turkey blasts syria over skirmishes between government forces and rebels on its border with the prime minister threatening a possible nato response that he says quote could have been better not to think of . the u.k.'s prime minister follows in washington's footsteps seeking to increase his country's military presence in asia through a weapons deal with japan and a possible deployment of a submarine. the accused in a case seen by many as a flagrant miscarriage of u.s. justice talked exclusively to watts he. gives his first t.v.

interview after being taken off death row. two years after the polish president's fatal plane crash in russia which impacted the turbulent relations between both countries commemorations are held at the site of the tragedy as well as in warsaw. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow i rule reception so he says it's considering a tough response following skirmishes between syrian forces and the rebels across its border peace envoy kofi annan is now in turkey visiting camps of the refugees who fled for safety and syria's foreign minister has been visiting right here in moscow to discuss the realities of implementing a un peace plan as that that line passes but these details are seize peter all of.

well the two foreign ministers meeting here just behind me at the pharmacy headquarters here in central moscow so the lover of the russian foreign minister praised some of the progress that's being made by the assad government towards implementing kofi annan six point peace plan for the for syria now he did praise that pretty and also said that syria could have been more proactive in their efforts. we have information that syria's government is starting to fill the steps laid out and announced plans by returning troops and military hardware from cities i will be honest with you and we have shared our concerns with our syrian colleagues they could be more active and decisive in following the plan before minister lavrov went on to say that those nations that support the rebels in syria must put pressure on them to it here to the ceasefire when it comes into effect kofi annan is initiatives have been ignored by some if not the majority of

opposition groups including the syrian national council following skirmishes on the border between syria and turkey the turkish prime minister has accused syria of violating international law and said that he would be filing an official complaint with the syrian all saw a tease now there are some that have been claiming that the groups of rebel fighters had been drawing syrian army troops into into the skirmishes before fleeing across the border into turkey to try and get the the army to fire after them into to kish territory however there are those people say that these were just people fleeing from the army across the border into the safety of to. the reaction it's come from the skirmishes we've heard from mr erekat down the prime minister of turkey saying that this country was considering all options including those that they don't even want to think about so in terms of international reaction the united states is said to. we should bring this issue up with the nato allies turkey

a member of the alliance of course one of the fundamental principles of nato is that if one member of the alliance is a types all of the other members of the alliance to step in to defend but nation well of course that would lead to a whole new reality in syria and could dramatically change what's happening in the country right now no the whole situation in syria still extremely complex we've seen support for the rebels increase around the loss of funding coming in for them from groups like the friends of syria and the sara first no reports are we seeing them syrian rebels use turkey as a safe haven from which to launch attacks against syrian troops syrian army troops walking a fine line as tens of thousands of refugees have crossed the syrian border into turkey keeping the peace here has not been easy and now the violence is still they are saying gunfire reaching across the border and into

a refugee camp government forces to see fleeing members of the free syrian army take he started talking of setting up a buffer zone to ensure the security of its southern border and to protect civilians thing from the violence in syria has also raised serious concerns that that could undermine diplomatic efforts to end the conflict by setting the stage for three flights for a military intervention well serious questions will be raised about just why a refugee camp was located say close to a conflict area even louder voices want to know why the rebels are being allowed to use the count as a safe haven before turning back into syria to continue their fight for walking toward across the border again. the army a turkish army. some people come back you know this people work with the f.s.a.

. side of border crossing to syria. and many of the free syrian army people here there are people here and they're operating there inside you know. let him go to fight as well as the civilian refugee camps take the military army defectors and the man considered the head of the f.s.a. in the country camp with a state closely guarded and the turkish authorities make it extremely hard to access information here but we managed to speak to one member of the free syrian army about what they're wanting from the turkish government. it's not just the f.s.a. that turkey is supporting recently played host to the friends of syria conference where many countries including called states qatar and saudi arabia agree to

contribute millions to funding the free syrian army it was moved to some country sources undermining diplomatic efforts to put an end to the violence in the country peacefully and these latest incidents are just the latest in a long line of setbacks these efforts to be realize the syrian refugees here skeptical that a solution is close at hand thousands of people have made the journey across the border from syria. like this one in. some cases they're just a few miles from their homes. struggle on the left unable to return. are they the high province on the turkish border. speaking about a ceasefire. correspondent for the times believes that the rebels unconditional backers are ultimately the greatest obstacles of the syrian. they are being assisted by foreign powers the qatari special forces we're scenary forces be by the

house of souled by shakes trami of sunni sheiks from iraq or sunni sheiks from the gulf or so off it jihadism the middle with an al qaida or strains of ok adequate action in we also have british and french special forces on the ground the plight of the un security council so it's crazy because they are trying to implement you when glenn where you have two members of the un security council. the opposition. are fighting the government both sides the opposition so obviously how can you prove guarantees to the government that this is going to stop this is in fact only normal school her story because there's a shadow war going on for months and indeed all stop. you watching are to come for you in just a few minutes but of a poetic justice. any democracy who would not be prevented to enter the

country whose anything they say or express which isn't the prevailing view among israel's leaders who decide it's a ban on a nobel prize winning german writer from the country over a strongly worded piece of poetry. written is seeking to follow in america's footsteps by heading east and of beefing up its military presence in asia the prime ministers of japan and the u.k. a negotiating a massive arms deal and possible to plummet of a royal navy submarine in a region dominated by china. has more on this from london. well for britain it hopes to gain two things really from these talks firstly it's big business because when it comes to defense japan is a completely untapped market because of its self-imposed ban really on taking part in the on straits it's the second world war so britain will obviously be very keen to explore that but secondly this is a chance for britain it hopes to exert its influence on the region and what is

already a highly competitive area and one of the that is traditionally and certainly geographically china is the main really because one thing that britain hopes that will come out of these talks and this agreement is for the more regular deployment of british submarines in the area and these are hunter killer submarines one of the ones that stalk missiles with ranges of up to two thousand kilometers even this kind of activity really mir is america's recent activity in the area also seeking to exert its influence in the asia pacific region recently the u.s. deployed two hundred marines in australia deployment that china actually saw as an incursion on its fear of influence and in its own backyard even well certainly north korea will be one of the main talking points here with britain seeking to lay japan's fee is because tensions already very high in the area north korea planning a rocket launch later this week it says it's nearly launching

a satellite into orbit but japan south korea north korea's neighbors both fearing it something much worse they're saying it's a provocation they fear it could be a test of a long range missile and have threatened to shoot down any falls on their territory and now there's talk of britain and america adding a physical presence to these regional issues it will certainly add to the tensions even more. reporting right there where we've been following the whole story and you can track it all on our website r.t. dot com there's plenty more for you online including getting cross when. the cross purposes of one of the world's biggest football clubs real madrid decided to remove a tiny cross from atop the team's badge in order to attract more friends in the muslim world. plus rising expenses and britain's most costly military project ever makes london reconsider its pricey partnership with the united states.

this is r.t. once a death row inmate spending life behind bars for shooting and killing a police officer the case of former journalist and black panther momi are just going to attention around the world he says he's innocent and for decades supporters of rally behind him of what they see is a quest for justice we are the first t.v. channel in the world to speak to up to jamal since he was removed from death row he gave an exclusive interview to our viewers honestly here are her impressions of revolutionary journalist and activist an honorary citizen in over twenty cities with a street named after him in france move me up would you miles case is said to be one of the most debated in modern legal history accused of killing a police officer in the one nine hundred eighty s. lumia has spent almost thirty years on death row this january he was taken off death row and is now serving life behind bars without parole and for the first time

since his transfer he spoke to us here at r t he gave us an exclusive interview and one of the first things i asked who mia was what is it like to be on death row for that long. right. in my lifetime but there were so. wait. it might home. if not it back i'm still looking for her countless of his supporters all over the world lumia boojum all has really come to represent a symbol of a flawed justice system in the united states and in our interview we talked about whether mia thinks and has any faith left that the justice system in america can still be free and fair this is what he had to say there are more than three hundred thousand prisoners in california alone you could literally talk about ok people incarcerated by. pushing. and children

and better level of mass incarceration at the minute impact and effect on the outer to an equal creation of fear among generation having been part of the black panther movement jamal was actually watched by the f.b.i. since he was fourteen years old and i asked him with the laws such as the n.c.a.a. which allows officials to watch the teen and hold people in the united states whether the media thinks that big brother has officially shown his face in america take a listen to what he had to say the so-called patriot act has made everything people will back to the one nine hundred sixty s. and banking fifty's and thank you seventy. it legalized the real reason why the very thing that f.b.i. agents raided ministry was criminal back then that means big look at your mail tap your phone it was what we live in today is a national security state with big brother is. a bigger lie rationalize the money

angle jamal's take on occupy wall street the us elections as well as his dreams and much more in our exclusive interview with him here at r.t. . well a more of mumia abu jamal is revelations coming up in his first t.v. interview since his death penalty was commuted to life in prison that is a in about twenty minutes from now here on art's. concert and prize winner. convicted of controversial. after thirty years on death row. just speaks to archie. quarter past the hour here in moscow it is two years since polish president lech kaczynski died in a plane crash near the russian city of somalia and both countries are holding an oral services parties alexia chefs brings us more on the commemorations and the tragic background. commemoration events are taking place at the site of the awful

tragedy which happened two years ago in western russia near by the city of smolensk the plane crash which killed most of poland's political leader along with the country's president lech kaczynski and his wife almost two hundred relatives of those who were killed in that plane crash lay flowers in greece at the site of the awful tragedy soon also be going to the katyn memorial just twenty kilometers from here also the site of a very tragic moment in the polish history now also certainly hundreds of thousands will be mourning the dead in poland just as it was happening two years ago i was there in warsaw in a crowd of observing with my own eyes the grief and the emotions of the polish nation when this tragedy happened now certainly two years on a lot has changed the investigation separate investigations by both russia and poland have been held blaming bad weather and actions of the flight crew for this tragic plane crash now still emotions are running high among some of the politicians in poland which are using this grief still to write to power now in my

report that we can have a look at the events of the last two years and the current state of affairs in this regard it was destined to become a new era in turbulent ties between moscow and warsaw a high profile polish delegation was flying to west and russia to commemorate twenty thousand police officers killed by soviet troops at katyn village in one nine hundred forty but it never reached its destination. the plane crash killed all ninety six passengers on board including the president and first lady and most of the country's political elite separate investigations by both moscow and warsaw blamed bad weather and dubious decisions by the crew they were warned of heavy fog and low visibility were told to choose a different runway but for whatever reason decided to land and you weigh. there was

a very clear piece of guidance from traffic controllers that no conditions existed to lie and it seems to me that the pilot in command should have taken. the sensible decision to divert to another field but of course we have the president on board. head of the polish of course on board. various of the dignitaries were going to a specific event in smolensk. area. you know an awful lot of pressure was brought along a long discussion olders. such a huge loss was hard to take as hundreds of thousands grieved across poland but for some accepting the truth was even harder despite lots of evidence and eye witness accounts supporting the investigation some political forces in poland have been pointing the finger at moscow kaczynski twin brother get also believes the crash

was orchestrated. poland is subject to a process of force the meijer concerning the somalians queen crash which increasingly looks like a terrorist act if there were explosions on board if this catastrophe looks increasingly like a sense a nation then this means there's a new development in international affairs. polish right we parties try to use the smolensk crash to score points in presidential and parliamentary complaints which followed the tragedy with their failure to win votes with anti russian rhetoric say experts proves warsaw's line wasn't in tune with the thinking of the polish people and that a new page in relations has after all been turned despite it happening in the most tragic of ways the wreckage of the polish presidential plane is still here just eighteen kilometers from the site of the katyn massacre and in many ways this is the reminder that the smolensk plane crash was a tragedy inside another tragedy and while the katyn massacre had scored the

relations for many decades the events of two years ago have eventually brought the two countries closer in both the common grief and in the attempt to find the truth alexi research ski r.t. reporting from smolensk in western russia in just a few moments as the world update on r t but for now israel is targeting a german nobel prize winning author because it's upset over a poem that he wrote going to grass has been declared persona non grata for denouncing israel's anti iran rhetoric in his recent work and calling it a threat to world peace but gideon levy a columnist for israeli newspaper ha'aretz says the reaction is absurdly exaggerated. the reaction of israel was out of proportion aggressive and really stupid and ridiculous to be clear. as a persona non grata only because of his views in any democracy people will not be

prevented to enter the country because of anything they say or expressed there is and to some it is them in the world no will no doubt about it but there is so much legitimate critics on israel and so much just afraid critical of israel in this way or fold or is it taking anyone who dares to. say as an anti semitic he's really is not efficient and is primarily counterproductive because the world will get by. starting with afghanistan let's get to the r.t. world update some other global news in brief at least nine have been killed dozens wounded after a suicide bomber rammed a car into a government building in western afghanistan the blast struck as local businessmen were gathering for a meeting with officials the attack is a major blow for the security of western afghanistan that's been considered

relatively peaceful with terrorists concentrating on the south and east. the president of a new york a brokerage firm which pleaded guilty to a sixty six million dollars mortgage fraud scheme gerard can you know admitted creating mortgages that were never going to be repaid the charges against him carry a maximum penalty of thirty years behind bars but this case comes in the wake of president obama's campaign against financial fraud which started in two thousand and nine. and a coming up next hour here on our very own max keiser revealing even bigger economic fraud as he brings you analysis from the cutthroat world of global finance is a test. that the end of the day life masters is not going to go down into a mine and go mining for silver i mean let's be clear about something they have the vast resources of the market as you just expressed they have near zero percent interest rates and they have a backstop with

a central bank and they use this to commit fraud and any time they make a mistake they put a gun to the head of government and say either give us another bail out or going to kill the economy i'm saying put an end to that cycle if you takes over five hundred dollars and you take people's give them the chance to own real financial independence as opposed to being de pendant on the fed and on the government and being a slave being in reserve pen did the declaration of independence he remembers those words. that are less true at our hourly update from the business first dollars flyover else artie's dimitri standing by good to see you understand that facebook is buying instagram for a billion dollars there's not a bit too much it does seem like like a lot of money especially given it's a free application for well notably i phones and i pads and specially if you

compare it with other assets of of the same value we'll look at them in just a few months first of all circuit what's going on in europe where traders have come back from a long easter weekend and obviously they're depressed about the jobs report which came out in the united states on friday so the thirty's down point seven percent the backs by pretty much the same over here in russia the markets have been pretty much ignoring what's been going on in the u.s. and e.u. markets have been trading over those days when most of the world was celebrating easter and what we see right now is a flat picture after a positive session on monday but we have to remember there have been four consecutive weeks of losses here. in moscow so moving the my sex right now gazprom among energy shares is actually on a decline of one third of a percent on the mice that. is our at least a magnet is up two percent the supermarket chain has reported profits rise thirty

four percent in the fourth quarter and the the s.n.p. is down one point six percent in fintry let's take a look at the company in more detail it's the world's largest titanium producer and it could be partly put on sale at commerce and daily newspaper says. this was main shareholder of state corporation russian technologies is aiming to sell forty five percent in the company almost one billion dollars there is that billion analysts say russian technology has bought the shares in the titanium company on credit and currently unable to deal with the good. how the russian government is stepping up efforts to stop the flight of cash to offshore structures now the tax service is introducing rules to impose a tax of up to twenty percent on all transactions of russian companies with offshore structures and that's if it is proved to be controlling the structures now concurrently more than half of foreign direct investment in russia comes from

companies registered in of shores. so what's going on elsewhere in the markets asia has ended the session in the red with the nikkei down zero point one percent it isn't by the bank of japan to keep interest rates unchanged while in the home kong home saying was down more than one percent china may be heading for a hard landing giving bad. imports and exports have been growing at a pretty modest pace. move over to commodities and we are seeing a decline this. nymex crude and brant blend because of optimism. international efforts will reduce the odds of military conflict with iraq . and now the cyclical what's going on the currencies markets and the euro is declining by just a notch versus the greenback while the ruble is mixed against the current so yes it's weakening versus the euro and strengthening by well just

a bit versus and. finally futures for the u.s. markets look just slightly positive that's after a bad session on monday when again traders were reacting to a disappointing jobs report on friday and making headlines on the nasdaq was a company which isn't even trading but there's a few more weeks left before facebook's i.p.o. and it's already making its largest acquisition ahead of this i.p.o. to sweeten the offer social network says it is buying the maker of a popular mobile application instagram the free app allows users to take a picture easily modify it with different filters and then share it with friends now the service was founded take a look at this less than two years ago and will be sold for a billion dollars in cash and stock it's all really really if you just imagine those two companies on a scale one's a free app maker the other one's an industry champion half of an industry champion it does seem that it's a bit irrelevant isn't it they're both worth one billion dollars in numbers that my

brain cannot compute dimitry many many thanks indeed see you next hour. just a few minutes here on our see the headlines in our exclusive interview with former journalist and black panther jamal right here on our team.

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