we want to present. something no. ceasefire under pressure terror attacks in syria claim more lives as the u.n. warns it's powerless to oversee of peace unless it's implemented by all sides. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very own interview show right here on our. quizzes the new president. who was swept to power by a popular uprising just ahead. calls for dialogue with iran are struggling to be heard amid the war chorus on capitol hill with a military strike still on the.

this is r.t. live from moscow where it's now or just after four pm on monday i'm wrong. in syria eight people have been killed and dozens wounded in twin bombings in the city of lib the government and the opposition are blaming each other for orchestrating the attacks the united nations warns the ongoing violence threatens to. threatens excuse me the peace plan that has helped to broker the head of the expanding u.n. observer mission to syria says the road map is futile unless all sides observe a cease fire meanwhile damascus is preparing to hold nationwide parliamentary elections in just about a week's time and some syrian groups have chosen to put their faith in reform instead of violence over the latest report now it's a hoax on a point. a cause pursued 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 for 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 than in syria 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. didn't allow any instruction in kurdish we used to be told that since we are living in an arab country we should speak arabic . even songs in kurdish. but nowadays it all has changed it's not only syria where kurds felt pressured in turkey iraq and iran where the majority of about fourteen million kurds now leave their stories he's had long seen them as a threat to national security especially after they embrace guerrilla warfare to achieve the creation of a song. 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 the portraits of july on the face of the kurdish independence struggle hangs where you would usually expect a picture of the president but we're not. 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 recognized as the kurds on our

ideas not syrian arabs yet dozens of kurdish settlements within syria have already become defacto mini sovereign states that not only self-governed but self police this well that well defined borders like these checkpoints separating kurdish and era parts of town and volunteer border guards the regime is now this structed with its own struggle so we seized on the opportunity patience is bitter but it bears sweet fruit this old kurdish proverb is frequently cited in syria these days but what's unclear is how long this newfound independence may last. r.t. aleppo syria. now the u.s. is leading calls for regime change in syria and it's all being done under the pretext of advocating freedom but a veteran war correspondent told us here at sea that washington is being hypocritical now you can watch the full interview with chris hedges later this hour

. 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 claim that it would like to bring liberty or democracy to syria everything should be pushed through to create some kind of a ceasefire because rather then pass a resolution that calls for assad removal or a resolution that you know calls for intervention or anything else i would rather see them work more incrementally. this is art see now the world's number one whistleblower returns to our screens on tuesday with the latest episode of his controversial show julian assange of course

has already interviewed the head of hezbollah and then brought together two political extremes from both sides of the atlantic laura smith previews the next installment. well this is the third episode of the program and the guest this week is the first president of the new president. of course is where the arab spring first really kicked off and the jasmine revolution as it's come to be known was ok but one of the most successful revelations that the arab spring has caused it was prompted of course and this is why this is this program is so interesting the revolution was prompted at least in part by revelations from wiki leaks the wiki leaks released cables at the time about corruption in the she was in government told then president ben ali who's been in power since nine hundred eighty seven and that was the first really hard evidence in documentation that the

people of tunisia had seen that their government was so corrupt in the government couldn't suppress that information months of must cut from in an entirely different cloth from his predecessor he's a doctor and he's also a human rights activist and in fact during the reign of the previous president ben ali he was exiled and imprisoned and so he is seen to have some of the greatest moral authority of all the arab leaders at the moment during his imprisonment he was kept in solitary confinement which he considers to be torture he talks quite a lot about that during the program and he's determined there will be no more torture during the program he recalls a time when he was invited to the u.s. to talk about the human rights situation in tunisia and he says that that reveals a complete set of double standards four years ago i was a writer. to talk about human rights in tunisia. i was invited to some. dealing with.

issues no i'm not going to meet this person because it would be ridiculous to talk with this guy knowing very. well you know that was probably. want to know. you can to talk it you can. get it in torture in his own country this guy is going to give you some lesson about how to promote human rights in tunisia this is why i didn't accept to meet him that's just a tiny bit of this program you can catch the whole third episode of the well tomorrow choose day at eleven thirty g.m.t. .

and it's all right now turning ten minutes past the hour here in moscow still ahead for you in the program that of the british bias. report on why the b.b.c. has goal viewers angry over its failure to challenge the government with impartial reporting now just think of the. changing face of technology russian engineers are breathing life into cogs and motors to try and help improve people's lives. as the six world powers prepare for a new round of nuclear talks with iran next month the hawks on capitol hill don't seem to be quite ready for a change of the u.s. congress has voted down a bill which was aiming at direct diplomacy with terror on. explains why the motion did not stick. juror thirty six and number of u.s. lawmakers have proposed the bill two and 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 view 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 ending 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 rainiest 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 it hurts i just want to make money and if they can push the us into 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 government american lawmakers are

building brick by brick a legislative wall which makes the prospect of ever having normal relations with iran virtually impossible we also see many ukrainians there in the e.u. that it's not their nuclear program that was after the regime change a proposition that would only lead to further escalation i'm kind of stuck now reporting from washington are. straight into the sea world that we go starting with nigeria now and then the explosion has rocked an area near government buildings in nigeria's tahrir state killing seven injuring twelve it comes in less than a day off the coordinated attacks on christian worshipers on a university campus and in a chapel in the country's north that left twenty one dead at this point no one's claimed responsibility but the islamist group boko haram is active in the area having killed one hundred fifty in a blast in january. leaving government activist will be retried along

with twenty other opposition members a military court sentenced. to life in prison in june for plotting to overthrow the state's rulers he began a hunger strike three months ago reportedly bringing him self close to death government protests first began in bahrain in february last year up to sixty people last said to have died in clashes since. spain has fallen to a second recession amid government measures to rein in the country's debt ratings agency standard and poor's have down. grated nine of the nine of spain's banks many of which are bogged down in bad loans recent protests have seen thousands taking to the streets anger sweeping cuts to health care and education. two weeks of campaigning have kicked off in egypt ahead of the presidential elections there are thirteen candidates are on the ballot including islamists and

officials who worked under ousted leader hosni mubarak the frontrunner is mubarak's former foreign minister protests against the ruling military have erupted in the run up to the vote while several candidates have been barred from the polls. now the british ministry of defense says it is considering placing surface to air missiles on the rooftops of london residential buildings as part of britain's security preparations for the olympics later this year investigative journalist a poor last mob believes the drastic measures are simply 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 of the terrorists know that these extensive preparations have been made it's all a bit james bond the idea 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 emperor you know the army on the top of that

particular tower it all it's all pushing things quite a lot why and it's all part of a mountain air of his theory i think sort of sweeping under the bit that you've got this huge events occurring 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 they could i think a lot of the public. because that is what it's saying is you're in a lot of your a lot potential danger it's not the people in the least the group it's people within five kilometers of the real danger if you know if those rockets are fired it's going to come down somewhere they explode so you know anybody in a five clubs or a range of that is at risk if it's followed. this is artsy and now it presents itself as a bastion of free speech to the world but the b.b.c. is increasingly finding itself on the wrong side of online mudslinging britain's

main broadcaster is being accused by its viewers of being too pro-government in its reports. bennett investigates now why critics believe the b.b.c. is failing the very people who fund its existence. new prim and proper speech may be on the way out but the message is still the same impartial reportings the top priority at the b.b.c. does britain's public broadcaster really represent those who funded. the b.b.c. 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 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 that's spent on programming as well as news but 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 and claim 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 of 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's a manipulation of words opposition party labor made an official complaint over the wording it's a keys 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 our output and we believe we have a food in the n.h.s. reform bill the appropriate level of coverage across radio to. in online. news programs and bulletins reported extensively on a wide range of opposition views from politicians health workers and members of the public with coverage on other thorny topics like scottish independence has been heavily criticised too with doubts recently cast over the impartiality of senior correspondents these b.b.c. training videos posted on you tube show its reporters attacking scotland's pro independence stance their stance distinctly unpopular down south the b.b.c. again 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 elections he claims it plucked a pro europe government fed line the b.b.c. does things with propaganda now that. 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 and 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 they're 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 i havenot r.t. london. we're going to dimitry with the business shortly here on our to do bear in mind to access all of our stories and so much more at any time just log on to our website on dot com here are some of the items waiting for you there right now for example of russia. once again invade the u.k.

rich list taking two of the top three spots just where and how they have amassed their fortunes that's all standing by for you at on t.v. dot com also one line i drive by. google street view cars at work collecting private data from why i use this it's something i had until now always denied. it's good to have you with us on our site today russian engineers seem to have found a way of making science fiction science fact they are creating androids there can not only imitate real people but also see and respond to objects and faces and as i

found out the development can also help those with limited abilities. 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 designers 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 there are those that are asking the question just because we can does that mean we should make you a. scientist or not always able to answer these questions clearly these projects are on the borderline between science and human morals 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 have all failed could. 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 here sound like they'd come straight out of a side five movie sound 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 or in some experiments the subject without hand 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 a team. the dream of one day having a humanoid robot that can be controlled remotely is shared by more than just the scientific community sharmila 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 moreover this made it possible for us to go out to live. on 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. straight into the arctic business as we have to retreat good to see you today i understand there are slow day despite a negative feel on the markets that is true in russia actually it's a day off so no trading is going on here but otherwise what we're seeing right now is a slow movement towards the red zone this is because of course in your. we have seen a batch of negative dates where we've seen gross domestic product in spain and go down the first quarter by point three percent compared to the previous quarter also was downgraded its outlook for sixteen banks and this is why we're seeing both of the and the dax go down within half

a percent. on the commodities markets we're also seeing pretty similar movements around the world just more than half a dollar per barrel for both brant and light sweet investors it seems are pretty hard to impress the margin in april for trading and oil has been the narrowest in seventeen years but with that we've been we've been seeing actually and it seems that because supplies are stabilizing but on the other hand. growth economic growth in the united states is also slowing down we are seeing the stabilization of oil prices. in the currencies markets also not very dramatic trading today with the euro declining slightly versus the dollar while the ruble is weakening against both currencies and as i said the russian market story is no trading on monday because it's a day off but there was trading on saturday it's very complicated the next pretty

weeks we will have trading on saturdays yeah don't ask me the r.t.s. is down point one percent of point zero one percent i should say my sex up one quarter of a percent in saturday trading of course investors are being pretty cautious to make any dramatic moves well there's no news coming out from the u.s. or europe and of course a long holiday. and now two people from russia to russian billionaires have managed to make it on the list of some of the richest people in the united kingdom actually they're not the only ones the top three have all made their fortunes in emerging economies. now the shareholder of facebook was smart of also known for his business in the in the steel business is a second richest person in the country his fortunes worth around twelve and a half billion dollars billion pounds roman abramovich comes in third with his nine and a half billion pounds he owns russia's largest steelmaker you've asked and he has the richest person lakshmi mittal in the indian born owner of the world's biggest

steel producer. now overall britain's richest people were cheap to record levels of wealth last year despite the country slipping back towards recession. and business r.t. will be back in around one hour's time to bring up that. wealthy british style.