it's special envoy kofi annan it is a milestone to talk peace in syria as the e.u. ways and with more sanctions despite the process to secure a cease fire also. the military can do no wrong it's new and that's not the real tragedy there are doubts over whether an american soldier charged with executing afghan civilians will see justice served as his lawyer warns of a long legal battle. and the e.u. has stepped up measures against criticism that its new nukes are hitting the iranian people not their government.

thanks for joining our t.v. this saturday at seven o'clock bringing peace to syria is up for debate in moscow with the u.n. arab league special envoy due to make a russian president this weekend to meet the new video it is expected to say how ending the violence is impossible unless the syrian opposition stops being supported militarily and politically from outside kofi and ellen's visit to the russian capital cons after his team held talks with damascus on implementing his six point peace plan that includes 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 away from the un security council even so that tightening sanctions president assad's family middle east expert mahdi newsom arroyo believes some foreign powers are playing

a dangerous diplomatic game. you know it states will pay lip service to anything that talks about peace but when it comes to action that's a totally different story seems to me european union powers that you bring interest it will all talk about peace democracy may theory but as we all well know. they never got involved in syria because it democratic values are in humanitarian interests this is why they support the syrian national army 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 what did they have to pay lip service but i don't think it will be changing. the american soldier accused of a village massacre in afghanistan has officially been charged with twenty nine counts of murder attempted murder assault if convicted staff sergeant robert bales could face the death penalty but his lawyers say he remembers nothing of the killings experts warn of

a long and complicated legal process ahead that could provoke further hanger among afghans seen as the worst atrocity in american 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 have heard the justifications for bill's apparent rampage and you know they go through things like he might have had a concussion he was having trouble with. stress from the man who wore but you know people that are outside outside of the u.s. military that commit these kinds of crimes simply don't receive that kind of sympathy was a cop 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's an extended effort to try and paint him. as a generally good man who whose crime can be excused say about

a society that i do. and fetishizing has. a commitment to kill on the orders of politicians in washington so that's that's not that's a strange thing to admire except it's widespread throughout this culture and there are many atrocities that have been committed comparable to this one in the past in iraq and afghanistan that get papered over after the controversy settles and the dust settles. these soldiers in their military trials kind of get off easy the military can do no wrong seems and that's that's the real tragedy before enlisting in the military robert bales was in the finance industry but after under a cloud and that's something that has a report since it's teeth into later on today. 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 of duty share your duty churning unauthorized trading and unsuitable investments but 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 it's called selective amnesia so you want to be able to selectively any about certain things that would somehow impact your bottom line the stuff that gives you more money of course you remember full details but the lines are insider trading let me remember. as washington reels from the after effects of a soldier's deadly afghan rampage americans are arming themselves at an increasing rate new guns and ammunition are hitting the shelves feeding an addiction to power that's all in the name of freedom of reports from virginia where gun laws are about

to get a more lenient. just across the river from the nation's capital virginia a slice of traditional america green spaces and tranquil farmlands offer a refuge from urban life a place where red white and blue is displayed with pride but here the symbol of liberty isn't just a flag it's this. it definitely is a sign of freedom you know the old one until now one was all you could buy in virginia every thirty days the law was supposed to curb gun trafficking but many here felt it curbed freedom instead it's not anyone's business how many guns i own or how i buy them or buy them from really we have the second amendment for a reason. or ginia repeal 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 brands you know got 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 a long black trench coats open fire across the globe guns are associated with tragedies. or bloodshed and battlefields of war. but for the new years 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 bad that you see in this world are two kinds of people my friend. 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 going through the roof or in a. and in a police for 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 as bad as i may sound we've defended ourselves and we are the free nation that we are because of the new. book thirty years after a powerful gun control movements like the nation i mean are returning to their roots raising the idea of winning and carrying firearms like these with a zeal unseen since the days of muskets and malicious for many freedom is symbolized by the barrel of a gun it's democracy locked and loaded for r.t.i. lucy come to know in virginia and a few minutes from now a look at spain scrapheap generation. the young people feeling the pinch as jobs

strike up of the euro's a glittering economy it's also. good where companies don't want to hear that so if you try to give money to lobbyists they don't want to hear the big deal if we don't hear about it so much are we headed for doom i hope have you from new york the stop climate change from slipping off the radar. there is further pressure on iran from the e.u. which has imposed fresh sanctions against the islamic state serious human rights violations are being cited for the latest measures expert professor side 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. these are just excuses otherwise on the other side of the persian gulf you have the saudis who are occupied by rain you have. the torture and murder of. raining and billions by. the ruling family and you have

american drones in numerous countries that have effectively killed thousands of people many innocent people all the 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 american by sanctioning the central bank are trying to even prevent the iranians from importing. grain or rice even the initial sanctions a few years ago if you look at the weekly leaked 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 sara lee had greece as another protest against budget cuts has ended up with clash. the country has been relying on international bailout loans since may of twenty ten an exchange for harsh spending per belt tightening has been met with public fury and continuing protests it's

a feeling shared by young spain where the youth jobless rate is heading for fifty percent due to severe economic problems and as our firth reports the country's young intends to make their voices heard. using quite this has sparked fears of a lost generation with unemployment at an all time high with more than forty nine percent of sixteen to twenty four year olds now that's what it's saying that is particularly stuff we've come here today one of the universities in spain to speak to some of the students here it's really high unemployment figures the what's it like to be a student at this time in the country. or why told actually because you know be the future you can expect unemployment to 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 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 all three of those. people who suffer. children and they think their government have to think that education is the most important thing because because our us will be the 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 on the street and protesting the things change people have that and it will lead them to realize. increasingly you know i think that he will spin state in. have been doing taking to the streets to protest the measures being brought in by the new government this is not just students that is suffering in the last four years three million jobs. disappeared. and now we are

suspecting at least four hundred thousand. more jobs to disappear in the coming months he joins 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 this then stations is anything but peaceful the government there will be 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 the budget of a counter this was already a really bad economy on weapons to use against our own citizens when they came here to complain about what we are doing to them that's what the new government of spain is doing right now the seemingly hardline approach of the nice tannish government in managing these protests could prove to be a real problem when hundreds of thousands of disenchanted it turned into knots of pay for the mistakes of the past with the speeches third party spain. and

we're keeping tabs on europe's debt dilemma with coverage and analysis are calm and there's plenty of other news and features for you to discover there as well. as satellites up there for the space station crew as they're nearly hit by a high speed fragment find out how they dodge the debris. and solve the seas kazakhstan's for you to receive their medals to music from the notorious comedy movie war instead of their own national anthem we'll tell you why at r.t. dot com. atomics lives. trying to write its intentions. really. for the for. the two thousand. years security. on party. as well as refusing to cooperate with a u.n. fact finding mission that's expected to investigate settlements in the west bank

the world body all the rise the program on thursday as reports newly built solar plant panels are of the latest thing to shed light on the friction between israel and the palestinian leadership. in the remote hilltops of south hebron this ancient edwin tried to extort a living from the land but they've unwittingly become the latest thorn in the side of the israeli government now. by any means make any real security. for the israeli government at the center of the conflict these wind and solar generators which while putting electricity two and lighting up the lives of some four hundred people as tel aviv complaining it was left in the dark but it's just excited to show us how her life's been transformed this is what she used to do she tells us four hours twice a day they have no electricity they have no power to draw before on they would need to go to the nearby city of. you know it's two hour is just to drive to the

telephone and that's. the anger of the israeli authorities they say with the rhetoric without permission and a threatened to send in the border all we ask is that they apply for a license the product you're talking about not only did they not apply but when a warning was given there this is a in violation of the regulations they have the right to appeal they refused to. let germany look at mcbain who is funding the project says they were unsure concerned with getting any israeli stamp of approval because most applications are rejected that could be. state of israel's. interests them having more caring for the world being listed in some areas. rather they would like to see. 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 and so while these

nomads marvel at a first taste of the twenty first century their joy could be short lived if israel decides to rip it all away policy r.t. in the south hebron hills. let's take a look at some other news from around the world this hour a teenager has been shot twenty five people hurt more clashes between police and football supporters in egypt friends rioted after their club was suspended for two years over fears violence at a match in that stadium last month when seventy three people died troops fired tear gas and live rounds into the air in an effort to clear the area witnesses say fans lit fires blocked major roads and tried to take over the suez canal main administrative building. the older brother of the man who shot seven people into whose is facing possible charges on suspicion of being an accomplice. who is being investigated for helping his brother mohamed was previously questioned about

sending youths from the french city to iraq paris mother was released from custody without charge on friday mohamed merah died in a barrage of gunfire at his troops apartment on thursday during a please see. protests have been taking place in seoul ahead 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 telling young says it's to send a satellite into orbit but there are international fears it may be for weapons research a plan threatens pyongyang's deal with the u.s. to halt a long range missile and nuclear tests in return for food aid from washington. a crash involving a lorry near birmingham england has left one person and about forty injured

witnesses say there were foggy conditions at the time and according to local reports the bus had stopped on the m five motorway after breaking down police say it's not clear what caused the accident. well scientists agree that global warming has a daily impact on cities around the world yet the main news outlets appear to have gone cold on discussing it it may be out of the headlines but laurie harkness 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 and 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 over here especially what traffic. you know we use a lot of cars we like to pollute the earth here in the u.s.

definitely you know what can you do i mean what can the individual. we can stop using plastic bags and you turn your lights on we already knew that we really don't feel like that makes a big difference oh no we do yes we do as much as we can but you know. 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 i don't know. for 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 to him and can't even remember the name of the movie i can't. get it all we heard about it was. conveniently forgotten dave you nearly forgot why do you think the media's got 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 it's i guess it's he 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 still yes absolutely so why isn't the media talking about it anymore a business. big big big oil companies don't want to hear that so. don't want to hear it though if it's good but we don't hear about it so much are we headed for doom i hope i don't know if you have a good sort of credit twenty first one it's 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. as global warming drifts to the back of politicians as mines were of 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 you know the people that really want the pipeline to go through sees 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 a slap in the face while the oil lobby is the most powerful lobby in america and what we're seeing right now is a political poorly 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. at the oil industry is very very powerful and essentially what we've seen is them you know a big hammer. high

in jewelry and never goes out of fashion with robust sales despite the financial squeeze one city that's never lost its sparkle is the production powerhouse of course there are some troll russia whose factories are thriving and its traditional craftsmanship that's running rings around mass produced alternatives as pierre oliver just covered. there's gold in them there hills not just gold diamonds rubies and just about any other precious and semiprecious stone you can imagine that's because in the city of cost of mark to 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 the de'monte 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 fact alone all those that have the

challenge the prominence of mass production. just down the road from the major factories in curzon a sales guy a school for metal treatment its main teaching students how to craft a spoke jewelry for one hundred fifty years however despite that history a rise of the factories does cause some concern that 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 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 valued 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 an inspiration for these students is the success of local independent jewelry gauri glass of working from home alongside his wife tatiana the

couple who produced some stunningly beautiful pieces drawing inspiration from a multitude of sources. i turn to history to literature and to 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 dmitry medvedev is among those who has purchased their work he gauri says there will always be room for both the factories and the individual craftsman to produce and sell their wares you're bullish i think additional craft and mass production can co-exist because they are two different things it's like juxtaposing photography in painting photography 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 peter all over

r.t. . later today a backstage pass to mask our circuses and a close up encounter with some of the four legged stars and make the performances the best in the world here's what's ahead at six thirty g.m.t. . one of the stars of the show a very large animal but i will admit quite worried about meeting a drops african. tons this is no creature i would like to get in the way of. it's fifteen years old i think just it's fruit and veg so i feel quite safe standing here he doesn't like meats. and i'll be back with a recap of our headlines shortly.

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