tonight syria's defined president vows to keep foreign forces out of the country as washington dismisses a military attack and other countries pull out in protest of. as president obama makes a move for peaceful foreign policy simple war grit politicians stick to their guns calling for military action against iran and damascus. goes for them a putin says the forty five million vote see what in the election is all the proof he needs to lead the country group of russian observers claimed the poll was flawed .

hello there live from moscow at eight pm you're watching r t with me kev you know it's very good to have your company now top story president obama has ruled out an attack against syria saying it would be a mistake after a leading u.s. politician john mccain called for air strikes syria's president assad meantime responded by saying he's determined to continue fighting what he calls foreign backed terrorism and pressures piling on both spain has closed its embassy in damascus while china has withdrawn most of its workers over fears for their safety now the u.n. is considering a u.s. proposed resolution demanding that both government forces and opposition fighters and the bloodshed a year long uprisings now claimed thousands of lives and forced many to seek shelter abroad but there's one corner of syria that so far been untouched by the troubles parties made for national service. it was really well i guess.

we fought the battles in this long running conflict time feels like it has almost stopped even the children here stick in ancient almost forgotten language. as well all our nation are the other while knowing 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 jesus christ it has troubled neighbors another view of your group of friends of swahili here in syria it is twenty minutes away homes a hundred kilometers away but this is one of you in a country that has not seen any trouble or violence since the uprising began home to end of the strine for century catholic church and dozens of mosques these towns religious heritage is solid its residents like this is keepers have a specific explanation of this luck good saves us from this tragedy didn't come to us because god loves the city but it seems that god is not the only one to watch

carefully over this christian dominated community in a mostly used in area in homes to we feel sad because the people don't speak their cover me alone we are afraid people will come here to try to destroy our grass and destroy our peaceful life as they did in the homes of many cities but we trust the army and security and state. for decades the government of president bashar al assad who is himself from the shia islam minority alawi sect has protected the interests of ten percent of the country's population who are christians by enforcing it strictly secular program and break curbing the influence of radicalization and the cycle of the we used to live in peace muslims and christians of course were afraid people from outside the city and the country may come and destroy disunity 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 mother plagal the same circle and one of streets 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 i live out of 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 didn't want to protect the state and make it strong fears mount though that these are phrases will not be enough with increasing 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 and mother the leaders words are recognized by the towers imaam with defeat i remember last year there were several men after friday prayers they tried 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 their make again after that friday. we're not talking about normal people but people with an extremist we're thinking. in the towns charge the children continued to pray in aramaic arabic three french but it's clear the prayers of the people of this unique town are understood in any language. brief notion r.t. syria. one touches expert told us that despite president obama's that lean towards diplomacy he's not the one calling the shots and trying to remove the regime we're

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 our garma and self is really not completely in charge and events or be manipulated around him which could lead him to take a very dangerous action but so far the u.s. military has prevented her 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 power to try to force a regime change in syria and to get the force the russians have particular to submit to that and if the russians don't submit to that then you could have a confrontation with his no wielding kanchan why the obama administration or the

west for a constructive policy. well there are conflicting tales of the syrian struggle online on our web site r t door club and security operation holmes reveals the cia mossad elena tourists group formerly known as blackwater are involved in the ongoing military violence there even though america says it condemns the fighting it's an interesting read online tonight if you get a minute r.t. dot com also libyan leaders say they'll use vesa siri force to keep the country from splitting apart that is the eastern region declares seventy autonomy again if you want to get more background information their culture with the stories of r.t. dot com also lot more information and pictures to a you tube channel. israel's cautiously welcoming the newly agreed resumption of nuclear talks between iran and world powers to ran earlier said it would also allow nuclear inspectors to visit a secret military facility which is yet to be arranged the move follows israeli

threats of a preemptive strike on iran's nuclear sites or western allies suspect iran may be building an atomic bomb which he denies saying its program is only for peaceful energy previous visits by u.n. atomic officials could not conclude on the existence of weapons because they were denied access to key facilities but investigative journalist gareth porter told me he sure that watchdog and washington are in for a disappointment. has made a great deal in its november two thousand and eleven report about the alleged existence of a bomb 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. the projection 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. ever used. a nuclear weapons design so if in fact they go to approach and find there's nothing there as i'm quite certain will be the case how will the i respond to the situation i have a feeling that we 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. but the battle cries the ringing over in the us nonetheless as we'll hear a little bit later this hour. we use military action against iran and we should not only go after their nuclear facilities we should just roy their ability to make conditional war they should have no planes they can fly in no ships they can float a trigger happy trio of american politicians continue to push conflict over the

long diplomacy when it comes to iran and syria even as president obama aims to set a peaceful agenda. here president elect but ima put in a strongly refuted allegations by an independent body of russian election observers who said his victory was tainted the big league vote is except seat won the majority of the vote and claims there were multiple violations during the poll but so no get repeaters then from our correspondent peter all of these across makes some sense from moscow for us hi there peter firstly who exactly are the legal voters not to the prime minister have to say in response to their harsh election assessment. a league of voters already group of public figures in russia bloggers as well who are an independent electoral. group of observers now they said that they cite found sunday's presidential claim a presidential election and. they didn't agree with it they didn't recognize it now in response to this prime minister vladimir putin who said well ok that's your

opinion i'm not too fussed by what you have to say really. did say that the aide knew that there was always going to be criticism from the league of voters they'd already condemned this election before it actually taken place before sunday's poll they were already. saying that they wouldn't recognize it so the pm really saying i'll put my faith in the forty five million people that voted for me as far as is when it comes to recognizing the legitimacy of the election i'll take that number of forty five million over anything that you have to say so what they were basing these claims on saying that they wouldn't recognize the elections is the four thousand five hundred. reported problems they were reported to then now these reforms with the electoral system some of them ranging from observers not being allowed into polling stations only one hundred of those related to two votes

being. there for the votes be fraudulent and added on to come to the. polls now they highlighted one hundred and sixty eight votes were added to the enemy of putin's total from here in moscow now one hundred sixty eight when you think about it the millions of voters went to the polls he remarked something of a drop in the ocean but there are. these claims by the illegal voters also backed up by the similar claims from the u.s. n.g.o.s. as well. so there have been no saying that they don't recognize these elections however the man who would win that election lie to me and putin saying well look i put my faith in the forty five million people that voted for me when it comes to determining the legitimacy of the vote ok people are still two months of course before putin steps back into the kremlin as president what's going to be happening between now and then in preparation for the transition. over to me with

putin still got lots of work to do of course it is role as prime minister he was asked would he be taking a holiday between now and taking over as president he left that one off saying if he did take a holiday he doesn't really remember what they're likely to be not long since he had. any for he said even if he did take one evil cheery would feel comfortable with it being such a long time he's actually had a bit of a break so he's going to go straight from the role of prime minister into the role as president now when he takes over as president because he'll be assembling a new cabinet now yet if it seems he will be taking over as prime minister but those other positions in the cabinet will have to be filled by some new faces and perhaps the newest face in russian politics mikhail prokhorov the man who actually beat in sunday's elections. presidential election you had the billionaire owner of the new jersey nets n.b.a.

basketball team. made his billions in the in the metals markets in the world of metals. he is really the biggest fresh face in russian politics he isn't affiliated twenty political party at the moment that he did say he would be looking to start his own party it seems to me it has left the door open. to perhaps joy in his government and perhaps this with a place in the air in his cabinet there so that's all going to rely on the talks that happen between now and try to be taking over as president jim sorting out who's going to fill those crucial spots in the cabinet there what event. because the takeover in the top of the this president is going to see who ends of the wall isn't it ok are these people remaster thanks for much. so despite the fact that more than forty five million russians as peter was saying were voted for putin they showed support is still being dismissed by some countries to the top british diplomat david miliband didn't mince his words when it came to the election results

for this isn't some political commentators described as ironic it best i think i would bet it's got that story. a ruthless dictator whose days are numbered all 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 they don't conform to reality in a dictatorship people are not allowed to protest people are not allowed to walk around publicly with placards bare in the face of the leader of the country with derogatory terms written across the placards we've seen this in russia we saw this last after the parliamentary elections and we've seen this with cynicism 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 as it were good things are progress but i think 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 you'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 but to a 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. piece non-winning he has endorsed the result 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 achieves anywhere near fifty percent of the votes if you have a look at market factors nine hundred eighty three landslide election victory tony blair's one thousand nine hundred seventy landslide election victory but 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 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 london. on the way in the program tonight with me kev you know in a crackdown on cyber crime alleged activists face the music on both sides of the atlantic but this supporters say this will only fuel the fight for a more democratic web. taking run the world in brief no double bombing in northern iraq left at least thirteen people dead the first blast happened when a car exploded outside a crowded restaurant as people rushed to the scene to help a suicide bomber then detonated his explosives filled belt trolled others were injured in what are suspected al qaeda attacks. rogers president says the country's

got too many foreigners in the system for integrating members failing in a t.v. debate nicolas sarkozy defended his campaign promise to reduce the number of annual immigrants and placed tighter controls on welfare benefits so of course he's trailing behind the socialist party candidate in the elections and is competing for conservative voters for the country's far right wing. the man who confessed to the massacre of the norwegian island of new toy last july's been formally charged with terrorism charges brevik dressed as a policeman and planted a bomb in oslo that killed eight before travelling to the island shooting good sixty nine more people and youth camp his trial starts on april sixteenth whether or not he is diagnosed as insane. senior members of the notorious computer hacker group lucic with ties to the anonymous movement have been arrested and charged with cyber crimes by the f.b.i. groups famous for attacking web sites of the cia fox news and credit card companies among others the leader of the movement whoever has reportedly worked for the u.s.

government following his arrest last year and is believed to have aided the arrest of his former colleagues you rights lawyer gino smell of it says the restaurant society's attention back to the controversial anti counterfeit trade pact. i'm sure there will be mysteries disputed about their role at loose a good house. as creek clearly criminal actions are s. the debt is down for this estate is a whole lot there is no simple answer here but i think that they not only a very difficult it was in this society it is simple and easy to just take the weight or introduce pollution and wait for people to help them get a revolt against old fashioned regimes including the media regimes while the other appeal i want is happening activity to the mantle pressure to stand in a sling and then he got the profits we became a big topic that we all should care about because the game is not over it has to be

stopped and the book in need of it will come back next year up to do you can call to justice gives its opinion and we all have to be very much aware of this process . has to be off as well but later this we've got a special interview with the head of the u.k. pirate party to get his views on limiting people's freedom or lines interesting chat coming up. giving peace a chance in tackling syria and iran will be on president obama's mind right now but that's not the case for some of his compatriots in congress call for a struggle against assad is not the first time the veteran senators chosen troops over talks i was artie's christine for reports he's not alone either. 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 the 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 we haven't met a war that they don't like they led the charge to afghanistan we need more troops there are american troops. by the enemy have gone up about a thousand percent in the words 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. or case tend to work together as a block they're going to access and walled in foreign policy kind of hearken back to that old axis of evil that we heard about that foreign policy not just limited to bush's wars 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. interest to call him friend mccain later tweeted this calling him interesting but a year later wanted him gone if you want to doubt he did 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 the dove use waters on people in 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 reward their ability to make an additional war they should have no planes that can fly and no ships they can float we keep pointing the gun we haven't pulled a single trigger yet and it's about time that we did the two years on and that lack of immediate military action hasn't resulted in armageddon or anything like it still the calls for action expand now across the globe the iranian nuclear program is a threat to the entire world our military our intervention. is now the necessary factor to reinforce the suction. he needs to know that he will not win now we find ourselves in virtually the same identical to be your leader at syria what's going on in syria what's happening in the ocean we respond to it and once again i

mean almost a response these guys from 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 a very real possibility of pitfalls ahead in washington christine for our team. to a bit later in our sports politics royally defeated limo britain's prince harry beat the world's fastest man to the finish line. of

a bit later fever would you like. to know if the business with dmitri three trees so they're no investors in russia can make up their minds of the election of seems rather volatile day seem certain monday we saw on tuesday we saw a nosedive and now positive movement again but analysts say basically the future of the market is the plans on what changes the newly elected president will bring in peter greste and from out on capitol hill lines to possible scenarios. well the best case scenario would obviously be that we have a very reform on it put in coming in and that he also gets a cabinet that is filled with sort of liberal minded individuals like could remain profitable have a role in the government as well and that they focus on structure is to some reforms also they look at the state owned companies improving transparency that will be a major company said it will be tremendously positive for the market but a return to a police state would be the absolutely worst scenario i think that's a very unlikely scenario but that obviously would mean that investors are deaf or

stay away from russia. prior circular to what's going on in wednesday's trade in the rush hour we saw positive movement with the r.t.s. barely making it into positive territory actually the you can see the point zero three percent m i six up point seven percent now the difference here is of course based on the ruble fluctuation it lost value and therefore the my sex went up well the r.c.s. barely saw any change now this was on low volumes ahead of a long weekend of the day for march markets will be playing catch up on the on sunday which will be a working day in russia and we had i know ross nafta's up one percent on high oil prices burbank weaker than the market along with other financials are just point three percent and the best performer of the day is a car maker after vies the russian carmakers up one six percent on news that its partner brad know he is planning to use of potentially its facilities to produce

the can do it here in russia now is take a look at what's happening in the united states markets it's all moderately positive after. data coming in from the labor market show that the private sector expanded in the previous month adding more than two hundred thousand jobs and now let's look at europe in europe are trading is almost over the footsies up point three percent actually point two percent winning today or yesterday through the financial and mining stocks. and finally let's take a look at the currencies market and the euro is a regaining some of its last positions versus the dollar whereas the ruble is continuing is the same. now it seems that the slide we saw in the previous session with the dow declined one point six percent turned out to be very tough and costly for some businessman especially for the twenty richest people in the world which turns out last more than eleven billion dollars in their company worth in

just one session. not a first a company from russia skulk of innovation harbor is planning to offer an i.p.o. sources close to this group say that it's going to list on the russian stock market are planning to attract around fourteen million dollars seems like not that much but it's one of its kind of its group is developing in the information systems and mining energy and telecommunications. finally in around one and a half hours apple is expected to present its new tablet the i pad which is some say will be the first i pad which will be reportedly slightly bigger have improved cameras in this play as well as a more powerful processor but other speculate there will be just a modification of the i pad two potentially called the i pad two h d thought some of those penny pinching consumers would have opted for for cheaper tablets from other projects. all right more business news around fifty five minutes i'll be here

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