the full source material is what helps keep journalism on we. we wanted to preserve. something of. rushers a foreign minister says the assad regime should be more active in implementing the un brokered cease fire plan in syria but also calls on those supporting the opposition to paul pressure on the factions peace efforts. the british prime minister and his japanese counterpart agreed to expand collaboration on defensive but in a move many see as a mirroring washington's recent drive to boost its military presence in the asia pacific region. also russia and poland of remembered the victims of the tragic plane crash. that killed the polish

president and most of the country's political elite two years ago. and the man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime many believe he did not commit america's most famous a prisoner. talks exclusively to r.t. in his first t.v. interview since his sentence was commuted to life behind bars. it's good to have you with us here today on r.t. . live in moscow international envoy on syria kofi annan says it's too early to bury the u.n. peace plan in syria his comments came amid loud skepticism in the western and arab states over thursday's deadline for a complete sea. fire in the syrian civil conflict. closely developing us me

following the developments for us here on r.t. peter so what exactly did kofi annan have to say. well he was kofi annan said there was still time for his six point peace plan to be put in place he said that beat the deadline of six am on the twelfth of april was still a viable deadline and he appealed to both sides both the opposition and the government forces to put down their weapons and to as he is to the point solve that peace plan that he was the the main architects both despite criticism from the west kofi annan the former u.n. secretary general saying his plan was still very much alive. i believe it's. true. to say that the plan has a plan. because i can't

really hear anything. well the kofi annan also went on to say that there was no real alternative to the peace plan that he put forward and he had heard from the syrian government that they were hearing to some of those points we've heard that there's been a partial withdrawal of troops and heavy weapons from the. the residential areas of the city of the country that was included in the not peace plan however kofi annan going on to say that well the plan itself was certainly behind schedule now over the past few days we've seen and an escalation in violence on both sides of the syrian conflict and earlier on tuesday we heard from russian foreign minister sergei lavrov who appeals to the syrian opposition as well as those who support them from abroad to make sure that they do it here to the peace plan. we are calling on all opposition groups and all the states will have influence on the political opposition and more importantly armed opposition to use its influence to

reach a cease fire between both sides of the conflict. so peter certainly there are some sighs there that are showing a sense of optimism or hope that this peace plan will work out so he laughed it off kofi annan it would seem though that some foreign powers are not sharing this level of optimism about peace in syria what do they say. well that's right the united kingdom it issued a statement saying that accusing the syrian government of issuing ludicrous eleven thousand demands on the on the peace plan also fronts have come out and referred to what the government is doing is they say you expression of flagrant a flagrant and unacceptable lie on behalf of the syrian government but it's also outrage in turkey where syrian troops fired on rebels fleeing into their sovereign territory now that prompted the united states to suggest that turkey has

a case to bring up before nato now one of the fundamental principles of the the nato alliance is that if one member comes under attack that all of the members of nato have a duty to defend them but it comes under attack now we also heard from the the turkish prime minister saying that his country was reviewing all options including knows that previously he is perhaps not wanted to come sit at this all comes after syrian rebels have continued to use to he is a safe haven from which to launch attacks against syrian government troops so he and the syrian army to fulfill back across the border into turkey and the relative safety their. life in front of the russian ministry of foreign affairs in central moscow thank you. for now but more on this i'm now joined by a political analyst our jamal wakim professor at the lebanese international university joining us live here on the program. could you say you today what do you

make of the widespread criticism from western and arab states to the peace plan in syria even though envoy kofi annan warns it's still too soon to bury the plan. it seems that the united states is trying to back down on its agreement with the russians over a compromise regarding syria and this is how we can understand militant groups or armed groups stepping up their fight against the syrian government in an attempt to. fail the initiative of kofi annan that was the outcome of this russian. american agreement so they want to phrase this in order to justify. they are still trying to talk of the regime what at least they are. trying to weaken the regime in case if it's not so it's also

a majority of iranians are that you say you say it doesn't really matter what the arab and what america what the arab states or what america says because at the end of the day their plan regardless of kofi annan peace plan is ultimately topple the assad regime one very interesting point is that of turkey the turkish prime minister today getting getting rather upset over gunfire over its border and yet turkey is said to allow well this is some sort please continue. yeah actually turkey is trying to justify turkey is being pushed by the united states in order to harass the syrians especially by supporting and providing safe haven for armed groups to go from its territory to launch attacks on the syrian government the syrian troops and the syrian troops had retaliated the same way they did with armed groups coming from lebanon so in this case this is to justify their turkey is a member of nato to justify an intervention by nato without passing through the

united and council and this is how we can understand for example the visit of the syrian and minister of foreign affairs to russia now a little madeline ism and moscow because i believe we are facing a new rising tension regarding the city in case and i believe that the west is not backing off its plan to talk of the syrian regime by one way or another and this is a not down to. take over the whole middle east in order to block both what we call eurasia means russia china and iran to block them inside asia and block them from any axis to the warm waters whether it's the mediterranean the indian ocean or the pacific so let me just see if i can just understand what you're saying here and put into

layman's terms that the kofi annan six stage peace plan is a smokescreen and that nato the u.n. and america they are playing politics here and they just want to take over the region definitely and what with them occasionally why this is how we can understand . well because the american plan there is an alliance between what we call powers the united states on one hand built western europe on one hand. they are trying to block russia coalition of land powers russia china iran from having access to international money time trade routes and this is in order to enforce that sort of bargaining position for the first coalition in order to block asia the rising asia from being the upper hand in world affairs especially with the rise of putin to power now in russia with the potential of the

economic potential of china and with the rising. off iran which is becoming a regional superpower so in this case. syria remains the largest gateway of these land powers to have access to or more to the specially that it's on the shores of the mediterranean if we see the global map we see that these powers have lost all axis through levy or through yemen and through other places these were mortars and all that remains for them is syria that's what that's what we can understand the federation simply the american attack on the syrian regime it's not a little emotional and. professor of the lebanese international university certainly if indeed your right with what you say those are some disturbing angles you bring to the story thank you very much for coming on art's hates it i thank you. but the

u.k. and japan have agreed to develop defensive weapons together as britain seeks to boost its military presence in asia part of that cooperation or could see a possible royal navy submarine deployment in the region but u.k. is joining the american buildup in asia pacific a strategy critics say is aimed at challenging beijing's growing influence with details on this story as r.t. as i think that. for britain this is a highly lucrative opportunity first because it means big business when it comes to defense japan is an untapped market in britain is very keen to exploit that prime minister david cameron is unashamedly touting britain's military hardware on this trip taking with him over thirty executives from the u.k. armed arms industry he's defended that move as being perfectly responsible and respectable despite the region being highly sensitive to any kind of military maneuvers whatsoever and tensions are particularly high at the moment with north

korea planning a rocky launch for later this week but on top of that and more importantly for britain is the chance to exert its influence with a physical presence in the region a region that traditionally and certainly geographically is china's domain because part of the agreement could mean the regular deployment of british submarines in the area these would be hunter killer submarines they can hold missiles with a range of up to two thousand kilometers and any such move would really mirror america's activity in the region because the u.s. is also very keen to exert its influence on the asia pacific region only recently deploying two hundred marines to australia a deployment heavily criticised in frank by china as being an incursion on its own turf in its own backyard and now britain is seeking to do the same this time even closer to home this will undoubtedly increase the friction in what is already a highly sensitive region. it is of a better reporting right now as the british and japanese prime ministers are meeting in tokyo they have taken the time to warn north korea that it must scrap

its forthcoming satellite launch plans james corbet editor of the news website the corporate report says although pyongyang is neighbors are worried about the planned satellite launch the situation is not worth the military buildup. really threatening people in the region with a satellite launch and it is something that would seem to necessitate some sort of response but whether military response is really necessary well that would only come into play if north korea was really doing some sort of suicidal attack or they were actually going to use this as some sort of cover for launching a surprise attack on south korea or something ridiculous like that which would obviously be suicide for the regime so i couldn't imagine that that would be the case would be the only situation developing from this that i could think would involve some sort of massive military intervention or a need for military presence in the region intertwining of the economies is an interesting feature of all of this that makes the the idea of outbreak military confrontation i think less likely and to

a certain extent perhaps this type of military aggression is played up as a way of bilking more money out of the year the american taxpayers for example in order to fund the american military machine and to justify a new type of battlefront. you're watching r t it's good to have your company today still to come on the program for you this hour a poster boy for what many see as the injustice of the u.s. and you just will system gives his first interview since being taken off death row . what we. do are abu jamal shares his views with r.t. on what has changed in america during the years he's already spent behind bars and his aspirations for the future. he called israel a threat to world peace later in the program we report on the scandal surrounding a controversial poem by a nobel prize winning author. it is exactly two years since the deadly

plane crash in russia's small screeching 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. 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 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 rights to power and i 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 times between moscow and warsaw a high profile polish delegation was flying to west and russia to commemorate twenty thousand polish officers killed by soviet troops at katyn village in one thousand nine hundred forty but it never reached its destination. for my love i saw a plane descending as usual i heard a loud noise and it didn't pay attention to it i just thought it was thunder. a 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 land 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 he has the head of the polish force on board. various of the dignitaries were going to a specific event in the area. you know an awful lot of pressure was also long long disclosure was. 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 an eyewitness accounts porting the investigation some political forces in poland have been pointing the finger at moscow kaczynski is twin brother yugoslav believes the crash was orchestrated. poland is subject to a process of forced a knee jerk concerning the somalians plane 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. ghoulish right wing parties try to use the smolensk 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 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 on 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 their 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 attempts to find the truth alexey recess he r.t. reporting from smolensk in western russia. now the timeline of the tragedy can be found online about cdata karma of course there are plenty more on our website are standing by for you right now including this year's annual time magazine poll of the most influential people is a particularly well guarded secret the number one spot you go into the cyber group anonymous however this alongside rumors the pole itself was infiltrated by the hackers and more details on that ahead see dot com plus. this could soon become the

location for the new capital of russia or at least that's what the newly appointed governor of moscow region believes find out more r.t. dot com. not far from the world update here on r.t. but for now once a death row inmate. is now serving a life sentence convicted for shooting and killing a us police officer in one nine hundred eighty one for the last thirty years a former journalist and a black panther has proclaimed his innocence gained international support for his case along the way since our conviction supporters of rallied behind him to seek justice claiming he never received a fair trial now r.t. is the first t.v.

channel in the world to speak with the man since he was taken off death row exclusive interview coming up in its entirety next hour but for now a preview from our reporter anastasiya truckin. revolutionary journalist and activist an honorary citizen in over twenty cities with a street named after him in france cases such as the 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 me i was what is it like to be on death row for that long. in my life i'll defer to. wait. in my home my dear

if not it back to her countless of his supporters all over the world many a 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 anything 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. and literally talk about ok people are three by. hard work because women and children haven't 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 teen and hold people in the united states whether we need things that big brother has officially shown his face in america

the so-called patriot act has made everything that which we threw back at that nineteen sixty tonight these are nineteen seventies big realize. they realize the very thing that p.r. agent. was criminal background that means you can look at your mail treat tap your phone do all that money a good 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. . hunter prize winner. take to the controversial. after thirty years on death row. he just speaks to our chief. start very soon will be joining marina for the business but for now the scandal surrounding a poem by a german nobel prize winning author and which you can turn out is israeli policies

currently shows no signs of dying down but some critics attack grass for calling israel a threat to world peace televisa reaction to the literary work also came under fire a travel ban imposed on the writer was dismissed by his supporters as a disproportionate response with some pointing out israel is simply diverting attention from the issues in the power israel the government of israel has always used this argument of whenever you see something that is anti israel you're supposed to be and to submit it this is the kind of argument that you use when you do be not want to give aid to issue and the issue here is israel is a nuclear power it is not signatory to the number of police and treaty and it infuses controls by the international atomic energy agency exactly what it is demanding of iran which is a signatory to the n.p.t. treaty so actually what is happening here in the issue is the fact that israel has

a nuclear arsenal which is to refuse it to have control by international institutions. but now afghanistan kicks off the world market here in our two two explosions in the country have claimed at least twenty two lives and wounded dozens in the relatively peaceful western province of how a car bomb ripped through a government building just as local businessmen were gathering for a meeting with officials later in the more volatile so three suicide attackers targeted a governor's office two of the bombers were shot dead but one managed to detonate explosives that ended up killing eight policeman. europe's human rights court has ruled that five terror suspects can be extradited to the u.s. from britain among them is a radical islamist cleric abu hamza al masri has reportedly been linked with a nine hundred ninety eight hostage taking in yemen for setting up a notorious training center in oregon if extradited for suspects could face

lifelong solitary confinement in top security u.s. prisons. and off we go there you are marina the r.t. business desk i know where russian markets are closed today managed to escape the negative territory by the. power of all the russian markets managed to escape negative territory they were going back and forth all day long in the end they stayed in there and let's take a look at the closing picture and as we can see both the arts yes and m i six laws often point nine percent give or take and basically there were tracking overseas a loss is that a look at the main movers on my sites of loot that they mix we have gas from which was among one of the leaders then we have money which has not been that fried all day long and imposed. over supercenter that after reporting its first quarter revenues rose thirty four percent and now we have. lost over

one percent and that after news came out that the losses they spun into silence they from the worlds. tights and a producer apart sense that those reports have turned out to be premature russian technologies holds a forty five percent stake in the firm which bought with loans and it says if the government can help cover the interest payments it may not sell the holding however in a similar trouble from u.b.s. believes even if the government doesn't provide cash some mistake as not the best way to go. ip or the horse reverse to be discussed and planned be me you could expect in the movement of this call room importantly corporate governance we could expose the company to become more open to the inverse in that case the company would be able to raise some money on the market and to put it there he gives them the sale of the stake this station will look toward this way

because all the my little girls acknowledges the company you'll get anything so this will be just wanted a change of shareholders and i think goals else will be changed. all right i have to suffer in their words strong long on the u.s. markets are extending their losses with hints about both the dow and the eyes that are shedding over point a three percent and investors are cautious as well i had the earnings report season so we'll be looking out for that one they'll become right out after tomorrow we're moving on to europe markets there are still posting losses and that's what's really investors are reacting to this appointment jobs data that came out in the u.s. on friday about of course european investors had before the easter break so we're only now seeing their reaction to that and also there have been sued by spain central bank which is saying that the banks there are vulnerable and well in the more capital on this one side spain's borrowing costs sharply higher on the market

who won't quite meet soon the exchange rates their euro is now losing against the greenback as well and increase concerns over that prices in the euro zone and the ruble is the truth in against the real bad and the euro and there's a bit that's how business and loves this hour we'll have another update for you in about fifteen minutes from now.