right. the french decide their future with voting in the presidential election under way in a country hit by social division. unemployment. and because of these problems the french have become deeply pessimistic and dissolution about this election still faces the prospect of a high abstention break join me for more than a few moments. the un resolved to expand its monetary mission in syria but despite a unanimous vote in the security council some members are accused of undermining the peace or. grains controversial formula one grand prix does go ahead despite widespread protests against the regime and the brutal crackdown by police that's killed at least one. hundred thirty minutes that gripped global

attention. premier his own interview show see this week sparking a range of reaction from praise all the way to his still. worldwide news live from the heart of moscow. welcome to the program crenshaw voters are beginning the process of choosing their next president there are ten candidates in the running including incumbent nicolas sarkozy and his main rival socialist francois hollande but the main concern though is turnout will be low all of it discontent over a struggling economy and a record unemployment let's get the full picture now from syria standing by for us live in paris good to see you how is the voting going so far. well it

is underway and as you mentioned the a voter turnout is a big concern here i mean to people are watching it closely because the numbers could sway the results of round one of this presidential race we've got early numbers according to the ministry of the interior about twenty eight percent have turned out so far it's not that bad but we have to wait for the total because the projection is that up to a third of voters won't actually cast their ballots and that's because many of the french feel that there really isn't much of a choice there's no one out there who's getting the real solutions to the problems are facing especially with regard to the economy and jobs and this very disillusionment has given rise to more extreme views feelings antiglobalization ranty immigration which has also propped the candidates on the far right such as marine le pen and on the left you have john to the middle shall let's get a bit more insight on exactly what is happening here in france for barry lando he's a journalist and author of this a lot of thanks very much for joining us today i brought up for you the issue of

the far right and the hard left no this feeling about globalization is this a kneejerk reaction to the problems or is it here to stay oh i think it's the i think it's here to stay for from a several years and i think it's been here for quite a few years also i think you're funny get all over europe and it's a puzzlement among the french they can't quite figure out what's happened they've been hard hit like many other countries in europe have been and they're looking for a solution the sort of desperately and unfortunate dissolutions are not going to be easy so the parties on the on the right on the left the extreme parties are offering what short easy solutions much more easy targets that people would like to believe in but as far as the number of abstentions go one point i think is fascinating is that in the united states. about fifty percent of the electorate does not vote that's even in the year when obama won fifty percent didn't vote so it's not just not just in france it's in a lot of countries ok let's talk about. the far right

a little bit here the the sentiment of anti immigration it has been aligned for a long time but nicolas sarkozy who's on the center right has been jumping on this bandwagon what is this electioneering or is it a problem that should be given a bit more significance of the country it's a problem that should have been given a much more importance for the last ten or fifteen years it's not at all new and it's true sarkozy has jumped on the bandwagon now he's trying to get votes from the far left from marine le pen who course has always had that issue going but yes arcos he's been hit very very hot and heavy on that issue and in fact the socialists are on the left have been very very leery about defending immigration too much they're making they're saying the right things but they don't want to get involved in this dispute too much themselves to be obliged to take the side of the immigrants ok let's talk about the promises that they've been making there's a lot of it especially with regard to europe a lot of we want to renegotiate this we want to renegotiate that but whoever takes

the position can't be really do anything with regard to europe especially with germany if germany says no then it's most likely had no. yeah but if i think the situation now in europe is very fluid once again and you can bet at all on the euro even being here in one or two years time not as you use the situation has become bad if you see again in greece how things are worsening spain and in france as well italy so it's very hard to say what one will or will not be able to do in the next couple of years as far as renegotiating it's not even sure what there will be to negotiate it right thanks very much i forget thoughts mr lando well there you have it voting will continue today and will have a clear idea of where the the french will want to take their country about eight pm local time with the first authorized results will be and now so we're going to be waiting for that and giving you the latest all right we'll be checking in with you

throughout the day here on many thanks. media currency crisis. cuts. tragic integration. who will be left standing when the people speak. the french election r.t. . it is a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today the un's body has agreed on a resolution to send three hundred observers to syria to monitor the fragile truce there but moscow has welcomed the move could washington warned it may take action against a mask if it fails to comply with that peace plan but with details on this is r.t. is more important in new york. once again the united nations security council has unanimously adopted a resolution on syria the most recent one drafted by russia in 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 a un joint envoy mr kofi annan on russia of course believes that this most recent developments in syria is a step in the right direction in the meantime the 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 hide 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 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 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 there missed an opportunity to signal to the opposition they could criticize and the government saying nothing about the world they expect the opposition which is unfair. and very clearly in the second. city council resolution which they themselves have just voted for imo those predictions of a boom on blue my own threats of various plans which are being hatched those are where those things are not productive i think they are distracting from the implementation of the coffin on plan and from the political efforts of the security

council and they may give a ground for some extremists to believe that their cause is a still has some prospect for for taking over the political process where not my leave even though the security council voted unanimously that some members of the security council some important members of the international community still think i'm going from there and stores a syrian government ambassador churkin says the syrian government will be primarily responsible for the safety and security of the un 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 station of violence this resolution the most recent one i topped it also underscores that the syrian government and the opposition group both have to put their weapon sound weapons down and begin engaging in

dialogue. that is a marine important either in new york well it's good to have you with us on the program or still to come extremism on show norway confessed mass murderer anders breivik uses of course you're trying to promote his ideas and his views of far from unique in europe as we hear just a little bit later. on another scandal for nato forces in afghanistan that's new photos show american soldiers posing with the corpses of afghans that story in a few minutes on our team. but grange a controversial formula one grand prix is going ahead right now despite widespread fury against the regime on the streets outside the race track demonstrators have clashed with security forces over the past week as police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets protests intensified on saturday after the body of a man shot dead was discovered on

a rooftop security forces have reportedly set up checkpoints and brought armored vehicles to control any possible protests there let's discuss this further i'm now joined live from beirut by political analyst dr not shabby it's always a pleasure to have you on our radio authorities all for the sure and says the race would not be interrupted the protesters are promised quote days of rage when the formula one seems to leave you think we can expect further violence. yes i think i think this is this has been going on for for a very long time this has been going on now for almost a year people are being shot. for an army of the saudi army and. to help the authorities across the demonstrators it's a great question to put it in perspective it's what comes first does a sports event cost the until now forty billion dollars to actually organize and

that will bring about five hundred million dollars in profit is it does it take precedence over a human rights i would say priceless i mean we're talking about people's lives here we're talking about. who was who was shot a couple days ago who was killed allegedly by the authorities we're talking about sixteen people on hunger strike that are. legitimately behind bars but if we can if we can address if we can address some of the some of the regional i do apologize for interrupting we've got a little bit of a time delay here but if i may just bring in some of the regional implications of some of the pictures we've been showing as you've been talking a showing of protesters in the streets it's not that difficult it's going to be different from the pictures we've seen in egypt all the pictures that we've seen in syria why is it this level of demonstration is largely going on by by certain international networks and particularly the u.s. . yes well obviously i mean the attention is on places

where there are some interests or western powers. involved here in this case i don't think that the interests of the western powers that are calling for the downfall of the regime in syria for example our. reverent and. the demonstrators in bahrain and put it in perspective also have not resorted to any weapons they have not used weapons they have not smuggled weapons or use terrorism or kidnapping or use extreme forms of violence they have not asked for the removal of the king and their initial protests they only wanted to have a democratic reforms where one human being one person in a country could have one fault and ok so it happens that the majority of the families are shiites however you can see from the pictures most of the people are only carrying the framing flag they are not carrying any slogans that are religious

or that belong to a certain party or group this train is they want to belong to a democratic country where everyone is equal where no group takes takes precedence over other groups these are these are the basic basic common principles of the universal declaration of human rights where people are equal before the law in but when there is a situation that's different i think there is an elite group or it happens that this group is from a sunni faction is superior it's taking over all the older positions in the government and it's taking over the main resources of the country whereas a small group the majority or for the trainees are being deprived and i think it's important to note too to note here that there are american military bases in bahrain and one cannot deny the fact that this is a very important for the interests of the united states that the king remains in power and that there will. food or thora tea by the king and his people to crush

any. calls the democratic calls for example for a good movement over the american bases of from this part of the world as any country any sovereign country would wouldn't want for them bases on its territory in addition of enormous army and i think that if i. do apologize for running very very low on time here but you raise some of critical points or some crucial points and that is i understand you talk about the ethnic tension between shia and sunni muslims but you talk about the saudis who sent in a saudi army to help quell protesters over recent months and talk about two american military bases in bahrain you talk about the geo strategic strategic importance of the western presence there is that why is that why there's no u.n. action taking place to try to help these demonstrators. i think that the united nations. functions that decisions are made in the security council and i

think it is very clear that the call is the for the security council and for supporting freedom of expression freedom of association. i would not i would not link to do you believe in the basic human rights and dignity for justice they are linked to political interests obviously and that shows that the the behavior of the united nations is characterized by double standards. should not be a political analyst thank you for coming on our team today i apologize for not having more time for this conversation. files relating to the trial of norwegian a mass killer will be classified for sixty years the judges say the documents could be harmful to the public and therefore will be kept secret until two thousand and seventy two but the decision came after a graphics televised trial viewed all across the world he's admitted to killing seventy seven people in a bomb and gun attack last year but he denies criminal guilt by claiming he was

protecting norway from being taken over by muslims you also gave a step by step account of exactly how we massacred his victims claiming he had to be humanized himself to become a mass killer now if found guilty he could face a maximum twenty one year prison sentence but if the judges decide he's insane they'll be sent for indefinite psychiatric treatment former member of the european parliament and glyn ford believes the extensive coverage of the trial going into a showcase for bradley extremist ideas. dieties the way you want the justice system works in it in the european union in no way he will clearly how is opportunities to express his own views one just hopes that the overwhelming majority of people will reject him for what they are signs of if you want him a man who who is deluded and a racist those on a focus is something that we've seen across the european union. in germany and in

france in the united kingdom as well as in norway he said he was particularly successful but i think he said he's one of. many maybe who strongly believe he's certainly not unique in amy's whatsoever and least groups are actually working together to promote these kind of lone wolves who are into any sense is follow the same pattern as the some of the muslim fundamentalists. who are not far off from the world up in here at our table for an hour when julian assange show premiered on r.t. this week the media reaction was global from praise to hysteria the response was anything different he's got an interesting cat has been gauging opinions across the atlantic. poor most american media julian assange is guilty without charge reckless traitor and a threat to our national security interests sleazeball named julian assange who is bent on damaging america how did this guy just land his own t.v.

show the implication is assad is a russian agent whose anti-american mission is now out in the open for all to see and their accusations kept flying as the whistleblowers very own show premiered on tuesday but our song saw it coming through here. illegally got an. interview with. terrible radical for. i think it's pretty. hard. liquor actually look at how the service. we have complete control of the guests over his first show was the head of hezbollah are designated by the us 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 looking. into us as well

when we want to be able to tell people that he's one of us or terrorism or is that a small organization. but the one that people listen to us hypermodern for example if it wasn't just a trial then you'd have to be very different than should have an opportunity to defend themselves some say in the court of public opinion as presented by the u.s. 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 the american people need to hear the voice of has rather than simply have them demonize. targeted as a quote terrorist but the purpose of demonizing somebody like nasir or nelson mandela who was considered a terrorist until one 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 were pointedly have a secret indictment ready for our son was 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 light house and the media and we've got to apprehend mr assad's the founder of wiki leaks and bring him to justice as a as of 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 shot i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a what about freedom of information cherished is a poor principle of democracy almost like leave letting genie out of the bottle mr

saunders has the the internet and the governments and everyone else at their own game because he's gone to a place where others have not been before and he's introduced to types of information the range of information that previously were not available if one views the media as the court of public opinion then julian assange is someone who presents to the jury that is the viewers argument evidence of voices which they almost never hear on mainstream media and it's up to the newest to form an opinion but what many find ironic is that our forces under attack by the us government and the media for practicing poor fool extend the freedom of information that america. i'm going to check our reporting from washington. of course if you want to even more of our stories just ahead online go to our t dot com of a you'll find many of them including still in the fight the u.s. presidential hopeful and congressman ron paul shows no sign of slowing down and

certainly relying on his healthy bank balance to keep him in the republican reps. at a massive explosion at a chemical plant in japan kills one worker injures a dozen or more witnesses say the windows of one hundred houses near the plant was shot with a movie to go on our future. another week and another scandal for nato forces in afghanistan the latest uproar is over a new photos showing american soldiers of smiling and posing with corpses and body parts of africa and would be suicide bombers the white house has condemned the actions of the troops but maintains it's just another isolated incident some unseen war activists believe despite the afghan war being shoot you down popular it's just too profitable to cut short. there is no popular support for this war in the us nor in the u.k. nor in any allied country to be honest i think the statistics now show that over

seventy percent of the u.k. population want our troops out the figure is rising in the u.s. sixty percent last week want to see an end to the war but the people who benefit from the war quite happy to let this run along just as long as possible and those who benefit obviously the global elites the bankers those in the military industrial complex to them having a prolonged conflict is just it's not in the bank really the us actually what they're planning is to have a substantial military presence until twenty twenty four and i think that the russians and the chinese. don't believe that all the thirty thousand troops that are due to still remain there after two thousand and fourteen are continually conveniently located along the proposed oil pipeline. i think that the russians will obviously benefit from that or pipeline in their own exports but it's likely that the strings that are attached to the aid that's come with this forthcoming will ensure that the majority of u.s.

troops the combat troops will be out by twenty four to. you with r.t. it's good to have you with us today so the come for you in this hour. ahead hold the orthodox church leaves a service that's been dubbed the independence of the faith joining us for god goes in playing cathedral very shortly. but a straight of southern yemen for the r.c. world updater violent clashes have erupted between troops and militants linked to al qaeda twelve and surgeon signs seven soldiers have been killed fighting occurred in the south where the yemeni government is trying to regain parts of the country lost the militants government forces lost control due to turmel elsewhere in the country last year before the eventual departure of leader ali abdullah saleh. iran claims it started to build a copy of the top secret american spy drone captured last year by its armed forces they're going through says it has extracted data and figured out exactly how the

craft works u.s. officials acknowledge that losing the surveillance drone was said it would be difficult to exploit any data of technology because of its security measures. but some sixty five thousand orthodox believers have gathered at moscow's main cathedral for a service in defense of the faith it follows a number of high profile cases of vandalism of churches on sacred objects over the past few months. reports. we can see and indeed the thousands of people who've congregate here at moscow's main cathedral christ the savior they're being led in procession by patriarch kirill now this perceives here is a number of hours of mass prayer and also the liturgy service that was given this obviously replicate around the country as a whole that some of the key centers of the orthodox church in russia some of its

main cathedrals and really sent him to drum up support for the faith has been coming on the results criticism of laces be facing some troubling times its leaders among them a truck hero say they've become under attack from an anti christian campaign indeed there have been attacks made on the numbers our number of church properties around the country want to your place i think feature and present are where the front doors the entrance was set ablaze it's also some of the religious symbols sacred symbols have also been attacked among them. the persian mary and a crucifix some of those were held up high by patriarch kirill here today among those crowds that have gathered now released some of this resentment of the church on as being of events or took place in fairbridge that's when pussy riot a punk group with a very much protest message took to crisis a few cathedral there late hogs his best song at present

a lecture about amir coups and also at a truck hero and he said support for blood amir hussein no was outcry among the faithful gather a certain limit using such a sacred place for their demonstrations there's also been a lot of condemnation since from human rights groups who don't like how the church handled this saga and how soft they came down safely when it came to pass the right . ride when i just feel. minutes or hours here i will be doing a special report about one of the most magical and well hidden places on earth thought of the common go to ice cave before that there will be a quick recap of the headlines.

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