peace deal in danger syrian rebels fail to provide written guarantees they'll hold the violence is something the government says that is the main condition for army withdrawal. the world's most powerful gun lobby is under fire as a string of shootings leaves many americans of paul that the laws lenient towards those who are pulling the trigger. and spanish football clubs topped the debt contagion league we take a look at how teams are struggling under the weight of their liabilities and in times of severe economic crisis.

it is a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm wondering what's going on the fast approaching deadline for an agreed ceasefire in the syrian conflict may not be met opposition forces are now offering a written guarantee they will lay down their arms that's the main conditions set by the government before it starts pulling back its forces from the cities along the way the withdrawal by tuesday from the make or break agreement brokered by special envoy kofi annan includes a complete cease of appall hostilities by thursday i mean all talk and sources say syrian troops opened fire on a refugee camp near the border wounding three are just ahead of kofi annan visit there beirut based political analyst omar in a sharpie says there are indications that some powers behind the crisis are simply

not interested in peace. the so-called free syrian army and its supporters in the west and some. groups that support that do not want peace and stability in syria that a proportion of the syrian people support president assad in fact some sun records claim that it is the majority now even if it's not the mccloy even if it is an equal number or a large proportion of the syrian population then one cannot have a stable syria without and one cannot have a dialogue without a ceasefire so the the opposition group thought with or called syrian free army that is supported by western powers and some arab countries and needs to. resolve this matter of priorities it needs to set its priorities straight to the international community and to everybody and to the united nations is the priority actually have a stable and peaceful syria and to actually build government institutions and also

for of course a more practical form of the it is the priority. change of the fallout from the syrian crisis could affect israel and the strategically vital territories and next decades ago the golan heights provide the country with one third of its fresh water that's under threat. as more and how israeli interests are caught up in the unrest of us and. the golan heights stretching back a finger between the borders of levanon children and syria whoever controls these mountains controls this area. which is all stances catarina from damascus in one nine hundred sixty seven but there's something more fundamental than security at stake much of israel's water supply comes from here the goal line is absolutely essential for for israel's water there's no doubt about that you can't walk far without reminder of this land changing ownership. these are old syrian military

houses for the jews settled here now what happens next could be a matter of life and death if the water becomes polluted if they start pumping the water away he who knows there's a number of issues that face of this scenario that it was totally unacceptable because it would also change the whole thing. the landscape of the state of israel this is the largest freshwater lake in israel it supplies about thirty percent of the country's water come here the water is pumped as far as the same tech and south of the country where it is used for both domestic and agricultural purposes their water is their main reason for making peace or for want of war for israel annexed golan over thirty years ago it's never been internationally recognized. but serious instability has israelis on tenterhooks many feel they still technically at war and whoever replaces president assad could prove infinitely worse for them it will be

like exchanging the boston strangler for jerk the ripper or vice versa and all nations in the world. could be important for roughly thirty five percent or for real water resources a strategic vantage point but chiefly a vital lifeline to a part landscape for the syrians to get back in a hands is unlikely to be quenched no matter how damascus is future plans are policing r.t. golan heights. and of much like the west iran is also eagerly watching events unfold in syria but from a very different perspective coming up in about a twenty five minutes or on our t.v. i get starstruck pew from israel's institute for national security studies that's also out here at our scene just what iran has to lose from the possible for all of us. syria. and the us the game has been

iran's could also style you for over two decades if assets would seem falls apart you ron is standing to lose a very strong alley because any government who would take place in syria would be a western ally and democracy which is not very likely all muslim muslim brothers were sunnis and were very hostile confused you on any ridge you would be either hostile to run or far from core preaching with iran as much as the bashar al assad regime has been. and the interview is coming your way later this hour here in our city but for now from boycotts to marches and protests there is public anger over the killing of teenager trayvon martin all across america gunned down while armed with only ice

tea and candy the episode has brought attention to the country's lax gun laws which critics say have gone far beyond just security but this story is art is more important. if the second amendment to the u.s. constitution had a soundtrack. the right to bear arms would best be recognized by gunfire. but land of the free is the most heavily armed nation in the world with two hundred ninety four million firearms floating around america hi i'm chuck norris. it's a great sin to my home i could use my roundhouse kick. down the barrel of micah since two thousand and five the freedom for gun owners to point shoot in the name of self-defense has widened under a controversial legislation known as the stand your ground law experts say it allows gun owners to use deadly force to protect themselves in public essentially

delivering a license to kill it tells people you know what if you're in a confrontation on the street with someone or getting into an argument or there's a physical altercation even if you could safely retreat from that just walk away and go home you don't have to we're going to let you shoot and potentially kill another human being and then the law will not only provide you with proper immunity from criminal prosecution but also immunity from any future civil litigations stand your ground first became law in florida but recently received national attention following the deadly shooting of seventeen year old trayvon martin the unarmed student was carrying candy and iced tea when he was shot dead by a neighborhood watch volunteer police released the gunman george zimmerman without charges for the bomb was our son but trayvon is your son. a lot of people can relate to our situation. and it breaks their heart just like you he said he

was going to continue to fight for justice for since stand your ground took effect the number of so-called justifiable homicides in florida have tripled as morgan's parents mourn the loss of their son u.s. gun laws remain historically loose in many states citizens with criminal records and prior restraining orders are still able to receive gun permits. critics say easy access comes courtesy of the national rifle association or n.r.a. a gun rights organization and torrie sleep powerful u.s. lobbying group that reportedly spent more than seventy million dollars on political ads during the two thousand and ten u.s. midterm election paid for by the n.r.a. everything that the n.r.a. pushes at the state and federal level is designed to sell more weapons that's what this is about there's a lot of money thrown around whether it's an or a campaign contributions to florida politicians or corporate money that that can be

spread around a number of different ways since two thousand and five the stand your ground law has been i dropped it in twenty five states throughout america just like you sixty conducting about you getting recess it was about a million people in our culture here if you didn't do the gun violence murder and so you know that's the most powerful nation on the planet the richest nation that in some people's minds most democratic nation is why they're living something before you can see how people should each other oh and so the americans since nine eleven u.s. civil liberties and freedom have suffered in the name of national security while new gun laws up some old team is really made it easier for americans to arm themselves reading the land of liberty locked and loaded up or die of heart see me on the ballot he's coming here live from the heart of lost stolen away in a program of starring up a new south korean media hypes rumor. of a new nuclear test plan by the north we hear expert opinion on the internal reasons

behind the reports. plus the skill of pilots in russia or is under scrutiny including why new crews are often unable to perform emergency landings and of course this comes a week after a fatal plane crash that killed more than thirty. winter it could be the next capital after athens to seek international financial help if some analysts are proven correct and spain's football clubs are being caught up in a debt spiral they are desperate for cash as the economic crisis puts the squeeze on some of the nation's biggest teams and with its reporters r.t. stricken graves. european football is for many the embodiment of the beautiful game but off the field it's getting ugly top flight spanish clubs are struggling with masses of debt ninety percent of all you teams of the bankrupt a base in spain. presently the premier league clubs read

a bankruptcy or half bankruptcy and this is a terrible result the clubs have to realize that they can only spend as much as they have invested to believe. it is not just those boards that match a lot of the nation but as with many other aspects of spanish life they think financial ruin. of the e.u. and euro zone the nation's sports minister recently said spanish clubs may be offered help in the form of debt restructuring refereeing the crisis german politicians appear to have kicked that idea into touch with one n.d.p. calling the move a threat to competition and asking german clubs to speak out i find it unthinkable we paying hundreds of millions of dollars to help them recover from the situation and clubs are trying to avoid paying their debts he cannot do what might this. the

repos who has since been dropped but the problem persists the spanish clubs owing more than seven hundred fifty million euros in unpaid taxes rayo vallecano is one such club in ministration is struggling to pay all its players wages. i think the spring outraged when we talk about a strike it is obvious that spanish football is going through a really difficult time and inability to pay salaries is something affecting many clubs last year prompting place the strike wages are only part of the problem is spending to net the world's greatest talents amounting to four hundred million euros in the top league and those who lead teams from the boardroom think something drastic needs to change. now spanish football and the spanish economy need investments from abroad as not only about football but also spain as a whole off the pitch a similar scenario is being played out and uncompetitive economy is not yielding many positive results and while some accuse football clubs of taking their eyes of

many are saying the same about the nation's leaders to grieve the dritte state and to find out what happened on europe's for what pictures are over the weekend just stay with us for our sports bulletin that's coming your way in about half an hour. it's been a week since a deadly plane crash in russia siberia claimed more than thirty lives and left twelve in hospital. takes a look at the modern problems of the country's aviation industry to see what's being done to avoid similar tragedies in the future. captain sygate died the day before his twenty eighth birthday his copilot nikita was only twenty four years old the luminary investigations into the crash of flight one twenty say one possible reason may have been a failure to d.i.'s the plane prior to takeoff it's a decision typically made by the captain of the aircraft the problems that we have

today in aviation comes down to the system that prepares in manufactures planes as well as those who train the pilots and flight personnel with only a handful of certified aviation schools across russia and the industry rapidly growing there simply aren't enough pilots in the seventy's it took only two years to become an aviator now it's a college degree and a specialized program that could take up to eight hears to complete opening just last year once all is attempting to turn back the clock and address the issue of primary goal of the aeroflot aviation school here in moscow is to fix the shortage of professionals in the russian aviation industry bad weather horrible equipment and even older models of planes have been to blame and recent crashes are russia however here the primary focus is on the human factor the idea that pilots and copilots should be able to handle the levels of stress in order to land a plane safely on the ground or in the water. but even at this school it's

painfully obvious that simply turning over pilots at a faster rate won't be enough russian airlines need at least eight hundred new pilots yearly while here it takes twenty four months to graduate just a fifth of that number these state of your computer based programs and simulators may fall short when competing with actual flight experience. nowadays a pilot acts only as the operator of a plane he basically pushes buttons turning them on and off with the exception of takeoff and landing older more experienced pilots have this knowledge but also have skills that help them in other more unconventional circumstances and skills like those of pilots who perform miracles landings in two thousand and ten an electrical failure crippled a plane travelling from siberia to moscow the two middle aged russian pilots on that flight safely landed the aircraft on an abandoned military airfield against

the odds all eighty one people on board survived thirteen planes crashed in russia last year eight of which resulted in fate tallaght ease and those three were due to pilot error. and most tragic in yugoslavia which killed all but one of the forty five people onboard karen r.t. nascar and on our website r.t. dot com you can follow the whole story or watch videos and see the photos from the crash site as well as listen to witness testimonies also is a taste of what else is lined up for you there right now at r.t.e. dog will the next war be a zombie apocalypse find out why that is a real possibility as the weapons of the future aim to make mind control of battlefield tactic and. the controversial u.s. agricultural giant declares war on the entire state of threatening to sue or if a bill regulating genetically modified food is passed.

in a just a few minutes as the world update but for now here on ars he a south korean news agency reports the north is preparing a new underground nuclear test but for all allegedly follow the long range missile tests planned for just later this week in a rare move foreign reporters were allowed to see first hand the fully prepared rocket launch site the north spain was to put a communications satellite into orbit but the u.s. and south korea say it might be a covert ballistic missile test had to plan and is prepared to shoot down the rocket if it goes over its territory but the reports of alleged weapons tests are part of south korea's internal politics that's the view of dr tim beal a researcher and asia specialist from new zealand. it's what the south koreans call

northwind where they use a an instance involving the north to consolidate votes around dropping candidates in the south lection general election in south korea on wednesday so it's clearly aimed at that i think that is true for the sanctions on north korea after the satellite test and this satellite that's what a missile test if sanctions then one would guess that lex pay for the down the track will be another nuclear test we have to remember that the whole point about north korean strategy is to force him into into into peaceful coexistence so these nuclear tests are all part of that. not something that is done lightly they are in response to going to set of testing negotiations so. i don't think there's any particular reason to think it's a test to come but at this time not and that doesn't make sense and in simple

answer isn't resistance they are suffering government trying to put down the stretch of. and we're starting with egypt let's get to the r.t. world docket some other international news in brief for you with the former vice president of egypt that of the ousted leader hosni mubarak has now joined the race for the country's presidency omar saleman is among twenty hopefuls who have now handed over applications with the full approved list expected to be announced in the next few weeks egypt's most powerful political group the muslim brotherhood have put up two candidates it's triggering it some to fear the country will be put on a strict islamic path. in southern yemen at least twenty four people have died in an exchange of heavy fire between the military and suspected al-qaeda militants the fighting broke out when armed men attacked an army barracks an ambush which lasted over four hours al qaeda gained control of parts of yemen south and east having

made use of the destabilizing effect of an ongoing uprising that began last year. afghanistan and the u.s. have reached a deal which allows kabul to veto american led night raids against militants under the agreement a new body will be created to coordinate special operations and only afghan forces will lead searches of private homes and compounds night raids a source of tension between kabul and the us following the burning of korans by american troops in february and the massacre of afghan civilians by a u.s. soldier in march. and on the other side of the coin though we explore how some u.s. troops are being treated while on duty in afghanistan earlier after one thirty pm g.m.t. . i'm sorry that i had to do this i've been in so much pain in the past year that i can't take it anymore the stomach and chest pains are beginning worse than no

doctors been able to help me please know that i'll finally be at peace and with no more pain i wish i could have had a wife with elizabeth always pictured her being my wife and mother to my kids i love you all see you all in heaven when your time comes i'm going to meet jesus christ. thousands of u.s. troops in iraq received one of these drugs a drug called lariam and it may have prevented many soldiers from getting sick the question tonight is whether or not soldiers were adequately warned about it's where side effects serious life change and side effects. aren't over to the business that's. really market update and the stock markets in europe and parts of asia celebrating easter what have you got for monday's main news makers well the spotlight this monday is on gals probably the pressure is mounting on russia's biggest company the cabinet is sensibly coming up with

a plan to lengthen new taxes on the company on the price it charges for its products if approved the state would get up to eighty percent of the additional income gazprom would get by boosting prices to find out what all this means for russia's gas giant i'm now joined live by. from grenades fronts capital here in moscow thanks so much for joining us so why does the finance ministry want to hike the extraction tax and why do you want to do it now. yes but after all it's clear that the russian government is in the much more vulnerable position than of used to be at the moment you russian government requires about a hundred and twenty dollar oil price to balance the budget while. four years ago if oil prices required was just a ball fifty dollars so russia is in the much more vulnerable fiscal position and it's natural that it is looking at all possible options to increase its called

revenue of so and we'll some weakness there this becomes like a. seasonal pattern that every year at the beginning of the year minister of finance comes out with a proposal to find your tax sources including gas trends. and driving yes ok so so what does that mean what kind of a loss is or lost profits could all of that mean for gazprom it's approved. actually or for gas from in the next one two years if we look in the short term perspective the impact is that material. predominantly because. gas from me as enjoying a very high marginal rate was forty percent so the increase if traction taxes doubled their. margin over gas from. the get from will lose that just about fifteen

percent of it's sort of some of that material and mineral extraction tax over all the comps were just temper sample overall cost or the company so we're not expecting a material revision downward revision for the company. now there's a lot of talk about gazprom really needing the money and not investing enough into production what do you have to stand that. gasper. it's more of a tactical game between gas from the government and specifically minister of finance because if you look at nationals from these generating positive cash flow gets from it's not very high leverage so if it is required to spend more cash on the cap ex with all additional revenue sources it's called afford it it's more of. it's more of the strategy going forward long term strategy and finding your sources of gas but i wouldn't agree that you know gas promised and it cannot afford higher

taxes actually now gazprom also plans to raise domestic prices by fifteen percent starting in june and that it was pushing for an additional twenty six percent price hike later in the year but the government is currently blocking that how's that going to be resolved in your opinion well i will basically is this something is there the russian domestic prices should be growing further that's a consensus between the key stakeholders the key question the russian government is facing is how. the economic ramp that is generated in the russian gas. a few years ago this is the ramp well into the mistake of calling the. electricity at paris and gas that is so it was subsidizing the real cycle because to me now the gas prices have increased or one hundred dollars per thousand cubic meters that's high enough. and the big part of the economic rent is not kept within gas prices so

the question is whether the government wants to increase that grant inside further or what it was before. the current levels given that the secular why is a lot of catholics going forward into new regions clearly apparent should be increased so we do expect is a base case there. domestic prices will go for the one hundred fifty dollars per thousand cubic meters by the us and fifty i'm currently and they are both hundred dollars so there is at least not a fifty percent expect an increase and tariffs in the next three four maybe five so even if gazprom wins this argument still it looks like there is a lot of pressure on the company doesn't have any effect on the stock whatsoever. yes that's far as this is related with law expect for these news to be material because as i said this has become like a seasonal pattern that every year there is such

a debate in areas such as scott some and unless there's a somewhat of a custom players and there's the surprise that more or less reflects because they're on the up very high expectations price thing my ba moment for gas pumps so we do expect like a neutral or muted reaction on the business it's going to continue going forward that we expect this to discussions inside the government thanks a lot thanks a lot for your time that was a god that's one of renaissance capital here in moscow and that's all we have time for in this edition of business i'll be back in about fifteen minutes i'll see about.

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