still made for syria with a u.n. sponsored he's planned on the rocks days ahead of the ceasefire deadline. syrian rebels the fuse with me seems to mons forgotten seas they lay down weapons before the mass this will cause its own troops movie tells in just a few moments. all of egypt's presidential hopefuls have submitted their applications to fight out for the vacated seat of hosni mubarak. and moscow bows to secure the return of victor boot after u.s. judge sentences the russian businessman to twenty five years behind bars for conspiring to kill americans.

eight pm in moscow i match reservoir news day's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on our t.v. and u.n. backed peace plan for syria could be in deadlock days ahead of a ceasefire deadline rebels have refused to give damascus any guarantees they'll lay down their arms before the government troops pull back our middle east correspondent policy or has the latest. the commander of the rebel free syrian army has indicated that he will not give any kind of words and guarantees that to lay down arms and this is just hours after the syrians you look forward a request for such explanations what the syrian regime is asking for is written confirmation that the rebels will lay down arms before they withdraw their tents and the troops some population centers now this does to a certain to derail the peace process just two days before the peace plan that was

put forward by the former u.n. chief kofi annan goes into effect what we know is that the rebels are saying that they do not recognize the legitimacy of the syrian president bashar assad's regime and as such they will not be giving any kind of guarantees what they once stood is for the syrian troops to return to their bases and for all security checkpoints to be removed from the streets but what we're hearing from damascus they say that in the last few days there has been an alarming increase environments in numerous syrian cities and it puts the blame for this squarely on the shoulders of the opposition who they say are continuing to carry out of wind and there are many an international community can fill that what world powers are doing is actually moving the two sides further away from each other we sort of the some friends of syria meeting which has effectively now become known as the friends of the syrian opposition and this whole country is not the united states and its allies as well

as simple gulf countries saudi arabia qatar and turkey pledging increased support for the rebel fighters but we've heard from countries like russia is that far from actually helping to resolve the conflict in these kinds of search shows of support or merely searing the crisis on the ground we also know that the united nations has threatened to take what it's calling service states against a mascot's if it does not withdraw its troops by next week's choose. state if i certainly increasingly the sense is that many in the international community i mean do they support the opposition fighters i have seen do little to help with over the syrian conflict. from iran syria i'm joined by political analyst dr omar and i shall be live from beirut so just hours ahead of the ceasefire deadline neither of the size of peers are willing to submit first to be the first ones to lay down their arms what do you think of the chances that one of them will eventually say all right you know what it's time to put the weapons down.

well i'm always optimistic because we're talking about the lives of people here we're talking about a country that is on the way it will be completely destroyed the by this. violence that is being fueled by external powers that be they have been sending weapons and money in income to syrian territory in order to. support the groups that are fighting to remove the regime of president assad the most important point i think the starting point of all this should be the both sides have to agree on what their priorities are is the priority to actually have a stable and peaceful syria and to actually build government institutions and also of course do democratic reforms or is the priority. change i mean these are two different things i mean and it shows that in syria today a large proportion of the syrian people support president assad in fact some some

reports claim that it is the majority now if it's not the majority even if it is an equal number or a large proportion of the syrian population then one cannot have a stable syria without dialogue and one cannot have a dialogue without a ceasefire so be the opposition groups or the so-called syrian free army that is supported by western powers and some arab countries needs to. resolve this matter of priorities it needs to set its priorities today and to the international community and to everybody and to the united nations they must say that their priority should be everyone's priority today to have a ceasefire and a situation where they can be a proper situation that can lead to dialogue and after the dialogue they would be elections and you know some practical steps towards. democratic reform regardless of who will become president or what kind of government there will be in

syria now this should be about the recent information the. she just shows and these pictures that you're throwing right now they indicate that the so-called free for the free syrian army and its supporters in the west and some other. groups that support that do not want peace and stability in syria this is a chance as the russian foreign minister said this is a chance to save syria from from civil war this is a chance and everybody should take this chance very seriously because it may be their last chance and therefore this is this so-called syrian free army should accept a good kind of negotiations with the syrian official army so that when the syrian official army would withdraw from the cities there is that we can if you remember can guarantee stability and a cease fire so that the humanitarian aid can come in. the ambulances can do their jobs and so that we can prepare the ground for the next step that is national

dialogue inside syria. recently one statement that was released raised the possibility of quote unquote further steps if syria doesn't implement kofi annan peace plan what do you think those further steps could be. well it depends who is not responding to the cause for the ceasefire but i think that this is a matter that will be discussed. in the security council and this is a matter discussed by security council members on a continuous level on a continuous basis. i'm sure that the russian. foreign ministry and the chinese foreign ministry and some other nations all fall who are holding onto the respect of the u.n. charter the e.u. and charter and the klinsmann's of the united nations called for a dialogue for peace in order to ensure security these are all matters that are of

paramount importance and i think in these are the starting point so they the groups the opposition armed the people inside syria must comply with the cause of mr kofi annan the head of the delegation to actually. put down their weapons or at least agree to get into it in a good event with the syrian army before the syrian army withdraws its tanks and its heavy armor from the from the towns and villages after leaving all of these further steps will be taken and some of this further steps could be measures taken by the united nations towards the groups that are not complying with its resolutions all right dr omar ashour basic with us from beirut thanks very much. the doors of egypt's electoral commission have closed for presidential hopefuls to submit their applications ahead of the first round of the vote next month several candidates hoping to fill the shoes of poznan mubarak who was ousted more than a year ago or he's really solution has more from cairo. you can divide the

candidates into a century three groups a person group the liberals where those who have the support mostly be young educated people and you have the second group who are essentially hailing from the camp of hosni mubarak the ousted president we have. the prime minister running for president as well as a former foreign minister in egypt but also as the former head of the arab league is also vying for the top job as well as the former head of the intelligence services did a mausoleum on and finally how the third group who probably have the loudest the most rowdy supporters in egypt and they are the islamist parties the muslim brotherhood who from the get go from the first days of the revolution said that they're not going to put forth a candidate for the presidential race here leader not only do they hold the majority of seats in the parliament but they're also says they have also submitted applications then there's the style of the party who also have

a very staunch very radical islam the person writing board and you finally have a third radical islamist party. which have also good for their candidate who is actually banned from traveling in france because according to the french authorities he is a creature of the inside scoop just intolerance and hatred the muslim brotherhood have just recently been in washington d.c. insisting that radical islamist groups have been misrepresented is that they actually seek nothing more than to install a sharia law in place of the constitutional law some of the things which they have proposed to be put forth in egypt as the law is for example getting alcohol for everyone including tourist for arresting tourists for wearing to the sort of suits for sake of getting schools and making girls go to separate schools for boys and for lowering the age of consent to twelve years of age and whether or not these are the types of laws which those who have been out on the streets of cairo

a year ago bringing about the egyptian revolution whether this is exactly what they had in mind when they called for liberty equality and justice of course that remains for the egyptian people to decide. well coming up here on our team in a rage after elderly man becomes the people's austerity martyr. anger boiled over into riots this week after a retired pharmacist killed himself in front of parliament is the death note said he had no board means to live. and twelve survivors from the two men plane crash that killed thirty one people are continuing to get treatment in the hospital as failure to use the plane is named as the primary cause of the tragic. but first russia's pledge to bring home victor a brute after the businessman was said that in the u.s. to twenty five years in prison moscow says it views the case as political but was found guilty of conspiring to kill americans but maintains his innocence the judge stress there was no proof that what have committed any crime but for the sting

operation that set up his arrest or he said associates are going to reports from new york. years spent by the u.s. to hunt down one russian man tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash poor into a sting operation snatched up from a third country alleged arms dealer viktor boot was handcuffed to the u.s. and police in solitary confinement for months before a trial found him guilty on all four charges one conspiring to kill united states nationals two conspiring to kill united states officers and employees three conspiring to use an acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the far forty four year old russian air cargo business and fascinated hollywood one of our own for every twelve people. we questioned. and only on the other eleven who lost his case in the court of u.s.

public opinion long before his trial kicked off raising concerns about the fairness of his trial this is the lord of war. the merchant of death right and you've got him in your hands or he's in custody it's a great feeling u.s. officials were relentless in their efforts to get behind bars the so-called merchant of death is now a federal inmate american agents posing as far members a colombian group terrorist in the u.s. but not by many other countries and the un met with and then arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after twice being found not guilty by thai courts the west reportedly plea dirty arm twisting thailand into extraditing him to america they're willing to flawed every international law to get what they want and that means doing all these illegal things in the case of the extradite in washington kidnap a good family also called us actions entrapment and kidnapping of the full second except it was the ability that might have some information that's might be of

interest to someone but why is it that other countries don't just think to themselves that there is someone who has some interest in information and why don't those governments just drive based people unsub a territory moscow's request to send him to russia for trial were brushed aside there was no official decision of an extradition russia called boot extradition illegal and question for the liberty of his conviction one of the main arguments of the defense that the u.s. lacked jurisdiction was ignored by the court roots defense says the russian was aware that he was not in touch with real far remembers this and all he was trying to do it was to all cargo planes to get the majesty crimes manufactured action and manufactured evidence journalist george matt has attended every hearing in the case he says is one of many victims of u.s. judicial power play field and it's and it's people charges that were brought against him that he is innocent so you know i don't i don't want any innocent man

whether it be russian citizen because we were truly they will be you know sentence to life or trying to commit the tribute is the second. citizen in the year to face sentencing on american territory for little crimes committed in a third nation he says is a major precedence and represents a worrying us trend to simply override the legal systems of other countries is this if you're going to artsy. but it's not the only foreigner to enter high pressure extradition of u.s. and britain also headed over a citizen zero m.p. gerard patton says that when someone said to the us it's almost impossible to escape the us legal system there may be some places where it's permissible if somebody is about organized crime it's the only way i think has to be created with great caution and what we also have in the under the american system is once people have been entrapped and taken to a court you have this plea bargain system where people off faced with you know sixty five years in prison unless they plead guilty to a lesser offense and get

a few years i mean this isn't in my view this isn't a legal system this is a this is a system of oppression where people are forced into that meeting some kind of guilt very often in order to get a lesser sentence and then you know or some place longer even the than they would otherwise in america's barbaric prison system who could resist that kind of procedure if they were arrested and taken to the u.s. you know it's it's an unbelievable pressure on people and the things that we should be protecting our own people from that are not surrendering people unless we think there's a cost case against them that i should have to answer in a foreign country but more of our top stories at our t.v. dot com online for you right now gambling in the u.k. becomes a game of russian roulette for many we report online ladylove these merciless the vows of addicts who toss the dice hoping to get their money back but rarely do. a discovery worthy of indiana jones the construction of an olympic size pick site in

sochi under sedation isn't team temple i doubt all about it at our g dud. this week a retired pharmacist need game the most public victim of greece's austerity measures after the seven seventy seven year old shot himself dead in front of parliament he left behind a suicide note blaming the cuts for destroying his livelihood some two thousand people came to pay their final respects to the trees pre-stimulus on saturday some comparing his death with murder his suicide sparked riots with entire scary protests clashing with police and throwing petrol bombs officers responded with tear gas resubmitting wrapping up spending cuts since twenty ten to secure by the e.u. and i.m.f. bellows financial analyst patrick young says if it wants to survive it's got to default on debts and leave the euro. the greek government is going corrupt the greek government cannot afford to stay in the euro and pay its debts it must

default ultimately that may be a terrible problem for a great many financier's and investors but at the same time i have to say anybody thought greek there in the course of the last ten years was stupid so making that absolutely clear the simple fact is greece must have thought on it it probably needs to leave your room egypt lee it must deeply into its currency it is going to still have many problems but the creep of the matter is that when you do get to this sort of extreme only this sort of extreme measure is going to be possible to result here situation and ultimately it really beggars belief that we have a greek politician the most highly paid politicians in the whole of the european union turning round and going oh well that's very sad one of our constituents killed themselves when they themselves make fifteen thousand euros per month

without any difficulty whatsoever as a backbencher m.p. which is enough to manage to pay for dozens of pensioners every month in new austerity greece. stay with us here at r.t. still ahead this hour what unites political heavyweights and pensioners with pensioners and markets. getting their own political party we'd best to give the consequences of their brawling numbers for. the first security forces in bahrain fired tear gas and large water cannons of protesters as thousands marched in support of a jailed human rights activist friday he's serving a life sentence for taking part in last year's anti-government uprising and has been a hunger strike for two months middle east expert alley rizk says the man's case were put more pressure on the ruling regime. these hunger strikes i think they do contribute there you do it she gold because what they do is they reveal the real tactics which are being pursued by the regime in order to clamp down on the

protesters still so more and more such acts i think will follow that expose the truth nature of all the true tactics which the regime use using a lot there that the hunts laws it puts more pressure on certain western countries also the european powers in order to change their stance because of the visibly the regime in bahrain the focus is all on syria and what's going on in syria outpour setting aside block reyna we all know that the fifth fleet in bahrain does exist we also know and i think this is the main issue here that behind it is a very close ally of saudi arabia and saudi arabia hence is one of the allies of the u.s. so when we speak about the blackouts being put on the highway and i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because the saudi arabians also fear that there might be a bomb on a large fed which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from the holiday inn and then spreading the spreading for saudi arabia the international community is still focused on the world also i think that all contributes to the anger which

we're witnessing the popular anger which in the end i believe will achieve the end goals if you survivors from a plane crash in russia's two major region on monday are still remaining in the hospital but their condition said to be stable the aircraft that went down soon after takeoff a few kilometers from the airport killed thirty one people thirty d.i.'s the wings has been named as the primary cause of the tragedy for his jeep increase reports. i heard an explosion and then we got a call and my commander ordered us to go to the scene in these few minutes something was wrong but the magnitude of the situation hadn't quite some kid among the first firefighters on the scene yuri immediately spotted one with few survivors the first thing we saw was the clean debris on fire and we started putting with leaves eight there was this one man standing alone he didn't seem to have a scratch on him then we took him to the hospital he said he was shaking he said he was very cool kid on our skins turn the heater on even though it already was on.

people lost their lives in a tragedy that shocked the country twelve survivors remain in a critical condition the investigation continues but for a brief moment those involved their work. family members arrived at the crash site sites where they lost their loved ones but the charts the pay their respects to say a farewell carried out still through the concert lights. thrust into grief relatives have been left searching for answers and already some think they know the most probable cause if it's true it's a tragedy that could have been averted. you here for you to claim you know whenever you're flying any time after a hostile conditions. very bad weather is

a hostile condition than if incumbent upon the captain of the aircraft. before taking off. but the investigation is far from over hasn't reached any binding conclusions black box flight data and i largely intact cockpits. refine says one steam scour the flight's final minutes looking for clues right it says of the victims left a cold the plate that loss degrees c. . throwing out of some other stories making headlines across the globe a huge car bomb exploded near a church and central nigeria easter sunday thirty eight people were killed many more injured no group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far hundreds of nigerians have died in a religious and ethnic violence in recent years with most of the attacks weighing down a radical islamists. afghanistan in the u.s.

have signed a deal concerning controversial night raids by u.s. forces this means such missions will now be controlled by local leaders deadly raids have fueled tensions between the afghan government and the u.s. with president hamid karzai condemning aerial bombings this head of nato is plan to withdraw from the country by the end of two thousand and fourteen. nobel prize winning german author gunter grass has been banned from visiting israel this after the publication of one of his poems in which he described the jewish state as a threat to world peace cross also condemned germany for weapons sales to israel and vowed to prevent any military attack against iran israel bad and under a law which bars former nazis from entering the country cross-eyed mid in two thousand and six he'd served in the waffen s.s. during world war two a new political parties in russia are rapidly taking root president medvedev is initiative to ease the registrations already seen pensioners and monarchists create

their own movement's home or finance minister alexei kudrin is set to form an alternative to the current government is our he's a nice in our reports there could soon be met too many wanting to get into problems . politics in russia may never be the same protest have become a common sight and new parties are registering left and right as political reform starts priest number of former deputy prime minister in the ninety's is no stranger to the white house here yes you're right here don't you know him for was one off the political radar until a sudden mass protest movement picked up after vast fraud claims against the december parliamentary vote now might be his chance to get back in the game to pressure only put out a case that's but one proposal is for any party with five hundred members there is sense now less than fifty percent of russia's regions should be registered state

ballots and to get you on the stanley the number once pushing for easy party registration is already seen falls there's it was a resurgence and now there will be hundreds of car just registered hundreds of democratic socialist nationalist balance sheets will be kilometers long and it's going to be a lot of has been trying to officially get into politics for years but there are. known for his staunch nationalism russian marches and tough rhetoric and love and now have a good chance of getting into parliament and already has a plan. so there will be many nationalist parties registered so our first goal will be to get together on one ballot as one party to bring up a readings in use already popular aspects of a movement to win seats. nationalists will have tough competition not least from a new face who has already proved himself billionaire broker of

a sensation in the presidential vote announcing his candidacy just months before and coming in third now promising to work hard for the middle class from europe also more than five and a half million people voted for english the best of me for that reason i will form a new political force a strong party. it seems everyone wants to do in the party and start want. and want to greece berezovsky in london and me for no good chunk of have both said they have plans to launch political forces for those looking for a wider choice they may well be able to vote for a party of love subtopic russia or a party of friends of elliott's but of before there were complaints of too few parties that may now well be too many perhaps putting the days of a so-called technical russian parliament behind but a new russian political system that works still some way off and he's now a r.t.

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