intervention. the media 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 and then half to support a military action against iran. and the face of putin in london find out how the plan to be russia's next president has been capturing the imagination of british authors and filmmakers best in the fortnight before russians head to the polls. they are watching r.t. well straight to our top story now 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 that assad regime which they blame for the day of the year long violence in the country russia and china have

refused to attend the meeting with 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 over preparations for military intervention and israeli web sites known for victim teligent sources claims a decision would also depend on the outcome of the meeting in tunisia and whether the u.s. gets the support of its arab allies parties where if a national 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. 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 base 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 tak age 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 issues 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 for the next two years country political position because he is important then. to iran then to hizbollah this is a. plan against syria but alby have a democracy we have a. china and russia still among the few countries in dialogue with the assad regime have refused to attend the new spas well you don't. the opposition has been invited to participate in the tunisian salmon because none of the government representatives were invited and that means the interests of a large portion of the population will not be represented in this case i doubt that this conference if you will lead a nationwide dialogue on ways to resolve the internal. reasons a regime making war on its own people families suffering in cities under siege

a 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 they only cyber could do that is nato and 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 and we are going to news it is a meeting of an invasion. 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. national party the moscow's syria. button is here says it will also see the deployment of a peacekeeping force in syria as part of the solution to the crisis karen kotowski a retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel says the idea is unlikely to make things any better. there are experience with with peacekeeping forces is that they are never neutral but 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 and 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 extending and troops and arming the 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. well yemen is one country in a chain of arab revolutions which will see a change of leadership it awaits the inauguration of a new president won an election earlier this week which voters had only one candidate to choose from the polls have one 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 well later artie's debate show cross-talk focuses 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 there and states of course interested in stability and instability and in a strong government. crush al qaeda the problem is is that yemenis don't like strong government by anybody in their independence and. you know. taking advantage of this resentment to gain support among certain tribal leaders and the same time the popular pro-democracy movement. all this chaos is going to strengthen ironically weaken al-qaeda because many people who are prone to support that kind. 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 the image of one of

the candidates prime minister that image 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 at the more smith reports from london the public says he underlines increased interest there in the politician they just poll suggesting he's likely to return to russia's top. russian say 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 you currently find him looming large on a london icon the double decker bus. is 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 result of

a six year collaboration between a british author and russian journalist alexander. put in there is probably the most interesting political from in the world at the moment and yes the right people who feel them belong toward supporting the rebels 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 about it might be desperate or russia you know it's a. little or so cozy probably a person who is a prisoner of russia. i don't know but. i mean it's a russian but you 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

a 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 a man we've seen before or is he changing will he change can he face the new challenges and how does the recent protests. movement affected his politics and his outlook having his face still in double decker buses would help you say this russian is prepared to go to the polls but love him or lose him pearson's reputation is russia's strongman has captured the imagination of documentary makers and all things here in the u.k. and elsewhere whether it's pain or infamy is an open question. well still ahead few days between war drums and other. run could pack the united states in a much more fearsome way. we look at how the u.s.

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a rainy and a 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 competitors twenty five percent a year ago but artie's more important i 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 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 will 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 to 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 there are surrogates who are 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 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 was iraq. you know. again it doesn't matter if it. is some of the bush administration it's the same strategy it's all well there might be things but on new york there are no know the intelligence so well no it's not really credible don't know it's making a material. jack up is worked only goes well when you combine all characters

together that you get is a meeting where they want to impede the most story. could you can scrutinize it but instead if you have engine by the bandwagon you see it time and time again and. according to recent polls americans consider tehran to be be us 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 party and now we are to tell. you if you don't question the iranians know what they are sure. r.t. new york. well i remember you can always log on to r.t. dot com for more news stories and collect some of what's in store for you right now online on the podium that xander the greats all winston churchill oscar voters face a tough choice as a city selection committee stages ever for the presidential discover who the other

high flying candidates are online. and pancake fever sweeps russia as a country celebrates muscling traditional festival bidding farewell to winter. the u.s. soldier accused of passing classified secrets to wiki leaks has been officially charged at a military court bradley manning 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. know it says amounts to torture and many of his supporters believe a fair trial is now impossible of the president barack obama made remarks that was simply when all of kevin zeese an attorney and a vector come home america group believes that one person is standing trial. well

this is a case of very low level classified documents in fact there's questions as to whether they should be classified at all we have to also realize that. the release of the pentagon papers those are very high level secrets and even those who are not releasing any national security information that should have been kept secret all we are finding out from even the highest level secret pentagon papers in the lowest level secrets is there is a high level behavior misbehavior by the u.s. far by u.s. foreign policy we're showing our corporations and the government work closely together to support corporate profit rather than public interest we're showing all sorts of inappropriate behavior by people like secretary say clinton who ordered u.s. diplomats to spy on u.n. officials when they came to meetings in the united nations that's illegal yet she's

not being prosecuted manning who is accused of the century telling the truth is being prosecuted facing life in prison while people who commit war crimes and other crimes are not being prosecuted. well as a look at what else is making news around the world the south the stable protesters have clashed with security forces in the believe in capital that has demanded that before to start paying them an annual subsidy just over four hundred u.s. dollars right police detained at least four people as demonstrators were wheelchairs attempt to break into the presidential palace in the clashes front of the m one hundred protesting across the country. a suicide attack on a police headquarters in northwest pakistan has killed at least four officers seven other policemen were hurt comes a day off and ten people were killed by a car bomb at a bus station in the outskirts of the city is near a tribal region which has been a bark i was going to it's. under rescue helicopter

some of the shaky landing literally falling apart after touching down move in brazil injuring four people brought in this amateur footage shows how the vehicle shouted to a halt broke into pieces first occasion into what course of out of vibrations country on the way. but extricated here the latest from the business desk. hello there welcome to the business program this hour bank bonus season that annual rite of big money and big but the party may be over in the russian banking sector because just central bank is taking steps to avoid excessive payments it will make the fees depending on lenders financial performance and that's just the beginning reward systems that will also say get in and take this in the future the regulator

also wants to face off with bankers salaries the other half being performance based which is from raising agency russ rating explains what's behind them. rushing. trying to. harmonize regulations where regulations are in other parts of the world so harmonize ocean of all regulate. something beneficial it does create an environment in which all buy has a trade. in a. fairly regular form and that may help. some of the smaller banks in the medium. to compete with the very large russian banks and staying with the topic angus cowbell head of cells from london capital group explains how similar measures are already making the european bankers more

responsible. we're seeing a huge change in banking on the way it works the investment banking arms have have 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 are 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 my in the long run make them less profitable but as long as there are so you for that community be a good thing so we're already seeing changes to the way banks work we will continue to see that going forward. let's take

a look at the markets now starting with oil and it's rising for a seventh day the longest winning streak since january twenty eighth ten us weekly government report showed a smaller than expected to rise event raise investors bet that few of them on may climb after u.s. jobless claims held at a four year low and german business confidence the past forecasts as you can see there the light sweet is about one hundred eight dollars per barrel and the bread just started up one hundred twenty four dollars a barrel and the european markets they are now open for business to see how their day out positive territory for both of the on the day accept point three percent the that say and the sent out for the dax. the russian markets are also higher at this hour of the r.t.s. is around one and a half percent up on the my six point eight percent in positive territory and the individual shanny's most of the blue chips are trading in their black strong oil is

supporting energy mages with the. the best so far not too is also on the rise bt b. is zero point three percent better sector is also seeing gains on high commodity is seven dollars up around haul for up the center quarter of that now just slightly that report is primed to expound is south east asia. i think we'll see. relatively illiquid trading we'll see. the investors looking for interesting ideas for we had a couple of headlines. by by young. where couple of headlines on the advertising market think people will be focusing on the interest or i look younger than my little interesting but overall i think we will see a lot of preposition for the election as i don't expect this position to be very aggressive and people will be carrying a lot of page people we looking for ways to trim exposure in the less liquid names

. and on to current slightly higher against the dollar despite concerns that rising oil prices could be enough to blows the eurozone economy on the ruble is mixed against the main current says it's stronger versus the dollar on a bit lower so the idea right alexander friedman from u.b.s. says keeping money cast is not without risk as current says don't you know race to the. message just to be very diversified because there is essentially a battle of which is the least ugly of the ugly major currencies and they're all pretty ugly so the euro has got a lot of structural problems we're all aware of until there's real fiscal integration and united states has a long term big structural challenges on its debt side but i think the u.s. dollar looks much more attractive than the euro over the next six months at least and we are ugly current days are we back in about fifty five minutes of.

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