mass rallies called for and against the syrian government marked the first start of verse three of the country's armed breast but while some of the media reporting zick use of only fueling the fire. britain's guardian newspaper releases what purports to be thousands of emails from president afterwards private but are they truth or try more from me in just a moment. also this hour pumping up the pressure the u.s. wants india to stop buying a radian oil try to persuade the country to go elsewhere for its scrutiny. plus the

taliban suspend peace talks with the u.s. and president karzai says he wants nato out of rural areas after an american soldier gunned down sixteen villages in cold blood. are you watching r t live from moscow it's eight pm thursday evening here now kevin oh in our top story the syrian president remains in power a year since protests against his rule and violence gripped the country but according to the league's e-mails allegedly from his account mashallah site is under a rainy and guidance and ridicules his own reforms but as artie's laura smith reports there is considerable doubt about the credibility of those claims which come from splintered opposition groups. what is the garage if things that refer to in his

professional life and also in his personal life these e-mails it's claims were intercepted by some hackers belonging to one of the opposition groups the supreme council of the revolution between june and early february 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 some of the e-mails refer to communications that assad has had with iran and with the grainy and proxies. they were giving him advice to use powerful and violent language when he's talking to the people also to show appreciation for friendly state and to leak more information on syria's military strength to suggest to people that it's syria did come a time under any kind of on snorty it could defend itself now that really plays directly into the hands of old from 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 figures as far as any other organizations concerned of the number of people who have been killed during this syrian uprising so we have to be a little bit careful about how much credence we give to these allegedly leaked e-mails not only to they showed a political or did a ledge to show the political workings of us that's my but they also show details from his personal life after scenes links from you tube videos he even forwarded to one of his aides a 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. laura smith our correspondent in london well in syria itself the first anniversary of widespread

protests and unrest against the assad regime is being marked with more demonstrations across the country thousands of also been rallying in the capital in support of the president there hailing ongoing democratic reforms which include parliamentary elections in may but opposition leaders say the initiatives are mere just year and they want to subject quit government troops who have pushed armed rebels out of several flashpoint cities meantime with both sides taking losses and you are now estimating the violence has claimed at least eight thousand lives since march let's not discuss the latest developments in beirut based middle east expert at risk is joining us live on the high there when thousands hit the streets of damascus to applaud the satellite we've been seeing today does that reflect what the majority of the country thinks or not. well i think yes it does reflect what the majority of the country thinks the this is not the first time of course you have to also remember that the opposition is very weak and because of

the procedures or because of the practices which some of the opposition resorted to they have lost a lot of their supporters as well they are now the syrian people and three people who very much support the anti israeli approach they aren't the israeli politics or politic all the standards or political behavior which he has said has used them so i think that is the main source of his popularity the syrian people are known for this and so hence when you see syrian opposition figures speaking about for example cutting off car you saw the increasing their toys with iran with syria off what we refer to as the resistance access i think all that does is it gives more popularity to the regime or to the syrian regime in addition to the fact that some israeli figures haven't been silent as well about their wishes to get rid of bashar al has a right i think that also makes people very hesitant to express their support. for

the opponents story of our side but that's not to mention the also also the minorities such as christians and druze i think that the hurdles for example of al qaida and we have all heard i really see in your car the figure speaking about how he advocates toppling bashar al assad and how he is a supporter of the opposition all these so-called skills of allusion i think what this did also lead the christians in the druze any other minority minorities to back up possibly even more so the circumstances. have served us well as a lot and i think that in general there is no choice for the opponents or the international opponents. but the result there was some kind of political solution and i think they have recognized this one. pointing coffee are known as the arab league who were enjoyed employed to reach a political solution early internally we talked for a minute about the prospects for the parliamentary election coming up just two months away in may it is damascus you think well and expect them to have crushed

the rebels of the begs the question if it hasn't been elections supposed to take place under such conditions if the fighting still going on. yes mozart lots of himself said that he said it's very difficult to go ahead with the reforms while we have why we have these terrorist warnings while they have these attacks however the syrian army has made some decisively treatments recently garble in homes in addition i believe to what hitler of which the syrian army was unable to take control of but i also believe that setting the date of my bashar asad has had nine but that by the time a carbs who will probably have reached a decisive victory i think what has made him more confident is the fact that the year there appears to be no foreign military intervention that their foreign powers are not really not prepared to intervene in a country like syria and some very high ranking american military officials themselves i believe martin dempsey was one of them spoke about how america would

not intervene because the syrian army is a formidable army and the most important of all the syrian army has kept in general in tact and in support of the syrian government which gives a lot of bergen for the bashar al assad and gives him the confidence that by the time a comes he won't he will not reach that this is a victory and i think the reason why qatar for example has called the resistance and the reason why it has broken this desperate way of trying to intervene is the fact that countries like qatar have lost hope that they can impose or they could implement their own the when it comes to syria so certainly the hope of doing it on my i think it has a lot of meaning and points out the word timetable which our side has sent for so often with a confidence they were chief some decisive military victories thanks ever so much to the program on the wrist the middle east expert joining us now live from beirut and we'd like to know what you think about this on going situation in syria that's

question on our web site at sea dot com we're running a poll today we're asking you a year on who the conflict in syria is being for between i'm sure you got your thoughts about it almost half and. you said it's you think the world superpower is in need of natural resources as you can see there about a quarter of you believe it's propaganda peddlers gladly media outlets fifteen percent of you suggesting it's the power hungry elites in syria and that graph tell us nine percent of you think it's a fight between freedom loving people and an oppressive government still plenty of time to go online and have your say and. you watching r t still ahead should maintain control at any cost. it don't like opening up to your almost needs to be that steam from about my students might. find out how far the u.s. is willing to go to disperse demonstrators in in force authority despite lecturing other countries about human rights. thousands of illegal immigrants who come to the

u.k. and learning the hard way that the streets of london are 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 the asian giants 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 as his previous reader reports tonight. 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 have said that this was a slap in the face to them 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 i knew 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 things should simply won't work in india and china don't get on board the united states is actually trying to pressure india to start using a loyal. and a rock which obviously are two major allies the washington has an interest in india of buying oil from those countries instead. of related news or who's staying with the organization which runs the system for transferring money internationally is cutting ties with the rainy and bones which is subject to you so james overcome these nuclear ambitions the a swift system is announced the band which is good now making travel transactions

impossible to have from the affected institutions is give more details on what will chip. up ahead on our team tonight the land of blacksmiths in a few minutes we travel to the ules region in central russia to see how the ancient crafts of the forge is still very much alive. but first thousands of illegal immigrants who come to britain in search of a better life are found the dreams of a good job and money instead becoming a nightmare when he paid big bucks to traffickers to make the journey but end up in destitution bennett as many people living on the streets of farms are stranded now with no means of returning home. it looks like nothing more than a dumping ground squalor plain to see harder to spot other 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 families 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 told the fact that if you kept the u.k. . is 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 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. it's. all that where do you sleep. only look at all it's been. and

in. with no official identity men like lax 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 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 east to be a busy pick up spot for manual labor but now there's nothing this is where the men waits looking for work then every warning 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 earning 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 older guys india or in england you know. really much when you don't don't know what happened here it was the real life reality is that if you. as we didn't do in india you know we. 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 artane london. well the news a lot more to be found anytime on a website r.t. dot com from stories that night you might be interested in leading figure in the russian antigovernment protests movement going on hunger strike in response to

being sentenced to ten days in prison because his story online might also see how citizens of live tally in town can no longer die because it's against the law to give me right details about that at r t v dot com as well. plus red square going green launches a week of irish into taking on the head of some patrick's day weekend it's at r.t. dot com. western nations have been pointing the finger at countries who don't share their ideals but america and its allies are there was practicing what they preach it seems when it comes to human rights and democracy some believe that western politicians should first lead by example before the rest of the world has more important. the u.s. and its european allies have many things in common security politics and a familiar practice of outsiders about the democracy iranian people have a universal right to assembly and free speech this is the policing suppression

human rights democracy there is a big step towards democracy rule of law human rights these are some 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. wouldn't the times in google force have been used to help public protest at home. white 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 in other 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 made quite public fire with a barrage of water cannon which senior scotland yard officials are reportedly trying to get hold of along with taser stun guns and tear gas to break up and leave for 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 don't like opening up your almost. 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 is in 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 in the united states and it's easy for our leaders to point the finger somewhere else rather than take responsibility here in america do anything differently lecturing others our democracy and human rights has become a branch of western foreign policy i discoursed but needs to be based on the

highest of standards but as recent years has shown it's a lot easier to spoil others when everything is i. mean protesters in all or injured students in europe might suggest that their leaders do a homework before attempting to be a teacher of democracy. r.t. new york. at least ten civilians have reportedly been killed by a roadside bomb in afghanistan meantime the taliban has suspended peace talks with the us changing the terms and conditions of a road map to peace this comes as the afghan president slammed the nato campaign in this country calling on alliance forces to leave rural areas it was responding to the man. secure of sixteen civilians by an american soldier last weekend not long after burnt copies of the qur'an were discovered at the us air base in the country the western leaders of the war us president of barber and british prime minister david cameron of confirmed plans meantime to hand over security responsibility to

local forces the transitions due to take place next year in preparation for an end to the coalition combat mission by the end of twenty fourteen but activists and journalists chandan told me things washington already has plans for a post nato afghanistan. the history of afghanistan 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 pulling out of troops will result in that much more bloodshed that's been occurring anyway for the last couple of decades not going to stand i think the west what they want and then the in the end game with the taliban but what they want from the taliban is assurances and 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 want the last thing the west want is any kind of functioning government and infrastructure and national infrastructure in afghanistan that is at peace and not

to mention on a mutual kind of respect with its neighbors they want afghanistan as they hostile to china especially to iran now now they're coming up to the attack on iran will be used in brief and egypt's chief prosecutor is charged seventy five people including one of these officers and two minors with murder negligence over last month did the soccer riots at least seventy four people were killed in the coastal city of port side on every the first when fans of rival teams clashed after a match violent riots across the country. a prominent chinese politician has been removed from his post as a high ranking communist party leader after contact between his police chief and the u.s. consulate bossi lies removal as party chief for the city of children being killed. after he's gone the top cop reportedly sought asylum in sixty two year old was seen as a contender for high office within china's ruling party will now be replaced by the party's vice premier. free trade agreement between south korea and the us has come

into effect five years after it was signed it is the biggest such deal for the u.s. in sixteen years and is aimed at slashing another trade barriers south korea's opposition democratic united party says the plan 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 protocol and scrapped. off on a travels next room for adventurous discoveries as we take you on a trip to another corner of the largest country in the world russia in a russian close up series. and today as you see on the map we're traveling to the city of a cutting board which is located at the foot of the ural mountains which divides europe and asia the mineral rich mountains of made the region a massive center for metal manufacture a planet artie's tabart discovered for many locals it's more than

a profession it's a passion. and metal surroundings of blacksmiths to thousands of years and of alexander cough and his fortune russia's mountainous euro region of the parks he's now as much a part of this world as the hammers and tongs from c i n 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 stew it's the thing i hold dearest. now that it. but whereas alexander is content hammering one piece at a time the urals also contained smelt an 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 say engineers here it's about science and needs detail education. technical

specialists here need computer and mass skills to work these increasingly complex machines so we have to train them up here these vast holes are the direct descendants of the first fortunes 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 pour 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 heat it up to one thousand six hundred degrees to get the globe like this not with all metals gold the stuff that's made while it's fat guys greedy since time immemorial these men swells it into its iconic gold bullion form but they say to them it's just another metal. if people would give that you know if you think too much about the

price you can put out a decent product we don't actually value it cost highly it's a huge responsibility look at it. gold's milton is about the most carefully humble metal operation there is. not to knock on 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 gold silting contemporaries may seem. he's lived his life of course they feel something working with gold and all the wonderful nettles they're just not of getting it to themselves. when they're in a small forge or a vast complex metal workers here are following in the footsteps of many pioneers in a trade and at least according to alexander they all share the spirit of this man and his metal tom barton r.t. . the busy business tales catch up with dimitri either greece getting even more

money yes that's right the i.m.f. is giving it thirty six and a half a billion dollars that is probably good news for the country will look at that in just a second on the markets reacting first of all looks like russia might not be able to use the full capacity of its nord stream gas pipeline project because either you regulators are now saying there are basically pipelines linking nord stream to europe's gas infrastructure need to reserve fifty percent of their capacity for other supplies now this initiative they say is the most likely a reaction to russia's charging a high price for its gas but we've also heard an opinion that this move could lead to even higher gas prices that's according to winter's hall a company which built a linking pipeline. this would be a stranded investment just fifty percent of the capacity isn't in terms of efficiency it would not make sense at all that we don't use here which is the percent of that we should be having this is for i cannot find any other single ship

who wants to do with the book the capacity because he has no gas he wants to change according to that location when this is the reason why i think we have a good chance to find a new dream in the. meanwhile russia has always said that gas prices are connected to prices the second to what's happening there pretty dramatic actually picture because there's a sharp drop as you can see the brands to buy two dollars down now this out this is on reports the u.k. and the u.s. might release their strategic reserves of oil and therefore more oil in the market higher supply prices are going down so what's going on the stock markets in the u.s. they're looking moderately positive nasdaq supported by obviously tech shares of google is up almost one percent apple used to be quite positive for it now it's just up by a notch one day ahead of its release of the new i pad. and in europe

shares trading is coming to an end the footsies down by a furred still on fears that fitch might review the top a rating aaa rating of the united kingdom well the dax is up twenty six percent and quickly as they look at what's happening in russia have the close of the session the my six went into the red it's down point three percent and that's because financial shares likes burbank word down two point six percent i was putting a lot of pressure well and if you shares were feeling a bit better this drop in oil prices came before the markets closed after the markets. so more markets around fifty five minutes. thank you.