an opposition stronghold in the rest of syrian city of homs is back under government control and humanitarian aid is on the way as a resident reveals to r.t. atrocities she blames on rebels. russia's prime minister says the rise in opposition activities hasn't energized the government to respond to changing public mood but refuses to back new parliamentary elections if you win sunday's presidential poll. also with just two days before the russian presidential election it's not just the world work but also a competition in creativity which has become central to candidates kaffir to woo voters. and prepare to seal a key fiscal pap aimed at keeping member states deficits within limits which

critics say will cost nations to your sovereignty you want to come to budgetary policies. in the russian capital you watching r t with marina joshie syrian government forces have regained control of the baba amr district in homes which has been the main center of armed resistance for almost a month rebel ses every treated for tactical purposes but authorities seem confident they've broken the backbone of what they call terrorist operations ideas marie ivanovna spoke to residents of the besieged city who gave an eyewitness account of what she said were atrocities the rebels committed while in control. clashes continue in homes but we're hearing that's one of the opposition's main strongholds here in syria is now under the governmental forces control on thursday the rebels withdrew from the city after the army is offensive to cleanse the rebel

held baba amr area humanitarian situation on the ground is really very dramatic infrastructure is badly damaged no water to go to the city in the city garbage is everywhere no mobile coverage and line is also broken after many attempts we've finally been able to talk by phone with residents a woman who's identified herself as galina. the south complained revolutionaries are real bandits they can shoot in the back they kill people rob one can be shot for no reason we're afraid to go into the country and our car can be sparked and we can who shot the cue both young and on the t.v. people from their homes and chop them to pieces put them in plastic bags and then throw them out she's also so that's a world retreating from. the area known as baba amr the rebels have moved to another area in the city have media and they've killed many many people there especially christians. i mean civilians are tired of syrians want peace and the

last question. but the syrian soldiers who protect us are being killed every day we've heard that mercenaries from france tunisia lebanon. we don't go anywhere and just because we are freed of snipers people are. shortly after the rebels withdraw from the city the syrian main opposition group formed a military council to organize the armed resistance and to provide the rebels with more weapons the fact that shows just how deep the militarized the conflict has become recently here in the country while syria is here in very close to civil war or even national reporting there i mean while this here and across authorities have given the internet. the red cross the green light and tour of the vatican city of holmes on friday this follows a call from the u.n. security council to allow immediate humanitarian access to the worst affected areas also supported by russia and china are these marine important i as the details from

new york. it's been nearly seven months since we've seen any type of consensus coming out of the security council with respect to syria but that consensus is coming through the form of a press statement issued by the security council with respect to humanitarian aid in syria and we are seeing some consensus coming from the security council on humanitarian rights about how to end this conflict is where un security council's remain divided this security council members remain divided russia has said and continues to say that there needs to be a cease fire in syria were both sides put their weapons down and begin to engaged in a dialogue at that point was separately underscored by kofi i don't know you were envoy to syria a newly appointed envoy by the u.n. and the arab league so he of course saying the same thing russia has been saying for months now that both parties participating in the conflict in syria need to now

be kid engaging in some type of the negotiation we do see that the u.s. and western allies have been pushing for more of a regime change that is a push they need through two separate presell lucian's that were presented to the security council and of course vetoed by russia and china because russia and china hold the position that the international community cannot just push out the governments that with respect to syria the syrians need to decide what will take place in their own sovereign country. you know there now washington says it will keep up efforts to convince russia and china to put pressure on president assad and impose tougher sanctions against the syrian regime political analyst chris bambery says however the only anger west is pursuing is to replace the current government with one loyal to western interests. any western intervention whether it's direct or indirect degrade through arming the praise of creating a regime or regime and waiting across the border of which will be loyal to the west

and while to so do so to reveal and it's in the west interest to do this they're not interested for any and for any question are human rights have no human really cared or human rights in the region as we know from bahrain or from yemen or from the previous record actually regarding regarding syria libya they don't care about that what they want to ensure is that what will fall on their side regime if the assad regime falls is something which is also there now is the top priority one of the problems in syria of course is that the whole way the west united states are looking seriously looking over the shoulder of syria iran the possibility of overthrowing the assad regime might well be a way of getting it around by looking away as a key ally in the situation the americans are still not completely clear whether they have the ability to strike iran success with socom here r.t. if serbia moves a step closer to joining the e.u. some are not so excited believing that belgrade will suffer if it becomes

a member of the bloc. russia's prime minister about a report in a sad rise in opposition activity in a country has helped energize the authorities the premier and presidential candidate was speaking at a meeting with wine media just three days ahead of the presidential vote pointless relations with his opponents any stylised with the president there also came under scrutiny i'll talk more about this with our correspondents here all over the story for us peter what kind of question is it flying journalists grill put in with and what exactly did he answer. well with just a few days to go before that presidential vote the questions coming thick and fast for letting me have putin he is of course standing in the air for president this time around. the only subject of opposition protests and political activism in russia with that we've seen a real spike in following the the pollen entry elections at the end of last year but to me at putin said well the authorities must listen to the legitimate some of

the legitimate grievances of these protesters and it's up to the authorities to act on those that are legitimate grievances and and put them right saying that this was a good experience for russia holiday he did say that it's whereas we've seen far larger demonstrations and sometimes violent protests across europe regarding the economic situation there without really the world blinking annihilates of course the world's media focusing in his opinion much more on smaller scale demonstrations here in russia now concerning meet the opposition themselves but in particular one prominent opposition member alexey novelli the former lawyer turned anti corruption blogger. to be uprooted said that fighting corruption in russia was a key task something that must be carried out how of a did say that it's something that shouldn't be used as

a political football and certainly is something that shouldn't be used for the the personal political gain of an individual addressing the opposition or as a group. critical of what he sees is really them picking at issues and being critical of issues without being able to come up with a solution or any kind of realistic and solution to the problems that they've addressed and basically just stay on the sidelines say well that's a problem that's a problem that's a problem we don't know how to fix them. portman's relations with brendon to be aired has all. long been the focus of attention russia and abroad and we all have prime minister said something about that was it peter. well this is the decision that was taken last year by putin made good of to essentially try and switch their respective roles in the russian government so you've got to be a putin run for president saying that well if he was elected he would appoint to be

cremated yet as has the prime minister that raised a few eyebrows not to be approved saying that well this was done because at the time he got to be approved the high opinion rate in the higher poll rating and they squeeze they were to. carry on and keep on implementing their political vision for russia that it made more sense for him to run for the top job in the country now he did say that if he was elected president that if allowed to be approved was elected president that he wouldn't. move away from the political reforms that have the airport testament to to be to be made to get its tenure as president he said he wouldn't move away from some of the the more recent reforms that we've seen where it's going to be made easier to be form political parties also more onus is going to be put on local governments and having local representatives in the state duma that those type of decisions wouldn't be pulled out. should he become president

however mr putin did say that if he becomes president that he won't call it an early parliamentary election and that had been something that the opposition protesters in russia and opposition groups in russia has asked for after the presidential election let me say there will be no new parliamentary election should he be elected president all right so sounds like a lot has been talked about internal affairs of russia but what did porton say about russia's relations with other countries. well foreign policy a major issue. going into the presidential election and let me put in addressing the relationship between russia and the united states pacifically focusing on the reset as it was called in relations between the two countries now with regards to the united states proposed missile defense shield in eastern europe but me really saying that reset had failed however he did go on to say that in other realms such

as the economy that leaps and bounds had been made as regards to the relationship between washington and moscow. the lowest it's an arguable question if three senate has borne fruit it hasn't given practically anything on anti missile defense but it was useful on a new wave of incentives we managed to come to agreement on for the strategic arms reduction treaty on cooperation in the spirit of peaceful nuclear development and on russia's accession to the world trade organization and direct u.s. supports. well when it comes to foreign policy and foreign issues at the moment all eyes all really focus syria to me of putin using this opportunity to say that he opposed any decision by the west that would see he would oppose any decision by the west that would see put into the hands of the syrian opposition saying that putting guns into their hands would really make it far more difficult to get the opposition and the assad government to

a table to try and discuss a diplomatic and political solution to the situation in syria. ok peter thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update here all of our reporting there. so out for you this hour here in our team using the internet as a campaign media. something. like . russian presidential candidates show just how creative and creative they can be trying to win over undecided voters. and later today peter labelle and his gas will bring the upcoming elections in russia into closer focus and it is a child here's a preview the average russian version if there is such a person is relatively weak partly because there isn't much of a real choice and certainly some protein is going to win. organized.

too so i think there's going to be more even if he wins and even if we do we have even if he wins it's rigged i mean it seems to me that kind of argument caves in on itself erick if i can go to you i mean it's just hard for the outside world to understand that glider me of religion is popular. well there's something very embarrassing for the journalists we've heard a lot in the western press about how putin was losing his popularity how all the facebook protests in moscow in the demonstrations meant that the regime was on its way out and of course when the polls which i can't give any numbers on but the polls have certainly shown a very substantial rise and that mr putin is going to sweep to victory in the first round so i understand that he is unpopular with some of the foreign powers. and.

sergey is now formally a candidate for e.u. membership to brussels decision follows three years of talks and concessions from belgrade including a major a lot of proving ties with cost of oil which as recognized by almost states canada as the status is just the first step towards membership with years of negotiations still have emotional knowledge and aspirate on serve in history says it's only the e.u. the benefits from the accession process. and the e.u. weeks and really going to use to be anything but a diplomat and serenity book everything is already lost a lot it's lost it has pretty much been forced to surrender its claims and problems of who should know that it is currently only on paper it has been forced to basically subordinate its foreign policy to brussels and to a lesser extent washington and now i've heard it there is talk from brussels about the necessity for serbia trouville russia's most favored nation status treat it

remains the only government supporters actually speak of the e.u. i don't think anybody in serbia honestly expects to problems be resolved by joining the e.u. specially after seeing the rights and speed in the east the problem is nobody really cares. and none of the people in government really care because they don't really care what the people think. the decision to grant her but you can't as the status has come as a surprise in the first day of the grass or center stage however is the so-called fiscal pact what a leader is are do decide later today that he says are silly or portal what's to come if brussels gets powers to police member state as a whole policies it's been talked about for months claimed as a solution to europe's crisis. because the new fiscal rule by the end of this today summit this fiscal stability compact will have been signed sealed and delivered this pact cons with type budgetary rules that must be strictly adhered to

or else face automatic sanctions. member states must maintain a balanced budget or have a surplus keep a budget deficit of three percent or less enshrined a balanced budget rule of national legislation within one year prefer within the constitution if budgetary targets are not met the guilty nation could be brought to the european court of justice and be obliged to make penalty payments the reins of strict budgetary oversight will be in brussels hands now we've in europe in brussels we've got our first saw and there's a budget solve and he's going to police all the gutters all the member states and these member states will lose sovereignty in the field of budgetary policy now is the population going to accept this. a population that's already been forced to accept one tough study measure after another good economy sniffles that if you are doing austerity if you were your group or worse crisis everybody is no tackling

public deficit if we are cutting expenses everywhere then you crush it with the bodies consuming nobody's going to the point of this truth is a continuation of a liberal orthodoxy. so exactly going back to what we have. now in the us your readers see the budgetary discipline disposable civility pact is expected to bring as a step closer to solving the eurozone structural imbalances and help crisis hit countries ease their way out of their predicament but it's a one size fits all approach worried about the impact it could have on healthier economies to. the school. district her house your fiscal situation. calms. the press. face problems and the doing what you want to and

not a desirable scenario when the new buzzwords are growth and employment just are cilia archie brussels now we're going to argue dot com to discover why niggas sarkozy was late for that you readers meeting and russell's. ryan gosling's of ad throwing and spitting protesters the french president has a tough day on the presidential campaign trail watch this video in full on our web site. also a smuggled secret nasa reveals a computer containing the command code for the international space station has been stolen the details are at our t.v. dot com.

well the russian presidential campaign in the final straight ahead of sunday's vote image makers behind those running for the top job have been finding new creative weapons and they've been using everything from extravagant internet clips to less imaginative street barriers to woo voters support our discussion your child takes a look at a wide range of tools being employed and if they work. there's been a lot of singing dancing drawing and even cooking this election season as presidential campaigns go it's been hot and creative. with your opposition is of course hard in the online wars from wrapping and slating the point in nevada tandem to posting not so ina some video fakes.

charges against putin include embezzlement financial fraud and abuse of office. compared to the grassy anti crowd in complaining that group can seem a little toothless. was making. me laugh. here live please. keep our. back to. the topic of ukraine not paying for russian gas present this video has been made on the kremlin's orders otherwise i don't understand who would be interested in spending money on this but even for putin is a useless video if someone made up their mind to vote for putin this video carefully won't make them any firmer in their decision and on the contrary if they're against putin it definitely won't make them change their mind this

prominent journalist and blogger believes it's not only putin losing the war of creativity other candidates look desperate to. the last saturday as yes we were still where bush. seeable not just on the zero zero zero. right but. it's this is me who the candidates videos are not it seems that they hired the cheapest directors to film this fast food in horrible quality this only proves one thesis about these elections none of the candidates are striving for a victory one is the outspoken leader anyway and the others think of this campaign as a ritual they have to go through which they don't really want to spend so much money on. so with the real candidates they're only putting in africa supporters or opponents are taking the lead using the internet as

a free media to play their chill politics however when we go off why korea today is such a sight giving way to clear images advantage use camera angles and easily understood slogans a tried and tested method which has not only secured votes but several generations of politicians in this country. ya. ya. your heart you just. introduced. unlike the four other candidates billionaire mihail broker of his running for the first time he's also the youngest on the list but analysts say he's very conservative in his choice of words images and even colors in the manner of blood in our pollutant. if there had been five candidates breathing down each other's necks then every creative video could win votes from the others in our case there is a firm core of what his supporters thirty thirty five percent which is very hard to

shake and i cannot imagine what could in his office could do in the last few days before the election to lose these funny videos won't change anything beyond luring a small percentage of undecideds but some are willing to do whatever it takes to win over those floating voters right to the last minute. in the nice disappointed from not having to pay for having your wife and you put a shame you if you. are going to. work girl. take her away. because you're going to be a role model will sound. good the next one here which you did in a gradual r.t.e. . now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world and seven americans working for non-governmental organizations or n.g.o.s have left egypt after the lifting of

a travel ban imposed this part of a criminal case against nonprofit organizations dozens of japan and sixteen of them u.s. citizens are accused of cooperating with one n.g.o.s funding. the nation for over a year it comes two days after all judges involved in the case resigned citing i mean isn't isn't how the prosecution was proceeding. a greek factory worker who shot and wounded three people and two two others hostage has surrendered to police the man and stormed the plastics factory shortly after being fired from manning's job back half a staff were dismissed and the financial crisis that's been gripping greece. and says we're crossing now to redeposit room for the business there to get all the latest so what are the analysts saying about the brussels some of the e.u. summit in brussels that's taking place at the moment well basically some of them are saying that what we're seeing there's a lot of talk and little action they're saying that they're tired of these endless meetings which don't really result of anything and actually we spoke to nick

parsons from national australia bank who says that this meeting won't be any difference no formal agenda is actually being published i think we're in danger of really getting some retreat over kill here the but because there are too many summits or quite simply too many of these meetings there is plenty of scope for disappointment when they go into announce or achieve anything but the markets themselves become more tuned to this more might hopefully expect that any disappointment in price terms at least will be quite limited. so let's take a look at those markets will start with the exchange rates the euro is trading slightly lower against the dollar and not some concerns about what's happening in the euro zone as far as the ruble is concerned it's been it's next on a thursday at last a little bit against the greenback gained a little bit against the euro will happen they did figures from when the russian markets open which is in about an hour let's move on to asia shares there are

seeing modest growth in japan and exporters are benefiting from a weaker yet haven't set that must that is losing over two percent said and hong kong financials are on their arms join in global stock gains for that sector bank of china over one percent if we can move on to the u.s. markets are closed at the minute but they managed on a positive note on the thursday and not words because of a positive jobs they are up as well as higher oil futures and here in russia as i said it's now an hour ahead of the opening bell for markets and it on the negative notes on thursday v.r.t. has lost over a half a percent wild in my stocks him down and just the last let's move on to loyal they're prices they're all coming down for forty three days and they were there following reports of an explosion in saudi arabia which reportedly destroyed well pipelines the country has since said those reports were false higher oil prices are

of course good for the russian economy but not so much for the u.k. for its manufacturing sector which contract one percent in the last quarter of two thousand and eleven and that's to say that if they can see you see rising costs and weaker demand this could make sustaining the output growth and job creation really difficult well prices are set to be rising at the price the straight and nineteen years but it's a slightly different picture in switzerland where the economy actually showed signs of growth during the same period the g.d.p. grew by zero point one percent. it's in the final quarter of two thousand and eleven and that was fueled by exports and happened despite the soaring list price. and that's how business looks this hour we'll have another update for you in about fifty five minutes join us that in the meantime stay tuned for the headlines with marina.

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