the u.n. security council as part of the statement calling for a cease fire in syria and the opening of humanitarian corridors moving forces a peace plan for you an 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 warns that the rebels are forced 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 and a military base nearby france's top prosecutor says the government may surrender tonight live analysis of that story shortly here on r.t.

. a mornings that oil shortages will lead to skyrocketing prices as tensions in the middle east put iranian crude supplies in jeopardy threatening to destabilize the world economy our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is twenty four hours a day so the u.n. security council has agreed on syria adopting a nonbinding 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 backing the opposition which isn't as harmless as washington likes to think he's put a sneer explains. in a publication by human rights watch they reinforced 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 throats in addition to this the result kreider that is operating in syria against the syrian president bashar assad but what we're hearing from human rights watch is that there are elements within the opposition that are guilty of human rights abuses attention to. 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 that is it's these security force members and literally consisting of crimes they committed with that in fact these statements were made and did you raise in addition to this they have a video footage that shows the opposition executing people it has in its custody the group is calling on the opposition in syria to forbid it's an interest from doing this but this raises the problem in terms of who exactly is in charge of the

opposition in syria and one hand you have lost in term 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 who indeed are acting by and large on their own accord they have anti shia anti alawite in someone's they know there is no organized command structure which begs the question that the western wall for the syrian president bashar assad to step down is a call that is not clear in terms of where it will end and what will replace the syrian regime. were coming up later here in order to cross talk peter lavelle gets a first hand the cold from human rights watch on the scale of rebel atrocities in syria. we sent a letter to the syrian national council raising some issues with we've started the committee some cases of abuse by opposition forces it's not clear how much control

the syrian national cold calls here of the free syria army have over there but you know there's been a few instances where. you know summary executor 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 this is really control of these people. french police are still surrounding the home of the gunman suspected of killing three jewish schoolchildren a rabbi and three paratroopers around to lose the interior ministry has denied previous reports of his arrest prison sarkozy is interludes and was attending the funerals of the murdered soldiers had a nearby military base the suspect named as mohamed merah is reported to be a french national of algerian origin and claims he belongs to al qaeda and acted to avenge palestinian children police say the suspect was planning to strike again and

have to tame several members of his family including his brother and mother early wednesday morning the bodies of four victims of the shooting workflow to israel with their funerals taking place in jerusalem french and israeli foreign ministers were among those attending well for more on this and are joined night from brussels by carol finance econometric leader of belgium's of land belonging party while the interior minister in france said the suspects suspect carried out the killings partly because of france's foreign interventions what do you make of these claims. well i do not want to introduce a drug to the serenity we can already some conclusions and for instance that western europe has been too flexible in according citizenship to people that are not real citizens and do not want to be. solid are not solidarity

enough. with the general western europe of civilization well this one was a real citizen in terms it was a french national of algerian origin exactly would have been according to citizenship to people who do not deserve and not only the immigration policy has been too flexible also we have to install in western european politics screw to scrutinize the policies true islam is a question of western europe we should be aware of islam isolation of western europe is a real problem but that doesn't anyone say that man had every right to live in france because there's a french citizen is this therefore a failure of multiculturalism in france and indeed your talk about the rest of europe. because western europe has gone much too far in accepting the islam eyes of its sighted and we should turn back the clock and guys like this who can go to understand get captured their include been in western prison and are limited by

taliban should not be able to return and should not be able to do to stay french citizen or so for if he was a security risk is that therefore not a paid on the part of french intelligence well i know from what i heard french knew he was a danger but they didn't do what they should have done keep him out sent back and withdraw his nationality and citizenship but all of these tax from a tax of this nature really avoidable we've seen them elsewhere. well if a guy like this. walks around and it's not a million he's only been this rollo's scrutinized but not withheld from returning back to france and western europe after you went to pakistan after he was captured in pakistan and after he was literally run if you can return just like that and things like these will keep on happening so guys that are in that that are captured

in afghanistan can not come back to western europe in my mind well recovered first attack three paratroopers and it's believed he wanted to attack the french army because of its foreign interventions will this have any impact at all affect france's military campaigns or broaden our. i hope not it's not because the mind like this thinks that this is a reason to kill people but you should be allowed to continue and that policy should be adopted to work like this do but it's all very well to say that these sort of people shouldn't be allowed into any country whether it's france italy spain or whatever but it clearly and it's happened in many countries where we've seen an element of home grown terrorism where people second third generation people living in a country and have turned into radicals you can't surely stop that all or can

countries address that problem apart from kicking people out as he said. well what . western european political force is the islamization should be an issue on the political agenda and things like this should be dealt with from a view that is in the my position of the revolution. and that we should be very much more strict in accepting the keys people can become citizens or stay citizens. so they are in the heart of europe in brussels q are you pushing for some sort of policy an overall umbrella policy on behalf of european countries to eliminate this is as long as i say. yes we do think is that guys like this murder or capture of the muslim community in western europe and this muslim community should. distance from this or this kind.

of salafist and radicals and such of the dome we think that these are my position of groot heart of our population is a danger for the future but wouldn't that be provocative wouldn't that cause further tensions to pursue that sort of policy because it is not all islamic people of course her. they're radical and adamant about them exactly that's what i'm saying one. captures the whole community so either the community should react or the society should react but individuals like these will go to afghanistan and go to pakistan should not be allowed to return and do this if they are just. they are not live from brussels parliamentary leader of belgians vlaams belang party quite often and it's interesting to hear we have to say thank you very much indeed for your time here on r.t. never mind. the us has accused iran of supplying weapons to syria the united nations security council in new york however russia's ambassador to the un

has warned against turning up the heat on iran moscow has called on the international community to be more objective when it comes to assessing developments around the iranian nuclear program to run is under intense pressure from the u.s. and e.u. have applied heavy sanctions on iran's economy offensive international nor the geneva school of diplomacy desires believe the u.n. is in danger of becoming a war making machine. i have a great concern about the organization being transformed into a war making organization misusing the security council for purposes of incitement if you follow all the media. in europe in the united states you see that we're gearing up for an attack and we're trying to make. an attack on iran somehow plausible somehow

justifiable 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 lean akkad the rule of law until indicate the validity of the charter and to make it clear that international law cannot be parked you cannot say we will apply international law in this case we will not apply in that case. and staying with iran any interruptions in the country's oil supplies caused by standoff between to run the west would jeopardize the world economy that's according to the head of the international monetary fund christine legarde he says that shortfalls in disruptions could drive prices up by thirty percent but these picture all over. well the warnings that we're hearing from christine lagarde 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 a potential huge increase people increase in price 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 in oil production be disrupted in this way saudi arabia of course the largest producer of oil in the world have 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 rise in the price of a barrel of oil there all of the good work that's been so far in europe with

regards and 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 hit europe well the reason that all of this is come about is due to the the ongoing standoff between iran and the west over the reigning in nuclear program now both the united states and the e.u. how imposed sanctions on iran to try and get them to abandon their nuclear program a group of of european countries as well as japan have slashed their imports of the reigning in oil however the major importers of iranian oil haven't done our haven't done that is satisfactory level. especially for the united states we're looking here at china india and it's south korea now the united states and buttercup barber the president has warned it should be countries not cut their imports of iranian

oil by satisfactory levels then well those countries could face sanctions of their own well let's cross to daniel and our business that's to point out what the latest middle east tensions mean for oil prices. across the board also world markets have had another mixed day on the back of that on more global problems problems for the global economy will have all the business in around ten minutes time. and later a report on how three decades after the war britain is accused of reaffirming its military might near the franklin islands all in the name of oil. all still to come for you this hour but first 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 blast targeting police headquarters and security forces on tuesday the latest violence came a day after the ninth 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 has an important political player in the region since the u.s. troop withdrawal in december she writes of his michael has told me that the invasion of left a deadly legacy in the country. i think we have to remember the bracket is it's probably still under occupation. we may have seen the withdrawal of combat troops but there are still tens of thousands of western media i would refer to as a private contractors probably all know that these are paid mercenaries hired killers and it's in their interests and it's in the interests of their believes around the world to keep this keep this conflict going to won't be any change in these countries until the owners of the soldiers and the army's leave but all the private contractors gone through and also the puppet governments know can only be put into. by golly americans and the british well think we would destroy the country we've destroyed its culture we've also destroyed its future its children in the last nine years the u.k. in the u.s.

military have dropped over two thousand tons of depleted uranium on iraq. places like saluja. cancer spreading in the region. childhood child birth effects of just voicing off the scale this is already contaminated the ground contaminated the groundwater so for that for the foreseeable future the iraqi population i'm not going to have a future that we can be optimistic about all. not some other news making headlines around the world this stage of the day in our world update a rocket attack in afghanistan has left three civilians dead and fifteen others wounded insurgents performing at a police headquarters but hit a market area. known as 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 didn't provide any details of the blast. new york police have removed occupy wall street protesters from

union square at least one person was arrested after officers in riot gear moved demonstrators onto the sidewalk and barricaded the premises just as of occupy the camps and saturday after a police raid forced them out of zuccotti park to discontinue the protest against corporate greed which began in new york last year. doctors and staff it greases public hospitals are walking away from their jobs for three hour periods in protest against austerity measures unpaid allays positions of the overtime salaries which they say hadn't been paid for for months 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 plans. suspected members of the radical islam a sect call have been killed after attacking a town in northern nigeria and suspects were shot dead by troops after setting fire

to a bank and attacking a police station in the town of clinton one or two other members were arrested after attempting to make their escape. over three hundred deaths this year alone as they fight to establish a real law throughout the country. but there is just come out a sharp criticism over the recent executions of two men found guilty of last year's deadly metro bombings in the country's capital some western officials and human rights groups slammed the sentence and the e.u. is preparing to slap. more sanctions on by the wrist the country's president defended the decision during an exclusive interview with our take. us through what was absolutely transparent the investigation was labeled a new head of the country's investigative committee but just toured the prosecutor's office also russia's federal security service the f.s.b. israel's mossad interpol all two part of this investigation none of these organizations have any questions by the inquiry. and most importantly of my

personal request every step of the investigation since the first interrogations recorded on tape not once since the arrest of the defendants claimed innocent they testified to everything and charges have been supported by evidence and the trial itself was held in open court that's why i have absolutely no doubt about the fairness of the. spotlight yes you can watch the full exclusive interview with the better russian president throughout the day here on r.t. . britain's prince william apart 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 but as far as in london have had a longstanding dispute over the islands with both countries claiming ownership

correspond other planets has the story. first the prince. then the warship all apparently routine but toward tina the message is clear when i go sour it's a regional and global issue because there are militarizing ourselves that like to go on more time try as we me we can't interpret it any other way and they are sending a destroyer the word itself that is huge and modern right along with the heir to the throne we would have liked to see him in civilian clothes not in a military uniform. the island sovereignties beasley 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 they have a nine hundred lives six hundred fifty of them argentinian an ill timed coincidence or a deliberate provocation whether there's an anniversaries relevant to us you know aging

release routine there's no attempt to escalate anything but i do recognize that the argentinean president is seeking to put a different interpretation on it for fighter jets rapier missiles and a state of the art destroyer terence enough to want to know it's like a red rag to a bull with flag burning and protests against towards 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 what's 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 who plans belong to the. british we have the right to

self-determination that's and shined in the end. or. were happy to talk to argentina about anything except sovereignty our sovereignty is not an issue but the u.k.'s posturings left its subjects their high and dry argentina's blood 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 is suddenly a lot more to lose. gasp respecting has become more sort of widespread in terms of exposure then i think it's it's helped to ratchet up the crisis with repression motion tina from argentina supports a few if the four probes in the waters to the north contain lots of oil and gas reserves the commercial exports then of course there's a fear that british folk music 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 origin time protests but others are now listening the islands are monks just sixteen territories left in the world the un says need deep colonizing so now though britain's making the most of its distant corners whilst it still can either bennett's r.t. london. well for more news and videos you can log onto our website it's r.p. dot com here's a taste of what's waiting there right now from the big screen to the big helsa harry potter stars jail for two years for taking part in last summer's london riots . and pressures over privacy all eyes are on google as it's urged to see questions about the way it handles user data you can find all that and more plenty more on our website r.t. dot com.

these are the images. from the street and canada after. change of regime there. twenty five minutes past the hour now here in moscow let's head to daniel on our business desk with all the latest financial news daniel what's been happening then in the world of business since we last night well the markets are a little bit better than we saw at the start of the week but we start with all because that's really thought when it's in headlines as we've been hearing the i.m.f. or of the global economy could be thrown back into recession if the dispute over iran's nuclear program causes all prices to spike pickett 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 above there would be definitely be a serious impact into the world economy. so many analysts

say if the straits of hormuz work to be close or temporarily obstructed for some reason then prices will go off to grade 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 order him sphere u.s. europe asia everybody would suffer and then following that there would be a correction in the market place to the downside. in all that's raising crews from his biggest school in three months los suites up one dollar today alone wall street is mixed in new york old news the february existing home sales in the u.s. fell almost one percent and european markets are flags off the u.k. finance chief george osborne cut the fifty percent tax rate in his annual budget to russia more because they've lost their sparkle from the morning when strong crude supported investor sentiment they've now closed lower for the third day in

a row let's check some stocks most blue chips they raised earlier games rosneft last point six percent this was strong crude prices from also retreated to report his tax burden reportedly increased twenty two billion dollars over the next five years and banking stocks also under pressure was vitti be finishing overhaul four percent down on the exchange rates the euro's just a notch lower against the dollar the ruble finished the trading day mixed against the main currencies at last of its of the greenback big game against the euro and that's all for this hour i'll be back in fifteen minutes time there's more stories on our web site business headlines next a nazi. with

the end of the core war and the going away of the soviet union many people thought that nuclear weapons disappeared. the risk is not zero that something might be an oil finest explosion a lot of sounds a little bit weapons on hair trigger alert. focus of producing a day as it's written all as an extra bit of you know if you keep spending a trillion dollars a year on weapons of eventually you're going to blow everything up you can't you

know people are dying from these weapons but until we actually see if people don't make up nuclear weapons so bill. that represents all of the firepower of the second world war this sound is the equivalent firepower of the world's nuclear arsenal today. from. luke. let's. just say.