syria's under pressure president balance of foreign militia and keep forms r t travel today should city where support for the regime is on wavering despite the nationwide protests. several hours agree on talks with iran over its nuclear program after tehran says inspectors are welcome to visit sites israel's threat of a strike still stands. despite the overwhelming support of russians who things are coming to terms of the kremlin is creating of some books to politicians in case diplomat calls him a dictator a problem. around

the world and around the clock this is party the top story now the syrian president has pledged to continue fighting what he calls foreign backed terrorism in the country but. the people will be able to build a new syria through reforms and it was his latest response to international pressure to end the year long crackdown against an uprising. is in syria. they are mostly well i guess. and we fought the battles in this long running conflict time feels like it has almost stopped even the children here speak an ancient almost forgot language. as well all our nation out there we were the one knowing central syria is a unique place it's well known in the world has the only place on earth where people speak aramaic the language of jesus christ and has struggled neighbors

another viewer to your group a friend of smuggler here in syria is this twenty minutes away home with one hundred kilometers away but this is one of you in a country that has not seen any trouble or violence since the uprising began home to end of the strine and fall century catholic church and dozens of mosques these towers religious heritage is solid its residents like this is keepers have a specific explanation of this lark. just this tragedy didn't come to us because god loves the city but it seems that god is not the only one to you carefully over this christian dominated community most even those in area in homes still we feel sad because people don't respect their cover to mean a lot we are afraid people will come here to try to disturb us and destroy our peaceful life as they did in a home so many cities but we trust the army and security and state. for decades the

government of president bashar al assad who is himself from the shia islam minority allawi sacked has protected the interests of ten percent of the country's population who are christians by enforcing it's strictly secular program and they curbing the influence of radical islam inside little of the we used to live in peace muslims and christians of course were afraid of people from outside the city and the country may come and destroy this unity assad became more than just the head of state he is a kind of international sim. this fight for our life here. when the time came the people returned good looking mother plagal the same circle of oneness three says the people here didn't enjoy the uprising not because they were scared of the regime but because they were scared to lose this regime so that over there were people here they wanted to push against the government the president the army if

you hear the army enter the city and kill people believe me this is a mistake the army is here to protect people god bless our so we didn't want to protect the state and make it strong these mounds though that these efforts will not be enough but increasing calls for foreign intervention and the army of the opposition and nobody to fight it would be tragic. our country before the crisis was developing now we are all losing jesus said any kingdom that splits will die fast these people are receiving money and listening to the orders they want to rule in this country the mother the leaders words are echoed by the towers in mom. i remember last year there were several men after friday prayers to try to persuade people to protest against the government encouraging them to go and make trouble we had a meeting with residents and the people then agreed to support the leadership the mom says they've never seen most of those people before and never saw them again

after that friday. we're not talking about normal people but people with an extremist way of thinking. in the towns charge the children continued to pray in aramaic arabic greek french but it's clear the prayers of the people of this unique town are understood in any language. brief and often are to. syria. president obama has dismissed calls from some senior lawmakers to start bombing syria he said the conflict is more complicated and libya the player sees the solution and the u.n. security council is debating a new draft resolution wes. brown is in washington for us. with regards to syria president obama said we can't resolve every issue by deploying the military we have to look at the consequences there was a suggestion from senator mccain that made a splash he said the u.s. should launch an attack on syria no matter what the u.n.

security council thinks about it president obama's response basically was that such talk comes from people who don't consider the consequences the president said a unilateral action against syria would be a mistake and that the situation in syria is more complicated than it was in libya in the meantime violence there continues russia and china call for both the government and the armed opposition groups to cease fire and start a dialogue washington so far has been addressing their ceasefire calls to our side alone but that may change we're getting reports that a new draft u.n. security council resolution put forward by the u.s. that would address calls first to the syrian government and then to the armed opposition groups the resolution is being discussed behind closed doors as of now it's very much unclear whether the wording of the new draft will satisfy china and russia which push for a more balanced approach for that reason they vetoed the previous syria resolution because he liked that balanced approach well lawrence freeman from the intelligence

review magazine says despite the president obama's diplomatic words it's too wouldn't think threats of foreign intervention in syria has cost. we're right now the only thing that's kept us out of the war with syria has been essentially the us military and intelligence community have completely opposed any kind of military action so how bomber himself is really not completely in charge and events of being manipulated around him which could lead him to take a very dangerous action which so far the u.s. military has prevented there from occurring the situation inside syria has been there many outside forces including al qaeda including forces from libya that we supported including forces from iraq have moved in and the power to try to force a regime change in syria and to get the force the russians the big tickler to

submit to that and if the russians don't submit to that then you could have a confrontation but there's no real intention by the obama administration or the west for a constructive policy. or tribal leaders in eastern libya have they cleared seventy or twenty for an area stretching between the city of certainly gyptian border country's national transitional council described it as a dangerous move that could break up the nation security expert and they say leaves the n t c in greater effect if they split the country. it's a real threat for the future of libya but i would say it's of credit you know because from the beginning. the transition less from conceal and screw up done everything to create so between the western and eastern libya and of course they have been hailed by nato and as well as by our country. there are already

so it's not a surprise for us and nato only succeed to create chaos in libya and maybe in the it will be not able to do the same in syria but the problem is named was unable to do the same to the power in tripoli that nato is absolutely unable to solve that to the situation and they are responsible as well of the levy and then there was of about all the turmoil in the libya as well in the rest of the south i'm talking in particular and the problem you know. well coming up later in the program we'll explore why america isn't always a very good as many doctors prescribe society. some private three u.s. senators pushing strongest for military interventions a story coming by in a few minutes. the people's choice or a ruthless dictator cold war rhetoric is back in britain as

a former foreign minister of russia as president elect. sunday tabloid. world powers have agreed to a new round of talks with iran over its controversial nuclear program follows an earlier green light from the country to allow inspectors to visit a secret military complex move comes amid fresh speculation of a preemptive military strike right israel against iran's nuclear facilities. in the west the specter of developing nuclear weapons but the islamic republic says its program is purely peaceful political analyst water believes that the u.n. is an inspector become politicized and a following washington street. the. i.a.e.a. has made a great deal in its november two thousand and eleven report about the alleged existence of a bomb containment chamber a cylinder that they were told by an unnamed member state which i am quite

confident it was israel exists or did exist at some time. out the parchin military base. it was constructed supposedly in two thousand but the fact is that the i.a.e.a. has no confirming evidence physical evidence of any kind that this containment chamber even exists let alone that it was ever used to test a nuclear weapons design so if in fact they go to parchin and find there's nothing there as i'm quite certain will be the case how will be i.e. respond to the situation i have a feeling that they will move on to the next piece of alleged evidence of a covert nuclear weapons program or a previous one and that the show will continue and the reason i say that is because for many years now since two thousand and six the i.a.e.a.

has been committed to a line political line if you will that assumes that the iranians have to prove a negative that the iranians have to prove that they're innocent of these suspicions that they have a covert nuclear weapons program i don't think that's going to end anytime soon because that is in fact the official position of the united states and the western alliance. especially for today sharing his piece on the situation in iran. that he will formally return to the kremlin in may for a third term after almost sixty four percent of russians chose him to become the next president some western politicians however support that decision for the first polling station ukase a former foreign minister david miliband who this dictator someone lost his next time in power i think. a ruthless dictator whose days are numbered public zacky the language of international diplomacy but that's what

britain's former foreign secretary thinks of russia's president elect casting his aspersions even before russians cast their vote while david miliband is use in the sort of expressions dictatorship they don't conform to reality in a dictatorship people are not allowed to protest people are not allowed to walk around publicly with placards in the face of the leader of the country with the rocketry terms written across the parking lot we've seen this in russia we saw this last. parliamentary elections and we've seen this. at the moment after sunday's presidential elections they did miliband comments appeared in a british tabloid the morning of russia's presidential poll long before it finished the m.p. accusing putin of reversing russia's reforms because of vested interests the sort of claim some experts say typifies the perception here of putin and russia one of

the big criticisms i've had for a long time is that the coverage has been very stereotyped to say that when bad things happen in russia then they get huge coverage and then when as it were good things are progress like economic progress that tends not to get reported david miliband may not be in government now but he's widely expected to feature again should labor return to power should that happen he'll face a tough job repairing relations with russia after such a venomous attack talk about getting off on the wrong foot as miliband asserts that to a vital partners when it comes to foreign policy security and economic issues david cameron's reaction to putin's elections been far more measured until now the prime minister's haven't exactly been close didn't even make it on to cameron's extensive christmas card list last year but while cameron may not have been grant. non-winning has improved the result it's clear the election has delivered

a decisive result evenly and your polling data put puts in above the fifty percent needed to win in the first round the same can be said of britain according to the electoral reform society two thirds of m.p.'s elected in two thousand and ten lacked a clear majority thanks to the ballot method of first past the post is russia's electoral system perfect no it's not the system in the world is perfect let's not forget in britain british prime minister ever achieves anywhere near fifty percent of the votes if you have a look at margaret thatcher's nine hundred eighty three landslide election victory tony blair's nine hundred ninety seven landslide election victory have never got anywhere near fifty percent of the votes the protest movements against putin's return to the presidency is certainly loud but according to official election results it's too warm by those in favor. of almost sixty four percent of the vote

miliband predicts that support won't last for long but while it does britain will have to like it or lump it if it wants to do business either bennett artsy london. well it's not just western politicians plenty in russia were also dissatisfied with the results of sunday's election. at the streets of a vote was rigged to elect but in a pretty admits there were violations and orders a thorough investigation. and grueling live t.v. show watch how a member of a well known bombing campaign held her frustration training them paid.

the official policy allocation joint called touch from the. geology on the good. video on demand. among the old girls and. now in the palm of your. on the dot com. there's been a serious blow to the international hacking group and the sec after five of its members were eventually turned it by their own boss and supported the group's leader has been working for the f.b.i. for months former colleagues have now been charged with cyber crimes went to trial in new york is most famous for its support of wiki leaks and its attacks on web

sites for them for the cia and credit card companies or the governments can't wait to get their hands on what they call on line offenders ahead of the u.k. the pirate party says the authorities are phoning the interests of corporations. one of the one of the things that's really interesting is that we're seeing how the free web is in fact pushing growth for artists but we're seeing that the growth in music sales is being pushed by digital it's being pushed by fact that there is free and open functioning one ip now what we have to realize is that it's copyrights a kind of law it's made from entirely difference set of circumstances it's really not that controversial to say that it is no longer fit for purpose in the digital age one of the things that's really interesting is that the time industry is very

narrow group of lobbyists has made this nice trick of saying that they represent it's really they represent no one else other than their own narrow interests and actually trying to preserve business models that are frankly out of date. if you can watch the full interview with the leader of the u.k. pirate party last in around ten minutes here not. five police officers have been killed in a suicide bombing at a police checkpoint in russia's republic of dagestan a female bomber detonated her explosives when she was prevented from entering the station at least two officers were also wounded in the attack in a separate incident in the turn of the two gunmen opened fire on a police station killing one officer and local residents russia's north caucasus region suffers regular attacks from the most intense. some of the world's other

main news stories in brief for you now french president nicolas sarkozy has said there are too many foreigners in his coaching i mean his return to the number here rivals in half if he's reelected next month samples from the use of terms of integrating people into france's culture in society has become paralyzed he's often made controversial comments on immigration but minorities say they used to swing conservative support in the presidential campaign. the lehmann brothers investment bank which collapsed in two thousand and eight since it has emerged from bankruptcy the company will start giving about sixty five billion dollars to its creditors and investors next month lehmann's bankruptcy was widely seen as one of the key moments of the global financial crisis. thousands of people and was once the fourth largest investment bank in the u.s. . as polls closed in ten states on super tuesday

in america mitt romney has squeezed out to win the crucial primary and capture other states and that's likely to prove decisive in the contest in the republican presidential primary i'm here to share profits for rival rick santorum countered with strong winds in three states venture when i will challenge barack obama in zero six battle for the white house. whoever takes the top job in the u.s. softly direction or inherit a number of foreign wars paid for by the ever growing defense budget pressure on iran is also growing with one more break even calling for a military strike artie's christine looks at the three u.s. senators who never backed down from a fight. they stick together through thick and thin from the queensland to the holy land from the ball field to the battlefield they are senators joseph lieberman lindsey graham and john mccain seen frequently side by side both

physically and politically the call for more war a song almost on repeat for them three have a better war that they don't like they lead the charge to end up afghanistan we need more troops there are american troops attacked by the enemy have gone up about a thousand percent in the words. time is not on our side and they've been called everything from the three amigos the three blind mice and the axis of error by the website downsize d.c. dot org they started to work together as a block there kind of an accessible than foreign policy credit for getting back to that old axis of evil that we heard about that foreign policy is not just limited to bush's wars but here they are meeting with libyan president nor mortgage healthy in august of two thousand and nine at a time when it was in the u.s. interest to call him friend mccain later tweeted this calling him interesting but a year later i wanted him gone if you want to get up to go in one of the steps

among many would be to establish a no fly zone over the world stand by. a leader like that of the slaughter is on the people and on going target for them iran will use military action against iran we should not only go after their nuclear facilities we should just roared their ability to make an additional war they should have no planes they can fly and no ships i can float we keep pointing the gun we haven't pulled the single trigger yet and it's about time that we did the two years on and that lack of immediate military action hasn't resulted in armageddon or anything like it still the calls for action expand now across the globe iranian nuclear program is a threat to the entire world fine military intervention. is now the necessary factor to reinforce this option. needs to know that he will not win you know we find ourselves in virtually the same way to be your leader syria

what's going on in syria what's happening and so should we respond to it and once again i mean almost a response he's going to come and say will we go to war the mood of the american people may have shifted to ending the wars but he compared to lobby for war does have its supporters they're very popular with the military industrial complex which sees every new adventure every new invasion every new r.p. patient every new major bombing campaign as an investment but an investment fewer and fewer americans are willing to make as they've already lived through the consequences of the previous military adventures in fact critics say those who continue to follow senators mccain lieberman and graham are blind themselves they may hear the drumbeat for war but they fail to see the bigger picture the very real possibility of pitfalls ahead in washington christine for our team. but what's going on in the world of business arena is the latest updates for us and

the russian markets have already opened and they are we seeing red area well kerry we are seeing there also markets have failed to reverse tuesday's losses in fact the arts yes and my success shutting her out half a percent in the south there we go we can have a look there and analysts are saying that we will not see any drastic movements today and that's because investors will be taking a side position because there are some markets will be closed on thursday and friday as the country marks international women's day and i'll have a full breakdown of the main movers on the my sex next hour for you at the moment let's move on to some other stories we have insurers and vestment fons holding that must the side by thursday if they want to cancel. the money they're owed they're out of the service of the deal which secured them the second bailout they need to decide if they want to exchange a total of two hundred six billion euros in bones and change them for longer and that with a longer repayment deadline as well as

a lower interest rates now six of the country's largest banks have already agreed to this though greece still needs many more creditors to sign up before the deadline and without that's what one hundred thirty billion euros in bailout loans from the e.u. and the i.m.f. would probably default later this month but russia's biggest financial institutions provide says it knows how to overcome the debt crisis in greece and the banks experts say more cash and writing off parts of the countries that will not be enough. i think that we are on here in greece in some point you are in control in your own quarry. we all adore all the structural problems which greece has now although of course it's. big problems in the initial turn but. eventually we recycle get out of the crazy as far as the greece may consider the. part of the proverbial. by the sec look at what's happening with

ensor national markets we'll start with the currencies the euro is value against the dollar as the supply of issues we're seeing in the euro zone and greece coming back into the spotlight when it comes to the ruble as considering that's losses both against the greenback and the euro now let's move on to the u.s. markets there are closed and that the trade in session on tuesday in the red in fact wall street suffered its worst drop this year and the dow fell about one point six percent and that's its worst stop since november and this came as of course european markets saw for their worst performance in almost three months so tell us more asia and sea of red across the board of course the fact that asian markets as well and the rest of their profit margin only have negative negative news to react to so it's only natural this happened in the black u.s. investment bank goldman sachs wants a loss in asia for the first time since two thousand and eight that i found this statistic here are interesting because that's one of the companies asian divisions

post the loss of one hundred thirty million dollars in two thousand and eleven and that's followed by a profit of two point one billion in two thousand and four and then we have oil let's take a look at what's happening there crude prices are gaining and that's after reports show that u.s. gasoline well as well as the dollar we can which increase the attractiveness level of fruits and buses we're getting that as are it's all right well apparently turns out to choose these. deception was very costly for some people and apparently the market plunge ended up costing twenty of the world's richest people over eleven billion dollars pretty impressive that i have to say. that's how the wall business looks the south will have another all day for you in about fifty five minutes.