margetts weiner scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy because a report on. the presidential election is underway into russia with voters in the eastern part of the country already casting their ballots a record number of observers are also at the polling stations with almost two hundred thousand web cameras set up to monitor the voting process some like. seven people are killed in that garage southern syria when the suicide bomber targeted the government supporters of this as the opposition the syrian national council downstream has quit the fighting. plus tension over a possible military strike on iran the clowns in washington ahead of president obama's meeting with the pro israel lobby and

a visit by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and broadcasting live direct from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. certainly glad to have you with us. presidential elections have been kicked off in russia with almost one hundred eight million eligible voters and turnout is expected to be the highest in decades the easternmost part of the country has already started casting their votes it will take twenty one hours for the whole country to complete the poll with the first results expected when the final polling stations close and russia's western exclave of calling about and searching his piece come off reports this year's election has been marked by unprecedented public activity. every hour more polling stations open in russia as the country stretches through nine time zones which means that the voting began in the most eastern

portion of the country when it was still midnight in moscow and is killing right region in the most western parts of russia will be the last to join the vote it's happening at a very interesting time in a spike in social and political activity among the public seen massive rallies for and against the candidates we've also seen scores of people taking to the street after the parliamentary election in december amid accusations of ballot fraud and a massive social campaign for a transparent presidential poll is underway and indeed a lot has been done in that sense over ninety thousand polling stations have been equipped with cameras to feed videos including close up shots of boxes on the web portals so that internet users can watch online how the vote is conducted right there at these polling stations see through ballot boxes have been introduced and several hundred thousand observers have been invited now. just to remind you

five candidates are taking part in this race the winner will need to secure fifty percent plus one vote if neither candidate manages to achieve that second round it will be introduced in which the two most popular candidates will compete for a simple majority of votes very high voter turnout is expected as well over seventy percent according to some polls with a record number of observers at the polling stations and almost two hundred thousand. others the voting process online these elections are being billed as russia's most a transparent yet. takes a look at the preparations before the. first few years. we won't forget and we won't if this is what. the opposition promised the kremlin after december's parliamentary elections they claimed the vote had been raked in response the authorities decided web cameras at all ninety eight thousand polling

stations would solve that problem it's cost russian taxpayers over three hundred million dollars doubling the michele cost of the vote now it's officially the most transparent and the most expensive in the nation's history but not everyone's convinced. cameras won't change anything there will always be discontent it was honest before even without cameras. i don't think it will make the vote more transparent it's only made to please the opposition. there was no sense installing them too many people are voting and there are too many polling stations it will make things more complicated. one of the main concerns about the c.c.t.v. system is whether it can serve a country as vast as russia hacker attacks on the website in charge of broadcasting shortly before the vote only added to concerns but these young people claim they

came up with a strong alternative the phone and tablet application aldridge deal was created mostly for observers it allows them to upload pictures report on the turnout and give the final results and register any violations the data would be processed and published on the website immediately them when we realise our website might be attacked on the x by hackers but we're ready for any attack on our servers are capable of dealing with serious traffic that are based in data centers in europe so we'll cope with processing information from observers and radio users to. well true geo is independent from the central election committee and its founders promise to come up with reports just as independent need while it all five candidates had quarters it's been mostly about training observers this election also has set a record number of watchdogs amongst a million including seven hundred international observers. i was invited to this

election doors open day it was good training for everyone we could see firsthand how she she g.v. systems work she transferred ballot boxes it will be the first presidential election in russia which not only will be filmed on hundreds of thousands of web cameras but which has been rehearsed to a couple of days before the actual vote those who wish to take part were invited to cast their ballots not for candidates today but from history including exxon or micky dolenz peter the great winston churchill and this con. you know you can have great twenty six year olds it's only hours before russia's next peter the great is named but even before the ballots had been counted many warned of a new wave of protests. protesters in december demonstrated not against the results of the vote but the fact an advantage in putin was swapping seats irritated them was that putin was trying to return to the top job so regardless of how transparent

the vote is if putin gets slightly more than fifty percent protesters will claim he added that up in self to avoid a second round to get seventy no one will believe the result but if he has fifty five to sixty percent there will be no rallies or to the figure would look realistic. the present ads of poles will do at least one voting in the westernmost city of kaliningrad comes to an end the question then will any of the candidates have that much needed eighty percent to avoid a second round if they don't look at actual r t scale. and we will be bringing you special coverage of the election right here on our tree starting at five pm at g.m.t. on sunday tune in for the latest results and analysis and candidates reaction and already you can find additional information on our website or to dot com there you'll find a contender profiles a retrospective of previous ballots and the answers to questions such as what makes an ideal leader in the opinion of russians all of us and much much more of our

she'd become. a suicide car bomber has struck in the southern syrian city of garage killing at least seven people and wounding several others it is the latest in a series of bombings targeting pro-government neighborhoods this comes amid reports that over one hundred mercenaries many of them french have been caught as they were fleeing the city of homes or to use where if national has the latest from syria. two days after the rebel fighters pulled out from baba amr neighborhood in homes things are growing of revenge attacks by the rebels the chief of the free syrian army has but those days we draw was a tactical on your position syrian national council who is recognized by the european union as a 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 because physician groups 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 sources on in the rebels has been considered as an excellent idea by qatar and saudi arabia earlier with a twenty two nation arab league also viewing 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 some of our cease fire to allow if he were to tarry in eight to be brought to the areas where prices still continues but the rock concerts that the opposition supporters a group may use these to bring. so the rebels meanwhile it seems that see 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 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 the emergency aid they're also expected to pay that they injured people and to take away the bodies of those many who were killed during the clashes in hopes that he's wary of financial reporting for us there now staying with this story to rigali author filmmaker and middle east expert says the only option for syria is the negotiation table as any of turn it it would be disastrous but he's saying it's where the intermediaries not aligned with either side are capable of pushing both sides to a conference table or to agree to a solution to this crisis it seems to me both things have got very hard on board for. the also britain carries on as if it doesn't rely on how heated it is by some so comfortable very good 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 being targeted now by the so-called liberation from forces of the country so i think what it suggests is that a go she ate at settlement time for people to push both sides to sit around. and still to come this hour no more rhythm but plenty of blues as an r. and b. file sharing site hits the rocks u.k. users of the website have been threatened with jail terms normally reserved for murderers just for downloading music as another portal falls a victim to the internet crackdown. and the child trade of flushes in the park as new adoption laws aimed at improving the situation opened

a dark door to organized crime. the debate over a possible military strike on iran's nuclear facilities is intensifying in the united states more so ahead of president obama's meeting with the pro israel lobby group and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu or he's going to shift and has more from washington. 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. states. on 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 u.n. and will washington back israel should it decide to attack first the only way to

stop the. police. is a very very clear message that we form. 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 carried you know the overwhelming majority of the jewish vote and thought being back in two thousand and if he is perceived as an enemy of. enemy of israel or. the issues. for community here in this country it could have an 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 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 a core objective but both those who would back a strike against a random. who wouldn't seem to be tired of the administration's ambiguity and. very very badly we need to go to war and we have to make very clear. 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 there will be consequences would be theirs. if they started a massive war. interpret as. disastrous for. iraq into terms of.

this post that was paid for by the mergence see committee for israel you. see in washington the campaign very obviously pushes for a more informative response from president obama on his readiness to go to war with iraq in the run up to this year's elections he might want to. make those statements but for many it would make a mockery of diplomacy and efforts and president obama's nobel peace prize as well for that matter. and if you want to stay up to date on everything that is happening around the world go to our website or to dot com here's some of what is waiting for you right there right now. tracking the trackers. big brother allows users to monitor how their online activity is tracked and shared by various websites plus. an asteroid hurtles towards earth experts agree on

a way to alter its trajectory in two thousand and thirteen find out more about this celestial body and our dot com. file sharing website r. and b. exclusive it dot com has been shut down by britain's organized crime police for alleged copyright violations anyone who downloaded music from there has been threatened with jail terms equivalent to the punishment for rapists or murderers or cheese 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 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 very serious offenses serious sexual assaults and rape manslaughter very violent offenses. and you would normally expect it to be handed down and respective 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. 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 are in be exclusive dot com website was illegally obtained from artists leading the industry to attribute losses of approximately fifteen million pounds per year to the site security 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 future if a treaty to protect against online copyright infringement and piracy goes ahead they claimed your ip address was being monitored so you could be monitored contracts 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 real scale if actor 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 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 r. and b. exclusive with criminal gangs so why even involved if this is what they're leaving serious organized crime what to traditional serious organised crime is as most people understand the more. drug dealing as far as i think the public are concerned 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 norris smith r.t. london. some other news making headlines around the world for itself. two suicide bombers have struck an army base in southern yemen killing two soldiers they drove a truck packed with explosives into the town purportedly getting past guards by saying they had a present for the commander it's the latest in a string of struggling government forces al-qaeda has claimed responsibility. 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

donald tsang after allegations he accepted perks from local tycoons. b.p. says it has reached a seven point eight 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 us in which the government american government that is expected to claim billions of dollars in fines the b.p. oil rig deepwater horizon exploded in april two thousand and ten killing eleven workers and leaking four million barrels of oil. religion and politics mix that's a major part of the debate raging in america's presidential campaign so resident reporter hit the streets of new york to ask people there if the government or the media should be behind a certain ideology. 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 that a serve the people of the media is there to report the news editorial direction on any of the record i don't think it's right that they can come out and say they support it they can do different ways though if you support morris is 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 probably probably candor is the people that want to believe something bad one else follows like she feels about their own personality and look at the own facts and details make their own opinion that's what they should do and not just fall everybody else is 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 like you something different but that's just human nature 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 you're crazy sister and you just a 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 do you think their governments try to impose will through propaganda without a doubt yes so why do some people when they hear their point of view out it think it's just this time but then if they don't agree with it they call it propaganda. well. that's it's 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. it is said orphans in nepal are being sold at a huge profit by human traffickers it's also alleged illegal orphanages are acting as suppliers the people who want to make a fortune from often abuse children or creates pressure even reports. 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 katmandu. is that. should be given rations for the children but the caretakers would take half the food for themselves well giving others only a small portion of it they would also get drunk beaters. chin moment is now living in a home run by the umbrella foundation an irish ngo working with nepal's government

to keep track of kathmandu after needed a fifteen thousand children living in orphanages. investigations have uncovered that around eighty percent of these kids actually have parents often times 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 a trafficker says very poor people people. you know it's a case and they're told 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 come into. excellent education. traffickers are known to buy an apology 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

who forced to work in the fields would be woken up early every morning to clean the house and also to look after the cats they because in trials the nepali government admitted that almost half of the country's orphanages were involved in illegal international adoptions but since then things have changed. policy and international adoption well 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 remains 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 kathmandu made by thousand dollars for every child that got adopted by a foreign family. it 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 have the medical bills. today

many or inches are trying to reunite trafficked children with their family but many lection mohanned barely remember their real siblings and parents anymore pressure either party kathmandu nepal or. well that brings you up to date for now i'll be back with our headlines after a short break don't go away or watch. as

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