the. pushing for peace special envoy kofi annan and the syria moscow to talk peace in syria as the e.u. weighs in with more sanctions despite the process to secure a ceasefire but also. the military can do no wrong it seems and that's that's the real tragedy there a diode server whether the american soldier charged with executing afghan civilians will see justice served as his lawyer warns of a long legal battle ahead. on the eve steps of measures against a rather big criticism that it's moves hitting the iranian people not their government.

welcomes this is our see live from moscow my name's kevin know in first today pm here 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 weekend to me to prevent a visit expected to say oh ending the violence is impossible unless the syrian opposition stops being supported mirrored terribly and politically from outside coffin and visit to the russian capital comes after his team i'll talks with damascus one informant think 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 though but it got unanimous backing from the u.n. security council even so the e.u. is tightening the sanctions screws on the president believe that middle east. but.

believe some. playing a dangerous diplomatic game of. the united states will pave lip service to anything that talks about peace but when it comes to action that's a totally different story same thing with a major european union power such as a bridge in france they will all talk about peace democracy and humanitarian ism but as we all well know. they never got involved in syria because of democratic values or if humanitarian interests which 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 they'll pay lip service but i don't think it will be genuine. the american soldier accused of a village massacre in afghanistan's 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 remembers nothing of the killings well 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 the decade long war. it's a fragile dot com told this clearing the military of wrongdoings deeply rooted in us society. throughout the media we've heard. justifications for bills apparent rampage and you know they go through things like he might have had a concussion he was having trouble at home or was stressed from you know who or what you know people that are outside outside of the u.s. nor terry to commit these kinds of crimes simply don't receive that kind of sympathy. out there 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 what is a about a society that idolizes and fetishizing is. a commitment to kill on the orders of politicians in washington that's that's that's a strange thing to admire except it's widespread 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 it seems and that's that's the real tragedy we discovered before enlisting in the military robert bales was in the finance industry but left . under a cloud of much something because report gets his teeth into bit later on tonight 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 indeed fraud breach a fee to 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 now we don't caught up with forgetfulness the term in the industry is called selective amnesia so you want to be able to selectively i mean about certain things that somehow impact or bottom line gives you more money of course you remember the details but the ones our insider trading also look i don't remember. more from actually. but if washington reels from the after effects of a soldier's deadly afghan rampage americans are arming themselves and increasing rated seams new guns and ammunition are hitting the shelves feeding an addiction to

fire it's all in the name of freedom lucy careful of reports next from virginia where gun laws are about to go toward lenient make over. just across the river from the nation's capital virginia a slice of traditional america green spaces and triangle 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. definitely is a sign of freedom you know it's a deal down 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 borrow or buy them from really we have the second amendment for a reason. virgin you 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 models and brands you know got to have a more it's addicting but for much of the world's 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 in 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 seniors who are only two kinds of people my friends. i was accused of crimes. 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 and that's nearly enough to

arm every man woman and child has come to shut your program but you know military and in virginia gun shops like this one people just. nancy 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. and in a flees 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 is bad as it may sound we've defended ourselves and we are the free nation we are because of. the thirty years after a powerful gun control movement americans are returning to their roots and raising the idea of owning 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 it's the markets the locked and loaded party unloosen company of in virginia

. coming up just a few minutes from now and look at spain's scrapheap generation the young people filling a picture of the jobs are drying up with the eurozone withering economies we've got the latest from there also for you our middle east correspondent looks at how israel's government is floundering on problems at home depriving people of the essential. this further pressure on iran from the e.u. which is opposed fresh sanctions against the islamic state serious human rights violations are being cited for the latest measures with least expert professor side mohammed around he spoke to us and believes the e.u. is using this as a pretext to pressurize the arabian government but in reality it's hurting the country's people. excuses otherwise on the other side of the persian gulf you have the saudis who occupied reign 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 of 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 americans 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 leaks documents that they were intended for ordinary people to make them change their minds about the iranian government. there's no rush by. grace as another protest against those budget cuts has ended up in clashes with police the country's been relying on international loads now since may twenty ten in exchange for the harsh public spending cuts. with public fury and

continuing protests it's a feeling shared by young people of spain to. the youth jobless rates heading for fifty percent because of a severe economic problems to deal with and it's all to sarah first reports next the country's young intend to make their voices heard brace. using quite this is part of a lost generation with unemployment at an all time high with more than forty nine percent to sixteen thanks for your roles now out of work it's spain it is particularly started we come here today one of the universities in spain to speak to some of the students here it's really high unemployment figures he was like the student at this time in the country. toward i truly because you know the the future you can expect an employment rates are 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 college studies because if you have to be 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 what are we. children and i think they're going to remain have to think that indication is their most important thing because because of us will be their 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 and i would like them to realize. increased. that's exactly what's been students have been doing taking to the streets to protest the knowledge is being brought in by the new government is not just students it is suffering in the last four years three million jobs. disappear. and now we're expecting

at least four hundred thousand more jobs to disappear in the coming months between some of the country student union says they plan for their next peaceful protests but they tell us that any government's approach to managing the demonstrations 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 reports meant to repress their own citizens on the street one million viewers of a budget of a county did 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 seemingly hardline approach of the established government in managing these protests could prove to be a real problem when hundreds of thousands of disenchanted as it turned into knots

a paid for the mistakes of the past each is there for. spain. or of course keeping tabs on europe with ongoing coverage analysis on our website r.t. dot com plenty of other features news there for you as well to discover the stories today those you've read about this one yet that shocker for the space station crew than any speed fragment they were told to get into their escape. passed off ok find out how they dodged the debt free from us tonight. this song slip up sees kazakstan elites receive their medals to music for the notorious comedy movie at the start of their national anthem which. kept a straight face to the. and i have to say good on i will tell you why it all went so wrong that our teeth comb. its intentions. to. the two thousand

nuclear security. on r.t. . israel is refusing to cooperate with the u.n. fact finding mission that's expected to investigate settlements in the west bank the world body authorized the probe on thursday results his policy found nearly build solar panels are the latest thing to shed light on the friction between israel and the palestinian leadership. in the remote hilltops of south hebron this ancient played when tribal ekes out a living from the land but if unwittingly become the latest thorn in the side of the israeli government now. this by any means make any real security threat. to 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 is

just exploited to show us how her nice been transformed this is what she used to do she tells us four hours twice a day they had no electricity they had no power to charge before they would need to go to the nearby city of. you know it's two hours just to drive to the telephone and that's it. for the anger of the israeli authorities they say it was a record without permission and of threatened to send in the border is 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 that this is in violation of the regulations they have the right to appeal they refused to appeal that in germany look at mcbain who is funding the project says they weren't too concerned with getting an israeli stamp of approval because most applications are rejected that could implicate. the state of israel's. interests of them having more caring for the world being or for the

steam in some areas seem rather they would like to see. in areas palestinians 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 no dads 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. headline hills. still ahead for you tonight we get the word on why polluting the planets no longer packing heat. big oil companies don't want to hear that so get me to i mean when it's a lobby is there don't you believe it and we don't hear about it now much are we headed for doom. were talking about well it seems disappeared from the headlines the route if you from new york on how to stop climate change from slipping off the radar that's coming up also it's high tech versus handmade as we explore

a renowned russian jewelry to see which method shines the brightest you can design . but also making news around the world this hour a teenager has been shot dead and around twenty five people hurt it more clashes between police and football supporters in egypt portside rioted after the club was suspended for two years over fears violence of the match it stadium bass month when seventy three people died troops fired tear gas and live rounds into the air an effort to try to clear the area witnesses say fans lit fires last major roads and tried to take over sewage canals main administrative building. a crash involving a bus and a lorry burning in england ukase left one person there the around forty injured witnesses say they were forty conditions of the time according to local reports the bus had stopped on the m five motorway after breaking down and police say it's not yet clear what caused the accident. clashes in northwest pakistan of left five army

soldiers and twelve taliban killed fighting took place near a town noted bit to be a militant hub a military operation targeted insurgents who kidnapped two army soldiers a few days ago and then later the capital. most scientists agree that global warming has a daily impact on cities around the world yet the main news outlets appear to go on rather cold about discussing it we haven't heard much about it for a while of way so it may be out of the headlines but laurie half an assassin 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 europe a 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.

yeah 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 the individual. person we can stop using plastic bags and we will turn the lights off we already knew that we really don't like that makes a big their friend go no we do yes we do as much as we can but you know it's time for the government heads worldwide do you think that the world still cares about it because it doesn't seem to be in the headlines this frequently absolutely not so why is that i don't know. for governments or figure but they don't want to give us enough or mation for us to make their 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 katie remember the name of the movie i can't. win it all we heard about it was. conveniently forgot they only for

a guy why do you think the media has that to talk about 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 a skill yes absolutely so why isn't the media talking about it anymore big business big big big oil companies don't want to hear that traveling money to lobbyists that don't want to hear it go 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 haven't heard sarah fritz when he first writes 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 . so as global

warming drifts back to the minds of politicians barack obama's fast tracking a controversial cross-country all pipeline in the states the fallout from but comes up of those of those showed six pm g.m.t. . thirteen seats in the midwest where the company believes that we will see increased prices enable the increase profits so then do you think that the president is going to win any political points of this new because on one hand i guess you could say. 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 the whole time this is a bit of a part of the fates well that well lobby is the most powerful lobby in america and what we're seeing right now is a political poison to please the oil industry so whether or not this translates into american votes you know 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 they've brought the big hammer. well from washington d.c. soon tonight provokes jewelry because of a fraction with robust sales despite the financial squeeze one city has never lost its sparkle in fact is the production powerhouse of course in central russia as factories have been thriving and its traditional craftsmanship is running rivers run the mass produced alternatives as are people of a. there's gold in them hills not just skilled diamonds rubies and just about any other precious and semiprecious stone you can imagine that's because in the city of kos the mouth 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 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 to challenge the dominance of mass production. just down the road from the major factories kirsner sales guy a school a metal treatment been teaching students how to craft the spokes jewelry for one hundred fifty 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 either said 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 put stamps my 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 they're maybe tiffany i mean this is the level i

am aspiring to. perhaps an inspiration for the students is the success of local independent gauri blastoff working from home alongside his wife tatiana the couple that 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 the fact president dmitry medvedev 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. more than i think traditional craft and mass production can co-exist because they are two different things it's like juxtaposing talk of him 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 the trawler party. and a few minutes of access pass to moscow circus is at a close up encounter with some of their four legged stars. one of the stars of the shark a very large animal i will admit it's quite varied about meeting a dog's african. tons this is no creature i would like to get in the way of is that it's fifteen years old and he just it's fruit and veg so i feel quite safe standing here he doesn't like needs. and also to come this hour the sport is well the old short arm sales curve moscow's basketball has been crowned kings of europe once again eunice all the details on that so that

effectively tells you what's coming up in the next half hour fun packed as ever here on our team from moscow my name's kevin allen thanks for being with us. with the end of the board war and the going away of the soviet union many people

thought that nuclear weapons facility at. the risk is not zero that something might be going off by mistake special of nuclear weapons on hair trigger alert. but the significance to use it as a threat all. you know if you keep spending a trillion dollars a year on weapons of venture you're going to blow everybody up you you know people are dying from these weapons but until we actually see it people don't wake up to move through weapons a bill. that represents all of the firepower of the second world war this second sound is the equivalent of fire power the world's nuclear arsenal today. just skipped.

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