this is r t tonight broken news journalists who've resigned from al-jazeera accuse station bosses of power brick aiding reports to broadcast their view rather than show what's really happening and conflict on syria. because caught fire near the plane of the u.s. defense secretary it's a british base in afghanistan he was no harm that a bomb blast has not officially been confirmed this coming as barack obama host david cameron in washington looking at live pictures coming from there right now the two leaders mulling over their afghan strategy just days after the massacre of sixteen people by an american soldier in the country he has said tonight doesn't

anticipate any subdivisional changes to the afghanistan drawdown also made comments of iran as well saying the window to sort out what's happening with iran's nuclear ambitions is slowly decreasing. decreasing to sort of diplomatically got more on valor head also in other headlines from us tonight china warning of the urgent need to slow down broke to avoid an economic and political crash this just written your advise of beijing as a potential cash cow. hello and welcome you watching r.t. live from moscow it's nine pm wednesday night here my name's kevin zero in on our top story is the conflict in syria rages on media spin doctors are fighting their own battle. in order to shape public opinion about the crisis now their efforts are

made easier by unconfirmed and sometimes contradictory reports and footage from the conflict zone but there's enough one channel belgium's era has already for several key members of its staff to resign in protest at his riff and as more. clashes in the streets of syria have been raging for a year now but behind the scenes there is a media war. by radar rifi cloth freelance investigative journalist from damascus says he's found what he thinks is proof of media manipulation of the conflict in syria and this video from the syrian town of holmes the camera focuses on the city's all the refinery the shooting begins seven hours before media viewers around the world see a pipeline explosion allegedly caused by our sides are even bad and you can clearly see that something is slowly burning in the distance when the smoke has thickened

english speakers correct their cameras position for a better shot of what's going on they shake it to make it look like amateur video. it's clear it's not an explosion. and people report a good way of being need to see. in another video from a hospital in homes someone behind the camera talks to a doctor in the corner we see a little nap. when you should you know bush and good will punish you and talk about his wife ok let's recusal again after some thirty minutes away to the crew starts to get nervous. maybe holmgren reid no we need al-jazeera while life on al-jazeera eventually the girl will forget some details because punish you the shore and your children in this footage we see danny holmes activist known for his exclusive reports from the very epicenter of the conflict he's

preparing to go live on c.n.n. he's relaxed and calm. and there is no shooting until he asks for it. so good you choose a target. no worries just do it. so we should assume i hold dear. to the russian buildings collapsed taking buildings one. hundred get there in the last hour or two. or two hundred three i was in the pit. in the pit. the big deal. for the activists to become journalists trying to make a shape as hard as possible in. the process but not everyone is happy about it well known war correspondent elise hashem used to report for al-jazeera from the world's conflict hot spots but syria has become the rubicon he couldn't cross he

mentioned armed groups fighting against assad's army and his bosses and told him he needed a vacation he has just resigned because of biased coverage he says. you know of promoting. leave syria. or egypt or whatever and i don't think for example the revolution and back around on saudi arabia the entries here a chief in beirut where ali has been working has also quit for the same reason. we started to invite guests from america who only criticize the regime in syria and support the regime in bahrain and persons who justify nato intervention this is unacceptable by the media and this is just a proxy it's a proxy used by external. actions by federal governments by maybe the west to fuel this war. was no and not proof emergence of the international media is involved in the arab spring revolutions the question remains open to what extent

they influence events and how much responsibility do they therefore share for what follows. see beirut lebanon. you sad government parliamentary elections for the seventh of may you know rush is praising the movement or says changing reforms are long overdue on the ground syrian troops have overrun another flashpoint city pushing back armed rebels opposition activists clear near is now become the scene of a crackdown while the government's ailing victory against what it calls foreign funded terrorism rebel political leaders have confirmed that they've been promised more weapons from abroad this says the international community still unable to reach consensus on how to act let's get some reaction insight from london based on this chris bambery joining us from i know chris good evening now russia's foreign minister today welcomed the latest reforms but said just mentioned there were long overdue do you think initiatives like elections are going to ease the violence all make it even worse unfortunately i don't think it's the violence i think it's

always difficult for a regime like this to make reforms because as soon as they're seen to offer reforms sensed by some as weakness and i think is that dynamic thirteen setting in here and i think it's probably after a year to wait in terms of the opposition groups we've seen i think the opposition know senses they have support from the west from the god states and saudi arabia and aren't just going to go back although they themselves are quite fragmented and there seems to be for the fragment fragmentation so i think the elections are in themselves going to end this there are no people i think are very interested in encouraging the opposition to continue and i think we're not going to see no end to this conflict unfortunately it's all i think to be more fighting and more deaths that's the short answer so what about other options talks of this arms embargo would that help bring an end to the violence. well i'd be interested to see because

the arms embargo i've heard talk about is the idea that russian should stop selling arms now and all in favor of across the board arms involved was ever involved in this but i think we're already seeing arms from coming in from so de from probably told from the west the french the americans and i suspect the british as well so i would like to see an arms embargo i think it's way again to wait to wait in the day to talk about this and while all we are seeing is a constant criticism of russia. in particular without pointing out to what's going on here there is a western intervention in my opinion already underway into the civil war in syria too late for president assad now to step down after all this time seek refuge maybe in another country is that point past you think. i think our point has passed i think it's very difficult. himself if he stepped down i don't think could stay in syria i don't. see for him i think the arab countries it is going to take him in

a new trinity and made an offer to again i don't think he'll be here to take that i think he must look at the record of the west in pursuing pursuing regimes that all are drawn to put him on trial and he must know and be worried about that that that fate. will see that i think is to wait for him just simply to say step down and. say that i think however it's obvious that other people other forces more supportive of the asaad regime nonsense that the possibility of an end and they must be already thinking about the possibility of a deal by without outside himself figures in the regime would be in for involved in a takeover so that is a possible option here and i think that is the substance of what the talks that kofi annan has been involved in is opposed whether or not assad would agree to that i'm not privy to that in for information because the u.n. still unable to come to any sort of overall agreement on how to act for the best

for the u.s. and its allies of course didn't need a u.n. mandate to invade iraq back then or what sort of about now the. i think there is going to be an intervention or is in this group of friends of syria met and if they are there all these i said advise those. sense military advisors been sent to the free syrian army arms are coming coming in we know all their arms are being run across the border from iraq work so the saudi arabia has been involved in stalking of sectarian tensions itself i think western intervention is already under underway i think what we are seeing is the west would prefer to on the free syrian army with serial are possible in border on quids then on the groups already fighting on the ground or girl many of them have already been defeated by the army because they look at libya and there they intervene to the process that was already under way and really having supported those militias they were able to establish militias they were able to control them easier to control them if they are with syria on the

border areas. like if you recall the the contra organizations in nicaragua which were run by the by america and its allies something like that i think we're more suitable for a takeover which would then in our eyes install regime will feed off of the west but i think what we're seeing here as you say fireproof thought times a bit against this you think this is going to go over the next couple of months just briefly. i think it's a war of attrition here and i think though the free syrian army obviously cannot stand up to the force of our society they've lost inside the cities but i think assad has a problem as well there have been designed from his military forces they must be difficult to recruit inside inside syria so in a sense the tipping point for him is when his military might against the client his ability to fight back that will be the key moment for the assad regime we haven't reached that yet and there is no sign of the free syrian army or the local groups most of which fight with any central control of the free syrian army has to be said

there's no sign of them being able to defeat gas out regime so this is a war of attrition which could go on for a while before it by from going to learn as chris bambery thinks it's much. still to come in the program with me kevin no internet nuclear propaganda we report on why israel still hasn't ruled out the possibility of an attack on iran and its atomic program despite public disquiet at home. focusing on afghanistan now though a car caught fire in a british military base there around about the same time the u.s. defense secretary plane was landing there and stuff we hear were not affected and a car bomb blast has not been officially confirmed this incident comes as president obama is hosting his key ally british prime minister david cameron for talks in washington d.c. our correspondent in the u.s. capital advantage plans for now to produce a date hi there guy and evening the two leaders say the relationship between their countries is the strongest it's ever been a no cracks at all then. well there are some cracks hi kevin prime minister

david cameron says people in the u.k. want to see an end game to greatness role in afghanistan president obama is talking about pulling out responsibly within the next two years as the two main contributors to the war in afghanistan are coordinating a timetable for withdrawal it becomes increasingly clear that this is turning into a face saving operation for the leaders especially in the wake of the tragedy that happened there over the weekend when u.s. soldier apparently murdered sixteen innocent afghans in cold blood including women and children in the last couple of months the u.s. president had to apologize for a number of incidents which had a huge backlash including the burning of the burning of muslim holy books by american soldiers and earlier for the footage of u.s. marines urinating on dead afghan bodies and the u.k. is in the same boat with the u.s. when it comes to facing the backlash from those incidents known and unknown to the public. no farmer says there will be any additional change to the u.s.

strategy in afghanistan that's what he's just said already changing the date for the pull of the troops of recent instance which. such as the killings of the weekend of the sixty people by the soldier in the early qur'an burnings make no difference at all them. but the leaders were talking about real progress in afghanistan it's hard now for mr cameron and president obama to pat each other on the back and celebrate success really when so much speaks to the contrary insurgency in afghanistan is rampant there afghans clearly want the allied forces out incidents like the latest. murder of innocent civilians are used by all kinds of extremists to recruit even more people through their ranks opium poppy and heroin production in afghanistan has increased dramatically in the last ten years of the war and it's now at record levels and part of that money from drug sales of effectively goes to support terror round the globe and by the way the first country

to fall victim to that rampant opium production in afghanistan is russia and it's watching nervously and with huge concern at what the allied forces are doing there because their actions directly affect russia's national security what's interesting . here in america even in the main even the mainstream media which have been generally supportive of wars if not to say trigger happy have started echoing that what what most people say here in the united states and this was that you hear most often with regards to of can this then are one just don't tell us that we are winning and the other one why isn't the leadership listening to was what we have to say here no opinion polls show more than sixty percent of americans want their troops out of afghanistan and they want them out now and for the prosecution is on the agenda as well from the talk about america britain been cooperating with the key international issues thinking about the iranian nuclear program the on going crisis in syria and the developments. well kevin as far as other crucial international issues the u.s. and the u.k.

have been pretty much on the same page on everything on syria but also want to see regime change as prime minister cameron said not so a revolution but through transition leaders military intervention undesirable both say they're looking forward to working with russia to bring about a peaceful outcome and what's interesting is that david cameron also appealed to the support that the russians have among the syrians and he he said very interesting glee that if he doesn't join us in the in the u.k. . anti assad campaign it's going to lose that support among the syrians something something along those lines so prime minister cameron appealed to the russians to joining in their efforts basically in support. and so on some moving on from syria to iran and they also commented on iran president obama said the window for

a diplomatic solution is shrinking analysts say the u.s. president was pushed very hard by israeli influence to say that america is ready to go to war and to put forward an ultimatum for iran to either make progress with negotiators over its nuclear program or face consequences but most experts agree a war will not solve the problems but will create a million new once i have no interest from the u.s. capitol thanks for bringing. puts the brakes on growth bring it to keep the world's second largest economy stable political crisis that start warning was made by. preparing to hand over power later this year and it comes with. finds in europe hold a good sound for running this one up today our correspondents are reporting. with china's three trillion plus dollars in foreign currency reserves it was only a matter of time before debt lead and europe came knocking on its store from the

chinese side of the leaders always for you ok they are willing to show that we can reach the car so actually you can see this kind of work if you will be present. if i go not putting in practice may be some kind of a deal for me well it's not even a maybe china's call is clearly on the rise and so is its confidence this time around china has no qualms letting the e.u. know that it is well aware of its truck card and that any help will come at a price top of its list of demands. gaining the status of a full fledged market economy and lifting the one nine hundred eighty nine ban on its purchase of military weapons from the e.u. . for the first time china has openly used its potential cash card to lash out at the e.u. for a recent anti subsidy and anti dumping investigations into imports of chinese made

steel products precisely because the chinese know that there is a danger some forms of protection is what they want to do is have. leases in europe factories man you can't green products or screwdriver companies in europe so that a lot of their products will be labeled made in germany made in plants made in greece and so on so they will not be considered to be implications from china and the plans already in action just last month the first chinese automobile assembly plant opened it will be area aiming to produce fifty thousand vehicles per here for the whole european can't of it raising more fears of china's far reaching influence it does what really motivates a superpower as a gun it is you know. he's it's from cards where you go can but your hasn't thrown in the towel just yet it still has the power to grant china's wishes and as

a country's second biggest trade partner the fall of one is the fault of both the e.u. also has its own demands for one backing on syria and iran part of the political game but the national politics game that is being played is very much we need to click on a mix in particular for resources but behind the gates of cash rich china it's fighting its own battle trying to sell the idea to its people chinese internet forums were abuzz with annoyance at what they see as poor ordinary chinese pain for rich europeans so that's why they try to prime minister when galba when job try to persuade its people and its people and. colleagues the in their government the. helping the european union is also helping ourselves not all the chinese are convinced but if business must go one one local commentator wrote don't hand over

a dime without asking for the world in return yes or sell your r t brussels. all of the rollercoaster that the global economy seems to have become some countries are experiencing ups and downs in terms of their international standing as we report online tonight think greece don't you will give the benefit of the doubt by the fitch ratings agency which raised the country's credit status from its creative fold level after it sealed the second bailout from the e.u. . and caught short learn the bobbies go on a spree rather than on the be with water cannons tear gas and even more tasers on the shopping list find out what they're planning to do without their lot on our website r.t. dot com busts we're also talking about space the final frontier russian proves it's a visit by jupiter and venus we've got all the details about the country's ambitious space exploration plans on our web site once again it's r t v dot com. take you

around the world in brief an hour bus with belgium students on board crashed in a tunnel in switzerland it's killed twenty eight people most of them children the vehicle was taking fifty two to respect the belgian from a skiing trip when the crash happened nearly italian border and investigations been launched into the course of the tragedy. the series of earthquakes has rattled tokyo northeast japan the strongest tremor measured six point eight on the richter scale that was centered around two hundred thirty kilometers from the coast in the pacific ocean a six point one magnitude quake was later felt in tokyo course just last year that massive quake and tsunami hit japan leaving nineteen thousand missing or. iran's president has appeared before parliament to answer questions about his. foreign and domestic policy decisions mahmoud ahmadinejad's accused of mismanaging the nation's economy and challenging the authority of the country's supreme leader and he denies the allegations but now faces calls for his impeachment it was the

first time since nine hundred seventy nine that iran's parliament has summoned the president. meanwhile around rejected allegations by the u.n. nuclear watchdog that it tried to clean up radioactive evidence of secret nuclear work at a key military site to it also says it's ready to lead a inspectors in but under certain conditions tel aviv however isn't backing down from its threat to attack and its policy reports that's not striking a chord with israeli public opinion but. there is a growing chorus of anger in israel but the government refuses to listen there's no logic in attacking iran but we have a government that plans illogical things and that's really frightening and while most experts agree israel is far from having the capability to attack iran is really officials keep hinting strike could be imminent the million dollar question right now is whether or not israel would go it alone it could call on its closest

ally the united states or hope it washington's making a lot of noise not to strike but think of the possible is will. we. have the solution before. they would. we don't expect a green light and we will probably. relations between israel and really can be does not change upon a demanding an end to the loose talk of war coming out of little yorkies government i would not say that. this roster. the us. cannot be an abuse really in design you know one of us. in

a war and while no israeli official has gone so fast to confirm an attack on iran the implications are clear the consequences of such political moves very well. put namely. closing the strait of four walls. stopping the flow of oil from the gulf. we are not going to reopen the floor or less be in. iran. in spite of american explicit objection would certainly. hamper israel's relations with the united states might. even break them all together and in the long run that might be a gamble even more dangerous then taking on iran's police here r.t. tel aviv. where washington d.c.

very soon for ties capital a card but before that time for the latest business update the mitri say hi to me tree another wave of capital outflow any stopping the trend well i can tell you this it's very hard to reverse it but there's a much larger chance that this will happen now that the presidential election is a thing of the past or investors right now are just wondering how it. nomic reforms are going to go and therefore this may change but what we've seen so far is in january thirteenth a half billion dollars leaving the country february another eleven billion dollars and these are levels that we haven't seen since two thousand and eight and we talked to a union supply of a chief economist there been people here in russia and she'll have rated on the reasons behind this trend. well i think you could get a large plays mostly driven by the russian companies which are taking money abroad including pain external debts and invest in a broad musical fact is also strong we think that change will turn positive

starting from april when this new clarity about the new government. also seems that traders couldn't care less about what's going on terms of capital for they used to it because they are just in the my six despite the news went up one point two percent even better than other global markets and in line with a trade similar to what was moving to my so it's interesting stories there after the. heart for nafta sent on the rumors that it's part the company a read only take a controlling stake lukoil this was the market when talking about its ambitious plans to invest twenty five billion dollars in the west girl appeal in the rock and burbank's preferred shares have reached highs that we haven't seen since summer two thousand and seven the best stock of the day. here in the u.s. we are seeing markets that are struggling for direction is looking quite positive right now dow jones and nasdaq adding a quarter of a percent certain this is a course on the rosy outlook for chairman ben bernanke he gave last night to the

economy and despite the fact the belgians grew one point seven percent yesterday whopping one fourth of the said we're not seeing and correction here in europe but this is the closing picture of the footsie end of the day down just by i'm not sure that's up one point two percent driven by banking stocks on the commodities markets we've seen the u.s. the oil inventories increase that was expected and therefore we're seeing a correction lights we declining seventy nine cents per barrel but prices are still high supporting the russian currency the ruble it was strengthening a for another day versus the dollar and the euro by just a notch as you can see there whereas the dollar is strengthening versus the euro on that positive assessment from them but. that's all for now business r.t. will be back in two hours time would update headlines are next.

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