a moment of truth for syria the last deadline passes for the regime and rebels to lay down their arms as moscow here's a some foreign states of hampering the u.n. peace deal. predatory payday loan scalpel british banks back into the spotlight as critics up in arms over crippling interest rates and allegedly deceptive marketing tricks. and anyhow i russian scientists find a foothold on the mood by stablished permanent lower base within the next decade before turning their gaze to mars. and in about twenty minutes the russians markets are still quite upbeat in the second hour of trade but it looks like their

gains are narrowing down all the latest numbers and the business world. watching i think i mean to live from moscow with me marina joshie a ceasefire has been in place in syria for several hours already was no reports of major violence received so far but mutual distrust and the rebels refusal to guarantee the end of hostilities means there's no concrete guarantee either side will avoid firing the first shot i just kind of boy who is keeping us across developments in the capital damascus. damascus is now breaking out to a 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 trances and the violence of the past few weeks and months the ceasefire came into effect at six am

local time and so far it's been holding syrian to finance minister promise not to conduct any operations any have found safe a grounds they are military groups and while they did say that they reserve their right to retaliate in case they're being attacked 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 has its guns damascus has obviously been spared the destruction and violence that has ravaged some of the northern areas of syria but these tracks 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 a police precinct a young people are looking for ways to avoid being dropped to

into the army the economy is getting harder and the cost of living is increasing jobs are scarce and maybe 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 or respond to boycott reporting there from damascus and russia's call for some foreign players to persuade the rebels to seize facilities have apparently fall on deaf ears foreign minister lavrov accused them of stirring of violence even further at a meeting with his g eight partners in washington d.c. or she's going to she count explains. the g eight ministers are meeting at a very important juncture is the fate of the u.n. and arab league envoy kofi annan 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 is important to note that the syrian opposition hasn't come up with a common joint response but for

a cease fire 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 monitors to verify what's the situation on the ground but just to sure we don't rule out bloviations that's why the presence of independent monitors 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 precious refusal to support 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 their policy makers 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 because women 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're also for a political solution because it's sort of we're trying to influence the syrian opposition meetings with both your position 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 soon. so it's a lover of also warned western and arab nations against arming syrian rebels saying quote even if the syrian opposition is armed to the teeth it will not be able to defeat the syrian army and the bloodshed will go on for years and of quote.

reporting there neil clark in journalist and contributor to britain's guardian newspaper says kofi annan plan to do little to stop foreign states from bolstering the rebels and putting the blame on the awesome government. it's interesting to hear that 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 the opposition to tell them to support the peace the peace plan and to stop this talk about arming them stop this talk about regime change and then we think we could get peace in syria because we would have a democratic framework to solve this problem there's two sides to this company obviously the west is betraying this conflict as if it's only the that the assad regime which is to blame of course that's not true and just imagine if this was happening in america imagine if say the syrian government was back in. 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 regime change and the peace plan you know has to be accepted by both sides but i'm afraid the rhetoric from the west the british foreign secretary calling for assad to go before war construct is a very helpful. well there are mixed opinions around the world on the syrian crisis but today we want to know whether you think i complete ceasefire is likely to be respected and that's the question we're asking on our web site r t v dot com in today's polls let's take a look at what's happening on the side so far as you can see in this part charts the majority view which is forty three percent are skeptical saying the s.n.c. will push for another levy and the second largest group thirty three percent things neither i said nor of the rebels will back down twenty one percent say a ceasefire is possible if the rebels lay down their arms and the minority only

three percent of the national pressure will work so let us know what you think by logging on to our website r t v dot com. coming up in the program here in r.t.e. electoral disillusionment despite up to twenty people competing in the presidential race an edge of trust is at a minimum for the candidates with some serious skeletons in the closet. and the global financial crisis is one man's loss is another man's gain while millions struggle to get by their other seeing and grasping an opportunity for profit or u.k. correspondent laura smith reports on a predatory banking schemes taking advantage. leaks played longer dotcoms victims it all sounds so easy and it is in ten minutes payday loan companies handout short term loans to tide you over till you get your paycheck but kelly smith knows this short term solution can become a long term trap i took out

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a debt do really with a boy you take a country like greece you stick it on the farm do fork and you dip it into the dead and then your servant of the government j.p. morgan. all this debt is great now spain is being thrown into the debt fondu. egypt's first presidential poll says 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 ambiguous backgrounds and just genuine change is still some way off as a result of now reports. the list is long but the choice need limits is with just a little over a month left before the crucial presidential polls come teen is off to start the liberal candidates believe this election is lighter than germany whether the

egyptian revolution will sing or swim and. today to reveal lucian is it is transitional period and it's not clear whether it would reach its final destination and its goals are free to men social justice haven't been breached she adds when i wanted to. electoral commission will have to says to more than twenty names in the list of those looks like the country's top job but they aren't the ones faced with the crucial choice things that you should try to do things. like how we have the family think of the aisle. far too much know how we are probably just writing some of the nasty things like that we think from the far right and the up i think it's like. it's all good you know many of color and people a number of people of various committed islamists who had been unleashed deliberately by the by the. people who would happen. these are.

military people or bug islamists the people ship the muslim brothers is freedom and justice party or ekiti already holds the majority of seats in the country's parliament and promised to abstain from the presidential elections if they are that tracks and there were many question whether stone stupid islamists need to successful in giving the egyptians civil liberties and freedoms they demanded. the f.t.v. members to disembark from washington d.c. last week for a charm offensive unfolds the western politicians and media to prove sharia law does not mean a return to the dark ages yet many are skeptical of this is serious. it's empty this is an ideological company perry an organization measured the communist party wins an america and says we will not. impose we would respect capitalism who would believe such

a thing. through something like that. but not in parliament would become powerful we wouldn't follow the program says this former prime minister foreign minister insists diligence are probably the better option. for the religion things that work for the revolution i see this all likely. just because of the source tells me . that you are going to run for the seat just if we didn't play with them over to the left of the keys. so i don't want to be in this place otherwise i would like a day which is. saying i'm not going to give you. anything law and much of it isn't. nature now it's just another day and. in the gulf it's. iran says it's ready to make new proposals to western powers

worried about its nuclear program but warns that pressure one bring results and new round of talks will take place and it's down to later this week former u.s. national security adviser general james earl jones says no one can deprive iran of peaceful nuclear energy but failure kid cooperate on the issue could lead to iran into isolation. that iran. should have access to a peaceful nuclear power if you wish and if iran seriously wants through him. play according to the game but play board of the rules that all of us play by. signing the documents that. you're into your certain behavior. there's no reason. to run could not. nuclear power require a power for peaceful use so you know to me the. pressure of the responsibility this is not upon russia or the united states to sort of. make iran do anything but it doesn't want to do it's up to iran that say you

know. we want to be like north korea ten years from now living in the world wide solution. but watch the full interview with general james earl jones and the next hour 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 they announced one of the daring project coincides with the fifty first anniversary of the very first manned space flight are he somebody who looks at the chances of success. to put a man on the moon to keep him there that's the aim for space exploration in the coming decade according to a plan unveiled by moscow's academy of sciences' choice what bloggers are worth mankind could not stay where it is now for a long time we have been successful in exploring near earth space it's time to move

beyond it the goal is to put unmanned 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 their own on the minute the moon 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 vast quantities of frozen water have been 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 samples back to or 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 areas including 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 fifty's to the eighty's 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 knowledge so for now sticking with the moon might be ambitious enough. sometimes it's of mars missions planned as well as the world remembers the pioneers who made it up to space in the first place those in charge of course mixed nation want to stop marking the breakthroughs of the past and start making some of their own some.

space entrepreneur believes moon exploration operates unlimited opportunities for mankind only three nations have sent humans to space and their companies are trying to do it and that's a big difference pharmaceutical research growing different process season materials and though we do so gravity on the moon maybe you set something up on the far side that really can look with scientists i'm sure you could get scientists that are an end product it's a day to jump on a rocket ship and spend you know five years on the far side of the moon. we've got plenty more on our website archy dot com so don't hesitate to log on for the latest stories and here's a taste of what's there for you right a powerful pesticide used as a chemical weapon in the vietnam war has been approved as safe for farmers. now we offer you sneak peek into a new way of wonder of boeing's brand new dreamliner can check out this futuristic flying machine on line energy dot com.

good to see good leverage or. was he too believes most sophisticated robot which unfortunately doesn't get you the jordan sound anything james mission to teach creation why you should care about humans. this is why you should care only. now take a look at some other stories from around the world they could offer you the second son of the late william leader says he is prepared to the phantom cell in court against war crimes charges he's currently being held in a city in the west of the country or a local militia men are reluctant to hand him over to the central government last week the international criminal court rejected levy's request it was flown 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 tribes from across the country said they were owed the money which came from royalties for oil timber and other rights on tribal lands for this 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 that is traitorous fear of the projects that harm the landscape and wildlife of the southern region police broke off a peaceful march with water cannon arresting dozens of chilean supreme court green lighted the project last week rejecting a legal challenge from its critics. well as a lighter note here on earth he would like to show you this video from a russian motorist recorded by his dashboard camera and it's definitely something you want to see again for a while so an ordinary drive quickly turns ugly with a driver an arrow alleviating two oncoming cars only to find ourselves spinning out of control towards a speeding truck or reflexes the car winds up drifting around to try to you right into 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 any time soon. all right we're crossing sure a to do a world of business with natasha nance so tell us how the equity markets are doing today to sour all so far so good the european bourses open less than twenty minutes ago and they are in positive territory let's see those numbers there and here they are as you can see both the footsie and the dax are gaining in fact the dax is quite upbeat it's getting almost half a percent now the russian markets are in the second hour of trade and they're still in positive territory although they're narrowing their gains both m i six and the r.t.s. are mainly gaining on the results of the speech by president elect joe biden of putin on wednesday he said the russian economy isn't very good shape he said it's fully recovered from the prices of two thousand in two thousand and nine and he

expected to be within the top five a condom ease within three years and he no doubt plans plans to play a role in that process of course and let's now take a look at the currency i know it was first the biggest movers on my sets the biggest movers are the financials that they are in good shape and spare bank is among them a struggling car maker off to vases in the red it plans to borrow two billion dollars mine twenty fifteen to modernize its car production and of course champagne their maker do so is down in the second hour of trade its i.p.o. on wednesday valued the company at one hundred thirty eight million dollars and now in two currencies at the moment the dollar is a losing value against the euro and the russian ruble is actually gaining against both the european currency and the greenback and now on to the asian markets where the trade is wrapping up with the nikkei is closed this hour again almost

a quarter percent and the hands saying is quite upbeat as you. see it's spring on about one percent and now wall street had a pretty good day on wednesday it snapped out of five session losing streak mainly on two factors first of all the spanish and italian bomb yields were lower which offered support not only to the european equities but also to those on wall street and also all had a better than expected results the alimony a maker was expected to post a loss but it actually ended up with a profit which was good news and of course google will be one of the most watched stocks on thursday as a report says its quarterly results and the weekly jobless claims is also something and brussels will be watching closely to make sure of the u.s. economy is on track for recovery and oil is the higher the sour though trade has been quite a choppy sends a us stock piles on the one hand drop faster than expected last week but on the

other hand crude inventories are on the rise which is one of the reasons why crude was trading a little worthier in the day and now staying with the energy sector. well major draws net and gas producer i'd terror have received the green light from russia's anti-monopoly watchdog to join forces they'll create a gas venture which as it is says will be set up as watered rosneft will get a controlling stake in return for axes to rosneft gas deposits analysts say within a few years the joint ventures production could match bout of the country's second largest gas company nova tax and that's all the latest from the world of business money and i'll be back in about fifteen minutes i'll see about actually we're looking forward for bad and next here on r.g.p. latest kaiser report is coming shortly after a short break and

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