we'll. check knology innovation. developments around russia we've got the future coverage. a year into the syrian conflict out british newspaper grants e-mails apparently written by president assad and his wife which revealed scores of personal information. local forces will take charge of keeping the war torn afghanistan safe next year as britain and america's leaders give a timeline of their meeting in washington. and the legal immigrants in the u.k. upon the grass is definitely not greener on the hunt for work and a good life leaves plenty listened in the cold. and in the business bullets and new e.u. initiative means gazprom may not be able to use the full capacity of the north

stream gas pipeline all the details in twenty minutes. isn't calm and broadcasting to lot from the heart of moscow this is art. e-mails apparently sent by syria's president assad and his wife have been published in a british newspaper a year after the conflict escalated the guardian says they were intercepted by opposition members and seemingly shine a light into the embattled leaders and her circle let's get the details from artie's london correspondent laura smith laura what exactly is in these e-mails. well there's a variety of things that refers to in his sort of professional life and also in his personal life these e-mails as you say. its claims were intercepted

by some hackers belonging to one of the opposition groups the supremes council of the revolution between june and early february so june last year early february this year it's significant that they're being released now obviously the bounce received quite a lot of media coverage because it's the first anniversary of the uprising in syria today so we should certainly look at the timing of that. some of the e-mails refer to communications that assad has with iran and with a rainy and proxy that he they were giving him advice to use how awful and violent language when he's talking to the people also to show appreciation for friendly states and certainly more information on clearance military strength to suggest to the people that if syria did come a time under any kind of phone snow could stick bend itself now that really plays directly into the hands hold for opposition groups in syria which of very

fragmented there are at least four different opposition groups that we know of they point to the involvement of iran and hezbollah are which really is something that the opposition groups have been looking to prove for quite some time iran hezbollah have always denied that they're in anything but a sort of a sort of tacitly supportive situation the opposition of course as i say is fragmented and it has been known to be quite quite sort of loose with the truth before they have released a very top figures as far as any other organization is concerned of the number of people who have been killed during the syrian uprising so a little bit wary of that they also suggest that assad. has made a mockery of his own reforms as one e-mail where it's it's alleged that he has said it talks about these rubbish laws of parties elections and media that's called

a little bit old because he has recently been holding talks with kofi annan and the u.n. arab league envoy and appears to have been very open to reforms the proposals include an immediate. cease fire and also to allow access for humanitarian aid and and i sides at least publicly has has been very prepared and very ready for a dialogue on these matters so we have to be a little bit careful about how much credence we give to these allegedly leaked e-mails and tell me a what's been the reaction if any are people in britain really interested in these e-mails as opposed to what's really happening in the conflict. but i think people all over the world will be will be interested in them because partly because they've been designed to titillate nocioni today showed the political ads of a ledge to show the political. details from his personal life particularly before the first family life is going on very much as normal they are

talking about. the president's wife spending thousands of dollars on on just going to be ordering tables and chandeliers and candlesticks over the internet she even asked one of her aides to get. that after. links from the video. just seems that life very much goes on their relationship and very much. sort of pricing is taking place. is he even forwarded to one of his aides. over the homes see reenacted using toys and so a little bit of looking to be into the inner workings of that relationship. is laura smith reporting from london meanwhile thousands of people have amassed on the streets of the syrian capital in support of the country's leaders right now we're

going to take a look at these are live pictures from damascus president assad supporters say they are protesting against what they call a yearlong conspiracy people are waving syrian flags as you can see here portraits of the president a year into the conflict the opposition has also planned rallies across the country they accuse the regime of gathering people on the streets to overshadow the anniversary. plans to exit afghanistan are taking shape with the british and american leaders confirming that foreign forces will hand over security next year there was no strategy shift announced at their meeting in washington but rather a gradual move towards an advisory role before combat troops leave in twenty four team and investigation is also pending into a possible assassination attempt against the u.s. defense secretary during his visit to afghanistan here's our tease guy. president obama was talking about pulling out responsibly within the next two years so no

change of plans there the british prime minister basically echoed what the u.s. president said the two main contributors to the war in afghanistan are coordinating a timetable for withdrawal it becomes increasingly clear that it is this is turning into a face saving operation for the leaders especially in the wake of the tragedy that happened over the weekend when a u.s. soldier apparently murdered sixteen innocent afghans in cold blood including women and children nonetheless prime minister cameron and president obama were talking about real progress in afghanistan but it doesn't quite look like the right time for the leaders to pat each other on the back really and celebrate success when so much speaks to the contrary insurgency in afghanistan is rampant afghans clearly want the ally forces out incidents like the latest murder of innocent civilians are used by all kinds of extremists to recruit even more people to their ranks opium poppy and herion production in afghanistan has increased dramatically in the last ten years of the war 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 both want to see regime change as prime minister cameron put it not through revolution but through transition both leaders in military intervention. undesirable and both say they're looking to work with russia to bring about a peaceful outcome on the rent president obama said the window for a diplomatic solution is shrinking but most experts agree a war will not solve the problems but will create a million new one. dozens of police officers equipped with child guns and assault rifles have stormed an apartment building in miami florida they use weapons against local occupy wall street protesters who were illegally residing inside activists moved into the building last month after their previous encampment outside the city government building was shut down as marina portnoy reports there's a failure among the u.s. and its allies to practice what they preach when it comes to freedom and human

rights. the u.s. and its european allies have many things in common security politics and a familiar practice of outsiders about democracy iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech this is the precinct suppression human rights democracy and there's a big step backwards to democracy rule of law human rights these are all we believe these must be respected by the egyptian authorities in russia we've seen crackdowns on civil society groups as western leaders wag their finger around the world. why didn't the times in google force have been used to well public protests at home . why did police handcuffs and iron fists have repeatedly been used against unarmed demonstrators in greece spain and london

where thousands flood the streets to protest against austerity measures and unemployment they should focus on getting their own house in order and practice what they preach rather than nosing about you know countries and trying to you know grandstand on an international scale rather than deal with you know they are there are very serious democratic deficit as public anger continues to be inflamed u.k. officials me plate public fire we all go wrong as a border town which seniors. lou your officials are reportedly trying to get hold of along with taser stun guns and tear gas to break up and relieve unwanted crowds on the other side of the atlantic uprisings against economic inequality and corporate greed have left countless occupy wall street activists covered in blood temporarily blinded. and behind bars the movement is currently planning to draw tens of thousands of demonstrators to the upcoming g eight and nato summit in may.

but this week the u.s. military is unveiling its latest non-lethal weapon to members of the press. if you'd like opening up your almost next to me. from about my sternum to my. new active denial system can repel crowds using an invisible electromagnetic beam that delivers a blast of intense heat up to one kilometers away without a sound a smell or even a warning the weapon promises to disperse crowds and reinforce security while the military weapon isn't currently intended to be used by police critics say ray guns like water cannons could eventually be rolled out in the land of the free we're seeing an intensification of repression because people are challenging the system and challenging it in europe the challenge in the united states and it's easy for

our leaders the point the finger somewhere else rather than take responsibility here in america to do anything differently lecturing others our democracy and human rights has become a brand of western foreign policy i discoursed that claims to be based on the highest of standards but as we sit here i'll show and it's a lot easier to scold others when everything is i. may say protesters it. or injured students in europe might suggest that. their leaders do a homework before attempting to be a teacher of democracy. artsy new york. still to come in the program trapped in a vicious circle of poverty illegal immigrants coming to the u.k. in search of a better life upon their hopes crushed with no jobs and nowhere to live plus. this screen. it's so much more than just

a simple group of used to seeing on hold for two years to meet the man who marvel at metalwork we travel to the russian region where minerals are hot stuff. the u.s. is reportedly threatening india with penalties if it doesn't comply with washington sanctions against iran india is one of the biggest consumers of iranian oil and american officials are quoted as saying that indian banks may be locked out of the american finance system if new delhi doesn't reduce the amount of oil it buys from iran archies korea shrader explains. so far indian officials have refused to stop buying iranian oil which washington has clearly been very angry about some top u.s. state department officials in the past couple of weeks of said that this was a slap in the face to the indian foreign minister has said that while india has followed u.n. sanctions in the past there is nothing that actually binds them to follow them

another big point that many indian officials here are sort of looking at is that the new u.s. law doesn't specify what percentage nation must reduce its import to qualify it from exemptions from the same sions so right now there have been reports surfacing that obama could impose penalties on india as early as june twenty eighth many analysts here in india are thing that simply won't work in india and china don't get on board the united states is actually trying to pressure india to start view thing oh oil. and iraq which obviously are two major allies that washington has an interest in india buy oil from goes countries instead you can find more stories and analysis on our website or to come here's what's being covered for you. something to cheer the occupy wall street protesters

a top goldman sachs executive points in disgust calling the bank heartless toxic and destructive. or less the same pads or exude party begin launches a week of irish entertainment. a search for a better life is the draw for thousands of illegal immigrants who arrive in the u.k. but many are left subjected to more degrading poverty than what they left behind and as robert bennett reports for some the promised land is now a point of no return. it looks like nothing more than a dumping ground the squalor plain to see harder to spot the signs of life this is what forty illegal immigrants call home under a motorway bridge in london's outskirts penniless and without sanitation the place is infested with drugs disease and destitution many risk their entire family's fortune to get here dreaming of the riches that await instead they found

a nightmare they probably are looking for a better life they've been told in fact they've been sold the fact that if you come to the u.k. . it's like this they're going to be paved with gold this man paid traffickers in india over fifteen thousand dollars to smuggle him to britain in the back of a lorry like most he destroyed his passport when he got here to make the poor taste and more difficult but it means he now can't escape even though he wants to he was promised he'd find plenty of work money and accommodation but he's now trapped in poverty worse than he left behind oh i have a large job. it's. all of where do you only have a look at all of the bin in the indian deal. with no official identity men

like black in a stuck in a bureaucratic no man's land britain won't deport them unless they can prove who they are and where they came from each case has to be dealt with individual and some can be complex with many not having trouble documents or not wishing to comply with the documentation process in the cases of indian nationals we continue to work with the high commission to speed up the time it takes to return them to their home country. nearly thirteen thousand illegal immigrants left the u.k. voluntarily last year according to pulling in numbers over just six years such is the desperation to leave this car park east to be a busy pickup spot for manual labor but now there's nothing this is where the men waits looking for work every morning hoping to be picked up and paid for a day's labor the day though like most days they wait isn't this before the downturn was earning up to three hundred pounds

a week now he's lucky to get fifteen pounds a day doing jobs and never thought he'd steeped in all the guys were all thinking about you know in england you know money is. really much more you going to be don't know what happened here it was the real life reality they're. doing labor work as we didn't you know doing india you know we. really are from a good family the men are expected to send money back to their families in india no wonder most were reluctant to appear on camera after bennett r.t. london. now it's time for what's making headlines around the world the fragile truce between israel and palestinian militants has been shaken by more exchange of fire israeli armed forces said a rocket was fired into southern israel and responded with an airstrike on call saw no casualties are being reported by either side at least twenty six palestinians

have been killed in the worst violence in a year which was sparked by israel killing a high ranking palestinian militant. egypt has charged seventy five people with murder unless it's in connection with last month's deadly soccer riots they include non police officers and to use at least seventy four people were killed in the coastal city of courts in february when fans of rival teams clash for the match a violent sparked riots across the country with people blaming the police for their handling of the situation with. family and friends have paid tribute to the victims of a bus crash in switzerland that killed twenty eight people most of them being children the coach was parked with students while returning to belgium from a skiing trip and it crashed in a tunnel near the border. speeding as the call came into whether the driver suffered a heart attack. from adventurous exploration next as we take you to another corner

of the largest country in the world in russia close up. today we travel more than fifteen hundred kilometers east of moscow to the city of work that sets at the foot of the year old that divides europe and asia and it's those mineral rich mountains about make the region our hope of metal manufacturing for many locals it's more than a profession it's a pass and as tom barton discovered. russia's ural mountains have a long history when it comes to metals and mining for centuries they provided the wrong materials but allowed russian industry to grow and now they're trying to adapt and the steel mills and industries around the mining trying to adapt to modern conditions and the modern steel industry is those things that i've been

examining in marble. and metal the surroundings of blacksmiths for thousands of years and of alexander lucic cove and his forge and russia's mountainous euro region for the past thirty he's now as much a part of this world as the hammers and tongs fancy iron work and fence posts but he still remembers the very first thing he made this spoon. it's so much more than just a simple food it's the thing i hold dearest. but if you put whereas alexander is content hammering one piece at a time the urals also contained smelting operations on a truly industrial scale this plant turns thousands of tons of molten steel into thousands of kilometers of oil and gas piping this isn't about craft and skill anymore sangean is here it's about science and needs detailed education. technical

specialists here need computer and mass skills to work this increasingly complex machines so we have to train them up here these vast holes are the direct descendants of the first forces in the urals dating back to the eighteenth century and metal working in all its forms is still widespread in the region the furnace is here for out three thousand tons of molten steel a day it's one of the around a dozen such plants scattered across the urals but for steel you have to heat it up to one thousand six hundred degrees to get the globe like this not with all that. gold the stuff that's made while it's fat of ice greedy since time immemorial these men smelt it into its iconic gold bullion form but they say to them it's just another metal. if people like it that you know if you think too much about the price you can put out a decent product we don't actually value a cost highly it's

a huge responsibility to look at it. gold smelting is about the most carefully humble metal operation there is. not to knock out xander of course and his enduring passion for his age old art a passion he ses is just as present in all natural workers no matter how nonchalant his gold silting contemporaneously same with maria he's lying or where he's lying or of course they feel something working with gold and all the wonderful nettles they're just not admitting to themselves. whether in a small forge or a vast complex metalworkers here are following in the footsteps of many pioneers in their trade and at least according to all xander they all share the spirit with this man and he's met. some boston oxy. time now to get the latest business update from natasha so it seems like russia may not be able to use the full capacity of its latest route to europe the north strain that's absolutely

right karen the e.u. regulators essentially say that the pipeline that runs from north stream to the european gas transportation network has to reserve up to fifty percent of its capacity for the so-called independent suppliers now the initiative is most likely a reaction to russia charging a high price for its gas delivered to europe but russia namely gazprom says the oil price that serves as the basis for its a gas price formula is to blame for more i'm not i'm now joined by senior ski the head of research at north capital in march you know why you are hi thanks for joining what you know who are those potential suppliers that may be interested in using the pipeline. at least one that we know for a long time it's in norway and. probably dutch another new member

is polish but only formally declared have. gas of course how it's going to develop it's a big question so. norway would be able to make this fifty percent i'm pretty much sure about it but the point is that right now three and three mm. capacities. are only. through the. better man relationship with grain and. with. and basically want to collaborate so russia doesn't have any problem. gas to western europe by its traditional routes so by means of making some damage to this fifty percent limitation the european union is basically

just voicing its opinion i deeply believe that it's not heard in the meantime while the. north stream and south room right now are in this. city is ok basically what you're saying is it's a political decision a very just clarify something does that mean that gazprom can only use fifty percent over its capacity right now or does that mean that it would have to give off fifty percent potential party was asking for it. what i understand is guest room has to give our fifty percent of the total capacity of the north stream but this capacity is excessive right now it's unnecessary therefore. it's not going to translate you know losses or you know lowering sales for the guest room because

right now the pipes feel. ok that's that's clear but the other question is of course the european union has been really pushing gazprom to cut its gas prices first of all and also break the link between the price of oil and gas prices but essentially what are the chances that gazprom can really resist that for years to come. you know europe europe is a very conservative look at how gus brown was fighting over their contracts with the cheney's chinese are a new customers for gas from so they want from gas from totally different terms of delivery and facilitation of the five lines europe doesn't want to make this thing over complicated therefore i don't think you are right now will be destruction the existing stability because there is

a lot of instability in europe these days they want mind in terms of energy supply but on the other hand the guest room as the monarch in the order doesn't like get strong to stay in germany or let's say or austria or anywhere else in europe and to dictate the price so europe tries to kind of limits guess from in its ability to formulate prices ok. unfortunately that's all we have time for and that was. the head of research at north county in moscow. and i thought the latest from the business desk will be back in about fifteen minutes see that.

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