loading video for your media project and a free media gun to our teeth on top. of that. the syrian government says yes to kofi amounts peace plan for a negotiated end to the bloody conflict as quarrelling opposition leaders secret unified front against the assad regime. guarantees or an armory a clear choice is delivered by jimmy jimmy the british to washington over its missile defense system in europe that's as the russian president summed up the results of the nuclear summit in seoul. also it's not the summits agenda which grabbed the media's attention and triggered the storm on capitol hill but a conversation between obama and me media which wasn't supposed to go public. and

the world bank says russia's economy is on trial only thinks the whole process is the business news begins with some. news in common broadcasting from the heart of moscow and parents are actually peace envoy kofi annan says the syrian government has accepted his plan to halt the country's shut his proposals including mutual cease fire and political dialogue archie's middle east correspondent paul slayer has more details. there's been no confirmation of from damascus over its acceptance of the former u.n. chief kofi annan six point peace but the fact that none says that damascus has accepted is certainly a positive step in the planning the withdrawal of troops as well as heavy weaponry from population centers the opening of political dialogue between all sides and

access to humanitarian groups that needs to go ahead and impeded but it is important to say that for this plan to work it insists that the fighting stops immediately that both sides lay down weapons and that both sides come to the party and in the past we have heard from various syrian opposition leaders that they are not prepared to do this but certainly the ball is in the court in terms of how events develop from here today tuesday the syrian opposition is meeting in the city of istanbul they're known to be a very fractured group with deep divisions so today's attempt is really to try and heal the divisions but there is a lot of skepticism in terms of whether this can be achieved the opposition is known by and large to be quite undemocratic in some circles also they're often charged with following their own self interests now while all of this is happening there has been a flare up in violence on the ground along the syrian and lebanese border and the

mainstream media is reporting that some two thousand syrian troops have crossed over into lebanon and off fighting syrian rebels there but this has been denied by the lebanese state television it says that this has not happened that they want some final scene earlier today tuesday and that they were some stray bullets but that there are no syrian troops currently inside lebanon. let's talk more about syria on joined now by james corbett independent journalist who's written extensively on the middle east so we've had a positive reaction to announced plans from the government but only of vague statement from the opposition welcoming the government's response why have rebel still not accepted announce a proposal well i think this doesn't really play into the near if that's been attempted to be created around and on and is that really he's he's. part of this process that it will suit portray assad as some sort of insane agent who can't be reasoned with but of course if he is agreeing to this process that doesn't go along

with your live and i think that's exactly why you're seeing right now these types of unconfirmed reports coming out about the skirmishes along the border and supposedly syrian troops crossing into lebanon at the exact same time as this deal is being announced so that every report that's being picked up around the world right now is mentioning that assad is agreed to this and on plan but also that the syrian troops are crossing into the. border which again is just an attempt to make it seem like assad is a completely unreasonable and will be able to do come to the table in any event which of course will only further perpetuate this type of destabilization that's going on so what's the future of this plan given the opposition has stopped short of backing it. well i think it's extremely interesting that anon went straight to russia and china to try to get approval from from those players because obviously nothing's going to happen on an international stage without russian and chinese

support and they've already made it clear that they. have any sort of plan that is predicated on assad stepping down as a precondition for talks is a nonstarter so this does have the benefit of not actually calling for that and it seems like the arab league is prepared to go along with this plan so so we'll have to see and of course what the opposition even even indicates here it's just a loose gathering of peoples from different perspectives in different places that are broadly grouped under the rubric of the fact that these babies live in saudi which includes such actors as the united states and also but that was apparently so so again it's unclear what what opposition factors have to have to play in this except for the fact that this this proposal has apparently been accepted to go off what you're saying james you have to agree that the syrian opposition is very fragmented how great is the chance that they'll eventually forming united force. i think it's about as likely as the the libyan opposition of forming

a united force in the wake of the at the fall of the coaster of gadhafi which is to say a we now see libya of course falling apart and under sectarian strife that the likes of which i haven't seen in recent times because gadhafi for what for all of his ails and evils maybe or at least brought the country together in some way and the opposition was only anti get off and it was no uniting ab ology and i think we see the exact same thing here we see a lot of different players and actors at the table in syria that want to sort it out but i don't think there is a united front at this point and of course we see the conferences and things that are going on in turkey and other places to try to divvy up the spoils of war before the wars even been waged but but again i think absolutely this this is not an on united front and that there is a there is really an organization to the opposition except for the fact that it's being funded and supplied from from outside forces and how my foes disagreements within the opposition and fluence the peace process. well again it raises the question of what kind of peace process is to be had here if there is no war if

assad can't even understand what it sees you go shooting with i mean if there is some sort of internal strife and tension that's one thing but if it's if there are other actors at the table including outside forces with a vested interest in seeing it sounds like turkey and the united states and other nato countries and that. is exactly negotiating with and what can the indian from the politics of syria and of course this is all being done under the rubric of the field of r.g.p. responsibility to protect idea which which supposedly will allow the united nations to come in but of course. not going to something like a situation in bahrain or what's going on. or places like that that are of north geo strategic importance so i think the ultimate agenda is being exposed for what it is which is really just different bargaining tools that are being thrown on the table in order to to get the western foot in the door in syria all right james

corbet and dependent journalist has written extensively on the middle east thank you. america's plans for a missile shield in eastern europe are at a key crossroads wrapping up at the seoul nuclear summit president is there to have said either moscow gets guarantees of the shields not aimed at russia or an arms race as inevitable as washington also does now announced a similar defenses in asia and the middle east it in the gulf has more from the south korean capital. american president came to this summit mostly trying to push america's agenda when it comes to expanding its influence in the region that is and easier in the pacific region and in the middle east again they're talking about putting radars in australia japan and south korea considering there already have thousands of troops on the ground in south korea and thinking of putting more naval ships on a base that's being built course such plans. are causing concern in moscow who are very not happy with the plans for the missile defense shield in europe of course

that was one of the reasons one of the main topics of discussion between president obama and the dentist was to place on that monday behind closed doors and they were hoping to keep them that way god the conversation between the two presidents was leaked and sparked a media frenzy in the united states south korea some of obama's opponents particularly mitt romney example about why didn't use this as an opportunity to bash for supposedly not being quite the arctic but of course the invite house was very quick to refute that statement by mitt romney saying that it's not so that russia is not the united states to a political enemy number one and of course the russian president medvedev also had something to say on the matter during his press conference saying that perhaps somebody in washington is of this out of touch with reality be able to communicate

with us just. to do should. we go by looks of it however most interesting things seem to have happened not at the summit itself but on the sidelines. for more insight on what's been said between russia and the u.s. at the nuclear summit i'm joined by the head of the russian state duma as foreign affairs committee thanks for being with us today let's start first with the scandal over the leaks conversation between the bits of an obama it seems that the main message picked up by obama's republican rivals is that russia is the number one enemy can you tell us a little bit of why they might be saying. well i think this is their ament of the cold war and this. very important part of the american political class mr romney is not the only person to say such things basically we have witnessed

the same ideology proclaimed by mr cheney when he was vice president of the united states. rahm sold the former defense secretary of the united states. dislikes russia very much too and also mr mccain when he was running for president says four years ago he was basically saying the same things that russia is one of america's bursaries so i think that this logic of the cold war that the united states is first facing a lot of foods a lot of enemies in the world is still very much present in the sinking of the republican elite and look at the republicans who are running against one against another. fighting for the primaries they are all on the ultra conservative wing like you gingrich or mr santorum mitt romney is considered

to be one of the moderate republicans that if a moderate republicans say things like this that russia is enemy number one we can only imagine what a real conservative republican would say on this score so i think it is an ideal issue is very much present in american politics do you think it's really that surprising that obama would says such a thing. you mean when he said the rest of it of what he thought about the a.b.m. system well i think that this was an exchange which is quite understandable when there is an issue between russia and the united states and as the a.b.m. issue of course. there's an impasse i would say the worst case. scenario a better case scenario is yes there is an impasse but let's try to find a way out of it and basically what obama said is that right now it's an electoral campaign in the united states it's very difficult to look for solutions in the

conditions when the american president is being criticized for every move he does and especially if it is a controversial move from the point of view of american politics so basically what obama was saying that if we ought to solve the a.b.m. issue it will be easier to do after the elections when the passions are down when he has a new mandate and when he will not be criticised every day of every week by republican contenders so i think maybe it was a little bit careful but it was quite understandable and i don't see that there is anything here. which is out of the common exchange just usually strange it when political leaders when they discuss some legal issues of that scope and that magnitude so you're saying it's not really worth making that much of a fuss over well i think for the republicans probably it is because they jumped immediately on this occasion to accuse obama that he's almost having kind of

a plot so there is a kind of plot between moscow and some which has nothing to do because obama's policy on a.b.m. from russian point of view is a pretty tough one basically obama administration did not accept any of the russian suggestions on the until now and b. in saying that the a.b.m. deployment will be going on. basically with russian concerns being taken into account so i think it was a position which can hardly be criticised even by the republicans so they have found here a window of opportunity and they have jumped to this window just to victimize mr obama i don't think it will have too much success because the american voter is much more interested in the level of unemployment and how the economy does and how much money the reason there are pockets then what obama said made of it if you know very distant city. which a lot of americans have never heard of well how do you see russia and u.s.

relations developing after let's say a presidential race specially after so. well it's. hard to say who him. right no mr obama positions are looking. more. promising. the positions of any republican candidate. so we all know. that has been in american history more than one quite unexpected turnover of the electorate and if there is a crisis around iran for instance and the price of gasoline goes up and if it hits the economy it hits the those who will who are driving all over the united states and their cars and it's all americans how will they react to this so i think the price of gasoline in the united states and it's over in november will be much more important for those people will vote for obama then what he told me

a year ago right that's very true i want to shift a little bit the conversation over to the missile shield washington's announced similar plans to go for asia and the middle east are they really likely to be as much of a concern. well i see that the middle east is a concern of course because we have the syrian situation on which russia and the united states definitely have different approaches we both washington mosco back the mission of mr kofi annan but outside of this mission i would say that our positions are very different. and iran is a looming. crisis which is maybe very close to us if we. pay attention to what mr panetta the defense secretary said that israel may strike iran in april may or june then we may be just just on the eve of a war in this area so i think the middle east is absolutely crucial to

international politics and to russian policy and to american principles that president obama so that russia and the u.s. will get concrete results on the missile defense by twenty thirteen but then we hear him say that it's it's not as flexible he's not as flexible on the issue until after november selection what message does that send to you the mississippi is that if obama wins the presidential elections he will be much more flexible on this issue than he is now when he is. under the strains of the electoral campaign that maybe some solutions acceptable to russia will be found in two thousand and sixteen but this is not until the end of the electoral campaign in the united states i don't think that there is any other conclusion that can be made out of the statement oh happened after republican wins if republican wins i think that the relations between moscow and washington will differently suffer

a setback you specially in the initial phase i like it happened by the way in the times of george bush the republicans will want to show that they are different from the democrats but the. they have a tougher stance they have resolved to fight their enemy number one on the geopolitical stage and so on and so on i think that which is time it will wither away because basically america needs russia on a number of issues and i don't think the even the republican president will want to have a full scale confrontation with the russian federation for all his ten for for the whole of his tenure but the initial period will be a hard one it will be a war of words and some people will once again compare this war of words with the cold war so i don't think that it will be very positive for the russian american relationship all right out except for school thank you so much for being with us today head of the state duma as foreign affairs committee. branching out big we've got all the details of the spread of u.s.

influence across the oceans at our team dot com. including the latest plans of i at the pentagon to deploy missile defense shield in some gulf states australia and japan this and much more is lined up for you on line. this. week you expound or join a song child's pledge to push for openness in government if elected to the australian senate but that's if he ever gets the chance to stand a maid america's growing appetite to prosecute him along with other possible blowers as artie's marina ford now reports some journalists are concerned that if a soldier is put behind bars it will mean the end to all press freedoms if he's an australian citizen in the custody of britain fighting extradition to sweden julian

assange just beat 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 which leaves since january two thousand and eleven washington has had plans for a sun i secret uncovered earlier this month after five million confidential emails from the global intelligence company strafford were published by guess who we are. a defendant is outside of the us will get an indictment which is secret you'll see all the charging documents the indictment they will ask for a rest warrant and that matter will also be sealed that way the u.s. stands behind a large boulder if you will and then jumps out from that boulder you know and arrest someone under house arrest for more than a year aside has not. charged with any crime in any country though sweden wants to

question him over sex related allegations the u.s. meanwhile is determined to punish the forty year old who do put a finger he back for exposing confidential cables and repeatedly shaming america by shining a spotlight on illegality it's an overseas military operations and some embarrassing tactics and it to me and from the state department in washington for us publishing the documents has created a national security risk the justice department has reportedly mounted an unprecedented investigation into wiki leaks aimed at prosecuting a songe under the espionage act we're going to continue to go after mr assad to make a point where we're tough and we're not going to let anybody or whether it's al qaida or whether 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 were aided

and abetted assisted or were full blown coconspirators or likes to go after those in an effort to flip. to get them to cooperate with the u.s. government against the major players in this case mr assad sources tell r.t. that the u.s. is now working on flipping none other than private bradley manning the u.s. 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 exposes work crimes anybody who challenges 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 it's supposed to be about. protecting the national security the united states that is not journalism industry will you would they will be as being something that is a message to him be careful who you talk to be careful who you write 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 could 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 up work night r.t.

the. chill in the sunshine out there was a blowers represent a lifeline for true democracy spats what social sciences expert says professor marcelo found out there's an interview is in full in the next hour but here's a preview right now. the disclosures made by weakening. again to. reveal the secrets that truly belong to the people who have elected also authorities which are abusive by word by not only with and with that we can leave due in a huge favorite to democracy in my opinion. but it looks actually being bored to democracy. so. instead of being thankful for that effort. to get the latest from the business we are all danielle what are the wall street

future saying well there's a little not for a second day in a row but first the new world bank report which says was as economy stabilized in the last twelve months employment is up inequality is down and trade is strong but there is a catch much of it's being fueled by high energy prices because the from the world bank told us russia is not making the most of those benefits. when you look at the last four or five years from the rebound of the crisis we see better russia actually has rebounded slower than say its own rebound compared to the ninety eight prices and it also has rebound slower compared to many other emerging economies after the two thousand and eight for a says so what's making the recovery so slow given that high oil prices really have helped the recovery we think that a key factor for that is that investment in russia still is sluggish two parts for this on the macro economy side macro policies have to emphasize stability buffers

have to be rebuilt so that when the next crisis comes russia is in a good place to address this crisis as well as russia is to make progress on the structural side to make the investment climate more friendly for investors. sent this trade as yesterday's profits let's check some individual shares no blue chips are following those losses thing with russia's biggest and. reports little by a forty percent stake in top insurer. steel is also down posting improved results for twenty eleven for costs london swung into the red in the last few hours the. tracking gains in asia scotland's rising on reports and before a stake like gold is just going into the black crude snow over one hundred seven a barrel and the dollar's gaining against the euro just swung into

a loss against the group also. now russia's richest man has wanted a rare interview that europe's debt crisis is making steel prices slump. more chinese demand this year to cover shortfalls. earlier that won't happen. so just yes but it was a look there are currently significant for the new contracts and steel especially in the building industry we can talk a long and hard about the reason but we will not stand one it will good and ill in case supplies europe with its rolling steel from chrysler will be bullet title this year china won't compensate for that that's what we do expect this year is trying to distill its dumping practices of throwing steel critics into the market. and you're up to date more stories on our website all to dot com slash business i know many thanks for that business update a few minutes after the headlines while ago whether greek debt means the holiday is over for the country's precious tourist industry.

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