a day of silence campaigning and political ads are cleared from the russian air waves as voters shake off their apathy and prepare for what's expected to be the highest presidential election turnout in decades it's another suicide bombing strikes in syria the latest in a chain of attacks against government supporters is the syrian national council far from a pawn in turkey to fuel the fighting. most u.s. president barack obama has called between those for and against a military strike on iran's nuclear sites he says he has to face the israeli lobby .

around the clock around the world this is r.t. life here in our studios in central moscow so all political campaigning is off air in russia 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 is the growing public involvement in the country's political life that has made this vote stand out from the ones before. this election is going to be quite different contrary to all the other presidential polls 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 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 but also seem very rallies in support any against the candidates there's also been a massive social campaign for transparent presidential paul and indeed quite a lot of effort has been made in order to make this ball transparent as possible over ninety thousand polling stations have been equipped with cameras which will be feeding videos of how the vote is conducted these polling stations on to work for any internet user to be able to watch online and several hundred thousand observers have been invited due 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. 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 vote. bring you special coverage of the election here on r.t. starting at five pm g.m.t. on sunday tomorrow for the latest results analysis and reaction and already you can find additional information on our website. got a special section devoted to the upcoming. contender profiles retrospective of previous answers to questions such as what the. makes an ideal president in the opinion of russians and a lot more for you at r.t. dot com. the suicide car bomber struck in the southern syrian city of killing at least seven and wounding several others is the latest in a series of bombings targeting pro covered neighborhoods comes amid reports of over one hundred mercenaries many of them french have been caught as they fled the city of homs. has the latest from syria. two days after the rebel forces pulled out from baba amr neighborhood in homes faiza 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 your position syrian national council who is 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 fighters and give them weapons the opposition group already formed a military council to call generate the weapons supplies these reports call the free syrian army claims that it's already received weapons and anti 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 viewed this as an option if the violence doesn't stop here in syria humanitarian organizations have been accused to president bashar assad to agree on a daily hour ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid to be brought to the areas where frightened so continues but the rock concerts that the opposition supporters abroad

may use these to bring weapons to the rebels meanwhile it seems that the coronations involvement in this crisis in syria stretches far beyond weapon supplies local and regional media has been have been reported about more than one hundred foreign offices detained 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 of the emergency aid they're also expected to ever create injured people and to take away the bodies of those many who were killed during the clashes in hopes. protocol you with a filmmaker middle east expert says the only option for syria is the negotiation table as any alternative would be disastrous. key thing is where the intermediaries not aligned with either side are capable of pushing both sides to

a conference table to agree to a solution to this crisis it seems to me birthing so got very hard on board for. the assad regime carries on as if it doesn't realize how heated it is by some say comfortable play for 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 there's minorities christians who are being targeted no by the so-called liberation from forces of the country so i think what it suggests is a negotiated settlement and for people to push both sides to sit around ok. to come this hour here on r.t. when promises just don't cut it anymore when the alarm bell for yet another

downgrade for greece is there in b.p.u. out of its euphoria over the fiscal buttes as will ease its debt worries. us in the u.k. users of the file sharing website are threatened with jail terms reserved for murder it's just for downloading music is another portal falls victim of the internet crackdown. in stores to become the first barack 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 matter has vexed those for and against a strike he's going to chair reports of 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 to us know what i think or united states believe.

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. race. is a very very clear message within a week for. the war. analysts say president obama's failure to go along with this really plans on iran might hurt him in the a large since the president carried you know the overwhelming majority of the jewish vote and for going back into tells me and if he is perceived as an enemy of. enemy of israel or. the

issues. for community here in this country it could have a first impact on the funding of votes. israeli prime minister netanyahu speech in the u.s. congress last year was greeted with an ovation many u.s. lawmakers slammed the rhetoric of the obama administration which suggested 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 would seem to be tired of the administration's ambiguity are ambiguous it could very very badly we don't need to go to war and we have to make very clear to our israeli friends are not going to go to

war they're not going to go to war by flying over our airspace over iraq and we're not going to support if they do it on their own the consequences will be theirs because the price paid they start a massive war. interpret. the disastrous for. iraq in terms of. this post that was paid for by the merge you see committee for israel you. see in washington the campaign very obviously pushes 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. but many it would make a mockery of diplomacy and. then president obama's nobel peace prize as well for that matter. from the coalition says this is

right or wrong that's really 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 as 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 fans who 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 rater scrape hasn't been in iraq in one thousand nine hundred one of its 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 paradigm by the israelis 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 israel might go to promptly in terms of carrying out unilateral military aggression. coming up this will be looking at the debate raging in the u.s. over whether government or media should support certain ideologies people that talk want you to believe something very one else follows like sheep peels out their personality and look at the facts of the details make their own opinion that's what they should do. the resident reporter has been on the streets of new york asking people what they think about the state media taking a position on religion and the child trade flourishes in the pool of this new adoption was aimed at improving the situation opened a dog door to organize. their stores to become the first movers ratings agencies

again spoil the party. e.u. leaders by downgrading greece to the lowest rating on its pointless scale right after a summit and brussels almost all e.u. states except 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 of financial analysts called engine doesn't believe the agreement will ever be implemented talk is cheap and we've seen who 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 limitation in taxes and you can't do this people say that austerity is going to class economic command well the truth is is that governments have been pouring money it's fending what they don't have so they've been falsely representing economically me and her three decades and now it's time to pay the check so to speak if we have to get our broccoli or those

who promises 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 point zero four zero s. 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 economy enough 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 depending on what other nations decided put on the same road could be extraordinarily severe. and a new take on high unemployment on our website r.t. dot com a look at the methods debt ridden european countries are using to stay afloat desperate times call foot that's pretty measures in spain as a small town gives the green light to growth of cannabis just to avoid total unemployment. bush's bolshoi theatre sends

a culture online with plans to broadcast this iconic ballet performance is thought you tube all that available for your naughty dot com. photo sharing website r.n.b. exclusive dot com has been shut down by britain's organized crime police for alleged copyright violations anyone who downloaded music from there is being threatened with jail terms equivalent to the punishment for rapists or murderous bodies 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

commentary 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 a ten year prison sentence you would expect that to be handy done for very serious offenses serious sexual assaults and rape manslaughter very violent offenses. and you would normally expect it to be handy to own respective downloading music only the u.k. government serious organized crime agency or so confirmed it arrested this site but wouldn't talk to us about why it's threatening users with a decade behind bars instead they sent this statement. it's organized criminal enterprises profiting from the exploitation of the u.k. public in legitimate businesses much of the music offered for download by the r.

and b. exclusive dot com web site was illegally obtained from artists leaving industry to attribute more sizzle approximately fifteen million pounds per year to the site's activity that's 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 an unpleasant glimpse into a more regulated if the treaty to protect against online copyright infringement and piracy goes ahead dick claimed your ip address was being 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 i act a constant 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 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 time for it internet campaigners say the notice was meant to frighten and in reality severe penalties couldn't be applied to casual download as they also say there's nothing to link be exclusive with criminal gangs so why is soccer even involved if this is what they're illegal in serious organized crime to traditional serious organised crime as people understand it the morgue for drug dealing as far as i think the public concern that crime still happening on our streets opposition to act out in force 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. . ask him what you think about activists fighting for internet freedom are members of hacker groups like anonymous heroes or criminals have your say and r.t. dot com that's where the moment the sort of results are an overwhelming majority believe anonymous a good as they have found another way to show government people's displeasure around twenty percent of their ability to change much and seven percent think that the fact is a nothing but criminals and their place is in jail at doherty dot com because you're both good to hear from me. but let's have a quick look at some other news making headlines around the world at this stage of the day a world update a pair of suicide bombers have struck an army base in southern yemen killing one soldier and injuring three others they drove

a truck packed with explosives into the camp reportedly getting past guards by saying they had a prison commander it's the latest in a string of blasts targeting government forces of his defense ministry says al qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack. just as a taken to the streets of hong kong calling for the right to vote in the cities are coming elections literally an elected committee of around a thousand people will be given the chance to choose a new leader demonstrators also criticize the city's current chief executive after allegations he accepted perks from local tycoon. b.p. says it's reached a sudden a billion dollar 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 the b.p. oil rig deepwater horizon exploded in april back in two thousand and ten killing eleven workers and leaking four million barrels of oil.

religion politics a major part of the debate raging in america's presidential campaign so president reporter hit the streets of new york to ask people if the government all the media should be behind. 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 the news not make editorial direction on any of the record i don't think it's right that they can come out and say they support it. different ways so if you support more it's the first way. that's probably what they do anyway right probably people are choosy about who is

supporting their cause. absolutely their. people are too easily swayed from a proper candor is the people that want you to believe something else follows like sheep people start their own personality and look at the own facts and the details make their own opinion that's what they should do not just call everybody else there's a pretty great principle in psychology that 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 aunt or your crazy sister and you just the line them up by the millions and you somehow assume that all these crazy people acting together will have the wisdom greater than the kids do you think governments try to impose will through propaganda without a doubt so why do some people when they hear their point of view about it think

it's just this time but then if they don't agree with it they call it propaganda. well. that's just the nature of this is the nature 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 the pool of being sold at a huge profit by human traffickers and its allegedly legal often edges are acting as supplies to people who want to make a fortune from abuse children. reports on this. today fifteen year old chin well one child three is all smiles but it wasn't that

long ago that the teenager with living in an illegal orphanage in nepal's capital katmandu you know waste is the homes would be given rations for the children but the caretakers would take off the food for themselves well giving those only a small portion of it but they would also get drunk and beat us. in 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 it fifteen 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 if you have a child under those who says very poor people people of literacy origin case and. if you give us your children you will receive a small amount of money from an international family or an individual in return we

will bring them to come in through excellent education. 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 orphanage is many of the children are reportedly abused and forced to work some are even sexually assaulted and were forced to work in the fields will be woken up early every morning to clean the house and also to look after the child the nepali government admitted that almost half of the country's orphanages were involved in illegal international adoptions but since then things have changed. new policy and 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 remains filmy works for nepal

children's organization which runs eleven legal or and inches across the country he says that before the ban on international adoption is orphanage in katmandu you make five thousand dollars for every child that got adopted by a foreign family. which has been difficult for us to run the homes 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 ability to today when your energies 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. to be up to twenty seven this policy in moscow recap on one stories for you after a short break this is all to life in the russian capital.

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