the u.n. security council has passed a statement calling for a cease fire in syria and the opening of humanitarian corridors the move into force is a peace plan by u.n. arab league special envoy to syria kofi annan who negotiated in person with president assad. and while washington and its allies country to support the opposition human rights watch warned about the rebels' our fourth to be reckoned with guilty of murder and intimidation. also this hour french police are still locked in a standoff with a man suspected of killing seven people in the city of toulouse at a military base nearby the interior ministry has denied previous reports of his

arrest. mornings over oil shortages lead to the sky rocketing prices as tensions in the middle east put iranian crude supplies in jeopardy threatening to destabilize the world economy our top stories this hour. internationally coming live from moscow this is a twenty four hours a day so the u.n. security council has agreed on syria adopting a known statement appealing for a cease fire a move which endorsers special envoy kofi annan peace plan also calls for secure humanitarian access to the country but the u.s. and its allies are still dark in your position which isn't as harmless as washington likes to think of these ports near explains. in a publication of a human rights watch they reinforce the position that moscow has been holding since

the middle of last year and that is that there are elements within the opposition in syria who are not peaceful at all in fact they are clearly cut throat in addition to this the result kreider that is operating in syria against these syrian president bashar assad that what we're hearing from human rights watch is that there are elements within the opposition that are guilty of human rights abuses detention intimidation twitcher all of this happening to the security forces as well as syrian people who support the government human rights watch says it has reviewed at least twenty five videos on you tube and their families because it's these security force members and literally consistent crimes they committed but that in fact these statements were made and did you receive in addition to that they have a video footage that shows that the opposition executing people it has in its custody the group is calling on the opposition in syria to for good its members

from doing this but this raises the problem in terms of who exactly is in charge of the opposition in syria on the one hand you have law to turn them various other western allies who have recognized the syrian national council as the opposition but you do have many people in syria who do not belong to these groups and indeed are acting by and large on their own accord they have anti shia anti alawite sentiments they know there is no organized command structure which begs the question that the western call for the syrian president bashar assad to step down is a call that is not clear in terms of where it'll end and what will replace the syrian regime. paula sliver well coming up later here a lot to cross talk street level gets a firsthand account from human rights watch on the scale of regular tragedies in syria. we sent a letter to the syrian national council raising some issues with we've started the

commencing some cases of abuse by opposition forces it's not clear how much control the syrian national color culture of the free syrian army have over there but you know there's been a few instances where. you know summary executive people may be tortured kidnapped so there are a couple of problems there and we think the syrian national council should speak out even though they don't necessarily control of these people. talk a little later today here in r.t. french police are still surrounding the home of the government suspected of killing three jewish school children a rabbi and three paratroopers around to lose the interior ministry has denied previous reports of his arrest presence or causes interludes and was attending the funerals of the murdered soldiers at a nearby military base the suspect named mohammed merah is reported to be a french national of algerian origin and claims he belongs to al qaeda and acted to

avenge palestinian children but he say the suspect was planning to strike again and have detained several members of his family including his brother and mother meanwhile early wednesday morning the bodies of four victims of the shooting will flow to israel with the funerals took place in jerusalem french and israeli foreign ministers were among those attending and that's what a journalist michael ware should say michelle cottle says that france's military campaigns abroad are to blame for dividing people and promoting hatred. this is a political problem this is a policy of. the in the nato and is not the question of june. this is not that you have many jews who are killing the state of israel and you know some muslims who are preaching the cause he is. so it's not a question of religion this has to be very clear. this very dramatic that there is. because everybody sees that

because the russian students are smashing the people in iraq and afghanistan and so on and of course there is people are very. aware that in order no one can only change this injustice so small guy can't believe. she was wrong this is very very dramatic because this huge increase for these crazy. and interruptions in iranian oil supplies caused by a standoff between tehran and the west would jeopardize the world economy that's according to head of the international monetary fund christine legarde who says that short falls and disruptions could drive prices up by thirty percent across part of people all over has this report. well the warnings that we're hearing from

christine legarde be head of the i.m.f. is that we could face a potential thirty percent rise in the price of oil now what does that mean in dollars and cents where we would see a peril of brant crude rise from one hundred twenty five dollars a barrel as it is right now to one hundred and sixty dollars a barrel now why she said this is the chief he is a potential increase in price could come around pressure huge increase peak increase in prices could come around should iran. disrupt the distribution of oil through the strait of hormuz if that was to happen she has warned about some serious financial problems for europe and for the rest of the world now should we see a rainy and oil production be disrupted in this way saudi arabia of course the largest producer of oil in the world of said they can increase production by twenty five percent we're also hearing from libya that they can chip in and take up some of the slack however guard warning should this happen should we see such

a major rice in the price of a power all of oil then all of the good work that's been so far in europe with regards of dragging the economy kicking and screaming back from the state it was in following the financial crisis would all be undone and we could see a potential new recession cait europe well the reason that all of this is come about is too to the the ongoing standoff between iran and the west over the reining in nuclear program now both the united states and the e.u. have been post sanctions on iran trying to get them to abandon their nuclear program a group of both of european countries as well as japan have slashed their imports of a reining in oil however the major importers of iranian oil haven't done or haven't done that is satisfactory. levels especially for the united states we're looking here china at india and it's south korea now the united states and barack obama the

president has warned it should these countries not cut their imports of iranian oil by satisfactory levels then well those countries could face sanctions of their own people of them and iran is at the top of the agenda at the u.n. security council in new york strong statements to be made by the u.s. accusing iran of supplying weapons to syria a professor of international law at the geneva school of diplomacy dr desires says that the united nations has become a war making machine have a great concern about the organization being transformed into a war making organization misusing the security council for purposes of incitement the united nations has one hundred ninety three states and

the organization is not being directed by any one in particular but what the organization has to do is to be indicate the rule of law until recently cait the validity of the charter and to make it clear that international law cannot be current you cannot say we will apply international law in this case we will not apply in that case. and crude oil is causing a headache in other parts of the world later reported health three decades after the war britain is accused the reaffirming its military might near the falkland islands all in the name of oil. al qaeda says it's behind a series of bomb attacks that killed forty six people and injured at least two hundred across iraq eight cities were struck with blasts targeting police headquarters and security forces on choose day and latest violence came a day or night anniversary of the u.s. led invasion of iraq in just one week before the arab league summit is due to be

held in baghdad the meeting is aimed at establishing iraq is an important political player in the region since the u.s. troop withdrawal in december. to this michael ruddy's says the invasion has left a deadly legacy in the country. after what we have to remember the back is it's still under occupation. we may have seen the withdrawal of combat troops but there are still tens of thousands of what western media would refer to as private contractors but we all know that these are paid mercenaries hired killers and it's in their interests and it's in the interests of the leads around the world to keep this keep this conflict going the world be any change in these countries until not only to the soldiers and the armies leave but all the probably contractors gone through and also the puppet governments that are currently being put in place by probably americans and the british i think we would destroy a country we've destroyed its culture we've also destroyed its future children in the last nine years the u.k. and the u.s.

military have dropped over two thousand tons of depleted uranium on iraq. places like fallujah. cancer spreading in that region. childhood and child birth effects are just washing off the scale this is already contaminated the ground contaminated ground water so for that for the foreseeable future the iraqi population and not going to have a few. optimistic about it all. now that's not the news making headlines around the world this hour in a world update a rocket attack in afghanistan has left three civilians dead and fifteen others wounded insurgents were firing at a police headquarters but it hit a market area in galilee province instead no one is yet claimed responsibility for the attack earlier today a nato service member was killed in a roadside bomb in the southern part of the country nato did not provide any details of the blast. new york police removed occupy wall street protesters from the union square at least one person was arrested after officers in

riot gear moved demonstrators onto the sidewalk and barricaded the premises for traces of occupy the camp since saturday after a police raid forced them out of zuccotti park their killers were continuing the protest against corporate greed which began in new york last year. doctors and staff of greece's public hospitals are walking away from their jobs for three hour periods in protest against austerity measures and pay delays positions of the modeling over time salaries which they say haven't been paid for for months the countries in its fifth year of recession has made several cuts to its health care spending this year earlier today greece's parliament approved a second international bailout giving the country an additional one hundred thirty billion euros in rescue. but also in our world up at this hour at least five students have been wounded your interactions with police in the colombian city of tunisia the dispute happened during a demonstration marking the twenty fifth anniversary of the death of the student leader injuries occur when two people fell while carrying explosives what triggered

the clashes remains unknown. but the russa's come under sharp criticism over the recent executions of two men found guilty of last year's deadly metro bombings in the country's capital so western officials and human rights groups slammed the sentence and the e.u. is preparing to slap more sanctions on by the ruse but the country's president defended the decision as legally justified during an explosive interview with r.t. . the group that was absolutely transparent to the investigation was led by the new head of the country's investigative committee who just toured the prosecutor's office also russia's federal security service the f.s.b. israel's mossad and interpol all took part in this investigation and none of these organizations had any questions being quietly to process and most importantly of my personal request every step of the investigation since the first interrogation was

recorded on tape not once since the arrest of the defendants claimed innocence testified the issue of everything and charges have been supported by evidence in the trial itself was held in open court that's why i have absolutely no doubt about the fairness of the berkshires. and you can watch the full exclusive interview with the been a russian president in spotlight throughout thursday here on. britain's prince william is back from his tour of duty in the falkland islands where he's been stationed since fabric his deployment is added to growing tensions in argentina as the thirtieth anniversary of the falklands war approaches in london have had a longstanding dispute over the islands with both countries claiming ownership a correspondent i bet it's has the story. first the prince.

then the war ship all apparently routine but toward tina the message is clear when i go sour it's a regional and global issue because there notarizing ourselves would like to go on more time try as we may we can't interpret it any other way they are sending a destroyer the word itself that is huge and modern but along with the heir to the throne i would have liked to see him in civilian clothes not in a military uniform. the island sovereignties fiercely disputed argentina claims them as last mile venus the u.k.'s latest show of strength comes at a delicate time less than a month before the thirtieth anniversary of the war that claimed over nine hundred lives six hundred fifty of them argentinian an ill timed coincidence or deliberate provocation whether there's an anniversary is completely irrelevant to us you know aging is routine there's no attempt to escalate anything but i do recognize the

argentinean president is seeking to put a different interpretation on it for fighter jets rapier missiles and a state of the art destroyer to terence enough to watch and to know it's like a red rag to a bull with flag burning and protests against what it sees as a colonial hangover the empire may be dead but the sentiment still very much alive in britain today figures like lord stanley a celebrated here is the man the island's capitals named after the falklands themselves may be small and distant but they're the last whispers of wants extensive reach giving them up is simply out of the question britain refuses to negotiate on the island sovereignty and till the people who live there want to know wonder with the three thousand inhabitants direct descendants of britain's colonists the four clans belong to the four plan because they are precious we have the right to self-determination that's and shined in the un charter. were happy to talk to argentina about anything. except sovereignty our sovereignty is not the

question or the u.k.'s posturings left its subjects their high and dry argentina's blocked supply ships in retaliation this lump of rock may not seem worth fighting over its thirteen thousand kilometers from britain and cost seventy million pounds a year to defend but with oil exploration just beginning off the coast there's suddenly a lot more to lose. gas respecting has become more sort of widespread in terms of exposure then i think it's it's helped to ratchet up the crisis between britain argentina russian jews point of view if the four probes in the waters to the north contain lots of oil and gas reserves the commercially exploited then of course there's a fear that britain in the falklands beauty would never wish to negotiate about the future argentina claims it's being robbed with britain set to yield up to sixty billion barrels of oil from under its nose no surprise the u.k.

still refuses to negotiate then after years of arjen time protests but others are now listening the islands are amongst just sixteen territories left in the world the un says needy colonizing for now though britain's making the most of its distant corners lost it still can have a bennett r.t. london. well for more news and videos you can log on to our website our teeth thought here's a taste of what's watching that right now from the big screen the big house harry potter star is jailed for two years for taking part in last summer's london riots. and pressure is over privacy all eyes are on google as it's urged to answer questions about the way it handles user data you can find all that and more on the web site online all the time.

is the. download the official. q i phone or my pod touch from the accuser apps to. the geology life on the. video on demand our keys mine comes an r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. pushing on the top com. it's been more than a year since the wave of unrest first began in the arab world as regimes fell hopes

for greater freedoms grew only to fade as the unrest and bloodshed continue auntie's of some of the looks at whether the fight for democracy has failed. no shortcuts the carnation bunkmate in the road stretches for over seven kilometers giving exercises plenty of room to test their stamina is not only do most popular jogging banier across the arab world for some lebanese it's actually a symbol that their democracy is up and running freedom may be a very political concept but to most ordinary people usually means something very concrete to me for example it's an ability to go for a drive without being harassed and lebanon is the only arab country business that can allow me peace freedom. going to try to go for a job in egypt last year i was physically threatened and i tried to do it leave it was automatic gunfire rather than my own finger that made me sweat. the plight of female joggers may seem miniscule in the grand scale of things but ultimately it's

about living your life as you choose susan in no other arab country she starts which should be able to dress like this but alone enjoy the outdoors with your boyfriend this toughening of social norms didn't happen overnight but for susan it is just as valuable product of lebanese homegrown democracy as being able to voice a political opinion i was born here say i suffered a lot there because it's it's too too too limited i have to cover my face my eyes my whole body what i'm hearing being over here please look up me what does democracy mean you as a just to walk around on top on with this and talk in the way i love do the things i love not follow that it's about having to share things with others while the arab spring spread under the banner of democracy for many it came at the expense of basic freedom to choose your lifestyle and kill dishonest taking over politics in

egypt no really just women are increasingly forced to cover their heads and public to protect themselves from being harassed in libya militia now want to. control not only the future but also the past saying something positive about the gadhafi era can get you killed but we can look at the record of what the arab spring has brought in terms of so-called democracy and it's a catastrophe has as could have been predicted as most protected at the outbreak because if you go to egypt if you go to libya you have arm bands that have been armed the so-called opposition national council and they're shooting each other to fight for the pic and so it's total anarchy and chaos nanny across the arab world and a longing for social and political change there is a widespread conviction that overexuberant bustin rooting for the opposition what literally kills the genuine democratic movement you cannot export democracy people can achieve a former participation in government that is consistent with their values or when

you try to export in from abroad into a contrary you very often end with the results that we saw in libya where before there was any foreign interference in that country there was an estimated at the highest five thousand people killed after that the highest estimate said that there are one hundred thousand people killed. but the last arab democracy may be a one off exercise a project to get done and over with this lebanon's example shows a real freedom like a muscle need time and sustained effort to grow kind of like an artsy beirut lebanon. just turned twenty four minutes past the hour in the russian capital let's head to daniel on our business desk for all the latest financial news there is daniel what's happening in the world of business the world markets or the start of that we will look at those figures a little later but we start with oil because as we've been hearing the oil with the global economy could be thrown back into recession if the dispute over iran's

nuclear program isn't resolved we're going to pick a global director of markets plus there's the critical level is around one hundred fifty dollars per barrel if we start getting towards the one hundred fifty dollars or a ball that would definitely be a serious impact into the world economy. so many analysts say if the straits of hormuz work to be a closed source temporarily obstruct for some reason then prices will go off to graze and then most likely prices will cross that one hundred fifty dollars line and then the world economy would definitely suffer and that suffering would be in the northern hemisphere u.s. europe asia everybody would suffer and then following that there would be a correction in the market place to the downside. orders pushing crude oil from its biggest decline in three months over a dollar

a day while streets mixed over in new york and use the existing home sales in the u.s. for almost two percent and european markets are flat the u.k. finance chief george osborne cut the fifty pence top tax rate in his annual budget russian markets they've lost this call from the morning when strong crude supported investor sentiment they've now closed lower for the third day in a row check on some stocks if we can most blue chips raised earlier gains rosen of last point six percent this was strong crude prices also retreated on reports the tax burden reportedly increased twenty two billion dollars over the next five years . under pressure with the fishing over half a percent down and the exchange rates the euro is just a low against the dollar the ruble finished the trading day mixed against the main currencies it lost a bit to the greenback but gained against the euro and for this hour i'll be back in fifty minutes time the headlines are next.

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