lol. ten candidates face off in the french presidential election was voting now open as economic his fortune and bruising hysteria i'm broken promises leave voters radicals split up the moment we're showing you live picture here coming out of france it's only the moves. down the u.n. security council unites in ordering the deployment of a massive observer mission to syria but russia and the u.s. are divided over the details of the move. lots of rain is on high alert to safeguard its normal one gram point which is going on at this point a wave of anti-government protests and a brutal crackdown that's left one death. that began back on the small screen in the world boxes whistleblower joining us on makes his debut as a t.v.

host here on our keep stirring up a range of global reaction. in the russian capital you're watching r t r marina josh now it's the day that france decide its future with millions set to vote on a new president right now you're looking at live pictures and a marine le pen is voting there. well this year the polls open to a very disenchanted public for the country suffering grandpa got employment a staring at economic despair posters political turnout will be low with matadors being unable to relate to the candidates on c.n.n. this is a live picture and that will correspond to star celia reports now on the runners and riders aiming to restore french fortunes and their sometimes far reaching

promises. it's election day of press and round one of the presidential race but what's ironic is that it. her feet were politics is a national pastime the prospect of a record of hangs over this election and some polls projecting that up to thirty two percent of voters would rather die off password ballots not about the people because they feel that there really isn't much of a choice for the top two mainstream candidates or socialist francois long headed puppet center right you can last up to see the both of them are seen as von how they presented enough solutions to the practical problems of france to try out the slow economy a lot of jobs for the social but there's resulting from these this is the solution that has given rise to more extreme views propping up candidates such as hardliner on the left or from the middle and for right candidate maybe together both of them are expected to garner about thirty percent of the total votes but also this anger of the current state of france has been fueling sentiments of anti-globalization anti capitalism anti immigration anti nato the euro or the e.u.

also need a clear message that the french would like to see the problems at home addressed first before looking on the outside and this is precisely what outsiders are bracing themselves for a france of people to actually be looking a little more inward it responds to its people well that direction will become clearer as the first official results are announced a willful time reporting from paris scientists or sylvia r.t. . if you're curious as to what you think on the subject of the french presidential election so we can log on to what web site of. our latest poll well so far this is what we've got and we're asking what the biggest challenge for france's next leader will be and as you can see over a third of voters sade's varing the eurozone burden now more than a quarter believe the biggest challenge will be diffusing tension over immigration and at last think it will be kick starting the economy and

a minority so far claim it will be the ousting of series. so let us know what do you think by logging on to our website at. t. dot com. to a currency crisis. cuts the treasury peter gration figures. who will be left standing with the people in. the french election on r t. the us stock body has decided to send three hundred observers to syria on a three month mission to monitor an end to violence it's now up to the u.n. chief of decide how and when to deploy them russia's welcome the move but america warns it may take action against the mass because regardless of our guy has more from new york. once again the united nations security council has unanimously 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 u.n. military observers to go to syria and monitor the truce the cease fire that was put in place april twelfth between damascus and the opposition groups this resolution also calls on the syrian government to meet its responsibilities and pledge is called for in the six point peace plan laid out by u.n. joint envoy mr kofi annan on russia of course of the leaves that this most recent development in syria is a step in the right direction 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 took to her twitter feed to say the deployment of three hundred or three thousand unarmed observers cannot on its own stop assad's quote murderous rampage susan

rice said that external pressures are additionally needed to solve the problem in syria the u.s. ambassador also said that washington and its allies are preparing for action that will be required if assad persists to quote slaughter ambassador churkin said that these efforts that are trying to put pressure on an already stressful situation does not help bring peace and security to syria they missed an opportunity to signal to the opposition they kept criticizing the government saying. they expect the opposition which is unfair. clearly in the security council resolution. which they themselves i just voted for and all those addictions of a boom and gloom i am threats of that is brands which are being hatched this are where those things are not are not productive i think they are distracting from

from the implementation of the course then on to and from the political efforts of the security council and they may give a ground for some extremists who believe. their cause is the prospect for taking over the political process and that's richardson says the syrian government will be primarily responsible for the safety and security of the us and 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 our own weapons down and begin engaging in dialogue . for now reporting their efforts to syria and going to turkey told r.t. that foreign backing for the armed opposition is to blame for the i'm going. what we are seeing is that the security council has been moving more and more towards

russia's point of view toward the syrian principle in adopting a more balanced resolution and that's why there is a consensus so observers on the ground are doing their job the syrian government is facile it ating their work but what guarantees peace on the ground is not the mere presence of three hundred u.n. soldiers and officers what guarantees a peaceful end to the crisis is a goodwill gesture by the so-called opposition and their regional and international backers the so-called national council is seeking a repetition of the libyan scenario the catastrophically beon scenario it was an international that has raged against syria for the last fourteen months but syria is not going to be another libya if the payware take any foolish step to attack syria militarily they're going to regret it for

a very very very long time to come. coming your way in a program rally reprise find out why gyptian are growing restless ahead of next month's presidential election as they continue calls for the out of military rule. the head of the orthodox church he leads a service that's been dubbed in defense of the faith joining us from goes by you get the joke very shortly. now bahrain's on his formula one grand prix has been marred by the death of an anti-government protest or activists say the man was killed after security forces cracked down on a peaceful demonstration on friday officers used tear gas stun grenades and shotguns to break up the rally which saw tens of thousands on the streets protests resumed on saturday with thousands more turning out as activists called for the formula one of us to be canceled the country is on high alert to ensure the race takes place yes journalist patrick canning since as a gulf states legends to washington means there is little hope of democratic reform

. all rain is one of the natural monarchies in the middle east and they've got to change or change of leadership recently but as you can see hasn't changed we've seen reports of violence coming out of bahrain. after another for the last year or two years the it's not uncommon that the police will have a drive by shootings of people in bahrain you can watch these videos on you tube if you want it's the worst police state so we reject reform 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 bahrain is a satellite state of the king the 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 a strategic defense position as well. is in bahrain to find out why the

protests are still raging as mainstream foreign media is accused of turning a blind eye. it took a car fire ahead of a major sporting event for the world to notice the flames of discord engulfing a small island nation in the persian gulf but green is suffocating in the smoke of an ongoing struggle between protesters and police demonstrations have been happening in bahrain for more than a year now protesters say this is the longest lasting revolt in the arab spring so far the only result from them has been an increase in violence on all sides scenes from the capital be a more than passing similarity to the pictures out of the in battle series city homes but the city's enjoyed and very different level of attention. the sions and the media stayed surprisingly silent considering their stance on other middle eastern revolutions they were all but silent when the bahraini revolution was

crushed last year there are all but silent about the human rights abuses in bahrain itself and the formula one race is just focused attention on that society in the media does turn to her they seem to do more harm than good foreign media coverage that also has a big you always use the free market forces against such. as they don't understand that this actually helps the government was also raised serious such as the opposition says hundreds have been wounded in standoff with police and many sacked from their jobs or arrested for taking part in mass protests but unlike in syria and libya no one has called for foreign intervention. problems to be for the international human rights council europeanization american countries were enthusiastic about exploring this issue but the us prefer to be independent

commission created here by the government it did bring back several very nice human rights defenders who were in exile when for real one speeds out of ten. around much of the media in the world attention is likely to follow in book rain. and all of our news and much more can be found on our website r.t. dot com here's what else is there right now shooting a friend and look at israel's plan to fan system known as the iron dome and why the u.s. is reportedly preparing to pump funds into the project. also on our real live avatar body has been the gap bike store and multiple county award winning director james cameron to get all the details on our website. and the blue gold scientists discover that africa is apparently sitting on a giant reservoir of ground water is a blessing or a curse more archly dot com. it was a t.v.

talk show that got everyone talking join us saunders new interview program on our t.v. did what man expected provoke and mixed sometimes hysterical reaction around the world from the weekly standard choice of guests to the very channel it was aired on a current account for again as archie's got it she can now reports for most american media julian assange is guilty without charge reckless traitor and a threat to our national security interests sleazeball me and julian assange who is bent on damaging america how did this guy just land his own t.v. show the implication is a song is a russian agent whose anti-american mission is now out in the open for all to see and accusations kept flying as the whistleblowers very own show premiered on tuesday but also saw it coming because two or three. illegal. aliens but.

radical. i think that's the sort of it's a pretty crude. or talk. with or if you look at how. we. control the guests of his first show was the head of hezbollah designated by the u.s. as a terrorist organization it was not starlost first interview with international channel in six years the reason why him could be found in the interview itself the united states is. posting to us as well when they want to be able to tell people that he's one of us a terrorism terrorism small organization has just revealed this but they want people listen to us how come hard for example if there wasn't just a trial and yet at the very mean if anything should have an opportunity to defend themselves some say in the court of public opinion as presented by the us

mainstream media there is a tendency to simplify issues often at the expense of the full picture somebody agrees or doesn't agree with hezbollah's ideas or all of their ideas ideology or their theology in american people need to hear the voice of has rather than simply have them demonized targeted as a quote terrorist for the purpose of demonizing somebody like nasr or nelson mandela who was considered a terrorist until nine hundred eighty eight is not really to stop terrorist ideas from infiltrating but for the american people to only hear one side of a debate only hear one side of an argument julian assange is now under house arrest in the u.k. fighting extradition to sweden where he may well be extradited to the united states u.s. prosecutors reportedly have a secret indictment ready for our son who's made public thousands of leaked documents with embarrassing details relating to the wars in iraq and afghanistan as

well as other issues in the u.s. has been under fire from capitol hill the white house and the media and we've got to apprehend mr the founder of wiki leaks and bring him to justice. there's a there's a violator of the espionage act because if we don't this will keep happening the dead man can't leaks that this guy is a traitor and treasonous and he has broken every law of the united states the guy ought to be said i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death i don't want to do it illegally shoot son of a what about freedom of information cherish this is a poor principle of democracy it's almost like leading and letting a genie out of the bottle mr assad's has the the internet and the governments and everyone else at their own game because he's gone from a place where others have not been before and he's introduced the types of information the range of information that previously were not available if one views the need here as a court of public opinion then julian assange is someone who presents to the jury

that is the viewers argument i didn't see voices which they almost never hear on mainstream media and it's up to the viewers to form an opinion but what many find ironic is that our function is under attack by the us government and the media for practicing tool for extend the freedom of information that america preaches around the globe i'm going to start our reporting from washington. and you can find out for yourself what caused the media storm by watching the first episode of join us on his new show at our website com and next week in catch him and his next guests on the air here in our. next month's presidential election in egypt creating average closer more and more people are taking to the streets to call for the end of military rule the jonjo that's been running the country since the toppling of president mubarak a year ago is losing supporters by the day. has a story. in egypt's the cost of democracy has not been an easy one and

now the journey which the president that full last year and para taken is a by the military council because in the build up to presidential elections that the people right back to this. people are angry at what they perceive to be even military councils attempt to cling to power used by recent disqualifications popular presidential candidates all of these posts from writings on the cultural conservatives selassie creature he was disqualified because his mother allegedly held to give us passports but his supporters say there was an aces behind the decision in the election brought regarding presence of the students alone as a little stickler issues against them and his trip to the local to watch the t.v. . brings into the code and soon he would judge him what we are throwing out to move me exhilaration according to this system one of our. needs. to speak to stoke this committee before it and mic.

election he that was independent journalist belching he's going covering the uprising from the ferry to getting he told us that the deep mistrust of the elections committee and the military council has led to playing anger amongst the people it's hard to think that we're going to come to think we're even a decent truck think we can safely say is that we're never actually doing them in there really trying to make sure that this is this is written in the constitution of every president who basically taking to interact very basis is now a g.'s egypt's military rulers is hijacking their vacillation obviously things are moving toward a collusion here the military doesn't want to give up its privileged position in in society the protesters want to genuine democratic system where this thing is headed it's impossible to know something testers remain. antonius they've thousand keep pushing ahead and apply pressure on the military council to provide that democratic

transition that they say long been calling for this time we decided we would go to where these where and they. are limited. to their belief that really to the point of this now we are being said nothing we haven't seen since the civil war to see them sitting here reading. these are the people traveled from all across egypt to come here to try to explain the tens of thousands the message thing flip the kitchen people have fought very hard for a chance a genuine democracy in a country they see that chance is now being denied to them they say in the mood i'm willing to keep on fighting for it the step that r.t. that is way high right now the russian orthodox church is holding a huge service at moscow's crisis savior to see the role in the fans on the face of

calls a number of high profile cases of our churches and sacred objects over the past few months that's out of the latest from our correspondent jake of graves who's outside our savior procedural here in moscow take of soda can give us more of a ground perhaps on some of these incidents and why the service is taking place now . will shortz ready to drum up support of the poor fellow church its leaders of moment patriarch hero and so has said that the church has come under attack from an anti christian campaign to slee there has been a spate of actual attacks on church property in recent months we've seen one taking place in front of the feature of the main doors of such a place also when it comes to sacred property say there's only two such as the burgeoning marriage oh a crucifix now a charge here is that you use some. those held them up high in front of the congregation is gathered behind me at the moment i crisis

a view of the troops again trying to drum up support for their cause they call it a defense oh but wait now this is really all spurred all messed sentiments against the church was spurred on back in february last when home group was the riots took to criseyde because these groups staged a demonstration by a song against president elect blatter me hoot him but also president also paid truck a ruse said allegiance to flatter me who tim now there were those to be among the faithful who reacted with condemnation to this action such a sacred place such price to save it if the truth let's also be in those among them human rights groups and activists who react to condemnation about how the church has handled this saga so far and how strongly it's come down against pussy riot. what you have while will actually be happening during the service today. but we're

still seeing droves of people turning up to the cathedral this all started a number of hours ago with patriarch kirill heading up a list of the service also those in attendance will be praying on mass this is some is being replicated around the country at epicenters of the orthodox faith of some the key cathedrals in russia and after the praying has been issued we're expecting a procession to be layers numbering in the thousands around the cathedral here in moscow again trying to show the support among the people for the orthodox church. thanks very much need bring us to something take a breeze reporting from crisis even secret. russian china having on their first joint naval exercises and they are taking place in the yellow sea near the korean peninsula. to dozen vessels and thousands of sailors are involved in the war games both sides aim to exchange experiences they focus on air defense

and submarine warfare as well as search and rescue tactics the drills will run for six days this comes as tension on the korean peninsula is escalating with the u.s. shifting more military attention to the asia pacific region washington says it's aiming to counter potential threats from regional powers like china. and i was take a look at some other stories from around the world close to ninety have been arrested in the canadian city of montreal following the second day of anti-government protests they rallied against the government's eight billion dollars resource extraction development plan for pullback protests came a day after hundreds of students demonstrated against seventy five percent to russian hikes at least six people were injured as officers used tear gas to disperse the crowd. selsey and claims its neighbor sudan has bombed its troops as they were pulling out of the oil region of heglig the south captured the region

last week raising fears of an armed conflict and then announced the start of withdrawal friday after calls by un secretary-general ban ki moon to anna violence south sudan became in a panic from the north last year long running civil war that claimed the lives of more than one and a half million people. to the netherlands now or almost one hundred twenty five people have been injured including more than fifty seriously in a head all rail crash in amsterdam a high speed express approaching the city collided with a local train heading in the opposite direction it's not just clear how the two trains ended up on the same track yes and caused chaotic rail delays around western after damp and severely disrupted its nater national airports. brings us up to date here on r.t. i'll be back shortly aware than update of our top stories.

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