a day of silence campaigning and political ads are all cleared from the russian airwaves as voters shake off their political apathy and 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 syrian national council far from home in turkey vast 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 mighty israeli lobby. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow with me will reach some shine all the political campaigning is off air in russia it's now just a day before the presidential election voters are 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 once before. this election is going to be quite different compared to all the other presidential polls russia 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 among 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 seem to be taking far greater interest in politics than they used to and the degree of political life to be the highest since probably the ninety's we've also seen various rallies in any against the candidates there's also been a massive social campaign for transparent presidential and indeed quite a lot of effort has been made in order to make this poll transparent as possible over ninety thousand polling stations have been equipped with what will be feeding videos of how the vote conducted at these polling stations on to work for any internet user to be able to watch online and several hundred thousand observers have been invited to the spike in social activity a high voter turnout is expected as well according to some polls it could be over

seventy percent just to remind you five are taking ports 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 simple majority vote. there and do stay with us we're going to bring you a special live coverage of the entire election here on the program starting a five pm g.m.t. on sunday to make sure you tune in for the latest results analysis and reactions from the candidates already know you can find a ton of information on our web site. called we have a look now we've actually got a special section devoted to. the upcoming poll of a you'll find content there profiles a retrospective of previous ballots and on sr questions such as what makes an ideal about president in the opinion of russians all this and much much more that ought

to be taught. a suicide car bomber has struck in the southern syrian city of daraa killing at least seven people and wounding several others this is the latest in a series of bombings targeting pro-government neighborhoods and comes amid reports that over one hundred most in areas many of them french have been caught as they fled the city of homs he's worried if a national reports. two days after the rebel fighters pulled out from baba amr neighborhood in holmes fee's a grow you know free range attacks by the rebels the chief of the free syrian army has sad but thursday's withdrawal was a tactical one her position syrian national council who was recognized by european union as a legitimate representative of the syrian people has warned of massacres claiming they would provide leadership that is a good ised fighters and give them weapons the opposition groups already formed a military council to coordinate their weapons supplies these reports follow the

free syrian army claims that it's already received weapons and empty aircraft missiles from u.s. and french sources 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 appeals to president bashar al assad to agree on a daily hour ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid to be brought to the areas where prices still continues but the rock concerts that the opposition supporters abroad may use these to bring what prince 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 has been reported involves more than one hundred foreign offices detains in homes most of them reportedly french paratroopers meanwhile humanitarian situation in the city that suffered from an almost month long siege is deteriorating 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 evacuate injured people and to take away the bodies of those many who were killed during the clashes in hopes that it's very financial reporting but i will meantime tariq. filmmaker and middle east expert says that the only option for syria is the negotiation table and the other alternative would ultimately disaster. peacekeeping 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 with peace of god very hard on both for. the assad regime carries on as if it doesn't realize how heated it is by some segments of the very and 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 if minorities christians who are buy outs are being targeted by the so-called. forces of the concrete so i think what it suggests is a negotiated settlement and for people to push both sides to sit around it. with r.t. it's good to have your company today still they have come for you at this hour in a program when promises just don't cut it anymore and markets ring the alarm bells with yet another downgrade of food groups and it's going to eat you out of it some for you over the fiscal compact it says will ease its debt works. plus in the u.k. users of a file sharing website are threatened with jail terms reserved for murderers just

for downloading music this is another portal falls victim of the internet crack. rock obama is leaving the world guessing about whether the u.s. will launch an attack on iran's nuclear activities is in decisiveness on the battle has those for and against a strike. you can reports now on the conflicting pressures on the president to have some crucial meetings with israel's leaders. 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 believe in attack on iraq on iran not only would be premature but crazy on the other hand president obama keeps saying a war with iran is still an option and he is not quote unquote bluffing 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. place. is a very very clear message within a 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 election the president carried 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 wrong. on the issues. for community here in this country it could have an adverse impact on the funding of votes. really prime minister netanyahu speech in the u.s.

congress last year was greeted with a no way shape many u.s. lawmakers slammed the rhetoric of the obama administration will 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 a random. seem to be tired of the administration's ambiguity ambiguous well it could very very badly we don't need to go to war. very clear. to go to war by flying over. iraq. and. consequences will be theirs because they're trying. to. interpret. the. iraq.

this post. for. the campaign very obviously more informative response from president obama on. this year's elections. but it would make a mockery of. president obama's nobel peace prize. iran the. middle east. i don't think israel's assertions are real at all i think it's part of a game plan that's part of a coordinated assault iran does not have a nuclear weapon israel has hundreds of nuclear weapons iran 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 facts i 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 high 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 straight within the middle east this will play out as a paradigm by the israeli zionist government against the middle eastern country and those lines all of the middle east will unite against israel and so the united states as is concerned that israel might too promptly in terms of carrying out

unilateral military aggression that are still to come for you here on the program or you look at the debate raging in the u.s. over whether government all media should be supporting ideology. people that's all i want you to believe something very one else follows like she feels out the road and look at the old farts of the details but they're only if they should do our resident reporter who's been on the streets of new york asking people will they think about the state of all need to take a position on religion. and the child a traitor flourishes in the fall as new adoption laws aimed at improving the situation open a darker door to organized crime. moody's a ratings agency has again spoiled the party fifty year leaders by downgrading greece to the lowest rating on his bond scale that comes right after a summit him russel's almost only e.u.

states accept britain and the czech republic have signed up to the so-called fiscal pact supposed to keep deficits within limits with tough new budget rules but financial analysts called the ninja doesn't believe the agreement will ever be officially implemented talk is cheap and we've seen round after round of this but the truth is there you have nations over in europe in here in the united states for that matter that seem to think that they can spend more than a change in taxes and you can't do this people say that austerity used going to collapse economic demand well the truth is that governments have been far away money and spending what they don't have so they've been falsely representing economic to me and for three decades and now it's time to pay the check so to speak we have to eat our proc away yours is sort of almost as either a piece of 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 want to point to problems i think it's inevitable that greece is going to default i don't see how they can get out of this mess so that by defaulting they spent the money they don't have it they can't contract their government spending an economy and not be able to pay it back and so the obvious thing to do is 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. it's a new take on high unemployment if you go to our web site r.t. top com you can have a look at some of the latest methods certainly being used by these debt ridden european countries how are they staying afloat desperate times call for desperate measures in spain as one small town gives the green light to growers of just to avoid total unemployment. and russia's a bolshoi theatre. with plans to broadcast its iconic ballet performances via you

tube. a quarter past the hour this is artsy file sharing website r. and b. exclusive court has been shut down by britain's organized crime police for alleged copyright violations by anyone who downloaded music from their has been threatened with jail terms acquittal into the punishment for rapists all murderers or 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 commentry and links to r. and b. and hip hop music recent uses of the site was shocked to find their online activity

was under police scrutiny and that 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 that to be handy during for very serious offenses serious sexual assaults and 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 soccer confirmed it rested this site but wouldn't talk to us about why it's threatening users with a decade behind bars instead they sent this statement so it's 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 of its activity that's raised questions about how the police became the personal in force or of the recording industry standing guard to protect corporate profits and it's also given those concerned with internet freedoms and unpleasant glimpse into a more regulated in the treaty to protect against online copyright infringement and piracy goes ahead they claimed that your ip address monitored so you could monitor them tracts 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 back to comes to pass after a short response from internet campaigners the government agency has now taken down the harsh message and replaced it with this simpler one which just says they've

taken control of the domain 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 internet campaign is say that this was meant to frighten and in reality severe penalties couldn't be applied to casual downloads as they also say there's nothing to link r. and b. exclusive with criminal gangs so why. even involved if this is what they're really being serious organise trying to traditional serious organised crime as people understand it the more. drug dealing as far as i think the public are concerned that crime still happening on our streets opposition to act out and also around europe this month centers on fears 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. r.t. . we're inviting you to get involved in this story here on our t.v. just go to a website we're asking what you think about activists fighting for internet freedom all members of groups like anonymous heroes or criminals i do have your say right now if you don't come this hour here on how the numbers are stacking up an overwhelming majority believe that anonymous are good as they have found another way to show government people's displeasure around twenty percent doubt their ability to change much about eight percent now thinking that nothing will criminals and they belong in jail i do for the meantime head of the column and cast your vote . to be on t.v. world all day for you some other global news in brief for you this hour b.p. says it's reached a seven billion dollars deal settle claims from thousands of fishermen and

businesses affected by the gulf of mexico oil spill comes ahead of a much anticipated trial in the u.s. in which the american government is expected to claim billions of dollars of. the b.p. oil rig deep water horizon exploded in april two thousand and ten killing eleven workers and leaking four million barrels of oil. protesters have taken to the streets in hong kong calling for the white vote in the city's upcoming elections at the moment only and 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 donald sign after allegations he accepted perks from local tycoons. a pair of suicide bombers have struck an army base in southern yemen killing one soldier and injuring three others but he drove a truck packed with explosives into the reportedly getting past guards by saying

they had a present for the commander is the latest in a string of targeting government forces the country's defense ministry says al qaida has claimed responsibility for the attack. while a do religion and politics mix that's a major part of the debate raging in america's ongoing presidential campaigns so resident reporter hit the streets of new york to ask you for all that the government or the media should be behind ideology. when is it ok for a government or the media with the court and ideology this week let's talk about that i don't think it ever should. i think that the government is that serve the people of the media's the. direction of the record i don't think it's. say they support it. though if you support morris

it's the first the way. that's probably what they do anyway right. probably you think people are choosy about who is supporting their cause. absolutely their yeah their people are too easily swayed from a propaganda is that people that saw it want you to believe something they want to cause like she feels about their own personality and look at the facts in the details make their own opinion that's what they should do and not just follow 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 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 i think together will have the wisdom greater than the kids do you think

that governments try to impose a 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 if they don't agree with it they call it propaganda. well. that's is the nature of that's is the nature of rhetoric in general your your opinion is always right and everyone else's opinion is always propaganda and their constituents 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 police. that's a good to have you with us this is. how often is in the poll of being sold to shoes profit by human traffickers and its alleged illegal orphanages are acting as

suppliers to people who want to make a fortune from often abused children is pretty straight. today fifteen year old chen mohan childbearing is all smiles but it wasn't that long ago that the teenager with living in an illegal orphanage in nepal the capital katmandu you know is is that. should be given rations for the children so they can take as would take half the food for themselves well giving those only a small portion of it it would also get drunk. when it now living in a home run by the umbrella foundation and irish angio working with nepal's government to keep track of katmandu needed it teen thousand children living in orphanages. investigations have uncovered that around eighty percent of these kids actually have parents oftentimes families living in rural parts of nepal will sell their children to traffickers who they believe will give them

a better life and you have the traffickers says very poor people people high illiteracy. and they're told that if you give us your children you will receive a small amount of money from your family or in return we will bring them to help when do we have an excellent education. trafficker they are known to buy in a poly childbirth 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 or pitches many of the children are reportedly abused and forced to work some are even sexually assaulted who forced to work in the fields and would be woken up early every morning to clean the house and also to look after the trials the nepali government admitted that almost half of the country's orphanages were involved in illegal international adoption but since then things have changed. nepal has

been an international adoption wild child advocates believe that this will help prevent the trafficking of children organizers of orphanages are worried about how they're going to continue to run without money from abroad. works for nepal children's organization which runs eleven legal orphanages across the country he says that before the ban on international adoption has orphanage in katmandu eight thousand dollars for every child that got adopted by a foreign family. which has been difficult for us to run the home after the suspension of international adoption because we still have to provide the daily necessities of every child in the home and to care of the medical to today many or are trying to reunite trafficked children with their family but many lection mohinder barely remember their real siblings and parents anymore or preassure either archie kathmandu nepal. just a moment here or not see i'll be back with the headlines and. stay with us.

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