unless positive promoting a menacing image of the communist country which holds more than a trillion dollars of american debt but for the white house business comes before public opinion as art he's got to get reports. what a better way to celebrate valentine's day than with a partner who lend you money nonstop provides you with cheap labor and host thousands of your factory to the remarkable development of china u.s. relations america's love for china would be boundless if not for the growing fear of it these guys around for us and and and and looking for ways to. get to or to harm us i want to be china i want to go to war with china and make america the most attractive place in the world to do business menacing and vilifying china are typical for political campaigns in america these days like these. come and delegate. us to adapt to our fortune to do it and that

is how our great empire grows again. it's not too late to stop this nightmare it's on r.g.p. even children still made in china in short. no sweetie the chinese aren't going to get. there's still a billion of them in their economy is getting there with their fear does it take they're going to be get in there and make it. with china being the biggest foreign creditor for the us the economic interdependency between the two is raising red flags in the minds of many americans china can very easily just bankrupt america overnight all they've got to do is just dump dollars and trade stories switch to euros radio the current lets him have a mark except experts agree china would never do that because beijing is just as interested in preserving the value of their us treasury holdings as well as the rich market for their manufactured goods but this it could all make interdependency

becomes a headache for washington when china demonstrates policies independent from america's will and the white house has to stifle this content. mind full on smiles china blocking the u.s. backed resolution on syria is one example russia came under fire from washington for opposing forceful regime change in syria while the u.s. criticism for china was far more muted for taking the same position but the reality is that china and the west have to treat with much more with kid gloves because of the integral relationship in terms of the way that the chinese economy now is so totally woven in with the western one washington's treatment of this or that country depends on its interest there is nothing surprising about that but it seems with china america may find itself hostage those interests in a situation where you cannot simply dictate its policies in the meantime beijing's

economic clout is growing feeling america's fear i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . u.s. presidential contender ron paul has warned that his country is slipping into a fascist system with a broken government ruled by big business speaking to supporters in kansas city the republican candidate said americans individual liberties were being stripped away radio host and author steve in london says that the vast majority of americans are unaware of how much of their civil liberties have been eroded. america is a fascist state the only thing i disagree with ron paul about is it's not slipping into it it's deep into it i am not a ron paul supporter but i absolutely support is up ization to imperial wars he has got have to the federal reserve the easiest is a repressive group is privately all new upgraded it isn't federal and it doesn't

get reserves is ron paul explains is owned by the major base use made legal wall street ones and they use money power to create more of it at the public's experience is warm is the system goes on this way that in democracy cannot coexist it doesn't and these bashes bankers are allied with the fascist militarists their group allies in people that run it rule lising people of all we have deeply repressive police state laws the most recent was slipped into the national defense authorization act one of the last day of two thousand and eleven he gives the us government the right to let the military arrest and throwing military dungeons u.s. citizens anywhere in the world shives them leave them alone charged give them a military tribunal trial give them no trial let them rot in prisons forever if

that isn't a fascist dictatorship what is. now some of today's news making headlines around the globe for you this hour. twenty people have been killed in baghdad after a bomb exploded striking a crowd of kreutz outside a police academy no group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast which also saw at least twenty eight others wounded iraq's police are considered to be the weakest element of the country's security forces which are the target of bombings and shootings almost daily. a prison riot in northern mexico has left at least forty four people dead the unrest started in the city of a dhaka when a group of cell mates took one of the guards hostage the riot then spread to a second block deadly unrest in mexican prisons is common with gangs often attempting jailbreaks some thirty one inmates died in january in a riot in the gulf coast city of all.

with two months to go until the french presidential election nicolas sarkozy has held his first major campaign speech in the port city of mayor say the president was met by thousands of cheering supporters have the latest opinion polls place him behind socialist rival and current front runner francois hollande france is now facing an unemployment rate ten percent and has been forced to cut spending raise taxes. in just two weeks russia will be electing a new president and candidates are putting all their effort into winning voters support heated discussions controversial t.v. adverts and posters artie's diapers cover reports on how the contenders contenders are attracting the electorate. we watched this is the video that's caused the most uproar so far in the presidential campaigns underway in russia in it one of the candidates version of famously his showmanship and occasional fist fights with

fellow parliamentarians claims mcgann other times when russia's symbol was a traditional troika with three diary horses and jingle bells this little mantra donkey has become a symbol of our country the whole country has come to a standstill like the sentiments with less than a month to go the five candidates have plastered the streets with election posters and desolate views with t.v. promos heated discussions on television radio and the internet have become part of everyday life. i don't cause in the race billionaire businessman mikhail prokhorov promises their arrival of a new russia with a new president known for his height riches and playboy past he's the only new face on russia's political scene formally editorials party animal his reputation was once dented by an international sex scandal which has come back to haunt him on the web we are vegeta help here 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 a familiar crowd to the voters the unchanging leader of the communist party good ideas are going to present a fresh image with a campaign featuring a mix of faces from the past as well as the present while his rival from the just russia party still game it on the it's trying to attract the older generation the only clear favorite in the race prime minister vladimir putin has refrained from getting involved in the campaign directly he has controversially refused to take part in any t.v. debates sending his representatives instead and his promos never show his face. on this three politics there are only talk either big meeting. either prop or tin or against porter so if you when he doesn't go to television when he's part of st politics when he's a part of television coverage of who's job as prime minister he is there is

the only one let's say the the only candidate 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 and according to the latest opinion polls the level of food in support keeps on growing across the country despite the wave of opposition protests i think that brought us tend to mobilize his core electorate because when. people like right wing politic politician brought her up are saying that you know the social benefits from the cut that factories that are in official because that stage would not interfere so much i think that the message that people get across russia is that like we should keep election day may only be around the corner but this still plenty of time for the other four would be presidents to try and chip away at this current lead and while some voters rely on traditional t.v.

campaigning others are turning to the internet for some comic relief. a man calling himself believe john crow bonhomme of supposedly grant hooka has recently become an online sensation with a song praising the virtues of the prime minister all the beat by putin's initials . ls and while the jury's out on whether it's propaganda or clever hoax aimed at discrediting putin the electoral campaign rolls on with more surprises likely along the way. party moscow. and i'll be back with an update on the latest developments and the week's top stories in just a few moments step thirty.

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walk back you are watching glad to have you with us and let's take a look at the latest news and the week's top stories right now in. iran stop supporting sales of two british and french companies to head off sanctions aimed at curbing tehran. ns atomic program saudi arabia has stepped in by saying it is prepared to supply the block with extra was needed in. the un general assembly votes to condemn the assad regime for the violence in syria while russia and china

continue their efforts to broker peace through negotiations this comes amid reports of escalating violence in the country while the massacres promises reforms. and the greek prime minister flies to brussels for last minute talks to secure a vital one hundred thirty billion euro bailout for his country thousands have taken to the streets of athens to express their anger over fresh austerity measures . the next is a special report on how art and creativity can become ammunition in the battle for peace and justice. but then the finale is of and it will.

spin nor that as a syrian citizen it's my responsibility to work hard on the music of this country when you're a democrat. len i want to present it to people who are convinced that syria is some terrorist country. we can help politicians through music let them in when you develop culture in your country you are working through issues in the world of politics to. them and how you can get to see yes this is the best message we can send to the

rest of the world to say come and see what syria is what it is and what it has. not. since i was young i have loved arabic calligraphy and i believe or should have a message. justice means that the rights of the people be done so should be returned to them let's. hope they get over that then. after that there should be no more revenge.

and he. doesn't have i don't want to be an oppressed who becomes an oppressor. a stable because of the palestinian conflict is that israelis came from all over the world expelled the palestinians from their land and toked their country. or trying to create surely jewish state. as many arabs get rid of them as we can. israel has weighed over the uk i think there are as one might hope will be some

trial so that israel controls every single detail. our life itself is a system that is not being institutions. the walls all the separation will. be toughest on the floor told them i was suspended for no one had somewhat to get to the mess even. though the other element is domination loot eighty five percent of the country a lot the palestinians in these little on places. so we control the country we control the water we control the economy and the palestinians are enthused to lead the first. israel does not build three or four of them settlements secured build them to claim the land. do you still want to be sure i always first your build the injury to so once and israel into the hall of the olive house it's for secure.

israel the ball is for the floor under the tiger i'll sit inside what it's. like. to. just get a no go for the muslim. law by the only thing that will be left here is hatred if. you think that's funny. states soldiers you find out funny moments because. she just stood there with you does. and doesn't care really both reaction because it always has united states bonds.

they were taken out of their houses they were going out in the street there killing down. there and not letting them have food or water or electricity or anything like that. it just puts them in the worst circumstances every stuck his identity and took his country and took everything from them what do you expect from them of course he's going to pull himself off course is going to kill people so long like an animal and unheard that under the law even if it's a remarkable thing like taking care of your dog for years and you put them in a cage and you start hurting him hurting them because. and abiding you. think it's lucky for you. to. eat you. most of the bullshit we have tried all the way we tried to fight we tried to resist after that they started calling us terrorists but we are defending our land we are defending our rights.

that's my looks rather than its appeals why should i look at the larger because i don't look up for the sake of the beauty. about the for the love of such. this is about safari as. one of the things that shows how this village was wiped out. and the grass grew and heat all the remains of the houses to make it look as if there was no village here. this is the tomb of a should used to communicate and to keep alive the history the memories and i'm young norman i found a guy and i'm. there's not going to be the number. of jerusalem and the city by the separation.

sound the music was composed by a band called the five and they are palestinian rappers from a refugee camp in lebanon. do you know when. you. buy your mom drugs how you been muslim in the year. and. we sing for people who don't listen to rap machine had a for the rap is not the main goal how the goal is the cause for which we are singing because as the most important thing. there will be no peace in the world as long as there are people being killed in palestine. chosing such as i think the cat's hair they feel like you know they're going to

take suffocated by their circumstance and needed all the support that you just expressed support for a country that's under political turmoil comes from a. business i don't feel my life is a picture in the future i would like to become a journalist to show our country how special it is. and to show the truest brilliance. it is and when you give them an account you know they have no responsibility to document their community here empowering. the to. much of. what able to do these kids that chance to really show to the people perspective on how hard it is to live in the camps.

to. have some of your little boy hope to see the bush wall before to see all. else old love to. say. ok you know markers in some parts of rio de janeiro parts of brazil there are more deaths than actual war zones ok when you're here it's an urban war where any living being can be a potential targets looked up to. my eyes therefore it's like an epidemic of minor conflicts everywhere where firearms become the solution to small disputes for them so it began as disputes over power people shoot for no reason at all. well not only the criminals but also the police. but i cannot watch these barbaric i cannot watch people being murdered in this way and

not feel anything. for them thank you i don't presume to change people's lives but i do my part as an artist. to come to the city to the freedom i wanted a billboard this year it online was of a mother hugging a school kid who had been shot dead with a smiling policeman all next to them holding a smoking gun. if you. will it's. got to they came in the middle of the night and painted over this billboard this is fascism. one absurdity of the silence is another absurdity if you open the paper today there is going to be a new absurdity that will make you forget yesterday's. stock

price. down. sometimes. placed. it'll feel awful to plead. guilty to get. snow like us. for a bulls eye which could be a k forty seven is the most popular rifle in wars throughout the world where you can buy one on africa for eight u.s. dollars for the armed groups like it because it's light and children can carry it and shoot it with ease. that's cold and. a bit more gunk atar the philosophy is. this is the weapon which was designed to kill if its use can be changed and why can't a human's change to. someone who's going to want to see.

i i. thank. god for reggae is a cultural organization. if i gave them one of these gun guitars so they could keep working in the slums of rio de janeiro or music with the kids find the tools to change their reality. i. think you have to be very quick points and continue in the rossini islama you can't

just walk around like that about i'll see if my work at the racine islam was created to open doors so people could understand the slums and the people who live there that was originated myside i have photographed ten other slums. less than five percent of people in the slums are criminals but they are the ones who give the slums a bad name. to secure. but the slums are filled with hardworking and honest people it's estimated that in ten years more than half of the world's population will be living in these types of communities in these communities where the violence exists but why in my photos i try to show where the problem is and where the solution is. and i think it starts in childhood at this age. ok here is where the problem is. but if we target that age i think that a lot can be done but at the same but at the same is.

that i. know that i have what might come down that might bend the rights i want to set things my bullets it dates. in the case of medicine it's poetry that has united the community more than one hundred fifty thousand people get together each year at the international poetry festival of men to. demonstrate to the entire world that in a country that's so drained by war. shows to humanity that the whole world's problems are. that suffering is that every war but also lives in the world.

without pay since i live in such a big country. that everything is far. education . food. health now he house in. my country still baek the justice doesn't extend to all. they really believe there is abuse of power and greed when that troll resources it was because we are the children of a planet a planet that we're depleting with wars and everything. that was always free doesn't on seat governments but it does open consciences and hearts it goes. on.