you're watching r t the main stories we're covering for you this hour syria is under pressure president vows to fight foreign backed militia and to keep order forms the u.n. security council is debating a new draft resolution proposed by the u.s. meanwhile r.t. travels to the ancient city where support for the regime is underway bring despite the nationwide protests. there were powers agree on new talks with iran over its nuclear program of terror on says inspectors are welcome to visit its military sites the move comes amid fresh speculation of

a preemptive military strike by israel against iran's nuclear facilities. and despite the overwhelming support of russians that they were putin's upcoming return to the kremlin is grating on some western politicians u.k.'s former top diplomat has called him a dictator his days are numbered. but western governments have been taking cyber threats extremely seriously pushing for those around criminal charges for offenders and that's in a moment for the world for the head of the u.k. pirate party believes free web actually helps promote the internet and limiting it is not a solution. joining me is laws leader of the pirate party in the u.k. laws thanks for speaking to r.t. now you've been a prominent voice in the protests here against the actor but why do you oppose it surely you'll be stopping copyright infringement to start with the act treaty has

become just another lightning rod for people's dissatisfaction and public anger about attempts to crack down on the internet's we've seen that recently recently for example in the united states with the soap a bill and cause and huge outcry because essentially it was draconian anti internet legislation when it comes to talking about copyright infringement and intellectual property more broadly. one of the things that the entertainment industry would have us believe there is some kind of crime crisis of piracy well there is no crisis the truth of that is that in the united states more music was sold than ever before in the last year here in the united kingdom box office receipts hit a billion pound mark for the first time so there is no crisis and surely something

needs. downloading music and videos for free isn't a copyright infringement royalties go to the artist 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 but we're seeing that the growth in music sells is being pushed by digital it's being pushed by and that there is free and open functioning one ip now what we have to realise is it's a copyright is a kind of law that. for an entirely different set of circumstances it's really not that controversial to say it she is no longer fit for purpose in the digital age but isn't it the entertainment industry lobbying for that surely artists are on the music's being pirated. people. of one of the things that's

really interesting is that the end industry is fairly narrow group of lobbyists has made its nice trick of saying that they represent outlets 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 it's one of the real problems for artists this is actually trying to create a trick to respond to the new environment so something like streaming services for example now prata the problem it's because of copyright terms the the the lounge music bodies actually control basically the entire history record recorded popular music well this is in no way how thinking it means that it's actually very difficult to set up new innovative services what we're really concerned about one of the things an actor would do is actually make this more

difficult because of the wording is so vague in it that it means means that actually it's going to be in for a whole hour to do proper due diligence legally setting up a new service it's going to make it very difficult to find the next you tube the next flicker the next facebook these are the kind of things that are that our politicians are constantly praising in terms of being brilliant growth and innovation and heaven knows we need that in europe right now but actually this is going to be made more difficult and there are going to be fewer operate seen. it's for artists do you not agree that internet reports on the internet need to be regulated and protectionism but what we're saying in the pirate party is it's grima it's life i've got it completely the wrong way round at the moment this this rush to ever more draconian enforcement it's actually creating

a credible poisonous atmosphere and what instead what we need to do is that we need an honest open debate and say how should this look right now or how do we rebalance the interests of artists consumers and the wider economy we need to be having that debate but also needs to happen in an open honest way the problem is that the lobbyists have been controlling the game and doing things behind closed doors who are actually responsible for drawing up the agreement in place one of the interesting things about act is that it's actually very hard to see who is responsible for it and that's one of the things that we've been objecting to all along there are lists of people who have been at meetings and groups who have been party to meetings. but we can't know what they've argued for or against or

were just there to drink the coffee this is been symptomatic of the entire process because so much incident happened behind closed doors the e.u. was supposedly involved in the drawing up of act given that a key member state german is now stalling on signing the agreement what does that say about the negotiations i think what's shown and what's constantly come up is that the comments from governments have been actually where we now have serious me misgivings because i actually once we're being really looking at the details that actually where is concern. as our citizens are i think this also think that what seems extraordinary that even parliaments. have felt that they've been left out of the loop and this is a serious failing in terms of the democratic debate is ratified and goes for it will matter the key countries like china and russia are part of it one of the

reasons why this treaty is in fact not really worth the paper it's written on is because russia china india and brazil are not part of the agreement and haven't been party to the negotiations it's simply not credible to have any agreement which is supposedly about trade are not china russia any it's simply no longer acceptable for western governments to negotiate a significant international agreement and just expect the rest of the world to to join in a century like it all lump it in particular as it has huge implications for the developing north whose responsibility is it to regulate the internet because that seems to imply that it's everyone's uses what we've seen is that there is a narrative at the moment something that president sarkozy's very fond of

describing the internet as the wild west was mislike this territory that needs to be civilized what's happening at the moment is incredibly unpleasant but it's beginning to rage and also frankly a lot of people are very angry and it feels like the internet is a sea which we've seen all sorts of different types of legislation and treaties like actor which essentially have the have the potential to trample people's fundamental rights to expression a little anger from a person as seems to be simply the. they were going to download music and films for free and what gives them the right to do that in first but it's a fundamental mistake to saying that it's this extraordinary wave of protests right across europe is just about wanting free stuff that is the fundamentally

understands the nature of the protests the moment it's not about free stuff it's about free people and free expression that's what's driving people out on the streets because we're constantly told by governments when it suits them how important the internet is for example look how quick western governments have been the praise the use of social media in the arab spring but suddenly when it comes to home territory they don't seem to be like a light to be challenged now what we've always been saying that the pirate party is that what it is it's not simply about that it's about culture and this particular arena it's about what are the tools that we're given to go our governments that's what we need to be concerned about we are giving our governments tools to censor the internet it's however good intentions may be from some people

these are simply not tools that we should be handing to our governments and that is what the anger is about that's what bring that's what's bringing people up and out on the streets in the hundreds of thousands across europe why is eastern europe in particular the hotbed for these protests it's going very striking that it's particularly central and eastern europe have been. have been leading the way in europe on the issue of actor and i think it's particularly if this is. the people of central and eastern europe have experienced what it means. it's your freedom of expression taken from. their credit people people are saying if there is a danger if there is a potential to be a threat to their and. to stand up and i think it's been very inspiring but also seen is a real change in how politics are working in the twenty first century but it's no

longer western europe that necessarily leads the time but also eastern europe can show the way that also we can learn and we should be ready to learn do you think the protesters are harming their own cause here by aligning themselves with groups such as anonymous have conducted a number of illegal acts. one of one of the things is about the movement against actor is incredibly broad but so it takes in takes and political groups it takes in n.g.o.s and even even now here in the united kingdom we're seeing parties even like the united kingdom independence party who you're a skeptic party beginning to speak out against that so there's a wide range of a wide range of people i don't think anyone said there is some kind of formal alliance when you start to push for draconian legislation people will

push back and particularly if it feels that there is no proper democratic outlet it's then people do will grasp for direct action it's vital that we start listening to voices on internet freedom and to the real grassroots otherwise simply people will be alienated and that's huge danger of this. there's you know soon as you know i'm down i know. this is not cold those are not patriotic like the american flag but this song tells it otherwise. their words through song it is we will stand forever as a nation under the flag. meaning the red white and blue stripes. a

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a joke well those who try nobody could stay the. course to me i'll be one. way. syria's under pressure president vows to fight foreign backed militia and performs the u.n. security council today to new draft resolution proposed by the u.s. and while r.t. travels to an ancient city with support the regime is on great britain despite the nationwide protests. global powers agree on new talks with iran over its nuclear program after terror on says inspectors are welcome to visit its military sites the move comes amid speculation of a preemptive military strike by israel against iran's nuclear facilities. and despite the overwhelming support of russians but they were putin's upcoming return

to the kremlin this grating on some western politicians case former top diplomat has called him a dictator who's days are numbered. hello welcome to the sports headlines here's what we've got coming up for you. and doubt sending some pieces bugs champions league campaign comes to an end following a disappointing to nil defeat to benfica in portugal. relegation scrap i'm carbury solve it all to one of his game week thirty three comes to an end in the russian premier league. and all systems go team over you see up finally given the green light to line up on the great ahead of the new formula one season which starts in just eleven days time. and we start with football was and it's

a piece it's bugs champions league campaign is over for least another year and she honestly that is manically knocked out in the round of sixteen after eternal defeat to benfica in portugal they went down for three on aggregate where the russian premier league leaders took a precarious three two really with them to portugal where they saw that advantage wipes out when maxi pereira levelled the aggregate schools in for staff stoppage time on cheese day night as your disability men pushed for an away goal they were vulnerable to the counter-attack and conceded a second on the stroke of ninety minutes through else in the levy era to leave the manager contemplating what might have been. for a while and it was with a good result and when we get to this stage it's difficult to find schools that show weaknesses with find scores with a lot of quality as we did in the round. and as with it's a night we know that gets into this stage what should a good result only meanwhile arsenal almost completed one of the greatest comebacks

in champions league history they trailed for mail against ac milan going into their second leg at the emirates stadium three first off goals from laurent has shown a tunnel under robin van persie penalty. sure the gun is to within touching distance of a comeback but in the end it was a brave that said fasten dangles man. you know i don't know if it's wonderful produce no it's got it's. i think he's going to be proud to play for the cyclone because they are. absolutely every effort when . you read it will train you you can only see. you know that when you play hundred and eighty minutes you miss ninety it's difficult. but we're very close meanwhile barcelona have one foot in the quarterfinals they three one going into wednesday's match with german club by leverkusen at the nou camp two goals in the first leg from alexis sanchez put up plus a lionel messi strike

a pep guardiola as man healthy advantage and that worked. meanwhile apple well nicosia are looking to become the first serious side ever to reach the last eight of the competition they trailed french gardley on one nil heading into their home late on wednesday cypriot champions have already lost once in ten home european matches and composed victories over shakhtar donetsk and porter i already this season. well elsewhere on tuesday the final two teams in the russian premier league yet to resume their season following the winter break went head to head security one home victory over korea sort of in the relegation group sons didn't have to wait long until the host opened the scoring your g.p.s. netted seven minutes into the game as a mark in the area i was comfortably able to hit home. in the second half i mean three well aruca off scored after i quote

a pick just before the hour mark making it to melt. the visitors pulled one back for ten minutes later but that was the end of the scoring two one the front. result . now in formula one team or lucy have been given the green light to line up on the grid when the new season gets underway in melbourne in less than two weeks time their m.r.i. one car has now passed all compulsory f.a.a. safety tests the same unable to take part in final testing on grass alone last weekend after the car failed one of the eighteen prerequisite tests however on tuesday the car was finally given the green light meaning they can line up on the grid on march the eighteenth riders team o'clock and french rocky shoals pink will be racing for the team fully known as virgin. in ice hockey in the cage playoffs chaos and pages of plays in the western conference semifinals after thrashing says car in game five giving them an unassailable full one lead in the

best of seven series the regular season runs out school five unanswered goals on home ice elsewhere eight seed to a pedo have taken a three two lead in the series against in a regular a nice clean of the road team playing and married for three victory on cheese day. while moscow region side atlanta also three two up in their encounter against severus doubt following a three one hundred win closer nicholai jeff and alexei threats kaufman's it was raw in all its all the middle of the third period when branca rudeboy victory gained it lands late and he also put the school beyond any doubt with an empty net goal with twenty nine seconds to go. there was pressure on us to play a role in the last two games we lost so i think the pressure was on us but the whole game i think people were very well and. now we have one more game to clinch the series but it's going to be very tough and hopefully we can do it again to

cause people now where in the n.b.a. process in celtic's have claimed their fifth straight win with a ninety seven ninety two home. three over houston rockets there was nothing to separate the teams after the fourth quarter as it finished eighty four meaning overtime was jumper from goal and drag it with three seconds to go levelling the schools for the rockets boston to pull passport seven of his game high thirty points after regulation time including this two point to with a foul to make it ninety one eighty six the house added thirteen points while the rockets managed to only eight ninety seven ninety two the final score as both sides hung on to a playoff spot in their respective conference it's. now elsewhere the european freestyle and greco-roman wrestling championships are underway in serbia so russia is represented by some of the country's finest but one key athlete is sitting it's out of lead part of has an eye on this summer's games in london as roman cost of

reports. of. money lead but a year off was virtually unknown before the two thousand and four athan summer games it said the druggist dani just six months to storm to the olympic summits and four years later in beijing he did it again you know it will change your opinion and everyone already treated me more seriously at the beijing olympics so naturally i had to be more inventive i had to use my head and brain to find a way to and with my rivals it's very difficult to beat in the cone and who knew just like the back of the hand. but zero began his international career in the fifty five killer category when he took the highest honor in athens but he moved up in weight to the sixty culo class where he's beijing climbed the next target working flat out to reach the top of the podium in the sixty six k. class at the london summer games. and do my best to win a third olympic medal in order not to have regrets that i missed my chance of

course it's going to be harder this time because i'm older and my health called worse my father also wants me to participate in london so. want to please my parents to. mom let's bother i love dean is known throughout that you stand as the proud sea keeper all his sons sporting treasure and clearly his biggest fan almost never missing his sons training and had a major competitions let alone to turn his themselves in fact let's international glory with probably be impossible without his father who's dedicated his entire life to support his son. of course i want him to improve in his achievements those health is no longer the good for any athlete has to make sacrifices like that but he is still very young and russian coaches know that he is reliable and if you qualify as i'm sure they will not be disappointed despite now that sitting out the european championship in belgrade and the preceding high profile even your region tournaments in siberia coaches in the national squad are still pinning high hopes

some distress for those in it because if you gauge in changes on the championship over russia in they would. i think moving out there is the best candidate for the sixty six cuellar category is the youngest and most promising wrestler because he has to train hard just to win several competitions dough including the russian championships but he has good perspective. by the end of spring mud lets well know if he is to get a third shot at the olympic gold but as in most sports this superstore has to earn his place on the national team on his own merits. not that but zero has hardly anything else to prove in the world of freestyle wrestling having already won two olympic gold medals but at the age of twenty eight he's not really considered a veteran and another piece off the most coveted silverware is probably the next logical step on cost for of r.t. the russian republic of dagestan now finally it appears as if you saying balls

preparations for this summer's olympics might not be going totally to prod their south he was beaten in a reisinger made. but prince harry the pair were posing for photographers and about to start their race when the third in line to the british throne distracted the world record holder. and then left him trailing in his wake told had no one said to the prince and demanded a rerun of the olympics this summer which the prince said he was busy told is preparing to defend his one hundred meter two hundred meter and four by one hundred meter relay titles in london. so well that's all this will for now a lot more for you in just under two hours time join me then.