the syrian government embraces. the syrian opposition struggle to come together with a single unified. just. a private conversation between the leaders of russia and america has caught on like sparking a wave of cold war downton among some republican presidential hopefuls. protesters in britain call for heavy handed riot police to face justice as one seriously injured in the student demonstration finds himself in the dock.

area watching r t a very warm welcome to today the syrian government has accepted a un backed peace plan which includes appeals for a cease fire and the opening of humanitarian corridor was in the country but the syrian opposition has yet to follow suit and some of its members calling for continued attacks on the mask what's the latest from r.t. sara first is in istanbul where rebel leaders have been gathering so what's come out of the opposition leaders meeting so far. well sebelius was come out of the meeting is a pitcher of an opposition that's really struggling to get its act together they've been meeting here in istanbul hundreds of the syrian opposition members to discuss and to try and hammer out some common objectives and really lay to rest the

concerns over the very fractious nature but it seems that that was elusive to than they were able to unify and in fact the picture that came out we saw walkouts and some of the members disagreements and further criticisms of the syrian national council and the objectives that they put forward saying that they were trying to impose their will to much indeed it is very concerning because the essence of course is trying to pitch is the almost as an exile governments in waiting a very similar to libya's n t c but that hasn't really been the reality of what's happened and we seen a fierce criticism coming from the different opposition factions and sell saying that the syrian national council ineffective and that they're very far removed from what's going on inside the country so that it was an optimistic picture and it's going to make the western countries and governments very nervous and anxious days who would back seeing president assad out this way is not really clear at the

moment whether there is a viable alternative with the opposition sort of failing to present its united front or sort of this reporter you know pulls in the authority and says is there any light at all at the end of the tunnel at this stage. well yesterday the syrian government accepted case he announced six point peace plan here in istanbul amongst the opposition that was cautiously welcomed was the way the one person had to say there's a lot of skepticism about exactly what the effect of that peace plan and the syrian government six that sense of it will be and whether the implementation of it will actually be tree that's what the plan calls for again it's an almost watered down version of what we saw the arab league calling for this plan calling again for the removal of heavy machinery and forces from some of these areas for

the release of political prisoners for humanitarian access when it krishi doesn't call for day is their side to step down and it's a starting with the government's remain absolutely fearne on that they are wanting to see that's amongst the opposition members although the syrian government's access to that plan and that could be seen perhaps is a slight step forward the opposition is saying look if this is all the roads to a peaceful transition of power the nuts a positive thing but it does still seem the sticking point is the opposition not willing to back down on their calls for assad to be removed as president has said that's going to be an issue needing food of course he got the international conference the friends syria meeting coming up on sunday and again this is why it was so queer sure that the opposition meeting a few days before as they have be trying to get some unification a month and says that it hasn't really see that they've been able to pull that off and that's really going to be absolutely crucial meeting for now if they want to

have a say and the able to get their points because of whether or not the opposition are going to be able to bridge their divisions and made experience certainly a very certain that they have the but they just they seem to be able to know how. to serve for life in istanbul thank you. well a peace deal between damascus and the opposition will be difficult to broker because of the political tug of war within the rebel camp a supporter but at least observer patrick 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 heads which is the national syrian council which is led by a sociology professor. born in paris the university there you have on the ground the free syrian army and other kind of collective groups who feel very extremes 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 state their demands with any sense of really legitimacy from representing the body of the syrian people but on the way the leading five global economic challenges team are lined up other powerhouses i'm going to talk with dollars a pen that's coming your way in a few minutes time. moscow is warning of an emerging arms race should washington fail to provide guarantees that its plans for missile defense system in europe would not be aimed at russia it comes as president president obama health

keith talks nato nuclear security summit and so this week however at least one part of a conversation wasn't intended for the public. but. i was overheard assuring again of more flexibility on the control this is after november the us presidential election but his comments harsh criticism from its republican rivals can states he's got a chance encounter ports on the reaction on capitol 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 its

president elect you should read every. measure. i think represents a real threat. to the. stability 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. but if you can go i would advise all u.s. presidential candidates to make reasonable statements if you can do them any home to do so and such if they will choose it's the year two thousand and twelve little midnight and sometimes 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 capitalizing on the list also includes china iran 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 beat china i want to go to war with china these guys are ranchers and at the end of it but instead and look for ways to. get to work to harness the course should take military action to spawn acceptable for iran to have a nuclear weapon but what if all of what the trigger happy candidates suggest on foreign policy actually happens i worry about the world in which romney became

president because i think he would adopt a more militaristic foreign policy as world is depicted in the future sketch it says some kind of the mystical and very kind of 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 ability to be dangerous for america because we can't afford to give it 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 remember to really windy because too many americans are just plain scared of having someone like romney as their future leader i'm going to check our reporting at our top. head of foreign affairs in russia is now a house of parliament and makes a push cough so it's hardly surprising that a cold war attitude towards russia is still

a republican trent. i think that this logic of the cold war that the united states is first facing a lot of food 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 the moderate republicans say things like this that russia is enemy number one we can only imagine what a real conservative republican would say discourse this was an exchange which is quite understandable there is an issue it when russia and the united states and there's the a.b.m. issue so basically what about i was 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 down when he has a new mandate and when he will not be criticised every day of every week by republican contenders so i think maybe it was

a little bit 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 leaders when they discuss some legal issues of that scope and magnitude it was a position which can hardly be criticised even by the republicans so they have found here a window of opportunity and they have jumped into this window just to victimize mr obama. former u.s. nuclear negotiator richard burt told r.t. that president obama should find common ground with russia on the south offense and he faces a strong opposition in washington which is full interview next hour but here's a preview for you. 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 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 vladimir putin. the trial is underway of a u.k. student accused of violent disorder in a twenty ten protest against hikes i think fifty other students ended up in hospital that day as a result of this paternity he could face up to five years in prison if found guilty supporters are fighting back with their reports. 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 it's out the meadows not the police facing trial for violent disorder strictly unjust and rather shipley's healthy that she thinks she's in charge of itself and is a victim of violence not the least sends a message at least in a sense it is a lie and if you approach this day 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 impact 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 wishing for the 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 the violence of the students themselves a year on not even a single policeman has been investigated the same protests or disabled activists 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 jailed for a year and a half just to throw in a joke shop smoke bomb these kinds of plants which even if they're. technically correct are trivial in the sense of they didn't cause any are not put there cause harm to the police officers just right here and so on to the real victims here not you know those three are the police there but they are the protesters who have been beating the targets in obvious cases virtually killed alfie medders was charged

soon after lodging a complaint with the police regulator its 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. with more news and videos you can head to our website artie dot com it's a taste of what's waiting there for you right now paying the price of coal the gulf of mexico is slowly dying out tim is off to destroy the spill. if controversy in france as reports emerge that news gunman may have been an informant for french intelligence check up on you tube trying to take just twenty four hours. these are the images. from the streets of canada. giant corporations are

today. the creation of an alternative to the i.m.f. and the world bank will dominate talks as five of the world's expanding economies meet or wednesday the brics group of nations will work out a plan of action for twenty twelve and the drive to boost growth while bringing more diversity to the global market pressure to has more now 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. in the economy.

but i would be is it because it. would be to go to join the geopolitics. of the word the summit this year is expected to discuss a new joint being between the five the other brics countries are interested in getting tiny investment in infrastructure and. of their resources so obviously the relevant bank would be a very very useful vehicle for this kind of investment properties. the levies the coat of. bricks stock exchange this in order for this is a new exceeds a new tradition that big political leaders believe that a brick could merge the growing up in on a power between the country that with centralized establishment 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. the brics

hopes to be able to or to remove the overall or predominance of the institution by the united states and the 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 brick stricken one is also still firmly on the agenda it would become a goody goody good goods experience and it would be good. you know it is just breaking. this the summit will be hoping to advance further of the economic interests of the brics group further loosening reliance on western germany to global economic architecture preassure either r t new delhi india. in the u.s. occupy wall street protesters have reemerged promising

a new wave of demonstrations against corporate greed and inequality around ten minutes time people to gather his cross talk guests debate whether that successful or not is a preview. 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 are going to. just even from your own point of view ok newsline justice. by which i also require one theory behind charles by and large putting other words in front of justice you can't use a socialist what is not socialistic about wanting to redistribute wealth nationalize various industries what is not socialistic about that well what's wrong with that idea. charles nobody except you nobody except you is raise the question of nationalization i don't think that if you're going to. be in the national review

you're still fighting the last year and your. some other news making headlines around the world at least fifty people have been killed and more than one hundred fifty wounded in two days of travel clashes in southern libya fighting erupted in southern cities six hundred fifty kilometers from the capital militant one of education at a member of another country faces continued violence with former rebels to arms and hear about the revolution toppled on friday michael duffy. u.s. domestic flight was forced to the product started ranting about a bomb being captain was knocked out of the cockpit crew tackled restraint by passengers the plane was diverted to texas copilot captain from the air. thirty five passengers to their journey. safely and that's very good mr geisha into the

instance is now on the way. comic stars cannes lawyers say he's being unfairly targeted in a committed crime. scene faces i think asians are from this part of the prosecution because of the common sense if it is a police simple case where we can on wednesday to determine whether he sexually assaulted or you want to tell date last may just can's attorneys are protesting a french judge's order which bars him from speaking to the media. u.s. defense secretary says that slater good officer should continue implement your strategy in afghanistan in spite of public fatigue after a decade of conflict going on tonight his comments come as opinion polls show that two thirds of americans believe their service people should not be fighting in the country u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan began in summer last year or majority of soldiers expected to be gone by twenty fourteen. when the american troop withdrawal this

time from iraq has already taken place but it's left behind it a grim reality the use of deadly u.s. weaponry on for the region are being blamed for the region's high levels of birth defects not morality is where it's today our special report the lasting effects cause not invasion of iraq. so frizzes influential the rates of. the rays of leukemia for example the surgery at times we expect over. breast cancers more than ten times chose cancers fourteen times i forget the exact details but the shoes is not nothing that you have ever found in any epidemiological study tell us ever there is a wedding 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 organised and sometimes with their legs totally twisted what

means death to those who it's point is such. hannah's. hands to those who choose this wedding. and the celebration and they don't realize that stand looking at their own future counsel alarms this is just. it's so sad. i have. leakage and i'll show you the extent how much i have leakers. but disturbing reports coming up to date. right business news with this time european markets are open they take care yes they are well they have failed the

negative territory pretty much just like the markets in asia and russia let's take a look at the latest figures both the field and the dax are sitting around a quarter of a percent this hour now of course we also know that there is a new report that the spanish economy contract in the first quarter of two thousand and twelve so this isn't helping in the markets there but we'll have a better idea of what's taking place next hour let's move on now and talk about a euro zone it's things are going as a nation for economic cooperation and development says that europe's bailout fund. the one trillion euros stronger financial support could help the fund cope with another bailout as some feel it hasn't got enough cash so far greece our land and portugal have all been bailed out i'm going to say that it's only in spain many follow. now let's continue with other international markets will start with russia it's now an hour into the trading session just a little bit more actually and we can see that the arts yes it's still shedding its

who are in the six percent lower heading towards point seven while the my sex is point three percent now let's take a look at the individual share moves on the my six asked promise this hour most of the energy stocks are lower because of lower crude prices and lukoil is there more than half a percent now also have russia's biggest lenders program which is also shutting and as the storm reports its net profit rose seventy four percent last year but bucking the trend is carmaker after vos it's more than one percent higher that's more on a u. so we see it's a sea of red there as well and energy and telecoms shares leavin that declines there and the ongoing again weakness now it's provided some support for japanese exports and in fact the u.s. dollar is up eight points. against this year so far they're moving on the currency is the euro is still higher against the u.s. dollar and when it comes to the ruble it's also still setting gains against the

greenback and the euro move in on as i said crew there has brought from the highest close in more than a week and that's fallen some reports from the us first we have stockpiles have risen and also prices led after the us inside its thinking of reporting back its strategic oil reserves to push the prices lower now we have some other news and they have to deal with gold india which is there was biggest importer of gold is such a new time zone brand in gold jewelry and this comes after eleven days of protests by gold owners of hard to said they would not budge on an employer judy hike from two percent to four percent but good reconsider the zero point three excise tax on brand that called jewellery well since we're on the topic let's take a look at what's happened over the gold prices and as you can see there they are now coming down they're actually coming down from two week highs after posting their biggest one day gains since late january so there we have it. for this hour.

korea thank you very much indeed reporting for the business this. recap of our top stories on the cross-talk you just stay with us. and the old started here before going to local.

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