media war on iran is already in full swing in the us getting a third of americans to label islamic republic as the nation's biggest enemy and then to support military action against iran. thus the face of putin in london we find out how the man tipped to be russia's next president has been capturing the imagination of british officers and filmmakers best in the fortnight before russians head to the polls. across the markets how that opens up today in the bull's eye and all right you know that you know why are the details for you on the figure is about twenty minutes time in our business bulletin. forecasting live from moscow twenty four hours a day this is party well the future of the syrian crisis will be the focus of

a meeting between the u.s. european and arab nations opening into newsier today the so-called friends of syria group is expected to pass the measures to cripple the us. which they blame for the new year long violence in the country russia and china have refused to attend moscow says the group is biased in its attempts to settle serious internal conflict by ignoring the role of armed opposition groups in the bloodshed which thousands of died meanwhile washington is reportedly holding talks with the u.k. france italy and turkey in the preparations for the intervention an israeli web site 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 now the noose tightening around ask us. the mates you know 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 minimal 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 deaths 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 package but some claim the friends have an ulterior

motive so this meeting serves as a media campaign to cover up the frequent set backs with western countries held by the us have suffered in the intervention in the syrian issue it is trying to find a new way of intervention from the outside. to force assad to go is on the agenda of the friends gathering they want a political price and they want to give five to two different states to mix the country your political position here is important then. to iran and then to his goal this is a. plan against syria but be have a democracy have a. 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 because 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 lead and 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 sign of a could do the us is nato and even they are not ready the syrian national council is not ready they gather to unify pressure and efforts to get justification for an operation in a mosque at a. meeting and. 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 and to 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 their own stories will really benefit the people on the ground or is it a case of with friends like these who needs enemies. refashioned r.t. the math theory. welton easiest says it will also see the deployment of a peacekeeping force in syria as part of the solution to the crisis carol cutoff ski a retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel says the idea is unlikely to make things any better. well our experience with with peacekeeping forces is that they are never neutral and they always take sides and this is the problem and you know we 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 certainly the very casual and cavalier discussion of sending in troops and arming rebel groups that we don't even know the names of who 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 but yemen is one country in a chain of arab revolutions which will see a change of leadership that awaits the no good ration of a new president for an election earlier this week which voters had only one candidate to choose from the polls have wanted to be seen as a sham the u.s. was among the countries which is a model for peaceful transition in the region but they to ati's debate show

cross-talk this is 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 there and states of course is interested in stability and instability and in a strong government figure that they can crush al qaida the problem is is that yemenis don't like strong government by anybody if you like their independence and. al-qaeda has wanted you know. taking advantage of this resentment to gain support among certain tribal leaders and but there's. same time the party the pro-democracy movement. the fuse you know this chaos is going to strengthen ironically weaken al qaeda because many people who are prone to support that. are realizing hey there's more power in massive nonviolent action than there is in terrorism.

russians gear up for the presidential election next month the image of one of the candidates prime minister vladimir putin has become a familiar sight on the streets but it's not only in russia but in britain as well where posters are however for a new book about him as r.t.s. or smith reports now from london published the underlines increased interest there in the politician but latest poll suggesting he's unlikely to return to russia's top job. russians a used to seeing vladimir 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 crowd. but there are always new heights to scale and currently find him looming large on a london double decker bus. is coming it proclaims so may

find the wording of the ad 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 between a british author and russian journalist alexander caught up put in there is probably the most interesting political in the world at the moment he's agreed he has a great personality he has huge background he has a very serious following and yes the right people who feel and be violent towards putin the road those who love him or those who do want but the. most important thing is that sort of. can see that they don't. although as it turned out that wasn't quite true you know it's funny i'm. sure you know its name. but those are probably appreciate you suppose

a russian. i don't know. the prime minister of russia but you've got it the authors say friday's book release isn't connected to next month's election in russia but it does come hot on the heels of two separate british documentaries involving putin one to look at the controversial political youth group nationally and the other a critically acclaimed part counter through relations with the west during his twelve years at the top there will be the world's attention on him and people want to know is this we've seen before is he 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 face. helping to prepare 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. while i still ahead for you this hour the e.u. steps up calls for cash how china might respond to the stricken blocks me for help this weekend's g twenty finance ministers summit. reports emerged police in new york are targeting profiling muslims we ask whether select surveillance is making american society safer or more hostile a few minutes. iranian rhetoric from israel and western. 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 this time of the public as their country's worst enemy compared to just twenty five percent a year ago multis report no reports now on the intensity of the anti iranian message flooding the us media and its impact. in the u.s.

capital of media and messages 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 i could well carry out the attack as assumptions about iran's potential plan of mass destruction floods us mainstream media more cops an 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 iraq 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 thrown a wrench in this armageddon theme type news narrative by stating the facts about iran are surrogates will 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 to. but 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 with iraq and they're doing it again it doesn't matter if you buy some of the bush

administration it's the same strategy it's all well there might be things but on the other a no no the intelligence so well no it's not really credible then of course it's making a material. jack up is wiped away goes well when you combine thank yous together that you get is a meeting where they want to impede the march to. critical scrutiny as a but instead a few of the bandwagon you see it time and time again and. according to recent polls americans consider tirant to be the u.s. is top enemy and nearly half of all citizens support a military strike against iraq. when factor in human beings it's necessary for hours of coverage with these media reports and this constant drumbeat is designed to play on that fear to tell. you if you don't question the iranians then we're

clear sure marina porter r.t. new york. well there remember you can always log on to r.t. dot com for more news stories and comment some of what's in store for you right now that napoleon exotica great to winston churchill oscar voters face a tough choice the city's election committee stages over her sort of a presidential poll. discovered who the other highflying candidates are online. pancake fever sweeps russia this country celebrates muslims next sunday the traditional festival bidding farewell to winter. new york police have reportedly been increasing surveillance on. mosques muslims and their businesses mayor michael bloomberg defended the move saying it's the responsibility of police to keep america safe but in the saucer executive director of the arab american association of new york says a culture of fear in the u.s. is allowing 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 leads 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 geo g.o.p. debate to 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 it unfortunately and y.p. has instilled fear in new yorkers and has used talking points like the last fourteen poil plots were by the n.y.p.d. which is absolutely incorrect it's actually been by citizens who have helped in that in these pots still this national security paradigm is really causing fear amongst 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 but n.y.p.d. spying and watching our communities we don't know who's watching the n.y.p.d. . for that for more on that story and to read her mare bloomberg defends his police force talk to him muslims go online to a website or to dot com. the european union is set to press the world's largest economies to provide more cash for the struggling bloc by the international monetary fund g twenty finance ministers are meeting in mexico this weekend but they are nephews can to more than double its resources to help the debt ridden new economy is at the center of world economic uncertainty that's often the green light was finally given following

months. the negotiations for a one hundred thirty billion euro bailout for greece to save it from going to work you plan to boost the i.m.f. with fresh cash may face opposition from countries that the u.s. and china they expect to do more for itself yes of course science says beijing is using all the negotiating bustle of a super power. over china bought up large a large area around the greek harbor pyrrhus 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 from it ready made products from china and then they sell their products of the rest of europe for example the recently bought. a company in bargo to do this so. the chinese are going to get

a lot in return the question is why do europeans do not what why don't they settle 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 of europe and china be merging superpower and it does what emerging super super power as all it's done but is it do you know. plays its cards wherever it can. for the greek a bond swap deal with private investors is set to get under way of the parliamentary approval enough the plan aims to raise one hundred seven billion euro the country's debt considered to be the biggest ever suffering restructuring that ins parliament

is now set to pass further measures under the bailout agreement because just dizziness professor of law at birkbeck university of london so the plan will only further drain greece. money and livelihoods. destroyed. you. people on what. they lived can't you can't what they live off the obvious things. that we have is going to do percent unemployment fifty percent unemployment over here was a huge increase in haulage closely counted that did not help such a phenomenon of course a huge increase in troops like this how much more war and where for this resolution because be awfully result of these measures which have been implemented in order to take money from the germans and the french people to give them to the german the french is nothing to do. the greek people what they want is under these measures is precisely the recession it is

a slow bet would respond. by that now what else is making news around the world the south bradley manning the u.s. soldier accused of passing classified secrets to wiki leaks has been officially charge of a military court that's declined to enter a plea he's already been hell for nineteen months and been subject to treatment which a group of top u.s. noise say amounts to torture and if his supporters believe a fair trial is now impossible president barack obama made remarks that we had broken the law. disable protesters have clashed with security forces in the bolivian capital has demanded that the authorities start paying them an annual subsidy of just over four hundred u.s. dollars right police detained at least four people demonstrators with crutches and wheelchairs attempted to break into the presidential palace while the clashes one of the end of a one hundred day protest journey across the country. and the suicide attack on

a police headquarters in northwest pakistan has killed at least four officers four other policemen were hurt becomes a day after thirteen people were killed by a car bomb into the station outskirts of. the city is it near a troubled region which is better for al qaeda taliban militants. but time now for the business update with katie. hello there welcome to the business at program this hour russia's central bank is taking concrete steps to limit bankers' bonuses soon sees would have penned on the lenders of financial health and that's just the beginning along with capsulize asian debt burden except your reward systems will also figure out in the end a ratings in the future the regulator also wants a fixed half of bankers' salaries the other half being performance based to discuss the effects of the decision i'm joined by rich's handsworth president of

a rating agency ross bracing. thank you very much indeed for joining us today now let's talk about the advantages of the measure i can you tell us a bit about that what you think they will be well first of all i think that it's interesting that the central bank of russia. is. taking action that is in coordination or consistent with a general move by banks and by regulators across the world to eliminate some of. exorbitant bonuses that bankers have been paid in the last decade or so. one of the arguments that banks have always put forward is that they have to pay these bonuses because if they didn't pay them somebody else in another country would pay for so by regulators

coming together. and having the same sort of. restrictions i think this is going to even the playing field across the world you know in the space of stop people getting paid from other banks and that sort of things that's always been the fear that's the yeah yeah yeah ok but what about is the banking sector here ready for this. i think so but there. are indications that some bankers have been receiving wages and bonuses well or are in well excess of. what the performance of the banks would indicate. it also is an interesting thing that. the bankers the managers or the workers of an enterprise take money out of the enterprise it's not going to the shareholders. for in

a sense this is an effort to try and make us a little more responsive to the shareholders. should also point out that in russia many parks they. also work in the bank. that sort of argument the shareholders are already taking out their money but in the form of wages rather than in the form of divot of ok now talking about russian banks it's about the smaller ones because some experts have said that they're the ones that are going to suffer they're not going to be able to keep up with these standards would you go along with us no i don't think so small banks have many opportunities to find ways around whatever a good locations there are. i think that the. important thing is for small banks to have a place in the banking system which means they have to be profitable and they have

to have an economic position. i think that there's a fashion in the banking world that says only big banks will survive i don't think that's the case and i think the smaller banks in russia have demonstrated that they can be. very profitable. perform an economic benefit so i don't think smaller banks necessarily. to get targeted so you know more so than any other but ok what about schemes them because the banking industry has been plagued by schemes do you think because of these implementations schemes it will increase. what for one person is a scheme for another person is a structured product. i think that when there is an economic need bankers will find a way to structure a product to meet that economic need i think though that the question about bonuses and paying very large salaries to individuals on

a very small number of individuals is economically. satisfactory for little than yeah. that's why i don't think that necessarily schemes will be created to avoid the central bank regulation ok very quickly finally we've seen the measures already been put into place in europe they've been received positively do you see a similar reaction in russia as you think it be different because europe and russia have very different banking system and i think that the environment in which russians and europeans work is very different. i imagine that bankers will scream their heads off that this is under interference. i think we'll leave it there thank you very much in the that was richard haynes a president of rating agency writing thank you for being with us today that's all we've got time for in the business news are back in about fifty five minutes with.

question was the same of jackie in california one hundred thirty one of them was all were tough to meet the new boss same as the old boss this could very well describe what is happening in yemen after an uncontested presidential election what does the future.

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