breaking the deadlock russia says it's ready to back u.n. action on syria endorsing the peace plan put forward by the world body as envoy to the country. will and it will continue to pay any tromp that its milt's may think until the. gazans are killed and over one hundred injured in the latest spate of violence across iraq just one day after the ninth anniversary of the start of the u.s. led invasion. and thousands of workers in the u.k. left struggling to find employment and demanding justice after learning they were placed on a secret police back blacklist. it

is not good to have you with us here on r.t. today rule re sushi and life in moscow for the russian capital is ready to back a u.n. resolution on syria as long as it contains no ultimatums aimed at president assad's regime and that's according to the russian foreign minister who is voicing strong support for the u.n. special envoys a road map to peace in the conflict torn country the u.n. security council is set to consider voting on a draft statement on syria later on choose day with the details now as r.t. serrefine. russia remains very much focused on what it said all along which is that it is calling for a cease fire to hold to the violence in the country that is not going to back anything is seen as putting in the ultimatum on the syrian government to. talk

about solution is seen as simply backing one side now we know that foreign minister lavrov was meeting today with his lebanese counterpart and he's thinking about the trough resolution this is going to be discussed later in the security council that kind of food by france and that i used to back a pin on six point peace plan in syria you know we know the case you know what even to syria to discuss this with president assad that is he did it the security council can later on today come to some sort of consensus and there it's just a full behind up plan but of course that is very much as we said going to come down to the wording of that plan and whether the security council will be able to agree on the times that russia has voiced support not only for a few nuns a peace plan in the country but also for the growing calls the humanitarian ceasefire within syria we saw the foreign minister meeting with the head of the

international red cross yesterday and i'm backing these plans for that cease fire within the country so that's absolutely essential in case you know he started calling for much the same things that the arab league observers mission had been asking for the whole to the violence of the bullets and the security forces from some of these conflict areas the release of political prisoners but we saw the arab league observers mission certainly got into numbers stumbling blocks and then she ends up the food you need to since they think there is a lot of faith now that the security council itself to me full past these barriers that they've been meeting with things like the wording of these resolutions and casein and says nice the perhaps is a mediator between the west. russia's stance that we've had foreign minister level saying the case you know it's funny because in the ultimatum it doesn't put the pressure just on one side can say if this can now put pressure on both the

opposition and assad to push through this cease fire does that mean there's a lot of hype that some sort of consensus can be reached. parties or so forth according right there from outside the russian ministry of foreign affairs and just a moment we're going to talk to franklin lamb director of the n.g.o.s merican is concern for middle east peace to stay with us here on say that interview for now though a series of coordinated blasts have rocked nearly a dozen cities in iraq killing more than forty people injuring almost two hundred three car bombs exploded in the north an oil rich province of code of cook that killed nine people a further two car bombs hit a predominantly shia city of karbala that's about eighty kilometers south of baghdad that killed thirteen and other attacks in the capital and two southern towns targeted at local police headquarters the latest violence comes nine years after the u.s. led invasion of iraq began and ahead of next week's arab league summit to be held in the back of the antiwar campaign david swanson says that despite u.s.

efforts iraq is a country in tatters. we demolished their country we destroyed what was one of the most advanced civilized countries. standard of living in that region we've destroyed it hurt for over twenty years we've had a pair of wars and endless family and sanctions in between in million six lives just in the past nine years we've killed over a million people in created four million refugees and the refugees in the world are now from iraq or afghanistan and we've ruined their infrastructure trillions of dollars worth of damage to infrastructure to the natural environment. as you know you're a cancer patient here ocean or every woman giving birth that's the same first question is it normal any we have just strongly that chantry. now afghan and human rights groups are pointing to widespread torture in the country's prisons and the claims

also state that some of the detainees subjected to abuse were handed over by america despite a ban on transfers and that was adopted just last summer but these allegations which afghan officials deny come just weeks after several atrocities were committed by u.s. soldiers in the country that is going to points. every year international forces detained thousands of afghans and a good number of those are transferred to afghan interrogators now the report by the afghan independent human rights commission a new york based open society foundations were feels that what awaits the detainees after being transferred is often torture and denial of due process the report refers to very specific cases and testimonies and basically asks whether the u.s. is complicit in torture there we're talking about some gruesome reports of abuse detailed in that report beatings suspension from the ceiling electric shocks are actual sexual abuse and other forms of mental and physical abuse which are

routinely used to obtain confessions or other information the research primarily focuses on how the afghan intelligence agency does business and that that is as that the u.s. the business of the u.s. forces is just to hand over those detainees partly years america's old network of secret prisons in afghanistan as provided ample material for various reports rampant torture and all lawful practices have been reported so-called black side interrogation centers by the way the u.s. government has admitted the existence of those secret centers but the admission the confirmation came after many years of denials so now as the u.s. is in the process of handing over its presence including the infamous prison on blogger amir to the afghan government these reports come out about what happens to the detainees after they were handed handed over by american forces to their afghan colleagues this pullout operation is becoming increasingly challenging for the united states a times plain embarrassing because of the bad news coming from of ghana's spent on

a regular basis the american soldier who apparently killed sixteen innocent civilians the burning of the holy muslim books of u.s. marine you're an aging on bed afghans and more broadly the surge of violence there rampant opium production which terrorists around the globe feed off yes journalists tend to focus on part of them split it in again is that it seems there are more problems than time to report. reporting right there well there you are with art still to come your way in just a few minutes here on the program that have black listed. when all that money stuff you can imagine it it's it's a person jeopardy a picture from a guy from jeopardy your relationships in jeopardy you can pay your bills anymore find out why you need workers and whistle blowers in the u.k. are fighting back after being kicked out of the workplace. and we report on how

russian authorities are planning a new lease on life for the two hundred fifty thousand webcams installed during the recent presidential run. the greek parliament is set to approve the country's new international bailout deal later today as more protests against austerity measures in return for rescue funds are planned athens received a second about up this year combined with its first rescue package the country stands to receive about one hundred seventy two billion euros in loans from euro zone countries and the i.m.f. greece's creditors claimed the country's most recent austerity measures could be quote accident prone experts say the country may fail to lower its debt burden to the specified targets later requiring get more rescue loans greece is in its fifth year of recession and many believe it needs to recover before debt reduction plans have any effect author and economic analyst. says that greece now needs to gain

investment from anywhere that it can. i think that other than traditional sources of investment in the west the world through capital markets in places like london and new york greece is looking further afield not just for the brics but even may bring rivals now when it comes to turkey the two peoples actually don't get on to bad week it's usually the generals and the military banking industrial complex in ankara creates more problems between us when it comes to privatization i think for smaller essex and assets that are actually non-strategic not networks of course. maybe something that can be done and i think especially in the tourism sector i don't think anyone may have a tremendous problem with a small marina somewhere that is not in a contentious zone say in the ionian going to turkish ownership i think overall the old expression of you don't want to kill your customers is probably very apt if we

do get some small scale and sensible investment it may be a good thing. you're watching r t let's get back to our top story now of an hour for you our moscow was a ready to back a u.n. resolution on syria as long as it contains no ultimatums aimed at president assad's regime this is according to the russian foreign minister who's voicing a strong support for the u.n. a special envoy kofi annan and roadmap to peace in the conflict on country let's talk more about this now with franklin lamb the director of the n.-g. o. americans concern for middle east peace i thank you becoming an artsy today sir as you heard me say moscow has expressed hope that the u.s. and its allies are beginning to see things from the kremlin's position perhaps understand the situation in syria a bit better but can we really expect washington to end its calls for regime change in damascus. no i don't expect that to happen but it does appear that they may be losing the initiative what russia has done of

course is very positive it may not be an overstatement to call it a breakthrough if they can achieve a u.n. resolution i doubt the americans will be able to veto it if the russians are going away as long as there are not ultimatums you get the cease fire and then you start the dialogue i think that it may be the fact that russia is going to move into a leadership position on this issue after being as you go around me criticized past couple months so i don't expect the americans to go along. completely but i'm not sure they're going to have a choice if if the russians take the lead and if the security council acts remember that's the final arbiter so we'll have to see exactly. exaggerate question no i don't think the vatican's going to change their fundamental urging and position for regime change but we'll see whether or not they're going to be able to achieve that

because the opposition as you know from a human rights watch report yet just this morning are having a lot of problems are and they're made out be an alternative as you're saying as you say regarding the support of human rights watch has condemned some of the syrian rebels about for abuses including a torture and of retribution killings is it possible the u.s. and its allies are wary of who they're actually supporting in this conflict do they know who they're supporting here. i'm not sure i certainly do if somebody should know we are no twenty nine reasons to distinguish this case for us from libya but in one respect the opposition is similar it is not united it is fractionalized is seemingly by by the day of course in syria are in libya you had nato doing the work of the opposition and then they fell apart and they're falling apart even today in syria they never got it together so i think that i think

that's a major or you know a major problem and has human rights says there are serious human rights violations there i don't think the american people or the american government is going to be able to identify with some of those groups as you know is already an issue in the american presidential campaign asking the question why did obama go after osama and now we're arming you know his people. so i think it's so difficult for laser let's talk about the peace mission that it is you are being staged we know that the u.n. special envoy kofi annan is is hoping to succeed where the arab league monitoring mission failed but here we have a another mission aimed to resolving the ongoing conflict in syria do you think it's possible for the u.n. special envoy kofi annan can be successful where the arab league failed.

well you know his title as the russians pointed out today is a joint he's not only the u.n. envoy he's also now the arab league envoy but it's actually a question yes i think his conduct tail with the russian position on the security council if they pass this non ultimatum resolution i don't think the russians have a problem with that and i think a coffee is a can say it is a qualified person to to play this role so i see no contradiction i think they are now and i don't answer the syrians which i haven't been public made public as you know maybe and they must be made public now and they will be made public on the assistance of the security council before the debate these proposals on how i think i think it can all work together actually i'm moderately modestly optimistic that

the anon. i'm going to have program and the russian pushing for the security council resolution might come together and find at least a ceasefire and the beginning as i know you're forecasting some sort of progress being made as you say with kofi annan being the joint u.n. and arab league actually say a peace negotiator here but you know we've been seeing reports as have many that some of syria's neighbors are funding and even the rebels there but why would they want the conflict to drag on when it's only sending refugees their way and increasing border tension. well quite it's the fundamental issue of hegemony in the middle east and the full line right now is syria and it couldn't be more clear you got caught thought it was inside the saudi arabia under urging from the americans funding the opposition you got hizbullah and hamas and a certain power sitting groups and iran on the other side in some future. influence

in the middle east going to come out of tehran are washington and riyadh that's the issue it's a vital vital issue and that's why the americans and the other sides are are so putting so much into this conflict and i think this is the winery obstacle to getting a resolution isn't saudis aren't going to give up easy in the americans aren't going to give up looking jeffrey feltman statements today in washington you know they've just begun to fight this issue but the fundamental reason is the iranian american competition for influence in the middle east and the strategic importance of syria in the states takes a very hard being many international analysts are bringing in the whole iran issue here but frankly larry i wish we had more time we really turns out the rector of the energy zero americans concern for middle east peace thank you very much for coming on arts and i pleasure thank you our pleasure about. thousands of

construction workers in the united kingdom have discovered they were placed on a secret employment blacklist which enjoyed police support the illegal files being the victims many of whom had complained of safety standards to left wing and troublesome and letter their sackings and made reemployment near impossible our correspondent laura smith reports. banned from working for speaking the truth these trade unionists and whistleblowers all fighting back after years of wondering why they couldn't get a job these skills engineers now know their names were on an illegal blacklist. in two thousand and four former union organizer steve hadley was mysteriously sacked and for the next four years he wondered why he couldn't get another full time job then a friends told him about a blacklist held by

a private company and accessed by some of the u.k.'s biggest construction firms sure enough he uncovered a sixteen page file on himself that goes into detail reports. what political party political activists were three. part it was clear. they were the employers were distributing this amongst themselves with this blacklist an organization. basically for normal people for employment much of the information it had least pile is clips probably left wing newspapers and union magazines but some comes from a different source altogether the police are was and their main. demonstration. this information hasn't come from the employers could only have come from a place i mean we don't agree with black lists it's an illegal thing. a. mention

. of force is ok. it almost marks a place that working on a building sites one of the most dangerous jobs in the u.k. . there were fifteen deaths in the construction industry many of the workers say the reason they're on the blacklist is because they blew the whistle on poor health and safety standards because they say construction company. make to increase profit filed held by the now shut down consulting association so the police are complicit in companies exploiting workers and destroying anyone who stands up to the thieves smith from the blacklist support group believes collusion comes from the very top of the force it's not. you know. who is just happen to have found and passed on this information because why would. such a thing as a consultant association even existed i believe it's the most senior levels in

place colluding with the directors of nor national companies. because of a trading series because we raise concerns. and because i don't like a politics blacklisting devastates the life of its victims highly qualified people unable to use their skills steve hadley his marriage breakdown. for america support. when i was contract. for part of the proposals. he provides a good. choice and you're probably from your relationships and. you can pay your bills anymore the company that held hedley style has now been closed down but he and his colleagues believe there are more black mist that happened yet been uncovered they say they'll fight until they know the extent of state security involvement in their persecution north smith r.t.

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the presidential election this month but now with even the most remote regions of the country having the most advanced software authorities have decided to give the billion dollar project a fresh. look at whether. those videos went viral from cultural dancing in chechnya and some quite impressive work outs five hundred years worth of life video recorded on one single day was part of electing the next leader of russia web cameras were installed at all polling stations don't want to tour any possible fraud but the relatively few violations were overshadowed by the name and provide it some have already doubt the election the most expensive live show in russia's history the system cost almost a billion dollars. we've brought the most advanced software to the most remote

regions of russia if not for the elections take another five to ten years now we can do video conferences scholars can be lectured by the best professors from russia and abroad. that's just one of many ideas about how to use the two hundred fifty thousand cameras the interior ministry is investigating a police station in cause i'm a trim and died from serious injuries sustained in custody a string of such incidents gives way to the argument that there can never be too much money train and while russians may still be undecided who they want to keep an eye on they definitely want to control not entertain the all seeing eye all the webcam will make things harder to hide under the carpet and roughest police stations are somewhere critics of argued for a while need to come under greater scrutiny but equally up to several people

digress and probably receive the well in for women. i suggest we should move cameras from polling to police stations they should be installed in preliminary custody cells the should be directed on policeman on duty and in the rooms were suspects a question it would not violate the rights of those detained as their faces would be hard to read but it will save the detainees themselves from police abuse really . meanwhile parents want to protect the children from another type of abuse corruption in schools with the annual nationwide state exams due to take place in june they are logging for classrooms to be equipped with c.c.t.v. . it's crucial for us that all children during all types of exams on equal terms that they do their tests without help that they don't use the internet means otherwise those who don't actually have a worse chance to get into a good university there had been numerous complaints in the past about unfair

competition that there had been no proof now there will be so with a war with some of the ideas on the table authorities have launched an official competition for the best project to use the costly equipment and with everyone allowed to have their say big people's big brother looks set to stay if you grandchildren r t you. heard of it or the r.t. business first we go hello to you again daniel it seems are global stock markets are actually pulling back now what's that all about there's a mix of news stories out at the moment let's check the u.s. markets first wall street is shot straight into the road in the opening minutes of commodity prices and take stock i believe he's already three percent down off the post in falls in first quarter profit on to the e.u. will markets all continuing to visit the mining stocks are dragging off the b.h.p. billiton so chinese demand for iron ore was flat something else also the boss is

suing the european commission blocking its merger with the new york stock exchange says that would hurt competition has followed europe into the red destroy opening fire this morning both are now around one point six percent down let's check movers on the wires six now from is calling all reports he was to hike industry prices for major roles nifty is down one percent called is also on the slide because of the russia's top gold miner suspended plans to join the fifty one. delays in getting approval from russia's foreign investment commission police had planted just seven percent in london raising some seven hundred million dollars let's check the precious metals prices they're under pressure with some holding suffering too much record falls gold is down after a strong jewelers in india boosted fears over the months long in the world's top consumer crude has dropped another call in the last hour down from a two week peak in new york on site in the u.s. supply is rising china is also before just seven percent growth in petrol prices

the biggest jump since twenty ten which could hit sales and finally exchange rates at all is to give the euro this sell off to clawing back some recent losses against major currencies but the ruble is losing against both major currencies at the moment and that's the latest in fifty minutes of headlines an externality. the.

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