the british prime minister turns his tour of asia into a weapons sales pitch seeking arms deals with nations in the pacific it's a move that many see as an attempt to undermine china's growing. peace envoy kofi annan says the syrian government has assured him it will respect the u.n. brokered cease fire with rebels the deadline now though less than twenty four hours away. and palestinians say the wave of resit revolutions in the arab world has diverted international attention from the issue of illegal israeli settlements

on their land. global news twenty four seven this is r.t. . live in moscow selling the best defense equipment to one of the world's most important democracy how the british prime minister has defended his stock in indonesia as part of his arms trade to asia it comes a decade after the country saw an embargo by the u.k. itself for using british jets to bomb civilians. arrive in jakarta from japan as britain seeks to boost its military presence in the region all in china's backyard but this report is artes of a planet. selling weapons is quickly becoming what britain does best prime minister david cameron unashamedly touting the u.k.'s military hardware and 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 the place to be as must be the perfectly predictable result of the shifting of the focus of american attention in the attention of much of the world to the legion 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 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 with over thirty executives from the u.k.'s highly profitable arms industry this isn't the first time they've cameron's 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 kuwait prime minister david cameron's 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 mo. isn't particularly high north korea's planned rocket launch later this week is stoking the 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 moment and they do not have the resources to be a risk if military strains to counterbalance hanger so that. the best approach out of norman of course is to count on did you notice more strategically and more foreign powers into the region so as to have a crack 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 a physical presence there are theories it could upset the balance i have been it r t london. well as

a beijing steams ahead to overtake the us as the world's largest economy that is part of i'll ask says the gusts without washington is ready to be number two coming your way next hour here on earth either of course we're talking about crosstalk. 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 are here for you know educated people you know always in me talking about our education is much better in america then in asia for example guess that's a job because i'm just looking at the international part and i was coming out and pop office is education seems to me considerably better in asia and then say that this is not the case you know shows maybe there's something wrong because that is

the case in america. and watching r t peace envoy kofi annan says he's received assurances from the syrian government that it will respect the u.n. brokered cease fire with rebels which is due to begin now in less than twenty four hours the key to go she remains optimistic about the deal some western countries again unleashed a barrage of criticism of the regime for its alleged failure to stick to commitments so it's not a boycott it's following the situation for us in damascus. on one hand we have every party to the conflict vocal support for this proposal but on the other hand many syrians fear. they west and its arab allies and sensually trying to stop it ashleigh's initiative before it had any chance to beat fully realized now the deadline for a general cease fire is expected to expire at six am local time on thursday but the

statements we've been hearing from u.s. policymakers all throughout these past week have essentially buried this initiative already on the top of that runs the two senior year is senator john mccain and joe lieberman made a surprise visit to one of the refugee camps on the church's syrian border and there once again three new guy calls for arming the opposition that's at a time when koffi annan and obvious supporters of his peace initiative including russia are really working hard to try to put pressure on their side government to try to persuade it to speed up the pullout of forces from some of the northern settlements and trying to persuade him not to respond in such a manner to the attacks a by militarized position as far as russia goes. strengthen and tough on its language with regards to syria russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov to meeting his syrian counterpart on wednesday most sad that the syrian authorities could have

and should there have been more decisive and more practical and hearing to the coffee annan peace plan but he also made it clear that it was only fair worthwhile if other parties would put this same pressure on the opposition and would persuade opposition fighters to lay down their arms. that is outside of work a reporting there well meantime professor of middle eastern history and politics jeremy salt we spoke to him earlier he says the voices coming from the u.s. and some other countries are seriously hampering the peace efforts in syria senator mccain's last remark to reporters was see you next year in damascus this kind of attitude is hardly helpful to the very. nature of the ceasefire but when kofi annan is trying to set up from amongst the opponents of syria there is not goodwill very clearly among some states that are single out here saudi arabia and qatar they want a syrian government destroyed their interest is not in syria their interest is not treating the syrian people they're interested not human rights the syrian people.

their own people don't have those rights so what is a game in syria what do they want they want yes a government job and this will largely sectarian reasons they're trying to set up which michaelson in the wall across the middle east to block iran and to block the rise of she is across the region iran syria just tied up in a strategic alliance across the region and saudi arabia one straight alliance for reasons of its own those reasons also converge with the determination of the united states to break glass so you can see there is. a very big gain going on here which will determine the shape of middle east for a long time to come. and while russia has called on foreign powers to use diplomatic leverage to stop hostilities the u.s. has accused of moscow being a roadblock in its drive to topple the syrian regime developments in the crisis torn country will be a hot topic as foreign ministers from g.

eight countries are gathering in washington for a two day meeting that's now cross over the artes guy nature and standing by for us in the u.s. capital good to see you guys in a row with this apparent difference in opinion between the countries are we possibly likely to see some heated discussion heading thing. you're absolutely right right now the rhetoric essentially between the u.s. and russia is very tough to say the least secretary clinton said recently russia's refusal to support constructive action by the u.n. security council on the crisis in syria is keeping its president bashar al assad in power the u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice went even further saying russia and china have quote blood on their hands for refusing to go along with an intervention in syria and that she was you know she once said she was disgusted by that position very graphic statements one would argue are really on diplomatic so that's the kind of environment that russian diplomats have to work in and that is

a very tough environment or sort of some harsh words as you're saying susan rice she's known for having some pretty harsh language or as as far as it goes i mean it might seem a bit extreme to say there's blood on the hands of russia and china but this isn't anything unusual over susan rice is it. no susan rice is generally known for making undiplomatic statements and sometimes getting too creative with facts for example she once announced that leading government is a leading government troops were being issued lie aggro and told to rape as a measure against terror it was interesting u.s. military and intelligence officials said it was an old faces no evidence for ms rice's statements anyways there are policymakers here who are very pro intervention and they tend to blame russia for all that's happening in syria this g. eight ministers meeting at this. meeting comes at

a very important juncture as far as syria it's the fate of the u.n. and arab league envoy kofi annan is peace plan that is now at stake it said to hold all while and by six am thursday morning the syrian foreign minister met with the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov earlier this week in moscow where he said russia syria was committed to the peace plan the russians those remains the same and that is all parties must put lay down their arms so moscow's pushing for a political solution and whether dialogue between the opposition and the government where the u.s. and the u.k. for example prompt the syrian opposition not to at all they need talks with the president to continue fighting essentially. live in the american capital thank you very much. well as a subtle hoax in washington continue to call for military interference in syria or launching a preemptive strike on iran the majority of americans are against such drastic

steps but according to opinion polls which often reveal views the earth already has are unwilling to listen to you later this hour here on r.t. will bring you an interview with a c. major u.s. pollster gallup for now a quick preview of what's to come. from americans are and 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 evolved and they want to do bad or that kind of thing but americans really want to take a break for more. than a few minutes as the world up here on our team but for now palestinians have

appealed to the u.n. security council asking for condemnation of israel's settlement activity comes ahead of a meeting of major world powers aimed at jumpstarting peace talks between both sides but as artie's paula explains ordinary palestinians feel they're being marginalized and mistreated on their own. 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 not the 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 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 as which we can no longer access it's portable 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. 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 by the city's use of all the time and far from it being in a city for them they are making money using it as a truism site the settlers have been investing a lot of effort to trying get israeli public to come here internet sites and advertisement spoke about a great response wineries and of course magnificent springs. cannot be silent spring is one of fifty six that the united nations detailed in a recent report. but eighty four percent of the springs are pallister probably to get the same magic. exasperate. the lab or water is razor recommended

a spot of of the ready for previous generations is lost because you said it was a common. sort of scrap of palestinians feel the water spin issue is only the tip of the iceberg because most of the world is zoomed in on the arab spring these ways are using the chance to go with our papers n'est i think it's a perfect time for the israelis to strip out. of their actions against the palestinians i think the ward is busy with themselves nobody nobody is keen to hear about the palestinians last year. has been record in terms of the increase in the number of new housing units israel have been rented 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 out for every drop of water will continue unnoticed policy r.t.

now the sell a village palestinian administration. that's good have you with us here and. our indian of protesters of rage against nuclear. industry as a protest movement much to go green with envy rather environmentalism. and. the swells the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and now it had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution of the most recent study that was done shows that this water pollution and spreading. more than hundred thousand.

troops walking with. me to be born with birth defects in children. in the sea as little as five hundred dollars. and the unpunished. this is our starting with in the news you have us get to the world update for you in a series of powerful earthquakes off with an even easier of course widespread panic around the indian ocean mass evacuations took place in many coastal regions with people fearful after last year's fukushima disaster in japan there were no immediate reports of death or damage and tsunami warnings have been called off back

in two thousand and four eight nine point one magnitude earthquake and tsunami killed almost a quarter of a million people in countries around islands all around the indian ocean. nine a peruvian miners trapped underground for a week by a rock fall have now been rescued they were met by relatives and president or land outside the birds that are negative nine in southern peru the men left the mine one by one wearing blankets sun sunglasses to protect their eyes it's all said but they are in good health. north korea has fueled up the controversial rocket it plans to send into space to launch an observation satellite western nations on japan have condemned the plan fearing it's a test of pyongyang's nuclear capabilities 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 a lift off will take place between thursday and sunday depending on weather

conditions. in a moment it's a marina with a business but for now india's ambitious nuclear energy plans are being met head on by a growing green protest movement the indian government however has accused us of stoking the opposition but it's artes to reports american interests are being driven by money rather than that of environmental. protests have erupted across india outside of nuclear power stations like this one to cool down call in plant a joint indian and russian venture in the south it 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 wall there could be you know. the politics of the nuclear industry or.

geopolitical concerns that india's prime minister manmohan same has taken away the licenses of three n.g.o.s and put seventy seven more on the global watch list for 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 we're told mccain or g program has got us into difficulties because these n.g.o.s mostly i think based to the u.s. 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. the fisherman.

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 ukraine 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 and last years india has been no access to the international record market as this great market but it would 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 there are t. india. always there are a lot more of the stories we're covering and plenty of other stories on our website including corporate cords and firmly i'll have children with big business with a new. and giving musical voice to protesters. listening to songs and. also the customer is always right they say but not so in this case have a look right here this man who revved into a fury after leaving his car in forest service and what his front page is going to cost and find out those details apparently he waited too long for the mechanics to get to his car and he lost it she the footage on tito home.

in a study by the business good to see you again wall street's been open for a bit i do think investors there i mean can you look at the numbers and tell us are they as enthusiastic as they are in europe and russia powerball in fact i can look out the numbers right now and i don't know if you can see it but it's basically lots of green there and that is good news and basically what we're seeing is the american market down some bad five assassin losing streak and the main reason for that as a live in the maker alcoa on expected first quarter profit a lot of investors very very happy as you can see there from the numbers they are points in downwards but in fact those other thinkers just pointed out it's just to make a correction that so called point eight percent of all the nasdaq is that in over a one percent this hour all right let's move on and take a look at europe and there we can see yes you can see the green means so both let's

see under that star in the black with the facts adding over one and a half percent this hour and basically what we have there is. is that there are very little banks are rallying and we're seeing that our own deals are easing and it's only in spain so investors are feeling more reassured that when they come soon russia is a poster picture as well and that's following a speech my personal like blood near putin where he said that russia has made a lot of progress the economy for that matter that the economy is bigger than it was before the crisis and fact we have our correspondent arts bushell and he listens to the speech and brings us the highlights. unemployment's also importantly no on the levels of two thousand and eight yet the government it remains low the controls did with the united states and europe's largest deficits and their very high unemployment levels there he said the e.u. states like greece losing this sovereignty in effect handing over national decision making it's

a process in return for aid so it's good he said that russia doesn't need help side help now the countries however is not too small to call cross changes as some may think this listening to what he had to say. all the social initiatives are not connected with oil and gas revenues we shape the budget according to a conservative scenario for closure carbon prices and even if the oil price falls to seventy dollars a barrel will still be able to meet. you with the most it's a process of crude oil stay high russia will be one of the walls for biggest economies why p.p.p. that is purchasing power parity he said but he admitted the country still lags world war was the key areas for two teaser he told his high that means it takes twice as long for russian work to achieve the same amount you also said that there will be laws to ease doing business bringing guarantees through this just 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 optimistic and well received by m.p.'s with a standing ovation at the end. oh i have to say for once when all the markets are doing well and i have a graphic sort of move out. on the next hour we're going to fix your break with tradition hammer in a always a pleasure see you next. hour still to come here and a recap of the headlines up but also just after that will be a special interview one or two americans are leaning towards the upcoming u.s. presidential election it's going to be a hot competition that one back in just a moment.

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