now with the palm of your. machine on the job. the u.n. security council votes to send three hundred observers to syria russia wants nations not to undermine the mission after the u.s. says only pressure on their side regime will work. campaign he ends in france ahead of sunday's presidential poll with voters facing a tough choice at a time of social division underground called unemployment. and energy hungry china works to secure a slice of the arctic and its untapped mineral resources with the trannies premier on a tour in the world expects. this is coming to a line from moscow hello and welcome to the program the u.n.

security council has unanimously voted on a resolution to send hundreds of observers to syria moscow says it will help promote the one bank ceasefire agreement with multiple reports of the trees being violated by both sides or his marina portnoy has more from new york for us. now honestly adopted a resolution on syria the most recent one drafted by russia and co-sponsored by eight other countries the resolution calls for and authorizes up to three hundred unarmed un min military observers to go to syria and monitor the truce the cease fire that was put in place in april twelfth between damascus and the opposition groups this resolution also calls on the syrian government to meet its responsibilities and pledges of calls for in the six point peace plan laid out by u.n. joint envoy mr kofi i'm russia of course believes that this most recent

development and syria is a step in the right direction but it is a good resolution is of fundamental importance for a peace settlement in syria enjoys a consensus regarding six point peace plan the main goal should be to comply with the resolution any deviation in terms of the interpretation of the mandate is unacceptable libyan model should remain in the past. in the meantime u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice left the meeting on saturday not showing as much optimism as russia and many other countries had susan rice shipped to her twitter feed to say that deployment of three hundred or three thousand unarmed observers cannot on its own stop assad's murderous rampage susan rice said that external pressures are additionally needed to solve the

problem in syria the us ambassador also said that washington and its allies are preparing for action that will be required if assad persists to quote slaughter clearly this is undermining in many ways the effort that is being made from inside the security council to support the six point peace plan that was laid out by mr kofi are not vasser chirk it said that these efforts that are trying to put pressure on an already stressful situation does not help bring peace and security to syria what was troublesome to me in the statement which was made of the eyes on by some colleagues from the west european countries even though they supported this russian draft on the zone of this resolution is that they missed an opportunity to send a signal to the opposition they kept criticizing the government saying nothing about what they expect the from the position which is in fact oh applying very clearly in

the security council resolution which they themselves had just voted for and all those but it sounds of a blue on blue threads of what is which are being patched those are we're those things are not a more productive i think they are distracting from the implementation of the coffin on one from the political effort of the security council and they may give a ground for some extremists. i believe. there of course is a still has some prospect for taking over the political process which we are trying to assist up as they can see this little girl will even though the security council voted unanimously today we are told some members of the security council so important members of the international community are. still considered to think i'm going from personal terms towards a the syrian government and that's are jerkin says the syrian government will be

primarily responsible for the safety and security of the u.n. unarmed observers that will be deployed to syria they will be deployed once the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon feels that it's safe enough for the observers to go and there has been enough to say should of violence this resolution the most recent one adopted also underscores that the syrian government and the opposition group both have to put their weapons out weapons down and begin in dialogue. and great political analysts from the u.k. told us that peace efforts in syria are being undermined by western players who keep mounting pressure on the us on regime. we look at what the original strategy was the original plan was to basically roll out the same strategy as was employed in libya on the syrian people to that end they fermented a civil war they were successful in that using their proxy forces using libyan

militants that the shipped in across the turkish border using people trained in lebanon and turkey and successfully managed to foment some kind of insurgency civil war situation and there's a battle within the western strategic kind of planners at the moment about how which way they're going to play this picture became very difficult for anyone to have any faith that these proxy forces around could actually had any hope of taking power and therefore the kind of idea of regime change most realistic observers now saying is not really feasible if in less outside intervention comes into play so there's still keen to promote this idea that they may conduct some kind of aerial bombardment some kind of mass slaughter to help their proxies on the ground in order to keep this civil war going. changing gears now the moment of truth is looming for french presidential hopefuls are the election is just awesome just hours and while citizens of french overseas territories have already cast their ballots along with those voting in embassies abroad ten candidates are competing in

this weekend's last round with opinion polls showing socialist francois hollande pulling slightly ahead of incumbent conservative president nicolas sarkozy different one of the hopefuls wins more than fifty percent a second vote will take place a week later in a runoff between the talk to you all she's tests are seeing it has more on the country that's for. one day to go before the french hit the polls but one in four voters still haven't made up their minds yet part of the french people's concerns are jobs and money in their pockets especially at a time when unemployment is around ten percent hitting an all time high that's about million people unemployed so who could take the top job and sold the french people's problems to believe a small socialist party. you can believe with all twenty nine percent of potential voters is almost at once a target the top earners of the country but he is criticized for this widely perceived the lack of experience so truly beyond france warlordism convert you can

also of course see he's a deeply unpopular president and one recent poll you would declare with the most unpopular president in french history now his presidency has been marred with one economic crisis after another the last weeks of campaigning he's turned to more radical rhetoric of just clamping down on immigration partly because some birds or talking tough when it comes to security matters especially after the to lose incident has also taken on a more confrontational tone towards the european union proposing that france freeze its budget contribution to the e.u. budget and currently a third place according to the polls is most of the national front party as he has been sticking to it i'm to immigration platform vowing to cut down the number of illegal immigrants to ten thousand a year that's down from about one hundred eighty thousand up mon. and she has also said that she wants france to the euro and go back to the french currency frank what's being called the big surprise of this french presidential campaign is the middle of the left raj his numbers have doubled since january for about sixty seven

percent to forty percent now he is mincing no words and is talking about a civic insurrection a revolution he did not also as the financial sector and he also was shot as the e.u. a fiscal pact have been side he wants to withdraw from big toe he's taking on a very strong hard line approach with these are the top four contenders vying for the top job so based on the rhetoric they've been using in their campaign france's european neighbors as well as other partners understand that no matter who takes on the presidency there will be disruptions to what a form of continuity be may be expected it's just a matter of to what extent these changes will impact the relationships and as far as french people are concerned we have a few more hours left to make that choice. so as we see the incumbent french leader fighting for his political life as france's presidential election begins and if you're hours time with opinion polls saying he could be toppled by his socialist

rival francois hollande a defeat for sarkozy who's been a close ally to washington will massive a change france's foreign policy has michel chossudovsky from the research center of globalization in rome. succors is all suck or maybe he is the very thing that he is supportive especially of. first rather than the interest of the growth of public he very much they say u.s. foreign policy limits u.s. foreign policy i suspect that if if some cause the girl was let's say egypt was what a lot of becomes president of the republic we may see. them in mild shifts in. french foreign policy but i should also venture. out of this question which is the role of wall street all the european

economic landscape because he was put through all. of washington and perhaps your president's presence this will give us a little bit more of its republican hugo traditions of being and they don't always other world scale as well as within the european union. and lead to a currency crisis tough cuts. tragically integration familiars. who will be left standing with the people's speech. the french election on party. and the rain protester has been found shot dead after the other night clashes with security forces it's reported some other demonstrations are also beaten by riot police ahead of the controversial bahrain formula one grand prix on friday tens of thousands take part in an anti regime pressure that's still kind of side with the

race patrick henningsen who's a journalist stand at a time to try to first century why explains why he franks there has been no condemnation from western countries. well rain is one of the petrel monarchies in the middle east and they've had a change or change of leadership recently as you can see hasn't changed we've seen reports of violence coming out of bahrain war after the other for the last year or two years would be it's not uncommon the police will have drive by shootings of people in bahrain you can watch these videos on you tube if you want it's one of the worst police states a region so i don't think so if we were going to see reform in bahrain it would have come after the recent change of leadership. is under the umbrella of the western nations in terms of influence in the region the rain is a satellite state of the kingdom of saudi arabia and also in turn is a satellite state in the region of washington and london we have incredible vested

interests there in terms of petroleum contracts etc and also it's just it's estridge egypt defense position as well. this is a lie from moscow and some kind of a program a chance to lead counsel stuff reasoning here but they're hoping they need our western life saving medicines to make the likely on cheaper helping other wise couldn't afford treatment plants will take out streets. the rivers and tundra of russia's far north provide two things that are vital for the people that live here reindeer and fish come and see how life here revolves around them just a few minutes on. right now potatoes thousands of people have joined an anti nacer running in central russia to protest against a plan transit have forty alliance in the city of leon it's the protesters chanted slogans encouraging no to nato on russian soil taliban alliances transitory stuck

on a sound card for russia do you see nato using the youngest air force to move nonmilitary condé help. planes that were threaten russia's security despite the government's assurances that no nato personnel would be stationed there and one prominent opposition activist and the leader of the left front movement to all of that now under investigation after claims he at times a female journalist chairing the rally. the vast energy resources of the arctic have so far been fought for by the countries of bordering the region but now china the world's biggest energy consumer is joining in the country's prime years touring europe stopping in iceland where he signed a cauldron and actually corporation beijing also wants a permanent observer state has the arctic council and some experts believe china has a real chance of securing itself a slice chinese rising rising very quickly also politically and economically some

of the western countries actually true they're cautious. and try to others in the uk the council by being first in china will use always the diplomatic skills to try to gain more support from from the not it can do so which are more friendly because china in this region another user trying to we're also u.s. is. a reach again there's a broad current to be the worst is you know crisis pressure for example i sir and i think china will use more of their wells. in their support you know rita. at least fifty people have been arrested on saturday in montreal canada after a second day around a government protest they demonstrate as are opposed to an eighty billion dollar plan to extract natural resources in the region that's been severely criticized by environmentalists more protests in montreal came after hundreds of students are to the streets on friday protesting against seventy five percent to show hikes at

least six people were injured as officers using tear gas pushed hundreds of young people away from the parliament building to tennis have been demonstrating and boycotting classes in montreal for more than two months with the government refusing to back down. and right now let's take a look at some other world news in brief this hour police say that more than one hundred people have been injured in a head on rail crash in amsterdam on saturday evening a high speed express approaching the city collided with a local train in italy of the opposite direction after twenty of the injured remain in a serious condition traffic to the country's capital and its main international airport has been severely disrupted. in guinea bissau the interim president nominated after a military coup earlier this month has resigned he expressed concerns over the legality of his nomination earlier in april army officers captures the prime minister along with the president under start list

a national transitional council with its own leader the security council threatened to impose sanctions on the trunk if civilian rules interest or. proper catapult all can know just outside the capital of mexico has been erupting with clouds of ash and spewing superheated rocks as fires one a kilometer i will alert is in place with local authorities ready to start evacuating the region but again as last major eruption was in december of two thousand causing thousands of local residents to flee the area. to indian are where more than a million people are diagnosed with cancer every year and although some of the conditions are manageable the drugs needed to treat them are to be imported and they don't come cheap but now a new law may change the situation dramatically as archie's pressure reports. she were the one of the two point five million people in india dying from cancer

while she spent three thousand dollars of her money and traveled for three hundred fifty miles from her home to get proper treatment she believes there is no hope for her address back at the magazines and the stores are expensive and have come from so far as we don't have money to burn it. but now there might be a chance in a revolutionary move india's patent office has decided that they're a german pharmaceutical powerhouse would lose its use of rights to manufacture a lifesaving cancer paying the price was absorbed and see how. you can manufacture a form of order and soon here it was an affordable pollution and now a compulsory license would be given to a local indian pharmaceutical manufacturer that could make the exact same drug buy cheaper all of a sudden goes. to medicine and one of the you know there's those that goes in

that it's news if you're fortunate but i guess it's all possible because of a revised trade and international property rights agreement passed by the world trade organization known as trips to trips agreements focus is to provide medication to all people in developing countries that means the global pharmaceutical companies are required to sell a life altering medication at a reasonably afford to fight to people in those countries if they don't do that patent offices in those countries can ask these global pharmaceutical companies to provide compulsory licenses so that a local manufacturer can benefit make those drugs the idea is that the global pharmaceutical companies would then be stripped of their monopoly on drugs in developing countries. fear has set in statements that it is quote disappointed in

the rule him and is looking for ways to challenge it this is one of the you. told us who he'd. give. you. a chance to live in good chance for india to stand up against domination from the west preassure either party new delhi india. and most rally has been held in moscow in support of russia's author church about seven hundred drivers and vikas balloons and flies to their vehicles to take part in that procession participants say the event is to support the orthodox church which has come under public criticism with several protests including a punk rock group taking over the pulpit at moscow's main cathedral several press says in support of the faith and many of its holiest sites are planned on sunday. all right whether we love it when old genetically modified food is everywhere and has become part of everyday life after next on his residence in the big apple asks

people in the streets whether they think food is a good thing. 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 if you eat them i'm usually 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 we couldn't control and 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 world people information from regular t.v. . that are just being into thin did you know that color was is made with high for just corn syrup in the united states but everywhere else it's made with pure cane

sugar i didn't know that but it just surprised me. so what is it that while americans demands better things in their food. they don't want to pay more money for their food need to get 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. why is it there when the greed is so strong that it messes with what people eat. i think i think you just answer the question with your question do you think that because the population is growing and growing and growing but we're bound to eat things like bait in petri dishes and those kinds of extremes probably as there's this website i don't remember the name of it but supposedly. in a week. and told you how many earths we would need for everyone in the world the same amount that you know. and it turns out. there really to be six earths.

and decent size to say the least but you know you express that if americans stopped buying genic we modified food rather you think that they'd stop making it all that's one hundred percent yes the point of my i'm going to demand dries up the supply dries up to it need to start putting that on labels that everything offend there right absolutely and more people are getting wise to labels now i think in the supermarkets and the shopping they'll see the signs of not start to read more than to get off the shelf or put in a basket i think the slowly get new idea through media but i think at least more further but they're not you 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. and right now let's get a little of russia close out on our latest adventure tall to far flung. the

bad news. so today we're exploring russia's extreme north and then its return has begun france and half of its territory lies beyond the arctic circle the winter that last eight months a year which means only a few species can survive in the harsh conditions reindeer and fish everything for the population of this island well mainland. discovered. an icon of the north the new and yet some of the native northern peoples follow grazing reindeer wherever they go the routines revolving around the animals the life of the great the herd is usually hauled in isolated but occasionally they gather to share their world and compete in the skills they hold on the tundra and

i'm about to join the celebrations. last sue throwing. stick wrestling. and hurdle jumping cause for competition but the main event is rapidly approaching. going to the races bringing teams from far in one of the competition is tough i feel a bit nervous 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 but it seems getting started is the trickiest moment. sometimes for a cameraman to. look your feet. after the first of a tease and sit down to eat some reindeer of course but also that other russian arctic speciality fish in this nearby tree they're preparing fountains of none of these

a c three ish all having been caught quota from local rivers and i'm told amanda is booming to be massive. there isn't enough of our product even to cover the domestic market europeans i know a product delicious and a logical if you were but so far with 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 river shark pike like his catch and raise a true russian northerner. can't say for fishing in the south it may have his advantages as for me i love to fish right here in the north when it's frosty air is fresh and the sun is bright it's great it's 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 more

than boilers without the fish and without the deer tundra on the lives of those who live here would be very empty indeed some bottom. of our weather headlines in just a couple of moments and their rights are so that's a fascinating trip to the ice cave in russia's euro mountains and our latest special report stay with us.

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