washington's intelligence services reportedly conclude that iran is not building a nuclear weapon but america's main news outlets refused to drop the anti raney and scaremongering. and less than a fortnight before russians choose a new president to the front runners face floods the streets of london we explain why. hello it's eight pm here in moscow right now you're watching r t live with me kevin zero in on the top story this friday night the friends of syria meeting this designed to find a solution to the country's crisis could instead be used to push for a military intervention and israeli web site known for its links to intelligence sources says the western lead meeting serves as a means to bypass moscow's and beijing's un security council vetoes but with

a gathering underway right now in china zero artie's maria for national explains the feeling inside syria. on my way to a studio here in damascus are been passin by many cafes in the old town and i've noticed that everybody inside was fourteen live coverage from tunisia well people here on the ground people in syria following this event but the country is divided on what to expect from this meeting of friends of syria in tunisia and what kind of solution these countries may bring to them some are still concerned that it will not be the case and they fear in that the western countries are actually planning a military action and they can do that on behalf of this particular group the friends of syria and i have to tell you that these fears are not groundless because we've been recently hearing reports indeed about. foreign intervention considered by international community as a possible solution to the to syria's own go in crisis and just recently the syrian

national council this is syrian opposition based abroad has been calling on the nations taking part in this event of friends of syria to assist the free syrian army in different ways including weapons the whole opposition the national called nation committee has been very much concerned about these attempts to militarize the conflict saying that this may only get things worse here and this very moment several hundreds of pro syrian government protesters demonstrating in front of the building of the palace where this meeting is taking place ahead of this meeting in tunisia and also hearing reports that several western nations are ready to recognize this syrian national council their position based the growth assume the position based abroad as the representatives of the syrian people

seeking full democratic changes this is also something the home opposition is very much opposed to because they don't recognize this opposition saying that they don't reflect what syrian people really want and what the syrian people really need. the meeting of the countries calling themselves friends of syria raised many questions before it even started why would all seventy arab and western nations get into nature 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 out of i hope the arabs will play a role in mediating dialogue between the opposition and the government. the un 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 of the western countries headed 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 us not to go is on the agenda of the friends gathering to do with us all of them want to start a war against syria but non is yet ready the only side that could do that is nato and even though they are not ready the syrian national council is not ready they gather to unify pressure and efforts to get justification for an operation. to have an immediate 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 their answers will really benefit the people on the ground or is it a case of with friends like these who needs enemies. national party damascus syria. the your friends of syria meeting what may achieve with us on the line is going consult of the political analyst christoph waltz the line from them kristoffer good to see you tonight mounting reports that foreign military intervention could follow today's gathering how likely do you think that is. just let me say this to take the word of hewitt able reporter with this kind of friendship syria needs no enemies it is very very clear that what happens in syria is breaking any law any international carter the carter of the united nations

this grass interference if they talk about whether they should you know militarily act in syria or where they are doing that nato is doing that right now under the table with the help of some corrupt arab states unfortunately with the help of our dear nato friend turkey so that is a very bad situation we are lying our teeth out we are telling the people we are not engaged in military action but in fact we are doing that we are guiding them there's a german spy vessel after these syrian made it to mediterranean coast and they found turret of a syrian war ship pointed directly into their face because they were is the syrian sea guiding german forces on the ground secret forces of course but they are killing anyway and that is the situation. right now they are catching you know french spies british spies saudis buys turkish spies and soldiers regular soldiers

by the dozens and that is a very bad situation right now let's talk about this meeting right now with friends of syria openly opposes the assad regime and supports the syrian national council. which is of course not even represented inside the country given what outcome do you expect from the friends of syria meeting. while i expect two outcomes one will be told to the stupid western public stupid because our media are constantly grassley mis presenting what is happening on the ground in syria today they are always you know calling the shots on one side and not on the other they say the government is killing so and so many people but they don't say how many people are being killed by a terrorist like opposition opposition this has nothing to do with a credible democracy movement inside syria so the outcome will be one on the table on the table there will be warnings on the table they will be making steps ahead

towards more sanctions of course they will need russian and chinese support i'm very happy to hear as ashamed as i am as a german that we are taking part in this policy towards syria i am happy that drash and china are not taking part in this very ugly conference and let me say they will be making advances but under the table they will reassure themselves that the secret war going on against syria which is not so secret in fact anybody watching closely and watching objectively that this is going to be reinforced but that will be under the table and not discussed openly or expected to hear tonight after this conference kristoff that they're going to recognize the exiled opposition as the legitimate representative of syria in the seeking peaceful democratic change but do they really represent the feelings of the majority of syrians. yeah that's another one of these dirty jokes in fact what we face here is some kind of you know

prefabricated agenda that agenda is helpful you know if we if the west is starting an uprising in iran it is helpful if they start uprisings all of the arab world of the northern africa and libya for example where the cia started it from scratch from zero here there was no such uprising against gadhafi and then the you know further it with international law is the western media propaganda and now they're trying the same agenda on syria but as we notice everybody in the world who is watching closely notices that this kind of agenda simply doesn't work here in unitarians just yesterday has made headlines saying this opposition in syria is so deadly disunited there is so much you know in trouble with each other inside this opposition that there is no real thing we can do nato can do politically right now christophe final thought we've got thirty seconds the u.s. has made it clear it doesn't rule out giving arms to the syrian opposition which of

course is also about by al qaeda now if this were to happen how dangerous a scenario would that be. when i tell you this is happening right now they are lying all the time so and we have proof to that the syrian officials the army they are capturing these weapons they are showing them the people who are interested in watching them so this is happening we have facing lies we should no longer tolerate these lies and make sure that nato right now is creating a rift between decent people in this world and the un decent policies present policies of nato i am personally i'm sorry to say that i'm ashamed of well thank you for your thoughts and thank you for taking the time to be on the program german government consulted and political analyst christoph horst or speaking to us there . another country in the state of arab revolutions is preparing to inaugurate a new lead in this week's presidential election in yemen was very much a foregone conclusion with only one candidate on the ballot paper even so

washington hailed it as a step forward in yemen's democratic transition now talking about that cross talk show tonight at seven thirty pm discussing what's behind america's 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. has wanted you know. taking 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 weakened al-qaeda because many people who might have been prone to support that

kind. are realizing hey there's more power in massive nonviolent action than there is in terrorism. russia's presidential elections just around the corner of course but you won't find many pictures of the front runner or moscow's billboards putin the campaigns relying on the recognition he's already received here but it's a different story abroad then which is of putative appeared through london promoting a new book laura smith gauges the growing interest in russia's prime minister. russians a used to seeing blood 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 icon the double decker bus. is coming it proclaims some may

find the wording of the adverts 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 from in the world at the moment and yes the right people who feel and be violent towards putin the rebels who love him or those who do but the most important thing is that sort of more would you can see that they don't. although as it turned out that wasn't quite true. but it may be desperate or russia to name. the philosophical as you probably appreciate you supposing the russia is i got no bad. times or russia

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 to full part 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. can he face new challenges and how does the recent protest movement affect his politics and his outlook having his face on double decker buses won't help you save as russet is prepared to go to the polls but love him or you since reputation is russ's strong man has captured the imagination of documentary make his and also here in the u.k. and elsewhere whether it's fame or infamy it's an open question laura smith r.t.

. just ahead for the program tonight with me kevin no imho terrorism apparently has no age limit. by putting sixty five year old is dressed in orange jumpsuit and packed off to america where he faces a lengthy jail term for allegedly shipping back treats to iraq. america's intelligence community is ruling out suggestions that iran is creating a nuclear bomb the l.a. times reports that sixteen special service agencies all reached the same conclusion no one is making an impact on america's major news outlets the result is more important explains next many remain hooked on painting to run as a bomb making bogeyman. in the u.s.

capitol 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 and they 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 iran upping the ante a u.s. senator has called on federal agents to quote increase 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 or 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 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. you know. again it doesn't matter if it's used by 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 said well no it's not really credible then of course it's mccain i'm addicted to jack up his work so it goes well when you combine characters together that you get is a media event they were wrong to impede the most story. critical scrutinize it but instead few at m.g.m. ben wedeman you see the time and time again and again they are there 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 in beings it's necessary for evolution is a cause with and these media reports and this constant drumbeat designs upon them afterward to tell them if you dare question reality ends they will question your marina porter r.t.

new york. next tonight the shame and a disgrace to the british justice system there the final words of christopher tappin before he was handcuffed and put on board a plane to america the sixty five year old former golf club president's been extradited indeed to the u.s. over accusations that he was planning to sell commercial batteries to iran for which he stood to make a profit of a mere five hundred dollars he now faces decades in jail because of all this while to put some perspective on this and the u.s. u.k. extradition treaty let's talk now the attorney that mr mcnabb is in hoost in texas douglas good evening just to point out for you with your international extraditions lawyer and the singer principal at macnab associates good to have you on the line ok mr tompkins role in all this i gather was apparently organizing shipping of these batteries in question to iran which america says can be used in missiles they said batteries not these charges of terrorism a little state what's your what's your take on all this but mr chapman was charged

along with two other defendants conspiracy to export your mission in contravention of u.s. law for you to get to secure a license to do so his co-defendants facing basically the same charges as what mr tapley is except mr kaplan is also facing the charge for money laundering the allegations are that he wire transfer the sum of money. aside the u.s. to the u.s. and that the basis for it he faces up to twenty years in federal prison course the broader picture here this case is really added fuel as an aid to the u.s. u.k. extradition policy debate the bigger picture specifically over his bias towards america but you know given washington's prominent role in fighting terror suppose a lot of people would say that's a bias is justified wouldn't say well except from what i understand the significant majority of those individuals that have been extradited from u.k.

to us are not terrorists. the two thousand and three extradition act which was an act passed by the u.k. parliament lower the standard that the u.s. must meet to seek extradition basically reasonable suspicion something analogous in the u.s. to a police officer stopping someone for a ticket on the other hand if the u.k. were to seek to have someone extradited from the u.s. they have a much higher legal burden probable cause u.k. would be required to show that the individual probably committed the crime so there is an imbalance in the extradition treaty between the two countries given the negativity that this case likely to bring is it really would jeopardize and you think it's one thing which is you say in a five years america all over sixty five year old retired man who could have only made five hundred dollars from exporting these batteries surely there are more dangerous criminals around i guess well it is violate the export of licensing act in the u.s. takes export violations very seriously. this is something that in the discretion of

the prosecutors out of el paso texas still a federal court elected to to charge him along with two other individuals one individual by the way one codefendant pled guilty he was sentenced to two years in prison and the other went to trial he was found not guilty interestingly enough on the count that the individual pled guilty to but he was found guilty on another count and he was sentenced to twenty months in prison along with one hundred fifty hours of community service douglas misshapen of course had some to say about this he had house woods for britain this extradition policies he made some comment to the cameras just as he was at heathrow airport had himself over and get handcuffed let's take a listen to what he had to say about it all. i look to. mr cameron to look off my rights but he's failed to do so i have no right to top

a movie the streets of london today we could all take should live here. he has more rights that only. five of the terrorists are going to emerge. so interesting comment is no talking there about the notorious preacher abu qatada are self professed jihadist and terrorist he says can't be extradited from britain yet a suspected shipping organize a congress that tell us about the justice system i don't know that it's fair to compare it to cases like that each case stands on its own on its own the us government was under a duty to the stablish. that mr chapman was involved in the criminal activity that there was some reasonable suspicion for doing so the court in the u.k. found. that to be the case and therefore was was subjected him to the extradition i don't know that it's fair to say that the prime minister

is under some sort of a duty to to to enforce his rights there's a judicial process mr tappan availed himself of the judicial process and lost with regard to the other cases a completely different set of facts. and it would stand on its own as well as my now international expeditions lawyer and senior principle that associates thanks ever so much for your thoughts it's a pleasure thank you it's coming up now to twenty five minutes past eight at night we can start here of course it being friday evening in moscow martin andrews in his weekly detainment round a bomb have very shortly looking tonight i gather it had eat cheap and fast and moscow and get there still stay healthy with a watch but it's back to business after an official holiday in russia yes they are running up the news to be trees here. thanks kevin

a bank funded exclusively by emerging nations is being discussed by the brics group of nations brazil russia india china and south africa's suffered as the western lenders pulled out billions of dollars in the wake of the credit crunch the brics bank would fund infrastructure projects in those states the fastest growing economic bloc in the world but also count away the dominance of the i.m.f. and the world bank which have always been headed by politicians from europe and the united states. to move over to the markets and oil is rising for the seventh day longest winning streak since january twentieth and now us so weekly government reports showed a smaller than expected rise in m. intrigues investors are therefore betting that fuel the market may climb after u.s. jobless claims held at a four year low under german business confidence or cost forecast light sweet as over one hundred eight dollars per barrel brant is under one hundred twenty. in the u.s. the markets are trading positive with the dow jones up by

a notch nasdaq point three percent the dow jones is just over thirteen thousand points ahead of the housing sales and data. in europe the markets are about to close and still the footsie is trading slightly in the red shares of lloyds bank in the london have been in the spotlight of the firm avoiding a net loss of four point three seven billion dollars that was largely due to a provision for compensating customers over payment protection insurance and the bank also warned of a tough year to come now the dax however seeing a point six percent increase in the final minutes of trading. the russian markets saw an extremely positive session with four point nine percent of my sixty three point seven percent traditionally these gains were driven by the energy sector in the financial sector gazprom up three point seven push. sent on high oil prices b t b the most. largely traded stock in friday's session of more than four percent the metal sector was overall seeing gains on i commodities although it's

a different picture for sevastopol after it's reports that is planning to expand in southeast asia how does on the eve give from measurable i've seen wraps up this week straight. from the beginning of the week when we have seen some new information on the greece and finally decision on the greek bailout it was actually not that much appreciated by investors as we have seen we have seen a slight correction for a couple of days after that but later on friday finally closer to the end of the day we have seen very firm growth for russia which was also basically. supported by growing oil price way grow in russian currency robel and by some positive releases all the economic data from us and from europe all right more business news in fifty five minutes time i'll be here with an update kevin is next with the headlines on r.t. . with

r.t. this friday night in moscow these were top story.