searching for a syrian solution special envoy kofi annan heads to moscow to help head off the crisis but is he sets of being challenge by further e.u. sanctions on the regime. no rush for justice lawyers one of them don't court battle though the american soldier accused of executing seventeen afghans. threatens to further under rival makes his mission in afghanistan. when firepower equals freedom the claim of the u.s. gun lobby reconciles across the states the president and supply groups slugging it out. and the e.u. steps up sanctions on iran freezing assets and blacklisting officials as existing

penalties reduce foreign explored drug prices to dangerous levels. you're watching r t world news twenty four hours a day a very warm welcome to today our top story now the u.n. and arab league peace envoy kofi annan is to visit moscow over the weekend to broker a solution to the crisis in syria. and i returned from damascus where it held tolls for the government on informants in a six point peace plan proposed by the special envoy that includes an immediate cease fire both sides as well as access for humanitarian aid the start of this dialogue the plan was backed by the u.n. security council buttons and really been dismissed by syria's exiled opposition. e.u. has imposed a new set of sanctions this time targeting present from an inner circle

a move some experts believe could undermine the peace set it. it seems to be in the strategic interest of the europeans together with the western and nato forces to overthrow the government of or for president assad and in order to do that you they know have to endure the true peace plan to fire up the conflicts within syria but what is equally important to understand for the syrians also is that this conflict in syria is not only a conflict within syrian authorities and with president assad and his government it must be seen in an international context and certainly in a context of strategic dominance in the region of western powers they have an interest in the region is specially in the upcoming maybe war situation with iran. twenty five counts of murder attempted murder and assault as the charges

filed against an american soldier accused of turning a small afghan village into a bloodbath if convicted staff sergeant robert bales could face the death penalty but it's not say they plan from members nothing of the killings exploits to go home a complicated legal process their head is about to provoke further anger. protests and violence. recall veteran of the iraq war but he's nikos task in afghanistan will only get more difficult. if we were to switch out robert bales with a missile from from the predator drone will we be talking about those that yes and then we would you know the fact the matter is no what robert bales did is just another jet just yet another incident of just this constant death and ruin we are just subjecting the afghan people to there's going to be more dead civilians

from this and more dead afghans see i did child and there are innocent civilians going to be more dead americans we seem to be pretending. the past three years there has been an improvement in distillation payment gas and it has not been trimmed and it is getting worse to violence is getting worse and for the past three years american deaths are true but honestly here in the real criminals are just billions eaters they continue to continue to perpetuate this war they're the ones in the obama's the chains the bushes there don't want to start or continue to perpetuate it and they ought to be the one be facing trial. but before enlisting in the military got it was a financial trading profession he was eventually forced to abandon allegations of fraud and deception but coming up next hour teasing the kinds of reports looks the part knows returning his time as a broker and his career. robert bales was previously a stockbroker for it from one thousand nine hundred six to two thousand and he

enlisted in the army shortly after federal financial regulators found he engaged in fraud breach if you do share your duty churning unauthorized trading and unsuitable investments the perfect training to become a slaughtering out of control maniac with a gun in afghanistan. brokers all about slaughtering people no we don't call it forgetfulness the term in the industry is called selective amnesia so you want to be able to selectively i mean about certain things that were somehow impacted by the life gives you more money of course you remember all details but the lines are insider trading. usually i don't remember. this america's struggles to hold a fallout from that afghan massacre back home guns are once again all the rage despite high unemployment and then on certain economic forecast firearm sales

a booming for many to hire the candidate of the better what is this a couple of cents in this report from virginia. just across the river from the nation's capital virginia and should issue now america green spaces and trying to farm lands offer a refuge from urban life a place where red white and blue is displayed with pride but here is the symbol of liberty isn't just a flag it's this. definitely is a sign of freedom you know to be able to hold on and until now one was all you could buy in virginia every thirty days the law was supposed to. curb gun trafficking that many here felt it curbed freedom instead it's not anyone's business how many guns i own or how i bottle or buy the problem really we have the second amendment for a reason. virginie repealed the one handgun permit law in february and come summertime the right to bear arms will mean the right to buy as many of these. as you want but there are so many different makes and models and brands you know how

to have a more it's addictive but for much of the worlds this kind of freedom may seem bizarre to young man apparently dressed in long black trench coats open fire across the globe guns are associated with tragedies. or bloodshed and battlefields of war. but for gun owners like jim hansen and guns belong in the hands of american citizens the safest person in the world is someone who is legally carrying a firearm america is a country that was founded with a basic understanding that guns are a bad thing you see in this world there's two kinds of people my friend. and i mean . as the most heavily armed nation in the world there are few diggers to be found in america as of two thousand and seven there were an estimated two hundred ninety four million guns in this country that's nearly enough to arm every man woman and child. at your local community and in virginia gun shops like this

one people just can't seem to get enough whether it's handguns assault rifles or shotguns sales are better than ever they are booming they are definitely through the roof or in a. and in a place where guns mean freedom that trend isn't likely to change an armed society is a polite society you know we are here because of guns but as bad as i may sound we've defended ourselves and we are the free nation are we are because of the. book thirty years after a powerful gun control movement. americans are returning to their roots embracing the idea of owning and carrying firearms like these with zeal unseen since the days of muskets and militias for many freedom is symbolized by the barrel of a gun it's the mark received locked and loaded party unloose a captain over in virginia we're coming up on the program euro zone unemployment comes into focus the future looks bleak for spain students struggling to cope with

life in a shattered economy. ancient tribe in the west bank is under pressure from the israeli government. officials are threatening to deprive nomads of their own source of energy. the e.u. has stepped up its sanctions against iran freezing assets and adding more officials to a visa blacklist serious human rights violations for the interests measures so actions already in place have driven prices are present sports drop in the middle east commentators say and the penalties are really aimed turning the rain people against the government. even the initial sanctions a few years ago if you look at the weekly leaks documents that they were intended for ordinary people to make them change their minds about the iranian government the recent more recent sanctions are intended to strangle the iranian economy this is the. this is official statements and version given by western

governments and western media so it's intended to hurt ordinary iranians americans by sanctioning the central bank or trying to even prevent iranians from importing. grain or rice and this is you know. absolutely disgusting so it's a major violation of the human rights of the iranian people if the iranians back down from their nuclear program which is peaceful and there's no evidence that it is not peaceful and then the americans and europeans will go after some other excuse to put pressure on the country. but still ahead fuel r.t. the perils of global warming and ignoring it. big oil companies don't want to hear that so if you're traveling in money to lobbyists they're going to hear it believe it and we don't hear about it so much are we headed for doom i hope. the resident in new york asks if the public and the media are doing enough to halt the effects of climate change plus. travel to

a russian city that's home to first class not running mate masterpieces a structure that's produced equivalence. seems the eurozone crisis is set to affect the lives of young people in spain they used to come struggling to find jobs and worries over their country's new government will deal with coming protests first went to meet the students planning to make their voices heard. the using quite this is part of a lost generation with each unemployment at an all time high with more than forty nine percent to twenty four year olds now it's like it's a. it is particularly tough we come here today for the universities in spain to speak to some of the students here it's really high unemployment figures he was like to be a student at this time in the country. truly because you know the the

future you can expect unemployment rates are already this high and the. schools are becoming a private business it's hard to tell if you're going to find a job when you when you finish studying if you can actually do some college studies because if you have to pay really high price for them you're not even going to be able to go to college at all think of those. people who suffer. children and i think their government has to think that indication is the most important thing because because of us will be it will create a future so they have to spend money they have to spend money indication what i would like to see would be people massively going out of the street and protesting the things change people have that and it will lead them to realize. increasingly that's exactly what's been students have been doing taking to the streets to protest the measures being brought in by the new government and it's not just

students that are suffering in the last four years three million jobs. here. and now. at least four hundred thousand. more jobs to disappear in the coming months we join some of the countries student unions as they plan for their next peaceful protests but they tell us that the government's approach to managing the demonstrations is anything but peaceful the government there won the elections on the twentieth of november one month after that they were spending over a million euros on gas and other equipment to repress their own citizens on the street. one million viewers of a budget of a counter that this has already a really bad economy. weapons to use against our own citizens what they can here to complain about what we are doing to them that's what the new government of spain is doing right now is seemingly hardline approach of the new spanish government and managing these protests could prove to be

a real problem when hundreds of thousands in this in chance of it turn into not the pay for the mistakes of the past the best teachers therof that they stay. with feature stories check out more out in dot com here's what's lined up for you there right now attached to technology brazilian schoolchildren are being shipped to provide an easy way to combat truancy also online. victorious shooting see what they think comedy film instead of the national anthem taking place on the podium. atomic clouds. candy ranch and its intentions. to move korea into the for. the two thousand and twelve nuclear security summit on r.t. . north korea's space rocket launch announced next month is expected to be

a major issue coming international nuclear security council and so the u.s. and its allies are worried the plant could be a cover for a nuclear weapons test undermined i think efforts to deal with its nuclear program at all such as the. options under that the u.s. would supply north korea with food aid to resist the regime of its japan is also deployed its missile defense system saying to shoot down. any trick. pony boy believes tokyo is overplaying the danger of it truly the the u.n. could take action but what quite what it does i mean it's got fairly fierce sanctions on north korea already north korea is actually alleviating the risk tribute to japan because it shifting list launched from the east coast to the west coast so it will not fly over japan in the same way it's possible for the launch to

go wrong because the previous two have gone wrong the first one fell the third stage failed to ignite. and so it crashed into the sea way past japan it seems to me rather unlikely that there's going to be any danger alert this is going to hit japan in the sense that if it's a three stage rocket or when it why the rafale before it gets to japan or what's going to pass over as i said if they launch into south and it looks like they're going to do that having shifted the launch site from the east coast to the west coast it's very very unlikely to have an idea have any imposed any danger to japan . israel has refused to cooperate with the un's track finding mission expected to investigate israeli settlements in the west bank it comes after the organization authorized the probe on thursday supports the reports israel shows a little sign of stopping its policy of expansion in the area. in the remote hilltops of south had drawn the ancient plate when tribal ekes out

a living from the land but they've unwittingly become the latest phone in the side of the israeli government now. in this by any means make any real security threat. to the israeli government and this part of it was on the agenda when the german foreign minister met with his israeli counterparts at the center of the conflict these wind and solar generators which while bringing electricity to and lighting up the lives of some four hundred people has tel aviv complaining it was left in the dark but these nomads are just excited to show us how life's been transformed they had no electricity they had no power to charge the phone they would need to go to the nearby city of. you know it's true are is just to drive to the telephone and that's. the anger of the israeli authorities they say it was a record without permission and threatened to send in all we are is that they apply for a license the product you're talking about not only the bone not reply but when

a warning was given that this is in violation of the regulations they have a right to appeal they've refused to appeal that in germany look at mcbain who is funding the project says they weren't too concerned with getting any israeli stamp of approval because most applications are rejected could. the state of israel is not interested in having more caring for the world being the listing of an aerial seem rather that he would like to see. in most palestinians are more settlements which is what some european diplomats are suggesting because it's here in these remote hills with some of the most fervent settlement activity is taking place in a statement trotty the german foreign office said it was following the situation and described developments as worrying but it wouldn't comment on speculation. neteller it was reacting spitefully to a leaked confidential e.u. report calling for israeli settlement activity to be stopped and so while these

nomads marvel at a first taste of the twenty first century the joy could be short lived if israel decides to rip it all away policy r.t. in the south hebron hills. most scientists agree that the effects of global warming are being felt every day in cities around the world the big issue doesn't seem to be hitting the headlines our resident reporter asks people in new york republican media and then enough to pressure the politicians to try and stop it. this year the u.s. start its fourth warmest winter on record and your record breaking cold why is no one talking about the perils of climate change anymore this week let's talk about that do you think it's still a threat to the planet yes over here especially what traffic. you know you've got a cars we like to call us if you know what i mean the individual.

we can stop using plastic bags and we will turn your lights off we already knew that we you know i feel like i make a big difference on the we do yes we do as much as we can you know it's times of the government. world why do you think the world still cares about it because it doesn't seem to be in the headlines as frequently absolutely not so why is that. for a government to figure out but they don't want to give us enough or mation for us to make our own decisions and i think it's something that people know i mean everyone a lot of people watch you know watch al gore and listen i. can't even remember the name of the movie i can't. get all we heard about it was about. me pick out the dave you know we forgot why do you think the media's got to talk about it because it clearly wasn't commonsense that stops them. because they found something else to

talk about i do believe people are working on it and when you talk my son who's in college and his friends i think there is a lot more concern than we have so yeah it's i guess it's a can't really gauge everything but what the media is talking about right right we're going to have snow in june at this point so you believe it's a school of thought yes absolutely so why isn't the media talking about it anymore big business. big companies don't want to hear that so they. don't want to go over it and we don't hear about it so much are we headed for doom i hope. you have a twenty first well the bottom line is although there are people who are still concerned about the effects of climate change the mainstream media is clearly not among them. the brief look now at some other international news. foreign ministers have toughened of the piracy mission in somalia it's wintry forces not allowed to the

launch attacks on learning the coast so far the operation has concentrated on targeting pirate boats see some experts believe could trigger more violence in the ravaged country. long seen pirate gangs preying on shipping the horn of africa. noble health expert who has been nominated to lead the world bank korean born kim is considered a surprise pick over some other well known candidates expected to travel around the world to support his nomination the bank's twenty five member board is due to officially select president thinks not. a russian expert critical but stable condition after being shot several times next to london. was targeted with a sudden sheen gun outside an apartment block near the canary wharf business center where police are hunting a suspect seen running away but the russian press reports suggesting

a possible link to an attack on another bank coming was three years ago. in russia. mass production by giant companies dominates in many industries but the jury sector in russian central city of course tomorrow is no exception but it's been all over discovered despite the difficulties and made building so similar outside what's produced in factories there's gold in them there hills not just killed diamonds rubies and just about any other precious and semiprecious stone you can imagine that's because in the city of course that omar to the north of moscow wise the beating heart of russia's jewelry industry. it's difficult to get exact figures but we can say with a degree of confidence that every fourth product in russia is one of ours despite this being a tough time economically for a lot of businesses that the amount of company a looking to branch out. we supply

of products through the russian and c.i.s. markets and i think our entrance to the world markets is also in the pipeline the vast majority of russia's jewelry comes from this region with over four million pieces a year coming off the production lines of this factory alone however there are those that have the challenge the dominance of mass production. just down the road from the major factories the curzon a sales guy a school for metal treatment has been teaching students how to craft bespoke jewelry for one hundred and fifteen years however despite that history the rise of the factories does cause some concern the problem here is that some graduates find it hard to work on new equipment installed at these factories but they can do everything from a desert with their hands students come from far afield to attend the school samuel show me love is from israel he's following in his uncle's footsteps by studying here and has high hopes for the future. of the earrings they make are very good very highly i can think of

a factory that can do things like they're maybe tiffany this is the level i am aspiring to. perhaps the inspiration for the students is the success of a local independent jeweler decore glass of working from home alongside his wife tatiana a couple of produced some stunningly beautiful pieces drawing inspiration from a multitude of sources. i turn to history to literature and to my previous experience for example these dark hearings were inspired by archaeological foreign things from the ninth century north russians saw it with some of the blastoff pieces containing thousands of stones and taking more than six months to complete they don't come cheap but they are sought after in fact president to meet the made bit of is among those who has purchased their work a gori says there will always be room for both the factories and the individual craftsman to produce and sell their wares here the english words i think

traditional craft and mass production can co-exist because they are two different things it's like juxtaposing photography in painting for top is about equipment creating is more about brains and herman's this is the difference with jewelry as well. with so much jewelry being made here is certainly the king of bling of russia's regions the troll other r.t. but just ahead on r.t. the moscow outing shows you the colorful world of moscow circuses and it's one of the actors is a taste of what's coming up in just a few minutes on. one of the stars of the show a very large animal but i will admit quite wary about meeting a drops african. and this is no creature i would like to get in the way of. it's fifteen years old and he just is fruits and bread so up i feel quite safe standing here and doesn't like meats. stuff edition of moscow out

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