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to mark the anniversary of the pro-democracy uprising in bahrain put down the tactics and weapons from the u.k. claims of western governments hypocrisy over different revolts in the region. one sided reports from syria only the regime for atrocities are seen by some as an attempt to hide the truth of the conflict by sweeping crimes under the carpet. and sizing up the rivals u.s. leaders could joe china's vice president xi jinping as the two nations vie for the upper hand in the turbulent relationship.

you're watching good to have you with us today well straight to our top story now the pictures regime forces cracking down on protesters but this time the emanating from bahrain just hours ago activists trying to. pro-democracy uprising were dispersed by heavily armed police. reports the weapons as well as the tactics they have been imported from the u.k. . tear gas and stun grenades supposedly the work of a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests were crushed in bahrain it seems not much has changed the only difference now the crackdown has been planned by one of britain's former top cops jon the eights used to be assistant commissioner of london's metropolitan police he now works for bahrain's monarchy which says he's there to oversee police reforms the police have

borrowed or behaving despicably their latest trick is to throw cancer tear gas into homes of people they don't like shut the doors and people have died choking to death tear gas or use out of doors and i think for any british police officer mr yates is retired to be associated in any way with that is his role yes resigned from scotland yard last year and early fix him of the phone hacking scandal he popped up in bahrain in december as part of the regime's p.r. campaign to clean up its image a campaign pushed hard it seems by gates himself he recently told the daily telegraph his new charges had a well rehearsed plan for the anniversary of the uprising adding the concept of reasonable reaction to provocation has been reinforced as for the uprising itself said this isn't organized protests it's just vandalism rioting on the streets claims hotly disputed by london's bahraini community and then you get thousands and

thousands of people protestant demanding their rights and you call that vandalism if you seem to forget that there's sixty five or sixty five people actually died in france from police brutality activists in bahrain insists their protest was peaceful their aim to reach the iconic pole roundabout in the capital manama they say they were met by tanks toxic gas and rubber bullets what we witnessed on their own as not. the front of from what impact this previously but it's been extended through the toxic gases and use of poisoning of. mr john as contributing we should see a positive things at the ground what we see today as nothing acceptable it may not just be british tactics bahrain's easing but weapons to government figures show the u.k. sold over one million pounds worth of rifles and artillery quitman to bahrain from

july to september last year long off the blood was spilled that despite insisting all licenses had been revoked as for yates his contract runs until april by which time he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off on bennett's r.t. london. or middle east expert says the different attitude external powers have taken to bahrain uprising is easily explained by how useful the regime is to them. those countries which are regarded as as the west or stooges of the west basically not criticise regularly it's not just the gulf states and bahrain in particular it is also countries like yemen who was brutal dictatorial present to prison former president is currently in the united states receiving medical treatment and no reporting is taking place from the yemen there were demonstrations

in saudi arabia a few days ago which got very little coverage of course the saudis have no democracy at all it is probably the most undemocratic country in the entire arab world much much more undemocratic even them libya was no one talks about this because it's a useful country it has always and it does look the west starts intervention in bahrain was greenlighted by the united states which is very strong in that and speculative and they crushed the uprising and they were brutalities on to improve talent teats which are dealt with in a different way and now the problem in bahrain is that seventy to eighty percent of the population feels it has no representation whatsoever and yet nothing happens on this front at all. well tariq ali has also provided us with some insights on the current crisis in syria a special interview with him is on the air in about twenty five minutes time but before that here's what's coming up in the program turkey wants to keep out of the

economic war on iran to protect its national interests to keep an iranian oil. activists in the syria claim government troops have sent tanks to attack residential areas in the country's fourth largest city of hama that since the fighting shows no sign of abating in the epicenter of the uprising the city homes but with reports out to verify it there are concerns that some want only the regime painted in the bad light. since the beginning of the uprising in syria last march the regime of bashar al assad has been accused of refreshen torture and killing but with a bad month of homes while the main stronghold of the opposition in its second week blame has since focused on assad forces attacking civilians and shell in residential areas. in a beautiful yard called himself

a member of the opposition and intellectual not marry one his stresses from a social democratic group originally from homes he blames assad for mistakes which allowed bloodshed at the start putting the country on the road to crisis but he just defies what the regime is doing in his native city now i think that in homs there are many gangs you know there is a title and everyone can claim that he belonged with that they startle and no one can ban him no one can. say that you don't have the why to to to have the startle so i can i can't claim that i belong to this free syrian army who can bear me who can prevent me the danger posed by the armed forces was seen in the killing of a french journalist last month and b. says when he went to homes he put in his mind that the syrian opposition is very peaceful and the g.m. is trying to frame them so he he was like

a pioneer in the call and he was killed by the some gang i don't see their attacks on government targets have become increasingly bloody themselves with twenty eight people killed and scores injured or an attack on a military base in a lateral last week an f.s.a. free syrian army recruits entered to admit its responsibility before the organization later denied it blaming government forces a claim ridiculed by regime a woman insurgents and terrorists have committed this attack only an unseen. you could say that the government is killing its officials and officers and destroying its own administrative buildings these armed terror groups were created to commit these crimes and they have committed them in the past and will continue to do so if the west and they are supported by the us is aware of syria's power it realizes that there are people in syria. against the ideology and that's why the us supports

are undermining. instead of the american first and. last sunday the arab league for food political and financial position to unify its ranks it is similar call from the leader of al qaida and muslims to unite efforts to help overthrow bashar al assad recent reports suggest iraqi weapons qatari troops and leave in rebels a role in syria on the opposition side this makes for a volatile and highly dangerous mix. many western powers interested in fomenting unrest and syria and so they'll turn a blind eye to extreme weapons coming in through borders like lebanon and turkey to create the very militant i won't call them terrorist but very dangerous armed groups that are determined to create war and not peace in syria foreign

pressure has focused on the assad regime but the syrian government and its international supporters say there's been a total failure to acknowledge violence from opposition forces which has been a key factor in the country's present turmoil they warn that finding a solution to the country's problems isn't possible without recognizing all its causes. damascus syria. is now inside syria and reports on impressions on the situation that you can check out her twitter stream the latest tweet she says. who are skeptical about an interest league initiative to bring in peacekeepers are deeply concerned about al-qaeda militants allegedly fighting in the country. or patrick hayes a reporter for the online magazine spiked told r.t. that some major players are rejecting peaceful solutions for syria and polarizing an already complex situation the removal of diplomats from syria. the.

desire to arm the free syrian army from the west and to basically support them to give them kind of sectioned off training areas where they can develop an open strong opposition apart from the kind of threat of a sad all suggest that you know the west isn't willing to have you know encourage any kind of dialogue or discourse and to alternately they want you know they've now polarized the situation they've now said you know. these evil we need to get rid of him they use those kind of terms evil you know the. ogre all bogeyman and you know the syrian people are vulnerable victims who need to be protected by the west now i think we saw the same thing with good afi and it's always very striking that you know it was only two years ago that assad was seen as the great reformer in syria the west were basically queuing up to talk to him. of asia times correspondent pay

escobar says unlike libya syria won't fall under western influence through intervention because it has a stronger position in the region. well this stakes in syria are so much higher compared to libya because this is that directs. direct clash between the u.s. and nato on one side and russia and china on the one you know on the other side much more david was in libya in libya russia and china and even to the other brics and germany as well they said ok maybe this is not the red line yes let's give them the benefit of the doubt i mean the french the brits and the americans the country was destroy syria you cannot do that because first of all they're going to have to fight the real army even if they're not very competent but they are battle hardened there's been two wars in the middle east the syrian army it's a smaller country there's more population you cannot simply landings asian is out of the question because the you would go all over the place the repercussions to

turkey to jordan to iraq to saudi arabia so nato spread is to foment civil war and that's it's like there's actually what they are doing. well china. talks to the chinese vice president's visit to the u.s. she jumping xah american colleagues voice disappointment with beijing. the recent i'm going as a nation syria or china with a criticism that's tied to trade loans and lack of copyright for some of the pristine vice presidents text entry time from the brief exchanges that day was the ceremonial. sized opposition. to the beijing of the next decade christine for us our reports now on the rocky relationship between the two economic times. he loves me loves me and that age old question is one china at least has every right to ask regarding its relationship with the

united states just in the last three years china has been winding dined here and. praised and envy for its ability to do whatever it wants and right now china the government can disconnect parts of its internet in the case of war we need to have that here too the chinese pay zero capital gains tax folks in congress are also going to get a chance to decide later. in the month whether our construction workers should sit around doing nothing while china builds the best railroads the best schools the best airports. in the world but it turns out those chocolate covered compliments seem to come just as frequently as those cold hearted criticisms from human rights to currency devaluation to trade we finally need to confront the issue of trade with china all too often china's been competing in a way that's tilting the playing field and is unfair to u.s. work and it's not just the president himself those hoping to take his job also tend

to flip flop on china these guys are after us and. looking for ways to. to work to harness china doesn't want to various they want to see has succeeded thrive so we could buy more chinese products ivan eland senior fellow at the independent institute says the paradox transcends the rhetoric we borrow a lot of money from china too so it's quite a curious thing that we're really borrowing money to pay for defending other countries from china right i mean that's what really during the mixed messages are reaching the masses as well in a recent gallup poll by fifty two percent to thirty two percent americans were more likely to name china than the united states as the leading economic power in the world today even though it's not however in a separate survey when asked which country represents the greatest danger china came in second only after iran in life and love there appears to be

a fine line between resentment and respect i want to beat china i want to go to war with china and make america the most attractive place in the world to do business if you look at china they're in a very different subject they say for their own retirement security they don't have the f.t.c. they don't have the modern welfare state and china's growing it's that growth and the sharing is caring relationship that has bound these countries in this holy union this trade and economic interdependence with china is really a defining factor and perhaps like most relationships there's nothing simple. about the one between the u.s. and china there are disagreements about who gets to lead when how to spend the money and how to raise the children but the fact is this relationship is one that's going to be around for generations to come in washington christine present out our team. paul craig roberts he said in president reagan's administration says that

u.s. desperation to stall china's rapid rise could prove costly the united states says it is responding to china in two ways one it's trying to reduce china's independent access to oil around accounts for twenty percent of john's oil so it doesn't make a lot of sense for washington to go to china and say look in bargo yourself from iranian oil and let us go to an american puppet in office in that country as well so we can prevent your economic development from catching up to us too quickly and the united states is responding to china also with increased military presence united states says that the south china sea is an area of national interest to the united states there of course that

doesn't make any sense it's like china saying the gulf of mexico is an area of national interest to china so the united states is asserting that chinese territory wars are in a matter of national interest to washington so i think these types of. militaristic statements. encourage china to build up its military and so the americans essentially may be trying to start another arms race. well of course you can always log on to our website r.t. dot com for the latest news and videos here's some of what's just a click away from you right now hackers deal a devastating blow to the world's second largest stock exchange take out its web site with an online knockout. close moment the world comes to another chernobyl style disaster reveal fresh claims his profile or you can find out more

dot com. turkey has no plans to consider alternative oil suppliers will continue to import fuel from iran and this part the countries in nato membership officials have firmly disapproved of calls for a strike against tehran and are reluctant to go along with what they see as western economic bullying shihan news agency chief. she says iran hysteria there's no good for the entire region. it will be a very important headache for turkey because turkey is part of nato and because of that turkey has certain responsibilities but iran is

a very important neighbor that two countries iran and turkey did not have war for centuries it's very difficult to get a settlement to get a solution by attacking iran which is more than eighty million population really big country but as far as i know the current israeli government are not helping to find and calm a peaceful. diplomatic solution to the crisis. in terms of the internal political interests i hope i i see that unfortunately it helps and the tension helps netanyahu and for the world it is just this sponsibility to see this and to push really diplomatic means as far as possible in order to get rid of the possibility that we have another war

in the middle east which would be detrimental for for all of us. from elsewhere in the world now an american that was ships continue to cruise iran's backyard and craft carrier abraham lincoln crossed the street. just weeks after the terror wouldn't tolerate u.s. naval force returning. forces shot at them in either the new instance where ported to iran has threatened to close the strait used for the well trained response to western sanctions on iran's nuclear program. but it is and remains to be rescued by emergency services so the heavy snow for them in their own rooms the country's winter death toll has now reached seventy nine with authorities using helicopters and trucks to get the food and medicine since the end of january hundreds have died across eastern europe tens of thousands. of the holes.

in the affected. water cannons and tear gas have been fired at x p protest is continued capital demanding to be recognized as trains soldiers who fought in the falklands conflict for native title to pensions and health care demonstrators say they should have the same rights despite being deployed to the islands twenty four people were detained for the i don't know crosstalk. g.m.t. people a bell looks at the ongoing dispute legal status. if only all that is found is found around the falkland islands in the area. under its sovereign control then we know where the oil belongs but this sort of back and forth between large include britain and the following list continues to dominate. the i guess

the only the only colonial i argue with this whole debate is the fact that argentina wants to colonize three thousand british subjects and i think that's a bit simple. alex you want to record i heard david cameron too but oh no that's all right yes ok i know what you are aware of so for us let us. ask the three thousand people who live on the falkland islands and they will want to remain british. at its cost say the top business desk and joinery. and welcome to business here on our team we start this hour with gasper on which is finally close to foreign allies and it's a long run in talks on gas supplies to china that all the firms export brian shelagh sandeman dread of hopes to strike a deal in the near future the parties are struggling to agree on construction of a new pipeline to pump energy from russia siberia to asia but next on them a dread of believes trying to will finally come to terms with russia but surely we

. just need to feel. the pulse of the construction projects that three projects in the russian side could make the job in china. i was assured of this arguments will be taken to account but we believe that your correction of those politician because chinese press should be the same level like europeans. well it's like a look at the markets now we'll start with oil crude is a rising of the european leaders. so it's a package in return for second bailouts easing concerns over the region's that crisis maker of demand for oil and send crude higher lights to discourage trading over a one hundred dollars per barrel while the present plans on their one hundred eighteen dollars asian markets there are picking up steam as

a prize monetary easing by japan central bank rate the dollar extended surge against the gun japanese currency said exports as whole layer of carmakers both adding over three percent and the hong kong gains are led by property stocks rebound in strong me from the start of the week here in russia traders will roll their sleeves in about two hours time on tuesday the markets finished mixed with the r.t.s. in the red and the my six points and off come on shares are more among the top gainers on shoes they jump in more than thirty two percent for news from mr putin office of the truck maker splines in central russia on wednesday. the russian market has been enjoying rapid growth since the beginning of the year and. capital highlights some of the sectors and stocks this company favors. the future will resemble what we saw in the past two weeks and the names. of the world will be formed or will perform on gas smaller someone. we also like

you to. make in the. names of them really really well in the past two weeks or. you could. earn a dollar in these mergers and acquisitions in russia jumped twenty percent in two thousand and eleven as compared to the year before that sort of value of deals or into some of the six billion dollars well the growth in volume is twice as fast as the global average chemical production was the top side turns terms of volume as well energy and financial side there's came in second and third place respectively . so the business news for an alibi can about fifty five minutes but more financial news here in the meantime though the headlines of carry.

culture is that so much you are going to go but already the most obvious. difference take your pick one of them i'll be in britain and argentina again sparring of the legal status and future of these why is this dispute. any match one split.