the biggest stars of the week helen l.t. as my dear peter gains a result in the tree in last sunday's presidential election a precious movement loses in a minute and because of the internal functions and the lack of play a goal. has been really hard for the syrian crisis as russia and the arab league come to an agreement over how to stop the violence in the country but there are still those trying to poke sticks and serve as parts of diplomacy. three days under five days are all continues to interest try to gaza killing more than a dozen in the past parlance of the region seeing anything.

this is all she's weekly review hello and welcome to the program prime minister blessing that three of his return to the presidencies confirms often overwhelming and actually trying as they long it's hard for frazer the kremlin is over all the challenges to lie ahead for the new leader as he's an exterior shots to report. it was one emotional night for. i did i promised you we would win. i mean. we have. the prime minister may have justified his tears by the strong wind but no one would be surprised if it was caused by the joy of victory. it was hardly a shock as putin had been the elections clear front runner but eventually result of almost sixty four percent stand even those at the helm were never think about such

a higher so it's of and. were predicted for ourselves and it shows once again actually proves that we're going to go see her number one and be scum for ten days potential. is yet to be oh i'm closer but it's no time to party now many experts believe putin's real challenge in fact starts now and. this will be sort of a battle between the two of parity of course it's all of that state are relevant here and developments credit for myself identify the first concept as putting land they want russian political system to be transparent whereas russia's economy where they will get no nepotism and no corruption but on the other hand this other alternative group of process elite as well as russia and probably whom i associated with a deal they just need status quo they need just some candles from the state they

don't want any change which is their own nowhere to change manifested itself in the sudden rise of newquay you broke it off in under four months the russian billionaire managed to persuade more than five million people to vote for him many say this new face in the country smaller ticks has serious potential and brought have already declared an intention to form an opposition party with putin promising he would cooperate with it to symbolize the new the new russia is some be sure all the other candidates. from the old stylish soviet. then all you know anymore. leaders of the younger generation and figures speak for themselves second place communist leaders you gun of gained seventy percent in his presidency less than he already had earned at a parliamentary vote and experts say even this came mostly as protest vote seen in the eyes of many this is

a clear signal it's time for french politicians to make way into western countries if a party loses the election its leader is no friend changed if it happens again then he's definitely changed these guys had lost three times prior to this vote a lot of those folks are still seen as being somewhat out of touch you in the russian street is it all work these guys had their chance in the one nine hundred ninety s. to screw things up you know we still need stronger leadership and they're able to offer we need a more concrete program don't they have putin will continue his work as prime minister for two more months period which could become crucial and decisive for the country's long term future what do you put in will officially return to the kremlin on may the seventh that is when his inauguration takes place i tell then the president elect will have to work out a strategy of holding a dialogue between those in power and those in the streets and given that some are still calling for him to step down even after such a convincing victory this may prove to be quite a task alyse russia ski r.t.

reporting from moscow want to share this presidential campaign all they remembered for ways big massive rallies that heralded a political awakening for russia's public and by all appearances they worked with trans paris their becoming a pro-government priority today however they precious movement seems to be playing out and support quickly phrasing what he's really going to say that. when the protestors unhappy with the results of the presidential elections took to the streets the day after the votes took place some kept the police busy. to give thanks and decided to hold steve you want it to ours yes sure. well look i'm not going to leave the square i'm staying here until putin leaves where the tents and there were no tents but there was a fountain which all died so choses a makeshift stage to make you statements from and from which police removed him and several dozens of his supporters. a situation repeated itself on saturday when

police pulled all the stuff from an electricity transformer again after the opposition rally was officially over but the antics of the opposition leaders seem to do little to keep people coming to protest rallies because they were both it was the. effect hysteria that irritation and aggression had continues it would have alienated the public no one here wants a revolution no one wants to fight with police the people who come to these protests only want change they don't want bloodshed or violence which is what could scare them away the results of the elections to the stadium or hotly contested by many brought tens of thousands out in the streets of moscow by the day after presidential elections there are only half of that number showed up to push square and even fewer still to the demonstration on saturday of building a very serious debate and all i see everything the protest action was that place of a lot of the mother see it more as

a vague idea that really going to start somo president or your guide you know harry potter is there some blame the lack of a coherent idea and absence of unity among the opposition leaders for the waning support. i think these people all have a different agenda some don't even know why the here if i would start i want to see different independent candidates that i could choose from but i don't think we can really reach any calls by protests like this even some of the most vocal supporters of the movement for fair elections so solid foundations are necessary to carry on with the movement because that's a look at some sort of regulation and structures need to. some sort of goals and understanding of what happens next which can be easily understood by also necessary . movements which began as a call for free and fair elections in russia following the vote for the state duma seems to have turned into haphazard series of gatherings they have achieved success in bringing people suited streets. try to attract more attention

to their slogans but we are now witnessing their slogans needs to be changed there's a need for gender impact the rallies seem to have only one slogan count with putin what to do if he leaves no one seems to know in law school in middle school r t. the russian government rattled by a public process that went a long way in making sure these elections were as transparent as possible but with transparency came unexpectedly. so from bad box it moonwalking to weddings and disclosing polling stations all part of the electorate of reality shows captured by two hundred thousand pounds more that in twenty minutes time here when a. debate on how to stop the syrian crisis has been turned think tools diplomacy

russia and the arab league have come up with a joint ruling out foreign intervention and calling on the government and the opposition to lay down arms that's as the you are of envoy has been in syria promoting an all inclusive dialogue. for national reports there are those still trying to hinder their. after several recent differences between western and arab views and those of russia and china on how the long running syrian conflict should be handled we are now seeing some consensus spoken after the meeting with his arab counterparts russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has said they haven't out a common plan it sounds a clear message to all the sides been involved in this crisis. we've agreed a joint position of five main points first to stop violence wherever it comes from seeking to create an impartial and independent monitoring system third external interference for the unrestricted delivery of humanitarian aid to the syrians and finally the firm support of kofi annan is mission to start

a political dialogue between the government and all opposition groups is it. the joint u. arab league envoy is currently on a peace mission here in damascus both the saudis and within the country opposition welcomed the initiative but the efforts were dismissed even before coffee allen's arrival to syria by another opposition group based outside the country the syrian national council recognized by many countries by e.u. as a legitimate representative of the syrian people second for democratic changes firmly rejected talks with the government and called on more military pressure on the regime will push it aside these calls were followed by suggestions by qatar to deploy foreign troops to syria but there is a fear here on the grounds of the growing international interference in the country's conflict paving the way for an even bigger crisis as the syrian conflict stretches down to time it has also spread geographically i case of the uprising belt part of the country's borders what's happening in syria is progress. and what

you've seen is the international community mobilize against the assad regime strategic analyst dr salinas says one thing is clear though that mobilization has many more than officially stated. during the operation in baba amr the syrian army . arrested fighters from gulf countries and afghanistan iraq libya and some european states their work was coordinated by kotori and saudi intelligence officers as well as cia and mossad it's also seized israeli weapons especially missiles and israeli drones while the us and many other countries have admitted al-qaeda linked extremists groups fighting alongside beyond opposition in syria. says some countries are using those groups to further their own interests. to get local players involved in order to hide their involvement this is why we hear mostly arabs like saudi arabia and qatar or iraq these countries don't have

democracy at home of course they cannot ask first ever seeing it in syria they have another agenda. there are books and written sources where this plan is described in detail decades ago and how to coach never blogger and freelance journalist has been investigated for a new and serious crisis since last year she says this is a story with three main chapters weapons smuggled across the border overseas contractors and foreign cash. when you see a lot of money here then you will i believe that this is comparable to what happened in the civil war in lebanon there were plenty of money then you will find not going to talk about hundreds of dollars or something nobody would kill him so. now what you will see now this is a bit. more here in syria with more and more reports on international involvement emerging and calls to arm the opposition get louder even for those at the

grassroots for the uprising the initial euphoria is turning the turn. i can see we regret what we did but we don't want things to do that for a while he turned so much militarized globalized and blow and we never wanted and don't want intervention now but fears are have to as he says because it could be too late to stop this all too far into claims of conflict while the conflict between president bashar assad and his opponents here in syria a call to enter its second year another conflict is also in full swing between those calling on dialogue and political settlement as the way out and those who insist on military solution and the latter is turning into a fight almost as important as the one claiming blood on the streets. here if not shot see damascus syria. meanwhile government forces have stormed rebel strongholds in the north of syria with access claiming dozens of people have been killed in

clashes over the weekend the country's about and second here and this political analyst professor aloose there's only diplomacy can stop the bloodshed. and change the regime and syria. more nato friendly regime. what we have seen so far is basically an opening act and the servant. civil war and the gates of hell being cracked a little bit open there's so much that there's that state there are so. ceiling. we are talking about the possibility of a very a very bloody and prolonged civil war that will definitely extend them through iraq and little man since it will be around the sunni shiite issue mainly. coming up

later this hour another country remains restless after the string of arab revolutions leave rulers are accused of production style type takes as they threaten eastern separatists with. the massacre of civilians it raises period from some of the sympathy from others like us soldiers shooting rampage in afghanistan comes just hours after copies of the koran were bad adding more fuel to the pile of terrorists relations. israel has carried out several airstrikes in gaza killing seventeen people in three days is the worst violence the region has seen in more than a year the first attack came despite informal truce between the sides it targeted a high ranking palestinian resistance leader as a fierce exchange of fire and she's saying is washington. but the situation here on the ground continues to escalate as israeli forces and palestinian militants continue exchanges of fire now the latest figures we have put the palestinian death toll at seventeen most of them are members of islamic jihad but overnight

a twelve year old palestinian boy was killed in the jabalya refugee camp by any israeli airstrike cairo is reportedly needed eighteen what he's trying to mediate there is a master legation in egypt and the gyptian ambassador to the palestinian authority has put the blame for me on the shoulders of the israelis saying that they are to blame for breaking this tacit ceasefire that has been in place between israel and gaza at the same time the arab league has been meeting in cairo and they've also called the israeli airstrikes and massacre the mid east quartet is meeting to look at these stores between israelis and palestinians that meeting comes a head of a special session of the united nations security council there will be addressing the arab spring uprisings sixteen afghan civilians including three women and nine children have been shot. by a u.s. soldier an overnight page nature is investigating the incident which comes after

mass protests last month over the burning of copies of the qur'an at a u.s. military base president hamid karzai was going to damage the slaughter forgivable and furiously demanded an explanation from washington the move prompted an immediate reaction from the uighurs us president barack obama expressed his condolences while the nato secretary general promised to restore the undermined faith of the ag and people things of german from the start the war coalition believes this is massively damaging for america's entire campaign in the country. the americans will try to say this is just an isolated incident but we have to remember but there are a hundred thousand troops there are many many demonstrations over the koran that is a. just about the offense too it's also about the occupation itself the air strikes and particularly in this case we know that every law international on the stand up

to forty miles is a raided looking for alleged terrorists in the country now. of the many being involved in these raids and it does raise many many questions as to exactly how the americans are treating the occupied population the afghan people. and sons ages plant marks the last one of us are of a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the country leaving more than twenty thousand dead or missing people joined together at the exact when the quake struck last march to grieve in silence. nine point zero magnitude quake love the north east of the country in ruins displacing hundreds of thousands of people these tsunami triggered also to really exist to resolve the issue of power plant starting in the worst nuclear crisis in decades and granderson elegy advisor advisor with his associates believes many

details about the meltdown have been kept under wraps with contamination and still spreading well beyond the local area. i think the government has been slow to disclose facts ever since the accident occurred there's clearly the cleanup is going to cost around a half a trillion dollars u.s. and that's not just for the site but for the prefecture of fukushima as well but the contamination goes well beyond the appreciate your pick it up in tokyo and that's sort of tricky kilometers away the entire north of the country as a public health hazard here because everyone is exposed to radioactive cesium radioactive strides and other isotopes. meanwhile the whole world jointer upon increase that special is that states across the globe that there's of the japanese community gathered in france to remember the victims in germany and the u.k.

thousands of people have been rioting in front of nuclear power plants finding that hunting is a positive tonic energy belgium also saw a similar march as about a disaster in japan and raise serious doubts within the government over the use of such for senate since. a eurozone finance ministers are meeting later today in brussels to give their final approval to the release of international funds for greece the second one hundred thirty billion easy i.m.f. loan have been agreed in excess of twenty eleven athens only clears the final hurdle on its way to clinching the much needed bailout cash at the end of last week greece managed to talk private creditors it's accepting a crucial balance will do as will reduce of dead bird by over one hundred billion. if you leaders praised the deal to this kind pleading a solution to the crisis had at last been found but just hours later their optimism was shattered as to credit ratings agencies ladies and face the cloud greece to be

the default william anderson sexy professor from prospect state university believes that politicians are just burying their heads in the sand and unwilling to admit the obvious. this is a before i'm going to whatever you settle with your creditor for less than what you . have agreed to do and you do it i don't care how systematic it is or how complicated these debts were or we are dealing with a real live before everybody knows that just because serco z. claims that it isn't a do fault means absolutely nothing he's a politician i don't believe the european leaders are trying to put a political spin on this but what you have been the end is in fact the taking of assets that are worthless then you have a social by attending these assets mean something that these assets really are valuable when in fact they're not and then they try to monetize the whole thing and

then pretend as though they've solved the problem solved nothing they've actually made it worse because they won't admit what is going on or. meanwhile public anger over employment in spain is so intense that is even called the push for common racial the twenty two thousand and four hundred train bombings to be postponed by a day all because of nationwide rallies called by the country's two biggest trade unions would have killed thousands on to the streets out there outraged over reforms that make it easier and cheaper for opening the taser companies to hire workers so the country's unemployment rate is currently starring with more than one in five time is out of work. because our sarkozy has warned that france would pull out all the e.u.'s also bullish on the get agreements unless the union tightens up its immigration policy speaking at an election rally on sunday the french president pledged to how to halt the illegal immigrants in his reelection bid and border control has been

a key issue as the country heads towards the first round of the coming presidential call in april. as a sidebar bill that has a target catholic church in the city of charleston nigeria killing at least ten people they went of there as a wash president at the last mass of the day and there have been no meter of claims of responsibility but the city has previously been targeted by the radical islamist group but program thousands have died in the last decade in religious and ethnic violence in the region. another world news a suicide bomber in northwest pakistan has attacked a funeral being extended by an anti taliban politician at least thirteen mourners have been killed and thirty others wounded it wanted to show a skater and hurt his secular leaning national party falls power in the region and several of its leaders have been targeted in the past month. to leave it out is introverted is are struggling to keep the country together our second group

of tribal and militia leaders declared a partial autonomy for all the oil rich region and these they had of the national transitional council was quick to blame. rather than so because after rushing for the break up the stuff abdullah julio also sat the country's integrity would be defended by any means including force if needed and added so pan african news wire up day on me is a week said the current leadership is simply unable to realize or would have the other various factions it. doesn't look like they're going to be able to form any type of viable provisional government inside of libya. elections scheduled to take place a little on this year but when we have this type of regionalism that's going inside the country it's going to be ver difficult for them to do so these various rebel bands are that are warm in the country they are still now been brought under the control are beginning to see in tripoli they've attempted to disarm the militia

groups this is now been successful of course we have the whole problem of the militias that are raiding are around and of course the other militias that are operating in tripoli and of course in the south in the south worse than the other groups are there turn to be more allied with the former regime of moammar gadhafi so it really doesn't look like they're going to be able to form a government of national unity and this of course will only benefit the western powers because libya has the largest known all reserves only after the current minute. free and frag the government's motive leading up to the presidential election in russia and officials certainly is had little experience and delivering hundreds of thousands of webcams about what the world to see but as r.t. is traveling not safe much transparency also count with that those are pretty. allegations of widespread voter fraud in last december's parliamentary elections

set off a wave of mess of protests against mr putin sensitive to the incited opposition he ordered installation of web cameras and all of russia's polling stations it has been a very ambitious and costly project for the russian government not everybody was convinced by the use of the web cameras to ensure transparency the cameras however did prove to be quite handy in some provinces such as date is done when one station the results are not cancelled after cameras showed while ations of election procedures. the web cameras reproduced a fascinating slice of russian provincial life which went viral and got hundreds of clicks on social networking sites such as. some even joke that mr putin gave us the best reality show. cameras captured various activities from cultural dancing in chechnya.

to russian women add straining and lots of dancing. one of video that was a hit with over three hundred thousand hits on you tube this man and bring in michael jackson's moonwalk back to life like cars do years ballot. we caught up with him and give he expected his video to be this popular song and i would say we did it for fun not prepare him actually i was surprised that we were the only ones who voted this way i thought there should have been more people like us there were a lot of opportunities to create whatever you want i hope next time people will vote more creatively with the election over in the world and the country awaits the swearing in the president elect mr bloody. as for the rest of us there's no doubt

we'll never forget the glimpses the people gave us all their lives from all across the country and those who thought that their moment on camera wasn't being watched but really we were looking. to ban it they would see moscow. that's how the news live this hour from moscow carry out our special report america's military bases around the world before that are back with a headline.