the international envoy to syria says there is still time for the u.n. peace plan to work despite the looming deadline while the russian foreign minister urges called be a long time more actively pressure of the opposition towards a cease fire. the british prime minister and his japanese counterpart agreed to expand collaboration on defense equipment in a move many see as nearing washington as a worrisome drive to boost its military presence in the asia pacific region. also the man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime many believe he did not commit america's most famous prisoner move. talks

exclusively to our t.v. and his first t.v. interview since his sentence was commuted to life behind bars. and russia and poland remember the victims of the tragic plane crash near smolensk that killed the polish president and most of the country's political elite two years ago. using common broadcasting to live from the heart of moscow on charon's. the international envoy to syria kofi annan says it's too early to bury his peace plan some western and arab states lashed out at the syrian government over its commitment to the looming cease fire deadline at the same time after talks with syria's foreign minister russia's top diplomat said again that all called on foreign powers to use their diplomatic leverage is to bring peace marches peter all

over house been following the developments. kofi annan said that said there was still time for his six point peace plan to be put in place he said that the the deadline of six am on the twelfth of april was still a viable deadline and he appealed to twofold sides both the opposition and the government forces to put down their weapons and to as he is to the point of that peace plan that he was the main architect told despite criticism from the west kofi annan the former u.n. secretary general saying that this plan was still very much a life. plan this. kofi annan also went on to say that there was no real alternative to this peace plan that he put forward and he had heard from the syrian government that they were hearing 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 that in that peace plan however kofi annan going on to say this well the plan itself was certainly behind schedule and over the past few days we've seen an escalation in violence on both sides of the syrian conflict and earlier on tuesday we heard from russian foreign minister sergei lavrov who appealed 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 as it's unusual we are calling on position groups and all the state can 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. well despite those voices of optimism there it seems that some countries have already written off kofi annan

peace plan the united kingdom it issued a statement accusing the syrian government of and. issuing ludicrous eleven thousand demands only on the peace plan also fronts have come out in refer to the what the government is doing is a a new expression of flagrant of a flagrant and unacceptable lie on behalf of the syrian government that is also outraged to. syrian troops had fired on rebels fleeing into their sovereign territory now that prompted the united states to suggest that he had a case to bring up before nato now one of the fundamental principles of the nato alliance is that if one member comes under attack that all of the members of nato have a g.g. to defend that's men but now this all comes after syrian rebels have continued to use to key is a safe haven from which to launch attacks against syrian government troops syrian the syrian army to fulfilling back across the border into turkey and the relative

safety there are calm and a visiting professor all international relations from bell can't university turkey says foreign skepticism over the syrian peace plan plays well into the rebels' hands. looser and rebels main strategy is to draw in prone intervention because neither protests on the streets or accept it which he has undermined the control room of just. one hope or dream is to bring in the higher are nato countries turkey as we heard it was not a new border country with them of a greater who can provoke a conflict. that might work then we have serious substance the turkish government has yet to meet to discuss that it wouldn't of course sort of hear it in full support until if you see any country with a large army in the border in syria it will be hard but if we do have international politics going on here essentially nato countries for arms and particular to her

said we want assad to go so it's very important for their interest but ultimately who is friends of those who are we. will have more analysis on the developments in and around syria throughout the day also the latest facts and opinions are available on our website our current just in mouse click away. the u.k. and japan have agreed to develop defense weapons together as britain seeks to boost its military presence in asia part of that cooperation could see a possible royal navy submarine deployment 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 and fluence archly cyber bennett reports from london. 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. aren't 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 or 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 the main because part of the could mean the regular deployment of british submarines in the area these would be hunted killers 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 fact by china as being an incursion on its own

turf in his own backyard and now britain is seeking to do the same with this time even closer to home this will undoubtedly increase the friction in what is already a highly sensitive region and as the british and japanese prime ministers are meeting in tokyo they've warned north korea that it must scrap its satellite launch plants james corbet editor of the news website the corbett report says although kyung yells neighbors are worried about the planned satellite launch situation is not worth a military. really threatening people in a region with its satellite launch and it is something that would seem to necessitate some sort of response whether a military response is really necessary well that would only come into play if for 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 but i would be the only situation developing from this that i could think would be some sort of massive military intervention or the need for a military presence in the region intertwining of the economies is an interesting feature of all of this that makes that the idea of outbreak military confrontation i think less likely and to a certain extent perhaps this type of military aggression is cleaned up as a way of bilking more money out of the or the american taxpayers for example in order to fund the american military machine and to justify a new type of battlefront still to come this hour on r t a poster boy for what many see as the justice of the u.s. judicial system it's his first interview since being taken off death row. for. big national security. jamal shares his views with r.t. what has changed in america during the thirty years he's already spent behind bars and his aspirations for the future. plus he called israel threat to

world peace later on in the program we report on this terrible surrounding a controversial one nobel prize winning author all that and more coming your way in just a moment. there hasn't been anything yet to be. used to get the maximum political impact of this. before the source material is for hopes journalism on the we. we will it sure is a. complete no. thanks

for joining our to eleven minutes past the hour. once our death row inmate who. is now serving a life sentence convicted of first shooting and killing a us police officer in one thousand nine hundred one for the last thirty years the former journalist and black panther house proclaimed his innocence and gained entry national support for his case along the way so conviction supporters have rallied

behind him to seek justice claiming he didn't receive a fair trial archie is the first t.v. channel in the world to speak with america since he was taken off from death row exclusive interview in its entirety is coming up just after eight thirty pm g.m.t. but first here's a preview from our reporter anastasiya cannot. of revolutionary journalist and activist an honorary citizen in over twenty cities with a street named after him in france 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 mia was what is it like to be on death row for that long. quite moving. if i like. throw

throw. weight. in my home my career. back i'm still here for countless of his supporters all over the world to me a budget model 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 are free to buy it pretty quick we're going to and. having been part of the black panther movement to 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 n.d.a. which allows officials to watch the teen and hold people in the united states

whether any of the things that big brother has officially shown his face in america the so-called patriot act as made everything that was. back in one thousand sixty's and nineteen fifties and seventy's it legalized it greedily legalized the very thing that the f.b.i. agent that is going to do with criminal background that means you can look at your mail take care of your phone if you want money a good jamal's take on occupy wall street the u.s. elections as well as his dreams and much more in our exclusive interview with him here at r.t. . hunter prize winner. victor controversial. after thirty years on death row. he just speaks to our chief. it's exactly two years since the deadly plane

crash in russia smulian screener which claimed the lives of the polish president lech kaczynski together with most of the country's political elite all ninety six people on board were killed and poland's worst disaster in decades are two thousand exceed a shift it 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 civilians could almost two hundred relatives of those who were killed in that plane crash are also here to lay flowers in greece of 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 is separate investigations by both russia and poland have been held a 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 involved which are using this grief still to rights to power now in my report which i had produced a little earlier we can have a look at leave ends 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 or thousand polish offices killed by soviet troops at katyn village in nineteen forty but it never reached its destination. for my loyalty pursue a plane descending as usual heard a loud noise and it was didn't pay attention to it i just thought it was under. a 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 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 anyway. 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 because he has the president on board. the head of the coalition force on board. various dignitaries we're going to a specific event 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 poems but for

some accepting the truth was even harder despite lots of evidence an eyewitness account supporting the investigation some political forces in poland have been pointing the finger at moscow kaczynski is twin brother you're also love believes the crash was orchestrated. poland is subject to a process of force the kneejerk concerning the somalians going crash which increasingly looks like a terrorist act if there were explosions on board if this catastrophe looks increasingly like essential asian then this means there's a new development in your national affairs. polish right wing 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 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 from the site of the katyn massacre and in many ways this is the reminder that the smolensk plane crash was a tragedy inside and no other 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 the common grief and in the attempts to find the truth. r.t. reporting from smolensk in western russia. well the timeline of the tragedy can be found online at archie dot com and there's plenty more on our website including this year's annual time magazine poll of the most influential people is a particularly well guarded secret at the number one spot going to the cyber group anonymous as alongside rumors the poll itself was infiltrated by hackers more details. plus. this could soon become the location for the new

capital of russia or at least that's what the newly appointed governor of the moscow region believes you can always find out more at r.t. dot com. thanks for being with our team of the scandal surrounding a poem by a german nobel prize winning author in which he denounces israeli policies shows no signs of drawing down critics attacked for calling israel a threat to world peace so leaves 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 that some pointing out israel is simply go inverting attention from the issues tackled in the home. israel the government of israel as

always used this argument of whenever you say something that is anti israel or supposedly anti semitic this is the kind of argument that you use when you 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 refuses controls by the international atomic energy agency exactly what it is demanding of iran which is a signatory in the n.p.t. treaty so actually what is happening here is the issue is the fact that israel has a nuclear arsenal which is refuses to have controlled by international institutions . as mass rallies against the authorities seem to have quality in moscow activist how headed south to where the protest movement is gaining force hundreds gathered in the city of austin huddled in support of a former candidate for the mayor's post who currently is oh not hunger strike

together with more than a dozen other people shana lost the election to the united russia party candidate more than a month ago but claimed the outcome was due to a number of violations of regions government has reportedly admittedly a real election and would be the best way out of the situation i feel led to the mayor insisting his victory was just a prosecutor's office has confirmed to their world violations but stressed they were too insignificant to affect the overall result the events enough to harm were partly inspired by the moscow protests in the wake of the parliamentary election that led to a major reform making it easier for parties to now and through the political stage . now some other world news and brief two explosions in afghanistan playing at least twenty two lives and wounded dozens in the country's relatively peaceful western province of iraq a car bomb ripped through

a government building just as local businessmen were gathering. hours later in the more volatile south three suicide attackers targeted a governor's office two of the bombers were shot but one managed to detonate explosives that killed a policeman. then you psychiatric test has found that mass killer. is sane contradicting in the early earth estimate a thirty three year old norwegian murderer said he was certified with the results and wished he had gone further during the rampage that's a week before he goes on trial private confessed to last year's twin attacks are planting involved in oslo which killed eight people and opening fire at a youth camp outside the. capital sixty nine. europe's human rights court has ruled that five terror suspects can be extradited to the u.s. from britain among them is run of court as long as clerk who holmes i'll musri who's

reportedly linked with the one thousand nine hundred hostage taking in yemen and setting up in a tourist terrorist training camp in oregon if extradited suspects could face life alone solitary confinement and top security u.s. presence now there's just a couple of minutes before we move on to business but coming up later today artie's cause a report uncovers a vicious circle of fraud engulfing the global economy. that end of the day life masters is not going to go down into a mine and go mining for silver but i mean look 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 it's 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 take silver to five hundred dollars and you take people's give them the chance to old real financial

independence as opposed to being deep pendent on the fed and on the government and being a slave being in do a pen did the declaration of independence do you remember those words. now to what extent can poor customer service drive you crazy quite literally it seems for one disgruntled moscow driver a three hour wait for his car to be returned from the repair shop just too much it seems that's because he jumped back into his courtesy car and rammed it straight through the showrooms window and then crashed several cars which were up for sale and means he won't even return of his vehicle that he's worried about now rather than five years prison he could face for the rampage the damage he caused is estimated at more than thirty thousand dollars.

all right now time to cross over to our business desk where marina is following the markets wall street is the only trading right now is that a sea of red there as well. yeah it is american stocks have dropped sharply following a global sell off and the reason well that is of course in europe higher bond yields for spain and really means that investors basically don't cross these economies very much well let's take a look at how high this year old crisis fears are among american traders this hour if we take a look at the latest figures we see that is losing over a half a percent as well as nasdaq one last like this point three percent this hour and financials are among the biggest decliners we have bank of america dropping three percent this hour and also investors are currently awaiting the earnings report season which starts as soon as the markets close to accuse the analysts say the

expectations there are low so that means were involved in that we see in these figures go back it's positive territory any time soon unless we seize on the positive come out well let's move on to europe markets there are closed what we saw there is a sea of red as well both the footsie and the dax lost over two percent in the force and that's was there were reacting to disappointing jobs coming out from the u.s. and of course in the eurozone then help matters the fact that spain's essential bank and now it's that the country's banks are born of will and will need more cap'n it's also that increased concerns over the debt crisis in europe yet again we're all moving onto the currencies the euro is losing against the dollar because of the concerns in europe and other parts of the ruble rule it's retreating against both the main currencies and that's the euro and the greenback ok well let's take a look at what happened here in russia where markets are closed we saw that both p.r.c.'s and the my stocks lost over a half

a percent just under one for size and five and they were tracking overseas. losses basically a sea of red everywhere and then everyone else all right in other news reports claiming the russian state is selling out of the world's top titanium producer. i have turned out to be premature russians acknowledges holds a forty five percent stake in the firm which are bought out with loans it's as if the government can help cover the interest payments it may not sell the holding but on the signature of a from the e.u. p s believes even if the government also provide the cash selling the stake is not the best way to go. by pure the horse reverse the scars of the blow and. the we could expose goldman. could expose the company to become more open to the source and that the company would be able to raise some more you in the market completely to it gives us the

sale of the state this fictional book world this week because all the mighty google google's you thought just the company you will get that you think this will be just a little change of shareholders and i think girls girls will be changed. so many positive news here in business but are you surprised really karen with everything that's happening around the world i don't think so how about are there for you next hour. for that business up there marina and an even deeper dive and so the world of finance is coming your way in just a few minutes and our power to look out shell that's after a wrap up of the top stories with me.