neither nation's voice is concerned that the rebel free syrian army may be using child soldiers in the battle against present and international peace envoy kofi annan says it's up to syrians to decide they need. to face is a kingdom saudi arabia is democratic rhetoric at odds with reality has its own people run to escape rulings that make protests in kings for forty absolute. rest seeks to grant anti missile shield in asia and the middle east alongside its european project but it's no problem to be in affairs and seen as an attempt to

expand american influence in the region. and with washington showing no get up on its pursuit of whistleblowers journalists feel forced to sacrifice the truth fearing for their future. welcomes watty world news twenty four hours a day the free syrian army may be sending child soldiers to fight against government forces according to a report received of united nations says it all around vesting it matter as kofi annan the international peace envoy declares it's up to the people of syria alone to decide on the present us as rule envoy who's now in china stressed that the bloodshed must end but also said it could be harmful to set unrealistic deadlines said any emphasise that talks not guns were the only way to end the bitter conflict

professor of international law. says there are safeguards against foreign interference in recent. principle of. it's the right of the people of the state to choose whatever regime go on. so many countries you have internal turmoil then. it could become something more serious but. for a threat to international peace and security there's security council should not intervene would not intervene and definitely no individual country could or should . the internal affairs of another country this is a general rule in international law. but meanwhile the syrian national council has invited fellow opposition groups to a meeting in istanbul not to heal divisions here in advance of western support but

rifts are evident already with a number of rebel factions boycotting the meeting status congress and senseless and explains why now is the perfect time for a peaceful solution to the crisis from what we know that rebels are very divided extremely about it and these calls that a new reason for farther height between different factions as we have seen for instance in libya we see that leave it in transactions are now in conflict in some kind of conflict with china this situation is indeed. a billion people therefore we would be used for to have at least that moment now where nobody clearly winning and everybody would be. more in the mood for compromise. promised international has released

a scathing report criticizing saudi arabia among others for a drastic increase in state executions last year comes odds with riyadh strong stance on syria and its unwavering support for rebels and condemnation of assets actions human rights movements over point what irony of the demands of a country where protesting can be considered an act punishable by death and so on a boycott brings us this report two faces of the saudi kingdom. a cornishman bank mint in beirut the spain for its refreshing breeze and its breezy ways it's a place where hats curves in minutes kurds come into conflict even when beyond all at once. the reputation is the most liberal arab society lebanon is only becoming a refuge for the citizens of the region's most restrictive country thousands of saudis come to beirut every month what some call a freedom but cation i was born here say i suffered a lot there because it's too too too limited i have to cover my face my eyes

my whole body what i'm hearing being over here please look at me it is here where many saudi women get a chance to walk the streets all by themselves and so a man can and build themselves in a gambling in beirut mainly casinos something that would be absolutely out flints at home saudi arabia is the most conservative country in the world where women are still banned from driving and need permission from that male guardian be it a father a husband or son to simply get a job the royal family that's been keeping these rules in place says that part of saudi heritage and therefore should be respected but while prescribing this restrictive lifestyle for its citizens some members of dawn seem to think these rules apply to themselves. when it comes to cutting loose have brought some of the soul establishment gone exactly present

a picture of religious piety. princes have been seen reigning hundreds of thousands of dollars and women in one class ready cash for their sides to. the excesses of the select few and restrictions for everybody else has not gone unnoticed fuelling public discontent over the past year has been repeatedly met with live rounds. where protesters have been killed in rio. base year alone up to fifty arrested. in march the country's religious council issued a fatwa that equated demonstrations to seen punishable by death and once you have a demonstration and so there you have partly that demonstration will be repressed partially and we have heard and seen many reports by independent reporters and human rights organizations verifying the. demonstrations and so they are simply illegal yet despite harsh treatment of its own protesters saudi arabia

has been very supportive of revolt elsewhere. and was among the first to push for international intervention in libya while in syria it is believed to be the maintenance here of the rebels when things did not move as expected to mean the because of the russian and chinese vetoes of the u.n. . they think they decided to be measured. by announcing you can click the. link to arm the rebels in syria. the only threat tactics at home and abroad here is say he's never scolded by the u.s. say. that and washington are currently negotiating a fifty billion dollars sale of advanced american weapons brothers in arms conveniently they're still not each other's keepers. artsy beirut lebanon.

you're watching r t well coming up probably geisha in some of the awards and then peace could stand to benefit from the u.k. health reforms. maybe just waiting for this legislation to go through parliament but of course now ready to pounce on the n.h.s. bill now passed some people have been left wondering if free health care will be lost to profits and personal interests. to bring you the opinion of an internet activist linked to the modernists group believes hackers have replaced the media between the message of social unrest. washington says it's planning to build anti missile shields in both asia and the middle east and additional controversial east european project says president obama continues to push u.s. interest start a nuclear security summit in south korean capital seoul which is in its second day now let's get more details from artie's he's there now live for us a lot here i mean a president obama seems to be taking center stage at the summit what's emerged so

far today. well at this point it looks like the united states is looking to expand its presence in the asia and in the pacific in the asia pacific region by planning to put missile shields in the region particularly in australia japan and south korea now they say it's necessary to prevent possible threats from north korea and iran there's also there's of course the launch of the satellite plant by north korea for the middle of april which does not go down well with washington for talks and so they're saying this is going to be a test of weaponry where is north korea insists that the orange is absolutely crucial and is indeed peaceful satellite mission of course there's another problem the possibility of the missile shield in asia and the middle east is something which will not go down well with china and russia russia is particularly unhappy with the already existing plans for missile shield in europe the united states

knows about it and just on monday. president obama was overheard saying to the russian president that there is still may be room for dialogue and a solution may be coming in. so what reaction the reaction of iraq obama's comments received in the u.s. to this what actually happened. well the remark wasn't planned to be heard by the reporters president obama said it's just when they were entering the room the mike was on and somebody seems to have leaked the tape along with the sound to the american media and it just spurred a media frenzy in the united states and in europe at this point of course it's not just a media frenzy it's a political frenzy some of obama's focus on the obama's opponents in the republican camp already saying that he's

a traitor in fact mitt romney said in regards to this statement that russia is a united states geopolitical foe number one and there has been reaction from the white house at this point who say that of course russia isn't and the united states will continue trying to get along the course of good relations with moscow. a realistic thank you. ken the co-founder of a campaign to end the korean war believes that u.s. involvement in military gains in the korean peninsula spreading its influence in the asia pacific region. they are as has its eyes on china it has its eyes on maintaining its military superiority in the region you have to remember that south korea is the largest purchaser of conventional weapons from the united states and any other country in the world there's a lot of money involved in this process and there is an eye on china to kind of

flex the muscles and show that the u.s. still has. hope for a role in the region we really need to find a way back to the table not see individual acts as a provocation north korea has a right to put a satellite into space as other nations do but let's demilitarized let's look at the base issues let's look at getting a peace treaty to end the korean war finally and then i think these kinds of issues one arise. live stream on twitter is keeping you up to date twenty four hours a day and you find the latest updates opinions and images from a nuclear security summit in seoul all developments on other news stories.

in. washington from ventless pursuit of wiki leaks founder julian assange or the whistleblower bradley manning is no secret and now it's not reports. u.s. journalists are going to morrow he was there to. he's an australian citizen in the custody of britain fighting extradition to sweden julian assange just fate plays out like a game of chess and no one wants the king of wiki leaks more than america wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaves since january two thousand and eleven washington has had plans for a songe secret uncovered earlier this month after a five million confidential in males from the global intelligence company strafford

were published by guess who we are in a defendant is outside of the us they'll get an indictment which is secret they will see all the charging documents the indictment they will pass corner arrest warrant and that matter what also be so that way the u.s. stands behind a big large boulder it will and then jumps out from boulder and arrest someone under house arrest for more than a year has not been charged with any crime in any country though sweden wants to question him or her sex related allegations the u.s. meanwhile is determined to punish the forty year old for different payback for exposing confidential cables repeatedly shaming america by shining a spotlight on illegality it's an overseas military operations and some

embarrassing tactics and opinions from the state department washington says publishing the documents has created a national security risk the justice department has reportedly mounted in unprecedented investigation into wiki leaks aimed at prosecuting a songe under the espionage act we're going to continue to go after. but we're tough and we're not going to let anybody. it's al qaida or rather it's an australian national and some say they'll go to any lengths. to make the point the u.s. government within the federal criminal arena likes to charge others who are either aided and abetted assisted or were full blown coconspirators likes to go after those in an effort to flip them. it get them to cooperate with the u.s. government against the major players in this case. sources tell r.t. that the u.s. is now working on flipping none other than private bradley manning

a us soldier is facing twenty two federal charges for allegedly leaking seven hundred thousand documents and video to wiki leaks he's one of six americans obama's administration has charged with espionage if one of those cases makes it to the supreme court and the supreme court upholds the espionage act as an act which essentially criminalizes any whistleblower anybody who opposes war crimes anybody who calenders the official narrative of the lies of the state. then that's it because that would mean that any leaker can automatically be sent to prison for life and at that point any idea of freedom of information is over we will only know what the state wants us to know supposed to be about protecting the national security of the united states that is not the journalism industry will you

would they will be as being something that is a message to be careful you talk to them you write because what you write because you could be next and i think a number of reporters are going to say i'm not risking critics say the obama administration's unprecedented war on whistleblowers but ultimately deliver i death sentence to freedom of the press if people or publishers could be criminally convicted and jailed for exposing the truth more and more journalists may prefer to abandon first amendment privileges and reserve the right to remain silent during a work i party. within a sandwich and other whistle blows could become a powerful tool for genuine democracy that's according to social science expert soma solo for out in the early. disclosures made by weakening. aimed to reveal the secrets that truly belong

to the people which have elected also for it is which are abusive but were not and if you could and would. do in a huge favorite would democracy in my opinion. actually. brought it to democracy. and the society has. been thankful for that effort without a full interviews coming up in about fifteen minutes time and given the songes a very own program on journalism and freedom of information is coming soon right here r.t. . there hasn't been anything yet on t.v. . is to get the maximum political impact. before the source material is what. you're always on we.

we want to present. something in. the mainstream media has been largely neglecting the occupy wall street movement since it spilled onto american streets in september this internet activist who believes the situation is. the p.r. tool. when you look at putting out the call for this protest in wall street there was a march pick up very few news organizations actually covered it and then some anonymous found it and the second anonymous decided to talk about it everyone in the news out there decided oh this is news we have to cover it and then thousands of people showed up you know i think about imus played an interesting role almost as the p.r. agent for it you know that they brought a lot of the eyeballs and they helped get the internet archive operational and they made sure that there was electricity provided you know they did a lot of interesting technical stuff that the movie needed but updates and other

global developments are always available of course called twenty four hours a day let's take a look at some stories that you write to your attention there right now and you see much to stay alive and see uprising in india those are taking duffy had a chance of surviving and so many countries wanting to know very secrets also. facebook friends with enemies and you out on the world's most open a social network that seems to be kind of enemies and even which enemies goes for i was declaring war. a controversial national health service reforms in the u.k. have left some wondering if free health care could become a thing of the promised a list of the woods and then peace and yes to the bill has raised concerns that private interests and profits put before the welfare of the public sees smith looks at the health system in need of some care. it's

a merry go round of self interest along for the ride members of parliament the house of lords and health care companies opening up britain's national health service to plum duff by profiteers the jewel in the u.k.'s welfare state is under strain promising free health care but with criticism that it can't cope the government says private sector involvement is the only but some say it's not those in need of care but rather those in power who are set to benefit. sitting on the. shares in the company. and yet these vested interests are allowed to vote on health and social care bill with these private health interests which is a conflict of interest. institutional corruption at worst friends with benefits david cameron prime minister received two hundred ten thousand pounds to his party

from nursing and care home tycoon part and made him a lot packed gave the party twenty five thousand pounds just a week after the health reforms were announced andrew lansley health secretary got twenty one thousand pounds to fund his office from joe nash who is the chairman of k u k which already gets ninety six percent of its business from the n.h.s. the list is long and illustrious it runs to nearly one hundred fifty names all m.p.'s who voted yes to opening up health care to competition and stand to gain from the results there may be more the research isn't finished yet and now that the bill has passed its detractors are powerless to stop private companies stepping in and making health care about profits not healing investigation show a number of westminster m.p.'s who of britain's house of lords have links with private health care provider. through investments patronage board membership and

parties in power conservatives and liberal democrats have received substantial funding from various private health care interests following the legislation those companies already starting to see a number of private health interest starting to look very seriously at cherry picking some of the best most profitable parts of the national health service they were just waiting for this legislation to go through parliament and of course now ready to pounce the changes have been highly controversial and these people think they'll damage the quality of care many feel while m.p.'s did declare their interests and should have been banned from voting local government how the concept is anybody with an interest must never take part in these different very interesting issues told were driven it's to do with private enterprise use. profit says not to do with. inside westminster m.p.'s reportedly bans the table in

jubilation when the reforms passed outside the bell tolls for free health care laura smith forty. and in the u.s. president obama's own health reforms have reached the supreme court justice for and against the bill gathered outside. the proposed terrible mentors whether a medical insurance should be made mandatory used to pay it's a new penalty. this presidential come in with republican promising to bolster forms of. seasons expected. to tory's with the un human rights part of. the body for the best thing israeli settlements and the country's accuse the council of being biased. towards the palestinians disproportionate. re-investigation was. once the territory occupied by israeli

settlements from the state. let's take a look at the world of business now with marina and well how is the trading session going so far today. carrie so far so good but we might see there are some markets and so negative territory very simple i'll have more of that later let's start with the european markets both footsie and trading are higher this hour and there are tracking gains on wall street and also clive found that a little bit later on this site according to the latest statistics french consumer confidence has risen softly and unexpectedly in march to a level not seen over a year was pretty impressive but if. as i mentioned earlier markets have been approach negative territory in the last couple of minutes but they still remain in the black sea the r.t.s. over a half a percent let's take a look. share moves on the my six most of the blue chips are still gaining and we

have processed biggest lenders which is out of point four percent less out the however has raised earlier gains and we have to say the bank is reportedly negotiating by a forty percent stake in one of the country's top companies and a metal. minor and is also doubt and now we know about the company's net profit rose eight percent last year but it was much lower than expected moving on not so markets are on the rise following gains on wall street we have a weaker japanese yen which is of course ordering the exporters in the country and we have carmaker honda which is up three percent this hour and the summer metal futures boosted growth among asian the miners aluminum corporation of china is also adding around room for signs in hong kong moving on to the u.s. markets are closed but as i was so i have very strong performance on monday what we're seeing now is the close of picture there and formants was due to a report that stated that unemployment rates have gone down since lots of also

there were hints that the u.s. federal reserve rules say that the u.s. central bank will keep its support of monetary policy intact let's move on so oil prices there are mixed this hour and that's after trading near record highs for three days in new york and the growth was mainly supported by you know the mad will rise after the decision to support monetary policy in the us. same phrase we see a slightly different picture this out first of all of the euro is gaining against the dollar and when it comes to the ruble it's now again in both currencies. russia's richest man is reportedly saying that europe's debt crisis is made in steel prices a slump many analysts believe that china is the mad bull call for the e.u. shortfalls parts. of millicent told r.t. in a rare interview that he believes that it won't happen. it just is but one of them

look there are currently significant falls in europe's contracts to steel especially in the building industry we can talk long and hard about the reason but we will not stand why anyone case supplies europe with its ruling steel and prices will be volatile this here china won't compensate for that at all but we do expect this year is trying to stop its dumping practices of throwing steel products into the market. there are more positive effect for it in europe there and is out but still have to see what happens but i'll fill you in next hour ok marina thanks for that. well still to come in just over fifteen minutes a preview of tonight's champions league football fixtures we thought that updating on the headlines in just a few months don't go away.