russian and american presidents seem to have found a soothing point on syria on the sidelines of the nuclear security summit in seoul and more details on the conversation between the two presidents just ahead for you . so many parties who have interest in the two should be silenced for the. party speaks the architect of the libyan revolution against moammar gadhafi the former empty seat leader voicing what many had long suspected. it's easier to. deal with

the good soldier of the kidnapped soldier criticism of a controversial israeli army policy which calls on soldiers to avoid kidnap with all costs even if it means taking the life of a common rate. around the world and around the clock this is r.t. with no end in sight the crisis in syria still dominating international headlines and in the spotlight the final meeting between the leaders of russia and the u.s. the outgoing president medvedev was meeting president obama on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in the south korean capital seoul with more details on this let's cross now to. this meeting was the final one between the two us presidents but they have to say. well they did have

a lot to say the meeting went on for almost two hours but it does seem like some breakthroughs have been made this is the first time that russian and american officials have agreed on a single thing when it comes to the matter to the situation in syria and that was they have both praised the efforts of coffee and downs mission in the country saying that it's absolutely necessary and they did say that russia and the united states have to work together to support coffee and on this mission and to avoid creating more problems in syria cost of course this is the major issue on which moscow and washington have been disagreeing as of late. has encouraged peaceful solution to the crisis in the country and did praise the efforts of coffee announce mission from the get go whereas washington was seemed to have bent on seeing regime go of going out to get rid of the assets regime and work seem to be determined to

make that happen however it does look at this point that the two countries have agreed on the diplomatic on on working towards a diplomatic solution when it comes to resolving the crisis in syria of course this was not the only issue. which was discussed during the meeting between the leaders of russia and the united states a lot of other issues where of course when it comes to. the missile defense shield in europe countries did stand on their previous grounds of that is the united states saying that it's necessary and russia is saying that it's somewhat wary and suspicious of having the weapons the missile shield so close to its borders but they did say that there is still a lot of room for dialogue so again a very positive outlook on that. the leaders of russia and the united states and also have also discussed the northern northern korean issue as you may have no you may have heard. north korea is thinking of deploying a missile carrying out

a missile test next month and the united states is saying that that looks more like a test when it comes to rocketry of course seoul south korea is also extremely unhappy about the future but looks like both leaders have also agreed all getting pressure on north korea and convincing or not to carry out the missile test that was another point of agreement for the two leaders and then of course there was the issue of iran when it comes to all things nuclear presence of all my have agreed that a diplomatic solution to this. issue is also necessary our president. the. iran issue of returning to the negotiations debo but diplomacy is a must in this case as well and the talks with iran should continue in the five plus one format so overall a very productive you can say very very amicable meeting which ended with russia's

current president dmitry medvedev inviting barack obama to visit petersburg to wish of course an american president that he would love to but only after and if he wins the presidential elections in the united states which are also happening this year so again to wrap up a very productive meeting lots of issues to lots of issues discussed. at this point looks like some progress has been made major international major international stories. ok i want you to relinquish your thank you for that. the international peace envoy kofi annan is now headed for china having secured russia's backing for his efforts to bring bloodshed in syria to an end comes as the syrian national council. to be the country's tree that calls for a pact among position groups s.n.c. has been losing support among splintering away from it it's now invited to action

for a meeting in turkey in the attempt to woo them back under its wing the east. says the opposition's internal. way western support. the struggle to become a protracted one for syria to take such a particular path is the fact that there's no coherent opposition leadership has emerged aside from the fact that our political political division there isn't one political authority that has control over the armed groups where the. f.s.a. the free syrian army or other groups on the ground they haven't been able to expand their support base within their country and they haven't been able to unify politically and that's kind of what explains this inability to propose a solid reaction the west doesn't have any syria it's been very large but it doesn't really have a clear plan of action and you saw the sanctions by you i mean then really it's a real it's a joke it's it's sort of when you don't have any other initiatives or any other

pressure to apply this kind of sanctions on the president's wife and his mother so all of the. a lot of ideas in the western about what to do in syria and i think where it's significant is russia seizing the initiative. on a certain pathway. sharmeen no one in the middle east expert from oxford university believes that the elements of the opposition ignoring calls for peace soon find themselves isolated. the external based opposition which is largely supported by external players and doesn't have natural constituencies in syria may be completely sidetracked and the see the sixty six point plan i think that's a positive development of the plan actually specifically says the opposition should enter into dialogue with the regime and i'm not i'm wondering if

that was not. placed there to maybe sidetrack the external opposition who have not been able to get their act together and increasingly are. being represented by the muslim brotherhood so so so you know forget what the players are saying watch what they're doing that's going to tell us what's going on and you know in the back room . and coming up later this hour the verdict on the revolution by one of its architects how to speak to the man that the uprising against a remarkable thing the former head of the n t c admitting it's wrong to say whether this was worth it. plus arrange rain from the baltic a booming economy that here is finding its brightest best leaving the country blighted by rampant employment. military apostles and the modern day problem of what's the best way of getting to work taking a comfy car getting trapped in traffic squeezing into

a faster it. controversial policy calling on soldiers to avoid capture at all costs even if it means taking their own lives and come under fire in israel it follows a deal last year which saw the release of one israeli soldier in exchange for more than a thousand palestinian prisoners. as well but israel doesn't want to see repeated. want to see reports. it's that time of year again when no one's called up to put his life on the line for his country. when it will go forward you understand that you might not work and six israeli soldiers never did come back another nineteen were returned in prisoner exchange deals for those that kidnapped soldiers present a huge problem in the strategic level for our country which is why in the one nine hundred eighty s. the israeli army introduced its hanibal protocol it says i.d.f.

soldiers must prevent the kidnapping of a fellow soldier even if it sees him killed. some other. time go on my own. it's easier to deal with a dead soldier than a kidnapped soldier and that message was loud and clear last year when israel said free more than a thousand palestinian prisoners in exchange for one captured israeli soldier. and that price say one in five israelis is simply too high but will it force commanders to get strict and insist they soldiers kill a con made rather than have him captured. your is going to shoot it he's going to it's instincts. is the strongest this emotion familiar to ours but this fight is not so sure he knows the power his uniform has

to hold his country to ransom i would look at the should i would. rule. avoid. this the cost even at the risk of being killed by friendly fire the ultimate price for a soldier to pay for policy on t.v. television. over on our website r.t. dot com we report all the latest controversy over the u.s. military and our troops responsible for the vendors airstrike that killed twenty four soldiers from its key ally party start or not they're going to be charged or even disciplined also a lot of. the beatles famous abbey road album cover has to be produced in the russia of the siberian sculptor comes up with a very project for a new monument. is

. to. download the official of the allocation joint phone or i pod touch from the i choose up stream. geology on the go. video on demand parties mine old girls and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. now the marilyn widely credited with spearheading the rebellion against moammar gadhafi has lost to the west for abandoning libya its time of need speaking

at the brussels forum on global security real one where the country is now at risk of being taken over right stream ists a former head of the n c c also shared his thoughts on the murder of colonel gadhafi. there are too many parties who have interest that it doesn't talk should be silenced for ever. who is trying to go to who he sent to leave the miscue one of them was bush who was sent to france who were. providing some sense of. what he called win win solution where that he was killed by before him into libyans who are libyans and they are from others i really don't know but. is there many parties who have real interests. just keep silent for ever.

and i interview in full is coming up in just over an hour's time. now e.u. accession became the start of a rollercoaster ride from latvia within just a few years the baltic states showed rapid economic growth but instead reduced to begging for a bailout tourism remains and they just source of income and employment and an opportunity means that many of the best brains are fleeing the country. greece has no. formerly known as a booming bolcik and that is economic gaze of mass the greater problem than in the very survival of the nation after spending some time drunk on foreign money that is now waking up to a bit of a hangover just as was it has been a steady influx of tourists to the country there's also been an increasing al flow of skills to mystic labor low birthrates played a part but more damaging is the exodus of workers to greener pastures of latvia

join the e.u. in two thousand and four when opportunity arose left his homeland for a job in publishing in london is critical because contrary to the comics i was struggling to get a job let's say six hundred pounds seven pounds in u.k. i mean even if you're doing a very very average show you still get twice as out of three times as. sergei is by no means unique after leaving many failed to return to low wages and unemployment rates of course social welfare system it's a situation most acute outside the country's glitzy tourist centers this area is just a few minutes drive from the picturesque old town well within the city's boundaries but the contrast is striking one of its allies is a lack of investment outside of a key tourist carves one that's lighting the prospects for younger working

generation. away from reader life is a leaker in the coastal town of humala that blix is housing estates have become dens of unemployment with many dreaming of a new life abroad. the problem is where to get money many of my old friends have already left and i'm graduating from school very soon i don't know if i'll stay here after that. with the demand for jobs abroad agencies are sprung up around let's hear. one such firms oh yeah it's finalizing her move kinds of pick asparagus on a u.k. farm manual labor is what awaits many who leave regardless of their educational backgrounds seventy percent of our recruits go into a involving an agricultural horticulture or a forest and falling history mostly doing jobs a lot of people more paintable get cold hard last night chaves over the past decade

latvia's population has plummeted by almost a sixth and they're hovering just above two million but even with an annual exodus of around thirty thousand people many think the real figure is worse frater say that the real the there is not one of the. most part of those americans who are not willing to leave. because for the last couple years they were unable to find it any more. but they still have families to feed that's left growing ways of latvians making imprints uproot leaving those from all walks of life struggling to see any signs of hope on the horizon jake agrees r.t. latvia. that's more international news in brief for you now islamist political forces in egypt have secured a majority of one hundred member panel tasked with drafting the country's new constitution it was decided in

a parliament vote boycott minority which accuses isn't it's not polite in the drafting process of secular liberal groups now fairly rigorous curating the role of islam in society and previous constitution was an old last year about really a military which took charge of the fed reserve aleutian. thousands of attended an anti-u.s. rally in northern pakistan or islamic political party. decides they have their government for initiating talks with the taliban but also threatened to resist any move to start a government to a no nato supply routes through the country to resume the water crossings were closed last november after u.s. airstrikes killed twenty four pakistani troops. and molly's foreign minister and thirteen other high ranking petition to take up and our streets are pretty good hunger strike this according to the minister not most

soldiers led by middle ranking u.s. trained officers surrounding the president's plan something wednesday that the interactions would do with april the military says it seize control to restore order in the country before the polls. today and the people of else cross-talk debate on another what other african country uganda and the controversial documentary film only twenty twelve you can see that discussion at seven thirty g.m.t. here's a preview. the film should have been accurate in terms of the portrayal of uganda today if you want to talk about it historically it should have been clear that it was a store corporate trailer but instead they presented all the facts as if their current and that that and the messaging may call me famous were the fundamental flaws i think of i'll call it twenty twelve video what i what i also thing from the point of view of looking at us policy that we should not be equally simplistic all

they're just trying to chase. all their kids militarizing. pretty valid reason to. go ahead go ahead julie jump in paris. we're just we're not being simplistic we're saying that efforts are not made where they should be i mean in my opinion like a sad it is high time for us is africa other then a simple stock of natural resources it's also. a potential economic potential that should be in very style so that's what i'm saying we're not being so please think saying that it's it's a reality. take a car or take the metro bus to denver for goods of people moscow where traffic is often at a standstill and the chief is completely packed out to his time for school for tries to find the answer to the daily commuting conundrum.

they both believe home early. it's still dark outside. he goes on to use public transport she gets into the comfort of her own car. they are a young muscovite russian lady and a frenchman living and working in moscow. they both spend roughly an hour to an hour and a half getting to work except that on the map his route is twice as long as has. and while he enjoys his book she's stuck in traffic and angst the worst in the world. coming from paris i think it's a it's a very difficult traffic especially by car you never know when you're arrive you know when you leave but you never know when you're alive nicolas is charmed by moscow's metro with its elegant mobbles bus reliefs and glittering chandelier is

one of the most beautiful of soviet creations it is also known to be extremely efficient first of all the network is amazing it's probably one of the best in you because you're using the world. at all so the frequency of it was amazing getting someone somewhere brinkley's one minute study i've never seen that my life despite the efficiency of its underground moscow now has more than four million cars and no extra space for new roads with the city's car on growing by three hundred thousand calls every year. i don't like that there's a lot of people and it's stuffy i think it's a question of confort you travel on your own no want to step in all your fleets there's no dirt so you get so work all clean and pretty and many foreigners coming to moscow believe such attitude is simply irrational however psychologists say there is a whole list of factors contributing to people's attachment to their cars it's

a known fact that there's a private intimate zone around each person but constantly violated when we get on the channel for them it causes an almost physical discomfort in our body add to this the social factor people see a car as a means of climbing up the social ladder and no one wants to go back down. this is a memory of soviet times when people had to save their own life to buy a car and it was considered since then the car has become to symbolize a better life and make the traffic jam a big part of everyday life a recent study on people's feelings about traveling to and from work place eight commuter unfriendliness almost half of the city's car owners spend up to three hours sitting in traffic every day while those using public transport spent less than half of that so if you are going to travel inside. your functionality well sure the beginning of strangers or you're in space behind the wheel which

motorists insist makes the journey worth the wait. r.t. . ok it's time now to check in with the business what's happening there. kerry well we're starting with the markets asia right now is the only one open and we're seeing pretty much and shortly after a weak start equities are now gaining moments about ever so slightly were in tokyo its export oriented blue chip companies lead in the gains who said why are we going to hit smartly and panasonic are both gaining over superset haven't. is losing that's after reports that made that its commercial vehicle business by the end of the decade now hong kong listed shares are dragging down. lower with the bank of china losing over its own percent never move on to the u.s. as i said markets there are close what we saw there is the rise dramatic gains in

financial and commodities dogs the high oil price well so the exchange rates the euro as a four against the greenback the ruble is stronger against the u.s. dollar but losing value against the european currency and their goal has become. emerging markets it's tradable is that the chicago mercantile exchange are up forty six percent year on the year in the first of months of two thousand and twelve but experts say the dependency the over dependency on oil is making the growth fragile and moving on so oil right now it's still in the red and that's despite expectations that economic reports in the u.s. may show american economy is strengthened in trying to say that the key factor for support remains and that is essentially in iran which might lead to military conflict with more than the world's oil reserves not here in moscow it's now less than an hour ahead of the opening bell the picture is there right now it's from

friday and russian equities almost five percent last week now well give you an updated what's going on next hour now in other news when it comes to companies with an active bank account one of nine does not pay taxes in russia and that's the latest finding of the central bank which tries to estimate the scale of money laundering in the economy in absolute terms some three hundred forty thousand companies evaded taxes in two thousand and eleven and may turn out to be software companies but the situation is getting better back in two thousand and seven that figure was two hundred fifty thousand forums. and in other news spain has launched a new airline with prices starting out swenson five euros iberia express is owned by the same parent company has ways and it will cover spanish cities including madrid and the islands like id theft and this comes after strains fourth largest airline collapsed in january stranding twenty eight thousand passengers.

european bank for reconstruction and development says moscow can become a financial censor despite the world bank saying his stances are limited x. was at the world bank said. only realistic out and that the country has little it's all for investors but an expert from e.b.r.i. disease said why he disagrees this can go very first you can come in kenya in ten years i think you could be easily if writing century of there are a definitive problems with the business environment with transparency with predictability of political decisions and so on but there is so many unique features about russia and about most good financial capital is very mobile if rush just of taking the right decisions and there is some sense of commitment to that path that i think you can go very quickly and that's how business looks the sour the headlines are next.

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