the biggest stars of the week here not see as much he repeats in games every sounding victory in last sunday's presidential election process the movement loses momentum because of internal structures and a lack of clear goals. i believe our approach for this syrian crisis of the brush on the arab league come to an agreement over how to stop violence in the country and there is still those trying to approach states through the spokes of the. three days under fire continues to launch trans trysts and guns that came in a dozen of the western islands the region has seen any.

you're watching all she's a weekly thanks for being with us as prime minister vladimir putin is resigned to the presidency is confirmed after an overwhelming election victory that is a long and hard fought race for the crown it is over other challenges still lie ahead for the new leader she's a victim here stress can point. it was one emotional night four legged approach and yes i did i promised you we would win. but we have won. the prime minister may have justified his team is going to strong win 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 even still result of almost sixty four percent even though at the helm who would never think of such

a high result so it's going to. work predicted for ourselves and it shows once again actually proves that organizers illegal thing are number one in business conference and there is potential. is yet to be oh i'm told they're there but it's no time to party now many experts believe conscience real challenge in fact starts now. this will get sort of a battle between the two i'll tear of course it's all the state irrelevant we're hearing their arguments credit for myself identify the forest concept as. they want russian political system to be transparent whereas russia's economy where they will get more nepotism and corruption but on the other hand this other group of process elite as well as the russian public whom i associate with a. they just need status quo they need just some candles from the state they don't want any change which is that all can know where to change manifested itself

in the sudden rise of. 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 school ticks has serious potential and people 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 at least some dishes. all the other candidates. from the old stylish. solid elite. they're not you know any more leaders of the younger generation and figures speak for themselves second place communist leaders are going to gauge seventeen percent in his fifth complain for presidency less that he supported had earned the parliamentary vote and experts say even this came mostly as protest vote 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 a lot of those folks are still seen as being somewhat out of touch the view of the russian street is in our work these guys had their chance in the one nine hundred ninety s. they screwed things up you know we still need stronger leadership and they're able to offer we need a more concrete programs and they have been will continue his work as prime minister for two more months the period which could become crucial and decisive for the country's long term future blood even a portion will officially return to the kremlin on may the seventh that is when his inauguration takes place by till 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 a look see russia r.t. reporting from moscow. want to share this presidential campaign all they remembered

for ways the massive rallies that heralded a political awakening for russia's public and why. they worked with transparency becoming a top government priority today however the protest movement seems to be phasing out and support quickly phasing out is really having a shout out. 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 myself decided to i'll stay they wanted two hours yet if you were there it was a good yoritomo i'm not going to leave the square i'm staying here until putin leaves where the tents go and there were no tents but there was a fountain which all died some chose as a makeshift stage to make his statements from and from which police removed him and several dozens of his supporters. the situation repeated itself on saturday when

police pulled 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 for years about what of the old it was up there with the spirit if that 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 studio hotly contested by many brought tens of thousands out on the streets of moscow but the day after presidential elections there only half of that number showed up to push the square square and even fewer still to the demonstration on saturday did not believe a serious debate and all i see every single protest action was took place over the last that i'd rather see it more as a day going to that really going to that it's own level code level you know your

guidance you know here is already here some blame the lack of a coherent idea and absence of unity among the opposition leaders for the waning support that i had i think these people all have a different agenda some don't even know why the here if i was gone i want to see different independent candidates if i could choose from but i don't think we can really reach any calls by protests. slightly. even some of the most vulnerable supporters of the movement for elections so yes solid foundations are necessary to carry on with a movement that is not some sort of regulation structure is needed some sort of goals an understanding of what happens next which could be easily understood by people who are also necessary. movement 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 that bringing people. to the streets. try to attract more attention

to their slogans but we are now witnessing that their slogans need to be changed. or. impractical the rallies seem to have only one slogan dealt with putin but what to do if he leaves no one seems to know in moscow in a girls' school our team. reaction the luxury of his return to the presidency has by no means been limited to russia's borders and coming up at about twenty minutes a stake for everyone not only for relentless typewriter gave spitters kansas it comes to an abrupt halt as russian voters and for observers a very different picture. here in the mood for more on the election or pictures from the rallies the four end of the poll you know with live or you're looking for in our web site waiting for you right now expert and on the surface you know what's ahead for russia because that the people want to take so much more at our table.

the better how to solve the syrian crisis has been tending towards diplomacy russia the arab league have come out with a joint plan rooting out foreign intervention and calling on both the government and opposition to lay down arms that as they do are envoy has been see were promoting an all inclusive dialogue but as are of course there are those still trying to hinder their efforts. 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're now seeing some consensus speaking after the meeting with his arab counterparts russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has said they hammered out a common plan that signs a clear message to all the sides been involved in this crisis the solution is no we've agreed a joint position of five main points first to stop violence wherever it comes from second to create an impartial and independent monitoring system for no external

interference for the unrestricted delivery of humanitarian aid to all syrians and finally the firm support of course mission to start a political story between the government and all opposition groups you've seen your visits. the joint u. and arab league envoy is currently on a peace mission here in damascus both their sources and within the country opposition welcomed the initiative but the efforts were dismissed even before kofi annan is a rival 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 these you are passionate 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 conflicts paving the way for an even bigger crisis as the syrian conflict stretches out in time it has also spread geographically i case of the uprising belt

far from the country's borders what's happening in syria is greater. than what you've seen is the international community mobilize against the assad regime strategic analyst dr salinas says one thing is clear that mobilization has many more than officially stated. during the operation in baba amr the syrian army are. arrested fighters from gulf countries and afghanistan iraq libya and some european states their work was coordinated by qatari 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 dr salim says some countries are using those groups to further their own interests. to get local

players involved in order to hide there and this is why we hear mostly arabs like saudi arabia and qatar or iraq and big countries don't have democracy at home of course they cannot ask for a status in it in syria they have another agenda. there are books and written sources where this plan is described in detail dating and how to coach blogger and freelance journalist has been investigated for an important 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 in syria i believe this is comparable to what happened in the civil war. there were plenty of money then you would find not the governor got. something nobody would kill him. now when you would see now this is. here

with more and more reports on international involvement emerging and calls to arm the opposition gets louder even for those at the grassroots for the uprising the initial euphoria is turning the tide. they can say we regret what we did but we don't want things to go back. to earn so much militarized global oil and we never want. and don't want intervention no longer but fears are too as he says 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 about to enter its something dear 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 lot it's turning into a fight almost as important as the one claiming blood on the streets. here if not

shot see damascus syria. government forces have stormed rebel strongholds in the north of syria without a trace claiming dozens of people have been killed in clashes over the weekend while it's in the country's about and second year and a spanish professor abraham aloof says only diplomacy can stop the bloodshed. to do polls bush. and change the regime in syria. more nato friendly regime are still in place what we have seen so far is grossly clear on opening and the servant civil war and the gates of hell being cracked the little book open there's so much that is at stake here. sealing. we are talking about the possibility of a very a very bloody long civil war that will definitely extend. since

it will be around. mainly israel has carried out several ass trikes 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 an informal truce between the sides it targeted high ranking palestinian resistance leader as part of fears of change are . developing. 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 overnight a twelve year old palestinian boy was killed in the jabalya refugee camp by an israeli air strike is reportedly mediating or at least trying to mediate there is a must indication in egypt and the gyptian ambassador to the palestinian authority has put the blame firmly 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. the mid east quartet is meeting to look at these stalled negotiations between israelis and palestinians that meeting comes ahead of a special session of the united nations security council will be addressing the arab spring uprisings. coming out the massacre of civilians raises some sympathy for a mother. shooting rampage in afghanistan comes just a month after copies of the koran were burned i think in more fuel to the point to of tense relations. consolation to some plots to others greece thomas of the biggest debt reduction deal in history but while it's praise to be held by brussels and ratings agencies slam it as the failed another.

sixteen afghan civilians including three women and nine children have been shot dead in their homes by a u.s. soldier in overnight gun rampage major is investigating the incident which comes after march protests last month over the burning of copies of the koran at a u.s. military base president hamid karzai has condemned the slaughter as unforgivable and furiously demanded and its explanation from washington the move prompted an immediate reaction from the your eyes as president barack obama expressed his condolences while the nato secretary general promised to restore the undermined faith of the i'll get people things the german from the story will coalition believes these isolated incidents represents the talk takes of american military in the region. the americans will try to say this is just an isolated incident but we have to remember there are a hundred thousand occupying troops there are many many demonstrations over the

koran that isn't just about the offense to islam it's also about the occupation itself the air strikes and particularly in this case we know every law international stand up to forty cents a raid to looking for alleged terrorists in the country now if this soldier is one of the many who have been 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. on sunday japan marks the first anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami devastated the country leaving more than twenty thousand dead or missing people trying to gather that exact moment the quake struck last grievance. nine point zero magnitude quake left the. place in hundreds of thousands of people

the tsunami triggered also to have big cooling systems of the plant starting the worst nuclear crisis in decades dr robert drake of the professor of nuclear history and culture of the hero. betrayed by the government. psychological burden on the people is brutal and on the people who remain in the contaminated areas and the people who've been evacuated will likely never return to their homes their psychological burdens are intensely brutal these people have been betrayed in repeated ways they were betrayed by being lied to that nuclear power could never have a problem that these kind of accidents don't happen and when the accident did happen it was hidden from them for three months that they were meltdowns they were lies for three months that there were meltdowns they were not told where the contamination and teams from the explosions were going so these people have been lied to repeatedly now they've had their lives pulled apart and they are full of

worry and anxiety over the health and welfare of themselves and their children and their families and while the whole world trying to find a green valley states are caused by. profiting france to render the victims in germany and. running in front of. them rotting. on a kind of ground from all sorts. of race series starts with a big government already us citizens. the euro zone's 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 had been agreed enough so between nine eleven and athens only 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 into accepting a crucial bond swap deal to reduce its debt burden by more than one hundred billion

you raised he loses the deal to this crisis claiming a solution to the crisis at last been found just hours later their optimism was shot of as to credit ratings agencies moody's and fitch declared greece to be different and william anderson associate professor from france but state university believes that the politicians are just burying their heads in the sand and willing to have thanks to this. this is a belief i'm going to whatever you settle with your creditor for less than what you or or have agreed to do it and you do it i don't care how systematic it is or how complicated these debt swaps are or we are dealing with a real live before everybody knows just because sir cosy claims that it isn't a default means absolutely nothing to politicians don't believe the european leaders are trying to put a political spin on this but what you have in the end is in for the taking of

assets that are worthless then you have a subtle by pretending that these search means so think that these assets really are valuable when in fact they're not and then they try to monetize the whole thing and then pretend it so they've solved the problem solved nothing they have actually made it worse because they won't admit what is going on. we were probably go over unemployment in spain it's so in terms that it's even cause the official commemoration of the two thousand and three hundred train bombings to be postponed by a day all because of a nationwide rally it's called by the countries to biggest trade unions which has drawn thousands on to the streets and they are outraged over reforms that make it easier and cheaper for companies to fire work it's the country's unemployment rate is currently sorie with more than one in five prime years out of work. speaking at an election rally on sunday nicolas sarkozy has warned that france would pull out of ease opening a goodish and get agreement unless the union toughens up its immigration policy the

french president pledged to halt the number of illegal immigrants if italy like to control has been a key issue as the country heads toward the first round of the coming presidential pool. a suicide car bomber has a typeset catholic church in the city of johnston nigeria killing at least ten people the bomb went off as a worship president of the last months of the day and they help in which it claims of responsibility for the city has previously been targeted by the radical islamist group boko thousands have died in the last decade of religious and ethnic violence in the region. and another world news a suicide bomber in northwest pakistan has attacked a funeral being attended by an anti taliban politician at least the thirteen mourners have been killed and thirty others wounded the politician escaped unhurt and is secular leading a national party holds power in the region and several of its leaders have been

targeted in the past or the. president has defied threats coming from israel and the you are saying that you should show respect to his country instead of bombs and missiles neither washington nor tel aviv have ruled out an attack on tehran despite a shadow restart of international talks on its nuclear. program during a meeting with the israeli pm call for any possible time to be held back to give diplomacy more time thirty minutes in europe is responsible it's just a draft is countries patient with tehran was running out reports later emerged that israel has asked washington for high tech weapons that could be used in a strike while the us to first in turn said an american that's not going to run would be far more effective reza rushing from the national radio american council says it's crucial for regional stability that israel's war cries are not filed after three decades of little or no communication between iran and the united

states there's no question that it's going to be a very challenging task that both sides are facing and you know i think being on the precipice of war has really focused the attention of the various decision makers in various capitals and focus them specifically on the new for all parties to compromise and there's a difference between what the united states and the international community are asking for but do you really would prefer they've done a very good job of trying to take actions that would lessen the possibility of diplomacy being successful if you're bombing administration understands better than anyone right now what's at stake you've taken multiple steps publicly and privately to push back and i'm hoping that we're going to see more of that continue because if it doesn't they're going to continue to try to bully. the international media secret a way. i do not like when it comes to brush elections weeks before u.s. networks were spinning fonts and the rigging as it did that skipping over opinion surveys that painted a very different picture but is actually is going to take our reporters their own

perceptions. even before the election the american audience were primed to believe that the presidential vote in russia had to be a fraud is this one going to be worth it when the west would call a free and fair election. it seems highly unlikely there will be a free and fair election in our sense of the term and there is russians made their choice we knew the results of russia's presidential election therefore a single vote was cast. let me put make sure he was confirmed not just by the vote results but even before that i need your opinion polls as well the focus of some media on rampant fraud or stolen elections seems to leak out of the equation the vast majority of russian voters would be choose their next president if you look at how it was ralitsa look at russian opinion there's a tendency to ignore i don't know inconvenient opinion so support for putin is ignored which is genuine i don't know if it's quite as overwhelming as the election

results might make but it's is large and sincere i think it's easy for westerners to ignore like that because they don't really fit in the narrative very easily and the question some ask is why would you think trying to rig the vote when opinion polls before the elections clearly indicated that he had sixty plus percent support it's very possible that prince sultan order any of this stuff but there are supporters or people is a long tradition in russian. culture and history of people underlings trying to please people further up the chain of command unlike the media the reaction of the white house to the russian elections was more reserved they congratulated the russian people with their elections and said washington looks forward to working with the president elect and urged the russian government to look into the reports of violations when it comes to the media coverage here it's not just the reporting on certain irregularities which absolutely should be covered but it's one perception is being created a whole vote was a fraud no matter what the majority of russians say and it casts

a shadow not just on the future president but also on those who voted for him i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.p. . but i guess rhonda rushes forgot premier league was marked by a streak of jewels for teams at the top of the table just under twenty minutes time when i'll see her mom will tell us more in the sports update but before that a weekly headlines and also especially into some guy.

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