the syrian government embrace is a un backed peace plan and members of the composition struggle to come together with a single unified purpose. a private conversation between the leaders of russia and america has called on my sparking a wave of comity on a stronger gun something republican presidential hopefuls. protesters in britain call for heavy handed riot police to place justice as one activist seriously injured in the student demonstration by himself in the dark.

there you're watching r t a very warm welcome to you today our top story now the syrian government has accepted a u.n. backed peace plan which includes appeals for a cease fire and the opening of humanitarian corridors in the country syrian opposition has yet to follow suit with some of its members calling for continued attacks on the u.s. once rebel forces to come together and present a unified vision for peace. washington and its allies continue to call on president assad to step down. to help solve the crisis when now estimates from nine thousand people have been killed in syria since last march and while the death toll climbs rebel leaders are struggling to find common ground. reports. these syrian opposition met in istanbul 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 kurdish delegates as well as a veteran dissident walked off complaining that they were not being heard the syrian national council which is the main opposition group put forward a text in which it spoke about equal rights for all and this raised our brothers among critics particularly those who are worried about the increasing influence of the muslim brotherhood within the syrian opposition there is also growing concern over the way that the syrian national council is being run by the syrian opposition as of yet have not given any kind of formal response to the proposal by the former u.n. chief kofi annan and in fact one opposition group is a really gone on record as rejecting it outright instead with the groups have been focusing on is criticizing the way that bashar assad is handing affairs in syria now there's six point peace plan by the former u.n.

chief talks about dialogue between the opposition and the government creating humanitarian corridors 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 thirdly in the court of the opposition in terms of how events in syria now unfold but a peace deal between damascus and the opposition will be difficult to broker because of the political tug of war within the rebel camp that's according to at least observer. 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 heads which is the national syrian council which is led by of theology professor in the thought born in paris the university there you have on the ground the free syrian army and other kind of

collective groups who feel very as 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 is going to be very difficult when you have an opposition that is so fragmented they're not able to really state their demands with any sense of really legitimacy from representing the body of the syrian people. but on the way the leading five of global economic challenges team up how the. title of the novel or the dependable that's coming your way and it's. moscow is warning of an emerging arms race for the washington failed abroad guarantees its plans for a missile defense system in europe would not be able to russia or comes as

president or governor president obama held keep talks at the nato nuclear security summit in seoul this week however least one part of the conversation wasn't intended for the public. well there was over assuring a bit of more flexibility in the arms control as soon. as the race starts production but his comments to harsh criticism from his republican rivals back in the states it's because of the reaction on capitol. hill right 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 who should recovery. i think represents a real threat. to stability and peace in 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 styria types and take a look at the calendar. and you can call us presidential candidates to make reasonable statements it wouldn't do them any harm to do so and to check they will

choose it's the year twenty twelve midnight and seventy's and 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 girl boy to return to those cold war simple days. russia is not the only foreign policy bandwagon the republican presidential hopeful. those are capitalizing on the list also includes china iran's syria each candidate except ron paul trying to sound tougher than the other the strategies they put forward warming arming isolating threatening i want to be china i want to go to war with china these guys are ranchers and the end of it and looking for ways to do. it to want to harm us of course should take military action it is unacceptable for iran to have a nuclear weapon but it would give all of what the trigger happy candidates suggest

on foreign policy actually happens i worry about the world soon which romney became president because i think he would adopt a more militaristic foreign policy his world is depicted in a sketch it's some kind of mythical and very kind of a real 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 also be dangerous for america because we can't afford it yet 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 he will eventually win the election because too many americans are just plain scared of having someone like romney as their future leader i'm going to take our reporting from washington our team. or

head of foreign affairs in russia is in the house apartments next and scoff says it's hardly surprising that a cold war towards russia is still a republican trait. i think that this logic of the called war 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 an even number one we can only imagine what a real conservative republican would say on this course 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 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 question is when she has a new mandate and when she 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 usually strange but when political leader is that when we discuss some political issues of that magnitude it was a position we can clearly be criticized 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. former u.s. chief negotiator richard burton told r.t. that president obama should find common ground with russia on missile defense and he faces a strong opposition in washington. in twenty minutes time to his supreme. 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 backed 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 us 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 given the room for maneuver that he needs to find a practical solution with. the trial is underway over u.k. students accused of wanting this saunter in a two thousand and ten protest against tuition fee hikes i think it is over fifty other students ended up in hospital that day many as a result of alleged police brutality he could face up to five years in prison if found guilty but his supporters are fighting back once he's out of it of course.

fiercely 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 a victim once again despite nearly dying from injuries sustained at a sanctioned protest at alfie meadows and not the police facing trial for violent disorder. unjust and the ship italy's elfie if she thinks she's in charge of itself is a big piles on the essential message at least in a sense it is a lie and if you're a protester you are basically fair game alfie alleges 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 teacher wish 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 and alfie was one of over fifty who ended up in hospital after the protests most of them students were the only ones who have been charged in connection with the violence of the students themselves a year on not even a single policeman has been investigates it's the same protests or a disabled activist dragged from his wheelchair and pulled along the road despite this video evidence no officers were 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 jail for a year and a half just to throw in a joke shop smoke these kinds of offenses which even if they. technically. trivial in the sense of they didn't cause any harm nor could they have caused the

police officers just right here and so on so the real victims here are not you know those three are the police there but they are the protesters who have been beating the targets of this case virtually killed alfie meadows was charged soon after launching 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. more news and videos you can head to our website r.t.e. dot com is a taste of what's waiting there right now for you paying the price coral in the gulf of mexico could be slowly dying out some years of struggle and spill. and controversy in france as reports emerged from the government they have been in french intelligence cards promising dot com trouble to date me twenty four hours ago.

these are the images. from the streets of canada. giant corporations are. the creation of an alternative to the i.m.f. the world bank will dominate talks of the world's expanding economies meet on wednesday the brics group of nations will work out a plan of action for twenty twelve drive to boost their own growth while bringing diversity to the global market. has more from india. heads of state from the five leading emerging economies brazil russia india china and south africa the brics nations meet 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 could well be. and i would be it is it. would be to go to join the geopolitics again the geopolitics of the word the summit this year is expected to discuss a new joint theme between the five the other brics countries are interested in tiniest investment in infrastructure and. of their resources so obviously people of unbanked will be a very very useful vehicle put this kind of investment of these. these the court of. bricks stock exchange. for this is a new tradition of creating political leaders believe that of brics bank could merge the growing up going on a power between these countries into with don't realize this doubtless myth they

also believe that it could serve as an alternative to what they're in lead by mantle institutions like the international monetary fund and the world bank certainly. hopes to be able to or to remove the overall predominance of the institution by the united states and european union countries 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 a reserve currency to a brit striven one is also still firmly on the agenda it would become a goody goody good because currency good be. good. it is just breaking new york of this the summit will be hoping to advance further the economic interests of the brics group further loosening reliance on western germany to global economic architecture preassure either r t new delhi india.

well it's now get some insight from beijing from killed trying editor in chief of chinese news outlets the fourth media thank you for joining us here live at r.t. that is the creation of a joint bank by the brics countries is certainly i have this is project how realistic is it do you think i hope it could be. soon to be a reality will new war. on her guy change is going all the. global reserve currency the international ideational look on currencies on wall by brink's nations will mean so much in terms of the new wall or replacing a dark domination more than half century and the reason why you were so you saw adamant to have hold this new coraline change in the year you find. people really

tricky in terms of the global reserve currency i call it can become very soon to be a reality that the brics countries also want to boost trade in their local currencies don't lead by passing the dollar on the euro how effective would that be . i will i believe it's not only peripherally expected for those five nations but if you make a significant global impact tour of the whole global financial tree relations game the great efforts to bring about the diversification internationalization of the global i mean look at the currencies by replacing the dollar down and seen the global market will mean a so much pain it is that we are again era historic the crossroad in terms of the new wall or two. tree an economic

relationship or a lot eat pork a leash now or by money towards the rich done many by the the dollar dominance and sign china really is the only brics country which kinetic claim the status of an economic superpower with the benefits and shared equally between the members or who beijing inevitably come out on top. in all there is no there is no little question that it is that china would be an almost one of the most a beneficiary countries in this new venture eventually but only china but also russia brazil south africa india and other nations will benefit when the internationalize the tional local currencies are more responsible nations in the war will eventually help everybody and help towards. getting out of the group obama economic crises ongoing crises which mainly spend our of

us i.m.f. all bank all of the western the maybe the global institutional. finance ministry to sions running the world economy the less there is a significant structural change that she is the brics bring a lot of new system to replace the old t.v. and unilateral economic domination system i don't think the new rule rule will become a reality apparently but there live from beijing hilton editor in chief of a chinese news outlet for me thank you for joining us here nothing thank you very much. now to some other news making headlines around the world the south at least fifty people have been killed and more than one hundred fifty wounded in two days of tribal crashes in southern libya fighting erupted in several cities six hundred fifty kilometers from the capital but a militant from one ethnic group allegedly shot

a member of another country places continued violence with former rebels still carrying arms a year after the revolution that toppled longtime leader moammar gadhafi. the only extra scans lawyers say he's being unfairly targeted have committed no crime the former i.m.f. chief faces allegations for the most part of the stick you should bring both informants city pickers and police a civil case will begin on wednesday and i mean whether he sexually assaulted a new york hotel maid last may strasse current attorneys are protesting french judge's order which bars him from speaking to the media. a u.s. domestic flights who was forced to land on private started ranting about a bomb being on the captain was knocked out of the cockpit crew and had to be tackled in restrained by passengers the plane was diverted to texas not the copilot it was removed from the aircraft hundred thirty five passengers continue their

journey and rates have landed safely in las vegas stimulation into the incident is now under way. the u.s. defense secretary says later led forces should continue implementing a strategy to end the war in afghanistan despite the public after a decade of conflict. as comments as opinion polls show that when two thirds of americans believe their service people should not be fighting in the country u.s. troop withdrawal. in summer last year the majority of soldiers expected to be gone by twenty fourteen. u.s. street protesters have reemerged promising a new wave of demonstrations against corporate greed and inequality. people are betting his cross-talk guest eight when movement has been successful is a pretty. a if you think all calls for justice are only being raised by

socialists then i wonder why you aren't a socialist because we need more justice in our society i think you're going to wear it with just even from your own point of view ok charlie rangel says i want to go ahead but you also require one theory behind charles by and large putting the words in front of justice you can just say social justice what is not socialistic about wanting to redistribute wealth nationalize various industries what is not socialistic about that well what's wrong with that either morally no charles nobody except you nobody except you is raise the question of nationalization i don't think that is you are doing has been i think some of the international review you're still fighting the last sure. cross-talk has a few next now it's time to be with marina the russian rockets and i would think they are opposed to training session high here yes they are all trained it's not

really a positive start though russian markets have not managed to reverse earlier losses that we saw in shoes day and basically what we're seeing is that initial excitement from positive comments made by the us federal reserve and after a rally we normally have some profits a game and that's what we see in the latest figures that the r.t.s. is that one point six percent fall into my sense is seven point four percent the next hour i have a breakdown of the main movers on the my six for you but for now let's move on to currencies we have updated figures for the euro is higher against the dollar but when it comes to the ruble it's still shot in recent against the greenback and the year and then moving on to asia again there we see that in the home kong telecoms and energy stocks are leading the declines and the ongoing yen weakness is providing some support for japanese exporters and in fact the u.s. dollar has gone up roughly eight percent again and so far this year now let's take

a look at what's happening in the u.s. and like us there are closed but after a strong performance on monday we saw the u.s. shares the call and basically that was following two reports one said consumer confidence has come down and another one said that we had weakness in the housing market in particular u.s. house prices continued to fall in january but even though they were at a slower pace than the previous month investors were disappointed that sixteen out of nineteen cities surveyed so every docs an employee says moving on to crude crude has dropped from its highest close in over a week now and that was following reports from the u.s. as well while reports that outsold piles are on the rise and another one was that the u.s. is thinking about releasing strategic all over serves supposed crisis. now in other news going back to europe the euro zone's being the organization for economic cooperation and development says europe's bailout fund the must be gobbled so one

trillion euros stronger financial support could help reform cope with another bailout and not some fear it hasn't got enough cash so far goods are loans and portugal have unveiled out but analysts say it's early and spain may soon follow so let's take a look at the closing picture for european markets on tuesday we see that basically investors were reacting to makes the data first of all we knew that french consumer confidence rose sharply and unexpectedly in march to a level and not seen in over a year but ennahda reports said that the spanish economy had fallen back into recession contracting in the first quarter of two thousand and twelve. and that's how business looks this hour kerry i thought i would have more optimistic news for you but it seems that is rather really across from the reporting from the business desk and the recap of our top stories just ahead state built.

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