well with. science technology innovation and all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. you want observers in syria urged both sides to weigh down their arms amid reports of fresh clashes as we take a look i want to thank opposition group choosing peace over war. to wage war on you if you don't do our do our duty that's not how you treat people as he approached dialogue voices struggle to be heard above the workforce in the u.s. congress with a strike on iran still firmly on the agenda. and rooftop response terrorist planning to attack london during the olympics could be fired on from residential buildings hosting state of the art and science.

the standing in the russian capital you're watching r t on marina joshie now with more u.n. observers due in syria this weeks ahead of the mission now in damascus has urged an immediate halt to the violence reports of a ceasefire being violated by both sides continue despite the united nations peace plan however a wide of the country's ethnic groups the kurds called on president assad to go long before the unrest or staying out of the conflict banking on stability and reforms instead our desks on a boycott reports. a cost pursuit for decades now accomplished in just a few months just a year ago even speaking kurdish and public could have got these people in trouble but now they can proudly was sired what some hope will become them with their futures they'd. largest ethnic group without a nation kurds have long felt outsiders in their own lands in syria where they make

up around ten percent of the population kurds have for decades complained of tacit discrimination by the authorities in fact they called on president bashar al assad to step down years before it became the rallying cry of the syrian opposition despite the long running grievances against the assad family syrian kurds have largely stayed out of this conflict in fact if there is any group that benefited from the instability in syria. over the past year a syrian kurds one more concessions from their services than in two decades before that. this kurdish language school is one of about a dozen that have opened their doors in syria over the past few months here a grandmother shared desks with grandchildren and a determined attempt to learn the classic version of their mother tongue. the school's principal sas just

a year ago it had to be done in secret. the state didn't allow any instruction in kurdish we used to be told that since we were living in an arab country we should speak arabic. even songs in kurdish were all forbidden but nowadays it all has changed it's not only syria where kurds felt pressured and turkey iraq and iran where the majority of about fourteen million kurds now leave their story cheesehead long seen them as a threat to national security especially after they embraced guerrilla warfare to achieve the creation of a sovereign kurdish state and in syria these days it seems this goal has been realized at least for now about a month ago kurds living in aleppo opened their own version of a city hall here in the portrait of july on the face of the kurdish independence struggle hangs where you would usually expect a picture of the president. there with the government nor with the opposition we

stand alone the syrian state has bigger problems so we're taking charge of our areas and tried to govern ourselves for the time being syrian kurds claim that self governance and equal rights are all they want some say and autonomy within syria similar to the couldst and region of iraq would be a more realistic alternative to full fledged independence. syrian kurds don't want to separate state we want to live in syria in peace with the arabs and everybody else but we do want to be treated equally and to be recognised as the kurds on our ideas not syrian arabs. yes dozens of kurdish settlements within syria have already become defacto mini sovereign states they're not only self-governed but self policed as well that well defined borders like these checkpoints separating kurdish and era parts of town and volunteer border guards the regime is

now distracted with its own struggle so we seized the opportunity patients is bitter but it bears sweet fruit this old kurdish prover is frequently cited in syria these days but what's unclear is how long this newfound independence may last . a left for syria syrian rebels still refuse to lay down their arms with growing concerns the opposition could be seeking to scupper the un brokered cease fire this is lebanon seized a large cache of weapons and ammunition aboard a ship within its waters allegedly destined for anti are said fighters activists franklin lamb thinks the latest arms smuggling effort is all about regime change. great suspicion is that these are arms that were left over from libya the because the craft was loaded their worst would be fifteen containers but it turned out there were already in fact three that were filled with one hundred fifty tons of weapons the americans almost surely knew about it nato military did the israelis

didn't touch that ship this time not this ship it seems very clear that with all the differences and we could name twenty or more between the situation in libya and the situation in syria the fundamental pillar i read. is identical to this ship clearly headed for the so-called free syrian army as other shipments of or have a have come from lebanon into syria so who's gotten an answer now is washington and certainly brussels with nato of the way what they know about about that ship if we follow where the facts lead in the coming days i think there's going to be a remarkable. result in investigation of exactly what's going on. chris hedges author and u.s. war correspondent the middle east says under the guise of democracy washington is

pushing its own interest in the region. that anyone in the muslim world thinks that we care much about human rights or democracy we have since the first gulf war planted military bases some the size of small cities i think there is at this point absolutely no credibility i'm talking about within the middle east when the united states claims that it would like to bring liberty or democracy to syria my feeling is that everything should be pushed through to create some kind of a ceasefire rather than pass a resolution that calls for assad removal or resolution. that calls for intervention or anything else there's no real formal opposition you know it's a sort of a mess and they just went through this in libya. i can see the full interview with author and u.s.

war correspondent chris hedges in twenty minutes time here on r.t. . tehran is where we welcomed the recent report that the u.s. could allow iran to continue enriching uranium if the islamic republic agrees to unrestricted inspections this comes after talks resume between to iran of the world powers some on capitol hill have been calling for a direct engagement whether iran but as our team is going to check our reports the cry for conflict remains louder your thirty's a number of us lawmakers have proposed a bill to end the no contact policy between the u.s. and iran after three decades of diplomatic silence congressman dennis kucinich is one of them he says the old approach when washington wants to resolve differences with iran through not talking to them is unsustainable we're being told we should have any contact with them we're being told that we shouldn't be negotiating with them we're being told. to get ready for war. all of that is wrong what we

need to do is to have direct negotiations we need to be talking with iran and we need to stop this vainglorious notion that somehow we can settle our differences with iran through war how many people share your views among their colleagues eleven ten eleven that's how many votes. out of four hundred thirty five members of the house of representatives has recently voted four hundred eleven to ten in support of the bill which would make it illegal for any american official to make contacts with a new radio in a third hole without congress' approval so in light of the numbers dennis kucinich is counter efforts seem more symbolic than real if we congress is a message to the world but says look we don't have to talk to you we don't have to

negotiate with you wage war on you if you don't do our do our bidding that's not how you treat people imagine for a moment if at the height of the cuban missile crisis if. nikita khrushchev and john f. kennedy. we're not speaking to each other opponents of direct talks with iran argue why the u.s. should do it before iran lift its own ban on negotiating with the us are the iranians ready for direct talks i don't see the iranians lifting their ban before the u.s. does that's because the iranians are in a much weaker position than the united states and so it does take more capital for them to agree to such steps opinion polls show the majority of americans seven out of ten say yes to diplomacy with iran but is that a message their representatives want to hear the voices of. arms merchants.

of war contractors. but people who just make money off a war don't care where the war is or who would urge or just want to make money and if they can push the us and spawning another war they'll do it and members of congress have to be wise as to when they're being played by interest groups who may want them to vote in one way but it would be a way that would be adverse to the interests of the american people with a decision to outlaw any contact with the iranian government american lawmakers or building brick by brick a legislative wall which makes the prospect of ever having more mobilizations with you and virtually impossible to also cements you when you see their view that it's not their nuclear program that was something that for the regime change a proposition that would only lead to further escalation i'm going to check the reporting from washington r.t. . so i have for this hour here in our. you know in the front

a fantastic job if you're in the propaganda business you know you have to admire what. we investigate if britain's biggest broadcaster is ignoring the stories that matter to its viewers in response to government pressure. and this isn't a scene from a hollywood sign find movie these robots are being brought to life in a russian lab with far reaching ambitions. going ballistic the rooftops of london london homes could soon play host to a deadly deterrent the british ministry of defense is considering placing surface to air missiles on residential buildings during the upcoming olympic games officials say the rockets would be last resort but residents are alarmed that they could become targets for terrorists investigative journalist polish maher believes address take measures are meant to scare off potential attackers. there's a bit of psychological warfare going on here that they're i think they're letting

anybody who is the keep all the terrorists know that these extensive preparations are being made it's all a bit james bond the idea that that you know the terrorists are going to send small aircraft over some of the same time sent a team of operatives to eliminate the end you know the all me on the top of that particular tile it all it's all pushing things quite a lot white and it's all part of a mountain of his theory i think that sort of sweeping under the bit that you've got this huge events occur and there is this salumi in nine eleven threats about it i mean it's just because everybody realizes that it's a sort of it's a terrorist sort of ideal situation to have a big event like this i think a lot of the public if you twitchy because they it's what it's saying is you're in a lot of your a lot potential danger it's not the people on the links the group it's people within five kilometers of the real day if you know if those those rockets are fired it's going to come down somewhere and they they explode so you know anybody in

a five clubs or writing job that is at risk if it's followed dramatic astaire and cuts or unnecessary savings some tweeters and bloggers have accused britain's main broadcaster of using misleading language to subtly changed viewer perceptions in favor of the government authorities i'm about investigates why griggs believe that they receive is failing the very people who allow it to exist. the new the prim and proper speech may be on the way out but the message is still the same impartial reportings the top priority is the b.b.c. television does britain's public broadcaster really represent those who funded. i b.b.c. and in my mind has a duty to challenge the government in power and they are failing to do that and they are not representing the people they really need to listen to the public

because at the end of the day we are paying their wages the b.b.c. gets three and a half billion pounds from the public every year in the form of license fees so if you own a television in britain and you have to pay almost one hundred fifty pounds just to watch it now that's spent on programming as well as news that many don't feel they're getting their money's worth. on twitter for example b.b.c. bias is a hot topic the channels reporting of the government's controversial health and welfare reforms have stoked recent debates. many still fiercely opposed the bills passed in parliament claiming they've been ignored not just by the government but by the broadcaster to die i truly believe had our national broadcaster accurately reflected everything that was taking place in terms of the welfare reform bill on the n.h.s. they wouldn't a contrary parliament you will notice that when they talk about austerity measures they don't necessarily refer to cuts they refer to savings and that for

manipulation of what opposition party labor made an official complaint over the wording it's accused the broadcaster buckling under government pressure to get on side when challenged on this the b.b.c. gave us this statement b.b.c. news provides impartial and balanced coverage across all output and we believe we have a food the n.h.s. reform bill the appropriate level of coverage across radio t.v. and online. news programmes and bulletins reported extensively on a wide range of opposition views from politicians health workers and members of the public its coverage on other thorny topics like scottish independence has been heavily criticised too with doubts recently cast over the impartiality of senior correspondents at these b.b.c. training videos posted on you tube show its reporters attacking scotland's pro independence stance the stance distinctly unpopular down south the b.b.c. again it denies bias but some say it will always pander to whoever's in power here

the b.b.c. is guilty of gross journalistic irresponsibility m.e.p. gerard batten risk to prosecution for publicly refusing to pay his t.v. license fee his protest against the b.b.c.'s coverage of the two thousand and nine european election. he claims it plugged a pro europe government fed line the b.b.c. does things with propaganda now that dr gerbils would marvel at their subtle use of language the way they present stories the way they try to make you think something based on their presentation you know them i've done a fantastic job if you're in the propaganda business you know you have to admire what they've done what really makes me angry is that doing it with our money and this is my reason for being opposed to the license for judging by the growing dissent on twitter others could soon follow suit given it london. why get more from r t in our website twenty four seventh's and online at the moment

irreconcilable differences why is saudi arabia now decided to divorce his wife on a live radio show. secrets controversy and revelations you won't hear anywhere else watch julian assange show at r.t. dot com don't miss his new program on tuesday. look at some other stories from around the world the body of libya's former oil minister has found floating under a bridge in the police reported no signs of violence although and autopsies planned in the coming days shukri ghonim who was also

a prime minister under colonel gadhafi defected to the rebels during last year's uprising the sixty nine year old is believed to have lived in europe with his family since june worked in vienna. city's president omar hassan al bashir has declared a state of emergency in three areas bordering south sudan this follows a month of border clashes with the south which separated last year after decades of civil war that killed more than one of the half million people here is one of by the international criminal court for alleged crimes against humanity war crimes and genocide in the door for region. election campaigning begins in egypt three weeks before the presidential vote thirteen names will be on the ballot including mubarak era officials and as long as the front runner is amr barak's foreign minister and former secretary general of the arab league the run up to the vote has been marred by disqualifications of leading candidate mass rallies against the

ruling military. coordinated attacks on christian worshippers in northern nigeria have left at least twenty one dead in the first assault gunman through explosives into a lecture hall of a university campus were service was being held worshippers were the shots as they tried to flee in the second attack gunmen opened fire in the chapel no group has claimed responsibility but the islamic group boko haram is active in the area and has recently attack christian churches. as society we're robots exist alongside humans is a common theme in the science but with russian engineers creating androids that can see and remember objects and faces the future is looking less like fiction and the development is not only a huge step for the scientific community it also helps people speed all over discovered. all over the world scientists are making leaps and bounds in robotic technology in a small lab just outside of moscow

a team believe that they are on the cusp of creating a robot body that can be controlled remotely with a human brain. itself i think in the next few months we will make a robot that will be able to move around on wheels the next step is to make a robot that can walk controlled by the movements of a human operator which we hope to do by next year if you want to see what our ultimate goal is you can watch movies like avatar are surrogates robots controlled by human thought. this is the team's current prototype it was designed to test the robot's eyesight each is an individual camera which observes and remembers the surroundings obstacles and faces underneath the latex lines a complex system of motors and electronics the design is hoped that this robotic skeleton could be the first step towards creating the next generation of artificial intelligence perhaps even robots that think for themselves. exciting stuff

however they all those that are asking the question just because we can does that mean we should. scientists are not always able to answer these questions clearly in the way these projects are on the borderline between science and human morals but a scientist is always tempted to play god to create a symbol inside themselves with an artificial human and as far as i know projects of that sort of all veiled questions of morality are of little worry to vladimir and his team their only concern is the advancement of science. i don't think there are any serious issues of morality here we are trying to create life only further our knowledge and understanding of what is capable we're not all the projects being developed to sound like they've come straight out of a movie like this or. arm actually being used to help people that have lost limbs. this definitely can be used to help the disabled people will read or in some

experiments the subject without hands tried this technology he said the hand was working for him all it takes is to teach electrodes to the undamaged part of the arm so they can read the must look to the team. the dream of warm day having a humanoid robot that can be controlled remotely is shared by more than just the scientific community back teves suffers from cerebral palsy highly educated driven and creative his condition leaves him trapped in his own body. this technology would enable people like me to do the things most people take for granted household chores doing the laundry cooking moreover if this made it possible for us to go out to live our own this would be astounding progress for people like me. it's hope the first fully automated robot bodies will be online by twenty forty five leaving us just over thirty years before we could see

science fiction become science fact peter all over r.t. . and it's time now to take a look what's happening in the world of business where pricing arena hello there maria so i know that some markets are closed today because of the public holidays but the hang saturdays are still trading so how's it going there. yes that's right in fact it's going quite well mainly boost the earnings as well as a strong performance on wall street financial stocks are leading the gains there now if we take a look at the picture and look at the asian markets will see that the hang sang as adding over one percent this hour there we go point three there when it comes to the nikkei you see in the closing picture from friday because it is a public holiday there so it's in tokyo markets are closed and basically on friday it was pretty much a trading session in the became. a poor performance since two thousand and

five now if we move on to the oil crude prices this hour or mix light sweet has managed to make a comeback there are going right now and in general for april the trading range has been the heights this for months since in seventeen years and analysts are saying that's mainly because of concerns over the strong as well as reports showing a slower economic growth for the u.s. and analysts say that in order for prices to escape this range we have to see some more significant news moving on to currencies the euro is again in against the dollar and when it comes to the ruble in lost against both major currencies here and russia it is a public holiday as well so markets are closed there were however trading on saturday which is the point which is the picture that you see in the banks is that the my six added just not pretty much investors were hesitant to make any big moves ahead of the may holidays as well as in the absence of significant news from europe and the u.s. but staying with russia there is

a big business deal about six plays for russia's energy sector and it's an investment worth six hundred twenty five million dollars the biggest so far this year and the country's direct investment fund along with three partners bought a quarter from power generator and they are owed u.k. now one all of the members the a.g.c. fund is one of the largest investors from the middle east and we spoke to the deal's a mediator who explained the impact all of this company's contribution. they are investing one hundred seventy five million in what is one of the largest investment by some middle eastern investor in russia so really very important transaction very important signal an example was the investors because as you know the fund was just five allies to structure in january of this year and since that pile of transactions was thoughtful warsaw one billion dollars to which two hundred million came from russia direct investment fund and eight hundred million dollars came from

al queda busters. and basically that's how business looks out all of the european markets will open and i'll have the update the figures for you of that next hour marina back to you all right thanks very much ending as always looking forward to that and of course there's plenty more coming your way here on r.t. and in just a few moments we'll discuss washington's policies with the u.s. war correspondents and our interview before that they're all bringing the headlines so don't go away.

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