the media war on iran in full swing in the u.s. leading a third of americans to label the islamic state as their nation's biggest enemy and nearly half to support military action against iran. and the face of proven in london we find out how the man tipped to be russia's next president has been capturing the imagination of british authors and filmmakers less than a fortnight before russians head to the polls. two pm in moscow i met tries a good to have you with us here on r t our top story the future of the syrian crisis will be the focus of a meeting between 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 nearly a year long bloody hell and in the country russia and china refused to attend the meeting moscow 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 have died meanwhile washington is reportedly holding talks with the u.k. france and italy and turkey over preparations for military intervention and israeli web site known 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 or he's moree if an ocean it 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 in a negative way 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 fight to devote to the next country geopolitical position because he is important then. to iran and then to his will this is a. plan against syria but all behave of democracy have a. china and russia still among the few countries in dialogue with the assad regime have refused to attend the news. 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 need a 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 and efforts to get justification for an operation in the last. 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 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. refn ocean r.t.

the moscow's syria. tunisia says it will also see the deployment of a peacekeeping force in syria as part of a solution to the crisis karen kotowski a retired 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 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 in abject failures of peacekeeping forces so you know obviously i think it hides another inch and 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 the rebel groups that we don't even know the names of that could 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. yemen is one country in the chain of arab revolutions that will see a change of leadership it awaits the inauguration of a new president following an election earlier this week but with the voters only had one candidate to choose from while the polls have widely been seen as a chef and the u.s. was among countries which held the vote as a model for a peaceful transition in the region and the next hour of his debate show cross talk focuses on what's behind us 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 qaeda the problem is is that yemenis don't like strong government by anybody like their independence and.

al-qaeda has wanted you know. taken advantage of this resentment to gain support among certain tribal leaders and but at the same time the popular pro-democracy movement. the fuse united states all this in this chaos is going to strengthen ironically weaken al-qaeda because many people who might have been prone to support that kind of opposition 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 vladimir putin has become a familiar sight on the streets but not just in russia in britain as well where there are posters however about a new book about him or he's laura smith reports from london the publicity underlines increased interest there in the politician with the latest poll

suggesting that he's likely returned to likely to return to russia's top job. russians they used to seeing putin in all manner of surroundings no sanely in top level meetings. out in the wilderness and even singing to a hollywood a list crowd. but there always need height to scale and 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 results of a six year collaboration between a british author and russian journalist alexander. put in is probably the most interesting political in the world at the moment and yes the right people who feel

and be violent towards the rebels who love him or those who do but the most important thing is that sort of. you 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. but those are probably a person who supposedly russia. i don't know but. i mean it's a russian but you look at 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 protest movement affect his politics and his outlook having his base. double decker buses would help you say this russian is prepared to go to the polls but love him. since reputation is russ's strong man has captured the imagination of documentary make his and old save in the u.k. and elsewhere whether it's infamy is an open question norris mentality. still ahead this hour beating the war drums louder. iran could attack the united states in a much more fierce some way we look at how the u.s. media is playing a major role in stirring up fears over iran despite officials in washington admitting there is no proof iran is seeking to develop a nuclear bomb. was a u.s. soldier accused of passing classified secrets to wiki leaks gets charged in court we see how some lawyers believe the wrong person is being prosecuted.

more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. a giant corporations rule the day. well see british science. writer for.

market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our. mission. could you take three. four judges three arrangement three. three. three. gold freeboard video for your media project free media oh don carty dot com. thanks for staying with us here on our teeth thirteen minutes past the hour and hierarchy in a rhetoric from israel and western powers seems to be having some impact on the u.s. public according to opinion polls latest survey shows a third of americans now see the islamic republic as their country's worst enemy

compared to a quarter a year ago or he's wearing a port i reports on now on the intensity of the anti iranian message flooding the u.s. 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 cop. sin 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 increase 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 there are surrogates worldwide 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 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 and they're doing it again it doesn't matter if it is used by some of the bush administration it's the same strategy it's like oh well there might be things but on the other a no no. it's not pretty credible. it's making. jack up his work so it goes well when you combine carriers together you get is a meeting with everyone to impede the march to. scrutinize it but instead feel that engine by the day time and time again and again there there are. according to recent polls americans consider tehran to be the u.s. is top enemy and nearly half of all citizens support a military strike against iran. but when factor in human beings it's necessary for the ocean a lot of the coverage we have these media reports and this constant drumbeat so

this is on the podium that you have to tell him that if you go through i mean you could have sure marina porter r.t. new york. where you can always log on to r.t. dot com for more stories news and comments here's what's a click away right now. napoleon alexander the great winston churchill moscow voters face a tough choice of the city's election committee stages they were her sole of the presidential vote to discover who the other highflying candidates are online. and pancake day fever sweeps russia as the country celebrates maslow needs the 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 held for nineteen months and subject to treatment which a group of top u.s. lawyers says is tantamount to torture many of his supporters think a fair trial isn't possible after barack obama made remarks that the whistleblower had broken the law kevin zeese attorney and director of the come home america group believes the wrong person may be standing trial. well this is a case of a very low level classified documents in fact there's questions as to whether they should been classified at all we have to also realize that one. released the pentagon papers those are very high level secrets and even those were not releasing any national security information that should have been kept secret all we're finding out from even the highest level secret of the pentagon papers in the lowest level secrets that means accused is. unethical behavior misbehavior by the u.s. far by u.s. foreign policy were showing how corporations and the government work closely

together the support corporate profit rather the public interest were 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 the legal 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 at all. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe disabled protesters clashed with security forces in the bolivian capital of pas demanding that authorities start paying them yeah and you will subsidy of just over four hundred dollars riot police detained for people as demonstrators with crutches and wheelchairs attempted to break into the presidential palace the clashes followed the end of a hundred day protester and across the country. a suicide attack on a police headquarters in northwest pakistan has killed at least four officers seven

other policemen were hurt this comes a day after thirteen people were killed by a car bomb at a bus station on the outskirts of peshawar the city is near a tribal region that's been a hub for al qaeda and taliban militants about. a rescue helicopter as had a rather more than shaky landing literally falling apart after touching down in northern brazil injuring four people aboard but amateur footage shows how the vehicle was shuttered to a halt by breaking into pieces investigation into what caused a violent vibration is currently underway. we want to be on that chopper business next with kati stay with us here on r.t. . welcome to the business program. is bank bonuses and that annual vides of big money and even bigger the policy may be over in the russian banking sector that the

country's central bank is taking steps to avoid excessive humans it will make the fees dependent on the lenders financial performance and that's just the beginning the old systems will do so in the end of may saying in the future so the regulates now also wants to think hall thank you for the other thing performance based which is haynes was writing agency. explains what's behind the move. russia is trying to harmonize regulations. regulations in other parts of the world so harmonize ation of all regulators. something beneficial it does create an environment in which because a paid in a fairly regular fashion. may help. some of the smaller banks in the medium banks to compete with the very large russian banks.

and staying with the story angus campbell from london capital group explains how similar measures are already making european bank is 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 in my in the long run make them less profitable but as long as they're safer that khamenei be

a good thing so we're already seeing changes to the way banks work we will continue to see that going forward. moving on to the markets will get started with oil and it's rising for the seventh day the longest winning streak since january twenty second us weekly government report showed a smaller than expected rise in inventor is investors that they feel demand make climb after u.s. jobless claims held a four year low and german business confidence the past forecast as you can see lights wave is over at one hundred eight dollars brant is over one hundred twenty three dollars about. european markets and they are keeping hold of the. shares in british bank law it's bo's an early trading despite the firm reporting and that loss of four point seven billion dollars last year due to a provision for compensating customers over payment protection insurance and warned

of a healthy give to companies. does remain out front of the doctors over one percent . on the russian market so to ignore the oversight standing against this hour the office yes is one point six percent up on the my six. percent. on our take a look at the individual. players the coaches all trading in the block all the supporting energy majors with. financials also on the rise of e t. be up around the same amount the sun. is also saying hike morris's although it's a change of fortunes the stuff. from reports is planning to expand in south east asia as you can see there now down over that dimitri can call from the investment research tells us what to look out for the rest of the day trading. 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 young. where couple of headlines on the advertising market i think people will be focusing on the interest or i like young looks and my little 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 if people will be carrying a lot of page people we are looking for ways to trim exposure in the less liquid names. going to see how the currency rates are getting on you go live on the screen right now the euro is slightly hard against the dollar despite concerns the rising oil prices could deal with the blow to the fragile eurozone economy and the ruble is mixed against the main currency is it stronger versus the dollar on a bit lower to the. freedman from u.b.s. says keeping money in cash is not without risk as current says don't you know right

to the core said mr just to be very diversified because there is essentially a battle of which is the least ugly of the only 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 long term big structural challenges on its debts but i think the u.s. dollar looks much more attractive than the euro over the next six months at least. russia's largest internet company has reported a fifty three percent increase in earnings for the second of twenty eleven it's benefiting from attracting new users and selling premium services however it expects a slowdown in growth this year following a signal for calls by russian rival that very. well so for now to i'm a fifty five minutes. to find out the business to join me come back.

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