three. three stooges three. three. videos for your media project a free video don carty dot com. a day of silence campaigning and political ads are all cleared from the russian airwaves as voters shake off their political apathy prepare for what's expected to be the highest presidential election turnout in decades. yet another suicide bombing strikes in syria the latest in a chain of attacks against government supporters as the national council far from home in turkey to fuel the fighting. plus u.s. president barack obama is caught between those for and against a military strike on iran's nuclear sites just as he prepares to face the israeli lobby.

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at our. role recent shea all the political campaigning is off in russia it's now a day before the presidential election voters are now deciding for themselves who they want to see as head of state for the next six years and it's the growing public involvement in the country's political life that has made this vote stand out from the ones in the past. this election is going to be quite different contrary to all the other presidential calls russia's head is being held in the wake of a series of mass rallies being held in the country and a spike in social and political activity along the public in general it started after the parliamentary election early in december scores of people have been taking to the streets amid accusations of ballot fraud russians seems to be taking

a far greater interest in politics than they used to and the degree of political life in the country looks to be the highest since probably the ninety's who also see various rallies in support any against the candidates there's also been a massive social campaign for transparent presidential ball and indeed quite a lot of effort has been need in order to make this poll transparent as possible over ninety thousand polling stations have been equipped with web cameras which will be feeding videos of how the vote is conducted at these polling stations on two web portals for any internet user to be able to watch online and several hundred thousand observers have been invited to the spike in social activity high voter turnout is expected as well according to some polls it could be over seventy percent just to remind you five guys are taking chords in this election the winner will need to secure fifty percent plus one vote if neither candidate manages to

achieve that second round will be introduced in which two most popular candidates will compete for a simple majority or forge. and we will be bringing you special coverage of the election here on r.t. starting at five pm g.m.t. on sunday tune in for the latest results analysis as well and reactions from the already there you can find additional information on our website r.t. dot com you have a look we have a special section devoted to the upcoming poll you'll find profiles. previous ballots and also the questions such as what makes an ideal president and the opinion of russians all this and much more at r.t. talk. a suicide car bomber has struck in the stop in the syrian city of daraa around killing at least two and wounding several others it's the latest in a series of bombings targeting pro-government neighborhoods it all comes amid

reports that over one hundred most in every so many of them french quarter as they fled the city of homs parties where if a national has the latest. two days after the rebel forces pulled out from baba amr neighborhood in holmes phase a growing of revenge attacks by the rebels the chief of the free syrian army has sad that thursday's withdrawal was a tactical one your position syrian national council who was recognized by european union as legitimate representative of the syrian people has warned of massacre is claiming they would provide leadership that is a good sized colleges and give them weapons the opposition group already formed a military council to coordinate their weapons supplies these reports both free syrian army claims that it's already received weapons and anti aircraft missiles from u.s. and french forces arming the rebels has been considered as an excellent idea by qatar and saudi arabia earlier with a twenty two nation arab league also view this as an option if the violence doesn't stop here in syria humanitarian organizations have been accused to president bashar

al assad to agree on a daily hour ceasefire to allow people to tarry and aid to be brought to the areas where prices still continues but the rock concerts that the opposition supporters are growth may use these to bring weapons to the rebels meanwhile it seems that the foreign nations involvement in this crisis in syria stretches far beyond weapon supplies local and regional media has been have been reporting about more than one hundred foreign offices detained in homs most of them reportedly french paratroopers meanwhile humanitarian situation in the city that suffered from an almost month long siege is that syria rate in the international red cross and syrian red crescent are both working on the ground they've brought seven trucks of food water medical supplies and all the emergency aid they're also expected to ever create injured people and to take away bodies of those many who were killed during the clashes in homes. r.t.

artie's a very emotional reporting right there what i mean time by tariq our lead author filmmaker and middle east expert says that the only option for syria is the negotiation table any alternative would be a disaster but keys thing is where the intermediaries not aligned with either side are capable of pushing both sides to a conference table to agree a solution to this crisis it seems to me both things have got very hard on. the assad regime carries on as if it doesn't realize how hated it is by some sections of the many of the opposition which is armed now increasingly by the west are turning nasty and this does not help anyone in syria if it goes on like this it's becoming more and more sectarian minorities christians who are else are being targeted by the so-called liberation forces of the country so i think what

it suggests is a negotiated settlement and for people to push both sides to sit around and carol. live from moscow this is still to come for you in the program this hour promises when congress is just don't cut it anymore markets ring the alarm bells with yet another downgrade for greece story the e.u. out of its euphoria over the fiscal compact it says will ease its words. plus in the u.k. users of a file sharing website are threatened with jail terms reserved for murderers just for downloading music as another portal falls victim of the internet. barack obama is leaving the world guessing about whether the u.s. will launch an attack on iran's nuclear activities or his indecisive on the matter his vexed those for and against a strike. now reports on the conflicting pressures on the president ahead of some

crucial meetings with israel's leader. president obama's walking on a razor's edge on one hand members of his administration keep saying a war with iran would be a mistake u.s. military i think all elements of the united states. and iran not only would be premature. on the other hand president obama keeps saying a war with iran is still an option and that he is not quote unquote blocking the powerful israeli lobby which president obama will be addressing shortly expects to hear a blunt answer to the question is the u.s. ready for war with iran and will washington back israel should it decide to attack first the only way to stop the. police. used a very clear message this week for. the war.

and we say president obama's failure to go along with this really plans on iran might hurt him in the elections the president kerry you know the overwhelming majority of the jewish vote and fighting back in two thousand and if he is perceived as an enemy of. enemy of israel or. the issues. for the community here in this country it could have a adverse impact on the funding of votes. really prime minister netanyahu speech in the u.s. congress last year was greeted with innovation many u.s. lawmakers slammed the rhetoric of the obama administration which suggest that there is still room for diplomacy with iran and many in israel believe that if we wait too long we'll be at the point of no return it seems to me to be painfully obvious that this administration's policy is not only the same but that it's failed to

achieve the core objective but both those who would back a strike against iran and. those who wouldn't seem to be tired of the administration's ambiguity and. it could end very very badly we need to go to war and we have to make very clear to our israeli friends we're not going to go to war they're not going to go to war by flying over our airspace over iraq. if they do it it will be on their own a consequence which would be theirs because. they started a massive war which the iranians interpret. connivance would be disastrous for us in afghanistan in iraq in the terms of. stability in the middle east more generally this post that was paid for by the merge and see committee for israel you. see in washington the campaign very obviously pushing for a more affirmative response from president obama on his readiness to go to war with

iran in the run up to this year's elections he might want to. make those but maybe it would make a mockery of diplomacy in their words and president obama's nobel peace prize as well for that matter i'm reporting that part. brian becker from the coalition says it's israel not wrong that's ultimately threatening peace in the middle east. i don't think israel's assertions are real at all i think it's part of the game plan it's part of a coordinated assault iran does not have a nuclear weapon israel has hundreds of nuclear weapons around it subscribes to the i.a.e.a. the international atomic energy agency its nuclear program is monitored israel won't sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty israel routinely invades its neighbors as it has over the past four decades iran has never started a war so when you look at all of these actual found she would say the real menace

to peace in the middle east is israel iran is not a menace is iran is being targeted and i think this is part of the israeli hype arrogating to itself the right to strike as it did in iraq in one thousand nine hundred one against nuclear facilities as it did in syria in two thousand and seven as it would like to do now in iran but the united states government is somewhat afraid that if israel carries out a unilateral scrape within the middle east this will play out as a courier by the israelis its government against the middle eastern country and those lines all of the middle east will unite against israel and so the united states is concerned that israel might be too promptly in terms of carrying out unilateral military aggression. and a coming up shortly here in the program we'll be looking at the bait waging about us about whether government or media should support ideology. people the top want you to believe something very one else follows like sheep people start their own personality and look at the facts and the

details make their own opinion that's what they should do rested a reporter has been on the streets of new york asking people what they think about the state media take their position on religion. and the trial the trade flourishes in nepal as new adoption laws aimed at improving the situation open adult daughter organized crime. ratings agency has again spoiled the party for you. lita's by downgrading greece to the lowest rating on his one to scale it comes right after an e.u. summit in brussels almost all the e.u. states except britain and the czech republic have now signed up to the so-called fiscal pact supposed to keep deficits within limits with tough new budget rules but financial analysts call denning got believes that the government agreement will never be implemented talk is cheap and we've seen new round after round of this but the truth. you have nations over in europe in here in the united states

for that matter but seem to think that they can spend more limitation in taxes and you can't do this people say that austerity is going to co-ops economic demand well the truth is that governments have been borrowing money and spending what they don't have so they've been falsely representing economically me and for three decades and now it's time to pay the check so to speak if we have to eat our broccoli or has to promise those eat our peas. i don't believe that it's going to actually be implemented i believe that the greeks will continue to say they'll do it but when you really get down to it it's not going to happen in the same things likely to occur in places like spain where you have term one of one problems i think it's inevitable that greece is going to default i don't see how they can get out of this mess other than by defaulting they have spent the money they don't have it they chant contract their government spending an economy you know be able to pay it back and so he obviously he was to walk away and say so sorry so sad we're not

going to pay you the knock on effects again depending on what other nations decide to go down the same road could be extraordinarily severe. and you take on high unemployment on our website r.t. dot com we take a look at the methods that debt ridden european countries are using to stay afloat for example despite desperate times are calling for desperate measures in spain as a small town gives the green light to growers of cannabis just to avoid total unemployment. sure the bolshoi theatre culture online with plans to broadcast its iconic ballet performance is via you tube. now a quarter past the hour here in moscow file sharing website r.n.b. exclusive dot com has been shut down by britain's organized crime police for

alleged copyright violations but anyone who downloaded music from there has been threatened with jail terms terms of crippling to the punishment for great priests all murderous nazis laura smith reports on what this could mean for the world wide web. if you downloaded this song through the website or and be exclusive it's not just the prisoner of love you got to be afraid of instead of finding the usual blog commentary and links to r. and b. and hip hop music recent users of the site were shocked to find their online activity was under police scrutiny and they could be jailed for ten years more than the usual penalty for many violent crimes and a ten year prison sentence you would expect to be handed to him for a very serious offenses serious sexual assault rape manslaughter very

violent fancies. and you would normally expect it to be handed down in respect to downloading music illegally the u.k. government serious organized crime agency or soka confirmed it arrested the site's owner but wouldn't talk to us about why it's threatening users with a decade behind bars instead they sent this statement super target organized criminal enterprises profiting from the exploitation of the u.k. public and legitimate businesses much of the music offered for download by the r. and b. exclusive dot com website was illegally obtained from artists leading the industry to attribute losses of approximately fifteen million pounds per year to this site activity that's raised questions about how the police became the personal in forster of the recording industry standing guard to protect corporate profits and it's also given those concerned with internet freedoms an unpleasant glimpse into a more regulated each or

a treaty to protect against online copyright infringement and piracy goes ahead to claims that your ip address monitored so you could be monitored and tracked again this was. a move which seems quite unprecedented in the united kingdom i'm afraid that we can see this kind of abuse on the scale if actor comes to pass after a shock response from internet campaigners the government agency has now taken down the harsh message and replaced it with this simpler one which just taken control of the main but it's already caused much worry and distress on twitter many users the pair not even to have known they were visiting a dodgy site and certainly didn't think they'd be liable to do time for it internet campaign as say the notice was meant to frighten and in reality severe penalties couldn't be applied to casual downloaded they also say there's nothing to link be

exclusive with criminal gangs so why even involved if this is what they're illegal in serious organized crime to traditional serious organised crime as people understand the more. drug dealing as far as i think the public are concerned that crime is still happening on our streets opposition to act out in force around europe this month centers on theories that cyberspace will fall under strict government control and while the serious organized crime agency focuses its efforts on r. and b. and hip hop fans many worry that serious organized criminals are getting away with it. our team loves it. here at r.t. we always love it when you get involved with our stories on our website we're asking you what you think about activists fighting for internet freedom are members of groups like anonymous heroes or criminals if you have your say right now at our

team dot com here is home and numbers up with this hour an overwhelming majority believe anonymous good if they have found another way to show governments people's displeasure around twenty percent goal their ability to change much eight percent think nothing. criminals and they belong in jail so for the meantime as we still do the poll had a car and it cost the. writer let's go to the r.t. world update for you now some other headlines in brief this hour b.p. says it's reached a seven billion dollars deal to settle claims from thousands of fishermen and businesses affected by the gulf of mexico oil spill it comes ahead of a much anticipated trial in the u.s. in which the american government is expected to claim billions of dollars in fines but b.p. oil rig deep water horizon exploded in april two thousand and ten killing eleven workers and leaving four million barrels of oil across the gulf.

protesters have taken to the streets in hong kong calling for the right to vote in the city's upcoming elections only an elected committee of around one thousand people will be given the chance to choose a new leader demonstrators also criticized the city's current chief executive. after allegations he accepted perks from local tycoon. the tornado has swept through parts of america's midwest killing around thirty one all across four states indiana homes were flattened cars overturned at least one school destroyed forecasters have predicted that ten million people are at risk from the extreme weather just a few days ago a dozen people were killed in different storms across the region. now do religion and politics mix a major part of the debate raging in america's ongoing presidential campaigns so what is resident reporter hit the streets of new york to ask people if the government or the media should be behind ideologies.

when if they don't hate government or the media support and ideology this week let's talk about that i don't think it ever should. i think that the government to serve the people of the media is there to report the news not make editorial direction on any of their reporting i don't think it's right take them out and say they support it i think they can do different ways though if you support more subversive ways. that's probably what they do anyway right probably people are choosy about who is supporting their cause. absolutely their yeah their people are too easily swayed probably propaganda is the people that want to believe something bad one else cause like she feels out their own personality and look at their own facts and details their own opinion that's what they should

do and not just fall of everybody else there's a pretty great principle in psychology that you you start and finish where you are so you like what you like and you don't like the other guy for liking something different but that's just human nature but i mean that the principle of democracy it's unusual it's a kind of a crazy idea but you can get wacky people like your answer your crazy sister and you just line them up by the millions and you somehow assume that all these crazy people acting together will have a wisdom greater than the do you think that governments try to impose will through propaganda without a doubt so why do some people when they hear their point of view being spouted think it's just this being time but then i don't agree with that they call it propaganda. well. that's is the nature of that's is the nature of of rhetoric in general your your opinion is always. right and everyone else's opinion is always propaganda and in that

circumstance whether or not you believe it's ever ok for a government or the media to support an ideology the bottom line is we should all remember it's all too easy to become hypocritical when it comes to the support of our own beliefs. in a few minutes as the kaiser report put out all phones in nepal being sold at a huge profit by human traffickers and its alleged illegal orphanages are acting as suppliers to people who want to make a fortune from often children. today fifteen year old chen mohan child theory is all smiles but it wasn't that long ago that the teenager with living in an illegal orphanage in a pulse capital kathmandu. is the homes would be given rations for the children but the caretakers would take half the food for themselves well giving those only

a small portion of it they would also get drunk with beaters. moment is now living in a home run by the umbrella foundation and irish angio working with nepal's government to keep track of kathmandu to meet a fifteen thousand children living in orphanages. investigations have uncovered that around eighty percent of these kids actually have parents oftentimes be emily's living in rural parts of nepal will sell their children to traffickers who they believe will give them a better life and you have a trafficker who says very poor people people of. north occasion. if you give us your children you will receive a small amount of money from an international family or in return we will bring them to help and do we have an excellent education the traffickers are known to buy in a poly child for around fifteen dollars and then sell them to orphanages that are not monitored. by the government they are then sold on for up to twenty five thousand

dollars to families from abroad while they're living in the orphanages many of the children are reportedly abused and forced to work some are even sexually assaulted and who forced to work in the fields would be woken up early every morning to clean the house and also to look after the kurds and because infant child in a poly government admitted that almost half of the country's orphanages were involved in illegal international adoptions but since then things have changed. in the policy and international adoption while child advocates believe that this will help prevent the trafficking of children organizers of orphanages they're worried about how they're going to continue to run without money from abroad remain the only works for nepal children's organization which runs eleven legal orphanages across the country he says that before the ban on international adoption is orphanage in katmandu made five thousand dollars for every child that got adopted

by a foreign family. has been difficult for us to run the home after the suspension of international adoption because we still have to provide for the daily necessities of every child in the home and so you can of the medical bills. today many or it is are trying to reunite trafficked children with their family but many lection mohanned barely remember their real siblings and parents anymore preassure either archie kathmandu nepal. and about three minutes time i'll be back with the headlines because of.

russia votes for president archie looks at the five running for the kremlin top job the candidates become foolproof the popular billionaire estimated fortune eighteen billion dollars. the record keep those precious metals giants got it legal but sold out before the crisis saving himself millions claim for presidency flooded ties ation of something he used others in production and releasing because other posts come from the same. push of l. two thousand and seven arrested and charged with organizing prostitutes for a christmas party clears two years later known abroad as owner of the

n.b.a. new jersey nets basketball team is looking for a one hundred forty six. presidential elections two thousand and twelve and fourteen. same old. son it's technology innovation all the islam elements from around russia we've got the future earth coverage. coming. up move him is just so. it's. coming.