who is hopes he was in office we. we want to present. something. syrian troops in jeopardy opposition forces refused to guarantee a halt to the violence a new demand the government says is crucial for a troop pullout ahead of a u.n. deadline. controversy surrounding us gov laws gains momentum with the killing of an unarmed teenager triggering accusations that lax legislation has led to the homicide rate soaring in some states. as reports suggest the deadly plane crash in western siberia we could go was caused by the decision not to use the plane the issue of training professional pilots in russia is the last into the spotlight.

ten pm in moscow i could have you with us here on r.t. our top story the internationally brokered ceasefire in syria scheduled for thursday could be dead in the water opposition forces are refusing to give written guarantees they'll stop fighting which is the regime's new precondition for withdrawing its troops from cities and towns there's also reports of continuing violence and head of the troops in the latest incident a clash between rebels and troops spilled over the border into turkey with a number of people injured at a turkish refugee camp our correspondent in the region sara for has the details. of the syrian government full of fish left on the faith that is how big fights make their escape with a number of the refugees across the border in fact an extremely clase. refugee camp in place while this. very point between turkey and syria that has also been very

serious questions that if you know about the return of a lot of the free syrian army back across into syria we would be in that area just last week and we were speaking to some of the refugees and they fully admit that the turkish authorities turn a blind eye to the f.s.a. crossing back and forth in the country walking around the other across the border and walking again mark and around the. country. maybe. the army a traditional me culture and i'm thinking for. along there's some people come back you know this people who work with me. beside the border across the border to syria on the street beside the border and of the many of the free syrian army people here yeah there are people here and they're operating still inside you know

turkish government turkish let him go on back to fight and unfortunately you have seen as a result of that the escalation of these clashes and violence in this area. at a worse time has caused the deadline for that with all of the teachers and tanks from some of these conflict areas upon us and forty eight hours after that of course this place to have this taking these but they financed peace plan is now the only card on the table that the syrian government evolves for the racing guarantees that the opposition is saying that caved in and really as the mediator needs to be providing up from the opposition side it's really very very important that there is some way now that people can find some before rather than just simply add the tax authorities to seems devising of this peace plan all together they replace political analyst or marna she says there are signs some powers within and outside syria may not be interested in. the so-called three from the free syrian army and

its supporters in the west and some. groups that support the do not want peace and stability in syria and after proportion of the syrian people support president assad in fact some some records claim that it is the majority now even 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 the the opposition group thought with so called the 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 straight to the international community and to everybody and to the united nations is the priority to actually have a stable and peaceful syria actually build government institutions and also of course do democratic reforms the order is the priority. change. every inch of the

syrian crisis monitored intensely by the country's neighbors whose future might be directly affected by the israel those fears and ousting of the leadership in damascus could lead to a bloody conflict over strategically vital land. the golan heights stretching like a finger between the borders of lebanon and jordan and syria whoever controls these mountains controls this area. which is will stand since caption 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 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 juices will hear now what happens next could be a matter of life and death if the water becomes polluted if they start pumping the

water away oh no there's a number of issues that would be facing this scenario that it was totally unacceptable because it would also change the whole face of the little scape of the state of israel this is the largest freshwater lake in israel it supplies about thirty percent of the country's water from 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 the water is the main reason for making place or for going to war with israel annexed over thirty years ago it's never been internationally recognized. but syria's instability has israelis on tenterhooks many feel they still technically at home and whoever replaces president assad could prove infinitely worse for them no nation in the world will be willing to be for roughly thirty five percent or for real water resources

a strategic vantage point but chiefly a vital lifeline to a parched landscape for the syrians a first to get back in the hands is unlikely to be quenched no matter how to mask this is future plans aren't policing r.t. golan heights gauging reaction to the syrian crisis in the region we're also spoke with mr shapiro from israel's institute for national security studies about what regime change could mean for syria's key ally iran full interview coming up later this hour here's a preview. syria has been. and the assad regime has been you rance closest alley for over two decades if us a true team falls apart you ron is standing to lose a very strong because any government would take place in syria was a. western other than democracy which is not very likely or muslim muslim

brothers were sunnis of were very hostile to. you on any route you would be either hostile to run or from corporate it was around that as much as the bashar assad regime has been. controversial u.s. gun laws coming under increased public scrutiny the latest outrage of lax legislation sparked by the killing of an unarmed teenager in florida critics say the right to bear arms and shoot in the name of self defense go well beyond personal safety instead serving the interest of those making and selling the weapons or he's worried important explains. if the second amendment to the u.s. constitution had a soundtrack. the right to bear arms would best be recognized by gunfire. the 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 black belt. there's some progress and i hope i can use my roundhouse kick. or a leg on the barrel like that since two thousand and five the freedom for gun owners to point and shoot in the name of self-defense has widened under controversial legislation known as the stand your ground law experts say it allows going owners to use deadly force to protect themselves and 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 and 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 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 was our son but trayvon is your son. for a lot of people can relate to our situation. and it breaks their heart just like you breaks mine he said he. will continue to fight for justice for sins stand your ground took effect the number of so-called justifiable homicides in florida have tripled as martin'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 perceive gun permits. critics say

easy access comes courtesy of the national rifle association or n.r.a. a good rights organization and the tories 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 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 array campaign contributions to florida politicians or corporate money that can be spread around a number of different ways since two thousand and five the stand your ground law has been adopted in twenty five states throughout america so it's like the sixty conductor paying in particular said it was about a million people in our culture here are going to be gun violence and so you know as the most powerful nation on the planet the purchase nation of some people's minds most indication of. clearly something before you can see people should each

other oh and so as americans since nine eleven u.s. civil liberties and freedom have suffered in the name of national security new gun laws have some alternate history made it easier for americans to arm themselves leaving the land of liberty locked and loaded up or die of heart see me. coming up later this hour for in free fall. if it. is not just. spanish football teams face a whole new game is the sport feels the pinch alongside the country's new debt war rules. but first has been a week since the deadly plane crash in russia siberia left more than thirty dead technical failure has been listed as a probable probable cause of the incident with a crew reportedly choosing not to di ice the plane before takeoff or he's carrying taraji looks into the problems faced facing russia's future in flight. captain

sergei died the day before his twenty eighth birthday his copilot new kitchen who was only twenty four years old living area 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 which the problems that we have today in aviation come down to the system that prepares and manufactures planes as well as those who trained 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 one school is attempting to turn back the clock and address the issue the 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 privates and copilot should be able to handle high 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 of these state of the art computer based programs and simulators may fall short when competing with actual flight experience with you nowadays a pilot acts only as the operator of a plane where 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. unconventional circumstances skills

like those of pilots who perform miracle landings in two thousand and ten an electrical failure crippled a plane traveling from siberia to moscow that you 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 east and of those three were due to pilot error and most tragic in yugoslavia which killed all but one of the forty five people on board karen r.t. moscow for the full picture of the disaster in siberia lot on the r.t.e. dot com there you'll find their own workable story of one passenger aboard the ill fated flight can retrieve spent days in a hospital and identified before relatives realized his mail had to walk been placed on a list of those killed in the crash for more on his dramatic ordeal live on to our

website our team dot com. a prominent german a writer and nobel prize winner good or grosse has been declared persona non grata by israel after harsh criticism for his new poem published last week in his latest work germany's most famous living author accused israel of in danger of world peace and its standoff with iran his work has condemned that home and in the jewish state gideon levy a columnist for israeli newspaper ha'aretz says televisa response to the poem is over the top. the reaction of is out of potion aggressive and really stupid and ridiculous. to be clear. as a persona non grata only because of his views is as extreme as they may be israelis. using too much the second zation

of being and the symmetrix there is anti semitism in the world no no doubt about it but there are so many critics of israel who are even genuine friends of israel and there is so much legitimate critics on israel and so much unjustified critical in israel and this way of always attacking anyone who dares to critique the says israel as an anti semitic is really is not sufficient and is finally counterproductive because the world will not buy i'd rather see free criticism of israel and a constructive reaction to it rather than threatening and preventing intellectual interest. stake a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe former k.g.b. head leader need to be a lot of has won the presidential runoff in south us that he gained fifty four percent of the votes overcoming his rival

a human rights commissioner who got forty three russia and several other countries recognize the state as independent almost four years ago is after the two thousand and five days of war after georgia launched a military offensive against russian peacekeepers in the south capital symbol. as many as thirty have died in southern yemen during a firefight between the military and suspected al-qaeda militants a four hour exchange broke out when our men attacked an army barracks al qaeda fighters have taken advantage of yemen's political turmoil that started last year to seize control of parts of the country south and east. police in tunisia fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators rally me against the country's poor economic condition and in defiance of a government ban on protests a similar event held saturday was also met with force from police hardline muslims recently held demonstrations of their own attack in the national theater in tunis

demanding the country abide by islamic law the coalition governments come under fire for failing to enact change after the tunisian revolution more than a year ago. spanish football teams have found themselves sucked into the nation's debt spiral in a country widely seen as the next recipient of any you rescue cash hundreds of millions of euros in debt and under constant criticism from abroad all trouble seen on a larger scale now reflected in the country's most popular sport r.p.g. agrees reports from madrid. european football is for many the embodiment of the before game but off the field it's getting ugly top flight spanish clubs are struggling with masses of debt ninety percent of european teams of the bankrupt a place in spain. presently the premier league clubs are either bankruptcy or half bankruptcy and this is a terrible result of the clubs have to realize that they can only spend as much as

they have invested so badly. they miss not just the sports it's the action that part of the nation but as with many other aspects as mannish like to say seeing financial ruin the treasure of a year and euro zone the nation 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 better 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're paying hundreds of millions of dollars to help them recover from the situation and clubs are trying to avoid paying their debts it cannot go on like this. the posing 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 its players wages and. i

think the spanish players who are outraged when we talk about a strike it is obvious that spanish football is going through a really difficult time and it believes he to pay salaries is something if it seems many clubs last year crumbling place the strike wages are only part of the problem with spending to net the world's greatest talents amounting to four hundred million euros little league and those who lead teams from the boardrooms think something drastic needs to change from now spanish football and the spanish economy need investments from abroad it's not only about football but also spain as a whole off the pitch a similar scenario is being played out an uncompetitive economy is not yielding many positive results and some accuse football clubs of taking that. many are saying to say about the nation's leaders to greece madrid spain

he used to be the world's most well known death row prisoner having spent thirty years in the us jail for killing a police officer now money abu jamal is serving a life sentence with no chance of parole but thousands of supporters say he remains a poster boy of an imperfect justice system and racial tension in the u.s. or he spoke exclusively to me on his first interview since his transfer from death row in the next hour we'll be joined by artist who had what she described as a personal and candid conversation with one of the world's most famous prisoners. looks concert and prize winner if convicted and controversial if. after thirty years on death row for munoz probably just speaks to our children. marina joins us now with the business of the markets in the u.s. still posting losses yes they are we have seen them minimize their losses ever so

slightly but i don't think we'll be seeing them escape into negative territory any time soon and basically this all began on friday when the markets are were closed there were some disappointing u.s. jobs that are coming out there and investors didn't have time to react to that because as i said the markets were closed for good friday i want we're seeing now is their reaction let's take a look at the latest figures and see what's happening there as you can see both the dow and the guys that are losing over half a percent this hour with the nasdaq in fact approaching of one percent right now on a side note i'd like to say that we had the biggest deal of the day and that was a a well which agreed to sell about eight hundred patents to microsoft for around one and a billion dollars and why is microsoft interested in that well that's because this will help it insulate its partner facebook. against the system and these patents would help create that oh let's move on to the x c it's the dollar is now losing

against the euro when it comes to the ruble it's also losing against of both major currencies and if you take a look at the russian markets they are now closed from what you see on right now is that close up picture markets made a u. turn in the last hour of the trade in session and in fact we sold gains both b r c s and m i six gained over half a percent now even though trade has been slow and weak recently we are expecting this to pick up and that's because there are some government has said that it will push ahead with its privatized ation program that we've heard this many times before but the prime minister even to have said that they should or analyze of a program opened up out soon months of from now and of course the sale includes companies like. those airports and many many more let's have a look at the individual share moves on the mine site now diamond producer although said they didn't. and it's to escape negative territory and that's that's why i posted that it's not profit in the forest or increased by twenty three percent

banks were under pressure it's proud that they've turned it around and gained almost one percent and that's the spike post in the week financial results that said that it's last year's net profit almost all of that's according to russian accounting standards and bucking the trend all day long was probably metal and it stayed there and that was because of stronger gold prices now and all the news in particular car as we saw that sales in russia terms a nineteen percent in the first quarter making a total of about six hundred thousand vehicles and said best selling models were all produced in russia where the top all be law though nissan models came in second place. so in other news there could be trouble ahead for energy firms total and any the wall street journal says us and libyan prosecutors are investigating the french and italian companies for possible corruption and he says this relates to payments to the regime more market dollar fee and if these are all asians are approved the

companies may face difficulties expanded in africa's most oil rich country and he and so it's all partners of russia's gas problem and number of projects. that's what we have for you at this hour all right thanks very much marina next year on archly. when suicide becomes a side effect our special report exploring a controversial drug on its way after a recap of our top stories stay with us. this

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