syria's defiant president vows to keep following forces out of the country has washington dismisses a military attack and other countries pull out in protest of the violence. as president obama makes a move for peaceful foreign policy than several borg reported titian stick to big guns calling for military action against tehran and damascus plus. a lot of the a putin says the forty five million vote siegel's in sunday's election is all the proof he needs after an independent group of observers criticized sunday's poll.

a lot there were a viewer watching around the world a very good evening from moscow for me kevin owen it's nine pm here now this is our top story president obama has ruled out an attack against syria saying it would be a mistake after leading u.s. politician john mccain called for airstrikes syria's president assad responded by saying he's determined to continue fighting what he calls foreign backed terrorism where the pressure is piling on meantime though spain has closed its embassy in damascus while china's bid for most of its workers over fears for their safety and the u.n. is considering a u.s. proposed resolution demanding that both government forces and opposition fighters end the bloodshed the 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 and that's where. we're from national reports from that.

day the most reliable i go away from the battles in this long running conflict time feels like it has almost stopped even the children here speak in ancient almost forgotten language. as well all are a shame now they were the while knowing central syria is a unique place it's well known in the world as the only place on earth where people speak out i mean the language of this is christ it has troubled neighbors and not of you and your brood a thumb perhaps not only here in syria is this one thing with the way home a hundred kilometers away but this place is one of you in the country that has not been any trouble or violence since the uprising began home to end of the strine and fourth century catholic church and dozens of mosques these towers religious heritage is solid its residence like this is keepers have a specific explanation of islam. saying just this tragedy didn't come to us because

god loves the city but it seems that god is not the only one careful of his posting dominated community mostly area in huntsville we feel sad because the people don't respect their cover me i love we are free it 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 sacked has protected the interests of ten percent of the country's population who are christians in force in 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 but of course we are 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 the fight for our life and clear that hurdle when the time came the people turned good vocal mother the lady of 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 there were people here he wanted to push is 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 efforts will not be enough that increasing calls for foreign intervention and the arming of the opposition and nobody to fight would be tragic. our country before the crisis was developing now we are all losing these assert and it kingdom that splits will die fast these people are receiving money and listening to the orders they want to rule

in this country the mother the leader is worth a record by the tiles in mom. 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 and 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 we're 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. brief in. syria. well there are conflicting tales of the syrian struggle online on our website r.t.

dot com and security operation in hong reveals the cia and mossad avenue tori's group formerly known as blackwater are involved in the ongoing military violence there even though american says it condemns the fighting interesting read online from us and libyan leaders say they'll use necessary force to keep the country from splitting apart as the eastern region declares seventy autonomy again if you want to go to speed or not want to start t. dog corner you can also check out our you tube channel. but ima put in strongly refuted allegations by an independent body of russian election observers who said his presidential victory was tainted the league of voters except c one a majority vote but claims there were multiple violations during the poll the country's central election commission has now officially confirmed putin as president elect our correspondent peter all of us in central moscow with the latest . a league of voters already group of public figures in russia bloggers as well

who are independent electoral group observers prime minister vladimir putin who said well ok that's your opinion i'm not too fussed by what you have to say really he did say that the he knew that there was always going to be criticism from the league of voters they'd already called them election before it actually taken place what they were basing these claims on say that they wouldn't recognize the elections is the four thousand five hundred reported problems they were reported to then only one hundred of those related to fraudulent and added on to candidates told they highlighted one hundred and sixty eight votes were added to me of putin's total from here in moscow now one hundred sixty eight when you think about it millions of voters went to the polls something of a drop in the ocean but these claims by the illegal voters also backed up by the similar claims from the us backed and geo cooler as well so there has been no

saying that they recognize these elections however the man who that election and 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 folks who can 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 it is a really remember what they're likely to be not long since the how do on now when he takes over as president because he'll be assembling a new cabinet no anything made yet if it seems where 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. the man who actually beat in sunday's election the billionaire owner of the new jersey nets. n.b.a. basketball team made his billions in the in the metals markets he isn't affiliated to any political party at the moment he did say he would be looking to start his

own party it seems to me has left the door open for a. little to perhaps joy in his government perhaps 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 going to be approved taking over as president him sorting out who's going to fill those crucial spots in the cabinet there will eventually comes the take over in the top seat as president a correspondent in moscow peter all of a so despite the fact that more than forty five million russians voted for putin their show of support still being dismissed by some countries former top british diplomat david miliband didn't mince his words at all when it came to the election results criticism son political commentator described as ironic at best bennett reports on that story. 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 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 bearing the face of the leader of the country with the rocketry terms written across the back of we've seen this in russia we saw this last december after parliamentary elections and we've seen this. at 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 russia's reforms because of vested interests and sort of claims 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 scary time so that when bad things

happen in russia then they get huge coverage and then when as it were good things are 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 reaction to putin's elections been far more measured 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 been granted. elated peace and on winning he has endorsed the results it's clear the election has delivered a decisive result usually 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 vote if you have a look at margaret thatcher's nineteen eighty three landslide election victory tony blair's ninety ninety seven landslide election victory but have 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 who should receive 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 either bennett artsy london. israel's cautiously welcoming the newly agreed resumption of nuclear talks between iran and world powers to run 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 two rounds nuclear sites the western allies suspect maybe building an atomic bomb but she denies saying it's a program is for peaceful energy only previous visits by you and atomic officials could not conclude on the existence of weapons because they were denied access to key facilities and research. it's been looking at how to separate the reality from the rhetoric being leveled around let's talk to him now he's in vienna hi there good evening good to see you on the program yeah it's a complicated one isn't it the nuclear talks between iran and the world powers of brokered and a lot of the past the been reports of disagreements now between the six powers

already what is the forecast you think whether these discussions will bring a positive result this time round. well the only thing we know for sure i would say . is working on nuclear technology for peaceful purposes and everything. are just assumptions or to put it in other words accusations from. israeli and u.s. officials so when the u.n. inspectors if and wherever it's not finally been agreed but it looks like it'll go ahead if those u.n. inspectors get access to that plant what will they be looking for and what are they likely to find do you think. will parchin is actually military. there is no evidence whatsoever of. government. works hard to any nuclear activity taking place. and actually from two thousand and

five. government already has tried to do inspections on the. records for the inspectors going through and not find any evidence for nuclear activities. looking at the israeli side of it. all this tension ratcheting up lately israel now seems so except it calls for a diplomatic resolution for now in iran at least but it still insists the best way to deal with iran is a military attack what would it take for israel to call off the dogs. well. it seems to be some kind of theater that israeli and american officials are playing because. obama seems to try to convince. diplomacy would be the better way and that both. could.

be only the final solution. but in fact obama's soft power that he is using to meddle into iranian. affairs they probably will not succeed not with economic sanctions because although it will be hard those are still countries like china india even japan and south korea and others who are still importing oil so this will probably not completely broke out on the other hand. provoking some kind of regime change already filled in for thousand and nine. so probably. the american administration will say well we tried everything and diplomacy and so on and israel. of course supported ok that could be at some time in the future

just got back to the present this week that does seem to have been a bit of a change of heart from iran say the inspectors can go into parts why do you think they've done this now is it because of the ratcheting up pressure we've been hearing about is it because of these sanctions starting to bite. well. it's not the first time that iran tries to find some kind of compromise with the west and have been. in negotiations with the support of countries like. turkey or russia to compromise between iran and the west and always many iran tried to. please the us. try to make up a new. questionable. sources.

in order to try. to make us believe iran develop nuclear weapons i spoke to iran's nuclear envoy just last week he told me he was pretty convinced other manipulation principally by the us. doesn't the u.n. watchdog of agility to prove its impartiality therefore to get things moving you think it should do more to put its cards on the table be clear. well iran certainly has good reasons to be skeptical with. activities of the. international atomic energy agency. at the moment because as we know. and the current director general mr amano. has strong ties to the american secret service documents revealed. showed that he was actually meeting an american ambassador and promising to do.

in favor of the united states. records that have been the report last record from november of two thousand have been. urging serious claiming. words. of program. all these. claims are come from very questionable sources and not from. its white bed thanks for being on the program search you're. talking to us from vienna much appreciated thank you. living up to date on some world news in brief similar top stories for you a double bombing in northern iraq has left at least thirteen people dead the first blast happened to a car exploded outside a crowded restaurant as people rushed to the scene to help then a suicide bomber detonated his belt filled with explosives twelve others were

injured and what the suspect is al qaeda attacks. france's president says the country has got too many foreigners or the system for integrating them is failing in a t.v. debate nicolas sarkozy defended his campaign promise to reduce the number of annual immigrants and place tighter control welfare benefits sarkozy's trailing by the socialist party candidate in the elections and is competing for conservative voters with the country's far right nominee. the man who confessed to the massacre of the norwegian island of latoya last july's been formally charged with terrorism how does president rest as a policeman planted a bomb in oslo that killed eight at the time before then traveling to that island and shooting dead sixty nine more people at the youth camp his trial starts on april the sixteenth whether or not he's diagnosed as insane. giving peace a chance in tackling syria and iran may be on president obama's mind right now but that's not the case for some of his senior compatriots in congress john mccain's

call for air strikes against the sat in the first the veteran senator has chosen troops over talks and that is christine preserver reports he's not alone either. they stick together through thick and thin from the queensland to the holy land from the ball field of the battlefield they are senators joseph lieberman lindsey 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 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. time is not on our side and they've been called everything from the three amigos the three blind mice and the axis of error by the website downsize d.c. dot org these tend to work together as

a bloc they're kind of an accessible the foreign policy kind of hurt lean back so that all axis of evil that we heard about that foreign policy is not just limited to bush's wars 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 a leader like put up the slaughter is on people an ongoing target for them iran will use military action against iran we should not only go after their nuclear facilities we should just store their ability to make conventional war they should have no planes that can fly and no ships they can float we can point the gun we haven't pulled a single trigger yet and it's about time that we did the two years on and that lack of the media and military action hasn't resulted in armageddon or anything like it

still the calls for action expand now across the globe iranian nuclear program is a threat to the entire world so on military intervention. is now the necessary factor to reinforce the suction. needs to know that he will not when you know we find ourselves in virtually the same identical would be your later syria what's going on in syria what's happening and so should we respond to it and once again and i mean almost with a response he's going to come and say well we've got a war the mood of the american people may have shifted to ending the wars but the compared to a lot before war does have its supporters they're very popular with the military industrial complex which sees that 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 their 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 r.t. . so four minutes past nine o'clock at night moscow time is culture with the business know dimitri's at the business desk at the new center for investors in russia cannot make up their minds ken lay out the election it seems up there was a set of numbers that does seem though kevin there's a bit of confusion in their minds because the markets are going up the nose that are going down and then they're going up again well analysts say that the future of the country's markets really depends on the improvements of the newly elected president will bring in peter weston from us on capitol outlines for the two possible scenarios. it would obviously be that we have

a very formal approach and coming in and that he also gets a cabinet that is filled with sort of liberal minded individuals like could really be profitable have a role in the government as well and that the focus of structure is to show reforms also that they may look at the state owned companies improving transparency that will be a major catalyst that will be tremendously positive for the markets but a return to a police state would be absolutely worst scenario i think that's very unlikely scenario but that obviously would mean that investors would better stay away from russian solvency well it certainly can look at how the markets finished on wednesday session we didn't see much of a trading volumes really once we see your regular trading days because russia is heading in for a long weekend thursday friday and saturday or sunday is as weird as it sounds will be your working day with the markets will be playing catch up but today we saw i mildly positive session of the r.t.s. barely in the green zone and myself and mr point seven percent they're now moving

the bisects where energy shares rose snapped up more than one percent on high energy prices financials were feeling a bit under the weather you can say there's burbank up a point three percent weaker than the market and the biggest gainer is the russian comic after hours up almost six and a half percent more than six percent that's after its investor and partner rana announced that it could use up about his personal fees to produce its can you. say what's happening in other markets that are trading right now dow jones on the nasdaq all in rows of the of territory after upbeat dates are coming from the labor market showing the private sector added more than two hundred thousand new jobs in february and in europe the markets closed also in positive territory with the footsie and the dax up half a percent among the top gainers were top news. tuesday's session these are my

triumphs. and on the currency markets the euro is strongly regaining some of the lost positions that we saw yesterday with the. russian ruble continuing its descent against a basket of currencies. now it's turns out that the drop we saw on the markets on tuesday of one point six percent although doubt was rather tough and costly for the twenty richest people in the world they lost it seems more than eleven billion dollars worth of the company and since. now the first company from russia skulk of innovation harvest planning to offer an i.p.o. sources close to the group say that it's going to list on the russian market some planning to attract fourteen million dollars doesn't seem like much but it's one of a kind it's developing information systems in mining energy and telecoms.

and also in around half an hour apple is expected to present its new tablet some say will be the i pad three which will have a slightly thicker body have improved cameras and display as well as a more powerful processor but others speculate it won't be much different from the i pad two probably a new version some call it the i pad two h b and that's just for penny pinching consumers that have opted for cheaper tablets right more business news in two hours time i'll see them.

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