top stories tonight syria's to fire and president vows to keep foreign forces out of the country as washington dismisses a military attack that the country pull out in protest of the ongoing violence. as president obama makes a move for peaceful foreign policy several warned repository should stick to their guns calling for military action against iran in damascus plus a lot of fear 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.

live from moscow to levon pm be watching r t with me kevin no in our top story president obama has ruled out an attack against syria saying it would be a mistake of leading u.s. politician john mccain called for airstrikes syria's president meantime responded by saying he's determined to continue fighting what he calls foreign backed terrorism the u.n. humanitarian chief in syria admitting sites devastated by weeks of fighting between government forces not position rebels but enough so now for some countries spain is closed its embassy while china has withdrawn most of its workers over fears for their safety and the u.n. is considering a u.s. proposed resolution demanding an end to the bloodshed this claimed thousands of lives get this one corner of syria that so far been untouched by the troubles that is maria financial reports from. ok let's leave oh i guess i learned away

from the battles in this long running conflict time feels like it has almost stopped even the children here stick an ancient almost record language. well all are ashamed now the other one theory is in unique ways it's well known in the world as the only place on earth where people speak aramaic the language of jesus christ it has troubled neighbors another view of your brood and from topps while we were here in syria it is twenty minutes away home a hundred kilometers away but this is one of few in the country that has not been any trouble or violent 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 residents legacy is keepers have a specific explanation of this lark. just for this tragedy didn't come to us because god loves the city but it seems that god is not the only one huge carefully

as christian dominated community mostly because the area in home still we feel sad because the people don't do their cover me alone we are afraid these 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 enforcing it strictly secular program and by curbing the influence of radicalism and the cycle of the we used to live in peace muslims and christians but of course we are free people from outside the city and the concrete may come and destroy this unity assad became more than just the head of stables he's a kind of international. symbol of the fight for our life here is

a little bit when the time came the people turned good because mother plagal the same circle and want to street 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 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 a little more to protect the state and make it strong fears mounts though that these athletes who are not big enough would increase in 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 that we want to rule in this country. mother played his words i reckon

by the tiles in mom if i remember last april there were several men after friday prayers to try to persuade people to their test 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 that make 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 a list today in any language. syria. was because some perspective just across the syrian border joining us live from the lebanese cabinet is from jail with threats of the. better place and for middle east

areas they really think she thanks for being with us the syrian rebels don't seem to get a chance the government forces that may now it's time for the humanitarian intervention what we witnessed a libya. humanitarian you know why is this only thing they can do with and they ask for i think through the red cross. organization. ok it's failed but. for example. we have this problem we didn't sleep. and kill days and now they are among those are feasible civilians many. many military and gunmen against the regime the man who cannot commit acts this is very connecticut and. i mean

when the united nations now we're. making. a decision about syria i don't think they will come up with any. important decision but talking about human rights and massacres and how to help the syrian people in the humanitarian. field. and i didn't get exactly what what what is your question about a humanitarian corridors or a humanitarian well ok that's what the hours will be short of time so let me ask you what i was going to ask you next who is actually fighting on the ground there we're getting reports of hundreds of foreign mercenaries including our ribs europeans even americans reportedly being captured by syrian troops who is behind these guns for hire do you think. right

answer about this some americans or for a show or european the ordinary just like it happened to have been killed last week syrian authorities said that syria an official visit and they came through the borders without any crime this time you call it so the syrian government is not the responsibility or know about people who can come you know from the borders across the borders from going on or from iraq or from turkey from an able country without being officially received or you know an official way come to syria and many have been through who are going to die but the film that is released on the battlefield. i don't think many europeans have formally i've been have been killed do you know so far since the beginning you have seven thousand

syrians have been killed one year but foreigners. do not that much cannot stop on this i mean as a journalist or people who are working in the military and organization and battlefield and that they are on the wrist and they know that nobody can say ok. short. answer is wrong or i said mr jaber if the u.s. and its allies in europe or the middle east really want assad go on why do you think they're holding back in spain a long and deadly year of conflict already what reason do they need. but we do see again i didn't get the question means it's been a very long and deadly war this last year. there's one school of thought that says the u.s.

and the allies in europe or the middle east really want us out they want to go on with all the death and destruction we've seen over the last twelve months why do you think they are holding back by the looks of it. i think. countries except russia of course are. countries very red states from the beginning and many ways to interfere in syria and provide. cases for them and. to make our lives but they did not succeed because they found a day after day and we said that many times and long time that there is no way. military intervention in syria and now they are talking about given what france and provide weapons to the surge which is not feasible at all and this is not practical practical and will not lead to any solution and on the other hand there is also

is losing a lot of its potential but it's still in syria that is a regime that is an army strong army strong guided me last week and now today. mr benito syria still united still have a united in struggle for a strong army and i think they are it's a waste of time to have meeting in the security council without any practical and concrete decision and like it will they will go out today maybe with very. very. good decision which has no impact on the. i think the only solution is to. listen to the russian initiative and to go. before that

to ensure a ceasefire from both sides you remember we said many times this station and another station that when they. about why i am ex military and i know ceasefire means to stop the fighting game to stop. shooting from both sides not only one side syrian government to me except i do ceasefire and would crawl to the barracks. one single condition who can control it. and. to take advantage from this and trying. to increase their attacks against the syrian army this is the this is the key point if we are sure to cease fire from both sides if the west and their medicare can make. a position to sit on the table and most of whatever sense was cool.

and the initiative of course both sides on the table before they are old i think it will be the first night of the first step you know the obvious solution is here otherwise there is no solution in syria that syrian regime will not be collapsed by military means on the other hand also if the syrian army you know can control baba amr and i know that they and there are. also solve the problem by military operation gerri thanks ever so much your experience comment most welcome here on the program thanks for joining us tonight from lebanon thank you for. 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 friends nuclear sites the western allies suspect or rather maybe building an atomic bomb which would deny saying its program is only for peaceful energy preview. visits by u.n. atomic officials could not conclude the existence of weapons because they were denied access to key facilities but global affairs are said she told me that it won't be long before a pattern is told the changes he thinks. it seems to be some kind of israeli and american officials are playing because. diplomacy would be the better way and. both. could would be only the final solution. but in fact obama's soft power that he is using to meddle in true.

affairs they probably will not succeed not with the economic sanctions so probably . obama the american administration will say well we tried everything and diplomacy and so on israel. of course i support them. but even refuted allegations by a group of election observers who said his presidential victory was tainted the league of voters except see one or majority vote 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 more. a league of voters already group of public figures and 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 he knew that there was always going to be criticism from the league of voters they already condemned this election before it actually taken place they were basing these claims on say that they wouldn't recognize the elections is that the four thousand five hundred reported problems they were reported to then only one hundred of those related to the fraudulent and it all need to come to the polls these claims by the illegal voters also backed up by the similar claims from the u.s. stocks and geo cool off as well so they have been saying that they recognize these elections however the man who warned that election is not a mere truth in 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 to me is put in 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 does take a holiday it is a really remember what they're likely to be not long since he had won 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 a russian politics. the man who ever to be a person actually beat in sunday's election the billionaire owner of the new jersey nets n.b.a. basketball team made his billions in the and the metals markets he is an affiliate and twenty political party at the moment he did say he would be looking to start his own party it seems to be approved has left the door open for. little to perhaps joy in his govern. perhaps it is their place in the cabinet there so that's all going to rely on the talks that happen between now and but to be prudent taking over as president who is going to fill those crucial spots in the cabinet there

will eventually cause the takeover in the top seat as president. people of our correspondents not in moscow senior members of the notorious computer hacker group cruise ties to the anonymous movement have been arrested and charged with cyber crimes by the f.b.i. and other groups famous for attacking the web sites of the cia fox news and credit card companies among others the leader of the movement was reportedly worked for the u.s. government following his arrest last year and is believed to have aided the arrest of his former colleagues let's talk about that now and we're joined live by political commentator samuel london for a good evening paper with this latest report suggests the retaliation over the arrest has already started with an online attack on a security firm carried out by a spinoff of the notorious ip group anonymous do you think we'll see more like this . well unquestionably i mean anonymous is a group that genuinely sees itself involved in a kind of cyber war where they play the part of the self-appointed protectors of internet liberty of course it's worth bearing in mind that the most this group of

actually managed to achieve a shutting down master card for a couple of hours so this kind of jittery response on behalf of western governments is really an embarrassment it really does show that this is a set of governments that completely run out of ideas and the only real response they can come up with is using the law in this kind of all forward tarion way which in the end of the day is completely pointless it's not going to prevent these ideas from spreading around and at the end of the day they call it cyber war it's more like a sort of cyber scrap with these jittery western governments on the one hand and this gang of nerdy individuals on the other talking of a scrap i guess there's one going to the law itself as i mentioned it's now known the leader of it collaborated with the f.b.i. to help them get their arrests are you surprised at all of that i guess it shows a split within the movement following the on the thoughts are going to mean for anonymous now. well i mean i wouldn't call it a split i mean to call it split suggests that there was some ideological project to be loyal to in the first place which i would deny take their position on freedom

itself i mean they say that they are the protectors of internet freedom but they came to prominence arguing for censorship of the internet when it came to the church of scientology in the u.k. you know they use their techniques to shut down the church of scientology's websites they run protests outside the church of scientology centers in order to prevent the american public from gaining access to the materials so they clearly don't actually trust people with freedom and when you have no coherent political position on an issue it's hardly surprising that a guy who's facing a one hundred twenty four years in prison whatever ludicrous amount of years it is turns a snitch to the f.b.i. it's not surprising at all you know i guess you could i mean you so-called had his group sort of these attacks on the f.b.i. the cia public backing do they have. none whatsoever look they see themselves as the ideological leaders of the internet freedom movement nothing could be further from the truth what we actually need is

a proper debate amongst ourselves as users of the internet and of the users of the entertainment industries as to how the two can co-exist and actually what the anonymous movement does is assume that it speaks for the rest of us soon is that we all agree with them in fact there's absolutely no public backing whatsoever and i think that that debate is actually stifled by the anonymous movement assuming that position now i'm not i'm all up for you know having a serious rigorous debate about the ideas that go behind what they're arguing you know discussing what the status of intellectual property should be discussing how that should interact with the freedom that it's necessarily for along with the world wide web but what anonymous are arguing for is just a completely our new wants position which has absolutely no reflection in the public whatsoever ok let's let's let's broaden it out a bit then i mean as you've been mentioning there the us on the forefront of conducting a serious offensive against online piracy with various kind of cuts is it in the

news lately we've been reporting about it these deals spark huge protests in several countries how do you police something like the web without infringing liberties or is it just too late now to stop it briefly for care. it's a very very difficult question i think there's a legitimate question to be asked about how the law needs to get involved if at all in these situations but the point is that the moment anonymous and you know the arrest taking place just represent a kind of hysterical response there's no sort of there's no broader project at home what we western governments are doing in this situation it's kind of a knee jerk reaction with absolutely no content whatsoever and as long as those kind of reactions continue i mean i guess we should be worried when states react you know in this of authoritarian rushing out kind of manage to a bunch of individuals who at the end of the day i just you know as i said really nothing better to do than spend their time hacking into a website so you certainly will go there christmas card list loops around your from london for example so much political commentator as you are appreciating. and

giving peace a chance of tackling syria and iran may be on president of barbers mind but that's not the case for some of you so you can patrick's in congress john mccain's call for air strikes against assad isn't the first time the veteran senator has chosen troops over talks and as artie's christine freezer reports next he's not alone either. they stick together through thick and thin from the queensland to the holy land from the ball field on the battlefield they are senators joseph lieberman lindsey graham and john mccain seem 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 by 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 i the website downsize d.c. dot org these tend to work together as a bloc they're kind of an axis of all the foreign policy kind of working back so that all axis of evil we heard about that foreign policy is not just limited to bush's of yours but here they are meeting with libyan president nor marga darkie 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 i wanted him gone but 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 put up the slaughter is on people and i'm going 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 they can fly and no ships 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 immediate 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 so our military intervention. is now the necessary factor to reinforce this option. needs to know that he will not when you know we find ourselves in virtually the same identical would be your waiter syria what's going on in syria what's happening and how should we respond to it and once again i mean almost 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 perpetual ninety four 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. r.t. . because next is going to cross the business to me she's very big. holes revealing its new i pad maybe call it the i pad three you mentioned earlier on it's an i pad for penny pinchers i was the market taken it well and there's been a different reaction actually that ever since they found out it wasn't possibly a new version of the i pad on it so to be called the i pad because doesn't have a name apparently the conference is still going on right now there was a drop actually in the price of apple shares but now they're back up to

a point six percent in the in the black apple has said to basically it's an h.d. definition. tablet now it can film two thousand and eighty p. quality video it can operate in four g. l.t.e. networks and basically has a longer battery. life though doesn't seem like it's a full fledged new thing but it will be on sale on march sixteenth already in stores and they're saying that preorders may come in already although they haven't given the new tablet a new name now let's say hello how the markets and indeed of very right now in the u.s. the dow jones is up point six percent nasdaq is up bird driven by tech story tech stocks notably apple four point nine percent although apple is weaker than the market at the moment point six percent there has been the best performing stock since the beginning of the year of more than thirty two percent given the. move

over to europe where the markets are close the footsie on their backs and a half percent recovering from yesterday's sharp losses with the banks and mining stocks recovering the fastest. and in russia also positive session of the r.t.s. barely managed to stay involved a fair share of the end of the session and myself point seven percent ahead of a long weekend first day friday and saturday will be days off in russia sunday is a working day yes it's we have. on the my six the main the movers and snapped up one percent on high oil prices burbank the wheat weaker than the markets point three percent of the falling five percent a previous session and after as is the best performing stock up six percent after its partner an investor rhino said it would do a potentially use after vast reserves ceased to produce its a rhino kangaroo. and in the currency market the euro is recovering

versus the dollar whereas the ruble continued its decline in wednesday's session around one quarter of a percent versus the euro and people. all right that's all for now or you can join the business team actually on sunday we will be telling you how the russian markets will be fairing on this weird working day in russia.