in the. days for syria when the yuan sponsored peace run on the drugs towers ahead of a ceasefire deadline. the syrian rebels have used the regimes demands the guarantees they lay down witnessed before damascus the pulls its own since more details in just a few moments. also with a deadline to register for a place in egypt's presidential race cast about twenty hopefuls have now one hundred in babycakes hands to run for the vacant seat left by ousted hosni mubarak . who calls the case a bigger groups of the history most raises and violence to bring the alleged russian arms dealer told us if the us court has sentenced him to twenty five years

for conspiring to kill americans. you're watching all season very clever of you hello and welcome to the program the u.n. bad speech plan for syria could bend hours ahead of a ceasefire deadline the rebels have refused to give damascus any guarantees they will lay down arms before the government troops pull back our middle east correspondent it was clear detonator. the commander of the rebel free syrian army has indicated that he will not give any kind of written guarantees that he plans to mate on arms and this is just hours after the syrians who are adequate support such explanations what the syrian regime is often for is confirmation that the rebels will lay down arms before they with cool they tense and they couldn't

some population centers now this does threaten to derail the peace process just two days before the cease fire and 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 want 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 and on an increase in violence 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 violent acts there are many an international community fills that what world powers are doing is actually moving the two sides further away from each other we saw the some friends of syria meeting

which has effectively now become known as the friends of the syrian opposition and the small countries like the united states and its allies as well as simple gulf countries saudi arabia qatar and turkey need to increase support for the rebel fighters but we've heard from countries in the washer is that thought from actually hoping to resolve the conflict these kinds of situations of support are merely searing the crisis on the ground we also know that the united nations is threatened to take what it's calling service states against a masters if it does not with poor its troops by next week's show. state but certainly increasingly the sense is that many in the international community by meaning they support to the opposition fighters i have seen do little to help us solve the syrian conflict. is policy of reporting there and need to land a former syrian ambassador explains why it's vital for damascus to get the guarantees it wants from the rebels syria has learnt

a very hard lesson from the arab league observers say the armed gangs. truly used the existence of arab league observers on the ground. and i could pull a fast good. towns has cost the syrian army and security forces and innocent civilians hundreds of extra lives so syria does not want to see this same thing to happen again during the existence of any international observers on the ground that israel syria has demanded. from. supporters of the so-called sunni free syrian army i agree with there too we need to do firmly family is right we went through for. civilized. who have been butchering men women and children in syrian cities and towns they've

had line has passed for egypt's presidential hopeful start fishery register for the poor next month about twenty candidates are hoping to fill the shoes of hosni mubarak who was ousted last year elektro commission is expected to announce the full list of approved candidates in the next couple of weeks while she's really going to cairo looking at her standing for the top job. you can divide the candidates into essentially three groups the first group are the liberals who are those who have the support of mostly the young educated people then you have the second group who are essentially hailing from the camp of hosni mubarak the ousted president we have his former prime minister running for president as well as i'm going to move former foreign minister in egypt but also as the former head of the arab league he's also wiring for the top job as well as the former head of the intelligence service of egypt and was the only man and finally we have 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 the candidates for the presidential race here leader not only do they hold the majority of seats in the parliament but they're also they have also submitted applications then there's the party who also have a very staunch very radical islam the person running for it and you finally have a third radical islamist party two miles from the which have also put forth their candidate who is actually banned from traveling in france because according to the french authorities he is a preacher coincides with religious intolerance and hatred the muslim brotherhood have just recently been in washington d.c. insisting that radical islamist groups have been misrepresented as if 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 with forth in egypt as the law is for example betting alcohol for

everyone including tourist for arresting surest for wearing shoes these sort of suits for sick or bathing 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 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 but of course that remains for the egyptian people to decide. so the muslim brotherhood's influence on egypt's political life could have a negative impact on the country as freelance journalist well truth is and. the muslim brotherhood have not been one suit to push social train so i imagine it'll be quite difficult for women to minority groups including coptic christians who obviously are quite important in this country i think is the most important have shown a very strange relationship with the ruling military council and the supreme council the armed forces and i think this is where they may be some issues of the

revolutionary groups i would say appeared to have been doing deals with discussed behind closed doors which could basically mean that there isn't revolutionary change this i think will be the worry for the rest of the future of egypt. and there's still a lot more waiting for you in the program where take a look at bahrain security for five hundred gallons of water against protesters who marched in support of a trail to human rights activists many say the man's case will help to pressure the government. a retired pharmacist became the most public victim of greece's of murders this week after the seventy seven year old man shot himself dead in front of parliament and after so side knows that blamed the cancer for destroying his livelihood some two thousand people came to pay their final respects to demetrius crees told us on saturday some comparing his death to murder his suicide sparked riots with anti austerity protesters clashing with police and throwing petrol bombs officers responded with tear gas reason has been ramping up

its funding cuts and is trying to turn to secure vital you and i may have bailouts economic analyst and extract because policy needs a major risk. at this point inside we have about a third of the population in greece living underneath a company like we've got about a million people employed and probably half a million kids really does very well at all all we need is something like this to catalyze opinion and send us into deep reflection i think the more austerity cuts horizontal cuts to pensions public sector wages and tax increases are absolute nightmare it's like putting it on a very strict diet it's going to backfire when we really need here is more structural reforms some sensible privatizations to clamp down on waste and corruption and actually get the very rich to pay their share as well because at the

moment it's the unemployed people it's the pensioners and it's the middle classes that are suffering while the people that have stashed away close to a trillion overseas have gotten away with it. but it has pledged to bring home the business plan was sentenced in the us to twenty five years behind bars as if he's the case as political he was found guilty of conspiring to kill americans but maintains his innocence the judge stressed there was no proof that it would have committed any crime but for the sting operation that set up is arrest as he's in the situation. 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 known to the u.s. and placed 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 and acquire anti-aircraft missiles and for conspiring to provide material support to the fark the forty four year old russian air cargo business and fascinated hollywood that's one of our. requests. are we on the other or rather moot lost his case in the court of u.s. public opinion morning before his trial kicked off raising concerns about the fairness of his trial this is the lord of war. the merchant of death. and you've got him in your hands when 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 part members a colombian group deemed 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 u.s. reported weekly dirty by arm twisting thailand into extraditing him to america they're willing to flawed every international law to give what they want and that means doing all these illegal things in the case of the extradite him or should say kidnapping boots family also calls us actions entrapment and kidnapping i could accept the possibility that the boots 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 there is someone who has some interesting information and why don't those governments just drag those people onto their 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 the validity of his conviction one of the main arguments of the defense that the u.s. lacked jurisdiction was ignored by the court what's different says the russian was

aware that he was not in touch with real fark members and all he was trying to do was to all cargo planes magically crimes when in fact interesting and manufactured evidence journalist george map has attended every hearing in the case he says is one of many victims of u.s. judicial power play. in this particular charges that were brought against him that he's innocent so you know i don't i don't want any innocent man whether it be russian citizen writable or troy davis to be you know sentence life or trying to commit it to boot is the second. russian citizen every year since a sentencing on american territory for little crimes committed in the third nation one case is a major precedence and represents a worrying us tragedy to simply override the legal systems of other countries just as a surfeit of parts in. which of its case is now the only extradition to the us which has sparked controversy american know it douglas not not believes washington

regularly uses legal loopholes to trap suspects on its own judicial system. the federal government the us government takes a very aggressive approach extraterritorial like if someone is in london and wire transfers a sum of money to an individual and early on and under none still am a money kings through citibank in new york that pinging that touching of u.s. jurisdiction is sufficient jurisdiction for the united states government and charge both of those individuals with money laundering but both facing extradition proceedings if they both lose they're looking at up to twenty years without parole as risk facing a federal judge in manhattan u.s. government decided they wanted him they were able to do to manufacture in my view jurisdiction not illegally a form of entrapment where they were able to pull mr boot into the jurisdiction of the u.s. court they placed him in you know in extradition proceedings that by way of.

thailand had the next provided to the united states he must file a properly prepared notice of appeal and probably in about a year or so we'll know what the second circuit court of appeal says with regard to mr boots appeal. and do not forget it's there's plenty more the on our website going to r.c. dot com for more analysis of big debates imprisonment and here's a quick look at what else we have in store for you this hour north korea is ready has moved its long range rocket into position for the controversial satellite launch but that's not a building that's ramping up the international tensions around the communist state will go into auto parts of myself. and forced to jump through new hoops these six party talks on iran's nuclear program may be in jeopardy get the details online . how they view survive it's from a plane crash in russia's two main regional monday remains in hospital but their conditions are set to be stable their craft went down soon after takeoff just

a few kilometers from the airport killing thirty one people investigators have identified they are to d.i.'s the plane as the possible primary cause of the tragedy drake agrees reports now from the scene. i heard an explosion then we got a call and my commander ordered us to go to the scene in these few minutes you realize something was wrong because the magnitude of the situation hadn't quite sunk in among the first firefighters on the scene yury immediately spotted one with few survivors the first thing we saw was the clean debris on fire and we started putting the flames out 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 spoke ok but he was shaking he said he was very cool kid on us kids turn the heater on even though it already was thirty one people lost their lives in a tragedy that shocked the country twelve survivors remain in a critical condition the investigation here continues but for

a brief moment those involved stopped their work better as the removed family members arrived at the crash site sites where they lost their loved ones in the charts to pay their respects it's a well thought out still to rule the cause of rights. 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. here. you know whenever you're flying any type of. hostile condition. very. very hostile condition and it's incumbent upon the captain of.

the frosting. but the vest geisha is far from over and hasn't reached any binding conclusions black box flight data and largely intact cockpit may. provide says teams scour the flight's final minutes looking for clues relatives of the victims are left to cold to play their loss degrees r.c. . security forces in bahrain feisal gas and water cannons are protesters as gazans marched in support of a drove human rights activist on friday it serves as a life sentence for taking part in last year's anti-government uprising or has been on hunger strike or two months released next what are the risks says the man's case will help put more pressure on the ruling regime. these hunger strikes i think they do contribute though you do it you goal because what they do is they reveal the real tactics which are being pursued by the regime but also to clear of the arm of

the protesters so so more and more sidetracks i think although they're exposing lead true nature all the crude clock ticks which the regime use using and what they are that the homes laws more pressure on certain western countries also the european powers in order to change their stance because of be visibly in the regime in bahrain the focus is all on syria and what's going on in syria who are setting aside the train are we all know the proof. does exist we also know and i think this is the main issue here that bahrain is a very close ally absolutely arabia and saudi arabia has one of the allies have been u.s. so when we speak about the blackout being put on the train i think first and foremost that this is a saudi arabian wish because a saudi arabians also fear that there might be a domino effect which could happen in the persian gulf beginning from the holiday inn and then spreading the spreading to 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 we would see by the end goals. and let's now take a look at some other stories making news around the world a second bomb has exploded in central nigeria just a few hours outside and nearly explosion blew out windows and tore off roofs in the northern city of continue neck killing thirty eight people and injuring many more these are the latest in a series of violent attacks in nigeria most of which have been claimed by the militants who have run. its presence has officially resigned as part of a deal to end the political crisis in the country the military staged a coup last month and toppled him from power under the agreement mediated by local west african countries an interim president and government will go until elections are held their leaders agree to step. once the president quit then your source who i have to deal with an hour prizing in the north tribes declared independence on friday. fourteen people have been injured and fifteen detained as protesters

clashed with police in serbia in the suburbs of the great locals have been protesting for two days ago is the decision of the city authorities to move a gypsy camp site from the city's center to the outskirts so officials say the romany incumbent had to be relocated because of the original site has become unsanitary. afghanistan and the u.s. have signed a deal concerning controversial night raids by american forces it means such missions will now be controlled by local leaders deadly raise fuel tension between the album government and the us with president hamid karzai condemning aerial bombings all ahead of nato as planned withdrawal from the country by the end of twenty fourteen. while in afghanistan the u.s. is decreasing its influence that's opposite to the story playing out in the asia pacific region as the first batch of a new deployment of u.s. marines has arrived in australia more than two hundred will be based in the north

while that number could eventually reach two thousand five hundred this adds to america's military footprint in the region which barack obama has called a priority the u.s. is also on hands and alliances with japan south korea the philippines and singapore all in china's backyard new zealand based asia specialist bill walsh the hospitality could backfire on the host nations. obviously the united states and. china is taking. into account and now we have hungary is going into the dark this is in effect the american base its name not have legal status of the base who might have had years ago socially what it is we have this fundamental problem of the declining united states and one from china and then we have all these countries.

australia new zealand what have you they have to work out how they're going to cope and best country in. coalition. with relationship if you're a long term here asian nation ship the united states and china really need to think war seriously about. alcohol abuse has long been a social structure in the u.k. where the number of deaths from liver disease growing almost a british governments now wants to introduce a minimum price for alcohol that's a well this reading that's the problem is our product has none. this is your average friday night now in britain it's not yet midnight but many people have already drunk well over the limit it was considered binge drinking family now i drink the fine on time and the classics.

yeah take pipes yeah. maybe a couple shots just about. maybe fifty sixty it's this kind of heavy drinking that's being blamed for the soaring numbers of deaths from liver disease in the u.k. eleven and a half thousand people die each year from the disease twenty five percent more than just a decade ago according to medical data most of those deaths are down to alcohol abuse so how much is too much well the recommended daily limit is four units of alcohol so around two points of beer but even if you drink in the night so four points of beer binge drinking and according to experts seriously damaging your health but even lease is nothing compared to what many get three come last orders a very. few shots. and you can quote an amount six times more than what's considered

safe by alcohol advice critics where there is a very great need to address the alcohol misuse issue in the united kingdom and short and long term side of his on the short term you know the issues around him gaining weight getting in trouble potentially putting yourself in physical risk or you know violence or something along those lines those are all short term issues that need to be addressed then you have the longer term health issues which are issues around heart disease cancer liver disease the government blames supermarkets for selling booze at rock bottom prices just twenty. pounds can buy you as many as forty cans of strong cider it now wants to ban these multi buy discounts and impose a minimum price of forty pence per unit it will force supermarkets to effectively double their prices on the cheap drinks but the industry's adamant it's not cost that's causing the trouble the heaviest drinkers people drink problematic levels of

alcohol a least likely to be deterred from drinking by price rises when in fact the minimum unit price would do is raise the price for millions of ordinary consumers who live there is a section of society likely to be holistic it supports the lowest income so it seems very unfair in a policy that's not actually going to be successful in tackling the problem drinkers at the moment that falls to the police the punch drunk punch ups a familiar sight come close in time the government claims ending bargain boozing would instantly cut crime and massively reduce alcohol related deaths but with the bulk of binge drinkers already paying over the proposed minimum it's clearly not the term that will bar them from having another destructive nights on the tiles either bennett's r.t. . and coming up shortly our day and health a mix of the euro prices bailouts and a staring that's right out of the headlines.

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