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start on t.v. dot com. rallies to mark the anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising in bahrain put down tactics and weapons from the u.k. sparking claims of western hypocrisy over different votes in the region. one sided reports from syria blaming only the regime for atrocities are seen by some as an attempt to hide the truth of the conflict by sweeping rebel crimes under the carpet. and sizing up the rivals u.s. leaders could joe china's visiting vice president and leader and way to xi jinping as the two nations vie for the upper hand in a turbulent relationship. plus gas from. the past is that your use of your supplies we'll have more of that in business twenty minutes.

this is out here very warm welcome. now the pictures all familiar regime forces cracking down on protesters but this time they emanate from bahrain activists trying to mark the one year anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising were dispersed by heavily armed police and as i have been it 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 john yates used to be assistant commissioner of london's metropolitan police he now works for

bahrain's monarchy which says he is there to oversee police reform 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 or overstimulate retired to be association any way with that is it's wrong yes resigned from scotland yard last year in early fictive 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 yeats 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 yates said this isn't organized protests it's just vandalism rioting on the streets

claims hotly disputed by london it's bahraini community leaders get thousands and thousands of people protesting demanding their rights and you call that vandalism you seem to forget that there are 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 the ground as not. the front or from what the impact was previously but it's been extend through the toxic gases and use of poisoning of. mr john as contributing we should see a positive things at the ground what we are seeing 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 equipment to bahrain from july to september last year long off the blood was spilled that's despite insisting all the 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 the bennetts r.t. london. middle east expert eric alley says a different attitudes world powers are taking to bahrain's uprising 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 whose brutal dictatorial present president former president is

currently in the united states receiving medical treatment 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 and no one talks about this because it's a useful country it has always and it does have the west also failed to mention in bahrain was greenlighted by the united states which is very strong in that principle of tape and they crush the uprising. well tariq ali has also provided a so with some insight on the current crisis in syria that interview with him is only in the next hour about for that here's what else is coming up in the program. turkey wants to keep out of the economic war on iran choosing to protect its national interests by continuing to import iranian oil. a blast has ripped through an oil pipeline in the syrian city of homs where clashes between regime

troops and opposition fighters have continued for over a week thick smoke can be seen hanging over the city activists say the explosion was caused by government strike reports also suggest the army has sent tanks which are attacking residential areas in the country's largest city i'm a capital damascus troops said to be raiding houses not compromising the free syrian army but information hard to verify their concerns that someone turned the regime painting a bad light on the opposition. 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 abad much of holmes blame has since focused on forces attacking civilians and shell in residential areas. in a beautiful yard called himself a member of the opposition an intellectual not one he stresses from a social democratic group originally from holmes he blames assad for mistakes which

allowed bloodshed at the start but he just defies what the regime is doing in his native city now he is the two i mean he is trying to to to. protect civilians i think that in homs there are many gangs you know there is a title and everyone can claim that he belonged to this title and no one can ban him the danger posed by the armed forces was seen in the killing of a french journalist last month and he says when he went to homes he put in his mind . that the syrian opposition is very peaceful in the g.m. is trying to this fame them so he he was like a pioneer in the call and he was killed by the some gang attacks on government targets have become increasingly bloody themselves with twenty eight people killed and scores injured on an attack on a military base in

a little last week after saying free syrian army recruits entered to admit its responsibility before the organization laid to deny did claiming government forces a claim ridiculed by the regime when the insurgents and terrorists have committed this attack only an insane person 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 the arab states supported last sunday the arab league vote still for full political and financial support for the opposition to unify its ranks but it is similar call from the leader of al qaida urging muslims to unite efforts to help overthrow bashar al assad recent reports suggest iraqi weapons qatari troops and libyan rebels are role in syria on the opposition side this makes for

a political and highly dangerous makes one of 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 militants i won't call them terrorists but very dangerous armed groups but the west has its eyes wide open when it comes to the reported death toll becomingly no one figure no the five thousand implies civilians only but that figure leaves out any mention of pro-government forces killed in the conflict some say the numbers are distort to meet political objectives. oh a number. of them. but you would be surprised to know that over two hundred. this is. the. 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 follows from opposition forces which has been a key factor in the country's present time all they want but finding the solution to the country's crisis isn't possible without recognizing all its causes regional should all t. damascus syria well the former international first hand reports on impressions from inside syria to check out her twitter feed traveling to the flashpoint city of hama she and her team were warned by the minister of information not to stress there from russia because of the presence of opposition fighters she added that the area looks calm so far have fled. but patrick hayes a reporter for the online magazine spiked told r.t. that some major players are rejecting peaceful solutions for syria and polarizing in 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 a 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 right now said you know. these evil we need to get rid of him they use those kind of terms evil you know the. ogre or 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 get that 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 or relations between greece and the brussels on course for a new low out of the euro zone canceled a planned meeting of the currency blocks finance ministers to discuss

a second bailout the e.u. today is openly skeptical of athens the political will on the greeks say they've been betrayed by those who settled them with crippling austerity well for more let's now go to our correspondent jake agreement who is enough to take up where does this leave greece. really hard to for this is anything else than a slap in the face for the greek government had passed another round of very unpopular austerity measures and hope to return their begetting guarantees today that another bailout will be coming last in order to repay march's debts and not avoid a default taking place but they have been sticking their neck out of the line on this issue because it's one that's very unpopular the greek population is alienation and somewhat from the populace of those demonstrations taking place on sunday evening into the early hours of monday morning which resulted in all clashes with police violence and injuries also disruption to the capital for the protest

itself wasn't just restricted to the public we saw in parliament politicians well forty three the ruling coalition choosing to vote no to further the measure is this something now that really isn't that popular with politicians all the public who do get the impression we speak to greeks here in the capsule a growing sense of resentment of how they're being treated what they're be made to do by the euro zone by the e.u. and i.m.f. in order to be deemed worthy of course that's what they're saying at the moment while your body that the greek government hasn't done enough to guarantee another bailout because i don't think they've really got enough done enough to implement further austerity measures when asking for the politicians to vote for this and sunday the greek prime minister said it was a moment of historic responsibility well we've heard the head of public order here coming out today empty and saying that's what europe is doing a moment they're not really acting very responsibly now is of course we've been

reporting you leaders were also in beijing yesterday as part of the drive to persuade china to commit its vast reserves to stabilizing the eurozone what do you think. are showing this show and just how far reaching this crisis in greece and north so the euro zone. now it's in the terms of achievement for very list so you had quite a high ranking delegation heading there it was headed up by the presence of the european commission the president of the european council as well as a manual process herman van rompuy both of them despite that high ranking delegation didn't get any more guarantees apart from good and positive words by chinese counterparts so no financial interactions nothing guaranteed in terms of financial stimulus is really what they want the reason they're in china because china has the money they need right now three point two trillion dollars reserve currency fund that could help stabilize the markets here understand why the chinese

are somewhat wary of this investment because economic indicators are only really worsening we've seen g.d.p. in two thousand and eleven slumping by six percent that's the latest results that's really extension weighted in the fourth quarter also that's a word at the moment which is default greek default an exit from the euro zone what's being talked about increasingly by greek politicians the public also by viewers own leaders and that reno is still reeling in the sense of confidence here . ok. our senior correspondent thank you. well meanwhile in america it's been a tough first day of talks for china's vice president and leader in waiting sheeting ping's american colleagues began by voicing disappointment with the policies and the rich stance on syria criticism was also leveled at china over its copyright in force and rights with its vice president stoically apart from the

group exchanges the day was largely ceremonial. and this is an option in paying the man why didn't it to lead beijing into next decade parties christine for reports down. between two economic giants. he loves me. i mean 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 whined or done. praised and envied for its ability to do whatever it wants 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 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 such as 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. 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 sat in president reagan's administration says that u.s. desperation to store 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 and ran accounts for twenty percent of john's oil so it doesn't make a lot of sense for washington to go to challenge say in the embargo 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 interests to the united states and 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 i think these types of. militaristic statements that encourage china to build up its military and so the americans sensibly may be trying to start another arms race. and you can log onto our website any time you like the latest news and videos that said r.t. dot com has some of what's a just a click away. see how the six nations are stored progress international corporate

protection agreement all sponsored by washington why governments can turn on web restrictions. and the rebirth of an edge and russia's iconic kalashnikov rifle may be given the only will discharge as a veteran makes way for a new model. turkey has no plans to consider alternative oil supplies and will continue to import fuel from iran on the spot the country's nato membership officials have firmly disapproved of calls for a strike against tehran or inductance to go along with what iran sees as western economic bullying which the hard news agency chief. says auntie iran hysteria harms

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 it is foolish and by attacking iran which is more than eighty million population big country but as far as i know currently israeli government are not helping to find. a peaceful. diplomatic solution to the crisis. in terms of the internal political interests i i i see that unfortunately it helps the tension helps and for the world it is the the sponsibility to see this and

to push really 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 were meanwhile israel continues to point the finger of blame at iran television bassa to thailand says tuesday's explosions in bangkok hypothetical to this week's attack in india and the failed terror attempt drudging that iran denies any links to the incidents or authorities have reportedly charged again suspects were arrested shortly after the blast then it is said that malaysia who had to press sources bangkok was hit by a series of explosions there and then fatalities as the bombers failed to carry out the attacks as planned. bridges in rumania have had to be rescued

by measure services on. the heavy snowfall trapped them inside their own homes the country's winter death toll has now reached seventy nine in the forty's using helicopters and the trucks to deliver food and medicine since the end of january hundreds have died across eastern europe so thousands of housebound record snow levels in albania infected. with out of the business now with mary. hello and welcome to business and here i see the latest sorts of russian gas supply sport discussions on how to secure consumers from possible cuts in the future that of gas forms export branch alexander madrid says one of the ways is to increase storage capacities in the region. it was a. ruse a program. between

three hundred million euros for a few who. are listening to look at the markets now with exchange rates the euro is to gaining a little bit against the dollar after seeing some losses on tuesday and the boys higher against both the european and the u.s. currencies following gains on the russian market. as crude prices they're wrong is that after european leaders pushed greece for stronger commitments to an austerity package in return for second bailout isn't concerns over the regions that crisis which may curb demand for oil crude higher light sweet this currently trading at around one hundred and want to have dollars per barrel while the brown blunder is just over one hundred nineteen dollars and the secular going to situation in europe markets there are trading a higher following news of profits from the first and encouraging comments from

china's central bank chief and the dax you can see is adding just a little bit over a percent this hour through on the year in russia and the markets are also in positive territory although they have slightly minimized earlier against both the r.t.s. and m i six are adding over a half a percent let's take a look at the index movers on the my sex most of the blue chips are still higher and bank is no exception that's expected to finalize a deal to buy eastern europe involved for international later in the day and oil majors are also on the rise supported by stronger crude of course with oil point six percent and truck makers then six and a half percent and that's on top of a thirty percent jump on choose they. go from highlight some of the sectors and stocks this company favors. the forces in the metal sector. come in the euros in the banking sector like. overview.

but also emphasize bank or some petersburg small cap story. developing. has been up like fifty three percent in the post one months only but still very much you lords historical horrors. mergers and acquisitions in russia strong for the twenty two percent in two thousand and eleven for the parents of a year before and that's all value of deals reach seventy six billion dollars with a growth in volume twice as fast as the global average chemical production was the top side there in terms of volumes while energy and financial sectors came in second and third respectively. now so business looks the sour the headlines are next with kerry.