moscow calls on arab and western states not to thwart kofi annan also mediating effort in syria that high hopes the special envoys report to the u.n. security council may bring the prices closer to a solution. sparing no expense iran is exile from the global banking system sending oil prices soaring and what's wrong nations rushing to open emergency domestic reserves. or the controversial tradition of remembering better ones as heroes latvian nationalists gather for an annual march can damage by half of the population as seen as an inspiration for young female nonsense.

thanks for joining r t six o'clock here on friday russia says it won't give the green light to outside meddling in syria's domestic affairs blocking any un security council decision that could see foreign interference the arab u.n. envoy kofi annan is due to brief the body on his findings following his recent visit to damascus but some it hopes his peace effort in the war torn country won't be in vain as archie's poll slayer reports. let's listen by the former head of the united nations call for land is the latest attempt to solve diplomatically what is happening in syria and later today friday and will brief and update members of the u.n. security council who are 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 debate and political involvement not last weekend coffee and i 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 and say 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 members 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 managed to achieve some positive change in the stance of damascus there's an immediate counterweight reaction and any steps forward are dismissed i hope this won't be the case of how countries in the middle east and

some western states treat the mission of kofi anon it was very strange that two days after his first visit to damascus the opposition syrian national council claimed the mission had already failed we're sending definite signals to damascus to cooperate with mr in arms and we hope that other members of the security council will also demand the opposition does not provoke the escalation of violence and cooperates with mr non-solution but you do have a differences of opinion in the u.n. on the one hand you have the united states france and britain 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. calling for his resignation they saying there is days are numbered and they're upping the pressure on him to step down what russia and china are saying is that the lane of responsibility in terms of what's happening in syria needs to be shared between both the regime and the opposition

and they saying that here then any kinds of cause for regime change and one sided sanctions from the mulling over foreign intervention will only lead to an escalation of violence at the same time moscow is a myth he needs to be some kind of investigation into. the various armed factions and what they need to be brought into the fold and consume dr marcus papadopoulos an analyst from the online magazine politics first says announce an action should be hailed for its balance stance toward the syrian and rest however his findings could face the opposition after a low security council members who want the regime toppled. i think first of all kofi annan so mission in syria needs to be applauded by the international community for having approach the situation in syria with impartiality he's spoken so you 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 or a great regime change their policy from the very beginning as for culture we come out of the time of the united nations when kofi annan relates the findings of his mission i suspect it's going to strengthen and it's going to add credence to the five point peace plan put together by russia and the arab league of us 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 kofi annan says it's going to be limited by the western response. and as the fate of syria hangs in the balance another middle eastern nation is ruffling with the consequences of a successful revolution egyptian authorities desperate to hurt more on arrest crop down on police brutality unemployment poverty and disillusionments job pretensions

across the country. so we travel to the heart of the urals where precious gems lost out to heavy metals don't miss the chance to explore the land of the rich resources in just a few minutes. at times by the u.s. and its allies to bring teheran to its knees through sanctions is intensifying after swift the company that handles global banking transfers said it's cutting off iranian banks then you send the price of oil of the life blood of the world's economy hurdling forcing the u.s. and the u.k. to tap into their own crude reserves but sarah first reports many nations simply don't have that luxury. spain is among the biggest importers rainy and oil but all of that famous when the sanctions on iran come into force in july spain have until then i will penetrate sources of crude supply and order around thing

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 in the e.u. in case ban comes as the west's been making waves a virtue runs nuclear program it's a picture thing around oil revenues will bring the country to the bargaining table even assuming that the case against iran is a strong sanctions right now. 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 in full thingy a very small percentage of iranian oil and supported by van is the country struggling the west economically right now spain greece and italy but again to feel the effects of the sanctions the maced we have to think we can treat russia the way that it. actually said that if you check

to see. if you seek even if. you couldn't hear about the fact we can't be forced to make a decision once you know that in a healthy economic situation a rise in oil prices might be problematic it coming at a time when spain is on the brink of a second recession is proving a nightmare for the population. 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 u.s. to tighten our belt and keep the issue of nuclear weapons in parts to revive our economy. of course i'm afraid because they're already too high if they go any higher will be able to afford gas. attempts to calm fears about 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 bug comes into force because she's like spain will still be paying the price of lost trade with iran and the cost of replacing those oil contracts ironically spain's imports of oil from iran have increased since the e.u. backed libyan war now the prospect of his still if he's with iran is causing huge concern. while there's no war prices collations due to sanctions can be corrected the problems will come if there is a war with iran then you can see a real crisis. countries like spain elect at the mercy of a volatile situation and no one wants to see ignite. r.-t. state. remember you can always check out our website for the latest news comments on analysis that's our key dot com here's a taste of what's there for you know. all the way you want us presidential campaign is unfolding drama over the country's electronic voting system presented as

impregnable hits back in less than two days after the test launch. plus an agricultural company criticized over harsh treatment of small town farmers gets the green light for a massive biotechnology contract threatening even more independent businesses. in egypt nine police officers have been charged with assisting a murder a small boat 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 archie's arena goes to reports this current calm is unlikely to last. their evolution happened

just around the corner these streets are really closer to here and have always been in the financial interests of the city but over the past year with the protests sporadically breaking out these shopkeepers have seen their lives nasty and their livelihoods broken repairs and cleanup in the wake of protesters clashes with police brought many businesses to a halt 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 two people you meet industry under the age of twenty five who doesn't work and this is a. ford problem the angry unemployed youth often choose to sweep in after the

protesters are losing and stealing from damage shops. everything we have here other businesses in the neighborhood are also looted all houses on the street or near to your square in or broken into or rod everyone suffered in an attempt to keep the protests under control the government installed cement walls blocking off the area around the talkie or square it may have made things easier for the police but it's only made matters worse for locals here and 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 afterwards 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 forced thousands out on to higher square. in the first place the first slogan there was here and it was the word

because it was. it was actually a good thing godly people were killing each other in the line. it was half their aleutian return all of that around bringing more jobs to people and food on their tables and as 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 cairo and afghan parliamentary investigation team says up to twenty u.s. troops could be implicated in the massacre of sixteen civilians in kandahar the claim contradicts nato's account 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 has called on nato forces to leave for all areas following last week's shooting saying

he wants them to withdraw entirely before the current deadline of twenty fourteen this comes in the wake of the taliban suspending peace talks with washington on cross talk next hour the panel will be taking on the issue of america's military strategy when we talk strategy strategies military this country doesn't succeed when it uses its military if 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 the staying power ultimately we're going to leave if not this year then next to the year after and everybody knows that whatever you want to. hear. what about pale. i was just you know that he's already got to go over here is good but it's no waiting for history if you look at all the places where the u.s. military has intervened it's been a story of remarkable stability and all these places don't resemble switzerland

necessary but iraq has 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 that there is real if you look at us and says where we've ok gretchen you want to jump in you want to disagree. i just want to say that you're wrong i'm saying when people fight back we don't do well. the day of remembrance for waffen s.s. but around this being held in the law and capital riga the annual rally features s.s. supporters and nationalists and is condemned by about half of the country's population as a horrific ation of naziism and as artie's jake agreed to reports its influence on young lot meals sparks fears that neo nazi support is growing. scenes like this have concert characterize legionnaires day in latvia it stands to commemorate the around one hundred forty thousand people who fought on the side of the what for an

excess part of that that being legion aiding nazi germany's war effort they maintain their fighting against another photo the soviet red army also guilty of committing crimes itself against the latvian equal but it's not just those in attendance the youth element to this that concerns many observers with so often some nationalistic and ultra nationalist far right undertones that's brought about another protest an anti fascist protest as well they don't want the government to even allow this demonstrations to take place in the first place and they will be doing more to actually planets bell the president of latvia he's already been criticized large but some of his words on this saying that no taking part in those demonstrations is a criminal well the russian foreign ministry report is saying that in fact this

will 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 in latvia but also the rest of europe. u.s. private bradley manning who's accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to a secret spilling website we keep leaks has called on the judge to dismiss the charges his attorney accuse the government of botching the handover of certain documents to manning's defense team has came during thursday's hearing when prosecutors claimed 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 torture blames the us government for cruel and inhuman treatment towards the private a spokesman for the group supporting manning says he's already been subjected to unlawful punishment. they can make these claims in 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 that you know trial tends to proceed punishments 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 and these really aren't optional standards these are basic rules of the road that the administration needs to play by 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 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 planes are being investigated as a possible calls of the crunch. the turkish helicopter crashed into a house near the capital of afghanistan killing twelve soldiers soldiers on board and four civilians on the ground the aircraft was on a mission for nato forces in the region according to the turkish foreign ministry the pilot tried to avoid the homes as he made the emergency landing no hostile activity was reported in the area at the time of the crash and the exact cause of the incident is still unknown. tulane police hundred seen some fifty

protesters during a student march in the country's capital demonstrators are demanding educational reform as a part of a continuation of the nasser brownlee's of twenty eleven police used water cannon and tear gas to break up the march when several hundred protesters broke through a barrier and are trying to reach the education ministry. right now we're off to where europe meets asia takes poor russia's fourth largest city that stands on the natural boundary between the two continents in artie's close up. our destination is the nestled in the mineral rich ural mountains and home during our jewelry specialists but despite areas around the city teeming with gems local craftsmen are importing precious stones from abroad artie's town barton went there

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 the mistress of copper mountain it tells of the mysteries of the legendary greenstone malakar it hidden in russia's ural mountains but molokai it it's not some room 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 of feel the legends and fairy tales of the urals and they also think the skill hands of local

craftsman these men are cutting and polishing precious stones and chief among the treasures the most famous greenstone of them all emerald if you will get should be large one hundred percent translucent with the main properties being color wolli and weight it also depends how often the precious stone is found in nature. well most of them will find their way into do real and display pieces but as synonymous as these stones seem with the urals the vast majority don't even come from russia it's interesting you bring it up with no one who works with locally developed precious stones here it's very sad and i even feel sort of the end it was the jews or business is built around the stones it's not of the your rules the short of these gems quite the opposite in fact precious stones were so easy to find while the cottage industry grew up here around them and nobody

bothered to invest much in surveying what deposits exist let alone extracting them and once metals were discovered such as beryllium 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 craftsmen that spend their working lives creating masterpieces from them who knows maybe one day if the mistress of copper mountain allows it and these marvels in stone could be made from part of the country they represent tom watson r.t. . time now for a file and so our data military is out of business desk to give us the latest while the world's biggest aluminum company has found a replacement for its chairman was that his name is barry sherman and he was in the band of director at the company since two thousand and seven he's replacing victor

vector better russia's largest that alimony and producer roussel of course also buried showing awards the chairman and still is the chairman of the hong kong work and tile exchange their ears and victor victor veritas are my left his position of the world's biggest enemy and producer made a gale of angry rhetoric with the company's main shareholder. in particular the two men were sharply at odds over selling a major stake in russia's biggest miner metals. let's take a look at what's going on in the russian market and how to sell shares of barry overall it's a negative session with the obvious losing point seven percent almost one percent there correcting after several sessions of growth we want to start scam roussel is bucking that trend it's up more than three percent on this news that the chairman has been found a new chairman for the company v t v there is an interesting stock is down one point three percent in this session that's after an announcement that an additional

share placements might take place in september of this year for another three billion dollars like you did last time and the loop oil is down more than one percent on it's disappointing for porsche results over in the cannot of these markets also a lot of movement going on the past twenty four hours first we saw a sharp drop on rumors that the u.k. and u.s. might release their strategic reserves of oil onto the markets and therefore it was a plunge in the price now it's back up one point six dollars a barrel for bread so well on the increasing tensions between the west and iran iran's banking system will be excluded from the swift system under president act which will basically isolate the whole banking system of the country including its central bank. and now let's take what's going on in the united states and after one

hour of trading barely any movement any direction there was a gap at the beginning of trade the dow was up by just a notch nasdaq is pulled down by apple shares they're down one percent the first day of sales of the new tablet the i pad actually call it three this just the new i pad as a marketing. kind of move from the company and we still have to remember that since the beginning of the year the stock is up forty who are sick. and now let's move over to europe they're looking quite positive although some of the steam has been lost since last out when the industrial output in the united states came in at a growth of four point three percent right i was still seeing a mildly positive picture another two hours remaining on the globe for trading in europe. and on the currency is market barely any movement today in the euro strengthening versus the dollar whereas the russian ruble is so boring against the

euro because it has strengthened and it's gaining slightly versus the dollar not much of a different picture from other global currencies outside these two major ones the greenback and the euro and we will be back in fifty five minutes time with another market up right.

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