as the syrian government embraces a un backed peace plan members of the opposition struggle to come together with a single unified purpose. private conversation between the leaders of russia and america has called on life sparking a wave of cold war and a stronger among some republican presidential hopefuls. are protesters in britain called for heavy handed broad based replace justice as one activist seriously injured in a student demonstrations finds himself in the dark. around

the world around the clock broadcasting live from moscow this is r.t. . the syrian government has accepted a un backed peace plan which includes appeals for a cease fire and opening of humanitarian corridors in the country but the syrian opposition has yet to follow suit and some of its members calling for continued attacks on the mascot's u.s. once rebel forces to come together present a unified vision for peace this is washington but its allies continue to call them president assad to step down. that won't help solve the crisis the u.n. now estimates more than nine thousand people have been killed in syria since last march the death toll climbs rebel leaders are struggling to find common ground. the syrian opposition may stumble behind closed doors. with the aim of presenting

a united front as an alternative to the syrian government of president bashar assad but the meeting was marred when delegates as well as a veteran dissident walked out complaining that they were not being heard the syrian national council which is the main opposition umbrella group put forward it takes in richard spoke about equal rights for all and this raised eyebrows among critics particularly those who are worried about the increasing influence of the muslim brotherhood within the syrian opposition it was also growing concern over the way that the syrian national council is being run by the syrian opposition as of years have not given any kind of formal response to the proposal by the former u.n. chief kofi annan in fact one opposition group has a really gone on record as rejecting it outright instead what the groups have been focusing on is criticizing the way that bashar assad is handling affairs in syria now there's a six point peace plan by the former u.n.

chief talks about dialogue between the opposition and the government creating a humanitarian corridor walls as well as the withdrawal of troops and heavy weaponry from population cities the fact that damascus has indicated it is willing to accept the proposal and the fact that we haven't yet heard this kind of commitment from the opposition puts the ball thoroughly in the court of the opposition in terms of how events in syria now unfold. but a peace deal between would ask us and the opposition would be difficult to broker because of the political tug of war within the rebel camp that's according to at least observer pressured hayes. it's very hard to know exactly who the opposition is in syria you have a very divided opposition a very fragmented one where you effectively have it head which is the national syrian council which is led by theology professor in born in paris the university there you have on the ground the free syrian army and other kind of collective

groups who feel very strains from this body the syrian national council and it's very hard to get any kind of unity all kind of consistent sense of what these divided groups that form the opposition actually want so it's understandable that they find it hard to actually sit down around a table and discuss this and obviously in terms of having a peace program or kind of moving forward towards peace it's going to be very difficult when you have an opposition that is so fragmented they're not able to really get the state their demands with any sense of really legitimacy from representing the body of the syrian people. along the way the leading of five or global economic challenges team up find out how the powerhouses of tycho a minority of a brother depended market is coming your way in a few minutes. moscow is warning of an emerging arms race should washington fail to provide guarantees that its plan for

a missile defense system in europe would not be aimed at russia comes as president of the other than the president obama held key talks at the nato nuclear security summit and so all this week however at least one part of a conversation wasn't intended for the public. the showing of flexibility in their homes control missions after november u.s. presidential election is a harsh criticism from his republican rivals back in the states but he's going to carry on the reaction to hill. the run up to the presidential election in the u.s. . a perfect time to drag out the good old cold war skeleton from the closet.

russia this is without question our number one geopolitical foe in the world of the presidential hopeful mitt romney russia is america's prime enemy while it's president elect you should remember this. i think represents a real threat. to the. stability and peace of the world but that's in the world of mitt romney what about well america there is no evidence of any popular support for bashing russia for hostility towards russia so this idea that somehow or another russia is a concern for americans it just doesn't add up at all with a very small sliver of people asked about romney's comments president medvedev advised him to stop reverting to olden days hollywood stereotypes and take a look at the calendar. and would advise all u.s. presidential candidates to make reasonable statements it wouldn't do them any harm

to do so will choose the year twenty twelve little mid nineteenth seventy's and even the current leaders of the two countries may have long delayed the cold war to aggress but for some it's just too good to like boy to return to those cold war simple days. russia is not the only foreign policy bandwagon the republican presidential hopefuls are capital. wising on the list also includes china he ran syria each candidate except ron paul trying to sound tougher than the other the strategies they put forward the arming arming isolating threatening i want to be china i want to go to war with china these guys are ranchers and in the end it is looking for ways to get you to want to harness of course you take military action it is unacceptable for iran to have a nuclear weapon but what if all of what the trigger happy candidate suggest on

foreign policy actually happens i worry about the world soon which became president because i think he would adopt a more militaristic foreign policy as world is depicted in which a sketch is some kind of him it's a cool and very unreal view of the world if america takes up a much more aggressive stance towards lots of foreign countries it will be a much more dangerous world to be dangerous for america because we can't afford to do that mitt romney will most likely win the republican nomination and america will face a choice between him and president obama polls show the majority of americans disapprove of obama's policies but most experts agree that we were there to really win the election because too many americans are just plain scared of having someone like romney as their future leader i'm going to start there reporting to washington our

team. for head of foreign affairs and russia's lower house of parliament and accept scoff so it's hardly surprising that a cold war towards russia is the republican trait. 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 still seems to be one of the moderate republicans and if moderate republicans say things like this that russia is enemy number one we can only imagine what a real conservative republican would say this course this was an exchange which is quite understandable when there is an issue it when russia and the united states and there's the a.b.m. issue so basically what about it was say 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 every week by republican contenders so i think maybe it was a little bit not 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 between political leaders that when they discuss some political issues of that scope and that 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 into this window just to victimize mr obama. former u.s. chief nuclear negotiator richard burton told r.t. the presence of obama should find common ground with russia on the missile defense and she faces a strong opposition in washington and you can watch as the full interview next hour but here's a preview. obama is in a tough political spot because i think he would like to find an arms control solution to this problem and solve it he already back away from the bush plan to

deploy these more capable missiles in poland and the radar in the czech republic i think that he's got a u.s. he's got a u.s. senate. with some republicans that are making it difficult or making it difficult for him to make i think give him the room for maneuver that he needs to find a practical solution with. the trial is under way for a u.k. student accused of a violent disorder two thousand and ten protest against tuition hikes. fifty other students ended up in hospital that day many as a result of police brutality they could face up to five years in prison if found guilty supporters are fighting back i bet it reports.

chris lee defending the right to protest against what they call a corrupt system these demonstrators are here to support an alleged victim of police brutality and is now victim once again despite nearly dying from injuries sustained at a sanctioned protest it's our fi meadows not the police facing trial for violent disorder stickley the unjust and the brother ship at least healthy if she thinks she's in charge itself is a victim of violence and he sends a message at least in a sense. and if you're a protester you are basically saying i'll feel edges he was beaten over the head with police battens this is the immediate aftermath of the assault the implant was so hard he suffered bleeding on the brain and lost the ability to speak the scars a gruesome reminder of the emergency brain surgery that saved his life alfie had been demonstrating against universe teach english and feed hikes along with

thousands of other students but police were out in force two and more than happy to show them the strong arm of the law alfie was one of over fifty who ended up in hospital after the protests most of them students but the only ones who have been charged in connection with violence but the students themselves a year on not even a single policeman has been investigated the same protests or a disabled activist dragged from his wheelchair and pulled along the road despite this video evidence and. no offices which charged but the courts haven't been afraid to hand down strict punishments to the protesters one student got fifteen months behind bars for merely throwing a placard that didn't even hit anyone another jailed for a year and a half just to throw in a joke shop smoke bomb these kinds of events which even if they're. technically correct trivial in the sense of they didn't cause any harm nor could it cause harm

to police officers just and so on so the real victims here are not you know there's the police there but they are the protesters who have been beaten attacked in obvious cases virtually killed our female is was charged soon after lodging a complaint with the police regulator it's inquiry conveniently suspended because of this trial after spending the last fifteen months recovering from his injuries he could now face up to five years in prison either bennett r.t. london. well from the news and videos you can head to our web site also got com here's a taste of what's the right thing there for paying the price of coral in the gulf of mexico is slowly dying out two years off of the stuff we quote spill the water. around controversy in france as reports emerged that the term used gunman may have been an informant from french intelligence people dot com we'll keep trouble up to date needs twenty four hours

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and the world bank will dominate talks as five of the world's expanding economies meet wednesday the brics a group of nations will work out a plan of action for twenty twelve and the drive to boost their own growth while bringing more diversity to the global market pressure has moved out from india. heads of c. from the five leading emerging economies brazil russia india china and south africa the brics nations need for their annual summit the five make up forty percent of the world's population are expected to contribute almost half of all global g.d.p. growth in the next eight years and have a rapidly growing influence in international affairs the. economy grouping. and i would be it is that. we join the geopolitics. the geopolitics of the word the summit this year is expected to

discuss a new joint bank between the five the other brics countries are interested in capping tiny's investment infrastructures and development of their resources so obviously a bank would be a very very useful focus kind of investment to. build these the corporate. bricks stock exchange this is not happen before this is a new new tradition the political leaders believe that a brick could merge the growing economic power between the country that with this doubtless myth they also believe that it could serve as an alternative to life there and led by mantle institutions like the international monetary fund and the world bank certainly hopes to be able to or to remove the overall or predominance of the institution by the united states.

the brics countries have been busy this year not just in guarding against the impact of europe's financial crisis moving away from the dollar as the reserve currency to a brick striven line is also still firmly on the agenda it would become a goody goody good goods. thanks good to see you could be a good. challenge to. you it is just breaking the rules of this summit will be hoping to advance further at the economic interests of the brics group further loosening reliance on glass turn dominated global economic architecture preassure either r t new delhi india but in the us occupy wall street protesters have a reemerged promising a new wave of demonstrations against corporate greed and inequality and later people abandon this crosstalk guests debate well we've been successful it's a pretty thing. if you think calls for justice are only being raised by

socialists then i wonder why you are in a socialist because we need more justice in our society if you are going to wear it with just even from your own point of view ok try using an injustice i'm just going to but you're also replying one fairly on charles dialogue putting other words in front of justice you can just say social justice what is not socialistic i want to redistribute wealth nationalize various industries what is not socialistic about that well what's wrong with it either morally no charles nobody except you nobody except you is raise the question of nationalization i don't think that is your husband i think it's a monkey in the national review you're still fighting the last sure. after some other news making headlines around the world a south at least fifty people have been killed and more than one hundred fifty

wounded in two days of travel crashes and sudden libya writing about the city six hundred fifty kilometers from the capital after militants from one ethnic group are eventually shot a member of another country faces continued violence we were rebels still carrying arms a year after the revolution that toppled the tribe the the market. only extras canzano it say he's being unfairly targeted or not it no crime. places i think a shipwreck it was part of a prostitution ring revolving prominent significance in police a civil case will begin on wednesday terminator he sexually assaulted them and tell me to last may i ask around attorneys are protesting a french judge's order which bars him from speaking to the media. us investing for a. pilot starting around moving or a. lot out of the cockpit crew had been restrained by passengers the

plane was diverted to texas for the copilot and captains removed from the aircraft hundred thirty five passengers continue their journey and later vented safely in a space station the incident is now under way. u.s. defense secretary says that nato led forces should continue implementing a strategy to end the war in afghanistan despite public for team after decades of conflict over that as conference as opinion polls showing that two thirds of americans believe their service people should not be fighting in the country that's drawn from afghanistan that began in summer last year the majority of soldiers expected to go on the brink twenty fourteen. america may have withdrawn its troops from iraq but there was after martha stewart very real the use of deadly u.s.

weaponry of a looter being blamed for the region's high levels of birth defects and militants less than ten minutes time our special report looks into the nasty effects caused by the invasion of iraq. so for assistance a new job the rates of. the raise if you came in for example a surgery that saw him sort of expect. breast cancers more and sends on cho's cancers fourteen times i would forget the exact pieces with a few numbers there's not nothing that you have ever found in any epidemiological study anywhere ever there is a way that brings victory. to its creator. he's not alone some are more severe than others we have something that is born without skulls without organs and sometimes with their legs totally twisted but means death to those from which point is cut back now.

owns to those regimes the splenda. and the celebrants and they don't realize that stand looking at their own future cancer and. this is just. it's so science. i have. leakage and i show you so the extent from which i have leakers. disturbing report just ahead. start of the business news with marina one of the investors are feeling today are we seeing more confidence in the markets perhaps hi carol well actually we're seeing confidence on the markets and basically what we saw yesterday was investors screen confidence after posted comments made by the

u.s. federal reserve that euphoria seems to be dying down now asia is the only one trading right now and there everything is in the red continuing on from jews they energy and telecom shares are leading the decline spot a weaker yen is still supporting japanese x. voters and impact the u.s. dollar has gone up around eight percent against the yen this year so far now moving on to the u.s. as i mentioned the markets are closed at the moment now after a strong performance on monday was so the markets do a u. turn and slipped and negative territory and this came after several reports one showed a damp in consumer confidence and the other one so the weakness in the housing market basically we saw prices for houses a drop in january but even though it was at a level slower than the previous month and investors were disappointed because sixteen out of nineteen cities or so a decline in prices now if we move on to russia here now it's an hour ahead of the

opening bell about pretty much a similar picture see of red again both yes and the mice a. half a percent on tuesday and basically it was a investors take in profits which is what tends to happen after a rally the movements of crude crude has dropped from its highest level in more than the week and that was after reports that u.s. stockpiles had risen prices also slid after the u.s. said this thing about releasing strategic oil reserves to push the price is lower and when it comes to currencies we know that the euro is higher against the dollar when it comes to the ruble we'll have an updated picture for you where. the markets open but so far it's just setting gains against both the green bag and the euro now in other news the euro zone's think tank the organization for economic cooperation and development says you have displayed how fond must be doubled to one trillion euros stronger financial support could help the form cope with another bailout and

some fear it hasn't got enough cash so far greece ireland and portugal have been bailed out but analysts say it's silly and spain may follow now let's take a look at the closing picture of the european markets on tuesday because if we had a mixture of data and fluency in investors that first we had every point that france consumer confidence rose softly and unexpectedly in march to a level not seen in over a year another point though said that the spanish economy had fallen the back into recession contract and once again in the first quarter of two thousand and twelve there were no apparent not much optimism there but maybe next hour when the russian markets open we'll have a different picture for you let's hope syria ok thanks very much for me there is this. next story top stories for you in just a few minutes. and

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