syria's under pressure president vows to fight foreign militia and keep up reforms but r.t. travels to the ancient city where support for the regime is wavering sparked a nationwide protest. global powers agree on talks with iran over its nuclear program after terror and says inspectors are welcome to visit its religious sites that israel's threat of a strike still stands. and despite overwhelming support of russians who tunes are coming return to the kremlin is printing on some western politicians u.k.'s former top diplomat a dictator tabloid press. broadcasting

live from moscow you're watching r.t. welcome to the syrian president has pledged to continue fighting what he calls for in fact terrorism in the country russia says that people will be able to build a new syria through reforms it was his latest response to international pressure to end the yearlong crackdown against an uprising teams from russia is in syria. the muslim i gather. from the battles in this long running conflict time feels like it has almost stopped me even the children here stick an ancient almost the language of. our nation now the answer. here 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 which has troubled neighbors and

not have you and your group i sometimes while going to hear in syria is this twenty minutes away homes a hundred kilometers away but this place is one of few in the country that has not seen any trouble or violence since the uprising began. to end of the strine. and fourth century catholic church and dozens of mosques these towers religious heritage the solid its residents legacy is keepers have a specific explanation of this luck 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 you carefully over this christian dominated community and mostly who's in area in home still we feel sad because the people don't respect their cover made a lot of we are afraid the people will come here to try to disturb us and destroy our peaceful life as they did in homes and many cities but we trust the army and security and state. for decades the government of president bashar assad who is

himself from the shia islam minority allawi sect has protected the interests of ten percent of the country's population who are christians by enforcing its strictly secular program and by curbing the influence of radicalization and the cycle of 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 symbol of this fight for our life at the end. when the time came the people returned good for good more that the lady of 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 he 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 us a little more to protect the state and make it stronger these mounds though these athletes who are not big enough with increasing calls before need to vent. 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 we want to rule in this country. mother the leaders of wars are recognized by the towns him arm them with defeat i remember last april 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 or people with an

extremist we're 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 listed in any language. syria. president obama has dismissed calls from some a senior lawmakers to start bombing syria he said quote it is more complicated than that and that diplomacy is the solution here and security council is debating a new draft resolution proposed by the u.s. . education 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 it 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 calls 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 cost to our son 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 of course to 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. lawrence freeman from the intelligence review magazine says despite the persons of obama's diplomatic words it's too early

to think the threats of foreign intervention in syria has passed. well right now the only thing that's kept 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 that 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 occurring the situation inside syria has been there many outside forces including al qaeda including forces from libya where we supported 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 the peculiar to

submit to that if the russians don't submit to that then you can have a confrontation but there is no real intention by the obama administration or the west for a constructive policy. well tribal leaders in eastern libya have declared semi autonomy for an area stretching between the city of sirte and the egyptian border the country's national transitional council described it as a dangerous move that could break up the nation's security experts say these the n.t. seen they too have effectively split the country. it's a real threat for the future of libya but i would say it's a predicate you know because from the beginning of the jelly the you know the transition molester you can see that the screw up done everything to create such a good gulf between the western and eastern libya and of course the elbe a new nato and as well as a country from the gulf like qatar already so it's not a surprise for us and nato are only succeed to create chaos in libya and he will be

not able to do the same in syria but the problem is nato has been able to do this in the power in tripoli but nato is absolutely unable to solve the real situation and they are responsible as well of the libyan and there's of all the mall in libya as well in the rest of the south i'm talking in particular the problem you know. coming up later in a program we explore why america's involvement in many wars abroad is many down to its own personal axis of evil that's how some things three u.s. senators pushing strongest military interventions stories coming your way it gets. into people's choice or if this dictator cold war rhetoric is back in britain as a former foreign minister russia's president putin sunday tabloid.

world powers have agreed to a new round of talks with iran over its controversial nuclear program if only a green light from the country to allow inspectors to visit a secret military complex move comes amid fresh speculation of a preemptive military strike by israel against iran's facilities it's where the u.s. suspected nuclear weapons but islamic republic says its program is really peaceful political analyst. and inspectors have become politicized following washington is neat. 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 at some time. out the

parchin military base. 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 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 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. and that was placing a lot of the scare of porter sharing his views on the situation in iran. now that he will formally would tend to the kremlin in may for a third term i think almost sixty four percent of russians chose him to become the next president some western politicians however support made decisions before for. the polling station opened ukase former foreign minister david miliband had some strong words for the that he thinks one lost out his next term in power. reports. 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 parking lot we've seen this in russia we saw this last december after the parliamentary elections and we've seen this what we're seeing is that the moments 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 is it with 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 asserts that to a vital partners when it comes to foreign policy security and economic issues david cameron's reactions of putin's elections been far more. until now the prime ministers 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 congratulated person on winning he has endorsed the results it's clear the election has delivered a decisive result evenly 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 achieved anywhere near fifty percent of the votes if you have a look at margaret fractures nine hundred eighty three landslide election victory tony blair's ninety ninety seven landslide election victory the powerful never got anywhere near fifty percent of the votes the 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 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 it wants to do business either bennett's r.t. on the. well it's not just western politicians pencey in russia also had their complaints over the results of sunday's election thousands took to the streets claiming the vote was rigged the election declared on it president elect but it wasn't promised to look into any possible wrongdoings as reports online. and drawing on the live t.v. show watch how a member of a well known and normally new campaign group took out their frustration and ukrainian unpaid borken to articulate calm or you tube trouble. is easy to get. to.

the official r.t. allocation enjoy a phone oh i pod touch for me to. watch all she life on the go. video on demand all she's my old cars. are as feeds now in obama if you want to. put him on the job com. there's been a serious blow to the international hacking group a little sick of the five of its key members were allegedly turned in by their own boss it's reported the group's leader has been working for the f.b.i. for months he's almost colleagues have now been charged with cyber crimes are on waiting trial new york is most famous for its support of wiki leaks and its attacks

on websites belonging to the cia fox news and credit card companies governments want to get their hands on what they call online vendors ahead of the u.k.'s pirate party says the authorities are on the interest of corporations. one of one of 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 the fact that there is free and open functioning one ip now what we have to realize is. a copyright is a kind of law that's made for an entirely different subsets of circumstances it's really not that controversial to say that she is no longer fit for purpose in the digital age one of the things that's really interesting is that the end time industry body is very narrow group of lobbyists has made this 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 out to date. but you can watch the full interview with the leader of the u.k. pirate party lost in around ten minutes time arundhati. five police officers have been killed in a suicide bombing at a police checkpoint in russia's republic of pakistan a female bomber detonated their explosives when she was prevented from entering the station at least two officers were also injured in the attack in a separate incident in the town of these two gunmen opened fire on a police station killing one officer resident russia's north caucasus region suffers regular attacks as minister. and some of the world's other main news

stories in brief for you know french president nicolas sarkozy has said there are too many foreigners in this country and it is crime to cut the number of the ruggles in half reelected next month president also believes attempts at integrating france's culture and society have become paralyzed is often made controversial comments on immigration but minorities say they're being used to swing conservative support presidential campaign. lehmann brothers investment bank which collapsed in two thousand and eight minutes from bankruptcy the company will start giving about sixty five billion dollars to its creditors and investors next month bankruptcy was widely seen as one of the key moments of the global financial crisis this firm employed thousands of people was once the fourth largest investment bank in the u.s. . as oppose closed in ten states on super tuesday america mitt romney has squeezed out a win while probably five other states that's right and to prove decisive

interest in the republican party's presidential candidate romney had to share price of the stuff right rick santorum who counted strong winds in three states. will challenge barack obama in the event the six battle. but the white house. whatever it takes the top job in the u.s. after the election will inherit a number of foreign wars funded by america's huge defense budget pressure on iran is also mounting with former presidential candidate senator john mccain even calling for a military strike or to christine for zero looks at why he and two other u.s. senators are down for 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 and see 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 that they don't like they lead the charge to end up afghanistan we need more troops there are american troops. by the enemy have gone up about a thousand percent in the words i'm on 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 these tend to work together as a block there kind of an axis involved in foreign policy kind of hearkening back so that all axis of evil that we heard about that foreign policy is not just limited to bush's of yours what it is they are meeting with libyan president nor morgan duffy in august of two thousand and nine at a time when it was in the u.s. interest to call him friend but he later tweeted this calling him interesting but a year later wanted him gone if you want to doubt he'd go in one of the steps among

many would be to establish a no fly zone over the world stand by and allow a leader like that of the slaughters on people an ongoing target for them iran if we use military action against iran we should not only go after their nuclear facilities we should just store their ability to make an additional war they should have no planes they can fly and no ships they can float we can point the gun we haven't pulled a single trigger yet and it's about time that we did the two years on that lack of the media and military action hasn't resulted in armageddon anything like it still the calls for action expand now across the globe the iranian nuclear program is a threat to the entire world sign military intervention. is now the necessary factor to reinforce the suction assad needs to know that he will not win and now we find ourselves in virtually the same identical debate your way or syria what's going on in syria what's happening here so should we respond to it and

once again i mean almost kind of low viewer response he's going to slim and say well we've got a war the mood of the american people may have shifted to ending the wars but if you catch you on the floor does have its supporters they're very popular with the military industrial complex which sees every new adventure every new invasion every new occupation every new major bombing campaign as an investment but at that 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 you 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 it's time to check what's going on in the world of business summary that has the latest updates for us and when she's it was

a sea of red across the board how the markets looking today maria carry their slightly better go before i give you the figures there is just an interest in fact that you're not yesterday's trading session costs once of the world's richest people over eleven a billion dollars we can imagine losing that much in one day probably not. but let me give you the situation today european markets just opened and of course and since they've suffered the worst losses and more than three months at the moment we're seeing a pretty much full at picture where the banking i'm either inside or have in some small gains that let's move on to russia the markets here have managed to xscape the negative territory but i don't miss our saying that so they will be seen as pretty much a fly it's a true. in here as well and that's because on the thursday and friday the markets will be closed here marking answer national women's day now moving on to or you always see that crude prices are seen some gains and that's full of reports that u.s. gasoline fell and the weaker dollar which of course turned investors that's

a look at crude now let's take a look at some of those stories of course greece is in the headlines and that's as we have banks insurers and investment funds which are holding greek debt and they must decide by if they want to cancel or half of their debt and under this deal basically which the required to get the second bailout for greece they must decide if they will exchange soon hundred six billion euros in bonds for a new that which will have a longer repayment of that lines as well as lower interest rates now six of the country's largest banks have already agreed to this the greece still needs more creditors to sign up before the deadline and without those that's why it won't get one hundred thirty billion euros in bailout loans from the e.u. or the i.m.f. and we will probably see a default later this month but russia's largest financial institutions knows how to overcome that crisis in greece and the banks experts say more cash and writing off

parts of the countries that will not be enough. finger we are on during greece and some point. from the euro zone. we out of all the structural problems which greece has all the of course it's. big problems and in turn will given eventually we will get out of the question is first in greece may consider the. parfaits a proverbial snare all right let's see what's happening with the euro will switch on so currencies big euro is adding value against the dollar not submit surprising given the increasing concerns were seen in the. euro zone as greece really answers the small line when it comes to the ruble it's continuing its losses both against the greenback and the year and now to some other stories the first company from russia skolkovo innovation help is on its offer an i.p.o.

and sources close to this group say it's going to list on the russian stock market and the company may varies around fourteen million dollars this group is the relevant information systems and mining energy and patience are. and finally good news for hi it's a geek suite x. from money apple is expected to unveil a new i pad top leg later in the day this third version will reportedly be slightly thicker have 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 pad two so the trackpad pension consumers that have opted for the cheaper tablets like myself or how business likes the sound will have it out for you in fifty five minutes.

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