the biggest stories of the week here on out c ass ledger appears in gangs arizona shooting victory last sunday's presidential election big protest movement loser financing because of internal chairs and the lack of clerical. cleaver of the sea when crisis as branch and the arab league turn agreement over how to stop violence in the country but there are still those trying to stake hopes of diplomacy. three days on the five israel continues to launch as trite sort of gaza killing more than a dozen in the west bank on the beach at sea in until. this

is all she's a weekly hello welcome to the program prime minister let your impatience return to the presidency after an overwhelming election victory but as the long and hard fought race the kremlin is so the other trying to still lie ahead for the new party is an exercise killer. it was not an emotional minefield were given to. john i promised you we would win. i mean. we have won. but the prime minister may have justified his cheers might a strong wind but no one would be surprised if it was caused by the joy of victory i it was hardly a shock that student had been the elections clear front runner but eventually result of almost sixty four percent stunned even those at the helm will never think

about such a high result so it's even harder than we predicted for ourselves and it shows once again actually proves that there is a colleague or figure number one of being scum for. his potential is yes trouble is yet to be all i'm told are the brits no. time to party now many experts believe it is real challenge in fact starts now. this will get sort of a battle between the two alternative course of all of the state are relevant here and there are many predators for myself i identify the first concept as putting the land they want russian political system to be transparent whereas as russia's economy where they will get more nepotism and corruption but on the other hand this other alternative group are for us as elite as well as russian probably. associated with a. they just need status quo or they need just some handouts from the state they don't want any change which is the road to nowhere to change manifested itself in

the sudden rise of me how you cross 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 a country school takes his serious potential and could have already declared an intention to form an opposition party with putin promising he would cooperate with it to symbolize. the new russia and some be sure all the other candidates. from the old stylish. solid. they're not you know any more leaders of the younger generation and figures speak for themselves second place community leaders to gun of gates seventeen percent in his fifth complained for presidency less than he supported had earned a parliamentary vote and experts say even this came mostly astro test voting 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 pam he's definitely changed these guys had lost three times prior to the smoke a lot of those folks are still seen as being somewhat out of touch you in the russian street is you know. these guys had their chance in the ninety nine years to screw things up you know we still need stronger leadership and they're able to offer we need a more concrete programmed and they push and will continue his work as prime minister for two more months a period which could become crucial and decisive for the country's long term future . will officially return to the kremlin on may the seventh that is when his inauguration takes place at all 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. the r.t.

reporting from moscow one issue this presidential campaign all they remembered for is the massive rallies that heralded a political awakening for russia's alberich and by all appearances they worked with transparency becoming a top government priority today however the protest movement seems to be fizzling out and support quickly fading parties rina going to take so 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 them something decided to hold steve you wanted two hours yes or no yet it was ignored 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 i so 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 up issuing over the antics of the opposition leaders seem to do little to keep people coming to protest rallies years ago but also. 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 can scare them away the results of the elections to the studio hotly contested by many brought tens of thousands out in the streets of moscow but the day after presidential elections there are only half of that number showed up to pushkin square square and even fewer still to the demonstration on saturday they are not golden age here is that they don't always hear everything or protest out so it's that place over the lot that i'd rather see what i was having a very bad really close not so no way ok first lady was your guy that you know here

is was there some brain 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 hair if i was star i want to see different independent candidates if i could choose from but i don't think we can really reach any goals by protests like. even some of the most vocal supporters of the movement for parallel actions so solid foundations are necessary to carry on with the movement because that's in the book from sort of regulation and structure is needed some sort of goals an understanding of what happens next which could be easily understood by people who are also necessary. the protest 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 all seated streets. trikes the way tracks more attention

to their slogans but we are now witnessing that their slogans need to be changed there is a need for a new age gender in fact the rallies seem to have only one small. if you leave no one seems to know in law school in middle school our team. reaction to return to the presidency has by no means been limited to russia's borders coming up in about ten minutes. to his relentless tirade against prisoners in a city comes to an art rock hall of russian voters that pressure observers paint about. if you're in the mood for more only last pictures from bradley's before and after the poll with all rates by looking for on our web site so waiting for you right now apps that are less have been here a little to head for russia and the calls that the people want to take

a much more difficult. debate on how to stop this syrian crisis has been tending towards diplomacy on the arab league have come out with a trial while ruling out foreign intervention and calling on the government and the opposition to lay down arms that's as they you are a beleaguered war has been in syria promoting an all inclusive dialogue but has also used more of a notion or a pause 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 speaking after the meeting with his arab counterparts russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has said they have an out a common plan that sends 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 second to create an impartial and independent monitoring system third no external

interference fourth and unrestricted delivery of humanitarian aid to all syrians and finally the firm support of kofi annan is mission to start political dialogue between the government and all opposition groups as it's. the joint u. arab league envoy is currently on a peace mission here in damascus both their sources and within the country opposition while can be initiative but the efforts were dismissed even before coffee and a rival to syria fight and now the opposition group based outside the country the syrian national council recognized by many countries by e.u. as the legitimate representative of the syrian people thinking for democratic changes firmly rejected talks with the government and called on more military pressure on the regime of bashar al assad 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 is paving the way for an even bigger crisis as the syrian conflict stretches out in time it has also spread geographically by close of the

uprising belt far from the country's borders but what's happening in syria is heartbreaking. and what you've seen is the international community mobilize against the assad regime strategic analyst says one thing is clear though that mobilization has many more forms than officially stated. that during the operation in baba amr the syrian army. and fighters from gulf countries and afghanistan iraq libya and some european states their work was coordinated by could tori and saudi intelligence officers as well as cia and mossad it's also seized israeli weapons especially in take a commit an israeli drones while the u.s. and many other countries have admitted a kind of link to extremists groups fighting alongside the armed 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 their involvement this is

why we hear mostly arabs like saudi arabia and qatar or iraq and these countries don't have democracy at home of course they cannot ask first they're pushing it in syria they have another agenda. there are books and written sources where this plan is described in detail decades ago and her coach never blogger and freelance journalist has been investigated for an important and serious crisis since last year she says this is a story we three main chapters weapons smuggled across the border over says contractors and foreign cash. when you see a lot of money in syria then you really believe that this is comparable to what happened in the civil war in lebanon there were plenty of money then you'll find that they're going to talk about hundreds of dollars or something nobody would kill him so. now you will see now this is have been here in syria

with more and more reports on international involvement emerging and calls to arm the opposition getting louder even for those at the grassroots for the uprising the initial euphoria is turning bitter. i can say we regret what we did but we don't want things to go down. to much militarized globalized and boil and we never want to and don't want intervention. but fears are. that it could be too late to stop this all that orange flames of conflict while the conflict between president bashar assad and his opponents here in syria about to enter its second year another conflict is also in full swing between those calling on political settlement as the way out and those who insist on military solution and the let's say it's turning into a fight almost as important as the one claiming blood on the streets. here if not

shot see damascus syria. you know our government who says have stored rebel strongholds in the north of syria but out of this clearing dozens of people have been killed in clashes over the weekend violence so the country is about to enter its second year and as political analyst professor abraham says only diplomacy can stop the blood. pose bashar al assad and change the regime in syria to replace it with a more neutral friendly regime are still in place what we have seen so far is basically an opening act civil war and the gates of hell being cracked a little bit open there's so much that there's at stake here there are certain. hatreds ceiling. we are talking about the possibility of a very a very bloody and prolonged civil war that will definitely extend into iraq and

lebanon since it will be around the sunni shiite issue mainly. coming up soon the massacre of civilians raises hearing from some and sympathy from others and the soldiers shooting rampage in afghanistan can't just a month after copies of the koran and i think you'll have a fire of tax breaks. all based on the sound cloud start as greece comes out the biggest debt reduction if you like a street that while it's braced to have. to help by brussels the rating agencies slowness as they're called by. israel has carried out several ass trikes in gaza killing seventeen people and three times is the worst violence the region has seen in more than a year the first. formal truce between the sides targeted are high ranking college student resistance loser sparks fears of change. his policy.

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 is reportedly mediating what he's trying to mediate here is a hamas indication in egypt and the gyptian ambassador to the palestinian authority has put the blame certainly on the shoulders of the israelis saying that they are to blame for breaking this tested cease fire 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 israeli airstrikes a message the mid east quartet is meeting to look at these stalled negotiations between israelis and palestinians and that meeting comes as a head of a special session of the united nations security council will be addressing the

arab spring uprisings sixteen afghan civilians including three women and children have been shot. by u.s. soldier in overnight. is investigating the incident which comes after a mass. over the burning of copies of the koran that a u.s. . president hamid karzai has damaged the slaughter forgivable seriously and demanded an explanation from washington prompted an immediate reaction from the us president barack obama expressed his condolences while the nato secretary general promised to restore the mind phrase of the. coalition believes that once again raises questions about u.s. military tactics in uk. 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 pearly of 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 that every now and to an afghanistan up to forty thousand is a raided looking for alleged terrorist in the country now. of the many who've been involved in these raids and it goes raise many many questions as to exactly how the americans are treating the occupied population the afghan people on sunday japan marked the fast and last year of the massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country leaving more than twenty thousand. people trying to get that exact moment the great strike last march to grieve in silence. nine point zero magnitude quake northeast of the country. hundreds of thousands of

people the tsunami triggered also to acknowledge the cooling systems of the power plant starting the worst nuclear crisis in decades. anderson and literally fires that awareness associates believes many details about the meltdown have been kept under wraps with contamination. i think the government has been slow to disclose facts ever since the accident occurred there is clearly the cleanup is going to cost around a half a trillion dollars u.s. that's not just for the site but for the prefecture of trucker schiemann as well but the contamination goes well beyond that appreciate your look it up in chalk you know and that's exactly kilometers away the entire north of the country as a public health hazard here because everyone is exposed to radio active seas you know radioactive strides and other isotopes meanwhile the whole world trying to

plan we believe that special about safety across the globe members of the japanese community gathered in france to remember the victims in germany and the u.k. thousands of people have been rallying in front of nuclear power plants demanding countries are behind an atomic energy belgium also saw similar marshes where they disaster in japan raise serious doubts whether the government over the use of such facilities. here is as fine as it is designed meeting later today in brussels to be their final approval to the release of international funds for greece the second one hundred thirty billion a year loan had been agreed and it's over twenty eleven but athens only clears the final hurdle on its way to clinching the much needed a buy in our cash at the end of last week greece managed to top product credit is in flux upswing a crucial deal toward use of debt burdened by more than one hundred billion euros your leaders praised the deal to the skies claiming a solution to the crisis heard last been found but just hours later their optimism

was shattered as to credit ratings agencies moody's and fitch was declared greece to be in default and we don't understand associate professor from frostburg state university believes that politicians are just burying their heads in the sand and unwilling to admit the obvious. this is a beef i'm going whatever you settle with your creditor for less than what you. have agreed to do it's and you do it i don't care how systematic it is or how complicated these debt swaps are we are dealing with a real live before everybody knows just because sir cosy claims that it isn't a di 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 in the end is in fact the taking of assets that are worthless and you have

a subtle by pretending that 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 solved the problem they've solved nothing to have actually made it worse because they won't admit what is going on. when you are public anger over unemployment in spain it's so in turns that it's even close that special covering racial date with other than four hundred train bombings to be postponed by a day because of nationwide rallies called by the countries to biggest trading has drawn thousands of the streets a outraged over the scenes that make it easier and cheaper for companies to finally work with the countries and implement trade is seeing with more than one of those climate i was. speaking at an election while sunday meeting last sarkozy has warned that france would pull out of the result is going to show and get agreement on a measure of union to his up immigration policy better for the rest of pressure for

the number of illegal immigrants it was reelected in their control has been occasional as the country heads toward the first round of the presidential field goal falls. suicide car bomber has a toxic conflict in the city of johnston my dear it killing at least ten people the bomb went off as worshipers attenders the last mass of the day and there have been no immediate claims of responsibility but the city has previously been targeted by the radical islamist group boko haram thousands have died in the last decades of the religious and ethnic violence in the future. for a few people have died as a foreigner and gulf new shopping center but it was still being built in the turkish city i was stunned all victims were instruction workers housed in temporary quarters of the building site turkish state television reports that an electrical source is suspected of causing the blaze. iran's president has defied

threats coming from israel and the u.s. saying they should show respect to his country instead of bombs and missiles neither washington nor tonneau they have ruled out an attack on toran despite a shuttle to restart the international talks on its nuclear program during a meeting with the israeli pm barack obama called for. any possible attack to be held back to give diplomacy more time when you're in the ten year his response was to suggest his country's patience with tehran was running out of thoughts later large that israel has asked washington for high tech weapons that could be used in a strike while the us defense chief in turn said an american attack on iran would be far more effective reza marashi from the national bring in american council says it's crucial for regional stability that israel's war cries forward 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 all 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 and what 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 but the obama administration understand it's going to anyone right now what's at stake he's 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 made little secret where it's lie or do not lie where it comes to russian elections weeks before polls open to us networks were spinning fraud as fact and rigging as a given. opinion surveys that painted a very different picture. than the polls there are perceptions that. even before the election the american already is 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 or highly unlikely that it will be a free and fair election in our sense of the term and that is washes made their choice when you have the results of russia's presidential election for a single vote was cast. why did you make sure he was confirmed not just by the vote results but even before that i read 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 true as their next president if you look at how western let's 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 this large and sincere i think it's easy for westerners to ignore opinions like that because they don't really fit in the narrative very usually the question some ask is why would try to rig the vote when opinion polls

before the elections clearly indicated that he had sixty plus percent support it's very possible to put himself in 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 alike as was more reserved they congratulated the washing 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 about reporting on certain irregularities which absolutely should be covered but it's one perception is being created whole vote was a fraud no matter what the majority of russians say and he 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. . that's the way having is and it's this hour crosstalk is coming out with more

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