your war on iran is already in full swing in the us leaving a third of americans to label islamic republic as the nation's biggest enemy larry harper support military action against tehran. and the face of brutal in london and find out how the man who took to be russia's next president has been actually imagination of british authors and filmmakers less than a fortnight before russians head to the polls. well news and much more twenty four hours a day this is r.t.m. kerry johnston the future of the syrian crisis will be the focus of a meeting between the u.s. european and arab nations opening in tunisia today the so-called friends of syria group is expected to discuss new measures to cripple the assad regime which they blame for the nearly yearlong violence in the country russia and china meanwhile

have refused to attend the meeting. says the group is biased in its attempts to settle syria's internal conflict by ignoring the role of armed opposition groups in the bloodshed in which thousands of died meanwhile washington is reportedly holding talks with the u.k. france italy and turkey preparations for military intervention in israeli website and then for links to intelligence sources claims a decision will also depend on the outcome of the meeting in tunisia and whether the u.s. gets the support of its arab allies. takes a look at the noose tightening around damascus. the meeting of the countries calling themselves friends of syria raised many questions before it even started why would iran seventy arab and western nations gather in tunisia has been a mystery till the last moment. and if they are real friends they should not think about economic sanctions that really affect syrian people and a negative way for. i hope the arabs will play

a role in mediating dialogue between the opposition and the government but it's become clear that none of these issues will make it onto the meetings agenda our priority is to facilitate the humanitarian the delivery of the humanitarian assistance and we have some proposal on the table to prepare. the best way to deliver this assistance as quick as possible. the u.n. estimates about six thousand in fierce clashes between the government forces and the armed opposition with the humanitarian situation described as a catastrophe allowing aid to get in and immediate cease fire are key points of the friends of syria ultimatum tak age but some claim the friends have an ulterior motive they don't want democracy in syria they don't want in their farms they want a political price and they want to give fights to two different states that makes the country your political position because he is important. to

his. plan against syria but democracy. to force assad to go is on the agenda of the friends gathering to russia and china will need to convince the syrian regime to put in power since it lost all its legitimacy and that a political peaceful solution of the city in crisis is not possible while there remains china and russia still among the few countries in dialogue with the assad regime have refused to attend. position has been invited to participate in the tunisian summit none of the government representatives were invited that means the interests of a large portion of the population will not be represented in this case i doubt that this conference will nationwide dialogue on ways to resolve the internal crises. a regime making war on its own people families suffering in cities under siege and

nation brought to the brink of chaos we cannot allow the obstruction of a few countries to stop the world community from coming to the aid of the syrian people and as with all of them want to start a war against syria known as yet ready the only side that could do that is nato and even they are not ready the syrian national council. is not ready they gather to unify pressure in efforts to get justification for an operation in a mosque at a. meeting of. friends surprisingly enough an internet search of the friends of syria reveals a totally different community this website claims to reveal the truth and collects evidence of anti government activity among syria's enemies are the country's name in themselves friends friends of syria get together across the sea to thrash out their solution to the conflict many here wonder if there are answers will really

benefit the people on the ground or is it a case of with friends like these who needs enemies. national party the massacres syria. button is here says it will also see that appointment of a peacekeeping force in syria as part of the solution to the crisis character tossed clear a tidy u.s. air force lieutenant colonel says the idea is unlikely to make things better. our experience with with peacekeeping forces is that they are never neutral they always take sides and this is the problem and you know we don't worry so much about what goes on in central africa or even north africa in fact we have plenty of experience with the failures repeated and abject failures of peacekeeping forces so you know obviously i think it hides another agenda and when it comes to the middle east the united states is not is not unbiased we are extremely biased we have an agenda

we've played out that agenda for the last i don't know twenty or thirty years and it is very obvious to to people around the world and to the governments what what our interests are and they are not i'm sorry are the american government could care less about most of the people in the middle east i think that's the borne out by our past activities and certainly the very casual and cavalier discussion of sending in troops and arming the rebels groups that we don't even know the names of that reflect that lack of consideration for the actual people who live under these governments and who have a personal responsibility and a collective responsibility to change those governments. or yemen is one country in a chain of arab revolutions which will see a change of leadership it awaits the normal ration of a new president following an election earlier this week which had only one candidate to choose from the polls have widely been seen as a sham the u.s. was among the countries which hailed the vote as a model for peaceful transition in the region where later on tees that debate show

cross-talk but who says on what's behind the american applause. one of the reasons why the u.s. state department congratulated the yemeni people on the election is because the united states will continue to use drones and fighting the. elements of al qaeda in the country by the way so i was staying at the the ritz hotel in new york right now i guess he's not too sick ok so i mean this is why the united states supported. states of course interested in stability and instability and in a strong government figure that crush al qaida the problem is is that yemenis don't like strong government by anybody like their independence and. has wanted. taking advantage of this resentment to gain support among certain tribal leaders and. the same time the popular pro-democracy movement. is united states all this in this chaos is going to strengthen ironically weakened al qaeda because many

people who have been prone to support that. position are realizing hey there's more power in massive nonviolent action than there is in terrorism. as russians gear up for the presidential election next month one of the candidates prime minister vladimir putin has become a familiar sight on the streets it's not only in russia but in britain as well where the posters are however for a new book about him he's all smith reports from london the publicist underlines increased interest there in the politician with the latest poll suggesting he's likely to return to russia's top job. russians they used to seeing putin in all manner of surroundings not only in top level meetings also out in the wilderness and even singing to a hollywood a list crowds. but

they're always leave heights to scale do you currently find him. call it double. duty it's coming it proclaims so may find the wording of the slightly sinister but it's all to do with a new book which analyzes putin the man not the politician the books the results of a six year collaboration. tween a british author and russian journalist alexander. put in is probably the most interesting political in the world at the moment he's a great she has a great personality he has huge background she has a very serious following and yes the right people who feel him be violent towards those who love him or those who do but the most important thing is that sort of more would you can say that they don't. although as it turned out that wasn't quite

true. but it. did name. those are probably a person who supposedly russia. i don't know. russia but you got a. deal to say friday's book release isn't connected to next month's election in russia but it does come hot on the heels of to put british documentaries involving putin one to look at the controversial political youth group nationally and the other a critically acclaimed parts counter through relations with the west during his twelve years at the top there will be the world's attention on him again and people want to know is this we've seen before changing will he change can he face the new challenges and how does the recent protest movement affect his politics and his outlook having his. help. prepared to go to the polls

but love him or person's reputation as russia's strongman has captured the imagination of documentary makers and also here in the u.k. and elsewhere whether it's infamy is an open question. well still ahead for this hour the e.u. steps up the calls for cash. how china might respond to the debt stricken blocks plea for help this weekend's g twenty finance ministers summit. has reports emerged that police in new york are targeting and profiling muslims we ask whether selective surveillance is making american society safer or more hostile a few minutes time. and a rainy and it rhetoric from israel and western powers seems to be having some impact on the u.s. public according to opinion polls the latest survey shows that

a third of americans now see the islamic republic as their country's worst enemy compared to just twenty five percent a year ago in a point no reports now on the intensity of the anti iranian message flouting the us media and its impact. in the u.s. capital of media and message it one particular story a unilateral strike keeps spinning round and round iran could attack the united states in a much more fearsome way iran a hypothetical national security threat growing more dangerous by the day that new york could eventually be on iran's hit list we have to assume that hezbollah would be the proxy for iran and well carry out the attack as assumptions about iran's potential plan of mass destruction floods us mainstream media more cops in automatic weapons are flooding specific areas of the big apple the new york city police department increased security around israeli government facilities and synagogues last week amid growing tension over tehran's nuclear program however the

n.y.p.d. says it has not received any specific threat related to iran upping the ante a u.s. senator has called on federal agents to quote increased scrutiny and vigorously monitor the iranian mission united nations but as politicians police officers and most mainstream journalists perpetuate a terrifying scenario for new york city officials in washington have. a wrench in this armageddon theme type news narrative by stating the facts about iran air surrogates war why revelations of a much less threatening tehran was recently disclosed during intelligence briefings the agency assesses iran isn't likely to initiate or intentionally provoke a conflict they continue to develop their enrichment capability but the intelligence does not show that they've made a decision to proceed with developing a nuclear weapon. many experts have labeled iran america's new iraq critics

then and now say washington paves the path and corporate media plugs the message they've got right was iraq and they're doing it again it doesn't matter if you. play some of the bush administration it's the same strategy it's all well there might be things but only your the world know the intelligence world it's not really credible it's mccain i'm a. jack of his work so it goes well when you combine characters together you get is a meeting with everyone to impede the march to. scrutinize it but instead feel that engine by the bandwagon you see the time and time again and. according to recent polls americans consider tehran to be the us is top enemy and nearly half of all citizens support a military strike against iran. when factoring human beings it's necessary for

the ocean are so close with and these mean and this constant drumbeat is designed to play on that figure to tell you that if you don't question the iranians they will crash your marina porter r.t. new york. well remember you can always log on to our ti dot com for more news stories and comment has some of what's in store for you there right now the poland i think is on to the great wall which is to churchill moscow voters face a tough joint says the city's election committee stages or a person on the presidential poll discovered other highflying candidates are online . pancake fever sweeps russia as the country side of rights mustn't a traditional festival bidding farewell to winter. now new york police have reportedly been increasing surveillance on mosques muslims and their businesses man michael bloomberg defended the move saying it's the responsibility of police to keep america safe but in the saw some good examples of director of the

arab american association of new york says a culture of fear in the u.s. system during police to target muslims without penalty mayor bloomberg and commissioner kelly have continued to defend their tactics and say that we just follow the lead but as you can see from the a.p. reports and from the secret documents that are being revealed to the public that the only leaves in those documents are the fact that we are muslim or muslim owned businesses or mosques that's the only thing that we have and where i see our community right now is actually in a more hostile environment than we've ever seen even days after nine eleven i don't see this issue getting any better as you watch the g.o.p. debate you see that the muslims and islam and radical islam is at the forefront of these debates so i don't see this going any time to what unfortunately and why p.t. has instilled fear in new yorkers and has used talking points like the last fourteen poil plops were by the n.y.p.d. which is absolutely incorrect it's actually been by citizens who have helped in that spot still this national security paradigm is really causing fear among people

to believe that what the n.y.p.d. is doing is ok to profile and surveillance by an entire community in the name of national security so it's just a smokescreen. and it's very unfortunate the n.y.p.d. spying and watching our communities we don't know who's watching and why even. but for more on that story and to read how our mayor bloomberg defends his police force targeting muslims go online to our web site at party dot com. the european union is set to press the world's largest economies to provide more cash for the struggling bloc are the international monetary fund g twenty finance ministers are meeting in mexico this weekend i meant for school to more than double

its resources to help a decade and even quantum is at the center of world economic uncertainty that's after the green light was finally given following months of negotiations for a one hundred thirty billion very well bailout the greeks to save it will go broke plan to boost the i.m.f. the question cash may face opposition from countries like the u.s. and china as they expect the e.u. to do more for itself the press over its call science then says beijing is using on the song of a superpower. over china bought up large a large area around the greek harbor pirouettes the chinese want to have bases to explore their products they also want to have companies in europe so that these companies import. ready made or almost remit ready made products from china and then sell their products the rest of europe for example the recently bought.

a company in bargain to do this so. the chinese are going to get a lot in return the question is why do europeans do not what. set all their own problems although they have the means of doing it you know the central bank functioned as a real central bank there would be no need to ask anyone china or any other entity for outside money so i think you have a situation of terrible political inefficiency at this summit europe and china the merging superpower and it does what emerging super bar has always done but is it do you know. plays its cards where it can. whether greek bond swap deal with private investors is set to get underway of the parliamentary approval in athens apparent aims to raise one hundred seven billion

euro of the country's debt considered to be the biggest ever sovereign restructuring the athens parliament is now set to pass further measures under the bailout agreement because just as in the us professor of law at birkbeck university of london says the panel only further drain greece. money and livelihoods got their livelihoods destroyed or you push people on why they leave the country if they can't or they live off the obvious fix as they've already done the mess we have is going to do percent unemployment fifty percent unemployment over here was a huge increase in the whole place in a counter that did not have such a phenomenon of course a huge increase in troops like this how much more worn and way from this resolution because be awfully result of these measures which have been implemented in order to take molly for all the germans and the french people to give them to the german the

french is nothing to. the greek people the only result of these measures is precisely the recession it is a small bet that is found. that now what else is making us some headlines around the world this bradley manning the u.s. soldier accused of passing eyesight secrets to wiki leaks has been officially charged in the military court has declined to enter a plea he's already been held for nineteen months subject to treatment which a group of top u.s. law is say amounts to actually his supporters believe a fair trial is now impossible for the president barack obama made remarks that the whistleblower had broken the law. disabled protesters have clashed with security forces in the been living in apple has been handing that thought to start paying them a subsidy of just over four hundred u.s. dollars right police detained at least four people as demonstrators with crutches

and wheelchairs attempted to break into the presidential palace russia's quality end of the one hundred day protest journey across the country. a suicide attack on a police headquarters in northwest pakistan has killed at least four officers four other policeman there was a payoff to thirteen people were killed by car bomb the bus station around the skirts of the city's tribal. i'm going to tents. and the rescue helicopter has hung them on the shake you know before the part after touching down in brazil trying for people on board so much of footage shows how the vehicle shot to break into pieces just occasionally to cause the body ration is currently on the way. the time down for the business update with katie.

welcome to the business program this hour russia central bank is taking concrete steps to limit bankers' bonuses soon fees will depend on the lenders financial health and that's just the beginning along with capsulize ation debt burden except our reward systems will also figure out a lender writings in the future the regulator also wants to fix halls of bankers salaries yele the whole thing performance by angus kabal head of cells from london capital group explained how similar measures are already making the european bank is more responsible. we're seeing a huge change in banking on the way. the investment banking arms have had a huge overhaul they have not only been subject to huge job losses but increased regulations they have to build up their capital requirements the

risks they are taking at the moment much more considered much less the risks are. certainly not as big as they used to be in the past and that is changing the way banks currently work potentially in the long run make them less profitable but as long as they say for that community be a good thing so already seeing changes to the way banks work we will continue to see that going forward. and stay with the story brushes deposit insurance agency insist so-called golden power should not be paid to departing executives if that company is a bankruptcy the former top managers that would have to wait till all company debts are paid off before i can get there goodbye bonuses the agency says sometimes golden parachutes are given to the managers right before the bankruptcy is

announced however lawyers point to weak legislation what payment should be included in dismissal pay by let's take a look at those markets will get started with the exchange raise the year is slightly down against the dollar of concerns that rising prices could deal a father blow to the fragile eurozone economy the ruble is next against the main current this is a bit higher versus the dollar and that lower to the year i believe on to see those oil prices now and they are rising for the seventh day longest winning streak since january twenty second us weekly government report. showed a small of an expected rise in ventris investors but the fuel demand may climb off the u.s. jobless claims held at a four year low and added to that german business confidence surveys supposed to forecasts by now you can see this hour the light sweet is over one hundred eight

dollars per barrel the brand nearly one hundred twenty four dollars a barrel this time ok we'll take a look at the asian markets and the agent indices they are still makes this hour has been a recession indeed with some energy shares supported by those oil prices now with german business confidence also basing the expectations as well shedding positive light on europe's largest economy as you can see the nikkei up around a quarter of a percent lang syne just a fraction down. on the russian markets they have opened for business today as you can see positive territory for both. yes up around one and a quarter percent on the my six point seven percent in positive territory to me to cure a call from a very low investment research tells us what to look out for for the rest of the day i think we'll see. that we are trading we'll

see. the investors looking for interesting ideas for we had a couple of headlines a. couple of headlines on the advertising working i think people will be focusing on the interest or. interesting but overall i think we'll see a lot of pre-positioning for the election i don't expect this position to be very aggressive and people will be carrying a lot of page we looking for ways to trim exposure in the. names. we're going to be following the individual on the my sites throughout the day one basis all safe side join us fifty five minutes i'll be back with the.

culture is the same of you are going to go if i go on hurting him or so because we're trying to find some even new boss same as the old boss this could very well describe what has happened in yemen after an uncontested presidential election what does the future. wealthy british style it's time to rise on. current. market financed scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines today and to cause

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