already elections and half a century. as nine am and the russian capital you're watching r t with the rain and joshua welcome to the program that reforms are on the way for russia to report back at the helm for a third term he's already busy setting out his strategy for the next six years while parliament is set to vote on former president candidate see as a new prime minister well to explain what changes are in store for russia let's now talk to a correspondent peter oliver. so peter what are the main challenges put in has already focused on his new but familiar role. president putin's cust his eye on foreign policy immediately looking towards the united states as proposed missile defense shield in europe the president has told the foreign ministry to go

about getting written confirmation from washington that the missile sites that are placed in europe won't be used to target to easy target russia though the timea putin also saying that the start treaty must be upheld though this follows on from him saying that he wants to see reform in the russian military now he wants to see seventy percent of rush's weapons replaced with multi noms by twenty twenty and then a little closer to home he's also looking at increasing transparency in the russian government he wants to use the internet in order to increase the transparency of all of government says something that of course had be. by his previous says that dimitri may get it looks like this will be carried on by by vladimir putin in his third term as president. what would. what about the new prime minister than now

what kind of leadership can we expect if we treat me to the end of takes the post. well a little later on cheese day the parliament here in russia will be voting on whether to approve made yet as candidacy as the next prime minister it's highly expected that he will take the role and what we can expect from the man is nice they should it's what he stood for during his his presidency looking to as i said increase the use of technology in more nice thing russia's political system is i'm sure he will be trying to say we'll see him trying to implement in the end the role of prime minister dmitri medvedev himself the said that he feels one of his greatest achievements as president was opening up the political discourse to more people i would expect we would see him attempting to do that to increase that as well to increase how many people have political discourse is opened up should he take the job of prime minister which i say is is very much expected we'll see later on

tuesday. all right peter thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update over there. a lot of money put in a while a majority vote in the presidential election march but his return to power has not been without opposition activists also march on his inauguration day with protests turning into overnight sit ins some groups clash with police and arrests were made large is jake agrees across the latest for us so jacob how did these latest protests come about. this action this little going on behind me was actually organized on twitter by alexina bounties being very prominent when it comes to the opposition movement so far as his followers to assemble in central moscow to a better future. together about a couple of hundred numbers have been counted out here ever since late last evening sub or they tried to move elsewhere in central moscow there their message by police

we saw five people in total being detained that's on the back of yes they went over one hundred people were arrested all of those five detained in the early hours of this morning two of them were quite important figures. anti corruption blogger who also be known for having quite a radical viewpoint sort of comes to national sentiment sentiment he's expressed on the podium also so again he's another public figure of the opposition movement he's the head of the left front ready to moderation of less this ideas and he's been detained on a number of occasions by police recently elected to go on hunger strike in protest of his detention but when it comes to those gathered here today some of those arrests have been made because it's really on a citation demonstration that we see so they want to characterize a movement so far. all until very recently qusay is being known for

peaceful mass demonstrations sort of brother organization characterized as symbolized by the white ribbons that many people. but it's been cooling for free and fair elections ever since december the parliamentary elections which are wrought with allegations of electoral fraud. the presidential elections again. allegations of fraud there was a drop in me when it comes to numbers of people out on the streets on the back of the presidential elections just after march not as many people seem to be out in attendance for these protests and just recently all sunday were people gathered to demonstrate against the inauguration of flooded me as president a day ahead of his inauguration then we saw the first cases of violent clashes with police and there really started with some of the leaders in the opposition movement called for people to move towards the kremlin in police trying to block the path as

this was an officially sanctioned that led to clashes on a number of arrests being made we can rescind a bit of a split as well when it comes to the opposition movement there are those who want a completely different government and there are those also who just want a rerun of the parliamentary and presidential elections. all right jake thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest return from moscow jake of greece. why the report was sworn in as a new hat of state on monday at an opulent ceremony in moscow and we've got all the highlights online at r.t. dot com watch president arriving at the kremlin taking in the old fun the constitution and be welcomed by a thirty one gun salute the grandsire only was followed by an exquisite lunch. box where the party over a live report has a country to war for in-depth analysis of what's in store for him as he makes his comeback in russia's top job and also go to our website r.t.e.

dot com. now there is a new leader in france as well where francois launce nashville vary from nicolas sarkozy on sunday but as he's getting ready to move into the elysee palace the country is waiting for change at s.s.r. so he reports online will have to find answers fast. out with the old. in with a new. translator large task a victory in the french presidential elections the people here are saying that france is once again peaceful event here they had voted for change but the question is how soon are they going to see that change and what kind of crabs are they really going to have and the world is asking precisely the same question alon realizes that people rejected tuckers it when then france would also cite france for many reasons one of them was this personal arrogance so we can hope but in

foreign policy is going to move in the right direction that is less arrogant. be it arrogance or something else there was no hiding nicolas sarkozy's eagerness to lead the libyan intervention sending french warplanes in first he of course betrayed himself all along as deliberate of libya but he kept that extremely quiet as allegations kept coming out about his relationship with gadhafi the result tonight or it's clear they wanted to stop that kind of policy and that going about receive it in tonight it's the night of hope again you know the march through their clothes he has created an awful image of france we don't want divisions within the french society we don't want the bombing of arab countries where friends of the arabs. a lot is being branded france's new hope or gadg one task ahead of him to sort through the euro crisis and clean up an image which many think is no longer

in line with what's traditionally french while foreign policy took a backseat during the campaign a lot it did throw out two moves one go head to head with germany's angela merkel on really go sharing the e.u. fiscal pact believe me he will experience in the coming. the power of the good i mean the negotiation power of america because america will face an election in one year and will not be willing to compromise we said was a french president and to withdraw french troops from afghanistan a year earlier than planned it's a sign that i thank you once a scaled down foreign policy but i would guess that is going to be. considered to what is happening in the rest of the world and will focus on economic issues within europe at the end of the day all the french really want are jobs and leadership that truly represents them both at home and abroad. tesser still here are telling

us also have for you this hour here in our team feeling debate hillary clinton visits india hoping to ramp up pressure on iran or its nuclear program find out whether the second biggest consumer of iranian crude is happy to make concessions. also more victims of police brutality in the u.s. leave many questioning just who isn't forcing the law enforcers. lose.

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you're watching r t syrians have voted in the country's first multi-party elections in five decades the government hailed the ballot as a major step towards reform but it was boycotted by the opposition which held protests instead sara first reports many in the country are wary of the conflict and made their choice so as not to see the vote has a missed opportunity. it didn't get the stamp of approval from the opposition who had cooled for a boycott the people turned out in syria's parliament to elections the elections taking place against the backdrop of instability in the country and the credibility of the vote being called into question with the opposition boycotting the vote so that their participation the real question is just how serious a change will this election bring to the political landscape in syria and that's what we've been finding out. cause we have some disturbance and some of this is.

we have to approve that we can move forward and overcome this obstacle here. for people who are like people who support. who say you. know for. holding us for peace for developing because there were no international observers here something some felt should have been an option authorities say the people seeing the voting would doing so objective lee and the monitor at this poll . violations so far. everything has been going smoothly people are taking part in the elections with. more than thirty thousand candidates have been vying for public support fourteen million people allowed to vote in syria and they've been trying to gain the support when one of those two hundred fifty seats that are going to be available in the new parliament fourteen million people were eligible to vote but

amongst those not participating will be the tens of of thousands. prisoners from the huge chunks of the population who are now refugees having fled their homes from the violence this is led to serious questions about the legitimacy of the ballot but as international opinion surrounds the political developments in syria one analysts stress that this is for syrians. legitimacy comes from the people. for. president goes. to most. of this for him probably. the one who can declare the president. is legitimate or illegitimate. lost his legitimacy. to receive the syrians. who are the rights and it's

a right that they've been exercising whether it's turning out to cast the ballots or attempting to demonstrate in the streets even amongst those voting there was some you said they felt the elections were unlikely to bring about any serious change but they said they believe that after fifteen months of unrest they had to at least try. syria. bahrain's main human rights activists remains behind bars in the country on charges of inciting protests number your job as one of the leaders of a popular uprising and an outspoken critic of the state's royal family was detained late saturday on his arrival from lebanon the arrest occurred just days before his appearance on julian assange to show here on our t.v. drama posted on his twitter feed that he is going to be interviewed by the famous whistleblower sergeant cell phone use that's precisely what provoked his arrest and on the show we can read her quizzed him along with an egyptian activist over the revolutions in the arab states one based author and journalist believes the bill or

job. and his fellow activists have a mountain of challenges to face in the future and here there is no case against in the case against the british and american and european governments that are backing bahrain i don't know i don't know how long julian assange has been under house arrest here in this country without charge but they obviously seem to think that they can now arrest his interviewees very disturbing what's happened to the president of the bahrain center for human rights is not just him more worryingly of course is the. i understand his daughter who is also being in custody case not coming up till later in the week you know they are killing people fifty dead in a country that small equates to a lot of people this is an apartheid state being backed by the obama administration in the years two thousand and nine to two thousand and ten as if seeing what was about to happen in bahrain the obama administration stepped up sales which include

equipment used by the authorities in bahrain to suppress the protest and to this is ongoing and they know journalists that a cover of. the next episode of join us on to show featuring the builder job is on air today at eleven thirty g.m.t. so don't miss it. speak to two leading the revolutionary war where the river. was really where the revolution is though into the mall for a revolution and we're. going to go. india is attempting to avoid a showdown with the u.s. over its continued dealings with iran the american secretary of state hillary clinton is in new delhi for high level talks well she's so far persuaded the authorities to sharply drop imports of rain oil and pressure these long state over its controversial nuclear program delhi has already made significant cuts but clinton still wants more. reports. actually against sanctions on

iran they believe that there are different ways to deal with the iran issue and even though india has cut its. purchase of iranian oil by fifteen percent india china south korea and japan actually account for sixty percent of the oil purchases from iran and the e.u. only accounts for eighteen percent and hillary clinton's trip to delhi actually also coincides with a major trade delegation that here from iran the president of iran the chamber of commerce is here trying to convince delhi to continue to buy iranian oil obviously the united states and the e.u. has placed an oil embargo on iran over its controversial nuclear program they believe that iran is developing nuclear weapons iran has maintained this entire time that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes now many people are saying that it's very interesting because these things sions or this oil embargo on iran

is not going to work without the help of asian countries because they make such a big make up such a significant percentage of the customers of iranian oil india has been a very strategic ally to the united states. as of political interests in this region you know one of india's big neighbor is that the united states seems to have an eye on is china obviously china has a huge growing economy the i.m.f. has projected that its economy is going to surpass the united states in just a few years so a lot of people are saying that you know washington is courting delhi doing civilian nuclear deal is trying to increase trade and things like that in an attempt to have an ally that strategically close to china. reporting there now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world the cia claims that ward is caught a plot to bomb an airliner on the first anniversary of the killing of osama bin

laden involve the bomb concealed in underwear that was to be detonated aboard a passenger jet a similar scheme was used in december two thousand and nine but failed when the explosives didn't detonate properly now information has been released about the status or identity of would be bomber. israeli prime minister and opposition have reached an agreement following all night to go to avoid snapple actions they now plan to form a unity government with benjamin netanyahu sparty on monday netanyahu brought the date for the poll forward to september fourth accusing the opposition of blackmail and populism. the president has said the recent nato killings of civilians could hinder a peace pact he signed with barack obama last week they agree with covers the long term u.s. role in afghanistan after its planned withdrawal in two thousand and fourteen the move comes after an heiress drive by coalition forces killed fourteen people and

injured six others in the country's northwest doesn't have died in the past few days in nato airstrikes. two police officers have gone on trial in the us accused of beating to death a homeless man as he cried out for help it's the latest in a spate of police brutality cases but as are the reports many in the u.s. feel justice is not being served. february two thousand and twelve shooting death of teenager trayvon martin when marley graham was shot and killed inside his home two unarmed african-american teenagers in two separate states succumb to the same fate in florida trayvon martin was carrying candy when he was gunned down by neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman as a bronze teenager band pursued by police moments before he was killed in new york city where marley graham was standing in his bathroom when he was shot in the chest by a plainclothes narcotics officer who forced himself into the home without a warrant the eighteen year old was not in possession of

a gun or drugs and according to n.y.p.d. officials the thirty year old cop who pulled the trigger lacked the proper training to work in his assigned unit two months have passed and there have been no charges in connection with the killing it's the lack of training in the situation as in a lack of respect for the communities that you're patrolling that allows an officer to sort of act in the unauthorized and discipline outside the guidelines manner which in essence is acting like a cowboy you know we're not in the wild west the fatal police shooting of a sixty eight year old ex marine kenneth chamberlain sr was the u.s. war veteran who fell victim to unnecessary deadly police force last november the sixty eight year old was tasered and shot by officers who responded to a false alarm from a medical alert pendant chamberlain reportedly instructed the officers to leave before they broke his door down an investigation into his killing remains on going

to off the police are putting themselves in situations where violence becomes a more likely outcome and this is the result often of overly aggressive policing policies the exact number of americans killed by overly aggressive policing remains unknown because the us department of justice does not require police departments to report fatal shootings statistics meanwhile the new york. city police department the world's largest has refused to release internal reports on police shootings from one thousand nine hundred six through two thousand and six until you begin holding those officers accountable until when they commit certain acts they actually go to jail or they lose their pensions you're going to have a resistance because they feel sometimes that they can commit these acts with impunity meaning that they know that other than a few headaches or hiccups nothing is really going to happen to them which is why we bring cases and actions against the officers i think. persistent use of police

tasers is also being blamed for the death of five hundred people in the u.s. since two thousand and one round we're going to have according to amnesty international dozens of deaths can be traced to unnecessary force oh the policies for taser use vary from state to state. experts say it's time for washington to create strict national guidelines to protect the public bar. from police growing trigger happy with electric shock devices this would help clarify things both for police departments and also frankly would strengthen the hands of people who want to bring litigation against the police for civil rights violations because it would show it would provide a standard that they could use for challenging these local police practices critics claim that justice is rarely served when those who kill turn out to be u.s. police officers in many instances leaving the very people entrusted with inforcing

a law well protected when they violate her in upper nile artsy new york. just a few minutes to an end for our spotlight talk show and that's after the headlines . because. you.

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on the back you're watching r t here is a low gather headlines changes at the top and russia has put in outlines his new presidential policies wildly trying to be out of could soon be applying his modernization strategies as prime minister protest marches continue with some classes at arrests made. standing up to germany's hero dominance and ending foreign wars started by his predecessor france's newly elected socialist leader is facing tough pressure to leave the sarkozy behind. and it's a vote for stability for manny in syria after people made their choice in the country's first multi-party elections and half a century but it was boycotted by the opposition.