crackdown in bahrain where security forces attacked anti government demonstrations with rubber bullets and tear gas as the year long arm rest in the country rages on . while a group of doctors who treated protesters are standing trial accused of inciting an attempt to overthrow the government. also this hour a government under siege interludes has been confirmed dead over thirty hours after french police surrounded his house he's believed to have killed seven people and claim to have links with al qaeda. china condemns washington's latest sanctions against iran and other countries as the u.s. compiles

a list of nations to be punished for continuing to import it rainin top stories this hour. international news incoming live from moscow this is r.t. with the twenty four hours a day i made ongoing unrest in bahrain the regimes cracking down on nonviolent protesters as well as people who've been helping them a group of doctors are on trial after treating wounded anti-government demonstrators last year. as the latest. liberated regime is going ahead with the trial of twenty medics who are charged with trying to overthrow the government the medics who include among them world renowned surgeons were treating protesters during the violent crackdown last year now back in september a military called tried and sentenced the matrix to up to fifteen years we do

understand that the confessions they made were made and the jew race and among the charges are incitement to overthrow the government as well as trying to occupy a prostitute now friends and supporters of the medics had hoped that they would be acquitted because of the international scandal of this case and also because recently a month has gone on record in saying and praising the recent reforms the internet in the country and also said that they were significant the local scene there is a retrial of though it is happening in a civilian court it does suggest that the regime is not ready to implement any kind of or reforms or any kind of concessions and it is posing alarm bells with many people saying that if such a trial have to happen for example in syria or iran western governments and western media would make a huge media frenzy around it but instead there's hardly a murmur being reported all being reports of about what is happening in bahrain and

this is despite human rights groups calling for international attention it does seem to be justified by the fact that the rain is a key american ally in the region and as such it is often a question of self interest and whether or not it is in the interest of washington and other western allies to report about the growing violence coming out of the regime the rallies are continuing with demonstrators taking to the streets calling for an end to the violent crackdown of the regime but the regime insists that it is implementing reforms or the people on the ground and activists say that these reforms are too little and are not changing the reality on the ground. paula said that correspondent with global research figured cutting them was in bahrain i witnessed some of the doctors treating the wounded during the crack out he thinks the bahraini regime is persecuting the medics to prevent them from telling the truth there are peaceful coexistence and there's this medium in. the

hospital also in. the nurses scales and you are doing in my. view my experience reading her children and collude with hundreds we saw people coming in with turtle injuries from. a rules cheerio. on the things i think the regime is continuing for good in the next is nothing short of calling witnesses to really horrendous violations of human rights there. says to what the bahraini regime understudied backers perfidy against peaceful civilian demonstrators so the main theme to the meeting was a speech on the street and to near the knife against what's with her and this again didn't go it is going to just bristle shoot royal procedure.

well later on in the program the same name same again a report from the lebanese city of tripoli asks if it's at risk of facing a similar scenario to its namesake in libya due to events in neighboring syria. and also a report on india's national id project the big government promises will bring benefits to the poor but critics say it's just a way of keeping tabs on the population. and story still to come first the government suspected of killing seven people in the french city of toulouse has been killed by a sniper over thirty hours of the police surrounded his apartment reports say he died with a weapon still in his hand and claim to have links to al qaeda and is believed to be a french citizen of all cheering descent suspected of killing a rabbi and three children of the jewish school as well as three soldiers in a separate incident police surrounded his apartment for over thirty hours before storing it is said to be armed with multiple weapons possibly including hand

grenades belgian m.e.p. for the place says e.u. member states need to work harder to integrate immigrants into society. i think what we're witnessing now with the radicalization of the many muslim people in western europe and of course this is a very worrying a very preoccupying problem to see people that don't feel as if they belong in the western society where they have what they sometimes have been born they don't identify with all civilization or culture but still don't feel like they are judeans etc this is a big problem i think we should work towards a more strict immigration and integration policy in all the member states of the european union we know there are tens of people right now in our carried our training camps in afghanistan in pakistan etc but still we know some of these

people are coming back to their countries in europe and we'll let them do us if nothing else if there was no problem i think we should not it's all these people not sure more closely than we have been doing in the past. beijing has condemned the latest u.s. move to restrict iran's oil trade which could result in unilateral sanctions applied to other countries and it washington issued a list of nations that could be blocked from accessing america's financial system if they continue to trade with iran chart of the biggest buyer of iranian crude tops that list along with india and north korea keeping him six months to reduce oil imports from iran or face u.s. sanctions over japan and ten e.u. countries have been made exempt because they have significantly cut purchases of iranian oil and your body is designed to put more pressure on toronto which nuclear program on an export fronts this one says that washington is showing bias towards

its allies while punishing others. the u. s. has their picture to show foreign policy for its allies and they you. know rule swaddle countries like china which is not such friendly terms with the us and. the question is another set of rules so even though china reduce. oil by almost half so they still bring the sanctions on china. create a huge people mad expense between china and the u.s. this is the u.s. taking their foreign policy the global agenda for everybody else you know with me oh i guess me this is this is really what u.s. . policies are. being you apply you put your dish early and if you're not on this you suck. well still plenty more to come in the program this hour for you here

in our team cluing. creation of the job to take people off the dole but they seem to be ignoring this concentration of things like fifty paid right to be income tax for the rich people. britain reveals its budget to eat into its massive deficit cutting taxes for corporations but it's even pensioners with a new granny tax. the first to syria now where violence rages on despite wednesday's u.n. security council statement appealing for a cease fire government forces reportedly stepping up their assault on opposition strongholds what insurgents a violent bring the fight to the capital damascus the opposition so-called free syrian army has set up a military council to coordinate attacks in and around the city forces have turned to guerrilla war as government forces have increased pressure on them across the country the u.n. security council resolution calling for peace is not blinding and carries no

ultimatums america is threatening to come down hard on damascus if it doesn't comply joshua landis of the center for middle east studies says that rebels are not interested in a peaceful resolution believing they can overwhelm government forces with western backing. the rebels believe that with the external world on their side particularly the west with. sanctions on syria and with the gulf arabs willing to spend money on them that they will eventually overwhelm the regime and be able to win once they get their side organized and better equipped both sides believe the time is either side of the they can win so regime is doing classic clear and hold operations against the rebels there is four parties for five parties that have registered for these elections and they will run in the elections. none of the major opposition groups that are fighting the regime have registered it's possible that the elections will. bring in

a certain sector of syrian society but i don't think it's going to heal the great divide that has opened up between the revolutionaries and the assad regime. across the border in lebanon reverberations from the syrian conflict being acutely felt the divisions there just as in the conflict next to all parties it's on the boy to reports from the lebanese city of tripoli where some fear a repeat of the term on its libyan namesake is seen. it's an air of c.g. on the mediterranean pancham for everything. lebanese tripoli looks a lot like its libyan namesake and increasingly it's being drawn into the revolutionary violence it's home to sizeable alawite and sunni communities and with the syrian border just half an hour drive away tensions are already boiling over the road separating the alawite and sunni communities here in tripoli is up with the theory street and attitudes to what's happening there divides lebanese more

than anything else this country stands to lose the most from the disintegration of its neighbor we have another proof of that came to you weeks ago one night bullets started to flow across the street the clashes claimed the lives of two people and pleased the rest deeper into their ideological trenches residents of these alawite sarber raised money to put out this impromptu memorial to their leader and the countries they consider their protectors but it's going to thank you russia there is also no second guessing on whom they consider their anime america's like a euphemism for american interests. human rights of freedom. of. serious ruling baath party has its regional office here its chiefs meeting bashar al assad in person it was the most memorable event of his life while the prospect

of a un sanctioned foreign intervention in syria is now minimal he says behind the scenes syria still remains a front for regional powers syria's from you about maybe half an hour ago and we see everything in our. going from. going from. here from jordan from there from. across the street in a hospice. run by a sunni charity attitudes are strikingly different most of the patients here are young men from behind province and some like mohammad don't hide their relation to defray syrian army he staked on who is responsible for the bloodshed is not hard to guess. i have a warning for the russian people don't change this. all ties with them once the revolution reaches its victory you still have time to make the right choice but the . hospitals administrator shows us some of about five hundred patients they've

treated since the uprising began. allegedly committed by assad's regime amount to crimes against humanity but when i ask him what he did revolution is worth all the suffering and destruction is a response it is not exactly humanitarian we have many destruction and we have more than no more than eleven thousand we hear. i think. evolution has to pay some. something. with. changing to better life to keep the two warring communities apart lebanese government has dispatched an army contingent to the cd for all its resemblance of the libyan

capital lebanese tripoli is still trying hard to avoid the libyan scenario at some point artsy tripoli lebanon with the u.n. moving closer to consensus on peace in syria the u.s. still threatens damascus with more pressure and further isolation later this hour we'll talk to the lebanese foreign minister who says the policy of backing one side in the conflict could lead to disaster for the entire region. we're against the policy of the great powers but one of the parties in its meaning was that this policy is a source of great suffering in the middle east. by territories there are un resolutions addressing well yes we do not insist that the international community should throw its weight behind its needs to speak out and we demand that the international agreements and resolutions should be respected and.

let's take a look at some other news making headlines around the world in our world update this hour security forces in yemen have killed at least twenty al-qaeda militants in the southern province of the navy targeted their positions with rocket and artillery shells every twenty four hour period militants captured towns in the area last year against a backdrop of political turmoil in the country human seen escalation of violence and present he took office last month following a year of mass protests against his predecessor ali abdullah saleh. the colombian army says troops have killed at least thirty members of the four armed lift this group it's one of the biggest sub strikes in five years according to the country's defense minister rebels are accused by the government of cocaine smuggling arms trafficking and bomb making for call the revolutionary armed forces of colombia group has been at war with the state since one thousand nine hundred sixty four. portugal is being hit by a twenty four hour public sector workers strike against government spending cuts and tax increases transport is severely disrupted with schools post and other state

services also badly affected and it is processed protest was all denied by unions over thirty measures which triggered a seventy eight which were triggered by a seventy eight billion euro bailout this plan is locked into a three year program of cuts all of by the e.u. and the i.m.f. to reduce the country's huge debts. also on our world update the rebels in the west african country mali claim to have seized power and else to the government in a coup they've imposed a military curfew and suspended the constitution while the country's president is seeking refuge at a military camp its troops staged a mutiny on wednesday taking over a state broadcaster and attacking and looting the presidential palace well it be known as one of the most stable democracies in western africa since the one nine hundred ninety s. . pensioners will pay more while taxes for the rich and big business will be

reduced that's what critics are making of the pritish government's budget for the year ahead saying it boosts the interests of corporations while making the lies of ordinary people even tougher smith the details from london. government's calling this a fiscally neutral project which basically means that they're giving with one hand and taking away with the other labor the opposition party is calling it a millionaire's budget and people are also saying that it's tinkering around economic disaster just dealing with the edges of it the top line of this budget is really this tax cuts for the very richest people in society from fifty percent to forty five percent hugely controversial the government says that the tax is not making any money anyway but groups like the occupy campaign say that it's basically a tax cut for the one percent another very controversial thing is this this issuing a one hundred year or even perpetual pones boring money that only needs to be paid back in one hundred years' time the government says it's doing that to look in low

interest rates but the critics say that it's numbering our children essentially with our debts not just children either grandchildren great grandchildren but one of the most controversial parts of this budget is the raising of the tax on fuel again later this year that has a huge impact on the economy and in fact it's a measure that according to some polls seventy seven percent of people in this country are against create tens of thousands of jobs at no cost what government could say no to you case coalition government apparently as it sticks to another rise in the tax on fuel to take effect in august small business owners are feeling the pinch few over the last few years is really really crippled and crunched on our bottom line but according to the fair fuel campaign cutting the tax on fuel by just poor said would get the economy motoring and could put one hundred seventy five thousand people back in work be creation of the jobs we take people off the.

tracks going out spending more money etc but they seem to be ignoring that concentrating on things like fifty p. . income tax for the rich people meanwhile small businesses. found sound untoward chapman run a company which sells an install spence's to keep your pet in your garden it employs seven people full time and runs for vans in which engineers deliver bits and train pets to use the fences the guys can work in hampshire one day and then the next day depends on when the customer wants to personal we have the increase in the ha which obviously is going on top of fuel as well and then the actual fuel duty is well you can't keep being a screen at all angles forever around seventy percent of the economy is small business the government says it's depending on firms like dog friends to pre-build it but growth and development is out of the question according to sam he says the price of fuel is throttling them the price at the pump has already hit one pound

fifty five a liter in some places that's two dollars forty six and although some of it is due to the geopolitical situation including the arabian oil embargo a staggering sixty percent tax it's an easy damaging way to raise money field which is actually a very convenient target because it's actually very difficult to avoid one of the. mobility say how easy it is for people to travel to work or jobs that might be travelling distance from home so it actually can increase unemployment quite markedly if you choose to it's a problem that phil says down into the entire economy ninety percent of everything we have in our homes offices and shots is delivered by lorry with fuel do you see so high haulage companies are forced to pass those costs on to consumers resulting in higher prices for everything food clothes consumer goods piling yet more

pressure on the recession hits british consumers nora smith r.t. london. well more news videos are on our website in addition to what you see here on screen the web site r.t. dot com here's a taste of what's waiting there now should you log on staying put barricades i'm bullhorns enough to keep new york's occupy wall street protesters out of union square. express yourself for causing a commotion the dollar promises to speak up for some petersburg's gay community on the world's number one pop star gets into the groove of a forthcoming concert in the city. and twitter turned six of these social networking websites celebrates its birthday look back on how it's changed the way the world communicated so you can find all that and plenty more on our website party dot com.

india has come up with a new initiative to give a unique identity number to the country's population of over a billion but the government's project is being questioned on several fronts and the promise is to help deliver world first schemes some fear the vast database could eventually compromise people's privacy artie's crash reader reports. it's been in delhi for seventeen years but he still can't get access to benefits because it's a ration card is registered back home for those like him india has come up with a twenty first century solution the herculean process has begun to get every indian spangler prints and iris scans in one massive database this con can be used for various purposes like answering russian calls and receiving russian is and was sold the house solutrean many documents that should make sure everyone can receive the help they need wherever they are one thing is all it will take if the new idea

project goes as planned it will be the largest collection of biometric data in the world the indian government is hoping that the twelve digit numbers will allow indians to be more mobile and personal work after they want by tying them to a centralized database so that they can open a bank account get a cellphone or get rations anywhere in the country but the plan also has its critics apart from the amount of time it will take ten years by some estimates there is also the inevitable human rights worries about big brother state it's something we. need. people like walk hill on that struggling on a few dollars a day have no clear idea of how this is going to help them but they're willing to try it. when i actually received

a card then i will know the benefits of having the card. finally they'll have an official identity and they'll have access to seek help wherever they are but the government may be able to follow their every move preassure either r t new delhi india. twenty five its policy in the russian capital for the financial update the euro has the latest for us at the business that's there in this year who will have the market. a little later but first president medvedev pushed the idea of slashing state ownership in russia's top. government to prepare a strategy for reducing its stake below fifty percent in particular this would apply to the country's two biggest lenders and v.t. be expected to sell off seven point six percent in this dream as part of a thirty four billion dollar privatization program across a range of sectors let's see how stocks are getting on now this morning moscow started higher for closing lower for a fourth in a row the altie has closed two percent down contagion from week dates are in the

u.s. and asia the corporate news northern utility lead in their courses last year's net income slipped sixty percent movers now most energy stocks ended better than the market despite we could crude prices financials were among the worst performers was slipping more than one in the hall sent off a couple of girls trade wall street still down both. half a percent in the red light comes off the china reported a fall in manufacturing and europe snow in its longest downward spiral since november randgold nine and a half percent after the coup in mali africa where it has mines and crude has slipped two dollars today as industrialists releasing crude stockpiles all new exchange rates the greenbacks gaining against the euro but the ruble shared against both major currencies today and finally russia's economic ministries counted the cost of joining the world trade organization the country could lose up to nine billion dollars a year in tax revenue due to reduced tariffs however the ministry hopes that will

be compensated by increases in trade and that's the business bill done with great aplomb as usual daniel thank you very much indeed well coming up very shortly our interview with the lebanese foreign minister for his view on how the conflict in syria can be solved but for that i'll be back with a recap of our top story then go away this is r.t. .

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