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ten am in the russian capital you are with r t a marina joshie a ceasefire deadline in syria has passed with the regime remaining the only party in a conflict to confirm it is pulling back its military there are no reports of major violence so far was not crossed live show correspondents on important news in syria for us to get all the latest there was yet sana so it doesn't look like a ceasefire is actually in place. well mary mad damascus is now breaking out to new day and as the last day of work before and very long easter holidays and many syrians are really looking forward to having some relief from this trust us and the violence of the last few weeks and months now as you just pointed out of the cease fire came into effect at six am local time and so far it's been holding syrian defense minister promised not to conduct any operations that any have found so if

they can state armed militia groups as it's been calling valid position and while they say that they reserve their right to retaliate in case they're being attacked they are under enormous pressure from many sides including their russian counterparts not to do so russian officials are really trying to persuade her and colleagues to you not to respond to any provocations and to give the ceasefire it chance as for the syrian opposition it hasn't released any official statement yet but what we're hearing from various members of various opposition groups is that there are going to respect the cease fire and they promise not to open fire if the regular army indeed silence as it's gone now as for the general live here in damascus i can't say that people are over exuberant over this peace proposal but they're very hopeful that it may lead to some. solution and really

stop the violence now damascus has obviously been spared the destruction and violence that has some of the northern areas of syria but. these stress of violence is still present in your daily life people have to think twice about where you park your car and they try not to do that in front of the government offices of police precincts for example because they are afraid that they will be bombed this happened to. there's just last month young people are looking for ways to go board being drafted into the army. the economy is getting harder and the cost of living is increasing tropospheric so there are a lot of consequences will be nice and monster long instability in the country and they are putting pressure on the assad regime to reform but many people here in damascus now are saying that we can discuss political changes later on the first

thing that should be done is to stop violence absolutely some thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update from damascus. and russia's call for some foreign players to persuade the rebels to cease hostilities have apparently fallen on deaf ears foreign minister lavrov accused them of stirring up violence even further at a meeting with his g eight partners in washington d.c. are you going to she can explains the g. eight ministers are meeting at a very important juncture is the fate of the u.n. an arab league envoy kofi annan is peace plan that is now at stake the syrian government says they are committed to the plan russia stands remains the same and that is all parties must lay down their arms it's important to note that the syrian opposition hasn't come up with a common joint response but for six hard to work all sides need to commit to it president assad said he will stick to the plan but will reserve the right to respond to terror attacks the russian foreign minister said that in that situation

it's important to have. to verify what's the situation on the ground sure. that's why the presence of independent more of those on the ground is very important. as far as the rhetoric between the u.s. and russia it's tense to say the least secretary of state hillary clinton said russia's refusal to support i'll quote unquote constructive action by the u.n. security council on the crisis in syria is keeping its president bashar al assad in power 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 there are policymakers here who are very pro intervention and they tend to blame russia for all that's happening in syria at least in their public statements in the meantime moscow's pushing for a political solution with a dialogue between the opposition and the government whereas the u.s. and the u.k. for example and the arab league tends to prompt the syrian opposition not to hold

any talks with president assad and to continue fighting the sensually even as if they say they are also for a political solution because it's sort of trying to influence the syrian opposition meetings with the opposition inside the country and the exiled opposition but it's absolutely clear that some of our international partners tell them different things and prevent the opposition from meeting any concessions this is room so you can save a lot of roth also warned western and arab nations against arming syrian rebels saying quote even if the syrian opposition is arms to the teeth it will not be able to defeat the syrian army and the bloodshed will go on for years and of quote anish reporting there now in clark a journalist and contributor to the griffins guardian newspaper says kofi annan plan did little to start foreign states from bolstering the rebels and putting the

blame on the us a government. it's interesting to hear the west response because the the onus now is on the western powers and on saudi arabia and on turkey it's on those countries that are backing opposition to tell them to support the peace the peace plan to stop this talk about arming them stop this book about. and anything to do this we could get peace in syria because we would have a democratic framework to solve this problem there's two sides to this conflict quite recently the west is the trade is is it it's only the that the assad regime which is to blame because of course that's not true and just imagine if this was happening in america imagine if say the syrian government was backing opposition to president obama and the american government talking about arming them financing them and you know what would america double its response and so you know what's been going on in syria is an attempt by outside powers to bring about violent regime change. because if you have peace plan. you know it has to be accepted by

both sides but i'm afraid the rhetoric from the west the british foreign secretary cohen for assad to go before war crimes trial is a very helpful. well there are mixed opinions around the world of the syrian crisis but today we want to know whether you think a complete cease fire is likely to be respected that's the question we're asking in today's poll and a key dot com but here's what we have so far. so the majority are the respondents which is forty three percent are skeptical saying the s. and c. will push for another media outlets second largest group which is thirty four percent thinks neither us adore the rebels will back down twenty one percent say ceasefire is possible if the rebels lay down their arms or minority for now that is to pursue an international pressure will war what is now what do you think by logging on to our web site r t dot com. and coming up later in the program here in

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and then you serve it up to goldman sachs or j.p. morgan. all this debt fondue is great now spain is being thrown into the debt fondu . egypt's first presidential poll since the fall of former leader hosni mubarak next month offers the hope of a first step on the way to democracy but broken promises dirty political tit for tat and candidates and big us background suggest genuine change is still some way off their english can now report. the list is long but the choice needed limits is with just a little over a month left before the crucial presidential polls that contain the sauce to start the liberal candidates believe this election is lighter than determining whether the egyptian revolution will sink or swim in the fall. today the revolution is it is transitional period and it's not clear whether it will reach its final destination and its goals of freedom and social justice haven't been breached yet

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lament and promised to abstain from the presidential elections later that tracks and there were many questions but their response to this is the most needy successful in giving the egyptians civil liberties and freedoms they demanded eighteen of the f.t.p. members isn't barks in washington d.c. last week for a charm offensive unfolds the question to choose a media to prove sharia law does not mean a return to the dark ages yet many are skeptical of this is serious you are. it's empty this is an ideological organization that measured the communist party runs an america and says we will not. impose we would respect. those who would believe such a thing. to something lead back to you but not in part when they become powerful he wouldn't follow the program deal to this former prime minister foreign minister

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into isolation. iran. should have access to a peaceful nuclear power if it wishes if iran seriously wants through. a player according to the game over the rules that all of us play by. signing the documents that. sort of behavior. there's no reason why iran could not have nuclear power and nuclear power. for peaceful use so you know to me the. pressure of the responsibility of this is not upon russia or the united states through to. make iran do anything but it doesn't want to do it's up to iran and say you know. we want to be like north korea ten years from now living in a world wide solution. while you watch the full

interview with general james earl jones in about fifty minutes time here on r t. russian space scientists are preparing the next giant leap for mankind with the ambitious goal of gaining a foothold on the moon within ten years and now instead of a daring project and size with a fifty first anniversary of the very first manned space flight i do some barton looks at the chances of success. to put a man on the move to keep him there that's the aim for space exploration in the coming decade according to a plan unveiled by musk goes academy of sciences' choice was bogus but what's known klein cannot stay where it is now for a long time we have been successful in exploring near earth space it's time to move beyond that if the goal is to put on man rovers on the moon by two thousand and twenty with landing stations established by twenty twenty two which will start the

process of building a permanent manned base there and on a minute who is that all well say scientists we actually know surprisingly little about our closest cosmic neighbor and the consensus is we should try and prove our skills and science as close as possible to home before attempting any bigger leaps but asked quantities of frozen water being discovered under the moon's surface taken there by billions of years worth of collisions with asteroids and water might not be all we thought if we look carefully organic samples may have been preserved in comets in a frozen state it's impossible to investigate them from afar so we should deliver those facts were in the control rooms there have been serious questions about whether we can technically manage a moon base the past year has seen a catalog of errors between a supply rocket on its way to the international space station plunging back to earth and an unmanned mars exploration rocket falling from orbit we're still using

technology from the decades of the space race from the fifties to the eighties so scientists and new ships have been taking too long to arrive. until we get these new ships we will have problems also many of the people with the knowledge of the old models are no longer with us and the younger generation doesn't know so for now sticking with the moon might be ambitious enough. sometimes it's of mars missions play as well as the world remembers the pioneers who made it up to space in the first place those in charge of cosmetics want to stop marking the breakthroughs of the past and start making some. space entrepreneur believes exploration offers unlimited opportunities for mankind only three nations have space and their companies are trying to do it and that's

a big difference from a sort of research growing season materials we do scrabble maybe you set something up on the far side. but scientists i'm sure you can. jump on a rocket ship and spend five years on the far side of the moon. i've got plenty more on our website i don't have to log on for the latest story so here's a taste of what they are for you right now. a powerful cast aside used as a chemical weapon in the vietnam war has been approved and safe for farmers. and we offer you a sneak peek into. boeing's brand new dreamliner check out this futuristic flying machine online. good leverage. to build its most sophisticated. doesn't sound anything james mission to teach creation and why it should care about

humans. this is why you should. only. now is take a look at some other stories from around the world safe gadhafi the second son of the late may be a leader says he's prepared to defend himself in a court against in court against war crimes charges is currently being held in a city in a west of the country where a local militia men are reluctant to hand him over to the central government last week the international criminal court rejected lidia's request to postpone a transfer to the hague. the us government has agreed to pay more than a billion dollars to dozens of native american tribes to settle claims they mismanaged their money and land forty one drive's from across the country said they were owed the money some of which came from broil to use for oil timber and other rights on tribal lands dispute dates back more than one hundred years and the settlement follows almost two years of negotiations. hundreds of people have been

demonstrating in the chilean capital santiago against the construction of five dams in patagonia demonstrators fear the project could harm the landscape and wildlife of the southern region police broke up the peaceful march with water cannon and arresting dozens of chilean supreme court green lighted the project last week rejecting a legal challenge from its critics a lighter note i would like to show you this video from a russian motorist recorded by his dashboard camera and it's definitely something you won't see again for a while and ordinary drive quickly turns out going where the driver an arrow evading to oncoming cars only to find himself spinning out of control towards a speeding truck or reflexes the car you're going to i'm drifting around the trucking and even brightens itself at the end hard to imagine what was going through the mind of that driver there but he certainly won't be forgetting that morning commute anytime soon. right let's hear it happening in the world of business was the target so the russian markets which we've been awaiting for

started their trading session what's the sentiment there. indeed it started trading about twenty minutes ago and it looks quite positive fact they're moving with the global sentiment asia's trading higher but more on not in just a second but of course one of the main factors for optimism is that speech by president elect president putin on wednesday he was quite upbeat about the prospects of the russian economy he said to fully recover from the crisis of two thousand and eight two thousand and nine and he says it's one of the fastest growing economies of the g. eight nation in fact with the fast as m. he expects it to be within the top five o'clock knees in the next three years and he no doubt plans to play a role in that and let's now take a look at the actual numbers let's see how those russian markets are performing at the moment. let's see of we see that both of them i said semi r.t.s. are putting on more that sounds this hour about sold within the first half an hour

of trade and now moving on to asia which is definitely offering some support to the russian market in terms of its mood its quiet obviate the nikkei and the hang seng in both putting on more than half a percent at this point stable so that's offering support to the export hers as usual and wall street had a pretty good day on wednesday you seeing the closing figures there and of the dow ended up breaking its five sessions using streak there are a couple of factors that played a role in not first of course the spanish and italian bond yields fell which will always offer support to the equity market not only in asia not only in europe that is but also in the united states and who reported better than expected results it's actually posted a profit one most expected a loss and google will be one of the most watched stock on thursday as it reports

will leave results and weekly jobless claims is also import. it's coming out later in the day and it's one of the mean indicators of the health of the u.s. economy and now or oil is trading higher this hour but actually the trade is quite choppy because there are several factors weighing in different directions we saw you was fuel stockpiles actually dropping faster than expected last week but on the other hand crude inventories are on the rise which one of these is why crude was low were on thursday morning and of course barclays capital came out with an important mill to sensually saying that it expects brands prices this year to continue rising while the w two i going down essentially saying that the spread between these two of the world's most traded contracts two of remain intact for years to come and now staying with the energy sector russian oil major draws

near asked and a gas producer i chair i have received green light from russians and time off leave watchdog to join forces will create a gal's joint venture which goes it's the leases will be set up as a border rosneft will get a controlling stake in i tariff in return for answers to gas deposits elysee within a few years the joint ventures production of match that of the country's second largest gas company nov attack. and that's all the latest from the business desk this hour will be back in about fifteen minutes but you can always find a lot more stories on our site it's business it's r t dot com slash business affluent and thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest from the world of business including what's happening in the russian markets now there's plenty more to come here on our team calling the sports and dates and a finalist for the russian cards are in place after two very intense semifinal showdowns moscow and cazan well andrew will bring you all the latest on this and

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