syria's under pressure president grants to buy foreign minister and keep up the ball at r.t. travel to the entrance city support for the regime is underway bring despite the nationwide. they will powers agree on talks with iran over its nuclear program after terror and says inspectors are welcome to visit its military sites israel's threat of a strike still stands. despite the overwhelming support of russians putin's upcoming return to the grating on some western politicians is a new case in my opinion that calls him a dictator and that. class agrees struggles to convince private that

holders to cancel half the money they're owed don't have more laughs in business and sponsor minutes. focusing live from the russian capital twenty four hours a day this is our team the syrian president has pledged to continue fighting what he calls foreign backed terrorism in the country but says the people will be able to build a new syria through reforms it was his latest response to international pressure to end the year long crackdown against an uprising or to reform all shelters in syria . they are mostly of oh i go army 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 now the other one

alone for syria is a unique ways it's well known in the world as the only place on earth where people speak aramaic the language of jesus christ it has troubled neighbors i know of you and your group a friend of wagner here in syria it is twenty three of the way home one hundred kilometers away but this place is one of you in the country that has not been i mean far or violence since the uprising began home to end of the strine and fourth 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 good saves us this tragedy didn't come to us because god loves the city but it seems that god is not the only one to watch carefully over this christian dominated community in a mostly moved area in homes still we feel sad because the people don't respect their cover me alone we are afraid these 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 alawi sacked has protected the interests of ten percent of the country's population who are christians by enforcing it's strictly secular program and by a curbing the influence of radical east on the side of the we used to live in peace muslims and christians of course were afraid 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 and their children when the time came the people turned good a good mother plagal the same circle and want to street says the people here didn't join the uprising not because they were scared of the regime but because they were

scared to lose this regime so that all of that there were people here we wanted to push against the government the president the army if you hear the army enter the city and kill people this is a mistake the army is here to protect people god bless our it is a martyr protect the state and make it strong fears mount though that these efforts will not be enough but increasing calls for foreign intervention and the arming of the opposition and no we'd fight 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 mother the leaders words are reckoned by the towns in mom. i remember last year but 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'd 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 notion r.t. syria. well president obama has dismissed calls from some senior lawmakers to start bombing syria since the conflict is more complicated than the beer diplomacy is the solution of the u.n. security council is debating a new draft resolution proposed by the us he's going to church in counties 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 and 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 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 cease fire 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 it lacked that balanced approach. the lawrence freeman from the intelligence review magazine says despite president obama's diplomatic words it's too early to think the threat of foreign intervention in syria has passed. we're right now the only thing that's kept the earth out of the war with syria has been essentially the us military and intelligence community have completely opposed any kind of military action so obama himself is really not completely in charge and events are being manipulated around him which could lead him to take a very dangerous action but so far the u.s. military has prevented there from the current the situation inside syria has been there many outside forces including al qaeda including forces from libya that we support including forces from iraq have moved in and the powers he is to try to

force a regime change in syria and to get the force the russians have particular can submit to that the russians don't submit to that then you can have a confrontation but there's no real intention by the obama administration or the west for a constructive power. tribal leaders in eastern libya have declared a semi autonomy for an area stretching into a city of certainly gyptian what a country's national transitional council described it as a dangerous move could break up the nation security expert eric then is saying the use of the n t c and they have effectively split the country. it's a real threat for the future of libya but i would say it's of credits you know because from the beginning the you know the transition less from conceal and screw up down everything create such

a break out between the western and eastern libya and of course they have been held by nato and as well as by our country from. there are so it's not a surprise for us and nato are only said seemed to create chaos in libya and. it will be not able to do the same in syria but the problem is nato has been able to do. the power in tripoli that nato is absolutely unable to solve the real situation and they are responsive as well of the libyan and. all the turn morally in libya as well in the rest of the i'm talking in particular and the problem you know. where they're coming out late in the program we explore why america's involvement in very there was a broad many down to its own personal axis of evil states are some of this crime going to three u.s. senators pushing the strongest military interventions it's going to break

a few minutes time. and the people's choice or refers to tater cold war rhetoric is back in britain as a former foreign minister russia's president putin on sunday tabloid. world powers have agreed to a new round of talks with iran over its controversial nuclear program. green light from the country and i don't spec to this it's a secret military complex move comes amid that first regulation a preemptive military strike by israel against iran's nuclear facilities israel the us suspected of developing nuclear weapons but islamic republic says its program is purely peaceful it's quite honest if the un is spector's the company it is sized following washington's lead. the i.a.e.a. 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 in some time. at 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 the i.a.e.a. respond to this 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 a 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. that was political analyst porter sharing his views on the situation in iraq. putin 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 don't support their decision you can be for the first polling station opened a ukase at former foreign minister david miliband. dictator so he lost his next

term in power what he's. a ruthless dictator whose days are numbered not exactly 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 using these sort of expressions dictatorship 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 derogatory terms written across the placards we've seen this in russia we saw this last december after the parliamentary elections and we've seen this in this at the moment after sunday's presidential elections david 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 so that when bad things happen in russia then they get huge coverage and then when good things or progress like genuine 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 the two of vital partners when it comes to foreign policy security and economic issues david cameron's reactions of 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 granted. person on winning has endorsed the results it's clear the election has delivered a decisive result usually and your polling data put putin above the fifty percent needed to win in the first round the same can't 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 but then no electoral system in the world is perfect let's not forget in britain no british prime minister ever achieves anywhere near fifty percent of the votes if you have a look at margaret thatcher's one thousand eight hundred three landslide election victory tony blair's ninety ninety seven landslide election victory in the paper never got anywhere near fifty percent of the votes a protest movement against putin's return to the presidency is certainly loud but

according to official election results it's a war by those in favor putin received 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 i bennett r.t. the. ressources western politicians up and in russia are also this are the strikers also sunday's election while thousands take to the streets claiming the vote was rigged president elect somebody on the crew to admits they were british and so on orders for investigation in the forthcoming. random polling on a live t.v. show or watch challenge member of a well known in the only new campaign group took out the whole prostration training then paid. to all things not come on you tube.

he. came. down the official anti allocation your. charge from the dumpster. was all she is on the go. video on demand are keys my old girls. are as street now in the palm of your. questions on the job com. there's been a serious blow to the international hacking group lucic after five of its key members were allegedly turned in by their own boss and it's reported the group's

leader has been working for the f.b.i. for months his former colleagues have now been charged and cyber crimes are pointing trodden more the country's most famous for its support of wiki leaks and its attacks on web sites along for the cia what's in the news and credit card companies or governments can't wait to get their hands on what they call online offenders. case pirate party says the authorities are following the interests of corporations. well 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 that we're seeing that the growth in music sells is being pushed by digital it's being pushed right back there is free and open functioning what now what we have to realize is that copyrights the kind of law that's made from the tiny difference set of circumstances it's really not that controversial to say there is no longer fit for

purpose in the digital age one of the things that's really interesting is that the time industry is fairly narrow group of law it's has made it's nice trick of saying that they represent artists really they represent no one else other than their own narrow interests and actually trying to preserve business models that are frankly at the day. you can watch the full interview with the leader of the u.k. pirate party goes k. in an hour's time arundhati. five police officers have been killed in a suicide bombing at a police checkpoint in russia's republic of dagestan a member bomber detonated explosives which was prevented from entering the station at least two officers were also injured in the attack in a separate incident in return of these two gunmen opened fire on

a police station killing one officer and local resident russia's north caucasus region sufferers are regular attacks from the most militants. well some of the world's other bring you stories in brief for you now french president nicolas sarkozy has said too many foreigners in his country. his plan to the number of radicals in are these real directed next well as he also believes attempts at integrating people to france's culture and society have become paralyzed is often made controversial comments on immigration authorities say used to swing conservative support the presidential campaign. the lehmann brothers investment bank which collapsed in two thousand and eight says it has emerged from bankruptcy because people still want to keep going about sixty billion dollars to its creditors investors next month bankruptcy was widely seen as one of the key moments of the before natural crisis. for us as

a people was once the fourth largest investment in the u.s. . transpose closed in turn states on super tuesday in america mitt romney has squeezed out a win in a crucial primary capturing four other states that's right and to prove decisive in the contest on the republican party's presidential candidate romney had to share part of a scuffle with rival rick santorum and countered with strong wins in three states eventually will try. them for six latin for the white house. whoever takes the top job in the u.s. after the lection what inherits a number of foreign wars funded by the defense budget pressure on iran is also mounting with former presidential candidate senator john mccain even calling for a military strike ati's certainly he and two other u.s. senators down right. 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 and c. graham and john mccain seem frequently side by side both physically and politically to call for more war a song almost on repeat for them three have a better war they don't like they led the charge to afghanistan we need more troops there are american troops. by the enemy have gone up about a thousand percent in the words of. 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. org they started to work together as a walk there kind of an axis involved in foreign policy converting back to that old axis of evil that we heard about that foreign policy is not just limited to bush's wars what here they are meeting with libyan president moammar gadhafi in august of

two thousand and nine at a time when it was in the u.s. interests to call him friend mccain later tweeted this calling him interesting but a year later i wanted him gone if you want to duffy 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 obviously it was on 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 store their ability to make additional war they should have no planes that can fly and no ships they can float we keep pointing the gun we haven't pulled a single trigger yet and it's about time that we did the two years on and that lack of the media and military action hasn't resulted in armageddon or anything like it still the calls for action expand now across the globe the iranian nuclear program is a threat to the entire world so our own military intervention. is now the necessary

factor to reinforce this option. needs to know that he will not win and now we find ourselves in virtually the same identical debate a year later syria what's going on in syria what's happening and how should we respond to it and once again i mean almost we have loading in response these guys come and say well we've got to go to war the mood of the american people may have shifted to ending the wars but the perpetual lobby for war does have its supporters they're very popular with the military industrial complex which season every new adventure every new invasion every new occupation every new major bombing campaign as an investment but it's an investment fewer and fewer americans are willing to make and 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 of the very real possibility of pitfalls ahead

in washington christine for our team. but it's time to check on what's going on in the world of business is the latest updates for so what's new this hour maria well carrie new i pad is coming out i don't know about you do you have an i pad are you don't actually know most people with us well actually i don't have one either if you have. a lot here for the group but for those there are a lot of people who are i pads of course a new one is coming out i pad three i'll give you the details of that so this third version war have a slightly thicker on the layout side improved cameras and display as well as a more powerful processor but for those who think apple is expensive there are rumors suggesting the company will come up with a cheaper i had to track the penny pinching consumers that have all for the cheaper tablets. some serious these banks assures the government investment

funds are expected to decide by thursday if they will cancel half the money they're owed now under the deal which secure them that second bailout there will decide to sell exchange at all or off to margin and six billion euros in bonds for new debts which of course will have a longer repayment deadlines as well as lower interest rates now six of the country's largest banks have already agreed to this though greece still needs more creditors to sign up before the deadline but without that swap it won't get one hundred thirty billion euros in bailout loans from the e.u. n.p.r. m f and would probably be felt later this month well russia's biggest financial institutions per bank 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 simply not be enough. dinner we are on hearing greece and sound are in a group from your. quarry. and. we owe it all for all the

structural problems which greece has now. although of course it's greed. big problems than it should turn but. eventually and greece will get out of the crisis for instance greece may consider the. power of the proverbial snare but let's take a look at some international markets and let's start with the currencies figure is gaining value against the dollar and that's the spy the concerns were seen in the euro zone when it comes to the ruble it's been seeing you in its losses against the euro and the greenback now let's take a look at what's happened with the russian markets they are trading after open about half a percent lower and analysts say that we will basically be seeing a flight to trade in session because investors will avoid making any drastic movements because markets will be closed all of thursday and friday because of international women's that are let's take

a look at the main movers on the my side trips are makes this our energy majors like gas from embryos that are slightly higher and that's because of stronger or oil given some support some banking stocks like it needs to be are in the right let's move further to the u.s. markets there are of course close but in shoes they session on wall street suffered its biggest drop this year actually the dow lost one point six percent which was the biggest drop since november and this came as european markets suffered their worst performance in almost three months now let's move on to asia it's a sea of of rev across there is role because we're seeing that across the board investors are of course not feeling very confident about what to do are the over that's right folks all that's all the time we have for you today so we'll have another update for you and fifty five minutes.

if the. question is that so much i'm going to give each musician because i am the marquesas in the case of frank the dog this is how some would characterize the current drumbeat for war against iran and the center of this campaign is the american wealthy british style it's just not a.