the british prime minister howard's ahead with his arms sales pitch in asia opening up the u.k.'s wasin all to the nations and surrounding china. there is still the chance of a truce so says the special envoy to syria while u.s. congress holds cozy up with syrian rebels and step up calls to supply them with our . plus critics say spanish plans for a vegas style gambling empire to make money and jobs could actually end up boosting the sex industry more than the economy.

it is good to have you with us here on r.t. today. joined anglo japanese weapons research pack in a possible permanent british naval base in asia those are the first british prime minister david cameron's strongest yet push to hold his country's weapons to the orient having it departed from japan and he's now in indonesia where he says weapons sales will be high on the agenda and that just a decade after the country was embargoed by london itself for using british jets to bomb civilians accompanied by a retinue of arms dealers representing the oldest and biggest weapons makers cameron is currently on a five day tour all across the continent for the u.k. when it reports aside from standing to make an explosive profit there's also the

benefit of china. selling weapons is quickly becoming what britain does best prime minister david cameron unashamedly touting the u.k.'s military hardware only he calls it flying the flag of 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 the place to be business you know the perfectly predictable result of the shifting of the focus of american attention and the attention of much of the world to the asia pacific region as china obviously continues to be an economic powerhouse and and even india and other countries in the region for him to actually become more economically dominant i think with that comes and it ended attention from the militaries of the u.s. and u.k. and other countries america's recently announced plans to say ssion two thousand

the remains in australia hoping to exert influence in the region china says it 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 politics or relevance think that's even more reason for going out there to engage with what is one of a few key allies in the region with over thirty executives from the u.k.'s highly profitable arms industry this isn't the first time david cameron has been criticized for turning an overseas trip into a travelling 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 eight prime minister david cameron has been forced to defend his party weapons manufacture is saying it's perfectly responsible and respectable but this is

a region that's highly sensitive to any kind of military maneuver and tensions at the. meant particularly high north korea's planned rocket launch later this week is stoking their traditional regional panic japan and south korea threatening to shoot it down fearing it's a disguise long range missile test similar suspicions are being cast on china too as japan and south korea seek allies further afield he certainly do not want to confront china at the moment and they do not have the resources to their respective military strains to counterbalance china so that. the best approach at the moment of course is to count on the united states more strategically and more foreign powers into the region so as to have a better chalons of exerting the pressure off that you can national community on

trying until now britain and america have had to make do with exerting their influence on the region from afar but with the talk of physical presence there are theories that could upset the balance either when it r.t. . brother speed of china's own president economic rise has caught many by surprise another question is not if but when beijing will overtake the u.s. as the world's largest economy but that was one of the themes of the discussion in today's edition of course or would be coming your way in approximately twenty five minutes time. 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 relief it might only be clear. i would say six years isn't deadline you know if you actually know. the former comptroller of the united states the guy who was in charge of the

remarks of the u.s. government. 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 six years is not really in their plan the future. if you stay with us across all of this hour here are here for an hour special envoy kofi annan says he's received assurances from syria that it will an agreed un ceasefire by thursday that's after a deadline for troops to leave the city has passed on tuesday with some western and arab states accusing the regime of failing to stick to its commitment in the country's artie's talks on a brick. the syrian authorities claim that they have begun the partial withdrawal of better troops from in and around settlements we trust the first requirement of the six point. plan now bay do you recognize that so far these fifth row have been

partial and they claim that the only reason for that is that the opposition has intensified attacks on the government forces and on civilian locations in iraq now . apparently in an effort it's you and your elite it's clear that the partial withdrawal is not enough for the americans it's not enough for the europeans they've been very clear about that the russian side has also boys its criticism yesterday at what it perceived to be the slow pace that all the pullout of force this russian foreign minister sergei lavrov also called on to these conflict on all sides that have a voice that supports where they're trying to put pressure on both 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 this proposal rick heard from a seris from the united states policymakers the analyst saying that these rises and not a proposal that was worthwhile to pursue

a few of the embury can senator is john mccain and joe lieberman surprisingly visited one of these orcas refugee camps on the border with syria and they again called for supplying arms to the opposition asked with kofi annan he still continues his boss minute efforts to sort of resuscitate he's proposed a rise meeting with the foreign secretary of iran and both of them again voiced their support for the proposal and have been moment it's the bast diplomatic option that they have on the table here sort of like a reporting right that will be russia has called on foreign powers to use diplomatic influence to stop forced abortions but u.s. was accused of being a roadblock in its drive to topple the syrian regime political analysts professor jamal wakim says washington is determined to ruin the peace efforts. 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

armed groups are stepping up their fight against the syrian government and are not bound 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. troops hundred thousand. the same way the . armed groups come in from lebanon so in this case this is the justified there. is a mangrove me. to justify an intervention by nato without passing through the you know the you and cancel it watching r.t. still to come just a bit later in the program here arab revolutions push the palestinian crisis over to the back of the wall is busy with themselves and nobody nobody is keen to hear

the palestinian people on the occupied territories are left battling for basic essential israel uses the cover to do what it but it's. a valid thing the atomic energy sector in india turns into a pitched battle between competing interests american stakeholders are accused of stirring up anti nuclear protests all in the hunt for profit. ten minutes past the hour now here there is a growing trend in the u.s. of punishing those exposing government misconduct under a law designed to imprison spies and the espionage act was used on bradley manning he's the one who handed data or over the next hour former cia officer may face prison time for getting the use of torture both cases go against the very basics of . u.s. constitution that's according to steven cohen attorney and author of whistleblowers . it's government misconduct that the government wants to suppress the

public ever learning about so the heart of the first amendment its essential core 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 the argument that they predicate their censorship and 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 is unconstitutional all of the cases say their right to center is limited to classified and secret at 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. in a few minutes it's time for the r.t.

world are there but for now spain is going ahead with the cost cutting reform of health care and education introduced on monday despite loud protests from the country's opposition whether it is also pushing through an ambitious project to build a lot of vegas style casino complex in order to fill its coffers. reports that could turn out to be a long shot with very poor odds. and lighted by economic woes the spanish government may be about to take a peek gamble it's called seeing an american tycoon known for his problems in developing gambling mecca last vegas it's somewhat ironic because this is a country where gambling was really in 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 rely too much on the tourism industry on the construction business and here we are again with another

project a billionaire wants to bring a colossal casino or shoot a spanish rules most likely basing it in madrid outskirts. they use it could bring the cash strapped government twenty two billion dollars and at her around three hundred thousand jobs and much needed relief for an unemployment rate an economy in madrid it's a cross to be met with protest as people fear a sin city on their soil could bring more points to the capsule something its already familiar with prostitution has existed for some time here with a semi legal status even in broad daylight on the main tourist streets here see its existence is a problem in the wake of the financial crisis that has increased so his presence. there are lots of women who want prostitution because they want to find a way out of the crisis hit him on tuesday crew. prices of jobs now this money

hardly helps you get by sex workers and spanish streets are by no means a new site to me is being something that attracts immigrants unable to find work elsewhere but now more spaniards are being real in love with them but it's kind of surprising because before the majority were foreigners brazilians remain in the latin americans but now because of the crisis in we don't learn more spanish were offering their services. and as with the nation's soaring unemployment is often those young and hopeful who appear most vulnerable because of the crisis of the major increase of prostitutes is seen among university students and looking to pay for the aid occasionally as a life lesson that more and more are being forced to take threatening the prospects of the country's youth and with projects in the pipeline which could leave an even greater mark many fear where their governments lost money and they leap and. groups

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it's quite a part of the hour here in the russian capital diplomatic corps ted aimed at restarting israeli palestinian talks is due to meet on the fringe of we g eight foreign ministers meeting in washington it coincides with a palestinian appeal to the u.n. security council over a new israeli settlements being built on occupied lands but palestinians have little hope their complaints will be heard as. are the reports while the world's attention is focused on the arab spring palestinians are focused on a different kind of spring the kind that 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 the soldiers and settlers often come here to harass us you being here protects me israelis are controlling all springs the source of our water . this is an obvious solid relig a place where it's how many 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 to me 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 portable and unafraid that the day will come when they will knock on my door and say this house it's not yours it's ours. the one screening area is the main source of water for these palestinian farmers because they can now only access it ten hours a week while the city's use it all the time and far from it being in a city for them they are making money and using it as a tourism site the settlers have been investing a lot of effort to try and get israeli public to come here internet sites an advertisement spoke about a goal made a response about wineries and of course magnificent springs. cannot be silent spring is one of fifty six that the united nations detailed in a recent report. eighty four percent of the springs are pallister probably so you

can see magine exasperate. in a lab where water is raise a red come out of the swath of of the rabbit for decades and generations is lost because you said let's come up. with the words but palestinians feel the water spring issue is only the tip of the iceberg because while the world is zoomed in on the arab spring these ways are using the chance to go about their business i think it's a perfect time for the israelis to step up to their actions against the palestinians i think the wall is busy with themselves nobody nobody is keen to hear about the palestinian the last year. has been record and the increase in the number of new housing units israel have very limited or been 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 fight these farmers put up for every drop of water will continue and noticed the r.t. now diesel a village palestinian administration. well off from the business with dimitri if an hour starting with the news you will get to the answer you brought up to date and indonesia has cancelled a tsunami warning issued following an eight point seven magnitude earthquake where the epicenter was reportedly three hundred kilometers southeast of banda western indonesia at a depth of thirty two kilometers rescue teams have been sent coast as a precaution and a number of our talks have been reported in the area a massive nine point one magnitude earthquake followed by a tsunami in two thousand and four killed almost two hundred thirty thousand people around the indian ocean three quarters of them in a chair. there are reports that twenty five al qaeda linked militants have been killed in southern yemen it follows three days of violence in which at least one

hundred fifty people have died following clashes between yemeni soldiers and terrorist suspects it comes after al qaeda raided an army barracks in the southern town of loder an official says government forces have now surrounded the area preparing to take over that's. the french government has approved a new anti terrorism measure of so after last month's deadly shootings by an islamic extremist the bill authorized by president nicolas sarkozy's cabinet includes measures such as making it illegal to visit websites that incite terrorism gunman mohammed merah killed seven people in a shooting spree in a sudden city of toulouse targeting the jewish community in recent weeks. in the u.s. rick santorum has suspended his campaign for the republican presidential nomination after he was unable to win in the primaries facing a loss in his home state of pennsylvania his decision clears the way for front

runner mitt romney now newt gingrich and ron paul are still campaigning but are liking well behind romney in the lead up to november's presidential election. well there's a much more of a build up to the u.s. election next hour here on r.t. as are things going to karen speak to gemma clifton the c.e.o. of a company conducting opinion polls across the u.s. he says their figures show that obama may well be in for a fight in order to stay in the white house. well we ask right now if you were to vote tonight who to vote for obama romney and according to the gallup poll if we go tonight romney will beat him because you know you may very well vote for romney but not for him you just voted against the president ok is there a survey what are the main reasons not to vote for the president and shifts strictly unemployment as far as foreign policy. i think foreign policy plays no role at all right now i mean if something really big happened so israel bombs are

wrong and we've got to back them up and i mean it will make a little bit of a difference but americans are a place right now they don't want to hear about foreign policy they should. you're watching our two nuclear power plants of mushroom dollar cross india opening up shoot opportunities for big business but also angering environmentalists but indian politicians and sister protests often have motives beyond the ecological society's preassure to reports where there's big money there's always dirty tactics . protests have erupted across india outside of nuclear power stations like this the coup don't call him 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 corporate interests and oil law that could be you know corporate or the politics of the nuclear industry are really your . political concerns that india's prime minister manmohan singh is taking away the licenses of three n.g.o.s and put seventy seven more on a global watch list for the key believes american n.g.o.s are helping fund anti-nuclear protesters well 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. program has got us into difficulties because these n.g.o.s. yes mostly i think peace to 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 fisherman. but according to information from the indian home ministry released to parliament last year one third of indian n.g.o.s funding actually came from the united states india has maintained that developing a peaceful nuclear energy program alone we help the country meet its growing energy needs and it creates its dependence on foreign sources of energy but other countries the india's growing energy need that the 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 the last few years india has been access to the international record market as this great market but they would earn 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 the power of american business interests to keep others out of one of the world's fastest growing energy markets preassure either r. t. india or its revenue we are to business that's we go there is to be true because you see you again i understand that of lot of inclusion has been giving his annual assessment of the government's work over the last twelve months to the state do you most if you tell us what is the verdict on the economy it's quite positive person was proudly saying that the economy is completely out of the crisis the g.d.p. is higher than it was before the crisis and basically rushes growth rate saw the highest among the g eight countries let's talk more about this with. correspondent than your boss has been listening to the president elect talk hi there daniel and

piers of the president has also the president elect has also set some pretty ambitious targets for his time yes and unemployment's also importantly no on the levels of two thousand and eight yet the government that remains low he controls did does with the united states and europe budget deficits and their very high unemployment levels but he said the e.u. states like greece are losing this sovereignty in effect handing over national decision making to brussels in return for aid so it's good he said that russia doesn't need outside help now the country however is not as vulnerable to price changes as some may think this listening to what he had to say. seeing. all the social initiatives are not connected with oil and gas revenues we shape a budget according to a conservative summary of prices and even if the oil price falls to seventy dollars a barrel will still be able to meet. you in the worst scenario it's a process of crude oil stay high russia will be one of the world's point biggest

economies by p.p.p. the us purchasing power parity he said but he admitted to countries still lags world wobbles in key areas like to tease only hoffa's high that means it takes twice as long for russian worker to achieve the same amount he also said that there will be laws to ease doing business so bringing guarantees three investors he's discussing with president medvedev creating a public prosecutor who will control a level playing field for business overall as you said the tone of the speech was optimistic and well received by m.p.'s with a standing ovation at the end for i don't know and thank you very much i was a correspondent on your bushel reporting from the state duma. and now cyclical what's going on on the a russian markets on the back of that speech and of course on the back of the declining yields for italian and spanish bonds well the russian markets taking. quite positive positively with the r.c.s. of point two percent of my sex half a said among the movers on the six gazprom is

a bit weaker than the markets at this hour it's actually down point two percent but in a person who mentions that russian gas companies should be ready for the so-called shale revolution which could totally reform the shape of the hydrocarbons market b.c.b.s. up point four percent on financial markets and while carly was a bit better than the market on its growing net profit was sixty four percent two thousand. and thirty five minutes time you can join my colleague comedian of course or she will be here with or not they will ring her to mature always a pleasure thanks very much for that we will see marina next hour i do stay with us here on our headlines are coming up in just a moment then another hot tempered issue in addition that is of course talk. of.

the. culture is that so much about taxpayers' money and introduces me to my people here in my easy answer i think this is one way to describe china's truly amazing ascent on the international stage but with success comes china. there hasn't been anything yet on t.v. . is to get the maximum political impact.