behind the scenes of celebration as well as protests as bloody met a blue ten wins russia's presidential race oh good two hundred held by police for refusing to disperse after a moscow rally. warmongering rhetoric intensifies a senior u.s. lawmaker calls for airstrikes against syria while we look at political reforms underway in the country also. the budget comes to preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. i will take no options off the table president obama promises his support to a pro israeli lobby in washington refusing to rule out an option of force against

iran which israel has been threatening. and in the business bill is in the russian stock markets are hurting big time following you for a gains on monday after the presidential elections find out why in about twenty minutes. news and comment of broadcasting to launch from the heart of moscow on charon taraji all the data points in this presidential victory has sent tens of thousands of russians all to the streets both to celebrate and protest against the outcome of the vote thousands rallied in the center of moscow for fair elections but police said two hundred fifty were arrested when some refused orders to disperse after the demonstration was and let's now talk charges aleksey at a ski. tell us

a little bit more about how the rally way. well essentially it wasn't very much different from the mass rallies we've been witnessing for the last three or four months in russia since the fall eventually vote in december only that maybe this rally was not as big as usual with around twenty thousand people attending it essentially it was all the same the opposition leader speaking from the stage to the crowd including the third place presidential candidate. who was also there to address the crowd with his views on the future of the country now there was a general feeling among the crowd and also those people who were writing online in protest of the election results they had no surprise at all that. came to victory at this election still they were protesting against this vote and demanding that the prime minister the president elect should step down the protests in the street in the. square went very peacefully and people even started to leave the square and heading to their homes when one of the opposition leaders demanded to stay at the

square until putin steps down several hundred people followed his call and they refused to leave the square organizing a sitting protest in one of the operational fountains in the center of the square the right police as we understand the people to disperse because the time which the authorities sanctioned for the rally has run out had run out already by that moment the rally was officially over the people refused to leave and the authorities the right police had to take measures and. use the force to remove the people from the square we understand that two hundred fifty people were detained as a result and later when they all of them were released playing a small fine for violating the regulations concerning this particular public rally and they were actually watching scenes from those protests at pushkin square but a lot of people were also happy that wouldn't want they went out onto the streets

today. from the. right where i'm standing right now the. fifteen thousand supporters were celebrating and definitely those were very different pictures from what we've seen there. with the people celebrating the victory greeting. and basically expressing their. victory this was not a political rally at all this was more like a party with. me on the stage and back the scenes reminding of twenty four hours before that on sunday when himself came over here to express his gratitude to the sporting crowd and that was a very emotional moment for him as well but it's no time to rest for the president elect today as we know he's already been working hard meeting with the organization called for fair elections which had massive representation among the independent observers in the course of the election the organization which consists mostly of law school graduates and they presented their. irregularities and different flaws

in the electoral process on sunday. reassured that he would deal with these irregularities and will certainly urge the investigation of all these incidents at polling stations across the country also we know that. his arrival in the presidential race so it's been a very busy time for the president elect the election on sunday and you just mentioned president elect met with his rivals what about those other candidates how did they take the outcome. well most of them happily recognized the outcome of the voting that's three of the four other candidates except for a do not use a gun of the leader of the communist party the second place candidate who refuses to recognize the results of the election he in fact staged a protest rally of around three hundred people in central moscow most probably important outcome of the meeting between the rivals and even quoted was that the

prime minister recognized. will to create his own political party's own opposition movement and said that the united russia party and the prime minister himself will cooperate closely with this opposition movement should be held broker of eventually decide to form this new party now obviously the one day's events showed again that the opposition in russia is very diverse it has its like a coin with two faces on the one hand we have mikhail prokhorov willing to have this dialogue with those with power on the other hand we have the radicals like a volley about. who are openly supporting escalation of the conflict and the growing force of the street protests in russia my colleague the actual the did and insightful report with all the latest information on how the opposition looks in modern day russia. you might think there are two types of post-election rallies

those by the wiener and less jubilant ones by the defeated opposition but if you look closely at russia's political scene these days you see how sharp the opposition itself was keyed into two ranks. the vertical of power in our country develops well within the civil society initiated from below concrete and there's no political competition here is the official opposition defeated candidates meeting with the winner he says residence the morning off to the vote criticizing the kremlin and here's one. may seem similar but in fact a very different rattray from the unofficial street opposition yes. yes you are. wrong there are three america. unlike the newly risen political star mihail drunk or of rights activist and blogger alexander by late hasn't spans two and a hundred million dollars of his computer and he never ran for presidency but

thanks to his acting lot and the massive coverage of his calls for a revolution by the western and russian media he rose to an unofficial opposition leader almost overnight i can see why none of. us i mean anyone so i think. activists from the street opposition condemned sunday's ballot even before the first vote was costs. these presidential elections illegitimate and the person who comes to whoever it is even if it's not will be illegitimate in any case but able to grab just for a venue to rally the opposition and fighting it out between each other in city hall for a group of like say now by late one they might have had russia's most liberal square in the center of moscow to protest but the question still very much alive is the new street opposition know how to square the circle the more speech the rally food

that liberal values to the test to what extent will they be a base of the law. this is police are saying when a school but i call a need to stay could translate to sleep here in our city and we can do whatever we want we are not leaving we are not leaving an hour up to dissension rally was supposed to wrap up some leaders were calling on people to put up ten cents all keep the square reach old muscovites are already well familiar with polo polices sporting protests. as to the much arresting the most resilient ones refused to leave among them. what would you do but almost everyone these days wants changes no one wants a revolution but there's a minority trying to make this revolution but they don't understand it's a revolution it's like a thunderstorm you turn emerges from really big heavy clouds a small group of instigators cannot produce a revolution and are all police report that monday's protest rally together to

around fourteen thousand people on pushkin square that's less than in the rallies in december when up to seventy thousand took to the streets following the parliamentary vote many explain the numbers as a reflection all but the communist candidate acknowledged the results of the vote a clear sign that the changing political landscape in russia has little room for revolution which he did in the direction of on our t.v. screens. but the matter portends victory was widely expected not only in russia but internationally too but american media was keen to report a legit voting fraud even before the ballot itself our correspondent in washington got an answer to karen tells us the reaction across the atlantic to the decision made by the russian people even before the election the american audience were primed to believe that the presidential vote in russia had to be

a fraud is this one going to be worth a read in the west or call a free and fair election. it seems are highly unlikely that it will be a free and fair election in our sense of the term and then as russia has made their choice we knew the results of russia's presidential election therefore a single vote was cast the unequivocal view of these international observers is that this was not a genuinely fair democratic contest that meets international standards. why don't you put victory was confirmed not just by the vote results but even before that i need your opinion polls as well the focus of some media on rampant fraud or stolen elections seems to leak out of the equation the vast majority of russian voters would be choose their next president if you look at how western let's look at russian opinion there's a tendency to ignore you know inconvenient opinion so support for putin is ignored which is genuine i don't know if it's quite as overwhelming as the election results

might make but it is large and sincere i think it's easy for westerners to ignore any and like that because they don't really fit in the narrative very easily and there was an unprecedented monitoring of the elections in russia with cameras seen all polling stations and almost a million washes volunteered to observe the vote certain violations have been reported they are being investigated and questioned some ask is why would we didn't try to rig the vote when opinion polls before the elections clearly indicated that he had sixty plus percent support it's very possible to put himself in order any of us stuff but there are supporters or people is a long tradition in russian. culture and history of people underlings trying to please people further up the chain of command so it's perfectly plausible that people. you know magistrates or governors people in charge a specific regions they want to impress people for the bond by demonstrating how strong support for putin was in their area so without the necessity of any input

from the center people can take decisions on their own that they do in order to please their bosses unlike the media and the reaction of the white house to the russian elections was more reserved they congratulated the russian people with their elections and said washington looks forward to working with the president elect and urged the russian government to looking through the reports of violations when it comes to the media coverage here it's not just about reporting on certain the regularities which. absolutely should have heard but if one perception is being created they'll vote was the right no matter what but majority of russians say any plats that that annapolis an interim president but also under him i'm going to take our reporting from washington are. carrying his election campaign who now has been promising to continue building a strong russia are now bowing to foreign pressure political journalist dr marcus papadopoulos says that's not the kind of russia the us and britain would like to deal with regard to what the president president elect putin's picture in sunday's

election. really continue russia's position on the global arena as a strong player something that was a lack in in the one nine hundred ninety s. as a result of the and recklessly implemented policies sort of the pre western. so we can continue to see from russia under like to me putin is a strong russia seeking out influence around the world and a global player as in the united states is as indeed the case and france is as well that's that's the greatest seen in the eyes of western powers of luck to be approaching because ideally what they would like to see in many western capitals washington and london in particular is a weak russia a compliant russia russia that is dependent on the on the i.m.f. so the fact that they could have been. issues of electoral fraud in sunday's

presidential elections in blusher. is not really it's not really the problem for many western slates men because no political system in the world electoral system in the world is perfect but the fear and the concern in the west is that russia under vladimir putin and for the forseeable future will not be the weak russia that the world saw in the ninety nine cities. while the presidential election is a serious issue there is always room for some fun as you can see next. take a secret look at how much time you know moments at a polling station filmed by way of cameras intended to monitor the voting process but which captured a lot more besides that. senator john mccain has called for airstrikes and

a military campaign against syria the first u.s. lawmaker to do so the statement comes as international pressure on president assad increases with more sanctions imposed on the regime meanwhile red cross aid has reached two parts of the city of homes where civilians are caught between government forces and the armed opposition parties marie if emotional is following developments for us there. full of presidential candidate john mccain has become the first senator to publicly call for a u.s. led military strike on syria to and eleven months long conflict here in the country courtney's of mccain's speech telling the senate that serious crisis has reached a decisive moment and the only realistic scenario to preserve innocent lives is with military we're also hearing from the free syrian army here on the ground that it's waiting for foreign weapons to arrive earlier it confirmed it received weapons and empty aircraft missiles from u.s.

and french sources regional media reports that more french officers have been detained in the city of homs that's become a center of the conflict between the authorities and the opposition here in syria and they're now being held in every hospital that we've been receiving information earlier but more than one hundred french paratroopers have been detained in the city of homs on the ground political efforts to find their way out of this conflict are in full swing. the need for democratic change pushed the syrian people to the streets last march a year on pro-democracy slogans and mostly forgotten and political reforms passed almost unnoticed wrongly. claims a member of the baath party whose almost fifty year rule was ended by the country's newly implemented constitution he believes syria is going through a historic transformation. the country's billion stagnation for a long time the multi-party system of finally paved the way to competition

development and in this new syria for all opposition and those who are angry with the course it's a fake. hundred percent fake talk we do not trust with our people do not trust village and we believe what ever. tried that too many years ago and too many times and he's never been honest but not all opposition members are so skeptical some have decided to take it there and run the parliamentary race ninety days before the elections at least six new parties appear their names reflect society's vital need and the party's aspirations for have democratic entitle for either national or solidarity the allens our party is just four weeks old its members say the hardest thing will be to persuade people

to actually vote but they believe the ice has broken from susannah finally of a dog that was closed for so many years is open we should use it and activate people's political will come your good the skeptics main concern is that this noble impulse could not come at the worst time no one in syria will separately with the regime why killing is still going in the streets and bombing is still going on the city is. but suffer i could talk for a party believes the reforms could be an important tool in finding a solution to the country's put track to crisis and. i can describe the situation is painful but we can resolve it together all parties preparing documents for the president and the government and we call all parties to start dialogue what a military solution in foreign countries interference will only make things worse we should not intervene and we should start deciding. and your constitution is the latest in the package of reforms that also included the lifting of emergency laws

and the release of political prisoners what that has and he says these changes could be a double edged sword making the country stronger but also both on the ripple to foreign influence. there are people and their salaries are in dollars reels and. they want to destroy the country they don't want changes we know we cannot do no changes to happen they have to spoil reformation and we should stand still to resist it but maybe the fears of change at home are just as powerful the syrian parliament has seen many changes in its near century old history of this building used to be home to many political parties but in the last fifty years the political life within these walls hasn't been all the colorful the total dominance of the vast party the democratic changes the uprising brought iran are expected to modify the political landscape here in syria but the same for us from nations are yet to come in people's minds and this is something which will take

a lot longer ration often r r t damascus syria. liberal campaigner jacob thanks that make a second regime change in syria to install a leadership loyal to the u.s. . so the standard new conservative mindset for an intervention involving the us government in the affairs of other country in this case it happens to be another regime change operation obviously with you can't do this to cater for power and order. us approved dictator obviously the us government had no reservations at all utilizing this syrian dictator for the personalized reason. until all of a sudden the thai king you. see well now we've got a chance to alst it's got let's start in a rainy people sympathize with the syrian people who believe like people suffering under a dictatorship but the us government needs to butt out this is

a this is the case that should be resolved only by the syrian people how upset are t.v. outcome is packed full of news analysis and eye catching videos here's a taste of what's online at the moment. a multibillion dollar arms deal between moscow and beijing could be in jeopardy china is reluctant to promise to stop copying russian fighter jets. and who got the job of oh well the answer is the u.s. state of new mexico where a pooch is now a registered voter get the full story artie's out. barack obama has told a pro israeli conference in washington that america will not hesitate to use force to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons israel has been pushing for military action against the islamic republic and though the u.s. president did stress the need for a diplomatic solution his voice on the issue of mine now be the most powerful one

as our lives while reports. it's an annual tradition more than thirteen thousand people gathering in the nation's capital for the american israel public affairs committee annual conference because people from all over the country is to come and revitalize their pro israel it is very important the united states will back up israel while apac is considered to be one of the most powerful lobbying groups in america and they host this conference each year showcasing american israeli unity to see how much power this group has over u.s. foreign policy there is controversy speaking at the conference president obama reiterated america's dedicated to fostering strong ties with its closest ally the want to comes to preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. i will take no options off the table and i'd say.

that includes all elements of american power statements like that make the world wonder is war with iran just around the corner. is really is are pushing us into a regional war that. does have cataclysmic potential apac support for jewish voice for peace and many jewish americans are in the side of peace. but. they're also protesting the lobbying groups enormous impact on u.s. politics politicians know that if they attempt to speak up on this issue they're going to be not just vilified they're going to be defeated apac affiliated groups exorbitant amounts of money and some political campaigns and a meeting in the white house israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told obama that we are you and you were together and while netanyahu stress israel will always

be a master of its own fate insists the united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel security this after israel has warned they will launch an attack against iran without giving the u.s. notice and washington visible our team. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world here many officials have vowed revenge after all kind of militants killed one hundred eighty five soldiers in a week in the attack gunmen also captured dozens and injured many others it comes a week after a new president monsoor harvey took office after a year long uprising finally ended three decades of work for his predecessor all you are the last party's swearing in was overshadowed by a car bomb outside the presidential compound that killed twenty five. pakistan has tested a short range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads the weapon has

a range of one hundred eighty kilometers testing came just a day after a supersonic cruise missile was fired in a separate exercise by neighboring nuclear armed rival india the two countries which have fought three wars since partition formed pakistan in one nine hundred forty seven regularly make military shows of strength directed at each other. thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes in southeast australia as flood waters cause havoc nine areas have been declared natural disaster zones days of intense rain and whomp lead to swollen rivers flooded farms and forced authorities to close bridges and roads at least two people have died. global financial market gloom has finally come to russia where the stock market has enjoyed a resurgence this year let's cross over to the business desk what does it look like this hour well it definitely looks like the stock market euphoria that followed

russia's presidential elections is definitely over this russian stocks are hurting big time this hour both the r.t.s. and the my six are shedding value losing more than three percent each as you can see there and it does look basically like one of the factors is the street protests that investors usually interpret as a sign of instability and one of the main copters though is of course the global sentiment all of the equity markets across the board a shedding value this tuesday and russia is definitely no exception one of the reasons is the macroeconomic headline and one of them is china's decision to cut its growth prospects to its lowest level in eight years and that's less now if you look at the biggest movers pretty much all the blue chips across the board shedding value this hour. oil majors namely gas problem is down the financials as very bank is shedding value as well and metals and mining including m

m k is in the red as you can see there and russia stocks of course have no place to go but down because there's a strong correlation between russian equities and the price of oil and wells been seeing very choppy trade throughout the day today and it's shedding value this hour as you can see and european indices are also down on tuesday the footsie and the dax are down pushed by banks and miners made only and speaking of the currencies the currencies are the euro's shedding value against the dollar and the russian ruble is losing both against the euro and the dollar and that's all the latest of the sour will be back in about fifteen minutes we'll see if.

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