the british prime minister powers ahead with his arms sales pitch and asia opening up the u.k.'s war arsenal to the nation surrounding china. there's still a chance of a truce says the special envoy to syria while u.s. congress hawks cozy up with syrian rebels and step up calls to supply them with arms. was critics say spanish plans for a bigger style gambling empire to make money and jobs could actually end of boosting the sex industry more than the economy.

is there is going to live from moscow i'm marina joshie enjoy the anglo japanese weapons research pact and a permanent british naval presence in asia those are the first fruits of british prime minister david cameron strongest push to hawk his country's weapons to the orient having departed from japan he is now indonesia calling for that nation to be allowed to buy weapons in bulk that just a decade after the country was embargoed by london itself for using british jets to bomb civilians accompanied by revenue of arms dealers representing the u.k.'s olds and biggest weapons makers cameron is currently on a five day tour across the continent and for the u.k. as artie's i'm about reports aside from standing to make explosive profit there's also the benefit of various hating china. selling weapons is quickly becoming what britain does best prime minister david cameron is in japan to unashamedly tout the

u.k.'s military hardware only he calls it flying the flag for britain it's seeking to become only the second country other than america to trade arms with japan not only big business but the chance for a crucial foothold in what's clearly a place to be this must be a good perfectly predictable result of the shifting of the focus of american attention in its engine of much of the world to the asia pacific region as china obviously continues to be an economic powerhouse and even india and other countries in the region for him to actually become more economically dominant i think that he attended attention from the militaries of the u.s. and the u.k. and other countries america's recently announced plans to station two thousand and remains in australia hoping to exert influence in a region china says isn't theirs to meddle in and britain could soon join them part

of its defense deal with japan could see a british hunter submarine deployed in china's backyard complete with missiles and all the physical presence the british government claims is needed these geopolitics are relevant but i think that's even more reason for the u.k. to be going out there to engage with what is one of the few allies in the region david cameron's in japan with over thirty executives from the u.k.'s highly profitable arms industry this isn't the first time he's been criticized for turning an overseas trip into a traveling sales pitch cameron was left red faced last year when on the same trip he went from praising democratic uprisings in cairo to flogging weapons in q wait prime minister david cameron has been forced to defend his party weapons manufacturers thing is perfectly responsible and respectable but this is a region that's highly sensitive to any kind of military men. attentions at the moment a particularly high north korea's planned rocket launch later this week is stoking

the traditional regional panic japan and south korea are threatening to shoot it down fearing it's a disguised long range missile test similar suspicions are being passed on china to its japan and south korea allies further afield you certainly do not want to confront china at that moment and you do not have the resources to. risk military strains to counterbalance tango so. it bears halt at a moment of course is to count on. more strategically and more foreign powers into the region so as to have a poke at chalons or exerting the pressure of the international community on china until now britain and america have had to make do with exerting their influence on the region from a far but with the talk of physical presence there the theories could upset the

balance either bennett's r.t. the speed of china's unprecedented economic rises caught many by surprise and now the question is not if but when beijing wall were taking us as the world's largest economy one of the themes up for discussion in today's crust up coming our way eleven thirty g.m.t. . i still think the china has a long way to go no no denying that china is growing a lot it is but it has a long way to go before it can get close to even think you are passing us ok could you put my. head right yeah i would say six years isn't deadline you know if you actually know joshua bell the former comptroller of the united states the guy who is in charge of order thing that walks off the u.s. government david walker has been saying earlier this year that the u.s. is now where greece was two years ago in terms of instead crisis or just under present numbers in six years is not really the future.

special envoy kofi annan says he's received assurances from syria that i want honor and greed backed ceasefire by thursday and it's after deadline for troops to leave the cities passed on tuesday with some western and arab states accusing the regime of failing to stick to its commitment and is in the country for us. the syrian authorities claim that they have begun to partial withdrawal of troops from in and around urban settlements which was the first requirement of the six point. plan now they do you recognize that so far these for a stroll has been partial and they claim that the only reason for that is that the opposition has intensified their attacks on the government forces and on civilian locations in the run up to these apparently in an effort to derail a it's clear that the partial withdrawal is not enough for the americans it's not

enough for the europeans they are going to be very clear about that the russian side has also its criticism yesterday at what it perceived to be the slow pace of the force this russian foreign minister sergei lavrov also called on to these conflicts that have a voice that supports what they're trying to put pressure on their sides and for the west to put pressure on the opposition to make sure that they also lay down arms from the very beginning even before the assad regime accepted these proposals are heard from a seris from the united states policymakers analysts saying that these rises and not a proposal that was worthwhile to pursue your be an american senators john mccain and joe lieberman surprisingly visited one of the circus refugee camps on whatever syria and they again called for supplying arms to you the opposition coffee and he still continues his last minute efforts to sort of resuscitate he's proposal as he

was meeting with the foreign secretary of iran and the both of them again voiced their support for the proposal and the moment the basque diplomatic options that they have on the table some good reporting there while russia has called on the foreign powers to use diplomatic influence to stop facilities the u.s. has accused moscow of being a roadblock in its drive to talk all the syrian regime political analysts professor jamal kim says washington is determined to ruin peace efforts. 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 coffee and iran and 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 move from its territory to launch attacks on the syrian government and 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 the thirty eight is a member of nato to justify an intervention by nato without passing through the unit and council. and coming up later in the program arab revolutions push the palestinian crisis on the back burner. the old themselves. nobody is. for the. people on the occupied territories are left battling for basic essentials israel uses the cover to do what it wants. and a valid thing the atomic energy sector in the year turns into a pitched battle between competing interests as some american stakeholders are

accused of stirring up and spent nuclear protests in the hunt for profit. as a growing trend in the u.s. of punishing those exposing government misconduct under a law designed to imprison spies the espionage act was used on bradley manning who had data to weaken leaks now former cia officer may face prison time for revealing the use of torture both cases go against the very basics of the us constitution says stephen cohen attorney and author of the whistleblowers handbook. it's government misconduct that the government wants to suppress the public every learning about so the heart of the first amendment it's essential for was to prove to permit people to expose government abuses but what we see in these censorship cases is that the government is using its power to intimidate to prosecute to threaten preventing the american people learning about the abuses of their

government their censorship document that they predicate their censorship on said that the director of the f.b.i. can censor federal employees if they disagree with the policy being advocated by those employees and as unconstitutional all of the cases say their right to center is limited to classified and secret if the f.b.i. is saying they can censor based on policy these are the types of rules that they sneak in that have to be challenged. spain is going to work at cost cutting reform of health care and education introduced on monday despite loud protests from the country's opposition or dread is also pushing through an ambitious project to build a vegas style casino complex in order to fill its coffers but as artie's jake agrees now reports that could turn out a long sharbat was poor odds. i'm delighted by economic woes the spanish government may be about to take

a peek gamble it's causing an american tycoon over his plans in developing gambling mecca yes vegas it's somewhat ironic because this is a country where gambling was for even for so many years for more research so that doesn't seem to to to matter much now the problem i see is that we are always complaining about our economic model the fact that we're alike too much on the tourism industry on the construction business and here we are again with another magic project a billionaire wants to bring a colossal casino offshoot to spanish sure's most likely basi it in madrid outskirts. they use it could bring the cash strapped government twenty two billion dollars an hour for around three hundred thousand jobs and much needed relief for an unemployment rate in economy in madrid it's a prospect that's been met with protest as people fear a sin city on their soil could bring more voice to the capsule something it's

already familiar with prostitution has existed for some time here with this i mean legal status even in broad daylight on the main tourist streets because see its existence there's a problem in the wake of the financial crisis that has increased so his presence and nowadays there are lots of women who want it is for prostitution because they want to find a way out of the crisis but the demand is decreased and the prices of jobs now this money hardly helps you get by sex workers as mannish streets are by no means a new site traditionally is be something that attracts immigrants unable to find work elsewhere but no more spaniards are being killed in the lab recently from british kind of surprising because of for the majority more foreigners of resilience remaining in the latin americans but now about. the crisis.

in the nation's unemployment. and. because of the crisis of the major increase of prostitutes is seen among students needing to pay for education. being forced to take. respects of the country. and with projects in the point could leave even greater many fear where the government may leap in. greece. and find out more about the stories we're covering online or to dot com so let's take a look apps what else is definitely worth your attention on our web site. the boys of occupy wall street have not only grown louder but also in the audience and that's due to the growing popularity of the archipelago band that use guitarist and singing as their main weapons are persuasion. i am a doctor who with rolling he lost his patience this gun ecologists grew so angry at

being forced to wait for attention at this show he laid waste to the entire place in less than three minutes find out what drove him to the edge and argued. the arab revolutions harding the attention of the world have left palestinian problems in the shadows farmers on the occupied territories are finally on their own for a basic needs such as policy your reports some suggest israel is the liberally using the opportunity to go about his business undermining palestinians. while the world's attention is focused on the arab spring palestinians are focused on a different kind of spring the kind their farmers rely on for the livelihood and without which many palestinian villages would not survive. i'm afraid to stand here

even though this is my farm the soldiers and settlers often come here to harass us you being here protects me israelis are controlling our springers the source of our water this is not the style of village a place where the tommy tried has lived for some four hundred years but nearly three decades ago and israeli settlements sprung up next door and slowly started encroaching on the villages land today a third of what used to be term in the ground is controlled by settlers so. it's very frustrating to see the settlement on loans that is ours and which we can no longer access it's part of a plan and i'm afraid that the day will come when they will knock on my door and say this house it's not yours it's ours or the one spring in the area is the main source of water for these callously and farmers but they can now only access it ten hours a week by the city's use of all the time and far from it being in a city for them they are making money and using it as

a truism site the settlers have been investing a lot of effort to try and get israeli public to come here internet i can avert as one spoke about a golden age of restaurants wineries and of course magnificent springs cannot be silent spring is one of fifty six that the united nations detailed in a recent report. three to four percent of the springs are protestant probably so you can assume magic. exasperate. the lab where water is raise a rare commodity for you but for breakthrough for generations it's lost because you said let's come up. with swords but palestinians feel the water spin issue is only the tip of the iceberg because while the world is zoomed in on the arab spring these rays are using the chance to go about their business i think it's about for time for the israelis to strip this of their actions against the palestinians i think the wall is busy with themselves nobody nobody is keen to hear about the

palestinian last year. has been a record in terms of the increase in the number of new housing units israel have been method or. in the occupied territories as expansion of settlements and so for as long as the world remains focused on the big battles happening across the arab world the daily find these farmers push ups for every drop of water will continue i noticed policy are key and that the sell of age can stimulate ministration house take a look at some other stories from around the world at least one hundred thirty three people have been killed in a few days of violent clashes between yemeni soldiers and al-qaeda comes after militants linked to al qaida raided an army barracks in the southern town of loder a government official says the group have now surrounded the area preparing to take over the town. forty million eligible thousand voters will have the opportunity to

vote for the country's new parliament on wednesday it's predicted to be a race between human nature parties the president and the main opposition for cantons with north korea are a major factor in the race for manic ariens unhappy at the government's handling of relations with its northern neighbor the presidential election is also slated for december this year. in the us. rick santorum has suspended his campaign for the republican presidential nomination after he was unable to win key primaries facing a loss in his home state of pennsylvania is the station clears the way for a front runner mitt romney gingrich and ron paul are still campaigning but are lagging well behind romney in the lead up to november's presidential election. there is more on the build up to the u.s. election coming up later this hour or he's going to speak to jim clifton c.e.o. of a company conducting opinion polls in the states he says they are figure show bob may have a fire on his hands to stay in the white house. we ask right now if you

were to vote tonight he would vote for. me and according to the gallup poll if we want tonight run beat him because you know you may very well vote for romney but not for him you're just voting against the president is there a survey what are the main reasons not to vote for the president could szish strickly unemployment as far as foreign policy i think foreign policy plays no role at all right now i mean it's something really big happened so israel bombs are ron and we've got to back them up. i mean some good will make a little bit of a difference but americans are the place right now they don't want to hear about foreign policy they should they don't. know where power plants have mushroomed across india opening up here to opportunities for big business but also angering environmentalists but indian

politicians insists protests often have motives beyond ecological because as british leader now reports where there is big money there are dirty tactics. protests have erupted across india outside of nuclear power stations like this one the corn corn plant a joint indian russian venture in the south that will be the largest such electricity generating facility in the country construction of nuclear power plants in india has been stalled because of growing opposition and now the indian government has said it's the united states that's behind the protests motivated by american business interests there could be. interest and ball of the would be you know corporate or the politics of the nuclear industry it plea or. geopolitical concerns that india's prime minister manmohan singh has taken away the licenses of three n.g.o.s and put seventy seven more on the global watch list are

the key believes american n.g.o.s are helping fund anti-nuclear protesters while such aid is not illegal the action reflects government anger at what delhi sees as interference in india's internal affairs and energy policy in a recent interview to the american journal science prime minister singh said the atomic energy program has got us into difficulties because these n.g.o.s mostly i think be sued the us still appreciate the need for country to increase energy and. the protesters deny that they're receiving funds from america the small amount of money that we need comes from our own people the fisherman on the part of it. but according to information from the indian home ministry released to parliament last year one third of indian ngo funding actually came from the united states india have maintained that developing a peaceful nuclear energy program will only help the country meet its growing

energy needs and decrease its dependence on foreign sources of energy but other countries see india's growing energy needs. potential business opportunity while the u.s. says it's got no objection to india's civilian nuclear program u.s. and western firms will be keen that they win the business rather than russian firms in. india has access to the international nuclear market great market but billions of dollars. while protesters may be simply opposed to nuclear power some of the money behind them may be motivated by very different reasons and power of american business interests to keep others out of one of the world's fastest growing energy markets preassure either r.t. india. and bitters here with the business how days for us so dmitry it has been of a very interesting day in the world of business as you know markets have been

falling for a long time now so worries the bottom million dollar question obviously the reader very hard to say but as long as spain continues reporting of bad he could all be good indicators seems that the bottom is still ahead of this take a look at what's going on in europe right now and volatile trade really moving from top to delano pretty flat at the moment as you can see the forty's down one percent that's up twenty one. point one percent spain has reported that industrial production in february declined five point one percent obviously not a good sign but at least as bond yields could stop rising so right now they're down around two movies points and that's supposed. to move over to where we're moving more and moving over to currencies the euro is gaining versus the dollar that's at the end of the u.s. trading session we saw the first report in the new earning season of the first

quarter and alcoa came out with a profit of ninety four million dollars well many were expecting actually in that. and russia's ruble is losing against the dollar and the euro it has been doing so for the past i think three or four sessions already. let's move over to asia where we're seeing also negative dynamics within a down point eight percent electronics shares pressuring on the nikkei the sony and sharp stocks were down more than three percent of this morning as both companies downgraded their earnings forecast. moving now over to commodities where light sweet is up well brant is down and still pretty much where they were not much of a change not of all the child trade. oil prices have been at seven week lows on the back of rising oil and gasoline in the trees in the united states.

over here in russia it's also looking negative would be down point nine percent nice a bit better than that let's take it was moving actually the my six year old kali's reported a net profit of sixty four percent increase a year and year in two thousand and eleven is not really helping the stocks is actually worse than the market down one point six percent c.b.s. slipped into the red or used to be one of the few blue chips which was gaining and the gas problem is also down as you can see there on those still low world prices. and then right here might be coming up a big one russia's third largest mobile phone operator megaphone may consider listing in the foreseeable future according to a veteran i think they writes this is likely to happen in billionaire illusionist not to succeed in almost doubling its stake in the company to fix the fifty six point two percent megaphones the only one of the big three operators in russia which has not yet. and it's worth around twenty billion dollars.

as the way the markets look there's a marina ok thanks very much indeed. i agree and we'll hear from you next hour of course but in the meantime there is more on the way for our viewers here in our team including exclusive interview and the sports update they're still had before that alligator headlines.

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