or today vote didn't we see today struggle to reunite with serbia belgrade there was condemned the referendum saying this will complicate dialogue with the breakaway state because of a declared independence in friendly two thousand and eight but its status is still not recognized by many countries. now russia's league of voters is demanding that the country's central chiles drop their alleged appropriate in bias and marches presidential election the league starting for a fair election doesn't like the positive tone of reports about the prime minister saying it undermines others chances but he set the record straight reports every candidate makes good use of there are a lot of it right. well i doubt he'll live here today so he did call the most eccentric video in russia's presidential campaign urging to vote for

the country's top populist legend is it enough he famous for his showmanship and occasional fistfights with fellow told me is. similar to see soon that this little mangy donkey has become a symbol of our country the whole country has come to a standstill like desirable if i become president we'll get moving again. less than a month to bill and five candidates have plastered the streets with election boosters desmond view is what t.v. promos heated discussions have become part of everyday life. already i doubt horse in the race the billionaire businessman mikhail crawford of promise is their rival or the new russia president known for his height riches and playboy past he's the only new face on russia's political scene formally and a tory as party animal his reputation was once dented by an international sex scandal which has come back to haunt him on the lead we're vegeta hell with all our

body and soul as for the elections will win them anyway you can buy anything so you can buy your victory to the remaining candidates are some of the a crowd united sudan of the old time communist party leader has always relied on the bench and voters who form about one third of russia's population now his laurels all contest is once again you're one of from a day russia polity is the notion of the big g. can't even afford milk whether pensioners. the competition has made you gonna reach out to younger generation and offer them a brand new slogan there's always a choice of putin running for his that time has refrained from getting involved in a campaign directly he has controversially refused to take part in any t.v. debates sending his representatives instead and he's promised to never show his face. when he doesn't go to television when he is

a part of straight politics where he is a part of the television coverage shopping center job as prime minister he is there is the only one i think the only kind that with so many resources so much media attention i think that he wants to show that he's the only real candidate precisely by not going there as the campaign picks up steam it's expected so will the number of street protests both for and against him and it's likely election twenty twelve will be remembered as one that got russians on their feet all of the latest opinion polls also show the level of thoughts and supports keeps on rolling across the country despite the wave position protests i think that brought us then to mobile life as core electoral because when people like brought her up are saying that you know the social benefits from the cart that factories that are inefficient because that's they should not interfere so much i think that the message that people get

across russia is that like we should keep putting there's even a song a recent online suspicion praising the prime minister's virtues sung by supposedly at the jeep migrant worker it claims was you know put in all the d.p. by his initials was sent to russia by gaunt. ls. of the many. save this song is clearly march and is just another hanks in the meantime the electoral campaign rolls on with more surprises likely among the gloomy. party. i like getting up for the playoffs kick off in the moscow frost a preview of tonight's game between dean and greases and beyond course coming up in our r.t. sports bulletin around twenty five minutes after person business news with marina.

hello and welcome citizen as the here and i see that we start this hour with the russian cross where another later is once again playing tricks just a year after a severe drought the country's sponsons are facing a cold test and are things business are less than a bushel has more for us all to hold of some russian crops may have been damaged by the extreme cold weather say farmers it's only germany france and poland are also risk from sustained low temperatures which if it's minus thirty three in some parts that's expected to skyrocket prices for things like bread week futures have been fooling of the ukraine and russian government warns they may limits exports to guarantee the mystic supply both countries are usually big exporters of grain global we proceed eleven percent in the second half of january alone we will russia's top port never received because the suspended loading at its grain terminal several times of the black sea froze over for the first time in thirty

years a drought from july to november last year has already weakened crops the head of russia's than one company says fifty percent of the country's great crop could be damaged by heavy winds and the worst weather in a quarter of a century first tests in russia sells show one in three grape vines have already been lost. far looks like a look at the markets and i will start with exchange rates the euro is trader friday against the dollar this tuesday and that's after being down in early asian trading due to rating downgrades by moody's investor service and we'll have more about a little bit later but the move by the way it's an agency weighs in on the ruble which is seen moderate gains against european currencies. is that alan but still hovering around a one month high in the us after the all star it's apparent approval by the greek parliament as well as tighten sanctions on iran futures climbed over two percent after confidence in control of more than one hundred percent they would stop loading cargo from iran let's move on to europe stock markets they're open to lower

with a sense midway fire fresh crop of downgrades and ratings cross by moody's the ratings agency north korean office of spain's over in that rating and cut its outlooks on the u.k. and france to make it serve. over in asian markets have reversed earlier losses start off in the bank of japan surprise the market by expanding its asset purchase program and by also side dish will one hundred twenty eight billion dollars will be used to buy japanese government boards. our markets are flat seen that would serve the r.t.s. is an illusion of part of a precise role in my sense is that in just the last let's take a look at the index numbers on the mice rats energy majors are dragging the index through our work by local oil has managed to sustain the pressure traders say investors are moving their stock from rosneft and that's after all stop increased crime capital expenditures for this new year banking stocks are also lower although the second largest lender b.c.b.

is slowly escape the negative territory and looking ahead to the rest of the week tone monthly from what greets you have told us the russian investors will be waiting for you in on the greater from europe in the us. and us reach our sorrows as well as driver to go through production or coming out except some numbers on the market. look at various numbers as a reflection. probably isn't very the implication but it's also very tricky and in the euro zone it was sort of running in china and that stephanie some of the tribes russian markets remember the period i would expect he's still there he's a bit circulates around. the news all rosso the world's largest diamond miner by all put may sell forty percent of the i.p.o. according to commerce and they leave the flotation worth of a one billion dollars in may take part in the second half of the year. but over in germany beer lovers will soon have the opportunity to enjoy a new flavor of their favorite beverage and that's because russia's six largest

brewer are chock a block has decided to set up production in the european country the company plans to increase its presence in the german markets helpful this year by brewing five million liters of beer a shot of us says it's forced to expand a broad police and regulatory pressure for russia's new markets that's all the business news for now carries next to the headlines. the.

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talking look at the headlines not here not put to the test as the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes the syrian crisis scene some months ago ten items to be sure and china pushed through a new resolution two nations considered one sided. europe gets hit with yet another way to look down breaks as confidence collapses over the blocks future this as the indian presses ahead of this austerity for instance and look to greece . china's vice president and leader in waiting guys need us the

opportunity i was talking to point common ground against the backdrop of an interim build up and get into the city. or circle of tension is contracting around iran the start of it accuses it of orchestrating attacks on israeli diplomats it comes amid strange relations in the region with the west and concerned that the terrorist controversial nuclear program before i talk to brian becker a member of the own empty walker bush. thank you for joining us on r.t. thank you what is the united states want from tightening the sanctions. even beyond tightening the sanctions now indeed it is the united states government has created an artificial crisis that's first and foremost it's a manufactured crisis iran is complying with. iran does not have

a nuclear weapon iran is now threatening its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear weapons and unlike iran refuses to sign a nuclear nonproliferation treaty does not allow. inspectors into its country so there's not really a nuclear menace or a nuclear danger from iran so what is the cause what's the cause of the crisis of the artificial crisis the real goal is the united states government has embarked on a course of extreme economic aggression against iran with the hope that by creating economic suffering economic isolation economic misery that part of the population will rise up or become disenfranchised with the government so that the u.s. can do as it has in history carry out regime change they deny that the us deny that it's trying to carry out a regime change in iran right i mean we have to take it with

a very very big grain of salt because we know that since nine hundred seventy nine the united states refuses to have relations with the islamic republic of iran why is it because iran is a dictatorship well it's actually a democratic government it has democratic features far beyond some of america's most foremost there lies in the middle east such as saudi arabia for instance since nine hundred seventy nine iran became an independent government before that between nine hundred fifty three and one thousand nine hundred seventy nine when the shah was there. the shi'a basically is a proxy you're a puppet or a client of the american power and so the u.s. says they're not carrying out regime change but in fact everyone who's watching knows there indeed is the u.s. policy to create pressure on iran carry out overt covert operations economic sanctions and now these new sanctions are not really even a lightly old sanctions they are saying to the rest of the world if you dare do

business with iran central bank if you buy iranian oil which constitutes half of iran's g.n.p. if you have any business with iran whatsoever you will not have access to american banks to american corporations to the american market this is in fact a blockade something like an economic blockade of iran and by international law an economic blockade is an act of war and so we should understand it just like that so what do you think iran is for sponsors going to be well iran so far has been very prudent even though they said that they would consider closing the strait of hormuz that six mile stretch of the persian arabian gulf where twenty five percent of the world's oil supply goes through. and even though much was made of that in the western media in fact iran has not done anything to give the u.s. . pretext an excuse

a provocation sort of speak that would allow the united states or israel to trigger a set of military actions iran i think is also telling its people that we are not panicked we are the iranian government are not panicked that they're trying to show that they have a serenity and a calmness and i confidence and that they will weather the storm but in fact economic sanctions are taking a bite on the iranian economy right now there is a lot to see about this is really possible attack specially israeli. possible attack wall street journal says that the u.s. is planning a plan b. israel attacks i think the israelis try to pretend that iran constitutes an axis tensional threat to israel i don't think that that in fact is the case even though iran's military has the capability to do great damage to israel in the event of a war even though israel is a nuclear power i think the israeli government has in

a pattern and a practice of invasion and bombing of its neighbors in the middle east it carried out the bombing of borax nuclear facility in one nine hundred eighty one even though that was permitted by international law and subject i spectrums in other words nuclear program for civilian energy purposes israel came and bombed it they did the same to syria in the last few years and they would like to carry out military strikes against the iranian government and the americans don't want there right now even though they are happy to be have a run in a state of tension they don't really want israel to become the main protagonist with the iranian government by carrying out an unprovoked military strike i mean i'm talking about the main sectors and the american establishment because that would then present the crazes struggle between the islamic republic of iran on one side in the israeli's zionist regime on the other and in that case iran will be

able to mobilize mass support throughout the middle east for it the united states has a different tact they want to keep israel sort of in the background lou mean danger in threatening iran in one way keep in iran in a state of tension perhaps militarily but have the economic sanctions do the bulk of the work by carrying out economic and financial isolation against the iranian government they think in the long term that's the easier way the better way and a more effective way to carry out regime change. the u.s. is puzzled over israel's intentions so what if israel does decide to strike iran and this is a u.s. official says it's hard to know what's a bluster and what's not with israelis well i think a lot of that is baloney and nonsense the israelis are the recipient the benefactor of three billion dollars a year in u.s. military aid if they do something that's completely contrary to what washington

wants they will be on the very short end of the stick the israelis are not dominating in dictating u.s. policy in this geo strategic we are not or they are not they have a big influence in washington they have a strong lobby but when it comes to iran or when it comes to iraq the israelis do not tell united states what to do its ways for certain if israel strikes no if the conflict is presented that way between islamic republic and israel the people of the middle east will really to the side of iran the assassination of the iranian scientist which rick santorum called half and that's are. well aware. of. the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations the sanctions that tightening up the sanctions. coalition that the u.s. is trying to build against iran what is iran going to do to face all of this pressure well iran has certainly lies to iran has russia and it has china

increasingly it has venezuela and cuba another words those governments in the world in addition of course to syria which has its own problems right now but the countries in the world don't want the entire world to be done many did by one power the united states of america they recognize that the existence of iran as an independent government is something that is positive meaning that if the united states were so were were to be successful in carrying out regime change in iran. they would be emboldened to carry out further destabilizing efforts against other cowers including russia and china by the way even though their great powers. so i think that iran has allies and i think iran is trying to show that they can weather the storm and also that they can relieve their population in spite of the fact the divisions that were revealed in two thousand and nine after the elections

the presidential elections the iranian people as a whole i don't believe they should be sanctioned the iranian people believe that they have as they do the right to develop nuclear power for peaceful civilian purposes and i think right now the iranian government is trying to weather the storm and they're also making it clear that they don't sense that they have they have limited options they have limited options in and that's the big issue here i think is the. in america right now in the united states nobody feels this issue they don't feel there's a war looming they don't feel the problem of economic sanctions it's the iranians who are feeling it it's the tension the pressure of the economic problems are all one sided this is like a great power the seven hundred pound gorilla who decides to sit wherever it wants to sit and it can create immense tension and pressure and economic suffering somewhere else without having to endure any political price so that that's the big

problem and as a peace activist and as someone who believes in human rights in i think will do will see this more and more in the united states we are starting to concentrate our efforts to expose the fact that the united states government is carrying out through a different set of tactics the same thing that they did in iraq they carried out regime change in iraq not to make iraq more democratic more human rights oriented but to dominate iraq and i think they they want to do that in iran and we need to have people outside of iran stand up and say iran should not be alone on this that's not presidential elections have anything and what's going on and really what's going to happen with iran in terms of russians and iran i think the presidential elections in the united states definitely play a role in u.s. policy towards iran that by the way has been the case ever since the iranian revolution in iran has factored into american politics in this case the republican candidates are sort of beating obama and suggesting that if obama is reelected we

will have a nuclear armed iran someday soon what about i do something just a counter their statements because it's an election year i don't think so i think that it's not out of the question that obama could opportunistically up the ante or even escalate tensions or even allow some sort of limited military attack against iran in order to show how tough years and how well. he's not a liberal or something like that but i don't think so this is a very big project for the pentagon for the cia for the us establishment i think it goes beyond electoral politics and i think the obama administration and the pentagon are having a carefully calibrated approach that won't again with regime change the republicans and democrats share the same objective one is more demagogic we military against iran and they both share the same objective which is to bring iran back into an american spear of influence and i think the republicans can't move obama that much

because obama actually has the backing of the pentagon and in terms of this particular approach the pentagon is bogged down in afghanistan they really were pushed out of iraq they have a lot of a lot of military problems a major full scale war right now which could happen even if they don't intend it by people climb the escalation ladder.

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put to the test as the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes the syrian crisis and move is seen by some as an attempt to try to end the screws on russia and china and push through a new resolution two nations consider one sided. europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades as confidence collapses over books feature this as the presses a head it's all stairs and proceed against conan but greece. could. try as vice president turned it into a sea lies and u.s. search teams are instructed on common ground against and out of joint with an american military build up in the six nation. able to enjoy euthanasia sports.

hello larry thanks for watching and here's a taste of what is coming out on thin ice freezing conditions could scuttle danger of pain tie with limpy are costing the russian capital plus one chooses a striker castella says he's ready to play for the club again after three months exile. and russian stars shine to some of the world's best figure skaters to take the ice into of us. but the. match with n.p.r. cost is under threat because of freezing conditions the first leg of this last thirteen crash is going to kick off in moscow this afternoon that will be subject to a late patients affection and temperatures around minus fifteen forecast with nor is the perfect. temperature in the russian capitals plummeted of the last week

a monday was a coldest day yet the most those experienced this winter the players were certainly prepared for whatever weather confront them seems when every available piece of clothing to try and convert the cold damp of is to simply because these conditions are certainly been tough to get used to but we're here to play football again because if you ever decide the game should go ahead of me we will of course take to the field and do everything we can to win of course it will be tough the game is scheduled to get underway it three pm local time choose the berber will be an inspection an hour earlier to see if the match can go ahead under way for regulations for temperatures below minus fifteen and the match to be cooled off and would be a good coach confronted beard says he's not prepared to let his players play in such cold conditions.