how could. face a continued crackdown that's government forces keep up the pressure on peaceful protesters appealing for democracy. why the rain for. democratic reforms. security is a. reality star. nato said not only in the. way. an american soldier accused of a shooting a massacre of afghan civilians is to face seventeen counts of murder in the u.s.

but the taliban. saying it has no faith in american justice. it is good to have you with us here on our t.v. today. live in moscow on a protest has died after security forces again fired tear gas and rubber bullets opposition rallies and right in the government's been continuing a crackdown on dissent over the past twelve months. as the latest. you are hearing from the clammy of a woman who died on thursday saying that she died from inhaling tear gas we do know that the security forces have been using tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds meanwhile in an effort to try and clean up their public human rights image the right police say that they're installing video cameras in several of

their offices and critics say that this is not going to hold situation because most of the youngsters who are being beaten are being beaten before they even reach the police stations now earlier this week the united nations high commission on human rights to see if there was a disproportionate use of force being used by the security forces and this is something that moscow too has indicated it finds alarming what moscow is saying is that there needs to be stabilization efforts there needs to be some kind of movement towards national dialogue and the violence needs to be brought under control and stopped immediately the media coverage that the rain received is are longingly little green compared to countries like syria iran and libya and what some activists are suggesting is that this is because the united states clearly has a vested interest in not showing the violent crackdown by the regime the united states of god's reign as its closest ally in the region and the headquarters of the

u.s. navy's the feet are stationed there if you look for example at an ongoing trial of some fifteen medics who have been sentenced to fifteen years for merely assisting protesters during the violent crackdown last year that trial has received little to no attention in the mainstream western media was by comparison reports coming out today friday of the european union slapping sanctions on the wife of the syrian president bashar assad and his family that has received widespread media attention what we do know is their full members are only as well as eight government ministers will have sanctions against him that is receiving a lot. attention well is what is happening in terms of violent crackdown in bahrain is receiving a little attention to his policy reporting right there were those e.u. sanctions against the inner circle of president bashar assad and his wife including travel bans on the freezing of assets i mean while violence continues in a country with insurgent fighters killing two syrian army troops and capturing

eight hundred soldiers near the turkish border the main opposition group the syrian national council has also dismissed a u.n. resolution urging a cease fire saying that it doesn't meet the needs of the people the motion passed earlier this week approved a peace plan proposed by envoy kofi annan it calls for all sides to stop fighting provide for humanitarian aid and begin a political process towards peace while the resolution is backed by china and russia doesn't demand president assad stands down washington continues to insist on this is threatening to put more pressure on the mascot's if it doesn't comply with the u.n. motion analyst christopher forster however says that the u.s. is ultimately sponsoring terrorism in syria. harris in any case tried reforms from the start of his tenure and should he have been you know in a friendly manner supported by other countries syria would have been

a much better position to know what we have done is this the west has you know it's stimulated corrupt arab regimes and unfortunately also a d.l. a turkey to interfere in a syrian situation and what we have now is president obama you know openly declared that we have the state sponsored terrorism in damascus i was present with this you know attack in damascus it's very clearly a secret service business with some you know i qaeda people attached who are in the shop shooting on any helpers approaching to the scene and we have more incidents of the blown up which is incident in aleppo and things like that i call this terror minaj led by the u.s. watching r.t. three years on from the reset in russia u.s. relations earlier optimism appears to have cooled addressing a security conference here in moscow russia's president dmitri medvedev said that

he wants western alternatives to missile defense plans and for nato to stop living in the past but he said he has been following the meeting. the theme of this russian international affairs council is bureau atlantic security is a myth or reality and president made age of made it very clear that he believes it's a myth that needs to become reality there are two major issues that are hampering progress on making matter reality the first is this mindset that there's nato and that's all that's needed for european security the second our expansion plans on missile defense which club a little bit of relief it's been a long time standing issue between russia and the us and of course in cooperation with nato and after we saw the signing of the strategic arms reduction treaty in twenty eight ten between a bit of an obama there was a little bit of relief and it was seen really as the peak of the reset but lately russia has been pushing very strongly that they need written guarantees which are

not in that start treaty that there will be no expansion of ms now defense and prove that it's not aimed against them for another issue which you touched upon was the un as a body it has become somewhat others seem to be used as a body of force rather than a body of diplomacy and there he was talking about syria and a lot of the rhetoric we're hearing about iran and its nuclear issue but to make more about european security as a whole joining me now is a very special guest spot in this horrible moscow so-called the weather that we're having the secretary general of the council on iraq but for now ok good thank you so much for being with us is it emits to you is european security joint thirtieth security a reality. i don't think it's a nice. if you say. they are the but we have almost a very long way towards the security get paid more for it you'll be

getting america we have excellent institutions to make they have to be a little boy was before all disappeared yet the femur. maple russia mother states you. see where russia coming from and they say they need some kind of currency that they can just buy the promise to her as they get it on paper and that any kind of defense system close to its borders needs to be proven that it's not against russia and that it's going to be some kind of joint. security setup yes i can recall myself. though we. are about to go broke i think these issues may be sort of hollow so i mean not everybody is going to go out with the difficult business but the people who got the reality is the culmination is that europe you know are these days i'm going. to get to you disappear to you to see the old and those who i know they all because what have you been hearing today op the

conference about iran and i know there are a lot of differences of not being talked about cooperation and it seems that i've been hearing today is that we do need to focus on that cooperation to move forward how do you see it happening on hearing this is a very very dangerous thing if we come to the point where there is a military confrontation will be become their friends and repairs speed you will feel like it's going to be subtle but most people dr lloyd thought there was a peaceful world in the parking. lot ok a good secretary general of the top of the fair thank you very much for coming out the speech was here in our see the security bureau atlantic security assessment coming to an hour i just want to highlight again the main thing that all sides seem to be able to agree on is that it's cooperation that will take both parties to work

but there's still a lot of work to be done obviously newson our reporting right there what are still to come for you on the program here on out c punished for g. . and. and i said i'm sorry you can't come in here because of fear you are absolutely right communities in britain say they're denied basic rights simply because of who they are that report coming up shortly. now ten minutes past the hour here in moscow where the u.s. soldier accused of a massacre of afghan civilians will be charged with seventeen counts of murder and six of assault and attempted murder of staff sergeant robert bales is currently held in solitary confinement at a military detention center in the u.s. and could face the death penalty if convicted earlier this week his attorney said there's a lack of evidence against his client and he has no memory of the incident meanwhile

the taliban has already brown to take revenge against american forces saying it doesn't trust the u.s. court deliver justice jim brown from the stop the war coalition says washington probably views afghanistan as leaders dismissively of policy it follows in dealings with other countries. that kind of behavior is absolutely consistent with the united states' policy in afghanistan and other countries if you just look at for example pakistan. what the united states calls a major non nato ally pakistan but the united states went in for example and. deep in the heart of stanley killed osama bin laden and. that is. the cia man who killed i think three parking stands on the streets and he was whisked away and so on so the many many examples in that region and for the world so yes they don't they don't treat karzai with any respect for think if you just

take the karzai government it's hardly true that he has any more credibility now than he did ten years ago if you remember that the united states picked him he wasn't. picked him in. shortly after september the eleventh and they declared him to be the head of some kind of local administration and it's true that later on he was elected president but then he was the only person who could actually travel around afghanistan in united states helicopter so he's rivals didn't really have much of a chance. it's good to have you with us here in our three a today the european union has expanded its sanctions against iran freezing assets and adding more officials to a visa blacklist it cites quote serious human rights violations for the measures which follow other similar penalties over the islamic republic's nuclear program the u.s. has just drawn up a list of countries which are to be cut off from the american financial system if

that is they don't reduce iranian oil imports within six months meanwhile israel says its threat of a military strike on iran in stopping you from building a suspected nuclear bomb could be in the works tehran maintains its atomic program is for peaceful energy purposes only but the u.s. is against an imminent attack on the islamic state believing it would drag the whole region into war more this week and i'll talk to an expert on middle east affairs ali wisco joining us live from beirut oh good to see you today do you think these sanctions that the u.s. and the e.u. continue imposing on iran do you think they're having any desired effect. all of course sanctions do have an effect but they do have a limited effect as long as you have other powers who oppose such measures especially when there are significant powers like russia particularly china which is in wasilla need of these energy resources for its ever expanding or growing economy so of course i don't i'm not sure that it will they will have

a very big effect but i think you have to look at this from the angle of the us elections of course the us together with his allies that runs through well i think speed our border was much as it can in order to prevent israel from ocean attack and i think that david cameron by the way recently visited washington was very clear when he said we don't support a strike and if it is really struck a cause we will not even support it so i think there is there was a clear cut messages of how much europe and the u.s. are opposed to a military military strike and these measures taken today i think what they show they show their fears genuine fears that israel might actually go ahead that with a unilateral military strike on iran i was reading an article yesterday about by the way on the israeli haaretz which spoke about a meeting between israel and israeli and american official where the israeli official gave a clear message that is world will not notify the u.s. before it goes ahead with a military a strike and i think that the u.s. is there believing this for that's why we are seeing obama taking all of these

steps in order to improve or thought to strengthen your client indeed he was just like you want to rely on recent days the israelis benyamin netanyahu came to washington had a sit down with obama in the white house a big press junket it's believed that behind closed doors netanyahu was asking obama for support or permission to go after iran again obama stating that perhaps now is not the time i think there are some political ramifications there but if we can just refer back to these these sanctions the u.s. and e.u. sanctions against iran how do you think iran could respond to these sanctions. well of course iran has a number of cards to play we all heard before for example that iran warned it could close down the strait of hormuz which was a passageway for oil and that was one card which the iranians display that of course iran also has its cards to play both in iraq and afghanistan we all know

that it does have its cards to play in syria right here in lebanon on so iran has expanded its regional sphere of influence and if these sanctions indeed do cause serious serious damage and as i said iran could respond to many different in many different ways however i do believe that we are overlooking some important points which are for example that the iranian supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei said in a speech on the iranian new year that iran doesn't strive to possess nuclear weapons now that is a message of which is being given to the west and on the other hand as well obama had some messages on obvious or when he made accused iranian you your speech of pushing the iranians so yes we do have all of these pressures we do have all of these scientists i was at the same time and there are exchanges of messages being between the two and i think particularly if obama is reelected i think then we might see a chance that there might be some kind of a deal being reached between both sides when you talk about a deal being reached around as agreed to revive talks with world leaders on its

nuclear program or these talks though in the past collapse in istanbul in january last year can we expect these talks to reach some kind of agreement if they were to come back to the table or the question is i suppose or i should ask you is the u.n. even interested in revived nuclear talks with iran. well yes i think that there is a western interest in general to diffuse tension with iran don't forget that iran is expanding its influence as i said in iraq and. afghanistan is a country where the u.s. is currently looking for an exit strategy so and why has to be said here that iran and the u.s. did cooperate previously when the u.s. actually wanted to enter to overthrow the taliban regime are so hard believe now with the current weakness the u.s. is in good for good the u.s. is coming out of two wars both in iraq and in afghanistan is a much weaker state than it was before and this is evident by the constraints on

its policies when it comes to syria for example and so i think here it needs the cooperation of sudden regional players and without admitting it america does need the regional cooperation of iran it does mean iran to play a certain role so i think because of the weakness now the different position america is in yes it might be willing to take a different approach to really talk about this sort of situation in order to defuse or tackle out of oils in the region well it's an expert on middle east risk her life in beirut thanks for coming out. let's go to some other international headlines for you in the arts world update now starting with the ordered a missile defense system to be prepared in response to north korea's rocket launch next month tokyo will deploy them at near the island of okinawa in order to shoot down the rocket if it threatens japanese territory the u.s. and its allies of north korea to cancel the launch calling it

a threat to diplomatic efforts there are also concerns that pyongyang is technology could be used for long range missiles in the future. tens of thousands of protesters have hit the streets of yemen demanding their ex president be put on trial. a step down from office last month in exchange for immunity from prosecution he was expected to leave yemen after resigning but many suspect he still involved with the government working with friends and relatives in military positions least two thousand people have died since an uprising against and began last year. no more excuses for missing all being late for class in brazil where microchips are to be stitched into school uniforms to keep tabs on pupils the homing device will be embedded in clothing meaning there is no escape for the little ones the parents will receive a text message when their child has arrived at school or if they're late for class

is almost a million dollars is being invested by a local authority of the city. all students up to the age of fourteen. french intelligence is being criticized for failing to address the two louis gunman before he killed seven people mohamed merah was under surveillance for months but france's prime minister says there was no prior bad but it is the big government pose a threat to society he was killed by a police sniper on thursday after a thirty two hour siege outside his apartment filmed himself killing a rabbi and three children at a jewish school as well as three soldiers in. separate attacks. for the tudors killings of fuel discussion on europe's immigration policy next hour people of elena's cross-talk guests discuss the impact of globalization and if europe has a problem integrating immigrants. can i think i think really rude and discriminatory and offensive that you come on international television you

mean in general sweeping statements my faith in my community i know expect a reaction you need to get you for a street you need to step away from your prejudice that was you know you can like. we're not going to roger now it's we're going to look like and i just say that my perspective on all this is very different because i don't represent a party nor a faith community one for some academic trying to. do this is some. keep going i don't know i just. started to study i know it's a joke. in time european leaders like i have said that multiculturalism has failed in the e.u. but part of the result is that ethnic minorities say they face regular discrimination and denial of their basic rights the european a human rights watchdog has condemned britain for its treatment of gypsies and

travellers over the story is r.t. is i think that sophie is a victim of racism she's training to be a barrister but as an english gypsy she's frequently turned away from bars for refusing to serve travellers two thousand and twelve two thousand have and this is happening really every guy really discriminating against a race a culture that has a minority it has. nothing on i would say with racism because you know i. you know another ethnic minority went part. and i said i'm sorry you can't come in here because of who you are absolutely outcry severe blames the media the only coverage gypsies get in britain ridicules their culture despite complaints of racism and this was deemed suitable advertising no wonder when public opinion so

overwhelmingly hostile to your well. white order to please you made your wiring in or out the full story for the people living here i feel sorry for the pain that made it if thought of it that way and is that all that they they were there and they try to start fights and sorceress really so they just desist all the paper where they lie it's the poppy it's not anything just all the things you hear about and relay but others are now listening to human rights watchdog slammed the british government for discriminating against gypsies and travellers checks in travelers need access to. their rights to a home and to a private family life respected and that is what isn't presently not respected in this country. dale farm used to be the largest concentration of travelers in the u.k. housing over a thousand people but then the bailiffs came october's a vixen the violent end to a decade long legal battle that's left fifty families homeless. critics say it

couldn't for universities have the government provided enough legal caravan sites in the first place one square miles all that's needed to house the four thousand gypsies with nowhere legal to live in the u.k. right now but local authorities are refusing to give up land pledging housing instead that's a matter for them there is a roof over their heads over a construct of which to buckle forced them to put you off so i wish to carry on living as they are outside of the law that's a lot of work. roof yes it's simply not an option for a centuries old name added culture that's why many pale farm prefer to live outside of the law they say discriminates against them but rather those who are allowed to stay so long as they stay within these walls that's the legal that's left here that is quite big it's not big enough for everyone according to the local authority

anyone outside of that block so all these caravans is in groups of planning regulations pursuing yet another court order to have all of these people roaming travelers and gypsies are one of the most vulnerable groups in britain they have the lowest life expectancy and education levels of any ethnic minority but at the moment they getting the least help are the bennett r t london. let's get out there on the market see with our daniel bushell daniel that how we look at. russia's court with a way to hold greece's crisis its economy a nationwide campaigns kicked off encouraging russians to boy anything greek of course the reports on how a few thousand rubles can make a multi-billion euro difference like normal is when russian companies and officials encourage their countrymen to buy it locally made produce at a lower low is when the russians encourage their can even see to buy foreign goods spend their summer holidays abroad and in the past there is now these are dire

economic times for the euro zone and a couple of russian organizations specialize in international humanitarian cooperation decided to extend greece helping hand we call our population to show solidarity with greek people and great products and i hope it will help the greek economy and will give the opportunity to have more expert products for us it's not governmental organizations who are jewels. if in other countries there are such community is. they should support greece which now is in the difficult become nomic and social situation russia has over one hundred fifty thousand greek people living here but it's not them who are being targeted in this initiative it's russians so what are these organizations born locals to buy and kind of really make

a big difference here we have items such as. a honey all a boil as well as wine and all this is worth about one hundred euros and the organizations promoting the buy going to get a lot of play with every loss and spends the same amount of greek produce this year it will give the country in additional fifteen suits one thing in europe is now one hundred euros now it's like a lot of money but that's the case for some of moscow's high end supermarkets like this one the organizations also got russians to go to greece on holiday and even buy houses there which they'd claim are at record low prices the reaction from the public has been mixed some people on twitter have applauded the initiative saying this is very creative and have encouraged their friends to join the others ask why the helping hand is limited to greece and what about buying spanish real hard or portuguese sort of caught the people behind the initiative are under no illusions

it will be an unfair trade success but they say every little helps so why not indulge in some greek delicacies marina business r.t. . and open another. truly hope lower this trading is slow as investors wait for the housing data europe's having another day its worst since the really taking over from asia left over hong kong ship three percent today on the exchange rate the euro's gaining a bit against the dollar rules mixed against the main core of these corridors the greenback but losing against the euro all mixed over choppy trading heading for its worst losing streak for seven months for the most latest business you can for more stories on our website slash business headlines next year also.

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