guarantees or an arms race a clear choice is delivered by dmitry medvedev 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 and. also it's not the summits agenda which grab the media's attention and triggered a storm on capitol hill but a conversation between obama and me vantive which wasn't supposed to go public. the syrian government says yes to kofi announce a peace plan for a negotiated end to the bloody conflict has been barling opposition leaders seek a united front against the assad regime.

and thanks for joining our team on karen's around to six o'clock here in moscow and america's plans for a missile shield in eastern europe are at a key crossroads wrapping up at the seoul nuclear summit president medvedev has said either moscow gets guarantees the shield's not aimed at russia or an arms race is inevitable but says washington also announce similar defenses in asia and the middle east but even ghost guy has more from the south korean capital. american president came to the summit mostly trying to push america's agenda when it comes to expanding its influence in the region that is in asia in the pacific region and in the middle east again they're talking about putting radars. on and south korea considering they're already have thousands of troops on the ground in south korea and thinking of putting more ships on the base that's being built here of course.

are causing concern in 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 talks of this question between presidents obama and this was to place on that monday behind closed doors and we were hoping to keep them that way the conversation between the two presidents was leaked during a conversation which was not intend to be heard by media obama said that he needs more time because he will be more flexible after this which is his last election. arena you can follow her and her developments and so lunch with her including those candid comments. and lunch we. have conversation during the summit and quotes up person saying it's what journalists are supposed to do. that to leaders this private exchange was captured by t.v.

cameras word for word and it's got tongues wagging across the u.s. now at least among most republican rivals for more on that let's cross one to our chief and washington going to tell us more about the reaction on capitol hill. it appears mitt romney has no doubt that russia is america's number one geopolitical enemy well this is not the first time presidential hopeful mitt romney's playing russia card in this election season he has recently called prime minister and russia's future president putin as threat to global peace and stability has to be said american politicians have mastered the art of creating a bashing bogeyman especially when election campaigns are on the way to some like mitt romney dragging out the cold war skeleton from the closet scenes the most actually president would have commented along those lines saying mr romney has to check the time he's twenty twelve not the one nine hundred seventy s. and that it's time to move past the good old hollywood stereotypes but easier said

than done the cold war be a long be over with the leaders of russia and america you know looking for common ground under the banner of the reset in relations but cold war sentiment still won high in the minds of some u.s. politicians some of them very influential mitt romney is not alone there are also the likes of senator john mccain who has stock in that mine says russia is nothing only good human for these politicians they do a lot of fear mongering against china probably a bit more cautious because of the economic ties between the countries and the enormous debt that the chinese are holding but what's interesting to note as we know romney's latest comments about russia came in the context of president obama's hot mike moment with russian president dmitry medvedev monday after a meeting in seoul obama was heard telling me that he would have more flexibility on missile defense after the presidential election the u.s. missile defense shield in europe is one issue that still sticks out in u.s. russia relations but despite certain differences but both russian and u.s.

leaders agree that the reset has worked with with regards to russia joining the world trade organization for example or cooperation in of ghana's but one of the points of mitt romney's foreign policy agenda you can find it on his website he has a section dedicated to russia is to as we said the reason. that with russia speaking of romney he is known as a bit of a flip flopper someone who says something but doesn't necessarily mean it then goes out and backtracked on what he said he would actually do their source of tons of jokes fleet week your people from a rival can call him a target. he tries to pander to his audience telling them what he thinks they want to hear that he turns out that it was not what they wanted to hear and then he comes under fire for. being a flip flop but it looks like he is winning the republican nomination america will soon face a choice between romney and president obama there are a lot of people who disapprove of president obama's policies but most experts agree

that president obama will inevitably win dealership because lots of americans are playing here having someone like romney as their future president. with their view from washington thank you. earlier i spoke to. the head of the russian state duma's foreign affairs committee and he says a cold war added to to moscow is an important part of the republican election campaign in the u.s. and the reaction to a promise works. 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 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 course you think it's really that

surprising that ohio moment says such a thing. even when he said. what he saw about the a.b.m. strike well i think that this was an exchange which is quite understandable i mean there is an issue between russia and the united states and there's the a.b.m. issue 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 about who is saying that if we are to solve the a.b.m. issue it will be easier to do after the elections when the passions are 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 but when political leaders are when they discuss some political issues of that scope and that magnitude it was a position which can clearly be criticized 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. so i have for you in the program silencing the whistle. leaks wiki leaks we keep leaks with you which we highlight the lengths washington is prepared to go to to prosecute the world's most famous whistleblower julian a silence. on the private profiteers leaving britain's health service dry u.k. lawmakers vote for reforms that could see their firms make millions from the medical service. peace envoy kofi annan says the syrian

government has accepted his plan to halt the country's bloodshed his proposals include a neutral ceasefire and political dialogue parties middle east correspondent paula slayer has more details. so far 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 and the plan includes 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 therefore 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. very 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 and 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 dozen syrian troops have crossed over into lebanon and are fighting syrian rebels there but this has been denied by the lebanese state television it says that this has not happened that there was some fighting earlier today tuesday and that there were some stray bullets but there are no syrian troops currently inside lebanon claims about an independent journalist

who's written extensively on the middle east believes president acceptance of a plan doesn't fit the image of drawn up by the opposition of his regime. this doesn't really play into the new era of the spin being attempted to be created 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 and this process that doesn't go along with the near of i think that's exactly what you're seeing right now these types of unconfirmed reports coming out of skirmishes along the border and supposedly syrian troops crossing into lebanon at the exact same time as this deal has been announced so that every report that's been picked up around the world right now is mentioning that the bit as it is agreed to is an unplanned but also that syrian troops are crossing into lebanon lebanese border which again is just an attempt to make it seem like assad is completely unreasonable and will be able to to come to the table in any event which of course will only further perpetuate this type of

destabilization it's going on updates on other global developments are always available at our let's take a look at some stories which might catch your attention. he knew too much to stay alive the man who led the m.t.c. uprising in libya tells our t.v. more market i had no chance of surviving with somebody countries wanting the colonel buried along with his secrets also. facebook friends or enemies a new app on the world's most popular social network more while its users to become enemies i mean even go as far as declaring war. the wiki leaks founder julian assange has pledged to push for openness in

government if elected to the australian senate if he ever gets the chance to stand amid america's growing appetite to prosecute him along with other whistleblowers and his art is more important now reports some journalists are concerned that if. bars it will mean press freedoms. he's an australian citizen in the custody of britain fighting extradition to sweden julian assange his 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 which believes since january two thousand and eleven washington has had plans for a songe i secret uncovered earlier this month after five million confidential emails 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 cast corner arrest warrant and that matter will also be so you know that way the u.s. stands behind or big large boulder. and then jumps out from that boulder and arrest someone under house arrest for more than a year assigned has not been 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 girl 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 and washington says publishing the documents has created a national security risk the justice department has reportedly mounted in an unprecedented investigation into wiki leaks aimed at prosecuting

a songe under the espionage act we're going to continue to go after. it 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 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. to 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 and going 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. as an act which essentially criminalizes any whistleblower anybody who exposes war crimes anybody who calendars 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 that protecting the national security the united states but that is not the journalism industry will you are where you will be as being something that is a message to him be careful you talk to be careful when you write because what you write because you could be. i think

a number of reporters are going to say i'm not risking it 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 would 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 bring up work i r.t. the. chill in the silence and other whistleblowers represent a lifeline for true democracy so says social sciences expert professor marcelo that other nobody has an interview in full is just about fifteen minutes but here's a preview. for the skin off your wrist and made by a weakening. aim to. reveal the secrets that actually belong to the people which have elected those of therapies which are abusive why were they not technically true with and without weakly exist

who in the huge favor to a democracy in my opinion but on the police actually is sending a live ball that to democracy. good. for both of you thought. the. now taking a look at other news from around the world this hour sixteen people including afghan soldiers have been arrested in kabul after intelligence officers found nearly a dozen suicide vests in the ministry of defense building and it's believed those arrested planned to detonate themselves on several buses carrying stuff back and forth to work tensions have been high with one u.s. and two british soldiers killed by members of the afghan security force in separate incidents yesterday and earlier this month an american soldier went on a killing rampage shooting seventeen afghan civilians. the father of

mohammad merah the man who murdered seven people in toulouse france said he will sue the country for killing his son he's criticized the police for shooting a rock saying officers could have used gas to capture him instead of deciding to kill him during a thirty two hour long siege meanwhile the gunman's brother is being held on charges of complicity in murder and terrorism. riot police fired tear gas and water cannon to clear the streets of rock throwing indonesians protesting against lawmakers plans to increase fuel prices thousands of demonstrators blocked off streets and started fires before officers regain control at least three protesters were hurt in the clashes if the fuel price increase is approved many believe the cost of food transportation and electricity will rise as a result. putting wealth before health is the perception of among his swathes of the british public after their parliament voted through controversial medicare

medical care reforms many of the lawmakers who voted yes have links to private suppliers which stand to benefit leaving physicians and patients feeling for the u.k.'s appearing rather for the u.k.'s free health care laura smith has more on a system in need of a checkup. 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 plumbed by profit is 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. the shares in the company. and yet with these western interests or allowed to vote on

a 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 for nursing and care home tycoon pop out 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's the chairman of k u k which already gets ninety six percent of its business from the n.h.s. belief days long and illustrious it runs to nearly one hundred fifty names all sent 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 and a quarter of britain's house of lords have links with private health care provider . as crew investments patronage membership and the parties in power conservatives and liberal democrats have received substantial funding from various private health care interests following the legislation those companies are circling already we're starting to see a number of private health interests starting to look very seriously 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 the m.p.'s did declare their interests they should have been banned from voting local government out of contact with anybody

with an interest in this never take cause and effect their interest issues dog driven. to do private enterprise use. profit says not to do with go inside westminster m.p.'s reportedly bangs the table in jubilation when the reforms passed outside the bell told the free health care. london. coming up next hour our chief financial guru max keiser has another story of powers profiting from the people. is that a standing up to the front line in afghanistan or iraq you could own one of these products there are now a conscripted there in this bind where they're giving their life essentially for the glory of the banks or the cultural revolution the banks are glorious letters letters revel in the glory of the banks to you to give away your life gets sucked

into this they sell these products out of the same kind of pretense to go buy a product that we're going to fight al qaeda by an advertising dollar swap you know told us as it's immoral it's illegal this poor person is now going to be facing a lifetime of onerous debts but it's all for the glory of the glorious pranksters as part of the cultural revolution. time now to check their business latest daniel how has wall street opened we're still struggling for the rich and we'll look at we're a little looser on who first the world reporter said russia's economy stabilize than the last twelve months employment is up quality is down and trade is strong but there is a coach motor is being fueled by high energy prices because the richter from the world bank told us was not making the most of those benefits. when you look at the last four 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 crisis and it also has rebound slower compared to the many other emerging economies after the two thousand and eight crisis 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 of 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. holding half a percent down before the close is traders cush yesterday's profits let's check individual shares blue chips are following those losses starting with russia's

biggest lenders burbank down over a force of forty percent stake in topping sure. and then came the steel is also down after posting improved results for twenty eleven but on four calls wall street is recovering from last week its worst this year comes off to february house prices fell for a fifth month in most u.s. cities london swung into the red in the last few wells with still tracking gains in asia scotland's rising on reports and the fund will buy a stake crude into the black challenging the one to six a barrel mark gaining against the euro but swung into a loss against the group the euro's also up on russia's currency now russia's richest man has wanted a rare interview that europe's debt crisis is making steel prices slump many analysts more chinese demand this year to cover shortfalls of metals millicent told me earlier that won't happen. just like there are currently significant falls in

europe's contracts the steel especially in the building industry we can talk long and hard about the reason but we will not stand y. and alan kay supplies europe with its rolling steel and prices will be volatile this year china won't compensate for that at all we do expect to see is china to stop its dumping practices of throwing steel products into the market. so you're up to date more stories on our website all to business from many thanks daniel for that business update in a few minutes after the headlines when we take a look at those who are in relentless pursuit of wiki leaks founder julian assange .

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