serious in the battle of president pounds to fight foreign militia and keep up reform some oligarchy travels to an ancient city where support for the regime is on wavering despite the nationwide protests. global powers agree on talks with iran over its nuclear program after tapping says inspectors are going to visit its military sites but israel's threat of a strike still stands. and despite the overwhelming support of russians up his upcoming return to the kremlin it is grating on some western politicians as the u.k.'s former top diplomat calls him part dictator in the tabloid press.

there's uncommon broadcasting to lot from the heart of moscow karen taraji the syrian president has pledged to continue fighting what he calls a foreign backed terrorism in the country but charsadda 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 archies maria is in syria. they almost label i mean you know we for the battles in this long running conflict time feels like it has almost stopped even the children here speak an ancient almost forgotten language. well our nation now the other why don't central syria is a unique place it's well known in the world has the only place on earth where people

speak aramaic the language of this is christ because troubled neighbor is another be your brood a friend of smuggler here in syria is this twenty minutes away home a hundred kilometers away but this place is one of the few in the country that has not been any trouble a while and since the uprising began home to an off the strine and fourth century catholic church and dozens of mosques these towers religious heritage is solide its residents like this is keepers have a specific explanation of this large. 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 that is christian dominated community mostly whose area in huntsville we feel sad because people don't speak their cover to mean a lot we are free people will come here to try to disturb us and destroy our peaceful life as they did in the homes in 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 and force in its strictly secular program and by curbing the influence of radicalism and the cycle of the we used to live in peace muslims and christians of course were free people from outside the city and the country may come and destroy disunity assad became more than just the head of state he is a kind of international sim. this fight for our lives here a little when the time came the people turned good for good mother plagal the same circle of 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 a lot of there were people here who 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 didn't want to protect this state and make it strong fears mount though that these are friends who not enough within reason calls for foreign intervention and the army 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. now that the leaders of wars are reckoned by the towers in mom if 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 and get 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 the friday. we're not talking about normal people but people with an extremist way of thinking here. in the towns choice the children continue to pray in aramaic arabic greek french but it's clear the prayers of the people of this unique town are a list today in any language. free from. syria. president obama has dismissed calls from some senior lawmakers to start bombing syria he said the conflict is more complicated than libya and that a plumber see as the solution the u.n. security council is debating a new draft resolution proposed by the us r t is going there to turn 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 is that 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 russian trying to call for both the government and the armed opposition groups to cease fire and start a dialogue with washington so far has been addressing their ceasefire cost 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 ceasefire 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 it lacked that balanced approach 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 out of the war with syria has been essentially the us military and intelligence community have completely opposed any kind of military action so how bomber himself is really not the completely in charge and events are being manipulated around him which could lead him to take a very dangerous action so far the u.s. military has prevented that from occurring the situation inside syria has been there many outside forces including al qaeda including forces from libya where we support it including forces from iraq have moved in and the powells he is to try to

force a regime change in syria and to get the force the russians are big to kill or to submit to that and if the russians don't submit to that then you could have a car for days of good there's no real intention by the obama administration or the west for a constructive policy. well coming up later in the program we explore why america's involvement in wars abroad comes down to its own personal symbol at least that's how some are describing the three u.s. senators who are pushing strongest for military interventions that stories coming your way another few minutes. of the people's choice or a ruthless dictator cold war rhetoric is back in britain as a former foreign minister has a go at russia's president elect blood's him at a point in n.l. sunday tabloid. world powers have agreed to a new round of talks with iran over its controversial nuclear program and problems

an earlier green light from the country to allow inspectors to visit a secret military complex the move comes amid fresh speculation of a preemptive military strike by israel against iran's nuclear facilities israel and the u.s. suspect iran of developing nuclear weapons but these all the public says its program is purely political analysts gareth porter believes that the un's own inspectors have become politicized and are following washington certainly. the. has made a great deal in its november two thousand and eleven report about the alleged existence of a containment chamber a cylinder. they were told by an unnamed member state which i am quite confident it was israel exists or did exist at 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 courts 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 united states and the western alliance now is political analyst gareth porter sharing his views on the situation in iran. ludden reports and will formally formally return to the kremlin in may for a third term after almost sixty four percent of russians chose him to become their next president someone politicians however tell it support their decision even before the first polling station opened the u.k.'s former foreign minister david miliband had some strong words for the leader he thinks won't last out his next term in power are 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 we have to rocketry terms written across the placards we've seen this in russia we saw this last after the parliamentary elections and we've seen this with him is that 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 russian'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 will

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 reaction to putin's elections been far more measured until now the prime minister's haven't exactly been close didn't even make it on to cameron's extensive christmas card list last year but while cameron may not have congrats. non-winning has endorsed the results it's clear the election has delivered a decisive result evenly and your polling data put put him 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 first past the post is russia's electoral system perfect it's not but when the 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 market fractures in one thousand eight hundred three landslide election victory tony blair's 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 to 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 have been it r.t.

on the. press an independent watchdog called the league of voters has refused to acknowledge the legitimacy of the country's presidential election a group brought together by prominent public figures cited irregularities but says what still have won the first round and that's now top parties peter all of our peter what is the league saying about irregularities during the vote. well first off let's have a look at who this group are now the league of voters are made up of public figures here in russia and bloggers as well the people who are called and see all need the political life here in the country now they've said that they refused to recognize the legitimacy of the poll however they do say that vladimir putin in their opinion would have been elected president even using their revised figures that seems to suggest in their community around ten percent less of the vote would have gone to the president elect no they base this on the fact that they reviewed four thousand

five hundred reported problems with. boat cheering the election and a hundred of those they're saying represent in their eyes legitimate grievances of serious problems with that with those ballots now they're saying that around ten percent would have achieved ten percent around ten percent less of the vote that he actually did he cause he drowned sixty four percent of the votes cast now this is being backed up somewhat by the opinions of gloss the u.s. backed n.g.o.s here in russia who have said that although they all said they actually think they. would have received fourteen percent less of the votes and that he would have actually been elected president the first go you know it the way it works here if you get over fifty percent you have to get over fifty percent in order to be elected president they still believe that he would have passed not all important threshold now the. despite them basing all of their information on text

messages they received from. polling stations addressing those observers and addressing the elections in general we've heard from forward watches of the russian elections saying that these were the freest and fairest elections that have ever been held in russia citing the the introduction of. transpire and ballot boxes and webcams being installed across russia and polling stations across russia too to monitor the what was going on in those polling stations essentially turning everybody into an arm chair or deserve and saying that these were great steps forward as far as the electoral process goes in the country now in terms of any accusations of electoral fraud lot of here prudently president elect has said this he will investigate i have investigated all accusations that are made anybody found guilty of breaching the electoral law here will be prosecuted to the fullest extent

of the law because well as are all of our thank you peter. i think we have plenty of stories to grab your attention at archie dot com including a hands off approach. british athletes i did traditional greetings for the olympic games in london this summer as their advise that i shake a could hamper their transmissible of rigolette. also online brawling on a lot of t.v. show watch how a member of a well known and normally new campaign group took out her frustration on a ukrainian m.p. for more go to our do you go home or our you tube channel. there's been a serious blow to the international hacking group loose after five of its key members were allegedly turned in by their own boss and it's report of the group's leader has been working for the f.b.i. for months his former colleagues have now been charged with cyber crimes and are

awaiting trial in new york the group is most famous for its support of leaks and its attacks on websites belonging to the cia fox news and credit card companies while governments can't wait to get their hands on what they call online affirmed years ahead of the u.k.'s pirate party says the authorities are following the interests of corporations. well one of the one of things that's really interesting is that we're seeing how the free web is in fact pushing growth for autists but we're seeing that the growth in music sales is being pushed by digital it's being pushed by. free and open functioning one ip you know what we have to realize is it's a copyright is a kind of law. from the time difference. it's 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 industry for me now are a group of lobbyists has made this nice trick of saying that they represent all that's really they represent no one else. interests and actually trying to preserve business models that are frankly out to date. twenty minutes past the hour and some of the world's other main news stories and now. six british soldiers are missing and believed dead in afghanistan and as they were on security patrol on tuesday when their vehicle was hit by an explosion over four hundred british military personnel have been killed in the country since two thousand and one in a separate incident four civilians died when our hidden in a parked motorcycle exploded at a market on the border with pakistan on wednesday there's been no immediate claim

of responsibility. french president nicolas sarkozy has said that there are too many foreigners in his country he defended his plan to cut the number of new york rivals if he was reelected next month sarkozy also believes attempts at integrating people into france as culture and society have become paralyzed is often made controversial comments on immigrate. but minorities say they're being used to swing conservative support in the presidential campaign. as polls closed in ten states on super tuesday in america mitt romney has squeezed out a win in the crucial hajo primary and capture five other states that's likely to prove decisive in the contest to be the republican party's presidential candidate but romney had to share a part of the spotlight with rival rick santorum who countered with strong wins in three states the eventual winner will challenge barack obama in the november sixth battle for the white house. whoever 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 artie's christine for zola 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 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 haven't met a war they don't like they led the charge to afghanistan we need more troops there are american troops the attacks by the enemy have gone up about a thousand percent in the words of and wall and 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 base tend to work together as a block there kind of an axis in bold in foreign policy kind of work and back and all 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 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 wanted him gone if you want gadhafi to 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 you slaughters 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 destroy their ability to make conventional war they should

have no planes they can fly and no ships they can float we keep point 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 immediate military action hasn't resulted in armageddon anything like it so the calls for action expand now across the globe the iranian nuclear program is a threat to the entire world foreign military intervention. is now the necessary factor to reinforce this option a side 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 kind of low view 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 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've already lived through the consequences of the previous military adventures in fact critics say those who continue to follow senators mccain lieberman and graham are blind themselves they may hear the drumbeat for war but they fail to see the bigger picture the very real possibility of pitfalls ahead in washington christine for our team. time now to check in with the business desk marina is there for us what's the latest with greece's economic troubles well karen just when you think that m i go away greece is back in the spotlight and this time we have banks insurers and investment funds all of which must decide by thursday if they will cancel but that they're holding now under the terms of the deal that secured the second bailout for greece they need to decide if they will exchange

a total of two hundred six billion euros in born in exchange for new cats which will have a longer repayment that lines as well as lower interest loans now six of the country's largest banks have already agreed to this although greece needs more creditors to sign up before that line but without this swap it won't get one hundred thirty billion euros in bailout loans from the e.u. and the i.m.f. and possibly default later this month well process because financial institutions for banks says it knows how to overcome that that crisis in greece and the experts there say more cash and of writing off parts of the countries that will simply not be enough. i think though we are on hearing recent sound proof of that from. the quarries. we go for all the structural problems which greece has all due of course is to create. a problem something new should turn but

given eventually in greece who get out of the crisis first in greece many consider the. powerful as the proverbial. let's take a look at what's happening with ensor national markets will start with currencies the euro is again and against the dollar the supply the concerns we're seeing in the euro zone when it comes to the ruble it's insinuates of those values both against the greenback and the euro now let's move on and see the situation in europe we see that markets are in the black once again and that's after and suffering losses of more than a reminds we saw in shoes they just trading and was seen small gains for the banking and the mining sector when it comes to the picture here and russia always say that the markets are still in that it's a territory but analysts are saying that the picture here will pretty much before the day and that's because russians are preparing for the holidays the markets will be closed on thursday and friday as we are parked in international women's day now in other news turns out that she's day was

a very costly trading session for some people apparently the market plunge ended up costing swansea the world's richest people for eleven billion dollars. then some good news for heights like peace with x. for money apple is expected to unveil a new i pad tablet later in the day and this third version will reportedly be slightly thicker have improved cameras and the splay 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 suits who are trying penny pincher consumers that have opted for the cheaper tap let's lie on his cell. all right that's all it's only half way to the south will have another update and fifty five minutes.

nearly a billion people in the world are going from greece every day. in the united states even our trash cans or food. you just have to go get it all of these perfectly good eggs because one was cracked didn't even get all over the other ones just threw them away and cheese from the german oh you clearly like. a brick on. the dumpster at one am this morning on three pm this afternoon on the grill take is made from one dozen dumpster egg whites. delicious breakfast for the family.