in the. guarantees or an arms race a clear choice is delivered by the need to meet bids of two washington over its missile defense system in europe that's out of the russian president summed up the results of the nuclear summit in seoul. also it's not the summits agenda which route the media's attention and triggered a storm on capitol hill but a conversation between obama and medvedev which wasn't supposed to go public. by the syrian government says yes to kofi annan peace plan for a negotiated end to the bloody conflict as quarrelling opposition leaders seek a unified front against the assad regime. brochure reverses monday's games as

foreign contagion pulls shares sells the business news in switzerland. levin thanks for joining r.t.m. karens around seven o'clock here in moscow but america's plans for a missile shield in eastern europe are at a crossroads wrapping up at the seoul nuclear summit president medvedev said either moscow gets guarantees of the shields not aimed at russia or an arms race is inevitable that says washington also announced similar defenses in asia and the middle east in the goal is to 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 in asia in the pacific region and in the middle east again they're talking about putting radars in japan and south

korea considering that already have thousands of troops on the ground in south korea and thinking of putting more. on the base that's being built here of course such plans. are causing concern in moscow who are very not happy with their plans for the missile defense shield that even in europe of course that was a one of the reasons one of the mean talks of discussions between presidents obama and place on that monday and this particular conversation which wasn't supposed to go public tolman's walking across the u.s. after being captured by cameras work for word and what they thought was a private exchange barack obama told his russian counterpart that he will be more flexible on missile defense issues after the election. has more on the reaction it triggered on capitol hill. it appears mitt romney has no doubt that russia is america's number one geopolitical and i mean 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 the threat to global peace and stability has to be said american politicians have mastered the art of creating a dashing boogie man especially when election campaigns are on the way to some like mitt romney dragging out the cold war skeleton from the closet seems most to actually president of commented along those lines saying mr romney it's time to move past the groove old hollywood stereotypes and you can all u.s. presidential candidates to make reasonable statements it wouldn't do them any home to do so and. it's the year twenty two seventy's in the me but easier said than god and the cold war the long be over with the leaders of russia and america you know looking for common ground under the banner of a reset in relations but cold war sentiments still want 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 a man who is stuck in that mine says what's interesting to note as we know romney is the latest comments about russia came in the context of president barack obama's hot mike moment with russian president dmitry medvedev monday after a meeting in seoul on what 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 regards to russia joining the world trade organization for example or cooperation and gadgets 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 reset the reset with russia but it looks like he is winning the republican. nation 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 when deal action because lots of americans are plain scared of having someone like romney is their future president earlier i spoke to the head of the russian state do most foreign affairs committee and he says a cold war attitude to moscow is an important part of the republican election campaign in the us hence the reaction to obama's words. i think that this logic of the cold war that the united states is first facing a lot of food a lot of animism the world is still very much present in the sinking of the republican elite the seems to be one of the moderate republicans that if a moderate republicans say things like this that russia is i mean number one we can only imagine what a real conservative republican would say discoursing it's really that surprising that algol moment says such i think this was an exchange which is quite

understandable when there is an issue between russia and the united states and there's the a.b.m. issue so basically what it was saying that if we are to solve the a.b.m. issue it will be easier to do after the elections when the question is when he has a new mandate and when he will not be criticised every day of every week by a republican contenders so i think maybe it was a little bit careful it was quite understandable and i don't see that there is anything here. which is out of the common exchange just the usual exchange political leaders that when they discuss political issues of that scope and magnitude it was a position we can hardly be criticised even by the republicans so they have found here a window of opportunity and they have jumped through this window just to victimize mr obama. so i have for you on the program silencing the whistle. leaks wiki

leaks we keep leaks with you which we highlight the lengths that washington is prepared to go to prosecute the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange. and the private profiteers of leading britain's health service strike you can lawmakers would 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 mutual cease fire and political dialogue archies 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 plan but the fact that and none says that the massacres has accepted it 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 that for this plan to work it insists that the fighting stops immediately 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 stumble they are known to be a very fractured group with a 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 under mccracken 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 lebanese border and the

mainstream media is reporting that some two dozen syrian troops have crossed over into lebanon and on fighting syrian rebels there but this is being denied by the state television it says that this has not happened that it was some find earlier today tuesday and that they were some stray bullets but there are no syrian troops currently inside lebanon james corbett an independent journalist who's written extensively on the middle east believes president assad's acceptance of and that the image drawn up by the opposition of his regime. this doesn't really play into the nearer to the bin even tempted to be created it wants to portray assad as some sort of insane agent who can't be reasoned with but of course if he is agreeing to this this process that doesn't go along with the narrative i think that's exactly what you're seeing right now these types of unconfirmed reports coming out about skirmishes along the border and supposedly syrian troops crossing into lebanon i think exact same time as has been announced so that every report that's been picked

up around the world right now is mentioning that the saudis agreed to this and on plan but also that syrian troops are crossing into lebanon the lebanese border which again is just an attempt to make it seem like assad is completely unreasonable and will be able to do i come to the table in any event which of course will only further perpetuate this type of destabilization that's going on out there and other global developments are always available. let's take a look at some stories which might catch your attention there. you know too much to say a lot of the man who led the end since the uprising in libya tells our team that one arkadelphia had no chance of surviving so many countries watching the colonel carry all the secrets also. facebook friends or enemies they knew out on the world's most popular social network users to become enemy. and even go so far as

to clearing war. sometimes you see a story and it's sick so you think you understand it and then you blame something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't. charge is a big issue. if

you. really take three. or four charges three. three. three. three. three blog video for your media project free radio gogarty dot com. just trying r.t. it's twelve minutes past the hour and the wiki leaks founder julian assange has pledged to push for openness in government if elected to the australian senate but that's if he ever gets the chance to stand growing appetite prosecute him along with other whistleblowers and start his marina partner reports some journalists are

concerned that if assad behind bars it will mean the end to all 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 chats and no one wants the king of wiki leaks more than america with the leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks which believes since january two thousand and eleven washington has had plans for a song by secret uncovered earlier this month after five million confidential emails from the global intelligence company straw for were published by guess who we are. a defendant is outside of the us they'll get an indictment. which is secret they'll see all the charging documents the indictment they will ask for an arrest warrant and that matter will also be see that way the u.s. stands behind a big large boulder it will 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 then 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 there justice department has reportedly mounted in unprecedented investigation into wiki leaks aimed at prosecuting a songe under the espionage act they're going to continue to go after risk to make the point that we're tough and we're not going to let anybody throat murder 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 us gov within the federal criminal arena likes to charge others who are either aided and abetted assisted or were cool blown coconspirator 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. 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 war 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 some 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. protecting the national security the united states but that is not the journalism industry will if you were there would be i was being something that is a message that we have to be careful who you talk to be careful whom you write because of what you write because you could be and you know 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 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 for a number of niall r.t. the. killing aside and other whistleblowers represent a lifeline for true democracy so says social sciences expert professor mark self at all that know their interview in full is in the next hour but here's a preview now. the disclosure is made by a weakening. reveal the secrets that truly belong to people we have a little three piece which are abusive but we're not going to could. we can you see . the huge. leaps actually standing in line. to democracy and good work so i wouldn't. run for put out there for.

taking a look at other news from around the world the sour sixteen people including afghan soldiers have been arrested in control after intelligence officers found nearly a dozen suicide vests in the ministry of defense building it's believed those arrested climbed to detonate themselves on several buses carrying staff back and forth to work tensions have been high with one who assigned to british soldiers killed five members of the afghan security force in separate incidents yesterday and earlier this month an american soldier went on a killing rampage at seventeen afghan civilians. the father of mohammad merah the man who murdered seven people in the loose france said he will sue the country for killing his son he's criticized the police for shooting in iraq saying officers quote of used gas to capture him instead of deciding to kill him

during the thirty two hour long sea 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 law makers plans to increase fuel prices thousands of demonstrators blocked off streets and started fires before officers regained 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 among a swathe of the british public after their parliament voted through controversial medical care reforms many of the lawmakers who voted yes have links to private suppliers which stand to benefit leaving physicians and patients fearing 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 plum and 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. the shares in the company. and yet with 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 parts and made him a lot papac 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 sent m.p.'s who voted yes to opening up health care to competition and stand to gain from the results they 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 investigations show a number of westminster m.p.'s and a quarter of britain's house of lords have links with private health care provider

. it is true investment 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 the ready 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 that while m.p.'s did declare their interests they should have been banned from voting local government how to contact us anybody with an interest must never take part in a position that affects their interest this is told we're driven. to do for the enterprise use. profit says not to do with.

inside westminster m.p.'s reportedly banged the table in jubilation when the reforms passed outside the bell tolls for free health care laura smith r.t.e. london. in about ten minutes our teens financial guru max kaiser has another story of powers profiting from the people. that are sending them to the front line in afghanistan or iraq including one of these products they're now a conscripted air in this bind where they're giving their life essentially for the glory of the gangster the cultural revolution the banks are glorious letters letters revel in the glory of the banks you too can give away your life gets sucked into a way that they sell these products out of the same kind of pretense you know a byproduct of 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 for the world of money markets daniel how did not close yesterday's games the softer walberg report saying that russia's economy has stabilized over the last twelve months employment's top the widget equality is their own and trade is strong but there is a catch most of it's being fueled by our high energy prices because for rick to from the world told us russia is 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 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 has to make progress on the structural side to make the investment climate more friendly for investors. both six and did a little bit down this trade just cashed yesterday's profits let's check some individual share moves now blue chips followed those losses starting with russia's biggest lenders burbank p.t.b. ended down on reports of a forty percent stake in top insurer. and the limb came to overlook big steel is also down off the posting improved results for twenty eleven lower than four costs will street is recovering from last week its worst of the year so far. prices fell

for fifth month in most u.s. cities on february. the road in the last few hours though the text is still up tracking games in asia scotland's rising on reports that the phone book boys steak and grits followed crude into the black you so it's now challenging the one to six or more dollars gaining against the euro were lost against the group will be euros also helped form russia's currency and russia's richest man has warned in a rare interview that europe's debt crisis is making steel prices slump many on this to more chinese the more this year to cover you shortfalls but metals tycoon flitter millicent told me a little earlier that won't happen. just in the budget world that there are currently significant force in europe's contracts to steel especially in the building industry and took a long and hard about the reason why and alan kay supplies europe with its rolling steel and prices will be volatile this year china won't compensate for that. but we do expect to see is trying to do something practices of throwing steel products

into the market. and europe so that more stories on the web site all to dot com such business than you know many thanks for that update. kind of more salacious side of the financial have minds as revealed in a few minutes. to . the.

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