can be. limited. the cold. it's always personal. except. for. everyone. a day of silence campaigning and political cleared from the russian airwaves as voters shake off their apathy and prepare for what's expected to be the highest presidential election. it's. yet another suicide bombing strikes in syria it's the latest in a chain of attacks against government supporters as the syrian national council far from harm in turkey to fuel the fighting. us president barack obama's call between those for and against a military strike on iran's nuclear sites just as he prepares to face the mighty

israeli lobby. with us here on r.t. . live in moscow all the political campaigning is russia it's now just a day before the presidential election voters are deciding for themselves who they want to see is head of state for the next six years and it's growing a public involvement in the country's political life. stand out from once in the past. this election is going to be quite different contrary to all the other presidential polls russia is being held in the wake of a series of must rallies being held in the country and a spike in social and political activity among the public in general it started after the. election early in december scores of people have been digging into 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 in the country looks to be the highest since probably the ninety's we've also seen various rallies in 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 is 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 these social activity are high voter turnout is expected as well according to some polls it could be over seventy percent just to remind you. in this election the winner will need to secure fifty percent plus one vote if

neither candidate manages to achieve a second round will be introduced in which two most popular competes for simple majority vote. do stay with us here on our team we're going to be bringing you special live coverage of the election here starting out of five pm g.m.t. on sunday you can tune in for the latest results analysis and reactions from the candidates already though you can find lots more information on our web site www dot com got a special section right here devoted to the upcoming poll here you'll find contender profiles retrospective of previous ballots and answers to questions such as what makes an ideal president in the opinion of russians all this much more standing by for you just a click away at r.t. talk. a suicide car bomber has struck in the southern syrian city of daraa killing at least seven people 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 mercenaries most of them french have been caught as they fled the city of homs where a phenomena has the latest from syria. two days after the rebel forces pulled out from baba amr neighborhood in homs faiza grow you know the range attacks by the rebels the chief of the free syrian army has sad but thursday's withdrawal was a tactical on the opposition syrian national council who was recognized by the european union as legitimate representative of the syrian people has warned of massacres claiming they would provide leadership that is a good sized colleges 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 courts are and saudi arabia earlier with

a twenty two nation arab league also viewed this as an option if the violence doesn't stop here in syria he will appear in organizations have been appeals to our interest because well assad typically on a daily with our system wide to allow people to cherry aid to be brought to the areas with prices still continues but the rock concerts that the opposition supporters abroad may use these to bring weapons to the rebels who are 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 a hundred foreign offices the tains in country 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 in trucks of food water medical supplies and all of the emergency aid they're also expected to evacuate

injured people and take away bodies of those many who were killed during the clashes in hopes talkies and worth of national mourning that we're going to amateur filmmaker middle east expert he says the only option for syria is the negotiation table as any alternative but ultimately be disastrous. the key thing is where the interim eateries naacp's 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 the fisa court very hard on both from. the assad regime carries on as if it doesn't realize how heated it is by some sections of the population and the opposition which is 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 all liberation from forces of the country so i think what it suggests is the negotiated settlement and for people to push both sides to sit around a. party is going to lie from moscow still ahead for you this hour when promises just don't cut it anymore and markets ring the alarm bells with yet another downgrade for greece stirring the e.u. out of its euphoria over the fiscal compact that says will instead workers. bust in the u.k. users of a file sharing website are threatened with jail reserved for murderers just for downloading music that's another portal for the victim of the internet crackdown. barack obama is leaving the world guessing whether the u.s. will launch an attack on iran's nuclear activities is in decisiveness over the

matter has vexed those for and against a stright. can now report on the conflicting pressures on the president ahead of 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. attack on iraq on iran not only would be premature birth crazy on the other hand president obama keeps saying a war with iran is still an option and that 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. police. a very very clear message within

a week from the since the war started. 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 a adverse impact on the funding of votes. israeli 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 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. seem to be tired of the administration's ambiguity and well it could very very badly need to go to war and we have to make very clear to our israeli friends. our airspace over iraq. a consequence. interpret. the. terms of. this case. for. a campaign very obviously pushing

for a more affirmative response from president obama to go to war. but many. are. threatening the 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 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 you would say the real menace to the peace in the middle east is real alone 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 it gets 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 strike within the middle east this will play out as a paradigm by the israelis ainus government against the middle eastern country and those lines all of the middle east will unite against israel and so the united states as i was concerned that israel might to promptly in terms of carrying out unilateral military aggression. you're watching r.t. still to come for you in the program we'll be looking at the debate raging in the u.s. over whether government or media should support certain ideologies. people that's

all want to believe something they want to pose like she feels out there now to look at the details maybe. that's what they should do our resident reporter has been on the streets of new york asking people what they think about the state of the excuse me what they think about the state all the media that he is taking a position on religion. and the child trade flourishes in nepal as new adoption laws aimed at improving the situation open a dark door to organized crime. movies a ratings agency has again spoiled the party for e.u. leaders by downgrading greece to the lowest rating on its scale that's right after a summit in brussels almost all the e.u. states except britain and the czech republic of signed up to the so-called fiscal pact supposed to keep deficits within limits with tough new budget rules but financial analyst. doesn't believe the agreement will ever be officially implemented. talk is cheap and we've seen you round after round of this but the

truth is 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 is going to collapse economic demand well the truth is that governments have been pouring money and spending what they don't have so they've been falsely representing economic demand for three decades and now it's time to pay the check so to speak if we have to eat our broccoli or as obama says 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 the same thing's likely to occur in places like spain where you have term one point of 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 spent the money they don't have it they can't contract their government spending an economy you know 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 row could be extraordinarily severe. and you take on high unemployment if you go to our web site i'll tell you thought com you can check out the methods that petrograd in european countries are using to try and state afloat for example the desperate times call for desperate measures in spain a small town in the green right there grows of cannabis just to avoid total unemployment. and russia's bolshoi theatre sense culture online with plans to broadcast its iconic ballet performance is via you tube.

now quarter past the hour here in moscow but file sharing a website to r. and b. exclusive dot com has now 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 of equivalent to the punishment for rapists all murderers and i think flora smith reports now on what others 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 comment tree 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 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 we can determine for very serious

offenses serious sexual assaults and rape manslaughter very violent fancies. normally expected to be handed down in respect to downloading music illegally the u.k. government serious organized crime agency or soccer confirmed it arrested this but wouldn't talk to us about why it's threatening users with a decade behind bars instead they sent a statement saying quote august 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 through the site security that raised questions about how the police became the personal enforcer 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 each in a treaty to protect against online copyright infringement and piracy goes ahead to claim that your ip address was being 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're going to 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 says they've taken control of the domain but it's already caused much worry and distress on twitter many users appear 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 campaigners say the notice was meant to frighten and in reality severe penalties

couldn't be applied to casual downloads they also say there's nothing to link current be exclusive with criminal gangs so why even involved if this is what they're labeling serious organized crime what happened to traditional serious organized crime as people understand it the more amount for drug dealing as far as i think the public concern the crime still happening on our streets opposition to act out and of course 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 norris me or teen. we always enjoy it when you get involved with us here at our website we're asking a what you think about activists fighting for internet freedom how members of how

could groups like anonymous heroes are criminals and if you say right now what are t dot com here's how the numbers are stacking up for this hour an overwhelming majority believe anonymous so good as they have found another way to show governments people's displeasure around twenty percent now i doubt that is where their ability will actually change much sounds eight percent thinking hackers are nothing but criminals and they belong in jail you had over to our to do so right now and cast your vote. now let's get some other international news for you brief with yahtzee world update a pair of suicide bombers struck an army base in southern yemen and killing one soldier and injuring three others he drove a truck packed with explosives into the camp pushing the getting past the guards by saying they had a present for the commander and the latest in a string of last targeting government forces the country's defense ministry says al qaeda as a ready claimed responsibility for the. protesters have taken to the streets in

hong kong calling for the right to vote in the city's upcoming elections at the moment 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. allegations he accepted perks from local tycoon. and 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 that comes ahead of a much anticipated trial in the us in which the american government is expected to claim billions of dollars in fines at the b.p. oil rig deepwater horizon exploded in april two thousand and ten killing eleven workers and leaking four million barrels of oil. well the do religion and politics mix that's a major part of the debate raging on in america's ongoing presidential campaigns.

resident reporter hit the streets of new york for the government or the media should be behind it so. when is it ok for a government or the media to support an ideology this week let's talk about that i don't think it ever should. i think that the government is there to serve the people of the media is there to report that do not make editorial direction on any of the record i don't think it's amounts for it. though if you support morris is the first way. it's probably what they do anyway right. probably you think people are choosy about who is supporting their cause. absolutely their. people are too easily swayed probably probably candor is the

people that want you to believe something. like she feels about their own personality and look at their own facts and details make their own opinion that's what they should do not just follow her body else there's a pretty great principle in psychology. 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 enter 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 kid getting to governments try to impose will through propaganda without a doubt yeah so why do some people when they hear their point of view being spouted think it's just being time but then if they don't agree with it they call it propaganda. well. that's is the

nature of this is the nature of of rhetoric in general your your opinion is always right and everyone else's opinion is always propaganda in the end 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 support of our own beliefs. it's good to have you with us you're watching artsy orphans in nepal being sold at a huge profit by human traffickers and it's alleged illegal orphanages that are actually no suppliers to people who want to make a fortune from abused children pressure to reports. today fifteen year old chen moment childbearing is all smiles but it wasn't that long ago that the teenager with living in an illegal or in age in nepal capital katmandu you

know was to. be given rations for the children but the caretakers would take half the food for themselves well giving those only a small. drunk. moment is now living in a home run by the umbrella foundation and irish angio working with nepal's government to keep track of katmandu to meet it fifteen thousand children living in orphanages. investigations have uncovered that around eighty percent of the kids actually have a pair oftentimes living in rural parts of the will sell their children to traffickers who would be believed will give them a better life if you have a trafficker who says very poor people people high illiteracy you know it's a case and they're told that 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 excellent education. traffickers are known to buy in

a poly child or 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 orphanage is many of the children are reportedly abused and forced to work some are even sexually assaulted who forced to work. every morning to clean the house and also to look after the cats and because in from trials the nepali government admitted that almost half of the country orphanages were involved in illegal international adoption but since then things have changed. the palos be an international adoption while 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. told me works for nepal children's organisation which runs eleven legal or in inches across the country he says that

before that they are now on international adoption is orphanage in katmandu made five thousand dollars for every child that got adopted by a porn family on the island which has been difficult for us to run the homes 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. today when your kids are trying to reunite trafficked children with their family but many lection mohinder barely remember their real siblings and parents anymore priya sridhar archie kathmandu nepal. and in just a moment i'll be back with the headlines and the spotlight. was of votes for president archie looks at the five running for the kremlin top job

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