do you want to set your own leash a massive observer mission to syria last ditch attempt to prevent an all out civil war. decision time in france after a final appeal to voters are made by team presidential hopefuls i top job in a country riven by social divisions and record unemployment. plus the chinese economic powerhouse sets its sights on the arctic as beijing weighs in for slice of the untapped riches there. ten am the russian capital you're watching our team. now the u.n. is expected to send hundreds of observers to syria after the security council vote

on a resolution later on saturday russia wants the monitors to fly out of ones as the violence in syria grinds on despite a u.n. brokered cease fire argues we're in a court now has the latest from new york. there's been a combination of two resolutions to drop resolutions that were submitted to the un security council one disappear from russia the other submitted by the your european union now odd the competition of these resolutions calls for. you and observer mission in syria to expand. their army arm of the third verse to a total of three hundred unarmed observers to go to syria and continue monitoring the cease fire that was implemented on i april twelfth and change in hospice and the opposition group this is of course one of the many proposals that were laid out by mr kofi annan on joint envoy for for the syria for the syria

conflict so he laid out a six point peace plan cause and so this observer mission is one of many things he has cost a war to bring about peace in syria another element of this drop resolution we're told is that it calls upon syria to commit to its responsibilities and its pledges meaning the syrian government's recording all its obligations according to the kofi annan at six point peace plan so it seems as though we're going to see another consensus across the board in the security council concerning syria this will be the second saturday in a row where another resolution would be adopted the vote is expected to be held on saturday and it is expected to be voted upon and adopted and this would clearly show something that we haven't seen for thirteen months because the security council has been divided for so long on how to approach syria and clearly received

a consensus across the board among the international community. that we're going to report in there now more than a year of violence in syria said to have killed around ten thousand people a bit concerned the country is on the brink of civil war or he's a boy going to reports from the city where the uprising began to ask people whether it's been worth it. i they call it the cradle of the syrian revolution but if group of schoolkids was arrested in that our last spring for painting and defeating protesters took to the streets for days on end. the syrian military responded by rolling its times even a year later the chief security officer in daraa is unapologetic well those demonstrators were backed by gunman shooting at civilians and of course their intention was to put the blame on the government and those kids the rebels give them fuel food and made them write those things. but even among assad supporters it's not

a view shared by everyone to protest in daraa and being seen crime down by the military to the turning point for syria and in hindsight some syrian officials now wish they handled it differently. we made a mistake when back in the days we didn't give a chance to syria based peaceful opposition to express itself more freely some of them truly care about the nation now we have to deal with the armed rebels the council in istanbul and then you have religious sects like the selfies or the muslim brothers. which melisa no longer bound to speak here and mergence alone lifted the syrian authorities are now trying to give the media on their side even loads more foreign journalists into the country stipulated by the annan plan and the wall what they call the real picture. but the goal of tell the realities on the ground put their own spin on any p.r. effort. i think use of u.n.

monitors and foreign journalists rather on down to repost intensified attacks on the army units forcing syrian officials to abandon this we talked to her journalist back onto the bus. the terrorist group. any occasion any of these it beats international monitors or reporters to the army to respond to the. well themselves government in the ability to find the right balance between freedom and security may have allowed this conflict to take off many analysts believe that learning how to do it is also crucial for its resolution president assad has long spoken about reforms he's going to popular president for most syrians for a long time because of his you know so-called reform plans i think this protest in syria actually helped us because you know there are people within the syrian regime who don't really want to reform their hardliners so so this actually helped sort of

you know the reform minded members of the regime in government. you know their reform a lot more quickly a year into the uprising daraa is still one of the most turbulent cities in syria despite checkpoints all around the store is breached on an almost daily basis and here people are just as afraid to talk as their freight. protests have been called this part of that they ignited the syrian flame which over the past year or scourged a sizable part of this country and while some syrian officials may now have regrets what their way down a flashpoint was handled that's not nearly enough to extinguish the fire somewhat car that syria. to get more news and analysis of the situation in syria log on to our website r t dot com here's what else you can find there right now. the american

plan before iran find out the full details of what it is as tomahawk missiles are reportedly put into place all my a major highway in bahrain is in flames as tens of thousands of anti regime protesters rallied to demand a council ation of this weekend's formula one grand prix watch the video on our website r.t. dot com. france goes to the polls on sunday to elect a new president and this will be the first round of elections second round will see a runoff between the top two contenders next month ten candidates are vying for the job and they make up a colorful mix of policies and promises or he says are still we have breaks them down for us. one day to go before the french to the polls the money for voters still haven't made up their minds yet top of the french because the search for jobs

and money in their pockets especially at a time when unemployment is about ten percent getting an all time high that's about thirty million people on the voice so we can take the top job and solve the french people's problems well according to the latest polls socialist party candidate us all a lot is to believe that about twenty nine percent of the attention focus now on monday was to target the top this is because a lot also was made to go shake the e.u. this little discipline back to not just include hysteria but also how the world measures which is criticised for this why there's a lot of experience now it's really not possible because of some of the loss of. the improper one recent poll to declare it the most popular president but history of this presidency has been more than a topic myself now the last week the studs of the radical left. the immigration that number down were talking tough tough one of the secure jobs especially the stuff that has also taken on

a more confrontational tone was. posing that france freeze its budget contribution to the budget apparently a third place according to the polls is the bit of the national party as she does that sticks with the immigration law allowing to cut down the number of legal immigrants ten thousand here in the south about one hundred eighty thousand at the moment and she has also said that she wants france to adopt the euro and go back to the french currency the french franc the what's being called the big surprise this french presidential campaign is on the middle shelf of the left right now his numbers have doubled since genderless about six seven percent to now about fourteen percent he is mincing no words to stop the civic insurrection or revolution to now says a national sector and he also was sheilds the e.u. a fiscal pact that had been some. possible draw for me to the stakes not a very strong hard line approach but these are the top four contenders wife for the

top job in france the base of the rhetoric the big music the cat the grass as if it was the smallest part misunderstanding that the band takes on the presidency there will be disruptions to where the former contiguity baby be expected it's just a matter of to what extent these changes will impact the relationships as far as french people are surging up a few more hours left to make that choice and what are the life in moscow still to come this hour a harsh lesson for canadian students elling against steep hike in tuition fees but came in for some broth treatment from dr police full story just ahead. just weeks ahead of the post mubarak presidential voting age it can the thousands have once again failed cairo central square in protest demonstrators want an immediate and to military rule which they've lived under for more than a year the military approved the disqualification of nearly half the presidential candidates this week sparking public fewer i mean political forces accuse the

chanterelles of trying to cling on to power this by their pledge to stand down by july but casters also want forum bark officials out of politics on trial that's based allocate upon murder thinks the gyptian revolution has been hijacked. obviously things are moving toward a collusion here the military doesn't want to give up its privileged position in society the protesters want to genuine democratic system where this thing is headed to impossible to know you've got this complex. force taking place there you've got the military dictatorship funded by the us doesn't want to relinquish power you've got a whole radio protesters out there we go versus interest to do you know i mean saying we want a genuine democracy in this country the question is who is ultimately going to control the rate. a reign of power here and the military is making it very clear that this isn't just a temporary transition to civilian rule they've made it very clear we are here to

stay we are the ultimate power we will permit elections to be to be had but under our ultimate control we maintain the ultimate power in this society how is that a genuine democracy protesters are realizing it's not. can a geopolitical ambitions are seen and heard the fight for the vast and your resources of the arctic on a visit to europe the country's prime minister is expected to look for backing from nordic states for beijing's bid to gain a foothold in the region as a first out the world's biggest consumers seeking permanent observer status on the arctic council currently it consists of eight countries with stakes in the arctic the shrinking of the polar ice cap which makes the region's vast middle of resources war accessible as there are about territorial disputes and national relations lecture mark untamed says beijing cop cooperation with iceland well that both sides. think any arctic countries are interested in for the developing ties

with china is very interesting and several are degrees or including potentially seafood in the case of iceland geothermal energy and various other goods and services in the region certainly what is happening over the past few days has been very significant for a trade in both countries not only is china very interested in. developing into partnership with iceland as an energy partner but also a. great use of the arctic in order to transport also fuels from there as markets to china and using what it's turning out to be a very promising group china and iceland have been negotiating age tensional free trade agreement and since two thousand and six. interrupted your prices in late two thousand eight. hundred in joining the european union which would of course negate any potential free trade agreement with china. the iceland e.u. negotiations are now in doubt and china it's very interested in perhaps reviving

the free trade talks that's one major. saying though is that china has really begun to identify iceland as a very important potential arctic partner iceland is not only a very. generally important partner economically but it's also very geographically it's going to. because of its location in the arctic i still have a sour artie's resident asks whether genetically modified foods are welcome reality or and i wanted risk. i do think a lot of it is corporate driven here yeah and it is related to money might find you need to get food is totally we couldn't control them to want to take. mankind sure they can basically push up on us. later on we gauged opinion from big apple on why people generally do not avoid genetically modified food so watch the presidential in about ten minutes and. listen to him drove russia's far more provide two

things that are vital for the people who live here. and fish come and see how life revolves around them just a few minutes. in canada riot police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of students protesting outside a government building in central montreal's at least two demonstrators and two officers were injured in the violence and seventeen people were arrested students are angry at a planned seventy five percent rise in tuition fees they have been demonstrating almost daily since to where you boycott in classes over two months ago with the government refusing to back down director of the research center on globalization he says that the canadian government is a big spanner ally comes to the fans but fails to address its social problems. this program. pertaining to the protest movement of students regarding sure should be. the holy body. but moments

ago increases interest rates because it is very much the princes. of the us need to slow as it was spending a lot of buggy on the roads but. it's going to go social programs. and also the people at the mall because the students the girl of the conservative knows as well they spend billions of dollars very. gracious. now take a look at some other stories from around the world news and he's no worse south sudan's troops continue to occupy the sudanese oil town of hadley the conflict had been expected to hand over friday when the government of south sudan downs its troops would withdraw from the disputed territory within three days south sudan broke away from the north last year following a long running civil war that claimed the lives of more than one of

a half million people. pakistan has begun mourning the victims of a plane crash and residential area near islamabad international airport rescuers say there is no hope of finding survivors among the one hundred twenty seven aboard air jet boeing seven three seven en route from karachi to islamabad was making its final approach to the airport in stormy weather before it crashed the second passenger plane crash in less than cheers. iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki has called turkey a hostile state with a sectarian agenda and accuse it of trying to establish germany in the region and that's in response to turkish prime minister tayyip erdogan saying that he is battling tensions between iraq shia community as a carrion emerged in iraq at the end of last year when the shia led government sacked and number of top so many officials. moscow is reiterating

calls for nato to stay on the afghan drugs for a before the u.s. led alliance to leave the country russia is the main target for opium aspart which has boomed since the occupation of ghana stand again and artie's military contributor says washington should look to the experience of arar and dealing with a deadly problem while the american operation enduring freedom within the last ten years has morphed from counterterrorism into nation building guarding the pony show right across the border into iran there was a real war against the drones from the russian perspective the ram is the main defense line it gives the influx of the opium that comes from a guinness state almost three percent of the evidence which has been smuggled through the iranian territory wholesale but has been successfully include anyway

why do you really think counter-narcotics police in that sense it rainy and counter kind of spoil these he's their stern ships l.-i for their russian federal caravan or encourage service in would joint efforts to stem to mitigate them disrupt and destroy so they're one and only threat that comes from afghanistan which is the. terrorism network under the aegis of united states and they're reliable nato partners it's time now for the latest edition of our russian close of series that they were having up to the country's north.

northern russia is known for its vast to indra and harsh climate a tiny population that lives in this area is completely cut off from the rest of the country artie's told martin explores what this distant land offers since residents. an icon of the north the nets and other native northern peoples follow grazing reindeer wherever they go their routines revolving around the animals the life of the reindeer herder is usually hauled in isolated but occasionally they gather to share their world and compete in the skills they hone in on the tundra and i'm about to join the celebrations. last seen throwing. stick wrestling. and hurdle jumping all cause for competition but the main event is rapidly approaching. ranging races bring teams from far and wide from the competition is

tough i feel a bit nervous getting my rivals get better every year even though i won last year this year the younger ones may compete on a par with me. and perhaps he's right to be a bit jittery it seems getting started is the trickiest moment. sometimes for cameramen to. look you're. going. after the festivities to sit down to eat some reindeer of course but also that other russian arctic speciality fish and this nearby factory they're preparing thousands of none of these a sea fish all having been caught to quota from local rivers and i'm told amanda is booming the fruits of the take over here isn't enough of our product even to cover the domestic market europeans find our products delicious and into logical or pure

water but so far we're simply haven't enough of them to see where all this comes from we caught up with andre he's been fishing since he was a child on the hope today of the river shark pike like his catch and raise a. true russian more than a year from where we can't say for fishing in the south it may have its advantages as for me i love to fish right here in the north when it's frosting the air is fresh and the sun is bright it's great. ten point later and resolve to prepare his dinner and we have a small insight into the central importance of these animals to the lives of northern ireland's without the fish and without the deer tundra on the lives of those who live here would be very empty indeed tom watson. and from a healthy fare in the russian arctic to food which is genetically modified or next

our resident in new york or harvest ask people in the streets whether they think g.m. food is say. are you concerned about genetically modified or enhanced foods or is it just an overblown issue this week let's talk about that do you care he's. obviously not i'm well i think it's less processed foods in europe that's for sure yeah i do think a lot of it is corporate driven here and it is related to money unfortunately modifying genetically food is totally. controlling they want to take over the super food sources over mankind so they can basically push up on us so why are americans ok with that i think is the knowledge the going to get information from regular t.v. . just being into team did you know that color was is made with i forget corn

syrup in the united states but everywhere else it's made with pure cane sugar i didn't know that but it doesn't surprise me. so what is that why don't americans demands better things in their food. they don't want to pay more money for the food . they used to what they're eating but i don't care as long as they're comfortable it doesn't matter that would be my guess i think our country is run by greed and money and there's a lot of issues here so. you that say when the greed is so strong that it messes with what people eat. i think i think you just answer that question with your question do you think that because the population is growing and growing and growing that we're balancing evenings like bait in petri dishes and those kinds of extremes probably yes there's this website i don't remember the name of it but supposedly you put what you we in a week. and told you how many earths we would need for everyone in the world to eat

the same amount you know i or i when i was fourteen and it turns out. there really need to be six earths for me and you know these insights to say least the. but you know you're american stopped by the clean modified food rather you think they're making out or that's a hundred percent yes the plane dries up the supply dries up to need to start putting them on labels that everything that's in there right absolutely and more people are getting wise to labels now i think when they're in the supermarkets in the shopping they'll see the signs of not starting to read more than they get off the shelf or put in the basket i think the. media but i think in these to go further whether or not you're concerned about genetically modified foods the bottom line is if you live in the united states you're probably eating a lot more of them than you realize. this is our team just to have our special report split a state which tells

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time to say you cannot here unless you come out here and live in my house for a week. i have no rights. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. that are killing innocents here allows you to call a base a crisis and that's never answered. the song the most cost with me i think of it every day. i steal the flyers fired

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