which owns the sheep league doesn't give a darn about anything. to teach reason why you should care about humans in. this is why you should care what you only. when observers in syria urged both sides to lay down their arms amid reports of fresh blasts as we take a look i want to ask nick opposition group choosing the path of peace. or wage war on you if you don't do our do our bidding that's not how you treat people as you progress i logged voices struggle to be heard about the war chorus in the u.s. congress with a straw go to iran still firmly on the agenda. rooftop response terrorists plotting to attack london joining the olympics could be fired on from residential buildings hosting state of the art missiles. plus russia gets over six hundred million dollars worth of investment in one of the biggest deals of the year so far all the

details and the business update in about twenty minutes. you're watching are the live from moscow eleven am in the russian capital i'm marina joshie with more u.n. observers due in syria this week the hat of the mission now in damascus has urged an immediate halt to the violence this is syrian state t.v. reports of two bomb blasts in the city of it live near the turkish border the government blames armed gangs for the attacks the latest in a series of explosions to undermine the u.n. backed peace plan syria's officials claim rebels have stepped up the are offensive with assaults on the country's central bank at a police patrol in the capital however one of the country's ethnic groups the kurds called on president asad to go long before the on the rest are staying out of the conflict banking on stability and reforms instead arches accountable now 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 side what some hope will become them with their futures they'd. the world's 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 them into 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 these 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 quickest 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 police this is well their well defined borders like these checkpoints separating kurdish an arab part 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 fruit this old kurdish proverb is frequently cited in syria these days but what's unclear is how long this newfound independence may last. aleppo syria well syrian rebels still refuse to lay down their arms over the growing concerns the opposition could be seeking to scupper the u.n. brokered cease fire this as lebanon seized a large cache of weapons and ammunition aboard the ship where those waters

allegedly destined for and said fighters act as 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 there were to 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 nato 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. well chris hedges author and u.s. war correspondents as under the guise of democracy washington is pushing its own interests in the region. to anyone in the muslim world thinks that we care much about human rights or democracy we have since the first gulf war planted military base 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

a 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. or you can see the full interview with author and u.s. war correspondent chris hedges in an hour here in r.t. . tehran as warily welcomed the recent reports of the u.s. could allow iran to continue enriching uranium if the islamic republic agrees to unrestricted inspections this comes after talks resume between iran and world powers some on capitol hill have been calling for a direct engagement with iran but as art is going to camera for it's a cry for conflict remains louder your thirty six the number of u.s. 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 congress is doing 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 u.s. 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 so 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 rate of government american lawmakers are

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 washington was after but 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 you this hour here on r t c bias you know done a fantastic job if you're in the propaganda business you know you have to admire what they've done. we investigative britain's biggest broadcaster is ignoring the stories that matter or do its viewers in response to government pressure. and this is a scene from a hollywood sign five movie these robots are being brought to life russian lab was far reaching and. going ballistic the rooftops of london homes could soon play host to deadly to turn the british ministry of the sands is considering placing

surface to air missiles on residential buildings during the upcoming olympic games officials say the rockets would be a last resort but residents are alarmed they could become targets for terrorists investigative journalist polish marble leaves a drastic 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 thinking all the terrorists know that these extensive preparations have been made it's all a bit james bond the idea that you know that you know the terrorists are going to send small aircraft are some of the same time sent a team of operatives to eliminate the end you know they 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 hysteria i think sort of sweeping under the bit that you've got this huge events occur and there is this salumi 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 that i think the london 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 route 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 is terror to god so are necessary savings some three years and bloggers have accused britain's main broadcaster of using misleading language to subtly changed your perceptions in favor of the government ideas are a bad investigates why critics believe the b.b.c.'s failing the very people who are allowed to exist. the new the prim and proper speech may be on the way out but the message is still the same impartial reporting as the top priority is b.b.c.

television doesn't britain's public broadcaster really represent the you see. i b.b.c. is 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 so. 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 have gone through parliament but 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 on the 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 in 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 correspondence of these b.b.c. training videos posted on you tube show its reporters attacking scotland's pro independent stance the stance distinctly unpopular down south but the b.b.c. again it denies bias that 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. baton 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 its london and get more r.t.i. on our websites twenty four seven and a line of the moment irreconcilable differences find out why a saudi arabian man decided to divorce his wife on a life radio show. also secrets controversy and revelations he won't hear anywhere else and watch julian assange the show at r.t. dot com and of course don't miss his new program on air on tuesday.

now look at some other stories from around the world the body of libya's former world minister has found floating under a bridge in vienna police reported no signs of violence although an autopsy is bland in the coming days shokri ghanem 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. sudanese 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 and a half million people all this year is wanted by the international criminal court for alleged crimes against humanity war crimes and genocide in the darfur region.

three we campaign to voters has began an idjit had of the presidential election thirteen names will be on the ballot including mubarak era officials and islam is the front runner is a barak foreign minister and former secretary general of the arab league there on up to the vote has been marred by disqualifications of leading candidates and mass rallies against the ruling military. ordinated attacks and christian warship in northern nigeria have left at least twenty one dead in the first a saw gunman through explosives into a lecture hall a university campus worry service was being held worshipers word and shot at as he tried to flee and a second attack gunman opened fire in a chapel no group has claimed responsibility but this lot as we're bulk of iran is active in the area and has recently attacked christian churches. now society where robots exist alongside humans is

a common theme in the size five john are but was 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 and also helps people as peter all over after scars. all over the world scientists are making leaps and bounds in robotic technology and 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 or 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 make you as a. scientist 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 an artificial human and as far as i know projects of that sort of all veiled questions of morality. or 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 here sound like they've come straight out of a movie like this robotic arm actually being used to help people that have lost limbs. this definitely can be used to help the disabled people will read around 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 for all. this

technology would enable people like me to do the things most people take for granted because culture was doing the laundry cooking moreover if this made it possible for us to go out to live our own these 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 of our party. our crossing to the world of this is where marina is the way i read a hello there and when l. that europe is now open for trading so was a good start to the session or not. were now what was actually a positive side to the trading session not surprising given the fact that we've got some nuggets of data coming from spain first of all we know that the first quarter g.d.p. is down two point three percent and also as somebody took some negative action

against sixteen spanish banks lowering the credit rating as you can see from the pictures there it's a foot seas out in just the german dax is already out in point is six per cent this hour so they're really have much of an the fact they're on investors moving on to asia markets are closed for public holiday today so what you see with the nikkei is the closing picture from friday which was pretty much. later in this session with investors not being affected much by thought is happening in europe or the u.s. and in fact it became its worst april performance since two thousand and five when it comes the hang sang it's trading it's open and as you can see it's at an over one percent positive they are there and in fact financial stocks are leaving the gains they're moving on to crude prices are still minutes this hour or we can see that light sweet made a little bit of a comeback adding a little bit point zero three cents this hour and what we're seeing there is that

april has been at the heights is the trading range in seventeen years in fact and analysts say that's because as easing concerns from the structure of oil as well as reports showing a slower economic growth in the u.s. and analysts say will really take some significant news to push prices out of this current trading range that we've been seeing moving on soup currencies the euro is again and against the dollar and when it comes to the ruble at a loss against both major currencies here in russia markets are closed because it's a public holiday here as well so what you're seeing is the picture from saturday bush was a trading day for russian markets and investors they really have much to react to because of course there weren't any significant news coming out from europe or the u.s. . very much. trading session there now and all the news we had though that there was a big deal for the energy sector here and fact we saw the biggest investment deal of the year so far amount to six hundred twenty five million dollars of the

country's direct investment fund along with three partners for a quarter of a power generator and a five and one of the members the a.g.c. fund is in fact a law is investor from the middle east and we spoke to the deals mediator and he explained why this company's contribution is so important for us. they are investing one hundred seventy five million in what is one of the largest investment by the 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 time we already have two transactions with thoughtful warsaw one billion dollars to which two hundred million came from russia direct investment fund an eight hundred million dollars keep from our core investors and that sarah will have a better idea what's happening in europe and what the sentiment is like of course

after investors get into the trading session marina back to you for now all right thanks very much indeed and coming up here on our t.v. they're all about his guests discuss a counter revolution is underway in the middle east that's uncross stock that's coming your way in just a few moments after the headlines. joining me on a journey to the heart of the problem to a place is hidden from the tourists you're going to meet some real criminal

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