all. russia's foreign minister says the assad regime should be given taking more time and being more active implementing the un brokered cease fire plan in syria but also calls on those supporting the opposition piled pressure on the factions to a sabotaging the peace or. the british prime minister seeks to seal his story and weapons deal with japan in a move many see as a mirroring of washington's recent drive to boost its military presence in the asia pacific region. also russia and poland remember the victims of the tragic plane crash near smally and killed the polish president and of most of the country's

political elite. two years ago. and a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime many believe he did not commit america's most famous prisoner jamal talks exclusively to r.t. his first t.v. interview since his sentence was commuted to life behind bars. worldwide news live from moscow this is artsy with me rule recent show russia's foreign minister says international monitors will be key to implementing the cease fire in syria's civil conflict sort of syrian counterpart ahead of thursday's peace deadline in the arab country. turkey rushed to declare the cease fire agreement void and promised

a tough first sponsor after syrian guns fired into hits territory. for exhaust artiste. well the two foreign ministers meeting here just behind me at the before ministry headquarters here in central moscow so if you love rope 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 but he also said that syria could have been more proactive in their efforts. we have information that syria's government is starting to feel the steps laid out and announced plans by withdrawing troops a 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 of the minister lavrov went on to say that those nations that support the rebels in syria must put pressure on them to adhere to the cease fire

when it comes into effect kofi annan is initiatives have been ignored by some if not majority of the opposition groups including the syrian national council so well 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 authorities now there are some that have been claiming that the groups of rebel fighters had been drawing syrian army troops into the skirmishes before fleeing across the border into turkey to try and get the army to fire after them into turkish territory however there are those people saying that these were just people fleeing from the army across the border into the safety of turkey now the reaction it's come from these skirmishes we've heard from mr oedipal gun the the prime minister of turkey saying that his country was considering all options including knows that they don't even want to think it

out so in terms of international reaction the united states is said to. we should bring this issue up with 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 attacked all of the other members of the alliance stepped 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 now the whole situation in syria still extremely complex we've seen support for the rebels and increase around the world also funding coming into them from groups like the friends of syria under 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 tommy troops walking a fine line as kansas thousands of refugees have crossed the syrian border into

turkey keeping the peace here has not been easy and now the violence is still dave a searing gunfire reaching across the border and into a refugee camp as government forces because he's 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 this also raises serious concerns that that could undermine diplomatic efforts to end the conflict by setting the stage for a fully fledged foreign military intervention well serious questions will be raised about just why a wreck e.g. kant was located so 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 for returning back into syria to continue that fight walking before. i don't cross the border i walk again. the army i took an army.

for. some people come back you know the people work with. the border across the border to syria. border and many. people here there are people here and they're operating. do not. let him go on back to fort as well as a civilian refugee camp taking the military army defectors and the man considered the head of the f.s.a. in the country the camp with a state closely guarded thirty's make it extremely hard to access information here we managed to speak to one member of the free syrian army about what they're wanting from the turkish government. we don't have enough weapons. it's not just the f.s.a. the turkey supporting it recently played bass to the friends of syria conference

where many countries including gulf states qatar and saudi arabia agree to contribute millions to funding the free syrian army it was a meet the some country source 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 for these efforts to be realized 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 just be miles from their homes. unable to. serve but are they. speaking about a. correspondent for the asia times believes the rebels unconditional backers are the greatest obstacle to syria. they are being assisted by foreign powers

the qatari special forces scenary forces be by the house of south by sheiks trami of sunni sheiks from iraq or soonish extract the gulf they are salafi jihadism the middle with an al qaida or strains of ok adequate action in we also have british ten french special forces on the ground the clarke of the un security council so it's crazy because you are trying to implement you when glenn way you have two members of the u.n. security council or the opposition they are fighting the government alongside the opposition so obviously how can you prove lad guarantees to the government that this is going to start this is the fact only normals could ever story because there is a shadow war going on for months even more stop. and we have more analysis on the developments

in and around syria all throughout the day here on r.t. both of the latest facts and opinions available twenty four seven and talk on just a click away. britain is seeking to boost its military presence in asia as prime minister david cameron visits japan to agree on a possible royal navy submarine to point in the region the u.k. is joining the american buildup in asia pacific a strategy critics say is aimed at challenging beijing's growing influence from london as artie's about. well for britain it hopes to gain two things really from these talks firstly 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 trade since 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 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 and 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 a deployment that china actually saw as an incursion on its fear of influence and in its own backyard even tensions already very high in the area north korea planning a rocket launch later this week and now there's talk of britain and america adding a physical presence to these regional issues will certainly add to the tensions even more. five more where these are tensions could lead them are joined by political analyst the joys of changing from hong kong city university thank you for

joining us on the program today the u.s. openly admits it wants to challenge china's growing influence in the region but what are britain's interests in asia right now. it is as yet difficult to assess obviously despite its colonial rule that is can only your legacy in asia. right newton's straight bond and in beslan bolland in asia pacific region is less and that of germany and france and probably it now would like to stop our is trade and investment could at least in the region are this has to do with the fact that. u.k. certainly with night your picks a lot more rest malta was our economy which is certainly not uniquely shaped all over the united kingdom is and you know more isolated position.

in the union you know the recent. financial crisis. or other i understand the economic angle as you're bringing on here but of course there's a build up of us and now potentially the british military in the region it certainly does not sit well with china we already know that beijing is expanding its navy what further steps could china now take there are some but according to its variations of economic war games. china will probably. wait and serve at the moment because the prime min of hunter some regions on the u.k. could a shift pacific region is more symbolic and substantial not a fact the strip t.g. northern military balance in be

a ship pacific region in any significant way it is more a gesture on the part of the united kingdom could give support to the united states and the united kingdom part of what michael exploit is a bond case especially. relationship with big united states to enhance is tricky to get an economic appeal to. south korea and get us in countries who are increasingly which are increasingly and easy with the as certain front i want to see concession are under part of china that's exactly that's exactly where i was going to leave now because ultimately japan is is talking defense cooperation with the u.k. as you were mentioning a moment ago while australia south korea and other countries are already hosting american troops it might seem bizarre why are these countries embracing britain and the united states as allies and not china well these

countries apparently are kind of hedging strategy he certainly did not want to confront tyner at the moment and they do not have the resources to fuel their respective military strains balance so to pass a paris approach at a moment of course is to count on dignitas more strategically and to involve more foreign powers into the region. so still have a more sort of so as to have a poke at chalons of being painting some kind of multilateral ballons and exerting the pressure of that you can national community on china political analyst joseph chain from hong kong a city university i wish we had more time for this discussion we don't many thanks for joining us on r.t. today and pure. but i still to come here on the program a poster boy for what many see is the injustice of the u.s.

judicial system he gives his first interview since being taken off death row. for. the. growth. of jamal it shares his views with r.t. on what has changed in america during the thirty years he's been spending behind bars and what his aspirations may be for the future. but israel calls him a threat to world peace later in the program we report on the scandal surrounding a controversial poem by a nobel prizewinning or. it's exactly two years since the deadly plane crash in russia's small region which claimed the lives of the polish president lech kaczynski together with most of the country's political elite all ninety six on board were killed in poland's worst disaster in decades after his election to shift now brings us more on the commemorations being

held both in warsaw and at the crash site. commemoration events are taking place at the site of the awful tragedy which happened two years ago in western russia nearby the city of almost two hundred relatives of those who were killed in that plane crash also here to lay flowers in greece at the site of the awful tragedy hundreds of thousands will be mourning the dead in poland just as it was happening two years ago i was there in warsaw and across 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 rides to power in my report which i had produced a little earlier 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 western russia to commemorate twenty thousand police officers killed by soviet troops at katyn village in one thousand nine hundred forty but it never reached its destination. or might not be the plane descending as usual i heard a loud noise and has didn't pay attention to it i just thought it was thunder the plane crash killed all ninety six passengers onboard including the president and first lady and most of the country's political elite separate investigations by both moscow and warsaw blamed for bad weather and dubious decisions by the crew they were warned of heavy fog and low visibility work sold to choose a different runway but for whatever reason decided to land anyway. there was

a very clear piece of guidance from traffic controllers that no conditions existed and it's 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 he has. had of the publisher who was on board. various of the dignitaries were going to a specific event in the area. you know an awful lot of pressure was put on this guy's shoulders. 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 is twin brother you're also believes the

crash was orchestrated. poland is subject to a process of forced a knee jerk concerning the smelliest going crash which increasingly looks like a terrorist act if there were explosions on board if this catastrophe looks increasingly like essentially nation then this means there's a new development in international affairs. polish right wing parties try to use this millions crash to score points in presidential and parliamentary complaints which followed the tragedy but their failure to win votes with russian rhetoric say experts proves warsaw's line wasn't in june 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 on the side of the katyn massacre and in many ways this is the reminder that the similar 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 countries closer in the common grief and in the attempt to find the truth alexy research ski r.t. reporting from smolensk in western russia. the timeline of the tragedy can be found online at our top com and of course plenty more on our websites in clued in this year's i knew all the time that my view is enough poll of the most influential people is particularly well guarded secret but the number one spot going to the cyber group anonymous this is though along side rumors the poll itself was infiltrated by the hackers more details on that are to talk on. this could soon become the location of for the new capital of russia already starts with the newly appointed governor of the moscow region wants to believe find out more about seemed to. put it past the hour here now one so i death row

inmate we are. serving a life sentence convicting for convicted excuse me for shooting and killing a us police officer back in one thousand nine hundred eighty one of the last thirty years the former journalist and black panther has proclaimed his innocence gained international support for his case along the way since our conviction supporters have rallied behind him to seek justice claiming he never received a fair trial but we are the first t.v. channel in the world to speak with the man since he was taken off death row exclusive interview in its entirety coming up in about twelve minutes but for now a preview from our reporter on the star trek and. revolutionary journalist and activist an honorary citizen in over twenty cities with a street named after him in france may have would you waltz 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.

mia 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 when mia was what is it like to be on death row for that long. ride living. if i like our own death row so. wait. here in my own mind. back i'm still looking for countless of his supporters all over the world many of the jamal has really come to represent a symbol of a flawed justice system in the united states and in our interview we talked about whether media 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 three hundred thousand

prisoners in california alone you could literally talk about. people are three to five a person to talk to cop quicker here and we've been in and. better a level of force rich. and effect on our career ok sure we're from generation having been part of the black panther movement me i would jamal was actually watched by the f.b.i. since he was fourteen years old and i asked him when the laws such as the m.t.a. which allows officials to watch the team 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 it's made everything. back in one thousand sixty's and fifty's and i. think we can be real. by the very thing that f.b.i.

agents that it ministry was criminal background that means they could look at your mail take care of your poems they do all that what we live in today is a national security state we create broker who. we do our rational our money on to 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. . panther and prize winner. convicted of controversial. after thirty years on death row. who knew how the judge speaks to r.t. . the scandal surrounding a poem by a german nobel prize winning author and which he denounces israeli policies shows no signs of dying down while some critics attacked a good grass for calling israel a threat to world peace tel aviv's a reaction to a literary work also came under fire a travel ban imposed on

a writer was dismissed by his supporters as a disproportionate response with some prodding out israel is simply diverting attention from the issues tackled and the power of israel the government of israel has always used this argument of whenever you see something that is anti israel you're supposed to be anti semitic this is the kind of argument the key use when you do it do not want to debate the issue and the issue here is israel is a nuclear power it is not signatory to the nonproliferation treaty and it infuses controls by the international atomic energy agency exactly what it is that manning of iran which is a signatory to the m p treaty so actually what is happening here is indeed the issue is the fact that israel has a nuclear arsenal which is refusing to have controlled by international institutions. all right our starting with afghanistan now is the r.t.

world of it some other global news and brief two explosions in the country have claimed at least twenty two lives and wounded dozens in the country's relatively peaceful western province of how rat a car bomb ripped through a government building just as local businessmen were gathering for a meeting with officials hours later in the mall volatile three suicide attackers targeted the governor's office two of the bombers shot dead one however managed to detonate explosives killing eight policemen. and you psychiatric testers found that mass killer anders breivik is sane contradicting an earlier assessment that's a week before the thirty three year old norwegian goes on trial confessed to last year's twenty attacks of planting a bomb in oslo which killed eight and opening fire at a youth camp outside the capital leaving sixty nine dead. the european markets opening know how they're looking. for

a couple of hours but the sentiment there has been negative i'm not sure it come as a surprise really because this is the first trading session after the four day easter break and investors didn't have a chance to react to a string of maggots of data and that's what we're seeing today if we take a look at the european markets right now we will see that figures there are in there right there with go we can see that both the foot sea and the dax up posting losses almost one percent in the red the nazi mainly due to disappointing jobs in the u.s. then moving on to the bottom markets is slightly different mood it's more both of my sites and the r.t.s. points in off words and that's because the investors already had a chance to react to that negative data and in fact there are more looking for more it's in u.s. futures which are pointing into a more positive mood and also the russian government said that it will push ahead with its probably program so in general more upbeat new stories here let's take a look at the main movers on the of the mind blue chips are

a mix this hour still we see gas from is down and up in the trend is the thelemite needs but that's also not a surprise after it reported that its first quarter revenues rose a record thirty four percent and also the world's biggest producer. is that actually we have a new story related to this company and that is that it could be partly put on the sale of the commerce and daily newspaper says the minor shareholder not estates corp russian technologies used to sell forty five percent in the company for almost one billion dollars analysts say russians acknowledge it's a ball. and is able to deal with the burden. but if we take a look at oil prices we see that they are decreasing and that's falling over for the buildup of u.s. crude and mentors and of course new. story on the u.s. jobs they didn't help matters and it would take a look at the currency we see that the dollar is

a gaining against the euro but when it comes to the ruble it's still virtually going against a gold major currencies. and this is our business success our oriel have not up to date for a year or next hour i'm looking forward to merida many many thanks indeed. i still to come here about see the headlines and then an exclusive interview do stay with us if you can.