russia. calls on arab and western states not to thwart kofi annan mediating effort in syria amid hardball the special envoys report to the un security council may bring the crisis closer to a solution. sparing no expense iran is exiled from the global banking system leaving oil prices soaring and western nations rushing to open emergency domestic reserves. around the controversial tradition of remembering our son's veterans as heroes lockin nationalists and gather for an annual march couldn't damage by half of the population and see that as an inspiration for young elian nazis.

thanks for joining us this friday five o'clock here in moscow on karen taraji russia says it won't give the green light to outside meddling in syria's domestic affairs blocking any u.n. security council decision that could see foreign interference arab u.n. envoy kofi annan is due to brief the body on his findings following his recent visit to damascus that's amid hopes his peace effort in the war torn country won't be in vain as archie's player reports let's listen by the former head of the united nations kofi annan is the latest attempt to diplomatically what is happening in syria and later today friday and i'm will brief and update members of the u.n. security council guarding the latest proposals on the table. and these include an

immediate halt to the fighting humanitarian assistance to civilians who've been caught in the crossfire as well as political debates and political involvement now last weekend kofi annan was in damascus where he met with the syrian president bashar assad as well as the opposition and he went on record after those meetings in saying that the door was open to a diplomatic solution and at the same time the syrian regime has indicated that its response to announce proposals is positive now the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has urged all neighbors of the international community to back this mission with lavrov saying that russia puts its weight behind it because of this those fish i hope this mission won't be ruined we have a feeling it every time we manage to achieve some positive change in the stance of damascus there's an immediate counterweight reaction and any steps forward are just missed i hope this won't be the case of how countries in the middle east and some western states treat the mission of kofi and i it was very strange that after his

first visit to damascus the opposition syrian national council claimed the mission had already failed we're standing definite signals to damascus to cooperate with mr in arms and we hope that other members of the security council also demand the opposition does not provoke the escalation of violence and cooperates with mr nonce mission but you do have a differences of opinion in the u.n. on the one hand you have the united states foreign some question and on the other hand you have russia and china what we're hearing from washington is that the blame for the violence in syria is firmly to be put on the shoulders of the syrian president bashar assad and his regime they are calling for his resignation they saying that his days are numbered and they're upping the pressure on him to step down what russia and china are saying is that the blame of the responsibility in terms of what's happening in syria needs to be shaped between both the regime and the opposite. and then they saying that here there are any kinds of cause for

change and one sided sanctions in the mulling over foreign intervention will only lead to an escalation of violence at the same time moscow is saying that he needs to be some kind of investigation into. the various armed factions and that they need to be brought into the fold and. black markets papadopoulos an analyst from the on line magazine politics first says another mission should be held for its balance stance toward the syrian are asked however his findings could face our position from those security council members who want the regime toppled well i think first of all kofi annan submission in syria needs to be approved to supply the international community for having approached the situation in syria we've impartiality in he spoke concerning members of the syrian governments including president assad and also members of the syrian opposition the same cannot be said about the american british and french governments who have made regime change their

policy from the very beginning. come out of. the time at the united nations when kofi annan relates the findings of his mission i suspect it's going to strengthen it's going to add credence to the five point peace plan put together by russia and the arab league about some week or so ago however the stumbling block really is going to be the permanent members the western permanent members on the security council who have made it very clear that president assad has to go from power so i think whatever co finance violence will be it's going to be limited by the western response. as the fate of syria hangs in the balance another middle eastern nation is wrestling with the consequences of a successful revolution. egyptian authorities desperate to avert more. delmon police brutality as unemployment poverty and disillusionment stoked tensions across

the country. also we travel to the heart of the year olds where precious gems from lost out to heavy metals don't miss the chance to explore the land of rich resources in just a few minutes. at times spidey you want to bring to its knees through sanctions is intensifying after swift the company that handles global banking transfers said it's coming off iranian banks the news sent the price of oil the lifeblood of the world's economy hurdling forcing the u.s. and the u.k. to tap into their own crude reserves but as sarah firth reports many nations simply don't have that luxury. spain is among the biggest importers a radio oil but all of that fails when the sanctions come into force in july spain has until the answer heigl sources of crude supply and all around a real risk to the country found out has been fueled by iranian oil. prices are

on the rise and there are fears that they're about to be even higher with the iranian oil embargo looming the e.u. in case band comes as the west's been making waves a virgo runs nuclear program it's a pity sitting around while revenues will bring the country to the bargaining table even assuming that the case against iran has a strong sanctions right now and exercised by countries like spain or greece or italy that much those countries more than it will damage iran was countries like france and britain and poor thingy a very small percentage of iranian oil and. if the country struggling less economically right now spain greece and italy but again to feel the effects of the sanctions the most is we can't refuse that pressure from the u.s. it is still the foreign minister actually said that if you check the

sixty five percent of the sikh community even if you assume you couldn't be here about the fact that we can't be forced to make the decision once you know that in a healthy economic situation a rise in oil prices might be problematic coming at a time when spain is on the brink of a second recession is proving a nightmare for the population and it's terrible that we should pay for decisions taken in brussels is not known they're taken for but certainly not for simple reasons. certainly should trigger a rise in prices we should follow the example of the us to tighten our belt and keep the usual nuclear weapons a punch to revive our economy. of course i'm afraid because they're already too high if they go anywhere and won't be able to afford gas. a chance to calm fears advance a rise in prices have been made saudi arabia says it's good enough oil to make up for the loss of around supplies when the in vogue comes into force because she's

likes things still be paying the price of loss trade with iran and the cost of replacing those oil contracts ironically spain's imports of oil from iran have increased since the libyan war now the prospect of his thirty's with iran is causing huge concern. while those new war prices collation students ancients can be corrected the problems will come if. the. countries like spain elect at the mercy of a volatile situation no one wants to see ignites so r.t. spain. and you can always check out our website to look at the latest news comments and also our team dot com here's a taste of what's there for you now while the u.s. presidential campaign is in full throttle the country's electronic voting system presented as impregnable gets wrapped in last then two days after the test launch.

plus an agricultural company criticized over harsh treatment our small time farmers gets the green light for a massive biotechnology contract threatening even more independent businesses. ten minutes past the hour and then in egypt nine police officers have been charged with assisting a murder or a small football fans on a rampage that killed seventy four opposing team supporters last month police have been largely immune from prosecution in the country for decades even after the revolution last year out of fear of upsetting stability but as our geezer in a girls' school reports this current column. is unlikely to last. the revolution happened just around the corner of the streets and i really cause the fear and have always been and if i mention the interest of the city but over the past year with

the protests predicate breaking out these shopkeepers have seen their lives gnashed and their livelihoods broken repairs and cleanup in the wake of protestors clashes with police broke many businesses to hold meaning they are already small income was hit. after the revolution there's been less work because of all these events we shut down early and go home because there's no business we have to stay closed for several days immediately following the uprising on january twenty fifth last year at the security situation in the egyptian capital remains on easy in fact many residents say right now it's even worse than it was at the height of the uprising last year there are one out of every top people you meet in the street under the age of twenty five who doesn't work and this is the. ford problem the angry unemployed youth often choose to sweep in after the protestors are losing and

stealing from damage shops the book everything we have here other businesses in the neighborhood are also looted all houses on this street or near to yours where either broken into or rocks everyone suffrage in an attempt to keep the protests under control the government installed cement walls blocking off the area around the here square it may have made things easier for the police but it's only made matters worse for locals right here in the barricades they've built on the streets they've really affected us as well as the huge protests we haven't worked for seven days since and afterward had to clean up a lot. yet most egyptians believe the main problem is not the mess which follows the protests but the absence of jobs which turns many desperate people into looters it was the country's flailing economy which were. thousands out into a few square in the first place the first slogan that was here in the area square was the word broke because it was. it was actually

a good thing godly people were killing each other in the line. it was half their aleutian we turned all of that around bringing more jobs to people and food on their tables things stand more than a year after the uprising even those who did have a livelihood are now struggling to stay afloat even if i was going to cairo. an afghan parliamentary investigation team says up to twenty u.s. troops could be implicated in the massacre of sixteen civilians in kandahar that's of course contradicted nato's account that one rogue soldier was behind the attack meanwhile the u.s. military have confirmed that defense secretary leon panetta was the intended target of a suicide bomb at a british base in southern afghanistan the country's president hamid karzai house called on nato forces to leave or all areas following last week's shooting saying he wants them to withdraw entirely before the current deadline of twenty fourteen

also the taliban have suspended peace talks with washington and on cross talk at fifteen thirty g.m.t. the panel will be taking only issue of america's military strategy. and one strategy strategy is military this country doesn't succeed when it uses its military its somebody fights back except for world war two when you go through all of the other wars we don't have the staying power we're not going to get that staying power ultimately we're going to leave if not this year then next to the year after and everybody knows that whatever. is near. what about pail of oil. i was just you know they'd already gotten saturday variously and would have no meaning for history if you look at all the places where the u.s. military has intervened it's been a story of remarkable stability these places don't resemble switzerland necessary but iraq is a nascent democracy it's violent we exit it too quickly kuwait is free persian gulf

oil flow those are very interesting areas you can see there are three or if you look at the years and says where we've ok gretchen you want to jump in you want to disagree thing at the end. i just want to say that but you're wrong i'm saying when people fight back we don't do well. but they have remember and. veterans is being held in the lot in capital riga the annual rally features as supporters and nationalists and is condemned by about half of the country's population as glorification of naziism as artie's jake agreed to reports its influence on young lobby and sparks fears are that more nazi support is growing. seems like beasts of consequence arise legionaries day in latvia it stands to commemorate the around one hundred forty thousand who fought on the side of the waffen s.s.

part of the field legion aiding nazi germany's war effort they maintain their fight against another throw the soviet red army also guilty of committing crimes itself against the law equal but it's not just those in attendance that the the sentiments of this that concerns many observers with so often some nationalistic ultra nationalist right undertones that's brought about another protest an anti fascist protest as well they don't want the libyan government to even allow this demonstration to take place in the first place and that they will then i've been going to be doing more to actually planets now the president. flavia he's already been criticized the some of his words on this saying that no taking part in those that mr ations is a criminal well the russian foreign ministry rich horse is saying that this would do nothing to stem the flow of xenophobia in latvia on that issue just

a hundred yards away from here there is a conference an international conference convening about the rise of the far right not only learned here but also the rest of europe. you know as private bradley manning who is accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of craft classified documents to the secret spilling website wiki leaks has called on the judge to dismiss the charges his attorney accuse the government of bungling the handover of certain documents to manning supplants team came during thursday's hearing when prosecutors claim the soldier was aiding al qaida through his activities if found guilty manning could spend the rest of his life behind bars previously the u.n. spokesman on twitter i'm going to the u.s. government for cruel and inhumane treatment towards the private a spokesman for the group supporting manning says he's already been subjected to a lawful punishment. they can make these claims and go on with this fear mongering as they have been as much as they want but they're entirely baseless and we know

that they're baseless because we know for a fact that the government conducted a number of internal impact assessments that found that the wiki leaks materials did not pose any threat to our national security that our troops were never put in harm's way it reminds me of growing up in school going to civics class you know you learn these basic concepts you know trial tends to proceed punishment you know these are basic foundational concepts of you know western law and justice and that's been completely thrown out the window in this case and that's a clear violation of his eighth amendment rights that's a clear violation of articles one in sixteen of the un convention against torture that's a treaty that has been ratified by congress in accordance with the constitution these really aren't optional standards these are basic rules of the road that the administration needs to play and if they're not able to do that then they're not

qualified to govern. all right time now for some other news making headlines around the world belgium holds a day of mourning for the victims of a school bus crash in switzerland a vehicle was on its way back to belgium from a school organized ski trip when it crashed into the wall of the tunnel killing twenty two children and six adults one of the survivors reported seeing the driver trying to change a d.v.d. just prior to the accident both claims are being investigated as a possible cause of the crotch. a turkish helicopter crashed into a house near the capital of afghanistan killing twelve soldiers on board and four civilians on the ground the aircraft was on a mission for nato forces in the region according to the church's foreign ministry of the pilot tried to avoid the homes as he made the emergency landing and no hostile activity was reported in the area at the time of the crash exact cause of the incident is still unknown. shalane police have detained some fifty

protesters during a student march in the country's capital the demonstrators are demanding educational reform as part of a continuation of the massive rallies of two thousand and eleven police used water cannon and tear gas to break up the march when several hundred protesters broke through a barrier and tried to reach the education ministry. right now we're off to where europe meets asia to explore russia's fourth largest city that stands on the natural boundary between the two continents in artie's close up. our destinations that is the border nestled in the mineral rich ural mountains and home to renowned jury specialists but despite areas around the city teeming with germs local craftsman are importing precious stones from abroad. to find out why.

from its beginnings as an outpost of the fledgling russian empire you could terran bird has grown up as a city which exploited the mineral wealth of the ural mountains it's gone on developing on that line throughout its history and it's those themes the exploitation of the region's rich mineral wealth which i've been examining in my reports the fairy tale of a mistress of copper mountain it tells of the mysteries of the legendary green stone malakai it hidden in rushes you around mountains but molokai right it's not some home this looks like a pile of rather dull mountain rocks but step over here and when we have water we can see something of these rocks natural beauty these are the stones and feel the legends and fairy tales of the urals and they also feed the still hands of local craft these men are cutting and polishing precious stones

and sheep among the treasures the most famous greenstone of them all emerald if you will it should be large one hundred percent translucent with the main properties being color quality and weight it also depends how often the precious stone is found in nature. most of them will find their way into jewelry and display pieces but as anonymous says these stones seem with the urals the vast majority don't even come from russia but it's interesting you bring it up with no one works with locally developed precious stones here it's very sad and i even feel sort of mean it was the jews or business is built around the stillness it's not of the urals assured to these gems quite the opposite in fact precious stones were so easy to find while the cottage industry grew up here around them that nobody bothered to invest much in surveying what deposits exist let alone extracting them and once

metals were discovered such as but really i'm which is used in military applications little was thought of destroying the emeralds in which it's normally found. there are still thought to be enormous deposits of animals and other precious stones within the euro's and no matter where they come from the region still has craftsman that spend their working lives creating masterpieces from who knows maybe one day if the mistress of copper mountain allows it and these marvels and stone could be made from the heart of the country they represent tom watson artie crater and i can go looking grand island they are all but if you want something even more rare you need a look at any further than moscow next hour martin landers explores just how far russians are willing to go to feed their exotic appetites and driving an hour and a half outside the center of moscow we've arrived here at this ostrich farm all strauss as they call it in russian and goods of these guys have got thick feathers

with all this snow this farm here homes the region's largest population of the world's largest birds all together the farm has around two hundred species of african hostages emus. this little guy. time now for a business update with dimitri while the world's biggest aluminum company has elected any of chairman dmitri who is the lucky candidate well it's name is barry sure and he comes in as chairman of the board sort of places that have actually got one of russia's richest men who stepped down around three days ago now very independent director for rousselle since two thousand and ten he also chairs the hong kong mercantile exchange now viktor vex about

a leftist position on the world's biggest enemy producer made a gale of angry rhetoric with the company's a main shareholder. in particular two men who were sharply at odds over selling a major stake in russia's biggest hurdles. what's happening on the markets and the reaction to what's going on in rusalka well right now the markets are down and correcting after several sessions of growth if we take a look at the main movers you'll see that roof sallies bucking the trend that it's up more than a request say all news that it's found a new chairman of the board the t.v. is down one percent after announcing they may go ahead with an additional share placement in september for around three billion dollars like it did last time and. is down more than one percent on that disappointing for results and to. take a look at what's going on elsewhere around the commodities markets we're seeing light

sweet and brands a regaining momentum on the musing on rumors that the u.k. and the u.s. might to release the reserves right now we're so worried investors' minds is escalating tensions between the west and iran which will be excluded from. the swift system that means its banks will no longer be able to help hold transactions with other international banks including iran central bank. move on to stalk sand in europe it's looking for the right of industrial output in the us came in as a modest growth of point three percent was seeing around the house of the same group in london adam frankfurt. and also when it comes to currencies barely any movement the euro and the dollar going up and down by not so much really today whereas the ruble has changed its positions versus the euro zone for around twelve copecks and strengthening slightly versus the dollar. exclusive now glencore the

world's largest commodities trader has a presence in russia which we mentioned earlier in the program now its chairman has told business he's looking to expand the glen cause presence in russia although competition at times can be stiff to attract investment. but we look at all countries what the deal is and whether we would like to start we have a small operation everything is a matter of comparison for us somewhere in india we see to be easier russia is difficult you've seen some blowouts i think he got a bit of a mess with that with russian partners i am not saying to be people right at all in fact our own analysis i think he got it wrong if we find it easier to. find agricultural products in brazil and do deals with villages in russia or in nigeria or wherever it is we will go that way that's up to any country if it wants

investment if it wants investment. and inviting. i'm back in fifty five minutes i'm going to knock it out take the headlines and i thought if you say you. know you're.

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