it's rallies both for and against the syrian government marking the first anniversary of the countries on the ground all some media reporting is accused of only fueling the fire in. britain's guardian newspaper releases what purports to be thousands of emails from president assad quite a big splash but all of a truth will track more for me in just a moment from. pumping up the pressure of the u.s. wants india to stop buying iranian oil or trying to persuade the country to go elsewhere for its crude needs. plus washington and london pledge to hand over responsibility for security in afghanistan to local forces next year by all the us

the press secretary tries to run the turner prize in kabul. thanks for joining us this thursday four o'clock here in moscow on charon terror well the syrian president remains in power a year since protest against his rule and violence for the country and according to a leaked e-mails allegedly from his account but charles saw it is on their iranian guidance and ridicules his own reforms but as artie's laura smith reports of there is considerable doubt about the credibility of the claims which come from splintered opposition groups. well there's a variety of things that refer to in his professional life and also in his personal life these e-mails it's claimed were intercepted by some hackers belonging to one

of the opposition groups the supremes council of the revolution between june and early february to june last year early february this year it's significant that they're being released now obviously they're bound to receive quite a lot of media coverage because it's the first anniversary of the uprising in syria so we should certainly look at the timing of that to some of the e-mails refer to communications that assad has had with iran and with the rain in proxies. giving him advice to use powerful and violent language when he's talking to the people also to show appreciation for friendly states and certainly more information on syria's military strength to suggest to the people that if syria did come a time under any kind of onslaught it could defend itself now that really plays directly into the hands of all different opposition groups in syria which are very fragmented there are at least four different opposition groups that we know of and

it has been known to be quite to the loose with the truth before they have released a very top because as far as any other organizations concerned if the number of people who have been killed during this period uprisings that we have to be a little bit careful about how much credence we give to these allegedly leaked e-mails nourse only today showed a political order they allege to show the political workings of mine but they also show details from his personal life after scenes links from you tube videos he even forwards to one of his link over you tube video of the home seeds reenacted using toys and biscuits so a little bit of a look into the into the inner workings of the relationship there. in syria protesters are marking the anniversary of the mass uprising with anti assault on the situations across the country but thousands are also rallying in the capital in support of the president as you can tell right here we're looking at live pictures

and damascus hailing ongoing democratic reforms which include parliamentary elections in may but opposition leader shady initiatives are and here gesture and want assad to quit government troops have pushed arms rebels out of several flashpoint cities with both sides taking losses and when estimates the violence has claimed at least eight thousand lives over the year that's now discuss the latest developments with aman by the light of the berlin based center for conflict analysis mr about a we thank you for being with us today britain's guardian newspaper has released what it claims to are hacked e-mails from assad's account what sort of an impact will this have on what's happening in syria right now. who. would be. the group of those. who. will be.

so. but what about the thousands we're taking a look right now at live pictures rallying in support of assad in damascus i mean that's nothing new we've seen this many times over the last year but how much support does he still have in the rest of the country. a lot of interest in throwing with a pencil it is very difficult for me numbers because of the. presence on the ground . zero has the authority and everybody knows. he was perfect until you. accept the. on his. promise of the an international community led by the here last and its allies are really is piling on the pressure on assad to step down how can

a government or master still kramer it's a legitimate under such overwhelming pressure and of course after so much bloodshed . this is of course. the most democratic government so far it seems that syrian society has been. immune from. the from the outside. the government inside syria is going to implode seems to be. successful doing really if not we live in. a position to be suitably intervention in the money in the who's who of course it has led to the whole thing . mainly. conspiracy is. on the ground. so the who legitimately question of course as a people. it seems so far out the regime has managed a lot of its legitimacy in and what do you have to say about the syrians army are

that's made significant advances against armed rebels well assad's forces be able to crush the rebellion. i have two ways to answer this question first. yes the syrian army. or the opposition but then it would be left with the issue of digital history that you've mentioned earlier it can survive militarily but was it. if not i think this would be conditioned on doing harm to many but the other way to answer the question is. even if the army and not. only the regime will not be able to be defeated by the opposition without massive. support from outside that this kind of stuff is not going to happen in some form. so it's a very precarious situation but so far that is james why. tell me the un

arab league envoy to syria kofi anon has appeared a trip made some sort of progress on appeasing damascus to be succeed in finding the peace which has so far proved a loser. about the syrian regime probably. more than look better by getting position no falling back it's a new drift in from the position list of ministers the problem there is probably a little kind of in stand the thought of you can put the opposition through that it's all because of the way it is being the next but somehow assistance would come ons it would help the opposition to the regime which is making the opposition reprint mental abbas rather hard line position we spoke he was in the bush. so we. have to compromise on the kind we're going to send to the people and those

to the regime position without this would be very difficult to find peaceful solution for this hour on live from foreign land that was awesome and i know we have the executive director of a panther concert come out. well we would like to know what you think about the situation in syria you can log onto our website r t dot com to take part in our latest poll today we're asking you a year on who the conflict in syria is being fought between almost half of you say it's world superpowers in need of natural resources over a quarter believe its propaganda peddlers claiming to be media outlets sixteen percent suggest it's the power hungry elites in syria just eight percent think it's a fight between freedom of a loving people and an oppressive government you can go online to have your say. so i have for you this hour of maintaining control at any calls it feels like opening

up the old you can. reduce the need for about more story to find out how far the u.s. is willing to go to disperse demonstrators and in full support despite lecturing other countries on human rights. and thousands of illegal immigrants who come to the u.k. and learning rock hard way that the streets of london are certainly not paved with gold after all. the u.s. is reportedly threatening india with penalties if it doesn't comply with washington sanctions against iran but asian giant is one of the biggest consumers of iranian oil but even though it's free to trade with the islamic republic america wants it to go elsewhere artie's priya sridhar reports. 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 you one same sions in the past there is nothing that actually binds them to follow down 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 our 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 saying that sanctions simply won't work if india and china don't get on board the united states is actually trying to pressure india to start view thing of the oil. and iraq which obviously are two major allies the washington has an interest in india buying oil from those countries instead. thousands of illegal immigrants who come to britain in search of

a better life their dreams of a good job and money instead of becoming a nightmare many pay big bucks to traffickers to make the journey but ends up in destitution bennett has met someone living on the streets and find themselves stranded with no means of returning home. it looks like nothing more than a dumping ground the school or plain to see how it is sports are the signs of life this is what forty illegal immigrants called. to a bridge. it's penniless and without sanitation the place is in face did with drugs disease and this to chew should many risk their entire families fortune to. gets here dreaming of the riches that await instead they found a nightmare they've covered they 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 the streets are 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 deportation more difficult but it means he now can't escape even though he wants to but 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. very. where do you sleep. only a sliver have a look at all it's been in there in you know it's been we've no official identity men like lack in a stuck in a bureaucratic no man's land britain went to port them unless they can prove who they are and where they came from each case has to be dealt with individually 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 a courtroom pulling in numbers over just six years such is the desperation to leave this car park used to be busy pick up 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 day like most days they wait isn't this before the downturn sure of was an ing up to three hundred pounds a week now he's lucky to get fifteen pounds a day doing jobs he never thought he'd stoop to although guys are all thinking about you know in england you know money is. really much money but they don't

know what happened here because the real life reality is there. 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 either bennett r t london. all of our news and much more too can be found anytime on our website r t v dot com here's a taste. so concerned about the fate of jailed former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko all of that it could put its relationship with the country under a view. and italian mayor figures out an unconventional way of dealing with the lack of space at a local cemetery by banning the death altogether. and his red square going green well it's going to launch was

a week of irish entertainment head of st patrick's day get all the details at arts and dot com. buster nations have been pointing the finger at countries who don't share their ideals but america and its allies are always practicing what they preach when it comes to human rights and small crecy as marina portnoy reports some believe that western politicians should first lead by example before placing lecturing on all the rest of the world. the u.s. and its european allies have many things in common security politics and a familiar practice i just told an outsiders about that yours of democracy iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech this is the precinct suppression human rights and vote in office and there's a big step towards the right democracy rule of law human rights these are our values and we believe things 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 time include of course have been used to help with protests at home. right police handcuffs and iron fists have repeatedly been used against unarmed demonstrators in greece spain and monday 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 noticing 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 and public anger continues to be inflamed u.k. officials made quite public fire with a barrage of mortar count which senior scotland yard officials are reportedly

trying to get hold up along with taser stun guns and tear gas to break up and leave 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. and nato summit in may. but this week the u.s. military is unveiling its latest non-lethal weapon to members of the press. it felt like opening up in your own most mixed with a sting from about my sternum to my. new active denial system can repel crowds using an invisible electromagnetic being 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 are seeing an intensification of repression because people are challenging the system and challenging it in europe the challenge to get in the united states and it's easy for our leaders the point the singers somewhere else revenue to take responsibility here in america do anything differently lecturing others on democracy and human rights has become a branch of western foreign policy i discoursed that claims to be based on the highest of standards but as recent years has shown it's a lot easier to stall others when everything is fine i. may say protesters it. or injured students in europe might suggest that their leaders do it all more

before i'd something to be a teacher of democracy or not artsy new york. leaders of the war in afghanistan u.s. president obama and british prime minister david cameron have confirmed plans to hand over security responsibility to local force that's the transition is due to take place next year and preparation for an end to the coalitional combat mission by the end of twenty four team they've said there is to be no change in strategy however despite recent outrages involving nato troops an american soldier massacred sixteen afghan civilians last week now long after burn copies of the koran were discovered at a u.s. air base in the country defense secretary leon panetta is in kabul trying to appease local leaders president karzai says he wants all nato forces gone from villages and remote areas meanwhile the taliban has suspended peace talks with the u.s. activists and journalists who can't are thanks washington's failing to broker

a deal to end the conflict the history of iraq on its gone for over a century is a history of colonial adventures gone terribly wrong that's assuming that these things can go right which they can't so i don't think that the putting our troops will result in that much more bloodshed that's been occurring anyway for for the last couple of decades not going to go on i think the worst what they want and then the good situation now in the end game with the taliban but what they want from the taliban is assurances on this i'm sure the hard bargain is this that the taliban stay basically hostile to all their neighbors in the region and that's what the west won't last in the west want is any kind of functioning government and infrastructure a national infrastructure in afghanistan that is at peace and not to mention on neutral kind of respect with its neighbors they want to understand if they hold on to china especially to iran now that now they're coming up to the attack on iran. some world news in brief for you the sour egypt's cheap prosecutor has charged

seventy five people including nine police officers and two minors with murder and negligence over last month's deadly soccer riots at least seventy four people were killed in the coastal city of port saeed on february first when fans of rival teams clash for a match the violence sparked angry riots across the country. if free trade agreement between south korea and the us has come into effect five years after the deal was signed it's the biggest agreement for the u.s. in sixteen years and it is aimed at slashing tyrants and other trade barriers to south korea's opposition democratic united party says the deal will trigger a backlash against the government claiming it favors the u.s. over the country's workers activists have staged rallies in seoul calling for the deal to be scrapped backs we're in for some adventurous discoveries as we take you on a trip to another corner of the largest country in the world and our russia close up

series. today we travel to the city of you a couple of quotes as located at the foot of the ural mountains dividing europe and asia and mineral rich mountains have made the region a massive center for metal manufacture and as artie's town barton discovered for many locals it's more than a profession it's a passion. and metal surroundings of blacksmiths for thousands of years i'm don't alexander leadership of and he's forging russia's mountainous you'll region for the talks he's now as much a part of this world as the homicide holmes from c i n work and fence posts but he still remembers the very first thing you mate. this spoon. it's so much more than just a simple food it's the thing i hold dearest. but

whereas alexander is content hammering one piece at a time the urals also contains smell to moderations on a truly industrial scale this plant's turns thousands of tons of molten steel into thousands of kilometers of oil and gas pipe and this isn't about craft and skill any more say engine is here it's about science and needs detailed education. technical specialists here need computer and math skills to work this increasingly complex machines so we have to train them up here these vast halls of the direct descendants of the first forges and 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 poor out three thousand tons of molten steel a day it's one of the around a dozen such plants scattered across the urals but the steel you have to get up to

one thousand six hundred degrees to get a globe like this not with all metals gold the stuff that's made while it's flat and i 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 you know if you think too much about the price you can put out a decent product we don't actually value it pass highly it's a huge responsibility look at it. gold smelting is about the most carefully handled 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 metal workers no matter how nonchalant his cold silting contemporaries may seem. he's lying he's lying of course they feel something working with gold and all that wonderful nettles they're just not

admitting it to themselves. whether in a small forge or a vast complex metal workers here are following in the footsteps of many pioneers in their trade and at least according to the alexander they all share the spirit of this man and his metal tom barton r.t. . the meter is here with a business near so dimitri russia has major gas pipeline north stream it seems could lose some of its capacity where at least the country will not be able could not be able to use it to the full extent when e.u. regulators have made a decision that pipelines linking nord stream to europe's gas infrastructure is should reserve half of their capacity for other suppliers now doesn't this decision is most likely a reaction to russia's charging a higher price for its gas but it could lead to even higher gas prices according to winter's how german company that built the linking pipeline. this would be a stranded investment of fifty percent of the capacities and in terms of efficiency

it would not make sense at all that we don't use the fifty percent of the we should be having is that for me i cannot find any other single ship who wants to do with the book the capacity because he has no gas he wants to be transported to that location when this is the reason why i think we have a good chance to find a new agreement. while gas for a long time has been linking gas prices in his formula to the oil price which we are seeing in choppy trading going mostly positive light sweet is up twenty four cents a barrel this is a. move over to stock markets and in europe also looking for direction the vax is up point three percent biggest loser there is new hands up it's down more than one per cent after reporting a thirteen million euro loss in twenty eleven. and now let's move over to rush hour is looking mildly positive for the r.t.s. up a quarter of

a percent in the fourth consecutive session of growth. on the movers on the my six we see is burbank is down two point four percent after several sessions of growth and after announcing that its additional share placement could happen i soon as next month whereas energy shares are mostly. and there that's all the market so for now the headlines are next the mouth of.

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