pushing for peace. is in moscow to talk peace in syria to the e.u. weighs in with more sanctions describe the process to secure a cease fire. the military can do no wrong it seems and that's that's the real tragedy there are doubts over whether an american soldier charged with executing out down civilians will see justice or says the lawyer warns of the long legal battle. and the e.u. steps up measures against iran amid criticism that it's hard hitting the iranian people not their government.

is uncommon broadcast into law from the heart of moscow and care and are actually bringing peace to syria is up for debate in moscow with the u.n. arab league special envoy due to meet the russian president this week out to me that it is expected to say how ending the violence is impossible unless the syrian opposition stops being supported militarily and politically from outside called panels visit to the russian capital comes after his team helped talks with the masses on implementing his six point peace plan that includes a six a cease fire on all sides humanitarian access to stricken areas and the start of a political dialogue syria's foreign based opposition dismissed the plan but it got unanimous backing from the u.n. security council even so the use tightening the sanctions screws on president assad's family for more on the peace efforts let's talk to mahdi in as a mirage

a middle east expert from the center of research on globalization mr nelson maraya kofi annan peace plan and now have a lot of equal backing why do you think the syrian opposition is reluctant to accept it. well the syrian opposition wants tensions in the country peace does not work out in their favor they're using a strategy of tension hoping to get support just like in boston what the bosniaks or the bosnian muslims do. when no seventy to go for example was evacuated after five thousand guests nato came in people want that gets the numbers to rise people want the violence continue and they want to use this for humanitarian intervention do you think that the syrian authorities are really going to stick to the plan if it's fully endorsed all right well i have to tell you that i believe speaking for myself that all sides for the trip to kofi annan six or

six point plan because they see that they can reap some benefits from it that's why they need this agreement that includes all the members of the security council and that includes the syrian government paid to accept this i think that the asset regime would want to. slowly put these things into place but we have to remember this is a process it's not a saw a process as some happens it's not something new just pops up or for no you takes a while well the u.s. and european states are continuing to pressure the regime how does that tally with their verbal support for the ongoing peace efforts. well in. a sea of talk something else action and it can vary. he said odds with action i think the united states will pay lip service to anything that talks

about peace but going to comes to action that's a totally different story same thing with the nature of european union power such as britain and france he will all talk about peace democracy and you may carry some but as we all well know. they never got involved in syria because of democratic values or humanitarian interests this is why they support the syrian national army . involved in terrorist activities that's why they're sending weapons into syria if he wanted peace they would have asked for the syrian national council which is a portion of the opposition to speak to the syrian regime but did they have the law will pay lip service but i don't think it will be genuine and i personally believe that it. was not the right choice for this because kofi annan of course is one of the men who draft responsibility to protect in fact in november two thousand and

eleven here in ottawa. conference where he spoke about his support for the war in libya so i don't think the arab league and eight nations made a good choice and getting coffee and i'm as they are represented in syria and very briefly russia wants and and to find military and political support for the opposition saying that it's preventing the rabble from entering talks is this call likely to be acted upon. i'm sorry going after repeat that connection was very sure not a problem i was referring to the fact that russia wants to add in the foreign military and political support for the opposition it's really saying that it's preventing the rebels from entering these talks think that battle is likely to be acted upon all right well i think russia genuinely wants peace in syria it wants syrian opposition and the government to talk and while we are speaking about opposition i'd like to hear that the syrian are not there i'm watching his state

so there's various groups and there's a local opposition and then there's the syrian national council which is predominately run by the muslim brotherhood syrian branch of it which is not political opposition be don't want peace i think the russian support for peace is genuine as well as chinese because they're. going to benefit from peace in syria syria after all is russia's ally it's one of the only the first country to actually come to russia support here you were georgian and recognize the. separate states but and it's in russia's. ability in syria but it is not in the interests of the opposition or the united states or the gulf cooperation council countries or any of the members of the north that might be true you are going to have peace all right marty and the reason why our middle east expert from the center for research on globalization. the american soldier accused of

a village massacre in afghanistan has officially been charged with twenty nine counts of murder attempted murder and assault if convicted staff sergeant robert bales could face the death penalty but his lawyers say he remembers nothing of the killings while legal experts warn of a long and complicated legal process ahead that could provoke further anger among afghans following what's seen as the worst atrocity by an american in a decade long war john glaser from antiwar dot com says clearing the military of wrongdoing is deeply rooted in us society. throughout the media we've heard justifications for. a parent rampage and you know they go through things like he might have had a concussion he was having trouble at home or he was stressed from you know who or but you know people that are outside outside of the u.s. military to commit these kinds of crimes simply don't receive that kind of sympathy

there was a period in the new york times about how he's you know he's a true good man but he has problems and so on and so forth there is an extended effort to try and paint him. as a generally good man who whose crime can be excused say about a society that idolizes in fetishizing is. a commitment to kill on the orders of politicians in washington and that's that's not that's a strange thing to admire except it's widespread throughout this culture there are many atrocities that have been committed comparable to this one in the past in iraq in afghanistan that get papered over after the controversy settles in the dust settles these soldiers in their military trials kind of get off easy the military can do no wrong. and that's that's the real tragedy. before and listing in the military robert bales was in the finance industry and left under a cloud and that's something that as a report gets its teeth into later on r.t.

. staff sergeant 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 a few 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 on each year about certain things that would somehow impact your bottom line stop it gives you more money of course you remember all details but the ones our insider trading. i don't really remember.

as washington reels from the aftereffects of a soldier's steadily afghan rampage americans are arming themselves at an increasing rate new guns and ammunition are hitting the shelves feeding an addiction to firepower that's all in the name of freedom of reports from virginia where gun laws are about to get a more lenient make over. just across the river from the nation's capital virginia a slice of traditional america green spaces and trying to form lands on offer refuge from urban life a place where red white and blue is with pride but here is a symbol of liberty isn't just a flag it's this. it definitely is a sign of freedom you know to be able to go on and until now wind was all you could buy in virginia every thirty days the law was supposed to curb gun trafficking but many here fell to the curb freedom instead it's not. anyones business how many guns i own or how i buy them for or buy them from really we have the second amendment or

is a. bridge in your repeal the one handgun per month 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 models and brands you know got to have a more it's a victim but for much of the world this kind of freedom may seem bizarre to young men 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 the 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 are two kinds of people my friend. those who keep coming. 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. it's. treatable and in virginia gun shots 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 a nerd. and in a place for guns mean freedom that trend isn't likely to change in our society is a polite society you know we are here because of guns as bad as i may sound we've defended ourselves and we are of the free nation we are because of. the thirty years after a powerful gun control movements like the nation americans are returning to their roots and raising the idea of winning and carrying firearms like these with zeal unseen since the days of muskets and malicious for many freedom is symbolized by

the barrel of a gun and its democracy locked and loaded for r.t.e. on losing captain over in virginia and a few minutes from now a look at spain's a scrappy generation of. people feeling the pinch as the john strong alpha male the euro zone's obliterate it's also. big oil companies don't want to hear that so bitterly and it's so obvious they don't want to hear it so if we don't hear about it so much are we headed for doom i hope the view from new york how to stop climate change from slipping off the radar. there is further pressure on iran from the e.u. which has imposed fresh economic sanctions against the islamic state syria's human rights of violations are being cited for the latest measures middle east expert professor saeed mohammad marandi believes the e.u. is using this as a pretext to pressurize the iranian government but is in reality hurting the

country's people more. beings are just excuses otherwise on the other side of the persian gulf you have the saudis who occupy rain you have. the torture and murder of. civilians by. the ruling family and you have american drones in numerous countries that have effectively killed thousands of people many innocent people all these including the embargo on iranian oil and the iranian central bank which is that which is intended to hurt ordinary iranians these are major violations of human rights and they are being carried out by the europeans themselves as well as the united states or americans by sanctioning the central bank or trying to you can prevent iranians from importing. grain or rice even the initial sanctions a few years ago if you look at the weekly week's documents they were intended for ordinary people to make them change their minds about the iranian government

there's no response from anger at all syria hit greece as another protest against budget cuts has ended up in clashes with police the country has been relying on international bailout loans since may of two thousand and ten in exchange for harsh public spending for belt tightening has been met with public fieri and continuing protests it's a feeling shared by young people in spain where the youth childless rate is heading for fifty percent due to severe economic problems and as r t sara firth reports of the country's young intent to make their voices heard. using quite this has sparked fears of a lost generation with ethan unemployment at an all time high with more than forty nine percent to sixteen to twenty four year olds now out of work it's spain it is particularly tough we come here to day one of the universities in spain to speak to some of the students here it's really high unemployment biggest it was like to be a student at this time in the country. we're told are true because you know be

the future you can expect unemployment already this high and the. schools are becoming a private business it's hard to tell if you are going to find a job when you when you finish studying if you can actually do some studies because if you have to really high price for them you are not even going to be able to go to college at all think of those. people who suffer. children and i think their government have to think that innovation is the most important thing because because our us will be it will create a future so they have to spend money they have to spend money in indication what i would like to see would be people massively going out of the street and protesting the things change people have that power and they will like 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 but it's not just students that are suffering in the last four years three million jobs. disappear. and now. at least four hundred thousand more jobs to disappear in the coming months some of the country's student unions as they plan for their next peaceful protests they tell us that the government's approach to managing the demonstrations is anything but peaceful. the there will be elections on the truth of november one month after that there were spending over a million euros on tear gas and other reports mentioned with their own citizens on the street one million dollars of the budget of a county that this was already a really bad economy on weapons to use against our own citizens what they can here to complain about what we are doing to them but what the new government of spain is

doing right now is seemingly hardline approach of the need spanish government in managing these protests could prove to be a real problem when hundreds of thousands of disenchanted it's turned into not the case of the mistakes of the past the best teachers third party stay. and work it being tabs on europe's debt dilemmas with coverage and analysis in our teeth out car there's plenty of other news out for you to discover there as well. with a satellite shocker for the space station crew as they're nearly hit by a high speed fragment find out how they dodge the debris. and the songs seize kazakhstan's athletes receive their medals to music from the notorious comedy movie war instead of their national anthem we tell you why at r t v dot com. it's. trying to write its intentions. clear

to the police. that you thousands of nuclear security. party. let's take a look at some other news from around the world this hour a teenager has been sheltered and twenty five people hurt in more clashes between police and football supporters in egypt portside fans rioted after their club was suspended for two years over fears of violence at a match and its stadium last month when seventy three troops fired tear gas and. of rounds into the air in an effort to clear the area witnesses say the fans lit fires launch major roads and tried to take over the suez canal is a main administrative building. but older brother of the man who shot and burned seven people into lose is facing possible charges on suspicion of being an accomplice. who is being investigated for helping his brother muhammad was

previously questioned about sending youths from the french city to iraq pairs mother was released from custody without charge on friday the home of morocco died in a barrage of gunfire at his children's apartment on thursday during. which. protests happened taking place in seoul head of this week's nuclear security summit on the second anniversary of the sinking of a south korean navy ship visiting world leaders hope to sustain pressure over iran's nuclear intentions along with north korea which plans a rocket launch next month. says it's to send a satellite into orbit but there are international fears it may be for loved ones research the plan threatens pyongyang's deal with the u.s. to hold long range missile and nuclear tests in return for food aid from washington . most scientists agree that global warming has a daily impact on cities around the world yet the main news outlets up here too

have gone cold on discussing it it may be out of the headlines but laurie harmfulness asked people in new york if it's something that still burns their conscience. this year the u.s. saw its fourth warmest winter on record your record breaking cold why is no one talking about the perils of climate change any more this week let's talk about that do you think it's still a threat to the planet yes overview especially what traffic. no you got a car we like to pollute the earth here in the us definitely you know what i mean the individual. person we can stop using plastic bags and turn the lights out we already knew that we really don't feel like that makes a big difference on the we do yes we do as much as we can you know it's time for the government heads worldwide 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 write. the dog we heard about it was. conveniently forgotten hey you know we forgot why do you think the media stopped to talk about it because it clearly wasn't common sense that stops them. because they found something else to talk about i do believe people are working on it and when you talk to my son who's in college and his friends i think there is a lot more concern than we have so yeah i guess it's really gauge everything by what the media is talking about right right we're going to have snow in june at this point so you believe it's still yes absolutely so why isn't the media talking

about it anymore big business. big oil companies don't want to hear that so. don't want to hear it go for it because we don't hear about it so much are we headed for doom i hope i don't know if you have a good seven hundred twenty first one it's well the bottom line is although there are people who are still concerned about the effects of climate change but mainstream media is clearly not among them. as global warming drifts to the back of politicians as mines were up almost fast tracking a controversial cross-country oil pipeline in the states the fallout from that comes up in today's i don't know show at six pm g.m.t. . thirteen states in the midwest where the company believes that we will see increased prices and they will see increased profits so then do you think the president is going to win any political points of this move because on one hand i guess you could say well he's trying to. know the people that really want

a pipeline to go through that i can give you half an hour but they're going to say that's not enough and of course you know people like yourself have been advocating against it the whole time this is a bit of us in the face well the oil lobby is the most powerful lobby in america and what we're seeing right now is a political ploy to please the oil industry so whether or not this translates into american votes you know i'm doubtful i've been down the ground talking to people in texas and oklahoma they are extremely upset environmentalists across the country are extremely upset. but the oil industry is very very powerful and essentially what we've seen is them you know brought the big hammer. high ensuring never goes out of fashion with robust so despite the financial squeeze one city that's never lost its sparkle is the production powerhouse of course the mom and central russia structures are thriving and its traditional craftsmanship that's running rings around the mass produced alternatives that's

peter oliver discovered. 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 cost of martha the north of moscow lies 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 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 and personal sales guy a school for metal treatment has been teaching students how to craft bespoke jewelry for one hundred and fifty years however despite that history the rights 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 visit with their hands students come from far afield to attend the school samuel shermie law is from israel he's following in his uncle's footsteps by studying here and has high hopes for the future. hearings that i make are valued very highly i can't think of a factory that can do things like there maybe to for me this is the level i am aspiring to. perhaps the inspiration for the students is the success of local independent jeweler gauri blastoff working from home alongside his wife tatiana the couple are produced some stunningly beautiful pieces drawing inspiration from a multitude of sources. i turn to history to literature and my previous experience with some of the 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 me he made bearded is among those who has purchased their work gauri says there will always be room for both the factories and the individual craftsman to produce and sell their wares here the words i think traditional craft and mass production can co-exist because they are two different things it's like juxtaposing talk of even painting for dog is about equipment painting is more about brains and . 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 drawl of a party. better on today you're a backstage pass to marcel circuses and of course up encounter with some of the four legged stars who make their performances the best in the world here's what's ahead at sixteen thirty g.m.t.

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