please please please please. please . the british prime minister turns his tour of asia into a weapons sales pitch seeking arms deals with nations in the pacific a move that many see as an attempt to undermine china's growing clout. of peace envoy kofi annan says the syrian government has assured him it will respect the u.n. brokered cease fire with rebels with the deadline now less than twenty four hours away. and financial hardship and soaring unemployment in spain it leads to plans to building a gambling empire in the country but critics say it will boost the sex industry

instead of the economy. it is just after four pm here in moscow this is arts he lives with me rule recent show selling the best of defense equipment to one of the world's most important democracies that's how the british prime minister has defended his stop off in indonesia as part of his arms trade two of asia it comes a decade after the country saw an embargo by the u.k. itself for using pritish jets to bomb civilians david cameron arrived in jakarta from japan as britain seeks to boost its military presence in the region all in china's backyard with this report as r.t. has either been. selling weapons is quickly becoming what britain does best prime minister david cameron unashamedly townson the u.k.'s military hardware and he

calls it flying the flag for britain 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. one of the perfectly predictable result of the english shifting of the focus of american attention in the attention of much of the world to be 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 with that comes the attended tension 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 with over thirty executives from the u.k.'s highly profitable arms industry this isn't the first time david cameron's been criticised 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 flooding weapons in q eight prime minister david cameron has been forced to defend his party weapons manufacturers 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 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 disguise long range missile tests similar suspicions are being cast on china too as japan and south korea seek allies further afield. he certainly did not want to confront china at that moment and they do not have the resources to work you are their respective military strains to counterbalance tango so it appears the best approach at the moment of course is to count on the united states more strategically and more thorough in power was into the region so as to have a poke at chalons or exerting be 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 afar but with the talk of a physical presence there are theories it could upset the balance are the bennett r

t. and it's measuring steams ahead to overtake the u.s. as the world's largest economy. asks its guests whether washington is ready to be the number two i thought for program coming your way just a bit later today. there is a lot of parallels to be drawn here between the declining power of the united states and the declining powers of europe but let us remember that even after the decline in european quality of lives g.d.p. per capita air quality. education level control of the corruption are still much much better than most of the emerging markets in fact if you have you know what educated people are you know supposedly talking or delegating patients much better in america then then in eighty are for example gets the job because i'm just looking at the international reports they always coming out and obviously education seems to be considerably better in asia and then to say that this is not the case you know shows maybe there's something wrong with any of your case in

america. you're watching r t peace envoy kofi annan says he has received assurances from the syrian government that it will respect the u.n. brokered cease fire with rebels now that is due to begin in less than twenty four hours the key negotiator remains optimistic about the deal some western countries again at least a barrel of criticism on the regime for its alleged failure to stick to commitments he has opened a boy is following the situation from damascus. syrian authorities claim that they have begun the partial withdrawal of troops from in and around urban settlements which was the first requirement of the six point. plan now a big do you recognize the so far these for a stroll has been partial and they claim that the only reason for that is that the opposition has intensified attacks on the government forces and on the implications

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've been very clear that the russian side has also voiced its criticism yesterday at what is perceived to be the slow pace of the will out of force this russian foreign minister sergei lavrov also called on to these conflict on l. 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 referred to may sarah's from the united states policymakers the analyst saying that these rises and not a proposal that was worthwhile to pursue of the an american senators john mccain and joe lieberman surprisingly visited one of the turkish refugee camps on the

greater syria and began called for supplying arms to the opposition asked for coffee and he still continues his last minute efforts to sort of resuscitate he's proposal he was meeting with the foreign secretary of iran and the both of them again voiced their support for the proposal and had been moment it's the past diplomatic options that we have in the table. parties are reporting right there while a lot russia has called on foreign powers to use diplomatic influence to stop hostilities the u.s. has accused moscow of being a roadblock in its drive to topple the syrian regime what more on this let's talk to jeremy soft an associate professor of middle eastern history and politics of bilk and university in soucie thank you for joining us on our team today moscow says the u.s. should stop blaming others in use its leverage to bring about peace but as washington listening to. your correspondent should live this is to southeastern turkey senators lieberman and mccain and what they had to say did nothing to help

the situation those cultural more aren't to be given to the rebels and in fact. last remark to reporters was actually able to mask this kind of attitude is hardly very attractive to to the cease fire that kofi annan is trying to set up. the question here of course is goodwill is a commitment on both sides to make sure that but cyclical weapons are now the syrian government to charge the syrian army or you can call a syrian army to. stand and who's in charge of the other side and if. it wasn't a strong woman why do you think some western and arab states appear to be rushing to bury the peace plan even though envoy kofi annan says it is at this point still very much alive. a look at the word essential word i used when i was talking to shouldn't she goes and i think only on the other side the amongst the opponents of syria that was not good will very clearly among some states and our senior saudi

arabia and qatar they want to syrian government stored their interest is not reform in syria their interest is not treating the syrian people they're interested not human rights the syrian people are there their own people don't have those rights so what is a game in syria what do they want they want yes a government and that is for largely sectarian reasons they're trying to set up a which michelson a muslim wall across the middle east to block iran and to block the rise she is across the region that is their motives and if you actually follow what they have been doing in saying over the last year they had in fact been spoilers in every single level agitated against syria the arab league level the arab league when the arab league monitors syria and when the sponsors came up with a report actually same support in some ways what was soon saying that if you like i'm terribly sorry but i think i just need to try to get a straight term so you're suggesting that the is involved here ultimately western

powers they want to bring up a razor war and create divisions between sunni and shia and then you mentioned iran and what it what is the iran factor in this actually i mentioned iran because there are various agendas in their own agenda gender saudi arabia and qatar have their agenda now saudi arabia is almost paranoid about a row. and so me and all the neighbor saudi arabia has shia population and saudi arabia has been gauged in all kinds of moves over over the last few years due to kind of she is an across the region when one has to see this very much promise i was just straight in how they see things. are going to be going rock. across the region and the way i see it is this is the prime imperative in saudi arabia's. attitude towards syria they are not seriously interested in a dialogue that will leave that will lead to the little form with the syrian government still in place they want a government destroyed because that secular government has a partial government and because a government wish. to play

a dominant role and that is imperative so i know there have been some people who are drawing comparisons between what happened in libya and what could happen in syria and libya of course we had un resolution one thousand seven three create a humanitarian corridor or there are many question at the end of the day what was the purpose and in libya you're talking about a grander scale here you're talking about geo strategic politics at play with some western media networks just creating a smokescreen in kofi annan perhaps being used as a pawn or a puppet well i wouldn't say that kofi annan would see himself in that role but he is a nice just one element in a very large game because there is the there is the syrian part of the internal syrian part we ugly but syria is being played by a different party super on purpose does not say that's a good definition of saudi arabia qatar the united states united states also wants to block iran we know that the united states is effect declared economic warfare

against iran and the united states being chased syria for a long long time of those should countries have a strategic relationship now the saudis in fact during the bush administration this came out through wiki leaks documents what the united states attack iraq you know go ahead and do it cut the head of the snake now the second best option for them is talking to the same. regime because syria is a rons ally and because iran syria is tied up in a strategic alliance across the region and saudi arabia wants a great alliance for reasons of its own those reasons also converge with the determination of the united states to break out alliance so you can see there is most definitely a very big gain going on here which will determine the middle east for a long time to come or certainly a massive geopolitical game ongoing here regional implications or ethnic implications are western playing it's it's it's a conversation that we don't have enough time for here and i see i'm afraid i jeremy thought so as a professor of middle eastern history and politics of bilking university and so

thanks so much for coming on thanks very much. well as a somewhat hawks in washington you keep calling for military interference in syria or launching a preemptive strike on iran the majority of americans are against such drastic steps that's according to opinion polls which often reveal other views but of course these are unwilling to listen to. this hour here on c.n.n. bring you an interview with the c.e.o. of the major u.s. pollster gallup has a quick look at what's to come. from. our are not nearly as war aggressive as we were. a few years ago we have enormous. war fatigue now that's not really a positive for in the way that americans believe that iran has nuclear capabilities they believe that they're evil or that they want to do bad and all that kind of thing but americans really want to take

a break from war. you with r t it's good to have your company today still ahead for you this hour that of deprived of dignity we report on health palestinians are appealing to the u.n. security council calling for condemnation of israel's settlement activity. now as worries about spain's finances intensify and an american billionaire thinks there's still money to go around by planning a las vegas style casino complex near madrid but are some say it'll bring cash and much needed jobs others are vehemently opposed to leaving the plans will create a sin city rife with prostitution. says their. willing to deploy economic woes a spanish government and maybe about to take a peek gamble it's causing an american tycoon over his part in developing gambling

mecca last vegas it's somewhat ironic because this is a country where gambling was for even for so many years for more a recess that doesn't seem 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 magic project the billionaire wants to bring a colossal casino or shoot to spanish most likely base it in madrid's outskirts. vegas it could bring the cash strapped government twenty two billion dollars and a for around three hundred thousand jobs and much needed relief for an unemployment rate in an economy in madrid it's a cross-check that's been met with protest as people fear a sin city on their soil could bring more blacks to the capsule something it's already familiar with or shushan 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 is a problem in the wake of the financial crisis that has increased so his presence. there are lots of women who want the world prostitution if they want to find a way out of the crisis but the moment is decreased in the price of jobs now this money hardly helps you get by sex workers and spanish streets are by no means a new site traditionally is being something that attracts immigrants unable to find work elsewhere but more spaniards are being revealed in love with the market in its kind of surprising because before the majority were foreigners brazilian germanie and the latin americans but now big. the crisis is we don't know the remorse spanish are offering their services. and as with the nation's soaring unemployment it's often those young and hopeful who appear most vulnerable because

of the crisis and the major increase of prostitutes is seen among university students looking to pay for asian as a life lesson that more and more being forced to take threatening the prospects of a country's youth and with projects in the pipeline which could leave an even greater mark and many fear for their governments and money lately than gay groups party which it. i thought he was going to die from moscow lots of the stories we're covering and plenty more on our website but our team. even. if you. like. corporate cords crying out or rather singing out against big business with a new band giving a voice to protesters anger you can listen in at r.t. dot com. also the customer is always right they say not so in the

vis case find out why this man a revved into a fury arthur leaving his car in for service because rampage is going to cost him some pretty stellar footage there standing by for you at artsy dog. in a few minutes it's the world update here on our tape of palestinians appeal to the u.n. security council asking for condemnation of israel's settlement activity it all comes ahead of a meeting of major world powers aimed at jumpstarting peace talks between both sides as artie's explains ordinary palestinians feel they're being marginalized under street here on their own like. 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 our spring and the source of our water. this is not be solid village a place where the tommy tribe has lived for some four hundred years but nearly three decades ago and israeli settlements sprung up next door and slowly started encroaching on villages land today a third of what used to be to me ground is controlled by settlers. it's very frustrating to see the settlements on loans that is ours and which we can no longer access it's part of a plan and unafraid of the day will come when they will knock on my door and see his house it's not yours it's ours. the one spring in the area is the main source

of water for these palestinian farmers but they can now only access it ten hours a week other cities use it all the time and far from it being an assistant for them they are making money using it as a truism site the settlers have been investing a lot of effort to try and get the israeli public to come here internet site an advertisement talk about a great restaurant wineries and of course the magnificent springs. but not the silent spring is one of fifty six that the united nations detailed in a recent report. percent of the springs of palestine problem so you can just imagine exasperate. where water is raise a red commodity despite the fact you had it for decades and generations was lost because you said it was a kind of surplus of it's. what kind of stimulus feel the water spin issue is only the tip of the iceberg because while the world is zoomed in on the arab spring the

israelis are using the chance to go about the business i think it's a perfect time for the israelis to step up to their actions against the palestinians i think the war is busy with themselves nobody nobody is keen to hear the palestinians last year. has been recorded in terms of the increase in the number of new housing units israel have very limited 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 up for every drop of water will continue i noticed policy r t now the fella village palestinian administration. before we get to marina with a person i thought i thought of indonesia and the r.t. world are now in the news it has extended a second tsunami warning following a series of powerful aftershocks from an eight point six magnitude earthquake on

wednesday the epicenter was about three hundred kilometers southeast of banda in western indonesia at a depth of thirty two kilometers there were no immediate reports of death or damage and mass evacuations are under way with fears heightened following last year's disaster in japan of course in two thousand and nine point one earthquake followed by a tsunami killed almost a quarter of a million people in countries around islands around the indian ocean three quarters of them. north korea has fueled up the controversial rocket it plans to send into space to launch an observation satellite western nations i'm japan have condemned the plan fearing it's a test of pyongyang's nuclear capabilities but north korea says the launch is for peaceful reasons taking place on the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of the nation's founder kim il sung lift off is sure to all to take place between thursday and sunday depending on weather conditions. one person has died nearly two dozen

have been hurt when a bus carrying swiss tourists crashed in southwestern turkey the coach was returning to the mediterranean but it's raining resort of tallia tilted to one side and skidded some fifty meters before coming to a start of the course of the action is still under investigation. and straight over to the auditor's this marina hello to you how is the markets been reacting today to vladimir putin's rather optimistic speech or well it was optimistic as you said of course the markets took this a very well there are some markets of course and investors were very optimistic and that's because vladimir putin did say that russia has overcome the declines of previous years the economy is bigger than that was before the crisis and continues to grow increasingly and steadily but our correspondent daniel posner was at this lesson still at the stadium and he has the highlights for us. unemployment's also

unfortunately no on the levels of two thousand and eight yet the government that remains low he controls do does with the northeast states and europe belgium deficit and the very high unemployment levels he said the e.u. states like greece losing this sovereignty in effect climbing over the national decision making to crossings and in return for aid so it's good he said that russia doesn't need outside help now countries however is no two vulnerable to price changes as some may think this listening to what he had to say. connected with oil and gas revenues we shape the budget according to a conservative. prices and even if the oil price falls to seventy dollars a barrel will still be able to meet. its a cross of crude oil stay high russia will be one of the world's flowing biggest economies by p.p.p. that's purchasing power parity he said but he admitted the country still likes

world warbles in key areas to go to it is only whole first point that means it takes twice as long for russian worker to achieve the same amount as that there will be last evening business bringing guarantees for investors he's discussing with president medvedev creating a public prosecutor who will control a level playing field for business overall as you say the tone of the speech was to mystic well received by m.p.'s with a standing ovation at the end. all right so let's take a look at the russian markets and the latest figures we can see there both the arts yes and the my socks are adding a half a percent this hour with m i six weeks in almost one percent in the pot and of course without us more like a very optimistic speech by the president i like live in here for you tonight for move on soon and the other positive picture as well as we can see that part of what's in the bags adding the back side of over one percent this hour and we have plants are rallying. and that's great as far as the easing off on the heels in

spain and italy if move on and take a look at currencies will see that they hero is gaining against the dollar and when it comes to the ruble and makes. again the next dance the dollar but losing against the euro and that's how the business looks the sour very slim grocery. bring their updates on that many thanks very much see you in the near future. oh i did a special interview on the upcoming u.s. presidential elections just a few moments away that will be after a wrap up of our top stories with me.

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