[000:00:00;00] please please . syria's under pressure president vows to fight for a militia and keep reforms a lot he travels to the entrance city where support for the regime is on wavering despite the nationwide protests. global powers agree on new talks with iran over its nuclear program to tehran says inspectors are welcome to visit its military sites israel's threat of a strike still stands. and the strike the overwhelming support of russians britons are coming return to the kremlin is creating not some western politicians case former top diplomat calls him

a dictator in the tabloid press. plus agrees struggles to convince its private debt holders cancel half the money they're all would have more in business in france and other. international news and coverage twenty four hours a day this is r.t. the syrian president has pledged to continue fighting what he calls foreign backed terrorism in the country but says that people would be able to build a new syria through reforms because his latest response to international pressure ending year long crackdown against an uprising. is in syria they are mostly. away from the battles in this long running conflict time feels like it has almost stopped even the children here speak and ancient almost because language.

now. here is a unique place it's well known in the world has the only place on earth where people speak aramaic language of jesus christ it has troubled neighborhoods and not a village here brewed f.m.t. of smuggling here in syria is just twenty minutes away homes one hundred kilometers away. but this place is one of few in the country that has not seen any trouble of violence since the uprising began home to end of the strine of fourth century catholic church and dozens of mosques these towers religious heritage is solid its residents the 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 watch carefully over his christian dominated community and mostly moves the area in home still we feel sad because the people don't respect their cover to mean

a lot we are afraid the people will come here to try to disturb us and destroy our peaceful life as they did in holmes 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 force and it's strictly secular program and by curbing the influence of radical eastern side 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 disunity assad became more than just the head of state he's a kind of international symbol of this fight for our life and yet. when the time came the people returned for good mother to the same circle and monastery 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 our side he did a lot. to protect this state and make it strong these mounds though that these are phrases will not be enough but increasing calls for foreign intervention and the arming of the opposition i know 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 audience you want to rule in this country. now that the age is worth a record by the tiles in mom with fifty 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 but people with an extremist way of thinking. in the towns charge the children continue 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. syria. but president obama has dismissed calls from some senior lawmakers to stop bombing syria he said the conflict is more complicated than libya and that the plane misses the solution the u.n. security council is debating a new draft resolution proposed by the u.s. but is going to trigger 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 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 sistar calls to assad 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 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. but 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. well right now the only thing that's kept us out of a 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 the completely in charge and events are being manipulated around him which could lead him to take a very dangerous action imprint so far the u.s. military has prevented that from occurring the situation inside syria has been 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 really change in syria and to get the force the russians the big peculiar 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. tribal leaders in eastern libya a clear that semi autonomy for the area stretching between the city of sirte and the objection of one of the country's national transitional council described it as a dangerous move that could break up the nation's security expert in a savings the n.t. seen affectively split the country. it's a real treat 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 less from can see than is true down everything to create such a great deal between the western and eastern libya and of course they have been

elbow by nato as well as by our country. so it's not a surprise for us and nato only succeed to create chaos in libya and be the will be not able to do the same in syria but the problem is major was unable to do this you . were in tripoli but nato is absolutely unable to solve the real situation and they are responsible as well of the libyan and. all the more libya as well in the rest of the south i'm talking in particular the problem you know. well coming up later in the program we explore why america's involvement in many wars abroad is mainly down to its own personal axis of evil that's somewhat describing the three u.s. senators who are pushing strongest military interventions stories coming your way

in. people's choice or a ruthless dictator cold war rhetoric is back in britain as a former foreign minister has ago with russia's president putin and sunday tabloid . the 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 and move comes amid fresh speculation of a preemptive military strike by israel against iran's nuclear facilities israel and u.s. suspect iran of developing nuclear weapons but islamic republic says its program is purely peaceful political analyst quarter of the un's own inspectors have become politicized and funneling washington's lete. it's 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. 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 it will be i.e. a response 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. it's clearly scary quarterbacks and his piece on the situation in iraq. that he will if only we attend to the kremlin may fourth ten almost sixty four percent of russians chosen to become the next president some western politicians how effective support that decision you can be for the rest. polling station opened and ukase former foreign minister david miliband had some strong words for the leader thinks won't last out his next time in power but he's on the bennett reports

. a ruthless dictator who's 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 park out we've seen this in russia we saw this last the same go 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 men. 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 put 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 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 market fractures in one thousand eight hundred three landslide election victory tourney players ninety ninety seven landslide election victory the pair from 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 bet it's artsy on the. russian independent watchdog called illegal voters has refused to acknowledge an idjit in a sea of the country's presidential election a group brought together by prominent public figures cited irregularities and says to have won in the first round that's. one of the more what is the leaks saying about the vote. we have to look at who believe there are a group made up of public bloggers essentially here in russia now they say that they don't recognize the legitimacy of the presidential vote that we saw on sunday they basing this on the part that they assessed four thousand five hundred ballots

and said that one hundred of their opinion had been tampered with or. subject to some form of a regularity now based on not they say that the true figure of a lot of. people out of ten to the percentage that he would gain would be fifty three percent instead of around the fifty the sixty four percent. the official figures show. that they're saying that although they don't recognize the elections that part of the approval would have been in their opinion elected president anyway despite the irregularities that they know this is being echoed by the u.s. but geo now they've said. i guess again that they would have seen in their opinion elected president without the irregularities that they have seen now they actually said this but if you're putin's actual percentage of the number of

votes to to what would have been fourteen percent lower than the sixty four percent that they would have just made it over the threshold of fifty would have been elected president in the first round so we are hearing is also there are people that have problems with the election. they do say they've got to be a prudent would be elected president anyway now in terms of blue lost they actually face most of their base all of their actual opinions on text messages that we received from people at polling stations as opposed to actually looking at documents they all receiving documents that are officials from the post now a lot of your partner has said. he will investigate and all accusations of any time frame will be investigated here in russia anybody found guilty of having infringed upon the election or having been involved in electoral irregularities will be

prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. because he thought about. well we have plenty of stories to grab your attention at r.t. dot com including our hands off approach british athletes ditch traditional greetings for the games in london this summer but eyes that handshakes could help with the chances of a little gold. also unlike the rolling on on live t.v. show watch how a member of a well known normally used campaign group took out her frustration on ukraine and pay for me to r.t. dot com our you tube channel. is a serious blow to the international hacking group lucic after 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 former colleagues have now been charged in cyber crimes and are awaiting trial in new york the group is most famous for its support of wiki leaks and its

attacks on web sites on the sly fox news and credit card companies while governments can't wait to get their hands on what they call online offenders ahead of the u.k. the pirate party stands and authorities of 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 sells is being pushed by digital and it's being pushed by. free and open functioning one now what we have to realize is that it's a copyright the kind of law that's made from the tiny 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 out. really they represent no one else other than their own narrow interests and actually trying to preserve business models that are front out the way. and derek watch the full interview with the leader of the u.k. pirate party last day in an hour's time here r.t. . some of the world's other main news stories in brief for you now this hour a bomb hidden in a car motorcycles exploded at a market in southern afghanistan killing four people turned others were hurt in a blast that took place on the border with pakistan last year was the deadliest on record for civilians in afghanistan with more than three thousand killed by suicide attacks and bombs there is no immediate claim of responsibility. as polls closed in ten states on super tuesday in america mitt romney has squeezed out

a win that crucial high a primary and five other states sliding to prove decisive in a contest to be the republican party's presidential candidate romney had to share part of the spotlight with rival rick santorum encounters with strong wins in three states. will challenge barack obama in the denver six battle for the white house. well whoever takes the top job in the u.s. up to the election will inherit a number of foreign wars from the primary because huge defense budget pressure on iran is also mounting with former presidential candidate senator john mccain even calling for a military strike teams christine for sarah looks at why he and two other u.s. senators 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 and c.

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 why they lead 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 and one 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 seem to work together as a kind of an accessible the 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 of yours but here they are meeting with libyan president norbit darkly in august of two thousand and nine at a time when it was in the u.s. interest to call them friend it was that he later tweeted this calling him interesting but a year later wanted him gone but if you want to doubt it 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 put up a slaughter is 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 called 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 psion military intervention. is now the necessary factor to reinforce the suction. needs to know that he will not win you know we find ourselves in virtually the same identical to be your leader

syria what's going on in syria what's happening here so should we respond to it and once again i mean almost in response he's going to come and say well we're going to go to war the mood of the american people may have shifted to ending the wars but a competitor will not be 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 occupation every new major bombing campaign as an investment but it's an investment fewer and fewer americans are willing to make as they have 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 it's time to check what's going on in the world of business arena has

the latest updates for us so what will we understand more to becoming interested in coming to russia yes those actually right there we're seeing iraq or it amount of growth this follows a record amount of growth of tourists coming in we had that in two thousand and eleven and actually we haven't seen such growth in almost a decade which is quite surprising of course where all these to respond the coming from well the main increase is coming from china germans are still the ones who can since i've had enough of our country there are still out number one but let's move on to greece and some more serious issues there we have banks insurers and last month holding greek that we must decide by thursday if they want to cancel half the money their own under the terms of the deal their assets change its own. sumatran six billion euros in bonds for new tax with longer for payment that lives and lower interest rates six of the country's largest banks are already agreed to this by greece moving to get many more creditors before the deadline and without the swap

it won't get one hundred thirty billion euros in bailout loans from the e.u. and the i.m.f. i would probably be told later this month but russia's biggest financial institutions burbank does say that it knows how to overcome the debt crisis in greece and backs and spreads 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 or exit from the euro zone because. we know of all the structural problems which greece has although of course it's. big problems in initial turn but. eventually we will get out of the question is first greece may consider the. powerful as a preferable of. oh let's take a look at what's happening with international markets will start with the currencies the euro is gaining value against the dollar the spike the concerns in

the euro zone when it comes to the ruble it's losing value both against the greenback and the euro now let's move on to europe markets there are now into their second hour of trading session and now they're actually trading higher we're seeing some gains after losses of more than three months that we saw in shoes they now move in the rush of the markets here are back in negative territory as we can see there the arts yes those are more than half a percent this hour now to some other news for i pad. who love and how don't have enough money apple is expected to unveil a new i pad tablet 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 so just in the company will come up with a cheaper i pad to try to penny pinching consumers that have all the for the cheaper tablets and that's all we have time for in this edition of business join me